Bowdoin Orient

BRUNSWICK, MAINE THE NATIONS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED COLLEGE WEEKLY VOLUME 144, NUMBER 4 OCTOBER 3, 2014
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FEATURES: OPINION
EDITORIAL: Target acquired.
SPORTS
Page 14-15.
KICKING THE CAN: David Steury 15 on the
persecution of political gures in the media.
Page 18.
Page 17.
Fiona Iyer 18 travels the world
during her gap year.
PITCH PERFECT: Field hockey remains unbeaten.
RUNNERS UP: Emma Chow 15 and Tess Trinka 18
take home second place in the falls biggest
tennis tournament.
MORE NEWS: LUAU BROKEN UP
The Brunswick Police Depart-
ment shut down the luau-
themed party at Quinby after
receiving an anonymous 911
call from a house phone.
Page 3.
Page 13.
Page 6.
Report shows fewer alcohol,
more drug offenses in 2013
Security increases presence at Epicuria, one student transported
Please see TOWER, page 5
BY RACHAEL ALLEN
STAFF WRITER
Tower elevators malfunction, inconvenience students
National pro-
life group looks
to start chapter
at College
BY MARINA AFFO
ORIENT STAFF
BY WOODY WINMILL
ORIENT STAFF
The two elevators in Coles Tow-
er malfunctioned several times last
weekend, leaving the tallest build-
ing on campus without fully oper-
ating elevators. For some students
who live on the upper floors of the
Tower or attend class in one of the
two classrooms on the 16th floor,
the issues were a major inconve-
nience. Both elevators were fully
operational by Monday, and Facili-
ties Management has taken steps
to prevent future breakdowns.
The first elevator, on the north
side of the building, began making
noises Saturday evening. The el-
evator contractor came and deter-
mined it could continue to operate.
Later on in the weekend, the
noise started again. The contractor
returned, figured out the issue, and
fixed the elevator on Sunday.
The mens rugby teams annual
toga party at Ladd House, Epicu-
ria, was more successful in terms
of student safety than previous
years, thanks to increased security
measures from the Office of Safety
and Security.
There was one transport [to
Mid Coast Hospital] associated
with Epicuriaa first year female
student, said Director of Safety
BY JOE SHERLOCK
ORIENT STAFF
Please see EPICURIA, page 4
and Security Randy Nichols. Four
years ago, we had four transports;
one is too many but at least were
going in the right direction.
Epicuria is one of the busiest
nights of the year for Security, so
a number of new security proce-
dures were put in place this year,
including a larger officer presence
around Ladd House and an in-
creased number of wellness checks.
In order to keep the event safe,
Security added three extra shift
supervisors on top of their normal
Saturday night staff.
One of the most frequent prob-
lems Security encountered at the
event was public urination. One
student was caught urinating in a
Ladd House hallway and has been
reported to the Office of the Dean
of Student Affairs.
It was a little ridiculous this
year with the amount of urine
flowing around, said Nichols.
The event organizersthe mens
rugby team and Ladd House resi-
dentsheld several meetings with
Students for Life of America (SFLA),
a national pro-life organization, adver-
tised on Facebook and Twitter this week
in an efort to attract Bowdoin students
to establish a pro-life club on campus.
Te organization, which currently
has no af liation with the College,
created a Facebook page named Bow-
doin Pro-Life, which had nine likes
as of press time. Te page description
reads, We are starting a pro-life stu-
dent group. If you are a passionate
pro-lifer at Bowdoin College, this is
the page for you!
SFLA is a national organization that
aims to help students on campuses
across the country start pro-life clubs
and spread the pro-life message.
Kristan Hawkins, president of SFLA,
is working with leaders of the campus
group Undiscussed to plan a possible
event in November designed to begin a
campus conversation about abortion, ac-
cording to Quinn Rhi 15, one of Undis-
cusseds presidents.
Undiscussed is a student organization
that fosters dialogue about controversial
or ofen-ignored issues. Undiscussed has
foated the possibility of inviting Zach
Heiden, legal director of the American
Civil Liberties Union of Maine, an or-
ganization that is pro-choice, to join
Hawkins at the event.
Today Undiscussed is meeting with
Melissa Quinby, director of the Wom-
ens Resource Center, and Allen Delong,
director of student life, to fnalize details
Please see PRO-LIFE, page 4
Please see CLERY, page 3
Tere were 152 on-campus liquor
law judicial referrals in 2013, down
from 177 in 2012, according the
Clery Report for the 2013 calendar
year, released by the Of ce of Safety
and Security on Wednesday.
Te annual Clery Report provides
information on certain crimes, civil
violations and fres on campus. A ju-
dicial referral is any displinary action
taken by a College of cial.
Of the 152 liquor law referrals, 134
occurred in on-campus residences
and 18 occurred elsewhere on cam-
pus; an additional eight, beyond the
152, occurred on public property
within the reporting zone.
Tere were 55 drug-related ju-
dicial referrals in 2013, a signifcant
jump from 34 in 2012. No drug-re-
lated arrests were made in either year.
Director of Safety & Security
Randy Nichols said that since last
spring, 15 students have been caught
with Adderall and fve with cocaine,
so the 2014 numbers will be larger.
In 2013, almost all drug-related re-
ferrals had to do with marijuana or
marijuana concentrates.
For the first time, this years
report included the categories of
dating violence, domestic violence
and stalkingduring 2013, Bow-
doin reported two incidents of dat-
ing violence and no instances of
domestic violence or stalking.
The Violence Against Women
The problem [was that] there
was a set of noisy rollers in the
elevator system, said Ted Stam,
director of facilities operation and
maintenance. It [was] a mechani-
cal noise.
While the north elevators is-
sues lasted only a day, the south
elevator had more pressing prob-
lems. Friday evening the elevator
got stuck on the first floor with its
doors open. The mechanic deter-
mined that the elevator was safe
for use, so Facilities put it back
into service that evening, accord-
ing to Stam. However, on Sunday
morning, it began malfunctioning
yet again.
A mechanic replaced parts on
Monday morning and by Monday
afternoon, the elevator was back in
full use.
What we had was two elevators ex-
periencing problems of two very difer-
ent natures at the same time, Stam said.
Stam added that the double
breakdown may have been the cul-
mination of a number of smaller is-
sues with the two elevators. The ele-
vators had been experiencing some
problems leading into the weekend.
Last week, only one of the eleva-
tors was working.
Alex NDiaye 15, who lives on
the 15th floor, said that elevator
service was also slowed down be-
cause maintenance was frequently
working on the elevators. The lim-
ited access to elevators was partic-
ularly inconvenient for her.
Its a hike up to the 15th floor,
she said. It makes me not want to
go back to the Tower. I pack for six
hours a day, and then dont come
back.
The malfunctioning elevator also
inconvenienced students whose
classes meet in the seminar rooms
members of Security and the Office
of Residential Life, which is unusu-
al, even for a campus-wide party.
It was a really bumping party that
one doesnt ofen see at Bowdoin and
no one got into trouble or was un-
safe, so it went as well as we couldve
asked for, said rugby team captain
Varun Wadia 15.
Te Of ce of Student Activities
contributed to keeping the event safe
as well by renting a taco truck and
GARRETT ENGLISH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Students view two installations currently on display at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art as part of Student Night at the Museum, an event that included a capella performances and exhibition previews . One
student (left) examines a work in Richard Tuttle: A Print Retrospective. At right, Kelsey Gallagher 17 and Shannon McCabe 17 admire several prints from the new show Hendrick Goltzius: Mythology and Truth.
ART SEEN
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COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD AND NATATLIE KASS-KAUFMAN
I basically just stress clean my
room. I Swier.
I go to the dance studio and blast
angsty, emotional music and dance.
Emily Bungert 15
STUDENT SPEAK
How do you relieve stress?
COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD AND ELIZA GRAUMLICH
I play my clarinet.
Thomas Freeman 17
I go to the Craft Center and do
wheel-thrown pottery.
David Needell 15
ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
STOWE AWAY A SNACK OR TWO: Last week, student-run Campus Food Trucks, located in the Dayton parking lot behind David Saul Smith Union, reopened. Celebratethe return with a Stowe Inn Burger.
EPICURIA
BY THE NUMBERS
wellness checks
600
free tacos consumed at Ladd House
Julianna Burke 18
Last Saturday night, Bow-
doin Mens Rugby Club hosted
the 13th annual Epicuria at
Ladd House. Below are the
gures from the toga party.
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WRITTEN BY LUCIA GIBBARD
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urination violation
CAMPUS FOOD TRUCKS
REOPENS AFTER
WORRISOME SPRING
Te long-awaited reopening of
Campus Food Trucks (CFT)
home of the famous snack wrap
and the Stowe Inn Burgerf-
nally came last Tursday. Last
year, the future of the business
was lef uncertain, when the
owner of the truck gave the Bow-
doin students who rented it an
ultimatum: either buy the truck,
or it will be sold to someone else.
Te students started a Kickstarter
fundraising initiative and the
donations came pouring in.
The owners of CFT offered
to name burgers after donors,
fly a flag bearing donors
faces and other incentives,
but the $10,000 goal was dif-
ficult to reach.
Luckily, a lump sum suf -
cient to purchase the truck was
anonymously donated at the
last minute, efectively saving
the enterprise.
Now the most pressing ques-
tion is what the truck will be
named, since the business owners
pledged to rename it afer the
currently anonymous donor.
Ben Citrin 16, co-exec-
utive of CFT, said that all
obligations to donors will be
met soon.
All of our Kickstarter pledges
will be introduced by January of
next year, he said. Lee Barker
[16], my colleague, is abroad,
and I play a fall sport, so we
are waiting until we have more
time on our hands. Change is
defnitely coming.
Citrin and Barker are talking
with the anonymous donor to de-
cide on a new name for the busi-
ness. Te new name, and adding
healthier items to the menu, will
be introduced next year.
Howell - 70 MacMillan - 69 Ladd - 66.5
Quinby - 50
Reed - 30
Baxter - 30 Helmreich - 10 Burnett - 0
INTER-HOUSE COUNCIL HOUSE CUP
The Inter-House Council House Cup standings are now posted in Smith Union. Points are awarded to College Houses
when they throw events, and the cup is given at the close of the school year to the house that has excelled in creating a
welcoming community, with events that sponsor learning and entertainment.
COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD, NICKIE MITCH AND RON CERVANTES
the bowdoin orient friday, october 3, 2014 news 3
Senior and first-year class councils elected for 13-14
BY MAURA FRIEDLANDER
STAFF WRITER
On Monday, Bowdoin Student
Government (BSG) announced the
newly-elected class council members
for the Class of 2015 and the Class
of 2018. Josh Friedman was elected
president of the senior class, and Ned
Wang was elected president of the
frst-year class.
Te rest of the senior class council
includes Xanthe Demas as vice presi-
dent, Molly Solof as treasurer, and Ted
Romney and Kyle Wolstencrof as BSG
representatives. Te Class of 2018 Class
Council consists of Jaime Quirante as
vice president, Emily Licholai as trea-
surer, and Kevin Hernandez and Wylie
Mao as BSG representatives.
Voter turnout decreased this
year, with 74 percent of first years
and 66 percent of seniors voting
last years turnouts were 82 and 74
percent, respectively.
Both presidents expressed a
strong desire to get as much input
as possible from their respective
classes before tackling any official
projects. Friedman and Wang both
plan to use this feedback to shape
their goals and events for the year.
Its really important to get in-
put from the whole class in terms
of what they want to see through-
out the year so that we can start to
get some direction and set goals for
ourselves, said Friedman.
Along with getting input from
their peers, the senior class council
members are interested in explor-
ing new options and events for Se-
nior Week, both in Brunswick and
in the surrounding community.
Were committed to creating in-
clusive and fun events for our class,
said Soloff. We all joined class
council this year with the intention
of having an amazing Senior Week.
While the senior class plans to
focus on planning Senior Week
and establishing a budget to work
with, Wang expressed that he
hopes to create a better sense of
unity within the Class of 2018.
My vision for this year is all
about shaping the dynamics and
getting to know each other, said
Wang. Its important to branch
out and form a sense of commu-
nity now, because this year does not
happen again.
Eight candidates ran for frst-year
class president this year, double the
number of candidates that ran last
year. Of the 19 candidates for po-
sitions on the Class of 2018 Class
Council, three were female and 16
were male. Although in past years
BSG has released the number of votes
counted for each contender, it chose
to keep the exact ballot counts conf-
dential for this election.
BSG did report however, that the
winner and the ffh runner up of the
Class of 2018 presidential election
were separated by only 56 votes.
Both class councils have sched-
uled their frst meetings for the com-
ing week, where they will begin the
process of setting goals and plans for
the year.
BPD shuts
down Quinby
luau, makes
no arrests
Quinby Houses luau-themed
campus-wide party was prema-
turely shut down last Friday when
the Brunswick Police Department
(BPD) showed up to investigate a
911 call made from the residence.
At around 11:45 p.m., an un-
known student made the call from
a phone in the Quinby common
room. Officers from the Office
of Safety and Security informed
house residents, who then began
to shut the event down. By around
midnight the house was cleared
out and the event was over.
The house was very respon-
sive, said Quinby House President
Reed Fernandez 17. I was im-
pressed with them.
As police pulled up in front of
Quinby, Fernandez and Vice Presi-
dent Anisa LaRochelle 17 greeted
the officers and apologized for
what had happened. At the same
time, Security swept through the
house to make sure everyone was
out and that everything was in or-
der before BPD entered.
The police assumed the call was
accidental, but were obligated to
search the house. After the of-
ficers found nothing wrong, they
thanked house members for their
cooperation and left.
The whole night was blown
out of proportion because of their
presence, said Fernandez.
At the time, it was unclear why
BPD had arrived, and some stu-
dents expressed concern about
what was happening.
Cole Burkhardt 18 was at the
event when BPD arrived. He was
informed by a Quinby resident
that the police were coming and
was told that he needed to leave as
quickly as possible.
He started saying, Everyone
needs to go right now. We need
to get everyone out of the house,
said Burkhardt. As I was leaving I
saw the two cop cars.
The incident is not being inves-
tigated further.
If we receive some information,
we will act on it, said Director of
Safety and Security Randy Nichols.
Fernandez said that he thought
the call was probably not inten-
tional because the phone used to
make it was an old land line that
looks like a toy. The caller likely
did not think it was operational,
according to Fernandez.
Each year we have several 911
hang-up calls that come from the
campus, said Nichols.
The incident at Quinby was not
the only emergency response this
weekendthere were also two
alcohol-related transports, one on
Friday and one on Saturday. Both
transports were due to the use of
hard alcohol.
These were not the first trans-
ports of the year. On September
21, a male student living in Helm-
reich House was transported to Mid
Coast Hospital.
Te number of transports is one
higher than it was at this point last
year. However, two years ago there
were seven transports by this time,
four of which were related to Epicuria.
BY NATHAN GARNER
ORIENT STAFF
Reauthorization Act of 2013re-
quires that those categories be in-
cluded beginning in 2014 Clery
Reports.
Te report disclosed six forcible
sex ofenses, up from four reported
in 2012. Nichols described sexual
assault as a notoriously underre-
ported crime and also said sexual
violence statistics in reports can in-
clude incidents which were reported
anonymously. Te same section also
disclosed zero cases of non-forcible
sex ofensesmeaning age-related or
incestuous ofenses.
Te reports cover campus prop-
erty and roads immediately ad-
joining campus property, as well as
sidewalks on those roads. Bowdoins
Clery Reports therefore do not in-
clude areas such as Hannafords
parking lot or Rite Aid, where
alcohol-related citations, such as
furnishing alcohol to minors, some-
times occur. Te sidewalk outside of
an of-campus residence like 83
Harpswell Roadbetter known as
Crack Houseis included in each
report, but the house itself is not, ac-
cording to Nichols.
Nichols also noted that some is-
sues, such as harassment and arrests
for driving under the infuence, are
not included in Clery reporting but
CLERY
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are included on Securitys online
crime log.
Te report details zero liquor law
arrests from 2011 to 2013, but this
number is not necessarily refective
of alcohol use on campus. Of-cam-
pus houses, where students have been
charged with furnishing alcohol to
minors, are outside of the reporting
zone, as are Rite Aid and Hannaford.
Not all interactions between cam-
pus security and students over alco-
hol violations result in incidents in
the report. For example, a student
above the age of 21 may be writ-
ten up for possessing hard alcohol
on campus, but, since no Maine or
Brunswick law has been broken,
nothing is fled under the Clery Act.
Similarly, a security of cer who
encounters an intoxicated underage
student may decide to warn the stu-
dent verbally, again resulting in no
of cial report, despite the civil viola-
tion of the underage consumption of
alcohol.
As all colleges are required to
release a Clery Report, it can be
used as a way to measure Bowdoin
against peer schools in terms of
safety. Nichols said that the numbers
ofen depend on factors such as en-
forcement policy.
