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Compiling the (commonly corrupt) compilation
MACAELA FLANAGAN, COLUMNIST
Compilations are a confusing instrument in the music world. They
aren't a progressive idea like an original album, but instead the
songs are plucked from various trees in the musical history orchard
and placed into the same basket. That means you could have a song
by someone as wonderful as Janis Joplin followed by someone as horrid
as Yanni. [read the article]
Democrats need to move right
TODD BUELL, COLUMNIST
We Mainers know the phrase "as Maine goes so goes the nation."
This wasn't true in the last election as the Republicans won most
major races nationally and the Democrats won all but one major race
in Maine. However, if the national Democratic Party learns from
one Maine candidate, Maine could once again reassert her favorite
adage. [read the article]
Wasting my time at Wal-Mart
ACADIA SENESE, COLUMNIST
I waste more time in my life wandering the aisles of Wal-Mart than
anything else. I hate the store; it sucks me into the vortex of
blue bags and yellow smiley faces and doesn't let me leave until
I've seen every Maine character imaginable and purchased some irrelevant
99 cent item. [read the article]
To break the silence, vitally
GENEVIEVE CREEDON, COLUMNIST
For most of my life, I have been tagged the model student and daughter,
not because I have been either, but because I've merely seemed to
be. Working hard and getting good grades go a long way in determining
the way people view us, often inaccurately. [read
the article]
Childhood Dreams
LARA JACOBS, COLUMNIST
For some it was the firefighters with their shiny red engines; for
others, the astronauts and their ability to walk on the moon. Michael
Jordan always figured prominently and Michelle Kwan received at
least a few votes in the heated debates on the playground of my
middle school over our dreams for the future. I remember sitting
on the swing, and with each pump becoming more and more sure of
what I wanted to be. Without any hesitation, in sixth grade I was
positive that I would become a veterinarian. [read
the article]
Research diversion: the case of the egg
KATHERINE CRANE, COLUMNIST
As I was looking through microfilms of The London Times the other
day for a research project, I came across the following article
from November of 1936. [read
the article]
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A paperless Bowdoin?
In a world of environmental concern and economic
crisis we have become increasingly attentive to curbing all types
of waste. Currently Sustainable Bowdoin is sponsoring a "lights
out" campaign to reward the social house or dorm with the lowest
energy use. Dining Services provides us with staggering statistics
about the use of paper coffee cups and begs us to bring our own
mugs. [read the editorial]
Sustainable Bowdoin defends flyer use
Acadia Senese's opinion piece in the last Orient
questioned whether the use of posters by Sustainable Bowdoin is
in keeping with the stated mission of that organization. I hope
I can help to clear up any lingering confusion surrounding Sustainable
Bowdoin's "poster policy." [read
the letter]
Students protest paper cup policy
When in the course of human events, the small tyrannies
of many repeated injustices amount to an unreasonable burden, the
voice of the people must be heard to shout out in protest. [read
the letter]
Americans have a responsibility to vote
I choose to exercise my right to vote, I feel I
have earned it, and I am terribly sorry if my personal decisions
at the polls might not mirror Mr. Rockefeller's own. [read
the letter]
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