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Munching on arrogance fries
JAMES BAUMBERGER, COLUMNIST
Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives restaurants
changed the name of their French fries to "Freedom fries."
The name switch, an effort to admonish France for its vocal opposition
to the Iraq war, was unveiled in a ceremony organized by two Republican
congressmen. [read the article]
The link from Bakke to Bowdoin
TODD BUELL, COLUMNIST
A verdict in favor of the plaintiffs will obviously affect the way
schools admit students. The court should tread carefully. It should
not allow colleges to give unreasonable preferences to minority
students. However, the court should protect the rights of colleges
and universities to sculpt a class that has sundry perspectives
without fear of legal reprisal. Bowdoin's recent attempt to diversify
could serve as a model for the court. [read
the article]
Making fun of the little people in the big war
KATHERINE CRANE, COLUMNIST
Geographically, the Republic of the Marshall Islands is a group
of tiny coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and Australia.
Politically, it comes between Macedonia and Micronesia on the alphabetical
list of countries willing to help the Bush administration oust Saddam
Hussein. [read the article]
Despite our most humane objections, this is still
war
CHRISTIAN POTHOLM, FACULTY CONTRIBUTOR
Bowdoin students, staff, professors and other readers of the Orient
might well profit from viewing the current Gulf War through the
prism of Karl von Clausewitz. Clausewitz was one of those towering
intellects of the 19th century - such as Darwin, Freud, Marx and
Hegel - who added so much to our understanding of the human condition.
[read the article]
A lite taste of victory
JASON LONG, HUMOR COLUMNIST
I would like to extend my warmest thanks and appreciation to Brunswick's
finest eatery, Thorne Dining Hall, for the improved assortment of
salad dressings. For the six people that read my article, you may
recall that earlier this semester I expressed a peculiarly strong
desire for lite ranch salad dressing. When I arrived for my first
post-break dinner at Thorne, right after pouring lite caesar dressing
on my salad (as I had become accustomed of doing), it was pointed
out to me that perhaps I should take a second look through the sneeze
guard. I was so happy I nearly cried. [read
the article]
A Bowdoin fairy tale
KARA OPPENHEIM, COLUMNIST
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, there lived a beautiful
princess. (Actually, beautiful might not be the right word, but
she was pretty hot for Bowdoin). The princess lived at the top of
a tall tower, the tallest in the land north of Portland. She was
a good and kind princess, but she could not, for the life of her,
find any princes in the kingdom that suited her. Some were too short,
some too fat, some had reputations of being players, many she had
already hooked up with and some she was so close with that she didn't
want to ruin their friendship. [read
the article]
Where did all the discussion go?
SARAH RAMEY, COLUMNIST
I would like to begin with a rebuttal to my own letter to the editors.
[read the article]
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Not your average guest lecture
Craig Kielburger was not typical guest speaker.
His story, and his message, came from a perspective very different
from those who arrive here from other halls of academia. As the
nineteen year-old founder of Free the Children, an all-youth organization
dedicated to children's rights around the world, Kielburger lent
powerful credence to the oft-quoted maxim, "You can make a
difference." [read
the editorial]
We may be shy, but we do care
The discussions taking place on campus between people
of all viewpoints were really positive. I wanted to point out, however,
that just because some students do not publicly discuss and debate
their views on the war does not mean that they are apathetic about
the issue. [read the letter]
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