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		<title>The Bowdoin Orient</title>
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		<description>The student newspaper of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.</description>
		<copyright>Copyright 2008, The Bowdoin Orient. All rights reserved.</copyright>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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		<item><title><![CDATA[Deans plan advising reforms for Class of ’12]]></title><description><![CDATA[A year and a half after a reaccreditation team identified academic advising one of Bowdoin's weak spots, the College will report its plans to improve pre-major academic advising to the Board of Trustees next weekend.
The report will mark the culmination of an initiative that began last September and has involved a number of meetings with students and faculty as well as an advising survey of current first years.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=1]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=1]]></guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Breach’ investigation continues]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three weeks after Bowdoin acknowledged a "possible breach of data security" in which student Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and internal employee reviews were left accessible to anyone with a Bowdoin username, the College remains mum on what happened.
"The lawyers are advising us that until we know everything, the information we give out isn't necessarily the truth and so, what we're going to do is-and we promise we'll release everything-to finish the investigation, because it's not done yet," Chief Information Officer (CIO) Mitch Davis said.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=2]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=2]]></guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pemper departs for Div. I Naval Academy]]></title><description><![CDATA[After an extraordinarily successful 10 years at Bowdoin, Associate Athletic Director and Head Women's Basketball Coach Stefanie Pemper announced on Tuesday that she will leave Bowdoin for the position of Head Women's Basketball Coach at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Assistant Coach Julie Veilleux will accompany Pemper to coach the Division I program in Annapolis, Maryland. Pemper said that she expects to move sometime in the next two weeks.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=3]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=3]]></guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Registration bumps some from first-choice courses]]></title><description><![CDATA[In past semesters, most classes with fewer than five enrolled students have been canceled for not having met minimum enrollment requirements. However, instead of canceling low enrollment courses this year, the College has aimed to fill those courses during Phase I by pulling students out of their first-choice courses-even if those classes are not yet full-and placing them in their low-enrollment, second-choice courses.
According to Dean of Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd, some 20 students were affected by this minimum enrollment policy during this week's course registration process.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=4]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=4]]></guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[BSG candidates spar at first-ever debate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) held its first-ever BSG Executive Committee candidate debate on Monday in Sills Hall's Smith Auditorium. Candidates answered questions from the moderators, Orient Co-editor Steve Kolowich '08 and BSG Policy Director Kata Solow '10, as well as from the audience.
The Executive Committee roles include BSG president, vice president of academic affairs, vice president of BSG affairs, vice president of student organizations, vice president of facilities, and treasurer. While the majority of candidates for these positions were present at the debate, three who are currently studying abroad sent proxies to speak on their behalf.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=5]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=5]]></guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Polarbear’ kicks off Saturday]]></title><description><![CDATA[In addition to this weekend's varsity sporting events on campus, Bowdoin will play host to the annual Polarbear Triathlon, started by Will Thomas '03 in 2003. The event has grown from 75 participants in the first race to more than 500, of which 141 are students from Bowdoin and area high schools. Actress Glenn Close is supposed to be among this year's competitors.
The triathlon, formerly known as the Ironbear, underwent a name change earlier this year because organizers were threatened with a lawsuit by the company that owns the trademark "Ironman."

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=6]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=6]]></guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preparation by Security ensures successful Ivies]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department of Safety and Security had three goals over Ivies Weekend: no hospitalizations, no serious injuries, and no arrests.
According to Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols, with the exceptions both of a student who chose to go to the hospital voluntarily and other incidents unrelated to alcohol intake, Security met its three goals.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=7]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=7]]></guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trustees to convene for final meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[With an agenda that includes reviewing next year's budget and approving plans for a new health and wellness center, the Board of Trustees will meet May 8-10 for their third and final gathering this year.
The 45 trustees will arrive next Thursday, then begin committee meetings on Friday. According to Secretary of the College Richard Mersereau, the Trustees will hold a brief session on Friday, where they are set to approve tenure for Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology Phillip Camill. The Trustees will then meet on Saturday to review next year's budget and vote to approve plans for a new fitness center.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=8]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=8]]></guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bowdoin Brief: Ashby charged with possession of Klonopin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brandon Ashby, the subject of a December 2007 Bowdoin Security alert, was arrested on Saturday by the Brunswick Police Department (BPD) on drug charges. He was charged with possession of Klonopin and paraphernalia. It was not his first encounter with the police. Lt. Shawn O'Leary said the BPD was "familiar with Mr. Ashby."