We hold students accountable,
Nichols said. We try to act in a way
we think is fair. We treat people the
way we would want to be treated in a
similar situation.
EMMA ROBERTS AND LIAMFINNERTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
REPRESENTING: Thenewlyelectedclass councils for theClass of 2015(top) andClass of 2018(bottom). Clockwisefromtopleft: KyleWolstencroft, XantheDemas,
JoshFriedman, MollySolo,TedRomney, KevinHernandez, JaimeQuirante,WylieMao, NedWangandEmilyLicholai.
Annual Clery Report Statistics
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about the potential event.
Hawkins said SFLA has had a long-
standing interest in the College.
We have been hoping to get a dis-
cussion on the Bowdoin campus for
almost about a year now, she said.
Students for Life of America
Northeastern Representative Beth
Rahal said the organization is hop-
ing to start a club at Bowdoin be-
cause of the Colleges reputation as
a prestigious institution.
If we can get Bowdoin to start a
group, there are no barriers for us,
said Rahal.
Rahal is in charge of helping stu-
dents in the Northeast spread the pro-
life message in a responsible and pas-
sionate manner. She said that she has
already received some interest from
Bowdoin students and staf hoping to
start a conversation about abortion.
Vice President of Student Organiza-
tions and Chair of the Student Organi-
zations Oversight Committee Harriet
Fisher 17 said that she has not heard
from any students, student organiza-
tions or SFLA about chartering a club.
I havent been contacted at all about
the pro-life group. No students have
come to me. No organizations have
come to me about chartering a group,
said Fisher.
Although several students have con-
tacted Rahal, she said that they are not
the kind of students with whom SFLA
is hoping to partner.
Rahal said that SFLA is looking for
student leaders well versed in pro-life,
abortion, euthanasia, and similar top-
ics who will be able to successfully en-
ergize others.
She is planning on coming to Bow-
doin this November to gauge interest
among members of student groups
including the Bowdoin Christian Fel-
lowship and the College Republicans.
According to Hawkins, SFLA is
a secular organization. It began as a
student-run volunteer organization in
the 1970s and was originally named
C.A.M.P.U.S. Te name changed to
American Collegians for Life in 1988.
In 2006 the organization was renamed
Students for Life of America, and a pro-
fessional staf was hired to mobilize the
pro-life movement on campuses.
Te organization targets high
schools, colleges and medical schools
across the nation. Tere are currently
838 chapters across the country.
Notable institutions with their own
SFLA chapters include Yale, Harvard,
Boston College, Fordham, and Univer-
sity of California, Los Angeles.
Rahal is also contacting Bates and
Colby to garner support for clubs on
both their campuses. However, she
said that Bowdoin is her main focus
at the moment.
Weve never had any interest come
from Bowdoin so we thought wed start
asking the question of Hey, does anyone
want to have this discussion on cam-
pus? Is this issue important to anyone?
Hawkins said.
PRO-LIFE
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EPICURIA
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having it stationed in front of Ladd
House. Tey also provided an infatable
bouncy castle in front of Osher Hall.
I thought they [Security] did a
good job monitoring the event with-
out being overbearing, said Chris-
tian Boulanger 15, a member of the
rugby teams senior leadership. Hav-
ing the taco truck outside was pretty
nice, it gave people an opportunity to
get out of the heat.
Tats a carry over from a strat-
egy we used during Ivies, said Nich-
ols, referring to the taco truck. We
have found that by providing copi-
ous amounts of pizza and other food
It was a little ridiculous this year
with the amount of urine
owing around.
RANDY NICHOLS
DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY
items, we are able to afect safety in a
positive way.
Despite the several live bands that
played during the night, noise levels
were kept low enough that the College
did not receive any noise complaints
from town residents this year, though
they have in years past.
The police did not get a call as-
sociated with Epicuria at all this
year, said Nichols. When you
put on a toga, sometimes you act
a little differently.
Tis years Epicuria stood in
stark contrast to the infamous
2012 toga party, a night during
which the College determined
that the rugby team had violated
its hazing policy. Te events of the
party led the president and the
vice president of Ladd to volun-
tarily step down, and to security
increasing alcohol security. On
the night of the 2012 Epicuria,
four students were transported
two from Ladd, one from Cole-
man and one from the of-campus
Union Street houseand two
students were cited for underage
drinking at Union Street.
HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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seeingthead intheir news feeds earlythis week.
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SECURITY REPORT: 9/26 to 10/1
Friday, September 26
Students cooking breakfast at
52 Harpswell accidentally triggered
a kitchen smoke alarm.
A brief power outage afected
Burnett House and Mustard House.
A feld hockey player with a
head injury was escorted to Mid
Coast Hospital.
Brunswick Police (BPD) cited
two students for alcohol law viola-
tions at Hannaford. One student
was issued a court summons for
furnishing alcohol to a minor; the
second student was cited for pos-
session of alcohol by a minor.
Excessive noise was reported at
Brunswick Apartments E.
Saturday, September 27
An officer checked on the
well-being of an intoxicated stu-
dent who had consumed hard al-
cohol at Hyde Hall.
An intoxicated female student
who had consumed hard alcohol in
Hyde Hall was transported to Mid
Coast by Brunswick Rescue.
An officer conducted a well-
ness check for an intoxicated stu-
dent in Hyde Hall, who had con-
sumed hard alcohol.
A nauseous student was escort-
ed to the Mid Coast Primary Care
and Walk-In Clinic.
An underage student was
found in possession of a false driv-
ers license.
A student was found to be in
possession of prescription medicine
belonging to another person.
A student who cut a finger in
a Kanbar Hall lab was escorted to
the Mid Coast Primary Care and
Walk-In Clinic.
A student reported that a
gray Specialized mountain bike
was stolen from a bike rack at
Ladd House.
An of cer and a counselor
checked on the well-being of a de-
spondent student.
Several students were found in
possession of marijuana and
drug paraphernalia near South
Street.
An of cer conducted a
wellness check for an intoxi-
cated female student outside
of Ladd House.
An of cer checked
on the well-being of an
intoxicated female stu-
dent on the patio at
Ladd House.
A student was
cited for urinating
on the foor in a
basement hallway
at Ladd House.
An of cer
checked on the
wellbeing of
an intoxicated
student in a
West Hall
restroom.
An
o f f i c e r
checked
on a stu-
dent over-
come by
the high
t e m -
perature
i ns i d e
L a d d
Hou s e
duri ng
a reg-
istered
event.
Sunday, September 28
An of cer checked on the well-
being of an itoxicated visitor who be-
came ill in a Ladd House restroom.
An of cer checked
on the well-be-
ing of an intoxi-
cated visitor in a
stairwell at Ladd
House.
An in-
toxicated fe-
male who had
consumed hard
alcohol was
transported from
Maine Hall to Mid
Coast by Bruns-
wick Rescue.
An intoxicated
campus visitor was
detained outside of
Coles Tower. A parent
was called and came to
campus to take the person
home. Note: Students are
held responsible for the con-
duct of their guests.
A bottle of hard alcohol
was seized from a visitor attend-
ing a Ladd House event.
Of cers checked on the
well-being of an in-
toxicated
s t u -
d e n t
at West
Hall.
Of-
f i c e r s
conduct-
ed a well-
ness check
for an in-
t o x i c a t e d
student at
Winthrop Hall.
A dark red Schwinn bicycle was
stolen from the area of Osher Hall.
An ill student was escorted to
Mid Coast.
A wooden exterior stair railing
was damaged at Helmreich House.
A yellow bike was reported sto-
len from the bike rack at West Hall.
Monday, September 29
An alert student reported
a suspicious man loitering near
Harpswell Apartments at 2:15
a.m. A Security officer spotted
the 53-year-old local man and
called BPD for assistance. The
man was given a trespass warn-
ing and was barred from all cam-
pus property.
An employee reported that a
small personal stereo was stolen
from Thorne Dining Hall. The
item was returned a few days later.
A McKeen Street water main
broke, disrupting water service to
MacMillan House for five hours.
Tuesday, September 30
A student reported that two
suspicious men were checking out
bikes at bike racks at Howard and
Coleman Halls. A search of the
area proved unsuccessful.
A staff member accidentally
triggered a fire alarm at Haw-
thorne-Longfellow Library by
overcooking microwave popcorn.
A blue and silver Trek moun-
tain bike was reported stolen
from the south side of Searles
Science Building.
Wednesday, October 1
An ill student was escorted
from Sills Hall to the Parkview Ad-
ventist Medical Center.
-Compiled by the Of ce of Safety and
Security.
on the 16th floor.
Corinne Alini 18, whose first-
year seminar meets on the 16th
floor, said she and her classmates
had to compromise over who got to
take the one working elevator.
When we all get out of class
we had to decide who has priority
over the elevator because it was go-
ing to take a long time for the [one]
elevator to go down then back up,
Alini said.
NDiaye understood the delay,
but said she wished the elevators
were fully operational sooner.
Obviously when something
happens you want it to be an im-
mediate fix, but it took a bit longer
than expected, NDiaye said.
Te elevators interiors were reno-
vated this summer as part of a four-
year renovation to Coles Tower.
We went to talk to our eleva-
tor company and asked what we
should be doing to the elevators [in
order to] prolong the life and make
them operate better for the fore-
seeable future, Stam said. There
were a number of things they sug-
gested to us, all of which we did.
One of these suggestions was these
facelifs to the elevator cab inte-
riors, a project that has since been
completed and was not related to the
recent malfunction.
Afer this weekend, Facilities
looked at how it could improve the
mechanics of the elevators. Te north
elevator has many sets of the noisy
rollers, so Facilities ordered new ones
to prevent further noise issues. Te
rollers will be replaced soon.
Teres a little bit more work that
has to be made, Stam said. Were
being proactive.
TOWER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FEATURES
6 the bowdoin orient friday, october 3, 2014
Fiona Iyer finds freedom and family during gap year travels
Coming to terms with a changed homeland
Early Sunday morning, I was wo-
ken up by a flood of texts in my fam-
ily group chat. Groggy and slightly
hung-over from Epicuria, I ignored
them and went back to sleep.
At brunch my sister pulled me
over to watch what I assumed
would be a cat video. Instead, she
showed me an image of the Hong
Kong police throwing tear gas into
a crowd of peaceful protesters.
Overnight, Hong Kongs non-vio-
lent, student led, pro-democracy
movement had escalated into a vi-
olent clash between protestors and
the government.
My family has now lived in
Hong Kong for more than 19 years,
a period of time long enough for us
to witness the handover of sover-
eignty from Britain to China.
This period was also long
enough for us to have earned Per-
manent Resident status. Under
Hong Kongs Basic Law, Perma-
nent Residents have the right to
vote and stand for election, and all
residents are granted rights to the
freedom of speech, freedom of as-
sembly, and so forth. On paper at
least, Hong Kong certainly looks
like a democracy.
What, then, is the Pro-Democ-
racy movement about? Despite
promises made before the 1997
handover, the Chief Executive of
Hong Kong and members of the
legislature will not be determined
by universal suffrage in 2017. In-
stead, voters will have the free-
dom of choosing between a series
of candidates hand-selected by
Beijing. Furthermore, the violence
employed by the Hong Kong police
BY MOLLY SUN
CONTRIBUTOR
After participating in a three-
week entrepreneurship program,
Fiona Iyer 18 knew she wanted to
take a year off before coming to
Bowdoin. So, supplied with money
from babysitting, she packed her
bags and embarked on an adven-
ture to South Africa, Argentina,
Mauritius, and Italy.
Iyer started off by spending four
months at the African Leadership
Academy in Johannesburg, South
Africa studying entrepreneurial
leadership. She was also the mar-
keting director and business strat-
egist of a media-house business
run out of the academy.
There she encountered Veda,
her entrepreneurial leadership
teacher, who became a great source
of inspiration for her.
He was just brilliant, said Iyer.
He had such a sense of clarity in
that he knew what he was passion-
ate about, he knew what he wanted,
he knew where he was going. Even-
tually I want to get to that stage.
Though she greatly values her
time in South Africa, Iyer does not
miss the dangers of living there.
South Africa has a murder rate of
31.1 per 100,000 people, which is
4.5 times higher than the global
average. The academy where she
studied was surrounded by barbed
wire and electric fences in order to
prevent intruders from stepping
on campus.
In addition, Iyer found that the
MIND THE GAP
BY STEFF CHAVEZ
legacy of apartheid still resonates
in the country.
We think the inequality be-
tween blacks and whites here [in
America] is an issueits so exac-
erbated in South Africa, she said.
Iyer waitressed at a French caf
in Johannesburg where she was
usually tipped eight or nine times
more than the black waitresses.
I had to stop working there be-
cause I didnt need the money and
they did, said Iyer. It was just
very tense.
The next leg of Iyers journey
took her to Buenos Aires, which
she says is the part of her gap year
she enjoyed most. She initially
didnt have a place to stay and
spent her nights sleeping on peo-
ples couches, but ultimately found
an apartment and a roommate who
became one of her best friends.
I was convinced I was go-
ing to stay there, said Iyer, who
was enthralled by the culture, art,
and music of the city. She quickly
found a job as a graphic designer
for the New York-based company
Juicy Canvas.
After Argentina, she ended up
in Italy.
Iyer was staying on the Amalfi
Coast when she took a transcen-
dent bite of crusty bruschetta with
spicy extra virgin olive oil and
fresh tomatoes. After asking to
watch the chef, Patricia, cooking,
Patricia proposed that Iyer work
in the kitchen (with no working
papers) for food and accommoda-
tion. In exchange, Iyer would give
her English lessons.
I learned how to cook. That was
the most amazing part. The work-
day was thirteen hours. It was a lot
of time, said Iyer. It was almost
torturous because the Mediter-
ranean Sea was right outside the
window so when I was chopping
and slicing and being a little sous-
chef, I could just see the sea calling
to me.
Iyer found a warm Italian
For those of you unacquainted
with Professor Paul Franco, as I was
before our meeting, you may recog-
nize him as the man strolling across
campus with his black lab as you bike
frantically to morning class. Franco
is a political philosophy professor
in the government department and
has taught at Bowdoin for 25 years,
which may have something to do
with his reputation as a compelling
and charismatic professor.
As I loitered by the Smith Union
Caf waiting to meet Franco for a
teatime chat, I was curious. Would
our conversation remain confined
to the realm of academia and
Bowdoin life, or would we tran-
scend the normal student-profes-
sor banter? I felt a sort of juvenile
glee at the prospect of putting a
professor in the hot seat. There
were all kinds of questions I want-
ed to ask himabout his journey
to Bowdoin, life experiences, and
Netflix queue (spoiler: he likes
House of Cards).
I greeted Franco in line to pur-
chase hot beverages, and was de-
lighted when he asked for a reusable
mug for his cofee (black). I plopped
a teabag into my own cup, and we
sat down for what I sensed would be
an enlightening discussion. We al-
ready had dishware in common.
Franco grew up in Colorado and
attended Colorado College. From
there, he went on to attend gradu-
ate school at the University of Chi-
cago and came straight to Bowdoin
as a freshly-minted academic.
This was in 1990, and I have been
here ever since, said Franco.
As we talked about his youth, I
wanted to work out how he chose
the life of a professor. It was al-
ways a straight path for me, said
Franco. My father was a doctor,
but I never considered that.
In terms of odd jobs here and
there however, Franco has held
some eclectic temporary positions
over the years. He worked as a the-
ater usher and gas station atten-
dant. He was also a lawn mower at
a graveyard. The key was not to
chip the gravestones as you were
going, he explained.
As a college student, Franco en-
joyed the intimate atmosphere of the
liberal arts, just as we do at Bowdoin.
One of his favorite memories in-
volved stargazing with classmates in
the Colorado Rockies.
I was not a science major, but
BY ELENA BRITOS
CONTRIBUTOR
mama in Patricia, who didnt
speak any English.
She always wanted a daughter,
said Iyer. And she was angling to
set me up with one of the other
chefs who was her son.
Iyer said her time in these three
countries taught her a lot about
herself and the world. But her
deepest experience took place on
the island of Mauritius, a place
where she only stayed for a week
attending a friends wedding.
[Their] family was so big and
loud and close, she said, Thats
when I realized how important
family was. And so when I think
of my gap year, that was really the
most striking moment.
Iyer had some of the most amaz-
ing experiences of her life during
her gap year and said she always
felt trapped by the thought of hav-
ing to go back to college. She is
having a hard time dealing with
the new environment finding that
the most difficult part of the tran-
sition to Bowdoin is missing the
sense of anonymity that she had in
the city.
Though its tough right now,
she is giving Bowdoin a fighting
chance.
