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13 students issued court summonses last weekend

by Kate Lusignan
Orient Staff
The first weekend back
from Spring Break was a busy
one for both students and the
Brunswick Police Department
(BPD). Thirteen students re-
ceived alcohol-related court
summons and one student re-
ceived a warning between last
Friday and Saturday nights.
The unusually high number of
summonses reflects an upward
trend in student interaction
with BPD and has caused anx-
iety among students.
This year, BPD was one of
25 Maine law enforcement
agencies that was awarded an
Enforcing Underage Drinking
Laws (EUDL) grant by Dirigo
Safety, LLC—a private orga-
nization that provides mon-
etary support and training to
law enforcement agencies in
Maine.
According to the Dirigo
Safety website, the primary
focus of the EUDL program is
to “systematically implement
best or promising practices
that attain the objectives of
increasing the enforcement of
underage drinking laws and
enhancing research-based
prevention planning.”
On Tuesday, BPD an-
nounced that, in addition to
the EUDL grant, they depart-
ment received a grant from
the Maine Centers for Disease
Control to focus on the en-
forcement of underage drink-
ing laws in the months of April
and May.
According to BPD’s Face-
book post announcing the
grant, the funds will go to-
wards educating minors on
the dangers of alcohol and
“looking for violations and en-
forcing the laws as practical.”
The post mentioned that offi-
cers looking for violations may
be plainclothes police officers.
Five of the summonses
from last weekend were issued
at Helmreich House (Helm)
on Friday night at a registered
party after a wellness check
was requested.
At around 11:30 p.m. on
Friday, the event host (E-host)
at Helm called Bowdoin Se-
curity for a routine wellness
check for an intoxicated stu-
dent. Upon examination, Se-
curity concluded that a medi-
cal transport was necessary.
As is standard, two BPD
officers arrived at Helm with
paramedics from Brunswick
Rescue.
At the time of BPD’s arriv-
al, there were five students
in the house: three underage
students, who were friends of
the transported student, the
E-host and the alcohol host
(A-host). The E-host was also
underage.
Please see BUSTED, page 3

Unclear support animal

policy frustrates students
by Jessica Piper
Orient Staff
When Jordan Hsia ’19 was
diagnosed with general anx-
iety disorder, depression and
post-traumatic stress disorder
earlier this year, she found a sil-
ver lining. These official diagno-
ses, she thought, would allow her
to keep an emotional support
animal in her dorm.
But instead of receiving per-
mission to bring her emotional
support cat to Bowdoin, Hsia
found the accommodations pro-
cess to be confusing and opaque,
with her emails going unan-
swered or being passed between
administrators until her request
was officially denied last week.
Bowdoin is far from the only
college to grapple with policies
on emotional support animals
in the last few years. However,
other Maine colleges, including
Bates, Colby and the University
of Maine, have detailed, publicly
available policies about emo-
tional support animals and other
assistance animals. Bowdoin
does not.
Director of Student Acces-
sibility Lesley Levy said that
the process for obtaining an
emotional support animal, or
any other service or assistance
animal, is the same as Bowdoin’s
standard accommodations pro-
cedure, and that decisions are
made on a case-by-case basis.
The animals are covered as a rea-
sonable accommodation by the
Fair Housing Act.
A Challenging Process
Hsia has struggled with her
mental and physical health since
she started at Bowdoin, with
symptoms including an elevated
heart rate and a tendency to fall
asleep during class. She sought
help from both the Health Cen- ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ter and the Counseling Center
and was prescribed Adderall for Women’s water polo players warm up for a game against Bates in Greason Pool last weekend. The Polar Bears came
Please see ANIMALS, page 4 away with the win and are getting ready for their championship tournament later this month. SEE PAGE 13.

How does Bowdoin get its money?

Endowment returns and tuition fund normal operations, donations drive construction
This academic year, the $500,000, including construc-
by Rohini Kurup, Diego Lasarte and Jessica Piper funds available for the operat- tion projects such as the Roux
Orient Staff
ing budget are $168.4 million, Center for the Environment
In recent months there has been a pattern of stories in the Orient up 3.4 percent from last year’s and Park Row Apartments.
exploring the complexities and limitations of Bowdoin’s endowment budget when accounting for The College is currently in
and operating budget. To add context to the series of articles and op- inflation. On the spending the midst of a $153 million
eds, the Orient has decided to break down the numbers behind the side, the College is spending capital plan, which spans six
money that makes Bowdoin run. more on student wages and years: fiscal year (FY) 2017
This is Part 1 in a two-part series examining Bowdoin’s budget. financial aid. to FY 2022. Of that, Treasur-
This week, we look at the College’s sources of revenue. The second Net tuition and fees (the er Matt Orlando anticipates
installment, published next week, will examine its spending. total amount of tuition due to spending $35-40 million this
Bowdoin minus the amount of fiscal year on projects such as
Bowdoin draws its reve- Operating Budget vs. financial aid distributed) cov- the construction of Park Row
nue from three main sourc- Capital Budget er 47.1 percent of the current Apartments and the renova-
es: tuition, returns on the Each year, the Office of the operating budget. Funds from tion of Boody-Johnson House.
endowment and donations. Treasurer prepares two dis- the endowment pay for 38.8 The capital budget varies
The money that the College tinct budgets: the operating percent. Unrestricted gifts, year to year and is unusually
spends each year is generally budget, which is the annual which are donations that the high this fiscal year, which Or-
split into the operating bud- cost of running the College, College can use to its discre- lando attributes to the several
get and the capital budget. and the capital budget, which tion, cover 5.6 percent. The ongoing construction projects.
Understanding the finances is spent on construction proj- remaining 8.5 percent comes From FYs 2012 to 2016, capital
of an institution as large and ects and renovations. from other sources, such as budget spending ranged from
multidimensional as Bowdoin The operating budget pays revenue from renting out facil- $5-10 million per year.
is complicated, but breaking for everything from financial ities and sponsored research. For the most part, capital COURTESY OF GEORGE J. MITCHELL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
down the data from the Of- aid for students, to the food in The capital budget, mean- projects are financed through SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING: James Bowdoin III started Bowdoin’s
fice of the Treasurer makes it the dining halls, to faculty and while, pays for larger projects endowment when he gifted the college 1,000 acres of land and $1,000. His
a little easier. staff salaries. and maintenance in excess of Please see CASHFLOW, page 6 wife, Sarah, later made a contribution of her own.

N A MONTH EARLY A
ART IN THE HOUSE F DENOMINATIONAL DIFFERENCE S RACE ON THE FIELD O ON SECOND THOUGHT
Bowdoin begins its Asian Heritage Annual art show at Reed aims to highlight Multifaith fellows organize programming The football team in the 1970s was a different Brooke Vahos ’21 discusses the benefits of
Month celebration this week. Page 3. POC talent. Page 7. for the spring semester. Page 9. experience for black players. Page 13. long-distance relationships. Page 14.
2 Friday, April 5, 2019

2 PAGE TWO
SECURITY REPORT
3/29 to 4/3
STUDENT SPEAK:
Friday, March 29 What is your spirit flavor?
• Several traffic cones were lined up on top on a stu-
dent’s car at Pine Street Apartments, as an apparent
practical joke.
• A fire alarm at the Burton Little (Admissions) build- Thomas Freund ’20
ing was caused by an apparent system malfunction.
• An intoxicated minor, who showed up at Helmreich “Bacon-infused-bourbon baby.”
House while a registered event was in progress, was
transported to Mid Coast Hospital.

Saturday, March 3
• The Brunswick police issued alcohol law violation
summonses to five students at Helmreich House—two
for furnishing and three for possession by a minor.
• Students and staff reported a suspicious acting man
loitering in the Coles Tower lobby and at Smith Union.
The man left campus before being located.
• A noise complaint in West Hall resulted in three stu-
dents being cited for possession of alcohol.
•Neighborhood noise complaints were received from
residents of Longfellow Avenue about loud groups of
students walking on the street and using foul language.
• Brunswick police cited a minor student for posses-
sion of alcohol on Harpswell Road near Chamberlain
Street.
• Brunswick police cited a minor student for posses-
sion of alcohol on Belmont Street.
Sunday, March 31
• Bunswick police warned a student for drinking in
public on a town street near campus.
• Brunswick police responded to a large gathering an
off-campus student apartment complex on Carlisle
Avenue. The gathering was dispersed. Five students
were charged with furnishing a place for minors to
consume and one student was cited for possession of
alcohol by a minor.
• A noise complaint at Hyde Hall resulted from loud
music. Students were asked to asked to lower the
volume.
• Loud noise was reported on the seventh floor of
Coles Tower.
Monday, April 1
• A burnt chicken being cooked on a stove caused a
Natalie Youssef ’19
“Anything spicy.”
SYDNEY REAPER
Elle Brine ’20
fire alarm at Brunswick Apartment A.
• A minor student who was smoking marijuana in
Hyde Hall was cited for a drug law violation. “Barbecue sauce.”
• A security officer found a lost black lab dog wander-
ing outside MacMillan House. The dog and its owner
were reunited.
Wednesday. April 3
• Evidence of marijuana smoking was reported in the
Chamberlain Hall north basement stairwell.
• A student vaping inside Pine Street Apartments Cirque Gammelin ’20
activated the fire alarm. Brunswick Fire Department
responded. “Butter.”
IN MEMORIAM: With deepest sympathy in memory
of Maine State Trooper/Detective Benjamin Campbell,
who was killed in the line of duty on April 3, 2019 in
Hampden, all Bowdoin College Safety and Security of-
ficers will wear black bands on their badges until after
the funeral.
COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPILED BY HAVANA CASO-DOSEMBET

Paging Patricia: A bi-weekly bimonthly advice column

by Maria Camila Riano,
Atticus McWhorter and
Andre Sloan
Orient Contributors
Hi Patty,
I’ve recently attended a
wedding in the great state of
Massachusetts. However, not
only was her wedding cake
not organic, but she had the
audacity to serve it to us on
paper plates with plastic uten-
sils! PLASTIC UTENSILS.
This leads me to my question,
my dear Patty, is it rude to
bring your own silverware to
parties?
Thanks,
Zero Waste Zoe
Hi Zoe,
You know what they say,
“Bring some for everybody or
don’t bring anything at all.” So,
this means, please don’t forget
to pack a suitcase of cutlery.
We here at Paging Patricia ap-
preciate your futile efforts to
make yourself look like a better
person before we all go up in
flames, but would be amiss if
we didn’t teach you what you
should have learned in pre-
school. Sharing is caring.
Start forking over that mon-
ey for 287 cake spoons. just been on for hours and the frisbee highlights instagram. neighbor’s plants’ does not didn’t get the joke. I still can’t
air smells of carcinogenic par- He has changed his name to refer to a palm tree. How can believe it wasn’t scripted! That
Best, ticles. We went out to dinner Professor M. Snodgrass the I avoid witnessing my room- stuff is hilarious, and besides
Patricia the other day at Shere Punjab fourteenth, and refuses to go mate embarrass herself for who doesn’t love to see Andrew
and I can’t stop thinking about by anything other than Prof another weekend? Treat laugh at himself awk-
Hello Patricia, her and the smell of Indian Snots, and he has started -Spiteful Susan wardly? Golden. Perhaps if you
I’ve recently taken up the food. However, I think she has wearing backward caps and spent less time lugging around
holistic craft of candle making been stealing her roommate’s saying words like huck. Last Dear Sue, a suitcase full of forks, you
using wax from local bees and clothes to make candle wicks! night I found him in the bath- What are you talking about? could appreciate a funny joke
occasionally my own ears and room drinking water from his That was so funny! There was when you hear one!
wicks made of my roommate’s Thanks, plate and timing himself. that part with the building
clothes. Due to last week’s Timothy Patricia, he’s changed so that looks like a penis, but it’s With improvised loathing,
events, this business has now much. a building? Maybe you just Patricia
become extremely elusive. I’m Hey Timothy,
making big money but my First things first. Your Sad and confused,
roommate might be on to me. knowledge of the panini press Samantha
How do I hide my lucrative temperature is shocking. Pro-
beez-ness? fessor Battle is doing climate Dear Sam,
-Anonymous Pike research this summer, and I’m There is no hope. Leave him.
sure would love your input. In
Hello Anonymous, reference to your sticky situ- Regretfully,
You should probably not ation (assuming you ate with Patricia
make candles. Bowdoin policy your hands, shout out to Benja-
is that candles are fire. In fact, min Felser), everybody knows Dear Patricia,
please send me your ID num- that you have a huge crush on I hate improv. My room-
ber. Mr. Nichols should be in Ellie Pike. Everybody does. mate is in Officeabilities, and
contact shortly. NEXT. the past six Saturdays have
rendered me incapable of
Cordially, Sincerely, ever feeling love. The group
Patricia Patricia performs what seems to be
an icebreaker activity for a
Hi Pat, Dear Patricia, crowd, who finds it hilarious.
Me and my co-worker have How should I handle a boy- Patricia, what are they laugh-
been flirting all semester. She friend who is on frisbee? He’s ing at?? The duration of last
makes a mean salad at Moul- begun bringing this strange weekends show containing
ton, (i.e. she can fill up the plastic plate to Moulton: he ‘professionals’ was revolting.
spinach bin). She might be won’t eat out of anything else. I witnessed a terrible job in-
hotter than the panini press In the evenings, he is often terview: the clarinet is most
at the end of lunch when it’s found scrolling through the definitely a hobby, and ‘the PHOEBE ZIPPER
Friday, April 5, 2019 NEWS 3

