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KICKING THE CAN: David Steury 15 on theanti-vaccination movement.

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Harry DiPrinzio 18 on spending time working in restaurantsin New York and Paris during his gap year.

Yesterday the College named Erin Cadynamed the volleyball teams fourth coach inthe programs 29-year history .

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT:GOOD IDEAS

A group of students performedstaged readings of six shortplays written in response to thedeath of Trayvon Martin.

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TALKING ABOUT TALKING

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Bowdoin to host first ever CBB HackathonFrom UncleTom to Serial:

Jill Abramson

on journalism

College createsLeap of Faithhousing for

upperclassmen

John Fish 82 works to bring 2024 Olympics to Boston

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BY HARRY DIPRINZIO

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Te College is launching a newhousing opportunity for upperclass-men called Leap of Faith that imitatesthe rst year housing experience. Start-ing this spring, the Office of ResidentialLife will pair students who opt into theprogram with roommates who sharesimilar interests and habits using aquestionnaire comparable to the onedistributed to rst years before they ar-rive at Bowdoin.

[Youre] leaving your housing as-signment in the hands of the ResLifeoffice, which is where it was when youapplied and arrived here as a rst year,said Associate Director of Housing Op-erations Lisa Rendall. [Tis housingoption is] being willing to take that leapof faith, as we call it, to try somethingnew with your housing.

Dean of Student Affairs Tim Fostersaid he has been interested in devel-oping a program like this ever sincehe rst heard a group of upperclass-men students say their core group offriends are the people they met dur-ing their rst six months of college.

I sort of test drove the idea withgroups of rst years and sophomoresthat Ive been having lunch with,said Foster. You think of your threeclosest friendsinevitability the re-sponse almost always includes peo-ple from my rst year oor or even

The United States OlympicCommittee (USOC) selected Bos-ton to compete globally to host the2024 Olympic Games on January8, accepting a proposal put for-ward by dozens of local business-men and politicians. John Fish 82,chairman and CEO of Suffolk Con-struction, is chair of Boston 2024,the group working to bring theOlympics to Boston.Te announcement has provoked

a great deal of debate. Although thebid has the backing of dozens ofpowerful political leaders, including

Mayor Marty Walsh and GovernorCharlie Baker, a group called NoBoston Olympics has begun orga-nizing against the proposal, and thecommunity is weary of using publicfunds to nance the Olympics.

In a phone call with the Ori-ent, Fish said that debate over thefuture of the region, and how theOlympics might fit into that future,

Jill Abramson, former executiveeditor of Te New York Times, de-livered a talk on Wednesday nightthat ran the gamut from discus-sions of journalisms transition toa digital landscape to commentaryon her role as a female executive.Abramsons lecture also touched ongender and racial diversity in thenewsroom and her recent ousterfrom Te Times, where she servedas the rst female executive editor.

Abramson opened the lecture bydetailing her concerns about thestate of the freedom of the press inthe United States. Abramson ref-erenced the recent increase in theprosecution of whistleblowers forcriminal leaks of classied informa-tion. Te Obama administration hasprosecuted more people under theEspionage Act than all other admin-istrations combined.

Abramson took a stance of soli-darity with recent government whis-tleblowers, supporting their effortsto uphold democratic ideals.

While Abramson acknowledgedthe illegality of certain types of re-porting, she referenced prior suc-cesses of risky investigative jour-

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Bowdoin will host the rst ever Col-by-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) Hackathon,which will run today through Sunday.Te event, put on by the Bowdoins In-formation Technology Advisory Coun-cil (ITAC), aims to bring student entre-preneurs together so they can developtheir ideas. So far, 70 students from over10 institutions across the east coast have

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KATE FEATHERSTON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Esther Nunoo 17 recites a slam poem she wrote, entitled Talking About Talking, at the Black History Mo nth Art Show in David Saul Smith Union on Tuesday evening. The event kicked offa month of programming put on by the African

American Society ans the Student Activities Office for Black History Month. For more inofrmation, please see the article on page 8.

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signed up to participate, 40 of whom areBowdoin students.

Hackathons are about getting thesepeople together and hoping somethingcool comes of it, said ITAC PresidentRuben Martinez 15.Te event will take place in David

Saul Smith Union, beginning at 9 p.m.tonight and lasting 36 hours. Studentswho wish to participate may either ar-rive with a team or be matched with agroup of people at the event. Tey may

also work independently to developtheir ideas.

Students will have 36 hours to designa product, help bring a product designto life or market a product. Te prod-uct does not have to be technologicallybased, it must simply be an idea that isbrought to life within the time limit. Atthe end of the Hackathon, seven win-ners across different categories will beselected by a panel of judges. Categories

is itself productive. He realizedthe sifnificance of such a debatewjen the idea of a Boston OlympicGames was first brought to him afew years ago.

At that point in time I wasthinking was this real or not real,and the more I got into it the moreI realized that there was a lot ofopportunity, even just at the con-

versa tion leve lwhe ther or notwe were going to host the Olym-pics, he said. Having the con-

versa tion about the pote ntial , itcreated a lot of the opportunity tothink about where we want to bein, say, 2030.

Hosting the Olympics would re-

quire major upgrades to Bostonstransportation infrastructure andthe development of a multi-billiondollar Olympic Village. Severalop-ed writers, recently publishedin The Boston Globe, are excitedabout these possible upgrades,dreaming of a transit ring aroundthe edges of the city or the potentialof the proposed Olympic Boulevard

to connect the harbor, the SouthEnd and South Boston. Fish saidhe is glad that all of these ideas arepart of the Olympic conversation.

How do we think about upgrad-ing the rail system to Worcester?How do we think about high-speedrail to Springeld? How do we thinkabout expediting the South Coast

Rail all the way down to Fall Riverand beyond? he said. You thinkabout those conversationsthat hasnoting to do with the Olympics. Butwhat it all has to do with is where wewant to be in the future.

Fish has recused his construction

COURTESY OF BOSTON 2024 EXECUTIVE BID COMMITTEE

BOSTON 2024: John Fish 82 chairs Boston 2024, the group working to bring the Olympics to Boston.

Above is an artists rendering of the planned Olympic Boulevard.

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We Clorox all of our door handles

and light switches. Im not even

kidding.

I hug a lot of people, which builds up

my immune system. It allows me tobetter withstand colds and viruses.

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STUDENT SPEAKWhat are your tips for avoiding the flu?

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WHERE DOESALL THE SNOWGO, ANYWAY?

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MAN-MADE MOUNTAINS: Recent storms have left campus buried by feet of snow, and groundskeepers have worked tirelessly to clear paths. The excess snow is taken behind the mens soccer field to melt.

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33plows and four other pieces

of equipment, such as tractorsand smaller plows, used dur-

ing campus snow removal

miles of public roads main-tained by Brunswick PublicWorks in the winter months

818people on the snow removal

crew at Bowdoin

Maggie Seymour 16

If Facilities Management werenot constantly clearing the mas-

sive piles of snow out of stu-

dents ways, the entire campus

would be six feet under by now.

Here are some snowy statistics.

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Te shrill beeping of pickup trucksbacking up has been heard frequentlyacross campus in the past week. SinceWinter Storm Juno struck Bruns-wick last Tuesday, plows and front-end loaders have been busy truckingaway heaps of snow from Bowdoin

grounds. According to Associate Di-rector of Grounds and LandscapePlanning Phil Labbe, over 3,410 cu-bic yards of snow have been removedfrom campus so farand thats onlya third of what the College plans toremove.Te snow removed thus far is

enough to cover the entireoorspaceof Druckenmiller Hall with 14.27inches of snow, or the surface area ofthe Watson Arena with 15.05 inchesof snow.

Tractors are ofen seen dumpingsnow into pickup trucks by HydeHall, but rarelyif everdo studentssee where the mini-mountains areeventually taken. Te answer is lessmystical than expected.

We have a location thats just pastthe mens soccer eld thats called thesod farm, said Labbe. Tats where it

gets trucked to.And that is where the snow will

stay until the last clumps melt in theearly summer months.

I think last year it was almost theend of June when it melted [com-pletely], said Labbe. Of course, itdoesnt look like snow at that timetheres a lot of dirt in itand sand.

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ANNUAL HARD ALCOHOL-RELATED TRANSPORTS AT BOWDOIN

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people, said Quenzer.Head proctor of Osher Hall Will

Danforth 16 said that the policy isnot effective at preventing rst yearsfrom drinking in residence halls.However, Danforth pointed out thatthe hard alcohol ban is a piece of abigger puzzle in terms of other stuffthat [the Offi ce of Residential Life]and Peer Health does with regardsto helping people be more respectful

about drinking in the dorms.Both Danforth and Eben Kopp

17, a member of the AlcoholTeama campus group that worksto educate students about the harm-ful effects of alcoholcited theCollege House system as somethingthat limits dangerous drinking.

I denitely think that the CollegeHouses help limit dangerous drink-ing, said Kopp.

Specically, Kopp noted that, forrst years, College Houses can act assafer alternatives to pregames that of-ten feature the consumption of hardalcohol. Officially, College Housesonly offer pre-registered beer or winethat is checked by the Office of Safetyand Security.

Bowdoin does have signicantlylower numbers of alcohol-relatedtransports than other NESCACschools. During the 2013-2014 aca-demic year Bowdoin ranked low-est in the number of alcohol-relatedtransports out of NESCAC schoolswith 15 incidents. Te numbersranged from 15 to 95.

