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VOLUME 145, NUMBER 20
BY JULIAN ANDREWS
ORIENT STAFF
JENNY IBSEN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Clay Starr 19 (left) and Phoebe Zipper 19 (right) celebrate their respective acceptances to Reed House and Quinby House after college house
decisions were released yesterday. Out of the 275 college house applications, approximately 200 students were accepted.
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STERLING DIXON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
IN THE MARKET: The College intends to acquire the house at 28 College Street (above),
a purchase which would allow Bowdoin to own all of the real estate on College Street. The
house, built in 1780, was originally listed for $3 million in the spring of 2014. Its current listing
reads, It is claimed and attested to that this is the home...Harriet Beecher Stowe...wr[o]te
Uncle Toms Cabin. Bowdoin previously pushed back against this claim.
Bowdoin intends to acquire

last remaining non-campus
property on College St.
ORIENT STAFF
Bowdoin may soon have another new

property on its hands. The College has
confirmed that it is looking to acquire the
house located at 28 College St. The house
was listed for sale on Thursday with an
asking price of $1.6 million.
The house is for sale, the College has
an option to acquire it and we intend to
acquire it, said Senior Vice President for
Finance & Administration and Treasurer
Katy Longley.
If the College does acquire the house it
will own all of the real estate on College
St., which cuts through the heart of campus. The house is located directly next to
the Multicultural Center at 30 College St.
A controversy arose when the house
was originally listed for a price of $3

million in the spring of 2014. The listing
agents at the time claimed that Harriet
Beecher Stowe had written the bulk of
her famous book, Uncle Toms Cabin,
in the house, according to the Portland
Press Herald.
Bowdoin pushed back, arguing that
the historical evidence suggested that the
book was written at two buildings presently owned by the College: Appleton
Hall and the recently-renovated Harriet
Beecher Stowe House at 63 Federal St.
As far as documented evidence goes
now by documented evidence I mean
Stowes correspondence and that of the
family members that lived in the house
with herthe book was written at 63
ART AS EMPOWERMENT
Alternative Spring Break trip to
New York City examines art and
education.
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Please see HOUSE, page 4
SPORTS
BY JOHN BRANCH
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FEATURES
HOT OFF THE PRESS

A look at the papers journey
from the Orient House to your
hands.
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BY DAKOTA GRIFFIN
BY DANIEL VIELLIEU
Please see APARTMENTS, page 4
Two hundred seventy-five former

and current employees had their W-2
and 1095-C information stolen last
week when their accounts on Ceridianthe capital management service
Bowdoin contracts to organize payroll taxes were accessed illegally.
The College has contracted the
data protection company AllClear
ID to provide an identity theft insurance policy, theft monitoring services and other services to affected
employees. The College will cover
the cost for families that choose

to accept the service for two years.
Bowdoin will soon be extending AllClear credit monitoring benefits to
all employees and their dependents.
According to a secure resource
page published on the Bowdoin
Controllers Offices website, while
the College became aware of the
hack on March 30, 2016, there are
indications that illegal access to employee accounts may have occurred
over the course of several weeks beginning in early February.
J-Board selects six new

members for next year
School St.
Apts. not to
be included
in lottery
The Office of Residential Life (ResLife) has decided to end its rental of the
School Street apartments and will not
offer them in the 2016-2017 housing lottery due to security concerns. Instead, it
will be opening four new suites, which
are currently undergoing renovations, on
the second floor of Coles Tower.
For the past five years, the College
has rented this four-apartment building
from Maine State Music Theatre, which
uses the space to house employees during the summer. Situated north of the
campus off of Maine Street, it is the furthest student housing option offered in
the lottery.
While there have been no specific
security related incidents at the School
Street apartments this year, individuals
have expressed concerns over the safety
of the location.
There were some conversations in
the fall about wanting to make sure
[the residents] had the ability to secure
windows and secure doors, and we
worked with Maine State Music Theatre to make sure that that happened,
said Associate Director of Housing
Operations Lisa Rendall. The owner
of the property subsequently added an
automatically locking door.
Because the College does not own the
building, residents have to carry separate
keys, and the building has not had some
of same safety protocols as other residences. Rendall believes the elimination
of this housing option is also a positive
change, as it is more difficult for security
to monitor the School Street apartments.
Axis Fuksman-Kumpa 17, a resident
APRIL 8, 2016
College takes steps to

protect employee info
following data breach
WELCOME TO MY HOUSE
The Judicial Board (JBoard) selected six new members for the 2016-2017 academic year from a pool of 40
applicants, which is slightly
fewer applicants than applied
last year. Brian Bristol 19,
Cullen Geary 18, Oceanna
Pak 19, Maya Singh 19, Ana
Timoney-Gomez 18 and Emmett Ulian 19 will join the
eight veteran members of the
J-Board this summer.
The applicants submitted a written application
consisting of general background information and
several short essays and met
with the J-Board for individual interviews. About
half of the initial applicants
moved on to the second
phasea group interview in
which candidates discuss a
hypothetical case while the
J-Board observes.
The application process
is rigorous, demanding time
and considerable thought,
but Timoney-Gomez explained that it needs to be a
serious process because its a
very serious role.
I was most intimidated
by the individual interview
because usually an interview
is a one-on-one or two-onone, but this was a one-on-JBoard, Timoney-Gomez said.
The one thing I really like
about [the application] was
that there wasnt a spot to
put your resume, Ulian said.
I think, a lot of times, people get really bogged down
in that kind of thing. I was
really appreciative that they
werent really concerned
about what youd done or
what youd achievedthey
were more concerned with
KINGS OF THE COURT

Mens and womens tennis
currently ranked among
the top five in the country.
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Courtesy of Ana Timoney-Gomez, Courtesy of Bowdoin Athletics,

Courtesy of Oceanna Pak and Jenny Ibsen, The Bowdoin Orient
J-BOARD ROOKIES: (Clockwise from top left) Ana

Timoney-Gomez 18, Emmett Ulian 19, Maya Singh
19, Oceanna Pak 19, Cullen Geary 18 and Brian Bristol 19 were selected as new members of the J-Board
for the 2016-2017 academic year following a rigorous
application process.
what you thought.
Within two weeks of the final interview,
the J-Board emails their decision to the candidates. Usually, an email to the Bowdoin
community announcing the new members
follows soon after. This year, the community
announcement was not issued until April 4,
weeks after the selection process, which began back in January, had concluded.
According to J-Board Chair Maggie
Acosta 16, With a lot of the events that
had been happening around campus, particularly the tequila party,...the deans were
Please see J-BOARD, page 3
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LETS TALK ABOUT SEX

Julia Mead 16 on how changing our language can make sex
better.
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SECURITY REPORT: STUDENT SPEAK

MARCH 31 to APRIL 7 WE ASKED: Whats your guilty pleasure?
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
A student at Coles Tower was
escorted to Mid Coast Hospital for
evaluation of back pain.
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
Students complained of being
disturbed by loud music at 4 a.m. at
Stowe House Inn.
An officer checked on the wellbeing of a student at Mayflower
Apartments.
A student with abdominal pain
was escorted to Mid Coast Hospital.
A students pan of tortillas burst
into flames while baking in an oven
at Brunswick Apartments.
A female student reported that
she thought she was being followed
by a man who was walking on Maine
Street near Belmont Street.
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
An officer checked on the wellbeing of an intoxicated student at
Appleton Hall.
An officer checked on the wellbeing of an intoxicated student at
Howell House.
A 5:40 a.m. fire alarm at Chamberlain Hall was caused by an apparent malfunction.
Wall vandalism was reported at
Baxter House following a registered
event.
A student with a severe migraine
was taken to the Mid Coast Primary
Care & Walk-In Clinic.
SUNDAY, APRIL 3
BPD requested assistance from
Security with a neighborhood disturbance call at 24 School Street.
A gathering was dispersed and the
residents were issued a disorderly
conduct warning.
A student with an ankle injury
was escorted to the Mid Coast Primary Care & Walk-In Clinic.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5
BPD and Security checked 8

School Street after an exterior door
was found open at 3:30 a.m.
A student was found to be in
possession of two fraudulent drivers
licenses.
An iPod and cash was stolen
from a students unlocked car that
was parked behind 43 Harpswell
Road (adjacent to Bowker Street).
A student at 43 Harpswell
Road reported that someone rifled
through an unlocked vehicle, but
that nothing appeared to be missing.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
An ill student was taken to the
Mid Coast Primary Care & Walk-In
Clinic.
A student reported that a GPS
device was stolen from an unlocked
vehicle that was parked in the back
lot at Brunswick Apartments.
A student received facial injuries in a bicycle mishap at the corner
of Coffin and Longfellow. Brunswick Rescue transported the student
to Mid Coast Hospital.
A student reported that cash was
stolen from an unlocked vehicle that
was parked on Park Row near Apartment E.
Ashley Bomboka 16
I look at drakeweather.com
and OVO blog every morning.
Bridget Kranz 16
I drive to Starbucks every

morning and get a Venti upsidedown iced caramel machiatto.
Lydia Caputi 18
Most nights before I go to
bed or on bus rides to games, I
read romance novels.
Miranda Princi 17
I smell my fingernails.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
BPD and Security checked the
barn at the Harriet Beecher Stowe
House after an exterior door was
found ajar at 2:45 a.m.
A student was briefly stuck in the
Coles Tower south elevator while
technicians were working on it. After several minutes the student was
safely released.
Nora Cullen 18
I play piano at Moulton
Union loudly late at night.
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NEWS IN BRIEF Rose speaks about business skills, to

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CHANGES TO E.S. MAJOR
teach first-year seminar on leadership
The faculty of the Department of Environmental Science recently approved changes to the course requirements for the Environmental Science
(E.S.) coordinate major. These changes will go into effect at the beginning of
the 2016-2017 academic year. Students in the classes of 2017, 2018 and 2019
do not need to adhere to the new requirements, regardless of whether or not
they have already declared the major.
Per the changes, the majors mandated introductory class (numbered 1100
or higher) in biology, chemistry, earth and oceanographic science or physics
must now include a laboratory component. Associate Dean for Academic
Affairs James Higginbotham said the faculty decided on this change in the
hopes that it would ensure that students who fulfill the coordinate major
have some vital laboratory experience.
The second change involves the disciplinary concentrations that students
must choose within the coordinate major. With the new requirements, students will have to integrate their E.S. disciplinary concentration into their full
major with the help of their major advisor. This change is intended to help students make the coordinate major more in line with their individual interests
and as a result, more meaningful.
BOC GRANTED FUNDS

The Student Activities Funding Club (SAFC) has granted the Bowdoin
Outing Club (BOC) $1,695, half of its requested $3,390. After discovering its
$18,000 deficiency in funds in February, the BOC was denied its first request
of $19,500 and then granted $2,420 of its second request of $5,810. President
of the SAFC David Levine 16 said in an email to the Orient that while the
SAFC encouraged the BOC to request more money in a few weeks, without
knowing what other budgets could arise, the SAFC could not promise the
BOC more money for this year. Next year, the BOC will begin the year with
its complete budget.
BSG PASSES PROPOSAL

The Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) passed a motion at their meeting on Wednesday to request that the College pay any legal fees for BSG
members acting in their office. President Danny Mejia-Cruz 16 will bring
the request to the administration for their approval. The proposal aims for
a freer discourse within the BSG and is in response to the earlier prospect
of legal action three BSG members faced earlier this semester after they authored the articles for impeachment for two other BSG members. Currently
no other schools that the council has spoken to have legal protection in
their by-laws. However, Mejia-Cruz has been in communication with other
schools such as Harvard University and Middlebury College who also are investigating providing their student government members with legal protection. Members of the BSG drew parallels with employment contractsmany
firms offer to protect their employees if the employee is sued while acting in
their professional capacity.
The BSG also voted by sealed secret ballot via an email link to automatically remove members who fall out of good standing with the College from
their governmental duties. Voting closed Thursday at noon, but results were
not yet available at press time. Removed members could appeal their removal
to the Executive Committee, which is made up of the student body president
and the six vice presidents. By a majority vote of the committee, a student
could be reinstated to the BSG. Students in poor standing who wish to run
for office must also receive the approval of the BSG. While some members
of the BSG voiced concerns that tying BSG eligibility to an administrative
classification would hamper the governments independence, others claimed
that the appeals process prevents the administration from hampering the
BSG, as the Executive Committee can prevent the expulsion of a member
from the institution should the administration choose to discipline them.
LUO 16 EARNS TOP SCORE