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=9]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=1&id=9]]></guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phase II registration]]></title><description><![CDATA[For students already wounded by not getting into their top-choice classes, yesterday’s Phase II registration served them a healthy portion of salt. The inefficiencies of Phase II registration become immediately evident upon taking one’s place at the back of the line snaking through Moulton Union beginning at sunrise. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=1]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=1]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Returning final work]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the semester, most students can expect to receive thoughtful and frequent feedback from professors on their coursework. However, as students prepare to turn in the most substantial assignments of the semester, many of them know that they will never see that work again. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=2]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=2]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Flip Side: Final thoughts on religious freedoms, purposes, and needs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past month, I hope to have demonstrated to my theistic audience that faith and reason go hand in hand. Many of the most brilliant minds on the planet believe in God. I turn to Emmanuel Kant as a perfect example. Kant believed in a system of morality that could exist without a divine. He formulated a categorical imperative: one should act only if he can posit his actions as a maxim that could constitute a universal law.
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=3]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=3]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eva Brann pushes students rethink the common good in education]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year, our College brought forth a reaffirmation of its commitment to "the common good." The year began with a convocation address by President Mills where he said, "each of us here is a participant in a noble enterprise. We are the current guardians of the liberal arts tradition and the latest generation to take up a treasured Bowdoin obligation, and that is our unique obligation to exert our minds and our talents in service to the common good." 

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=4]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=4]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[View from the Top: Last advice: Make this place your home]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've replayed my first day on campus over and over again in my mind for the past week, but no memory can do it justice. Maybe it isn't in the initial campus visits, weighing Bowdoin up against your other colleges of contention, but it surely hits you all at once the first day you actually become a part of the school-I mean, a physical part of it. It's that feeling of coming home that I wish I were coming back to in the fall-instead, I'm moving out. 

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=5]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=5]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Isa Abney’s BSG candidacy: Supporting his mission, ambitions, and visions]]></title><description><![CDATA[A block party usually has people relaxing, eating free food, socializing, and dancing in the grass and the streets from the afternoon into the next morning. From growing up in New York City, Isa Abney was exposed to several block parties before Bowdoin.
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=6]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=6]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Isa Abney’s BSG candidacy: Opposing his approach to enacting change]]></title><description><![CDATA[This weekend marks the inception of what could be a new campus tradition. Isa Abney has created a multi-cultural event, which will bring the campus together in a unique way, and we are excited about it. What we are concerned with, however, is the process by which the block party came about and the fact that Isa, who arranged most of the event, is running for vice president for student affairs. 

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=7]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=7]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[In communication and funding issues, SAFC has double standards]]></title><description><![CDATA[To the Editors:
This year, the Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC) has handled two cases of funding miscommunication very differently. Several weeks ago, the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) quietly concluded that the College Republicans' fall barbecue funding misallocation was a result of a miscommunication.
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=8]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=8]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to viewpoints besides your own, stay open in debates]]></title><description><![CDATA[To the Editors:
I have been following the discourse surrounding issues of religion and morality raised by Christopher Hitchens in his Common Hour talk. Why do people feel a need to publicly rush to the defense of their chosen position rather than take the time to learn more about the whole issue? 

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=9]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=9]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electing BSG leaders: Seifert, Berman fight for students’ needs]]></title><description><![CDATA[To the Editors:
This is a critical moment in the history of the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG). After a number of years of constitutional tweaking, and a year in which the BSG worked to make itself more accessible to students, we are poised with a tremendous opportunity-to finally realize a body that truly fights on behalf of the students.
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=10]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=2&id=10]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The year in review: policy changes, town disputes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bowdoin's 208th academic year rang in a series of new policies, new buildings, and new conflicts. While much of the construction that was prominent on campus during the 2006-2007 year came to an end this year, campus events continued to revolve at a fast pace. The following is a chronology of the Orient's most important stories that have shaped the Bowdoin community over the last nine months.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=3&id=1]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=3&id=1]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Features]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baxter residents film antics for BCN 'docu-reality']]></title><description><![CDATA[The idiosyncratic world of Dunder Mifflin's paper supply company has been given a Coors Light, decked in flannel and tossed into Baxter House to create the newest addition to the BCN's Thursday line-up: "The Dorm Room."