In an email to the Orient, Dean ofStudent Affairs Tim Foster said thata variety of factors may contribute toBowdoins consistently low transportnumbers, including the individualresponsibility of Bowdoin studentsand students willingness to step inand help their peers in potentiallydangerous situations.

With regards to the hard alcoholban in particular, Foster noted thatsince hard alcohol is not used atregistered events, mixed drinks like

jungle juice do not feature promi-nently in the social scene. Fosterspeculated that these sorts of mys-tery mixed drinks can result in moretransports at other schools becausethey can make it hard for studentsto know what or how much they areactually drinking.

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company from bidding on Olym-pics-related projects.

I dont want people thinkingthat my pursuit of these Games h asanything to do with any monetaryimprovements at my company oran improvement for me person-ally, he said.

No Boston Olympics argues thatthe public and private investment

required for hosting the Gameswould be better spent in areas likeeducation or health care. It alsocautions that Massachusetts tax-payers would be on the hook forany costs that exceed the budget.There are already question marksin the initial budget, which in-cludes $3.4 billion of funds thatwill come from unspecified pub-lic/private partnerships.

Unfortunately the connota-tion with the Olympics is finan-cial riskhigh financial riskandI think that comes as a backdropof Sochi and Montreal and otherOlympic Games, said Fish aboutcitizens budget concerns.

Fish noted that the last fourOlympic Games hosted on U.S. soilwere cash flow positive, and that

nalism such as Daniel Ellsbergs leakof the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

He did it because he saw in thosedocuments that the government hadtold massive lies about how well theVietnam War was progressing, shesaid. He felt that it was vitally impor-tant for the public to know the truth.In almost all of these eight leak cases,that same belief is what motivated the

source who leaked the material.Abramson also spoke extensively

about the changing role of qual-ity journalism in the modern medialandscape. As executive editor of TeTimes, she made the papers digitalstrategy a primary focus, organizingthe newsroom to emphasize digitalcontent production and rethinkingthe publishing process to increase on-line engagement.

In her speech, Abramson presenteda positive attitude about the role oflong-form journalism in a digital land-scape, citing readers enduring appetitefor quality writ-ing and the pow-er of platformslike Facebookand Twitter todeliver contentto more peoplethan ever before.

If you weregoing to ask mewho is the mostinuential per-son in journal-ism right now,Id have a hardtime sayingwhether its theexecutive editorofTe New YorkTimes or the engineer that does thealgorithm for Facebooks news feed,Abramson said. Te Times, in manyways, is dependent on that engineer tohave that news picked up and ampli-ed and brought to you.

Social media has become an impor-tant distribution channel for journal-ism, but the current of important in-formation also ows the opposite way.Abramson explained how the rstcoverage of the events in Fergusonthis summer came from Twitter users,not traditional publications.

Tere was a lot of criticism inthe early days of the Ferguson storythat the mainstream media was slowto get on it, she said. But really itwas a Twitter story. It was peoplewho saw the images of a dead bodylaying in the street that forced the

media to cover it like a news story.Te focus of the talk then shifed

to her role as a female executive in aquestion-and-answer session withTallman Scholar in Gender and Wom-ens Studies Susan Faludi, and WilliamR. Kenan Jr. Professor of the Humani-ties in Gender and Womens StudiesJennifer Scanlon.

I was extremely conscious that theonly reason I was executive editor wasbecause of all theghting and hard workof so many women on whose shouldersI stood, Abramson said, referenc-

ing, among others, Betsy Wade, therst female copy editor for Te Times,who led a sex-discrimination lawsuitagainst the paper in the 1970s.

Abramson explained how shetook deliberate steps to promotequalied women to positions ofpower at the paper.

I did not make it a secret at theTimes that I did not intend to makeit worse than it had been across theboard and I would make an emphasison promoting qualied women.Te issue of negotiating pay inequity

has come up amid speculation abouther ring last May.Many have noted thatAbramson called at-tention to inequitiesbetween her compen-sation and that of theprevious executiveeditor shortly beforeshe was red.

Somehow, itcomes up as an an-gry thing as opposedto just a business-likethinga transactionlike any other, shesaid. For some rea-son I think, womentypically, just do thatdue diligence at the

front end less frequently than men.Students generally responded posi-

tively to Abramsons lecture. With re-gards to womens issues, June Lei 18suggested that her achievements andher personality were more inspiringthat the content of the talk.

She obviously has thought a lotabout what its like to be a woman in aplace where women are not really wel-come, Lei said. Shes ofen describedas a little intense and shes aware of that.Sometimes if youre a woman you tryto do everything. You try to be perfectand polite and also strong and pow-erful, but it doesnt really work. Shedoesnt really give a fuck and I like that.Te talk was held in Pickard Te-

ater and sponsored by the Gender andWomens Studies Department and theCharles Weston Pickard Lecture Fund.

Im so proud to be a

Polar Bear and nothing would

make me more excited and proudthan to watch Joan [Benoit-Samu-

elson] carry the Olympic torch

into the Olympic Stadium.

JOHN FIS H 82

CHAIR OF BOSTON 2024

Dartmouth College President PhilHanlon announced a campus-wideban of hard alcohol in a January 29speech. Te ban is set to take effectafer March 30, when the schoolsspring term begins.

As one of the few peer institutionsin the country with a similar ban on

hard alcohol, the announcement fromHanlon has particular relevance tothe Bowdoin community. Bowdoinbanned hard alcohol in 1996 whenit was trying to create a safer campusdrinking culture afer years of alcohol-related incidents at its fraternities.

In recent years, Dartmouth hasbeen wracked by controversies in-

volving binge drinking. Te decisionis one part of a new social doctrine forDartmouth that largely stems from apanel on campus life that Hanlon ini-tiated nine months ago.

Dartmouth now joins Bowdoin,Bates, Colby and several other collegeswho have such a ban. Te denitionof hard alcohol can differ betweenschools, however. For example, Col-bys ban on hard alcohol only appliesto drinks with over 40 percent alco-hol by volume, while Dartmouth willdene hard alcohol as any drink withover 15 percent alcohol by volume.

Other colleges, including Swarth-more, Colgate and Stanford Univer-sity, have instead banned hard alcoholin certain spaces and at certain events.

Over half of the student body atDartmouth is involved in Greek life,and Hanlon has said that he does notplan to abolish fraternities and soror-ities. However, in an interview withTe Dartmouth, he did say that theGreek system must and will be heldto much higher standards and a fargreater level of accountability.

Reactions to the hard alcohol banfrom Dartmouth students have beenmixed. Many students do not appre-ciate the limitations that the ban willimpose on the social scene. Otherstudents have expressed doubt thatthe ban will actually be effective atcutting down on binge drinking andfostering safe and responsible drink-ing on campus.

In an article in Te New YorkTimes, Dartmouth senior Jake

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Rascoff expressed his concerns thatthe ban could make drinking moredangerous on campus.

It will increase the incidence ofsurreptitious binge drinking and in-crease the risk of binge drinking offcampus, which will lead to drunkdriving, said Rascoff.

Ultimately, I think many mem-bers of the Greek community werepleased with the thought and care

that went into President Hanlons ad-dress, wrote Dartmouth senior ChetBrown in an email to the Orient.

He added that the hard alcoholban will be challenging to implement,but said, We remain hopeful that areduction in hard alcohol on campuswill ultimately lead to fewer hospitaltransports and an overall decrease inharmful behaviors.

In the same New York Times arti-cle that Rascoffwas quoted in, Brownstressed that an alternative to the hardalcohol ban may well be the abolitionof the Greek system at Dartmouthapossibility which may make studentsmore willing to adhere to the ban.

Not all Greek organizations atDartmouth were willing to speak onthe subject.

Although current Bowdoin stu-dents do not have rst-hand expe-rience of what it was like before theColleges ban on hard alcohol, stu-dents nonetheless have varying viewson its effectiveness.

Ellie Quenzer 17 acknowledged thatthe consumption of hard alcohol is stillprevalent at Bowdoin, but she did saythat the ban does make a lot of peoplethink twice about drinking hard alco-hol, as opposed to beer or wine.

I think that it does deter a lot of

the 2002 Winter Games positivelytransformed Salt Lake City. How-ever, he said he is happy to hear dis-senting opinions.

Listening to their opinions andtheir ideas and their concerns is whatthe democratic process is all about,Fish said. Tat is the opportunity forus to learn, to listen, to respond.

Not everyone agrees that Bos-ton 2024s process has been dem-ocratic, however. Joan Vennochiexpressed concern in her January22 Globe column that Fish couldset Massachusetts agenda for thenext decade or more without hav-ing ever won elected office.

Former gubernatorial candidateEvan Falchuk recently registered

the Peoples Vote Olympics Com-mittee to promote a 2016 state-wide ballot question about fund-ing the Games, and other groupsare considering putting questionson this falls municipal ballots inBoston and Cambridge. BostonCity Councilor Josh Zakim pro-posed this week four non-bindingOlympics-related ballot questionsfor his citys ballot.

Fish did not say directly whetheror not he supports a referendum.He said instead that Boston 2024

needs to continue telling its storyand supporting it with facts.If Boston wins the International

Olympic Committees approval, therewill be another set of questions to an-swer. One of them is who would lightthe torch at the opening ceremony,and almost a decade in advance,names are already swirling. Amongthem are Joan Benoit-Samuelson79, who won gold in the rst everwomens Olympic marathon in 1984.Benoit-Samuelson already has thesupport of one important individual.