Lucy Luo 16 scored in the top 500 out of 4,275 national competitors on
this years Putnam Competition, an annual math competition for undergraduates. I think its awesome that we have students that are excited about
math and that we have outlets for them to use that excitement and get some
recognition, said Lecturer in Mathematics Michael King. King, along with
Director of the Quantitative Reasoning Program and Lecturer in Mathematics Eric Gaze, organizes the Putnam Competition each year at Bowdoin, a
six-hour test taken in December. The median of the exam this year was zero,
which is lower than in previous years. To be in the top 500, one had to earn
a score of 12. Out of the 447 participating schools, including large research
universities like MIT, Harvard and Carnegie Mellon, Bowdoin ranked in the
top 15 percent at 62nd, 38 spots higher than last years rank of 100.
VICTORIA YU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
FOLLOW THE LEADER: President Clayton Rose spoke to an audience of about 60 students, faculty and staff last Monday night about leadership skills. You must be willing to take risks, said Rose. Youre going to have to get comfortable making informed decisions with incomplete
information and ultimately trust your gutdevelop informed intuition. Expanding on similar themes, Rose will be teaching an interdisciplinary first year seminar next semester entitled The Moral Leader.
BY LIZA TARBELL
ORIENT STAFF
President Clayton Rose shared his

insights on the importance of transparency, risk-taking and diligence in
developing effective leadership skills
to an audience of about 60 students,
faculty and staff during the Business Leadership Principles event on
Monday. Next semester, Rose will
teach an interdisciplinary first-year
seminar called, The Moral Leader,
which will expand on the same concepts he discussed Monday.
Sponsored by the Bowdoin College Finance Society, Rose spoke
about his experiences at J.P. Morgan and his academic career at the
Harvard Business School, revealing
his stance on the responsibilities of
leadership, managerial values, ethics
and the role of business in society.
Ellen Pham 18, co-leader of
Bowdoin Women in Business and
co-vice president of the Bowdoin
Finance Society, organized the event
because of the significance she sees
in developing leadership skills.
I just wanted to start the dialogue
about leadership in business at Bowdoin, said Pham. I think it is so important for Bowdoin students to be
exposed to different styles of leadership because one of the mantras of
Bowdoin is to train the next generations of leaders.
JBOARD
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pretty busy.
With selection completed, the
new J-Board members have a little
over a month until their training begins in May. During training, members will meet with the deans, consider hypothetical cases and practice
asking the right questions in the
right ways to get the information
people are interested in, said Acosta. Then, new members will sit in on
a case to see how it works in real
life. In their first or second semes-
Rose spoke briefly, and then

opened the floor for questionsthe
majority of the event was question
driven discussion.
Kim Kahnweiler 16 directed the
conversation toward diversity and
the value of a liberal arts education
in the business world today.
Rose responded by citing the early 90s as a time that saw a surge in
the use of diversity as a buzzword
among businesses and emphasized
its continued significance in business
models in 2016. Rose emphasized the
value of the communication and critical thinking skills gained through a
liberal arts education.
Do not underestimate it. It is incredibly powerful, he said.
Pham was pleased with how Rose
clearly contextualized business and
made the topic accessible for audience members.
He spoke very generally, which I
really appreciated, because finance can
be so niche and sometimes turn people
off, said Pham. I was glad that he was
able to talk about how business can relate to a lot of different things like climate change.
Ben Bristol 17 asked about climate
change directly as he wondered about
the corporate social responsibility of
businesses to mitigate environmental
justice issues.
Rose responded by referencing a
Harvard Business School class he co-
taught called, Reimagining Capitalism, which allowed the class to examine the fragility and importance of the
model of the depletion of New England
fisheries, a close to home [issue] for
many of us.
Others from the audience asked for
his crucial tips for up and comers in the
business world.
You must be willing to take risks,
said Rose. Youre going to have to get
comfortable making informed decisions with incomplete information and
ultimately trust your gutdevelop informed intuition.
He then emphasized the importance
of staying focused and diligent to prove
yourself for the next opportunity.
Do not worry about the next job.
Worry about the job you have now,
said Rose. When people are looking at that job, they wont do the job
theyre doing well. And thatll kill
you.
Kahnweiler reflected on the intersection of Roses business background
and his work so far at Bowdoin.
Its definitely too early to tell, said
Kahnweiler when asked if Roses business strategies have positively influenced his presidency. Its comforting
to know that thats something he takes
very seriously.
I hope he continues to be outspoken. I hope he continues to support
student that participate in all different
activities across campus, she said.
ter on the J-Board, new members

will sit on their first official case.
In his time on the J-Board, Ulian
hopes to change the campus environment for the better. In his six
months at Bowdoin, he has realized
that sometimes still there are instances where people might not feel
totally welcome in places or might
feel threatened by things that happen on campus or...how other people treat them. He feels that being
on the Judicial Board is a good way
to try and make a positive difference
in that area.
Timoney-Gomez also hopes to
help improve Bowdoin as best she
can. I think the J-Board is special

because youre an individual working
with other individuals, and maybe if
you fix this smaller situation and improve it and create a better environment from it, you will in turn make
a better environment for Bowdoin.
I think that Im someone who, in
my time here at Bowdoin, has had
the opportunity to meet a lot of different groups of people and has had
a very diverse experience, Timoney-Gomez said. I think that that
is probably one of the most critical
components of being a member of JBoardbeing a representative of the
student body.
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HOUSE

Federal Street where she lived for about
two years, from 1851 to 1852, Associate
Professor of Africana Studies and English Tess Chakkalakal told the Orient at
the time.
The house was originally listed in 2014
by a real estate firm in Beverly Hills, California. One of the listing agents at the
time, Karen Nation, told the Press Herald that the house might be of interest
to a celebrity buyerMaybe an Oprah
Winfrey type.
The current listing for the house
stops short of definitively asserting that Stowe wrote the bulk of the
novel there. However, it does read, It
is claimed and attested to that this is
the home that Harriet Beecher Stowe
The house [at 28 College Street]

is for sale, the College has an
option to acquire it and we intend
to acquire it.
THE SCHOOL AWAY FROM SCHOOL: Bowdoin will no longer rent the School Street apartments from Maine State Music Theater due to security concerns.
APARTMENTS
of School Street, described the neighborhood as sketchy and has had to take
precautions while walking to School
Street after dark due to its distance.
I do end up taking Safe Ride a lot
at night, especially because its a slightly
sketchy part of the Brunswick neighborhood, said Fuksman-Kumpa. I have a
lot of people who are always concerned
about me walking home at night and
stuff because its a longer walk. I have
never had any incidents myself, so it

hasnt been a huge impact for me, but
its definitely been something thats on
my mind.
Communication between the residents, ResLife and the landlord has been
complicated as well. The landlord has
specific dates students need to move out
at the end of the year, which conflict with
Senior Week. Work orders for repairs
were equally complicated as, depending
on the service required, either private
repairman the landlord contracted or
Bowdoin Facilities Management fulfilled
the requests.
While transportation to School Street

and the building itself have caused unease, Rendall voiced the reason for eliminating this housing option as ultimately
due to practicality.
It didnt make sense for the College
to continue to pay rent to Maine State
Music Theatre when were able to provide the housing in-house, so to speak,
on campus.
To compensate for all but one of the
13 beds in the apartments, the College
is currently renovating the second floor
of Coles Tower to create four new suites.
The configurations of these rooms will
TESSA EPSTEIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
differ from the rest of Coles Tower. The

floor will be able to house 12 students
in two two-bedroom doubles and two
three-bedroom quads.
Fuksman-Kumpa cited one incident of a loud argument that occurred
on her street earlier in the year. Otherwise, there have not been any concerns that would deter her from living
there in the future, and she has enjoyed her accommodations.
Ive been happy to live there. I
havent regretted it at any point. And
the pros have outweighed the cons
for me.
BREACH

Employees who had their tax returns diverted will eventually be
able to get them back, but it may
take some time.
Everybody is working with the
IRS. Were told it takes between nine
and 12 weeks to get this all resolved,
said Katy Longley, senior vice president for finance and administration
and treasurer.
Longley said that the College
believes whoever accessed W-2 information has had the Social Security numbers of employees for some
time, and was waiting for tax season
to use them.
From what we understand about
the criminal behavior is that people
buy these books of Social Security
numbers and they hold them for a
couple years, then they use them,
said Longley. They do it during tax
season when its so busy that they
think people wont notice, and they
try to get refunds.
According to Longley, the College
will explore other options for payroll tax reporting and has retained
legal counsel.
For those affected, this data
breach serves as a reminder that,
though there are steps one can take
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE

& ADMINISTRATION AND TREASURER
KATY LONGLEY
sought in refuge to write Uncle
Toms Cabin.
This time, the houses listing agent is
David Jones, of the Falmouth-based F.O.
Bailey Real Estate. Jones said in an interview with the Orient that the College has
a contract containing the right of first refusal to acquire the house, which was built
in 1780.
According to Jones, he has not yet
spoken with anyone from Bowdoin. He
said he expected to be in contact with
the College by sometime next week.
towards protecting personal data,
total security is impossible.
Many aspects of my financial life
have been compromised and, like
those I know who have been similarly affected, I have spent hours trying to protect myself from the possible consequences of that, Associate
Professor of Computer Science Stephen Majercik wrote in an email to
the Orient. An incident like this really drives home how vulnerable we
all are online. It makes you want to
take yourself completely offline, but,
of course, you cant.
Employee information was accessed when an unknown criminal
entity used illegally obtained Social Security numbers coupled with
employee ZIP codes to access the
portal. Once inside, they reset account passwords, changed the email
associated with the account and
diverted W-2s and 1095-Cs to that
new email. The perpetrators would
have had access to Social Security
numbers, addresses, taxable federal
and state wages and taxes withheld
via the W-2 forms. 1095-Cs include
the names and last four Social Security number digits of any dependents claimed by employees on their
health insurance. The College has
no idea how employee Social Security numbers were obtained.
No student information was compromised.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Alternative Spring Break

explores art & education
BY SURYA MILNER
ORIENT STAFF
At the intersection of art and community engagement, the McKeen

Centers Alternative Spring Break
(ASB) trip, Art as Empowerment,
explored the realities of arts education and involvement in New York
City. Members of the trip looked at
elite spaces like the Whitney Museum
of American Art as well as a middle
school in Brooklyns least gentrified
neighborhood.
Led by Maya Reyes 16, the trip
focused on educating participants so
that they could continue with long
term, sustainable service. The group
spent the majority of the week exploring how museums and educators
reach various underserved communities.
I dont like the idea of going somewhere for a week, giving yourself a pat
on the back, leaving and then never
engaging with that community again,
Reyes said. I wanted [the trip] to be
primarily educational so that people
on the trip could see themselves in a
multitude of positions within the art
world and for it to be an impactful
experience so that theyll engage with
it later on in whatever community
theyre in.
The group visited a host of museums
and educational centers throughout
the trip, spending time at the Museum
of Contemporary African Diasporan
Arts, Sugar Hill, an affordable housing
complex developed by Ellen Baxter 75,
and a gallery directed by Hallie Harrisburg 90, among others.
We talked about how meaningful
it is for people to claim a space with
art and how art allows people to do
that, said trip member Blanche Froelich 19. It acknowledges that those
communities have just as much to offer to us, or in my opinion, undeniably
more than we have to offer to them.
The groups involvement with youth
communities, especially those at risk,
proved to be particularly insightful.
Its important that those means of
expression are available to children of
every class and race, and they arent really because of the funding shortages
that exist within arts education, said

Reyes. It was also important for us to
explore the inequality in terms of representation. When you dont have kids
who are exploring art from an early
age, theyre never going to become
artists or go to museums because they
dont see that as belonging to them.
Bringing art to everybody is important because it allows people to realize
that their culture is important and that
they can understand art and create art
that is of equal value to these pieces that
have been in museums for centuries or
are worth millions of dollars, said William Schweller 17, who also attended the
trip. It brings people together.
Despite the groups concentration in
art and its representations in community
engagement, several group members
cited a game of pick-up basketball with
local youth as one of the more meaningful moments of the trip.
I know that basketball isnt art, but
it sticks with you as a community that
you may want to be a part of or advocate for in the future, said Reyes.
yes.
Not because its so desolate or impoverished, but because you realize
lize
that, Hey, there are normal kids here
who like to do the same things that
at I
do, but they dont get the access to the
same things I do.
You get to inhabit a different space
pace
and learn about work thats being
eing
done outside of the classroom thats
hats
meaningful to a lot of peoples lives,
ves,
Reyes added.
For many, ASB trips are opportunities
ities
for week-long, intensive public service
vice
derprojectsprojects that serve the underprivileged and also help students in their
heir
understanding of social and environronmental issues. Art as Empowerment
ent
functioned as an educational trip with the
nt in
hope of Bowdoin student involvement
the long term.
Whats most applicable is our students
ents
capacity to engage difference critically
ly
to meet people who are unlike themselves
lves
d to
and to recognize how they respond
encountering difference, said Andrew
rew
Lardie, associate director for service and
leadership at the McKeen Center. Hopeopefully it will help students have a more nun in
anced understanding of whats going on
their lives here and the life of the campus.
pus.
COURTSEY OF MAYA REYES
ART AS EMPOWERMENT : Over spring break, a group of students visited New York City as part of the McKeen Centers Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program to explore how art museums
and art education programs are reaching underprivileged areas.
The group also created collages (left) during the trip,
which are currently on display in Lamarche
Gallery, Smith Union as part of
the Delta Sigma/Delta Upsilon
Student Art Competition.
Art of liminal spaces: spring on the border Maine Inside Out reduces youth
JUNE LEI
STREET SMART
There is a particular sheen of gold

that falls upon the desert at sunset. It
is unlike the pale northeastern light
that rises and sinks upon the Maine
snow over 2,000 miles away. It is unlike
anything I have ever experienced prior
to visiting Arizona on an Alternative
Spring Break (ASB) trip. Despite this,
the desert was still somewhat familiar to me. It is the same landscape of
Manifest Destiny paintings and madefor-TV movies about the Old West. It
is the same desert of the postcard sky
that breaks into an untouchable prism
of purples, so sunspun that representations appear flat and gaudy. Perhaps
this is because the implications of the
incarcerations through theater
desert far surpass its visuals.

