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Volume CXXXIII, Number 14
February 1, 2002
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Is O'Neill out of his mind?
CRAIG GIAMMONA
The secretary of the United States Treasury surely had not referred to the collapse of Enron, in which hundreds of employees lost their jobs and retirement funds largely because of questionable accounting practices and false claims made by executives, as the "genius of capitalism." [read the article]

Reason, Politics, and Enron
TODD BUELL
Political opponents of the President, most notably Representative Henry Waxman (D-Cal.), are looking to tie the Bush administration to Enron's collapse. [read the article]

A solution to Bowdoin's dating and political apathy problems
DANIEL BUCKLEY
Still, even with this trio of Bowdoin publications, no one has been heretofore able to solve the problems of a lackluster dating scene or a serious bankruptcy in reactionary political conservatism. [read the article]

Rocking out to internet radio
DANIEL JEFFERSON MILLER
Maybe I don't want to listen to KTUI from more than 1,000 miles away. Maybe radio stations in Sullivan, Missouri radio should stay within the weak range of their broadcast signals. [read the article]

Back to the Bubble
HUGH HILL
The majority of Americans did not watch the State of the Union; most were probably agitated that their usual fair of sitcoms, sports, and sentimentality had been interrupted. [read the article]

Character and our generation
GENEVIEVE CREEDON
Robert Johnson speculated in his lecture about what King would have done or thought, had he been living today. I don't think the matter has anything to do with political leanings. [read the article]

The Walk of Shame
KARA OPPENHEIM
Men have a horrible case of bed-head, half-closed eyes and severe stale-beer-breath. Women are teetering in heels with raccoon-eyes and hair in messy ponytails. They refuse to make eye contact with anyone. [read the article]

Booyah and chickens- Who knew?
SARAH RAMEY
In my extensive web search, the one result that caught my eye was a site entitled "What in the world is Booyah?" [read the article]

 

Closing the Orient's books
The closing of the bank account is unfortunate but inevitable: it follows the destructive trend of the College increasingly controlling all aspects of students' lives. [read the editorial]

Maybe we editors aren't so 'highly able'
Academics is only one of many, many things that we do at this College. [read the editorial]

Mugs in the library
All Bowdoin libraries have a new food and drink policy. [read the letter]

Stop, look, and listen
Let us all take responsibility and use EXTRA care and caution as both pedestrians and as motorists. [read the letter]