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MORE NEWS: RAINBOW SEVEN LAUNCHES; ALUMS WORK ON SENATE CAMPAIGN

TODAY’S OPINIONEDITORIAL: On the record.Page 13.

SPORTS: MEN’S ICE HOCKEY TAKES ON COLBYThe undefeated men’s ice hockey team is set to face rival Colby today before a sold-out crowd in Sidney Watson Arena. The Colby Mules’ record stands at 1-4-0.

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Page 5.THE LIVELY STATESWOMAN: Daisy Alioto ’13 on politics and prepdom.

Evan Horwitz ’15 gives his advice on how to look and feel your best during the holiday season.

RAINBOW: The new program helps LGBTQ students meet one another on campus.

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ALUMS: Two recent graduates created onlinecontent for Elizabeth Warren’s winning campaign.Page 3.

CATHARINE YOCHUM, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

The fall’s dance classes concluded the semester with a performance in the December Dance exhibition.

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BY CONNOR EVANSORIENT STAFF

Safe Ride to enforce old policy, will not drive to off-campus parties

Safe Ride will no longer bring students to parties at off-campus houses, said Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols.

Although Safe Ride has had a policy of not bringing students to parties for several years, only re-cently has it begun enforcing it.

The policy was instituted three years ago in response to feedback from off-campus residents, and Nichols said he hopes that it will help create a safer environment at off-campus parties.

“We started it a few years ago.” Nichols said, “I meet regularly with off-campus houses to talk about safety and how to avoid problems with the law and how to run safe events and not get arrested. And Please see TWITTER, page 7

Two thefts allegedly took place at the College just before Thanks-giving break, one at an off-campus residence at 83 1/2 Harpswell Road and the other at the sailing team’s boathouse in Harpswell.

The most recent theft occurred at an off-campus party at the Harpswell Road residence—better known as Crack House—on No-vember 17, when a partygoer alleg-edly stole numerous signs and dec-orations from the student home.

) at night, the residents were hosting a ) anksgiving-themed par-ty and had asked attendees to bring canned food items to donate to char-ity; the hosts were busy collecting the canned goods—they ended up donating over 180 lbs. of food to the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention pro-gram—when the items disappeared.

According to the residents, the stolen goods were sentimental items passed down by over a de-cade of Crack House residents.

Resident Connor Handy ’13 said he feels betrayed by the theft.

“It’s unfortunate, especially on a night when we were trying to do some good as opposed to just being college kids and having a party, that someone would take these things,” Handy said.

) e residents said they were un-aware of the the* until the morning a* er the event. For the majority of the party, they were collecting canned food at the door, and were unaware of any thieving inside the house.

“Someone must have slipped by because I can’t imagine someone who was willing to donate canned

BY ELANA VLODAVERORIENT STAFF

Crack House theft follows burglary at boathouse

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some of the feedback I got from the houses were ‘my god, these people are just descending on the house and we don’t want them here’ and then some of the feedback was that a lot of these people are arriving by the shuttle.”

Nichols said these complaints played a signi+ cant role in the deci-sion to the change Safe Ride’s policies.

“We’re not going to help them get there, that’s not our job,” Nich-ols said, “However it is our job, and we feel our responsibility, to get people safely back, but not neces-sarily to bring them.”

Another reason for the policy change was preventing underage students from going to off-campus houses with the intention of drink-ing. Bowdoin Student Government

An interview with the voice behind @notbowdoin

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BY TOPH TUCKERORIENT STAFF

GOT YOUR BACK

food was also responsible for taking stuff,” Handy said. “It doesn’t seem like they’d have the same humani-tarian values.”

Handy estimates the value of the stolen items at a few hundred dollars.

Crack House residents have not yet contacted Bowdoin Security about the theft. Instead, they sent an email to the original guest list of the party asking the “person(s) who has done this to please return these items,” and promising ano-nymity in return. No one has yet confessed to the theft.

In response to the theft, the resi-dents are considering throwing few-er parties or patrolling them more closely, although they have made no final decision.

Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols said the residents could still contact Security to report the crime.

“There’s always a value in report-ing it to Security because we may come upon those signs in our other rounds on campus,” Nichols said.

In addition to the theft at Crack House, the sailing team’s boat-house in Harpswell was burglar-ized November 14. The burglar allegedly used a bolt cutter to cut through a padlock on the back-door, gaining access to the equip-ment inside. Approximately $4000 worth of the College’s power tools, electronics and marine-oriented equipment was stolen, along with Sailing Coach Frank Pizzo’s per-sonal items.

Pizzo said the team won’t be dra-matically a, ected by the burglary, as the sailing team is now o, -season.

When the air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem on the evening of Friday, November 16, Andrew Roseman ’14 was standing in front of the Western Wall, one of Israel’s holiest sites, along with dozens of worshippers gathered there to observe the Sabbath.

“At + rst we didn’t know what was going on—people were saying there was a rocket directed at Jerusalem, but

it landed 30 miles away. ) ere was 15 to 20 minutes of straight panic,” said Roseman, who is studying abroad this semester at Hebrew University in Je-rusalem. “People were crying; it was really kind of nuts.”

) e missiles, which Hamas launched from the nearby Gaza strip, were directed at the Israeli Knes-set—the seat of the national govern-ment—but fell short of the capital.

While abroad, students witness Middle East unrest fi rsthand

BY LINDA KINSTLERORIENT STAFF

! e parodic Twitter account @not-bowdoin began drawing attention in late October with its mockery of o" cial Bowdoin communications: “! e College is taking Hurricane Sandy as a serious threat. Please stay indoors and tag your Instagrammed hurricane photos with #bowdoinfall.” Since then, @notbow-doin has attracted 123 followers. ! e Orient was granted an interview with the student behind @notbowdoin on the condition of preserving the individual’s anonymity, which the student requested to preserve the nature of the account.

Toph Tucker: Why did you start @notbowdoin?

@notbowdoin: There were a couple of different things. One was the new parking plan, which seemed calculated to put students’

In survey, students give College high marks

BY DAVID SPERBERORIENT STAFF

Ninety-nine percent of students approve of Bowdoin Dining Service, according to the Orient’s approval ratings survey. ) e faculty and the College also tracked well, earning the approval of 97 and 96 percent of respondents, respectively.

There were 310 respondents to the poll, which is conducted each semester to track student opinions of notable departments, organiza-tions and individuals in the Bow-doin community, ranging from Student Affairs to Information Technology to the College House System. President Mills, who has polled well historically, received an approval rating of 94 percent of respondents.

“Barry Mills is the heart of the College,” said a student respondent. “This college is in good hands.”

) e Brunswick Police Department has consistently been among the least popular groups in the survey and had the second lowest approval rating of all organizations and individuals with 71 percent approval.

Compared to + gures from this time last year, approval of the Of-+ ce of Safety and Security fell by + ve percentage points to 91 percent.

Approval for the O- ce of Residen-tial Life increased by two percent to 87, while approval for the Department

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MATTHEW GUTSCHENRITTER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

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Junior forward Ollie Koo ’14 has helped lead the men’s hockey team to an undefeated record thus far—Koo scored three goals against Su! olk last weekend, contributing to a 5-2 victory.

SPORTS: Athlete of the week: Ollie Koo ’ 14 FEATURES: Q&A with @notBowdoinToph Tucker ’13 interviews the student behind the satirical Twitter account Not Bowdoin College.

A&E: December Dance ConcertThe Department of Theater and Dance will present modern, ballet, and African American Diasporic productions in their annual exhibit of the semester’s courses.

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Simon Bordwin ’13 Please see article, Page 5.

It’s not necessarily as hypersexual as Senior Seven. It’s a way for LG-BTQ students to familiar-ize themselves with other people in the community in a more private way.

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What did you think of Date Month?

Robert Feeney ’15Sian Reibe ’14Tom Rosenblatt ’16 Paige Gribb ’14

Photos by Hy Khong

“I thought it was a sucess. Friday night at Daggett Lounge was a

pleasant environment.”

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STUDENT SPEAK

“I have no idea what Date Month is.”

“I was supposed to partici-pate in ‘Screw Your Room-

mate’ but I didn’t go.”

“I didn’t do anything but I think it’s great for some people.”

NEWS NOTES

Coordinator Payson urges BSG to continue supporting sustainability on campus

At its weekly meeting on Wednesday, Bowdoin Student Gov-ernment (BSG) discussed issues of campus sustainability, after a presentation on Bowdoin’s Carbon Neutrality initiative from Keisha Payson, the coordinator for Sus-tainable Bowdoin.

Bowdoin’s commitment to car-bon neutrality began in 2007 when President Mills signed the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment, pledging to set a date for the col-lege to become carbon neutral. Bowdoin’s “Blueprint for Carbon Neutrality” was released in 2009. The plan called for setting a 28 per-cent decrease in emissions, and the purchase of carbon offset credits to achieve carbon neutral by 2020.

Payson argued that Bowdoin’s various sustainability initiatives have thus far been successful in reducing the college’s carbon emis-sions in 2012. The college’s green-house gas emissions were 24% lower than their predicted baseline total. However, she also acknowl-edged that achieving complete neutrality by 2020 was a challeng-ing goal.

“It might not be realistic,” Pay-son said.

Payson ended by asking BSG to continue to help promote a sustain-able philosophy on campus, noting that the Sustainability Office has the goal of “making sure the stu-dent body is aware of this use, and knowledgeable about what they can do in their own life and own community.”

Following this discussion, Vice President of Facilities and Sus-tainability Tessa Kramer ’13 intro-duced a proposal to spend $500 to install an energy efficient Xlerator hand dryer in one of the upstairs bathrooms of Smith Union. Should the proposal pass, Sustainable Bowdoin will purchase an identical dryer for the other restrooms.

Kramer argued that the dryers would help reduce paper waste, and “show BSG’s support for sus-tainable initiatives.”

Coming on the heels of a pre-sentation on Bowdoin’s large-scale sustainability projects, Kramer ac-knowledged that the purchase of one hand drier might seem trivial. However, she ended by saying, “ it’s a small gesture, but a gesture we think is important.”

The proposal will be voted on at next week’s meeting.

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When Frank Chi ’07 called Wil-liam Donahoe ’08 late in 2008 about helping him create a website, neither would have expected that four years later, they would be producing online content for a U.S. Senate campaign. 5 e two had previously collaborated as students at Bowdoin for the College Democrats of America, and quickly began working together in the eve-nings a6 er their day jobs.

Together, they created 5 e Antebel-lum Project: a self-funded website that tells stories about Civil War era Bow-doin alumni. Chi and Donahoe became fascinated with the stories and the ways they were connected. What started as a simple outlet for their creative instincts became the start of their business.

“We didn’t create it with the intent of making any money. It was a passion project,” wrote Do-nahoe in an email to the Orient. “But now clients can use it as an example of our capabilities.”

Chi and Dona-hoe now help run the company Chi/Donahoe + Cole/Du7 ey, which produc-es videos and social media content for political campaigns and interest groups.

In the 2012 election, Chi and Do-nahoe worked with various Demo-cratic campaigns notably that of Elizabeth Warren, who won the Mas-sachusetts Senate seat from Republican Scott Brown.

“We helped the campaign present her brand to voters online,” wrote Donahoe. 5 ey produced logos, microsites and videos in support of a very successful Warren campaign.

“A candidate like Elizabeth Warren doesn’t come around very o6 en. Her victory was the result of tireless e7 orts of a lot of people, and we were glad to be a small part of it,” said Chi. “One of the middle class’ strongest advocates now has a voice in the Senate.”

Alums create online content for Mass. Senate campaign

BY ANDREW PARKORIENT STAFF

The Office of Admissions re-ceived 606 early decision (ED I) applications for admission to the Class of 2017. The number of ap-plications is up from last year’s 594, and is a new record for the College.

ED I applications have been steadily rising in past years, with 568 in 2010 and 594 in 2011.

Dean of Admissions and Finan-cial Aid Scott Meiklejohn said that his office treats ED applicants no differently than regular applicants.

“Applying early decision is not an advantage, or a strategy to get in, it’s an option that’s there,” he said.

Last year, Bowdoin accepted 29 percent of students who applied ED I, as opposed to 13.8 percent of regular decision applicants.

“It’s an option, but it’s not that important to us that ED gets to be a bigger part of the application pool,” said Meiklejohn.

The application review process is still in the early stages, so it is too early for Admissions to esti-mate how many acceptance letters it will mail out next month. The College does not target a specific number of ED I acceptances.

“How many students we admit is always a reflection of who ap-plies and how excited we are about those decisions,” Meiklejohn said. “Knowing that we’ll probably have 6,000 applicants on the January 1 deadline, we’ll want to leave space for them to get in as well.”

Due to the devastation of Hurri-cane Sandy, a number of schools in the northeast—including Colum-

bia University, Cornell University, New York University, Boston Col-lege, Amherst College, and Boston University—extended their dead-

lines to allow students ample time to recover from the storm. Bow-doin did not extend its November 15 deadline.

Meiklejohn said Bowdoin de-cided not to extend its deadline because it fell later.

“We’ve had a couple of requests for extensions, but we’ve only done them on an individual basis. Some of the schools that had Novem-ber 1 deadlines made blanket ex-tensions,” he said. “We could just work on a case-by-case basis.”

Last year the College admitted 172 of 594 ED I applicants. This year’s decisions will be mailed out in mid-December.

Record high 606 ED I applications receivedBY HARRY RUBEORIENT STAFF

In an age of increasingly rapid devel-opments in technology and information dispersal, online media and social net-working can highlight trends in people’s political views, according to Chi.

“5 e way media is digested today, buzzwords and trends are already played out the moment they hit the main-stream,” he wrote. “Politics is a very late adopter of technology and new media.”

Chi and Donahoe focus on under-standing trends in social media and use that information to help their client tell their story well.

“5 e answer will rarely be, ‘Congress-man, the solution is a cat video,’” wrote Chi. “[A politician’s] thought process is more along the lines of seeing particu-lar issues that people seem to be clicking the most on. 5 ey then consider the op-tions, such as making a shareable video about a candidate’s views on that issue.”

“We concern ourselves with trends insofar as the new methods of communication they present,” wrote Donahoe. “But the kernel of truth is the same across all mediums, new and old. What are Facebook

share images other than print ads on your Timeline that you can ‘like’?”

Chi and Donahoe also have col-leagues who work with them on their website. Jim Cole and Aaron Du7 ey cre-ated the television campaign for Mainers United for Marriage, which successfully campaigned for homosexual couples’ right to be legally married in Maine.

“5 ey’re incredibly proud of the win for equality and we’re proud to be associ-ated with them,” said Donahoe.

5 e pair believes that the company’s mission is to tell a story. But asked if they’d support a Republican story, the answer was an emphatic “no”. Chi and Donahoe are 8 rmly Democrats.

“We would never work for Repub-licans unless we suddenly became Re-publicans—which will never happen,” wrote Donahoe.

COURTESY OF CHI/DONAHOE + COLE/DUFFY

MASS MEDIA: Frank Chi ’07 and William Donahoe ’08 made videos for a number of liberal causes.

of Athletics decreased by 3 percentage points to 76 percent.