Thats the person I vote for,Fish said. Im so proud to be a Po-lar Bear and nothing would makeme more excited and proud thanto watch Joan [Benoit-Samuelson]carry the Olympic torch into theOlympic Stadium.

We remain hopeful that

a reduction in hard alcohol on

campus will ultimately lead to fewer

hospital transports and an overall

decrease in harmful

behaviors.

CHET BROWN

DARTMOUTH STUDENT

If you were going to ask

me who is the most influential

person in journalism right now, Id

have a hard time saying wh ether itsthe executive editor of The Ne w York

Times or the engineer that does

the algorithm for Facebooks

news feed.

JILL ABRA MSON

FORMER EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF

THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Bowdoin fluoutbreakmostly affectsunvaccinated

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A national look at this years useason would mark it as particularlysevere, and the outbreak on the Bow-doin campus has been no exception.However, while the national narra-tive has pointed to the lack of efficacyin the u vaccine as a factor in theseverity of this years u season, Di-rector of Health Services Birgit Polssaid that the Bowdoin Health Centerhas not seen u in those who havereceived the vaccine.

Pols said that she has only spokento one student sick with the u whoalso received the vaccine, and thatall others were students who had notbeen vaccinated.

Pols does not have exact numbersfor either cases of the u or vaccina-tions at Bowdoin at the moment, asboth u season and the vaccinationprocess are ongoing.

Flu incidence, I imagine, is goingto parallel u incidence in the com-munity, she said. Tis season, whatwere seeing in Maine is more peaksand valleys, and I suspect thats whatwere going to be seeing on campus.Te u virus is spread through the

air, and tends to crop up when coldweather keeps people inside and inclose quarters.

Pols said that she encourages stu-dents with flu symptoms to remainin their rooms, as the flu could in-crease their chances of catchingother illnesses that may be goingaround campus.

Although the Health Center hasonly seen one student who has theu and also had the vaccine, Pols saidthat students with the vaccine maystill be getting some degree of u.

It may be that the people who gotthe vaccine are getting ill but not assick, or have crossover protectionfrom previous vaccines, she said.

According to the Center for Dis-ease Control (CDC), this years u

vaccine only reduced ones chancesof having to go to the doctor from uby 23 percent. By comparison, suc-cessful vaccines generally reduce thischance by 50 to 60 percent.Te u vaccine usually protects

against two to three of the strains ofthe u virus that the World HealthOrganization estimates will be mostwidespread in each particular year.

The problem is, sure you chosethe ones that were the most preva-lent, said Associate Professor ofBiology and Biochemistry AnneMcBride. But lifes random, and

you can never know if its the bestprediction that they have... its likeweather prediction.

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my roommates.Rendall said that ResLife hopes for

about 40 to 50 participants. In additionto the potential reward of newfoundfriendships, students who register forthe program have another incentive:housing choices include Coles Tower,Stowe Hall, Howard Hall, ChamberlainHall, Brunswick Apartments, Mayow-er Apartments, 52 Harpswell Road andthefh oor of Osher Hall.

Students may indicate a preferencefor the fh oor of Osher option orthe apartments, suites or rooms op-tion, depending on whether they wantaoor of new people similar to the rstyear experience.

While the Leap of Faith programwill take the place of the housing lot-tery for students who choose that op-tion, participants may still apply toCollege Houses. If they are accepted

to a house, their Leap of Faith registra-tion will be withdrawn. Since CollegeHouse spots are competitive, Leap of

Faith could provide another way forsophomores to live in a communitywith a new set of people.

I think a lot of sophomores whoapply for College Houses arent reallysure what to do when they dont get in,Rendall said. Tis might be an inter-esting option for them, so Im hopingthey will think about this as an optionand apply for it simultaneously.

Rendall said that juniors whosefriends are abroad may nd this pro-gram a good option.

[If] all your friends are studyingabroad in the fall, but youre going to behere because you couldnt sync up yourabroad options, why not try Leap ofFaith housing and live with some newpeople for a semester? Rendall said.

Bowdoin Student GovernmentVice President for Student Affairs Jus-tin Pearson 17 had similarly positivethoughts on the new option.

Its recommitting to the idea of al-lowing yourself to be a little vulnerable,then capitalizing on that opportunity,

Pearson said. Its really exciting be-cause you wont get to do this again.No other NESCAC schools offer

a comparable program. Hamilton isinterested in developing one. Am-herst and Wesleyan have ways (listsof names, Facebook pages, minglingevents) in which students searchingfor roommates can connect with eachother; however, they provide no ques-tionnaire and do not attempt to drawstudents together out of shared con-nection rather than necessity.

Pearson said he hopes the programis not seen as one for students withoutother options.

My biggest fear is that people will seeit as Land of Mist Toys, instead of see-ing it as an opportunity to really reachinto those ideals of Bowdoin, he said.

Pearson also emphasized the waythis program is meant to expand onesfriend groupconnections that everyBowdoin student could use.

Its going to take really strong peopleto say, I think I have a strong enoughfoundation at the College with myfriend group that Im willing to step outon faithand try this, Pearson said.

Many students said ResLife did agood job pairing them with their rstyear roommates.

If I wasnt doing ResLife, Id prob-ably do this Leap of Faith housing be-cause the roommate pairing workedout really well this year, Hannah Ber-man 18 said.

The program hopes it can cre-ate the same depth of friendshipthat comes from so many first-yearhousing placements.

Youre trusting in the fact that Bow-doin has admitted...this extraordinarygroup of human beings to this campus.And how can you really go wrong?Foster said.

Pearson echoed Fosters sentimentof admiration for students at Bowdoin.

College is about taking a leap offaith, Pearson said. Now its how youcan capitalize on [your decision] tomake some new, fun connections.Te success of this program, ac-

cording to Foster, ultimately doesnot depend on the number of peoplewho participate.

Its not going to depend whethertheres eight or 80 people, Foster said.

If we get a good response and its apositive experience, I dont see why wewouldnt keep doing it.

HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

PATCHWORK:Dr. Birgit Pols, director of Health Services, speaks about her experiences as both a professional treating AIDS and a parent of a child with AIDS at an

event at Lamarche Gallery on Tuesday evening. The AIDS Memorial Quilta nationally travelling quilt that commemorates the lives of HIV/AIDS victimswill be on display

in the gallery until February 9.

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On Tuesday night at the LamarcheGallery in David Saul Smith Union,Director of Health Services Dr. BirgitPols shared her personal experiencestreating AIDS at work and parenting achild with AIDS. Pols talk introducedthe AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibit,which will be on display at the gallery

until February 9.Pols began by talking about being

a medical student in an age whenAIDS was not yet a major problem.In fact, AIDS was so rare in the late80s that it was not even discussed inmedical school.

When I was a senior in college, the[Center for Disease Control] reportedon AIDS for the rst time, said Pols.I started medical school the next year,and not once through my entire medi-cal school career was AIDS mentionedin the c lassroom.

Disappointed by this hole in thecurriculum, Pols and a few of her class-mates gathered every Friday to learnmore about AIDS by talking to thosein the community diagnosed with thecondition. A signicant number ofthose sick were members of the LGB-TIQ community.

Pols also recounted her relation-ship with Greg, an AIDS patient whoshe met while fullling her residencyin South Carolina. Greg was openlygay and as a result suffered from biasthroughout the duration of his treat-ment at the conservative facility.

Homophobia prevailed [at the hos-pital], and gay AIDS patients seemedto provide permission for bigotry,said Pols.

When Greg died some time later,Pols reshaped her professional and lifegoals to focus wholly on working withHIV/AIDS patients.

Caring for [Greg] changed not onlymy career goals, but my life, said Pols.I became identied as the doctor fortaking care of people with AIDS whocouldnt afford private healthcare.

While working in this capacity, Polsalso served as Volunteer Director andBoard Member of the Palmetto AIDSLife Support Services (PALSS) and theMedical University of South CarolinasState Policy Committee.Te fear and discrimination aimed

towards AIDS and the LGBTIQ com-munity, resulted in a certain amountof discrimination against Pols and hermission, which ofen made it difficultto nd employment.

When I nished residency train-ing, I was one of the most decoratedresidents to have ever graduated fromthe program, but while my colleagueshad no trouble nding jobs, I was truly

surprised not to receive a single job of-fer, she said.

Pols also discussed her experiencecaring for an AIDS-stricken child,Cory, whom she and her partneradopted when no one else steppedforward. Despite constant care andfrequent hospital visits, he died ofAIDS-related complications.

Pols wrapped up the talk by press-ing the need for constant efforts againstHIV/AIDS. Te number of those in-fected has remained largely stable sincethe 1990s, and even advances in medi-cal technology have done little to help.

Bowdoin will showcase a part of thenarrative AIDS Memorial Quilt in theLamarche Gallery on the second oorof Smith Union until February 9. Eachpanel of the expansive quilta part ofthe NAMES Project foundation con-ceived and established by gay activist

Cleve Jonestells the story of an HIV/AIDS victim and his or her family,friends and loved ones.

Knowledge of the quilt spreadacross the country resulting in a hugepublic response. Since its conceptionin 1985, the quilt has increased to over48,000 three inch by six inch panelsand raised over $3 million for insti-tutions working to halt the spread ofHIV/AIDS.

