The oldest continuously published college weekly in the United States Volume CXXXI, Number 20 April 5, 2002

Bowdoin student assaulted
DANIEL JEFFERSON MILLER, ORIENT STAFF
One of the Bowdoin males apparently offended one of the four males, which caused one of the four to punch the Bowdoin student in the face. [read the article]

Vote reshapes student government
JAMES FISHER, ORIENT STAFF
A two-year adventure in bicameral student government ended this week as a referendum to revise the constitution passed by a wide margin. [read the article]

Political pundit speaks
PATRICK ROCKEFELLER, STAFF WRITER
The focus of Mr. Kristol's talk was the changes ushered into the American political system as a result of the terrorist attacks. [read the article]

Student employment week celebrates student employees
TRINA McCARTHY, CONTRIBUTOR
Rather than venturing out into the uncertain Brunswick job market, many Bowdoin students prefer to fill one of the myriad of positions offered with the College. [read the article]

Faculty approves plus/minus system
NICHOLAS J. LoVECCHIO, ORIENT STAFF
The Faculty voted 45 to 29 to add pluses and minuses to Bowdoin's grading system, a change that will go into effect for all students in the 2002-2003 academic year. [read the article]

Glaude announces move to Princeton
NICOLE DURAND, STAFF WRITER
Eddie Glaude, Associate Professor of Religion and Africana Studies announced last week that he has decided to leave Bowdoin College. [read the article]

Biology department sponsors discussion on human genome Judith E. Tsipis, Ph.D., a professor of genetic counseling, focused on problematic aspects of patent protection within the practice of clinical genetics. [read the article] Next door to Alice Next door to me (as in the famous sixties hit) lived a girl called Alice. [read the article]

Faculty relieves itself of grading burden It is not unusual for a dog to urinate on the trunk of a tree simply because other dogs have urinated there before him. [read the editorial] The anti-capitalist Republicans What, you say? Republicans anti-capitalist? Yes, it is a sad thing. [read the op-ed]

BCN's Bubble a blast Is it possible to depict "reality" on a campus that is notorious for its lack of connection with the real world? [read the article] Williams switches gears in Smoochy Death to Smoochy is the story of a happy fuchsia rhinoceros who brings joy, morals, and soy products to kids everywhere through his hit TV show. [read the article]

Jamieson pitches 16W and claims school record the Polar Bears cruised to a 9-2 victory over St. Joseph's on Tuesday afternoon. [read the article] Sailing casts off with hopes of a good season Bowdoin sent sailors to the Joseph Duplin Trophy at Tufts, to the Veitor Trophy at Coast Guard, and to the Metro Series at Boston University. [read the article]

An annual rite of spring, Walter Pak '02 (front) and Brian Flaherty '02 break out their gloves at Whittier Field. (Henry Coppola, Bowdoin Orient)

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