Bowdoin Orient

BRUNSWICK, MAINE THE NATIONS OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED COLLEGE WEEKLY VOLUME 144, NUMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
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FEATURES: PROFILE OPINION
EDITORIAL: Creative computing.
SPORTS
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DOING IT WRONG: Maya Reyes 16 on how we
should approach a liberal arts education.
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Deray McKesson 07 joins
the Ferguson protests
against racially-motivated
police violence.
POINTLESS: Football gets shut out in season opener.
FIELD HOCKEY: Field hockey takes down
long-time rival Middlebury to
remain undefeated.
MORENEWS: MOLDINBURNETT
A dehumidier was installed in Burnett to
help prevent the
spread of mold
in the basement
of the house.
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Endowment returns 19.2 percent, named Endowment of the Year
35 professors, 11 tenure-track join faculty
Please see J-BOARD, page 5
BY ALLISON WEI
STAFF WRITER
J-Board heard
9 academic,
7 social code
cases last year
Colleges digital
initiative mixes
technology into
the liberal arts
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ORIENT STAFF
BY SAM MILLER
ORIENT STAFF
On September 19, the Judicial
Board (J-Board) released its annual
report for the 2013-2014 academic
year. Te J-Board heard 15 cases from
last year, as well as one additional case
lef over from the 2012-2013 academic
year. Of the 16 total cases, nine in-
volved allegations of Academic Honor
Code violations and seven involved
allegations of Social Code violations.
According to J-Board advisor and
Assistant Dean of Student Afairs Les-
ley Levy, there have typically been 10
to 15 cases each year. However, last
years number of cases marks an in-
crease from the seven cases heard in
2012-2013.
I think [the number of cases] was
higher than the year before, but rela-
tively, it was [on par with previous
years], Dean of Students Afairs Tim
Foster said. I certainly can remember
years where the board was a good bit
busier than it was this past year.
Te J-Board, which consists of fac-
ulty members and students, is split
into two bodies that handle diferent
types of cases. Te board that hears
cases regarding the Academic Honor
Code consists of three students and
two faculty members. Te board that
hears cases regarding the Social Code
consists of fve students.
Regardless of which code is allegedly
violated, the professor or community
member who believes that a code has
been breached frst discusses the case
Bowdoin welcomed 35 new faculty
members this academic year, 11 of
whom are in tenure-track positions.
Todd Berzon, having fnished his
postdoctoral work on late antique
heresiologies at Columbia University
in 2013, is the only new tenure-track
professor in the Department of Reli-
gion. He is currently exploring rep-
resentations of the tongue in ancient
Judaic and Christian traditions. He
BY QUYEN HA
STAFF WRITER
Please see PROFS, page 3
Please see ENDOWMENT, page 4
Te Colleges endowment gener-
ated an investment return of 19.2
percent in fscal year (FY) 2014, again
earning Bowdoin a place in the top
fve percent of returns among peer
colleges and universities, accord-
ing to Cambridge Associates (a frm
that tracks educational funds per-
formances across the nation). Te
endowment had a market value of
$1.216 billion on June 30, up from
$1.038 billion at the close of FY 2013.
Te return, which is heavily depen-
dent on the health of the economy,
was three percentage points higher
than it was last year.
Te endowments strong perfor-
mance earned Bowdoin the Endow-
ment of the Year award from Insti-
tutional Investora global fnance
magazinein a category of nominees
that included Williams, the University
said he is looking forward to the bal-
anced environment between teach-
ing and conducting research.
I want to be at a school that val-
ues both teaching and researching,
where neither seems to be the exclu-
sion of the other, said Berzon.
Te economics department re-
ceived three tenure-track profes-
sors this year, including Gonca Se-
nel, who is teaching two sections of
Principles of Macroeconomics this
semester. Having earned her doctor-
ate at the University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA), Senel said she
is thrilled to be in a smaller liberal
arts environment where she can de-
velop closer relationships with her
students as well as colleagues across
diferent disciplines.
At UCLA, every department is
a small, self-suf cient island, said
Senel. Te inter-departmental link
that we have here is something re-
ally special that cannot be found in
bigger universities.
of Pennsylvania and the University of
Richmond. U-Penn generated a re-
turn of 17.5 percent in FY 2014, while
Williams and Richmond have yet to
release their returns.
Looking at year-to-year perfor-
mance and winning [Endowment of
the Year] is very exciting, said Presi-
dent Barry Mills. But the real story
is in the three-, fve- and ten-year re-
turns, because that tells you with some
certainty what you can expect over a
long period of time, which allows you
to think about how you operate the
College. So its incredibly impressive
that we are year-in and year-out in
that very highest category, but whats
even more impressive is that when the
markets fall, we dont lose as much as
other people do. Tat is phenomenal.
Mills also stressed that excellent re-
turns on the endowment do not reduce
the need for strict fnancial prudence
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Fi s c al Year ( St ar t s 6/ 30)
GUITAR HERO
Tree years afer the launch of
Bowdoins Digital and Computational
Studies Initiative (DCSI), the program
has expanded this semester to of-
fer fve courses designed for students
from all academic backgrounds.
Te Colleges DCSI initiative
came about as a result of conversa-
tions amongst faculty members and
a retreat with the Trustees in 2011.
It seeks to integrate aspects of digi-
tal technologies and computational
strategies across all disciplines in the
Colleges curriculum.
Tis semester, two DCSI courses are
listed as interdisciplinary, including
How to Read 1,000,000 Books, taught
by Visiting Assistant Professor in the
Digital Humanities Crystal Hall, and
Te Digital Image of the City, taught
by Jen Jack Gieseking, new media and
data visualization specialist.
Te other three courses are As-
sistant Professor of English Ann
Kibbies Imagining London in
Eighteenth-Century Literature, As-
sistant Professor of Cinema Studies
Allison Coopers Film Narrative, and
Professor of Mathematics Mary Lou
Zeemans Biomathematics. Tey are
listed as an English class, a cinema
studies class, and a math and biol-
ogy class, respectively. Tese three
courses are the frst DCSI courses
taught at Bowdoin to be incorporat-
ed into other curricula and not listed
as interdisciplinary classes.
ELIZA GRAUMLICH THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
LeoLevine17andJebPolstein17, members of thestudent bandGottaFocus, performat ChaseBarnonFriday. GottaFocus sharedthestagewithother student bands,
includingTreefarm,TheCircus andTheQuickFix toprovideaneveningof musical entertainment.
Please see DCSI, page 4
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COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD
Sleeping in the Bowdoin Outing
Club cabin and playing Settlers
of Catan.
Ive been dating a guy, and Im getting
to meet his cats tomorrow night.
Adriane Krul 15
STUDENT SPEAK
What are you most looking forward to this weekend?
COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD AND ELIZA GRAUMLICH
Im really excited to read poetry this
weekend, some Frank OHara.
Peter Niemczyk 15
Buying Dove For Men Extra Fresh
Deodorant at the grocery store.
Paul Delancy 17
HELPFUL HINTS:
Ideas for late-night study spots
on campus for night owls need-
ing to burn the midnight oil
LEO SHAW, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SAVETHE POLAR BEARS: 104 Bowdoin students travelled to New York City last Sunday to join over 300,000 people in the Peoples Climate March, what organizers have called the largest ever climate change demonstration.
BY THE NUMBERS
432
student volunteers
staff, faculty, alumni and family
member volunteers
48
local organizations visited
Jennings Leavell 17
Last Saturday, the College hosted
its 16th annual Common Good
Day, where members of the com-
munity spread out across the
region to do community service.
Here are some stats about the day.
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Weve all been up late one night
with bleary eyes, heavy heart and
a loaded backpack, in search of
a place to curl up and study for
a few hours afer security locks
up certain campus spaces. Many
students have been kicked out of
their study spots and sent into the
night, hunting for a new place to
work other than their rooms. But
fear not here are some spots on
campus that will allow you to keep
the stress and procrastination go-
ing afer 11 p.m.
Beckwith Music Library
Mon-Wed: open until 1:30 a.m.
Sun: open until 1:30 a.m.
Hatch Science Library
Mon-Turs: open until 12 a.m.
Sun: open until 12 a.m.
Smith Union
Mon-Fri: open until 1 a.m.
Sat: open until 2 a.m.
Sun: open until 12 a.m.
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library
Mon-Wed: open until 1:30 a.m.
Thurs: open until 12 a.m.
Sunday: open until 1:30 a.m.
24-Hour Campus Study Spaces
Kanbar Hall
Druckenmiller Hall
Moulton Union
Coles Tower South Lab
COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD AND NICKIE MITCH
9
other cities where alumni organ-
zied community service eorts in
honor of the day
NUMBER OF JUDICIAL BOARD RULINGS PER YEAR
COMPILED FROMOFFICE OF THE DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS JUDICIAL BOARD ANNUAL REPORT
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Nobody likes to have
to pack up your books and
move, but the College will take
care of that. The department will
have a good location as they go
forward and access to good
academic resources.
CHRISTLE COLLINS JUDD
DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
463 participate in Common Good Day
Four hundred and eight Bow-
doin students, 20 prospective stu-
dents and 35 faculty, staf, alumni
and family members participated in
the Colleges 16th annual Common
Good Day last Saturday.
Participants worked on 50 com-
munity service projects around mid-
coast Maine, including coastal clean-
up, trail work, painting and indoor
cleaning, among others.
Registration was smoother this
year than in the past, though the
trips flled up just as quickly as ever.
Groups take up the majority of the
spots, and there are usually enough
spots for individuals, said Andrew
Lardie, associate director for service
and leadership at the McKeen Center
for the Common Good.
For the past few years, Common
Good Day and Explore Bowdoin
an overnight program for prospec-
tive studentshave coincided, and
this year 20 prospective students
took part in the Bowdoin tradition.
[Associate Dean of Admis-
sions] Claudia Marroquin has
been really good about informing
BY LILY RAMIN
ORIENT STAFF
prospies about the project possi-
bilities and then matching them
up, said Lardie.
Feedback from Common Good
Day participants has been largely
positive. Eighty-six percent of par-
ticipants found their experience
either very positive or positive.
Tory Rusch 15, a member of the
softball team, worked on a project
at a local Brunswick retirement
home with her teammates. Saturday
marked Ruschs third time partici-
pating in Common Good Day.
We all get together, have some
team bonding and help out the
community at the same time,
said Rusch.
The project entailed building a
bocce court and painting doors and
walls inside the retirement home.
[It was especially rewarding] go-
ing to the retirement home and get-
ting to interact with the residents
that actually live there, said Rusch.
Wed paint their doors and sit and
chatit was nice to get to see who
you were helping.
Simon Close 17 also spoke high-
ly of his Common Good Day expe-
rience. Close and five fellow resi-
dents of Quinby House went to the
Dehumidier installed to
combat mold in Burnett
After battling mold growth in
the basement of Burnett House last
spring, Facilities Management is
taking steps to ensure that the mold
will not return. After sealing the
room and repainting the walls did
not stop the mold from regrowing,
Facilities is installing a dehumidi-
fier system to keep moisture at bay.
Te commercial grade dehumidi-
fer arrived on campus September
23 and will be installed before the
end of the week, according to As-
sociate Director of Facilities Opera-
tions Jef Tuttle.
Mold grows in moist conditions
and in addition to its bad smell, it can
be hazardous to living conditions.
Some people can have a reaction
to mold, Tuttle said. [But] the issue
[in Burnett] is very, very minor and
the amount of mold in the basement
is very minimal.
When Facilities was informed
of the issue, several employees
went to Burnett House, cleaned
and sealed the area and painted
over the wall they thought was the
source of the moisture.
When [Facilities] is made
aware of areas where mold, or
BY YASMIN HAYRE
ORIENT STAFF
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust,
where they created a pathway on a
muddy area of a hiking trail.
It was really cool to see the fin-
ished product of what our service
had done, and it was a good work-
out too, said Close. It was great to
see that we made a difference and
helped out.
Like Rusch, Close said he found
his Common Good Day project to
be rewarding.
Im really proud to be a Bow-
doin student if this is something
that Bowdoin presents itself as do-
ing, he said.
The McKeen Center hopes that
Common Good Day will inspire
students to make long-term ser-
vice commitments, either with
the same organization they worked
with on Common Good Day or
something related or unrelated,
said Lardie.
When we talk with students
who are in some of our more spe-
cific programs, Alternative [Spring]
Break for instance, many of their
first experiences with community
service were with Common Good
Day, so we know that sometimes it
is a gateway, he said.
The religion department will
relocate from Ashby House to
Kanbar Hall this January. The
house, which was built in the
1840s, is no longer suited to hold
large quanities of books and files
on its upper floors, posing prob-
lems for professors with office
space in the building.
Dean for Academic Afairs Chris-
tle Collins Judd said there is no
structural issue with the building.
While Ashby has been deemed
unsuitable for the needs of pro-
fessors who currently have offic-
es there, it poses no real imme-
diate threat to them. Judd said
many of the problems exist be-
cause Ashby was originally built
as a residence hall.
It is a residential house and so,
structurally, having academic of-
fices with many, many bookcases
and many, many files is just not
what the building was built for,
said Judd. We recognize that it is
not the best place to have lots and
lots of bookcases and files on the
upper floors.