When participating in and then
writing about such a trip, one inherits a set of internal politics. Traveling,
gaining, then creating something out
of the experience is both reflection and
representation. I am not from the borderlands, so I am a tourist and a liberal
arts student engaging with a place and
its host of issues. Our ASB studied the
migrant crisis at the Arizona/Sonora
border and the economic, social and
legislative systems that influence it.
It was often emotional, terrifying and
deeply moving at the same time. Although it would take a half semester
of seminars and a week in the desert to
even begin to describe this, some key
thoughts arise as relevant to the liberal
arts education, particularly regarding
understanding the systematic border-
Please see SPRING, page 6
BY AMANDA NEWMAN
ORIENT STAFF
SOPHIE WASHINGTON
Gazing at a college audience similarly aged to their selves, members

of Maine Inside Out performed a
skit that expressed the surprisingly
small disparities between their lives
and those of Bowdoin students.
Maine Inside Out is an organization that works with incarcerated
and formerly incarcerated youth to
create and perform original theater.
The program benefits both participants and audience members,
combating stereotypes of incarcerated youth and providing an outlet
for expression.
This past Wednesday, the group
came to Reed House to present a
short video which included a news
segment about the organization as

well as a documentary about what
Maine Inside Out has to offer to its
participants. Once the video was
over, the group performed a short
theater piece that they had prepared themselves.
Before taking questions from
the audience, the participants went
down the line introducing themselves and explaining how the organization has impacted their lives.
One of the members, who has
continued to participate for years after he was released from prison, said
that Maine Inside Out is different
from the other facilitated programs
that are offered to individuals while
imprisoned.
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INSIDE
The reason we keep coming back
is because we have a connection
with it, he said.
Unlike other courses such as
counseling or anger management,
in which inmates participate either
because they are required to or allow
for an earlier release date, the members of Maine Inside Out chose to
join because it was a place for them
to openly express themselves.
According to co-director Tessy
Seward, the primary goal of the organization is to drastically reduce, if
not eliminate, the incarceration of
youth.
I think we can demonstrate that
communities are safer and more
connected and better places to live
when restorative and transformative
justice is explored, said Seward.
She explained that the organization chose to convey these ideas
through theater because it provides
a way of communicating with words
as well as physicality.
Theres feeling and thinking at
the same time. I think thats unique
to live theater as an art form,
she added.
The group was invited to Reed
House by Victoria Lowrie 18, programming director of the house.

She is also the co-president of Bowdoins chapter of College Guild, an
organization that sends educational
material to prisoners who would
not otherwise qualify for accredited
education courses.
They use theater to work to build
empathy and [cross] borders that
arent normally crossed, said Lowrie.
While the Maine Inside Out members joked that most of them only
became involved for the free food
at meetings, they also each shared
specific and personal reasons for
why they joined the organization.
In addition to providing an outlet
for expression without judgement,
Maine Inside Out helps members
combat issues like anxiety, fear of
public speaking and an inability to
express emotions.
By sharing their personal experiences and opinions with large audiences, the members hope to convey
that they are just like everyone else.
As a result of an emotional, impactful performance, viewers often question their preconceived notions of
incarcerated youth.
I help people by helping myself
when I get on that stage, said another member of Maine Inside Out.
Lowrie felt that the originality of
ASHLEY KOATZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
INSIDE OUT: Maine Inside Outside, a group that works with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth, speaks on the importance of
theater and performance during rehabilitation as a means of communication. The group spoke at Reed House last Wednesday evening.
this groups mission would provide
for interesting discussion, noting
that she hadnt seen an event like
this on campus prior to Wednesdays
presentation.
If we are talking about mass in-
Briefel on artistry, race in Victorian Era

BY SARAH LIM
ORIENT STAFF
The latest book by Aviva Briefel,

a professor of English and cinema
studies, is entitled The Racial Hand
in the Victorian Imagination. At a
book release celebration on Thursday, she spoke about its topic: the racial significance of non-white hands
in the Victorian period.
Victorians believed that we could
read somebodys character through
their hands, or the shape of their
fingers or through the lines in their
hands or through a whole range of
different things, said Briefel. But
one identity category that Victorians
really struggled to find and couldnt
locate was race.
As there was a general frustration
at the inability of Victorian scientists to use the hand as evidence for
racial difference, such as through
fingerprinting, Briefel argues in her
book that this frustration translated
to literary writers who would in turn
imagine different ways the hand
could be racialized in their fiction.
Hands of non-white individuals
were used by literary texts as way
of thinking about race and creating
fantasies about racial identity, said
Briefel. Victorians were very invested in the idea that identity could
be read through the body.
With her last book, The Deceivers: Art Forgery and Identity in the
Nineteenth Century, Briefel researched the way art forgery completely obscures the work of the individual who forged it.
In the process of thinking about
how artistry is concealed, Briefel began to think about the role of hands
in artistic labor and the fascination
of Victorian society with the hands
of Indian craftsmen.
As England was moving more
toward an industrialized, machinebased economy, even in their production of art, there was almost
this kind of fascination with hands
that were still producing things, explained Briefel. That got me thinking about the fascination more generally with non-white hands during
the period and non-white hands ac-
ALEKSIA SILVERMAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
HANDS ON: Professor of English and Cinema Studies Aviva Briefel celebrates the release of
her book, The Racial Hand in the Victorian Imagination, which focuses on the importance
of non-white hands in artistic labor during the Victorian Era.
tually either making things or being
scrutinized in some way.
Due to the incredible amount of
primary source material available
about hands during the Victorian
period, Briefel was met with the
daunting task of narrowing down
everything, from palmistry manuals
to mummification, into her book.
I ended up trying to limit in each
chapter a certain topic that I would
look at, said Briefel. So one is
about Indian craftsmanship, one is
about the Victorian fascination with
mummys hands, one about fingerprinting and one about eastern punishments that involve the cutting off
of hands as a result of theft or other
kinds of crimes.
While horror, especially in film, is

another subject of interest to Briefel,
she states she did not make any direct connections to horror film in
her book. Instead, Briefel describes
how her course offered this semester Victorian Plots, although not
specifically focused on the topic, reflects a lot of the topics she has written about.
Theres a lot of intersection between the material that we read in
that class, which is often adventure
fiction involving imperialism that
finds a place in the book, obviously
in a more focused on hands kind of
way, said Briefel. Also the aspect of
identity in in crime in Victorian fiction definitely comes in there.
carceration, its a very academic discussion, Lowrie said. So I think it

is going to bring something new actually having formerly incarcerated
young individuals who are going to
share their stories and their lessons.
SPRING
I think its going to be a great

step forward in terms of maybe
getting people to think about being more empathetic to people that
they wouldnt normally relate to,
she added.
plication of the arts cannot project a simple course of action and change, but then
again, this is not a simple situation.
Visual thinking invokes something
even more complex. People are dying at
lands through visual thinking.
the border as a result of a system of deterWithin this system, to be a citizen rence involving a several tactics, but most
studying casualties of citizenship is a famously, a wall. When our group took
strange, paradoxical role. It is nearly as our enterprise van into the desert sand to
strange as the action of learning from visit this wall in person, we found it to be
those with less in order to better oneself better described as a gate, or a fence. The
or self knowledge. Often humanitarian first thing I noticed about the wall was
groups we met that worked directly with- that its rust colored stature soared like a
in the crisis would relay a vague, hopeful piece of public large-scale artwork, and
sentiment of us students eventually affect- contained nearly as much symbolic value.
ing policy or creating awareness of the is- There is immense weight in thinking of
sue. This was a general bid, but as a student the border line as a representation. If the
primarily studying art and literature, I 16 million dollar per mile manifestation
found myself challenging my engagement of the gate is purely symbolicas it is insewith the border rather distinctly: for being cure in placesthen what does this mean
an arts student does not put me in a place for the fundamentals of our country and
of direct influenceI will likely never the values that are fiercely and tenaciouscreate policybut
ly guarded in
rather in a periphthe borderlands?
eral location. Al- Although artists have been creatThe relationthough artists have ing work about and on the border ship between art
been creating work
and the borderabout and on the for decades, I am a visitor and my lands continues
border for decades,
merge and
influence exists in a liminal space. to
I am a visitor and
morph. Liminal
my influence exists This personal conflict preserves, but spaces are not
in a liminal space.
to the
not without the understanding that unfamiliar
This personal conarts nor is most
flict preserves, but the border and the borderlands are sublime paradox
not without the
of the beautiful
understanding that too a liminal space, and thus to en- and the terrible
the border and the gage with them as a visual system coexisting as one.
borderlands are too
The liberal arts,
a liminal space, and is possible.
over 2,000 miles
thus to engage with
away from Maine,
them as a visual syscontinue to sugtem is possible.
gest ways of thinking about the 2,000 mile
Besides the sun, the chicory air and stretch of border.
the variable tones of russet and stucco, a
A body can disintegrate within three
distinctive trait of the desert is its effer- days of extreme desert conditions. The
vescent, unyielding heat. It creeps higher landscape, with its variations of cacti and
throughout the day until it matches the oscillating droughts, carries a particular
temperature of the human body. To spend history that cannot be ignored. The poet
an hour in the sun is difficult; to spend Elizabeth Brewster wrote, people are
a day trekking the border is deadly. For made of places / They carry with them
migrants that cross the desert, it is more / hints of jungles or mountains, a tropic
than just landscape, it is death. Thousands grace / or the cool eyes of sea-gazers.
of people have died crossing within the The converse of this idea is that places are
past two decades. Despite border relations made of their people. All of those bones
being a popular political issue, the fact is in the desert are what make America.
that the borderlands are far more. They America, vast and golden and destined,
are a home, an economy and a weapon. stretches a liminal space between coasts.
It is difficult to ruminate upon the beauty As tan and tantalizing as the Arizona
of a landscape when it puts human lives landscape was, nothing about it was truly
at stake. These are some of the paradoxes foreign to me, not even the sun. We are
of the border, factors that make the space never visitors of our own country; we are
liminal, as if in between two worlds. Ap- its participants, and its bounty.
FEATURES
the bowdoin orient
Professors
battle over
Jewish foods
BY CALLYE BOLSTER
STAFF WRITER
these presses prints 15,000 papers per hour.

For a publication like the Orient, which prints
roughly 1,600 copies, the process is relatively
short.
Once were up and running, it probably
takes 15, 20 minutes, to print the [Orient],
Lancaster said.
The Orient typically prints at around 8 a.m.
Since pressroom employees work in three
shifts, the printing facilities are well-populated no matter the time of day.
While printing presses themselves havent
changed much since Lancaster first entered
the printing business, the advent of computers has substantially affected the industry.
Before email existed, the Orient staff would
paste words and images onto physical boards,
which they would deliver to the press room.
Printing employees would then take pictures
of the boards and use their negatives to develop the metal plates.
Youd go into the dark room. Youd put the
On Wednesday evening at Reed