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=3&id=2]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=3&id=2]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Features]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students design archaeology site, local students dig and discover]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sight of elementary school-aged children playing in the dirt is not uncommon. But if said dirt was excavated in the style of an archaeology dig, complete with rope marking the edges of the area, you might take a second look.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=3&id=3]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=3&id=3]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Features]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Elements of Style: The List: Make the moves into summer the right way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rather than the usual article format, this commentary is a list of do's and style suggestions which will help ensure that your spring wardrobe transitions smartly into summer.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=3&id=4]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=3&id=4]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Features]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photos are not as they appear in new exhibit]]></title><description><![CDATA["What can the camera reveal that the eye cannot see?" 

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=1]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=1]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Arts &amp; Entertainment]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum steps serve as stage for theater and dance pieces]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the glut of solo cups cleaned up and the post-Ivies slump on the upswing, it's time for the annual dance show extravaganza. Today, the 30th annual Museum Piece Performance will take place during Common Hour. Performed both inside and outside of the Walker Art Museum, this traditional event includes student-choreographed pieces, independent projects and local musical groups. 

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=2]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=2]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Arts &amp; Entertainment]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students bare their bodies, celebrate differences]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all have them, but they are rarely celebrated in our competitive, image-driven culture. "They" are our bodies. Tonight, "Exposure" will reveal, celebrate, and honor all versions of the body
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=3]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=3]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Arts &amp; Entertainment]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prints chronicle economic and cultural boom in Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Japan is known for its worldwide innovations in technology, transportation, and communication, but this week, the Bowdoin art museum showcases the artistic prowess that emerged from the land of a thousand suns during the 17th and 18th centuries. The exhibit, entitled "Glimpses Into the Floating World: The History of Ukiyo-e," features the works of prominent Japanese artists from the Edo Period (1615-1868).

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=4]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=4]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Arts &amp; Entertainment]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mural solidifies ties between sister cities]]></title><description><![CDATA[A mural celebrating the cultures of Brunswick, Maine, and Trinidad, Cuba, will be unveiled next Sunday to honor the connection between the sister cities.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=5]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=5]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Arts &amp; Entertainment]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[This summer, read for pleasure]]></title><description><![CDATA[As summer approaches, people begin to get excited about reading for pleasure. Because I am the mistress of procrastination (I may not be doing homework but I'm stimulating my intellect, right?), reading for pleasure is not quarantined to seasonal breaks, but these periods certainly provide a jolt of excitement. I no longer have to feel guilty about my favorite pastime, and the rest of you can catch up. Here are a few books to get you started.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=6]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=6]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Arts &amp; Entertainment]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[DJ of the Week: Harry Schnur '08 and Zach Tcheyan '08]]></title><description><![CDATA[Top five desert island albums?
HS: The Slip's "Aliveacoustic" and "Alivelectric," Bill Evans's "A Simple Matter of Conviction," Dirty Projectors's "Rise Above," Wyclef Jean's "The Carnival," Radiohead's "In Rainbows," because I paid twice as much for it as meant to when I forgot how much British pounds are worth.
ZT:  Justice's "Cross," Radiohead's "Kid A," The Libertines's "s/t," M.I.A's  "Kala," The Day Jobs's "Greatest Hits."

