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National Geographic filmmaker speaks
BRIANA MARSHALL, STAFF WRITER
From
Cape Town to Cairo and from refugee camps to classrooms, National Geographic
filmmaker, Mick Davie has seen it all. Davie's visit to Bowdoin, sponsored
by the Bowdoin Film Society, drew a standing room only audience in Smith
Auditorium this past Sunday. [read the article]
Korea Colloquium: Diplomat, economist debate
future of two Koreas
JAMES FISHER, STAFF WRITER
North and South Korea will probably be a single, united
country by 2020 or earlier, said a panel of Korea watchers who spoke to
a crowded Kresge Auditorium on Monday. [read
the article]
Profile: Professor Gregory Teegarden
CONOR
WILLIAMS, STAFF WRITER
Here at Bowdoin, we have a recognized expert on "red
tide," a coastal phenomenon of significant importance here on the
coast of Maine. [read the article]
Implications of Intelligence Gathering
TODD JOHNSTON, STAFF WRITER
One month to the day after the terrorist attacks on New
York and Washington, Admiral Michael Ratliffe, USN (ret.) spoke on naval
intelligence and its future role in the fight against terrorism. [read
the article]
What is victory now?
ADAM BARBER, STAFF WRITER
The bulk of Ratliffe's lecture focused on the war on terror
from a theoretical standpoint. There was little discussion of front-line
tactics and the military. [read the article]
Roosevelt and a Usable Past
TED REINERT, STAFF WRITER
"It is a long standing academic tradition that you
inaugurate a chair with some form of intellectual celebration," Yarbrough
explained, "and at Bowdoin, this takes the form of an inaugural lecture,
or concert or performance. They're happy occasions." [read
the article]
Beyond The Pines
LUDWIG VAN RANG, STAFF WRITER
Anticipating going home for weekends on a regular basis,
I began thinking about getting a car. Going by road, along the most scenic
stretch of the Rhine, would cut the journey down to about two hours and
be much more convenient. I also wanted a car in which to go round Europe
when on proper leave. [read the article]
Fessenden & Hyde
KID WONGSRICHANALAI, STAFF WRITER
Pierce, Bowdoin class of 1824, was leading a brigade of
reinforcements to join the rest of the hard-fought American army awaiting
them at Puebla, a mere seventy-five miles from their objective, which
was the capital of Mexico City. [read the article]
Ask Dr. Jeff
DR JEFF BENSON, M.D., STAFF WRITER
You've asked a lot of questions about something I needed
to research a little more myself! The "crack" of knuckle-cracking
apparently comes from popping gas bubbles (mainly nitrogen) in and out
of the joint. [read the article]