The Bowdoin Orient

Possible information 'breach' exposes student files

By JOSHUA MILLER, ORIENT STAFF

Due to what Information Technology (IT) is calling a "possible breach," confidential information was accessible to anyone with a Bowdoin username and password for an unknown length of time. The data included student Social Security numbers, insurance information, lists of students on medical and disciplinary leave, internal health center contracts and employee reviews, yearly budgets, and e-mails.

Market adjustments: Campus eateries struggle to cope with food price hikes

By STEVE KOLOWICH, ORIENT STAFF

In the offices that overlook the serving lines at Thorne Dining Hall, whose top-ranked fare was celebrated most recently this week in the style pages of the New York Times, a team of literal and figurative bean-counters are constantly brainstorming ways to maintain Bowdoin's dining reputation in the face of spiking food prices.

Counselor aims to curb substance abuse

By NAT HERZ, ORIENT STAFF

Get busted one too many times for drinking, smoking, or using drugs, and Bowdoin won't send you to rehab or a mental hospital, but to mild-mannered, mustachioed Geno Ring.

Fulbrights awarded to three; Holleran selected for Watson

By EMILY GRAHAM, ORIENT STAFF

While some Bowdoin seniors will pursue graduate school or enter the working world after graduation in May, a handful of students from the Class of 2008 will be studying in various corners of the world?for free.

MARGOT D. MILLER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

SPRING TRAINING: Jack Morrison ‘11 and Aaron Cole ‘11 hold up Bryce Spalding ‘10 as Ryan Jewett ‘11 tosses the ball to Spalding in Thursday’s practice.

FEATURES

Performers demand the weird, the unexpected, and the illicit

By CAMERON WELLER, ORIENT STAFF

Students on Bowdoin's Campus Activity Board receive more than just requests for water and towels from bands coming to perform on campus.

OPINION

EDITORIAL

Information breach

For an unknown length of time, private student data including Social Security numbers, insurance information, and lists of students on medical and disciplinary leave were available on the campus server to anyone with a Bowdoin username and password. While the accessibility of the data was surely an error, with such sensitive information on the line, it was an inexcusable one.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Exhibit tracks artistic changes at turn of last century

By RACHEL GOLDMAN, STAFF WRITER

For the remainder of the academic year, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art will show the second half of its two-part portrayal of "The American Scene."

SPORTS

Men?s lacrosse takes down Trinity, will face Jumbos

By MICHAEL DOOLEY, CONTRIBUTOR

The Bowdoin Men's Lacrosse Team pulled past the Trinity Bantams during the final quarter of its game this week, improving its record to 6-3 overall and 2-2 in the NESCAC league.