Religion department to move to Kanbar
BY CHAMBLEE SHUFFLEBARGER
STAFF WRITER
Senior Vice President of Fi-
nance and Administration Katy
Longley said that the building
may require construction for later
use. Whether or not such changes
will be made will be decided by
the Board of Trustees on October
16 and 17.
board for approval.
Judd and Longley were both
unable to comment on which pro-
fessors in Kanbar will be required
to move in order to make room
for religion professors. It is not
yet clear where those moved from
Kanbar will be relocated.
After the religion department
moves out, Ashbywhether ren-
ovated or notwill likely house
administrative offices.
We will use it for adminis-
trative purposesthat doesnt
require all of the books and fac-
ulty, said Judd. [Ashby] was
built as a house. It was built as
a home. So it is fine for adminis-
trative purposes.
Members of the religion depart-
ment declined to comment on the
move. However, Judd said that she
feels certain the move will not have a
negative impact on the department.
Obviously, nobody likes to have
to pack up your books and move,
but the College will take care of
that, said Judd. The department
will have a good location as they
go forward and access to good aca-
demic resources. So I think its a
positive move for the department.
anything that may be of harm to
students is present, we always re-
spond very quickly and do what
is needed for the safety of the stu-
dents, said Tuttle.
Tuttle said he went to Burnett
last week and saw no further evi-
dence of mold. As a precaution,
though, Facilities decided to in-
stall the dehumidifier and to pipe
air into the space to keep moisture
levels to a minimum.
Initially, there were rumors that
a boarded-up section of Burnetts
basement was linked to the mold,
but that is not the case.
Facilities had blocked of a section
of the basement for the safety of the
residents. In the section behind the
boards there is a mechanical area
that includes sprinkler systems and
other tools that, according to Tuttle,
are unsafe for students to access.
Burnetts laundry room is lo-
cated right next to the boarded-up
area. Facilities changed the en-
trance to the laundry room and put
up a wall to keep students out of
the mechanical area.
The building of the boards to
restrict mechanical supplies and
the minimal problem of the mold
are completely different issues,
said Tuttle.
Zachary Rothschild, a profes-
sor at Carleton College, joined the
Department of Psychology. As a
social psychologist, his research
focuses on the effects of existential
concerns on peoples attitudes, be-
liefs and behaviors. He is currently
teaching Data Analysis and will be
teaching a 2000-level Social Psy-
chology course and an advanced
Existential Social Psychology sem-
inar in the spring.
Also joining the psychology de-
partment is Hannah Reese, who
came to Bowdoin with a desire to
return to teaching after spending
time serving as a staff psychologist
at Massachusetts General Hospi-
tal and doing research at Harvard
Medical School.
I really love the people I worked
with and the research I had done,
but I also really want to get back
to teaching and working with the
students, Reese said.
Her postdoctoral work focused
on body dysmorphic disorder, and
she is currently investigating the
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nature and treatment of anxiety
and obsessive-compulsive spec-
trum disorders.
Dana Byrd was a postdoctoral
fellow at Bowdoin for the past
two years before being hired to a
tenure-track position in the art
history department this fall. Her
research focuses on American art
and material culture. Byrd is plan-
ning to write a book on the physi-
cal artifacts of life on plantations
from the Civil War era through the
end of Reconstruction.
Im really interested in how
slavery and the end of slavery were
portrayed and discussed in art, as
well as the way people experienced
it during and after the Civil War
era, Byrd said.
Even after spending two years at
Bowdoin, Byrd said that she still
appreciates the level of engage-
ment her students exhibit inside
and outside of the classroom, as
well as the intellectually stimulat-
ing conversations she has with her
colleagues and the academic re-
sources the College offers.
I was convinced to stay here
because it is a really wonderful
place, said Byrd.
ASHLEY KOATZ AND ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ON TRACK: DanaByrd(left) andZacharyRothschild(right) areamong11tenure-trackprofessors hired
this fall. Byrdis anart historyprofessor whoseresearchfocuses onAmericanart. Rothschildis apsychology
professor withaspecial interest inexistentialism.
JEAN-PAUL HONEGGER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ALL HANDS ON DECK: Students clear atrail (left) andbuildabridge(right) onSaturdayduringtheColleges 16thannual CommonGoodDay.TheMcKeenCenter
for theCommonGoodhopes this dayof serviceinspires students tomakelong-termvolunteeringcommitments.
We have to fix it structurally
and...think about who will go in
there, but its premature, said
Longley. Were still doing an in-
vestigation of how much we need
to fix, how much its going to cost
to fix it. Well have to go to the
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with regard to strategic planning.
Were not running an investment
fund; were running an endowment
to support the Collegeyou have to
match the way the College operates
against the strength of the endow-
ment, and thats what weve done, he
said. Its a complicated balance, be-
cause in these colleges and universi-
ties, everybody wants to spend every
nickel they have.
Strong returns on the endowment
over the long-run allowthe College to
preserve capital and sustain the opera-
tions of the College. To cover a propor-
tion of each years operating expenses,
Bowdoin annually withdraws about
fve percent of a 12-quarter lagging av-
So far, all fve DCSI courses have
been well received by students.
I think that the class is run in such
a way that if you have comp sci expe-
rience, you can apply that, but if you
dont, you wont be at a disadvantage,
said Roya Moussapour 17, who is
taking Giesekings Digital Image of
the City course.
English Major Callie Ferguson
15, who is taking Assistant Profes-
sor of English Ann Kibbies Imag-
ining Eighteenth-Century London
through Literature course, feels
that DCSI can greatly benefit hu-
manities curricula.
Teres a lot of potential for [DCSI]
to actually enrich our discussion, Fer-
guson said. But since none of us are
used to actually using it, I think we
are going to have to try to discover the
best way for it to fgure into the work
that we are doing.
Te frst DCSI course ofered at
Bowdoin was Gateway to the Digital
Humanities, co-taught last fall by Pro-
gram Director of Art History and Pro-
fessor in the Art Department Pamela
Fletcher and professor Eric Chown
in the computer science department.
Last spring, another two DCSI cours-
es were ofered: Data Driven Society
taught by Director of the Quantitative
Reasoning Program Eric Gaze and
Gieseking, and Te Rhetoric of Big
Data taught by Hall.
The initiative is also attractive
for recruiting new faculty members
to Bowdoin.
Some recent faculty members are
coming out of their graduate schools
having been immersed already in
digitally and computationally rich
approaches to their subject, said
Dean for Academic Afairs Cristle
Collins Judd. Te initiative says to
them, according to Judd, that, Bow-
doin will give you a platform where
you can develop that, not only in
your own research, but as a part of
what you do in teaching.
Te College hired Gieseking dur-
ing the summer of 2013 as a part of
the initiative. Gieseking has a PhD in
environmental psychology and has
worked on integrating technology into
lesbian and queer studies in New York
City before coming to Bowdoin. She
described the College as unique in its
completely interdisciplinary approach
to the integration of DCSI compo-
nents. According to Gieseking, many
other schools have begun technology
integration initiatives that focus pri-
marily on the sciences, while Bowdoin
is seeking to incorporate DCSI in any
and all curricular disciplines.
Bowdoin also hired Hall as a part
of the initiative, who has a PhD in
Italian literature and previously used
digital strategies for the organization
of large quantities of text during her
work studying Galileos library while
at the University of Kansas.
Both are uniquely equipped to fa-
cilitate the integration of DCSI prin-
ciples in diferent felds at Bowdoin.
Te College is presenting the ini-
tiative as an exciting and innovative
new curricular pursuit, and President
Barry Mills has been keen to incor-
porate the new initiative in his fund-
raising eforts. Accordingly, the pres-
idential search committee included
information about the initiative in
a document drafed for the future
president in a part of the section ti-
tled Te Academic Core: Bowdoins
Ofer. Te document suggests that
Bowdoin foresees big data becom-
ing as integral to the liberal arts as
writing or math.
Many students believe the DCSI
courses will teach skills applicable to
the job market. According to Judd,
the program was not conceived spe-
cifcally for the purpose of making
liberal arts more marketable to stu-
dents concerned about the job mar-
ket and value of college, though she
did acknowledge that it is a positive
aspect of the initiative.
Te initiative is coordinated by
a steering committee comprised of
faculty members responsible for
determining the progression of the
department. Te committee focuses
on program development, faculty
outreach and curricular implementa-
tion for the initiativeincluding the
teaching of DCSI courses. Gieseking,
Hall, Fletcher, Gaze and Zeeman all
sit on the committee, and Zeeman
and Fletcher serve as co-directors of
the initiative.
In addition to exposing students
to digital and computational aspects
of scholarship, one of the major goals
for DCSI is to prompt questions about
how these techniques can and should
be used in a classroom setting.
Te Digital Humanities course
cluster of the initiative focuses on
technological integration in classes
that have traditionally focused on the
humanities. Te Digital Humanities
course cluster is partially funded by
the Mellon Humanities Initiativea
three year grant designed to encour-
age interdisciplinary collaboration.
Renovations to the third foor of
the Visual Arts Center (VAC) were
also a part of the initiative, creating
new spaces for DCSI classes. Tese
rooms are stocked with laptops pre-
loaded with the programs that may be
required for DCSI classes, blu-ray and
projector capabilities, and movable
tables or desks that are designed to be
particularly conducive to group work.
DCSI students have responded
positively to the new classrooms.
Kelsey Scarlett 17, a student in the
Imagining Eighteenth-Century Lon-
don through Literature course on the
third foor of the VAC, said she fnds
the renovation very conducive to her
course.
A lot of these digital humanities
classes are pretty collaborative, so the
space itself facilitates that really eas-
ily, Scarlett said.
Scarlett, who plans to double major
in English and government and legal
studies, said she took the DCSI class in
hopes of being exposed to a new way
to look at literature.
Library and Information Technol-
ogy staf are also available as resources
for professors interested in incorpo-
rating DCSI components into their
classes, and professors are encouraged
to work closely with Hall and Giesek-
ing to establish and execute goals for
incorporating such components.
According to Hall, the College
plans to ofer DCSI courses in chem-
istry, government and legal studies
and other social science based de-
partments in the coming years. Po-
laris will be updated in the coming
years so that students may specif-
cally search for DCSI courses.
Social and Economic Networks,
taught by Visiting Assistant Profes-
sor of Digital and Computational
Studies Mohammad Irfan is the
only new DCSI course planned for
next semester. Gaze and Gieseking
plan to offer Data Driven Society
and Hall plans to teach The Rheto-
ric of Big Data again in the spring
of 2015.
erage of the endowments value. Using
the lagging average enables the College
to compensate for particularly rough
years, such as 2009, when there was
-16.99 percent return on investment.
According to a release published on the
Bowdoin Daily Sun, at the close of FY
2014, the endowments three-, fve-and
10-year annualized returns were 12.3
percent, 13.8 percent, and 10.4 percent,
respectively.
Now that the weaker returns of the
fnancial crisis have cycled out of the
12-quarter lagging average, funding
from the endowment for each years
operating budget will likely increase
over the next to two to fve years, ac-
cording to Mills.
You could use that money for
debt service, if you needed a capital
projectI think some of our stu-
dents might say that our upperclass
housing might need some improve-
ment Teres additional academic
programing we could enhance, so
we could spend the money on that.
Tere are plenty of places to spend
the money. My hope would be the
frst place people would think is to
understand what our fnancial aid
commitment ought to be, and con-
tinue to grow it, said Mills, who
has made fnancial aid a priority
throughout his tenure at the College.
Te endowments continued
strengththe result of impressive
performances from the Colleges in-
vestment committeeis also pivotal
for minimizing increases in tuition
and fees each year. Since the 2011-
2012 academic year, Bowdoins com-
prehensive fee has increased annu-
ally by just three percent, a rate lower
than those at most peer institutions.
Te comprehensive fee for the 2014-
2015 academic year is $59,568, but
Mills emphasized that the actual cost
of educating a student for a year at
Bowdoin is actually closer to $80,000.
Financial aid from the endowment is
one of the key means of managing
that discrepancy.
Te 80 [thousand dollars] I think
is going to increase. Te question is
going to be, What are we going to do
with the 60? Tats why the endow-
ment is so important, is to close that
gap, said Mills. I think what youre
going to see is that at colleges that have
very healthy endowments, more and
more and more families in higher and
higher income brackets are going to
be supported, because these colleges
are just so expensivebut, youve got
to balance your checkbook.
Te Bowdoin Daily Sun release
also reported $24.1 million in endow-
ment gifs during FY 2014. Approxi-
mately 45 percent of the endowment
is restricted to fnancial aid. In his last
year as president, Mills is embarking
on a fundraising campaign dedicated
to fnancial aid, with a goal of around
$100 million.
I came to Bowdoin 14 years ago,
when our endowment was less than
400 million dollars, said Mills. Hav-
ing an endowment the size that we
have today has clearly allowed us to
support our students and families in
ways that we couldnt in the past on
the fnancial aid front. Its allowed us
to grow our academic program, its al-
lowed us to improve our facility...and
so as Ive said ofen, it isnt about the
money. But without the money, its
very hard to create a sustainable pro-
gram for the College.
ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
POINT AND CLICK: LiamTaylor 17andIanKlasky 17 worktogether onanassignment for MaryLouZeemans Biomathematics class. Biomathematics is oneof veDigital andComputational Studies courses beingoeredthis fall.
