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Volume CXXXII, Number 14 |
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Basketball
improves to 17-1
JENN LARAIA, STAFF WRITER
The Bowdoin Women's Basketball team improved its record
to a stellar 17-1 last weekend, with victories over Williams and Middlebury.
Ranked sixth in the nation for Division III, the Polar Bears are entering
into the final weeks of regular season play. [read
the article]
Bowdoin swimmers sink Wesleyan, Trinity
ALLISON BENTON, STAFF WRITER
In
a double meet against Trinity and Wesleyan, both the women's and men's
swimming and diving teams pulled out exciting wins this past weekend.
While the women beat Wesleyan and the men triumphed over Trinity, all
the scores were tight, giving the Polar Bears high hopes as they near
the conference championships. [read
the article]
Polar Bears squash hapless Bates Bobcats
ALLIE
YANIKOSKI, STAFF WRITER
The women's squash team improved its season record to 14-4
by twice defeating the rival Bates Bobcats, 7-2 on January 28th, and 6-2
this past Tuesday. [read the article]
Men's
hockey tops ranked foe
MIKE BALULESCU, STAFF WRITER
If teams were judged by how they performed on paper, then
there would be no reason to play the games; last Friday the men's ice
hockey team showed a near capacity crowd at Dayton Arena exactly why we
play the games. [read the article]
Women's hockey remains undefeated
REBEKAH METZLER, STAFF WRITER
The Bowdoin Women's Ice Hockey Team continues to roll through
the competition; piling up wins and records along the way. On Saturday,
the Polar Bears took on western powerhouse Concordia and skated away with
a 4-1 victory. [read the article]
Vball: best in Maine
PHIL FRIEDRICH, STAFF WRITER
Maybe the mullets weren't the best idea after all. A week
after finishing 0-8 at the annual Marty Open, a newly mullet-less Bowdoin
Men's Club Volleyball Team entered last weekend's Maine State Collegiate
Volleyball Championships at the University of New England with a fresh
new look. They proceeded to capture this year's Maine State Championship,
defeating UNE in the finals 25-20, 25-14. [read
the article]
Track gets in a groove
TAYLOR WASHBURN, STAFF WRITER
The Bowdoin Men's Track and Field Team faced its stiffest
competition of the year on Saturday, taking on perennial powerhouses Tufts
University, Springfield College, and defending New England champion Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. The Polar Bears continued a streak of strong
performances, taking second to M.I.T. with a score of 165 and defeating
strong teams from Tufts (151) and Springfield (132). [read
the article]
Trackin'
to Maine
GRACE CHO, ORIENT STAFF
Bang! The smell of smoke permeated the air inside of Farley
Field House, signaling the attack of the Bowdoin Women's Track and Field
Team this past weekend. Runners, jumpers, and throwers took to the track
in the last regular season meet of the season. [read
the article]
An end to Title IX? An end to equality
J.P. BOX, COLUMNIST
Too often we look at sports as if they existed outside
society-as if they were a separate entity untouched by the economic, political,
and social climate found in other dominant American institutions. The
current controversy surrounding Title IX and the simmering debate over
Proposition 48 is not solely the concern of college athletes, students,
professors, or university administrators. [read
the article]