House, four professors battled it out
over the only issue possibly more
contentious than the Moulton versus
Thorne debate: the debate over the
relative superiority of latkes versus
hamantashen. In the words of the
debates moderator Professor of History David Hecht, it is the greatest
debate in Jewish culinary history.
Tensions in the jam-packed living
room were high from the moment
the event began. Hecht expressed
his bias toward latkes, accidentally
introducing the pro-latke debaters
as the correct side, and from then
on it was war.
First to the podium was Assistant
Professor of Religion Todd Berzon
who argued that the latke memorialized beautiful moments of family
and friends crying tears of joy during the preparation of the Hanukkah
meal, while the hamantashen was a
gastronomic reminder of the plot of
Haman to kill all Jews.
Speaking about his preparation
for the debate, Berzon said he consulted books and friends before
coming up with what he believed to
be a plausible argument.
Next up, also arguing for the latke
side, was Professor of Economics
Matthew Botsh, who used his extensive background in economics to
make his case.
He called upon the ideas of the
forefathers of his field who, he added, were good Jewish boys, dropping Adam Smiths classic, Nobody
but a beggar chooses to depend upon
hamantashen for his substance.
After the strong performance on
the latke side, the audience members
shifted in their seats and whispered
to each other their bafflement about
how the hamantashen side could
Please see ORIENT, page 9
Please see DEBATE, page 8
BEFORE THE STANDS: Stacks of newspapers wait at Alliance Press in Brunswick before being delivered. The Bowdoin Orient gets printed at approximately 8 a.m. every Friday morning.
HOT OFF THE PRESS
A look at the Bowdoin Orients journey from the computer to the stands
In the early hours of a typical Friday morning, the Orient staff emails PDF files of the
paper to a Brunswick printer. A few hours
later, printed newspapers apBY JESSICA PIPER pear in buildings across campus.
STAFF WRITER
In between, the intricate art of
newspaper printing unfolds just a few miles
from Bowdoin.
Dick Lancaster, sales manager at Alliance
Press, has been in the newspaper-printing
business for nearly 30 years. His company
was already printing weekly editions of the
Orient when he joined in the mid-1980s.
The physical printing process relies on
both old and new technology. Once the Orient sends completed designs to Alliance
Press, pre-press employees check that the
files are sized and formatted properly.
No RGB images. [We use] CMYK, Lancaster said. [Then] theyll paginate it and
put it in the correct order for sixteen pages.
Order is especially important because the
printing press is configured to only print certain pages in color. All images that appear in
the Orient are combinations of just a few

colors of ink.
You have four different inkwells. You
have yellow, magenta, black and cyan, Lancaster said. You [put] your colors all on
[pages] one, eight, nine and 16. If you wanted more color, it would go on two, seven,
10 and 15.
Once the employees have ensured that
the paper is in proper order, they use a special printer to burn the design directly onto
metal plates. They then bend the plates to fit
into the printing press.
When its finally time to print the paper,
an operator switches the printing press
on. Sheets of newsprint pass through the
machine, picking up ink as they come into
contact with the metal plates. The machine
then cuts and folds the sheets so that they
come out the other end looking like typical
newspapers.
Alliance Press has multiple printing
presses, so they can print up to three publications simultaneously. The quickest of
College houses and chambo singles; the dos and donts of housing
KATHERINE CHURCHILL
KATHERINE GIVES ADVICE
Dear Katherine,
I'm having trouble trying to figure out
where/with/who I want to live with next
year... so please give me some advice/
your thoughts!
Sincerely,
Dislocated in Druck
Dear Dislocated,
Picking the right housing and roommates depends, I think, on a certain level
of self-awareness. Are you messy or neat?
Do you need access to a kitchen? Can
you live alone? Can you live with other
people? Do you like to be surrounded by
people or a little more removed? Do you
want to throw parties?
You could probably make an amazing
BuzzFeed type quiz out of these questions to give you a personalized response.
Unfortunately, I am trying to write my

honors project, and I dont have time for
that. So instead, here are my concrete,
unbending, blanket opinions on housing,
which are almost certainly not universally applicable:
1. Do not live in a Chambo single.
Once I lived in a Chambo single for a
week because of Ebola. (Its a long story.) I
cried every night and usually in the morning if I had time. Thankfully, my friend
Ally left her semester abroad in Ghana
because of cholera (its a long story) and
came to live with me in my new Chambo
double. Then it was better.
2. If you are a sophomore and you
think there is any chance you want to live
in a social house, APPLY TO LIVE IN A
SOCIAL HOUSE.
Yes, the house will always smell like
stale beer. Yes, you will sit through house
meetings. And yes, living in Mac was one
of the best decisions I made at Bowdoin. I
realize that the time for applying for houses this year has past. But like Nietzsche, I
am untimely.
3. Who you live with is more important than where you live.
(True, say my roommates, who are
also some of my best friends.) To quote
the fireplace of Ladd House: The ornament of the house is the friend who frequents it. But also, even if you dont live
with your friends, try to live with people
you think you might be compatible with,
people you are excited to get to know. So
like, not your enemies.
4. Dont screw over your friends. Like,
dont get yourself into living situations
that will make you unhappy. But also
dont be a jerk or do anything sneaky and
underhanded. If you do, your friends
will forever remember you as sneaky
and underhanded.
Good luck making your housing choices!
Out,
Katherine
SOPHIE WASHINGTON
features
the bowdoin orient
friday , april 8, 2016
Lighthouse Deli: a beacon for students hungry for a taste of home

ELLICE LUEDERS
When Becky Marcos starts talking
about her delis breakfast sandwiches,
her voice perks up with an enthusiasm typically reserved for special occasions, like the first time you hear
Dance Yrself Clean or when you
find your lost OneCard in the pocket
of that jacket you thought you would
wear more when you bought it. Her
tone indicates the discovery of something special. The discovery of this
place, Lighthouse Variety & Deli, and
its food is a joy that has been shared
by Brunswick residents and Bowdoin
students alike.
Marcos wears a knit beanie to
work and has a soft, even voice. Im
a mom, she said. I just dont have
kids anymore. When we sat down
to talk, she took care to turn off the
TV that normally plays in the back
of the store. The only thing that disrupted her steadily upbeat demeanor
was the design of new Mountain Dew
canit mimicked a beer can, using
adjectives like crafted. This place is
supposed to be family-friendly! Marcos protested.
An emphasis on family grounds
Marcos values: My father owned his
own business and worked very hard
to be a success. He would leave for
work before she woke up in the mornings, and would come home briefly at
5 p.m. to catch up with the family over
DEBATE
possibly follow, but Harrison King
McCann Professor of English Marilyn Reizbaum is an expert, having
participated in the first Latke Hamentashen debate held at Bowdoin.
I also debated in favor of the
hamantashen at the very first one
in 2009, and I feel privileged to be
asked again, she said.
Reizbaum believes hamantashen
to be superior to their opponent.
[Latkes] can be a little bit oil
saturated unless you get them right
off the skillet, she said. I find that
a really good hamantashen is very
very very good pastry and the poppy
seed filling, which is my favorite, is
really good.
Reizbaum fervently and eloquently explained the merits of the triangular Jewish cookie through a literary theory perspective. She talked
about pyramids, erotic triangles,
oedipal triangles and brought it all
back in the end to the edible triangles.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Zachary Rothschild backed her up,
citing multiple psychological studies. He aimed to prove the aesthetic
prowess of the hamantashen as well
as its ability to increase joy and even
kindness in those who indulge on
one.
Rothschild also warned the
crowd about the dangers of fried
potato products: increased risk of
dementia, clinical depression and
even impotence.
Despite this shocking wake up
call, the crowd overwhelmingly voted in favor of latkes in the end.
I feel victorious, Professor Berzon declared.
Even after the debate, Professor
DIANA FURUKAWA
ABOUT TOWN
dinner before returning to work.

She describes herself as the kind
of person who does things completely. It takes me a while to make
a decision, but thats because when
I commit to something I do it the
best I can.
Learning how to navigate the
small-business scene of Brunswick
was a challenge, and she had to pick
up as she went along. I had no experience at all, before. With what I
Berzon stood firmly by his vehement

words, saying he
wouldnt have even
participated had he
been asked to argue
for the hamantashen side.
Tensions finally
simmered
down
when the crowd
settled their hunger with both Jewish delicacies, provided in the houses
front hall.
The latke hamentashen debate is a
longstanding tradition held for the very
first time in the winter
of 1946 at the University
of Chicago in order to
enjoy and explore Jewish
tradition, something that
had long been ignored in
public and academic settings due to the atmosphere of anti-semitism
in the United States. The
event is taken quite seriously, in fact, debaters at
the annual event in Chicago are required to have
a Ph.D or equivalent advanced degree and have
included Nobel Prize winners and
MacArthur Grant Fellows.
Bowdoin first adopted this tradition in 2009 and has held two debates since. Bowdoins versions of
the event have successfully maintained the atmosphere of absurdity
seamlessly paired with sharp logic
and intellect.
Amber Rock 19 said while leaving the debate, I feel like I learned a
ton, especially about Jewish culture,
but I was also ROFLing.
know now, I was crazy and stupid,

back then. Before owning Lighthouse Variety & Deli, she worked as
bursar for a private school.
Some things come naturally to
Marcos, like the upsell. When I asked
her about what she has done to stand
apart from other local markets, her
enthusiasm was palpable.
My stuff is twice as expensive, but
its twice as good! Marcos exclaimed
with conviction. She is resolved
to spend more on the little pepperonis that cup up rather than the
larger ones that lay flat and dont get
crunchy, and the locally-made English muffins she described candidly
as like little clouds.
Yet after two years of experience,
Marcos still grapples with some issues faced by small business owners.
The biggest challenge that anyone in my business faces is employees, your workforce. Getting reliable
people you can trust that are going to

show up on work on time and clean
and not steal from you and have a
good rapport with customers. She
only has one employee, Jen, who
has stayed with her from the beginning, her team of nine in near-constant turnover.
Luckily, rapport with customers comes easily to Marcos herself,
and much of her business comes
from regulars: the people who live
down the street, the students who
live nearby and the athletes coming
from Farley.
She was particularly close to the
2014 football team.
I named the Polar Bear after
them. They would come in and order
their sandwiches: Well, I want a double-egg. No, I want two meats. I want
this, I want that. They kept ordering
a double-egg, double-meat sandwich,
so I named it the Polar Bear.
After we had been speaking for a
while, she paused in the middle of a
sentence and interjected: You know
what I love the most? Ivies weekend,
or the big football weekends, when
all the alums come.
They push all my tables together
and I get all the old kids from since
Ive started the store, and they all
come and Ill have 30 or 40 of them
standing room only. They all come
in and get their sandwiches and I get
hugs and kisses from everybody.
They bring their moms and dads
in to meet me. I love that.
DANA WILLIAMS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
HOT TOPIC: (clockwise from top left): Assistant Professor of

Psychology Zach Rothschild defends the hamantashen side
of the debate; the audience reacts; hamantashen; Assistant
Professor of Religion Todd Berzon defends latkes; Sarah Frankl
16 and Sam Lewis 19 enjoy the latkes.
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boards on the camera. Youd shoot
the camera, Lancaster said. The
negatives would be burned on the
plates.
While technology has made the
printing process more convenient, it
has also impacted the nature of Lancasters job.
Everything pretty much comes
to us in InDesign PDF files now,
he said. As a salesman, I would be
driving five to six hundred miles a
week, going to different locations,
picking up boards and bringing
them back to print. I dont go anywhere anymore.
But despite technological advancements, the physical printing
process isnt perfect. Lancaster noted that in printing the Orient, Alliance Press will typically waste 300
to 500 copies because sheets werent
aligned properly. He added that the
staff recycles these wasted copies.
Everything we do here, we recycle, he said. All of our newsprint is
post-consumer recycled newsprint.
Lancaster said that printing the
Orient has typically been a fairly
smooth process. He did note, however, that the Occident, the satirical
version of the Orient published the

last week of each year, once caused
problems.
It was a little over the top, and a
couple of employees were offended
by it, he said. [But] that was a long
time ago.
For Lancaster, printing the Orient
helps him stay connected to Bowdoin, where he occasionally works as
a bartender for campus events. His
grandfatherfor whom Lancaster
Lounge is namedwas a member of
the Bowdoin class of 1927, and his
mother also worked at the College.
Alliance Press headquarters are
located in Brunswick, only a few
miles from Bowdoins campus. Despite the small-town location, the
company not only prints the Orient but also many other publications, including the Times Record,
the Bangor Daily News and student
newspapers from the University
of Maine-Orono, the University of
Southern Maine and Colby.
While Lancaster isnt usually
mentioned in the headlines that
his company prints, he nonetheless
takes pride in the work.
This is kind of like meat and potatoes. This is the bottom line basic
newsprint color printing, he said.
We have a really good niche here in
the state of Maine.
PRESS MAN: The Bowdoin Orient is printed at Alliance Press, a printer located right here
in Brunswick. Once completed by the Orient staff in the earliest hours of Friday morning,
the Orient gets sent as a PDF file to Alliance, which begins the complex yet quick process of
producing the paper. Dick Lancaster (pictured top left), joined Alliance in the mid-1980s, and
has witnessed the changing process of newspaper printing with the advent of programs such
as Adobe InDesign.
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Keeping warm amidst April showers with Allagash Black beer