Theres a lot of
potential for [DCSI] to actually
enrich our discussion. But since
none of us are used to actually using
it, I think we are going to have to try
to discover the best way for
it to gure into the work
that we are doing.
CALLIE FERGUSON 15
The class is run in such a
way that if you have comp sci
experience, you can apply that, but
if you dont, you wont be
at a disadvantage.
ROYA MOUSSAPOUR 17
the bowdoin orient friday, september 26, 2014 news 5
SECURITY REPORT: 9/18 to 9/24
Tursday, September 18
Excessive noise was reported at
Brunswick Apartments R. Students
complied with a request to reduce the
noise level.
Friday, September 19
Students at Stowe Inn were asked
to reduce the noise level afer complaints
were received.
Te Brunswick Police Depart-
ment (BPD) cited a student in the Rite
Aid parking lot on Maine Street for il-
legal transportation of liquor by a mi-
nor. Note: Drivers under age 21 cannot
transport alcohol in a motor vehicle, even
when the alcohol is in the possession of a
passenger who is 21 or older (unless that
person is a parent).
A Yellow Bike named Spongebob
was reported stolen from a bike rack
outside of Smith Union.
A Security of cer took a stray
chocolate lab into custody and
turned the dog over to a town ani-
mal control of cer.
A student at Jack Magees Pub and
Grill tossed a beer bottle onto the upper
level where it smashed on impact. Te
student took responsibility for the act.
Tere was a minor accident in-
volving two student vehicles in the up-
per parking lot at Stowe Inn.
A student using a hair dryer in Cham-
berlain Hall activated a smoke alarm.
Saturday, September 20
Excessive neighborhood noise was
reported near the intersection of Long-
fellow Avenue and Park Row.
An of cer checked on the wellbe-
ing of an intoxicated female student at
Howard Hall.
An of cer checked on the well-
being of an intoxicated male student at
Osher Hall.
A gray squirrel fell out of an oak
tree and received a head injury. Te
frightened rodent ran into Coleman
Hall where it sought shelter in a cor-
ner. Several students gathered around
and Security of cers arrived to conduct
an animal wellness check. Te dazed
creature suddenly bolted and ran along
hallways and up and down stairs, scat-
tering screaming students along the way.
Of cers were eventually able to coax the
squirrel outside where it scampered up
the nearest tree to continue its liberal
arts education.
A West Hall student with an in-
jured toe was escorted to the Mid Coast
Primary Care and Walk-In Clinic.
A student maliciously pulled a fre
alarm on the 13th foor of Coles Tower,
causing an evacuation and a response
from the Brunswick Fire Department.
Teincident remains under investigation.
Neighbors reported a noise distur-
bance in the area of Longfellow Avenue
and Maine Street.
Sunday, September 21
Brunswick Rescue transported an
intoxicated male student from Helm-
reich House to Mid Coast Hospital.
BPD observed a student urinating
on the side of Howell House in view of
Maine Street traf c. A security report
was fled with the Of ce of the Dean of
Student Afairs.
A bedroom smoke alarm in Cham-
berlain Hall was activated by smoke
from microwave popcorn.
An unlocked and unregistered bi-
cycle was stolen from outside of Osher
Hall. Te bike is a green Iron Horse.
A bike stolen from the area of Sear-
les Hall was found at Burnett House.
Monday, September 22
A Security of cer checked in on an
ill student at Chamberlain Hall.
Fire drills were conducted at
several campus residence halls. A
number of fre safety violations were
addressed, including cloth hangings
on walls and ceilings, unsafe power
cords, overloaded outlets and blocked
sprinkler heads.
Tere was a hard alcohol policy vio-
lation in Ladd House.
Tere was a hard alcohol policy vio-
lation at 52 Harpswell.
Tere was a power outage on the
south section of campus; power was
fully restored afer a few minutes.
Tuesday, September 23
A campus visitor was found in pos-
session of a tactical assault knife, which
violates of the Colleges weapons policy.
Te visitor was issued a trespass warn-
ing and escorted from campus.
A blue Schwinn bicycle was re-
ported stolen from the bike rack at the
Buck Center for Health and Fitness.
Te bike was unregistered and had
been lef unlocked.
Wednesday, September 24
A student at Chamberlain Hall ac-
cidentally set of a smoke alarm while us-
ing a hair straightener.
A red Next bicycle was stolen from
a bike rack at Coleman Hall.
Compiled by the Of ce of Safety and
Security.
J-BOARD
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
with the Of ce of the Dean of Student
Afairs. If that person chooses to bring
the case before the board, the board
members must decide whether the stu-
dent is responsible for a violation. If the
board decides that a student has violat-
ed one of the codes, its decision is fnal.
Typically, the board looks at past
cases in order to decide whether an in-
fraction has occurred.
We acknowledge that each case is
unique and there are specifc details
that change the nature of each case,
but we really do rely heavily on prec-
edent and try to stay consistent with
our sanctions over time, said J-Board
Chair Jacques Larochelle 15.
If the board decides that a student is
guilty of a violation, it will then discuss
consequences and sanctions. Tese
sanctions are recommended to Foster,
or his designee, who can either approve
or change them.
Foster said he hopes that students
read the report and understand how
much time and efort is put into the J-
Boards decision making.
I hope that the report provides a lev-
el of transparency, while still protecting
the anonymity of those students who
were involved, said Foster. Its impor-
tant that their confdentiality is main-
tained but that we share information so
that members of our communitystu-
dents and faculty and stafunderstand
the standards that we hold as a commu-
nity and how those are upheld.
Te J-Board publishes its annual
reports with the hope that familiarity
with the information contained in the
document will lead to a decrease in
the number of cases it hears each year.
[The purpose is] to educate and
increase awareness of our com-
munity standards, Levy said. Its
really important for students to
know what the standards are and
what the ramifications are for vio-
lating the standards.
The J-Board meets with first-
year floors during Orientation to
discuss the Academic Honor Code
and the Social Code and to famil-
iarize first years with the standards
set by the College.
Larochelle believes that it is equally
important for upperclassmen to reread
the codes each year.
Take time to actually read through
the code at the beginning of the year to
remind yourself of all the components
of it, so you have a complete under-
standing of what it entails and how to
follow it properly, he said.
Meg Robbins contributed to this
report.
Building a Minyan: a look at Hillels Rosh Hashanah
BY VERA FENG
STAFF WRITER
As Rosh Hashanah approaches,
many Jewish students realize how far
they are from their families, but they
are able to celebrate the Jewish New
Year with a fgurative family here at the
College. On September 24 and 25, Hil-
lel, Bowdoins Jewish student organiza-
tion, hosted its annual Rosh Hashanah
service and dinner.
Over 60 students of diferent faiths
participated in Hillels Rosh Hashanah
events last year. A comparable num-
ber of students attended the service
and dinner this year.
According to Leah Kahn 15, the
president of Hillel, around 10 percent
of the Bowdoin student body identi-
fes as Jewish. About 160 students are
involved in Hillel.
We really work to get the Jewish
community on campus, said Kahn.
Its the frst time for many people
to be away from family. And these
holidays are really family-centric. We
want to make it accessible for stu-
dents to experience their High Holi-
day services in a similar way to how
they did at home.
Rosh Hashanah starts at sunset and
lasts two days. Hillel observes it with
services, a dinner and a luncheon for
students, faculty and local residents.
We have special foods that are
traditional for the Rosh Hashanah
meal, said Rachel Connelly, an
economics professor. There are
apples and honey, pomegranates
and traditional bread.
Bowdoin does a pretty good job,
said Jared Feldman 16, who identifes
as Jewish and spent the holiday with
his family before coming to Bowdoin.
People all come out for this event.
Tis is the closest I can get to a family.
As the only Jewish community
in Brunswick, Hillel frequently
hosts Shabbat services on Friday
nights. It also sponsors High Holi-
days celebrations and lectures by
distinguished speakers.
One thing I think is great about
the Jewish community at Bow-
doin and Hillel as an organization
is that people who are Jewish and
who are non-Jewish are coming to-
gether, said Emily Weinberger 15.
So its a nice way to share cultures
and traditions.
Many faculty members and
administrators attend Rosh Ha-
shanah services and other events
hosted by Hillel, including Presi-
dent Barry Mills, math profes-
sor Jennifer Taback in the math-
ematics department and Marilyn
Reizbaum, a professor in both
the English and gay and lesbian
studies departments.
Though this is Hillels first major
service and dinner of the year, the
group already celebrated a big mile-
stone earlier in September when
a second Torah was dedicated to
Bowdoins Jewish community.
It is a big year for Bowdoin
Hillel, said Kahn. The Torah is
a holy handwritten manuscript of
the Bible in Hebrew. It is very holy,
very sacred. We are not even a syn-
agogue. Now we have two Torahs.
Its special because we can have
one [open to] the end [of the text]
and one starting from the begin-
ning. Within the Jewish commu-
nity its something we boast: how
many Torahs do you have?
EMMA ROBERTS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
PUT A KIPPAH ON IT: President BarryMills attends RoshHashanahservices onWednesdayevening.
FEATURES
6 the bowdoin orient friday, september 26, 2014
DeRay McKesson 07 participates in principled protesting in Ferguson
They built that: the men behind the mechanics
From Learning Glassa high tech
demonstration tool used for online vid-
eosfor the economics department, to
a revolving chair for the art department,
days in Searles room 20 are anything
but ordinary with mechanician Robert
Stevens and machinist Benjamin King.
When members of the Bowdoin com-
munity go to them with their blueprints,
Kind and Stevens build them into real-
ityand then some.
[We] always try to fnd something
that will do a little bit better than [what]
they ask for, said Stevens.
Born in Massachusetts and raised
in Woolwich, Maine, King grew up
loving mechanics.
Ive always had kind of an inter-
est in this sort of thing, said King,
My father was a physicist, and was a
very hands-on kind of guy. He was at
MIT, and I used to go hang out at his
lab and thats where I started making
stuf. I enjoyed the work.
He has been working at Bowdoin for
fve years and currently resides in Bath.
Stevens held a number of diferent
jobs before coming to Bowdoin.
Afer graduating from Southern
Maine Vocational Technical Institute
into 1972, he was drafed into the Navy.
Afer his tour of duty, he worked at Bath
Iron Works for six months before being
laid of, and from there he went to the
Pejepscot Paper Mill as a mechanic.
When he heard about an opportunity
at Bowdoin he applied and got the job.
It was the right place for me because
I like the idea of being able to develop
designs of my own making, and this
place allows me to do that. said Stevens.
Stevens has been working at Bowdoin
since 1978 and currently lives in Harp-
swell, Maine.
Stevens and King take their jobs very
seriously. Every project must be thought
out precisely so that Bowdoin is not held
liable. If somebody comes in here I have
to be careful, said Stevens, With the re-
volving chair, I saw liabilities mixed in.
Tere are some things you may say, I
dont feel comfortable doing [this].
King and Stevens have many other
interests beyond the campus as well. Ste-
vens enjoys going on fve-mile walks to
get rid of stress and is currently building
a house. One of his favorite things to do
is to spend time with his grandchildren
and fnd innovative, if not old-school,
ways to bond with them.
Tey can at least hammer nails and
do something that isnt working with
digital stuf.
King loves to engage in outdoor ac-
tivities like paddling and hiking, and
has a great love for motorcycles. He
credits his dad for this passion and
collects antique motorcycles. In his
free time he loves to read short fction
stories, and his newest adventure is
mountain biking.
I just recently got back into
[mountain biking] to fnd that its to-
tally changed. Te bikes are now lu-
dicrously expensive and have all sorts
of fantastic features.
Troughout their years of work-
ing on campus, Stevens and King have
greatly appreciated their work, the peo-
ple they have met, and the atmosphere
of the College itself.
I dont know quite how I lucked into
arriving here, said King.
BEHIND THE NAME TAG
BY KELSEY SCARLETT
First years took year off for
fashion, farming and France
Not all students come to Bowdoin
immediately afer being admitted.
Some take time between high school
and collegeofen referred to as a
gap yearto advance their educa-
tion or gain experiences outside of
traditional schooling. Tis is the
frst in a series of columns that will
profle these students and their ex-
periences between high school and
arriving at Bowdoin.
Half French and half Chinese-
American, Alessandra Laurent moved
to Taiwan afer living in Los Angeles
during middle school. Having lived
and studied in both the United States
and Taiwan, Laurent decided to spend
her gap year experiencing life in
France and connecting to that part of
her familys heritage.
Te idea was to live in that context
for a year and understand that part of
my identity, Laurent said.
Laurent chose to study in a pre-col-
lege prep program with other second-
ary school graduates studying to pass
exams allowing them entrance into
Frances top universities. While she
was fuent in French prior to study-
ing in Paris, Laurent found the tasks of
writing analytical papers and reading
literature in French dif cult.
The whole educational philoso-
phy was really different and foreign
to me said Laurent. In writing es-
says, the whole format of the way
you construct an argument is dif-
ferentthe way they think about
arguing anything is different.
Afer assimilating to the French
educational system, Laurent has found
the transition back to American aca-
demics challenging.
I just had to write my frst paper
[at Bowdoin] recently and I was like,
wait, how do I go about this? said
Laurent. Ive gotten used to defning
every single term and analyzing every
single notion and organizing it more
in the French way.
Elena Mersereau 18 also took a gap
year, but unlike Laurent, she was not
entirely sure of where she would go or
what she would do. Originally from
Brunswick, Maine, Mersereau decided
she needed to see more of the world
before starting college.
