News- The Bowdoin Orient

Update
Goodman loses suit against College
JAMES FISHER, ORIENT STAFF
George Goodman ‘00, the Bowdoin student who sued the College for breach of contract over a 1999 Judicial Board hearing, heard a Portland jury find against him Friday on most of the claims in his lawsuit. [read the article]

Trial pits student against College, deans
JAMES FISHER, ORIENT STAFF

A Bowdoin student is suing the College in federal court for violating his civil rights and breaching a contract in a 1999 Judicial Board case which led to his expulsion. [read the article]

Travel woes may affect Class of '06 acceptances
ALISON L. McCONNELL, ORIENT STAFF
Bowdoin is not seeing the decline in applications from geographically far-flung candidates that many American universities have noticed since September 11. [read the article]

Special Report
A grading story: 5 affairs
FE VIVAS, STAFF WRITER
Students received weekly evaluations throughout the trimesters based on their attendance and performance at recitation, prayers, public worship, lectures, and examinations. [read the article]

Security statistics
Criminal activity that was reported between February 4, 2002 and February 18, 2002. [read the article]

Monopolizing the Olympics
NBC decided to broadcast NASCAR's "Bud Shootout." Not the actual race, mind you, just the practice rounds. [read the article]

Been wearing your flip-flops?
Innumerable "alternative" remedies for warts have been tried over the ages, with varying degrees of success. [read the article]

Being gay at Bowdoin
It seems that beneath the pines the lesbian community is much larger and more unified than the gay male community. [read the article]

Two o'clock cutoff leaves room for danger
There are many, many reasons to allow students 24-hour access into all of the dorms. [read the editorial]

Vagina Monologues light up stage
Bowdoin's presentation of the show is one of hundreds of productions occurring at colleges and universities around the world. [read the article]

David v. Goliath
John Favreau bought the small, one-screen Eveningstar Cinema on Maine Street the same year that the Hoyts Corporation opened its ten-screen multiplex in Cook's Corner. [read the article]

Women's track attacks New England DIIIs
The Bowdoin Women's Track and Field team takes charge at the New England Division III Championships. [read the article]

Men's hockey faces Amherst in playoffs
Men's hockey head coach Terry Meagher asserted that last weekend's losses were, in fact, exactly what his team needed. [read the article]

Colin LeCroy, Bowdoin Orient

Members of the Uptown Dance Academy performed in Morrell Lounge, Smith Union on Thursday night, as part of the annual Black Arts Festival. The festival started off with a drum circle led by Eider Gordillo '04, and included performances by Bowdoin's World Music Ensemble, Cassie Flynn '02, and the featured guests, the Uptown Dance Academy of Harlem, New York.
There have been a number of events held in observance of Black History Month, including the Common Hour talk by civil rights leader James Meredith's, the performance by vocalist Lois Dawson, the "Young, Gifted, and Black" reading, and the Ebony Ball. The concluding event celebrating Black History month will be the Afro-Am Coffee House, featuring commedienne B Phlat, which is scheduled for next Thursday in the Pub at 8:00 p.m.

Movies (approx. 2 MB each): [Black Arts Festival] [Hockey] [Vagina Monologues] [Quicktime 5 required]

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