TAPPED
OUT
WILL GOODENOUGH AND SHAN NAGAR
Ahhh, spring. A time for relaxing on
the quad, increasingly frequent trips to
Giant Stairs, Fat Boys and Gelato Fiasco.
A time for flowers on bushes and leaves
on trees, and a time for the newest smalltalk conversation starter, So whatre your
summer plans?. And of course, for our
avid readers, it is a time to enjoy a fresh
collection of spring and summer seasonal
beers made for enjoying on a front porch,
on a sunny evening with friends on the
beach, or on a casual Tuesday night at
Joshuasright?
Wrong, evidently. It seems that April
isnt picking up the warm weather vibes
that early March was so optimistically
and enthusiastically putting down. Mondays snow showers made this abundantly clear, and this week has kept Bowdoins campus a place for those seeking
warm refuge indoors. It was in this quest
for warmth that we ventured down to
Joshuas on Tuesday night to celebrate
a friends birthday with some beer and
lively conversation.
We examined the usual beers on tap
behind the bar, eyes flicking between

the selections of lagers, IPAs, ales, wheat
beers and one or two new seasonal specials. It was then that our eyes settled on a
beer that truly embodies what is needed
to make it through the long, cold, enduring Maine winters (or a dysfunctional
spring): Allagash Black.
Allagash Brewing Company, located
just down the ol I-295 in Portland, specializes in brewing a variety of Belgianinspired beers. Belgium has a deep history of beer-brewing that dates back to
the twelfth century, when monks started
brewing beers to help fundraise for their
abbeys and as a sanitary alternative to the
available drinking water. We speculate
that the Belgians were often severely dehydrated in the twelfth century.
Allagash Black is a Belgian-style stout
named for its appearance when poured: a
deep brown color so dark that it appears
black and completely opaque. It retains
a thin, light head around the edge of the
glass when poured, and gives off a dark
aroma of sweet malt and hints of chocolate. This is very characteristic of a stout;
which can often be brewed with chocolate malts, wheat, roasted barley, and of
course, hops and yeast.
They can also be brewed with variations like oats or even coffee, and nearly
all stouts have higher alcohol contents

that hover around the seven to eight percent ABV range. Long story short, a stout
has all of the components you need to
keep you nice and toasty.
Dark beers like stouts can sometimes
be difficult to warm up to for people who
are just starting to expand their beer repertoire. This is often due to stouts complex flavors, high ABV, and frequently
heavy body and syrupy mouthfeel (a
fancy beer-snob term for how beeryou
guessed itfeels in your mouth). The
mouthfeel of Allagash Black is what helps
set it apart from many other stouts that
do fit this typical description. Rather than
leaving you feeling like you just drank syrup, Allagash Black is much lighter while
still retaining the rich flavors that make it
enjoyable to drink.
After finishing the Allagash Black, we
were able to enjoy a beer that instilled
some optimism that spring may still
come after all. A friend and fellow Shuasgoer had purchased a pitcher of Allagash
White, the yang to Allagash Blacks yin,
and we felt obliged to see what the other
side of Allagashs spectrum had to offer.
If Black is the ideal beer to enjoy in the
dead of winter, White is the beachside,
sunny-day beer that we should all be itching to experience in all of Maines summer
glory. It even looks like sunlight,

for Petes sake. It is a bright pale
yellow with a thin, light head, and
gives off a spicy, citrusy aroma full
of wheat. When sipped, the taste
lives up to its bright smell. Fresh
bursts of orange are spiced with
coriander (and a mystery spice that
Allagash keeps under tight wraps),
with a refreshing wheat taste that
gives the beer its Belgian character.
Whereas Black is a rich, dark
beer that will keep you from
freezing over in these brutal April
nights, White is a delicious craft
beer for the masses. It welcomes
warmer weather, and theres little
surprise that it has become Allagashs flagship brew. But just like
Allagash Brewing itself, both Black
and White have their own unique
and important connection to life
in Maine.
All we ask now is for Mother
Nature to go back to the way it was
in that wonderful week in early
March, so that we can take part
in beautiful evenings filled with
friendship, good memories, and
maybe an Allagash White or two.
Also if we could have good weather for Ivies thatd be huge.
DIANA FURUKAWA
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SPORTS
Mens lacrosse on eight-game win streak, has difficult stretch ahead

BY MADDIE JODKA
ORIENT STAFF
After winning against Bates this

past Wednesday, the Bowdoin mens
lacrosse team is on an eight-game winning streak. Though they lost their
first game of the season to Amherst
in a close 10-7 contest, the Polar Bears
have won every game since. So far, the
teams record is 8-1 (5-1 NESCAC).
The team currently sits at 13th in the
Division III standings.
The team is at the point in the season in which almost all of the remaining games are against conference opponents. This usually marks the most
difficult stretch of the season.
After a disappointing season last
year (the team finished with a record
of 3-12), captain Adam Fitzgerald 16
said that the team has set out to make
things different this year.
Last year left a bad taste in our
mouths, said Fitzgerald. I think
all of us came together and decided
that this year couldnt be like that
again. We spent a lot of time in the
off-season together as a team, and I
think right now were seeing some of
the benefits of that. Hopefully we can
keep that going.
Head Coach Jason Archbell agrees
that the work the team did in preparation for this season has really paid off.
With the strong leadership from six
seniors, who have set examples on and
off the field, the team has already had
much success. During the off-season,
the team worked on stick skills, shooting and lifting. As a result, Archbell
SAVANNAH SIMMONS-GROVER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
WINNER, WINNER: The mens lacrosse team celebrates a goal against Babson during Bowdoins 12-6 win over the Biz E. Beavers on March 29. The win was the teams sixth in a row, after
dropping their first game to Amherst. After a convincing 14-10 victory on Wednesday on the road against previously one-loss Bates, the Polar Bears extended their win streak to an impressive eight consecutive games. This has been an surprising turnaround from last season, where the team won only three games.
said that the players started the year off
in great shape which is a testament to
their dedication.
It was a clear dedication from day
one to making themselves the best lacrosse players they can be, said Arch-
bell. When you have that dedication,

you have a lot of ownership in your
success. You work that hard at something, you want to be really good at it.
I think our guys have worked really
hard.
What Fitzgerald sees as the key

to its success is the teams chemistry
and unity.
Weve always been a really close
team, said Fitzgerald. Were all out
there doing it for each other, and we
know we have each others backs.

Archbell added that in comparison
to other years teams he has coached,
this team has shown itself to be an es-
Please see M LAX , page 12
Womens tennis maintains top five national
ranking after nine wins in ten matches

BY JAMES CALLAHAN
ORIENT STAFF
COURTESY OF ELLEN FRIEDLANDER
YOUNG AND RESTLESS: Kyle Wolfe 18 leans into a backhand during a training session.
Despite a young squad this season, the mens tennis team has won each fixture this season,
and has jumped to the number two ranking in all of division III.
Mens tennis now no. 2 in

the country after 9-0 start
BY COLIN TIERNAN
ORIENT STAFF
The Bowdoin mens tennis team currently ranked second in Division III tennis standings after completing its Spring
Break trip without a loss. Last weekend,
the team continued its winning streak,
pulling out a tough 5-4 road win against
Wesleyan, a top-25 conference rival.
The most memorable match of the
teams Spring Break trip was a 7-2 win
over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
They were number two in country at
the time, the defending national cham-
pions, and theyve been to the national

championship the last three years, captain Chase Savage 16 said. That was a
special win. We played the same team two
years ago and lost to them on their home
court 9-0, so to have that turnaround was
pretty special.
Its a real program-defining win. In the
past weve gotten clobbered, said captain
Luke Trinka 16.
The two seniors agreed this team has a
different attitude than in years past.
Weve had years where not every single
Please see M TENNIS , page 12
Continuing what has been a record-breaking season, Bowdoin womens tennis notched a
win against Bates on Saturday, dropping only a
single set during the 9-0 rout. The Polar Bears
record improves to 9-1 overall, and they remain
undefeated in conference play.
Earlier in March, the team rose to its highest ever national rankingsecond in Division
III womens tennis. And although its record has
dropped slightly since then to fourth following
a loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the team
is excited to finish off the season strong before
heading into the postseason.
I think were all very excited; weve put a lot
of work in, and were all excited to see how that
pays off, said Kyra Silitch 17.
According to Silitch, Head Coach Hobie
Holbach has emphasized doubles play and
strategy this yearsomething that has resulted
in a formidable group of well-prepared players.
People play tennis differently; there are
grinders, there are big hitters, and there are
slicers. And I think that regardless of who we
face on the other side of that net, everyones
ready because weve seen it before at practice,
said Silitch.
That preparation paid off in matches like the
March 15 win against Pomonaa team that
was ranked first nationally and has a history of
besting the Polar Bears.
I think that was a huge win for the team in
terms of building confidence and pulling it out,
said Silitch.
Tess Trinka 18 and Tiffany Cheng 16
who won the clinching point in the April 3
match against Wesleyanhave been standouts
this year according to Silitch. However, she not-
LIAM FINNERTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
NEW HEIGHTS: Sam Stalder 16 lines up a forheand during a training session. The team has
won nine of ten fixtures and at one point this season was ranked number two in the nation.
ed that as Bowdoins smallest varsity team, each
of the eight girls has contributed equally to the
teams success so far this season.
Everyones really contributed, said Silitch. I
think that was the teams goalthat everyone
going out would have her [respective] spot.
Looking forward, the team will face off
against some tough opponents like Emory on April 17 and Williams on April 23,
among others.
I think our schedulein terms of who we
playedhas been harder than Ive ever experienced in my two years here. But its definitely
been pretty rewarding as well, said Silitch.
The team will be home this weekend with
a Saturday match against Hamilton and a Sunday one against Amherst. Both matches will
start at 10 a.m.
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Hausman 16 signs to play

professionally in Spain
BY ANJULEE BHALLA
ORIENT STAFF
After an exceptional career as a leading scorer for Bowdoin mens basketball, Lucas Hausman 16 is moving up
to the next level by playing professional
basketball in Spain for the next year.
Hausman has been a key component of the Polar Bears offense for the
past two years, being named NESCAC
Player of the Year in 2015 and putting
together an even more impressive senior season.
This year, his consistently high level
of play enabled Hausman to pass the
1000-career-points threshold. With
581 points this season, he broke the
program records for most points
scored and average points per game
over the course of a single season, leading the NESCAC in both categories.
Not only was he one of the best
scorers in the history of the program,
Hausman is one of the top scorers in
recent NESCAC history as his remarkable 25.3 points per game this season
was the highest average of any player
since the NESCAC began conference
play in 2000-01.
His exceptional performance over
the last two years, in addition to his
many accolades, allowed a future in
professional basketball to become
a reality.
Its always been an ideal thing, kind
of like a dream in some ways, to be able
to keep playing basketball after school
is done, said Hausman. Definitely the
last two years helped me think about
my future differently. I kind of realized
that this is something that I could actually do, that it could actually become a
reality.
At the end of his senior season,
Hausman signed with an agent recommended to him by John Swords 15
and Will Hanley 12, both of whom
are currently playing professional basketball abroad, and began the recruitment process.
When basketball became a reality,
it was kind of like this is going to be
my one chance to do that for the rest
of my life. Its kind of a now or never
type thing, said Hausman. I cant go

off to work for five years and then decide that I want to go and try to play
basketball again, so I figured this is my
only chance in my life to do this, so I
might as well give it a try.
Hausman signed to play for a year
with Basket Villa de Mieres 2012, a
team based just outside of the city of
Oviedo in northern Spain. The team
plays in the Espaola de Baloncesto
Amateur league (EBA), which is the
fourth tier of Spanish league play.
Within the EBA, the teams are divided
into ranked groups, which they can
be promoted or demoted from based
on their performance that season.
BVM 2012 currently ranks third in
Group AB, the second highest group
in the EBA and the same group as
Swords current team, Instituto Rosalia
de Castro.
In talking to my agent and John
Swords too, it sounded like a pretty
cool place to be, and they have a good
basketball culture there, said Hausman. They work you hard, and right
now theyre one of the top teams in the
EBA. My goal is, hopefully, if I work
hard and play well enough, to continue
to move up through the different tiers
of leagues over there.
Hausman expects to bring his strong
scoring talent to his new team, as well
as grow into what he anticipates will
be a more physical style of play. While
Hausman hopes to progress through
the Spanish leagues, he hasnt set
many expectations or bounds for his
time abroad.
I wouldnt necessarily say that
there are limits for me, said Hausman. I would be open to going to
other places. I think realistically I
would stay in Europe; I dont know
if that necessarily means Spain or
somewhere in the area, but Im definitely open to exploring other places
and other options if they arise.
Continuing to improve his play will
be the focus of his time there, but Hausman also looks forward to broadening
his horizons and immersing himself in
a foreign culture.
Ive lived in the United States my
GARRET ENGLISH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
VAMANOS: Lucas Hausman 16 dribbles past a defender during his one of many successful games in his Bowdoin career. Hausman recently
signed a one year contract with Basket Villa de Mieres 2012, a Spanish professional basketball team.
whole life, lived in New England my
whole life, and I havent gone to too
many other places, so I think its going to be a really exciting opportunity
for me just to live in a different culture
and see what the norms are there,
said Hausman.
The new culture and language arent
the only changes Hausman faces. After four years of playing for Bowdoin,
the graduating senior faces the jarring
transition to playing with completely

new teammates from very different backgrounds.
Its going to be a weird change for
sure, said Hausman. Im really going
to miss playing with those guys every
day because some of the best times of
my life have been just getting to go and
play pickup and mess around and have
that team atmosphere with the guys
that are currently on the team.
While the end of his Bowdoin career

is bittersweet, Hausman is looking to
this new and interesting phase of his
life with anticipation.
Im looking forward to it a lot, said
Hausman. Its going to be different, its
going to be a cool experience and its
going to be something that Ill probably be able to look back on in 25 or 30
years and be really glad that I did it and
that I took that shot.
Womens lacrosse looks to get back on track after disappointing start