NEWS IN BRIEF Asian Heritage Month celebration

continues to expand programming
COMPILED BY JESSICA PIPER

FACULTY APPROVE MINORS IN

ARABIC AND MIDDLE EAST AND
NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES
Students of Arabic will finally be able to put their language by Lucie Nolden
Orient Staff
classes toward an officially recognized academic program starting
next fall, after faculty unanimously voted on Monday to approve On Monday evening, students
a minor in Arabic and a minor in Middle East and North African filled the Center for Multicultural
Studies. Life at 30 College Street for the
Rising juniors and seniors will be able to declare either minor in kickoff celebration of Asian Heri-
the fall, assuming they expect to meet the requirements by the end tage Month. This event is the first
of their senior year and do not already have a minor. Both minors of eight that will take place in April
require five courses. as part of a celebration of Asian
The College has offered Arabic courses continuously since 2008, and Asian American identity. The
but students have not previously been able to count them toward programming has been designed
any major or minor. to include representation for a va-
The two new minors will bring the number of minors available riety of identities that exist within
at Bowdoin to 43. the broad category of “Asian,” with
a special effort made to be inclu-
sive of intersecting identities.
BUSTED need for this to happen,” said
Clifton.
“It’s important to create spaces
for students who identify as Asian
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In the official statement or Asian American to be able to
Although there was no al- from the College, Randy Nich- have dialogues pertaining to their
cohol on the premises at the ols, director of safety and se- identity, discrimination [or] mi-
time of BPD’s arrival, BPD curity, wrote: croaggressions,” said Arah Kang
turned the conversation away “The College has been in ’19, president of the Asian Stu-
from the details of the trans- communication with the po- dents Alliance (ASA). “There are a
ported student to College lice department in order to lot of great stories to be shared and
House policies. clarify what took place during voices to be heard on this campus.”
“She asked questions like: this incident, and we won’t be Comedy, slam poetry, discus-
what it means to be an E-host, commenting further until the sions of identity and a celebration
what it means to be an A-host, police investigation has con- of the Hindu festival of Holi are all
why we had those roles, what cluded. We are grateful to the coming up as parts of the series.
the house was, [who was] liv- student who called for a well- The month of programming
ing in the house, how we could ness check, and we continue at Bowdoin is inspired by the
host this event,” said Kendra to urge all students to contact national observance of Asian/
Clifton ’21, the E-host at Helm security when they are con- Pacific Islander American Heri-
on Friday. cerned about the health and tage Month, which has been cel-
During the conversation well-being of another student.” ebrated in May annually since its
with BPD officers, the three The eight other summonses designation by Congress in 1992.
friends reported that the stu- received by Bowdoin students It was first celebrated as Pacific/
dent had consumed alcohol at last weekend were given late Asian American Heritage Week
an undisclosed location before Saturday night. Six students in May of 1979 after a Joint Res-
arriving at Helm. All five stu- were cited for alcohol law vio- olution proclaiming it was signed
dents said that the transported lations at Carlisle Apartments, by President Jimmy Carter. Its
student had not consumed al- known colloquially as Light- traditional celebration in May
cohol at Helm. house. The police investigated commemorates both the arrival
Clifton noted that it is not the off-campus location after a of the first Japanese immigrant to
against College House policy to noise complaint was reported. the United States in May of 1843
host events where both alcohol In unrelated cases on Sat- and the completion of the First
and minors are present, as long urday, two minor students Transcontinental Railroad in
as the minors are not served. received summonses for car- 1869, which was built largely by
After speaking with the of- rying an open container. One Chinese laborers. PJ SEELERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
ficer, all five students present student was cited on Harp- Asian Heritage Month is cel- SLAM: Paul Tran, an award-winning queer poet, performed in Jack Magee’s Pub and Grill for Asian Heritage Month
received a summons. Clifton swell Road near Chamberlain ebrated in April at Bowdoin be- last night. Tran is poetry editor at The Offing and Chancellor’s Graduate Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis.
received a criminal charge Street and the other was cited cause May is the final month of they also planned events that will rived at Bowdoin. Harris said the plurality of experiences at Bow-
for furnishing a location for on Belmont Street. the semester and is dominated by be new for this year’s celebration. longer window for programming doin and create a space where all
minors to consume alcohol. Students of all class years reading period and finals week. Kang oversaw all the planning, will make it easier to reach more individuals can feel empowered to
Simon Chow ’19, the A-host, have noticed the increase in Many other colleges and univer- working with a team of six ASA students, since most have busy share their expression of identity
received a criminal charge for interaction with BPD at both sities do the same thing. executive board members and a schedules. and culture.
furnishing alcohol to minors. on- and off-campus events. Director of the Student Center first-year committee. “With so many competing in- “I think it’s important, when
The three additional students “In my four years here, I for Multicultural Life Benjamin “This is the largest amount of terests on campus and things that it comes to talking about differ-
received civil charges for pos- have noticed that BPD has Harris said the goal of his office programming that we have ever are happening, how can we get ent identities, that people have
session of alcohol by a minor. been cracking down more on was to support student groups in done for our heritage month,” them to have programming that’s an opportunity to express their
“[The officer] decided that, … College House parties,” said creating events on campus that Kang said. more effective and that can reach a culture and their contribution to
because there was an event Chow. “With [the] Quinby best reflected students’ interests. Guests visiting Bowdoin as broad number of students?” Har- the larger American experiment,”
with alcohol served and intox- House and Mac House Cold Rather than determining and or- part of the celebration include ris said. “One week makes it a little Harris said.
icated minors were present, I War [Party] that happened ganizing all of the programming Paul Tran, a slam poet who per- bit challenging to try to do four or Kang is also excited about the
had furnished the place and [last year] and then this past itself, the Center brought together formed last night at Jack Magee’s five programs in a week. I’d rather chance for Asian students to share
[Chow] had furnished the al- weekend, Helm House, I think a variety of existing organiza- Pub and Grill. and Lisa Ko, an do four or five programs for the the experiences related to their
cohol,” said Clifton. that there has been an increase tions—including ASA, the Asian award-winning novelist. Kang is month, and therefore you can ac- identities with the broader campus
In the past, BPD has mostly in surveillance and also crack- Studies Department and even the particularly looking forward to tually spread out some of the love community.
issued summonses to students ing down.” English Department—in their a panel of faculty and students and give opportunities for folks “[I hope] that there will be
in response to noise com- Chow raised concerns conceptualization and promotion called “The Untold: Diverse to actually attend and not have to further understanding of the stu-
plaints or visible violations of about whether Bowdoin stu- of events. Stories of Asian Americans at compromise work and school.” dents who identify as Asian from
the law, such as students car- dents could continue to use Kang said that ASA started Bowdoin,” an intersectional con- Despite the extension, limited the Bowdoin community and for
rying open containers of alco- the E- and A-host system to planning for the celebration in versation that will focus on the time and the busy lives of Bow- students to potentially learn new
hol. Neither happened during host events in light of these November, searching for keynote question, “When did you realize doin students mean that not every things that they might not have
Friday’s party. developments. speakers and performers and that you were Asian?” iteration of Asian identity can be known before,” said Kang. “I also
“[BPD] wasn’t there to “I think there needs to be a reaching out to agencies and nota- This is the third year the cel- explicitly represented during the hope the month will bring a sense
investigate the party—[they reevaluation of College poli- ble figures. ASA members decided ebration will last for an entire month’s events. Still, Harris be- of pride and a chance for Asian
were] there for the safety of a cies and also responsibility of on certain events from last year month, as opposed to a week, lieves that April’s programming students to embrace their heritage
student, so there was really no where that lies,” he said. to keep and improve upon, but as was the case before Harris ar- will further dialogue about the and culture.”

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4 NEWS
Executive order links free speech to federal funds
by Anthony Yanez
Orient Staff
On March 21, President
Trump signed an executive
order which mandated that
colleges receiving federal
funds must uphold the prin-
ciples of free speech. While
the order has the potential
to increase anxieties around
what has been a hot-button
topic for years, Bowdoin is
not concerned.
The executive order utiliz-
es federal research funds as
leverage over schools. Twelve
different grant-giving federal
agencies, from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to the
National Science Foundation,
are implicated in the order.
Each has been ordered to
ensure that institutions that
receive grants are promoting
ANIMALS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder, but still found herself
struggling. Since the summer
after her sophomore year, she
lived intermittently with her cat,
a calico named Naomi, which
she found helpful for her mental
health. This past fall, though, the
Office of Residential Life told her
that the cat could not live in her
dorm due to Bowdoin’s no-pets
policy.
In June 2018, Hsia reached
out to a Portland-based psychol-
ogist that Counseling Services
had recommended. She found
it difficult to schedule an ap-
pointment, but ultimately met
the psychologist in October and
underwent psychoneurological
testing, which included an IQ
test and a Rorschach test. In Feb-
ruary, she received her results,
which included diagnoses of
general anxiety disorder, depres-
sion and post-traumatic stress
disorder.
Based on these results, Hsia
discussed the possibility of an
emotional support animal with
the on-campus counselor she
had seen for several years, who
agreed to write her a letter. Cer-
tain studies have found emotion-
al support animals to be effective
in treating several psychiatric
disorders.
Hsia also met with Levy to
discuss the College’s emotional
support animal policies. While
the exact rules for any assis-
tance animal are determined on
a case-by-case basis, Bowdoin
requires that animals remain
caged when students are not
present. Hsia felt that this rule
was overly restrictive and would
make it difficult to keep a cat.
Hsia reached out to her dean
about her concerns, in accor-
dance with the campus griev-
ance policy for discrimination
on the basis of a physical or
mental disability. Her dean di-
rected her back to Levy.
On March 7, Hsia complet-
ed the online form to apply for
an emotional support animal,
submitting documentation
from both her counselor and
the off-campus psychologist.
On March 25, she received a
formal denial of her request for
accommodations, via an email
from Levy.
The denial noted that only
Hsia’s Bowdoin counselor had
freedom of inquiry.
The actual rules that col-
leges must abide by have not
changed. According to the
order, public institutions must
comply with the first amend-
ment and private institutions
must comply with their own
stated free speech policies.
Both types of institutions were
governed by these regulations
before the order was passed.
The key impact of the order is
that it applies new pressure via
the avenue of federal regula-
tion of research funds.
The funds the order lever-
ages are only those involved
with research. Student aid
funding remains untouched.
It remains to be seen what
policies, if any, will be rolled
out to assess colleges’ support
of free inquiry.
President Clayton Rose
SEEKING SUPPORT: Following a lengthy process, students who requested support animals at Bowdoin had their requests denied or were unable to bring the animal their residence after approval.
recommended an emotional sup-
port animal, while the off-cam-
pus psychologist had not.
“Although you may believe
that having a cat in residence
will help you, we have deter-
mined that authorizing the cat as
a reasonable accommodation is
not necessary in light of the evi-
dence of your long history living
in residence without such an aid
and your excellent academic ac-
complishments,” the email said.
Laws and Policies
Emotional support animals
are not covered under the
Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA), but they are in-
cluded in the Fair Housing Act.
With a few exceptions, the Act
requires housing providers to
allow tenants emotional sup-
port animals, and—per a 2013
guidance from the Department
of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment—it applies to housing
at colleges and universities.
Since September 2017, two
students have been approved
for emotional support animals
at Bowdoin, Levy said.
The Fair Housing Act al-
lows for some restrictions on
said that the executive order
isn’t something he thinks
about, as no policy is likely to
change as a result. He believes
that Bowdoin students and
the community upholding the
College’s values of free inqui-
ry and engagement with ideas
both pleasant and unpleasant,
independent of any govern-
ment regulation.
Like most universities,
Bowdoin operates without a
specific statement of policies
regarding free speech. Rose
says such a policy is not nec-
essarily because Bowdoin has
developed a general ethos
over the course of its history
that guides its approach to
free speech.
“I’m very comfortable with
how we do what we do, and
having a stated policy about
that isn’t going to change the
emotional support animals.
Individuals must “have a dis-
ability-related need for an as-
sistance animal,” and the hous-
ing provider can ask the person
seeking accommodations to
provide documentation from a
mental health provider.
Bowdoin’s accommodation
guidelines say that documen-
tation for any accommodation
must come from a professional
outside of the College. Accord-
ing to Levy, this is standard
practice among colleges and
universities in order to reduce
conflicts of interest. Colby’s
student handbook indicates a
similar policy.
Levy added that several
campus offices refer students
to off-campus health care pro-
viders.
Hsia found this policy frus-
trating, noting that she can-
not afford to regularly see an
off-campus provider and had
to wait four months to see the
psychologist that the College
recommended. She has worked
with a counselor at Bowdoin
for several years but only met
with the off-campus psycholo-
really thoughtful, hard, ear-
nest work that is going on,”
said Rose.
He joined other college
and university presidents—
including Bob Zimmer, presi-
dent of the University of Chi-
cago, one of the few schools
with specific free speech
guidelines—in denouncing
the executive order.
“[Zimmer] has said pub-
licly that this issue is no place
for the government to be in-
volved in,” said Rose. “In an
ironic way, at the same time
that they are making some
notion of an argument about
free speech, they're setting
themselves up to be one of the
arbiters of what's appropriate
speech and what is not, which
is one of the things that we all
want to avoid.”
Senior Lecturer in Mathe-
gist twice before receiving her
diagnoses.
The Fair Housing Act also
gives housing providers the
right to deny a request if it
“would impose an undue fi-
nancial and administrative
burden,” or if the specific an-
imal threatens the health or
safety of others or would cause
substantial property damage.
To address these issues, many
colleges have rules for stu-
dents who obtain an emotional
support animal. For example,
Bates, Colby and the University
of Maine all require students
to fully vaccinate their animals
and keep them in their rooms
except when entering or leav-
ing the building. None of those
three colleges require animals
to be caged, as Bowdoin does.
Another current senior, who
asked to remain anonymous,
sought out an emotional sup-
port animal in August of their
junior year with a recommen-
dation from their longtime
therapist back home. The pro-
cess was long, but the student
ultimately received approval
the following April. But when
matics Eric Gaze also warned
of the potential issues that
could arise from the existence
of a central authority on free
speech. He said it was danger-
ous to tie research funding to
the judgments of one authority.
“Who gets to decide that,
‘both sides of an issue are val-
id,’ or deserve sort of the same
weight?” he said.
It is difficult to quanti-
fy the intellectual diversity
present on Bowdoin’s campus.
Based on the events listed in
the calendar and invited vis-
itors that have spoken at the
College this academic year,
liberal speakers do slight-
ly outnumber conservative
speakers. Many of the speak-
ers invited to campus receive
sponsorships and co-spon-
sorships from a variety of stu-
dent groups.
they tried to work through
the logistics of bringing their
cat to campus, they found the
additional rules to be overly
restrictive.
First, they would have to
keep their cat in a cage when
they were not in the room,
which they thought would be
harmful for the animal’s health.
They considered buying a fence
in order to create a sufficient-
ly large cage, but then learned
that emotional support animals
were not allowed in Coles Tow-
er, where they were planning
to live as a senior, due to the
building’s relatively open floor
plan—bathrooms connect each
of floor’s quads.
“I was approved, but no one
was willing to actually success-
fully help me bring my cat on
campus,” the student said.
The student felt that chang-
ing living situations in order to
keep the animal would further
isolate them from their friends
and be harmful for their men-
tal health. After a process that
they described as “a really not
fun, stressful, prolonged for no
reason challenge,” they decided
Friday, April 5, 2019
“We’ve brought a lot of
speakers, but Bowdoin isn’t
going to suddenly change if
we just hit certain boxes, like
three liberal speakers, three
conservatives, we’re done,”
said Francisco Navarro ’19,
president of the Bowdoin Col-
lege Republicans, which has
sponsored the visits of several
guest speakers this year.
He noted that the respon-
sibility lies not just with who
brings the speakers, but with
who shows up.
“Things don't happen that
way,” Navarro said. “Not all
students go to talks.”
The executive order also
advocates for increased trans-
parency in college debt data.
It will require schools to re-
port default rates on various
types of loans taken out by
students.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
that having an emotional sup-
port animal was not worth it.
Moving Forward
In the fall of 2017, following
a student petition, Bowdoin
launched the Accessibility Task
Force—a group of students, facul-
ty and staff who were entrusted to
examine the College’s accommo-
dations policies, think holistically
about issues of accessibility on
campus and ensure legal compli-
ance with the ADA.
The recommended changes so
far included the introduction of
the Test Center, where students
who receive academic accommo-
dations can take proctored tests.
But several members of the Task
Force said that the group has not
discussed mental health issues or
accommodations. None of its 18
staff members are affiliated with
Counseling Services.
Hsia, who will graduate in May,
doesn’t expect that she’ll get her
cat on campus this year. But she
hopes that speaking up about her
experience will lead to a broader
discussion of mental health issues
and accommodations at Bowdoin.
“It’s clearly a national conver-
sation at this point,” she said.
Friday, April 5, 2019 NEWS 5

