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Volume CXXXIII, Number 7
October 31, 2003

Report finds students of color enjoy Bowdoin
ALISON L. MCCONNELL, ORIENT STAFF
Eighty-four percent of students of color at Bowdoin say they are satisfied or very satisfied with their experience here. This and other findings were reported in the 2003 Survey of Students of Color, which was conducted by the Consortium on High Achievement and Success (CHAS). [read the article]

Government department ranked first worldwide
HALEY BRIDGER, ORIENT STAFF
The London School of Economics and Political Science has ranked Bowdoin's government and legal studies department the top small college political science department in the world. [read the article]

Students discuss Maine's gamble with resort casinos
BOBBY GUERETTE AND EVAN KOHN, ORIENT STAFF
Most Bowdoin students may not be from Maine, but many are interested in preserving the long-term character of the state by opposing the proposed casino. On Tuesday, Maine voters will decide referendum question three, which would create a resort casino in Sanford. [read the article]

Off-campus housing faces criticism
CARLY SMITH, STAFF WRITER
Broken windows, leaky ceilings, and winterizing instructions are the common ground for dialogue between off-campus housing landlords and their student tenants. [read the article]

Lecturer ponders morality of genealogy
PRIYA SRIDHAR, STAFF WRITER
Eric T. Juengst, Associate Professor of Bioethics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio visited Bowdoin to lecture about the philosophical implications of human genome research. [read the article]

Witch brews lecture about misperceptions
When thinking of witches most Americans conjure up images of black-cloak-wearing, frog-toting, spell-casting women who dance around bonfires at night chanting. [read the article]

Keene keen on pumpkin-powered Howard Dean
Imagine Howard Dean in your living room. Well, not your living room. Dennis and Kathy Meade's living room. The Meades, of Swanzey Lake, New Hampshire, threw a house party for Dean and his supporters Saturday evening, and Evan and I were there to take it all in as part of our continuing exploration of the culture of the New Hampshire primary season. [read the article]

The razor arms race: A model for when to take action
So, Schick has come out with the Quattro-a new razor with four blades, which is promising to give me a closer, more comfortable shave. This new razor is intended to compete with the Gillette Mach 3, which features three blades, and was intended to compete with all the more traditional two-bladed razors, which were seen as an improvement upon the single-bladed razor. [read the article]

EDITORIAL
Not a sure bet
Despite the promises of pro-casino groups, there is something amiss with a proposal that has drawn the criticism of the 2003-10-31 and former Maine governors, the Maine Medical Association, Maine Tourism Association, Maine Council of Churches, and Maine Merchants Association, among other influential individuals and organizations. [read the article]

JJ and the Fabulous Gentiles arrive in style
Last Saturday night at Helmreich House, two bands played as part of the evening's entertainment: one band, The Unmentionables, previously seen performing at pub night a few weeks ago, and a new, very promising student band, JJ and the Fabulous Gentiles. [read the article]

The Strokes are still On Fire
After a week of listening to the Strokes' new album, Room on Fire, I've come to a tough realization: the album, gasp, is not perfect. It's not perfect because it coexists with the music of 2003 and not the sounds of 2001, the year Is This It transformed contemporary music. [read the article]

Polar Bears seek to shatter more records during NESCAC playoffs
Bowdoin's field hockey team is unlike any other this college has seen in years. It boasts an impressive 11-2 record and broke Bowdoin's 42-goal all-time team scoring record last week. [read the article]

White Mules down, Bobcats left to go
In a three-way tie for first place in the NESCAC, the Bowdoin Women's Soccer Team needed a win against Colby to keep them at the top. With the season winding down and the race for the top seed in the upcoming playoffs on, every game needs to be a win for Bowdoin. [read the article]

Will Morris '05 (right) and young Brunswick residents creep hesitantly along the first floor of the Ladd Haunted House on Thursday evening. (Hans Law, Bowdoin Orient)

 

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