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Volume CXXXIII, Number 13
February 6, 2004

 

A race to the gutter
PAT ROCKEFELLER, COLUMNIST
Wardrobe malfunction, eh, Justin? The, ahem, "malfunction" of Janet Jackson's bustier got a certain set of people to complaining about indecency during "family hour" on television. [read the article]

We should remember Africa
ALEXANDER REED, CONTRIBUTOR
As November's presidential election roars its way into the business of Capitol Hill and simultaneously commands eclipsing media coverage, the unmistakable forces of the democratic political process in America are noisily accelerating for the whole world to see and hear. [read the article]

Long-distance love can sing or screech; choose carefully
KARA OPPENHEIM, COLUMNIST
I recently saw Cold Mountain, which is a very good movie. But I had one fundamental problem with it-and, for the record, my problem was not, as some critics have complained, that the casting made it seem as though the Confederate States of America was populated with only attractive people because let's be honest, Jude Law and Nicole Kidman are just nice to look at. [read the article]

Avoiding Your Education
IAN MORRISON, COLUMNIST
It was on my freshman Pre-O that Dean Craig Bradley looked me in the eye and told me: "Don't spend the next four years of your life avoiding your education." [read the article]

Student Speak
PETER HASTINGS
What is the best part of being back at Bowdoin? [read the article]

 

D for effort
With plusses and minuses finally beginning to settle in, the Bowdoin faculty has approved yet another change in grading policy, this time amending the credit/fail system. This change is one we can agree with-at least in principle. [read the editorial]

Linhart off base
As members of the Bowdoin College Democrats, we would like to respectfully disagree with Alex Linhart's comments on the alleged lack of conservative faculty on campus. [read the letter]

Not necessarily a non-issue
I read the faculty responses to the Orient's article on the paucity of Republican professors at Bowdoin with a certain amount of disappointment. [read the letter]

Nothing funny about this cartoon
I would like to comment on the cartoon which appeared in the last issue of the Orient. [read the letter]

The Orient's exaggerations
We feel that your recent articles about diversity at Bowdoin have not been representative of the feelings of all students. [read the letter]


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