The Bowdoin Orient

Informal Arabic class aims to fill course gap

By ANNE RILEY AND STEVE KOLOWICH, ORIENT STAFF

Bowdoin's Arabic teacher spends two hours a week teaching the alphabet, pronunciation, and simple word combinations to a class of some 15 students on Friday afternoons. Although he often stays after class to help beginners with questions, he does not get paid overtime?in fact, he does not get paid for teaching at all. That's because Bowdoin's Arabic teacher is a student.

Residential Life receives 218 College House apps

By MARY HELEN MILLER, ORIENT STAFF

For the first time in years, more students have applied to live in College Houses than there are spaces available. The exact number of applicants applying to each of the eight houses has not yet been tallied, but overall, 218 students turned in applications for the approximately 200 vacancies next year.

Record numbers apply to study abroad

By SETH WALDER, ORIENT STAFF

With study abroad applications reaching a new high for the 2008-2009 academic year, members of the junior class may seem more scarce than usual next year. The Department of Off-Campus Study (OCS) received a record 300 applications by the February 21 deadline, 15 more than the previous high mark of 285, set in 2001.

College encourages conservation during ?RecycleMania? competition

By ELIZABETH SNYDER, ORIENT STAFF

Bowdoin, Colby, and Bates are at it again, but this time the balls and pucks have been replaced with plastic and cardboard. On January 27, Bowdoin began participating in RecycleMania, a 10-week competition among 400 colleges and universities to raise awareness about waste reduction and recycling. 2008 marks the third year of Bowdoin's participation in the competition, which was launched in 2001.

TOMMY WILCOX, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

LEAN BACK: Senior Jordan Fliegel looks to lay one off the glass while four Bates opponents look on. Bowdoin handily defeated the Bobcats and take on No. 1 ranked Amherst this Saturday. See feature article...

FEATURES

Baldwin mentors sharpen skills, orient peers to college learning

By CAMERON WELLER, ORIENT STAFF

Study tips, learning styles, stress maintenance, and effective skim reading are only some of the many skills taught on the first floor of Kanbar Hall as part of the Baldwin Mentoring Program.

OPINION

EDITORIAL

Two steps forward

Over the past year, the lack of Arabic language instruction and the scarcity of Middle Eastern studies courses at Bowdoin has been a concern of this page, Bowdoin Student Government, and the campus at large. We were pleased this week to learn that the College has taken concrete steps toward addressing this deficiency.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

?Cloud Nine? rains on heteronormative parade

By ERIN K. MCAULIFFE, STAFF WRITER

Historians often acknowledge that Victorian relationships lacked sexual openness. The Bowdoin College student theater company Masque & Gown is disproving that idea this week with the production "Cloud Nine," written by Caryl Churchill and directed by senior Phil Gates.

SPORTS

Men?s ice hockey to play Trinity in playoffs

By MIKE BARTHA, STAFF WRITER

The men's hockey team fell to third place in NESCAC standings as it split its last two games of the season. In their first game, the Polar Bears challenged the Purple Knights of St. Michael's College at home. The team jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first with goals from Ryan Leary '11 and Colin MacCormick '10. Then the Polar Bears' offense exploded with a five-goal second period. Notching goals in the period were Will Reycraft '08, Colin Hughes '08, Mike Corbelle '10, and Ryan Blossom '10, who secured two past the St. Michael's goalie.