The Bowdoin Orient

Volume CXLI, Number 14
 February 3, 2012


NEWS

OneCard accepted by Brunswick businesses

By DYLAN HAMMER, ORIENT STAFF

After many years of false starts, OneCards will be accepted as payment at select businesses in downtown Brunswick. Domino's Pizza, Aki Sushi, and Big Top Deli are currently set up to accept student identification cards as payment, with more businesses soon to join.

College boasts world's fastest wireless technology

By PETER GRIESMER, ORIENT STAFF

Perennial groans regarding the inadequacies of the College's Internet connectivity may finally fall silent. The College has nearly completed the installation of the world's fastest wireless technology, a process which began in early December. Mitch Davis, Bowdoin's chief information officer, negotiated a deal with Cisco that brought the company's brand new, top-of-the-line wireless system to campus, placing Bowdoin among the first three organizations to receive a shipment of the company's new Aironet 3600 Series wireless access points.

College house application process altered

By LUKE DRABYN, ORIENT STAFF

With the application deadline for College House residency just around the corner, interested students will be subject to a new interview process designed to improve the increasingly competitive College House application process. The new method is meant to be more personal and to grant current College House members a larger role in choosing new residents.

Facebook mass deactivation experiment hits College

By ERICA BERRY, ORIENT STAFF

College students propelled Facebook to popularity, and at Bowdoin, they are now experimenting with deactivation en masse. Last Monday, Tyler Patton '12 and Ruiqi Tang '13 launched massdeactivation.blogspot.com, the site of their self-proclaimed "social experiment" that urges Bowdoin students to disable their Facebook profiles from February 8 to March 8. During this time, profiles will not be deleted but dormant, allowing students the option to resume their presence on the social network after the trial period.

Michael Bartini hired as new head of financial aid

By SAMUEL FRIZELL, ORIENT STAFF

The College announced Tuesday that Michael Bartini will replace Stephen Joyce as the director of student aid. Bartini will begin working at the College this week, but will not officially replace Joyce until July.

Orbit will offer customizable activity feeds

By AMANDA MINOFF, ORIENT STAFF

The Orbit, which replaced the Student Digest last spring as the College's announcement network, is in flux once again.

Film crew from C-SPAN records 'The Wire' class on Wednesday

By SOMYA MAWRIE, ORIENT STAFF

On Wednesday, a film crew arrived on campus to tape Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Brian Purnell's "The Wire": Race, Class, Gender and the Urban Crisis." The course will be featured on C-SPAN's "Lectures in History" series on an upcoming Saturday.

BSG debates council elections, approves T-shirt funding request

By NATALIE CLARK, ORIENT STAFF

Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) presented projects for the coming weeks and settled lingering matters from last semester this Wednesday in its first session of 2012.

Vassar College accidentally admits 76 students under ED II

By GARRETT CASEY, ORIENT STAFF

Seventy-six would-be members of the Vassar College Class of 2016 had to put a cork in their festivities last Friday after finding out that the college had, in fact, not intended to offer them admission.

Claremont McKenna found to have lied to U.S. News on SAT data

By LINDA KINSTLER, ORIENT STAFF

On Monday, the news broke nationwide that since 2005, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) had reported inflated SAT scores to the Department of Education, U.S. News & World Report, and various credit rating firms in efforts to elevate the college's ranking.

IN THE CURRENT ORIENT

EDITORIAL

Facing off

The students behind Mass Deactivation presented a challenge to the Bowdoin community this week, urging students to deactivate their Facebook accounts ... Read

NEWS

College boasts world's fastest wireless technology

Perennial groans regarding the inadequacies of the College's Internet connectivity may finally fall silent. The College has nearly completed the ... Read

FEATURES

Student trio to bring late-night food truck to campus

If grilled cheese sandwiches stuffed with bacon and chicken fingers sound like a perfect addition to your Saturday night, take heart in the news that ... Read

OPINION

Republicans and the ‘Bowdoin Hello’ face distortions of original meanings

There were two major developments over this winter break. Both the Republican Party and the "Bowdoin Hello" were put on notice. Now, as a ... Read

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Tournées Festival brings six Francophone films to campus

A Chadian man sends his son to war; a failing magician forms an unlikely friendship in Scotland; a disabled woman travels to the Pyrenees. These ... Read

SPORTS

Men’s basketball beats Colby by 27, tied for No. 6 in NESCAC

The Bowdoin-Colby rivalry was at its peak last Saturday when approximately 750 fans packed Morrell Gymnasium as the men's basketball team brushed the ... Read


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