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Volume CXXXII, Number 19
April 4, 2003
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Misguided hopes
TIMOTHY J. RIEMER, COLUMNIST
Before the war began I wrote a couples articles on how
the economy was being weighed down by the possibility and that the end
of a conflict with Iraq would be a great weight lifted off of the shoulders
of the U.S. economy. Many investors seem to follow this train of thought
as they every move they make is based upon the ups and downs that of the
war which twenty-four hours a day media coverage has brought us. [read
the article]
Between
you and your coffee
JONATHAN PEREZ, STAFF WRITER
Coffee or arabica, a legume plant more commonly found in
the understory of the tropics has recently been the center of much environmental
concern and awareness. [read the
article]
St. George canoe race
CECILY UPTON, COLUMNIST
Last weekend, the BOC represented Bowdoin College with
style at the St. George Canoe race. This annual race, the first in a series
of races, is four miles long, covering both swift and flat water. [read
the article]
Could be either ecstasy or agony
JEFF BENSON, M.D.
Dear Dr. Jeff: I keep hearing contradictory things about
the safety of Ecstasy. What're your thoughts? L.C. [read
the article]
At home in Barcelona
KITTY SULLIVAN, ORIENT STAFF
"Make the noises go away!" I beg silently. My
plea, however, is not directed at little voices in my head, but at the
almost 100 students in my dorm, who, for the past three nights at exactly
10 p.m. have been banging pots and pans in the streets below, in the hallways,
and out their windows to protest the war. [read
the article]
The Bowdoin campus rises to the challenge
of war
KID WONGSRICHANALAI, STAFF WRITER
But aside from playing host to future officers, Bowdoin
College also received a number of distinguished guests during the war
years. Foreign dignitaries came across the oceans and somehow found themselves
in little Brunswick, Maine. [read
the article]
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