The Registrar fell on the low end, receiving 77 percent approval, with comments calling for online course registration and the elimi-nation of Bearings.

5 e Health Center had the lowest

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approval rating, garnering the sup-port of 69 percent of respondents.

“Almost all the employees at the Bowdoin Health Center are very nice, friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful—when you can get in to see them,” said one respondent com-mented. “5 e method of making an appointment at the health center [is] o6 en di9 cult and I have seen them ask people to come back in a couple days when they are having medical

di9 culties that should warrant im-mediate attention.”

The approval ratings for Bow-doin Student Government (BSG) increased by six percentage points to 82 percent.

The Career Planning Center (CPC) received 76 percent approv-al, the same percentage it received last fall. However, the CPC’s ap-proval rating declined sharply last spring, falling to 58 percent,

“Applying early decision is not an advantage, or a strategy to

get in, it’s an option that’s there.”

SCOTT MEIKLEJOHN DEAN OF ADMISSIONS AND

FINANCIAL AID

MATTHEW GUTSCHENRITTER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

“We would never work for Republicans unless we suddenly became Republicans—which

will never happen.”

WILLIAM DONAHOE ‘08

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It was the 5 rst time the air raid si-rens had gone o6 since the Gulf War more than 20 years ago—and even then, 7 e New York Times reports, Jerusalem was largely spared, due in part to its large Palestinian popula-tion and sacred sites.

7 e latest round of hostilities began on November 14, when Israeli forces assassinated the leader of Hamas’ armed wing, Ahmed Jabari. Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-5 re last Wednesday a8 er eight days of attacks killed 162 Palestinians and 5 ve Israe-lis, according to Al Jazeera.

Between November 14 and 22, the day the cease-5 re was announced, Hamas launched 1,400 rockets into Is-rael, while Israel carried out over 1,500 strikes on Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

Yesterday evening, the U.N. Gen-eral Assembly voted to grant Pal-estine the status of nonmember observer state in a 138-9 vote, with 41 countries abstain-ing, according to the Times. 7 e U.S. and Israel voted against the measure, while France, Spain, and Switzerland supported it; Germany and the United Kingdom were among those abstained, accord-ing to the Times.

7 e recent sirens incited fear and “a controlled panic” at the Western Wall and all around the city, Rose-man said; but some worshippers—mainly Orthodox and Chasidic Jews in the middle of their prayers—re-fused to leave their posts in front of the holy site even as soldiers patrol-ling the area tried to usher them into

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sheltered areas. “It was one of the most surreal ex-

periences ever,” said Roseman. “7 ey were just like ‘No, we are not going anywhere’…My friend and I stayed out and talked to people there.”

Even as the con9 ict escalated and the outbreak of war seemed like a real possibility, Roseman said he was determined to stay in the country as long as he could.

“Before anything happened in Je-rusalem I was aware that things were heating up between Hamas and Isra-el,” Roseman wrote in an email to the Orient. “At all times I had three win-dows up, one with the IDF [Israeli De-fense Forces] Twitter and one with the Alqassam Brigade Twitter [the armed wing of Hamas]...and the Jerusalem Post’s headlines.”

“7 ere were only one or two peo-ple who le8 and went home. I really didn’t want to go home under any cir-cumstances,” he said. “7 ere was a lot

of stress.” While air

raid sirens are frequent oc-currences in the south of Israel, the fact that residents of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

are becoming inured to their sound marks a shi8 in the Israeli-Palestin-ian con9 ict.

“The second time the sirens went off I was on a field trip and it was like nothing was happening—my professor was talking over the si-rens,” said Roseman. “It’s like a movie all the time.”

Roseman is a musician—he’s the guitarist and lead singer of proli5 c campus band 7 e NARPs—and was scheduled to play a show in Bethle-hem, a Palestinian city in the West

Bank, last 7 ursday. But a8 er more missiles targeting Jerusalem were launched last week, again failing to reach the city but falling between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, Roseman cancelled the show.

In a post on his blog, “Spatial De-construction” from November 20—the same day a new round of missiles were launched at Jerusalem—Rose-man wrote, “I was supposed to go to Bethlehem this past Saturday, but opt-ed not to when my friend who resides in Bethlehem called and informed me of a protest with some 5,000 Palestin-ians throwing rocks and makeshi8 Molotov’s at the Israeli guard tower. 7 is is real life.”

Asked about how being in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian con9 ict has changed his view of the situation, Roseman said, “One thing is reading about it in the paper. I’m not used to hearing it—it personi5 ed the con9 ict because now I see faces behind it...7 e Palestinian-Israeli con9 ict is so misunderstood. Israel’s problem is not with Pal-estine, it’s with Hamas.”

Marta Misi-ulaityte ’14, who is study-ing in Amman, Jordan this se-mester—a city where a large part of the population identi5 es as Palestinian—said that liv-ing in such close proximity to the con-9 ict has also changed her outlook on the situation.

“You see both parts of the equation here—there’s a lot of miscommunica-tion going on,” she said. “I’ve realized how much I don’t know…It’s made me a much better thinker and person.”

“Anywhere from 30 to some people say 70 percent of the Jordanian popu-lation is actually Palestinian,” said Misiulaityte. “So whenever something

goes down in the West Bank or Gaza people just go out in the streets and do massive demonstrations in front of the Israeli embassy.”

7 e renewed violence in Is-rael and the West Bank coincided with mass protests in Jordan over a signi5 cant hike in gas prices, so Misiulaityte said it was hard to di6 erentiate the impact of the two events. 7 e day the gas hike was announced, massive protests overtook Amman, causing her CIEE program to cancel classes and ask that students remain in the capital.

7 ere were “a lot of transportation disruptions, there were blockades everywhere…[and] police setting up random check points all over the city,” she said. “7 e protests were ac-

tually a lot worse outside of the cap-ital, so it was re-ally dangerous to travel outside the capital, so CIEE basically just gave us house arrest for four days in

the capital…It was pretty scary. Of course, later that exact same night the Gaza crisis erupted.”

7 ough news of the hike in fuel prices did bring renewed violence throughout Jordan, Misiulaityte said that the greatest e6 ect of the deterio-rating economic situation, combined with political instability in Jordan, Is-rael and in the Palestinian Authority, is that it has brought about a sense of helplessness among Jordanians.

“People are very unhappy these days…Jordan has had at least 5 ve prime ministers in the last year. So it’s been getting kind of destabi-lized even though it’s traditionally a very stable coun-try,” said Misi-ulaityte. “People are more and more worried about just surviving.”

Misiulaityte is staying with a Pales-tinian host family in Amman, but most of her family members have never stepped foot in the West Bank or Gaza, where many of their relatives live, be-cause of restrictive travel measures that prevent Jordanians from visiting.

“My host sister says she is from Palestine, and she’s never been—she’s never been to Jerusalem, she’s never been to the West Bank, she’s never

been to Tel Aviv,” said Misiulaityte. “It’s very di: cult for them to go, you need special visas, you need to apply for them, it takes a very long time,

and it’s expen-sive…Watching the news every night and just seeing the im-ages of dead bodies in Gaza, [and] seeing how my family reacted to those images…it was just this overall sad tone in the country.”

7 e cease-5 re between Israel and Hamas did little to abate that senti-ment. “It was just kind of, nothing re-ally to rejoice about,” said Misiulaityte. “It’s kind of just a temporary solution, and so many people died. Overall it’s just kind of sad, it’s just really sad. I don’t know how else to describe it.”

For both Misiulaityte and Rose-man, being on the ground in the re-gion is the only way to understand the intractability of the con9 ict.

“You have to be there,” said Rose-man. “I feel like I have grown up ten-fold. It’s changed everything…It’s a real experience.”

Misiulaityte recalled one encounter with a Jordanian villager earlier this fall that she has kept in mind through-out her stay in the country.

“I went to this village in Jordan called Dana…7 is was a few days af-ter the attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi—and this guy walks up to us, a group of Americans, and the 5 rst thing he says is ‘Welcome, I’m really really sorry about what happened yes-terday…7 ose people were outraged because there is a lot of miscommuni-cation. 7 e U.S. has stereotypes about Arabs; the Arabs have stereotypes

about America.’” “In his view,

the problem was the media—be-cause we are always commu-nicating through the media, we are never engaging in any direct con-

tact on the human level,” said Misi-ulaityte. “7 at was a really inspiring thing that he said, and it’s a message that I’ve kept with me all throughout my stay here.”

Roseman has a similar message for those whose opinions on the con9 ict are based on secondhand accounts alone: “Write down your most pas-sionate opinion and throw it the f**k away…If you want a real understand-ing of what’s happening, you’re not go-ing to get it in the papers.”

“If you want a real understanding of what’s happening, you’re not going

to get it in the papers.”

ANDREW ROSEMAN ‘14Although the specialized equipment is more di: cult to 5 nd, he believes the items will be replaced by the start of the spring season.

“I think they took what seemed valuable,” Pizzo said. “It’s not too hard of a place to break into.”

Pizzo discovered the burglary around 3 p.m. on November 14. He entered the boathouse to find that “the place was trashed.” Pizzo first called Security, which directed him to call the Cumberland County Sheriff ’s Department. The Sheriff ’s Department failed to find finger-

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COURTESY OF MARTA MISIULAITYTE

COMMON GROUND: The Dome of the Rock is a holy site for Muslims, Jews and Christians.

COURTESY OF ANDREW ROSEMAN

HUNGERING FOR PEACE: Andrew Roseman ’14 visited a gra! ti-covered wall that separates the West Bank from Israel.

SOPHIE MATUSZEWICZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

prints in the boathouse and Pizzo didn’t have serial numbers to track the stolen items.

Since the theft, no major secu-rity measures have been taken to protect the boathouse in the fu-ture, Pizzo said.

“We’ve replaced the locks. There’s not a ton of stuff of value in it to justify buying an alarm,” Piz-zo said. “Everything is locked. We were just in our transition period between seasons, so not everything was put away and locked in sheds.”

“The area is used by a lot of lo-cals who will go down to watch the sunset. I think it was a possible crime of opportunity,” Nichols said. “It’s relatively easy to break into any type of rural, remote place.”

“The second time the sirens went o" I was on a fi eld trip and it was like

nothing was happening—my pro-fessor was talking over the sirens.”

ANDREW ROSEMAN ‘14

“My host sister says she is from Palestine, and she’s never been—she’s never been to Jerusalem, she’s never been to the West Bank, she’s never been to Tel Aviv...It’s very dif-

fi cult for them to go.”

MARTA MISIULAITYTE ‘14

For both Misiulaityte and Roseman, being on the ground in the region is the only way to understand the

intractibility of the confl ict.

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! ursday, November 15• Loud music was reported on the

fourth 5 oor of Coles Tower. Students were asked to lower the volume.

Friday, November 16• A blue and silver Schwinn

mountain bike was reported stolen from the north bike rack at Apple-ton Hall.

• Two students were directed to leave Watson Arena for disorderly behavior and an alcohol policy vio-lation during the Bowdoin-Williams men’s ice hockey game.

• A Longfellow Avenue resident reported being disturbed by exces-sive noise coming from a registered event at Ladd House.

• A group of local teens gained access to a registered event at Ladd House. A security o6 cer located 7 ve male teenagers in a vehicle at the Co6 n Street parking lot. 8 ey were in possession of hard alcohol. BPD was called and the teens were escort-ed home to meet with their parents.

Saturday, November 17• An officer checked on the

well-being of a sick student at Coleman Hall. The incident was not alcohol-related.

• A Longfellow Avenue resident 7 led another complaint of noise coming from Ladd House.

• An intoxicated 7 rst-year student walking on Co6 n Street was cited for an alcohol violation.

• A sta9 member reported 7 nding an o6 ce window and door open in the Dudley Coe building. Nothing was reported stolen.

• A student baking pies in the Os-her Hall kitchen set o9 the building’s 7 re alarm.

• A housekeeper working at Sargent Gym reported the theft of two of her sweatshirts. Investiga-tion determined that the garments were stolen by a visitor with an or-ganized group playing basketball in Sargent Gymnasium. The gar-ments were recovered and the per-son responsible was referred to the group manager.

• A student reported that a sus-picious man wearing dark clothing was looking inside parked vehicles in the Chamberlain Hall parking lot.

• A letter “L” was stolen from the Farley Field House sign near the main entrance.

• Loud music was reported to be coming from Brunswick Apart-ments J.

Sunday, November 18• A student was escorted to

Parkview Adventist Medical Center a: er she fell backwards down the basement stairs at Baxter House and received a concussion.

SECURITY REPORT: 11/15 to 11/29

• Loud noise was reported on the 7 rst 5 oor at Chamberlain Hall.

Monday, November 19• A student accidentally backed

into a parked car in the Watson park-ing lot. BPD 7 led an accident report.

Tuesday, November 20• Loud noise was reported on the

14th 5 oor of Coles Tower. A gather-ing was dispersed.

• A student in Coleman Hall at-tempting to burn a tag o9 of a piece of luggage set o9 a smoke alarm.

• Burnt microwave popcorn set o9 a room smoke alarm in Moore Hall.

Wednesday, November 21• Several piles of leaves were ille-

gally dumped in the parking lot be-hind 85 Federal Street.

• A glass water bong containing marijuana residue was found in a stairway at Baxter House.

! ursday, November 22• An unregistered event was

dispersed on the fifth floor of Coles Tower.

Friday, November 23• A student reported that a suspi-

cious man wearing a green trench coat and green boots walked into 30 College Street and immediately le: when he saw the student. 8 e man was in his late 20s and had a beard.

Saturday, November 24• A 7 re alarm at the Whittier

Street Warehouse was caused by an apparent malfunction.

• A student at Stowe House Inn reported hearing someone in her apartment. It turned out that the sound was coming from a neighbor-ing apartment.

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• A nine year old boy was struck in the head with a puck while watch-ing a hockey game at Watson Arena. Brunswick Rescue examined the boy and he was not transported.

• A student with 5 u-like symp-toms was escorted to Parkview.

Sunday, November 25• A student reported a bike miss-

ing from bike storage at Hyde Hall. An o6 cer found the bike near Hatch Science Library, where the student had forgotten he had le: it.

Monday, November 26• An o6 cer checked on the well-

being of a sick student in Osher Hall.• A student with severe knee pain

was escorted from South Campus Drive to Parkview.

• A student with 5 u-like symp-toms was escorted from Hyde Plaza to Parkview.

Tuesday, November 27• At a parent’s request, a West

Hall student was escorted to the health center.

• At a parent’s request, an o6 cer checked on the well-being of a stu-dent in Chamberlain Hall.

• A student’s bicycle that was reported stolen near Sargent Gym was found by an officer a short dis-tance away.

Wednesday, November 28• An o6 cer checked on the well-be-

ing of a sick student in Coleman Hall.! ursday, November 29• A student with a sprained

ankle was taken to the Mid Coast Walk-In Clinic.