Everything is temporary and
we have so much choice. We can
really do whatever we want, said
Iyer. Its your life, youre living
it for yourself. Its very liberat-
ing. You realize that you are never
stuck in a place. You can pack your
suitcase and go. And I think the
thought that I am liberated is mak-
ing the transition easier.
Please see FRANCO, page 9 Please see HOME, page 9
COURTESY OF FIONA IYER
MAKING IT WORK: FionaIyer 18(left) prepares items for aphotoshoot for American-basedstartupJuicyFruit, wheresheworkedinBuenos Aires. Inadditiontoher timein
Argentina, Iyer spent theother parts of her gapyear inSouthAfrica, Italy, andMauritius.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LILLIE ASHWORTH
RISING UP: Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong react to tear gas thrown into the crowds by police.
Franco before Bowdoin: Odd
jobs and the Grateful Dead
the bowdoin orient friday, october 3, 2014 features 7
BY CALLIE FERGUSON
COLUMNIST
Flavorful pumpkin ales embody the traditions of Autumn in Maine
On Sunday, the high was 77 de-
grees. Te sun was high in the blue-
bird sky; specks in the air were illu-
minated by sunbeams; people splayed
out on the Quad as if theyd been
dropped from an airplane; and walk-
ing by, I thought to myself, no, its au-
tumn, dammit.
I love the sunshine. Really, I do.
But nows not the time. It is Octo-
ber, and it wouldnt be so without
flannel cover-ups and corduroy
things, steaming cups of something
fragrant, or the pleasant crunch of
leaves underfoot.
I mean it when I say that it wouldnt
be October without those things.
And one of these nightsmaybe its
already happenedthe temperature
will dip into the 30s and I, for one,
will fnd a certain kind of excitement
in that. Its not that I like the cold, but
that I like scarves. And Ill know that
its almost October, and another thing
I love, Halloween, is coming soon.
Teres joy in doing the same thing
at the same time every year. Te
things themselves ofer their own bits
of happinessscarves, for instance,
or apple ciderbut the cycle itself is
also the joy.
Teres the anticipation of re-
welcoming things back into your
life that never get old. I say re-wel-
coming because honestly, how many
times have we done this by now?
They stay the same, every year,
and that sameness establishes a
comfortable security as you get
older. I say this all in preparation
to ask a simple question: Why else
do I love pumpkin beer?
Because pumpkin beer is an
emblem of the season, and I love
emblems, and seasons. I know that
on the autumnal beverage front,
the Pumpkin Spice Latte hogs the
limelight.
To this I say, shoo, Pumpkin Spice
Latte. Make room for something
closer to the source, whose taste isnt
a confectionary, superfcial nod to
the season, but an actual product of
it: pumpkin beer, brewed with actual
pumpkins, tasting of both sweet-
spiciness and earthiness, deriving
its charm and favor from the actual
stuf of fall.
Truth be told, pumpkin
ales are not among my all-
time favorite beers. But Im
always excited by them
because its one of the
only styles that feels
truly connected to a
time of year. Sure,
refreshing Hefe-
weizens domi-
nate the hot
summer months
and its hard
not to associate
belly-warming
bar l e ywi nes
with the win-
tertime. But
pumpkin beers
are more than
just seasonal
favorites. Tey
are a salute to
the fall. Even
the labels sug-
gest as much:
the ferce
jack-o-lantern
grimacing from
the bottle of Dogfsh
Heads Punkin Ale is more
of a salute to fall (which Im con-
fating with Halloween here) than the
theme-lacking pilsner Dogfsh released
last December.
Now, it was my initial project to
try all the pumpkin beers I could
get my hands on and recommend
my favorite. Ten I found out the
liver-quaking scale of that task.
With the amount of breweries that
put out a fall pumpkin beer, neither
my health nor my wallet could af-
ford the efort.
However, I can point you to a
few options, most of which you
can find at Hannaford or at Boot-
leggers in Topsham.
Pumpkin beers usually
fall on a spectrum of pie (sweet
and spiced) to squash (more vege-
table tasting, almost a bitter earth-
iness). My personal preference is a
balance of the two, but definitely
skewing toward the pie flavors. For
me, its the cloves and the allspice
and the cinnamon that conjure up
the festive connotations of fall, and
I want them in my beer.
For this reason, I like the Pun-
kin Ale by Dogfish Head (available
in 12 ounce bottles at Bootleg-
gers). Brightly spiced, full-bodied,
and dissolving into brown-sugar
sweetness and a malt-base like pie
crust, this beer manages the pump-
kin-to-pie flavor ratio nicely.
It is much better than
another popular
pumpkin
b e e r
on the
m a r k e t ,
which is none-
theless another of my
favorites: Southern Tiers
Pumking. An Imperial Ale be-
cause of its super high alcohol con-
tent (clocking in at 8.6% percent),
Pumking is much less sweet, and
the bitter, squashier qualities are
carried forward by its booziness.
Te nose on this beer defnitely gets
fve stars out of fve: pie crust, vanilla
and duh, pumpkin. You get this beer in
a big 22 ounce bottle at Bootleggers.
Tere are so many others to choose
from, but I should mention the
Bowdoin favorite that is Shipyards
Pumpkinhead (you can fnd this
on tap at Joshuas, as well as in your
roommates fridge, probably).
I hate to say this, given that Ship-
yard is the only Maine beer Ill bring
up in this article, but I fnd Pump-
kinhead, despite its yummy sweet-
ness, to be lacking in any solid malt
foundation, as well as super watery.
I recommend that you partake only
as a Bowdoin traditionwhich, if my
argument has meant anything until
now, is as good a reason as any to
drink a beer.
Food and drink are and have al-
ways been socialbeer especial-
ly. So enjoy fall, and its boozy,
pumpkin oferings. Id be
remiss if I failed to acknowl-
edge that pumpkin beer is not
the only autumn staple on the beer
market. I also invite you to take
part in the other fall rituals celebrat-
ed by your local brewers. Oktoberfest
beersnicknamed for German beer
festival, but which are actually called
marzen beers, for the month when
these lagers are brewedare also
fooding the shelves.
Im not a huge fan, but Peak
Organica Portland brewery
makes a hoppy Oktoberfest thats
worth trying. Fall is also the hop
harvest season, so you can find
many breweries paying tribute to
fresh hops. For example, Sam Ad-
ams has a Hopology Collection
(two IPAs and an IPL) that you can
get at Bootleggers right now, but
Im mostly looking forward to the
Sierra Nevada Hoptimum whole-
leaf imperial IPA that Ive got sit-
ting in my fridge.
And I havent even mentioned
cider. I guess youll have to do the
homework on that front, readers.
Cheers.
DIANE FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
PHOTOS BY JESSICA GLUCK, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
GREEN THUMB: The Bowdoin Organic Garden (BOG) is a product of Bowdoin Dining and the Organic Garden Club. The BOG is always looking for student volunteers to bolster the ranks of the existing 40 to 60 student assistants per season. The garden has two loca-
tions: one on campus and another larger site two and a half miles away. They also run composting initiatives, have an apple press (right) and occasionally host lectures about the garden and sustainable foods (top left).
8 features friday, october 3, 2014 the bowdoin orient
TALK OF THE QUAD
On a quiet and cloudy Sunday
morning, my three housemates
and I decided to make the trek to
the 38th Annual Common Ground
Country Fair. As we headed north
to Unity, I honestly had no idea
what to expect. I had been hearing
about this magical event for my
past three years at Bowdoin, both
through BOC emails inviting me
to join group excursions and from
friends and acquaintances around
campus, but I had never been there
myself. In the spirit of the final
hoorahs of senior year, I decided
to finally check out what this fair
was all about.
The Common Ground Coun-
try Fair is described by the Maine
Organic Farmer & Gardener Asso-
ciation (MOFGA) as a rite of pas-
sage from our busy summer sea-
son into the quieter winter months
we know lie ahead. It is a time to
rekindle friendships, to learn and
to savor all the extraordinary food
grown by Maines organic farm-
ers[to celebrate] Maines rural
way of life.
Sounds pretty idyllic, right?
Sadly, I cant say that I felt such
a strong sentiment of community
and excitement at the end of the
day. Rather, my experience at the
fair was woefully underwhelming.
Sure, it may have been the gloomy
weather. Or maybe it was due to
my somewhat (unintentionally)
judgmental attitude toward agri-
culture-related events here in the
Northeast.
You see, I grew up (and still live)
on a beef cattle ranch in western
Wyoming, so I have a very particu-
lar and different view of agricul-
ture and fairs. Maybe that is why I
found the manicured look of fancy
and expensive organic farm food a
little superficial. Or maybe I was
jaded by the fact that the fee just
to enter the fair was a steep $15,
and there werent even that many
free samples to make me feel like
I got my moneys worth. Either
way, I guess I just wasnt that
impressed by the
entire event.
All cyni-
cism and
judgment
a s i d e ,
though, I
could see
how and
why the
C o m m o n
G r o u n d
Fair draws
so many
people. The
sheer physi-
cal footprint
of the event
was almost
ov e r whe l m-
ing, and if it
werent for the
aid of a trusty
map, I think I
would have felt
very lost and
confused. It is
obvious that the fairs o r g a -
nizers have mastered what they do
over the past 38 years, though, as
the organization was impressive.
The fair could be accessed via
train, bike, car or on foot. If you
didnt feel like walking to the en-
trance from the parking lot, trac-
tor and wagon rides were avail-
able. Volunteers were on hand
everywhere you looked. (In fact,
the MOFGA newspaper reports
that 2,000+ volunteers worked the
weekend.)
Once inside,
the pathways
were lined
with hundreds of local farmers
selling anything from squash and
apples to beef and kefir (ferment-
ed milk). There was just about
anything else you could imagine,
tooincluding food trucks, farm-
ing technique classes, art displays,
craft workshops and vendors,
sheep dog demonstrations, barns
full of rabbits, cheese tents, and
so much more. Recycling and
compost stations could be found
around nearly every corner. There
were hundreds of people bustling
about from all walks of life, from
families with kids to bare-
f o o t e d
a n d
l o n g -
haired hip-
pies (and sometimes even
families of hippies). Of course,
it was impossible not to run into
the occasional group of fellow
Bowdoin students as well.
My housemates and I spent our
few hours at the fair wandering
aimlessly between tents and dem-
FARMERS ON UNCOMMON
GROUND
Apparently, the College has de-
cided to invest in something even
older than fossil fuelgranite, es-
pecially the black and white vari-
ety and specimens of that variety
that are rough and remind one that
granite comes from the earth. Re-
turning from two years away from
campus, I was greeted all at once
by this new stoneworkthe rect-
angle around the polar bear statue,
the Moulton amphitheater, the gut-
ters by Hatch, the speed humps on
College Street, the stone paths out
front of the Chapel. It looks clean
and serves as an occasional im-
pediment to bicyclists, which I
remember as a lazy and en-
titled class of locomotes.
It is clearBowdoin has
ambitions on a geologic scale,
at least aesthetically. When
Orient columnist Matthew
Goodrichs remains condense
into crude oil, Bowdoin will
use the resultant windfall to
put granite facing on the dike
around campus that holds
back the sea.
Ribbing aside, it is a new
year, and a fine time for
thoughts of image and legacy.
What does all this stonework
mean for Bowdoin? Aside from
demonstrating, of course, that the
school is enough in tune with the
natural world to figure out where
to get a lot of granite, it speaks of
wealth and stability and the con-
cept of timeless beauty. I am al-
ways curious as to what Bowdoin
thinks of its appearance. It is clear
that, over the past couple of years,
the College has been thinking
about how it is going to age, and
how it is already aging.
You can see on the back of the
Chapel, where it faces Studzinski,
the claw marks from the vines of
ivy that used to grow there. The ivy
was handsome and produced small
bunches of dark poisonous berries
that the crows liked to eatbut its
roots threatened the masonry. Like
alcohol, ivy is lovely and fortify-
ing until it finds some weakness to
pry atit must be closely watched.
Last summer, the decision was
made to rip it down.
The art museum, mean-
while, has had a
mid-(quarter?) life crisis and has
had some work done. I am not
referring to the award-winning
renovations of 2007, but to
the de-greening of the mu-
seums bronze: the cu-
pola and the statues of
Demosthenes and
Sophocles are back
to their original
dull brown. This
cleanup work
has been called
a conservation
effort.
In light of
the other work
around cam-
pus, though,
I am in-
clined to
read it more as a kind of posturing
reminiscent of the Greeks recent
efforts to rebuild the Parthenon
A COLD FOREST WHERE
NOTHING SMELLS
both presumably stem from a de-
sire not to be officially associated
with anything in a state of decay.
Looking at the new entrance, we
see granite and glass,
which speak again
of clarity and eter-
nity and share an
aesthetic with
this authors
Macbook. The
new entrance
was built to
help the mu-
seum control
its climate
the old main
entrance, with
its massive
ceremoni ous
door, let too
much of the
outside in. It
is at least im-
mensely funny
that, as our
educations be-
come less and
less recogniz-
able to one an-
other, the fa-
cade that with
names and
busts of the
old figures
and bench-
marks of
e duc at i on
now bears
this omi-
nous sign on
the inside of the glass, at its
focal point: EMERGENCY EXIT
ONLY: ALARM WILL SOUND.
Speaking of small pains, I re-
member sitting on the Quad facing
the art museum as a tour guide led
a group by the steps at a slow walk.
She was telling her charges a story
about how, when the lions that
guard the facade were installed,
the workers accidentally switched
them. She added, lying now, that
Bowdoin students knew this fact
and were charmed by it.
Since I heard that story, those
lions have only ever looked to me
to be bored with each other and
their supposed duty. I was think-
ing of calling for the College to
switch them back, as a gesture, who
knows, perhaps in line with the re-
cent wire-brushing of Socrates.
Ultimately, though, the main
entrance has been closed, and
the cleaning of the statuary was
an aesthetic twitch of a conser-
vation effort that gives way to,
rather than supports, the overall
aesthetic project. That project is
to give campus the impression of:
glass, bushes, granite, natural light,
and if not this gleam of the cut-
ting edge, then at least an obedient
cleanliness, like a cold forest where
nothing smells. The ideals of this
charming aesthetic are transpar-
ency and timelessnesstwo no-
tions around which any student of
human experience should hold his
or her breath, for fear of becoming
inspired by them.
As a final note for Facilities, and
for those wondering why the Lud-
dites on campus are always so late:
time has changed since the sundi-
als on Hubbard were last adjusted.
No doubt, though, the old bronze
gnomons will be burnished soon.
-by John Tanner Horst 13
onstrations, quietly passing them
by or stopping only briefly. It was
all very nonchalant. I was naturally
drawn to the horse demonstrations
and the cattle stalls, however. The
true highlight of my day was see-
ing a pair of Scottish Highland-
ers, my favorite cattle breed. My
housemates also willingly tagged
along as I dragged them to the
sheep dog demonstrations, where
four border collies showed off
their sheep and goat-herding skills
to a crowd gathered around a large
pen. Through all of these events
and stops, I couldnt help but
think of my own cattle and my
three border collie cattle dogs at
home, causing me to become se-
riously nostalgic.
Despite the overall meh
feeling of the day and my pre-
established sentiments toward
events like the Common Ground
Country Fair, I would say that
the trek was overall worthwhile.
My roommates collectively end-
ed up with a bag of apples, three
miniature squashes, an eggplant
sandwich and some yogurt. I
may have left empty-handed,
but I walked away with a feel-
ing of satisfaction.
I felt like I was reconnecting
with my own agricultural roots, as
well as gaining a quiet apprecia-
tion for Maine agricultureeven
if it is different than that of the
West. The fair may not have been
my most thrilling weekend experi-
ence, but I think it is worth check-
ing out. Maine is a neat place, and
the agricultural opportunities and
systems that exist here should be
celebrated.
-by Andi Noble 15
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
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FRANCO
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I took an astronomy course for
non-science people. We went up
into the mountains to do our ob-
servations and I remember being
high above the city away from the
lights, and seeing the sky with such
absolute clarity.
This appreciation for new ex-
periences, both in academics and
environment, resonated with me,
and I began to suspect that some
aspects of the lives of college stu-
dents have gone unaltered.
In general, though, the mem-
ory of being in a small, beautiful
place with close friends and in-
credible teachers made a great im-
pact when I was deciding where I
would teach, explained Franco. It
was a very formative experience.
Franco and I went on to discuss Mad
Men binges, literature and his experi-
ence as a Dead Head. Talking about
these things opened our conversation
to the workday aspects of campus life,
not excluding collegiate dating prac-
tices. Franco tolerated my curiosity, and
explained that his college experiences
seemed to refect those of Bowdoin stu-
dents today.
Growing up in the 70s, there
was an erosion of sorts, which I
think were still experiencing. It
was an organic time, but I think
[dating] may have lacked some
specialness, a setting aside of time
away from the mundane. I think it
would be great if we got back to the
old-fashioned flowersandice
cream thing.