I probably wouldnt have ended up
at Bowdoin if I hadnt taken a gap year.
I think it was really necessary for me
to get out of Brunswick before I came
back for four years, she said.
Mersereau began her gap year in
New York City, working as a fashion
design intern in the Garment District
and later on the Upper East Side.
Please see GAP YEARS, page 7
GARRETT ENGLISH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BUILDINGIT UP: BenjaminKingandRobert Stevens workinSearles makingthings for many departments
MIND THE GAP
BY MADDIE WOLFERT
BY GARRETT CASEY
ORIENT STAFF
Just afer midnight on August 16,
DeRay McKesson 07 was at home in
Minneapolis, watching TV coverage of
the protests in Ferguson, Mo., when he
decided he needed to be part of them.
McKesson rented a car the next morn-
ing and made the nine-hour trip to Fer-
guson. He planned on protesting for two
days, but ended up taking a full week of
from work and staying for nine days.
Te protests began on August 9
when police of cer Darren Wilson,
who is white, shot and killed Michael
Brown, an 18-year-old black man who
was unarmed at the time. Police claim
that Brown assaulted Wilson, but nu-
merous witnesses ofer conficting
accounts. Several witnesses describe
seeing Brown raise his hands above
his head just before Wilson fred the
shots that proved fatal, an image that
inspired one of the protestors man-
tras: Hands up, dont shoot.
McKesson, who works for the Min-
neapolis public school system, said that
as someone who works in education, he
was immediately struck by one stark re-
ality of Browns death.
Tere are a lot of great things we
can do for kids around opportunity,
especially kids from low-income com-
munities, he said. But you have to be
alive to learn.
Te protests focused on racial in-
equality and police discrimination
against black Americans.
It is centrally about the idea that
black lives matter and that Michael
Browns blackness is not enough
for him to be perceived as a deadly
threat, said McKesson, who is black.
Ferguson is a case study in systemic,
structural racism.
McKesson said that a wide range
of people took part in the protests.
He heard children there asking their
parents why Brown was killed and
whether or not they should be afraid
of the police.
It was an experience to see par-
ents have to remind their kids that
they are worthy members [of soci-
ety], McKesson said.
According to McKesson, young
adults at the protests thought that
they could find themselves in
Browns position.
At night in a hoodie, Im another
Trayvon Martin. I am not a Bowdoin
gradIm a black guy in a hoodie,
he said. I understand that my black-
ness is how people experience me frst
sometimes, for better or for worse,
and thats real.
Despite the upheaval that marked
his days in Ferguson, McKesson said he
was surprised and happy that his time in
Ferguson was, as he put it, a Bowdoin
moment. He spent his frst nights in the
area on the couch of Ivy Blackmore 07.
He bumped into Priya Sridhar 07, who
was covering the protests for the Associ-
ated Press, Will Donahoe 08, who was
protesting, and Kristina Goodwin 10,
who was providing legal aid.
Ferguson schools were closed for a
few days during the protests, so volun-
teers taught children at the local library.
McKesson was among them, as was
Ross Jacobs 10.
It was powerful to see the Colleges
commitment to the social good play out
in such a natural way, McKesson said.
McKesson began to document the
protests via Twitter because he was
frustrated that the mediadistracted
by the shocking optics of the police re-
sponsehad forgotten the purpose of
the demonstrations, which he referred
to as principled protesting.
Local authorities policed the protests
using armored vehicles, hundreds of of-
fcers in riot gear, tear gas and rubber
bullets. McKesson said the enormity of
the police presence was incredible, and
that the situation was ofen terrifying.
Please see MCKESSON, page 7
COURTESY OF DERAY MCKESSON
NOT AWEAPON: DerayMcKesson07joinedthousands iprotestinginFerguson, MO.Theprotests wereareactiontotheshootingof unarmedteenMichael Brown.
the bowdoin orient friday, september 26, 2014 features 7
MCKESSON
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6
This week while shopping for
our wine, we decided to go for
cash instead of class. Completely
avoiding the limited reserve sec-
tion, we instead went straight for
the cheapest Pinot Grigio we could
find. And what a Pinot it was.
Our selection, a 2013 California
Pinot Grigio named Flipflop, im-
mediately caught our eye. Being
the cheapest thing on the shelf,
it wasnt surprising that the label
looked like something you could
have printed off Kid Pix in your
free time if you still had your
Mac from the early 90s on hand.
It helpfully notes that the wine
would pair well with bruschetta,
spaghetti carbonara, or even egg-
plant parmesan.
Also, it had a screw top. Given
our past experience with corks, it
was like manna from heaven when
we didnt have to whip out our
roommates rabbit bottle opener.
The first thing that struck us
was the nose. It was light, fruity
and altogether pleasing, with deli-
cious notes of peach and pear. In
Brandons view it was the best fea-
ture of the wine. While Brandon
could waft this all day, Bryce was
much more keen to drink it.
Te taste itself really hit the palate
Flipop: a budget-conscious Pinot Grigio
BY BRYCE ERVIN AND
BRANDON OUELLETTE
CONTRIBUTORS
as bright, crisp, and slightly eferves-
cent. We noted that it had a nice bal-
ance between dryness and sweetness
and could serve well as champagne
for people who arent willing to com-
mit to the full bubbly. It also had a
good mouthfeeloverall silky and a
little weighty.
Pinot Grigio itself is actually
an Italian clone of the Pinot Gris
grape, which originated in Bur-
gundy, France. The Pinot Grigio
variety of the grape is typically
harvested early in order to main-
tain some of the bright acidity so
the wine isnt too overpowered by
fruity notes. It is worthwhile to
note that our wine is actually from
California, but the variation in
meaning is only slight. Pinot Gris
from the Golden State is regularly
called Pinot Grigio due to similari-
ties to the Italian variety of grape.
Tart would be a word to describe
this wine. Bryce enjoyed the acid-
ity overall and thought it added a
refreshing crispness. Any less and
the sweetness may have been cloy-
ing. On the other hand, Brandon
felt that it was a little too acidic
and the grapes could have done a
bit less the next time.
Flipflop is a good housewife
wine. If you got hit hard by the
recession, this is the wine for you.
Its cheap, but still good enough
to fill up your to-go mug several
times over before dropping the
kids off at soccer practice.
Also important to note is that
this bottle is a Wine Enthusiast
magazine Best Buy of 2011. Since
our vintage is a 2013, we were a
little skeptical, but nonetheless
we thought we should look up
the official review. Ranking it at
a respectable 87/100 the expert
reviewer noted many of the same
characteristics that we found. We
are not official sommeliers, but we
enjoyed it too so everyone should
just refer to us for our opinion on
everything now.
Overall, Flipflop Pinot Grigio
is not too sweet, not too dry, and
very fresh in taste, but the acidity
may off put some drinkers who are
more partial to red.
When it comes down to it, how-
ever, this wine is a great deal for
the price.
Additional Notes
Brandon: Id rather sniff this
wine all day than drink it. Its like
inhaling a pear.
Bryce: Fruity. A wine you could
get away with drinking before five.

Nose:
Body:
Mouthfeel:
Taste:

Get your hands, or feet, on some fipfop
Pinot Grigio at Hannafords: $6
Telling people you go to college
in Maine is almost universally met
with a stock set of responses. There
is, of course, the crustacean-crazed
relative who can only assume that
Bowdoin Dining doles out lobster
for not one, but every single meal.
There is probably that friend from
home who imagines your life as a
rustic adventure among cottage
classrooms and log-cabin dorms.
These friends and loved ones are
unfortunately misinformed, and
I do not doubt that many of you,
like me, realized the faults of your
inaccurate expectations after first
arriving on campus. I would like
to assure you, however, that those
dreams are alive and well, hiding
in plain sight. Where can one
find this Maine of myth? So
glad you asked!
All the excitement of
Vacationland lies just off
the highways and byways
surrounding our beloved
campus; you just have to
venture out of the bubble.
With the spirit of adventure
and an empty stomach fuel-
ing my journeys, I will be a
devoted guinea pig for any
and all culinary quests that
the area has to offer.
Whether youre reading a menu,
perusing the grocery store, or
shopping for outerwear, everyone
knows that Maine is synonymous
with quality. Though lobster, blue-
berries and L.L. Bean are usually
the Maine exports that spring to
mind, the state we all call home
has another trick up its flannelled
sleeve: oysters.
The Damariscotta River, just
east of Brunswick, is home to a
particularly sought-after variety
The joy of oysters at Glidden Point
BY BEN MILLER
CONTRIBUTOR
of oyster, known for its distinctive
briny flavor and full body. Now, if
this description is already unap-
pealing, then youre clearly not an
oyster person.
Unlike most foods, which I
would argue one can develop a
taste for, there is a chance you
may simply never feel mollusk
mania, and thats okay. For those
who either havent tried oysters or
already love the blessed bivalves,
this oyster farm is the place to
get the freshest oysters youll ever
taste. Their littleneck clams arent
too shabby either.
Located in the town of Edge-
comb, the Glidden Point Oyster
Farm is just that; a legitimate oys-
ter harvesting operation that ships
to numerous fancy raw bars across
the country every day.
The property itself consists
of three modest sheds near the
Damariscotta River where oysters,
clams and lobsters are stored and
sold at wholesale prices.
In addition to a selection of
shellfish, Glidden Point also sells
the necessary tools for shuck-
ing your own mollusksknives
GAP YEARS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6
Ive always been interested in art
and fashion and that whole world,
said Mersereau, It sounds very glam-
orous to be a fashion design intern.
After a few months, however,
Mersereau realized her work in the
industry wasnt as fulfilling as she
had hoped.
At the end of the day, I realized I
didnt feel very good about
what I was doing, she said.
I need to [have] a career
that I feel good about
and that I can see is
reaching people in
positive ways.
So Mersereau
changed her
course. Leav-
ing the bright
lights of the
New York fash-
ion world, she spent
four months traveling
through New Zealand
working as an organic
farmer.
Mersereau frst learned
about World Wide Op-
portunities on Organic
Farms (WWOOF) at the
Bowdoin 2017 Admitted
Students Weekend. She met
a current student who told her
about WWOOF. Although she cant re-
member his name, she does remember
that he wore Vibram FiveFingers Shoes.
Mersereau has never spoken to
this student since, but she would
like him to know that he changed
her life.
Afer backpacking through New
Zealand working on dairy farms and
picking hazelnuts, Mersereau has
become interested in organic living.
She hopes to continue this pursuit in
the Bowdoin Organic Garden.
While Mersereau was nervous
starting her first year at Bowdoin
worried she wouldnt remember
how to do school workshe thinks
that her experiences have aided
her transition into college life.
I feel like I have things to of-
fer to people and I have a story to
tell, more so than I would have if I
had come right out of high school,
she said.
Laurent also believes her gap year
helped to prepare her for living at
Bowdoin, a small residential
community.
It gave me a year to
learn how to be indepen-
dent before I came to
college, she said.
However, Laurent
says that her gap
year experi-
ence has
given her
a diferent
perspect i ve
from those of
her peers in the
Class of 2018.
Mersereau has
noticed that her
experience dur-
ing her gap year
has set her apart
from her fellow
classmates.
Its been harder to
fnd people who I connect with be-
cause people straight out of high
school have a diferent perspective and
a diferent expectation for college than
I do, she said.
Overall though, both students were
happy with their experiences, and glad
that they made the decision to take a
gap year.
I feel a lot more confdent now,
said Mersereau, More ready for the
college experience.
and protective gloves (strongly
recommended)as well as some
branded merchandise to instantly
enhance your Mainer credibility. If
theyre not too busy packaging or-
ders for shipping, the oyster farm-
ers themselves will even take the
time to teach you the art of shuck-
ing, which is really not as difficult
as people tend to believe.
After a short tutorial, you can
shuck to your hearts content and
throw back oysters and clams at
an outdoor picnic table. From eat-
ing on the coastline to the owners
thick Maine accents, the atmo-
sphere at Glidden Point is a lot like
the no-frills, all-quality lobster
roll experience that we Polar Bears
know and love at Libbys Market.
If Maine living is the way
life should be, then Glidden
Point is the way oysters
should be eaten. After
you try it, youll under-
stand that raw bars are
just overpriced imita-
tions of the ultimate oys-
ter experience available
in Midcoast Maine.
If youre lucky enough
to have a car, oyster
heaven-on-earth is just
a 40-minute drive away
(east on Route 1). For
vehicle-deprived students
like myself, recruiting a ride
shouldnt be too difficult when the
drivers compensation comes fresh
on the half-shell.
On Sunday, September 28 the
town of Damariscotta is hosting
the Pemaquid Oyster Festival from
noon to dusk, featuring live music,
river cruises and every preparation
of oysters imaginable. Should you
choose to attend this Sunday, keep
an eye out for me. Ill be the guy
sitting by a mound of empty shells
with a goofy grin on his face.
He once found himself caught between
two tear gas canisters. On another night
he hid from law enforcement by crawl-
ing beneath the steering wheel of his car.
I never thought in America that
I would run and hop fences be-
cause I thought police were going to
shoot me when I didnt do anything
wrong, he said.
Despite his fear, McKesson said he al-
ways remained committed to the cause.
You continue to protest because
you believe, he said. You believe
that whats right outweighs the fear
for your own safety.