College House verdicts released for Class of 2022

by Jessica Troubh
Orient Staff
On Monday evening, Col-
lege House decisions came out.
Two hundred sixty students
applied to live in the College
Houses, an increase from 247
applications for the 2018-
2019 academic year. The most
popular houses were Quinby
House and Boody-Johnson
House, which is new this year.
Stephanie Patterson, associ-
ate director of residential edu-
cation and residential life, who
is new to Bowdoin this year,
does not believe this year’s ap-
plication differed much from
last year’s. However, she does
anticipate a few changes to
College House life.
“I think that the first year
class gets a lot of support and
attention—as they should, be-
cause they are transitioning
into a completely different en-
vironment—but sometimes I
think that the sophomore class
is expected to know every-
thing since they’ve been here
for a year. In reality, when you
start your sophomore year,
you are essentially a first year
and a day,” she said.
Accordingly, Patterson
would like to rid sophomore
house members of some of
the pressure and responsibil-
ity that comes with mentor-
ing first years. In particular,
Patterson plans to move away
from the current buddy sys-
tem that pairs house members
directly with first year stu-
dents.
“There have been a few
occasions where I’ve heard
it’s been successful … but I’ve
heard a lot more instances
where people have not met
their buddy … The mentor-
ship piece will still be there,
but I’m working to find ways
that will make [the connec-
tion] a little more intentional.”
Another change to the Col-
lege House system will be the
addition of Boody-Johnson
House, which will house ap-
proximately 26 students next
year. According to Patter-
son, the renovations of Boo-
dy-Johnson are going smooth-
ly; she is particularly excited
about the layout of the house.
“I think one of the coolest
things about [Boody-Johnson]
is that Chase Barn is adjacent
to it, but it’s separate from the
house, so the social space will
be a completely separated area
from where people are living,”
she said.
She added that applicants
were excited for the chance to
be the first students to live in
the house and start to shape its
character and legacy.
“I’m really excited that
[Boody-Johnson] hasn’t been
a house in the past, so we are
the first class that can really
establish what it’s going to be
like and the vibe that it has,”
said Fiona O’Carroll ’22. “I
think it will be cool to get to be
the founders of a new house.”
Additionally, Boody-John-
son helped to make up for
some of the house spots typi-
cally occupied by sophomores
that were lost after Ladd
became an all-senior house
this year. While Patterson
acknowledged that the con-
struction of Park Row is on
the forefront of many students’
minds, she does not believe it
impacted the number of appli-
cants to Ladd, especially once
rising seniors considered how
many students the Park Row
apartments can realistically
accommodate.
As part of the selection
process, first year applicants
were interviewed by a faculty
or staff member and a student;
the interviews allowed appli-
cants to demonstrate how they
would contribute to the Col-
lege House system.
Some first years, including
Angelina Joyce ’22, decid-
ed not to apply to a College
House due to the sizable time
commitment.
“I am involved in athletics
and other extracurriculars,
and I feel that living in a Col-
lege House would be a big time
commitment with planning
and hosting events and other
house activities,” said Joyce.
However, many first years
were excited about the possi-
bility of participating in the
College House system next
year.
“I think it’s a really great
opportunity to have access to
the space and the money to in-
fluence campus culture,” said
Irene Brogdon ’22. “I want to
live with an eclectic group of
people and have the commu-
nity that comes with living in
a College House.”
Emilia Majersik ’22 agreed,
noting that life in College
House would allow her to in-
crease her involvement within
the Bowdoin community.
“I feel like the stage of
meeting people has kind of
ended this year, and I want
the opportunity to meet more
people and make more friends
next year,” she said.

Inaugural lecture probes model minority myth

by Ian Ward
Orient Staff
Imagine walking into a
bookstore and seeing a book-
shelf labeled “Asian History”
that includes volumes on
Chinese history alongside vol-
umes on Asian-American his-
tory. Now imagine a bookshelf
labeled “African History” that
includes volumes on the his-
tory of Nigeria alongside vol-
umes on African Americans in
the United States. Why is the
former a commonplace while
the latter virtually unheard of?
That was the question that
Nancy Riley, the A. Myrick
Freeman Professor of Social
Sciences, used on Thursday
evening to launch her inaugu-
ral lecture, entitled “Produc-
ing Foreigners: China, Orien-
talism, and Asian Americans
in U.S. Racial Construction.”
Riley, who joined the Bowdoin
sociology faculty in 1992, re-
ceived the appointment to the
endowed chairship this past
July. Her talk was the fifth and
final inaugural lecture of this
academic year.
Riley’s research interests
include social demography
in China and East Asia, fem-
inist and critical demography
and the comparative study of
family. She said in her open-
ing remarks that her interest
in the experience of Asian
Americans was spurred by the
decade she spent living in Ha-
waii, where she received her
Master of Arts and Master of
Public Health at the University
of Hawaii, and by the experi-
ence of having an ethnically
Chinese daughter.
At Bowdoin, she noted, she
has sought to create arenas,
such as her ongoing course
“Asian American Experience,”
for students to engage criti-
cally with the historical and
contemporary dimensions of
the Asian racial experience in
the United States.
In her lecture, Riley argued
that the social construction
of Asian Americanness in the
United States is profoundly
shaped by Americans’ per-
spectives of Asia broadly, as
well as of China specifically,
as a type of catch-all embod-
iment of Asian otherness.
American perceptions of Asia,
Riley argued, are in turn col-
ored by the dynamics of “ori-
entalism,” a concept first ex-
pounded upon in 1978 by the
Columbia University literary
critic Edward Said to explain
the ways that the West has
defined itself as the bastion of
civilization, rationalism and
liberalism in contradiction to
the barbarism, superstition
and despotism of an imagined
“Orient.”
As Americans’ perceptions
of China evolved—from that
of an exotic and almost myth-
ical culture in the first half of
the nineteenth century, to a
peaceful ally during the Sec-
ond World War, to a “red men-
ace” during the Cold War and
today as an economic and mil-
itary rival—Americans’ per-
ceptions of Asian Americans
have adapted accordingly—
from an alluring exotic attrac-
tion, to a potentially-subver-
sive ally, to a general cultural
threat.
Riley focused specifically
on how the cultural myth of
Asians as the so-called model
minority continues to shape
the experience of Asian Amer-
icans today. Though super-
ficially flattering, the myth
of the model minority, Riley GRAHAM BENDICKSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
argued, both homogenizes a MODEL MINORITY MYTH: In her inaugural lecture, Riley argued that the myth of the model minority hardened a
great deal of cultural, econom- racial barrier between white Americans and Asian Americans and required political submissiveness from the latter.
ic and political diversity with- racial barrier between Asian obscures systematic patterns sions of racial politics while
in the Asian American popu- Americans and whites. The of discrimination behind a encouraging a greater aware-
lation and implicitly positions question so often asked of veneer of individual econom- ness of the ways that global
other racial and ethnic mi- Asian Americans—“Where ic striving, falsely promises geopolitics shape America’s
norities, specifically African are you really from?”—Ri- commodity consumption as collective racial conscious-
Americans, as Asian Ameri- ley argued, embodies white the path to cultural citizenship ness. The lessons of this study,
cans’ undesirable double. Americans’ conviction that, and undermines racial and Riley urged, should be lost
Most perniciously, Riley while Asian Americans might class solidarity by placing mi- upon members of the Bowdo-
argued, the myth of the model be American in name, in real- norities in economic competi- in community.
minority placed Asian Ameri- ity, they are always and every- tion with one another. “Bowdoin is not that much
cans in a double-bind, extend- where foreigners. Ultimately, Riley argued different than the rest of U.S.
ing the promise of cultural Moreover, Riley argued, that a close analysis of the society,” said Riley in conclu-
acceptance and economic suc- the discourse surrounding the Asian American experience sion. “But I, like most people
cess in exchange for political myth of the model minority in the United States suggests here, would like to believe that
submissiveness, all the while reinforced the values of a neo- a need to move beyond the Bowdoin can be better than
erecting an insurmountable liberal economic order, which white-black binary in discus- the rest of U.S. society.”

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donation, debt or a combi-
nation of the two. Financing
through debt means that the
College issues bonds which
are purchased by banks, or—
more commonly—purchased
on the public market. Pro-
ceeds from bond sales con-
tribute to the capital budget.
The bonds with interest may
be paid off either incremen-
tally or all at once, and the
payoff term is typically 30
years.
The College prefers to fi-
nance capital projects through
debt because the interest rate
the College has to pay back
on bonds tends to be lower
than the rate of return on the
endowment, which means
the College is getting more
money from the endowment
every year than it is paying in
interest on the money it bor-
rowed. Most recently, the ren-
ovations of Boody-Johnson
House and the construction
of Park Row Apartments were
financed through debt.
Capital projects can also be
financed through donations.
The Roux Center for the En-
vironment, for example, was
paid for by a donation of over
$12.5 million from David and
Barbara Roux.
Endowment
Bowdoin’s endowment is
as old as the College itself.
Shortly after Bowdoin re-
ceived its charter in 1794,
James Bowdoin III gifted the
college $1,000 and 1,000 acres
of land and later endowed a
professorship in mathematics
or natural and experimental
philosophy. In 1802, his wife,
Sarah Bowdoin, endowed a
professorship in modern lan-
guages.
Several centuries later,
the endowment has become
crucial to Bowdoin’s financ-
es. For this academic year,
returns from the endowment
made up roughly 38.8 percent
of the funds available for the
operating budget.
Bowdoin has had partic-
ularly strong endowment
growth over the last decade. It
made headlines last fall as one
of the best performers among
any college or university in
the United States, with a 15.7
percent rate of return. As of
June 30, 2018, the endowment
was valued at $1.63 billion.
Strong endowment growth
is good, but it doesn’t mean
that the College has $1.63
billion at its disposal. En-
dowments are designed to
pay out interest, often around
five percent, each year. If
the endowment grows at a
rate higher than the payout,
it will be positioned to con-
tinue generating income for
the College year after year,
for an unlimited amount of
time. The recent strong re-
turns have allowed both the
endowment and the operating
budget to grow significantly
in recent years.
Bowdoin draws out be-
tween four and 5.5 percent of
the endowment’s 12-quarter
moving average to fund a year
of expenditures. The 12-quar-
ter moving average means
that the College chooses an
amount based on the average
value of the endowment over
the previous three years, rath-
er than its current value. This
Friday, April 5, 2019
is designed to prevent signif-
icant market swings from af- Tuition 17 M
Donations
fecting the payout.
The exact percentage that
Bowdoin withdraws each 79 M 7M 14 M*
year is recommended by the
College’s administration,
reviewed by a committee
within the Board of Trustees
and then voted on by the full Endowment
Board during its May meet-
ing.
For the FY 2018-2019,
Bowdoin withdrew $67.7
million from the endowment.
For the coming fiscal year, the
College expects to withdraw Returns
roughly $71.8 million.
Endowment growth can
happen two ways. Endowment 68 M
returns, which amounted to
more than $200 million last
year, are the primary driver of
growth, but the endowment is
supplemented by donations.
During the FY 2017-2018, the
endowment received $16.5
million in donations. These
donations become part of the Operating Capital
Budget Budget
core of the endowment that
will generate returns in the
future.
However, most of the en-
dowment is donor-restricted, HOW THE MONEY FLOWS: Donations at Bowdoin fund both the capital and operating budgets, and also go into the en-
meaning that the College is dowment. Returns from the endowment (along with tuition) are the largest sources of funding for the College’s yearly operations.
legally required to use it to-
ward a certain cause speci- *Donor-funded capital projects often span multiple years. This figures reflects the donations for the Roux Center for the Environment and the
fied by a donor. For instance, second phase of the Whittier Field expansion, both of which were completed during the 2018-2019 academic year. The capital budget is also
returns earned from Sarah funded through debt.
Bowdoin’s donation can only
be used to fund a professor-
ship in modern languages.
Roughly 46 percent of the
endowment is restricted for
financial aid; 21 percent is for Funding sources for the operating budget
instruction; seven percent for
libraries and museums; three
percent for technology; one
percent for lectureships and
four percent for other pro-
8.5% Net tuition and fees
grams, including the McKeen 5.6%
Center and the Outing Club.
Thus, only 18 percent of the Endowement
endowment is available to
fund the College’s other ex-
penditures. Donations
Going forward, Bowdoin’s 47.1%
endowment will run into
one additional challenge: the Other
endowment tax. Passed in
December 2017, the policy
38.8%
imposes a 1.4 percent excise YEAR AFTER YEAR: The funds allocated for Bowdoin’s operating
tax on colleges and uni- 38.8% budget come primarily from tuition and returns on the endowment, with
versities with endowments donations playing a smaller role. The “Other” category includes revenue
greater than $500,000 per the College generates from auxiliary services, such as renting out facilities,
full-time student (Bowdoin’s and sponsored research.
endowment sits at nearly
$900,000 per student). The
tax will take effect for the BOWDOIN COLLEGE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019
first time for the 2018-2019
FY returns, although, in the
Donor-restricted funds in the endowment
absence of federal guidance,
the College is still determin-
ing exactly how its finances
will be affected.
Tuition
Tuition dollars make up Technology (3%)
47.1 percent of Bowdoin’s
budget. This figure reflects
21% 7% Lectureships (1%)
net tuition—the hypothetical Other restricted funds (4%)
total amount of money the
College would receive if all
students paid full tuition mi-
nus the amount of financial
aid administered, or a simple
Discretionary funds
sum of all students’ tuition
payments.
Though tuition dollars play
Financial Aid
a significant role in fund- 18%
ing the students’ day-to-day
experiences, tuition doesn’t
Libraries and museums
cover the whole cost of the
Bowdoin experience. The op-
erating budget divided by the
46% Instruction
number of students provides
a glimpse into how much it
actually costs to educate a
Bowdoin student: $92,315 per
year. DONOR DECIDES: Donors to the College have the option of restricting their donation to fund a particular aspect of Bowdoin’s operations—from financial
aid to holiday wreathes. Only 18 percent of endowment funds are unrestricted and thus available for any use the College deems worthy.
How is this money spent?
BOWDOIN COLLEGE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019
Check back next week.
Friday, April 5, 2019
A ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
‘Art and Color’ seeks to open up white spaces
by Sabrina Lin and
Esther Wang
Orient Staff
Walking into Reed House
basement on Thursday night,
you might have been pleasantly
surprised—gone are the toppled
red solo cups and sticky beer
pong table. The space has been
scrubbed anew, with colored
lights and works of art adorning
the walls. The third installment
of Reed House’s annual “Art
and Color” exhibit opens with
a night of spoken word, music
and visual arts, all with the in-
tent to highlight talents of artists
of color traditionally underrep-
resented in the College House
environment.
College Houses have long
been criticized for being exclu-
sive spaces and contributing to
the monolithic nature of Bow-
doin’s party scene. This year’s
organizer, Kevin Chi ’21, rec-
ognizes the stereotypes conven-
tionally associated with Reed
House and expressed the house’s
wish to create a friendly space
for people of color within the
College House system.
“The goal of the show is to
allow POC members in the
community to feel vulnerable in
a space that they couldn’t previ-
ously,” Chi said.
In planning for the show, Chi
and fellow Reed members sent
out numerous emails to affinity
groups, clubs and the student
body at large. Initially, they
struggled to get enough sub-
missions, so they instead began
to reach out to potential partici-
Creating change through ‘Power of Literature’
by Ayub Tahill
Orient Staff
As contemporary interests
drift away from physical books in
favor of online media, people are
beginning to doubt the power of
literature. Yet, Wednesday night
in the Beam Classroom, Dr. Alaa
Al Aswany, world-renowned au-
thor and Egyptian reformer, re-
claimed the agency of the written
word in his lecture titled “Power
of Literature.”
Currently a visiting profes-
sor in Middle Eastern studies at
Dartmouth College, Al Aswany
is best known for his 2002 work,
“The Yacoubian Building,” which
offers a poignant dissection of
modern Egyptian society under
the facade of fiction. The novel
is an Arabic bestseller, translated
into 23 languages and adapted
into a movie, a TV series and
a play. Al Aswany’s visit was
supported by the George M.,
Massoud Y. and Saada J. Barakat
Memorial Fund, as well as spon-
sored by the Departments of Re-
ligion, Sociology and Anthropol-
ogy, History, Art History and the
Africana Studies Program.
Literature has immense pow-
er in the eyes of Al Aswany, a
second-generation writer. This
power is inspired by the work of
his father, who first taught him
pants individually.
“We made a point that in-
dividually reaching out adds
meaning to this event, because
we are individually making a
gesture of welcoming everyone,”
said Chi. “Spaces like Reed,
where the stereotype is [of a]
very outdoorsy, white House, I
think it’s really important that
every member of the House
reaches out to one person.”
They eventually received
around 20 submissions, ranging
from poetry and video to live
performances of spoken word
and music, spanning the living
room, hallway and basement.
Chi explains that members did
not factor in curatorial decisions
with the selection of artworks;
instead, all submissions were ac-
cepted in the hopes of being as
inclusive as possible.
“We kind of just accepted ev-
erything that [was] submitted,
because we didn’t really want to
exclude anything,” Chi said. “We
aren’t trying to set standards for
anything—we’re trying to make
Reed as inclusive as possible.”
The show’s curators hope to
create an inclusive environment
set apart from Bowdoin’s gener-
al art scene and bring in artists
who might not have previously
had opportunity to showcase
their work.
“There’s something about
the art of Bowdoin in the more
formal setting that is just a lit-
tle more white. If you go to the
more formal shows you will see
that there are a lot of artists that
are white and very few artists of
color,” said Ural Mishra ’20, who
how to write fiction and the se-
cret to making it relatable to an
audience.
“I use to say that there were
four of us, my father, my mother,
myself and literature,” Al Aswany
said.
Al Aswany defines literature
as “a life on the papers that is
similar to our daily life but more
profound, more significant and
more beautiful.”
This definition stems from
his own career path in the lit-
erary world. He was a full-time
licensed dentist who used this
career to finance his pursuit of
writing. He also used his dentist-
ry to formulate characters from a
mixture of patients. His societal
status as a dentist offered some
protection from trouble.
While writing “The
Yacoubian Building,” he visited
impoverished areas of Cairo
and observed them to capture
a real sense of the city. He even
ventured into illegal bars and
when the police came, he was
able to stay out of trouble by re-
vealing his identity as a dentist.
Al Aswany incorporated these
interactions and observations
into his novel, making the book
relatable to the everyday people
of Cairo.
Al Aswany’s critical portrayal
of government corruption and
curated the show last year while
living in Reed.
The show was founded two
years ago by Senay Yibrah ’19,
who was a Reed resident and felt
prompted by his own experience
as a person of color in a predom-
inantly white House.
“I kind of expected coming
into to Reed to be the one to
change [the social environment],
and I was doing that through the
music scene,” said Yibrah. “I de-
signed this art show for artists of
color only … [and it has] kind of
involved into like a bigger thing
than I thought it would, which is
really cool.”
The opening of “Art and
Color” in 2017 was significant,
as it marked Reed House’s first
ever party in collaboration with
the African American Society
(AfAm). It also coincided with a
tense period on Bowdoin’s cam-
pus following a series of bias in-
cidents, when issues of race were
constantly on everyone’s mind.
Now in its third iteration,
the show continues to mark this
important legacy. At the same
time, issues of how to properly
approach “diversity” come into
question. Despite the organizers’
best intentions, they unavoidably
fall short in certain aspects.
“Musicians—wise it was kind
of difficult to find bands that are
composed of [just] POC[s],” Chi
said. “I definitely hear a lot about
it from my friends about how jazz
at Bowdoin is so white, how they
don’t feel like they can be part of it
… so I definitely feel like that kind
of speaks to the [general] music
scene at Bowdoin as well.”
WRITING REVOLUTION: World-renowned author Alaa Al Aswany spoke in the Visual Arts Center on Wednesday night about his literary career and his
best known work, “The Yacoubian Building,” which inspired widespread social debate and engaged the literary community in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
social issues proved hugely in-
fluential. The book’s treatment
of homosexuality was especially
taboo-breaking for contempo-
rary mainstream Arab litera-
ture. “The Yacoubian Building”
enjoyed overwhelming support
and popularity among Egyptian
readers.
Al Aswany is aware of the
global platform that came with
his success. He wrote weekly
articles for various news outlets,
7
Indeed, College Houses still
have a long way to go in their
pursuit of more representation
and diversity. As the show’s
original founder, Yibrah urges
organizers to engage with di-
verse groups of campus in the
long term.
“Now it feels a little more like
these white College House resi-
dents just reaching out to affin-
ity group to make their House
less white,” he said.
“[They should work on] the
commitment to working with
affinity groups, as opposed to
just sending an email out to
them,” he continued. “Just be-
ing more passionate or direct
about working with different
groups—that’s how you get to DEVAKI RAJIV, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
meet people.” ART ANGLES: The third installation of “Art and Color,” hosted by Reed House,
Editor’s note: Senay Yibrah ’19 seeks to highlight talented students of color in conventionally white-dominated
is a member of Orient staff. spaces, calling for greater diversity and inclusivity in College Houses.
LAUREN CAFFE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
many of which centered around “I am currently being called that readers will heed his mes-
politics and literary critique, and a spy for the CIA, Morocco and sages and take action after they
held a weekly literature salon in other countries,” he said. see the world as depicted in his
Cairo, which was influential in Al Aswany says that he is also writing. To achieve this effect,
engaging Egypt’s literary and in- being sued in military court by he does not create characters
tellectual community in the 2011 the government for defamation who simply represent his opin-
Egyptian Revolution. and several other crimes, but he ions, but rather those who are
With the transgressive nature refuses to appear, knowing he in opposition to his beliefs in
of his work and the unrelenting would not receive a fair trial. order to call attention to a need
realism in his writing, Al Aswany The power of literature has for change.
came face to face with the current allowed Al Aswany to not only “Literature will never change
regime’s crackdown on literature reform the government, but the government, but literature
and public knowledge. also the people. He believes will change the people,” he said.
8 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Friday, April 5, 2019

KAYLA SNYDER

All you need to know about the Ivies acts

The Aux Cord columnists preview LION BABE, Jamila Woods and Mick Jenkins
The concert formerly known as Ivies (if we’re calling it Bowchella) has been announced. An email sent out to the entire student body—with the subject heading on the email
The as “No Bamba”—announced the lineup, with Lion Babe playing Thursday, April 25, and Jamila Woods and Mick Jenkins playing Saturday, April 27. The previously mentioned
Aux “No Bamba” is a reference to the smash Sheck Wes hit, “Mo Bamba,” which took the nation and small liberal arts campuses alike by storm this fall. Many students speculated
Cord that Sheck Wes was set to play Ivies this spring, but Bowdoin’s E-Board decided to take a different route and recruit other artists. Justine Skye, ex-girlfriend of Sheck Wes and
singer, actress and model, accused the rapper of physical abuse and stalking, which led to E-Board dropping out of talks to bring Sheck Wes to campus. To say that this is one
by Sebastian de Lasa of the most controversial Ivies situations to date would be an understatement. This year’s performers, to say the least, are wildly different from Sheck Wes, and individually
and Chris Ritter talented and creative in their own right.