The conversation soon moved
on to more important things. De-
spite the great leapsand regres-
sionsthe world has made since
Franco was in college, one thing
seems true: college students are
pretty much all in the same boat.
Whats more, the things we will re-
member most about our time here
may not be individual events, but
rather the collective people, places,
and experiences that bind us. And
that, according to Franco, is per-
fectly okay.
Enjoy your time here and do
some experimenting, he advised.
Find something you love to do
and dont worry too much about
getting on a career track. Use these
four years as a kind of interval be-
fore pressures bear down.
This wisdom was well received
by me, a track-less English major,
but I think it is equally sound ad-
vice for those with set career paths.
The liberal arts have much to offer,
so we might as well get the most
out of Bowdoin in our four years.
When we had finished our
drinks and began squeaking our
Union chairs back to part ways, I
asked Franco one last question.
What do you wish Bowdoin
students knew about you?
He paused, and I wondered what
further wisdom he would impart
to eager NESCACers.
I am a very fast runner, said
Franco, nodding slowly. Thats
what Id like them to know.
Elena Britos is a member of the
class of 2015
force on Sunday is a stark reminder
that the civil liberties we enjoy in
Hong Kong, rights that I frequent-
ly take for granted, are fragile and
dependent upon the benevolence
of the Chinese government.
Hong Kong does not have a
strong tradition of civic engage-
ment. However, it is clear that a
tipping point has been reached.
On one hand, it is moving to see so
many students in Hong Kong stand
up for their civil liberties, and as
somebody who can only support
from afar, I am grateful to my
friends and family on the streets.
On the other hand, the student
massacre at Tiananmen Square in
1989 serves as a threatening back-
drop to these protests. Observing the
action from an ocean away, primar-
ily through images splashed across
social media, is at once awe-inspiring
and incredibly frightening.
As a senior, I am being forced to
confront uncertainties about my
future at the same time that Hong
Kongs political future seems even
more uncertain. In 15 years, will
Hong Kong still be a city that I
want to live in? Should I even in-
clude Hong Kong in my job search?
The way Beijing treats and re-
sponds to this weeks protests will
certainly be an indicator. Mean-
while, Hong Kong students abroad,
anxiously waiting for news, scroll
through our Twitter feedsaccess
to which Beijing has yet to take
away from us.
HOME
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PHOTO COURTESY OF LILLIE ASHWORTH
PROTECTION: Protestors useavarietyof protectivegear toshieldthemselves fromtear gas, includingmasks, goggles, umbrellas andinthis case, saranwrap.
COURTESY OF BOWDOIN COMMUNICATIONS/COPYRIGHT BOB HANDELMAN
TALK ON THE QUAD: Professor Paul Franco speaks with a student outside the classroom. Franco has been at Bowdoin for twenty-five years.
10 the bowdoin orient friday, october 3, 2014
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Please see PRINTMAKER, page 12
Visiting printmaker collaborates with
students on memorializing installation
BY EMILY WEYRAUCH
ORIENT STAFF
Craft Centers pop-up classes attract curious students
ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SHAKE IT: Musicians from Raquel Z. Rivera & Ojos de Sofa perform for students Wednesday nght.
La Dcima Project teaches,
performs for community
Las Dcimas del Amargue &
Other Songs of Love, a touring
music project, visited campus on
Wednesday to teach students about
Puerto Rican and Dominican music
and to give a public performance.
The band, Raquel Z. Rivera &
Ojos de Sofa is made up of six
members: Raquel Z. Rivera, her sis- Please see DCIMA, page 11
BY MARINA AFFO
ORIENT STAFF
The Bowdoin Craft Center has
struck a chord on campus this
fall by offering free, spontaneous
pop-up classes in Smith Union
three times a month. These classes
encourage students to drop in and
make small decorations for their
dorm rooms, and attendees do not
need Craft Center memberships.
The pop-up classes are new this
year, but they are already becom-
ing popular with students as an en-
joyable way to de-stress during the
week and become involved with
the Craft Center.
Tis past Monday night, Lonie El-
lis and Rose Nelson, both teaching
artists at Bowdoin, ofered a pop-up
class where students could design
their own dorm room lampshades.
Although the pop-up class was
only supposed to run until 8 p.m.,
it was so popular that students
stayed until 10 p.m. when they ran
out of supplies.
The quick, make and take na-
ture of the pop-up classes allows
students to stop by on their way
through the Union. More students
participate in the pop-up classes
than scheduled Craft Center class-
es because they can stay anywhere
from five minutes to the full two
hours and do not have to sign up
in advance.
Bonnie Pardue, who is leading
the initiative, is the director of the
Craft Center and has been working
at Bowdoin for 25 years.
She saw a demand for the pop-
up classes and wanted to offer
them so that more Bowdoin stu-
dents could take advantage of the
Craft Center. She hopes to work
with students in determining the
future of these classes.
I love talking to the students
and getting to know them. Its the
highlight of my job, said Pardue.
If students send me an email
with a project they want to do, we
can make sure that happens.
The Craft Center has advertised
pop-up classes through the Orbit
Digest, and also promoted them
through word of mouth.
I am a proctor and I would
certainly advise my kids to come
here, said Arhea Marshall 15,
who attended the Monday lamp-
shade class.
Nelson said that Bowdoins new
initiative is part of a larger pop-up
trend happening in the art world.
It is really going to catch on,
she said. Its a trend thats happen-
ing with pop-up art shows in Port-
land. Its just the way things are go-
ing. It absolutely makes sense.
In early October, the Craft
Center will be offering a pop-up
class called Bees, Bees and more
Beeswith a beekeeping talk and
demonstration from a local bee-
keeperand a mending class, at
which a local seamstress will teach
students basic sewing skills.
On October 29 the Craft Cen-
ter will host a Witchcraft Night,
with Halloween-themed crafts
such as cookie decorating and
mask making.
The pop-up classes will con-
tinue to be offered throughout the
year, and could become a perma-
nent fixture in Smith Union on
weekday nights.
Well have to continue running
them, now that theyre so popu-
lar, said Pardue, We ran out of
supplies last time, even though we
bought a lot of extras.
BY GABY PAPPER
STAFF WRITER
ter Anabellie Rivera, Bryan Vargas,
Yasser Tejeda, Jonathan Troncoso
and Nelson Matthew Gonzlez.
Te project, also known as La
Dcima Project, is meant to inform
students and the public about the
origins and types of music that share
Puerto Rican and Dominican Roots.
Before their performance, the
band sat down with students in a
ASHLEY KOATZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
THROWING SHADE: Students learn how to make their own decorative lampshades at the Craft Centers pop-up class in Smith Union on Monday night.
a guest artist to campus for one
week every semester, Bulawsky
came to Bowdoin from the Sam Fox
School at Washington University
in St. Louis where she is an associ-
ate professor. She gave a lecture on
September 29 and has been work-
ing with each of the two sections of
Printmaking I with Assistant Pro-
fessor of Art Carrie Scanga.
For Bulawsky, working with stu-
dents at a small liberal arts college
has been a change of pace from
working at a larger university.
I know there are a lot of envi-
ronmental studies and earth and
oceanographic science students,
so its great, said Bulawsky. Most
of the students I work with back
at Wash U. are art students, thats
their major.
As youre working shell step
over your shoulder and tell you, by
the way I love your strokes here
and, just add a little bit of texture
here and there, said Lizzy Takyi
17, who has not yet declared a ma-
jor. Its so great to have her here.
Its been really fun because ev-
erybodys really fresh to printmak-
ing, said Bulawsky. Theres a lot
of amazement about the processes
and the way things turn out.
With Bulawsky, the students are
learning a new technical process:
collagraph, in which texture is built
up on a plate with different media.
Its a diferent perspective in terms
of techniques, said Karla Olivares 17.
COURTESY LISA BULAWSKY
D-MOUNT OF VENUS (FOR DETROIT): A 2014 printed collage on paper by Lisa Bulawsky, an art-
ist who is visiting Bowdoin this week. Bulawsky is working on a collaborative project with students.
This week, esteemed printmaker
Lisa Bulawsky visited Bowdoin to
spend time in the studio teaching
and collaborating with the Print-
making I classes. After a week of
instruction and group discussions,
the classes will install a set of por-
trait prints that memorialize fig-
ures known and unknown.
As part of the Marvin Bileck
Printmaking Project, which brings
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ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FEEL THE RHYTHM: A band member plays guitar at Wednesday nights musical performance.
DCIMA
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
workshop where they discussed
the roots of their music and their
musical journey so far.
Assistant Professor of Music
Michael Birenbaum Quintero had
all three of his classesthe Afro-
Latin-American Music Ensemble,
Sound Travels From Mozart to the
MP3, and CuBop, Up-Rock, Boo-
galoo, and Banda: Latinos Making
Music in the United Statesattend
the workshop and the concert.
The event was sponsored by the
Latin-American Students Organi-
zation (LASO) and many students
and community members outside
of these classes attended.
LASO board member Ernesto
Garcia 17 said that the group was
not only talented and emotive, but
also very knowledgeable about the
history of the genres they were play-
ing, as well as the technical aspects of
the music.
Many of the band members grew
up listening to the type of music they
are now making.
All the band members are either
from Puerto Rico or the Domini-
can Republic, or are the children of
people from these countries.
Whats different about this
group is that they didnt just come
to entertain the audience, but actu-
ally to educate them about the dif-
ferent kinds of music and how they
were derived, said Garcia.
The band, created in 2007, is
based in New York and was able
to come to campus with the help
of Quintero. At the workshop they
explained how their music is heav-
ily influenced by many different
styles of music like Afro-Caribbe-
an and Afro-Latin music.
Other students who went to the
event were impressed by both the
groups knowledge and skill level. Tey
were excited to see the concepts they
spoke about in class brought to life.
Logan Jackonis 17 said the
workshop and concert directly re-
lated to things he and fellow stu-
dents were learning in both his
Afro-Latin-American Music En-
semble and Latinos Making Music
in the United States class.
We covered musical sounds
like bomba, so this sort of ties into
what we learned, said Jackonis.
Walker Kennedy 15, who is in
Latinos Making Music and Sound
Travels: Mozart to MP3, said he
enjoyed listening to the mixture
of different music and realizing
that the [genres] foundationally
have the same origins and roots.
The band played 20 songs, all in
Spanish, at the concert.
DJs OF THE WEEK
Andrew Daniels 15
and Greg Stasiw 15
What prompted you to create the
show No Dad Rock?
Andrew Daniels: We had a show for
two years called Escalator Music.
Greg Stasiw: Te reasoning behind
that name was that we played progres-
sive rock and metal exclusively. We
said, Tis sure as hell isnt elevator
music, so it must be escalator music!
AD: But it was pretty defned.
Tere was a lot of stuf we wanted to
play that we thought didnt really ft
in that range so we wanted to expand
our horizons this year.
Where did the name for your show
come from?
GS: If you can picture a middle-
aged dude wearing a Life is Good t-
shirt, fipping burgers and listening to
a song, thats Dad Rock. You know,
Aerosmith, Steve Miller Band, ZZ
Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Teres nothing
wrong with those, but of all music, I
mind those the most.
Who do you think makes up your
audience? Who do you hope listens
to your show?
AD: Parents and close friends, I
guess. We hope anyone who is in
their car driving and happens to turn
the radio to WBOR says, Hey, this is
kind of cool!
GS: Our dads. To be honest, theyre
the only ones who probably ever lis-
ten to the show. With the name and
the theme this semester, were kind of
risking alienating about 50% of our
listener base.
AD: But we like to emphasize: we
have nothing against dads.
Whats the best part about having a
radio show?
AD: It really gives you a chance to
explore new music.
GS: Youre forced to fnd new music,
in a way. Our listeners would get very
BY BRIDGET WENT
STAFF WRITER
bored if we were always playing the
same stuf over and over. And we would
get bored too. Having a show every
week forces us to explore music more.
Are there any artists youve discov-
ered through having the show?
AD: Youre more interested in try-
ing to fnd new stuf to listen to be-
cause you know youll have to fnd
stuf to play on the radio show.
GS: In terms of style, were both
starting to get into more postrock
and electronic music, which is fun.
Both of us have always been explor-
ers of music. Last year and the year
before, on the radio show wed play
metal and prog rock but in our room
wed be blasting anything from Saint
Pepsi to Stravinsky. But we had this
task of sticking to this theme, so this
year were just saying, To heck with
the theme. Youre more creative
when you have some kind of con-
straint, so thats why we have the No
Dad Rock thing.
Who is your favorite musical artist?
AD: It would have to be Deafeav-
en, within the last year or so.
GS: Te Antlers, just going by play
count on my iTunes.
What is your guilty pleasure song?
AD: Nights on Broadway by the
Bee Gees.
GS: I guess we could share that
one. Tere would be a lot of Bee Gees
happening in our room last year.
What has been your favorite
concert experience?
AD: A concert we both went to:
Voyager and Rhapsody of Fire.
GS: Probably Explosions in the Sky.
Instrumental post-rock, no lyrics, you
just kind of stand there. Its this weird
trance experience. You have to make
up your own story for the song, so
I just decided to go through all my
memories while they were playing
my whole life was the theme of music.
What is your least favorite band
or genre?
AD: Country. If it comes up on
Spotify on an advertisement, Im like
I never listen to this stuf any way,
why would they target me for a coun-
try advertisement?
GS: If I have to be truthful about a
least favorite band, it would fall un-
der Dad Rock: Aerosmith. Some-
thing about Aerosmith just really
turns me of.
What music do you like to study to?
AD. Post-rock.
GS: My Chemical Romance.
What are your majors?
AD: Math and Computer Science
double major.
GS: Anthropology major with a
Japanese minor.
If you could hang out with one
famous musician, who would it be?
AD: Id probably say Frank Zappa.
He defnitely seems like a character.
GS: David Bowie. Just cause hes
amazing. He just seems like a char-
acter I want to know.
Tune in to No Dad Rock with
Daniels and Stasiw every Wednes-
day from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. on
WBOR 91.1 FM or stream online
at wbor.org.
Editors Note: Daniels is the Web
Developer for the Orient.
JESSICA GLUCK, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
NOT YOUR DADS RADIO SHOW: Greg Stasiw (left) and Andrew Daniels (right) host No Dad Rock,a radio show on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m.
They didnt just come to
entertain the audience but
actually to educate them about
the dierent kinds of music and
how they were derived.
ERNESTO GARCIA 17
If you can picture a
middle-aged dude wearing a
Life is Good t-shirt, ipping
burgers and listening to a song,
thats Dad Rock.
GREG STASIW 15
12 a&e friday, october 3, 2014 the bowdoin orient
24-Hour Show premiers three original comedies
One day, two 12-hour sessions, and
three shows later, the 24-Hour Show,
presented by Bowdoins student the-
ater group Masque and Gown, was set
to perform on stage.
Te annual showwhich has
been a staple of Bowdoin theater for
more than 10 yearswas performed
last Saturday night in front of a
packed audience in Memorial Hall.
It was developed and performed by
new and experienced actors, writers
and directors.
Starting at 7 p.m. on Friday night,
four studentsNick Funnell 17, Ol-
ivia Atwood 17, Emma Dickey 15
and Jacob de Heer Erpelding 15
stayed up writing original plays un-
til 7 a.m. on Saturday morning. Te
result was three comedic short plays:
Swag Club, written by Funnell and
Atwood, OK, Cupid, written by
Dickey and Te Coo in the Night,
written by de Heer Epelding. Ten,
starting at 7 a.m., actors and direc-
BY TOMMY LUNN
STAFF WRITER
tors worked on getting the plays per-
formance-ready by 7 p.m.
Te 24-Hour Show creates an op-
portunity for students with busier
schedules to get involved in theater,
if only for a day.
Its a really low commitment
show, said Trevor Murray 16, Junior
Representative for Masque and Gown.
I think there are a lot of people at
Bowdoin who are interested in theater
but dont have the time to put in for a
[full-length] show.
Although Shannon McCabe, 17,
has never been in a full-length pro-
duction, she acted in Swag Club.
I did the 24-Hour Show last year
and I was in a really serious [play] and
it was fun, but this time all of them
were comedies and it was so much fun
to be in, said McCabe.
Funnell and Atwood said co-writ-
ing Swag Club helped when writ-
ers block kicked in. It grew more
important as the night went on and
they became, as Funnell described it,
tired as hell.
We were up in Memorial on the
sixth foortheres a dance studio
there and we would go in and throw
a ball around to stay active, to stay
awake, Funnell said.
In the early morning, the writers
fnished their jobs and handed their
scripts over to the directors and actors.
Axis Fuksman-Kumpa 17, Vice
President of Masque and Gown, di-
rected the show Te Coo in the
Night, which is about a so-called pi-
geon man.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
As a director, what I like to do is
just go with what the actors intuition
is frstjust let them walk through
it, and then refne it from there, said
Fuksman-Kampa.