McKesson said that the scale of the
police response speaks to the protes-
tors concerns with racial inequality and
structural racism.
What the police presence does in
Ferguson is immediately criminalize
blackness, he said. Te assembly of
black people is immediately a criminal
moment that requires every police of -
cer in the area.
McKesson said he was Te medias
attention has drifed away from Fer-
guson, but McKessons has not. He has
returned several times and helps write
a daily newsletter about the protest
movement at hashtagferguson.org
McKesson said that his experiences
in Ferguson have not made him more
cynical, but that they have made him
more vigilant.
It was a reminder of the obligation
to defend and protect democracythe
concept and reality of democracyon
all fronts, he said. Tere are more Fer-
gusons in America.
COURTESY OF DERAY MCKESSON
SPEAKINGOUT: Protesters mobilizeindemonstrationagainst raciallymotivatedpoliceviolenceinFerguson.
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
8 the bowdoin orient friday, september 26, 2014
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
New exhibitions at Museum explore mythical lovers Cupid and Psyche
LOUISA MOORE
STAFF WRITER
Master printer Greg Burnet speaks about process, collaboration with Tuttle
On Tuesday night, master printer
Greg Burnet talked about his experi-
ences collaborating with printmaker
Richard Tuttle to a receptive audi-
ence of students, faculty and commu-
nity members. Te prints that Burnet
worked on are currently on display
at the Bowdoin Museum of Art as
part of a larger exhibition, Richard
Tuttle: A Print Retrospective.
As a part of the Gallery Conver-
sations hosted by the Bowdoin Mu-
seum of Art, Burnet spoke about his
past as both an artist and a master
printer, and how he came to work
with Tuttle.
As a master printer, Burnet is
responsible for printing the physi-
cal images created by printmak-
ers such as Tuttle. The individual
printmaker comes up with the
ideas and helps with small de-
tails, but the majority of the actual
printing process is the work of a
master printer like Burnet.
Tis job requires him to jump
through a lot of hoops and be able
to be technically 100 percent prof-
cient, Burnet said. But [it also helps
MARINA AFFO
ORIENT STAFF
to] have a good idea of what the art-
ist is about within a couple days of
working with the artist.
[Tuttle] really pushes the enve-
lope of prints to look deceptively
simple, said Burnet.
Burnet also went into detail
about the various methods used in
making some of the pieces. He and
Tuttle used material ranging from
sandpaper and Tarletona mesh-
like materialto acid and plastic
barbed wire to create many of the
more intricate designs.
Tuttle and Burnet primarily use
a printmaking technique called a
la poupee, meaning of the doll in
French. Te technique involves ap-
plying diferent colored inks directly
onto the etched surface of a copper
plate before running it through a
printing press.
During his lecture, Burnet elabo-
rated on the procedure behind
specifc prints and was able to pass
around the original copper plates he
and Tuttle used.
Before becoming a master print-
er, Burnet, a native of Australia,
was an aspiring painter. After art
school he moved to London where
he started looking for work. While
in London, he was able to get a job
reprinting Australian botanical
flowers, a project he worked on for
four years. He moved to New York
City in 1991, he met Tuttle, and
their collaboration began.
Burnet and Tuttle have worked to-
gether on fve of Tuttles pieces: Line,
Edge, Edges, Gold and Cloth, all of
which are currently on display at the
Bowdoin Museum of Art.
Line, Edge, Edges and Gold each
took a year to create, and Cloth
took four years. Each is a series of
prints that range from 13 to 16 in-
dividual pieces.
Burnet currently owns his
own studio in New York and has
worked with various printmakers
from Robert Mangold and Inka
Essenhigh to Kiki Smith and Car-
roll Dunham. Burnet says he is
always working with at least two
or three artists at a time. Many of
their prints can be viewed on his
website burneteditions.com.
The Bowdoin College Museum
of Art will debut three new exhi-
bitions at the end of September.
Hendrick Goltzius: Mythology
and Truth and Weaving the Myth
of Psyche: Baroque Tapestries from
the Wadsworth Atheneum open
on September 27, and Alison de
Vere: Psyche and Eros opens on
September 30. The shows, which
encompass a range of mediums
and time periods, all relate to the
ancient myth of Psyche and Cupid,
the story of a relationship between
a princess and a god.
[It is] one of the most beautiful
love stories ever written, said the
Curator of the Bowdoin College Mu-
seum of Art Joachim Homann. It
has always been recognized as such.
Hendrick Goltzius: Mythology
and Truth serves as an antecham-
ber to the other two shows. Prints
and a painting by the Dutch print-
maker, publisher and painter line
the walls. Goltzius, an active artist
from the1580s to 1610s, used his
art with varying levels of subtlety
to comment on the political cli-
mate in Holland. At the time, the
Dutch were fighting for indepen-
dence from Spanish Habsburg rule
in the Eighty Years War.
His lines are what everybodys
raving about, his ways of creating
depth, said Homann.
People who care about print-
making recognize Goltzius as a
master, who has achieved things
that other people would not have
attempted, said Homann.
Goltzius work is intricate and
dense, but with a closer look, one
can see the simple details that cre-
ate the overall effect.
Its also equally amazing to just
look into the details and under-
stand how they were created just
with black lines and white paper,
said Homann.
The idea for the show came in
large part from a 2009 donation
made (posthumously) by Charles
Pendexter, whose collection in-
cluded many Goltzius prints.
These, in addition to pieces loaned
from the Princeton Museum of Art
in New Jersey and the Currier Mu-
seum of Art in Manchester, New
Hampshire, come together to form
a compelling exhibition.
At the Museum, the smaller
room of Goltzius prints transitions
into a large space with high ceilings
and salmon-colored walls that dis-
play Weaving the Myth of Psyche:
Baroque Tapestries from the Wad-
sworth Atheneum. These five
French tapestries by the Flemish
painter and designer Pieter Coecke
van Aelst are incredibly rare and
extremely valuable.
I would imagine that its the
first time in Maine anybody has
exhibited a tapestry cycle of that
significance, said Homann. It
is really an opportunity to learn
about a medium of art making that
has never been featured in a show
like this here.
These works, based on Rafaels
tapestries, which were destroyed
during the French Revolution for
their provocativeand even por-
nographicnature, were the ul-
timate sign of wealth. Some even
include gold and silver thread.
In the Renaissance and Baroque
periods, the most important or
most expensive furnishings were
actually not paintings but tapes-
tries, said Homann. We often for-
get that because they are so rare.
Van Aelsts tapestries have not
just made an impact at Bowdoin.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York is featuring his work
as well, and Homann is excited to
learn from the Mets show and to
add to the understanding of the
tapestries at Bowdoin. The curator
of the show at the Met, Elizabeth
Cleland, will also come to speak at
Bowdoin on October 22.
The final new exhibit, Alison de
Vere: Psyche and Eros, will provide
a visual aspect to the story of Cupid
and Psyche and help further com-
plement the tapestries in the previ-
ous room. The 26-minute animated
film from 1994closely related to
The Golden Ass by the Roman
author Apuleiuswas made by de
Vere. She is also well-known for
helping design the Yellow Subma-
rine film for the Beatles in 1967.
These shows will allow Homann
to share some of the Museums in-
credible holdings with the Bowdoin
community and beyond. Some
smaller pieces from Bowdoins per-
manent collection, including small
vases, fragments, and figurines dis-
playing Cupid and Psyche, will also
be exhibited.
Learning about [European art
from the 16th and 17th centuries],
I find that in the wintertime in
Maine to contemplate and unravel
the art of Goltzius and to immerse
yourself in the tapestries is just one
of the best ways of getting through
winter, said Homann.
Homann also believes that these
shows may interest local textile art-
ists. They also have particular rel-
evance for art history courses and a
new Mediterranean studies cluster
funded by the Mellon Foundation.
I really feel strongly that the
Bowdoin community in particular
needs to know about the collec-
tion and the Goltzius prints and
the other donations by Charles
Pendexter, said Homann.
[Tey] are an amazing resource
for all of us to discover and enjoy, so I
want people to take advantage of that.
Hendrick Goltzius: Mythology
and Truth and Weaving the Myth of
Psyche: Baroque Tapestries from the
Wadsworth Atheneum will be shown
until early March, and Alison de Vere:
Psyche and Eros until January 4.
The two main exhibitions will
be previewed at the Student Night
at the Museum program on Friday,
September 26 at 7 p.m.
Many students attending Tuesdays
lecture were taking Printmaking I.
Garreth Helm 18, a student in
Printmaking I, said the lecture was
interesting and thought-provoking
and noted how much work goes
into printmaking.
Lizzy Takyi 17, who is also in
Printmaking I, said what he was
saying, I could almost picture hap-
pening because we have been talking
about using some of these materials,
Associate Professor of Art Michael
Kolster also attended the lecture.
I didnt know what to expect
before I came, so it was nice to see
a master printer talk about process
and have some insight as to how the
pieces were made, said Kolster.
Kolster said he also found the rela-
tionship between a printmaker and a
master printer to be very intriguing.
Tuttle is working in a way that is
very gestural and also very inspired
in the moment by what he discovers,
he said. Ten the master printer has
to, in essence, respond to that and be
able to create a series of that sponta-
neity, Kolster said.
Te Richard Tuttle: A Print Retro-
spective exhibition will be on display
in the Museum until October 19.
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
TAPPING IN: Bowdoin College Museum of Art Assistant Preparator Jo Hluska installs a tapestry for the Baroque tapestry exhibition that will open on Saturday after a preview for students on Friday night.
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
MINT PRINTS: Master printer Greg Burnet speaks at a Gallery Conversation event on Tuesday night.
the bowdoin orient friday, september 26, 2014 a&e 9
ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
America: land of the privileged, home of the petulant
This summer, I spent a week in
Ghana watching Mexican telenovas
that had been re-dubbed in English
in the film studios of Accra.
My favorite soap was Forever
Yours, which played nightly at
seven. Terrible things happened
to the characters. There were
miscarriages and disappearances
and kidnappings and death. Of-
ten, when a child went missing or
a woman contemplated suicide,
my host grandma would sigh
loudly, bemoaning the losses for
these characters on the screen.
Other times, she and her daugh-
ter Michelle would laugh loudly
at the acting, glancing at me to
let me in on the joke.
During commercial breaks, we
watched news coverage of the Eb-
ola epidemic, or six minute ani-
mated PSAs detailing the spread
of cholera through a rural area
outside Accra, Ghanas capital
city. In these ads, a man saved his
village with clean water and salt.
Once, we watched Basketball
Wives. Another time, I walked
into their house to find an episode
of Extreme Makeover: Home Edi-
tion playing on their small TV. I
settled into my spot on the leop-
ard print couch. Michelle handed
me a tray with plantains and rice.
On the TV, one of the contrac-
tors borrowed the familys surf-
boards and went down to the
beach. He looked like a kid in his
khakis and cap.
I mushed the plantains on my
plate, wondering what
it was like to watch
a Floridian Mc-
Mansion be re-
built by grown-
ups pretending
to be kids, while
living behind
a large gate
on a potholed
dusty street
in the capital
of a country
where mil-
lions reside
in shacks.
I looked at
the TV. This
is the worst of
America, I said,
while simultane-
ously WhatsAp-
ping my buddy
from my new Android (purchased
in a shack) and texting my mom
from my iPhone.
Whys that? said Michelle.
Theyre going to have a surf
room, I said. For their surf-
boards. A room. Just for that.
Michelle stared at me, then at
TV (where the fat Floridians were
gleefully jumping up and down
in their too-small, too-colorful
bathing suits), then
back to me on her
couch. You play on
your phones a lot,
she said finally.
Are you done
with your food?
In Ghana, I read The Beautiful
Ones Are Not Yet Born, a Ghana-
ian novel about an unnamed rail-
road clerk too stubborn to take
bribes. Now back at Bowdoin,
I am reading Jane Eyre, The
Great Gatsby and My Antonia.
Im surprised by the seriousness
with which Mr. Rochester and
the railroad clerk conduct them-
selves. In contrast, Jim Burden,
Jay Gatsby, and Nick Carraway
seem like kids sneaking up to
the grown-up table.
New York Times film critic
A.O. Scott recently suggested
that adulthood is dead. It
seems that, in doing
away with patriarchal authority,
we have also, perhaps unwittingly,
killed off all the grown-ups, he
wrote in the September 11 issue of
New York Times Magazine.
I think Scott has a point. But,
if American adulthood is dead,
maybe it always has been. Hen-
derson, Ishmael, Humbert and
Holden are childish, angsty, and
scared. Theyre American in the
best sense, bumbling and nave
and self-centered. Even Thoreaus
deliberate living resembles my
little brothers plan to take a se-
mester off from Williams to be
in the woods.
Now, as I sit in my king size
bed in Chambo, cradling a box of
Lucky Charms and re-watching
The Mindy Project, I wonder
why American adulthood appears
to be dead, while Ghanaian adult-
hood seemed firmly intact. Sure,
people in Ghana watched Bas-
ketball Wives. But there seemed
to be a seriousness with which
they did it.
My first day in Ghana, the
program director stood before
me in slacks and a bright linen
shirt. If you have allergies in
Africa, he said, you are dead
by eleven.
Maybe this has something
to do with it.
