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The oldest continuously published college weekly in the United States
Volume CXXXII, Number 18
March 28, 2003

BSG lifts SOOC sanctions on Ritalin
EVAN KOHN, ORIENT STAFF
The Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) voted Tuesday to lift sanctions imposed by the Student Organizations Oversight Committee (SOOC) on the campus' student humor publication, Ritalin. [read the article]

BSG narrowly passes anti-war resolution
JENNIE COHEN, STAFF WRITER
First there was the petition condemning preemptive military action, then a proposal for a referendum of student opinion about the war, and then the passing of a resolution which, some argue, says essentially nothing. [read the article]

Bowdoin files brief in favor of affirmative action
JONATHAN PEREZ, STAFF WRITER
Joining 27 other liberal arts colleges, Bowdoin filed a Friend of the Court Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the role of affirmative action and its place in the college admissions process. Such colleges as Middlebury, Amherst, Oberlin, Wesleyan and Swarthmore filed the brief in response to last December's widely publicized University of Michigan case. [read the article]

Res Life's new blocking option sparks interest in College Houses
NATALIE CRAVEN, STAFF WRITER
The recent decision to allow larger blocks of students to apply to the College Houses resulted in a significant increase in applications to the houses. [read the article]

New Deal politician, feminist, author lectures at Bowdoin
SAMUEL DOWNING, STAFF WRITER
Forty years from now, a group of prominent historians will unplug their cars from rooftop chargers and power out to Radcliffe to argue, over bad coffee, which of the hundreds of thousands of recently deceased women deserve to be included in the latest installment of Notable American Women. [read the article]

Artists and their living works of art pose for a photo on Wednesday night in the Visual Arts Center. The live portion of the show lasted for two hours and was put on by students in the art department. (Karsten Moran, Bowdoin Orient)

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