College solicits input on advising
By ANNE RILEY, ORIENT STAFFAlthough an outside reaccreditation team deemed Bowdoin's academic advising program in need of serious improvement last fall, the preliminary results from a survey of the first-year class may suggest otherwise. "I don't think the results support that advising is entirely broken," said Dean of First Year Students Mary Pat McMahon, who released raw numbers to the Orient on Thursday afternoon.
Committee considers limiting Credit/D/F
By NAT HERZ, ORIENT STAFFFaculty and student leaders are considering whether to bar students from using the College's Credit/D/Fail option to fulfill distribution requirements. The discussion comes on the heels of a proposal that Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) submitted to the faculty last spring that would change the current Credit/D/Fail policy to Grade/Credit/Fail. This would allow students to set the minimum grade that they would be willing to receive in a course?any grade below the minimum threshold but still above failing would appear on the transcript as "Credit."
Ladd kitchen fire cancels charity dinner
By NICK DAY, ORIENT STAFFA small kitchen fire before a charity dinner at Ladd House last Friday forced organizers to cancel the event and caused an estimated $2,000 in damages. The fire broke out around 4 p.m. the afternoon before the Taste for Change dinner, when a bag of pizza dough on a stove was ignited by a pilot light.
RJA garners mixed student reviews
By SARAH PRITZKER, ORIENT STAFFNot everyone was excited about the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus's (RJA) concert last week. The performance, which was sponsored by the Campus Activities Board (CAB), took place in Morrell Gymnasium last Friday after months of preparation.