BY JOULIA LIKHANSKAIA
ORIENT STAFF
It has been a rough season for the womens lacrosse team so far. The Polar Bears
4-6 record does not appear troubling, but
all 6 losses have been in conference games.
The team currently sits second from the
bottom in NESCAC standings, followed
by Wesleyan.
Bowdoin graduated eight players last
year, making this years team quite young.
The younger players have had to step up
to fill in the missing roles. According to
the captains, this isnt a very problematic
factor, but it certainly has been an adjustment.
I dont think it has hurt the team. Of
course youre going to have an adjustment
when you lose eight leaders on the team,
said captain Sophie Janes 16. Weve had
to figure out what needs to be done, but I
dont think we need to make up for anything. We just need to adjust our team to
our own strengths this year.
In general, I think we have a lot of
energy and a lot of fire to continue to get
better, even more than I have seen in the
past, captain Lindsay Picard 16 said.
However the competition within the
NESCAC this year is tough.
In our most recent performance

against Trinity, although we lost, we saw
that we got a lot better. We were doing the
things that weve been practicing since
Spring Break, Picard said.
The Polar Bears will continue to push
themselves and their level of play. Despite
their record so far, Picard noted some reasons why she remains positive.
Were a young team and continuing to
get better. Theres so much talent that we
really are on the brink of breaking out,
Picard said.
A few key players that have consistently
played well throughout the season are
Emma Beecher 16, Megan OConnor 16,
Annie Glenn 17 and Mettler Growney
17.
[Beecher] has a very strong drive, and
[OConnor] is very phenomenal at catching inside and shooting, said Picard.
According to Picard, the teams speed
and stamina will be an advantage against
the other NESCAC teams. The teams
transition game has also improved, while
the players are increasingly getting better
at holding the ball.
The Polar Bears look to get back on
track when they host Connecticut College this Saturday at 12 p.m. on Howard
F. Ryan Field.
ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
NOT FINISHED YET: Emma Beecher 16 looks to get past a Bates defender during Bowdoins 17-6 loss to the Bobcats this past Wednesday.
Despite dropping their first six conference games, the team still has four more conference match-ups where they can turn things around.
Their next chance is on Saturday at home against Connecticut College at 12:00 P.M.
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M TENNIS
SAVANNAH SIMMONS-GROVER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
TAKING OFF: Sam Carlin 19 wins a face-off against Babson on March 29. The mens lacrosse team has vaulted to the top of the NESCAC
standings this year. With a conference record of 5-1, they are second only to Tufts (5-0).
M LAX

pecially cohesive unit.
The team has always been really
tight knit, said Archbell. But [this
year], theres just this positive connection between all of them, from the
freshmen all the way to the seniors.
More than anything, its a fun group to
be around, and they really like being
around each other too.
The team has also gained some valuable first year players this year who
have contributed a lot to the teams success. Most notable are Clayton Wright
19, who has 12 goals and 12 assists,
and Sam Carlin 19, who has done well
during face-offs this season with a percentage of 54.6.
Other player performances that have
stood out so far this season include Peter Mumford 17 in goal, Matt Crowell
18 and Daniel Buckman 18 in midfield, Shawn Daly 18 and Brett Kujala
17 on attack and Parker Sessions 18
on defense. Both Mumford and Kujala
have been named NESCAC Players of
the Week already this season.
Archbell noted that Mumford had
an especially stellar performance during the game against Middlebury, in
which he allowed only two goals in the
second half and helped the Polar Bears
win a nail-biter, 9-8, in overtime. His
save percentage is 61.6, and he has had
a total of 117 saves this season.
However, despite these individual
performances, Fitzgerald emphasized
that the teams success comes from
each of its players.
Its no one guy that is doing all the
work, said Fitzgerald. Weve figured
out how to play as a team, and everyone contributes. From the starters to
the end of the bench, everyone plays an
important role.
While Archbell thinks the team
played well in Florida during Spring
Break, both he and Fitzgerald believe
that the Polar Bears have yet to play at
their full potential for all four quarters
of a game. In order to do so in the future, Archbell said that the team must
figure out how to play with and hold on
to a lead and to put constant pressure
on the other team.
Meanwhile, Fitzgerald emphasized
that the team will need to continue
staying motivated and hungry with the
goal of winning the NESCAC Championship.
The team is back on the field this
Saturday at Connecticut College at 1
p.m. in a conference matchup.
guy has bought into the off-season conditioning. Every single guy on this team
wants to be great, and that sets the foundation for a powerhouse, Savage said.
Several players have had particularly
dominant starts to the season. The doubles team of Jerry Jiang 19 and Kyle Wolfe
18 is undefeated, and Wolfe, Gil Roddy
18 and Grant Urken 19 all remain perfect
in singles play.
The young lineup has made few missteps in the beginning of the regular season. Other than Savage and Trinka, the
entire squad is made up of first years and
sophomores.
I look at our youth in a good way, said
Savage. I think guys arent afraid. There
are pluses and minuses to having a young
team. Weve got guys on our team who go
to matches and just say, Bring it on. Thats
what you wantthat energy, that fire.
One major change to this years squad
has been its new overall approach.
Its a really blue collar team, Trinka
said. The players have adopted one of
Trinkas lines as their motto this season:
Proud but not satisfied.
This years group has unusual depth,
and the captains emphasized that each
member of the lineup plays an equally
important role, including the bench players who get to play less frequently. Both
captains highlighted the play of Urken,
who currently plays the sixth position in
singles matches.
I wouldnt say [Urken] came out of
nowhere, but hes a totally different player
than he was in the fall, Savage said. Hes
got a massive serve. He can take the racket
out of a guys hands, which is pretty special, but again, I can go through each guy,
and everyones got something. Every guys
bringing something special to the table.
Theyve all put in long hours. There are
a lot of spots that are pretty dang strong.
The teams closest match thus far has
come against NESCAC rival Wesleyan
this past Sunday. Trinka noted Roddys
clutch play against the Cardinals.
He just doesnt lose, Trinka said. He
just went out there and took care of business. Our lineup is full of rocks.
However, the Wesleyan matchup was
a reminder that the schedule will only get
more difficult as the season progresses.
The sixth best team in our conference
is ranked 15th or 16th in the country. We
dont have an easy match, Savage said.
We dont want to look back and say we
played our best ball back in March and
April. Ideally the best match we play will
come in the end of May.
The team will have a good sense of
where it stands after it finishes its upcoming schedule of NESCAC games over the
next three weeks. Amherst, Williams,
Middlebury, Tufts and Bates are all top-25
teams in the nation.
The Polar Bears have two upcoming
home matches. This Saturday, they face off
against Hamilton at 2 p.m. and then play
Amherst on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Messi vs Ronaldo: a classic FIFA debate

BY NICK BENSON
OPED CONTRIBUTOR
Have we not all been faced, at one

point or another, with the unbearable question, how can you like
this game? There comes a point at
which a connection is so intense and
so pure that it simply cannot be explained to a non-player. Should we
even try? If, after a time, one still
cannot understand why I play this
game for eight hours without breaking for water, then an explanation
may be nothing short of impossible.
Would I be lying if I said that a FIFA
marathon has ended with me on a
drip in the ER? Maybe. But make no
mistake; The FIFA Diaries is an extended love letter to the great game
of virtual football (or soccer, if you
so wish). I am no poet on the page:
my lyrical voice flutters most seamlessly across the joysticks.
This is, therefore, a letter for anyone who has ever been questioned
for playing the game that they love.
This is a letter for anyone who has
ever been asked, why dont you just
actually watch a game? (Note: the
two are not mutually exclusive). This
is a letter for anyone who has ever
been told, I think its time to stop
for a while. And to those who have
been pushed rudely aside for a Division One clinching online match, I
have but one thing to say: just know
that its not you, its the FIFA.
This week, in The FIFA Diaries
inaugural column, I will tackle the
age-old question: Real Madrid or
Barcelona? Of course, Messi versus Ronaldo is just one facet of this

debate, but it is nonetheless a fine
starting point. In previous years,
Ronaldo has almost undeniably
been the pick. Messis dribbling has
always outstripped Ronaldos, but it
is Cristianos pace and power, arguably the two most important stats in
attacking play, that have made him
consistently the most deadly player
in the game. However, FIFA 16 has
been effective in narrowing this gap.
Ronaldos pace is less dominant in
the game than in previous years
possibly because pace in general is
not as effective as it was in, say, FIFA
12and Messi, particularly cutting
in from the right onto his left and
releasing a finesse shot into the top
corner, is at times almost unstoppable. This year, these two players
are, in my journalistic opinion, neck
and neck.
Where Real and Barca really separate is, therefore, in the other twenty
players on the pitch. Historically, as
a counter-attacking player, I have
always chosen Madrid without giving the Catalonians the time of day.
But this year is different. And while
this might be painfully obvious, for
me, the difference is Messi, Suarez,
Neymar. These three up front, even
in older incarnations of the game,
would have been lethal, and FIFA
16s seeming desire to move away
from pace and towards passing, finishing and skill makes this trio even
more desirable. Playing Iniesta in
the CAM pocket, with Suarez as the
spearhead, and Messi and Neymar on

the right and left respectively, easily
beats any permutation or combination of this years Real Madrid team.
You can nod to Bale and Ronaldo
out wide with Benzema up top and
say, what is the difference? But
even if one argues that these three
are equivalent to MSN, Real Madrids team simply does not lend itself to such a wide formationthese
players would be forced too narrow,
especially considering Real Madrids
current lack of quality FIFA defenders. Where Barcelona have a good
balance between proper central defenders (Pique, Matthieu) and balanced wingbacks (Alba, Alves), Real
Madrids defenders, with the exception of Pepe (and possibly Varane)
are all what I would deem to be
attacking-minded. So if you are to
play Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema up
front together, you will end up with a
team pushed too narrow and too far
up the pitchperfect for exploitation
by Barcelonas deadly and immaculately balanced team.
Having said all of this, splitting
hairs between two fine teams can
only get you so far. If you leave it all
out on the pitch, team selection is in
my opinion one of the least important decisions to be made at the start
of a game. Certain playing styles are
undoubtedly suited to certain teams,
but a good FIFA player should be
able to adapt to what they are given.
Nick Benson is a member of the
class of 2017.
COURTESY OF ELLEN FRIEDLANDER
KILLING IT: Luke Tercek 18 approaches net during practice. The tennis team has annihilated opponents
so far this season, with eight of their nine victories coming by margins of at least five victories.
OPINION
A house divided
hether you can put a name to it or not, every college house has a personality.
Are you going on the Khatadin trip tomorrow? Sean is leading it, you know,
the one in Reed. Were you at Baxter at all last night? The basement was lit post
1 a.m. See you at Ladd after the hockey game? I wish I could go to swing dancing at Howell, but I have an essay due. Year after year, the college houses embody somewhat similar
characteristics, and this isnt necessarily a bad thing, but the College seems committed to
convincing students that the houes are interchangeable.
Over the last several years, Residential Life (ResLife) has made many adjustments to the
college house system in an apparent attempt to homogenize the culture between houses.
Three years ago, first years house affiliations were changed from dorm-based to floorbased. Two years ago, the application was modified to encourage more upperclassmen
to submit their names to the mostly-sophomore applicant pool. Last year, the application
became binding so that students could not decline acceptance to a house even if they were
not placed in a house they specifically applied to. Even more restrictive, first years can only
apply to the houses that members of their block are affiliated with, or relinquish their right
to list preferences.
We question the efficacy of ResLifes social engineering attempts to shift the college house
culture by adjusting house application requirements and questions. If the College really
wants to address exclusivity within the College house systemas demonstrated by the
Why Do College Houses Feel So White? panelshifting around blocks and mandating
that students apply to houses that they are affiliated with seems superficial.
In each of these tweaks to the college house system, ResLife has attempted to counteract
the personas each house has developed over time. But the houses personalities are often
among the most celebrated, important and positive aspects of the college house system.
College houses can have unique identities and have a close-knit group of residents without
inheriting the negative characteristics of fraternities. Though the College House system
was designed to be a healthier space on campus than fraternities were, it is still a necessarily
exclusive systemnot every student can live in a house, and not everyone wants to, either.
Because there are eight houses on campus, each with a slightly different atmosphere, most
students are likely to identify with at least one house, though it is inevitable that no student
will connect with all of them. Bowdoin can work on making the houses more inclusive and
open to all members of campus without sacrificing the character of the individual houses.
It is absolutely important that every student feel safe in every house, but for students lucky
enough find a house they connect with, ResLifes rules should encourage, not prohibit that.
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orients editorial board,
which is comprised of Julian Andrews, Jono Gruber, Matthew Gutschenritter, Meg
Robbins, Nicole Wetsman and Emily Weyrauch.
Following publication of last weeks issue of the Bowdoin Orient (April 1), the
editors were made aware that the opinion column titled Limits of understanding: we should treat animals more kindly drew from arguments in a video of
Neil DeGrasse Tyson without attribution. It should not have been published
without indicating the source. The online version of the article has been updated with correct sourcing and a link to the video, as well as an editors note.
Proper sourcing and attributions are critical elements of trustworthy and ethical journalism, and those are principles the Orient strives to uphold at all
times. We regret the error.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