-Compiled by the Office of Safety and Security

Although Bowdoin students may be accustomed to viewing their contem-poraries at Colby and Bates as rivals than as potential friends, a new stu-dent-run group on all three campuses, the Colby Bowdoin Bates Alliance (CBBA), is looking to make friends out of athletic foes.

Fhiwa Ndou ’13 and Drew Zem-bruski ’13 head up the Bowdoin branch, and are working with stu-dent leaders from Bates and Colby, to bring students from all three col-leges together.

8 e CBBA plans to introduce itself to the Bowdoin community with a kick-o9 party at Jack Magee’s Pub on December 6. Both Colby and Bates plan to bus between 60 and 75 students to the event.

“What we’re re-ally trying to do is create a stronger sense of commu-nity between students at the three schools,” said Ndou.

“8 ere isn’t a lot of crossover be-tween the campuses as of right now, which is kind of absurd if you think about how similar the student bodies and the activities that go on at each campus are,” said Zembruski. “We 7 gure it’s kind of a mutually bene7 -cial relationship.”

The CBBA thinks that all three schools could benefit from in-creased collaboration. Ndou noted that the perks of the network could extend beyond social connections,

CBB Alliance seeks to foster inter-college community

BY KATIE MIKLUSORIENT STAFF

suggesting that students involved in extracurriculars such as improv or a cappella could coordinate inter-college events and performances.

“8 e students at these other schools aren’t so far away,” Ndou said.

Zembruski added that a success-ful event might encourage students at Colby and Bates to host similar functions. 8 e head of CBBA’s Colby chapter, Elliot Marsing ’14, echoed this sentiment.

“We hope to do this kind of tra-dition of social mixers every other month and keep rotating who’s host-ing it,” Marsing said.

8 e ambitions of CBBA do not end with these mixers. Students from all

three chapters are working to organize a larger event at some point during spring semester.

“We’re plan-ning on do-ing some sort of CBB Day

where we highlight and showcase all three colleges’ clubs and campus organizations. 8 at day would culmi-nate in a large-scale dance along the lines of the Yule Ball,” said Mansing, referencing the dance that takes place in J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

According to Ndou, the CBBA hopes that the December 6 event will serve as inspiration for students to break out of the “Bowdoin bubble” and try something new socially.

“In all honesty, we have an opportu-nity to party with kids from our school all the time. 8 is is really an opportu-nity to meet new people,” said Ndou.

(BSG) Vice President for Facilities Tessa Kramer ’13 said the change is intended to create a safer environ-ment for students who are under the age of 21.

Kramer is not involved in the operations of Safe Ride, but is fa-miliar with its policies because of her role in BSG.

“The reasoning behind the poli-cy is multifold,” Kramer said, “but one reason, that hadn’t occurred to me, is that they are trying to pre-vent truckloads of underclassmen, underage students, going to these off-campus houses for the safety, and legal reasons, of the people liv-ing there. Those people can get in a lot of trouble with the police, not with security who doesn’t deal with off-campus houses. They decided that they didn’t want to use college

resources, such as Safe Ride, to fa-cilitate underage drinking.”

Kramer said some residents have been unable to get back to their own houses as a result of the policy. Safe Ride drivers are often unable to determine students’ ages, which has made enforcing the pol-icy difficult.

“I’ve been hearing complaints from students who are 21 and older,” Kramer said. “[Especially] people

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who live at these o9 -campus places and request that Safe Ride take them home, even if they’re just going home and going to bed, and they’re being denied rides. Even though the theory is that this should only be ap-plied to people that are underage, Safe Ride, and especially the people on the phone, have no way of know-ing who is 21 and who is not. 8 ey don’t really trust students to tell them the truth.”

Ultimately, Nichols feels the pol-icy will prove beneficial to student safety on and off campus, while not inhibiting transportation op-tions for Bowdoin students.

“I feel good about that,” Nichols said, “I think it’s limiting our liabili-ty and I think the fewer students that end up in the situation out there, the safer it’s ultimately going to be. 8 ere are many safe ways to get from point A to point B other than the shuttle. 8 e Brunswick Taxi is available; so-ber friends are available.”

November is Date Month at Bowdoin, and dozens of students have participated in events rang-ing from “Screw Your Roommate” to “Date Night in Daggett” over the last few weeks. Two years ago, Simon Bordwin ’13 added a spe-cifically LGBTQ event to what was then Date Week; this year, he is again seeking to make Date Month more inclusive with the launch of Rainbow Seven.

Rainbow Seven is an online net-working service that will allow LGBTQ students to meet other members of Bowdoin’s queer com-munity. 8 e process happens in several phases. Over 8 anksgiving vacation, students sent their names to rainbowseven@gmail.com.

Everyone who submitted his or her name received a list of all the other participants. Based on that list, each student sent in up to seven stu-dents they were interested in being matched with. 8 e lists are currently being reviewed and matched up, and participants will be informed of any matches this coming Monday.

Bordwin said that he created Rainbow Seven in response to com-plaints about Date Month events being di6 cult or uncomfortable for LGBTQ students to participate in. Rainbow Seven is modeled o9 of Se-nior Seven, a senior week tradition that looks for matches among se-nior’s last chance hook-up dreams.

“It’s not necessarily as hypersex-ual as Senior Seven,” said Bordwin. “It’s a way for LGBTQ students to familiarize themselves with other people in the community in a more private way.

Rainbow Seven was a inspired by AddSeven.com, which was cre-ated by Yoni Ackerman ’11 and Noah Isaacson ’11. AddSeven op-erated on the same principle as Senior Seven, and students were informed of their matches online on a weekly basis.

Although hundreds of students registered for the AddSeven, Bord-win said that LGBTQ students were frustrated with it.

“People wanted to feel like they had a pool that they could draw from,” he said. “When you’re just reaching out into the unknown [without knowing if someone is LGBTQ], the likelihood of match-ing is slim.”

Rainbow Seven, unlike Add Sev-en, gives LGBTQ students a greater likelihood of a match.

“When you have a group of peo-ple you know are gay or bi, there’s at least a possibility of matching up with someone,” said Bordwin. “It’s nice to see this long list of possibili-ties, as people at Bowdoin—espe-cially people in the LGBTQ commu-nity—o: en feel limited.”

Bordwin said that he hopes Rainbow Seven can happen again in the future.

“It’s a little ridiculous,” he said, “But I think it’s fun.”

Rainbow Seven program aims to enhance LGBTQ dating scene

BY NICOLE WETSMANORIENT STAFF

“There are many safe ways to get from point A to point B

other than the shuttle. The Brunswick Taxi is available; sober

friends are available.”

RANDY NICHOLSDIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY

“What we’re really tring to do is create a stronger sense of

community between students at the three schools.”

FHIWA NDOU ‘13

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Twinkling lights! Gingerbread houses! Salvation Army Santas! 4 at’s right, Christmastime is almost here.

And as I am an equal-opportunity holidaymaker raised on non-denom-inational books about a vague festival of lights, that means it is also Hanuk-kah time, Kwanzaa time, Winter Sol-stice time, and, for you Canadians, Boxing Day time.

If, as I suspect, you’ve experi-enced the holiday season before, it is likely a social season in the Jane Austen or Edith Wharton sense, or, for the less-literate but equally-cul-tured, the Downton Abbey sense. In other words, it is an endless barrage of elegant cocktail parties, 5 reside dinner a6 airs and cozy cookie bake-o6 parties. And that’s before the family celebration that lasts at least three days—though that might just be my family.

However, in all its joy, the holi-day season can be quite hectic and presents some unique sartorial chal-lenges. None of us wants to look like a dowdy Aunt Gertrude in a green holiday sweater. Whether we’re rockin’ around the Christmas tree or making dredels out of clay, we want to look good.

My only hard and fast rule of holiday dressing is this: get dressed before getting rosy cheeked o6 pep-permint schnapps, hot buttered rum

Holiday Hijinks: Sexy, sensible and certifi able looks or, if your Hanukkah host hasn’t yet heard about kosher wine that doesn’t cause guests to gag, Manischewitz. Save the visions of sugar plums for a7 er your garments are fastened, se-cured, and in their upright positions.

It seems to me that there are three options when it comes to dressing for the holidays: Sexy, Sensible, and Cer-ti5 able. Let me begin with the Sexy Christmas look.

You know what I mean: sequined shirts so low-cut your holiday baubles

signature cap should stay far North of your pole.

Let me be clear: I do not recommend the Sexy Christmas (or Sexy Hanukkah or Sexy 4 ree Kings Day) look.

I cannot endorse your Sexy Christ-mas out5 t because the holidays are the World Series, Super Bowl, and Triple Crown combined of our real national pastime: eating. We are remarkably skilled—especially in the bone-chill-ing cold of winter—at turning dinner rolls into belly rolls faster than Mr. Gertrude Claus can ravage a platter of his wife’s famous fruitcake. (And yes, her name is Gertrude, but she prefers to be called Jessica. Take that trivia to your holiday table.)

So that skin tight sparkly mini-dress might be slink, swank, and a little bit skank in those magic Macy’s mirrors on December 15, but I prom-ise you you’ll be wishing for a more forgiving sweater a7 er washing down a second helping of 5 ggy pudding with eggnog, or packing in a seventh latke doused in sour cream. Just take a cue from the man in the big red suit himself: loose, comfortable fabrics and highly adjustable belts are key. Christmas ca7 ans, anyone?

But before you slip into your scar-let velour tracksuit, throw on an ant-ler headband, and call it Christmas, remember the other aforementioned holiday looks. 4 e Sensible Christ-mas look is the easiest, simplest, and probably the chicest in the holiday style handbook. As such, it is em-braced by harried housewives and hipsters alike. 4 is look requires little more than an obliquely festive take

GLASS HOUSE: The Center for Learning and Teaching feels just like a living room.

ANTIQUE HAVEN: The top fl oor of Massachusetts Hall is a fi reside academic hideaway.

MOD MOOD: Couches upstairs in the Buck Center provide a minimalist environment for study.

Sometimes a change of scene from the library is just what one needs to get in the zone.

With the rapid approach of reading period and 5 nals week, many students are on the o6 en-sive. So whether you need to catch up on reading, 5 nish a lab, or write a paper, members of the Orient sta6 have picked some of their fa-vorite study spaces on campus.

Other notable spots that de-serve mention: Chase Barn, the lobby of Studzinski Hall, Smith Auditorium in Sills Hall, and the second 8 oor of Moulton Union.

STACKS ON DECK: The out of the way sixth fl oor of the Hubbard Stacks promises near silence and an array of carrels and chairs.

on your everyday wear: for Maine ladies of a certain age, it means a woolen turtleneck sweater fastened with a holiday pin, for post-college Brooklynites (a la Girls) it means an ironically-embroidered sweater vest over some kind of up-cycled denim, and for actors, architects, and intel-lectuals on the other side of the East River, it means wearing head-to-toe black — and a Santa hat, if coerced.

But the look I truly prefer is the Certi5 able. 4 e holiday season is the

time for dressing outlandishly. Why not wear what you couldn’t get away with any other time of year? Wear socks with jingle bells and necklaces with twinkle lights! Splurge on that red and green tartan plaid blazer and candy cane cu9 inks! 4 row on that Claus-like faux fur cloak, or even your o: cial Christmas Story Snuggie (it exists), and frolic in the snow! I want to see you bursting with holiday cheer! Let’s save the sexy for New Years.

KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENTALL OF THE LIGHTS: Evan wears a festive ensemble complete with red and white bow tie.

look as though they might slip out, sultry red miniskirts up which Santa’s elves would have no trouble seeing, or cream-colored Hanukkah sweaters so translucent they will make your com-panions wish the oil in the Temple had only lasted one day.

4 is look is certainly tempting and many have tried it, from Eartha Kitt trying to seduce Santa Baby to Mommy just trying to sneak a late night smooch with Santa Claus. And lest you gentlemen think you are in-nocent of trying to make Christmas sexy, I’ll simply say that Papa Noel’s

However, in all its joy,the holiday season can be

quite hectic and presents someunique sartorial challenges.

None of us wants to look like a dowdy Aunt Gertrude in a green holiday sweater.

PHOTOS BY CHENGYING LIAO, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

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Doble ’13 interns at Ledwick Law

QUINN COHANE AND MELODY HAHM

BURSTING THE BUBBLE

A6 er working in Portland at the Volunteer Lawyers Project, Katie Doble ’13 was looking for a new look at the legal realm.

A history major and economics minor, Doble wanted to get real world experience in a vocational setting instead of just reading about the law in textbooks. After wrap-ping up the internship in Portland, Doble wanted to continue working and the Career Planning Center referred her to local lawyer Chris-topher Ledwick ’95 of the Ledwick Law Firm, where she has been in-terning since September.

Ledwick is a criminal lawyer with a practice on Maine Street in Bruns-wick. He was formerly an assistant hockey coach at Bowdoin, having played on the team during his time at the College. Ledwick is the only em-ployee of the 7 rm, and Doble is cur-rently the only intern.

Given her experience with the Vol-unteer Lawyers Project, Doble was familiar with pro bono law. She was surprised, however, to learn that pro bono work has its critics, especially among other lawyers.

“When Mr. Ledwick saw I had worked for the Volunteer Law-yers Project, he said, ‘Oh, you’ve been working for the enemy,’” said Doble. “If Mr. Ledwick is represent-ing a client and the plaintiff has a pro bono lawyer, the plaintiff is in-clined to draw out the case because

When the projector hums in the middle of class, instinctively I turn to look for a crowd of protesters in the plaza below. At the sound of a car passing, I glance to check if it’s full of police guards. The people of Granada, Spain are not happy—Spain’s financial crisis is reaching its fifth year—and the city’s ha-bitual demonstrations have made the sounds of protest seem like my third language.

When I first arrived, I was not accustomed to protests; I come from the Midwest, where prob-lems are generally resolved with a smile; and I go Bowdoin, where discontent hardly ever reaches a crescendo. During orientation our first week in Granada, we were told about these seemingly spontaneous “manifestaciones,” but were assured they wouldn’t be violent like those in Madrid or Barcelona. At first I was curious about the protests, but week after week of mobs, bar-ricades, and banners lulled me into a very casual relationship with the demonstrations.

On November 14, thousands of Spaniards participated in a countrywide strike protesting the current political policies and di-sastrous unemployment rate, the second such event this year. The students in my program received an email from the director urging caution, but also reminding us that classes would continue as usual.

On the day of the big strike, the streets were empty and all the stores were closed. Signs in the shop win-dows exclaimed “¡Cerrado por la huelga general!” “Closed for the general strike!” After I finally found an open cafe, our building manager ushered me inside quickly so that the dangerous protest groups—pi-quetes—didn’t see from which store I had come.

In the afternoon, an impressive body of protestors spilled out into the main street. I saw signs about doctors’ wages, professors’ hours,

interests behind the interests of pro-spective students. 8 en came the web-site. In addition to being horrible to navigate, they pretty much came out and said, “8 is is designed with pro-spective students in mind.” I started getting this image of the College as one that was increasingly not putting its stu-dents 7 rst. 8 ey’re [serving] either pro-spective students or alumni, the ones who stand to give them money in the form of either tuition or donations.

