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Texas democrats seek refuge in passive response
JAMES BAUMBERGER, COLUMNIST
It's a rather rare occurrence when lawmakers flee the state they
represent to avert state troopers trying to forcefully return them
to work. [read the article]
Media bias acceptable so long as the slant is acknowledged
PAT ROCKEFELLER, COLUMNIST
Last week's Orient contained a piece on the FCC by Ben Kreider.
His final paragraphs concluded that many Americans were "frustrated
with the overwhelming pro-war coverage of U.S. networks. In response,
many viewers turned to such outlets as the BBC to obtain more balanced
reporting." [read the
article]
Wesley Clark makes it ten
ALEXANDER REED, CONTRIBUTOR
Former General Wesley Clark, for better or worse, threw himself
into the Democratic presidential nomination process on Semptember
17, an action which is sure to further complicate the already frenzied
and fragmented struggle to unseat President Bush in 2004. [read
the article]
Pre-meds: value your physics
IAN MORRISON, COLUMNIST
With the beginning of another semester comes the usual pained expressions
around campus, the result of the usual personal ills: the pain of
gaining weight at unprecedented speed, the pain of being that kid
who lost his jacket and has to send an email to the digest (don't
be that kid), and the pain of realizing that your mind still isn't
what it didn't used to be. [read
the article]
The fundamental source of tension
YARON EISENBERG, CONTRIBUTOR
Recent events in Israel have triggered a whirlwind of speculations
and prophecies. Such sweeping predictions have often included talks
of an Islamic fundamentalist outcry or of another Arab-Israeli War.
[read the article]
A senior moment
KARA OPPENHEIM, COLUMNIST
I have a theory about social hierarchies at Bowdoin. Freshmen girls
start out on top-they're new, they're cute, they have no past to
haunt them, and they haven't been drinking beer for four years.
[read the article]
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Uncomfortably numb
This week's BSG elections mark the return of
an all-too-familiar absence of debate on Bowdoin's campus. [read
the editorial]
Overreaction to new keg policy
I'm writing to clarify some aspects of last week's
article about Howell House and Inter-House Council (IHC) policy.
[read the letter]
Sorry, no shambles here
This is in response to Pat Rockefeller's column last
week, "Cali-freakin'-fornia in shambles." [read
the letter]
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