I make sure we do something that
makes sense with the space we have. I
like to go with what feels most natu-
ral to the human body.
Since all three plays happened to
be comedies, the atmosphere was a
light one.
It was a riotthe other two shows
were really funny, said Logan Jacko-
nis 17, who directed OK, Cupid.
Te crowd seemed to get a kick out
of the one we did.
Even though the 24-Hour Show is
only a one-day time commitment, it
is still an intense theater experience
for all students involved.
Its defnitely hard because the
pressures on, and rather than being
like I have three weeks, two weeks,
its I have three hours, two hours,
said McCabe.
Hour-by-hour wed be like its tech
week, its dress rehearsal, getting down
to the wire, McCabe added. It was
challenging but it was a fun challenge.
Masque and Gown is currently
preparing its more traditional full-
length show, Almost, Maine. Te
performances will take place Octo-
ber 23-25 at Pickard Teater in Me-
morial Hall.
Editors Note: Atwood, co-writer of
Swag Club and Sophomore Represen-
tative of Masque and Gown is Page 2
Editor of the Orient.
Bulawsky is leading the students
in a conceptual project about me-
morialization and contemporary
memorials, exploring the theme of
how to honor both public and pri-
vate figures.
The students have been inten-
tionally working on something that
would be aesthetically and concep-
tually unified, said Scanga. This
week theyve all been working on
their puzzle piece of this larger in-
stallation project.
Subjects of the portraits include
Martin Luther King, Jr., Bob Mar-
ley, and the last code-speaker of the
Navajo language.
I have talked to a few people
about who they specifically have
been honoring and Ive just been
blown away by the thoughtfulness,
said Bulawsky.
Although Printmaking I is an
introductory visual arts class, and
usually begins at the point of tech-
nique or art history, this project re-
quires students to think more criti-
cally about the ideas behind a piece.
Were starting at the point of
concept, which is an upper-level
way of thinking about art, said
Scanga.
Ive found this melancholy
about how it feels to have a story
behind the art, and not just do
it because its your project, said
Takyi. Thats what shes bringing
to this project.
We have been starting our class-
es with conversation, said Scanga,
who added that the students were
assigned to read an article on pub-
lic memorials before Bulawsky first
arrived. The neat thing is that
those discussions get nicely woven
in with the technical aspect of what
were doing.
This project is very much in
line with the kinds of things I make
work about, said Bulawsky. I make
work about how our individual and
cultural memories define who we
are and create our identities.
Bulawsky said she is fascinated
by this idea of memory.
[Memory is] who we choose to
remember as a culture and who we
choose to remember as individu-
als, who gets commemorated and
I think there are a lot of people
at Bowdoin who are interested in
theater but dont have the time to
put in for a [full-length] show
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monumentalized and who gets for-
gotten, she said.
Its been so inspirational to
learn from her directly knowing
that shes been doing this for so
long, said Takyi.
Hopefully the outcome will be
as great as the process has been,
said Scanga.
Te 36 students from the classes
as well as Bulawskywill be install-
ing their portraits in the Fishbowl
Gallery of the Visual Arts Center
Friday at 11:00 a.m. Te installation
processthe creation of a spontane-
ous and vernacular memorialwill
be focused on the performative act of
placing the image. Each piece will be
accompanied by a small description
of the person honored in the print.
Ive found this melancholy
about how it feels to have a story
behind the art, and not just do it
because its your project.
LIZZY TAKYI 17
SPORTS
the bowdoin orient 13 friday, october 3, 2014
Volleyball slams back into NESCAC play
ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
AIRBORNE: Erika Sklaver 17 elevates as she prepares to kill a point on the way to a win over Colby.
The womens volleyball team
built upon this seasons early suc-
cesses last weekend with its eigh-
teenth consecutive win against
Colby, followed by a win and loss
in non-conference matches against
Eastern Connecticut College and
Keene State College, respectively.
The victory over Colby last Fri-
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day helped the team bounce back
after losing its first home game
in two years against Connecticut
College on September 19. The win
also brought the team back over
.500 in conference play.
The NESCAC is very competi-
tive, said Erika Sklaver 17. And
so every game is a fight for us.
The team was able to gain an
early lead against Colby in the first
set, and beat the Mules in straight
sets. Sklaver led the Polar Bears
offense with eight kills.
Colby was an extremely im-
portant game for us, said As-
sistant Coach Kristin Hanczor.
Our goal for the season is to win
the NESCAC tournament because
that guarantees us to move on the
NCAA tournament. We put a lot
of extra emphasis on our NESCAC
matches to make sure that goal can
stay on track.
The team followed that victory
with two tournament matches at
Keene State on Saturday.
Te Polar Bears beat Eastern
Connecticut handily in the morning
but were less succesful in their afer-
noon match against the hostsfall-
ing in three sets due to a number of
errors, injuries and complications.
[Keene State] is typically one
of the teams towards the top of the
list in New England, said Hanczor.
We fell behind by about 10 points
and then started to stick with them
but we made a lot of errors in the
beginning that put us in a hole we
couldnt get out of.
The team was also hurt by its
lack of attentiveness.
I think we didnt have a consis-
tent focus, said Sklaver. We would
have moments of greatness and
moments of weakness. We played
really, really well for 5 or 6 points
and really poorly for 5 or 6 points.
Every one was working very
hard, but when youre not working
towards one goal it doesnt work
out, said Christy Jewett 16. You
all have to be on the same page to
be able to get good plays over.
The Polar Bears are also work-
ing with a handicap right now
two of their 12 players are cur-
rently concussed, and only having
10 players available has put them at
a clear disadvantage.
Its hard to plan an entire game
because we cant even fill the
court, said Jewett. Also Saturday
was just a little bit of a trial runa
learning experience. We started off
with our alternate system and were
trying that out.
The teams roster is also young.
There are no seniors, only two ju-
niors and six first years.
We can hold our own and show
them how Bowdoin eld hockey
can play. Its pretty incredible.
ASSISTANT COACH SHANNON MALLOY
Te feld hockey team kept its
undefeated streak alive by beat-
ing No. 10 Wellesley College 1-0
on Wednesday night at Howard F.
Ryan Field. Te Polar Bears handed
Wellesley their frst loss of the sea-
son and improved their own record
to 6-0 (4-0 NESCAC).
It is a pretty big deal that we
can play against Wellesley, who [is
a] top ranked team, said captain
Colleen Finnerty 15. We can
hold our own and show them how
Bowdoin field hockey can play. Its
pretty incredible.
Kimmy Ganong 17 scored the
lone goal of the game. Applying of-
fensive pressure, she was able to carry
the ball through the midfeld and
complete a pass to Emily Simonton
15 at the top of the circle. Simonton
played a through-pass over the stroke
line back to Ganong, who directed
the ball into the lef corner.
We did what we needed to do to
get the ball, connect with a team-
mate, said Assistant Coach Shannon
Malloy. Tats how we scored. We
passed the ball and moved the ball
really well, giving [Ganong] the
opening to score.
SCORECARD
Wed 10/1 v. Wellesley W 1-0
Te Blues ofensive was strong in
the second half, pressuring the Polar
Bears circle.
[Wednesdays] game was the
most defensive weve played all sea-
son, said Finnerty.
To be able to hold Wellesley to
only seven corners and keep them
from scoring on all seven of those
corners was a team efort, Finnerty
Football defeated 37-0,
looks ahead to Tufts
Afer a competitive frst half on
Saturday, the football team reverted
to the form it showed last week
against Williams, allowing Amherst
to pull away in the third quarter and
ultimately defeat the Polar Bears 30-7.
Bowdoin started the game strong,
but with six minutes lef in the frst
quarter a long Amherst drive culmi-
nated in a 14 yard touchdown rush.
Afer Amherst scored a feld goal
in the opening minutes of the sec-
ond quarter, the Polar Bears forced
a fumble at Amhersts 44-yard line
and drove toward the end zone.
It looked as if Bowdoin was about
to shif the games momentum
when, at Amhersts one-yard line,
quarterback Timmy Drakely 17
fumbled the ball, allowing Amherst
to hold its 9-0 lead.
Senior captain Mac Caputi
started the game behind center for
the Polar Bears, but Drakely took
over in the second quarter afer
Caputi was sacked. Caputi returned
to play later in the second half.
I thought we had a better week
of practice, said Head Coach Dave
Caputi. I thought we were focused.
We came up playing pretty well,
even though we made a couple of
mistakes early in the game. We
bounced back. We had a chance just
before the half.
In the third quarter, Amherstnar-
rowly avoided giving up a safety.
Shortly afer, the Lord Jefs Jackson
McGonagle scored a 97-yard touch-
down, the longest passing play in
Amherst football history.
Mac Caputi threw an intercep-
tion on Bowdoins next possession,
resulting in another Amherst touch-
down just 47 seconds later. Right
before the end of the third quarter,
Amherst completed a 26 yard pass
for another touchdown that brought
the score to 30-0.
In the fourth quarter the Polar
Bears found a silver lining. Fol-
lowing a 27-yard pass to running
back Drew Prescott 18, who was
tackled at the one-yard line, Caputi
punched the ball in for the Polar
Bears first touchdown of the sea-
son with 45 seconds remaining.
I think we beat ourselves, said
Coach Caputi afer the game. Tey
were a good team and they did
some good things. We made too
many mistakes.
Caputi completed 14 of his 21
passes (66 percent) for 102 yards
and Drakely completed 13 of 24 (54
percent) for 96 yards. Tyler Grant
17 led the ofense with 86 rushing
yards, followed by wide receiver
Daniel Barone 16, who had seven
catches for 61 yards. Bowdoin
turned the ball over three times and
allowed three sacks on the day.
Defensively, Bowdoin was led
by junior linebackers Brendan
Lawler and Branden Morin, who
had seven tackles each. Defensive
lineman Tom Wells 15 contributed
six tackles.
Coaches and players are looking
to improve going into their next
game against Tufs tomorrow at
Whittier Field at 1:30 p.m.
We are a better team than what
weve performed as, said Assistant
Coach Chris Sapp.
Te guys have a lot of energy
and are striving. [Tey] know that
the mistakes we have made are cor-
rectable. So if we can correct those
mistakes then we can be in a better
position to make plays.
The football program at Tufts
has been improving steadily over
the past couple of years. After a
31-game losing streak, the Jum-
BY NICOLE FELEO
STAFF WRITER
Field hockey stays perfect with narrow win
BO BLECKEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
TURF WAR: Kimmy Ganong 17 runs past the Wellesley defense before scoring the games lone goal.
SCORECARD
Sat 9/27 v. Amherst L 30-7
BY SARAH BONANNO
ORIENT STAFF
Please see VOLLEYBALL page 14
said. We counted on every single
man that was on that feld to keep
the ball out of our net.
Goalie Hannah Gartner 15 played
particularly well against Wellesley in
her second straight shutout.
All of her saves were incredible
and were of direct shots of those
cornerswhich a lot of times are
the hardest balls to save with how
many ofenders are coming in at
you, said Finnerty.
When our goalies make a save or
our defense makes a stop, it adds a lot
of confdence to the team as a whole,
Malloy said.
Te team looks to stay undefeated
and continue to dominate on its home
turf tomorrow when it welcomes Trin-
ity at 11 a.m.
Teres a lot of pride at stake
when you go out and play on your
home feld, said Finnerty. Every-
one needs to come ready to play and
fred up to win.
Te Polar Bears go back out of con-
ference on Wednesday night when
they travel to Husson University.
14 sports friday, october 3, 2014 the bowdoin orient
EMMA ROBERTS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
RUGBY, RUGBY, SAY THAT YOU RUGBY: Georgia Bolduc 17, who scored two tries for the Polar Bears, sprints past the University of Maine, Orono defense.
ANISA LAROCHELLE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BY ALEX VASILE
ORIENT STAFF
Womens tennis captain
Emma Chow 15 shined at
last weekends Intercollegiate
Tennis Association New Eng-
land Regional Championship,
capturing second place and a
qualification for the USTA/ITA
National Small College Cham-
pionships in South Carolina
with her partner Tess Trinka
18. The pair will participate in
the tournament from October 9
through October 12.
This marks the first time the
team will be represented at this
event. The pair opened the Re-
gional Championship seeded
second, which surprised mem-
bers of the team seeing as Chow
and Trinka had only played to-
gether for a couple practices be-
fore the event.
In the end, we actually lived
up to our seeding, Chow said.
I honestly dont know how they
came up with those. The team
that beat us should have been
seeded much higher as well.
Head Coach Hobie Holbach
is known for
f r e q u e n t l y
mixing and
matching his
doubles line-
ups, and he
highly doubts
that Chow and
Trinka will
play together
in the spring.
Its great
when [Chow] gets to play with
a first-year, Holbach said. She
can teach [her] along the way,
by example and with words.
Chow and Trinkas path to the
finals took them past the No. 1
pairs from Wesleyan and Am-
herst, as well as the No. 3 team
from Williams. They escaped
some close matches on the way,
including a 9-8 (7-5) tiebreaker
win and an 8-6 win.
It was really about keeping
our mental poise, Chow said.
We had a few tight matches we
could have lost.
Chow said that she believes
she and Trinka can win in
South Carolina. Holbach said
that competition in the North-
east region, where four of the
nations top 10 teams reside,
is comparable to what they
should expect to see at nation-
als. Chow did note that Emory,
last years national champion,
would likely earn a spot in the
tournament as well.
Chow received a tennis racket
for her fourth birthday and be-
gan her tennis career shortly
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Emma Chow 15
WOMENS TENNIS
NEVAN SWANSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
after. Until coming to Bowdoin,
her father was the only coach
she ever had.
Through playing in doubles
leagues as a child, she devel-
oped an appreciation for the
game and is now an experienced
doubles player with a mastery of
positioning and an aggressive
net game.
She knows what shes sup-
posed to do, Holbach said. She
understands the doubles game
and in terms of understanding
situations, shes outstanding.
Holbach also played a large
part in developing Chows much
improved net game.
She goes to the net a lot
because thats what shes best
at, he said. I try to develop
what theyre best at and avoid
what theyre not so good at.
Her whole game is structured
around getting to the net She
probably does that more than
anybody that she plays.
This year, Chow has been
developing a kick serve that
reaches returners over their
left shoulder, forcing right-
handed players to hit a diffi-
cult backhand.
In the past she
tried to slice
her serve down
the T where
the two servic-
es boxes meet.
She still em-
ploys this tech-
nique on her
approaches.
She most-
ly slices, sophomore Pilar
Giffenig said. On her forehand,
she does hit topspin sometimes,
but she mostly slices. Its very
low but it bounces deep so its
hard to judge where its going
to go. It makes it harder for the
other person to attack.
Sam Stalder 17 mentioned
that Chows height gives her an
added advantage, especially with
her new style of play.
For me, I cant go to the net
right away because theyll lob it
right over me, the 52 sopho-
more said. But shes much tall-
er and stronger and very intimi-
dating at the net.
Shes very consistent, Gifenig
added. But she also hits it hard
enough to put it away.
Chow is the only senior on
the roster, and with junior cap-
tain Tiffany Cheng abroad this
fall, she has been responsible for
leading the particularly young
team to its hot start.
[Cheng] is gone so all Ive
got is a bunch of freshman and
sophomores, Holbach said.
They call her Mama Chow.
Runner-up in doubles play
for tennis teams biggest
fall tournament
Earned an eight-match win
streak in doubles play this fall
HIGHLIGHTS
She knows what shes supposed
to do. She understands the doubles
game and in terms of understand-
ing situations, shes outstanding.
COACH HOBIE HOLBACH
VOLLEYBALL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13
Its always tough when you have
a young team, said Hanczor. You
have to rely on underclassmen to
step up as leaders, but I think our
two junior captains have done a
great job.
The first years do not see this as
much of a challenge, however.
The freshman class has great
talent and potential, and I think
thats going to add to the team,
said Sarah Trenton 18.
The enthusiasm of the first
years, their excitement and dedi-
cation, rejuvenates the upperclass-
men who are used to getting in the
gym and working hard, but maybe
have forgotten how to have a bit of
extra fun doing it, said Jewett.
This week, the team is focused
on preparing for two NESCAC
matches against Trinity and Wes-
leyan. They are working on estab-
lishing a more cohesive focus by
refining their defensive position-
ing strategy.
That [defensive positioning
strategy] includes where our pass-
es are when the other team is hit-
ting and where our blockers will
be, and making sure well be able
to read the other side and get to
our defensive spots, said Sklaver.
[Were] looking to press for-
ward with a lot of our NESCAC
matches, said Jewett. I would say
that we definitely have been work-
ing very, very hard this season. I
think were a bit inconsistent right
now but were definitely getting
better.
The team must get into form to-
day for its 8:00 p.m. match against
Trinity at Morrell Gymnasium.