One other place that was really guilty of that was the Bowdoin Twitter feed [@bowdoincollege], which was by and large propaganda targeted toward alumni. I saw the Bowdoin Twitter as something that didn’t serve students.TT: And what has the response been?@notbowdoin: People think it’s really funny. I haven’t had anybody come to me and say “this is unfair” or “this is not funny,” which would be the crippling blow. I think the response has been good. I have not had Bowdoin com-ing to me and saying “Please take this down,” which is good.

I noticed a big bump [in followers] and I think it was Dhiraj Murthy’s social media class. Somebody found me and used me in a presentation. I’ve had in-teractions with numerous people who I think are in that class. It’s cool to think that I’m part of somebody’s learning ex-perience.TT: What do you think is the worst thing @bowdoincollege has ever tweet-ed?@notbowdoin: Oh god. Do you want me to 7 nd it? I can quote it o9 the top of my head, but I’ll 7 nd it. I tweeted a picture of it. I said “game over, I quit, I’ll never tweet anything stupider about @bow-doincollege than what they tweet about themselves.” @BowdoinCollege • October 16, 2012,

5:37 p.m.Students wearing yellow say hello. (Some may also play cello or like jello.) #YellowShirtDay #BowdoinDailySun http://ow.ly/ewpBNTT: What’s the best thing @bowdoin-college has ever tweeted?@notbowdoin: In all honesty, my per-sonal belief is that Twitter is an incred-ibly good tool for disseminating infor-mation in a timely manner. I would say their best tweeting was during Hurri-cane Sandy, when, despite the shit I give them about never tweeting anything useful, they did actually tweet a few tidbits of useful information about the College’s response.

take that approach. I can see them thinking that old people and our gener-ation use Twitter in di9 erent ways. But it’s not enough to say “we’ve handled the generation gap by hiring two students.” I would seek to have more perspectives and a greater student voice—not cal-culated. Not engineering to drive en-gagement or bring in tuition dollars or alumni donations.TT: How has the Internet and social media changed the duties of the O: ce of Communications?@notbowdoin: Hugely larger audience and the duty to produce content that engages that audience, and so produce more content than before the Internet was around. People are going to be looking for it, because everybody else is doing it.

I feel like where this might lead is, “Are you sympathetic? Does the dra-matic expansion of communications channels that the O: ce of Communi-cations has to cover make it really dif-7 cult for them?” And I don’t think it does. I think it makes it easier to reach more people more easily. I wouldn’t want their job, but I don’t think it’s dif-7 cult.TT: What do you think of the role of anonymous speech in society?@notbowdoin: One of the reasons I started this is that criticism from an individual is easy to ignore. It’s easy for Bowdoin to say, “oh, there’s this kid who keeps saying mean things about our website, or about our Twitter, or about whatever it is that we happen to be doing poorly at the moment.” It’s easy to ignore that and just say this person is overreacting to every-thing. But anonymous speech stands for something much larger than an individual’s opinions. When you ano-nymize it, it stands for the beliefs of everyone who subscribes to it. I think anonymous speech has the power to be much louder than individual speech, and e9 ect more change.

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and students’ unemployment. Af-ter ten minutes, the entire mob turned a corner and disappeared, leaving only the echoing sound of their chants and a lingering dis-appointment at the anticlimactic demonstration.

Here, protests are like puffs of car exhaust—exhalations of pent up anger that dissipate into regular streams of life within a few minutes.

Hopelessness lives in Granada. It sleeps with my host mom as she worries about her debt piling up. It walks to class with my friend at the university who might not be able to pay next semester’s tuition. It cries with the angry mobs that flock to City Hall. And after more than four years of regular protests in the city, hopelessness feeds on the condi-tioned complacency of the public.

Amidst all this tension, I’ve been unsettled by how quickly I treat choice as a prerogative abroad—and how angry I get when I’m denied the privilege. I even 7 nd myself com-plaining about simple things like being served for breakfast, however spoiled that may seem. A6 er nearly 3 months of someone else deciding what and how much I eat, I’m full, fed up, and furious at my need for control over something so trivial.

Choice is a privilege I’ve abused my entire life, especially at Bowdoin. When it’s gone, I react irrationally and exert an innate sense of entitlement. The people in Granada can choose to participate in protests or can choose to ignore them, but neither can really change the current economic situation.

When I return to campus, I am determined to exercise my power to choose and effect change. My future may seem limited by many things—good grades or a pres-tigious internship—but even in moments of despair I’m allowed small choices. A Bowdoin educa-tion gives us a right to an individ-ual voice and many opportunities to follow it. Keeping in mind the hopeless roar of the ‘huelga,’ we should all take note of where we fit in the world, and appreciate our situation—even if it’s not exactly what we expected.

he or she is getting free legal repre-sentation. Eventually, Mr. Ledwick’s client no longer has the means to pay for his services.”

Doble has witnessed Ledwick’s in-teractions with his clients 7 rsthand, having visited both the County Jail and the West Bath District Court to take notes on cases.

Ledwick and Doble recently par-ticipated in the Lawyer of the Day program at the County Jail. Ledwick met with 15 men for three minutes each and video conferenced with the West Bath Court to see what could be done for their cases.

“Mr. Ledwick was trying to 7 gure out what their next course of action would be with the judge, what they would have to pay, and how long they would have to stay in jail,” said Doble.

Because of the convenience of the firm’s location, Doble works in the office on Monday and Wednes-day mornings.

Doble looks at Ledwick’s cases and discovery material—basic infor-mation, evidence, or witness testi-mony—regarding the case. She then summarizes and reviews the material.

“He’s had me listen to audio re-cordings from people with wiretaps or watch a video of a policeman pull-ing over one of his clients, then asked me questions about what happened and what I think of it,” said Doble. “He’s asking for my opinions in order to get a di9 erent perspective on the case. It’s all so interesting and doesn’t feel like intern work.”

8 e internship has also given Doble a more informed understand-ing of the life of inmates. One of Led-wick’s sayings, according to Doble, is

that “you really want the people in jail to be the people who should be in jail.” 8 is of course is easier said than done, especially once you develop a relationship with a client. She credits one of Ledwick’s long-term clients for this new perspective.

“She helped start a crocheting charity while she’s in jail—she’s doing this incredibly cool thing while she’s in prison,” said Doble. “A jail o: cial helped her get the charity started. 8 ey had to go through a process of getting plastic crocheting needles be-cause they can’t have metal ones. I’d never seen the personal side of some-one who’s in jail before.”

Doble has even been mistaken for a lawyer herself.

“I’ve been in the room each time he’s talked with his clients in jail,” said Doble. “8 e woman with the crocheting charity would talk to Mr. Ledwick and then direct some com-ments at me!”

8 e job is a change from Bowdoin’s academic setting, and Doble said she has enjoyed dedicating her time to a rewarding activity outside of campus.

“8 e internship is completely unique from my Bowdoin experi-ence,” said Doble. “I haven’t been able to take any law classes because I need all my classes to count toward my major, so the internship has been cool because it has been so di9 erent.”

8 ough her post-graduation plans are not yet 7 nalized, Doble said her internship at Ledwick Law Firm con-7 rmed her interest in law.

“I’m still not sure if I want to go to law school, but this is a stepping stone to see if it’s something that could be in my future,” said Doble.

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VOICES FROM ABROADBY NATALIE CLARK

ORIENT STAFF

TT: In an ideal world, how would @bowdoincollege tweet?@notbowdoin: I don’t know. Of course, it’s easy to criticize; it’s harder to build for yourself. I do follow numerous other NESCAC schools. 8 e tweets that I see coming out of them are more directly related to campus events and to things that interest students. 8 ey’re not as concerned with attracting attention.

8 e big social media buzzword is “engagement”—you want to “drive engagement”—but you want it to be meaningful engagement. You don’t want it to be, “Oh, they said something funny.” It has to be based in content, not in super7 cial amusement. Which is bad, because what I’m trading in is hu-mor and pith.TT: Some of @bowdoincollege’s tweet-ing is delegated to students. Do you like that approach?@notbowdoin: I can see why they would

“I saw the Bowdoin Twitter as something that

didn’t serve students.”

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I admit that as the screen faded to black at the end of “Twilight: Breaking Dawn-Part 2,” I felt a wave of relief. The four-film saga, notable for its Mormon under-tones and uncomfortably protract-ed yet passionate teenage romanc-es—better described as “Breaking Bella”—was finally over.

Nonetheless, I found myself tearing up at the end of a film with

all the elements of a successful Twilight installment: a montage of vampires performing unimagi-nable feats of strength, a token sex scene that we are to take as evi-dence of just how much more awe-some post-nuptial vampire sex re-ally is, and a solid fifteen minutes of gory decapitations.

The final chapter in Stephanie Meyer’s bestselling book-to-mov-ie series wraps up with Bella, a freshly minted vampire, learning to control her newfound blood-

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‘Twilight’ falters cinematically, entertains at its own expense

thirst while at the same time exer-cising her maternal instincts with her half-vampire, half-human baby girl (and yes, big kudos are given to Bella for not eating her own child). Unfortunately, the top dogs of the vampire community declare war on the happy family after discov-ering Bella and Edward’s mysteri-ously fast-aging hybrid child and mistaking her for one of the “im-mortal children,” a species of su-per-strong baby vampires known to casually eat up entire villages of

people. Bella, Edward & co. pro-ceed to gather a dream team of vampire allies, which comically re-sembles a United Nations conven-tion of Egyptians, Alaskans, Brits, Amazonians, and leather-clad Rus-sians among other nationalities to fight in their epic battle.

Still, when the most appealing character in the movie is Bella’s father—a Carhartt-wearing, small-town mortal sheriff—you have to wonder whether the film hits any sort of emotional mark. Intended to be a story of the most power-ful and other-worldly of romanc-es, “Twilight” fails to achieve the drama and gravitas that the actors (visibly) strive to convey through their acting.

Herein lies the fatal flaw of the film: a great deal of the story’s ac-tion takes place through telepathy, which the franchise’s young and (to put it generously) mediocre actors simply do not possess the thespian talent to pull off. While a prolonged shot of Al Pacino si-lently stewing at the end of “The Godfather: Part II” hits home, a lingering shot of Kristen Stewart trying unsuccessfully to conjure a protective force field with her mind left me empty of everything but a bout of suppressed giggling.

Though watching Stewart try oh-so-hard to act like a mother is almost as amusing as watching Taylor Lautner try to flirt with a

seven-year old, the effort this re-quires of the actors is perceptible in nearly every frame of the movie. Nonetheless, despite the laughable acting, anti-feminist undercur-rents, and generally off-the-wall plot, I can’t deny that I had a lot of fun watching this movie, albeit largely at its own expense. It is the kind of movie that does not take itself too seriously, and neither should its audience. With this in mind, I rate the movie as a success.

Am I an unbiased viewer? No! Clearly I am hoping that Robert Pattinson will read my bitingly honest yet endearing review and subsequently contact me to sug-gest that we date seriously. But if you are just looking to see a couple hours of ridiculously good-look-ing people running around, biting each other’s heads off (and who hasn’t been there?) then you might find that the final Twilight install-ment is a pretty good time.

COURTESY OF LIONGATEVAMPED UP: In not taking itself too seriously, the fi nal Twilight fi lm entertains not as drama but as comedy.

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Slow and fast, lively and medita-tive, the December Dance Concert showcased a wide range of ap-proaches to movement last night in Pickard Theater. The concert is the culmination of the repertory dance courses offered in the fall semester, including Ballet, Mod-ern, and African American Dia-sporic Dance.

Natalie Johnson ’13, a veteran dancer at Bowdoin, having par-ticipated in all but one of the se-mester-end dance shows since she matriculated. “The classes them-selves are not crazy [busy] at first. It’s more about learning how to learn something with your body. You start forming a kinesthetic in-telligence.”

By the end of the semester, though, all repertory classes are rehearsing intensely in prepara-tion for the concert. Johnson says that although this may be tiring, performing in front of an audience is energizing.

The evening started off with the sound of hand drums emanating from the pitch-black stage. Per-formers then entered in a single file line while singing a traditional West African song, Funga Alafia. According to the program, this is the first part of a five-section performance called “Diggin’ the Roots,” which displays African influences on American dance. The other sections exhibit dances originating from New Orleans, Harlem, and the Cakewalk dance of the 1800s.

December Dance Concert features range of styles, abilities BY YOUNGSHIM HWANG

STAFF WRITER

The variety of choreography and music is striking, and offers a valu-able insight into dance history.

“I wonder where they got all the energy. They were moving so fast, and all in sync,” said Brunswick resident Nancy Desjardins, who attended the performance.

Next came a preview of John-son’s independent study “Pillow Talk with Dionysus,” a controlled, soundless performance that re-

quires absolute focus. “This is a mental breakthrough

for me this time around, but there has definitely been a build up from [my other choreographing experi-ences],” said Johnson.

Cece Howard ’13, who dances with student hip hop group Ob-vious in “Diggin’ the Roots,” said that choreography often reveals the creator’s personality.

“I think that ‘Boxed In’ showed

off [Senior Lecturer in Dance] Gwyneth Jones’ personality, which is fun and bouncy,” Howard said.

The ballet piece “Arid Spaces” evokes a different mood altogeth-er. It features twelve ballet dancers working seamlessly on an open, barren stage.

Artist-in-Residence and pianist George Lopez contributed a jar-ring and sometimes frenzied ac-companiment to this unconven-

tional piece. Lopez “It was entertaining from begin-

ning to end. It was very profession-ally done,” said Desjardins.

Ivy Xing ’15 said that this year’s performance was more energetic than previous years.

“Last year’s concert was more smooth, and this year it’s more ex-hilarating,” Xing said.

“I think there’s something in this show for every taste,” said John-son. “We have a fabulous faculty. It’s small but star-studded, and throughout my time at Bowdoin I’ve felt that the department is gathering momentum.”

Although Bowdoin currently of-fers only a minor in Dance, a di-versity of approaches was apparent at the concert. Beyond taking aca-demic dance courses, students can also join any of the dance clubs on campus.

Howard, for example, was inspired to join Obvious a4 er seeing the per-formances of friends of her older sis-ter, Margot Howard ’13.

“It’s so much fun rehearsing with Obvious. I’ve never felt pressured, and anyone can join,” she said.

The concert offers a glimpse into an expressive corner of College culture that combines academics and independent passions. Most students will be able to recognize at least a few faces onstage, and the concert is worth experiencing al-most for the novelty of seeing such a different of part of life on campus alone.

Performances of the December Dance Concert will run tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Pickard Theater.

CATHERINE YOCHUM, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT STRIKE A POSE: George Ellzey ’13 and Natalie Johnson ’13 performed together in last night’s debut of the December Dance Concert.

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Literary magazines provide outlet for creative expression Exalted Bowdoin alums Nathaniel

Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth can rest assured that the literary spirit lives on at their alma mater. Featuring poetry, prose, and photo-graphs, 5 e Quill and Q Magazine periodicals provide students an op-portunity to both express their cre-ativity and share their opinions.