At a moment when colleges and universities across the country, including Bowdoin, are actively stripping away their historical and economic ties to slavery, I want
to call our communitys attention to another, perhaps less-talked about but no less
significant, tie to our past. Last month, the Network to Freedom, a branch of the
National Park Service devoted to preserving and disseminating information about
the Underground Railroad, the symbolic name given to the vast route slaves developed to secure their freedom, designated The Stowe House an official stop on the
Underground Railroad. The Stowe House, named after Harriet Beecher Stowe who
resided at 63 Federal Street from 1850-52, was where she wrote Uncle Toms Cabin.
A less known fact about the house is that Stowe harbored fugitive slave John Andrew
Jackson in the waste room of the house so that he could continue his journey for
freedom that began when he fled his home on a plantation in South Carolina.
While the House was designated a national landmark in 1962, to commemorate the
novel that supposedly helped to start the Civil War, it took another half century for
the nationand the Collegeto recognize the house as a site for freedom. With the
official recognition from the National Park Service we now have cause to celebrate
our history. I urge you to visit the House that will soon be open to all members of the
Collegeand the nation.
Tess Chakkalakal
Associate Professor, Africana Studies and English
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Calls for divestment

inhibit real progress
There are other, better options when it
comes to fighting climate change.
I strongly abhor fossil fuel companies for painting my childhood with a gray sky and
starless nights. Id love for them to go out of business so that I can breathe fresher air
when I go back to Seoul, the Republic of Korea, or Guangzhou, China. However, having
said that, I do not support divestment.
In the past week, Bowdoin Climate Action (BCA) has been revamping its effort to
push for divestment. A video containing interviews with students
on campus who do not support the fossil fuel industry was uploaded BY KEVIN YU
to YouTube on Tuesday to complement Jonah Watts recent op-ed OPED CONTRIBUTOR
in the Orient. Yet, what BCA is doing disturbs me. It is basically
shouting Climate Change is bad. Divestment is the only way to stop climate change.
We need to divest, divest and divest. It gives Bowdoin only two options in dealing with
climate change, n eglects past achievements of the College and ignores the current needs
of students.
Bowdoins rejection of divestment does not mean it is unwilling to lead the transition
to a just and sustainable future. The College has planned initiatives to help address its
own carbon footprint because it supports a greener future. If , as Watt claims, Bowdoin
has not chosen to follow the path towards climate justice and a sustainable future, it
would not have adopted a comprehensive set of sustainable design standards for all
major renovations, including the goal of obtaining LEED silver certification for new
construction, according to the Colleges Climate Commitment Overview published in
2014. Bowdoin is not divesting because it is simply not ready. If divesting would return
the school a profit, Bowdoin would have done it a long time ago to enjoy the money and
the tacked-on environmental PR effects. But Bowdoin hasnt. Why? Because the cost
outweighs the potential benefit.
The argument of BCAs push for divestmentWe need to lead the transition away
from fossil fuelsis simply illogical. The need to be a leader amongst the NESCAC
schools is not a valid reason to divest millions of dollars. Moreover, the argument is
valuing activism over the needs of our fellow students. Realistically, if we divest, the
school would have less money on hand for supporting its own students. If Bowdoin
does have less money on hand, what of financial aid and the students who depend on it?
About $34.4 million was provided for financial aid in the operating budget for the 20152016 fiscal year. Right now nearly 50 percent of Bowdoin students receive aid. Divesting
means potentially putting some or many of these students
who are dependent on Bowdoins assistance further at risk.
I am one of them, and I need every last dime. As selfish as
it sounds, I would not sacrifice my education for the symbolic act of divestment. I am not willing to bear the cost.
Bowdoin is an educational institution with the mission to assist students by deepening and broadening intellectual capacities that are also attributes of maturity
and wisdom. The College firstly has an obligation to its
students and the administration of the school, so it cannot afford to cut revenue by divesting. Divestment should
only be acceptable on the basis that it does not compromise Bowdoins ability to achieve its core mission. Divestment
should not be a threat to diminishing academic and non-academic experiences of students and decreasing resource availability for students. It should be discussed when the College has
enough financial support from alumni, current students and
others to balance the potential cost involved.
Instead of pushing for divestment, BCA should pursue other
ways to increase Bowdoins effort in reducing climate change.
Moreover, Bowdoin should come together as a community
that will use its intelligence and its moral commitment to
find effective ways to bring about change in the global issue. Possible ideas include: seeking Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design Gold certification for all new
and renovated buildings, installing solar panels on building roofs, installing street lights powered by solar panels, offering free bike loans to students and staff to provide sustainable
transportation or allowing donors to make contributions to the
College and employees to invest their retirement savings in
fossil fuel-free or low-carbon funds and vehicles.
Instead of allowing one opinion to dominate the
conversation, those of us who dont agree with divestment or have not considered it should raise our voices.
We have our reasons to stay silent, yet respectful dialogue encourages learning and discovery of the unexpected. We have to do a better job of creating intellectual
diversity on campus.
Kevin Yu is a member of the class of 2019.
SOPHIE WASHINGTON
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opinion
the bowdoin orient
An alternate lexicon for sex terms: changing our words for the better
JULIA MEAD
LEFT OF LIPSTICK
Can you believe it? Consent Week is
almost here! I plan my year around this!
This is when we leverage the power of
the Bowdoin marketing machine for the
cause of healthy sexuality.
First, Id like to thank the organizers
for renaming the festivities. Consent
is Key kicks Consent is Sexy to the
curb. Im sure a lot of us have experienced that robust communication
about sex is sometimes awkward. And
hard. And deeply unsexy.
And thats OK! Weve spent the first
twenty-odd years of our lives in a society that is at once hyper-sexualized
and sex-phobic. For example, I had me
some of that good ol abstinence-only
sex education in my Kentucky public
high school. (The only way to never get
syphilis is by wearing a promise ring till
youre thirty.) I also knew every word to
Nellys Hot in Herre when I was eight
years old.
One of the things, Ive found, that
makes communicating during sex hard
is the stupid words themselves. Why are
so many of them so awful? Well, I dont
know, but in an effort to facilitate ~communication~, Ive come up with some
alternatives. Dig in.
Friendly Butt Stuff
OK, I didnt come up with this. One
of my friends was having a talk about
sex with her significant other. He asked
her how she felt about a little friendly
butt stuff. Like, not anal or anything,
just a little friendly butt stuff. Very sillybut they talked about it!
Doggy Style
This same friend has thought for a
long time that doggy style refers to a
person having sex with a dog. She was
wrong. Its about two dogs having sex
with each other. But its still unpalatable
to a lot of people. Ive searched high and
low for a good alternative, and its hard.
I thought maybe table and chair in
the spirit of spooning, but sources tell
me thats weirder. Someone suggested
fun spooning. That could work, but
I wouldnt want yall to think regular
spooning isnt fun. I asked a friend who
is French. Apparently, in French they
say levrette which is the name for a
female greyhound. No progress there.
The Australopithecus, Wikipedia tells
me, was the first genus of hominins to
have sex face-to-face so you could say
pre-Australopithecus?
Obviously, Im still working on this.
If you have any suggestions, please send
them to jmead@bowdoin.edu.
Miscellaneous
I have also had some requests for
things to not say. Of course, these are
not rules or universal opinions, but out
of deference to those who asked that
their voices be included in this column,
I will make note of them.
Pussy came up frequently. Certainly divisive. Maybe check with your
partner before referring to her vagina as
a pussy. A lot of people arent into it.
Same goes for tits. Referring to oral sex
as eating out always makes me think
of going to a restaurant. I dont know
about you, but Id rather not think about
DIANA FURUKAWA
The Cheesecake Factory during sexy

time. I much prefer the gender-neutral
alternative, go down on. If youre feeling a little bold, theres Australian kissing, which is French kissing, but down
under.
Do you want this?
And when in doubt, questions like
Do you want this? and Is this OK?

go a long way. Also, Ill plug, Do you
want to have sex? Thats an important
thing to not beat around the bush about.
(Get it, bush?)
If yall are feeling like Im being all
language police-y, think of it as an invitation. Maybe you think everything
Ive said is silly and youre totally comfortable with doggy style. Thats great!
Maybe not, but you think my alternatives are goofy (they are), and then you
can talk and think and come up with
new ones. Talking about talking about
sex is important, but if were going to do
it, lets fill in the gaps.
Accusing all male students of being the problem misses the point
BY BEN CITRIN
OPED CONTRIBUTOR
Last week, an article was published in

the Orient that blamed Bowdoins hookup
culture on male entitlement. The article
included a few anecdotes about inappropriate sexual encounters. I would like to
make clear that I do not condone any of
the described events and am not in any
way justifying the actions of any party.
With that being said, I wholeheartedly
disagree with the crux of the article.

First off, the argument failed to follow a logical progression. It introduced a
few examples of hookups gone wrong
i.e. feelings were hurt, boundaries were
crossed or expectations differed. I could
describe many similar situations at Bowdoin where the roles were reversed. The
article then used this minuscule percentage of Bowdoin hookups to represent the
hookup scene as a whole. This same kind
of flawed logic is exactly how stereotypes
come to exist.
Secondly, the author blatantly contradicts herself. She says that she is not trying to generalize or stigmatize a certain
group of people, while having just said,
Men have ceased to treat women in the
polite and courteous manner we deserve
and have begun to view us as disposable
playthings.
Finally, the author concludes the article by declaring that her argument has
proven a factthat men at Bowdoin do
not treat women with the respect that

they deserve. The problem is, because
her argument is fundamentally flawed,
the author has no right to assert this fact.
Her accusation, directed at every single
male student at Bowdoin College, is
that we perpetuate a disgusting hookup
scene, we do not treat women with the
respect that they deserve, we all assume
that hookups come with blank check
consent, we view women as disposable
playthings and that we bask in self-enti-
tlement born from our sexual ineptitude.

The author certainly has the right to
look at anyone and think whatever she
wants about them, but to publicly accuse
a significant percentage of the Bowdoin
population of heinous behavior is incredibly inappropriate. There are men on this
campus who have acted poorly in sexual
encounters, but there are also many who
have not.
Ben Citrin is a member of the class of 2016.
Remembering the Endless Calvary of Middle Eastern Christians

DAVID JIMENEZ
MINDLESS PONTIFICATING
Over my Spring Break as a Bowdoin
tour guide learning the subtle art of
marketing, I comfortably experienced
Catholic Holy Week. I easily strolled
down to St. John the Baptist, a charming parish with a distinctively French
interior, for Palm Sunday. Its Easter
Vigil service lasted over three hours,
but I was well rewarded as I likely heard
many of the same readings and hymns
as my ancestors from France, Spain and
Ireland. On Easter morning, I was invited to join a generous elderly couple
for a feast of ham, sweet potatoes and
green beans. As Holy Week came to a
conclusion, however, I was reminded
that the Christians of the Middle East
do not have the luxury of commemorating biblical events in peace. They are
indeed reliving the Gospels, sharing in
the persecution, isolation and abuse
endured by the man they proclaim
as Messiah.
In mid-March, the State Department
finally concluded, after a considerable
and troubling delay pointed out by the
Hudson Institutes Nina Shea, that the nities was limited only to the hands
actions of ISIS constituted genocide of the Islamic State. With honorable
against Yazidis (by far the regions most exceptions such as Jordan, sincere relivulnerable group), Christians and other gious pluralism is becoming all too rare
religious minorities. No doubt count- throughout the region. Pew Center surless Syrians of all creeds have suffered veys have found substantial majorities
at the hands of the Islamic State, but it is in countless Middle Eastern countries
indisputable that these minorities face favoring the criminalization of aposmore severe persecution, experience tasy (i.e. the free conversion of a person
far less protection
out of Islam into
from
competanother faith).
ing international
Over the past
powers and risk The pressing need to protect the
century, thanks
not only continual Middle Easts Christians and religious
to
policies
losses of life but
pursued from
their very survival minorities while also creating a
Ataturk to Eras intact commu- semblance of regional order will
dogan, the once
nities. The final
enormous Greek
genocide desig- be the next great challenges of
Orthodox comnation
against American foreign policy.
munity of IstanChristians
was
bul has dwincertainly due after
dled to 2,000.
continual reports
The Arab Spring
of the destruction of ancient monaster- and subsequent rise of the Muslim
ies and churches, the kidnapping and Brotherhood was hardly good news for
murder of clergy, the placement of both Egypts Coptic Christians. The United
Christian and Yazidi women into sex States Quixotic scheme and execution
slavery and the wholesale destruction of nation building in Iraq unleashed
of Christian communities.
sectarian conflict that has seen the
We would be mistaken if we assumed flight or death of two-thirds of counthis persecution of Christian commu- trys Christian population since 2003.
The potential end of a vibrant Christian faith in the Middle East, where
liturgies can still be heard in Aramaic
and churches trace their origins to
Saint Paul, is more than a humanitarian
tragedy. It holds profound geopolitical
implications. Notwithstanding the discrimination faced under second class
citizenship, Middle Eastern Christians
used the historic tolerance of the Islamic world to become a creative and
prosperous minority. Historians like
Bernard Lewis have long recognized
the role of the regions Christians as
catalysts for liberalism, reform and
economic development. Both the Spanish Inquisition and the post-1948 persecution of Jews by Arab Nationalist
states are obvious examples of how a
loss of cultural and religious pluralism undoubtedly holds back freedom
and prosperity. Furthermore, the existence of strong, flourishing Christian
minority is the best empirical reply
to the clash of civilizations narrative peddled by both our own Islamophobes and the Islamic State, of a total,
irreconcilable demarcation between the
Christian West and Muslim East.
The pressing need to protect the
Middle Easts Christians and reli-
gious minorities while also creating

a semblance of regional order will be
the next great challenges of American foreign policy. As President
Obama made obvious in his recent
interview with The Atlantic, even
partial steps towards a potential resolution are unlikely to come from his
administration, given his reflexive,
nearly ideological dismissals of more
interventionist American proposals in Syria as simply false hopes of
a Washington establishment unable
to share in his grand view of history.
Still less can arise from our countrys
growing flirtation with isolationism,
in either the peacenik or Jacksonian
nationalist varieties offered by Sanders and Trump. Nor can it come from
Ted Cruzs schemes of apocalyptic
carpetbombing. The last hopes for
Middle Eastern pluralism and stability may indeed lie with either John
Kasich or, barring my own personal
delusions with a rational look at
presidential betting markets, Hillary
Clinton. Let us hope they and their
Secretaries of States do not react to
the collapse of Syrian Christianity
and Syria or the very region itself
with crocodile tears.
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opinion
15
I dont even like black people, she said.

