The Bowdoin Orient

Professor Goldstein receives letter of censure from Mills

By NICK DAY, ORIENT STAFF

President Barry Mills sent Professor of Economics Jonathan Goldstein a six-page letter of censure this week, effectively ending the eight-month-long dispute between Goldstein and College officials over a 2008 paper the professor began disseminating last August.

Campus, town prepare for Ivies Weekend

By CLAIRE COLLERY AND TOPH TUCKER, ORIENT STAFF

It's time to boogie down. On Wednesday, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) finally made the official announcement that Santigold and Sean Kingston will be headlining this year's Ivies celebration. The two stars will perform on the Quad Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Student bands Mr. Suds and the Phunky Fresh All-Stars will open.

After lengthy search, College names Salatino new director of art museum

By PIPER GROSSWENDT, ORIENT STAFF

After an exhaustive search that spanned nearly the entire academic year, the College announced last Friday that Kevin Salatino will become the director of the Museum of Art in August. Salatino, who currently serves as the head of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), will bring years of experience of working in museums—as well as a background in academia—to campus next fall.

BSG leadership reflects on this year’s agenda

By MARY HELEN MILLER, ORIENT STAFF

BSG worked this year to maintain a variety of pre-existing student services, strengthen the structure of the assembly, provide new programs for students, and propose policy changes for different entities on campus. The most significant projects taken on by the assembly include proposing changes that will be adopted by the Judicial Board, continuing discussions with the Office of Academic Affairs about the Credit/D/Fail grading option and the Arabic program, and conducting surveys to gauge student experiences at Dudley Coe Health Center.

MARGOT D. MILLER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

FINAL COUNTDOWN Racer-X, an ‘80s cover band that counts Associate Professor of English Aaron Kitch and Assistant Professor of Music Vin Shende among its members, kicked off Ivies Weekend with a performance in Morrell Lounge on Thursday night. See feature article...

FEATURES

Professors analyze recession

By ZOë LESCAZE, ORIENT STAFF

As the recession continues to pound the nation, its blows are visible day by day in Brunswick. Whether it is a business closing its doors or an e-mail from President Barry Mills on the Blue Tarp Committee's plans to carry the College through the crisis, the Bowdoin community can see the signs of economic downturn. This week, the Orient asked the Economics and Government Departments to speak on the subject of the recession and share their views of the Obama Administration's efforts to end the recession as well as the recession's long and short-term effects on the government.

OPINION

EDITORIAL

The Ivies Spirit

For many of us, Ivies is one of the most exciting weekends of the year. It's a time for people to drop everything, and, yes, knock back a few beers. Or knock back a lot of beers.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Dance department spins innovative elements into spring show

By MAXIME BILLICK, STAFF WRITER

Dancers will twirl onto the stage during the 38th-annual spring dance performance on Friday and Saturday nights—this time adding a few new twists. "Openings" is an hour-long dance performed by students in repertory dance classes 112, 212, and 312. It is choreographed by Gwyneth Jones and Paul Sarvis, both senior lecturers in dance performance.

SPORTS

Men’s track finally wins State Meet

By CHESTER ENG, STAFF WRITER

If at first you do not succeed, try, try again. During the past seven seasons, no matter how hard the Bowdoin men's track and field team tried, their valiant efforts at the Maine State Championship were simply not enough to prevent the same disappointing result from occurring year after year: a close second-place finish to archrival Bates. The Polar Bears finally got over the hump last Saturday and snapped Bates' streak of seven straight outdoor state championships by winning their first Maine State Championship since 2001.