The Quill is Bowdoin’s oldest literary magazine and has been in print since 1826. According to the organization’s website, the maga-zine was founded to “revive Bow-doin’s literary life.” Sharing this sentiment, co-editor Monica Das ’14 said The Quill helps “establish a literary presence on campus.”

The club has grown since its ear-ly days as a creative outlet for po-ets. It now plays a much larger role on campus, organizing events and publishing numerous other genres and mediums.

In addition to their bi-annual publication of student submissions, 5 e Quill also regularly publishes themed pamphlets on topics rang-ing from “Imaginary Friends” to “Freudian Slips.”

The magazine also organizes “Day Long Poems” in which nu-merous people contribute a single line to what becomes a collective original work.

“It’s like telephone, basically,” said Das. “But with poetry.”

Although 5 e Quill is entering its

BY FRANNIE GURZENDACONTRIBUTOR

187th year in print, few other student-run publications can claim such success.

5 e list of now-defunct Bowdoin publications runs long with names few students may remember, includ-ing “Ritalin,” a music/culture/humor magazine; “5 e Disorient,” a liberal/socialist biweekly; “5 e Patriot,” a conservative occasional; and “Na-ked,” a publication focused on social criticism and literature.

Das attributes 5 e Quill’s success to a combination of institutional en-couragement, student interest and a dedicated editorial sta6 .

“A lot of students are interest[ed] and submit,” said Das. “And we have a pretty solid group of students who come to meetings and are dedicated

to having 5 e Quill exist.” A periodical currently experienc-

ing some of the struggles that haunt-ed past publications is Q Magazine, an LGBTQ literary magazine that explores important issues involv-ing gender identi7 cation and sexual orientation. 5 e editors were not availible for comment.

Although the Q Magazine is gen-erally well received, the magazine does not accept anonymous sub-missions. According to Aiden Reis ’14, a frequent contributor, their prohibition on anonymity limits the submission of intimate writing. 5 e organization is currently considering changing their policy.

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The cat ate a starburst andfainted in delight

It happens, blood rushing elsewhereThe vampire attack was dire

and she ran through the woods cryingeach tear drowning her painAn endless train of sadness

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COURTESY ANTHONY ANTOLINIHOLIDAY CHEERS: The Bowdoin Chorus will perform a collection of French Christmas pieces in Studzinski Recital Hall this weekend.

The snow is falling and it’s time to get into the holiday spirit, a sen-timent Bowdoin and the surround-ing community are embracing by hosting a variety of holiday con-certs in the coming weeks.

This weekend, the Bowdoin Chorus and the Mozart Mentors Orchestra are performing an ar-ray of French Christmas choral works, and next weekend the Down East Singers will perform Russian Christmas carols with the St. Pe-

tersburg Men’s Ensemble, on visit from Russia.

Anthony Antolini ’63, a senior lecturer in music at Bowdoin, has worked as the director of both the Bowdoin Chorus and the Down East Singers—a community chorus based in Rockport—for 21 years. Since graduating from Bowdoin, Antolini has had an impressive ca-reer in music and spent a great deal of time promoting, conducting and organizing concerts like the ones next week.

“I was in the Meddiebempsters when I was at Bowdoin and I was

president of the Glee Club,” An-tolini said. “Those were my days of singing…I’m seventy years old now so I don’t do much singing anymore, it’s mostly conducting and organ playing. I’ve been doing music a long time.”

Antolini’s experience, combined with a passion for making, study-ing and sharing music, has made him a valuable asset to the music scene at Bowdoin and in the sur-rounding communities. In addi-tion to conducting the Bowdoin Chorus and the Down East Sing-ers, he is the music director and

Antolini ushers in holidays by helping bout of local concertsorganist at the Episcopal Church of St. John Baptist in Thomaston.

Three years ago, Antolini found-ed the Mozart Mentors Orchestra, a group of junior high and high school age string players and their teachers from all over southern Maine. The Mozart Mentors will accompany the Bowdoin Cho-rus this weekend on Saturday and Sunday afternoons in Studzinski Recital Hall.

“It’s a French Christmas pro-gram,” Antolini said of the concert. “A tribute to Maine’s French cul-tural heritage. It involves not only French music from France, but French music from all around this area. It should be very exciting.”

The concert, titled “Noël Fran-çais,” will include Christmas carols all sung in French, with some au-dience sing-alongs that will sound familiar in their English transla-tions. The featured work will be Charpentier’s Masse de Minuit.

The following weekend will fea-ture performances by Antolini’s Down East Singers and the St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble. This prestigious Russian quartet will reflect their culture and heritage by singing both secular works by Russian composers and traditional Russian folk songs.

The evening’s repertoire, in-cluding collaborations between the two choruses, will consist of sacred works by Bortniansky, Ip-politov-Ivanov, Stravinsky, Ches-nokov, Rachmaninoff and Tchai-kovsky, as well as seasonal folk songs by Kalistratov, Leontovich and Prokhorov.

“The first half of the concert is just [the St. Petersburg Men’s En-semble] singing by themselves,” said Antolini. “And the second half is some church music, some

Christmas music, Russian Christ-mas music, followed by Rus-sian folk songs having to do with Christmas and wintertime.”

These concerts will feature pia-no accompaniment from Jennifer McIvor, who is in her third sea-son with the ensemble, and moose bones percussion from Michael Scholz. Scholz, a specialist from Nova Scotia, will perform a tradi-tional Russian folk song with the St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble and will also join the Bowdoin Chorus this weekend for their final num-ber, a Quebec folk song.

“It’s a folk song that originally involves wooden spoons…but we thought it would be a nice Maine touch to use moose bones,” said Antolini. “If we don’t like the moose bones sound he can also play sheep bones, but the moose I think are the better sound. They have a bigger impact.”

The Bowdoin Chorus and Mo-zart Mentors Orchestra will per-form in Studzinski Recital Hall on Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2 at 2:00 p.m. The concerts are free and tickets are not required. The Down East Singers will per-form with the St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble on Thursday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church (380 Academy Hill Road, Newcastle) and Sunday, December 9 at 2:30 p.m. at Cam-den Opera House (29 Elm Street, Camden). Tickets are $20—free for students under 18—and can be purchased online at downeastsing-ers.com or at the door on the day of the performance. The St. Pe-tersburg Men’s Ensemble will also perform unaccompanied in the Bowdoin Chapel on Saturday, De-cember 7 at 7:30 p.m. The event is open to the public.

BY LUKE MILARDOSTAFF WRITER

times have trouble 7 nding contribu-tors willing to put a name to their words, it nonetheless plays a valuable role on campus, said Reis.

“5 e Q is a good space for people to express themselves and to 7 nd a community of others.”

Though Q Magazine’s stated fo-cus is LGBTQ issues, ther periodi-cal welcomes submissions on a va-riety of topics.

“A lot of allies submit,” said Reis. “It’s not necessarily about being identi7 ed as LGBTQ, but it’s about getting your thoughts out there.”

In each issue, the magazine takes up a theme intended to spark dialogue among contributors and readers.

“Our most recent theme was Rein-

vention,” said Reis. “So people talked about their identities in terms of re-invention, or reinvention in general.”

Despite these issues, Reis said, the magazine boasts a dedicated sta6 in-tent on ensuring its survival.

Reis also o6 ered assistance to pro-spective writers.

“If people are thinking about a topic and want help writing on it, I would love to help them put some-thing together,” said Reis. “I would love people to contribute and be ex-cited about its presence continuing on campus.”

The Quill’s next issue will circu-late during finals week. Q Magazine hopes to continue publication in the spring.

PREETI KINHA/BOWDOIN ORIENTWHERE THERE’S A QUILL THERE’S A WAY: Monica Das ’14 and Mario Jaime ’14 co-edit The Quill, a literary magazine entering its 187th year of print.

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they shot extremely well,” said Gil-bride. “4 ey were 11-16 from three-point range. Obviously we would’ve liked to have tightened up the perim-eter defense. 4 at was their 5 rst home game and they played very well.”

On Tuesday, the Polar Bears out-scored the University of Southern Maine by 29 points in the second half to beat the Huskies, 82-45.

Madlinger propelled the Polar Bear o6 ense with a career-high 28 points, including six three-pointers. Pieri added 16 points and nine rebounds.

A7 er jumping to a 34-26 hal7 ime lead, the Bears tightened up their 2-3 zone defense in the second half to blow by the Huskies.

“4 e big di6 erence was defensive stops, which led to tons of transi-tion points. Everybody played and everyone was hitting shots,” said Madlinger.

Men’s basketball falls 55-54 in fi rst gameBY SAM CHASESTAFF WRITER

4 e men’s basketball team opened the season 1-1 at the Eastern Con-necticut Tip-O6 Tournament on the weekend of November 16.

4 e Polar Bears fell to Clark Uni-versity 55-54, in a back-and-forth contest. Andrew Madlinger ’14 and Keegan Pieri ’15 led Bowdoin’s scor-ing with 15 and 14 points respective-ly. But Clark hit a three-pointer with only 5 ve seconds le7 on the clock, securing the win.

“We actually defended well. 4 ey were in a little bit of a panic mode,” said Head Coach Tim Gilbride of the game’s 5 nal basket. “Sometimes those things happen.”

4 e Polar Bears used Pieri’s 17 points and sophomore Bryan Hurley’s ten assists to get past Western New England, 72-63.

“Our o6 ense for the 5 rst two games was really rough,” said Madlinger. “We had 5 ve practices before the 5 rst game when other teams had two weeks. Playing against defenses we hadn’t seen really threw us o6 .”

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect,” said Gilbride. “I thought we got some good performances from a lot of guys. We were a little inconsistent. We had some stretches where we looked okay and some where we didn’t.”

A7 er only a few days of rest, Bowdoin lost 82-62 at St. Joseph’s on November 20.

“[St. Joseph’s] is a good team and

to watch.”Last Tuesday, Bowdoin faced the

University of New England (UNE) in a non-league matchup. Once again, the Polar Bears found themselves with an early lead a7 er goals by senior captain Daniel Weiniger and Danny Palumbo ’15. UNE managed enough scoring to stay close, but Bowdoin se-

Undefeated men’s ice hockey faces Colby in rivalry weekendBY LUKE LAMARORIENT STAFF

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4 e men’s ice hockey team begins its annual rivalry weekend against Colby this Friday night in Watson Arena before traveling to Waterville for a rematch on Saturday.

4 e Polar Bears are coming o6 of an impressive undefeated 5 ve-game opening series, with four wins and one tie. 4 e team opened the season before 4 anksgiving break against conference rivals Williams and Mid-dlebury.

Against the Ephs, seniors Rob Toc-zylowski and Harry Matheson both netted a goal, while Steve Messina ’14 made 29 saves in the goal to preserve the 2-0 shut out.

4 e Polar Bears brought consider-able 5 repower against Middlebury early on, with a goal from Ollie Koo ’14 and a shorthanded goal from Connor Quinn ’15. 4 e Panthers clawed back to a 2-2 tie before goals from Koo and 5 rst year Gabriel Ren-aud li7 ed Bowdoin back to a two goal

lead. Middlebury hung on and man-aged to even the score, forcing the game into an overtime draw.

“One of the things we have to do is 5 nd the balance between attacking late in games and defending,” said Head Coach Terry Meagher. “We try to play up-tempo, which is enjoyable for the players to play and the people

cured the 4-2 victory with additional goals from Matheson and Kyle Lock-wood ’14.

4 is past weekend Bowdoin faced Salve Regina and Su6 olk University at Colby. By the second period against Salve Regina, Bowdoin had created what looked to be a commanding 6-2 lead with goals from Quinn and

Lockwood as well as two apiece from Toczylowski and Weiniger. Salve Re-gina fought back to within one goal, but the Polar Bears were able to pre-serve the 6-5 victory.

Against Su6 olk on Saturday, Bowdoin found itself with a 3-1 lead at the end of the 5 rst period a7 er an early hat trick by Koo. 4 e Polar Bears completed the win 5-2 with goals added by Quinn and senior captain Tim McGarry.

4 e Polar Bears have had little time to breathe a7 er this opening se-quence of games.

“It is always di8 cult playing many games in a short amount of time but we have handled it very well,” said Weiniger. “Coach Meagher and Coach Dumont have be strategically designing practices to keep us fresh as well as making sure we continue to improve. 4 ese are the hardest games to win because of the lack of rest as well as students being extremely busy with exams. We need to overcome these challenges to make sure we 5 n-ish the 5 rst half of the season strong.”

Bowdoin has found itself pressured late in many of its games so far, but remains undefeated.

“I think we allowed late pressure so o7 en due to a little bit of content-edness towards the end of games

did really well, which is not always the case with the 5 rst meet of the year, and I think that bodes well for the rest of the year. I was especially proud of how strongly our 5 rst years performed.”

4 e men’s best individual 5 nishes came with four third place 5 nishes: junior Ryan Peabody’s in the 1000-yard free with a time of 10:32.22; cap-tain Basyl Stuyvesant ’13 in the 100 backstroke clocking in at 53.82; Chris Granata ’14 in the 200 butter9 y at 1:57.93; and Ryan Kulesza’s ’15 in the 200 IM with a time of 2:01.40.

Both 200-yard medley relay teams took third place. 4 e women’s squad, consisting of Teri Faller ’15, O’Leary, Kelsey Goodwin ’15 and Tricia Hartley ’15, clocked in at 1:54.57 and the men’s team of Stuyvesant, John Lagasse ’16, Kevin Koh ’16, and E.J Googins ’13 5 nished in 1:38.30.

“I thought it was a good meet over-all,” said Stuyvesant. “Some people had really good races, others didn’t have their best, but it was a good start. MIT is one of our hardest opponents and the 5 rst meet is really just a benchmark to build upon for the rest of the season.”

In diving, 4 omas Kramer ’15 came in second in both the one meter and three meter diving competitions with scores of 256.95 and 226.75 respec-tively. On the women’s side, Caroline Moore ’14 came in third in the three meter competition with a score of 192.40.

4 e teams return to MIT today to take part in the annual two-day MIT Invitational, a competitive regional event drawing many D-III teams from all over the Northeast. 4 e Po-lar Bears 5 nished 5 7 h out of seven teams last year.

Swimming begins season with strong 1-1 at MIT meet

BY RYAN HOLMESORIENT STAFF

Both the men’s and women’s swim teams began their seasons by splitting a pair of meets at MIT on November 17. 4 e men defeated Babson 201.00-105.00 before falling to host MIT 241.00-70.00. 4 e women were also victorious over Babson 183.00-101.00, and were bested by MIT 224.00-87.00.

It was a particularly strong out-ing for the women’s team, as 5 rst year Bridget Killian made an impressive collegiate debut. She won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:56.67 and took second in the 200 Individual Medley (IM) with a time of 2:19.30. Katherine Foley ’13, returning to the team a7 er a break last season, tied Lela Garner ’16 for 5 rst place in the 500-yard breast-stroke with a time of 5:23.90. Foley also came in second in the 1000 free with a time of 10:50.77. Maeve O’Leary ’14 came in second in the 100 breast-stroke with a time of 1:12.06 and third in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:36.97. Captain Kaley Kokomoor ’13 was third in the 100 freestyle with a time of 57.26.

