The Bowdoin Orient

H1N1 continues to spread, over 100 report symptoms

By GEMMA LEGHORN, ORIENT STAFF

The H1N1 virus continued its rampant spread across campus this week, bringing the total number of suspected cases among students to 116 as of Thursday afternoon. When the Orient spoke to Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster on Tuesday morning, 55 students had fallen ill with flu-like symptoms. By Thursday afternoon, that number had more than doubled.

Buck Center for Health and Fitness opens doors

By PIPER GROSSWENDT, ORIENT STAFF

The Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness will open its doors at 6:30 a.m. next Tuesday, bringing 44,659 square feet of space dedicated to the wellness of the Bowdoin community to the center of campus. The Buck Center will allow "an opportunity for members of the community to pursue their health and fitness ambitions," said Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster. The fitness center will occupy the ground level and first floor of the building, the second floor will house the athletic department offices and a multipurpose space capable of seating 40 people, and Student Health Services and flexible multipurpose spaces will be located on the third floor.

Endowment investment returns decline 17% in fiscal year 2009

By WILL JACOB, ORIENT STAFF

Last Friday, the College announced that its endowment investments dropped 16.99 percent in value for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2009. Including net expenditures and financial gifts received, the endowment decreased from $831.5 million a year ago to its current market valuation of $688.5 million, only slightly higher than its fiscal year 2006 value of $673 million.

Students cope with housing crunch’s close quarters

By ANYA COHEN, ORIENT STAFF

This fall, students are feeling the consequences of last spring's housing crunch. Due to the imbalance of juniors studying abroad in spring 2010, housing lottery options for the fall were fewer and tighter. The conversion of Stowe Hall and Stowe Inn quads to quints, and of 25 Brunswick apartment doubles to forced triples, pushed many students into housing they would not otherwise have considered.

MARGOT D. MILLER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

BUCK-LE UP! After $15.5 million dollars worth of construction, the Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness will open on Tuesday. The new center will bring student health services, wellness programs, and athletic department offices under one roof in the heart of campus.

FEATURES

Students battle for spots in a cappella groups

By SARA KWASNY, ORIENT STAFF

Imagine being led to the middle of a room, placed in front of a group of your peers, and asked to sing on cue. Intimidated yet? This is what many Bowdoin students have been going through over the past week while auditioning for the few coveted spots on one of the school's six a cappella groups. These groups include two all-male groups, the Meddiebempsters and the Longfellows, two all-female groups, Miscellania and Bellamafia, and two co-ed groups, Ursus Verses and BOKA.

OPINION

EDITORIAL

Economic expectations

Bowdoin has seen a lot of change recently.
Despite talk about tough times and harsh economic realities, we've seen large-scale projects involving first year bricks, the Museum of Art, Studzinski Recital Hall, Watson and Dayton Arena, and most recently, the Peter Buck Center for Health and Wellness.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Shameless Plugs to pull out stops tonight

By TASHA SANDOVAL, CONTRIBUTOR

What happens when you take one-part Barry Mills's nephew, one-part former Miscellania member, and a crowd of aurally curious Bowdoin students? With this evening's "Shameless Plugs" concert featuring Dan Mills and Samantha Farrell '05, the Entertainment Board (E-board), is hoping for a hit. Co-President of the E-Board Chris Omachi said the "Shameless Plugs" project aims to showcase Bowdoin-related talent. The brainchild of Megan Brunmier '08, student activities advisor to the E-board. Tonight's show will be the first in what the E-board intends to make into an annual showcase.

SPORTS

Men’s soccer beats USM

By CHARLES CUBETA, CONTRIBUTOR

In its season premiere on Saturday, the men's soccer team faced the No. 3 team in the nation, the Amherst Lord Jeffs. Bowdoin fought ardently but ultimately fell 2-0. By halftime, solid defense on both sides had held the game tied, neither team having scored a goal. Then, in the 67th minute, Amherst drew first blood. After coming off of the bench, rookie Spencer Noon blasted a volley past the right side of a diving Dan Hicks '11.