Womens rugby continues shutout streak
After shutting out Tufts and
the University of Maine, Orono
(UMO) in the past two weeks, the
womens rugby team improved its
record to 3-0.
Te team has made a few strategic
changes that have help them secure
the strong start. Head Coach Mary-
Beth Mathews said the team has in-
troduced a new attack pattern, rein-
forced understanding of the laws of
the game, and moved a few players
into new positions to fll gaps and
take advantage of strengths.
We are trying a new style of play
which we call fow, which allows us
to switch the feld quickly, and al-
lows people to catch and run with
the ball at pace while attacking the
other teams weak side, said Randi
London 15, Tis helps to take our
opponent of-guard and allows us to
break the line.
Te new strategy truly took shape
on September 20, when the team
beat Tufs 54-0 in a rematch of last
years New England Small College
Rugby Conference fnal. Bowdoins
B team beat Tufs 27-5 in that game..
Last Saturday the team earned its
third consecutive victory by thrash-
ing UMO 70-0. Bowdoins B team
defeated UMO 17-10 the same day.
Te team attributes some of its
early season success to its mastery of
the sports cerebral aspects.
We teach that rugby is a tactical
game that requires experience, an-
ticipation and good decision-mak-
ing in order to utilize individual and
collective skill sets, said Mathews.
When a player has the ball, we tell
her to run hard and with confdence
and attack the gaps, with support
coming from behind her.
What has really worked well for
the team, however, has been its pace
on the wings.
Were able to get the ball out wide
quickly and cleanly due to some
great passing, and from there it is a
simple two-on-one, said London.
Our forward pack has been do-
ing a great job at getting low and
driving the other team of the ball
in both rucks and scrums, as well as
supporting the back line.
According to London, the team is
currently working on aspects of their
game they need to tighten up, such as
catching, passing and tackling.
When we start playing more
skilled and bigger teams, having more
solid fundamentals will allow us to fo-
cus on other aspects of the game such
as strategy, said London.
Te team looks to continue its un-
defeated streak at Bates on Sunday.
BY YASMIN HAYRE
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Sat 9/20 at Me. Orono W 70-0
the bowdoin orient friday, october 3, 2014 sports 15
Back alleys and pizza parlorsTPOs in soccer
On September 26, FIFA Presi-
dent Sepp Blatter announced that
FIFA would move to ban Tird
Party Ownership (TPO) of players
in world socceror the practice of
buying a portion of a players eco-
nomic rightsafer a transitional
period. Tis came afer the Euro-
pean soccer governing body, Union
of European Football Associations
(UEFA), announced they would at-
tempt to ban TPOs if Blatter and
FIFA failed to act. A ban on the
practice is likely to have far reach-
ing efects on world soccer, as it is
integral to the way business is con-
ducted in many leagues.
Even without any details, the term
third party ownership of players
conjures images of backroom deal-
ings and shady enterprises. Te real-
ity isnt actually that far of. TPO has
been dubbed indentured slavery
by the chair of the English Premier
League (EPL), Richard Scudamore.
Critics call the practice pizza play-
ers because their rights are sliced
up amongst diferent stakeholders.
TPO in the EPL brings to mind
the now infamous deal with Car-
los Tevez and Javier Mascherano,
where the two Argentinian players
moved to the London club West
Ham United. It was later discov-
ered that the Brazilian club Cor-
inthians, where the pair played
before moving to England, did not
recieve a penny in the move be-
cause a third party, Media Sports
Investment (MSI), owned 100 per-
cent of the economic rights to the
players.
Te problem was in a clause in
the contracts the players signed with
West Ham, which gave MSI the right
to move the players to another club
whenever they saw ft because they
were the sole owners of the players.
However, this was deemed a case of
tampering in club activities, which
led to a hefy fne for West Ham and
a ban of TPO in English football.
Even with the English ban, TPO
is still a very regular practice in
world football, especially in South
America, Eastern Europe, Portu-
gal, and Spain. In South America,
TPO is a way of life. It allows small
clubs to mitigate some of the risk
of buying and selling players by
splitting the ownership with other
groups. Many South American su-
perstars who now play in Europe
including Tevez and Mascherano,
Radamel Falcao, Neymar, and
James Rodriguez, were at least par-
tially owned by third parties.
Neymars transfer from Santos in
Brazil to Spanish giant FC Barcelona
was heavily scrutinized because,
among other reasons, only 17.1 mil-
lion euros of the initially reported
57.1 million euros transfer fee went
to Santos; the rest went to Neymar
and Neymar, a company owned by
his parents. Barcelona was later
fned 13.5 million euros for hiding
almost 30 million euros in addition-
al fees related to the transfer, most
of which went to other third parties
with a stake in Neymar.
Despite its many detractors,
combatting TPO is tricky for FIFA
because it is an entrenched prac-
tice. According to a report by the
consulting firm KPMG, up to 36
percent of the market value of
players in the Portuguese first di-
vision, for example, is owned by
third parties.
Tis is part of what makes root-
ing out TPO problematic. Clubs like
Porto, Benfca, and even Atltico
Madrid have benefted greatly from
the practice because it allows them
to acquire players they otherwise
could not aford.
It is also attractive to feeder
teams like Porto because TPO acts
as a pipeline for South American
talent moving to lesser European
BY ERIC ZELINA
CONTRIBUTOR
leagues like the Portuguese league.
Te players can develop, be seen,
and then get shipped in big money
deals to the EPL or to other huge
clubs across Europe, all at a reduced
fnancial risk.
TPO also gives cash-strapped clubs
like Atltico a way to quickly raise
money by selling a portion of the eco-
nomic rights of a valuable player.
With Blatters announcement it
looks as though FIFA is going to
actively fght against TPO. Critics
have long argued that allowing TPO
raises integrity concerns, as match
fxings become possible when inves-
tors, rather than clubs, own the play-
ers. Scudamore and UEFA president
Michel Platini have blasted the prac-
tice for restricting player freedom
and choice in their careers. As with
Super PACs in American politics,
transparency is also a problem in
the TPO system, with stakeholders
ofen putting up unknown amounts
of money.
Te TPO system obviously has
substantial problems that need to be
addressed. However, this decision,
especially so soon afer the blowback
over the 2022 World Cup in Qatar,
looks like FIFAwidely considered
among the most corrupt organiza-
tions in sportsis throwing a bone
to moralists and critics. It will be in-
teresting to see the degree to which
any potential ban is implemented
and actually enforced by FIFA, and
how leagues like the Primeira Liga
in Portugal and the Serie A in Brazil
adapt to a completely new landscape
of player economics.
Does the removal of TPO mean
leagues reliant on it have to shif to-
wards developing more homegrown
talent instead of imported low-risk
talent? As with any well-established
practice it will be dif cult to root out
completely, but having FIFA recog-
nize the issues with TPO is an im-
portant frst step in making soccer
more transparent.
bos have rapidly become one of
the up-and-coming teams in the
NESCAC. Their record is 2-0 so
far, after defeating Bates 42-24 in
week one and Hamilton 24-17 in
week two.
Teir team has many young play-
ers who have had a lot of experience
and Bowdoin is well acquainted
with Tufs coaches. Next week will
defnitely be a challenge for the
Polar Bears.
FOOTBALL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13
BO BLECKEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
TURNING THE CORNER: Tyler Grant 17 skirts the Amherst defense. He nished with 86 yards, a bright spot for the Polar Bears who suered a 7-30 loss.
Their quarterback is good,
Coach Sapp said. Hes been their
three-year starter. Theyre up
tempo. Theyll pick up the pace
and run. Its kind of a no-huddle,
run a play [team] and if things go
good theyll line up and play the
same play again.
Womens Tennis
As a team that has reached the
third round of the NCAA Champi-
onships each of the last three years,
womens tennis is already of to a
strong start this season.
Afer winning four grueling
matches at the Intercollegiate Tennis
Associations (ITA) Regional Cham-
pionship last weekend, the doubles
squad of Emma Chow 15 and
Teresa Trinka 18 fnished in second
place out of 32 competitors. Te duo,
who were ranked No. 2 in the region
heading into the weekend, fell to
Maria Pylypiv and Rebecca Curran
of Williams in an 8-4 decision in the
championship match.
Bowdoins other womens dou-
bles team, comprised of Corinne
Alini 18 and Samantha Stalder 17,
won a closely contested opening
match against a team from Welles-
leyrequiring tiebreaking sets for
Alini and Stalder to move on. In
the second round of the tourna-
ment they were knocked out by the
frst-seeded MIT team.
Chow and Trinka, afer dominat-
ing their frst matchup 8-1, faced
tough competition from one of
Williams squads, which they even-
tually overcame in a tiebreaker,
7-5. Tey then ousted teams from
Wesleyan and Amherst in the next
two rounds, with set scores of 8-6
and 8-3, respectively. In the fnal
round, they faced Curran and
Pylypiv, who were not even the
highest-seeded team from Williams
at the tournament.
Curran, a senior, was ranked
No. 3 in the nation in doubles last
year with a diferent partner, and
Pylypiv was a member of the No.
10 team. Losing 8-4, Chow and
Trinka tied for the highest number
of games won against the Williams
pair at the tournament. In their
four games before the fnal, the
Williams duo won their matches
8-3, 8-4, 8-3 and 8-2.
Mens Tennis
Mens tennis also had a
noteworthy weekend in its ITA
Regional Championship, hosted
by Middlebury.
In the singles competition, Chase
Savage 16 made it all the way
to the quarterfnals before fall-
ing to the No. 2 seeded player in
New England, Amhersts Michael
Solimano, who would go on to take
home the trophy for the weekend.
Savage had a relatively domi-
nant score against his frst three
opponents, from Trinity, Tufs and
Gordon College, respectivley.
Savage beat Brandeis Colleges
Brian Granof 6-2, 6-2 in his frst
match and then followed up that
performance with a 6-4, 6-0 win.
He reached his top form in his
third round match when he domi-
nated Gordons Zach Hall 6-0, 6-1.
Hugh Mo 17 was the only other
Polar Bear to win a singles match at
the tournament, beating his frst op-
ponent 6-1 in two sets before being
knocked out by Solimano 6-2, 6-1.
In doubles play, the team had a
much less inspiring weekend, even
though its two squads both won
their opening matches.
Although Savage was predicted
to perform better in the doubles
draw, he and partner Luke Tercek
18 were seeded No. 6 in the region,
the team only made it to the second
round before falling to a squad
from Wesleyan.
Te team fnishes its fall season
next week at the Wallach Invita-
tional at Bates.
BY RON CERVANTES
ORIENT STAFF
Tennis teams excel in fall
seasons biggest tournament
Womens sailing improves to
2nd in nation after weekend
BY KATIE KAUFMAN
ORIENT STAFF
Afer racing in a combined three re-
gattas this past weekend, the womens
sailing team is now ranked No. 2 in
the countrybehind only the Coast
Guard Academy while the co-ed team
is ranked No. 14.
Tere was very little wind all across
New England, so not many races were
sailed, but we did well in the few races
that we did get in, said senior captain
Lizzy Hamilton.
Sophomores Matt Lyons and Jack
McGuire sailed at the NEISA Mens
Singlehanded Championship at Yale
and posted strong fnishes.
Lyons fnished eighth overall while
McGuire posted an 11th place fnish.
Conditions were mild both days.
Both [Lyons and McGuire] had up
and down performances on Saturday,
but rebounded Sunday, said Head
Coach Frank Pizzo. It was a really
competitive event and their fnishes
were really good for the team.
Bowdoin also raced at Boston
University for the Womens Presi-
dents Trophy. Representing the
Polar Bears were juniors Courtney
Koos and Frances Jimenez, Jade
Willey 17 and Hamilton. Due to
mild wind conditions, no teams
raced on Saturday. Te team placed
fourth out of 14.
Te Polar Bears also raced at the
Hood Trophy at Tufs. Tis was an
inter-conference regatta with 20
teams from all over the country. Cap-
tain Michael Croteau 15, Paige Spei-
ght 16, Julia Rew 16 and Harrison
Hawk 18 raced for the Polar Bears.
Due to weather conditions, there
was no racing on Saturday, and the
team fnished in 12th place.
Te team has been working hard
and getting better each week, said
Pizzo. We are very excited about how
high we are ranked, but the team is
focused on getting better and improv-
ing each weekend.
Te Polar Bears will both host a
womens regattathe frst regatta at the
teams new venue at the Coastal Studies
Centerthis weekend and send sailors
to Dartmouth, Harvard, and Tufs.
Te Polar Bears are also looking
forward to the New England Cham-
pionships, which will take place the
frst week in November.
SCORECARD
Sa 9/27 Womens Pres. Trophy
NEISA Champoinship
HoodTrophy
4
th
/14
8
th
/22
12
th
/20
16 sports friday, october 3, 2014 the bowdoin orient
Mens soccer builds condence with Husson win
After eight days of rest and
practice, the mens soccer team
returned to the pitch on Wednes-
day to defeat Husson University,
4-0, at home.
With this triumph the Polar
Bears have won consecutive games
for the frst time this season and
improve their record to 4-3 overall.
Sam Ward 18 opened the scoring
in the 26th minute afer Connor
Keefe 16 found Ward open at the
top of the box. He took a shot that
hooked just under the crossbar to
give Bowdoin a 1-0 lead.
Ben Citrin 16 doubled the Polar
Bear lead just before halfime with
a fantastic individual efort. Afer
his initial shot rebounded of the
post Citrin regained possession and
found the back of the net the second
time, giving the Polar Bears a 2-0
lead. Citrin fnished the game with a
goal and two assists.
Bowdoin scored again in the 54th
minute when captain Eric Goitia 15
headed a corner kick from Citrin
into the goal for his second score of
the season. Te scoring ended just
seven minutes later when Citrin and
Kiefer Solarte 16 worked the ball
into the middle of the box for Colton
Hall 16, who scored for the frst
time this season.
We focused a lot this week on
getting shots on target, said Goitia.
We did that a lot yesterday and
tested the keeper a lot, which was
a good collective efort from the
whole team.
Te loss snapped the Eagles four
game win streak, and brought them
to 6-4 overall. Bowdoin controlled
possession for most of the game,
fnishing with 34 total shots and 16
BY ELI LUSTBADER
ORIENT STAFF
SCORECARD
Wed 10/1 v. Husson W 4-0
on goal, while Husson fnished with
just two shots, both on goal.
It was a pretty complete game,
said Goitia. We did well defensively
and scored four goals ofensively. We
did a good job controlling posses-
sion and fnished our opportunities
when we got them. I think we had a
good performance against UNE last
week too.
Bowdoin has shut out their oppo-
nents in each of the last two games.
Having complete games from start
to fnish has been one of their goals
since the beginning of the season,
according to Goita.
Were taking it one game at a
time right now, Goitia said. Obvi-
ously every win is good and builds
confdence, but were excited to get
back in the NESCAC and prove that
were a contender in our league.
Te Polar Bears are currently 1-3
in conference play and have a chance
to raise their record at noon tomor-
row in a crucial match against Trinity.
SCHEDULE
Su 10/5 at Bates 11 A.M.
Compiled by Sarah Bonanno
Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC
SCHEDULE
F 10/3
Sa 10/4
v. Trinity
v. Wesleyan
8 P.M.
2 P.M.
MENS SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/4
Mon 10/6
v. Trinity
at Southern Me.
NOON
4 P.M.
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/4
Su 10/5
at Williams Invitational
at Williams Invitational
12:30 P.M.
8:30 A.M.