LION BABE JAMILA WOODS MICK JENKINS

Kicking off Ivies season with Thursday’s time slot is LION
BABE, the dancey singer-producer duo of Jillian Hervey and
Lucas Goodman. Their 2015 debut album, “Begin” placed LION
BABE in the middle of a swarm of R&B up-and-comers dropping
stunning early projects, including SZA, Ravyn Lenae, Anderson
.Paak and Ivies-mate Jamila Woods. Though LION BABE has
mainly stayed on the periphery of that renaissance, their contri-
bution shouldn’t be overlooked.
Unlike all of those artists, LION BABE is a duo, and that
duality is felt in their music. Hervey’s talent is undeniable:
her voice has earned her endless comparisons to soul legend
Erykah Badu but is perhaps even punchier than the R&B great,
fitting right in with Goodman’s dance-oriented production.
Which brings us to Goodman, whose presence is felt through-
out “Begin” with beats that feel funkily stitched together. The
grainy sample of “Treat Me Like Fire” provides a pleasant back-
drop for Hervey’s Erykah-esque ruminations on love and pain.
But when the beat picks up (as it does on most of “Begin”), the
duality of LION BABE shines its brightest. Childish Gambino
stops by for a verse on “Jump Hi,” but he certainly doesn’t car-
ry the song: Hervey struts her verses fiercely and Goodman
comes up big on the instrumental, sampling Nina Simone to
make a gritty funk jam. The duo carries the same energy on
songs like “Where Do We Go,” which toes an electrifying line
between trap and pop funk. Like many LION BABE songs, it
feels engineered to rock a dancefloor, with Hervey’s vocals hit-
ting as hard as Goodman’s beat.
Though LION BABE is years removed from their debut album,
Bowdoin might have caught them at the perfect time. Their soph-
omore album “Cosmic Wind,” released just last week, added a
slew of new material to their potential set. With an R&B sound
crafted so fittingly for dance (and Hervey’s got stage presence too:
she first pursued a career in dance music), LION BABE has the Essential Tracks: “Sunday Candy,” “LSD,” “VRY BLK,” “Holy,” the show he puts on.
power to light up Smith Union. “Bubbles,” “GIOVANNI”
N.B.: To avoid Bowdoin students mass-mispronouncing yet an-
Essential Tracks: “Jump Hi,” “Rockets,” “Where Do We Go,” other Ivies headliner (it was DRAM, like “mom”), it’s Jamila like Do,” “Padded Locks (feat. Ghostface Killa).”
“Western World,” “The Wave.” “Ja-mee-luh.”
Admittedly, I didn’t know much about the artists coming to play
Headlining Ivies is Jamila Woods, the Chicago singer-song-
Ivies this year. The one that was the most on my radar was Mick
writer who has made some of the most innovative soul music of
Jenkins, and I can honestly say that I had never in my life felt any
the past decade. You’ve probably heard Woods’ voice before: it’s
urge to listen to Jenkins. That’s not saying that I thought his music
warm and unmistakable, appearing alongside Chance the Rapper
was bad—his feature on BADBADNOTGOOD’s “Hyssop of Love”
in “Sunday Candy” and “Blessings.” Woods came from the same
is a highlight of their album “IV”—but I never felt super compelled
Chicago scene that raised Chance, Noname, Saba and countless
to listen to him more than anyone else. So going into this review, I
other artists pushing the industry forward as independents. For
knew very little about the sound that Jenkins goes for on his albums,
fans of that crowd, there’s a familiar energy with Woods’ music
his flows, etc. I was essentially unaware of his entire discography.
too: rich in black empowerment and a tireless search for joy.
When people discuss Jenkins, the word lyrical often pops up.
Woods finds plenty of joy on her debut album “HEAVN.” With
This can be both a derisive comment and a compliment, depend-
a bright-eyed nostalgia reminiscent of Chance, she paints a vivid
ing on the complex. Many artists who get dubbed with the lyrical
image of Chicago, telling stories of hand games and jumping in
rapper tag come off yearning for past days of hip-hop, often coming
puddles without losing sight of the injustice happening down the
off sounding corny. Others are lauded for their meticulously crafted
street. “VRY BLK,” captures that whole image, as Woods uses a
lyrics, like Jenkins’ peers such as Noname or Kendrick Lamar. While
playground melody to critique police brutality: “My brothers went
I’m not as much of a Jenkins fan as I am a fan of the two previously
to heaven, the police going to … hello operator.” Along with its
named artists, his lyrics often come off as intelligent and insightful
prideful hook, “VRY BLK” features a quirky beat that bumps hard,
(his “drink more water” lines on the other hand, are pretty corny).
produced by fellow Chicagoans oddCouple and Kweku Collins.
As is often the case with rap music, good production drastical-
Just as much of a jam is “LSD,” a windows-down ode to Chica-
ly changes songs. Jenkins’ music is no different. He has fantastic
go’s Lake Shore Drive, and one which shows off Woods’ voice in a
songs with producers and groups like the aforementioned BAD-
chorus of soaring harmonies. Like “VRY BLK,” it’s a song that cap-
BADNOTGOOD, Kaytranada and Black Milk. On these tracks,
tures Woods’ complicated love for her hometown and for herself,
lush instrumentation creates a perfect atmosphere for his variety
and all the emotions that go along with it: “I won’t let you criticize
of vocal styles. Jenkins will rap in a straightforward near-baritone
/ My city like my skin, it’s so pretty / If you don’t like it just leave it
alone / You gotta love me like I love the lake.” and croon in a falsetto in the same song, and, surprisingly, it pays
off. That being said, all the Jenkins songs I really liked were the ones
Students should look forward to Woods’ words of self love on
with higher profile producers, and he benefits from working with
Saturday afternoon, especially on the triumphant “Holy,” where
artists with like-minded taste. I think his style of rap—heavy on lyr-
she lets out the refrain, “Woke up this morning with my mind set
ics and intricate rhyme schemes—will create an atmosphere similar
on loving me,” as if she’s convincing both herself and her audience
to the Milo concert at Ladd House last semester. Jenkins isn’t going
to love themselves. With a full band coming in support, Woods is
the 2019 Ivies headliner we needed. to have outright bangers like previous Ivies artists (Waka Flocka
Flame and A$AP Ferg come to mind), but it will be exciting to see
Essential tracks: “Hyssop of Love,” “Drowning,” “What Am I To
Friday, April 5, 2019
AF FEATURES
SPREADING THE GOSPEL: Multifaith fellows Caleb Perez ’20, Nick Suarez ’21, Abigail Wu ’21 and Lucas Johnson ’22 promote interfaith dialogue by studying major religious texts and hosting events for the Brunswick community.
Students share interfaith dialogue across campus
by Emily Staten
and Penelope Mack
Orient Staff
Many talks around faith this
year have involved violence,
often focusing on shootings in
places of worship. But at Bow-
doin, around the couches in
30 College and through events
all across campus, members
of the Brunswick community
have gathered to engage in in-
terfaith dialogue in a collabo-
rative and optimistic manner.
These discussions were led
by four students—Caleb Pe-
rez ’20, Abigail Wu ’21, Nick
Suarez ’21 and Lucas Johnson
’22—who are part of Bowdo-
in’s new Multifaith Fellow-
Oil, gas and other precious commodities
Deep in the
Heart
by Surya Milner and
Phoebe Zipper
We talk a lot about hometowns,
both in our casual conversations
and within the pages of the Orient.
Given that this is a column on our
home state of Texas, we felt it’d
only be fitting to pay our respects
to our home cities in the Lone Star
State—places that, by virtue of their
complexity and size, dazzle and
confound us, often at the same time.
What follows is part-rumination,
part-conversation on what we’ve
learned about our homes since be-
ing removed from them for the past
four years. This is Houston.
ship. In the fall, the fellows
met weekly to explore their
different understandings of
religion and faith, and analyze
portions of the world’s major
sacred texts. But this semester,
their talks have branched out
into campus-wide events.
The Multifaith Fellowship
is spearheaded by Eduardo
Pazos Palma, director of re-
ligious and spiritual life, and
funded by the Interfaith Youth
Core, an American non-profit
that works on college campus-
es to promote dialogues about
religious diversity. The funds
covered the fellows’ stipends
in the fall and event costs in
the spring.
“The central core of what
Phoebe: There’s a dark grey
cloud blotting out the sun. I’m
home again for break, and my
mom and I sit in the Houston
traffic, trying to puzzle out
what’s going on with the sky.
A tropical storm maybe? But
hurricane season doesn’t start
for months. The cloud’s bor-
ders are unnaturally blunt and
precise, graphic like a pop art
cartoon. It’s less of a fog and
more of a charcoal smudge
against the sky, trailing down
to the ground in a neat plume.
The cloud, our local news
anchor tells us, is actually
smoke, the result of a fire at
the Deer Park petrochemical
plant in east Houston. Ten
days later, a sickly pink, dead
dolphin washes ashore in Gal-
veston, a neighboring city on
we were learning [in the first
semester] was really trying
to understand how religions
engage one another; it was
a lot of introspection,” said
Johnson.
The fellows read portions
of the Old and New Testa-
ments, the Qur’an and the
Book of Mormon, as well as
other major religious texts.
They were each tasked with
hosting a community event
in the spring that drew from
their learning this past fall.
The topic and organization
of the event was up to each
fellow.
Wu’s event before spring
break explored the new trend
of yoga and mindfulness and
the gulf coast. Whether or not
there was a connection re-
mains unclear.
For many of us at Bowdoin
from the American South, it can
feel like we’re here partly because
we cultivated a mild disgust for
where we come from. A resent-
ment towards Texas and the op-
pressively conservative culture
of my private high school were
certainly large reasons behind
why I looked almost exclusively
in the northeast during my col-
lege search. People gathered in
dimly lit rooms around wooden
tables discussing, you know,
great works of literature.
Surya: @PeucinianSociety?
Phoebe: Something like that.
Knowledge like a petrochemical
haze in the air, students picking
apart history to get at kernels of
their potential cultural appro-
priation. Last week, Suarez led
a discussion at Howell House
about womanhood and Islam,
which focused on veiling in
Islamic countries and high-
lighted how some Muslim
women feel that the practice
has affected their faiths and
their lives.
“[Each event] is a sample of
the diversity of what we were
talking about in our meetings,
except with a narrower focus
and more people coming out
to learn,” Suarez said.
“There is a lot of emphasis on
being able to get people to learn
what we learned but in a much
more concise and easy to under-
stand way,” Johnson added.
reality and truth. That was the
fantasy.
Surya: This rings so true to
me and reminds me of the nag-
ging feeling that comes over me
so often when talking politics
with Bowdoin friends (i.e. I left
Texas thinking that outspoken
Texas conservatives were the
devil, but have found, in time,
New England liberals to be just
as insidious in some ways).
Phoebe: Right? Up until re-
cently (thanks, Beto), if you were
a liberal in Texas, you really had
to get behind your politics in a
way that isn’t required of you
in New England. Or just shove
them down and never talk about
it. It’s probably a cliché at this
point, but four years and many
miles of distance between me
and Houston have allowed me to
This Wednesday, in the
Roux Center for the Envi-
ronment, the fellows hosted
a panel of religious leaders
from the Brunswick area who
discussed interfaith dialogue.
The panel was composed of
four clergy leaders from the
area: Presbyterian Pastor Gor-
don Cook and Pastor Jonathan
Larssen, both of whom work
for the Spiritual Wellness
Program at Mid Coast Hospi-
tal; Reverend Sylvia Stocker,
minister at the Unitarian Uni-
versalist Church of Brunswick
Maine; and Reverend Mary
Baard, the Senior Pastor at the
First Parish Church.
Despite their varying back-
grounds and experiences, the
recognize the ways in which my
hometown holds truths equally
as important and complex as the
ones studied in the classroom.
Houston is a place that often
confronts you with ugliness and
without illusion. The city sprawls
out endlessly in all directions,
the flat landscape blanketed by a
constellation of mega-highways
that make a modern, nightmar-
ish mockery of the phrase “every-
thing is bigger in Texas.” There’s
no escaping the energy industry,
from the petrochemical refin-
eries that mushroom along the
ship channel in east Houston to
the businessmen that commute
downtown every day to bundle,
buy and sell the natural gas that
powers our lives, my dad among
them. There’s equally no escape
from the heat—relentless, nearly
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ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
panelists all stressed the im-
portance of discourse and co-
operation between people of
varying faiths and emphasized
the similarities rather than the
differences that people share.
“When you get to know
someone personally, of a vast-
ly different religion, it just
enriches your life so much,”
said Cook. “I can’t overstate
how important that process of
listening and growing is.”
Stocker agreed and ex-
plained that cooperation
between faiths could have
concrete benefits for multiple
people.
“I think for me, there’s a
Please see MULTIFAITH, page 10
suffocating in its humidity.
Surya: As an Austinite who
only visited Houston for week-
end soccer tournaments, I’d also
like to add that Houston’s humid
climate boasts some of the most
bountiful greenery west of Lou-
isiana. My memories of Houston
are shrouded in soft green grass
and storybook mega-mansions.
The money made the place all the
more unreal to me.
Phoebe: Yeah, it’s this
strange juxtaposition of
the lush and nearly tropical
alongside Texas as the edge
of the southwest and also
alongside the southern charm.
There’s definitely a media
narrative out there these days
that loves to lift Houston up
Please see IN THE HEART, page 10
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Big [Bowdoin] Brother: managing online privacy
Cyber Chase
by Sasa Jovanovic
As students, we are constant-
ly generating data on campus,
whether we know it or not. From
using Blackboard to Polaris to
Outlook, we are engaging in con-
versations with these channels
through our actions online. How
does Bowdoin treat this infor-
mation? This week, in an effort
to learn more about the ways
in which Bowdoin handles our
data and keeps up with emerging
industry standards, I sat down
with Michael Cato, senior vice
president and chief information
officer of information technol-
ogy, and Christina Finneran,
vice president of institutional re-
search, analytics and consulting.
One of the latest develop-
ments in data regulation is the
General Data Protection Regula-
tion (GDPR), which was passed
by the European Union (EU)
in 2016 and came into effect in
2018. The regulation intends to
provide individuals control over
their data and to standardize
such practices for businesses
within the EU. I was surprised
when the regulation came up in
the first minute of my conver-
sation with Cato and Finneran
since I thought of the GDPR as
contained to the EU vacuum.
“We certainly have GDPR
MULTIFAITH
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9
very practical application of
interfaith relations and it has
to do with finding the com-
mon ground so that we can
all serve the common good,”
said Stocker. “And yes, we
could pick and pick and pick
and find the differences but
there’s really a lot we share
across the board.”
Much like the panelists,
Pazos Palma and the fellows
felt that interfaith work is be-
coming more crucial both in
the United States and around
the globe.
“I think there’s an absolute
necessity of being able to un-
derstand and comprehend
other individuals’ religions,
traditions and faiths, espe-
cially as we look forward in
the United States,” said John-
son. “I think for any of us in
the next 20 years, we’re go-
ing to be having colleagues,
neighbors, friends who are
of different faiths and back-
grounds … and the ability
to understand where they’re
coming from and who they
are as spiritual individuals is
incredibly necessary.”
While the discussions
throughout the year have
been fruitful for the fellows
and have begun to reach a
wider audience, fellows wor-
When you get to know someone
personally, of a vastly different
religion, it just enriches your life
so much. I can’t overstate how
important that process of listen-
ing and growing is.
–Pastor Gordon Cook
compliance regulation now con-
cerning the Bowdoin website
since we have students around
the globe who are interested in
the College,” Finneran explained.
“We have Bowdoin students who
are Europeans and who might
travel home and want to use the
website or other services or a
faculty member might be on sab-
batical or conducting research in
Europe.”
Thus the College must be
aware of and be quick to incor-
porate privacy laws enacted in
nations across the globe.
“The way the
GDPR regulation
is set up is that
it covers peo-
ple who are in
Europe at the
time, but not
necessarily Eu-
ropean citizens.
Let’s say you’re a
student studying
at the Sorbonne
in France and you
receive a survey, how
are we obliged then
to manage these sit-
uations?” said Fin-
neran.
She added
that GDPR sets
a precedent for
other countries
to add similar
regulations.
International
ry that not all are willing to
engage in these events.
“When I was telling some of
my friends to go to my Modes-
ty, Women and Islam [event],
they were like, ‘I feel like it’ll
be weird for us to go [because]
we’re not Muslim,’” said Su-
arez. “But that was kind of the
point, to get people uncom-
fortable talking about some-
thing that they don’t usually
talk about; bridging that gap is
really awesome.”
Pazos Palma hopes to
continue this uncomfortable
discussion. Next year, the
Office of Student Affairs and
the Center for Religious and
Spiritual Life will incorporate
the Multifaith Fellowship into
their budgets and Pazos Pal-
ma will work with Perez to
redesign the curriculum and
choose next year’s group of
students.
“There’s a really good con-
versation to be had around
the role of religion in public
life, in the face of an increas-
ingly secular society, and also
the role of religion in a in-
creasingly globalized society,”
said Pazos Palma. “There’s a
lot to be said about religion
and human rights, religion
and morality. So there’s just
many ways in which religion
and spirituality are intersec-
tional to a lot of the interests
that Bowdoin students have.”
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companies are pressured to ad-
here to these standards as soon as
possible or run the risk of fines,
such as the $1.67 billion fine that
Google was charged with earlier
this year for antitrust violations
in the online advertising market.
“We do not collect informa-
tion about casual observers or
website visitation records; that is
not the type of business we’re in-
volved in,” Cato elaborated. “The
ways you’re using wireless, those
records are collected for the pur-
poses of bettering our system,
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9
as an incredibly multicultur-
al society, but I think what
makes the city so interesting
is the ways in which these
often struggling immigrant
communities exist alongside
a parallel culture of vast, os-
tentatious oil wealth. It cer-
tainly made for an interesting
mix in my high school.
So, like all great cities, Hous-
ton is a place of contradictions.
The oil and gas industry gener-
ated the money that made the
city a great center of philan-
thropy and public art: we would
not have the Rothko chapel if
it wasn’t for
Schlum-
berger.
but we do not publicize those
records or sell them to a third
company. In fact, we have tight
controls over who has access to
them even on campus.”
Cato and Finneran cited other
ways Bowdoin reinforces student
privacy such as controls over the
sharing of students’ academic
and health information. Bowdo-
in incorporates privacy measures
in their survey policies as well,
so that one cannot triangulate
someone’s identity through sur-
vey results, which was a recent
DY
NNE
LY KE
MOL
Surya: Again, Austinite
and art novice here: what’s a
Schlumberger?
Phoebe: It’s an iconic oilfield
services company. The heiress to
the money from that company,
Dominique de Menil, went on
to found this amazing, tranquil
oasis of an art museum. The
Menil campus is lush Houston
greenery at its finest. But any-
way, the money from the ener-
gy industry is the money that’s
bubbling under the melting pot
of diversity that the city has be-
come, money intertwined with a
sprawling story of immigration,
economic development and the
birth of a sort of uniquely Texan
cosmopolitanism. I’m not really
concern some had about the U.S.
census. At Bowdoin, if for exam-
ple, a survey was being analyzed
for a small major where individ-
uals might be identifiable, the
Office of Research, Analytics and
Consulting aggregate the results
over a few years so as to add a
layer of privacy protection.
Digital privacy is inherently
different from other forms of pri-
vacy, and there is good reason to
be on the side of individual priva-
cy. Both Cato and Finneran have
cited situations in which they’ve
seen an individual’s privacy
and security violated
with major costs to
an institution. At
one large institution
where Cato previ-
ously worked, the
cost was $3 million
to rectify the results
of a data exposure.
“We had to send
out notifications to all
50 states,” said Cato.
“355,000 records, in-
cluding social security
number and personal
information of every
single student that
had ever been at
that institution,
were leaked.”
Why was the
cost so astro-
nomical? Because
the school had
to hire a team of con-
tribal or emotional about my
hometown, the way I think
it’s easy to be in this age where
we’re all globally connected but
also constantly displaced and
shuffled away from our roots—
in search of the next job, degree,
line on the resume.
Surya: And why would you
feel tribal about Texas? Our
families are both transplants.
Phoebe: Right, like who even
knows where I’m supposed to lo-
cate my roots at this point? But I
am deeply appreciative of Hous-
ton. I love the way perfumed
20-somethings wear cowboy
boots to brunch even though we
live in a swampy urban jungle,
the way that we’re always the
underdog, the fact that the things
that make Houston great also
make it difficult.
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tractors to rectify the situation,
track down all the individuals
whose information was leaked
and expand the institution’s IT
team from one person to a team
of eight in a span of six months.
And then there are privacy
cases that are less clear to re-
solve and that lack legal prec-
edent. Cato cited a situation
concerning a former employer
in which a student had given
another student, whom they
were dating, their institutional
login information. After they
broke up, the ex used their ac-
count with malintent.
When I asked Cato and Fin-
neran how they would define
privacy themselves, they stressed
the importance of informed con-
sent.
“Understanding how I am us-
ing these tools and how they are
using me is important, so that I
can make an informed decision
about how to use them. It is only
then that I feel like my privacy is
respected,” said Cato.
“I like to be in control of what
information organizations have
about me. The idea that there are
organizations that are making
assumptions about me is what
bothers me,” added Finneran.
So we can rest easy now, right?
Our privacy is being protected
on campus?
“My latest favorite search
engine is duckduckgo,” joked
Finneran.
There is no escaping the fossil
fuel industry, it’s true, or the overt
bigotry that still permeates many
corners of Texas. But in Houston,
it is also impossible to run from the
realities of American life—where
it has been, where it is going. It’s
there in the post-Civil War freed-
men’s cottages in the Fourth Ward,
in the immigrants that continue to
arrive not just from Latin America,
but from India and Nigeria and
Vietnam, in the Hurricane Har-
vey wreckage piled in the bayou
like an omen of climate change to
come. But where there’s ugliness,
there are always ways in which it
is intertwined with beauty. In early
March, the Houston air starts to
grow heavy with humidity again,
and azalea blooms gush forth
against that dark, prickly Texas
grass: red, magenta and
white brushed with the
barest hints of pink.
PHOEBE ZIPPE
R
Friday, April 5, 2019
DEFENSE OF RAIN PANTS:
ON RAINY DAYS, THEY’RE
HERE TO STAY
It’s 8:34 a.m. and I awaken to
the pitter patter of rain on my win-
dow. “Guess it’s time to put those
rain pants to good use,” I think.
They’re nothing special—just a
kid’s large from Amazon that pro-
vide the same fit and utility I’d get
from an adult small, but for $10
less. I get out of bed, get dressed,
put on my rain jacket over my
sweater and pull my rain pants
over my leggings. I bike to Thorne
for breakfast and arrive with legs
dryer than the Mojave desert.
“Wow, good thing I invested in
these rain pants,” I think. “Now I
don’t have to go through my entire
day soaked and uncomfortable.”
Little do I know, I’m in for
a storm far worse than that of
rain—insults from my friends and
acquaintances pour down on me
all day long.
“Oh my god, are you seriously
wearing rain pants?” asks Johna.
“Amanda, you WOULD own
rain pants,” says Nell.
“Are those rain pants???” asks a
judgmental stranger.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM
MY MAMMOGRAMS
During my first mammo-
gram, I put my shoes in a locker
before entering an inner waiting
room. After I passed the front
desk and made my way down a
hallway, I was handed a robe the
color of chewed bubblegum. For
some reason I was reminded of
when I went to a spa and shuffled
around textured rock tiles, bare-
foot and sweaty. But this was not
a spa, it was a professional, medi-
cal building, and everyone in the
waiting room was wearing shoes.
I retreated to my locker. Shoes
stayed on.
During my second visit, I
put the robe on backwards by
accident. The shoulders were
huge, and, when the belt was
tied tight, I looked like a wasp
with scrubs on, which I found
simultaneously amusing and
chic. Again, when I entered the
waiting room, I knew some-
thing was off. Right after I real-
ized what separated me from the
others, an attendant said “your
robe is on wrong, sweetie.” I put
on my best “Ah! I see now!” face
and went back.
During my third visit, I had
a sneaky idea that I would put
on multiple robes, just to see if
I could. “But, you’re not here
for that,” I reminded myself and
continued to the waiting room—
WE WANT YOU TO TELL YOUR STORY
“Rain pants are the kind of thing
that’s on a packing list for summer
camp, but only the worst kids actu-
ally bring them,” articulates Calder
McHugh, editor-in-chief of the
Bowdoin Orient.
And the list keeps going.
One day in October of my
first year, it poured so hard I
went through two pairs of shoes
before lunchtime. I remember
deeming it my first bad day at
Bowdoin as I attempted to walk
from Osher to Moulton. The
rain was coming down so hard it
flooded College Street, covering
the curb and forcing me to step
into a stream of water that went
up to my knees. I still remember
the smushing sound my soaking
wet hiking boots made with each
step as I schlepped over to Searles
for Microeconomics (I needed
my MCSR). Squelch, squelch,
squelch. Disgusting.
My toes were wrinkly by the
end of the day, and my legs were
damp and dirty. I refused to let
it happen again. It was time to
invest in some rain boots, and a
pair of water-repellant pants was
an obvious supplement. I haven’t
seen it rain as hard here since that
shoes on, robe
tied correctly.
Two years ago,
