The Bowdoin Orient

Faculty cuts CR/D/F in required courses

By STEVE KOLOWICH, ORIENT STAFF

Future classes of Bowdoin students will no longer be able to protect their grade point averages from low marks in required classes, the faculty decided Monday. By a 66-16-1 vote, the professors passed a motion to prohibit students from using the Credit/D/Fail option in courses taken to satisfy distribution requirements beginning with the Class of 2012. The new rule was passed despite the pleas of more than 40 students who assembled to greet faculty as they passed through the Thorne Hall lobby on their way to the meeting.

Trespass warnings issued to three

By JOSHUA MILLER, ORIENT STAFF

Four Brunswick males started their evening using the public computers in Smith Union; an hour and a half later they had been ejected from campus by Security and were lying in slush on South Street on the wrong side of a Brunswick Police officer's Taser. Three of the four men have been issued criminal trespass warnings by the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) and will be arrested if they set foot on campus again; the fourth has yet to be issued a warning.

Election commission gathers info for BSG

By NAT HERZ, ORIENT STAFF

As the presidential candidates smile, spin, and spend their way toward November, some students might feel tempted to be cynical about the nation's electoral process. Perhaps it will hearten them to know that election reform is high on someone's agenda: A special committee headed by Will Hales '08 is currently exploring ways to improve Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) elections.

BSG reflects on Credit/D/Fail vote, funds vans to Clinton, Obama events

By TRAVIS DAGENAIS, ORIENT STAFF

Following Monday's faculty vote on Credit/D/Fail, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) spent part of its Wednesday meeting discussing the group's effort voicing its opinion on the motion (see story, page 1). Despite the faculty's decision, BSG President Dustin Brooks '08 said that BSG's presence at Monday's vote represents "the biggest student activism to surround a policy issue since 1993," when the faculty decided to abolish fraternities.

MARGOT D. MILLER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Students outside Thorne Hall protest a proposed motion that would limit Credit/D/Fail before the faculty meeting on Monday. Despite colorful signs and and a rally that boasted more than 40 students, the motion passed easily. See feature article...

FEATURES

A fresh perspective

By MARY HELEN MILLER, ORIENT STAFF

'Tis the season to buy chicken—as long as you don't want wings. Ken Cardone, associate director of the Dining Service, recently discovered that because so many chickens are produced for their wings during Super Bowl season, other parts of the bird are less expensive than usual this time of year.

OPINION

EDITORIAL

Food for thought

Last week marked the kick-off of Recyclemania, a nationwide recycling competition among colleges. As the magnitude of our future environmental challenges becomes increasingly apparent, we should feel more compelled than ever to make changes. We have the power to make minor adjustments in our daily lives to reduce our impact on the environment.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Bowdoin art breaks out of the bubble

AND RACHEL GOLDMAN, CONTRIBUTOR

While the re-opening of the Bowdoin Art Museum has spot-lighted the campus as a nucleus of artistic style, excitement, and intrigue, the College's artistic talent has recently burst outside of the Bowdoin bubble.

SPORTS

Women?s basketball gets huge win over Jeffs

By GREG TABAK, STAFF WRITER

The women's basketball team has regained its place atop the NESCAC after convincing victories against three conference opponents. Trinity College was soundly returned to Connecticut by the Polar Bears' sharp shooting on Friday. Bowdoin bested Amherst last Saturday, and then the Polar Bears handily dispatched the Bates Bobcats on Tuesday, sending them back to Lewiston with their collective tail between their legs. Junior Jill Anelauskas received NESCAC Player of the Week honors after her stellar performances against Trinity and Amherst.