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Recent campus debate signals a more active Bowdoin
BEN KREIDER, COLUMNIST
The idea of the "Bowdoin Bubble" has long been pervasive
on campus. It is difficult to avoid encountering the phrase regularly.
Unfortunately, there is a great deal of truth to claims that many
students are apathetic when it comes to politics. The Bowdoin Coalition
Against the War in Iraq (BCAWI) deserves a great deal of credit
for changing the campus political landscape. [read
the article]
U.S. should disregard the failed U.N.
YARON EISENBERG, COLUMNIST
In recent days there have been reports and statements made by government
officials hinting toward a return to the United Nations once the
war in Iraq is concluded with an American-led coalition victory.
Revisiting the United Nations to seek out a post-war resolution
would prove to be counterproductive. [read
the article]
The likely ramifications of war
BRYANT ANTHONY RICH, CONTRIBUTOR
It has been several days since the start of the war in Iraq. The
President has had his way. We have spent much of the last year quarrelling
over the legitimacy of this war. There is evidence in support of
it and evidence against it. I have been skeptical from the start,
but I believe that it is now time to support our troops even if
we disagree with the policies that they are the tool of, hope for
a quick victory, and address a more pressing question: how will
this war affect the American people? [read
the article]
I wanna hold your hand...or do I?
KARA OPPENHEIM, COLUMNIST
Holding hands is part of our very nature-we hold hands as we learn
to walk, we hold hands as we cross the street when we're very young,
we hold hands as we play "Ring around the Rosie" and many
other times as children. So why does it all of a sudden become so
loaded when we grow up? Earlier this semester I wrote about PDA,
now let me get a little more specific: I want to talk about HOLDING
HANDS. [read the article]
Snowed in and free
LARA JACOBS, COLUMNIST
Leaning against the headrest of seat 22B on United Airlines' flight
from Chicago to Denver, I imagined running in tank tops and shorts,
swimming outside, and lounging in the hammock under the maple tree
in our backyard. After five days of wind burn in Chicago and two
months of frostbite in Maine, I was more than ready for sunny Colorado
and its record high 75 degree weather. [read
the article]
War, the media, and reality TV
TODD BUELL, COLUMNIST
On Saturday, a small contingent of protestors gathered outside the
CNN headquarters in Atlanta chanting, "CNN: War is not a game."
It is hard to know exactly what the protestors meant by this criticism,
considering that CNN is an all-news network and thus cannot conflate
its news broadcasts with sports games. [read
the article]
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Playing with fire: censorship
Let the Ritalin editors answer to their readership
and not to the whims of a select few. [read
the editorial]
Don't leave seniors out to dry
With its unfortunate policy, the College demands
that students exit their four-year home just eight hours after graduation
ceremonies begin. The 6:00 cut-off will, as usual, force hundreds
of students and family members to make a hasty departure from underneath
the pines. [read the editorial]
New campus signs would be quite silly
Upon returning to my off campus house after spring
break, I noticed a
signpost had been put up at the end of my driveway (with a sign
to arrive
soon I assume). [read the
letter]
Budget cutbacks are a necessary evil
I was delighted to read Tim Riemer's '03 letter the
Editors taking both students to task about their naïve and
"ridiculous claims and suggestions" relating to the endowment,
the layoffs, and the chapel restoration. He was right on! [read
the letter]
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