NESCAC Standings
WOMENS GOLF
WOMENS RUGBY
FIELD HOCKEY
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/4
We 10/8
v. Trinity
at Husson
11 A.M.
7 P.M.
MENS GOLF
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/4 at Colby Classic NOON
SAILING
SCHEDULE
WOMENS SOCCER
SCHEDULE
Sa 10/4 v. Trinity NOON
W L W L
BOWDOIN 4 0 6 0
Middlebury 3 1 7 1
Trinity 3 1 6 2
Tufts 3 1 7 1
Williams 3 1 6 2
Amherst 4 2 7 2
Hamilton 2 2 5 3
Wesleyan 2 2 3 3
Colby 0 4 4 4
Conn. College 0 4 3 5
Bates 0 6 2 6
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
Amherst 4 0 2 6 0 2
Tufts 3 0 1 5 1 2
Wesleyan 3 1 0 4 2 2
Williams 3 2 0 4 3 1
Middlebury 2 2 1 5 2 1
Conn. Coll 2 2 0 5 3 0
Hamilton 1 2 1 4 2 1
Trinity 1 2 1 4 2 1
BOWDOIN 1 3 0 4 3 0
Colby 1 3 0 5 3 1
Bates 1 5 0 2 7 1
NESCAC OVERALL
W L W L
Williams 3 0 11 1
Hamilton 2 0 10 4
Amherst 2 1 9 4
BOWDOIN 2 1 11 3
Tufts 2 1 7 6
Middlebury 1 1 4 5
Colby 1 2 9 5
Conn. College 1 2 6 7
Trinity 1 2 9 4
Bates 0 2 8 6
Wesleyan 0 3 8 5
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
BOWDOIN 4 0 0 7 1 0
Amherst 4 1 0 7 1 0
Williams 3 1 0 7 1 0
Bates 3 3 0 6 3 0
Tufts 2 1 1 5 1 1
Conn. Coll. 2 1 0 7 1 0
Hamilton 2 2 0 7 2 0
Middlebury 1 3 0 5 3 0
Colby 0 3 1 3 4 1
Trinity 0 3 1 4 3 1
Wesleyan 0 3 1 1 6 1
NESCAC OVERALL
*Bold line denotes NESCACTournament cut-of
Sa 10/4 at DanmarkTrophy
Womens Invitational
at Hewitt Trophy
9:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
OPINION
the bowdoin orient 17 friday, october 3, 2014
The
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tudents may have noticed advertisements on their Facebook and Twitter
feeds this week for a Bowdoin Pro-Life group. Te ads read, in part,
Join us as we start up a new pro-life group at Bowdoin College! and
link to a page for the group featuring a photo of the Quad. While the post and
group appear to be associated with the College, or at the very least organized
by Bowdoin students, they are not. Te ad was paid for by Students for Life of
America (SFLA), a national 501(c)(3) organization and pro-life advocacy group
that has chapters on 838 high school, college and medical school campuses.
501(c)(3) organizations are tax-exempt nonprofts that serve religious, educa-
tional or charitable purposes. According to Beth Rahal, the regional coordinator
of SFLA, the organization is using targeted Facebook advertisements to solicit
students who may be interested in starting a chapter at Bowdoin.
SFLA is misleadingly portraying itself, through the posts design and rhetoric,
as an existing, student-led organization. Te ads on Facebook list Bowdoin
Pro-Life as their author and mimic the Bowdoin brand in order to create the
impression of an af liation with the College. While the post could easily be
mistaken for one of the many generally targeted advertisements that permeate
social-media, the ads were in fact a very calculated efort by individuals from
SFLA. According to this weeks front-page article about SFLA (link), the orga-
nization has made direct contact with students and College of cials in order to
advance its mission.
Bowdoin took issue this summer with another group, Roomie Rentals, over
concerns about violation of the solicitation policy, (LINK) when three students
attempted to launch Polar Pads, a franchise of the group that wished to rent
beds and futons. Te policy includes, No outside organization may proselytize,
distribute, or sell products without direct sponsorship of a student organization
recognized by the Bowdoin Student Government or an administrative of ce. Of
this, Director of Student Life Allen Delong remarked, there are a lot of people,
corporations, businesses and philanthropic groups who would love to have
access to Bowdoin students, and we really are cautious about who has access.
While the College does its best to prevent unsolicited contact with outside
groups, targeted social media advertisements come as a new and unregulated
means of reaching Bowdoin students.
In 2012, the Orient spoke with students holding conservative values (LINK)
who reported their discomfort and unwillingness to express their views on Bow-
doins campus. A Bowdoin Pro-Life club has the potential to provide a more wel-
coming environment for campus conservatives to voice their opinions and could
foster dialogue on a divisive social issue. However, SFLAs method of reaching
out to students only discredits its commitment to free and open discourse; a na-
tional pro-choice advocacy group using the same targeted advertising would be
equally dubious. By circumventing the of cial channels of Bowdoins adminis-
tration with targeted advertising on social media, SFLA undermines the spirit of
Bowdoins solicitation policy and leaves us wondering: Would Bowdoin Pro-Life
be a student-run group, or the instrument of a national organization?
Leo Shaw, Managing Editor
Natalie Kass-Kaufman, Managing Editor
Associate Editors
Connor Evans
Elana Vlodaver
Business Managers
Ali Considine
Rachel Zheng
Photo Editors
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Editors-at-large
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Matthew Gutschenritter
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Calendar Editor
Sarah Bonanno
Target acquired
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Response to Honegger 15
To the Editors:
Jean-Paul Honeggers column on the
proposed Amtrak layover facility in
Brunswick repeats the misinformation
of the train authority building the proj-
ect (NNEPRA).
1. Trains would not be switched
of once in the facility, because large
diesel engines take too long to warm
up from cold starts. NNEPRA has thus
far failed to provide required operating
plans documenting exactly how the en-
gines would be run.
2. Te facility is not essential to
preserving Amtrak service to Bruns-
wick. NNEPRA ofers no evidence to
support this statement. Te facility is
something NNEPRA wants, not some-
thing it needs.
3. Te claim that ridership numbers
arent low is unsubstantiated.
Most reporters never question
NNEPRAs own fgures, which regula-
tors have claimed are unreliable and
inconsistent. Industry think tanks actu-
ally report reduced ridership from last
year to this.
4. Te facility will not beneft Bruns-
wicks economy. It will generate no new
runs to Brunswick, for that requires
new tracks, which NNEPRA has not
proposed. Te building will ofer no
new employment opportunities. It will
not bring more consumers to town,
and it will not bring in new tax dollars,
since it operates at taxpayer expense.
Senator Angus King, Governor Paul
LePage and a host of state legislators
have all raised serious questions about
this project.
So too has the state Department of
Environmental Protection, which re-
jected two of NNEPRAs attempts to
secure stormwater management per-
mits. See, NNEPRA failed to ofer any
plan for the management of wastewater
proven to contain toxic chemicals and
heavy metals, which threaten to pol-
lute local drinking wells and ultimately
Brunswicks watersheds. Given its es-
tablished record of railroading neigh-
bors, NNEPRAs trust us response to
these concerns is of little solace.
NNEPRA misinforms the public,
neglects local laws and ordinances, and
evades required regulation. Journal-
ists have a responsibility to investigate,
rather than echo, its claims.
I am all for the growth of greener
transportation networks, even at tax-
payer expense. I am not for a process
contemptuous of laws designed to
protect residents and the environment
from irresponsible development.
Patrick Rael
Brunswick
Tough he is a professor of history at
Bowdoin, Patrick Rael writes to the edi-
tors as a citizen of Brunswick.
Vote yes on Question 1
To the Editors:
Proposition 1 is about Maines con-
science. Examine your conscience,
as a Mainer, and ask if you believe its
wrong to allow tourists to hunt bears
by using dogs to tree them or trash to
bait them. Only the rankest kind of
amateur would hunt without stalking.
Only the rankest kind of hunting guide
would sanction this way of hunting. I
am proud to be a citizen of Maine and
proud of our state motto: Te way life
should be.
Shame on anyone who implies that
trash hunting is the only kind of hunt-
ing that can reduce bear overpopula-
tion. Te true hunters of Maine have the
ability to control the bear population.
My conscience tells me that trash hunt-
ing is wrong. Is it wrong? What does
your conscience tell you? Mine tells me
to vote YES on Proposition 1.
Michael Grant
Brunswick
No Mens Resource Center
To the Editors:
Many women at Bowdoin are ac-
tive in exploring and af rming what it
means to identify as women because
we are invested in gender issues, not
because we have a living room to do it
in. While I, too, want more of my male
classmates to get involved in disman-
tling the patriarchy, I would call for a
cultural change rather than an institu-
tional change. I dont see many Bowdoin
men involved in existing programs that
confront issues around gender and sex-
uality. Why are there so few men in Safe
Space? And where are all the guys in my
gender and womens studies and gay and
lesbian studies classes?
I dont want a separate Mens Re-
source Center. Not because everything
is your resource, but because no one
should conceive of topics around mas-
culinity as distinct from (or worse, not
implicated in) womens issues or LGBT
issues or sexual and gender violence. If
it feels uncomfortable to enter 24 Col-
lege because it has signs for the Wom-
ens Resource Center and the Resource
Center for Sexual and Gender Diver-
sity, know that its not because youre
not welcome. I would encourage you to
examine and confront that uncomfort-
able feeling of privilege before you start
tackling the patriarchy.
Oriana Farnham 15
Dear Bowdoin faculty,
Tank you for spreading the word
about the Peoples Climate March in the
Bowdoin community. All told, Bow-
doin Climate Action (BCA) brought
more than 100 students to New York
City, joining the 400,000 citizens who
fooded the streets demanding action
on climate change.
But now that were back on campus,
the real work begins.
Te march operated under the slo-
gan, To change everything, we need
everyone. Te same is true at Bow-
doin. Last semester, BCA presented
1,000 student signatures, belonging
to more than half the student body, to
President Barry Mills calling for fos-
sil fuel divestment. Te College is not
likely, however, to enact institutional
changesthe sort of changes that cli-
mate change demands, and the sort of
changes BCA has been calling for over
the past two yearswithout the sup-
port of the faculty.
By divesting, Bowdoin can live up to
its mission of education for the Com-
mon Good and stake a strong claim
that the energy of the past has no place
at a college that looks to the future.
Earlier this semester, 150 Harvard
University professors and 250 Boston
University faculty members called on
their employers to divest. Tree weeks
ago, the faculty of University of Califor-
nia, Berkeley unanimously endorsed
divestment. Te Union of Concerned
Scientists is divesting its holdings and
encourages universities to do the same.
Last week, a group of 180 institutions
whose endowments total over $50 bil-
lion in value proved that divestment is
not only within an endowments fdu-
ciary duty, but also fnancially respon-
sible. At a college like Bowdoin, we have
the added responsibility of teaching the
leaders of the future. Let divestment be
a teaching moment for all of us.
Signed:
Haleigh Collins 17
Michael Butler 17
Dylan Johnson 17
Catalina Gallagher 16
Jenny Ibsen 18
Julia Berkman-Hill 17
Sydney Avitia-Jacques 18
Allyson Gross 16
Matthew Goodrich 15
Julia Mead 16
Hugh Ratclife 15
Nicholas Barnes 18
Kenny Shapiro 17
Bridgett McCoy 15
Clara Belitz 17
Jamie Ptacek 17
Nik Bergill 18
Shinhee Kang 18
Tenzin Tsagong 16
Ben Troen 17
Will Sheppard 18
Emma Moesswilde 18
Philip Kiefer 18
Ellie Hands 18
Jonah Watt 18
Jennings Leavell 17
April Mendez 18
Maddi Kuras 18
Claudia Villar 15
Sophia Conwell 18
Andrew Cawley 17
Anna Perry 18
Peter Nauf s 15
Monique Lillis 17
Aeron Westeinde 16
Jae-Yeon Yoo 18
Trevor Vroom 18
Hunter White 17
Heather Witzel Lakin 17
Claire Day 18
Jude Marx 18
Christabel Fosu-Asare 18
Adrienne Hanson 14
Madeline Bustamante 17
Jesse Ortiz 16
Andrew Miller-Smith 15
Penelope Lusk 17
Open letter in response to the faculty
18 opinion friday, october 3, 2014 the bowdoin orient
his other hand. Whoops. Then he
gets back to the business of blow-
ing up people who have stated that
they not only want to destroy the
United States but has also begun a
rapid conquest of Iraq and Syria.
But in todays polarized and
caustic political environment,
such a silly mistake is taken by an
extreme and unfortunately large
fringe as further evidence for why
the Presidentelected twice by the
American people and grateful ben-
eficiary of the American dream
is a traitor and uses the American
flag as a Kleenex.
What in any sane political cli-
mate would garner a couple laughs
and a shout-out on late-night tele-
vision attracted attention from
multiple cable news networks and
(allegedly) serious political figures
like Sarah Palin and Karl Rove.
It seems to be the era of cheap
shots, where the mean-spirited
personal attack is more valu-
partment.
But this approach doesnt scale
up beyond parental advice for two
reasons: one, it tips into victim-
blaming when
directed at people who have expe-
rienced sexual violence; and two,
its simply not effective enough at
preventing assault. What the sex-
ual violence prevention commu-
nity is now trying to do is stage a
primary or universal intervention.
Examining Lattegate: Why political pissing matches must end
Speak about it, seriously: putting an end to sexual assault
Youve probably heard about
Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia
student who is carrying her mat-
tress around in protest until her
rapist is expelled.
California just passed a new yes
means yes law stating that there is
a burden of proof for affirmative
consent, not simply an absence of
a no. It is fitting that in this envi-
ronment of anti-sexual assault ac-
tion, Bowdoin hired a Director of
Gender Violence Prevention and
Education, Benje Douglas.
Last Monday I sat down with
Benje to talk about the second part
of his job title: education. Benje is
friendly and keeps a pile of candy
on his desk. He handed me a straw-
berry flavored Dum Dum which I
chewed (yes, chewed, sorry) as I
thought about how to frame my
question. Benje patiently smiled as
I stumbled my way through some
semi-relevant stuff about Oedipus
and the Soviet Union and igno-
rance and responsibility that I def-
initely lifted from Milan Kundera
until I got to the meat of my ques-
tion: who is responsible for pre-
venting sexual assault or, framed
differently, where is the burden of
education about consent? Is it gov-
ernments? Institutions (read: col-
leges)? Families? Individuals?
Benje started by giving me a his-
tory of his field. Twenty years ago,
around the time we were all born,
the conversation around sexual
assault prevention started in ear-
nest. Originally, it was viewed
through a heteronormative, moral
lens: Men, thats bad, dont do it
Last week, a scandal broke in
Washington. A major instance of
inappropriate interaction between
the Executive Branch and the
Armed Forces surfaced, shocking
Americans from Berkeley to Ban-
gor. The incident, which involved
players from enlisted men all the
way to the top of the chain of com-
mand was the latest in a series of
controversies that have shrouded
the federal government in a cloud
of shame.
What was that scandal, you
ask? The Commander-in-Chief
made an unconscionable display
of disrespect towards our men and
women in uniform. What specifi-
cally? Now that you make me say
ithe forgot to take his cup of cof-
fee out of his hand to salute while
disembarking Marine One.
The reasonable observer sees
this picture: a Commander-in-
Chief who had just recently started
bombing a radical organization
that has made a nasty habit of be-
heading journalists, steps off his
helicopter wondering when the
Ebola virus would hit America.
He distractedly bungles a custom
thats been around for a tenth of
our nations history by failing to
transfer the beverage that, if I were
him, would be keeping me alive, to
able than the substantive
political debate. Many
Americans seem to truly
believe that this Presi-
dents mundane ac-
tions are threaten-
ing their way of
life, and have
resorted to the
basest of rhetor-
ical tactics to as-
sert their points.
In targeting
mistakes like
a bungled sa-
lute or resorting
to name-call-
inglike Foxs
in-house quack
Keith Ablow did
this summer when
he called Michelle
Obama fat on na-
tional television
and went on to as-
sert that she dis-
likes Americathe
extreme element of
the debate appeals
to the worst side of
people and introduc-
es controversy where
none belongs.
When the debate
is consumed by irrel-
evant bits and pieces,
the marketplace of ideas
ceases to function and is
replaced by a rhetorical
cage fight. In the blogo-
sphere, all too often a Hot
KICKING THE CAN
DAVID STEURY
to women. Now the movement
has recognized that sexual assault
can happen to anyone by anyone,
and is growing to recognize that
true solution will be a communal
undertaking, not targeted
moralizing.
Te 1990s focus was
on risk reduction
action like advis-
ing women (re-
member, it
was a heter-
onormative conversation a t
the time) to carry pepper spray and
take self defense lessonsthe kind of
things that parents feel compelled to
say and that teenagers feel compelled
to roll their eyes at before sticking a
can of mace in in their glove com-
That is, to change the culture so
that sexual assault is simply not a
thing that is done, or, if it is done,
it is anomalous.
Recent efforts to this end
have included
the enthu-
s i as t i c-
consent movement which frames
consent in sex-positive terms, as
opposed to an absence of a no; the
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National
Networks (RAINN) law and order
approach of emphasizing crimi-
nal accountability, the Center for
Disease Controls Rape Preven-
tion and Education program, and
public awareness campaigns, like
the White Houses 1 is 2 Many
campaign.
It is clear that governmental and
institutional changes are happen-
ing. But the stickiest idea that Benje
left me with as I unwrapped a pack
of Smarties and ambled from 24
College Street to Moulton Union is
that the hardest and most impor-
tant work we can do is to use our
relationships. Deep-rooted change
happens because people are moved
by empathy. This is a current con-
versation, and this is an important
conversation. We need to have it,
to actually say the words, it in our
closest relationships where it may
be the most uncomfortable.
Part of this conversation, I sug-
gest, is to address our relationship
with ownership. Sexual assault
rapeis the ultimate objectifica-
tion of another human. It is turn-
ing a self with a consciousness into
a thing for pleasure. A self cannot
own another self. All humans are
subjects in their own lives and
should notmust notbe re-
duced to objects.