Tere are stories like the onesIve shared about Greg and Cory be-hind every one of the 24 quilt panelshere, of the more than 48,000 panelsthat did not make their way here, andof the more than 39 million peoplearound the world who have died ofAIDS, said Pols. But no matter howtired or overworked we are, we can al-ways do something, even if thats onlyto be open.

include Hardware Hacksideas thatinclude the physical building of a prod-uctand Female Foundersideascreated by women.

Other schools that will participateinclude Cornell University, Boston Uni-

versity, Williams College, Purdue Uni-versity, University at Albany, the Univer-sity of Maryland and the University ofMaine Orono.Te panel of judges will include Vis-

iting Assistant Professor of Computer

Science and Fellow in Digital and Com-putational Studies Mohammad Irfan,founder and former CEO of LiquidWireless (a Maine-based marketingcompany) Jason Cianchette, and oth-ers from various technology companiesand the College.

Chief Information Officer Mitch Da-vis said the judges will be looking forthe one idea that they havent heard be-fore that is really well put together.Te grand prize is a set of tablets for

each team member, as well as a scholar-ship to an online entrepreneurial coursecalled Te Top Gun Prep Entrepre-neurial Course. Second place winners

will each receive a $70 gifcard to L.L.Bean, and third place winners will eachreceive a $20 gifcard to L.L. Bean.

Davis was among the group of stu-dents and faculty who brought theHackathon to life this year.

New Media and Data VizualizationSpecialist Jen Jack Gieseking, also amember of that group, said she hopesthe Hackathon will prompt wider cam-pus discussion.

I hope that students dive into thisspace and learn how to work across theirideas and skills to put together new, ex-citing apps, websites, maker tech andother sorts of projects, she said.

Its exceptionally important for stu-dents to realize how important theirplace is in this conversation, she added.Troughout the event, students will

get guidance from other entrepreneurs,founders of startup companies and rep-resentatives from tech companies. Inaddition to providing guidance, variousentrepreneurs will give speeches abouttheir entrepreneurial journeys.

Cianchette will be the keynote speak-er, while Jill Schweitzer 06 will be un-

veiling a product she recently developed.First year Fiona Iyer, who plans to

participate in the Hackathon, feels thatthe project was long overdue.

Were moving towards a world ofentrepreneurs, said Iyer. Entrepreneurscan affect so much change so if we wantto be change agents, then we have to learnhow to become amazing entrepreneurs.Tis weekend, Iyer will be working to

develop a product she will call BadassBread Boys, because, according to Iyer,the next big wave in social entrepre-neurship is food.

Iyer said she is also looking forwardto connecting with fellow entrepreneursand hopes that many people will partici-pate in the event.

Hopefully this is the start to manymore entrepreneurial initiatives, she said.

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SECURITY REPORT: 1/30 to 2/4Friday, January 30

A students basketball was report-ed stolen from Sargent Gymnasium.

A student who was cookinghamburgers activated a smoke alarmat Stowe Inn.

A student with a bronchial con-dition was escorted from Chamber-lain Hall to Mid Coast Hospital.

Tere was an alcohol policy vio-lation involving drinking games atan event at Reed House.

Saturday, January 31 An officer checked on the well-being

of an intoxicated student at West Hall. A student with u-like symp-

toms was taken to Parkview Adven-tist Medical Center.

A smoke alarm at ChamberlainHall was triggered by the use of ahair straightener.

A neighbor reported generalconcerns about disturbances comingfrom Pine Street Apartments.

A student with u-like symp-toms was escorted to Mid Coast.

A student with an earache wastaken to Mid Coast.

A student was escorted to MidCoast with an undisclosed illness.

Sunday, February 1

An officer checked on thewell-being of a sick student atColeman Hall.

A student was cited for urinatingin public inside Helmreich House.

Wall damage was reported atHelmreich House.

A shower stall in HelmreichHouse was vandalized.

A student lef an exterior doorajar at the Robert H. and BlytheBickel Edwards Center for Art andDance. Freezing air entering thebuilding resulted in a burst pipe andwater damage.

A student was involved in a mi-nor two-car accident on Pine Street.Tere were no injuries.

Monday, February 2

An unregistered event at BaxterHouse was dispersed at 1:15 a.m.

Wall vandalism was reported atLadd House.

A parent requested a well-beingcheck for a student.

A student with an ankle sprainwas escorted from Winthrop Hallto Parkview.

Tuesday, Februar y 3

A student reported that aniPhone was stolen from Farley FieldHouse. An investigation determinedthat a juvenile visitor stole the

phone. With the cooperation of theparent, the phone was recovered andreturned to its owner.

An athlete with an ankle in-jury was escorted from Farley FieldHouse to Mid Coast.

Wednesday, February 4

Brunswick Rescue transportedan ill faculty member to Mid Coast.

A students car was damaged bya passing vehicle while it was parkedon Noble Street.

Compiled by the Office of Safetyand Security.

ITAC to launch online petitionsystem for campus activists

BY QUYEN HA

ORIENT STAFF

DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

President of the InformationTechnology Advisory Council(ITAC) Ruben Martinez 15 gavea presentation on a new onlinesystem that can be used to create

Bowdoin-specific petitions at Bow-doin Student Governments (BSG)meeting this week.

Working alongside Vice Presi-dent for Student Government Af-fairs Charlotte McLaughry 15,Martinez put together a websitethat allows for petitions to be up-loaded and signed online. Thegoal is to have an organized andcentralized platform on which stu-dents can create and sign petitionsmore easily than they could usingthe current paper-based method.

To access the website, an indi-vidual must log in us ing h is or herBowdoin credentials. Students canuse the link to share a pe tition out-side of the Bowdoin community,but only those with login creden-tials can sign a petition. A petitioncan be created or deleted at anytime, but can only be modified ifit has not yet been signed. Visitorsmay also filter through pet itions byusing a keyword search.

Martinez received numeroussuggestions for improvement afterhis presentation, including a pro-posal for a filter that allows peopleto see trending petitions and afeature that gives petition creatorsdemographic information on whosigned, what year they are in, and

whether they are students, profes-sors, or staff members. There werealso recommendations to givesignatories an option to remainanonymous, but most assemblymembers ruled it out to add ac-countability and authenticity tothe petitions.

Afterwards, Vice President forStudent Affairs Justin Pearson 17introduced two students request-ing funding through BSGs GoodIdeas Fund.

Morgan Rielly 18 said he aimsto start a lecture series featuringMaine businesspeople and entre-preneurs, while Sam Hoegle 17wants to initiate a meaningfulconversation about mental health.Hoegle is hosting a talk aboutmental illnesses with Jordan Burn-ham from Active Minds next Mon-day in Kresge Auditorium.

The Good Ideas Fund is a poolof $3,000 that can be used to fi-nance any project independentof the usual club-funding pro-cess. Discussion about Rielly andHoegles applications will continuein the upcoming week.

BSG also unanimously voted toapprove the Committee on Facili-ties and Sustainabilitys proposalfor a $300 expenditure that willprovide copies of the Wall StreetJournal in the dining halls.

BSG President Chris Breen 15ended the meeting by expressinggratitude to all who helped orga-nize this years Winter Weekendand encouraging everyone to comeout and participate in the events.

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CALLIE FERGUSON

GRAIN TO GLASS

Selling inferior beer a tall

order for macro-breweries

COURTESY OF HARRY DIPRINZIO

ORDER UP: During his gap year,Harry DiPrinzio 18 first worked in the famous Gramercy Tavern inNew York City before continuing on to work at a restaurant in Paris for about two and a half months.

Please see BEER, page 7

Tradition and craft woven into our names

My parents named me Penelope inhomage to Homers classic epic TeOdyssey. Penelope is the wife of Od-ysseus, lauded for her cleverness andloyalty. While Odysseus went off towar for a decade and spent anotherfew years getting into trouble withbeautiful goddesses and many-headedmonsters, Penelope remained at homein Ithaca, constantly pursued by un-couth men.

Famously faithful, Penelope toldher suitors that she would onlychoose a new husband when shenished weaving a great shroud.Every night she would unravel herdays work.Te meaning of her name em-

bodies her craf

: in Ancient Greek,pene means wef (the threadthat is drawn through a loomto create cloth) and opsmeans face or eye. Com-bined, the syllables implyher cunningness and skill at the loom.In modern etymology Penelope istranslated more direct ly to weaver.

Identifying people by their crafsor trades is common practice, par-ticularly in English surnames: thereare Bakers, Smiths and Fishersallmale trades and names passed downthrough paternal lineage. Similarly,Penelope carries her own craf in hernamethe craf that represents hercleverness, skill and loyalty.

Names are our ultimate and originalidentiers, and women have histori-cally given theirs up to assimilate into

their husbands family. By wearing hercrafas her name, Penelope is identiedby her own work, not her husbands,contradicting the Ancient Greek viewof women as objects. Tat Penelopeshould be named afer not only hercrafbut also her cleverness is emblem-atic of her strength as a woman.

Painter or sculptor, knitter, quilter,baker or writerthe things peoplecreate can act as powerful identiers.Tese days, most people are not

named afer their crafs. Not verymany Smiths actually

spend their daysat the res ofthe forge.

T h o u g hI am a Pe-

nelope, I havenever woven anything fancier thanrainbow potholders from those (veryfun) loom kits for kids. But I do makeother thingsmostly peculiar yarncreations, invented baked goods andbirthday cards.

Knitting overlong scarves does notdene my identity in the same waythat other creative outputs do. Writ-ing English papers and short storiesor planning activities to do with mymentee at Brunswick high schoolthese things appear on my rsums,building an image of me for the world.