“I felt really good about the way the team began our season at MIT,” Ko-komoor said, re9 ecting on the team’s performance. “I thought everybody

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“We didn’t make any speci5 c ad-justments; we just knew our game plan was going to work eventually,” said Pieri. “We kept playing hard and things fell our way.”

Pieri also said that the Polar Bears carried a chip on their shoulders into their USM game a7 er the loss to St. Joseph’s.

“You never like to lose by that much, so we de5 nitely came out with a lot of 5 re tonight,” Pieri said a7 er the victory over Southern Maine. “We wanted to play how we’ve been prac-ticing for a month and execute the way we know we can. We were able to do that tonight.”

4 e Polar Bears will look to move above .500 at home against Maine Maritime Academy on Saturday be-fore starting NESCAC play at Bates on 4 ursday. Saturday’s tip-o6 is scheduled for 4 p.m.

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SWEET REVENGE: Keegan Pieri ’15 scored 16 points against Southern Maine to help Bowdoin win 82-45.

BRIAN JACOBExL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

HEATED ICE: After beating rival Colby 6-2 last year in Waterville, the Mules upset Michael Lozzi ’13 (above) and the Polar Bears 4-3 at the Sidney Watson Arena.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEKOllie Koo ’14

BY BERNIE CLEVENSSTAFF WRITER

Five games into the season, ju-nior forward Ollie Koo leads the men’s ice hockey team with 6 ve goals and 6 ve assists for a total of 10 points. He had eight points on three goals and 6 ve assists in three straight wins last week, when the Polar Bears improved to 4-0-1.

7 e second-year starter record-ed two assists in the 4-2 victory against University of New Eng-land last Tuesday. Over the week-end, he continued his strong play with another pair of assists in the 6-5 win against Salve Regina and then capped o8 the weekend with a hat trick in the opening period of the 5-2 triumph against Su8 olk on Sunday.

Koo credits his teammates for putting him in a good position to garner these impressive statistics.

“Harry Matheson ’14 and Dan Weiniger ’13 found ways to get me the puck in open areas in front of the net. It’s been pretty easy for me to score goals,” said Koo. “A lot of it has to do with those two guys.”

With 10 points this season, Koo leads the NESCAC. On Wednesday, he was named NE-SCAC Men’s Ice Hockey Player of the Week. In a matter-of-fact manner, Koo expresses that this scoring is simply part of his role on the team.

“Leading the team in points is not really something I ever think about,” said Koo. “I am depended upon to produce to help the team win.”

“You look at his production—and the nagging things he’s deal-ing with injury-wise—and it’s even more impressive,” said Head Coach Terry Meagher.

More important for both Koo and Meagher is that Bowdoin is second in the NESCAC—the only squad without a loss.

If it were not for the tie against Middlebury, the Polar Bears would be in 6 rst place in the conference. Koo scored his 6 rst two goals of the season in the 4-4 overtime game against the Pan-thers.

“It felt more like a loss than a tie, especially because of the ri-valry with Middlebury,” said Koo.

“His two big goals against Middlebury were very timely,” Meagher said. “He is a highly skilled player and his smoothness and 9 ow is aesthetically pleasing.”

7 e Polar Bears must wait until January 19 to face the Pan-thers again for another chance to avenge the loss they su8 ered at the hands of the Panthers in last year’s NESCAC Semi6 nals.

“We want to try to win a na-tional championship,” said Koo.

For now, however, the focus for Koo and the rest of the team is tomorrow’s game against Col-by. Although the Polar Bears are favored in the matchup, Koo is wary of becoming lackadaisical against the Mules (1-4-0, 0-2-0).

“I don’t think they’re that strong on paper but it doesn’t re-ally matter when it comes to the rivalry between the two teams,” said Koo. “If we are in last place and they are in 6 rst place it’s go-ing to be a good game no matter what and vice-versa. We can’t take them lightly by any means.”

It is Koo’s veteran mindset on the ice of which Meagher is most proud.

“We expect him to lead by example and be a positive role model, but also know what it takes to win,” he said.

Koo plans to bring, “hopefully some more goals” onto the ice this Friday. With any luck, the sold-out Bowdoin audience will remember not to bring their fa-vorite hat into Watson Arena, just in case Koo scores another hat-trick against the Mules.

“We expect him to lead by example and be

a positive role model, but also know what it

takes to win.”TERRY MEAGHER

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY HEAD COACH JEFFREY YU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Women’s hockey at .500, set to face Colby

Women’s ice hockey struggled in its season opener on the road, falling 4-1 to Plattsburg State, the top-ranked D-III team according to U.S. College Hockey Online. The women recouped the one-sided loss a few days later, beating UMass Boston by the same score.

Plattsburg State went one for three on power-plays and outshot Bowdoin 36-19. They scored three goals in the second period, two in quick succession.

The Polar Bears notched their first goal in the third period on a power-play.

Jay Greene ’13 shot the puck from the top of the defensive zone and it flew between the goalie’s legs. Kenzie Novak ’13 and Ariana Bourque ’16 were each credited with an assist.

Goal keeper Tara Connolly ’13 stayed busy in front of the net, making 32 saves in total.

Coach Marissa O’Neil was im-pressed with her team despite the loss. Plattsburgh State is consis-tently one of the best teams in the nation and had started its season a few days before Bowdoin did, ac-

cording to O’Neil. She has made it a priority to play

many difficult, nationally ranked opponents to increase Bowdoin’s chances at receiving one of the three at-large bids to the national tournament. If Bowdoin were to win the NESCAC title, it would re-ceive an automatic bid.

“In building our program and taking that step forward, you need to have those games on your schedule. If you had an easy sched-ule, you would never get that at-large bid,” she said.

In its second game, Bowdoin trounced UMass Boston 4-1 at home.

Mallory Andrews ’14 scored the first goal of the night about half-way through the first period, tak-ing advantage of a rebound.

Later on in the first, Bowdoin was awarded a power-play, its first of four later that night. Schuyler Nardelli ’15 took adavantage of the opportunity, netting a wrist-shot from the left defensive zone.

In the final seconds of the first period, Bourque added the third Bowdoin goal, redirecting a shot from Novak.

In the second period, UMass Boston was awarded a power play and scored, cutting into Bowdoin’s lead.

A few minutes later, Chelsea MacNeil ’15 scored to help put the game out of reach. Connolly

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compiled a total of 16 saves against UMass Boston.

O’Neil said she has been pleased so far with the team’s play this sea-son.

“The biggest thing we struggled with last year was not playing for the 60 minutes and inconsistent effort,” she said. “Every time you step on the ice you have to play with a purpose and keeping that pace of play up. In both of these things, our opponents were very different, but the players’ recogni-tion of their mistakes was good.”

She was also pleased with the high number of shots Bowdoin generated, which bodes well for its conference-opener against rival Colby. The Mules have a top-qual-ity goalie, so getting lots of shots off will be important for the team’s success against their rivals, O’Neil said.

“They have all five of their play-ers pretty tight which makes it difficult to get shots through or even any bodies to get ready for the rebound,” she said. “However, since their players are so low [in the zone] they cannot put as much pressure to cause turnovers and get transition plays, which takes away from their offense.”

Bowdoin begins NESCAC play with its first game at Colby on November 30. On December 1, Bowdoin will host the Mules at Sidney Watson Arena.

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Women’s basketball struggles in early games

A few weeks into their season, the underclassmen-heavy women’s basketball has a 1-3 record. The team fought hard in a 72-58 loss against the University of Southern Maine that was an improvement on their previous loss as they go on to face rival Colby (0-0 NESCAC, 3-1 overall) on Saturday.

The Polar Bears opened the sea-son against Rhode Island College in the Babson Invitational, losing 61-54. Though at one point facing a 22-point deficit, the team made a comeback run to narrow the An-chormen’s lead.

“I was proud of the team. We got down, but didn’t give up. We ap-plied the pressure and down the stretch it was a really close game, we just fell a little short,” said Head Coach Adrienne Shibles.

The Polar Bears came out strong in their second game of the Babson Invitational, beating Framingham State University 50-37. The team focused on pushing its tempo and excelled on defense.

“[Framingham State] didn’t have a lot of depth [in their roster] so we wanted to really pressure them and run the ball to get them in the situation where their legs are tired by second half,” said Shibles. “The women did a great job sticking to the game plan and had a lot of de-fensive intensity.”

In their third match on the road, the Polar Bears lost 72-32 to the University of New England, the team’s lowest scoring defeat since 1982. It was also the Polar Bears’ first loss to the UNE Nor’easters in

16 years. “This was a loss that shouldn’t

have happened,” said Kaitlin Do-nahoe ’13.

Shibles acknowledged the rela-tive strength of UNE’s program but shared in Donahoe’s frustra-tion with the loss.

“I knew going into the game that it could go either way, I have to-tal respect for their program,” said Shibles. “But what shouldn’t have happened was how we just came out flat and we never had even a glimpse of intensity, we were all like deer in the headlights for that game.”

Donahoe said she views the loss as a building opportunity for the team to learn to conquer challeng-es together.

“In the end it brought us to-gether as a team more, realizing that we need to work through these problems and issues as a whole and not on the individual level,” Donahoe added.

The Polar Bear’s most recent match was their home opener against the University of Southern Maine (USM). Despite the 72-58 loss, Shibles said she was pleased with her team’s continued effort against USM, the best team they have faced so far.

The Polar Bears faced USM on Tuesday with their first and sec-ond off-the-bench players out on the court.

The team played zone defense for the majority of the game, a new defensive strategy for the relatively young Polar Bears.

The last time Bowdoin and USM tipped off against one another was in the NCAA tournament last year, which Bowdoin won.

Shibles likes to focus on defense, which last year’s team excelled in. Donahoe notes the difficulty of adjusting to college defenses that some of the younger players strug-

BY DIMITRIA SPATHAKISSTAFF WRITER

gle with. “Coming from high school, its a

switch in the intensity you have to bring—we’re playing against teams where everyone was the best play-er on their high school team, so whether you’re guarding the best player or their fifth or sixth man, they are still really talented ath-letes,” said Donahoe.

Donahoe is the only returning starter on the squad and cites the fact that “we’re all new playing to-gether” as a major challenge for the first games of the season.

“We’ve definitely had a few slip ups in terms of communication with each other on the court, fig-uring out match ups and figuring out reads and switches,” explained Donahoe.

Donahoe has been a consistent scorer for the Polar Bears so far, a position Shibles wants her in as the point guard.

“Kaitlin has the game experi-ence, the coach’s mind—she’s a great leader and we need her to score,” said Shibles. “Last game we put her in a position where she had more freedoms to do that, and I think it really paid off.”

This season is a major transition for Donahoe in terms of leader-ship due to the loss of four starting players.

“It’s definitely put me more in a role where people look to me and depend on me, which adjustment-wise is tough,” said Donahoe.

The Polar Bears will face off against Colby on Saturday. Shibles said she is reluctant to speculate on the outcome, but the Polar Bears, nevertheless, are excited for Satur-day’s game.

“We’re pumped to play them, we’ve lost two in a row and we’re really hungry for a win,” said Do-nahoe. “No one likes the Mules and no one likes to lose to them even more.”

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resulting from the fact that we were controlling much of the play al-though the scoreboard didn’t indicate it,” said McGarry. “Coach Meagher is always telling us to mind our ABC’s, which stands for Always Be Closing. We have done a good job building leads heading into the 6 nal period, so our next challenge is to 6 nd our killer instinct to 6 nish teams when we have them down instead of letting them hang around.”

7 e Polar Bears will look to make this mantra a reality during the inten-sity of the Colby hockey weekend.

“Colby has a new coach, someone who is very well respected, a new playing structure and they’ve played a lot of close games,” said Meagher.

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“I know they’ll be well coached, pre-pared and bring their A-game.”

Nevertheless, Meagher said that either team’s record heading into the weekend is unlikely to dramatically e8 ect the outcome of the matches.

“What’s interesting about the Colby weekend is that no matter the record of both teams, the game is always so close,” said Weiniger. “In order to be successful we are going to need to stay focused on our goals, su8 ocate them with our aggressive play, and get timely saves and timely goals. We are so lucky to be able to play in such a great arena, and noth-ing tops it o8 better than when it is packed with our rowdy fans.”

7 ose rowdy fans hopefully have their tickets already, as there are no remaining tickets for the game. However, a few seats may be available on Friday. Doors open at 6 p.m.

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SPORTS ROUNDUPMen’s cross country takes sixteenth place in NCAA fi nals

For the 6 rst time in 11 years, the men’s cross country team sent two All-American runners to the NCAA D-III Championship race, which was held on Nov. 17 at Rose Hulman Institute in In-diana.

Stephen Allison ’02 and Todd Fors-gren ’03 were the last Polar Bears to accomplish this feat back in 2001. 7 is year, juniors Coby Horowitz and Sam Seekins bested Allison and Forsgren’s 11th and 24th place 6 nishes, ending in ninth and 17th in the 8k race. Horowitz’s ninth place 6 nish is the highest recorded 6 nish for a Bowdoin male runner at Na-tionals.

“Sam and Coby have been cham-pionship runners for a long time and they knew they belonged up in the top 20 of this race,” said Coach Peter Slov-enski. “7 ey got in good position at the 6 rst mile and then ran very smart in the middle miles and very tough in the 6 nal miles.”

Both Seekins and Horowitz ran sub-25 minute races for the second consecu-tive week. 7 is week’s course was more challenging and slower than the 8 at and fast course at NCAA Regionals, making their sub-25 runs an especially impres-sive e9 ort.

Nick Saba ’14 was the third runner for the Polar Bears, coming o9 his All New England success at the last race. 7 is week, he was recovering from ill-ness, which may have accounted for his drop in the standings to 154th.

Kevin Hoose ’15 and Greg Talpey ’14

Squash season set to begin after strong fi nish last year

Both the men’s and women’s squash teams hope to build on the success of last year, when both teams competed in the National Team Championships Di-vision C bracket.

Both squads are ranked 20th nation-ally in preseason polls.

7 e squads have warmed up for com-petition at October’s Bobcat Classic at Bates, and at the Del-Fuller Invitational in November.

“We have had two informal tourna-ments so far, they have served as good warm-ups for us,” said Will Fantini ’13.

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ran fourth and 6 : h for Bowdoin, taking 171st and 179th. James Boeding ’14 and Marcus Schneider ’13 were Bowdoin’s sixth and seventh runners, placing 177th and 269th.

7 e Polar Bears 6 nished 16th out of 32 teams. Going into the race, the team was hoping for a top 10 6 nish. With no seniors in the top six, however, the Po-lar Bears have an excellent chance to achieve this goal in 2013.

“7 e top six runners learned valuable lessons about preparing for and racing at a high level in such an extreme sport,” said Slovenski. “Excelling at cross coun-try requires learning how to balance in-credibly hard work with the rest of their lives—I think each year college runners get a little better at doing that.”

In the o9 season, the team will em-phasize hill training in preparation for the Nationals course in 2013 in Ha-nover, Indiana, a very hilly course.