In Chambo, Mindys theme
song jingles. I root around in the
cereal box, mining for rainbow
marshmallows and turning all this
over in my head.
Maybe, I think, we as Ameri-
cans are so comfortable that weve
begun to resist safetythrough
wrecking balls and bad jokes and
anacondas and rap; while Ghana-
iansless safeare forced to cling
to the safety they do have, forcing
them into the adulthood many of
us have left behind.
My phone rings. You racked up
a $400 phone bill during your one
week abroad, my mom says.
Childhood is a privilege, I
tell her.
Call Verizon, she says.
SNARK WEEK
ALLY GLASS-KATZ
Even Thoreaus deliberate living
resembles my little brothers plan
to take a semester off from
Williams to be in the woods.
10 a&e friday, september 26, 2014 the bowdoin orient
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
Nikhil Dasgupta 16
Theres more to Nikhil Dasgupta
16 than blazers, khaki pants and
barber shop tunes. A member of
Bowdoins oldest a cappella group,
the Meddiebempsters, Dasgupta
has recently released an extended
play (EP) recording.
It might be a little precocious to
call it that, said Dasgupta.
Instead, he called the record-
ing more [of] just a collection of
thoughts over the past years, so its
not like anything specifc. Its more
like whats been going on in my head.
This summer Dasgupta and his
roommate Zach Albert 16 decided
to get into the studio together and
record an alternative folk EP, which
they plan to share with people who
are interested in their music. Albert
played the drums and Dasgupta
played all the other instruments for
the recordings.
The Circus, Dasguptas band
at Bowdoin, mostly covers other
bands, but also writes and performs
some of its own original songs. The
band consists of Dasgupta and Al-
bert, as well as juniors Harry Rube,
Chris MacDonald, Simon Mousha-
beck, and Shan Nagar.
It all started two years ago with a
group of friends who lived in same
first-year dorm.
We got together and started play-
ing, said Das-
gupta.
Te band
likes doing [its]
own interpreta-
tion of songs
like old rock
[and] songs that
are upbeat and would work at a par-
ty, said Dasgupta.
Dasgupta has lived in many dif-
ferent places and went to high
school at the American Embassy
School in New Delhi, India, but
now calls Dover, Mass. his home.
SIAREE ALVAREZ
STAFF WRITER
Currently a mathematics major,
he plays guitar and has played piano
since age eight.
He decided to continue his musi-
cal journey all the
way into college,
and auditioned
for the Med-
diebempsters as a
first year.
Dasgupta said
he likes the diferent approach the
Meddiebempsters take to collegiate
a cappella, which tends to be very
pop-oriented. Te Meddiebempsters
instead incorporate old-fashioned
barbershop arrangements, and Das-
gupta said he
enjoys getting
to take a break
from the music
he hears else-
where every day.
His partici-
pation in the
Meddiebempsters has defined his
Bowdoin experience. All of his clos-
est friends are from the Meddies,
and Dasgupta finds it musically
very fulfilling as well.
In the future, Dasgupta hopes to
continue with music by working as
Perfume Genius Too Bright
is unapologetically raw
HIPSTER DRIVEL
MATTHEW GOODRICH
COURTESY MATADOR RECORDS
KILLER QUEEN: Perfume Genius new album Too Brightis mysterious and evocative.
a sound engineer or by working for
a record label.
I always wanted to go some-
where with it, [but] that prob-
ably doesnt mean
playing in a band
on stage, he said.
Dasgupta said
he loves the feel-
ing he gets when
performing on
stage with his band.
Its easy to feed off the audience
getting really excited, he said.
Some of the most fun Ive had at
Bowdoin has been on stage.
Dasgupta says that performing
with the Meddiebempsters is differ-
ent because of the dynamic of the
large group.
We are all sort of supporting
each other in a sense, he said.
Its like we are just hanging out
and making jokes with ourselves
and singing.
Although Dasguptas schedule
can be hecticwith mathematics
and computer science courses tak-
ing up much of his timehe enjoys
keeping busy.
Its dangerous for me to not have
something to do, he said.
ASHLEY KOATZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
VOCAL GENIUS: Dasgupta is a member of the Meddiebempsters as well as his band The Circus.
KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
JAMMING OUT: Dasguptas band, The Circus, played outside of Smith Union at Greenstock, an event held by Sustainable Bowdoin last week.
The band consists of Dasgupta and other juniors Zach Albert, Harry Rube, Chris MacDonald, Simon Moushabeck, and Shan Nagar.
Its easy to feed off the audience
getting really excited.
NIKHIL DASGUPTA 16
Some of the most fun Ive had at
Bowdoin has been on stage.
NIKHIL DASGUPTA 16
No family is safe when I sa-
shay, announced Mike Hadreas,
under the moniker Perfume Ge-
nius, this summer with the re-
lease of his brilliant, scintillating
single Queen. Hide your kids,
hide your wife, hide your hard-
cover copies of the NAS report
because on his latest album Too
Bright, Hadreas emerges from
his bedroom to prance saucily
down the catwalk.
His previous efforts, 2010s
intimate Learning and 2012s
intense Put Your Back N 2 It,
felt cloistered and claustropho-
bic, but Too Bright shines with
a defiant radiance. In the past,
voice cracking and spirit shaking,
Hadreas sang about having an af-
fair in high school with a teach-
er who then threw himself off a
building. Now, still haunted, he
offers no apology.
I Decline, the records opener,
sets this tone with its lyrics of
modest refusal. He describes an
angel hovering overhead, arms ex-
tended in a welcoming embrace,
warm smile plastered on its face.
Its a nice image, but Hadreas is
in no mood for otherworldly sup-
port. He considers the offer for a
moment over spare piano chords,
and finally murmurs, thats all
right. I decline.
From this Majical Cloudz-like
moment, Hadreas does an about
face and channels his inner Fred-
die Mercury on Queen. The pow-
er-chord thrust, tingling synths,
and hip-shaking gutturals cer-
tainly recall Queen the band, but
Queen the song retains Hadreas
trademark discomfiting lyrics.
Dont you know your queen? he
asks, no coincidence that it sounds
very much like dont you know
youre queer?
Decay features prominently in
Too Bright. Internalized shame
becomes corrosive, as Hadreas
damaged soul eats away at its cage.
On No Good, Hadreas won-
ders if he is meant to fray to the
end as his body unravels, leav-
ing no place to hang his heart.
Not one to give in so easily, he
turns the decay into a dare: I
wear my body like a rotted peach
/ You can have it if you can han-
dle the stink.
The spooky, spidery lurch of
My Body makes it one of the best
dance songs on the album, all the
more when it explodes halfway
through into the best synth pulse
Depeche Mode never wrote.
The true centerpiece of Too
Bright, however, is the soul-
swinging, thumb-snapping ode
to love-induced idiocy, Fool.
Hadreas croons to an anonymous
lover about picking out a dress for
the night, before flitting out of the
room to dance.
The song fades almost to silence
before the synth grows stronger,
and Hadreas lets out a swelling
gasp of ecstasy, like a fool in love
who cant believe his luck. He
sounds more assured for the rest of
the song, helped along by the sexy
sputter of a sax, when he does a
little move...like a buffoon.
At once self-deprecating and
self-accepting, Fool showcases
all of Perfume Genius strengths:
his evocative lyrics, impeccable
arrangement, and tight sequenc-
ing. Most of all, it highlights just
how powerful of a singer Hadreas
is, his voice shimmering and glim-
mering, as much Jnsi as Antony.
Fool is not only fluttery and
precise, but also firm and proud,
a balance Hadreas maintains per-
fectly throughout the album.
On Too Bright, Perfume Ge-
nius proves he is deserving of the
eponym. He is able to distance
himself from the camp of disco
music while drawing on the aes-
thetic of othered musicians who
turned the marginal mainstream.
But Hadreas does not write gay
anthems in the vein of the Village
People. The introversion of be-
ing raised as the ugly duckling of
chillwaves final brood still shows
on Too Bright. Like Youth La-
goon before him, Hadreas takes
bedroom experiences and blows
them up into arena-sized stories.
If theres a manifesto for what
humanity means in 2014, its the
message of this recordwere all
a little hurt and a little beautiful.
Hadreas claims he is Too Bright,
but we cant look away.
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11 the bowdoin orient friday, september 26, 2014
It was really nice to see our
team bounce back on Saturday,
said Head Coach Karen Corey.
They really put Friday nights
match away and focused on the
game right in front of them.
The Polar Bears posted set
scores of 25-20, 25-16 and 25-12
against the Jumbos to give them
their straight set victory.
Were taking our strengths and
putting them on the court, said
Mens soccer stays even for the season
Williams runs over football 36-0
ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ONE FOOT FORWARD: SamWard 18 rockets a shot past a University of NewEngland defender in the soccer teams victory over the Noreasters onTuesday.
A disappointing loss to Wil-
liams College last Saturday has
left the football team searching
for answers. The 36-0 loss in the
season opener was the first shut-
out Bowdoin has suffered since the
2012 season.
Williams opened the game with
a touchdown off their second drive
on a pass to wide receiver Darrias
Sime. The Polar Bears threw a pick
shortly after, which Williams ran
back for a touchdown. After miss-
ing the extra point, the Ephs still
led 13-0. Before the end of the first
half The Ephs managed to score
again, bringing their lead to 19-0.
Again, they failed to get the extra
point at the conversion.
At half-time we were still in
the game. Going in we just knew
Volleyball enters NESCAC
play with mixed results
BY PETE CIMINI
ORIENT STAFF
BY NICOLE FELEO
STAFF WRITER
The mens soccer team coasted
to a 2-0 victory over University of
New England Tuesday evening,
bouncing back from a 2-0 loss
against Middlebury this past week-
end. With the win, the Polar Bears
improved to 3-3-0.
Afer controlling play for most
of the frst half, Nick DiStefano 18
scored his frst career goal of of a
rebound of a shot from Matt Dias-
Costa 17. Just two minutes later a
Noreaster defender accidentally de-
fected a cross from Dias-Costa into
his own net, giving the Polar Bears
an insurance goal that ended up
sealing the game.
The Polar Bears continued to
outplay the Noreasters through-
out the second half. Although
they could not put together an-
other goal, they still cruised to a
2-0 victory.
Last weekend, the Polar Bears
dropped a crucial conference
game to Middlebury 2-0, lower-
ing their NESCAC record to 1-3.
Te Bowdoin loss also marked the
fourth straight shutout victory for
the Panthers.
The Polar Bears had many
chances early on in the game, but
were unable to capitalize on any of
them. In the 22nd minute, the Pan-
thers took advantage of a corner
kick as Middleburys Tom Beans
header escaped Bowdoin keeper
Noah Safian 17.
Te Panthers added to their lead
only six minutes later when Middle-
burys Adam Glaser chipped a ball
over Safan for his league-leading
ffh goal of the season.
Tey had three shots and two
goals, Andrew Jones 16 said. Still,
they were two crucial mistakes and
we made them.
Te team has been practicing stif-
ening up defensivley to limit mis-
takes under pressure and play a more
complete game.
We are working on fxing our
mistakes in practice so they dont
happen again, said senior captain
Eric Goitia 15. So thats a positive
coming out of this.
Bowdoin had numerous chances
down the stretch and outshot Mid-
dlebury 9-3 for the game, but the Po-
lar Bears could not capitalize on any
of their chances.
Dias-Costa ripped an open look
over the net in the 77th minute, and
the Panther defense was able to hold
onto the lead for the rest of the game.
Field hockey gets revenge
in nal minute comeback
Last Saturday, the field hockey
team handed Middlebury its first
loss of the season in a tense 2-1
match. With the win, the team de-
fended its No. 1 rank in the NES-
CAC and its perfect record of 4-0.
This win was hardfought for the
Polar Bears. The Panthers scored
within the first five minutes, set-
ting a tone for the first half.
We started of pretty fat, cap-
tain Colleen Finnerty 15 said.
Tey scored and that kind of put us
back on our heels for a little bit and I
think we came out a bit scared.
The team regrouped, making
changes throughout the first half.
We made a few more adjust-
ments at the halftime and then in
the second half, we played a lot
better, said Head Coach Nicky
Pearson.
The team fended off the Pan-
thers offense for the remainder
of the game, holding them to only
six shots and six penalty corners in
the rest of regulation. Goalkeeper
Hannah Gartner 15 stayed com-
posed after the early goal to keep
Bowdoin in the game.
With just three minutes left on
the clock and still down by one
goal, it looked as if the Panthers
were going to make the Polar Bears
relive their defeat in last years
NESCAC championship game in
which Bowdoin fell to Middlebury
by a single goal.
However, three minutes proved
to be just enough time. Liz Znam-
ierowski 16 broke free on a break
away and went for an open shot
on the net before being pummeled
by a defender, leading to a penalty
shot. Bowdoins top goal scorer
Rachel Kennedy 16 lined up for
BY RACHAEL ALLEN
STAFF WRITER
the Polar Bears landed a clean shot
to tie the game.
I give the team a lot of credit,
because [at that time] a lot of teams
would have sat back and been hap-
py with a tie and then regrouped
for overtime, Pearson said. But
we didnt.
The team maintained their of-
fensive pressure and with only a
minute left in the game Kim Kahn-
weiler 16 fired the ball into the
right corner of the Panthers net
for the game-winning goal on her
second shot of the season.
Still, Middlebury did not let up,
gaining a penalty corner, but the
Bowdoin defense shut down the play.