Outside of the crafing marketplace,knitting is not a desired skill. Neitheris weaving potholders.

But they bring me a very par-ticular fulllment. Te process ofcrafingknitting, sewing, weav-ing, dyeingrequires purpose andconcentration from start to nish.Everything I crafis my idea, my vi-sion. Tere is a nirvana in countingstitches, matching fabrics and pon-dering colors that carries through tothe satisfaction of nishing some-thingunlike the agony of writing apaper which leads to the nal manicburst of happiness and relief when itis handed in.

So I carry my crafs, not in myname but in my mind and my hands.I knit through house meetings, paintfor my friends and patch my jeans

when I fall on my knees.T

epeaceful process of crafing,the pleasure at nishing some-

thingeven if I dont particularlylike itculminates in the sense ofself that comes with knowing that I

may not be marketable, but I can stillcreate and express myself throughthose creations. Tats a way of beingthat I want to hold on to.

In the interest of full disclosure, Ishould mention that the alternativeetymology of Penelope relates to theGreek word penelops, which meansduck. I like ducks, from afar, and itsgood to remember that even the mostgifed of people can still be birdbrains.But when people ask me what Penelo-pe meansI usually stick to weaver.

-Penelope Lusk is a member of theClass of 2017

BY PENELOPE LUSK

CONTRIBUTOR

I didnt watch the Super Bowl,but less than 24 hours after it wasover several of my friends emailedme the link to a Budweiser com-mercial that aired during the game.The advertisement is a cocky anddesperate attempt to take on theincreasing popularity of craft beer,wherein Bud seeks to promote itsown mediocre product by way ofhurling childish, immature accusa-

tions at the craft b eer industry.Edited to a song that I assumeis called Macho Song!, the com-mercial alternates between shotsof Bud Light and craft beer, whileflashes of bold text help to draw acomparison between Bud drink-ers and craft drinkerswhich,in Buds evaluation, is the differ-ence between true beer drinkersand pompous snobs. Budweiser:its not brewed to be fussed over,the ad proclaims. Its brewed for acrisp, smooth finish.

Conspicuously absent from thecommercial is a final shot of Bud-weisers top executives pointing atthe camera and yelling, You needsome ice for that burn?

Now, excuse me while I fussover this advertisement.

What is most fascinating to meabout this ad is that it identifiesthe culture of craft beer as a majorthreat to macro-brewed beernotthe beer itself.

Notably, the ad mocks and de-means the kinds of ritual and be-havior associated with drinkingcraft beer: smelling, sipping anddiscussing the flavor of the brewwhat Budweiser terms the dissect-ing of a beer.

Aggressively, but not perhapsnot surprisingly, Budweiser pointsa finger at hipsters for starting allthe fuss. The ad introduces craftbeer with a shot of a guy withchunky glasses dipping his bushy

moustache into a foamy stout.Because, as all know, hipstersare judgmental snobs who startpointless fads in order to make youfeel bad about yourself. Hipsters,and therefore, craft beer drinkers,are the worst, and certainly noth-ing like the honest and unaffectedfolks who drink Bud.

The people who drink our beerare the people who like to drinkbeer, says the ad. Those other los-ers are drinking the hipster Kool-Aid.

While the cheap finger-pointingand macho appeals to the (male)consumers ego are obnoxious and,frankly, a little bit sad, Budweiser(and other macro-breweries) is not

Undiscussed is a student run organi-zation that seeks to create open spacesfor students to discuss questions sur-rounding identity on campus. Its statedmission is breaking barriers and en-abling change through dialogue.

I think opinions on campus arenot as homogenous as people assumethey are, said Quinn Rhi 15, one ofthe leaders of Undiscussed. I like Un-discussed because in theory, it has a lotof potential to bridge gaps. It is valu-able to learn to coexist with someonewho may not have the same opinionsas you do.

Undiscussed hasbeen a student runorganization since2008, when it wasstarted as a stu-dents independentstudy. Alyssa Chen08 organized thegroup in order toexamine social norms at Bowdoin. Adiscussion group was an effective wayto get students involved in the conver-sation for her project.

We hold deep assumptions andstereotypes about one another, saidChen in a 2008 Orient op-ed. If welimit our interactions to people likeourselves, these stereotypes and as-sumptions will remain unquestionedand unchallenged. Only throughmeaningful discussion can we break

What dont we talk about?Undiscussed seeks dialogue

BY GABY PAPPER

ORIENT STAFF

these preconceptions and learn the

complexity of each other.Last years program mainly focused

on risk and comfort in relation toidentity. Tis years program will shifand focus more on choices and iden-tity. Te three main questions for thisyear are: how do the choices we makeaffect our own identity? How are thechoices that we make perceived byothers? And how do these individualchoices affect our community?

At the Student Activities Fair lastFriday, many students showed inter-est in the grouparound 90 people,including current and new members,signed up for the spring term.

With Undis-cussed, studentsparticipate in smallgroup discussionsfor four weeks.Each group meetsfor an hour and ahalf every week,when students dis-cuss question. Te

Steering Committee, a group of sevenstudent leaders, organizes the 10 smalldiscussion groups and chooses 20 fa-cilitators who guide group discussions.Te facilitators are students who are

chosen to help lead discussions andmaintain a safe and open environment.

Tis year to pick out facilitators,we emailed a couple administratorsand people involved on campus and

Please see DIALOGUE,page 7

MIND THE GAP

BY TOMMY LUNN

When most people think of en-joyable gap years, they likely do notpicture working 12 hour shifs, sixdays a week. Tat is exactly whatrst year Harry DiPrinzio 18 envi-sioned, however.

In the year before coming toBowdoin, DiPrinzio spent his timeworking in restaurants in NewYork City and Paris. In September,he began by working at New YorksMichelin star-winning GramercyTavern.

Having long been a fan of cook-ing and gastronomy, DiPrinzio hadalways planned to work in a restau-rant before college.

I worked in restaurants in thetwo summers during high schooland I think at some point during ju-nior year I realized that I could [take

a gap year] and basically just startedthinking about it, he said.

At Gramercy he was an externa position ofen lled by culinaryschool students fullling their on-site hours.

I put away produce, said Di-Prinzio. Tey get thousands ofpounds of produce a day and it allhas to be put away and sorted, so Istarted doing th at.

As time went on, DiPrinzioworked his way up Gramercy Tav-erns ladder. He started helping outat lunch service by performing taskssuch as shucking oysters and slicing

bread. Soon afer, DiPrinzio was ableto secure a spot on the cold appetiz-er station during weekend shifs.

Te days were action packed,said DiPrinzio. I was always run-ning around and incredibly tiredand adrenaline lled.

During his time at Gramercy, Di-Prinzio lived at his home. However,

he knew he wanted to gain a moreinternational experience during hisyear. Tat January, he accepted anopportunity to work at a Parisianrestaurant.

Tere was a chef in Paris whohad worked at Gramercy and the

Please see GAP, page 7

ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOINORIENT

Opinions on campus are not

as homogenous as people

assume they are

QUINN RHI 15

DiPrinzio 18 takes gourmet gap year

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Johnson 13 relishes Outing Club roles

ELENA BRITOS

FACULTY CHATS

Some of Sarah Johnsons mostimportant work takes place off theBowdoin campus, but still amongthe pines. Sarah SJ Johnson 13is one the Bowdoin Outing Clubs(BOC) two assistant directors andis responsible for the LeadershipTraining program that trains stu-dents to lead outdoor trips. WhileJohnson jumped straight from be-ing an involved student member ofthe BOC to the position of assis-tant director after graduation, herpath was never set in stone.

By sophomore spring I had tak-en 16 classes in 15 departments,said Johnson.

She eventually settled on a gov-

ernment and environmental stud-ies coordinate major, but it is herpassion for new experiences thatmade her a winning candidate forthe assistant director position.

Johnson grew up in Gloucester,Mass., in a house that has been inher family for six generations, andfeels a strong connection to herheritage. However, Johnson stillloves adventuring far and wide.

Her mothers family is from Min-nesota and she grew up attending afamily camp there. As she got older,she attended Camp Widjiwagan,an adventure camp that led her tothe Arctic. Years later as a coun-selor she led the same expeditionalong the Coppermine River. It wasat Camp Widjiwagan that Johnsondeveloped her affinity for paddling,although she says she learned ev-erything else at Bowdoin.

During her junior year Johnson

participated in SEA Semester, anoff-campus study program at sea.

I loved being at the helm, es-pecially when there were hugewaves, said Johnson. When theship dipped down and the waveswere rising it was incredible.

A lover of heights and adrena-line, Johnson does know her limits.

I have never tried base jumpingor anything like that. Im very war yof pushing human limits beyondwhat your body really can do,Johnson said. I think a perce ptionpeople have is that people in theOuting Club are really intense andcan be intimidating, but I too, amafraid of many outdoor things.

Her ability to balance explora-tion with healthy caution is oneof the most essential skills in her

job. She is respons ible for instil l-ing this same sense of balance infuture leaders so they can make

smart decisions.At the conclusion of the Leader-

ship Training program, Johnsonleads groups of students into NewEngland and sometimes Canada fortheir culminating expedition, leavingthem largely to their own devices.

While Johnson devotes much ofher time to planning and going onoutdoor adventures, she has tak-en up wood burningscorchingwords and images into driftwoodand giving the pieces as gifts. Shehas also begun to play the mando-lin, hopeful that one day she maybe reunited with the on-campusband Jesus and The Kid.