“7 e guys worked really hard this year and learned a lot. I’m really proud of the great attitude and poise they had all year,” he said.

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“Both were very encouraging and re8 ec-tive of how hard we have all worked in our o9 season.”

7 e men’s and women’s squads both added depth to their rosters in the o9 -season, bringing in three and six 6 rst years, respectively.

“Last year we took on six recruits, so we already have a pretty substantial foundation,’” said captain Elizabeth Shetman ’13. “We brought in six 6 rst years again this season and I am opti-mistic because I can see the improve-ment already.”

Action resumes on December 5 at Dartmouth College, where the teams will compete against Dartmouth and Franklin & Marshall.

O; cial league play begins the week-end of January 5, when the squads will face Middlebury and Williams.

“We are very excited to get the season underway. We have two girls returning to the team a: er semesters abroad who will be welcome additions,” said Shet-man.

Fantini is also very optimistic about the coming season.

“Williams and Middlebury are both strong sides, we will have to prepare and show well. I am con6 dent we can get the results we want if we play to our potential.”

Both squads hope to break into the National Team Championship Division B bracket. Shetman says she is enthusi-astic about the new team and ready for the challenge.

“It would be fantastic to break into the National B bracket this year,” she said. “We were at the top of the C divi-sion last year and I believe it is a very achievable goal for us. It depends on the work and e9 ort we put in on and o9 the court, but I know if we keep pushing we can do it.”

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MEN’S ICE HOCKEYNESCAC OVERALL

W L T W L TAmherst 2 0 0 3 1 1BOWDOIN 1 0 1 4 0 1Middlebury 1 0 1 2 1 1Trinity 1 0 1 3 0 1Tufts 1 0 1 3 1 1Wesleyan 1 1 0 3 2 0Williams 1 1 0 2 2 0Colby 0 2 0 1 4 0Conn. Coll. 0 2 0 1 2 0Hamilton 0 2 0 0 3 1

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v. Colby at Colby at Southern Maine

7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.7:00 P.M.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEYNESCAC OVERALL

W L T W L TMiddlebury 2 0 0 3 1 0Trinity 1 0 1 2 0 1Amherst 1 1 0 1 3 0Hamilton 1 1 0 3 1 0Wesleyan 1 1 0 2 2 0Williams 1 1 0 2 1 0Conn. Coll. 0 1 1 1 1 1BOWDOIN 0 0 0 1 1 0Colby 0 2 0 2 2 0

Sa 12/1 v. Colby 3:00 P.M.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLNESCAC OVERALL

W L W LAmherst 0 0 4 0Bates 0 0 2 3BOWDOIN 0 0 1 3Colby 0 0 3 1Conn. College 0 0 2 3Hamilton 0 0 1 3Middlebury 0 0 2 3Trinity 0 0 3 1Tufts 0 0 5 0Wesleyan 0 0 2 1Williams 0 0 4 0

Sa 12/1 Tu 12/4 Th 12/6

v. Colbyat Me. Farmington at Bates

2:00 P.M.7:00 P.M.8:00 P.M.

MEN’S BASKETBALLNESCAC OVERALL

W L W LAmherst 0 0 4 0Bates 0 0 2 3BOWDOIN 0 0 2 2Colby 0 0 1 2Conn. College 0 0 1 3Hamilton 0 0 2 2Middlebury 0 0 5 0Trinity 0 0 3 3Tufts 0 0 3 3Wesleyan 0 0 3 2Williams 0 0 5 0

Th 12/6 at Bates 6:00 P.M.

MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVINGF 11/30Sa 12/1

at MIT Invitational at MIT Invitational

6:30 P.M.10:30 A.M

WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVINGF 11/30Sa 12/1

at MIT Invitational at MIT Invitational

6:30 P.M.10:30 A.M

MEN’S SQUASHSa 12/1 at Dartmouth College

v. Middlebury at DartmouthNOON.

4:00 P.M.

WOMEN’S SQUASHSa 12/1 at Dartmouth College

v. Franklin & Marshall at Dartmouth

NOON. 4:00P.M.

Compiled by Carolyn Veilleux Sources: Bowdoin Athletics, NESCAC

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While Michael Levine’s No-vember 16 article “Unraveling the Realities of Israel” claims to be a response to four complaints voiced against Israel by columnist Chris Wedeman, these complaints are neither effectively countered nor seriously addressed in his op-ed.

Levine and I share a deep con-cern for the security of Israel and we both support a two-state solu-

LETTER TO THE EDITORtion. Levine is perhaps correct in his conclusions concerning the boycott—but the simplistic man-ner in which he expresses them exposes his total inability to face unpleasant facts about Israel.

Levine’s unsupported assertion of Israel’s “strong human rights re-cord,” his outright incorrect claims about the creation of a Palestin-ian state, and his quick dismissal of comparisons between Israel and Apartheid South Africa can perhaps be explained by his na-ivety. The latter claim has been strongly argued by Jimmy Carter, among others; these are substan-tive arguments and anyone who is serious about defending Israel

must address them.Levine is not necessarily wrong

to criticize this boycott—but he is certainly wrong to use sweep-ing generalizations to call attacks on Israeli policy “baseless.” His argument is based on half-truths and mischaracterizations about the conflict, and, by his own rea-soning, Bowdoin students should oppose his position. Such a claim illustrates the absurdity of his ar-gument.

As someone who believes this is an incredibly complex issue, I find his piece disheartening. I expect better on these pages.

Sincerely, Sean McElroy ’12

AIDS awareness is as important as ever

Tomorrow is World AIDS Day, an opportunity to unite against the pandemic. It’s a chance to show our support for the 35 million peo-ple currently living with HIV, and to remember the nearly 30 million people killed by AIDS since the day it was first recognized in 1981.

HIV/AIDS is a ruthless killer, claiming thousands of lives every day. The best medical minds in the world are hunting for a vaccine—current antiretroviral treatments only delay the virus’ destructive power. Unfortunately, the disease will remain incurable for the fore-seeable future. For now, the war on HIV/AIDS will continue as it has before, fought day by day.

A better understanding of HIV plays a critical part in this multi-pronged effort. UNAIDS, (the United Nations program tasked with fighting HIV) emphasizes awareness as one of the tools most integral to the goal of “zero new infections and zero AIDS-related deaths.”

Recent efforts are showing re-sults: on November 20, UNAIDS reported that in the last decade, the number of new infections across 25 countries had dropped by more than 50 percent. In some sub-Saharan African countries, the number of new infections fell by over 70 percent and the num-ber of people on antiretroviral treatment has increased by nearly two-thirds. These are promising numbers indeed, but there remains

much to be done when it comes to increasing awareness even here at Bowdoin.

In a 2009 survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a non-partisan organiza-tion that focuses on health issues, half of American adults said they would be uncomfortable with an HIV-positive person preparing their food. Over a third of par-ents said they would “[be] very or somewhat uncomfortable” if someone who has HIV taught their child.

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At Bowdoin, where we pride ourselves in the power of our

liberal arts education to make us well-versed members of society, I spoke with people who believe in the same misconceptions that

have existed since the 1980s.

name was changed to its current form, but it was too late to stop the scourge of unawareness.

This lack of knowledge isn’t lim-ited to any one place. At Bowdoin, where we pride ourselves on the power of our liberal arts education to make us informed members of society, I spoke with students who believe in many of the same misconceptions that have existed since the 1980s. I was told ada-mantly that HIV could be trans-mitted through saliva or by touch-ing an infected person, which is entirely untrue.

These students are by no means alone in the U.S. The KFF survey found that over a third of Ameri-cans held similarly misguided beliefs about how HIV/AIDS is transmitted, which helps explain why stigma against carriers is so persistent. These discriminatory tendencies have always struck me as odd, as it requires very little to ensure that you stay AIDS-free.

HIV can only survive under very specific conditions. The Center for Disease Control states clearly that the virus can be transmitted only through blood, semen, vaginal flu-ids, breast milk or any other bodi-ly fluids that might contain blood. The list isn’t long.

There is no denying that we have come a long way since HIV/AIDS was first identified more than 30 years ago. The stigma that virus carriers once faced—presented so poignantly through films like “Philadelphia” and “Pe-ter’s Friends”—is nowhere near as acute as it once was.

Yet until the truth about this disease overcomes the mistaken beliefs that have lasted so long, the war will be anything but won.

On a more positive note, the survey did reveal that acceptance of HIV-positive people in the workplace had increased to 44 percent. Yet this situation is far from perfect. The numbers reveal that a large segment of the popula-tion still believes in many miscon-ceptions about the disease.

In the first few years follow-ing its discovery, HIV/AIDS was classified by various names that singled out those demographics believed to be the most likely car-riers of the disease.

Once it was realized that HIV/AIDS affects people regardless of race, sexuality or gender, the

When discussing the Middle East, we should avoid half-truths and generalizations

On the record4 is week, the Orient interviewed the student behind Not Bowdoin College, an

anonymous Twitter account that parodies the College’s o5 cial feed. With 124 fol-lowers—including @bowdoincollege—the voice behind @notbowdoin has earned a modicum of online celebrity through its brand of mockery. In its creator’s eyes, maintaining anonymity helps ensure that Not Bowdoin College’s criticism of Bow-doin can stand for the views of its followers rather than the gripes of one individual. Satiric Twitter accounts abound, and can put pressure on institutions and political 6 gures in a way that is o7 -limits to other forms of media—like, for instance, the Orient. 4 ough the persona of @notbowdoin may enjoy some Oz-like power be-hind its curtain of anonymity, as a news organization, we hold ourselves to a higher standard.

People in the position of purveying information should strive for transparency, though anonymity may allow people to speak candidly about issues in a way they might not if they had to identify themselves.

4 e Orient does not publish anonymous content in print, though we have been reviewing how we will apply this policy to our online platforms. Earlier this month, we posted an anonymous letter to the editor on the Orient Express blog that criti-cized the football coaching sta7 for the team’s losing record. 4 e post was accom-panied by an editor’s note stating that the letter’s statistics had been fact-checked by the Orient editors, and provided the sender’s dead-end email address, wecandobet-ter@hushmail.com. In retrospect, we believe we made a mistake in publishing this anonymous email instead of turning the information into a sourced article.

When we have a story in which sources will not speak on the record—such as this week’s interview with the student behind Not Bowdoin College—our policy is that the reporter must know the name of the source and share it with the editors-in-chief for veri6 cation purposes, and must indicate in the article why the source wished to remain unnamed. In our reporting, we adhere to the New York Times’ principle that “the use of unidenti6 ed sources is reserved for situations in which the newspaper could not otherwise print information it considers reliable and news-worthy.” 4 e entirety of the Orient’s ethics policy is available on our website.

4 e Orient is always reluctant to grant anonymity in reporting, but we recognize certain, narrow circumstances in which little is to be gained by naming individual students. We have a policy, for example, of not printing the names of students who are summonsed for alcohol violations because, in almost every case, that informa-tion is not valuable to the general community. As a student-run newspaper, we empathize with and understand the concerns of our peers who request that their names not be attached to sensitive stories or to those that may cause a loss of liveli-hood a8 er graduation. But as the Bowdoin College newspaper of record, we are responsible for covering news that is relevant to the Bowdoin community, and our 6 rst obligation is to the truth.

Internet archives are vast and instantly accessible. An impolitic remark made to a reporter might remain linked to your online pro6 le for the indeterminate future. 4 is is the reality of journalism in the 21st century, and it makes the task of getting reliable sources on the record all the more challenging. But the resources of the Internet have also all but eliminated excuses for sloppy reporting, and ensure that editors, reporters, and their subjects are held accountable.

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Over the past several weeks, I’ve counted three pieces that have ap-peared in the opinion section of the Orient addressing the Israeli-Pales-tinian con5 ict. A6 er (at least) three years of radio silence on this issue, it has been a relief to discover that Bowdoin is as normal as every other college—at least insofar as its stu-dents can be gripped by this issue. And the conversation should con-tinue—it’s time to add a little spice to this mezze table.

Two weeks ago, the newly char-tered “Students for Justice in Pales-tine,” in conjunction with Bowdoin’s chapter of Amnesty International, brought a man named Iyad Burnat to campus. Burnat is an activist in the Israeli-occupied West Bank where he protests against settlement construction and against Israel’s security fence. An advocate of non-violent protest, he is so6 -spoken, friendly, chain-smoking, and de-voted to his people.

7 e bulk of Burnat’s presenta-tion involved video clips of Pales-tinian protesters lying in the way of construction crews building the security fence, facing the dispersion tactics of the Israeli military. 7 e videos were 8 lled with tension and anguish. 7 ey were presented delib-erately out of context (foregoing the

fence’s raison d’etre—a bloody surge of suicide bombings directed at ci-vilians), but they e9 ectively (and somewhat accurately) presented one side of a polygonal narrative, without inciting their audience to hatred and violence.

A6 er Burnat had 8 nished his pre-sentation, Bob Schaible, the head of Maine Voices for Palestine, took the stage and began exhorting the

A new brand of anti-Semitism tests the limits of reasonHALFASSED

JUDAH ISSEROFF

There is an idea gaining prevalence in the West that Jews cry wolf on

anti-Semitism. This growing trend has been fed both by justifi ed

observation and by hallucination.

audience to support the Palestinian cause. He spoke with exaggeration, without any of the forethought of Burnat; and then he began to decry what he termed “the Zionist agen-da.”

7 ere is a big, ongoing discussion about the point at which anti-Israel sentiment morphs into anti-Semi-tism. 7 e use of the term “agenda,” evoking all the resonances of centu-ries of Jewish conspiracy theories, crosses that threshold. It implies that there is a plot. Moreover, it contends that “Zionist” is a simple, monolithic term that has not actu-ally fractured into many movements with many di9 erent philosophies. 7 is term can be appropriated by Jews about as broadly as terms like

freedom and national security can be appropriated by Americans. Sim-ply, Schaible exempli8 ed the brash-est form of ignorance, also known as racism.

Now, my dear reader, before you jump the gun and accuse me of dropping this term too 5 ippantly, please give me approximately 500 more words of explication.

7 ere is an idea gaining preva-lence in the West that Jews cry wolf on anti-Semitism. 7 is growing trend has been fed both by justi8 ed observation and by hallucination. 7 e observation can be accounted for by the antics of Judaism’s ex-treme right wing, which, like the right wing of most ideologies, re-fuses to account for any of Israel’s faults or screw ups. Instead, these folks have insisted that any criticism of Israel—by Jews or otherwise—derives from a hatred of the Jewish people.

However, this kvetching and in-sularity should not be taken as rep-resentative of the Jewish communi-ty. Many groups, such as Bowdoin’s J Street U, contain folks looking to engage in a constructive conversa-tion, one that I believe is quite cog-nizant of Israel’s failings.

Why has it become so messy to mention anti-Semitism when other forms of intolerance are so vigilant-ly patrolled? Why was I discouraged so vociferously from deeming Chris Wedeman’s article anti-Semitic by my fellow coauthors of a recent letter to the editor, a6 er Wedeman called language-sharing amongst

Israelis and Palestinians “cultural the6 ?”

