The oldest continuously published college weekly in the United States Volume CXXXIII, Number 8 November 2, 2001

Mills inaugurated as 14th president
ERIC CHAMBERS, STAFF WRITER
Over 1,000 students, faculty, and alumni gathered for what fellow speaker and Maine Department of Education Commissioner J. Duke Albanese '71 called "a day that bodes well both for Bowdoin and for Maine." [read the article]

President on his Bowdoin plans, vision
CONOR WILLIAMS, STAFF WRITER
Mills highlighted the need for diversity of intellectual thought, which he called "an exchange of ideas going all ways that makes the place alive." [read the article]

Chabotar says goodbye
NICHOLAS J. LOVECCHIO, ORIENT STAFF
Treasurer Kent Chabotar announced last Friday that he will leave the College in June 2002, marking an end to his eleven-year tenure at Bowdoin. [read the article]

Miller: Bowdoin athletes meet standards
HENRY COPPOLA, ORIENT STAFF
Dean of Admissions James Miller continued a trend on Wednesday when he denied the existence of an athletic-academic divide at Bowdoin College. In doing so he disputed last month's NESCAC report on the "Academic-Athletic Divide," as have many other administrators and coaches at Bowdoin. [read the article]

Anthrax scare disturbs Tower
ALISON L. McCONNELL, ORIENT STAFF
Around 11:00 p.m. last Saturday, College Security was alerted to the presence of "a suspicious powder found in the Tower," said Michael Brown, Assistant Director of Security. [read the article]

Nobel Laureate speaks at Common Hour
HEATHER WISH, STAFF WRITER
Nobel Prize-winner Torsten N. Wiesel M.D., spoke at last week's Common Hour his many contributions to the field of neuroscience of vision. [read the article]

Town of Brunswick elections fast approaching
SAM DOWNING, STAFF WRITER
Bowdoin students can celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 18-year-old voting age by heading down Federal Street on Tuesday, November 6 to cast their ballots in the state referendum and municipal elections. [read the article]

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Author and Poet Brox speaks The selections Brox chose to read illustrated her family's farm as a sort of fortress surrounded by the various events of time and history. [read the article] Anthrax and you: in Maine To date, about 105 packages have been tested for anthrax by the State lab, and all 105 were negative. [read the article]

Editorial: President Mills's plan Mills's plan for Bowdoin in the future answers our insecurity, to a small but favorable degree. [read the article] Education not legislation The fact is that hate crime legislations do not consistently protect all groups who might be offended. [read the article]

Priest Wine: A director's debut Will there be violence? Yes. Will there be dancing? Yes. Will there be nudity? Sort of. [read the article] Jazz Quartet to perform at Bowdoin Rosnes's headliner recording career began in 1989 with her self-titled debut album, but her roots are buried much deeper. [read the article]

Wesleyan hands football 41-31 loss Performances from Hardison, Taylor, and the rest of the offense were not enough. [read the article] Soccer downs Amherst; Bulow bags, ties records The tone of the homecoming match against Wesleyan was set early on when the Cardinals knocked in a goal after 1:08. [read the article]

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The lead pack in last Saturday's men's cross country race. Todd Forsgren '03, center, and Steve Allison '01, left (behind Bates runner). (Colin LeCroy, Bowdoin Orient)