The Bowdoin Orient

Volume CXXXVI, Number 15
 February 9, 2007


College seeks birth control solution

By ANNE RILEY, ORIENT STAFF

Since the College lost its contract with contraceptive manufacturer Organon last week due to the rising cost of prescription medications, college administrators and the staff of Dudley Coe Health Center have been working to get birth control back on the shelves. "Students' health and well-being is first and foremost," said Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs Margaret Hazlett.

First years adjust to remodeled dorms

By EMILY GUERIN, ORIENT STAFF

Settling into a new living space is a challenge that is inherent to the experience of all college first years. But after going through the ordeal twice, the occupants of Moore and Coleman halls may be getting the hang of it.

Plans set for new multicultural house

By ANNA KARASS, ORIENT STAFF

The College has unveiled plans for renovations for 30 College St. The building, which currently has nine residential units, will provide a new home in the 2007-2008 academic year for the student multicultural organizations that currently use Boody-Johnson House On February 2, Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs Margaret Hazlett shared the plans, drafted by a local architect, for the renovation of 30 College St. with the student groups that will no longer have access to Boody-Johnson House.

BSG voices J-Board concerns

By SAM WAXMAN, ORIENT STAFF

The lack of transparency in Judicial Board elections has prompted the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) to try to change the committee's policies. Members of BSG voiced concerns that neither BSG nor the campus community as a whole has enough say in the elections, especially when the board makes decisions that impact students' lives.


FEATURES

Six claim birthright in Israel

By MARY HELEN MILLER, ORIENT STAFF

Six Bowdoin students went on a 10-day excursion to Israel during Winter Break, and now they wonder why any Jewish student would not take a vacation like theirs. After all, the trip is free.


OPINION

EDITORIAL

A short-term solution

Last week, Dudley Coe Health Center announced that it would no longer provide students with free birth control after losing its contract with its contraceptive provider, Organon. This turn of events was sudden and unexpected, and has caused Bowdoin students?both women and men?a great deal of anxiety.


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Celebrate Valentine's Day with a cappella

By CAROLYN WILLIAMS, CONTRIBUTOR

Two of Bowdoin's a cappella groups plan on celebrating Valentine's Day early this year. On February 13, Miscellania and The Longfellows will serenade the campus with love songs from different genres during the second-annual Val Jam.


SPORTS

Bradley breaks 3-point record on Senior Night

By DARIAN REID-STURGIS, CONTRIBUTOR

The men's basketball team celebrated its Senior Night, the final home game of the regular season, with a 98-45 victory over the University of Maine-Presque Isle on Monday. But earlier in the week, the Polar Bears suffered a conference loss to Colby in a game with critical playoff implications for both teams.


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