7 is, I believe, is due to the widely held goal of displacing non-rational, or seemingly subjective experience as a legitimate mode of expression in our discourse. Yes, we nominally encourage the legitimacy of all per-spectives, but we undermine this stated intention by insisting that all perspectives be rational and re-

We are advised to be vocal when it comes to homophobia and

racism against people of color. But those antagonists are often the

self-proclaimed orthodox whose ignorance we already detest.

spectful of every other opinion. 7 is is quite hostile, I might add, to the central tenet of any orthodoxy. Many liberals understand this, but are able to justify it to themselves in the name of tolerance and reason, as they righteously mutter “good rid-dance” to these orthodoxies.

In many ways, such a disposition has done well to foment support for what used to constitute contra-tra-ditional initiatives in this country. Initiatives like interracial marriage and gay rights, which, I might add quite unnecessarily, are unmitigated blessings.

In the name of an analogous hu-manitarianism, scores of liberal Americans 5 ock to the plight of the

Palestinians as a cause whose bur-den they wish to share in. 7 is, in itself, is no problem. 7 e fate of the Palestinian people ought to be of great concern to any compassionate and worldly person. And yet, this liberal outlook has taken on its own form of outrageously out-of-touch self-righteousness.

Because their concern is deemed objective, it has become nearly im-possible to call out certain folks for fringing on or engaging in rac-ism (anti-Semitism). We are ad-vised to be vocal when it comes to homophobia and racism against people of color. But those antago-nists are o6 en the self-proclaimed orthodox whose ignorance we al-ready detest. On the other hand, we struggle to rally our voices against those—Palestinian sympathizers who cross the line from anti-Israel to anti-Semitism—who hate in the name of reason and empathy.

As this conversation at Bowdoin hopefully develops, I have no il-lusions that our partisanship will somehow evaporate.

For those who claim an utterly objective stake in the matter, please remember that talking about “the Zionist agenda,” indicting Jew-ish hummus eaters for “cultural the6 ,” or (more recently) forgetting Hamas’ indiscriminate rocket 8 re at Israeli children is morally problem-atic. I applaud you for your concern, but compassionate motives insulate no one from prejudice.

Judah Issero! is the president of the Bowdoin chapter of J Street U.

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Author Lisa Birnbach talks prepdom, politics, and social media

If you were initially enamored by the “Bowdoin Hello,” you were

probably ba! ed by the Bowdoin “hell no” to most declarations of political passion—despite the admirable encouragement of

Eric Edelman ‘13.

“True Prep” by Lisa Birnbach was a souvenir from my internship in the book review section of a Boston newspaper two years ago. I breezed through the candy-striped sequel to “5 e O6 cial Preppy Handbook” (TOPH) on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail to and from work. Here’s a glance between the covers:

Page 3, by way of introduction: “Maybe you attended a historic prep school. Maybe you didn’t. Of course, it’s better if you did because then you’ve been acculturated.”

Page 161: A Quail Recipe.Page 220, on IMs, sexts, and tweets:

“5 is bully pulpit is wearying. A kind of opinionated clutter, as well, not to mention a great waste of time. Not to sound like prudes, but preppies are averse to all this openness.”

Looking back at the book, fresh o7 a presidential election, I return to Birnbach’s warning about social me-dia. I too am tiring of all the “opinion-ated clutter,” my own included. How-ever, through an autumn rife with live tweets, I couldn’t help but note an unexpected voice chiming in—Lisa Birnbach.

Lisa Birnbach wrote “5 e O6 cial Preppy Handbook” in 1980 when she was 21. It became a New York Times bestseller, and earned her the nick-name of “preppy evangelist.”

Now, if you go to Bowdoin, you ei-ther are prep or you know a preppie.

“Preppies are the most sociable people on the planet,” Birnbach told me, af-ter I got in touch with her through the “True Prep” Facebook fan page. But they do shy away from the public expression of strongly worded senti-ments.

To some incoming students, it’s not just the weather on campus that can surprise with its coldness. If you were initially enamored by the “Bowdoin Hello,” you were probably ba8 ed by the Bowdoin “hell no” to most decla-rations of political passion—despite the admirable encouragement of Eric Edelman ’13.

And if you have a theory about the sociopolitical origins of Bowdoin stu-dents’ stoicism, you’ll have to look be-yond admissions literature. In the ’80s, Birnbach’s original tongue-in-cheek

What Bowdoin students lack in passion won’t be resolved by a

cacophony. And if a cacophony is in order, can it at least wait until

after the inauguration? My Twitter muscles are sore.

tome was the 9 rst come one, come all—but not too close—explication of preppy culture. It looks like an old Sears catalogue, and reads like some-thing a young Reaganite might keep handy.

I can’t help but grin at the anec-dote of a friend who went home with a Bowdoin male for some weekend coupling. Upon discovering TOPH on the gentleman’s bookshelf, there was

much internal debate as to whether or not to take the book and leave the boy.

Yes, TOPH produces these types of reactions. An ethnography of the historically un-ethnic was the nov-elty Birnbach strove for and achieved. 5 en “True Prep” came along to make the prep world seem like less of a closed system. Not all preps are born into prepdom, the sequel says, and this culture is not an impenetrable WASP stronghold.

“I have always been interested in politics, but I have rarely written about them,” Birnbach told me. “I’m not sure I ever wrote anything overtly political until the world wide web was invent-ed, and I don’t consider what I post to be ‘serious’ writing.”

Yet, some critics felt that “True Prep” was political, or at least sociopo-litical—while others were just happy to get a copy.

“5 e last straw for me—the book is politically-correct prep at its worst. For one thing, it took gratuitous pot shots at President George W. Bush and obviously fawned over Obama…5 anks to Ms. Birnbach for ruining great feelings about one of my favor-ite ’80s cult classics. Republican preps need not purchase this book,” wrote internet commenter “John Sepehri” beneath Birnbach’s April 2010 inter-view with Ivy Style.

“Michael Wingert” was a bit more enthusiastic about TOPH’s democrat-ic revamp: “I have just read the book. It’s super actually. I managed to obtain a copy here in England very easily via a company called Amazon, charming people who I found on my computer.”

I wonder if “John Sepehri” was just as disillusioned by @LisaBirnbach, or if he wouldn’t be caught dead in con-cert with the little blue bird.

“I have done nothing but lose fol-lowers for the last week or so,” Birn-bach told me, “5 erefore, I agree that I’m not using Twitter in a prep way.”

A: er all, come election season 2012, there was Birnbach for all the world to see: retweeting about the importance of Pell Grants, drawing attention to the Ivy League credentials of certain DNC speakers, and tweeting

at Ann Coulter to ask, “Do you actually mean what you tweet?”

“I sometimes forget who I am on Twitter. What I mean by that is I write as myself—as Lisa—not as a spokes-person for prepdom. And each time I do—in the passion of the moment (during debates or election night)—tweet in a partisan way, it must o7 end a portion of my followers.”

Birnbach’s own writing waxes on prepdom’s staunch adherence to the old “money, religion, politics” taboo—limits to conversation that are surely a reality in pockets of the Bowdoin community. And ever since money be-came speech in 1976 and corporations became people in 2010, who can really blame this mantra’s adherents—prep or otherwise?

I won’t go so far as to advise the read-er to forget who they are and espouse every political belief they’ve been hid-ing under their tennis bag if it doesn’t

feel natural. Nor do I think that what’s “natural” should go unchallenged in your four years at Bowdoin—whether you graduated from Choate or my per-sonal alma mater, King Philip Regional High School.

What Bowdoin students lack in pas-sion won’t be resolved by a cacophony. And if a cacophony is in order, can it at least wait until a: er the inauguration? My Twitter muscles are sore.

5 e “True Prep” author never want-ed to join Twitter, she tells me, but did so at the insistence of her publisher. Surprisingly, she doesn’t regret it. She uses it to get breaking news, and com-partmentalize her social networks in the most gracious sense.

“I also 9 nd I have di7 erent relation-ships with di7 erent people on Twitter,” said Birnbach. “I have my diehard and very funny preppy group—they now tweet to one another (and sometimes leave me out) and I love that.”

Aside from subtle indications of unrest, all is well in the social media brand of the “preppy evangelist.” Of late, you might 9 nd her assuming the persona of a judgmental Manhattanite, milking the Petraeus scandal for all it’s worth. Automatic tweets betray that she signed up for “Just Unfollow”—a service letting Tweeters know who jumped ship—which she subsequently cancelled.

5 at’s what the “voice of prepdom” is doing, but where’s Lisa? No doubt spending time with her kids, feeling ambivalent about her Blackberry, and sharing the voice of prepdom’s deep contempt for a certain Donald Trump.

In the words of Lisa, prepdom, and all of our mothers: “If anyone wants to talk to me about the 2016 election, you will have to go to the Time-Out Chair. #Until2015”

thought in which some may ; ourish best while others struggle to adapt.

Any seeker of wisdom and learning, as I think every Bowdoin fundamentally student is, would benefit from asking themselves, “Why am I at college?” What mat-ters most to me about my educa-tion? Maybe what I’m really try-

My desire to work usually follows the same pattern every semester. At the beginning I am attentive, I turn all my work in on time and am wary about fall-ing behind with assignments. 5 is slow-ly gives way to an understanding of just how much work I really need to do to get by. In the last few weeks of the semester I undergo a period of self-imposed psy-chosis: I spend hours lying prostrate on the ; oor rereading the same lines until 9 nally—foolishly feeling analogous to Meursault from Camus’ 5 e Stranger—I feel utterly indi7 erent to the obliga-tions my college work demands of me.

I don’t delude myself into thinking that there is anything honorable about my current lack of enthusiasm in school. Like all people privileged enough to have always been assured a place in an educational institution, it is hard to truly understand the extent to which formal education is a blessing.

But my present state of mind makes me wonder what is preferable about a formal education in comparison to that of an autodidact—a self-educated indi-vidual.

In his autobiography, Malcolm X claims, “prison enabled me to study far more intensively than I would have if my life had gone di7 erently and I had attended some college. I imagine that one of the biggest troubles with colleges is there are too many distrac-tions, too much panty-raiding, frater-nities, and boola-boola and all of that.”

While Bowdoin may not have so much “panty-raiding” (unless it does and I’m simply not being invited), social, extra-curricular, and narcotic distractions to academics generally abound in a college environment.

For some, the greatest education of-fered by a college lies in exactly those distractions, and the lessons that can be learned from other students. But in terms of academia, perhaps the most di6 cult aspect of reconciling institu-tional education with unhindered cre-ative exploration is the larger education-al framework in which professors must operate. By attending Bowdoin, we are expected to be taught certain skills that prepare us for graduate school and the highly structured discourse it entails. 5 e act of simply going to a college seems to promote a sort of systematic method of thought, one that we learn to conform to in order to achieve the high-est marks.

While this encourages a certain form of intellectual thought, it also methodiz-es the way students think. 5 e variety of potential thought processes is normal-ized, and the comparative advantages from those methods of thinking are diminished. Would it not be most ben-e9 cial to the individual and to society as a whole if each student specialized his/her own form of thought 9 tting to how they learn best?

Letter grades make for a variety of motives for achieving high marks. It may be to reassure parents that their money is not going to waste at such an expensive institution. Some students undoubtedly are also interested in more utilitarian prospects. Despite the stigma surrounding liberal arts educa-tion, the money to be made from get-

ting into the best graduate schools and entering lucrative professions is allur-ing. Mostly though, I think all of us have grown accustomed to grades act-ing as indicators of our aptitude and accomplishment.

In reality the accomplishment we feel is constructed by a system sepa-rate from our bodies; a standard of

ing to say is that regardless of all the emails and pep talks we may receive at the end of the semester encouraging us to remain ardent in the face of final exams and essays, in the end it really doesn’t matter what grades you get. What counts is the effort we exert in the things we truly care about.

LYDIA ZHANG, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

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LUNCHEON President Mills’ O! ce Hours Warren Dining Room, Moulton Union. Noon. 1

SATURDAY

CONCERT Bowdoin Chorus The ensemble will perform “Noel Francais,” a program that celebrates Maine’s French musical heritage. Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 2 p.m.

EVENT World Aids Day Students can support local and U.N. initiatives by wearing a red ribbon to create awareness to stop the spread of AIDS. On campus. All day.

EVENT Junior Senior Winter Ball Student band Suck My Nescac will perform at the annual upperclassmen formal. Thorne Dining Hall. 10 p.m.

3MONDAY

INFORMATION SESSION Teaching English as a Second LanguageThe McKeen Center will host an information session for students interested in teaching English domestically and internationally. Hutchinson Room, Thorne Dining Hall. 11:30 a.m.

FILM “War Don Don” Director Rebecca Richman Cohen will visit campus for a screening of her ! lm about a war crimes trial in Sierra Leone. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.

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COMMON HOUR Common Hour Concert The ! nal installment of the Common Hour series this semester will feature student wind and string quartets. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 12:30 p.m. EVENT Hanukkah Latkes with Hillel The Bowdoin Hillel will prepare the traditional Jewish holiday treat for its annual Hanukkah celebration. 30 College Street. 5:30 p.m.

SPORTING EVENT Men’s Ice Hockey vs. ColbyWatson Arena. 7 p.m.

DANCE PERFORMANCE December Dance Concert The semester’s dance classes conclude with an exhibition of modern, ballet and African American diasporic ensembles. Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 8 p.m.

ENTERTAINMENT No-Talent Talent Show This showcase of Bowdoin’s most skillful students will spotlight unconventional habits and talents. Jack Magee’s Pub. 10 p.m.

ENTERTAINMENT Jam Session Bowdoin Music Collective will provide an alternative soundtrack to this weekend’s Super Snack. Thorne Dining Hall. 12:30 a.m.

2SUNDAY

RELIGIOUS SERVICESunday Night Chapel ServiceThe Chapel. 7 p.m.

FUNDRAISERJingle Bell Run The Arthritis Foundation will sponsor a 5K run to raise awareness for the disease. Students interested in volun-teering at the event can contact pmaccabe@arthritis.org. Freeport High School. 7:30 a.m.

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5WEDNESDAY

HEALTH & WELLNESS Meditation MagicMelissa Quinby, Connor Smith ’13 and Ali McGrath will lead yoga and meditation sessions to teach students relaxations techniques to use during ! nals period. Morrell Lounge, Smith Union. 4 p.m.

PANEL Leaves of AbsenceStudents who have taken semesters away from Bowdoin will talk about their experiences in this panel discussion. Ladd House. 7:30 p.m.

6THURSDAY

EVENT CBBA Social The Colby-Bowdoin-Bates Alliance will host its ! rst event at pub night in an attempt to promote stronger inter-college ties. See article, page 5. Jack Magee’s Pub. 10 p.m.

PERFORMANCEDance Show The exhibition will feature various student club ensembles. Memorial Hall, Pickard Theater. 8 p.m.

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KATE FEATHERSTON , THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

HIP-NOTIC : The Middle Eastern dance ensemble performed with a live musical ensemble last Monday night in Studzinski Recital Hall.

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