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we needed to do better than the
first half, said offensive lineman
Jonathan Macat 16. Anything
that happened in the first half
didnt matter.
Bowdoin did not improve in the
second half. The Ephs continued
to show success driving the ball
and scored two touchdowns of
over 30 yards.
Overall, Bowdoins offense fin-
ished with 80 yards rushing and
quarterback Mac Caputi 15 went
19-36 (53%) for 132 yards, with
one interception. Running back
Tyler Grant 17 rushed for 58
yards. Daniel Barone 16 had six
receptions for 45 yards and an ad-
ditional 70 return yards. The Polar
Bears also had three turnovers.
Defensive back Jibrail Coy 16
and defensive lineman Jake Prince
15 lead the Polar Bears defense
with six and fve tackles respectivley.
Saturdays defeat came as a sur-
prise after a successful preseason
so the team is not completely let
down after the defeat.
When they play like they
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canlike the way I know these
guys can playwe have a break-
out team, not just breakout play-
ers, said Macat.
It is the Polar Bears fifteenth
year with Head Coach Dave Ca-
puti, and they are starting with a
much healthier team this year.
Last season, several players, in-
cluding Matt Perlow 15 and Coy
were benched with injuries. This
year, there are 13 returning start-
ers along with first years who have
proven to be both diligent and tal-
ented.
I think its a mature group
and a hard-working group. said
Coach Caputi.
Despite the loss, the team is re-
charged and ready to take on Amherst
at home on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
All we can do is play one game at
a time, and all we can do is play one
play at a time at every game. There
were some simple plays we could
have made on Saturday that we just
didnt make. said Coach Caputi.
A lot of teams would have sat
back and been happy with a tie
and then regrouped for overtime.
But we didnt.
HEAD COACH NICKY PEARSON
We responded really well with
no time left on the clock, Pearson
said. They brought their whole
team back [on our side] and our
defense unit held them.
Middlebury, ranked No. 4 in the
NESCAC, is a frequent rival for the
Polar Bears in field hockey.
We always battle tough with
Middlebury, Finnerty said. Its
one of those really respected rival-
ries with us, where we like to play
them because its always a good,
fast-paced game.
Despite losing to Middlebury
in the championship last year,
Bowdoin also beat the Panthers
during the regular season.
[Te regular season game last
year] was kind of a similar game,
Finnerty said. I scored on a penalty
shot, then someone else had another
goal. Ten we played them again in
The womens volleyball team
emerged victorious at home on
Saturday afternoon, pulling out an
impressive 3-0 win over Tufts. The
win eased the teams stress after
the Polar Bears suffered their first
home defeat in two years against
Connecticut College last week.
The Polar Bears gained an early
lead against the Jumbos in all three
sets, ensuring a quick victory. Cap-
tains Christy Jewett 16 and Hailey
Wahl 16 helped lead the team, post-
ing seven and six kills respectively.
The win on Saturday improved the
teams record to 9-2 for the season
and 1-1 in the NESCAC.
BY ARIANA RIECHERT
STAFF WRITER
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Please see VOLLEYBALL page 12
Please see REVENGE page 13
It was really nice to see our team
bounce back on Saturday. They re-
ally put Friday nights match away
and focused on the game right in
front of them.
HEAD COACH KAREN COREY
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ANISA LAROCHELLE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
BY ALEX VASILE
ORIENT STAFF
Kiersten Turner 16 has been
an integral part of the womens
soccer teams best start in over
a decade. She has scored three
goals in just five games, and
all of them have been game-
winners. Two of her goals, one
against Bates and another versus
Middlebury, decided one-goal
contests. Turner also recorded
an assist in the Polar Bears win
over Middlebury. Her perfor-
mance won her the NESCAC
Player of the Week recognition.
Turner has earned her a
strong reputation as a goal
scorer. She scored 12 goals last
season and has retained her po-
sition at the top of the offensive
formation. This year, as the
team speeds forward, Turner
spends most of her time daring
defenders to chase her across
the field. She purposefully runs
to stretch the defense and can
chase and hold the ball in her
teams end of the pitch, giving
her teammates time to switch
into the proper offensive for-
mation and
join her up-
field.
Head Coach
Brianne Weav-
er said that
teams have
started to fo-
cus their atten-
tion in Turn-
ers direction
this season,
marking her aggressively when
she does not have the ball and
swarming her when she tries to
take a touch. As a player who en-
joys winning individual match-
ups, Turner admits it has been
more dif cult to dominate in the
way she has in the past.
Its been more mentally chal-
lenging for mefguring out how
to get around defenders, she said.
I wasnt thinking so much last
year about how I was performing.
She sets a high standard for
herself, Weaver said. With all
the accolades that she earned last
year and all the success that she
had, I know that she wants to see
that success again.
It was not until the teams
third game this season that
Turner earned a point. Team-
mate Jamie Hofstetter 16 noted
that Turner has been frustrated
at times.
During the frst half of [the
Middlebury game] she struggled,
she said. Tey didnt give her any
time or space to move with the
ball. You have to be dynamic mov-
ing of the ball so youre always an
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Kiersten Turner 16
WOMENS SOCCER
HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
option. Te more stagnant you are
the easier it is to close you down.
But shes a nuisance, Hofstet-
ter continued. She has really
quick bursts of speed and shes
really good at getting a touch on
the ball. It happens really easily
sometimes.
Turner said she takes a bit
of solace in knowing that her
presence opens the field up for
her new partner, Amanda Kin-
neston 15, who has absorbed
most of the time Hofstetter had
seen as the other forward over
the last two years. Hofstetter
has moved to playing center
midfield but in certain forma-
tions still plays forward with
Kinneston and Turner, or in
place of Kinneston.
Tis helps both players stay
rested by not having to play in the
center midfeld position for the
full 90 minutes. While Kinneston
labels herself as more of a goal-
scorerher stats are identical to
Turners so far this seasonshe
bears more similarities to Hof-
stetter than Turner. Both have
excellent technical skills, work as
facilitators and are ofen praised
for their skill
holding the ball.
I think
were similarly-
minded play-
ers, Kinneston
said. We like
to have the ball
and play from
our feet. Kier-
sten is good at
running to the
ball and using space.
Still, it is not rare to see all
three of them putting pressure
on the opposing defenses, partic-
ularly as they try to clear the ball
out of their own end. Weaver has
emphasized an aggressive team
defense that starts with the for-
wards and Kinneston has said it
makes it easier for the midfield-
ers and defenders to read where
balls go. In this scenario, Turner
often remains alone when facing
the defensive line.
The team started its season
with four straight conference
wins in a row, all of which were
decided by one goal, including
a double win against Wesleyan
and wins against Amherst and
Middlebury. Turners teammates
expect her to her hit stride as the
season wears on. The Polar Bears
will play two non-conference
games before finishing their
conference schedule.
I think Kiersten does better
as the season goes on, Hofstetter
said. Once she scores a goal, her
confidence goes up. Every game
makes her more comfortable.
Scored winning goals in
three straight games
Recognized with the NES-
CAC Womens Soccer Player of
the Week award
HIGHLIGHTS
She sets a high standard for her-
self. With all the accolades that she
earned last year and all the success
that she had, I know that she
wants to see that success again.
COACH BRIANNE WEAVER
The womens soccer team
brought its win streak up to six
games this past week, which is the
programs best start to a season
since 2003.
On Sunday, the Polar Bears beat
the University of Maine, Farming-
ton (UMF) 4-0 to earn their third
shutout of the season. Captain
Kiersten Turner 16 scored the Po-
lar Bears first goal in the seventh
minute mark off an assist from
Brigit Bergin 17. Senior Amanda
Kinneston scored Bowdoins sec-
ond goal a mere 1:10 later.
Sophomore Julia Bottone net-
ted Bowdoins third goal with 17:30
remaining in the half, and frst year Jill
Rathkes 42nd minute goal rounded
out the scoring for the Polar Bears.
I was really proud of the overall
team effort on Sunday, said Head
Coach Brianne Weaver. We had to
bounce back and play Sunday after
a very long trip to Middlebury the
day before and everyone was able
to contribute to the win.
Bridget McCarthy 16 started the
game in goal, playing 31 minutes
before Rachel Stout 18 came in
to replace her. Neither goalkeeper
saw much action as Bowdoin out-
shot UMF 22-0.
The previous day, Bowdoin was
locked in a tight match against
Middlebury that remained score-
less at halftime. It was not until
the 59th minute that the Polar
Bears broke the scoring seal with a
goal from Kinneston.
Middlebury tied the game
10 minutes later, but Bowdoin
quickly regained the lead with a
goal from Turner. The Panthers
outshot the Bears 15-13 but Mc-
Carthy made four key saves to
keep Middlebury from getting
back into the game.
Womens soccer gets leg up on competition
BY KATIE KAUFMAN
STAFF WRITER
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er team, knowing that they had a
very strong outside hitter and we
would have to be strong with our
blocking, said Wahl. We really
played as a unit and we were talk-
ing a lot and definitely communi-
cating very well.
Going into the second set, the Po-
lar Bears fnally entered the mindset
they needed to pick up their play.
Quincy Leech 17 went on a
really great serving run at the be-
ginning of the second game which
made it easy for us to keep up the
intensity and push through that
game and take that energy into
the third game to win in three,
said Wahl.
We had a lot of energy going
through. We were loud and com-
municating very well but I think
that we won because of a team ef-
fort and I think thats what the dif-
ference was in this game.
For the third and final set, the
Polar Bears maintained the same
intensity they had shown through-
out the rest of the match against
Going against Middlebury is
always a challenge, said Weaver.
[Tey are] always very organized
and it takes a lot on our part to
make sure we play a good game
against them. Im very proud of how
the team rose to the occasion and
settled down and played our game.
On Wednesday the Polar Bears
coasted to a 4-1 win against the
University of New England (UNE).
The team controlled the pace for
the majority of the game, manag-
ing to take three times as many
shots on goal as the Noreasters.
Te Polar Bears did not score until
Kinneston fred a shot into the back
of the net in the 28th minute, but
then Abby Einwag 15, Jamie Hof-
stetter 16, and Abby Hammerl 17
eached knocked a goal to give them a
comfortable 4-0 lead. Te shutout was
not ruined until a UNE goal with six
minutes remaining.
The team stays out of conference
this week with games at Brandeis
tomorrow and the University of
Southern Maine on Tuesday.
Tufts in order to hold on to their
winning streak.
Katie [Doherty] went on an-
other seven or eight point run with
her serves so again we had a big
lead at the start of the game, said
Albright. We worked really hard
to maintain that lead and because
of our ability to maintain our in-
tensity throughout the match we
were able to win pretty quickly.
Looking ahead to todays game,
The Polar Bears are intent on main-
taining the solid play they showed
against Tufts and making sure to
continue working as a team.
For this weeks game we want
to make sure we play every point
like its a championship point no
matter who the opponent is, said
Wahl. Were not going to underes-
timate them.
The Polar Bears return to their
home court tonight at 7 p.m to take
on Colby. The team will then travel
to Keen State to play Eastern Con-
necticut State on Saturday at 2 p.m.
ans Keen State at 4 p.m.
EMMA ROBERTS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
KICKING INTO GEAR: ElizabethWeathers 18 looks to set up the Polar Bears oense against the University of NewEngland onWednesday.
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Corey. [We are] looking at the
strengths of all our players and
making the system fit [them].
Everyone on the team contrib-
uted to secure the win, including
some first-year players.
I think Michelle Albright 18
did a really nice job on being
more vocal and intentional in her
game, said Corey. She really con-
tributed a lot in the backcourt for
our team.
However, Corey said she thought
the entire team deserved commen-
dations for the win.
Offensively we spread it
around, so a lot of the girls did a
nice job on attacking, said Corey.
The Polar Bears entered Sat-
urday nights game with caution,
making sure to stay concentrated
throughout all three sets.
We went into the game not
wanting to underestimate the oth-
13 sports friday, september 26, 2014 the bowdoin orient
Will all the Patriots fans please stand up
As a blizzard raged on a Sun-
day afternoon in December 2003,
the roaring cheers of the Patriots
faithful rocked Gillette Stadium. A
dedicated cohort of fans dug their
seats out from a foot of snow to
watch the hardy Patriots grind out
a win against the Miami Dolphins.
When Tedy Bruschi sealed the
game with a pick-six, the freezing
crowd ecstatically filled the Fox-
boro air with snowballs. Such is
the passion of a true football fan
a true Patriots fan.
Over the course of the past 11
years though, the passion has
dwindled in New England. Sure,
the Patriots still sell out every
home game, and in 2014 Pats fans
still placed fourth on a Forbes list
ranking the best NFL fanbases.
But in the opinion of this life-
long Pats fanwho was fortunate
enough to attend that Dolphins
game and a few others sincethe
atmosphere at Gillette has notice-
ably changed.
On Sunday, the Pats played their
first home game of the season, and
with all the pent-up anticipation
and excitement, the fans should
have been louder than the muskets
fired by the minuteman imperson-
ators at the game.
Holding just a one-touchdown
lead with only two minutes remain-
ing, the Patriots defense needed to
fend off a Raiders drive to seal the
win. This is the time for real fans to
get loud and pump up the defense.
With teams penalized for lapses
in communication, football, more
so than any other sport, feeds off
crowd noise, making home-field
advantage a true phenomenon.
