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Volume CXXXIII, Number 11
December 5, 2003

Faculty voices add to campus diversity debate
ALISON L. MCCONNELL, ORIENT STAFF
As several departments add faculty members this year, one of the College's primary objectives is to broaden its academic horizons. Calling it a "high priority," Dean of Academic Affairs Craig McEwen said that diversifying Bowdoin's professor base was key to the development of the College community. [read the article]

Republican professors are scant at Bowdoin
PRIYA SRIDHAR, STAFF WRITER
Recently the conservative Center for Popular Culture did a study on the political bias in the administrations and faculties of 32 elite colleges and universities and found that Bowdoin has 23 Democrats to every one Republican. [read the article]

Recording industry pressures Administration
EVRON LEGALL, STAFF WRITER
Entertainment industry groups have recently turned up the pressure on the Bowdoin College administration to crack down on illegal file sharing at the College. [read the article]

Bowdoin plans new, efficient lighting
JON PEREZ, STAFF WRITER
After years of wasted electricity and costly energy bills, Bowdoin is currently planning to replace lighting fixtures in Farley Field House and Morrell Gym. Such a change comes in the midst of a growing trend on campus towards conservation. [read the article]

Women's studies class designs historical mural for Big Top Deli
ALIX ROY, ORIENT STAFF
When students stop by the Big Top Deli next week, they will be greeted with artwork created by fellow students from the Womens Studies class Bearing the Untold Story. [read the article]

Effects of whooping cough remain mild
BOBBY GUERETTE, ORIENT STAFF
Although over two dozen students have requested treatment for whooping cough, medical officials are optimistic and feel that the situation has not reached a grave level. [read the article]

Alcohol poisoning rate plummets
Alcohol poisoning rates at Bowdoin have fallen significantly this year, while other schools are seeing dramatic increases. School officials here feel that they have found success in their own policies and are happy with the choices of students here. [read the article]

Doc suggests sleep
Dear Dr. Jeff: Do you think it's always important to get eight hours of sleep at night, and if so, what are we all supposed to do while writing papers and preparing for exams?-C.L. [read the article]

Dangerous Dean: Is the current front-runner really electable?
We Democrats have one chance to beat President Bush in 2004 and it's high time that we start talking about who can put together a winning coalition of voters. [read the article]

EDITORIAL
Moving towards balance
Academic hiring practices, and hence course offerings, should be guided by the conviction that an entrenched ideology must never override the ideals of a liberal arts education, which seeks not to persuade students to think in one way over another; put simply, it should provide them with the intellectual agility to understand and evaluate different perspectives before choosing their own. [read the article]

Alumni actor hits Hollywood
Paul Adelstein of the Class of 1991 is a respected theater, film, and television actor who splits his time between L.A. and his native Chicago. An English major and Music minor at Bowdoin, he cites Marilyn Reizbaum, Jim McCalla, and Celeste Goodridge as his favorite professors. [read the article]

2003's best albums
Our music columnist rates his favorites. [read the article]

Colby slips on the ice
Chants, cheers, and even an arrest or two-Colby-Bowdoin hockey games are always intense, and the first meeting of the 2003 season was no exception. [read the article]

Skaters upset NESCAC favorite Middlebury for strong season start
Since the beginning of NESCAC and ECAC competition, women's ice hockey has been dominated by the Middlebury Panthers. [read the article]

Ivy Blackmore '07 adds to a mural constructed by Women's Studies 245, Bearing the Untold Story, a class taught by Jennifer Scanlon. The mural will be displayed at the Big Top Deli. (Nancy Van Dyke, Bowdoin Orient)

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