A journey through implicit and explicit racism
ADIRA POLITE
ON THE EDGE
I dont even like black people. My stomach

dropped and I put down my fork. Im from
Miami, Im allowed to say that I dont like black
people, the woman continued. Her words were
loud and directed towards her friend, yet her
eyes were on us. I guess my mom was right;
nothing good happens after midnight.
This past Saturday, I experienced blatant racism for the first time. You would think that a
black Southerner would have encountered such
absurdity before alas. Ive mastered the art
of responding to instances of shrouded racism. Comments that fall into this category are
often made by people who are unaware of the
racial biases that their words reveal. The actions
or words that their unconscious biases propel
are known as implicit racism. This is the type
of racism to which I am accustomed. This is
the masked and obscure problem that exists
at Bowdoin.
Implicit racism is the more acceptable form
of racism; it is indirect and easily concealed.
Thus, it is racism in its most prevalent form.
Because of this, I have not spent much time
familiarizing myself with implicit racisms
bolder sibling: explicit racism. Explicit racism,
wherein the offender demonstrates a conscious
understanding of their racist attitude, is considered unacceptable by most members of our
generation. It is the racism bred behind closed
doors. Because of this, I was not prepared for
The Diner Outburst.
When it happened, my friends and I laughed.
By brunch the next morning, it was no longer
funny, but we remained mostly unbothered. By

the end of my Sunday, I had grown concerned
about my reactionor lack thereof. I realized
that I was much less affected by this blatant act
of racism than I had been by all of the more
nuanced racially-charged incidents on campus.
On one hand, knowing that womans hostility would never be tolerated on our campus
pushed me to view Bowdoin as a safe haven. On
the other hand, her unabashed antipathy was
somehow easier to swallow than the complicatedand often, anonymousconversations
and events occurring on campus. Her brazen
statement was undoubtedly worse than any
Bowdoin comment or event that has come to
my attention; yet, it was somehow less threatening than the recent campus climate.
The difference lies in the ways in which our
society receives implicit and explicit racism. To
many Americans, explicit racism is obviously
wrong. When the Diner Outburst began, our
waitress hurried over and apologized profusely.
You do not have to be cognizant about social
or racial issues (read: woke) to recognize an
instance of explicit racism. Thus, white Americans often rally around people of color in the
wake an explicitly racist incident.
In contrast, implicit racism is convoluted. It
rests on a foundation of unconscious bias, making it is much more difficult to navigate. Someone whose experiences have not forced them to
recognize the signs of implicit racism may not
recognize its presence. Thus, following an incident of implicit racism, people of color are often left to their own devices. To them, its presence is clearand it falls under the definition
of racism. To those who know only of explicit
racism, the incident raises no red flags. This
dissent can make a shocking, explicitly racist
comment less maddening than one that reeks

of toxic, yet subtle, implicit racism.
I choose to believe that our campus is mostly
comprised of good people. This belief is what
makes navigating conversations regarding race
so incredibly difficult. When students label a
comment or event racist, the accused immediately become defensive. As a result, conversations quickly disintegrate. In many cases, the
discussion ends before it even begins. I believe
that this problem stems from a faulty understanding of the distinctions between implicit
and explicit racism. Students become defensive
because they feel that an attack is being made
on their character; in other words,
their idea of racist aligns solely
with incidents of explicit racism.
I hope that this cycle can be
reversed through a few crucial
changes. One should not assume
that an offensive comment is derived from a conscious, malicious bias.
Moreover, an accused person should
not immediately infer that t h e
accuser believes that
your comment or action
stemmed from racist intent.
Unconscious
bias exists in everyone; it is the byproduct of living in a racialized society. Ideally, our
campus climate will shift into
one that allows for productive
discussion on both conscious
and unconscious racial biases.
Like most difficult conversations, it
may not be comfortable, but it will
be worthwhile.
DIANA FURUKAWA
SOPHIE WASHINGTON
Reversal of hopeful initiative sparks concern about ethnocide in Ecuador

CAROLINE MARTINEZ
SAY IT LIKE IT IS
In 2007, Rafael Correa, Ecuadors

president, led what was acclaimed as
an international example of environmental conservation. He headed an
initiative, known as the Yasun Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT)
initiative, which would maintain oil
found in the Yasun National Park
in the ground in exchange for $3.6
billion. These funds would be raised
by the international community and
equaled half of the total revenue Ecuadors government would make
from exploiting the Yasun. Correa,
however, changed his mind in 2013
and announced the Yasun was now
fair game.
The problem with the internationally-applauded ITT initiative, as
well as with the wonderful fact that
Ecuadors constitution is currently

the only one in the entire world that
gives nature inalienable rights, is that
the actions of Ecuadors government
completely contradicted and belittled
these acclaimed efforts. On March 28,
2016, less than two weeks ago, the first
well in the Yasun began to be drilled.
In the midst of all the environmental disasters going on in the world and
abuses by corporations, why does this
case deserve our particular attention?
There was genuine hope that Ecuadors government would not allow
for one of the most biodiverse places
in the world to be exploited, that an
alternative was found and that other
countries would follow Ecuadors
great example. It felt like a huge betrayal for Ecuadors government to
backtrack on the ITT initiative.
This mistake has also already
been made before and feels almost
like a joke to many Ecuadorians,
like myself, who grew up hearing
about the horrible effects Chevron

and Petroecuador had in a different
location in Ecuadors Amazon rainforest, the province of Sucumbos.
People in this area are still suffering
from cancer and birth defects and
continue to have unsafe sources of
drinking water.
According to Amazon Watch, the
Yasun National Park covers nearly
2.5 million acres of primary tropical
rainforest at the intersection of the
Andes and the Amazon and is home
to the Waorani, Tagaeri and the Taromenane peoples. There is great concern that these indigenous people,
some of the few in the entire world
who have chosen to live in voluntary
isolation, will cease to exist. Ethnocide will take place.
Ecuadors government has created
a rhetoric that is similar to the one
that justified the exploitation and human rights violations that Chevron
is responsible for: exploiting oil in
Bowdoin Orient
the Yasun will lift the country out of

poverty. Cutting edge technology will
be put into place. The revenue from
oil will be used to lift the country out
of poverty despite the fact that its lost
so much of its value.
But as good as this sounds, its just
not true. History has proven it is not
true. Economic interests have proven
it is not trueEcuador holds a large
debt with China and will sell the oil
from the Yasun to a Chinese company at a very reduced price. And
indigenous people from the Amazon
who will be most affected by this
have proven it is not true. Theyve
said it over and over again in international courts, marches, letters
and conferences.
Its scary for many people in Ecuador, especially indigenous people
who will be the most affected by this,
to even imagine that at this very moment the exploitation of the Yasun
has already begun. But it should also
be scary for people in places like faraway Maine and for the rest of the
international community that eagerly
supported the Yasun initiative. The
rainforest is said to be the lungs of the
world for a reason. The rainforest is
a vital part of our ecosystem and the
fact that sources of water and land
continue to be contaminated puts
a bleak future before us. As climate
change and environmental destruction continue to gain more attention,
it is important to be able to clearly see
what will be lost. If the Tagaeri and
the Taromenane die because of this
oil exploration, which many have
predicted will happen, it will be a
clear ethnocide. These people will not
come back from the dead. Not all of
the damage that is currently being
done to people and their environments can be undone. And those who
end up suffering the most are those
who are already the most oppressed
and invisible in society.
The
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the bowdoin orient
APRIL
MONDAY 11
EVENT
Opening the Archives of the Maine

Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and
Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
There will be a screening of First Light, a documentary

short that focuses on the TRC and the removal of children
from Wabanaki communities.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 3 p.m.
Additionally, Gail Dana-Sacco, assistant professor of public
health at the University of New England and an associate
faculty member at Johns Hopkins' Center for American
Indian Health, will be speaking. A reception will follow.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
LECTURE
Obama in the Middle East:

Successes, Failures and Lessons for the
Next President
Adam Garfinkle, the editor of the international affairs

journal "The American Interest" and a former principal
speechwriter for Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, will
examine the legacy of President Obama's foreign policy in
the Middle East.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
WHAT'S COOKIN': Ponpavi Sangsuradej '16 learned how to make a

strawberry lassi on Wednesday at the International Cooking
Workshop event. Attendees learned how to cook several dishes from
around the world.
TUESDAY 12
LECTURE
Larry Summers on Inequality
LECTURE
Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus

of Harvard University Lawrence H. Summers will speak to
the community. Summers has served as Secretary of the
Treasury, Director of the National Economic Council and Vice
President of Developmental Economics and Chief Economist
of the World Bank. Tickets are required and are available free
of charge at the Smith Union Info Desk.
ORIENT
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall.
PICK OF THE WEEK
7:30 p.m.
The Art of Biography and the Search for

Truth with David Maraniss
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss will speak.

Maraniss is the author of a number of best-selling books
including biographies of Bill Clinton and President Obama.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts
ORIENT
PICK OF THE WEEK
Center. 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY 13
LECTURE
Oil Boom and Business Busts: Why

Resource Wealth Hurts Entrepreneurs in
the Developing World
PERFORMANCE
Multimedia Artist Maciej Walczak:

Experimental Jazz and Electronic Music
Nimah Mazaheri, assistant professor of political science at

Tufts University, will give a talk about the development
challenges facing many oil-producing countries and the
social, political, and economic benefits of business
environment reforms.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
Maciej Walczak is an audiovisual instrumentalist who will

be collaborating with faculty member Frank Maceri for a
performance. Their work explores interactive video and
sound and Walczak will present computer-generated video
in dialogue with experimental jazz and electronic music.
Tillotson Room (Room 101), Gibson Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Relay for Life
16
PERFORMANCE
Bowdoin
Orchestra
A Capella Performance - Chapel. 7 p.m.

Bowdoin Faith Groups Meet-and-Greet
30 College Street. 7 p.m.
Student Panel on Bowdoin Finance and Business
Room 211, Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness. 7 p.m.
Lunatics: Men, Women and the Moon in Early Modern
France with Katherine Dauge-Roth
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall. 7 p.m.
Art Society: Open Meeting
Shannon Room, Hubbard Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Bowdoin Outing Club: Fireside Knitting
Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center. 7:30 p.m.
Latin American Student Organization
30 College Street. 8 p.m.
Polar Bear Swing (open swing dance lessons)

Howell House. 8 p.m.
Dance Show - Edwards Center for Art and Dance. 8 p.m.
Maine Street Tour Featuring Gelato Fiasco
Polar Bear Statue. 8 p.m.
Arts and Crafts - Craft Center. 8 p.m.
Battle of the Bands
Jack Magees Club, Smith Union. 8 p.m.
Masque and Gown One Acts
Pickering Room, Hubbard West. 9:15 p.m.
SATURDAY 9
EVENT
Open House for the Class of 2020

Night One
Improvabilities
FRIDAY 8
15
THURSDAY 14
17
EVENT
Senior Sex
Panel
18
LECTURE
19
Office Hours Improv Group

Bowdoin Outing Club: Smores
Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center. 10:30 p.m.
Open Gym - Sargent Gymnasium. 10:30 p.m.
Dining Service: Super Snack - Thorne Dining Hall. 10 p.m.
Game Night - Game Room, Smith Union. 11 p.m.
Haunted Campus Tour
Admissions (255 Main Street). 11:30 p.m.
20
EVENT
Making Sense of
the Presidential
Primaries
21
EVENT
Film Screening:
Not My Life

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