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Adopting a new approach for a new political era
TODD BUELL, COLUMNIST
In 1970, students gathered at Bowdoin to protest the Vietnam War.
The May 6, 1970 Bowdoin Orient* outlines the reasons that students
decided to strike: "students and faculty were incensed at the
invasion of Cambodia … and at the killing of four Kent State
University students." [read
the article]
In search of a new foreign policy
JAMES BAUMBERGER, COLUMNIST
I'll admit that the pro-war argument had me convinced. I drifted
like many Americans into a blind approval of the imminent war with
Iraq. [read the article]
War without the U.N.
GIL BARNDOLLAR, CONTRIBUTOR
I was woken up a couple of Saturdays ago (around noon I admit) by
anti-war protesters. While I didn't really understand the chants
of "I say 'Warfare,' you say Welfare!'" it brought home
the general international unpopularity of the looming war with Iraq.
When a small town like Cambridge, in our most steadfast ally, Great
Britain, is protesting the war, you know people aren't lining up
to enlist. [read the article]
Divine Comedy isn't so funny
JASON LONG, HUMOR COLUMNIST
I made some people angry Tuesday night when I spoke at the Bowdoin
Student Government meeting concerning the Iraq Resolution. Those
who know me are acquainted with my determined and opinionated nature,
but many folks who don't know me just think I suck. I'd like to
explain my perspective via an expression of the great Italian poet
Dante Alighieri. [read the
article]
In for the long haul
KARA OPPENHEIM, COLUMNIST
A large proportion of Bowdoin students are involved with non-Polar
Bears. That is why this week I am examining LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS
IN COLLEGE. [read the article]
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BSG should reprioritize
Nine hundred twenty-four voices were not heard
by the Bowdoin Student Government on Tuesday night. [read
the editorial]
Due to the
large volume of letters received this week, we have reserved a separate
page for letters, which can be found here.
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