I found a knot
curled up, tight
beneath my skin. It
was not small, and
this was the rationale I used to
believe that it was not harmful. If
I really had a tumor this large in-
side of me, I would be in trouble.
I didn’t feel in trouble, therefore
it could not be a problem.
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day, but I’ll be darned if I’ll ever
again risk soaking my clothes
when it could easily be prevented.
Sure, maybe they’re a little
goofy. Maybe they make a swishy-
swashy sound when I walk.
And maybe people stare as I go
through the five-minute routine
of taking off my boots, pulling
down my rain pants and then re-
placing my boots to enter a dining
hall or academic building with
crispy dry legs. Would you rather
I start my day uncomfortably sog-
gy after the long trek to campus
from Harpswell Apartments? I
wouldn’t. And if you’re my friend,
you shouldn’t either. Plus, if
you’ve ever had to bike in the rain
without a plastic bag to cover your
seat, you know that unpleasant
feeling of sitting on a wet seat and
then having to walk around with
an embarrassing water stain on
your crotch. Or maybe you know
that feeling for other reasons; I
don’t judge. And neither should
you, especially not when it comes
to rain pants. Wearing rain pants
only makes life better and much,
much dryer.
I’m no fashion queen, but I do
care about my appearance. That
But when my
doctor felt it and said
“There’s a lump,” I felt a
cold rush of terror.
There was silence, then
I said, “Am I going to die?”
“No,” she replied. “But
it should be checked out and
monitored.”
All I felt was panic when
I scheduled an appointment.
Panic with my mom in the car.
Panic in the waiting room while
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being said, I feel there’s a time and
place to favor practicality over
looks. I’ll also add that rain
pants provide great protec-
tion from the wind, which
is especially important
when I reach blisteringly
high speeds on my bike in
the chilly early mornings.
I’m not telling you to go buy
rain pants (though I highly
recommend that you do). All
I’m saying is that I feel it’s wrong
to criticize somebody for
taking steps to ensure their
outerwear stays dry—no
matter the toll it takes on
their look. When you get
a car wash, do you leave
all the windows down in-
stead of keeping them up,
soaking your upholstery?
Of course not! This is basi-
cally the same thing, but my
legs are the upholstery.
You don’t have to wear rain
pants (although I think you
should). All I ask is that when you
see somebody (me) wearing them,
don’t make them (me) feel bad
about it. Just let them (me) live!
Amanda Newman is a member KAYLA SNYDER
of the Class of 2019.
iar. Freshman year, I had come chalked this odd reaction up to
to the realization that the land- allergies, weather and stress. I
scape of my physical health had was frustrated, not just because
changed. No longer was I fit and now I had four different creams,
healthy; I was anemic, exhausted but also because these were all
and covered in rashes. I now had factors that were, mostly, out of
infections and appointments. To my control.
my great displeasure, I felt that I Men and women brandish-
had become one of the sick kids. ing acai bowls on Instagram sell
For some reason, in my high not only an image of psychical
school these kids seemed to be perfection, but one of total con-
members of the landed gentry. trol over their bodies. This may
I was always envious of how become dangerous when peo-
they got to skip tests and gym ple try to mimic their S-curved
class to stay in their suburban torsos, or their magical vegeta-
compounds, in their tricked out ble-based cures for cancer. But
basements; but despite this, they it is a lie. Many health issues
always seemed unhappy. are beyond our control and
Now I understood. We often won’t fully resolve, despite our
hear the phrase “listen to your best attempts. What consists of
body,” but my body and I were health is a complicated nexus;
speaking different languages. and, for everyone, the exact
My initial reaction was to calculus that makes up “phys-
think, often and bitterly, “I am ically healthy” is often in flux,
too young.” But then I decided and our control over our health
to try. differs.
MOLLY KENNEDY I thought I had figured every- We mainly talk about know-
drinking a cup of hot chocolate. thing out: I paid attention to what ing yourself as an emotional
Panic with the robes. Panic as the I ate; I took my supplements; I re- journey. This is true. However,
technician spread goo across my organized my sleep. But Decem- it is also a physical one. And a
chest while humming an upbeat ber of sophomore year, I dragged large part must be learning what
tune. Panic when I saw a foreign myself to winter break with a I can help, and what I can’t lose
body on the monitor, pulsating sinus infection and a mysterious sleep over. I feel nauseous when
with the beating of my heart. pox-like rash. It was so bad that I touch the lump on my chest.
Each visit I received good one of my friends simply said, It’s not my friend; I wish it would
news, but also left with a sense “woah,” when I turned around leave. But it reminds me, too, that
of powerlessness, feeling at the to greet him in Thorne, like I had perfect control over my physical
mercy of an amorphous shape revealed that I was the Bride of health is an illusion.
on the screen. Chucky. “Woah.” Aleksia Silverman is a member
This feeling was not unfamil- Back home, a dermatologist of the Class of 2019.
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FS SPORTS
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
WONDER WOMAN:
Women’s lacrosse player
Eliza Denious ’21 was
named Intercollegiate
Women’s Lacrosse Coaches
Association Division III
Offensive Player of the
Week. Denious, who was
also named NESCAC
Player of the Week, scored
seven goals in last week’s 17-
15 victory over Trinity, with
four of her goals coming in
the game’s final 11 minutes.
Leading the team with 15
ground balls and 35 points
overall, Denious is a key
member of the Polar Bears’
offensive front.
SHIP IN A BOTTLE:
The sailing team competed
in three regattas last
weekend, finishing 7-2 at
the Harpswell Sound Team
Race. Two more crews
travelled to the Marchiando
Team Race hosted by
MIT and the Dellenbaugh
Trophy hosted by Brown,
finishing with a 12-10 record
at MIT and placing ninth at
Brown. In all three locations,
the Polar Bears were up
against harsh winds and stiff
competition. The team’s
next regatta will take place
this weekend at the Coast
Guard Academy.
BANANA SPLIT: In an
upset victory last Friday
the nationally-ranked
women’s tennis team (7-2,
2-1 NESCAC) defeated
seventh-ranked Tufts (3-4,
2-2 NESCAC) 7-2. Hot off
the heels of a win, the 14th-
ranked team went on to
compete against Wesleyan
(8-1, 3-0 NESCAC)
on Saturday, losing 6-3.
However, doubles partners
Sasa Jovanovic ’20 and
Fleming Landau ’22
defeated both Tufts and
Wesleyan, ending the
matches with records of 8-3
and 8-7, respectively.
TAKE ME OUT TO
THE BALL GAME:
The softball team (12-7,
1-2 NESCAC) suffered
a series of setbacks last
weekend with back-to-back
losses against Trinity (9-4,
2-1 NESCAC). The Polar
Bears were unable to score
more than two runs in
either game and gave away
10 runs in total to Trinity.
Three Bowdoin athletes hit
doubles, including Kasey
Cunningham ’22, Caroline
Rice ’19 and Maddie
Rouhana ’21.
COMPILED BY KATHRYN MCGINNIS
TENNIS TAKEOVER: Captain Grant Urken ’19 competes in a doubles match against Colby last spring. The Polar Bears are off to a hot start this year after returning from California.
Men’s tennis defeats top-10 team Wesleyan 6-3
by Ella Chaffin
Orient Staff
After returning to New En-
gland from spring training in
California with new players and
skills, the fifth-ranked men’s
tennis team (8-1, 2-0 NESCAC)
defeated the seventh-ranked
Wesleyan Cardinals (9-2, 2-1
NESCAC) 6-3 last weekend.
In California, the Polar Bears
were able to compete against
strong teams while solidifying
their dynamics and individual
roles, ultimately finishing with a
7-1 record and their first NES-
CAC win of the year against
Trinity. These strategies were on
display again during their victory
over Wesleyan.
“Trying to form a team iden-
tity [in California] is definitely a
Women’s lacrosse rebounds with four-straight wins
by Jessica Troubh
Orient Staff
Since opening the season with
a decisive 12-7 victory over Con-
necticut College (3-7, 0-6 NES-
CAC), the women’s lacrosse team’s
season has taken a turn for the
indecisive. After dropping four of
its next five games, the team has re-
bounded over the past two weeks,
recording four straight victories,
including two conference victories
against Bates (7-4, 3-3 NESCAC)
FINGERS LACROSSED: Natalie Rudin ’19 races a Trinity opponent downfield last weekend. The Polar Bears defeated
the Bantams 17-15 and then continued their win streak by defeating Bates 14-2 victory Wednesday.
key part to that trip,” said captain
Grant Urken ’19. “Especially
with so many young guys, it was
a good way to begin to form what
we hope to become towards the
end of the season.”
“[Spring training is] always
our favorite time of the season,”
added captain Jerry Jiang ’19.
“There is no school—just playing
tennis and enjoying the weath-
er. We try to improve our skill
as much as we can. [But] at the
same time it’s a team bonding
trip, which is why I think the
Wesleyan match was an indi-
cator of ... people getting more
connected.”
The team’s first two NESCAC
matches of the season provided the
athletes with needed confidence to
face upcoming competition.
“Coming off our strong spring
and Trinity (7-2, 3-2 NESCAC), to
enter April with a 5-4 record over-
all, 3-3 in NESCAC play.
The string of early losses, a
number of which came in close
games against top-ranked teams,
has motivated the team rather
than discouraged it, said captain
Natalie Rudin ’19.
“We are using [the losses] as
motivation to work harder, train
harder and make sure we are
ready for our next competition
moving forward,” said Rudin.
break training it was something
we wanted to continue once we
came back. We have had lulls
in the past once we come back,”
Urken said. “It was really good
[to win] from the team morale
perspective.”
The team entered this season
after graduating three high-per-
forming seniors, all of whom
held Bowdoin records. Though
they left big shoes to fill, their ab-
sence has not held the team back.
“We are a pretty young team,
and the younger guys really
stepped up,” Jiang said. “It was
important to us because this
program is about development.
Seeing the freshmen and sopho-
mores step up was really import-
ant to set the tone for the future
matches. We were still trying to
put it together, and at Wesleyan
“We have been working hard and
getting better every day.”
After the slow start, the team
seemed to turn a corner in its 17-
15 victory over Trinity last Satur-
day, said Paige Brown ’19.
“I think at the start of our sea-
son, we were getting used to each
other,” said Brown. “We really hit
our stride this past weekend with
our win against Trinity.”
The team has set its sights on
one goal in particular: winning
the NESCAC Championship.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
everyone found their role.”
“We were definitely super ex-
cited about our freshmen,” Urken
agreed. “These are big-time
matches that definitely count
towards our end goals. For them
to be able to be resilient in those
situations was huge for us.”
Moving into next week-
end’s matches against MIT and
Brandeis, the team is trying not
to be results-oriented; rather, it
aims to perform the best it can in
every match.
“For us it’s really about im-
proving everyday,” said Jiang
“Results-wise it’s always ideal
to get the win but the process
is really important. We are a
process-oriented team, and we
keep our blue collar mentality
and grind for as long as we can.
Hopefully the results will go
“Coming off of last season, in
which we lost in the [NESCAC
Championship game], we are
really motivated to redeem our-
selves and get that title this year,”
said Rudin.
Erin Morrissey ’19 said that
she would love a rematch against
Middlebury, who defeated the
Polar Bears 6-3 in last year’s NES-
CAC championship game.
“We really want to see Middle-
bury again because we barely lost
to them a few weeks ago, and we
kind of want revenge from that
game and from the NESCAC
Championship last year,” said
Morrissey.
In the meantime, the Polar
Bears are looking forward to a
competitive season against strong
NESCAC teams. Seven NESCAC
teams are currently ranked in the
top 20 of the DIII Intercollegiate
Women’s Lacrosse Coaches As-
sociation standings. Bowdoin is
currently ranked 14th overall and
seventh in the NESCAC.
“The thing that is exciting
about playing lacrosse in the
NESCAC is that the level of com-
petition is extremely high, [and]
every in-conference game is big
Friday, April 5, 2019
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
our way.”
Going into the rest of the year,
the team aims to reach its peak
performance in May in order
to prolong its season. The Polar
Bears will compete against top
NESCAC contenders in the com-
ing month with the hope of con-
tinuing its strong performance
earlier in the season.
“Right now, we want to focus
on every weekend match,” Jiang
said. “From now on it’s going to
be [against] very strong teams.
Of course we care about winning
and losing, but at the end of the
day we want know that we did
everything right and leave no
regrets.”
The Polar Bears will face MIT
at Maine Pines today at 3 p.m.,
followed by Brandeis at home on
Saturday at 1 p.m.
competition,” said Rudin.
Accordingly, the team has been
working hard in preparation for
its upcoming games.
“We practice for two to three
hours every afternoon, and we
participate in in-season lifts once
or twice a week to maintain our
strength,” said Morrissey.
While the Polar Bears are
working hard, Brown, Morrissey
and Rudin have all been enjoying
their last season on the team.
“It’s super rare that you get to
run around with your friends for
two hours after school everyday,
so I think we really take advan-
tage of that and enjoy each others’
company,” said Morrissey.
The Polar Bears have two
home games scheduled in the
coming week, the first against
Plymouth State (3-3) on Sunday
and the second against Colby (6-
2, 3-2 NESCAC) on Wednesday.
If the team’s last three games
are any indication, there is cause
for excitement.
“I think the best is yet to come,”
said Brown.
The Polar Bears will play Plym-
outh State at home on Sunday at
12 p.m.
Friday, April 5, 2019
The racial playbook: African Americans and Bowdoin football
by Kathryn McGinnis
Orient Staff
On a humid August night in
1970, Maurice “Moe” Butler ’74
dropped his trunk at the steps
of Smith Union as he headed to
dinner. A day early for first-year
orientation, Butler could not ac-
cess his dorm and, with $20 left
in his pocket, looked for a patch
of floor to spend the night.
One of just 25 African Amer-
icans enrolled on campus at the
time, Butler left Washington
D.C.’s predominantly black in-
ner-city for the whitest state in
the Union.
“You have to understand, the
College made a decision to go
into the inner-city and get some
of the best and brightest to in-
tegrate the school,” Butler said.
“That was a movement before I
got there.”
Among Bowdoin’s previous
recruits was a talented running
back named Al Sessions ’73. Ses-
sions was the inspiration behind
LIVING HISTORY: (LEFT) Maurice Butler ’74 at practice. (RIGHT) Running-back Al Sessions ’73 before he quit the team in reaction to unfair treatment on the field.
Women’s water polo team prepares for championships
by Lauren Katz
Orient Staff
The women’s water polo team
is gearing up for a championship
tournament at MIT on April 13
and 14 after winning both of its
home games last Sunday against
Coast Guard Academy and
Bates.
To prepare for the season,
captain Raquel Santizo ’19 said
the women’s team scrimmag-
es against men from the fall
coed team. Both teams are club
sports. The scrimmages, Santizo
said, along with the coed season,
Baseball team still searching for first win of season
by Danielle Quezada
Orient Staff
It’s been a tough first half of the
season for the men’s baseball team.
The Polar Bears (0-14-1) currently
have no wins under their belt and
have averaged just 2.67 runs per
game.
“The start we got out to wasn’t
what we expected,” Head Coach
Mike Connolly said. “I think the
best way to put it for coaches and
players is that it’s frustrating.”
The team travelled to California
over Spring Break to escape the
Maine winter and improve its skills
against top-rated teams outside of
the NESCAC, but lost to all nine
teams it played.
“We didn’t play great while we
were there. I thought the first week
a character Butler included in
his book, “The Blue Dilemma.”
“His only problem was that
he was black, and at that time,
blacks weren’t supposed to be
intelligent enough to play the
quarterback position in college,”
wrote Butler.
On the eve of move-in day,
Sessions was eating dinner with
the football team when Butler
walked in. The two became fast
friends, and although Butler had
never played before, he joined
the few black athletes on the
team.
“[Bowdoin] wasn’t really the
type of school that you had to
have a whole lot of experience,”
said Butler.
Locked in the gridiron, race
may seem like an afterthought
as long as the player can “do
a job” in the words of former
Head Basketball Coach Ray
Bicknell. But the playing field’s
ability to equate racial differenc-
es ignores the social challenges
of true integration.
helped boost her confidence go-
ing into this spring.
“I went to an all-girls high
school and never really imagined
myself playing a contact sport
with men,” Santizo said. “But
you learn how to play smarter.
I’ve had games where I’ve had
to defend against a 6’1 guy who’s
maybe 250 pounds. It’s very dif-
ferent from when I’m defending
someone my size or a little small-
er. Also, in the coed season, goal-
ies tend to have the wingspan of
the entire goal, so I need to learn
how to shoot differently.”
As the sixth seed in the MIT
we really struggled,” said Connolly.
“[The] second week we played bet-
ter, far more competitive, but we
weren’t able to get over the hump,
and we’re still working at it.”
Connolly described all the
team’s spring training opponents
as highly competitive, adding
that those teams have been prac-
ticing outside since January—an
opportunity that Bowdoin has
not had. The Polar Bears practice
in Farley Field House in lieu of
the outside field due to snow and
field conditions. However, Con-
nolly doesn’t believe that is the
reason why they have fallen short
in their performance.
“Obviously, when you’re prac-
ticing indoors, it’s not ideal. But in
the meantime, [Bowdoin has] had
plenty of teams that have compet-
SPORTS
On the field, Butler and
teammate Phil Hymes ’77 re-
member sharing a close bond
with teammates on the field,
forged through exhausting
two-a-day workouts and week-
end trips. However, there was a
subtle split in the team’s social
life. For example, most black
students only roomed with
black teammates on away trips.
When asked about the person-
al backgrounds of their white
teammates, Hymes and Butler
offered similar answers. They
didn’t know.
“I would say most of them
came from New England
schools,” Butler recalled. “I don’t
know if they were wealthy or
not, I didn’t have that type of
relationship with most of my
teammates to be talking. [There
was] a polarization on campus.”
Growing up in an inner-city,
Butler did not encounter overt
racism until he came to Bow-
doin, where the majority of stu-
dents were white. Some people
tournament, Santizo hopes
Bowdoin’s team can beat Welles-
ley, its first round matchup.
“Just like any team sport, it
takes a bit for us to understand
how to work well together, to
learn each other’s strengths
and weaknesses—I think we’ve
finally gotten to that point espe-
cially after Sunday,” Santizo said.
“Winning is fun and great, but
the score doesn’t necessarily re-
flect how well you play. If I know
that we’ve improved as a team
and we’re doing better than we
were at the beginning of the sea-
son, then I’m happy.”
ed for championships that have
had great seasons,” said Connolly.
“We can certainly get prepared
indoors. We get outside, we’re in a
good position. I definitely wouldn’t
use having to practice indoors as
an excuse.”
Connolly does not believe a
lack of skill is to blame for a poor
record this season either, and Dan
Chapski ’21 agrees.
“We have a very proportionate
team,” said Chapski. “So we have a
lot of good older guys that contrib-
ute. Then we have a lot of younger
guys that are going to move up
here and also contribute in the fu-
ture. So I think we’re a very equally
spread team.”
Despite the losing streak, the
team’s performance has been look-
ing up after its away game yesterday
would exit an elevator when a
black man stepped on. Others
would yell, “I’m going coon
hunting tonight!”
Hymes joined the Bowdo-
in football team in the fall of
Butler’s junior year. After grad-
uating top players the season
before, Head Coach James Lentz
announced all positions were
open. Starting positions would
be decided purely on talent and
commitment to training. In the
1974 season, two top athletes
vied to be running back: a white
player and Sessions.
“Coach said Sessions was
the one for the job,” said Butler.
“When he said that everybody
said, ‘Whoa, can you believe this
guy?’ But when I got into the
locker room, I heard ‘nigga, nigga,
nigga,’ and I was like where is this
coming from? They were angry.”
The night before the season’s
first away game Butler roomed
with Sessions in the hotel. A
recent convert to Islam, Ses-
sions prayed for courage and
COURTESY OF DR. MAURICE BUTLER
As quasi-coaches and players,
Santizo and fellow captain Molly
Foley ’19 design and run prac-
tices, coach during games and
organize transportation, food
and pool setup. In addition to
these responsibilities, they also
recruit high school and college
students.
“The challenge of recruiting
is real because you need to have
people who feel comfortable in
the water and feel comfortable
in their swimming abilities,”
Santizo said. “Many people have
access to doing a sport on the
land, but having swimming as a
against the University of Southern
Maine (USM), a team currently
ranked in the top ten nationally. Al-
though the Polar Bears lost to USM,
they kept the final score within two
runs, losing 6-4, an improvement
from their previous games.
“You would have no idea that
we have been struggling. The kids
came out, they played hard and
they had each others’ backs,” said
Connolly. “We put ourselves in a
chance to beat a really good team.
We gave the No. 8 team in the
country a run for their money.”
In light of a tough season,
Connolly applauds the efforts and
unparalleled spirit the players have
demonstrated, claiming that one
learns more from their failures
than success.
“The resiliency, the preparation,
the strength to perform well for
his team. But the next day, every
time Sessions touched the ball,
he was instantly tackled. The
team refused to block for him,
Butler remembered. Unable to
gain substantial yardage, Coach
Lentz removed Sessions from
the game.
“Man, he was crushed,” But-
ler said. “He was almost in tears,
and when we got back to the
school, he quit.”
Against the backdrop of the
Civil Rights Movement, this was
a highly unusual event to hap-
pen at Bowdoin. In fact, it was
the worst and, thankfully only,
racist display Butler encoun-
tered on the football team.
“But it was ugly,” Butler said.
In a move of solidarity, the
majority of African Americans
left the team with Sessions. But-
ler stayed. He began to notice a
small crowd of black students
gathering at Whittier Field on
Saturdays, only to leave when
Butler wouldn’t play. No longer
playing for himself or his team,
Butler worked hard to entertain
his loyal fans.
Football took on a new shape
in Butler’s life. It became a much
darker and physical game than
before. Each hit was an oppor-
tunity to not only execute a play,
but harm the man on the other
end.
“I was angry with white peo-
ple,” Butler said. “I was raised to
judge people by the content of
their character, not what they
look like. But you know, at that
time, I was just enraged.”
In the mid-1970s, the College
began to confront underlying
racial tensions. Butler, and oth-
prerequisite is an added barrier.”
In addition, Santizo com-
mented on the challenge aquatic
sports teams face to recruit ath-
letes from diverse backgrounds,
since zoning, financial barriers
and state-sanctioned segrega-
tion of the 1950s contribute to
limited access to public pools.
“I’m always trying to make it
a very inclusive and open com-
munity, even if you’ve never
played before,” Santizo said. “We
get someone who used to swim
or used to lifeguard, or maybe
they never swam—they’re a
high school athlete looking for
the togetherness has been has
been phenomenal,” Connolly said.
“They really have a team, they have
each others’ backs, the energy on
the bench is fantastic.
“The effort on the field—I
couldn’t ask for any more,” he add-
ed. “They are clearly working their
tails off. I believe they will turn it
around.”
There are still high hopes for
making it to the conference cham-
pionship, since the Polar Bears
have nine out of 12 in-conference
games left this season. The team
lost its first three NESCAC games
in its weekend series against
Trinity (14-2, 3-0 NESCAC), but
Connolly remains hopeful about a
comeback.
“In the first weekend against
Trinity, we slipped into a bit of a
13
er prominent athletes such as
Geoffrey Canada and Stephen
Morrell, established a commis-
sion to investigate the athletic
department. Yet when Hymes
graduated in 1977, there were
no marked improvements in
place.
More than wanting close re-
lationships to their teammates,
African American students
wanted a place to call their own
at Bowdoin. Established in 1969,
the African American Society
served this purpose, but among
white students, its message was
lost.
“Some of our classmates did
not have that understanding of
why it was important to us,” said
Hymes. “That was always the
question.”
The African American So-
ciety celebrates its 50th an-
niversary in November this
year. Outspoken proponents
in Bowdoin’s mission to create
an inclusive society, such as
Butler, will return to campus
for the celebration. And while
it is important to recognize the
achievements of the current
administration, it is even more
helpful to remember a time
before race and sexuality were
common topics at Orientation.
One racist act does not define
a campus, but the collective re-
sponse and future work toward
prevention, can define an entire
movement.
“Lots of things you have to
learn through experience,” But-
ler said. “It was one incident. I
dealt with it, but that was not
my total experience on the
football team, and I love and
enjoy playing football.”
something that’s not at the var-
sity level.”
Foley said the team tries to
make the sport as accessible as
possible by providing suits, gog-
gles and other equipment.
Looking ahead to their tour-
nament at MIT, Foley said it’s not
necessarily about winning but
having a good weekend away.
“We have a lot of [players] on
our team who learned [this se-
mester] how to shoot and pass,
how to tread water, how to swim
freestyle,” Foley said. “It’s been
fun to get to see the players learn
to love [the sport].”
hole but [it’s] certainly something
we have made our way out of and
started playing better,” he said.
He believes this weekend
against Colby will be a turning
point in the season, hopefully
putting the team in a competitive
position.
“I think it’s certainly import-
ant for us to win some games this
weekend and to play well,” said
Connolly. “I think when we do,
we’re going to put ourselves into
a position where the weekends
against Tufts and Bates, we will be
playing for a berth, if we start play-
ing well.”
The Polar Bears will play a dou-
bleheader against Colby in Water-
ville on Saturday. On Sunday, the
team returns to campus and will
take on Colby at 1 p.m.
14 Friday, April 5, 2019