You can share that on-point arti-
cle about rape culture on Facebook
and cram your Twitter feed with
feminist sound bitesI sure as
hell dobut the real work of cul-
ture change is person-to-person.
So tomorrow Im going to call up
my brother and talk about sexual
assault and it will probably be
awkward or tense or emotional,
but thats the point. Maybe the
next day hell talk to his roommate
and his roommate will talk to his
teammate and he will think dif-
ferently about his actions. Its not
glamorous, its not an epiphany,
but it is necessary.

Air writer will call the President a
socialist and then someone at the
Daily Kos will fire back that,
well, Michele Bachmann is
an utter psychopath. Pun-
dits at Fox and MSNBC
ridicule one another and
compete to see who can
accuse the other of hat-
ing freedom more. In-
stead of analyzing the
policies proposed by
each side, the political
process is reduced to a
pissing contest on the na-
tional scale.
Distractions like lat-
tegate (apparently, it was
actually a chai, enraging
Karl Rove, who apparently
cant say chai without visi-
ble discomfort) degrade the
national political discussion
and lead citizens and media
elites to waste time slinging
mud instead of learning how
the person for whom they
cast a vote will work for them
and for the nation.
Focusing on such silly
things and calling each other
names fuels the discontent that
many Americans feel towards
our political system and trivial-
izes the political process.
We shouldnt focus on which
cup was in whose hand while
they did what. Clearly, we should
focus on the contents of that cup.
I, for one, am disgusted that it
was not coffee.
LEFT OF
LIPSTICK
JULIA MEAD
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Focusing on such
silly things and calling
each other names fuels the
discontent that many Americans
feel towards our political
system and trivializes
the political process
the bowdoin orient friday, october 3, 2014 opinion 19
tions like the Residential Life staff,
SafeSpace and BMASV. Bowdoin is
an extraordinarily communicative
and aware campus and does not
lack for people eager to address the
problematic nature of hegemonic
masculinity in both personal and
academic settings.
The problems you bring up are
pressing, but they are part of a larg-
er issue that influences everyone
on campus and requires an open
dialogue, rather than isolation into
a Mens Resource Center. In an
online comment, James Jelin 16
cites Elliot Rodger as an example
of the violence that can result from
a sense of failing at masculinity, an
extremist reminder of why, accord-
ing to Jelin, we need a Mens Re-
source Center. To this I suggest that
if you are afraid you will symboli-
cally become Elliot Rodger, we are
afraid we will become his victims.
We do need this conversation,
but requesting a Mens Resource
Center misunderstands the pur-
pose of the Womens Resource Cen-
ter and further excludes many peo-
ple from a conversation in which
they have a vitally vested interest.
Hallie Schaeffer is a member of
the Class of 2016.

No convincing argument to create a Mens Resource Center
Need transparency, not Mens Resource Center
I noticed the article Why we
need a Mens Resource Center
while indulging in some Bowdoin
nostalgia from abroad this past
weekend. The title made me wary
and I found it rather upsetting.
While I do not quibble with the
call for more resources for men
who feel oppressed by the expec-
tations and dangers of hegemonic
masculinity, I do take great issue
with the request for a Mens Re-
source Center. It may seem an is-
sue of semantics. After all, as you
note in your theoretically humor-
ous aside about wanting a comfy
house somewhere on or near Col-
lege Street, it doesnt really matter
whether or not theres a physical
representation of this proposed
Mens Resource Center.
Yet, the issue of space is actu-
ally quite vital; the spatial pres-
ence of 24 College Street, which,
as an anonymous commenter
pointed out, actually houses both
the Womens Resource Center and
the Center for Sexual and Gender
Diversity, is extraordinarily sig-
nificant. Far from being merely
another building intended only to
house the resources aimed at half
the student population, it acts as a
sanctuary.
Do we need our own Mens Resource
Center? I fnd this call to action by
Daniel Mejia-Cruz and Alex Tomas
in last weeks issue of the Orient some-
what under-researched and notably
unspecifc. What would that look like?
What particular opportunities are men
deprived of that this center could pro-
vide? Would men actually use it? Ad-
dressing these questions would be an
important start to thinking seriously
about a Mens Resource Center on
campus. Until then, I have some fur-
ther thoughts.
First, lets get some facts straight.
Te Womens Resource Center is lo-
cated at 24 College Street. It is part of a
house that shares its space and purpose
with the Director of Gender Violence
Prevention and Education and the Re-
source Center for Sexual and Gender
Diversity. Te latter sounds a lot like
what you are asking for.
I understand your central point to
be: If we aim to fully address issues
of sexual violence, gender norms and
gender-based discrimination on cam-
pus, we must do a better job of engag-
ing the entire student body. With this,
I wholeheartedly agree. But I would
question whether we need a Mens
Resource Center to address these con-
cerns. While many valid points are em-
bedded in the article, the overall argu-
ment both misrepresents the purpose
of the Womens Resource Center and
does not make a convincing enough
case for a corresponding Mens Re-
source Center on campus.
In writing my response, I have
thought a lot about what it is like to be
male: what its like to reconcile issues of
masculinity, of sex and sexuality, of fnd-
ing a place both in Western society and
Bowdoin College. What irks me is that it
does not appear that you have used the
same considerations for women when
writing your piece.
Te issues we are discussing are deli-
cate ones concerning gender identity
and equality. Tat you are addressing
this issue based on an argument that in-
herently places the two binary genders
in opposition is ironic and, basically, an-
tithetical to everything that the Wom-
ens Resource Center and the proposed
Mens Resource Center should stand for.
Stating that the Bowdoin of to-
day is a very
d i f f e r e n t
place than
the Bowdoin
of the 1970s
implies that
womens issues
have somehow
become obso-
lete or less de-
serving of atten-
tion. And while
surely todays
generations face
pressures our parents did
not, things like Snapchat, Tinder and
Facebook arent gender-specifc, and so
it is not entirely clear how this is relevant
to your argument.
A womens center does not alien-
ate half the populationit allows for a
disadvantaged sector of the population
to have a safe space on campus. Your
phrasing is careless in that it suggests
that women are somehow taking re-
sources away from men.
Some things are just true. For one:
when social inequality is a historical re-
ality in a particular group, that groups
interests are more likely to be repre-
sented
through campus resources such as the
Womens Resource Center. Is that fair?
Maybe not. Is it fair that women still get
paid 77 cents to every mans dollar? Is it
fair that more than 100 countries have
Those who seem to benefit most
from the services of 24 College,
that is, non-male and/or non-
straight students, are those who
benefit least from structures that
make up what we might call the pa-
triarchy; those who are, at best, of-
ten uncomfortable in and, at worst,
explicitly excluded from public
spaces.
Punishment for trespassing on
the masculine public domain
might include catcalls, invasive
questioning, unkind words and far
worse. While men who appear to
conform to hegemonic masculinity
do experience occasional harass-
ment, it is not the norm. 24 Col-
lege acts as a spatial destination for
those who find that harassment is
common, even expected.
Furthermore, I believe that the
resources you are calling for al-
ready exist, or at least exist in as
much capacity as they do for the
rest of the campus population. The
desire to compartmentalize mens
issues and womens issues ig-
nores the fact that many of these
issues you address, among them
media endorsement of wild nights
and other pressures our parents
generation did not [face], affect
women and other students as well.
A quick look through the Womens
Resource Center website reveals
that its on-campus resources are
available to all students. Even its
history uses the language of stu-
dents rather than women.
Transparency of resources would
better resolve this issue than a Mens
Resource Center. The extremely
intelligent women whocounsel
their peers on issues of gender at a
moments notice have many male
counterparts. They are everywhere:
in your classes, your dorms and in
more official positions in organiza-
laws on the books that restrict womens
participation in the economy? Is it fair
that women make up half the worlds
population and yet represent 70 percent
of the worlds poor?
I dont mean to be overly pedantic,
but I do feel that these obvious discrep-
ancies need to be acknowledged when
we are thinking about any issue regard-
ing men or
women. Your point that
men deserve the chance to defne their
masculinity outside of the constraints
of patriarchy is a very good one, and
it is true. What I am unconvinced of,
however, is that a Mens Resource Cen-
ter is an appropriate or realistic way to
address this issue efectively.
BY VEE FYERMORREL
CONTRIBUTOR
BY HALLIE SCHAEFFER
CONTRIBUTOR
Last week, Jean-Paul Honegger 15
wrote an opinion column about the
planned train layover facility that will be
built in west Brunswick. Unfortunately,
the comments section on his well-writ-
ten and thoughtful column has become
the site for mud slinging that is all too
common in this debate.
As a citizen of Brunswick, I have
been appalled by the behavior of a
group that has denigrated the Northern
New England Passenger Rail Author-
ity (NNEPRA), the agency tasked with
developing and providing passenger rail
service between Maine and Boston, and
its employees mercilessly for more than
two years. Many other residents want
the train to serve Brunswick even more
ofen on a daily basis and expect to get
this service. But if the agitation con-
tinues, the window of opportunity will
close. Narrow, potentially misguided
interests will win. If those who want
the train to continue to come to Bruns-
wick and hopefully beyondand more
ofenfail to support our responsible
bodies in the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration (FRA) and NNEPRA, we will
lose our train service to other towns.
I have been fortunate in my career
to play a role in government as part of
a body responsible for national security.
I was equally lucky to be a member of
the faculty at a universityI had a plat-
form for my ideas and opinions on the
Middle East and Europe, but I was not
responsible for policy or procedure.
We need responsible actors in our
system. Equally, we need thinkers and
opinion holders who are free to explore
beyond the responsible or ofer ideas
unconstrained by being responsible.
Te current public discourse on Am-
trak service to Brunswick rarely makes
the distinction between the statements
of those with responsibility and the
statements of those who express opin-
ion without the burden of responsibil-
ity. Elected members of Congress and
the rest of the federal government have
taken on the responsibility of govern-
ing this country. Te FRA, for example,
was created within the US Department
of Transportation as the agency con-
cerned with intermodal transportation.
It promotes railroad transportation to
meet the needs of all customers today
and tomorrow and develops policies
for improving the U.S. freight and pas-
senger rail networks. Te Maine State
Legislature created NNEPRA in 1995.
Tus, passenger service on the
Downeaster is under the control of
bodies charged with the above respon-
sibilities. Tey draw their powers from
federal and state government and ul-
timately us, the people. Teir vision
is ours: access to transportation in
all forms, road, air, rail, as part of our
heritage as citizens even in semi-rural
areas. It is a broad vision worthy of a
great people.
By contrast, individuals, groups, and
writers with opinions, agendas, rights,
all vie for infuence in the same demo-
cratic stew. Tey participate in the pro-
cess of ensuring that the vision we share
achieves intermodal transportation that
meets the need of all customers today
and tomorrow.
Tis citizenry is not responsible for
delivering the services we seek. Individ-
uals may be protecting perceived prop-
erty rights, cherishing dogmatic views
on taxation and animosity for passenger
rail service, or creating a platform for in-
dividual or joint political advancement.
Te FRA and NNEPRA have re-
sponsible work to do, under our citi-
zen authority. Te rest of us have the
role of appraising and/or moderating
this work. Bullying, ad hominem at-
tacks and incivility have no place in
this discourse.
Ed Knox is a citizen of Brunswick.
Step up to support Amtrak
BY ED KNOX
CONTRIBUTOR
Those who seem
to benet most from
the services of 24 College,
that is, non-male and/or non-
straight students, are those who
benet least from structures
that make up what we
might call the patriarchy.
I suggest
that if you are afraid
you will symbolically
become Elliot Rodger,
we are afraid we will
become his victims.
As previously mentioned, the Wom-
ens Resource Center is hardly allotted its
own space on campus. So your request
for a comfy house with a kitchen is
completely impolitic. It is easy enough
to say that the name of the current cen-
ter would alienate half the population
because of its mention of women (al-
though the Womens Resource Center
and its counterparts are open to all gen-
ders and all sexualities). Perhaps men
would feel discouraged from entering
a building associated with women? But
what about the other buildings on this
campus? You can bet the majority of
them are associated with menin fact,
the majority of them are named afer
men. Te presidents of Bowdoin Col-
lege? All men. Should I feel discouraged
from going here? Im starting to.
As I see it, you are describing the
need for a conversation that can take
place in any space you choose. Te
Womens Resource Center is more
than just a house with a kitchen, and it
takes more than comfy couches to cre-
ate meaningful social change. Tere is
undoubtedly a need to raise awareness
about mens issues and your article,
obviously, has succeeded in bringing
these issues to the fore. But I do not
think a center is necessary to do so, and
I do not think you have made a con-
vincing case that it is. I agree that we
need to have more conversations about
masculinity, and all I can say is lets
make it happen. We dont need back-
lash against womens rights to make it
possible. Start talking.
Vee Fyer-Morrel is a member of the
Class of 2015.
DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
OCTOBER
20 the bowdoin orient friday, october 3, 2014
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FRIDAY
COMMON HOUR
"How to Stop Climate Change"
Harvard professor Naomi Oreskes will discuss emerging
factors afecting climate change and ofer possible
solutions. Immediately following the lecture, Reed
House will host a book signing and question and
answer session with Oreskes.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 12:30 p.m.
FILM
"Mean Girls"
The Bowdoin Film Society will screen Tina Fey's iconic
comedy. The movie follows Cady Heron, a girl who has
previously been home schooled, as she arrives at high
school and infltrates an exclusive clique.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7:00 p.m.
RELIGIOUS EVENT
Yom Kippur Services
Daggett Lounge, Thorne Hall. 9:00 p.m.
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SATURDAY
RELIGIOUS EVENT
Yom Kippur Services
Daggett Lounge, Thorne Hall 10:30 a.m., 5:00 p.m.
FILM
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
The Bowdoin Film Society will play Martin Scorsese's
flm, which was nominated for Best Picture at this year's
Oscars. Based on the memoir of Jordan Belfort, it con-
cerns a young stock broker who leads a life of sex, drugs
and excess before being charged with security fraud.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7:00 p.m.
6
MONDAY
LECTURE
"China in Africa: Think Again"
Deborah Brautigam, a professor at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, will speak about the history of China's growing infu-
ence in Africa. Brautigam frequently advises international
agencies on issues related to China and Africa.
Main Lounge, Moulton Union. 7:30 p.m.
INFORMATION SESSION
Alternative Spring Break
Students will learn about applying to the Joseph McKeen
Center for the Common Good's Alternative Spring Break
program, which aims to teach students about signifcant
social problems through service work.
Daggett Lounge, Thorne Hall. 8:00 p.m.
6
MONDAY
Holiday H l d
BREAK
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SUNDAY
EVENT
Congressman Mike Michaud
Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Mike Michaud
will meet with students and listen to their concerns.
Michaud has represented Maine's second district since
2003 and is locked in a race with Paul LePage, the
incumbent governor.
Helmreich House. 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Chapel Service
The Chapel. 7:00 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY

EVENT
SEX with Dr. Pols
Director of Health Services Birgit Pols, drawing on her
experience working in the feld of LGBTQIA health, will
host a dinner for men who are interested in having sex
with other men. Faculty, staf and students are
encouraged to attend.
24 College Street. 6:00 p.m.
EVENT
Pop-Up Museum: Wish You Were Here!
The Perry-Macmillan Arctic Museum will request that
members of the Bowdoin community share objects they
collected while traveling, creating a pop-up museum with
the help of staf from both museums and
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library.
Morrell Lounge, Smith Union. 6:30 p.m.
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THURSDAY
EVENT
The Election of 1968: Resilient America
Michael Nelson will deliver a lecture on his most recent
novel, Resilient America: Electing Nixon in 1968,
Channeling Dissent, and Dividing Government. Books
will be available for purchase following the lecture.
Maine Lounge, Moulton Union. 4:15 p.m.
10
"The Secret of
the Grain"
Fall Break
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PIZZA, RICE NOODLES
JERK CHICKEN, GRILLED CHEESE
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MAC & CHEESE, FRIED CHICKEN
MAC & CHEESE, FRIED CHICKEN
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FAJITA BAR, PASTA BAR
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ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
EN GARDE: Two fencers from the club fencing team enage in a bout last Sunday on the steps of the Bowdoin College Museum of art.
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TUESDAY
LECTURE
The Rise and Impact of the Bodu Bala
Sena
Sri Lankan sociologist Tudar Silva will discuss the Bodu Bala
Sena, a radical Buddhist extremist group that has become a
political player in Sri Lanka and created tension within the
country's Muslim community.
Room 315, Searles Science Building. 6:30 p.m.
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TUESDAY
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BBQ CHICKEN, JERK PORK
MAC & CHEESE, PAELLA
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HOLIDAY HOLIDAY
12 BREAK BREAK
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GLAZED CHICKEN, STROGANOFF
PASTA BAR, CALAMARI
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CHICKEN TERIYAKI, EGG ROLL
MEATLOAF, MUSSELS
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