A decade after frats, College Houses evolve
By JOSHUA MILLER, ORIENT STAFFIn March of 1997, the Board of Trustees approved the recommendations of the Trustee Commission on Residential Life (CRL). Fraternities at Bowdoin were phased out and a new system of inclusive "College Houses" was implemented. After more than a century and a half of fraternities at Bowdoin, their abolition was a historic shift for the College.
Taking a look back at the Commission on Residential Life
By JOSHUA MILLER, ORIENT STAFFIn the early morning hours of March 15, 1996, Cameron Brett, a 20-year-old University of Maine-Orono student, fell from the roof of Bowdoin's Chi Delta Phi fraternity house to his death. Two weeks later, Bowdoin shut down two campus fraternities because of "blatant disregard for College policies," according to local newspaper accounts.
BSG humanitarian group to hold inaugural meeting
By EMILY GRAHAM, ORIENT STAFFBowdoin Student Government (BSG) President Dustin Brooks '08 announced the first staff appointment to the Community Response Committee (CRC) Wednesday. BSG formed the CRC last February. Associate Professor of Sociology Joe Bandy was chosen as the first appointment to the committee, which will recommend ways in which Bowdoin might respond to humanitarian crises abroad if and when they arise. The CRC, which is supposed to be comprised of four students and three staff members, is scheduled to hold its first meeting next week.
Three town officals to leave posts
By CAMERON WELLER, ORIENT STAFFThree Town of Brunswick officials have recently announced they are stepping down from their posts. While two are retiring, the third has left under less apparent circumstances. As of 2008, Brunswick will have a new police chief, school superintendent, and director of planning and development.