And yet, if it werent for the fog-
horn sound from the stadium PA
system, the noise level at Gillette
would have been minimal. Even
more inexcusable: the stadium was
already 1/3 empty during the final
drive of a close game.
Since when did Patriots fans be-
come so complacent? Granted, a
September game against the lowly
Raiders doesnt have quite the ex-
citement of a December matchup
against the rival Dolphins. But ev-
ery win counts in the 16 game NFL
season, and fans only get a chance
to see their team play at home
eight times. Why wouldnt Pats
fans relish every moment?
The answer lies in these incredi-
ble statistics: 11 division titles, five
conference titles, and three Super
Bowl championships in 13 seasons.
Pats fans have become so spoiled
with success, so accustomed to
playoff games in January, that they
are no longer interested in an ordi-
nary regular season game.
A couple of years ago, I attended
a late December game after the
Pats had already clinched a playoff
BY WILL OSSOFF
CONTRIBUTOR
berth. At halftime, a sea of sea-
son ticket holders bolted for their
tailgates. I wasnt there in 2001,
the year of the Pats first cham-
pionship, but I cant imagine that
those fans would have left the old
Foxboro Stadium early. Success is
fleeting in the hypercompetitive
NFL, and every moment of great-
ness is worth embracing.
Pats fans have lost sight of this
in the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick
era, as we have been privileged
with an unprecedented streak of
greatness. And yet, time is running
out on the Patriot reign. Brady is
37, Belichick is 62, and neither will
likely be around five years from
now. Furthermore, the Patriots
have benefited from an unusual
level of quarterback mediocrity in
the rest of their division, allowing
them an easy annual ride to the
playoffs. Sooner or later, the next
Jim Kelly or Dan Marino will ar-
rive to dethrone the Pats.
So I say to you, fair weather Pa-
triots fans that left early on Sun-
day: wake up and smell the enti-
tlement before its too late. Rookie
quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo
may be a solid player one day, but
we have limited time left with
Brady, one of the greatest of all
time. Lets bring the fire of that
snowy Dolphins game back to
Gillette, and appreciate how for-
tunate we are to be watching bril-
liance in action.
the NESCAC championship game
and it was just back and forth again.
As much as this victory seems
like payback for last years NES-
CAC title game, the team refused
to get caught up in past defeats.
Its a new year, Pearson said.
We try not to use losses as our
whole motivation and try to focus
on what the strengths are of the
team this year.
But Finnerty still attests that it can
feel good to beat a rival on their feld.
Having that taste in our mouths
during the fve-hour bus drive to
Middlebury, it just feels so much bet-
ter on the ride back when you come
back with a win, Finnerty said.
Playing both Middlebury and
Amherst, which is now ranked No.
seven in the first three weeks of the
season, at first seemed daunting.
You look at the schedule and
go, Wow are we really going to
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be ready for that? Finnerty said.
But the fact that we came out and
played both those teams fairly well
and for us to know that we can still
improve feels pretty good.
Last night the team shut out
the University of Maine Farming-
ton 4-0. Adrienne ODonnell 15
scored in the third minute and
Emily Simonton 15 added two
goals of her own 10 minutes later
to give the Polar Bears a comfort-
able 3-0 lead only 14 minutes into
the game.
The team has the weekend off
and is preparing to play Wellesley
College next Wednesday at home
before it gets back into conference
play. Bowdoin will also host Trin-
ity next Saturday.
In practice our big emphasis
is on being better in our next
game than the previous one,
Finnerty said. Thats always the
idea of how we work our season.
We just build from each game.
The big hope is to just keep going
up from here.
GARRETT ENGLISH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
RUN, BEARS, RUN!: Georgia Bolduc 17 (Left), Randi London 15 (Top) and Addison Carvajal 16 (Right) all run past Tufts defenders as the womens rugby teamhandily defeated the Jumbos 54-0 in their home opener. The Polar Bears improve to 2-0 for the season
and look to continue their dominating shutout streak tomorrowat 1 p.magainst the University of Maine.
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FIELD HO
Te Polar Bear ofense was
plagued with the same problems
around the net they have sufered all
season: scoring goals.
Te other thing is composure
and fnishing around the netwe
need to be more ef cient with our
chances, said Jones.
In our league, every team is
known for being strong and tough
on defense, Goitia said. So taking
advantage of the opportunities you
get is so important.
The Polar Bears will have to
bounce back from a disappointing
1-3 start in the NESCAC if they
want to be one of the eight teams
that reach the playoffs. They will
have plenty of time to work on
their play, with nine days off un-
til their next game, which will be
against Husson.
Both Goitia and Jones emphasized
the importance of playing a more
complete game, and said the team
will have to make minor adjustments
to its overall system.
We need to continue to focus
on getting everything right over 90
minutesnot 89 minuteswith that
one minute being when they score,
said Jones.
We just have to be more fuid go-
ing from defense to attack, Goitia
said. In transition a lot of times we
can get caught and we need to focus
on that.
Both said that if the team makes
these small changes it could be dan-
gerous team.
We feel confdent that our ability
is good enough to beat every team in
our league, Jones said. If we contin-
ue to improve, we can beat the rest of
the teams we play.
Its just a matter of going back and
instilling a little bit of confidence
and coaching up some small things
to make our game better.
I think we know what we pret-
ty much need to do; it just comes
down to doing it and executing it,
said Mac Caputi.
The team hopes to play more like
it did in the pre-season and put last
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/27 v. Maine 1 P.M.
Compiled by Sarah Bonanno
Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC
SCHEDULE
F 9/26
Sa 9/27
v. Colby
v. Eastern Conn. St. at Keene
at Keene St.
7 P.M.
2 P.M.
4 P.M.
MENS SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
SCHEDULE
We 10/1 v. Husson NOON
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/27
Su 9/28
at Middlebury Invitational
at Middlebury Invitational
1 P.M.
9 A.M.
NESCAC Standings
WOMENS GOLF WOMENS RUGBY
SCHEDULE
We 10/1 v. Wellesley 7 P.M.
MENS GOLF
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/27
Su 9/28
at NESCAC Championship
at NESCAC Championship
TBA
TBA
SAILING
SCHEDULE
WOMENS SOCCER
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/27
Tu 9/30
at Brandeis
at Southern Me.
1 P.M.
4 P.M.
W L W L
BOWDOIN 4 0 5 0
Tufts 3 0 6 0
Hamilton 2 1 5 1
Middlebury 2 1 4 1
Trinity 2 1 4 2
Williams 2 1 4 2
Amherst 2 2 5 2
Wesleyan 1 2 2 5
Colby 0 3 4 3
Conn. College 0 3 3 4
Bates 0 4 1 4
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
Amherst 3 0 1 4 0 1
Tufts 3 0 0 5 1 1
Middlebury 2 0 1 5 0 1
Wesleyan 2 1 0 3 2 2
Williams 2 1 0 3 2 1
Hamilton 1 1 1 4 1 1
Trinity 1 1 1 4 1 1
Conn. Coll. 1 2 0 3 3 0
BOWDOIN 1 3 0 3 3 0
Bates 0 4 0 0 6 1
Colby 0 3 0 4 3 0
NESCAC OVERALL
W L W L
Amherst 2 0 8 2
Williams 2 0 9 1
Hamilton 1 0 8 3
Middlebury 1 0 2 4
BOWDOIN 1 1 9 2
Colby 1 1 7 3
Conn. College 1 1 3 6
Tufts 1 1 5 5
Bates 0 2 6 5
Trinity 0 2 7 4
Wesleyan 0 2 6 4
NESCAC OVERALL
W L T W L T
BOWDOIN 4 0 0 6 0 0
Tufts 2 0 1 4 0 1
Conn. Coll. 2 0 0 6 0 0
Amherst 2 1 0 5 1 0
Williams 2 1 0 5 1 0
Bates 2 2 0 5 2 0
Hamilton 1 2 0 4 2 0
Colby 0 2 1 2 3 1
Trinity 0 2 1 4 2 1
Wesleyan 0 2 1 1 5 1
Middlebury 0 3 0 3 3 0
NESCAC OVERALL
*Bold line denotes NESCACTournament cut-of
Sa 9/27 at Womens Presidents Trophy
at NESISAChampionship
at HoodTrophy
9:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
9:30 A.M.
SOCCER
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FOOTBALL
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weeks disappointing performance
behind it.
Its nothing that we cant and
havent done in the past few weeks.
In no way is it a foreshadow of the
rest of our year, said Grant.
Te refrain from the team and
coaches is that the players have
shown they are more than capable of
having a succesful season.
Te weekends loss against the Ephs is
not in the past for the Polar Bears who
are looking ahead to their home opener
against Amherst tomorrow at 12:30 p.m.
ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
HOLD UP: Connor Keefe 16 does his best to keep the University of NewEnglands defesnse at bay.
FIELD HOCKEY
SCHEDULE
Sa 9/27 v. Amherst 12:30 P.M.
FOOTBALL
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FRIDAY
LECTURE
Research on the Gulf of Maine
Jon Witman, professor of biology at Brown University
will give a talk on his research at Cashes Ledge, a hotspot
of biodiversity on the Maine Gulf. Pizza will be served.
Environmental Studies Common Room. 12:00 p.m.
EVENT
Gelato with Deloitte
Bowdoin Women in Business will host a casual gathering
with Deloitte employee Grace Hodge 13. Students will
have the opportunity to ask Hodge about her experi-
ences in the world of management consulting.
30 College Street. 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
EVENT
Student Night at the Museum
Students can unwind from the week with a night of
festivites at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. There
will be a cappella performances, and a viewing of two
art exhibits. Hors d'oeuvres will be served and drinks will
be available to students 21 and older.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
DANCE
Contra Dance
Students will learn how to perform contra dance, an old
New England folk dance. There will be a caller and live
music. Refreshments will be served.
Daggett Lounge, Thorne Hall. 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
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SATURDAY
CELEBRATION
Organic Garden Celebration
The Bowdoin Organic Garden will host a series of talks by
members of the biology and English departments about
gardening in celebration of the new organic garden.
52 Harpswell Road. 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
EVENT
College Guild Dramatic Reading
The reading will be an afternoon performance
showcasing the creative work of prisoners who are
pursuing education while serving their sentences.
Curtis Memorial Library. 1:00 p.m.
EVENT
Masque and Gown 24 Hour Show
Students in Bowdoin's theater group Masque and Gown
will write, rehearse and perform a play in 24 hours.
Memorial Hall. 7:00 p.m.
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MONDAY
LECTURE
Printmaking
The Marvin Bileck Printinmaking Project will host visiting
artist Lisa Bulawsky. She is the director of Island Press
and a professor from Washington University in St. Louis.
Room 115, Edwards Center. 4:15 p.m.
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MONDAY
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SUNDAY
EVENT
Book Reading and Signing
Bowdoin College Hillel will host Rabbi Simeon Maslin,
who will present his debut novel, Uncle Sols Women. Set
primarily in Maine, his book chronicles the lives of 20th
century American Jews.
Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union. 4:00 p.m.
RELIGIOUS SERVICE
Protestant Chapel Service
The Chapel. 7:00 p.m.
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EVENT
O-Campus Study Fair
Students can learn more about study abroad
opportunities from program representatives.
Smith Union. 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
LECTURE
"Living and Sustaining a Creative Life"
Artist and editor Sharon Louden will discuss what suc-
cess is for an artist today and what it means to strike a
balance between making time for creativity and earning
a living.
Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium. 7:00 p.m.
LECTURE
"Women & Theater in Classical Athens"
Laura McClure, the Jane Ellen Harrison Professor of Clas-
sics at the Univ. of Wisconsin, will speak about represen-
tations of women in the ancient and classical worlds.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.
2
THURSDAY
FILM
Damnationland
In the spirit of Halloween, cinema studies will showcase
six short horror flms made by Maine flmmakers.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
EVENT
Polar Bear Tales
Students and faculty will share fve-minute personal love
stories. Refreshments will be served.
MacMillan House. 7:30 p.m.
3 HOLIDAY
"Building
Together a Culture
of Health"
Yom Kippur
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VEGGIE EGG ROLE, PASTA BAKE
CHICKEN JAMBALAYA, PASTA
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VEGETABLE STEW, CHIPOTLE PASTA
BOLOGNESE, CHICKENVESUVIUS
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PIZZA, MUSSELS
TAPAS TABLE, LASAGNA
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MANDARIN NOODLES, PIZZA
MAC & CHEESE, FRIED SHRIMP
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STEAK SUB, SPAGHETTI
GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN &TOFU
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LECTURE
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JESSICA GLUCK, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ONYOUR TOES: The members of VAGUE, Bowdoin's jazz dance group, rehearse newchoreography last Monday at the Edwards Center for Art and Dance.
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TUESDAY
FILM
2014 Manhattan Short Film Festival
The Frontier Caf presents the Manhattan Film Festival,
which will be held across 300 cities worldwide. The festival
will showcase the 10 flms that qualifed as fnalists. During
the festival, movie-goers around the world will vote for
best flm and best actor.
Frontier Caf . 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m.
30
TUESDAY
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NOODLE BOWL, RED CURRY CHICKEN
SWEET & SOUR CHICKEN, MUSSELS
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TOFU & BROCCOLI, LONDON BROIL
HAMBURGER, CAJUN SHRIMP
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