November 17, 2000
Volume CXXXII, Number 10

    Investment banker and familiar Bowdoin alumnus Stanley Druckenmiller ’75 spoke to a large crowd in Morrell Lounge at last Friday’s Common Hour. His speech started with a brief history of how he ended up at Bowdoin and his first impressions of the College.
    Unlike most of his classmates at a private high school in Virginia, Druckenmiller chose to look beyond the University of Virginia, and decided to attend Bowdoin on the advice of an English teacher. He described his arrival at Bowdoin as a “profound culture shock” to a self-proclaimed “hick from Virginia.”
    He emphasized the benefits he gained from learning to take risks while at Bowdoin.
    “The key to my Bowdoin experience was I ventured outside my comfort zone in both the curriculum as well as the personal.”

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U.S. continues to focus on Florida
By Hugh Van der Veer, STAFF WRITER

    Ten days after the November 7 election, the U.S. still has not chosen a successor for President Bill Clinton.
    The election has come down to Florida, where the original count gave Governor George W. Bush the lead and thus, in theory, the presidency. However, the margin of Governor Bush’s victory was so small that the Florida election law mandated a recount.
    This recount was initially scheduled to be completed by this past Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. At that time, Florida’s Secretary of State Katherine Harris announced that after the recount, Governor Bush had a 300-vote lead over the Vice President.
    However, the overseas ballots, which traditionally lean Republican, are still being counted through today, although they will likely maintain his lead. It seems unlikely that the election will be decided by the end of today, though, as a variety of lawsuits are still waiting to be heard.

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Drukenmiller encourages students

Focus on Florida