O OPINION
Accessing emotional support
“Although you may believe that having a cat in residence will help you,
we have determined that authorizing the cat as a reasonable accommoda-
tion is not necessary in light of the evidence of your long history living in
Embracing
residence without such an aid and your excellent academic accomplish-
ments.” That was the message that a student received via email from the
Office of Accessibility, denying their request for an emotional support an-
imal on campus.
Bowdoin owes its students, and not just those who have requested an
long distance
emotional support animal, an explanation. This week in the Orient, revela-
tions about the difficulty of obtaining this particular accommodation illu-
minate a deep misunderstanding among the administration about students
who struggle with mental health and the resources that they need.
Emails like the one above suggest that the administration believes that
past academic accomplishments indicate stable mental health. However,
high academic achievement and mental health are in no way connected,
and promoting this equivalency is actively dangerous. It is all too possible
to be winning awards, getting straight As and breaking down on the inside.
Many Bowdoin students are high academic achievers, who are doing per-
fectly well on paper, but are struggling with mental health issues. In fact,
the push to constantly achieve at a high level and take full advantage of all
the College has to offer is, for some students, the reason they struggle with
mental health.
Bowdoin touts its holistic evaluation of students in admissions, insist-
ing that applicants are more than their grades, more than their test scores.
However, this email suggests that the College no longer considers us in the
holistic view once we enroll. Suddenly, our emotional and mental well-be- SYDNEY REAPER
ing is irrelevant, and our academic accomplishments become all that mat- Realizing that I was prioritizing my The distance between my partner
ter. On Second Thought relationship over new experiences at and me has given me the chance to
The system for obtaining an emotional support animal is representative college, I became resentful towards the slow down and focus on myself. I find
by Brooke Vahos
of more structural issues. Bowdoin’s policies around mental health, from relationship itself. I blamed long dis- myself filling the time that I usually
medical leave to access to counseling services, are often opaque, leaving tance for stifling my growth as a friend, spent with him doing activities that
students confused, frustrated and unable to meet their full potential or en- Thinking back to the beginning of student and overall individual. My pes- help me grow as an individual. I feel a
joy their four years here. my first year, I remember feeling like simism about the ability of long-dis- different, new sense of independence
The Counseling Center contains a myriad of health professionals who half of my class entered college with tance relationships to work out wasn’t knowing that I have the love and sup-
have a deep understanding of the difficulties of living with anxiety, depres- commitments to significant others unfounded, but it was exaggerated to port of my partner even though he is
sion or any mental illness on our campus. However, these professionals are back home—myself included. As the an extent that was toxic to myself and far away. This safety net of sorts has
not the ones structuring these policies. Rather, it is left to administrators months went on it seemed like more my relationship. In retrospect, one of helped me branch out and find new
who are not trained on these topics and are clearly ill-equipped to deal and more people were breaking up the main reasons I couldn’t make long ways to occupy my time. Sometimes
with them. We suggest that the College leave these policies and decisions to with their partners from home and distance work was my negative attitude this is easier said than done. While
medical professionals who have established relationship with students. An joining the “single community” here towards the distance. I would obviously love to be togeth-
easy start would be to add a representative from the Counseling Center to on campus. However, a year and some months er, I am happy to be apart so that we
the Accessibility Task Force. At the time, as someone who was later, I ironically find myself in yet an- can both take time to grow and have
Bowdoin’s policies on mental health need more clarity. As administrators freshly out of a long-distance rela- other long-distance relationship. My unique experiences.
work toward that, they should start by believing students. tionship (LDR), it was hard for me to current LDR is vastly different than Long-distance relationships work
imagine myself ever willingly doing my last—factors such as the amount differently for everybody, but I think
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial board, anything like it again. For me, being of time we will be apart, our ages and it is important for people to find the
which is composed of Emily Cohen, Nell Fitzgerald, Dakota Griffin, Calder McHugh in a LDR felt like I still had one foot how far away we are made the circum- value in being apart. Long distance
and Jessica Piper. in the door back home, never feeling stances of this relationship a bit more can also strengthen the health of rela-
fully present here. Sometimes I would practical. However, the main change tionship. It is important to mourn the
choose FaceTiming my partner over which is making my current LDR distance between two people; these
hanging out with my friends, having more successful than my last is my relationships are by no means ideal.
dinner with my roommate or visiting outlook. Rather than counting all the But they offer beautiful silver linings.
office hours with my professors. In an reasons why I’m sad to be separated, More people should view long dis-
entirely new place, surrounded by to- I’m counting the benefits of having tance with optimism because there is
ESTABLISHED 1871 tally unfamiliar faces, it was comfort- some distance between us. Instead of so much to be gained from time away
ing to have 24/7 unconditional sup- dreading the months we are going to from someone who you love whole-
bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 port. But, at the same time, it limited be apart, I am welcoming them with heartedly. In the end, it makes being
how I participated in life here. excitement. together that much better.
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Friday, April 5, 2019
We’re all in this together
Say It Like It Is
by Nate DeMoranville
In September of 2018, I
wrote an article about why
the black kids sit together in
the classroom. I argued for
academic reform to engage
students across difference.
Crucially, my conclusion was
this: “when we as students
present ourselves as a unified
front to the administration,
how can they tell us that this
system works?”
Student activism was only
one part of my proposed
solution to self-segregation.
The student body would
hypothetically come together
to demand reform from the
administration, who would
then radically revolutionize
Bowdoin College. But there’s
a contradiction to this logic.
If the entire student body
were able to come together
Do I belong here? Questioning Bowdoin’s meritocracy
by Patrick Bloniaz
Op-Ed Contributor
“You all belong here.” It
was a statement repeated over
and over again as the class of
2022 filled the seats of Mor-
rell Gymnasium on August
25, 2018. As various faculty
speakers made their way to
the podium to offer welcom-
ing remarks to the incoming
class, I remember a feeling
of exhaustion as students fi-
nally allowed ourselves to sit
back into our chairs to relax.
Once again, we were being re-
minded that our fight through
the arduous college process
had come to an end—our
had efforts paid off, earning
us the privilege of roaming
across the quad and under the
branches of Bowdoin’s famous
whispering pines as a fresh-
furred Polar Bear.
Within those remarks, a
prophetic narrative could
be pieced together, little by
little: one of the heavy work-
loads, late nights and difficult
conversations that students
would inevitably take on in
their pursuit of an intellec-
tually rigorous education.
“But make no mistake,” one
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
IS IT WARM ENOUGH TO
WEAR SHORTS?
Answer at bowdoinorient.com/poll.
on its own volition, then the
administration would have
done its job. The Offer of
the College would have been
realized.
This is, of course, not the
case in our current socio-
political climate, but what
would this campus look like
if students really did come
together to engage across
difference? And what steps
can we take as students to in-
clude everyone in all parts of
campus life?
As much as I disparage di-
vision on campus, there are
so many moments where I
feel connected to the student
body. My favorite moment
this year was the Food Truck
Night, which took place in lieu
of Pub Night. Lines stretched
all across Dudley Coe Quad,
and similar to the Lobster
Bake, it was a fresh forum to
connect with old friends but
also make new ones. Student
Activities planned the event,
speaker said, lean-
ing forward, “through
all those moments, remember
that you belong here.” These
words have resonated with
me more than I thought they
would at the time and have
taken me on a much different
OPINION
but it would be so easy to rep-
licate. We can do this again as
a student-led program.
And already students are
putting on events that bring
the campus together. In a
couple of weeks there will be
Ivies, which the Entertain-
ment Board organizes every
year, and the weekend after is
the Spring Gala (all thanks to
Jenna Scott ’19). In the mean-
time, there are, of course,
athletic contests. Every Satur-
day, you can count on a home
game in at least one sport,
and if we’re lucky, maybe we’ll
host another championship.
As women’s basketball and
volleyball have shown, these
events also bring people to-
gether.
The beauty of a liberal
arts education at Bowdoin
is the ability to specialize in
one area of study but find re-
spect and support from other
students in different fields
of study. Increasingly, this
LILY F
ULLAM
path than, I think, originally
intended.
When news broke of the re-
cent college admissions scan-
dal, I found myself listening
to all the media noise. College
academic rapport replicates
itself in our social lives. Just
as non-athletes go to sports
games, so too do athletes go
to non-athletic events. Art
and Color at Reed House, for
example, is a collaboration
with the African American
Society and will bring people
of all demographics to Boody
Street.
The College Houses pro-
vide a unique opportunity for
us to come together on a mi-
croscale. We all use them. Art
and Color is one of my favorite
events, but ask another stu-
dent and maybe it’s Cold War.
Or Macoween. Someone else
might even say it’s their team’s
mixer. The details don’t matter
as much as the fact that these
Houses bring diverse groups
into the same space. We can
capitalize on this momentum
with more collaborative pro-
gramming. When we work
together, wonderful things can
happen.
officials, high school admin-
istrators and politicians came
on air, one after another,
to condemn the actions
of those pleading guilty
to the federal charges an-
nounced in Boston; each
interviewee feverishly called
for a return to a more mer-
itocratic system wherein stu-
dents are given the admission
acceptances they rightfully
deserve.
This concept of meritoc-
racy—a society or institution
that selects or rewards people
on the basis of their demon-
strated ability alone—ap-
pears to be built into the very
blood that pumps through
Bowdoin, and I cannot help
but think it a strange sight
to see. Students are praised
for the work that got them
here, making them stand out
among peers, setting perfec-
tion as the standard. Every
student here is exceptional,
but do they really belong
here?
The idea of a “privileged
education” and a “person
earning their spot” among the
student body at a top-ranked
college seems to be a contra-
diction to me. How can a per-
Last week’s response:
Q: DO YOU HAVE CANDLES IN YOUR
ROOM?
37% YES
63% NO
It is our
responsibil-
ity to make
this campus
more inclusive.
I’ve spent junior
year going to differ-
ent events, meeting
new people and get-
ting outside of my
comfort zone. This
may be a stretch,
but I think we
can unite the
campus if we focus
on the individual.
Let’s get to work.
son have an advantage, often
an unfair advantage, if they
fairly earned their position?
Perhaps I stand alone here in
questioning my place, but I
cannot seem to point to any
reason why I am here at this
school based on merit alone.
I acknowledge that schools
providing privileged oppor-
tunities have strict standards
for admittance, by definition,
but I wonder if this is a system
that should be left behind.
With the release of Bowdo-
in’s 2023 acceptance letters, I
remember the dozens of in-
credibly talented and unique
prospective students who
have come and gone from
the floor of my dorm, and I
wonder what could possibly
differentiate each applicant.
They were students whose
academic achievements were
all so near perfection that you
would expect them to earn a
spot at any school on academ-
ic merit alone. From here, we
might look to the humanistic
features that align with the
mission of the College to dif-
ferentiate students. Talking
with them about their dreams
of furthering the Common
Good and participating in
Based on answers from 174 responses.
15
LLAM
LILY FU
genuine enthusiasms of intel-
lect and rigor, there seems to
be no conceivable reason for
acceptance or denial in this
case beyond luck or circum-
stance. They seemed like they
belong here. How can a sys-
tem truly make a merit-based
decision with such nuanced
differences between people?
What’s worse is this arbitrary
nature of selective admittance
assumes that everyone has an
even playing field; it is shock-
ing to even look briefly at how
systems of prejudice skew this
process beyond any reconcil-
able point.
I believe the idea of meri-
tocracy is eerily reminiscent
of a distant form of Social
Darwinism and an example
can be seen clearly in the 8.9
percent acceptance rate. Who
are we leaving behind based
on a judgment call? I encour-
age people to consider this
notion, particularly as they
look to life beyond Bowdo-
in: awarding based on merit
seems like an obvious way to
value people, but toxic im-
plications aren’t far away, no
matter the direction we turn.
Patrick Bloniasz is a mem-
ber of the Class of 2022.
16 Friday, April 5, 2019