Perhaps her favorite pastime,though, is hanging out with herfriends in the Bowdoin community.

I havent really thought aboutmy life in quantiable accomplish-ments, but I think Ive made a lot offriends in a whole bunch of differ-

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ent settings, said Johnson. Ive hada lot of really amazing people in my

life, so Im prett y proud of that,.When asked about her personal

challenges, Johnson cited baking,cooking and anything that involvesbeing a details person. However,her ability to ferry across and de-scend raging whitewater provesher mastery of precision in mo-tion. Johnson also admits she hasa fear of being elbowed in the faceinside tents, but claims it is heronly phobia.

On the topic of conqueringfears, Johnson mentioned the filmPretty Faces, which was recentlyscreened on campus. It is a filmabout female skiers and the chal-lenges they face as they take onslopes over 5,000 feet high.

Theres a scene where theresthis incredible face and this wom-an keeps chanting, Conquer the

fear; thats why youre here; con-quer the fear; thats why yourehere. And I think thats a prettycool message to take with you intowhatever youre afraid of, saidJohnson. Conquering fear is hard,but its why were hereto try.

Johnson will be assistant direc-tor for another year, but beyondthat, shed prefer to leave thingsuncharted.

I appreciate the people doingthe big picture work [in govern-ment and education]; we needthose people, but Ive discovered inBrunswick a wonderful communityof people and I think that would bea wonderful way to spend life, saidJohnson Maybe Ill continue towalk down this road and try a mod-el that focuses more on educationthan recreation, maybe a semesterschool. Id like to keep my effortslocal and within my community.

chef at Gramercy sent me to the Parisguy and said, He wants to go to Par-is, he said.

DiPrinzio was able to spend hiswhole time in Franceabout two anda half monthsat the same restau-rant afer taking the spot of a recentlyhired employee who lef.

During his time in Paris DiPrinziowas able to explore, but it was ofen

diffi cult. He worked 16 hour daysve days a week while also tr ying togure out his surroundings.

Just being alone in Paris wasdefinitely a different scenario, saidDiPrinzio.

Perhaps one of his biggest struggleswas nding a place to live. Afer stay-ing with a friend for a few days, he be-gan to search for a place to live moreindependently. Eventually, he endedup renting a room in a couples home.

I messaged all these people andsome of them got back to me. Iwent and visited one of them and itwas like the biggest shithole ever,he said. [But] this one seemed

nice. It was in a really nice neigh-bourhood. They were friendly, butthe kind of dynamic was weird. Thereason I was living in their lives wasbecause they needed more money.They kind of resented me.

Afer returning from Paris, Di-Prinzio was ready for what layahead. Some students may nd ad-

justing back to an academic life diffi-cult afer a gap year. DiPrinzio, how-ever, said he has not struggled verymuch in his rst year at Bowdoin.

I wasnt around people last year,

so its nice to be with people my ageagain and its been nice to go backto school and take classes.

DiPrinzios year between highschool and college was a preview oflife in the real world. While he en-countered some challengesfrombeing by far the youngest employeeat Gramercy Tavern to navigatingthe Parisian apartment markethe says it was ultimately a valuableexperience.

It was great because I felt like Iwas living real life and I basicallyhad a job, he said.

Editors note: Harry DiPrinzio is amember of the Orient staff.

got from two to ve students whowere recommended to us, said Rhi.We came up with our own list ofpeople who we would like to see con-tribute and combined it with peoplenominated by an administrator to be-come a facilitator.

Since the same group will stay to-gether all four weeks, students willtruly get to know the peers in theirgroup and will have the time to ex-plore the many aspects of identity, ac-cording to Rhi.

entirely off-base. The Atlantic pub-lished an article last November thatattempted to explain the popularityof Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR) overBudweiser. PBR has an enormousappeal among hipsters, despite thefact that, like Bud, it is a cheap (andcheap-tasting) macro-brewed lager.

The article goes on to quote aQuartz report that discovered thefollowing: After observing[PBRs] unexpected popular-ity in Portland, Oregonhipster meccabackin 2001, the company con-cluded that people werebuying the beer because itwasnt aggressively beingpitched to them.

For a brand aslarge as Budweiser,Te Atlantic articlegoes on, not adver-tising at all prob-ably wont cut itas a strategy. Butcynically pander-ing to Millenni-alsisnt going tocut it, either.

In the contextof these findings,Budweisers claimthat it is proudly amacro-beer is less ofa rallying cry, and moreof a defensive, embitteredwhine. But what other op-tions do they have? Whatsgoing to cut it?

Another way that macro-breweries have attempted tocombat the rise of craft beer

is not by advertising, butby infiltrating the craft beermarket with actual beer.The two major exam-ples of this phenom-enon are Blue Moonand ShockTop.

These beers are brewed by mac-ro-breweriesMillerCoors andAnheuser-Busch, respectively. Theidea is to brew a different style ofbeer (Blue Moon and ShockTopare both wheat beers, not lagers)that is slightly higher quality, andmarket it like a craft beer. In thissense, Blue Moon and ShockTopare less like breweries and morelike sub-brands of larger compa-nies who are trying to appeal todiverse markets.

MillerCoors and Anheuser-

Busch have met relative success inconvincing the lay consumer thattheir decoys are craft. For one, youcant find any obvious sign of t heirparent corporations on the pack-aging. And, I have to admit, theydo taste betterat least enough tonotice a difference over a cheap,watery lager.

But their plan backred. While theidea was to reclaim the market by in-troducing a better tasting beer, BlueMoon and ShockTop became gate-way beers into the crafmarket. Te

difference consumers detectedin the improved crafybeers (as Blue Moon andShockTop are now called)led consumers to seek outreal craf beerwhich, un-surprisingly, tastes even

better. It seems as thoughthe people who like todrink beerbecausethey like the taste ofbeerare drinkingcraf.

So while the pro-cess of dissectingcraf beer is a littlegeeky and a littlegoofymy friendrecently noted that

her Berliner Weissehad a pleasant urine

tasteits ultimatelyin the effort of seekinga more challenging re-lationship with some-thing we love and enjoy.

To use a literaryanalogy, Budweiserslogic that its beers eu-phemistic crispness

is preferable becauseit lacks complexity and

goes down easy is equiva-

lent to condemning thestylistic experimentalism inFinnegans Wake in favor of

the clarity of the prose inTwilight.

When I rst saw BudsSuper Bowl ad, I tweeted it

with the caption: Tis is the greatestcommercial I have ever seen. Per-haps it was to ght hyperbole withhyperbole, or mockery with moremockery.

But mostly, its because in oneinfuriating minute the ad ironicallydees itself by depicting the complexreality of beer in America todaythe marketing, the production, theperceptions, the rivalriesprovingthat these days, in America, nobody,not even Budweiser, can help but tofuss over beer.

Te rst day [of discussion] isabout coming up with ground rulesto ensure respect of one another, saidRhi. We will begin to talk about iden-tity. You do not have to talk about oneparticular aspect of it. You can thinkabout how your home or socioeco-nomic class can play into your iden-tity, for example .

When the official group discussionsend afer four weeks, facilitators andgroup members still have the chanceto further share and discuss the topicsthey have been focussing on. Studentswho were not previously a part of Un-discussed can also become involved.

Afer four weeks are over, we are

thinking of putting together an op-tional presentation for people whoare interested in hearing about whatwe were talking about in our smallergroups said Rhi.

She added that especially in thewake of recent events in Ferguson,MO., and Staten Island, N.Y., Undis-cussed is a good platform for studentsto talk and listen to one another aboutdiffi cult, overlooked or avoided con-

versation topics.Being more conscientious of how

group discussions are facilitated hashelped the way I view other peoplesopinions and my placement in groupsettings, said Rhi.

HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

BLAZING A TRAIL: Sarah Johnson 13 is the assistant director at the Bowdoin Outing Club (BOC) where she super vises the training of BOC trip leaders.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENTAFTER TRAYVON: Rickey Larke 15 and Olivia Bean 17 perform in Thursday nights staged readings of Facing Our Truthat Quinby House. The perfo r-mance began in Quinby and audience members walked in silence to Chase Barn and then to Russworm House to see the rest of the performance.

Facing Our Truth: students perform short plays on race, inequity

Few things can compel a groupof students to walk the sidewalksof Maine Street on a Thursdaynight in February. However Fac-ing Our Truth, a show brought tocampus by Bowdoins faculty, stu-dents and administration, provedto be an exception.

Facing Our Truth is a seriesof plays written in response toTrayvon Martins death and theacquittal of his shooter, GeorgeZimmerman. Assistant Professorof Theater Abigail Killeen broughtthe show to campus.

After the series of tragic eventsin late 2014, I, like many oth-ers, felt compelled to help make aspace where people could talk andlisten to each other, wrote Killeenin an email to the Orient.

Under her direction, and withhelp from Associate Dean of Mul-ticultural Student Program LeanaAmaez and Associate Professor ofEducation Doris Santoro, aroundtwo dozen students acted in anddirected the six short plays thatcomprised the show.

Quinby House, Chase Barn,and the John Brown RusswormAfrican American Center hostedtwo plays each. The walk betweenlocations provided a silent inter-mission for actors and audiencemembers to reflect.

