The Bowdoin Orient

Faculty proposes minority positions

By NAT HERZ, ORIENT STAFF

Bowdoin faculty is considering a proposal that would create a specific mechanism for increasing faculty racial and cultural diversity. The proposal would authorize the allocation of "special opportunity positions," or SOPs?new tenure-track faculty posts for exceptional minority candidates.

BSG sends experience clause to referendum

By TRAVIS DAGENAIS, ORIENT STAFF

Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) quickly and unanimously approved 16 of 23 constitutional amendments up for vote at the group's Wednesday meeting while two other amendments involved debate and tension among students, forcing the assembly to stay beyond its 10 p.m. automatic adjournment.

College approves nine for tenure

By MARY HELEN MILLER, ORIENT STAFF

Nine newly tenured professors at the College?five of whom currently teach at Bowdoin, four of whom were hired from other institutions?will occupy their new positions this fall.

Breach may threaten student savings

By ELIZABETH SNYDER, ORIENT STAFF

Bowdoin students may want to take a careful look at their next credit card statement. On March 17, Hannaford Supermarkets announced a data intrusion which exposed 4.2 million credit cards and debit cards to potential fraud. The numbers were taken between December 7, 2007 and March 10, 2008.

ALEX CORNELL DU HOUX, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

A WORK OF ART: Mt. Ararat high school students appreciate “The Nymphs of Fiesole,” part of “Beauty and Duty,” a new exhibit now only display at the art museum. The exhibit was curated by Director of the Museum of Art Katy Kline and Professor of Art History Susan Wegner. See feature article...

FEATURES

Students span the hemisphere to build, rebuild communities

By SARAH PRITZKER AND LAUREN WILWERDING, ORIENT STAFF

While many students flocked to tropical paradises, others spent the first week of their Spring Break participating in student-led Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trips, oriented around community service and learning.

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OPINION

EDITORIAL

The departing

When members of the Class of 2012 arrive on campus in the fall, they will enter a community rooted in safety, trust, and collaboration?values that attest to the legacies of Kim Pacelli and Mike Brown, two departing staff members whose leadership and vision during their tenures have improved the ethos of the College for the better.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Rennaisance tradition of commerce and love wedded in ?Beauty? exhibit

By RACHEL GOLDMAN, STAFF WRITER

These days, it may seem that marriage has the transient shelf life of milk. Walk through any self-help aisle, flip through the grocery store tabloids, or watch an MTV show to observe the turbulence of the institution. However, marriages have not always had this reputation. A new exhibit, "Beauty and Duty: The Art and Business of Renaissance Marriage," which opened this past Wednesday at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, reveals and explores this fact.

SPORTS

Softball starts strong with powerful pitching

By MIKE BARTHA, STAFF WRITER

Over Spring Break, the Bowdoin College Softball Team went 14-2 in 16 games in Ft. Myers, Fla., marking the best start in club history. Playing a large hand in the Polar Bears' success was sophomore pitcher Julia Jacobs, whose efforts were rewarded when she was named NESCAC Softball Pitcher of the Week. In eight starts, Jacobs posted a 6-1 record with an opposing batting average of just .167 and a 0.58 ERA.