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=7]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=4&id=7]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Arts &amp; Entertainment]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men’s tennis upsets twice to win NESCAC]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the NESCAC final deadlocked at 4-4, the Bowdoin men's tennis team knew that it had a championship riding on the shoulders of Tyler Anderson '10. Fortunately for the Polar Bears, Anderson did not waver, triumphing over his Middlebury opponent in three sets to earn the men's tennis team its first NESCAC championship in program history.
The Polar Bears, who were ranked No. 4 in the NESCAC going into the tournament, were looking to upset No. 2 Middlebury last Sunday at the Panthers' home court.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=1]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=1]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men’s lax loses in OT, but recovers for first-round win against Camels]]></title><description><![CDATA["Never say die" seems to be the motto of the Bowdoin Men's Lacrosse Team these days, particularly after this weekend. While the rest of Bowdoin was busy with other Ivies Weekend activities, the men's lacrosse players were on the road at Williams for their Saturday game against the Ephs. Judging by the first quarter, the Polar Bears knew that they were up against a formidable Williams squad, as the quarter ended locked even at 1-1, from an unassisted goal from Owen Smith '11.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=2]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=2]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women’s tennis wins at-large bid to NCAAs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Bowdoin Women's Tennis Team will head to Amherst this weekend for the first round of the NCAA playoffs. 
The Polar Bears earned an at-large bid to the tournament despite losing to Williams College during the NESCAC semifinals.
The women's team enters the NCAA tournament ranked No. 16 out of 30, but the Polar Bears have a national ranking of 12 and are seeded second in the regional round of the tournament.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=3]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=3]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women’s lax eliminated from NESCACs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The women's lacrosse team secured a NESCAC tournament spot by beating Williams 11-10 on Saturday, but fell to Trinity 12-9 in a first round match on Sunday, ending the Polar Bears' season. The weekend tested the team's strength and endurance, and although Bowdoin pulled out a win against the Ephs to earn the No. 6 seed in the tournament, Trinity proved to be a formidable opponent.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=4]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=4]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women’s track runs for 6th at NESCACs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The long drive to Hamilton College, where the NESCAC championships were held, did not stop the Bowdoin Women's Track Team from turning in many strong performances. 
Placing sixth out of the 11 NESCAC teams, Bowdoin finished just behind rival Colby, which took fifth, and just four points ahead of Bates in seventh. Williams College won the meet with Tufts taking second.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=5]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=5]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball hopes for 20-win season after missing playoffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three feet short. 
A chance to remain in playoff contention came to just that-three feet. 
Down 10-6 in the seventh and final inning of the first game of a Bates doubleheader, the baseball team was facing loaded bases and two outs when catcher Reid Auger '10 came up to bat. And when the ball came off his bat, flying into left field, for just a moment it seemed the comeback was there, the game tied. But the moment passed just as the ball fell into the outfielder's mitt.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=6]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=6]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men’s track finishes 8th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miles away from the Bacchanalian bliss of Ivies, it was business as usual for the men of the Bowdoin track team, which finished a disappointing eighth at the NESCAC Championships. The Bears scored a total of 40 points in the meet at Hamilton College to edge out ninth-place Amherst by one tally.
Williams College was crowned champion with 195 points in a victory over second-place Tufts, a victory made so much sweeter by the fact that the two teams shared last year's title.

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=7]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=7]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Softball loses five in final weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite having been eliminated from playoff contention earlier in the season, the softball team soldiered on through six more games this week. 
Four of the six games were decided by just one run, but the result was not pretty for the Polar Bears, who went 1-5 on the weekend. 

]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=8]]></link><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=&section=5&id=8]]></guid><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crew wins the Big Three]]></title><description><![CDATA[After winning the men's and women's Varsity Fours against UMass Lowell and Middlebury on April 5, the Bowdoin Navy traveled to Hadley, Massachusetts, on April 12, for the annual Big Three Regatta with Amherst and Middlebury. 
On the raging current of the Connecticut River, Bowdoin entered nine of the 10 events, winning six with three second place finishes.

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As I type these letters onto the screen of my laptop with each of my index fingers and nothing more hitting each key, my feelings towards the world of professional sports are mixed: while the Rangers struggle haplessly against the mighty Penguins and the Yankees continue to send their best and brightest to the disabled list, Isiah Thomas is no longer a part of my life (although Larry Brown is again...kind of. Have fun Bobcats), and this Gholston fellow the Jets drafted last weekend is supposedly a fantastic defender, who can also apparently throw the ball farther than 20 yards (10 more than veteran quarterback Chad Pennington, as it is). 

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