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Volume CXXXIII, Number 1 |
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Yoga introduced to students
PRIYA SRIDHAR, STAFF WRITER
While other Bowdoin students traveled, worked, studied, and relaxed this past summer, Laurel Jones '06 worked at Shoshoni Yoga Retreat in Rollinsville, Colorado earning her yoga teaching certification. Laurel has been going to week-long spring break camps at Shoshoni with her mother since she was thirteen. After learning more about yoga, Laurel found Shoshoni's commitment to the specific field of Hatha yoga particularly interesting. [read
the article]
A more Safe Space
JULEAH SWANSON, STAFF WRITER
Beginning this fall, student can now call the Safe Space hotline for support, concerns, or general questions regarding sexual assault, sexual harassment, or any other related topic. The hotline, which runs Thursday through Saturday nights 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. and Sunday night 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., allows students to speak confidentially to a trained Safe Space member. [read
the article]
Take him or leave him
LINDSAY MULLEN, ORIENT STAFF
Dear Lindsay, This is my first year at Bowdoin. I live
on a coed floor, and I really like one of the guys down the hall. We get
along really well and are pretty flirty with one another, especially when
we see each other out at parties. However, he has a girlfriend from back
home. [read
the article]
Relax with meditation
GRACE CHO, ORIENT STAFF
As the new school year begins, stress levels begin to rise, emotions are stirred, and nervous breakdowns are right around the corner. But instead of crying, screaming at your roommate, or ripping the pages out of your text book, there are many alternatives around campus that may help to reduce the anxiety filling your life. The counseling center is always a good start, maybe a cup of tea at the café, but a little known resource is the Chakras meditation course offered on campus. [read
the article]
A Dudley Coe welcome
JEFF BENSON, M.D., DUDLEY COE HEALTH CENTER
Dear Students: Welcome to Bowdoin 2003-2004, from all of us at the Health Center!
In my first column of the new year, I wanted to write a little about our sense of mission here at Dudley Coe and to review some of our programs and services.
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the article]
1860, the Nautilus departs
KATHRYN OFSTROFSKY, STAFF WRITER
On June 28, 1949, President Kenneth C. M. Sills wrote to Judge William Malone, "Bowdoin College is delighted to have the sextant which you found on the Grand or Hamilton River in Labrador in 1923 that belonged to the Cary and Cole expedition." The story of this expedition, he said, is "almost a Bowdoin epic." [read
the article]