APRIL
FRIDAY 5
WORKSHOP
He Said/She Said: Writing with Sources
Director of Writing and Rhetoric Meredith McCarroll and
Student Writing Assistants will give tips on how to properly
cite sources and avoid plagiarism.
117 Sills Hall. 11:45 a.m.

EVENT
20th Anniversary Delta Sigma/Delta
Upsilon Art Show Reception
A team of three art professionals will judge student pieces
at the 20th annual Delta Sigma/Delta Upsilon Art Show
Reception. The event will include an a capella performance
as well as hors d’oeuvres and refreshments.
Lamarche Gallery, David Saul Smith Student Union. 7 p.m.

PERFORMANCE ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

SnugHouse A LATKE FUN: Hannah Schleifer ’20 and Zoe Aarons ’19 scoop up some latkes at Bowdoin Hillel’s Latke and Hamantaschen Debate in Hubbard Hall. This year, Professor of
English and Cinema Studies Aviva Brefel defended hamantaschen and Associate Professor of History David Hecht defended the latke while Senior Lecturer in Environmental
Burnett House will host SnugHouse, a Portland-based Studies Jill Pearlman moderated the debate.
indie-folk group which includes Nikhil Dasgupta ’16 and Sam
Kyzivat ’18.
Burnett House. 9 p.m.

SATURDAY 6
EVENT
Passamaquoddy Basket Weaving
Renowned Passamaquoddy Basket Weaver Molly Jeanette
Parker will demonstrate the art of basket making and teach
students about its importance in Native American culture.
Parker is known for her role in reviving the practice of
Wabanaki basket weaving in Maine.
30 College Street. 10 a.m.
PERFORMANCE
Battle of the Bands
A collection of student bands will perform for a panel of
judges who will select this year’s Ivies student opener.
Jack Magee’s Pub and Grill, David Saul Smith Union. 8:30 p.m.
MONDAY 8 WEDNESDAY 10
LECTURE DISCUSSION
“What Russia Wants, and What it Who are the Gilets Jaunes, and what’s
Means for America” happening in France?
Esteemed writer and U.S.-Russia Relations expert Julia Ioffe
will discuss Russia’s intentions in manipulating American
Assistant Professor of History Salar Mohandesi, Andrew
W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Francophone Studies
Madeline Bedecarré and Associate Professor of History
politics and democracy. Ioffe is currently a contributing writer
for “The Atlantic” and is the author of an upcoming book Meghan Roberts will host an informal discussion and Q&A
titled “Russia Girl.” about current social unrest in France pertaining to the Gilets
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m. Jaunes or Yellow Vest Movement.
History Common Room, Adams Hall. 7p.m.
LECTURE
The Courtship of Nelson and Winnie
Mandela: The Dizzying Quest to Live
Exemplary Lives
Professor of African Studies at Oxford and current Visiting
Professor in African Politics at Yale Jonny Steinberg will
discuss details and misperceptions surrounding the relation-
ship of Nelson and Winnie Mandela.
THURSDAY 11
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m. DISCUSSION
A Conversation with Lisa Ko
As a part of the scheduled programming for Asian Heritage
Month, author Lisa Ko will speak to students about her
career and award-winning novel “The Leavers.” A book
signing in Howell House will follow the talk.

SUNDAY 7 TUESDAY 9 Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.

EVENT
Bowdoin College Concert Band
Professor of Music at the University of Maine Jack Burt will
perform classical pieces on the trumpet and Professor of
Composition at the University of Southern California Frank
Ticheli will perform “American Elegy,” a 20th anniversary
tribute to the Columbine High School massacre.
Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium. 2 p.m.
LECTURE
“An Outlook on Washington”
Corporate lobbyist and Congressional Committee
Investigative Counsel Member Sophia Nelson will speak on
the current political sphere. Nelson is a published author and
has also served as a White House reporter and columnist for
several major magazines.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.
LECTURE
“What Do Puzzles Teach Us?”
William Morrill Professor of Mathematics and Computer
Science at Dartmouth College Peter Winkler will present the
Dan E. Christie Mathematics Lecture on the challenging and
entertaining nature of mathematical puzzles. Winkler has
written more than a hundred research papers and holds more
than a dozen patents in an array of academic fields.
315 Searles Science Building. 7:30 p.m.

12 EVENT 13 14 15 EVENT 16 EVENT 17 18 EVENT

An Evening with Alcohol Screening An Evening with

Let’s Get a Meal Governor John Comedian Fumi
Day
Kasich Abe