Each short play offers such adifferent, and sometimes unusual,perspective, wrote Killeen. Theaudience will need time to digest

what theyve seen and heard.The idea is to be silent walk-

ing from place to place as a signof commemoration, respect, all ofthe above. In that silence, you justhave to keep confronting the emo-tions, said Amanda Spiller 17,who directed and acted in two dif-ferent parts.

These moments of introspec-

tion and contemplation were whatKilleen felt was needed followingthe racially charged events of thepast year. The format of shor t playswas particularly effective in con-

veying thes e ide as, sh e wrote .I believe in the theaters power

to offer alternative perspectives ina visceral way, wrote Killee n. Thetheaters structured storytelling

can aid us in considering the lifeexperience of others and lead toimportant conversations.

Spiller acted in Color, a play inwhich each cast member was givena color and had to work with thestereotypes associated with it. Sheplayed the color pink.

It makes you look inside [your-self], said Spiller. You have to

confront these really ugly feelingsthat are telling you that you makeimplicit stereotypes about people

you see in everyday life because ofthe color of their skin.

For now, Killeen does not haveplans for more projects like FacingOur Truth. However, she is open tothe possibility in the future.

A theatrical voice isnt alwaysappropriate, she said. But whencircumstances arise where it is,then yes, I want to generate the-ater that can serve as an agent ofchange in a positive way.

The project was funded by TheBowdoin Student GovernmentsGood Ideas Fund, which supportsstudent ideas that will benefit theBowdoin community.

Its a pool of funding for stu-dents to make whatever visionsthey have about making and im-proving campus culture a reality,said Justin Pearson 17, BSG vicepresident for student affairs.

According to Pearson, FacingOur Truth had many appealingaspects that fit with the fundsgoal of broadening the scope ofcampus culture.

Its a show that improves dis-cussion on our campus, saidPearson. Its something new; itssomething different.

Even at Bowdoin, whether itsin our classes or outside of [them],theres an aspect of not facing ourtruths, said Spiller. I care aboutthese issues, I care about startingdialogue, and theres no betterway to facilitate an epiphany thanperforming something.

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exposition on the rst oor.According to Paone, the exhibition

was created in the hopes of inspiringa revival of student involvement in thecelebration of Black History Month.

We want to showcase thatBowdoin cares about Black HistoryMonth, said Gallagher. We want toget a lot of students involved becauseits super important.

Nunoos performance of two origi-nal slam-poetry pieces was aimed atbolstering the discussion of Bowdoinsprior and current involvement in BlackHistory Month.

To commence the celebration ofBlack History Month on campus, theStudent Activities Offi ce and the Af-rican-American Society hosted an artexhibition in David Saul Smith Unionfeaturing slam poetry by Esther Nu-noo 17 Tuesday evening.Te showon display in the Smith

Union Blue Galleryfeatures art-work, posters and advertisements thatshowcase Bowdoins involvement inBlack History Month events datingback to the 1970s.Te posters highlight Bowdoins his-

torical Black Arts Festival, a month-longcelebration of Black History Month that

occurred from the 1970s through early2000s. Programs include a series of pastevents such as lm screenings, lectures,dance, music and theater performanceshosted by the Afro-American Societyand Student Activities.

A 1981 poster advertised A DayAgainst Racism in Honor of Dr. Mar-tin Luther King, Jr., while one from1978 promoted an event called SoulExperience in Black America. Otherpast events included day-long musicand commentary on WBOR to com-plement the festival.Te retrospective exhibition also

features a poster revealing this yearsBlack History Month events, al-though Bowdoin no longer holds thesame Black Arts Festival.

Its unfortunate that we dont have[the festival] anymore, said Olivia

Paone 15, one of the chief organizersof the Smith Union exhibition.

Paone and Kelsey Gallagher 17 wereboth hired by Student Activities as stu-dent curators for Smith Union to co-lead the organization of the art exhibi-tion and the accompanying event.

For this whole month we want todedicate the entire Union to Black His-tory Month, said Gallagher.

In addition to the Black Arts Fes-tival posters, other exhibitions ondisplay in Smith include the AIDSMemorial Quilt in the Lamarche Gal-lery and the Hands Up Dont Shoot

Smith Union art show celebrates historical black arts and culture

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SPEAK OUT:Esther Nunoo 17 (center) performs a slam poetry piece accompanied by vocalist Eliza Huber-Weiss 17 (left) on Tuesday night at the Black History Month art show reception in Smith Union.

Talking About Talking, Nunoosrst piece, illuminated her personalinsights into how race and discussionsaround race play out at Bowdoin.

Her poetry resonated deeply withthe audience of students and com-munity members.

She says things that I wouldnever be able to say out loud, saidKelsey Scarlett 17. Its so nice tohear somebody feel the same way asyou do even if you cant say it.

Te Bowdoin bubble is real, addedAmanda Spiller 17. Even when we talkabout these [issues], we dont go to the

deep extent that they deserve.Nunoos second piece, Te Worth of

a King, a tribute to Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr., featured live vocal accompani-ment by Eliza Huber-Weiss 17.

With the backdrop of Black HistoryMonth and an examination of its his-torical place in the Bowdoin commu-nity, the exhibition hopes to continueinspiring dialogue about how race isperceived and discussed on campus.

You walk away with feelings andwhether or not you talk about them,you have to confront them withinyourself, added Spiller.

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Viet Cong carries on Ian Curtis legacy

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Unlike most of todays youth,junior Henry Austins has videoskills that extend far beyondSnapchat and Vine. Austin, a vi-sual arts and economics doublemajor who hails from Lander,Wy., has been creating shortfilms since his senior year ofhigh school. Although inspiredand assisted by others, Austin-mostly taught himself.

Although videography is oneof Austins most ref ined skills, hesaid that he is quite adept in mul-tiple artistic areas. He focuseson printmaking in his academicstudies at Bowdoin.

Austin spent this past fall se-mester studying at the StudioArts Center International inFlorence, Italy. While there, Aus-tin took courses in color pho-tography, High Renaissance arthistory, creative writing and ofcourse printmaking.

I took a color photographyclass in Florence and am takingphotography again this semester,he said. So this academic yearhas been an introduction to pho-tography as a fine art as opposedto something that I just do.

Austins favorite part of creat-ing art is collaboration, whichis why he is drawn especially tomaking films.

However, Austin said finding acommon time that works for allinvolved parties has proved to be

the most difficult aspect of com-pleting a project. But he enjoysthe challenge.

Collaboration is the best partof art, in general, he said. Vid-eography in particular requiresworking in teamsthats whyIm so drawn to it.

Austin says he approaches theprocess of photography and vid-eography in the same way.

Almost everything depicted inmy pieces is basically just me havingfun with my friends, said Austin.

The themes of fun and friend-ship can be seen by watching afew of Austins short films. Aus-tins short film created in hissophomore year, Burnt Decks,depicts his childhood friend

woodburning a design onto askateboard. This short film, aswell others, reveal Austins earfor music.

Music selection is alwaysa critical decision, he said. Ishuffle through my playlist andpick a song based on what typeof mood I want to convey. Some-times, though, I will have a songand make a video for that par-ticular song.

Although Austin is not fo-cused on videography from anacademic standpoint, he has stillbeen able to intertwine videog-raphy with his life at Bowdoin.He has entered two campus filmfestivals in the past and was re-cently hired by the Career Plan-ning Center as a video intern.

Clubs and individuals oftencontact Austin to shoot footage.Some of Austins photogramsare currently on display in theBlythe Bickle Edwards Center forArt and Dance.

Austin said he draws inspira-tion from both renowned artistsand his peers.

I like to view others workand try to imitate or capturewhat I liked about their method,he said.

Austin cited Wes Anderson ashis celebrity filmmaker inspira-tion, stating that Andersons re-fusal to compromise makes hima strong example to follow.

As for long term plans, Austinsaid he intends to keep his art inthe picture.

The ultimate goal is to fuseart and the process of creationwith being active outdoorsand exploration, he said. Thedream job would be some sort ofoutdoor filmma king.

For now, Austin said he seemscontent with his focus on friendsand fun.

Any time you hit the recordbutton with your friends around,you have nothing to losebuteverything to gain, said Austin.Every moment is a special mo-ment that can easily be forgotten.

To suggest an artist for Portrait ofan Artist, email Arts & Entertain-

ment Editor Emily Weyrauch ateweyrauc@bowdoin.edu.

PORTRAIT OFANARTISTHenry Austin 16

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CHIN UP: Videographer, printmaker and photographer Henry Austin 16 inspects his negatives.

EMILY WEYRAUCH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENTWHAT THE BUCK: Eva Sibinga 17, Jonah Watt 18 and Ethan Barkalow 18 (from left) played in a string trio ensemble and Evan Montilla 17 (right)sang and played acoustic guitar at last Fridays Pop-Up Coffeehouse in the Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness. The event was sponsored by the De-partment of Athletics with help from the Womens Resource Center, and also included salsa lessons, tours of the weight room, games and refreshments.

One of lifes great mysteries, rankingabove the existence of Bigfoot but be-low Wallace Stevens morbid economy

of beauty, remains the fact that two ofthe best bands in the world were, infact, largely the same band.

On May 18, 1980, afer viewing Wer-ner Herzogs Stoszek, Joy Divisionslead singer Ian Curtis hung himselfwhile listening to Iggy Pop. His deathmarked the demise of the band, whosedespairing lyrics and rhythmic guitarwork dened where music was headedin the post-punk era of the late 1970s.From Joy Divisions ashes rose New Or-der, a pioneer of electronic dance musicwhose sound married guitars and syn-thesizers to create instant club hits.

Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner,and Peter Hook of the proto-goth JoyDivision, who sang such dour linesas love will tear us apart, metamor-phosed into the euphoric pill pop-pers whose Bizarre Love Trianglesoundtracked Manchester, Englandraves. In short, a mere handful of hu-mans is responsible for populatingmuch of musics evolutionary tree.

Despite committing suicide a quar-ter of a century ago, Curtis has survivedlike few other musicians who are notNick Drake and did not die at 27. Jour-nalists evoke his name every time theyuse the phrase angular guitars, andsingers of the last decade have chan-neled his spirit with ubiquitous mono-tone, baritone deliveries.

Allow me an example. A friend oncedescribed a music writer who bran-dished a Ouija board at Paul Banks,frontman of New York City post-punkrevivalists Interpol, as if Banks had someconnection to Curtis spirit.Te perfection of Interpols 2001 de-

but, Turn On the Bright Lights, indeedsuggests some supernatural soul-swap-ping. My theory is that when KanyeWest rhymed sance with parentsin 2010, he was referencing our moderngothic necromancy. Interpol, Franz Fer-dinand, Te NationalIan Curtis hashad no shortage of resurrections.

In last months debut from VietCong, we have a rightful heir to theancestor as well as the descendants.Teir razor-sharp arrangements,claustrophobic grooves, and yes, an-gular guitars, are indebted to Interpol

as much as Joy Division. So is it 2001?Or 1979? Have we reached the era ofpost-modern post-punk?

Fortunately, Viet Cong is no merecopy of a copy of a copy. While the bandrevels in DeLillian despair, its angst ismore xenial than Xeroxed. If anything,its guiding light is Ezra Pounds maxim,make it new. Tis incessant march ofprogress, singer Matt Flegel observes,can guarantee our success, so he relin-quishes the ball-and-chain of originalityfor the liberation of kaleidoscopic irony.

If My Bloody Valentinethe last in-novator of guitar rockis GertrudeStein, then Viet Cong is T.S. Eliot, cura-tor of culture-as-collage.

And what a wasteland this self-titleddebut is! In punishing monochrome,Viet Cong bend their inuences intolabyrinthine melodies with reverence,not reference. Joy Division, Radiohead,Interpol, and Wolf Parade are all sub-sumed into the records oblique guitarlicks and charging momentum.

Above the other inuences, however,hangs Women, one of the great under-rated rock bands to come out of Calgary,

Canada. Viet Cong formed out of thedregs of that bands onstage implosion in2010 and the subsequent death of front-man Christopher Reimer. Rather thanundergoing a radical surgery to grafdance beats onto guitars la New Or-der, however,Viet Cong has convalescedwith a renewed sense of purpose.

Purpose, of course, is relative. If thisrecord has a theme, it might be nihil-ism. With song titles like PointlessExperience and Death, Viet Congdoes not seem interested in eitherearthly or transcendent redemption.On the former, Flegel drones, if werelucky, well get old and die, at once apoignant remembrance of a lost band-mate and an ironic gesture towardsthat Stevensian economy of beauty.Te white noise intro to March of

Progress, a grinding tumble remi-niscent of Kid A, culminates in thequestion, what is the difference be-tween love and hate? Flegel intonesit bored, not caring about t he answer.But the question matters, and it al-ways has, whether youre a modernistor a musician.

HIPSTER DRIVEL

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Track teams prepare forSaturdays Maine State Meet

Te track and eld teams had abusy Saturday, facing NCAA D-Icompetition at the University ofNew Hampshire Invite in Durham,New Hampshire. Bowdoin nishedfourth in a eld of four teams, butproved competitive against its high-caliber opponents.

On the mens side, the day washighlighted by standout performanc-es from mid-distance runners LiamNicoll 18 and Jacob Ellis 16. Nicollplaced second in the 400m dash witha time of 52.99, while returning All-American 800m runner Ellis, freshoffan injury that had prevented himfrom running, placed second in hismain event with a time of 1:59.45. El-lis missed rst place by just .04 sec-onds in a photo nish.

Nicoll has given the team a greatboost in the 400, said coach Peter Slov-enski. He is training with intelligence,and racing with a lot of courage.

On the womens side, rst yearSarah Kelley matched Ellis secondplace performance in the 800m run,running a time of 2:20.58.

In the eld, All-American pole-vaulter Erin Silva 15 broke theschool record once again, vaulting toa height of 3.81m for the Polar Bearssole win of the day. Randi London 15notched two impressive showings inthe throws, nishing second in the

Womens basketball was victori-ous in both of its games last weekend,winning 60-51 against Amherst onSaturday and 63-47 against Trinityon Sunday.Tese senior weekend triumphs

bring Bowdoins win streak to 16games and their overall record to19-2 (7-0 NESCAC). In Saturdaysgame against then No. 6 Amherst(17-2 overall, 4-2 NESCAC), the Po-lar Bears gave the Lady Jeffs their sec-ond loss of the year, dropping themfour ranks and improved their ownranking to No. 21.

We dont really focus on those polls,said Head Coach Adrienne Shibles.Tey get [red] up for every opponent,but there was an added incentive to re-ally perform well against Amherst.Te crowd at Morrell Gymnasium

was massive, with many fans in at-tendance to support the teams threeseniors, Sara Binkhorst, MeganPhelps, and Siena Mitman. Te siz-able audience added intensity to thefast-paced and heated games.

It just motivated us all, said Bink-horst. Te underclassmen playedreally well and [Shibles] framed it ashonoring your seniors. Me, Megan andSiena all were really red up for thegames, and wanted to remember oursenior weekend as getting two wins.

Afer Amherst jumped out thegate to a 4-0 lead, the Polar Bearsquickly recovered with a 10-0 run oftheir own, giving them a lead theywould maintain for the remainder ofthe game. Lauren Petit 18 scored athree-pointer to give the Polar Bearsa 33-22 lead at the half.

Shannon Brady 16 scored 21 points

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weight throw with a toss of 14.75m

and third in the shot put with a throwof 11.76m.

Meanwhile, Bowdoins long jump-ers on the mens side took three of thetop four spots, led by senior ChrisGencos second-place leap of 21-11.50. All three of Bowdoins jumpersnished over 21 feet.

Its very impressive to have threejumpers over 21 feet in the long jump,said Slovenski. Tose guys have to becrafsmen to bring it all together onthe runway and takeoffboard.Te Polar Bears found encour-

agement in their results at the UNHInvitational, their last meet beforechampionship season begins withthe Maine State Meet this weekend.At that meet in Lewiston, the PolarBears will face rivals such as Batesand Colby.

Having faced much of the eld al-ready this season, Bowdoin is hungryfor its rst victory in the State Meetsince 2012. Tus far this season, themen have topped Colby, St. Josephs,U-Maine Farmington (UMF) andBates, but lost to the University ofSouthern Maine (USM) by 12.66points at the Bowdoin Invitational II.

On the womens side, Te teamhas topped Colby, St. Josephs, andUMF, but fell to USM and Bates atthe Bowdoin Invitational II.

Both teams have their next com-petitions this weekend at the MaineState Meet at Bates College.

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and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Phelpsadded nine points and 11 rebounds.Te Lady Jeffs never came closer thaneight points to Bowdoins lead, andspent most of the second half 10 pointsbehind the Polar Bears. Te score heldat 51-41 in the last six minutes, and 56-

Yesterday, Bowdoin named ErinCady as the schools next womensvolleyball coach. Te position waslefvacant afer Karen Corey steppeddown immediately following the endof the teams 2014 season.

For the past four seasons, Cadyserved as the head coach of the Col-lege of Holy Cross volleyball team.Before her time at Holy Cross, sheplayed D-I volleyball at the Uni-

versit y of New Hampsh ire and th enprofessionally for the SWE-Volleyteam in Erfurt, Germany.

Cady will be the Polar Bearsfourth coach in the 29 years of the

volley ball progra m. After havingonly four winning seasons in itsfirst 20 years, the team thrived un-der Coreys leadership.

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ONE FOOT FORWARD: After leaving Holy

Cross, Erin Cady is set to lead the Polar Bears

volleyball team next season.

Coach, the team never had a sub-.500 record, and from 2007-2012the team boasted a home winstreak of 40 matches. She led thePolar Bears to a NESCAC champi-onship in 2011 and three appear-ances in the D-III NCAA tourna-mentincluding two trips to theregional finals.

Cady inherited a Holy Crossteam that had eight total PatriotLeague wins in the four years be-fore her arrival. In her first year ascoach of the Crusaders, she tiedthe programs single-season con-ference win total with six, but onlyearned three, seven and seven totalwins in her last three years at thehelm, respectively.

Despite Cadys relative lack ofsuccess, the team and school areencouraged by the hire.

[Holy Cross record] was defi-nitely something that we thoughtabout, said captain and one of t hemembers of the search committee,Hailey Wahl 16. But there are alot of factors that go into having awinning season and often times itdoesnt necessarily speak to yourqualities as a coach. Holy Cross isa lot more focused on other sportsand does not pay as much atten-tion to volleyball as they may tosay hockey.

We are excited to welcome Erinto the Bowdoin community as theleader of our volleyball program,said Ashmead White Director ofAthletics Tim Ryan in yesterdaysofficial press release. It is evi-dent that she cares deeply for thestudent-athlete experience and her

track record of developing athl