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Bowdoin failed September 11
TODD BUELL, COLUMNIST
Unfortunately, we turned September 11 into another day in the calendar.
There seemed to be little--if any--formal recognition that multiple
Bowdoin alumni died on that day along with friends and family members
of current Bowdoin students. [read
the article]
Growing up "Mooch" . . .
ACADIA SENESE, COLUMNIST
I've never been a cool kid. By now, I'm comfortable with my lack
of coolness, even as I realize that Bowdoin, as Ritalin so correctly
assessed, is riddled with cliques.[read
the article]
Calling the U.N.'s bluff on Iraqi policy
PATRICK ROCKEFELLER, COLUMNIST
For months, like poker players trying to win a hand while holding
nothing, the chattering classes of professional Bush critics had
been calling for the President to go to the UN to get approval for
a strike on Iraq, thinking either that he never would or that he'd
fail to be convincing if he did. Bush called their bluff, and was
holding aces. [read the article]
Living the best years of our lives
LARA JACOBS, COLUMNIST
College is a reckoning of sorts--a coming to terms with who you
are versus who you expected yourself to be. The world may be my
oyster, but it's still my job to crack open the shell to find the
pearl. [read the article]
Bastards versus loons
GENEVIEVE CREEDON, COLUMNIST
I don't see how calling a group of people "liberal loons"
helps make the "fascist bastards'" point any stronger.
[read the article]
Orient Staff Fall 2002
Editor in Chief
Daniel Jefferson Miller '03
Senior Editor
Caitlin Y. Fowkes '03
Operations Manager
Adam Baber '05
Business Manager
Joanie Taylor '03
Managing Editor
Kyle D. Staller '04
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News Editor
Kitty Sullivan '04
Opinion Editor
Greg T. Spielberg '03
Features Editor
John W. Claghorn IV '04
A&E Editor
Maia Lee '03
Sports Editor
J.P. Box '03
Back Page Editor
Kristin M. Pollock '04
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Editors at Large
Alison L. McConnell '04
Lindsay Joy Mullen '04
Copy Editors
Brian M. Dunn '05
Monica Guzman '05
Ted Reinert '05
Senior Photo Editor
Karsten Moran '05
Web Editor
Vic Kotecha '05
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The rankings are too much with us
When we rise in the rankings, we're quick to
point out this milestone of improvement. But in years like these,
when we find ourselves slipping, we're also quick to discount the
merit of these standings. [read
the editorial]
Striking Iraq would hurt U.S.
If the U.S. were to attack Iraq, Saddam Hussein would
have no reason not to use any weapons of mass destruction he might
have. [read the letter]
Bowdoin is fighting the war on poverty
It seems like an opportune
time to tell newcomers to the Bowdoin community about what I consider
to be one of the proud moments in Bowdoin history. [read
the letter]
Speech was not offensive
My position has never been that the natural sciences
are intrinsically superior to others disciplines. [read
the letter]
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