Volume CXXXIII, Number 15 February 8, 2002 f

Red-tailed hawk on campus
ARTHUR MIDDLETON, STAFF WRITER
She is an immature red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), probably attracted to the Bowdoin campus and the town mall for their large populations of obese, complacent squirrels. [read the article]

Beyond the pines
LUDWIG VAN RANG, ALUMNUS CONTRIBUTOR
I couldn't help noticing a group of people, quite vivacious and looking rather Bohemian, who naturally attracted my particular attention. [read the article]

Economics all around you
RACHEL CONNELLY, FACULTY CONTRIBUTOR
Give me a grocery store, an open-air market, or even an airline terminal and I am a very happy microeconomist. [read the article]

Ask Dr. Jeff
JEFF BENSON, M.D., CONTRIBUTOR
Meningococcal meningitis is rare. The risk of disease among college freshmen in residence is about 1 in 300,000. [read the article]

Fessenden & Hyde
KID WONGSRCHANALAI, CONTRIBUTOR
Enemy fire from the West Woods checked the Union advance and Hyde settled down with his troops to wait for the next order behind some boulders. [read the article]

Jung seminar
KID WONGSRICHANALAI, CONTRIBUTOR
In cooperation with the Brunswick Jung Center- a privately endowed adult education center- the College launched the first of its four weekend video and panel discussion series. [read the article]

In 1962, James Meredith became the frist African-American student to attend the University of Mississippi, and has been a civil rights leader and author of several books. He addressed a small group of community members at the Russworm building. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient)