the bowdoin orient - vol. 144, no. 4 - october 3, 2014

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COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD AND NATATLIE KASS-KAUFMAN

I basically just stress clean my

room. I Swiffer.

I go to the dance studio and blast

angsty, emotional music and dance.

Emily Bungert 15

STUDENT SPEAKHow do you relieve stress?

COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD AND ELIZA GRAUMLICH

I play my clarinet.

Thomas Freeman 17

I go to the Craft Center and do

wheel-thrown pottery.

David Needell 15

ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

STOWE AWAY A SNACK OR TWO: Last week, student-run Campus Food Trucks, located in the Dayton parking lot behind David Saul Smith Union, reopened. Celebrate the return with a Stowe Inn Burger.

EPICURIABY THE NUMBERS

wellness checks

6600free tacos consumed at Ladd House

Julianna Burke 18

Last Saturday night, Bow-doin Mens Rugby Club hostedthe 13th annual Epicuria atLadd House. Below are thefigures from the toga party.

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CAMPUS FOOD TRUCKS

REOPENS AFTER

WORRISOME SPRING

Te long-awaited reopening of

Campus Food Trucks (CFT)

home of the famous snack wrap

and the Stowe Inn Burger-

nally came last Tursday. Last

year, the future of the business

was lefuncertain, when the

owner of the truck gave the Bow-

doin students who rented it an

ultimatum: either buy the truck,

or it will be sold to someone else.

Te students started a Kickstarter

fundraising initiative and the

donations came pouring in.

The owners of CFT offered

to name burgers after donors,

fly a flag bearing donors

faces and other incentives,

but the $10,000 goal was dif-

ficult to reach.

Luckily, a lump sum suffi-cient to purchase the truck was

anonymously donated at the

last minute, effectively saving

the enterprise.

Now the most pressing ques-

tion is what the truck will be

named, since the business owners

pledged to rename it afer the

currently anonymous donor.

Ben Citrin 16, co-exec-

utive of CFT, said that all

obligations to donors will be

met soon.

All of our Kickstarter pledges

will be introduced by January ofnext year, he said. Lee Barker

[16], my colleague, is abroad,

and I play a fall sport, so we

are waiting until we have more

time on our hands. Change is

denitely coming.

Citrin and Barker are talking

with the anonymous donor to de-

cide on a new name for the busi-

ness.Te new name, and adding

healthier items to the menu, will

be introduced next year.

Howell - 70 MacMillan - 69 Ladd - 66.5 Quinby - 50

Reed - 30 Baxter - 30 Helmreich - 10 Burnett - 0

INTER-HOUSE COUNCIL HOUSE CUPThe Inter-House Council House Cup standings are now posted in Smith Union. Points are awarded to College Houses

when they throw events, and the cup is given at the close of the school year to the house that has excelled in creating a

welcoming community, with events that sponsor learning and entertainment.

COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD, NICKIE MITCH AND RON CERVANTES


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Senior and f irst-year class councils elected for 13-14BY MAURA FRIEDLANDER

STAFF WRITER

On Monday, Bowdoin StudentGovernment (BSG) announced thenewly-elected class council membersfor the Class of 2015 and the Class

of 2018. Josh Friedman was electedpresident of the senior class, and NedWang was elected president of therst-year class.Te rest of the senior class council

includes Xanthe Demas as vice presi-dent, Molly Soloffas treasurer, and TedRomney and Kyle Wolstencrofas BSGrepresentatives.Te Class of 2018 ClassCouncil consists of Jaime Quirante as

vice president, Emily Licholai as trea-surer, and Kevin Hernandez and WylieMao as BSG representatives.

Voter turnout decreased thisyear, with 74 percent of first yearsand 66 percent of seniors votinglast years turnouts were 82 and 74percent, respectively.

Both presidents expressed astrong desire to get as much inputas possible from their respectiveclasses before tackling any officialprojects. Friedman and Wang bothplan to use this feedback to shapetheir goals and events for the year.

Its really important to get in-put from the whole class in termsof what they want to see through-out the year so that we can start toget some direction and set goals forourselves, said Friedman.

Along with getting input fromtheir peers, the senior class councilmembers are interested in explor-ing new options and events for Se-nior Week, both in Brunswick andin the sur rounding community.

Were committed to creating in-clusive and fun events for our class,said Soloff. We all joined classcouncil this year with the intentionof having an amazing Senior Week.

While the senior class plans tofocus on planning Senior Weekand establishing a budget to workwith, Wang expressed that hehopes to create a better sense ofunity within the Class of 2018.

My vision for this year is allabout shaping the dynamics andgetting to know each other, saidWang. Its important to branchout and form a sense of commu-nity now, because this year does nothappen again.

Eight candidates ran for rst-yearclass president this year, double the

number of candidates that ran lastyear. Of the 19 candidates for po-sitions on the Class of 2018 ClassCouncil, three were female and 16were male. Although in past yearsBSG has released the number of votescounted for each contender, it choseto keep the exact ballot counts con-dential for this election.

BSG did report however, that thewinner and the fh runner up of theClass of 2018 presidential electionwere separated by only 56 votes.

Both class councils have sched-uled their rst meetings for the com-ing week, where they will begin theprocess of setting goals and plans forthe year.

BPD shutsdown Quinbyluau, makes

no arrests

Quinby Houses luau-themedcampus-wide party was prema-turely shut down last Friday whenthe Brunswick Police Department(BPD) showed up to investigate a911 call made from the residence.

At around 11:45 p.m., an un-known student made the call froma phone in the Quinby commonroom. Officers from the Officeof Safety and Security informedhouse residents, who then beganto shut the event down. By aroundmidnight the house was clearedout and the event was over.

The house was very respon-sive, said Quinby House PresidentReed Fernandez 17. I was im-pressed with them.

As police pulled up in front ofQuinby, Fernandez and Vice Presi-dent Anisa LaRochelle 17 greetedthe officers and apologized forwhat had happened. At the sametime, Security swept through thehouse to make sure everyone wasout and that everything was in or-der before BPD entered.

The police assumed the call wasaccidental, but were obligated tosearch the house. After the of-

ficers found nothing wrong, theythanked house members for theircooperation and left.

The whole night was blownout of proportion because of theirpresence, said Fernandez.

At the time, it was unclear whyBPD had arrived, and some stu-dents expressed concern aboutwhat was happening.

Cole Burkhardt 18 was at theevent when BPD arrived. He wasinformed by a Quinby residentthat the police were coming andwas told that he needed to leave asquickly as possible.

He started saying, Everyoneneeds to go right now. We need

to get everyone out of the house,said Burkhardt. As I was leaving Isaw the two cop cars.

The incident is not being inves-tigated further.

If we receive some information,we will act on it, said Director ofSafety and Security Randy Nichols.

Fernandez said that he thoughtthe call was probably not inten-tional because the phone used tomake it was an old land line thatlooks like a toy. The caller likelydid not think it was operational,according to Fernandez.

Each year we have several 911hang-up calls that come from thecampus, said Nichols.

The incident at Quinby was notthe only emergency response thisweekendthere were also twoalcohol-related transports, one onFriday and one on Saturday. Bothtransports were due to the use ofhard alcohol.

These were not the first trans-ports of the year. On September21, a male student living in Helm-reich House was transported to MidCoast Hospital.Te number of transports is one

higher than it was at this point lastyear. However, two years ago therewere seven transports by this time,four of which were related to Epicuria.

BY NATHAN GARNER

ORIENT STAFF

Reauthorization Act of 2013re-

quires that those categories be in-cluded beginning in 2014 CleryReports.Te report disclosed six forcible

sex offenses, up from four reportedin 2012. Nichols described sexualassault as a notoriously underre-ported crime and also said sexual

violence statistics in reports can in-clude incidents which were reportedanonymously. Te same section alsodisclosed zero cases of non-forciblesex offensesmeaning age-related orincestuous offenses.

Te reports cover campus prop-erty and roads immediately ad-

joining campus property, as well assidewalks on those roads. BowdoinsClery Reports therefore do not in-

clude areas such as Hannafordsparking lot or Rite Aid, wherealcohol-related citations, such asfurnishing alcohol to minors, some-times occur. Te sidewalk outside ofan off-campus residence like 83 Harpswell Roadbetter known asCrack Houseis included in eachreport, but the house itself is not, ac-cording to Nichols.

Nichols also noted that some is-sues, such as harassment and arrestsfor driving under the inuence, arenot included in Clery reporting but

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are included on Securitys onlinecrime log.Te report details zero liquor law

arrests from 2011 to 2013, but thisnumber is not necessarily reective

of alcohol use on campus. Off-cam-pus houses, where students have beencharged with furnishing alcohol tominors, are outside of the reportingzone, as are Rite Aid and Hannaford.

Not all interactions between cam-pus security and students over alco-hol violations result in incidents inthe report. For example, a studentabove the age of 21 may be writ-ten up for possessing hard alcoholon campus, but, since no Maine orBrunswick law has been broken,nothing is led under the Clery Act.

Similarly, a security offi cer whoencounters an intoxicated underagestudent may decide to warn the stu-dent verbally, again resulting in noofficial report, despite the civil viola-

tion of the underage consumption ofalcohol.

As all colleges are required torelease a Clery Report, it can beused as a way to measure Bowdoinagainst peer schools in terms ofsafety. Nichols said that the numbersofen depend on factors such as en-forcement policy.

We hold students accountable,Nichols said. We try to act in a waywe think is fair. We treat people theway we would want to be treated in asimilar situation.

EMMA ROBERTS AND LIAM FINNERTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

REPRESENTING:The newly elected class councils for the Class of 2015 (top) and Class of 2018 (bottom). Clockwise from top left: Kyle Wolstencroft, Xanthe Demas,Josh Friedman, Molly Soloff, Ted Romney, Kevin Hernandez, Jaime Quirante, Wylie Mao, Ned Wang and Emily Licholai.

Annual Clery Report Statistics

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about the potential event.Hawkins said SFLA has had a long-

standing interest in the College.We have been hoping to get a dis-

cussion on the Bowdoin campus foralmost about a year now, she said.

Students for Life of AmericaNortheastern Representative BethRahal said the organization is hop-ing to start a club at Bowdoin be-cause of the Colleges reputation asa prestigious institution.

If we can get Bowdoin to start agroup, there are no barriers for us,said Rahal.

Rahal is in charge of helping stu-dents in the Northeast spread the pro-life message in a responsible and pas-sionate manner. She said that she hasalready received some interest fromBowdoin students and staffhoping tostart a conversation about abortion.

Vice President of Student Organiza-tions and Chair of the Student Organi-zations Oversight Committee HarrietFisher 17 said that she has not heardfrom any students, student organiza-tions or SFLA about chartering a club.

I havent been contacted at all aboutthe pro-life group. No students havecome to me. No organizations havecome to me about chartering a group,said Fisher.

Although several students have con-tacted Rahal, she said that they are notthe kind of students with whom SFLAis hoping to partner.

Rahal said that SFLA is looking forstudent leaders well versed in pro-life,abortion, euthanasia, and similar top-ics who will be able to successfully en-ergize others.

She is planning on coming to Bow-

doin this November to gauge interestamong members of student groupsincluding the Bowdoin Christian Fel-

lowship and the College Republicans.According to Hawkins, SFLA is

a secular organization. It began as astudent-run volunteer organization inthe 1970s and was originally namedC.A.M.P.U.S. Te name changed toAmerican Collegians for Life in 1988.In 2006 the organization was renamedStudents for Life of America, and a pro-fessional staffwas hired to mobilize thepro-life movement on campuses.Te organization targets high

schools, colleges and medical schoolsacross the nation. Tere are currently838 chapters across the country.

Notable institutions with their ownSFLA chapters include Yale, Harvard,Boston College, Fordham, and Univer-sity of California, Los Angeles.

Rahal is also contacting Bates andColby to garner support for clubs onboth their campuses. However, shesaid that Bowdoin is her main focusat the moment.

Weve never had any interest comefrom Bowdoin so we thought wed startasking the question of Hey, does anyone

want to have this discussion on cam-pus? Is this issue important to anyone?Hawkins said.

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having it stationed in front of LaddHouse.Tey also provided an inatablebouncy castle in front of Osher Hall.

I thought they [Security] did agood job monitoring the event with-out being overbearing, said Chris-tian Boulanger 15, a member of therugby teams senior leadership. Hav-ing the taco truck outside was prettynice, it gave people an opportunity toget out of the heat.

Tats a carry over from a strat-egy we used during Ivies, said Nich-

ols, referring to the taco truck. Wehave found that by providing copi-ous amounts of pizza and other food

It was a little ridiculous this year

with the amount of urine

flowing around.

RANDY NICHOLS

DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY

items, we are able to affect safety in apositive way.

Despite the several live bands thatplayed during the night, noise levelswere kept low enough that the Collegedid not receive any noise complaints

from town residents this year, though

they have in years past.The police did not get a call as-

sociated with Epicuria at all this

year, said Nichols. When youput on a toga, sometimes you acta little differently.Tis years Epicuria stood in

stark contrast to the infamous2012 toga party, a night duringwhich the College determinedthat the rugby team had violatedits hazing policy. Te events of theparty led the president and the

vice president of Ladd to volun-tarily step down, and to securityincreasing alcohol security. Onthe night of the 2012 Epicuria,four students were transportedtwo from Ladd, one from Cole-man and one from the off-campus

Union Street houseand twostudents were cited for underagedrinking at Union Street.

HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

AN ODYSSEY: Marilyn Reizbaum, Harrison King McCann Professor of English and Gay and Lesbian Studies Program Director, tells the tale of how she fell in love

with James Joyces novel Ulysses during a storytelling event at MacMillan House on Thursday evening. The eventPolar Bear Talesgave students and faculty a platform

to share stories about their first love. MacMillan House plans to host similar storytelling events with different themes in the future. The speaker series is based offof popular

storytelling program The Moth based in New York City.

IMAGE FROM FACEBOOK

AD-VICE: Students For Life in America pur-

chased this ad on Facebook to encourage students to

begin a pro-life group on campus. Students reported

seeing the ad in their news feeds early this week.


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SECURITY REPORT: 9/26 to 10/1

Friday, September 26

Students cooking breakfast at52 Harpswell accidentally triggereda kitchen smoke alarm.

A brief power outage affectedBurnett House and Mustard House.

A eld hockey player with a

head injury was escorted to MidCoast Hospital.

Brunswick Police (BPD) citedtwo students for alcohol law viola-tions at Hannaford. One studentwas issued a court summons forfurnishing alcohol to a minor; thesecond student was cited for pos-session of alcohol by a minor.

Excessive noise was reported atBrunswick Apartments E.

Saturday, September 27

An officer checked on thewell-being of an intoxicated stu-dent who had consumed hard al-cohol at Hyde Hall.

An intoxicated female studentwho had consumed hard alcohol inHyde Hall was transported to MidCoast by Brunswick Rescue.

An officer conducted a well-ness check for an intoxicated stu-dent in Hyde Hall, who had con-sumed hard alcohol.

A nauseous student was escort-ed to the Mid Coast Primary Careand Walk-In Clinic.

An underage student wasfound in possession of a false driv-ers license.

A student was found to be inpossession of prescription medicinebelonging to another person.

A student who cut a finger ina Kanbar Hall lab was escorted tothe Mid Coast Primary Care andWalk-In Clinic.

A student reported that agray Specialized mountain bike

was stolen from a bike rack atLadd House.

An officer and a counselorchecked on the well-being of a de-spondent student.

Several students were found inpossession of marijuana and

drug paraphernalia near SouthStreet.

An offi cer conducted awellness check for an intoxi-cated female student outsideof Ladd House.

An offi cer checkedon the well-being of anintoxicated female stu-dent on the patio atLadd House.

A student wascited for urinatingon the oor in abasement hallwayat Ladd House.

An officerchecked on thewellbeing ofan intoxicatedstudent in aWest Hallrestroom.

Ano f f i c e rcheckedon a stu-dent over-come bythe hight e m -peraturei n s i d eL a d dHo us eduringa reg-

isteredevent.

Sunday, September 28

An officer checked on the well-being of an itoxicated visitor who be-came ill in a Ladd House restroom.

An officer checkedon the well-be-ing of an intoxi-

cated visitor in astairwell at LaddHouse.

An in-toxicated fe-male who hadconsumed hardalcohol wastransported fromMaine Hall to Mid

Coast by Bruns-wick Rescue.

An intoxicatedcampus visitor was

detained outside ofColes Tower. A parent

was called and came tocampus to take the person

home. Note: Students areheld responsible for the con-duct of their guests.

A bottle of hard alcoholwas seized from a visitor attend-ing a Ladd House event.

Officers checked on thewell-being of an in-

toxicateds t u -

d e n tat West

Hall. Of-

f i c e r sconduct-ed a well-

ness checkfor an in-

t o x i c a t e dstudent at

Winthrop Hall. A dark red Schwinn bicycle was

stolen from the area of Osher Hall. An ill student was escorted to

Mid Coast. A wooden exterior stair railing

was damaged at Helmreich House.

A yellow bike was reported sto-len from the bike rack at West Hall.

Monday, September 29

An alert student reporteda suspicious man loitering nearHarpswell Apartments at 2:15a.m. A Security officer spottedthe 53-year-old local man andcalled BPD for assistance. Theman was given a trespass warn-ing and was barred from all cam-pus property.

An employee reported that asmall personal stereo was stolenfrom Thorne Dining Hall. Theitem was returned a few days later.

A McKeen Street water mainbroke, disrupting water service toMacMillan House for five hours.

Tuesday, September 30

A student reported that twosuspicious men were checking outbikes at bike racks at Howard andColeman Halls. A search of thearea proved unsuccessful.

A staff member accidentallytriggered a fire alarm at Haw-thorne-Longfellow Library byovercooking microwave popcorn.

A blue and silver Trek moun-tain bike was reported stolenfrom the south side of SearlesScience Building.

Wednesday, October 1

An ill student was escortedfrom Sills Hall to the Parkview Ad-

venti st Med ical Cente r.

-Compiled by the Office of Safety andSecurity.

on the 16th floor.Corinne Alini 18, whose first-

year seminar meets on the 16thfloor, said she and her classmateshad to compromise over who got totake the one working elevator.

When we all get out of classwe had to decide who has priorityover the elevator because it was go-ing to take a long time for the [on e]elevator to go down then back up,Alini said.

NDiaye understood the delay,but said she wished the elevatorswere fully operational sooner.

Obviously when somethinghappens you want it to be an im-mediate fix, but it took a bit longerthan expected, NDiaye said.Te elevators interiors were reno-

vated this summer as part of a four-year renovation to C oles Tower.

We went to talk to our eleva-tor company and asked what weshould be doing to the elevators [inorder to] prolong the life and makethem operate better for the fore-seeable future, Stam said. Therewere a number of things they sug-gested to us, all of which we did.

One of these suggestions was thesefacelifs to the elevator cab inte-riors, a project that has since beencompleted and was not related to therecent malfunction.

Afer this weekend, Facilitieslooked at how it could improve themechanics of the elevators.Te northelevator has many sets of the noisyrollers, so Facilities ordered new onesto prevent further noise issues. Terollers will be replaced soon.

Teres a little bit more work that

has to be made, Stam said. Werebeing proactive.

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DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT


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Fiona Iyer finds freedom and family during gap year travels

Coming to terms with a changed homeland

Early Sunday morning, I was wo-ken up by a flood of texts in my fam-

ily group chat. Groggy and slightlyhung-over from Epicuria, I ignoredthem and went back to sleep.

At brunch my sister pulled meover to watch what I assumedwould be a cat video. Instead, sheshowed me an image of the HongKong police throwing tear gas intoa crowd of peaceful protesters.Overnight, Hong Kongs non-vio-lent, student led, pro-democracymovement had escalated into a vi-olent clash between protestors andthe government.

My family has now lived inHong Kong for more than 19 years,a period of time long enough for usto witness the handover of sover-eignty from Britain to China.

This period was also longenough for us to have earned Per-manent Resident status. UnderHong Kongs Basic Law, Perma-nent Residents have the right to

vote and s tand for e lecti on, a nd al lresidents are granted rights to thefreedom of speech, freedom of as-sembly, and so forth. On paper atleast, Hong Kong certainly lookslike a democracy.

What, then, is the Pro-Democ-racy movement about? Despitepromises made before the 1997handover, the Chief Executive of

Hong Kong and members of thelegislature will not be determinedby universal suffrage in 2017. In-stead, voters will have the free-dom of choosing between a series

of candidates hand-selected byBeijing. Furthermore, the violenceemployed by the Hong Kong police

BY MOLLY SUN

CONTRIBUTOR

After participating in a three-week entrepreneurship program,Fiona Iyer 18 knew she wanted totake a year off before coming toBowdoin. So, supplied with moneyfrom babysitting, she packed herbags and embarked on an adven-ture to South Africa, Argentina,Mauritius, and Italy.

Iyer started off by spending fourmonths at the African LeadershipAcademy in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica studying entrepreneurialleadership. She was also the mar-keting director and business strat-egist of a media-house businessrun out of the academy.

There she encountered Veda,her entrepreneurial leadershipteacher, who became a great sourceof inspiration for her.

He was just brilliant, said Iyer.He had such a sense of clarity inthat he knew what he was passion-ate about, he knew what he wanted,he knew where he was going. Even-tually I w ant to get to t hat stage.

Though she greatly values hertime in South Africa, Iyer does notmiss the dangers of living there.South Africa has a murder rate of31.1 per 100,000 people, which is

4.5 times higher than the globalaverage. The academy where shestudied was surrounded by barbedwire and electric fences in order toprevent intruders from steppingon campus.

In addition, Iyer found that the

MIND THE GAP

BY STEFF CHAVEZ

legacy of apartheid still resonatesin the country.

We think the inequality be-tween blacks and whites here [inAmerica] is an issueits so exac-erbated in South Africa, she said.

Iyer waitressed at a French cafin Johannesburg where she wasusually tipped eight or nine timesmore than the black waitresses.

I had to stop working there be-

cause I didnt need the money andthey did, said Iyer. It was just

ver y tens e.The next leg of Iyers journey

took her to Buenos Aires, whichshe says is the part of her gap yearshe enjoyed most. She initially

didnt have a place to stay andspent her nights sleeping on peo-ples couches, but ultimately foundan apartment and a roommate whobecame one of her best friends.

I was convinced I was go-ing to stay there, said Iyer, whowas enthralled by the culture, art,and music of the city. She quicklyfound a job as a graphic designerfor the New York-based company

Juicy Canvas.After Argentina, she ended up

in Italy.Iyer was staying on the Amalfi

Coast when she took a transcen-dent bite of crusty bruschetta withspicy extra virgin olive oil and

fresh tomatoes. After asking towatch the chef, Patricia, cooking,Patricia proposed that Iyer workin the kitchen (with no workingpapers) for food and accommoda-tion. In exchange, Iyer would giveher English lessons.

I learned how to cook. That wasthe most amazing part. The work-day was thirteen hours. It was a lotof time, said Iyer. It was almost

torturous because the Mediter-ranean Sea was right outside thewindow so when I was choppingand slicing and being a little sous-chef, I could just see the sea callingto me.

Iyer found a warm Italian

For those of you unacquaintedwith Professor Paul Franco, as I wasbefore our meeting, you may recog-nize him as the man strolling acrosscampus with his black lab as you bikefrantically to morning class. Francois a political philosophy professorin the government department andhas taught at Bowdoin for 25 years,which may have something to dowith his reputation as a compellingand charismatic professor.

As I loitered by the Smith UnionCaf waiting to meet Franco for ateatime chat, I was curious. Wouldour conversation remain confinedto the realm of academia andBowdoin life, or would we tran-scend the normal student-profes-sor banter? I felt a sort of juvenileglee at the prospect of putting aprofessor in the hot seat. Therewere all kinds of questions I want-ed to ask himabout his journeyto Bowdoin, life experiences, andNetflix queue (spoiler: he likesHouse of Cards).

I greeted Franco in line to pur-chase hot beverages, and was de-lighted when he asked for a reusablemug for his coffee (black). I ploppeda teabag into my own cup, and we

sat down for what I sensed would be

an enlightening discussion. We al-ready had dishware in common.

Franco grew up in Colorado andattended Colorado College. Fromthere, he went on to attend gradu-ate school at the University of Chi-cago and came straight to Bowdoinas a freshly-minted academic.This was in 1990, and I have beenhere ever s ince, said Franco.

As we talked about his youth, Iwanted to work out how he chosethe life of a professor. It was al-ways a straight path for me, saidFranco. My father was a doctor,but I never considered that.

In terms of odd jobs here andthere however, Franco has heldsome eclectic temporary positionsover the years. He worked as a the-ater usher and gas station atten-dant. He was also a lawn mower ata graveyard. The key was not tochip the gravestones as you weregoing, he explained.

As a college student, Franco en-joyed the intimate atmosphere of theliberal arts, just as we do at Bowdoin.One of his favorite memories in-

volved stargazing with classmates inthe Colorado Rockies.

I was not a science major, but

BY ELENA BRITOS

CONTRIBUTOR

mama in Patricia, who didntspeak any English.

She always wanted a daughter,said Iyer. And she was angling toset me up with one of the otherchefs who was her son.

Iyer said her time in these threecountries taught her a lot aboutherself and the world. But herdeepest experience took place onthe island of Mauritius, a placewhere she only stayed for a weekattending a friends wedding.

[Their] family was so big andloud and close, she said, Thatswhen I realized how importantfamily was. And so when I thinkof my gap year, that was really themost striking moment.

Iyer had some of the most amaz-ing experiences of her life duringher gap year and said she alwaysfelt trapped by the thought of hav-ing to go back to college. She ishaving a hard time dealing withthe new environment finding thatthe most difficult part of the tran-sition to Bowdoin is missing thesense of anonymity that she had inthe city.

Though its tough right now,she is giving Bowdoin a fightingchance.

Everything is temporary andwe have so much choice. We canreally do whatever we want, said

Iyer. Its your life, youre livingit for yourself. Its very liberat-ing. You realize that you are neverstuck in a place. You can pack yoursuitcase and go. And I think thethought that I am liberated is mak-ing the transition easie r.

Please see FRANCO, page 9Please see HOME, page 9

COURTESY OF FIONA IYER

MAKING IT WORK: Fiona Iyer 18 (left) prepares items for a photoshoot for American-based startup JuicyFruit, where she worked in Buenos Aires. In addition to her time inArgentina, Iyer spent the other parts of her gap year in South Africa, Italy, and Mauritius.

PHOTO COURTESY OF LILLIE ASHWORTH

RISING UP: Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong react to tear gas thrown into the crowds by police.

Franco before Bowdoin: Oddjobs and the Grateful Dead


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BY CALLIE FERGUSON

COLUMNIST

Flavorful pumpkin ales embody the traditions of Autumn in Maine

On Sunday, the high was 77 de-grees. Te sun was high in the blue-

bird sky; specks in the air were illu-minated by sunbeams; people splayedout on the Quad as if theyd beendropped from an airplane; and walk-ing by, I thought to myself, no, its au-tumn, dammit.

I love the sunshine. Really, I do.But nows not the time. It is Octo-ber, and it wouldnt be so withoutflannel cover-ups and corduroythings, steaming cups of somethingfragrant, or the pleasant crunch ofleaves underfoot.

I mean it when I say that it wouldntbe October without those things.And one of these nightsmaybe itsalready happenedthe temperaturewill dip into the 30s and I, for one,will nd a certain kind of excitementin that. Its not that I like the cold, butthat I like scarves. And Ill know thatits almost October, and another thingI love, Halloween, is coming soon.Teres joy in doing the same thing

at the same time every year. Tethings themselves offer their own bitsof happinessscarves, for instance,or apple ciderbut the cycle itself isalso the j oy.Teres the anticipation of re-

welcoming things back into yourlife that never get old. I say re-wel-coming because honestly, how manytimes have we done this by now?

They stay the same, every year,and that sameness establishes acomfortable security as you get

older. I say this all in preparationto ask a simple question: Why elsedo I love pumpkin beer?

Because pumpkin beer is anemblem of the season, and I loveemblems, and seasons. I know thaton the autumnal beverage front,

the Pumpkin Spice Latte hogs thelimelight.

To this I say, shoo, Pumpkin SpiceLatte. Make room for somethingcloser to the source, whose taste isnta confectionary, supercial nod to

the season, but an actual product ofit: pumpkin beer, brewed with actualpumpkins, tasting of both sweet-spiciness and earthiness, derivingits charm and avor from the actualstuffof fall.

Truth be told, pumpkinales are not among my all-time favorite beers. But Imalways excited by thembecause its one of theonly styles that feelstruly connected to atime of year. Sure,refreshing Hefe-weizens domi-nate the hotsummer monthsand its hardnot to associatebelly-warmingb a r l e y w i n e swith the win-tertime. Butpumpkin beersare more than

just seasonalfavorites. Teyare a salute tothe fall. Eventhe labels sug-gest as much:the erce

jack-o-lanterngrimacing fromthe bottle of DogshHeads Punkin Ale is more

of a salute to fall (which Im con-ating with Halloween here) than thetheme-lacking pilsner Dogsh releasedlast December.

Now, it was my initial project totry all the pumpkin beers I couldget my hands on and recommend

my favorite. Ten I found out theliver-quaking scale of that task.With the amount of breweries thatput out a fall pumpkin beer, neithermy health nor my wallet could af-ford the effort.

However, I can point you to afew options, most of which youcan find at Hannaford or at Boot-leggers in Topsham.

Pumpkin beers usually

fall on a spectrum of pie (sweetand spiced) to squash (more vege-table tasting, almost a bitter earth-iness). My personal preference is abalance of the two, but definitelyskewing toward the pie flavors. Forme, its the cloves and the allspice

and the cinnamon that conjure upthe festive connotations of fall, andI want them in my beer.

For this reason, I like the Pun-kin Ale by Dogfish Head (availablein 12 ounce bottles at Bootleg-

gers). Brightly spiced, full-bodied,and dissolving into brown-sugarsweetness and a malt-base like piecrust, this beer manages the pump-kin-to-pie flavor ratio nicely.

It is much better thananother popular

pumpkin

b e e ron the

m a r k e t ,which is none-

theless another of myfavorites: Southern Tiers

Pumking. An Imperial Ale be-cause of its super high alcohol con-tent (clocking in at 8.6% percent),

Pumking is much less sweet, andthe bitter, squashier qualities arecarried forward by its booziness.Te nose on this beer denitely gets

ve stars out of ve: pie crust, vanillaand duh, pumpkin. You get this beer ina big 22 ounce bottle at Bootleggers.

Tere are so many others to choosefrom, but I should mention theBowdoin favorite that is ShipyardsPumpkinhead (you can nd thison tap at Joshuas, as well as in yourroommates fridge, probably).

I hate to say this, given that Ship-yard is the only Maine beer Ill bringup in this article, but I nd Pump-kinhead, despite its yummy sweet-ness, to be lacking in any solid maltfoundation, as well as super watery.I recommend that you partake onlyas a Bowdoin traditionwhich, if myargument has meant anything untilnow, is as good a reason as any to

drink a beer.Food and drink are and have al-

ways been socialbeer especial-ly. So enjoy fall, and its boozy,

pumpkin offerings. Id beremiss if I failed to acknowl-

edge that pumpkin beer is notthe only autumn staple on the beer

market. I also invite you to takepart in the other fall rituals celebrat-

ed by your local brewers. Oktoberfestbeersnicknamed for German beerfestival, but which are actually calledmarzen beers, for the month whenthese lagers are brewedare alsoooding the shelves.

Im not a huge fan, but PeakOrganica Portland brewerymakes a hoppy Oktoberfest thatsworth trying. Fall is also the hopharvest season, so you can findmany breweries paying tribute tofresh hops. For example, Sam Ad-ams has a Hopology Collection(two IPAs and an IPL) th at you canget at Bootleggers right now, butIm mostly looking forward to the

Sierra Nevada Hoptimum whole-leaf imperial IPA that Ive got sit-ting in my fridge.

And I havent even mentionedcider. I guess youll have to do thehomework on that front, readers.Cheers.

DIANE FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

PHOTOS BY JESSICA GLUCK, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

GREEN THUMB: The Bowdoin Organic Garden (BOG) is a product of Bowdoin Dining and the Organic Garden Club. The BOG is always looking for student volunteers to bolster the ranks of the existing 40 to 60 student assistants per season. The garden has two loca-

tions: one on campus and another larger site two and a half miles away. They also run composting initiatives, have an apple press (right) and occasionally host lectures about the garden and sustainable foods (top left).


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TALKOFTHEQUAD

On a quiet and cloudy Sundaymorning, my three housematesand I decided to make the trek tothe 38th Annual Common GroundCountry Fair. As we headed northto Unity, I honestly had no ideawhat to expect. I had been hearingabout this magical event for mypast three years at Bowdoin, boththrough BOC emails inviting meto join group excursions and fromfriends and acquaintances aroundcampus, but I had never been theremyself. In the spirit of the finalhoorahs of senior year, I decidedto finally check out what this fairwas all about.

The Common Ground Coun-try Fair is described by the MaineOrganic Farmer & Gardener Asso-ciation (MOFGA) as a rite of pas-sage from our busy summer sea-son into the quieter winter monthswe know lie ahead. It is a time torekindle friendships, to learn andto savor all the extraordinary foodgrown by Maines organic farm-ers[to celebrate] Maines ruralway of life.

Sounds pretty idyllic, right?Sadly, I cant say that I felt such

a strong sentiment of communityand excitement at the end of theday. Rather, my experience at thefair was woefully underwhelming.Sure, it may have been the gloomy

weather. Or maybe it was due tomy somewhat (unintentionally)

judg menta l attitud e toward agri -culture-related events here in theNortheast.

You see, I grew up (and still live)

on a beef cattle ranch in westernWyoming, so I have a very particu-lar and different view of agricul-

ture and fairs. Maybe that is why Ifound the manicured look of fancyand expensive organic farm food alittle superficial. Or maybe I was

jade d by the fact that the fee justto enter the fair was a steep $15,and there werent even that manyfree samples to make me feel likeI got my moneys worth. Eitherway, I guess I just wasnt thatimpressed by theentire event.

All cyni-cism and

ju dg me nta s i d e ,though, Icould seehow andwhy theC o m m o nG r o u n dFair drawsso manypeople. Thesheer physi-cal footprintof the eventwas almosto v e r w h e l m -ing, and if itwerent for theaid of a trustymap, I think Iwould have felt

very lost andconfused. It is

obvious that the fairs o r g a -nizers have mastered what they doover the past 38 years, though, asthe organization was impressive.

The fair could be accessed viatrain, bike, car or on foot. If you

didnt feel like walking to the en-trance from the parking lot, trac-tor and wagon rides were avail-

able. Volunteers were on handeverywhere you looked. (In fact,the MOFGA newspaper reportsthat 2,000+ volunteers worked theweekend.)

Once inside,the pathwayswere lined

with hundreds of local farmers

selling anything from squash andapples to beef and kefir (ferment-ed milk). There was just aboutanything else you could imagine,tooincluding food trucks, farm-ing technique classes, art displays,

craft workshops and vendors,sheep dog demonstrations, barnsfull of rabbits, cheese tents, and

so much more. Recycling andcompost stations could be foundaround nearly every corner. Therewere hundreds of people bustlingabout from all walks of life, from

families with kids to bare-f o o t e d

a n dl o n g -

haired hip-pies (and sometimes even

families of hippies). Of course,

it was impossible not to run intothe occasional group of fellowBowdoin students as well.

My housemates and I spent ourfew hours at the fair wanderingaimlessly between tents and dem-

FARMERS ON UNCOMMON

GROUND

Apparently, the College has de-cided to invest in something evenolder than fossil fuelgranite, es-pecially the black and white vari-ety and specimens of that varietythat are rough and remind one that

granite comes from the earth. Re-turning from two years away fromcampus, I was greeted all at onceby this new stoneworkthe rect-angle around the polar bear statue,the Moulton amphitheater, the gut-ters by Hatch, the speed humps onCollege Street, the stone paths outfront of the Chapel. It looks cleanand serves as an occasional im-pediment to bicyclists, which Iremember as a lazy and en-titled class of locomotes.

It is clearBowdoin hasambitions on a geologic scale,at least aesthetically. WhenOrient columnist MatthewGoodrichs remains condenseinto crude oil, Bowdoin willuse the resultant windfall toput granite facing on the dikearound campus that holdsback the sea.

Ribbing aside, it is a newyear, and a fine time forthoughts of image and legacy.What does all this stoneworkmean for Bowdoin? Aside fromdemonstrating, of course, that theschool is enough in tune with thenatural world to figure out whereto get a lot of granite, it speaks ofwealth and stability and the con-cept of timeless beauty. I am al-ways curious as to what Bowdoin

thinks of its appearance. It is clearthat, over the past couple of years,the College has been thinkingabout how it is going to age, andhow it is already aging.

You can see on the back of theChapel, where it faces Studzinski,the claw marks from the vines ofivy that used to grow there. Th e ivywas handsome and produced small

bunches of dark poisonous berriesthat the crows liked to eatbut itsroots threatened the masonry. Likealcohol, ivy is lovely and fortify-ing until it finds some weakness topry atit must be closely watched.Last summer, the decision wasmade to rip it down.

The art museum, mean-

while, has had amid-(quarter?) life crisis and hashad some work done. I am notreferring to the award-winning

renovations of 2007, but tothe de-greening of the mu-seums bronze: the cu-pola and the statues ofDemosthenes andSophocles are backto their originaldull brown. Thiscleanup workhas been called

a conservationeffort.

In light ofthe other workaround cam-pus, though,I am in-clined to

read it more as a kind of posturingreminiscent of the Greeks recentefforts to rebuild the Parthenon

A COLD FOREST WHERE

NOTHING SMELLS

both presumably stem from a de-sire not to be officially associatedwith anything in a state of decay.Looking at the new entrance, we

see granite and glass,which speak againof clarity and eter-nity and share anaesthetic withthis authors

Macbook. Thenew entrancewas built tohelp the mu-seum controlits climatethe old mainentrance, withits massiveceremoniousdoor, let toomuch of theoutside in. Itis at least im-mensely funnythat, as oureducations be-come less andless recogniz-able to one an-other, the fa-cade that withnames andbusts of theold figuresand bench-marks ofe d uc a t i o nnow bearsthis omi-

nous sign onthe inside of the glass, at its

focal point: EMERGENCY EXITONLY: ALARM WILL SOUND.

Speaking of small pains, I re-

member sitting on the Quad facingthe art museum as a tour guide leda group by the steps at a slow walk.She was telling her charges a storyabout how, when the lions thatguard the facade were installed,the workers accidentally switchedthem. She added, lying now, thatBowdoin students knew this factand were charmed by it.

Since I heard that story, thoselions have only ever looked to meto be bored with each other andtheir supposed duty. I was think-ing of calling for the College toswitch them back, as a gesture, whoknows, perhaps in line with the re-cent wire-brushing of Socrates.

Ultimately, though, the mainentrance has been closed, andthe cleaning of the statuary wasan aesthetic twitch of a conser-

vation effo rt that gives way to,rather than supports, the overallaesthetic project. That project isto give campus the impression of:glass, bushes, granite, natural light,and if not this gleam of the cut-ting edge, then at least an obedientcleanliness, like a cold forest wherenothing smells. The ideals of thischarming aesthetic are transpar-ency and timelessnesstwo no-tions around which any student ofhuman experience should hold hisor her breath, for fear of becominginspired by them.

As a final note for Facilities, andfor those wondering why the Lud-dites on campus are always so late:time has changed since the sundi-als on Hubbard were last adjusted.No doubt, though, the old bronzegnomons will be burnished soon.

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onstrations, quietly passing themby or stopping only briefly. It wasall very nonchalant. I was naturally

drawn to the horse demonstrationsand the cattle stalls, however. Thetrue highlight of my day was see-ing a pair of Scottish Highland-ers, my favorite cattle breed. Myhousemates also willingly taggedalong as I dragged them to thesheep dog demonstrations, wherefour border collies showed offtheir sheep and goat-herding skillsto a crowd gathered around a largepen. Through all of these eventsand stops, I couldnt help butthink of my own cattle and mythree border collie cattle dogs at

home, causing me to become se-riously nostalgic.

Despite the overall mehfeeling of the day and my pre-established sentiments towardevents like the Common GroundCountry Fair, I would say thatthe trek was overall worthwhile.My roommates collectively end-ed up with a bag of apples, threeminiature squashes, an eggplantsandwich and some yogurt. Imay have left empty-handed,but I walked away with a feel-

ing of satisfaction.I felt like I was reconnecting

with my own agricultural roots, aswell as gaining a quiet apprecia-tion for Maine agricultureevenif it is different than that of theWest. The fair may not have beenmy most thrilling weekend experi-

ence, but I think it is worth check-ing out. Maine is a neat place, andthe agricultural opportunities andsystems that exist here should becelebrated.

-by Andi Noble 15

ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

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FRANCOCONTINUED FROM PAGE 6

I took an astronomy course fornon-science people. We went upinto the mountains to do our ob-servations and I remember beinghigh above the city away from thelights, and seeing the sky with such

absolute clarity.This appreciation for new ex-

periences, both in academics andenvironment, resonated with me,and I began to suspect that someaspects of the lives of college stu-dents have gone unaltered.

In general, though, the mem-ory of being in a small, beautifulplace with close friends and in-credible teachers made a great im-pact when I was deciding where Iwould teach, explained Franco. Itwas a very formative experience.

Franco and I went on to discuss MadMen binges, literature and his experi-ence as a Dead Head. Talking aboutthese things opened our conversationto the workday aspects of campus life,not excluding collegiate dating prac-tices. Franco tolerated my curiosity, andexplained that his college experiencesseemed to reect those of Bowdoin stu-dents today.

Growing up in the 70s, therewas an erosion of sorts, which Ithink were still experiencing. Itwas an organic time, but I think[dating] may have lacked somespecialness, a setting aside of time

away from the mundane. I think itwould be great if we got back to theold-fashioned flowersandicecream th ing.

The conversation soon movedon to more important things. De-

spite the great leapsand regres-sionsthe world has made sinceFranco was in college, one thingseems true: college students arepretty much all in the same boat.Whats more, the things we will re-

member most about our time heremay not be individual events, butrather the collective people, places,and experiences that bind us. Andthat, according to Franco, is per-fectly okay.

Enjoy your time here and dosome experimenting, he advised.Find something you love to doand dont worry too much about

getting on a career track. Use thesefour years as a kind of interval be-fore pressures b ear down.

This wisdom was well receivedby me, a track-less English major,but I think it is equally sound ad-

vice fo r thos e with s et care er paths.The liberal arts have much to offer,so we might as well get the mostout of Bowdoin in our four years.

When we had finished ourdrinks and began squeaking ourUnion chairs back to part ways, Iasked Franco one last question.

What do you wish Bowdoinstudents knew about you?

He paused, and I wondered whatfurther wisdom he would impartto eager NESCACers.

I am a very fast runner, saidFranco, nodding slowly. Thatswhat Id like them to know.

Elena Britos is a member of theclass of 2015

force on Sunday is a stark reminderthat the civil liberties we enjoy inHong Kong, rights that I frequent-ly take for granted, are fragile anddependent upon the benevolenceof the Chinese government.

Hong Kong does not have a

strong tradition of civic engage-ment. However, it is clear that atipping point has been reached.On one hand, it is moving to see somany students in Hong Kong standup for their civil liberties, and assomebody who can only supportfrom afar, I am grateful to myfriends and family on the streets.

On the other hand, the studentmassacre at Tiananmen Square in

1989 serves as a threatening back-drop to these protests. Observing theaction from an ocean away, primar-ily through images splashed acrosssocial media, is at once awe-inspiringand incredibly frightening.

As a senior, I am being forced toconfront uncertainties about myfuture at the same time that HongKongs political future seems evenmore uncertain. In 15 years, will

Hong Kong still be a city that Iwant to live in? Should I even in-clude Hong Kong in my job search?

The way Beijing treats and re-sponds to this weeks protests willcertainly be an indicator. Mean-while, Hong Kong students abroad,anxiously waiting for news, scrollthrough our Twitter feedsaccessto which Beijing has yet to takeaway from us.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF LILLIE ASHWORTH

PROTECTION: Protestors use a variety of protective gear to shield themselves from tear gas, including masks, goggles, umbrellas and in this case, saran wrap.

COURTESY OF BOWDOIN COMMUNICATIONS/COPYRIGHT BOB HANDELMAN

TALK ON THE QUAD: Professor Paul Franco speaks with a student outside the classroom. Franco has been at Bowdoin for twenty-five years.


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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Please see PRINTMAKER, page 12

Visiting printmaker collaborates with

students on memorializing installation

BY EMILY WEYRAUCH

ORIENT STAFF

Craft Centers pop-up classes attract curious students

ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

SHAKE IT: Musicians from Raquel Z. Rivera & Ojos de Sofa perform for students Wednesday nght.

La Dcima Project teaches,

performs for community

Las Dcimas del Amargue &Other Songs of Love, a touring

music project, visited campus onWednesday to teach students aboutPuerto Rican and Dominican musicand to give a public performance.

The band, Raquel Z. Rivera &Ojos de Sofa is made up of sixmembers: Raquel Z. Rivera, her sis- Please see DCIMA, page 11

BY MARINA AFFO

ORIENT STAFF

The Bowdoin Craft Center hasstruck a chord on campus this

fall by offering free, spontaneouspop-up classes in Smith Unionthree times a month. These classesencourage students to drop in andmake small decorations for theirdorm rooms, and attendees do notneed Craft Center memberships.

The pop-up classes are new thisyear, but they are already becom-ing popular with students as an en-

joyabl e way to de -str ess d urin g theweek and become involved withthe Craft Center.Tis past Monday night, Lonie El-

lis and Rose Nelson, both teachingartists at Bowdoin, offered a pop-upclass where students could designtheir own dorm room lampshades.

Although the pop-up class wasonly supposed to run until 8 p.m.,it was so popular that studentsstayed until 10 p.m. when they ranout of supplies.

The quick, make and take na-ture of the pop-up classes allowsstudents to stop by on their waythrough the Union. More studentsparticipate in the pop-up classesthan scheduled Craft Center class-es because they can stay anywherefrom five minutes to the full twohours and do not have to sign upin advance.

Bonnie Pardue, who is leadingthe initiative, is the director of the

Craft Center and has been workingat Bowdoin for 25 years.

She saw a demand for the pop-up classes and wanted to offerthem so that more Bowdoin stu-

dents could take advantage of theCraft Center. She hopes to workwith students in determining thefuture of these classes.

I love talking to the students

and getting to know them. Its thehighlight of my job, said Pardue.

If students send me an emailwith a project they want to do, wecan make sure that happens.

The Craft Center has advertisedpop-up classes through the OrbitDigest, and also promoted themthrough word of mouth.

I am a proctor and I would

certainly advise my kids to comehere, said Arhea Marshall 15,who attended the Monday lamp-shade class.

Nelson said that Bowdoins newinitiative is part of a larger pop-uptrend happening in the art world.

It is really going to catch on,she said. Its a trend th ats happen-ing with pop-up art shows in Port-land. Its just the way things are go-ing. It absolutely makes sense.

In early October, the CraftCenter will be offering a pop-upclass called Bees, Bees and moreBeeswith a beekeeping talk anddemonstration from a local bee-keeperand a mending class, atwhich a local seamstress will teachstudents basic sewing skills.

On October 29 the Craft Cen-ter will host a Witchcraft Night,with Halloween-themed craftssuch as cookie decorating andmask making.

The pop-up classes will con-tinue to be offered throughout theyear, and could become a perma-nent fixture in Smith Union onweekday nights.

Well have to continue runningthem, now that theyre so popu-lar, said Pardue, We ran out ofsupplies last time, even though webought a lot of extras.

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STAFF WRITER

ter Anabellie Rivera, Bryan Vargas,Yasser Tejeda, Jonathan Troncosoand Nelson Matthew Gonzlez.Te project, also known as La

Dcima Project, is meant to inform

students and the public about theorigins and types of music that sharePuerto Rican and Dominican Roots.

Before their performance, theband sat down with students in a

ASHLEY KOATZ, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

THROWING SHADE: Students learn how to make their own decorative lampshades at the Craft Centers pop-up class in Smith Union on Monday night.

a guest artist to campus for oneweek every semester, Bulawskycame to Bowdoin from the Sam FoxSchool at Washington Universityin St. Louis where she is an associ-ate professor. She gave a lecture onSeptember 29 and has been work-ing with each of the two sections ofPrintmaking I with Assistant Pro-fessor of Art Carrie Scanga.

For Bulawsky, working with stu-dents at a small liberal arts collegehas been a change of pace fromworking at a larger university.

I know there are a lot of envi-ronmental studies and earth andoceanographic science students,so its great, said Bulawsky. Mostof the students I work with backat Wash U. are art students, thatstheir major.

As youre working shell stepover your shoulder and tell you, bythe way I love your strokes hereand, just add a little bit of texturehere and there, said Lizzy Takyi17, who has not yet declared a ma-

jor. Its s o gre at to have h er here.Its been really fun because ev-

erybodys really fresh to printmak-ing, said Bulawsky. Theres a lotof amazement about the processesand the way things turn out.

With Bulawsky, the students are

learning a new technical process:collagraph, in which texture is builtup on a plate with different media.

Its a different perspective in termsof techniques, said Karla Olivares 17.

COURTESY LISA BULAWSKY

D-MOUNT OF VENUS (FOR DETROIT):A 2014 printed collage on paper by Lisa Bulawsky, an ar t-

ist who is visiting Bowdoin this week. Bulawsky is working on a collaborative project with students.

This week, esteemed printmakerLisa Bulawsky visited Bowdoin tospend time in the studio teachingand collaborating with the Print-

making I classes. After a week ofinstruction and group discussions,the classes will install a set of por-trait prints that memorialize fig-ures known and unknown.

As part of the Marvin BileckPrintmaking Project, which brings


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ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

FEEL THE RHYTHM: A band member plays guitar at Wednesday nights musical perfor mance.

DCIMACONTINUED FROM PAGE 10

workshop where they discussedthe roots of their music and theirmusical journey so far.

Assistant Professor of MusicMichael Birenbaum Quintero hadall three of his classesthe Afro-Latin-American Music Ensemble,

Sound Travels From Mozart to theMP3, and CuBop, Up-Rock, Boo-galoo, and Banda: Latinos MakingMusic in the United Statesattendthe workshop and the concert.

The event was sponsored by theLatin-American Students Organi-zation (LASO) and many studentsand community members outsideof these classes attended.

LASO board member ErnestoGarcia 17 said that the group wasnot only talented and emotive, butalso very knowledgeable about thehistory of the genres they were play-ing, as well as the technical aspects ofthe music.

Many of the band members grewup listening to the type of music theyare now making.

All the band members are eitherfrom Puerto Rico or the Domini-can Republic, or are the children ofpeople from these countries.

Whats different about thisgroup is that they didnt just cometo entertain the audience, but actu-ally to educate them about the dif-ferent kinds of music and how theywere derived, said Garcia.

The band, created in 2007, isbased in New York and was ableto come to campus with the helpof Quintero. At the workshop theyexplained how their music is heav-ily influenced by many differentstyles of music like Afro-Caribbe-an and Afro-Latin music.

Other students who went to theevent were impressed by both thegroups knowledge and skill level. Teywere excited to see the concepts theyspoke about in class brought to life.

Logan Jackonis 17 said theworkshop and concert directly re-lated to things he and fellow stu-dents were learning in both hisAfro-Latin-American Music En-semble and Latinos Making Musicin the United States class.

We covered musical soundslike bomba, so this sort of ties intowhat we learned, said Jackonis.

Walker Kennedy 15, who is inLatinos Making Music and SoundTravels: Mozart to MP3, said heenjoyed listening to the mixtureof different music and realizingthat the [genres] foundationallyhave the same origins and roots.

The band played 20 songs, all inSpanish, at the concert.

DJsOF THE WEEK

Andrew Daniels 15

and Greg Stasiw 15

What prompted you to create theshow No Dad Rock?

Andrew Daniels: We had a show fortwo years called Escalator Music.

Greg Stasiw: Te reasoning behindthat name was that we played progres-sive rock and metal exclusively. Wesaid, Tis sure as hell isnt elevatormusic, so it must be escalator music!

AD: But it was pretty dened.Tere was a lot of stuffwe wanted toplay that we thought didnt really tin that range so we wanted to expandour horizons this year.

Where did the name for your showcome from?

GS: If you can picture a middle-aged dude wearing a Life is Good t-shirt, ipping burgers and listening toa song, thats Dad Rock. You know,Aerosmith, Steve Miller Band, ZZTop, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Teres nothingwrong with those, but of all music, Imind those the most.

Who do you think makes up youraudience? Who do you hope listens

to your show?AD: Parents and close friends, I

guess. We hope anyone who is intheir car driving and happens to turnthe radio to WBOR says, Hey, this iskind of cool!

GS: Our dads. To be honest, theyrethe only ones who probably ever lis-ten to the show. With the name andthe theme this semester, were kind ofrisking alienating about 50% of ourlistener base.

AD: But we like to emphasize: wehave nothing against dads.

Whats the best part about having aradio show?

AD: It really gives you a chance toexplore new music.

GS: Youre forced to nd new music,in a way. Our listeners would get very

BY BRIDGET WENT

STAFF WRITER

bored if we were always playing thesame stuffover and over. And we would

get bored too. Having a show everyweek forces us to explore music more.

Are there any artists youve discov-ered through having the show?

AD: Youre more interested in try-ing to nd new stuff to listen to be-cause you know youll have to ndstuffto play on the radio show.

GS: In terms of style, were bothstarting to get into more postrockand electronic music, which is fun.Both of us have always been explor-ers of music. Last year and the yearbefore, on the radio show wed playmetal and prog rock but in our roomwed be blasting anything from SaintPepsi to Stravinsky. But we had this

task of sticking to this theme, so thisyear were just saying, To heck withthe theme. Youre more creativewhen you have some kind of con-straint, so thats why we have the NoDad Rock thing.

Who is your favorite musical artist?AD: It would have to be Deafeav-

en, within the last year or so.GS: Te Antlers, just going by play

count on my iTunes.

What is your guilty pleasure song?AD: Nights on Broadway by the

Bee Gees.GS: I guess we could share that

one.Tere would be a lot of Bee Geeshappening in our room last year.

What has been your favoriteconcert experience?

AD: A concert we both went to:Voyager and Rhapsody of Fire.

GS: Probably Explosions in the Sky.Instrumental post-rock, no lyrics, you

just kind of stand there. Its this weirdtrance experience. You have to makeup your own story for the song, soI just decided to go through all mymemories while they were playingmy whole life was the theme of music.

What is your least favorite bandor genre?

AD: Country. If it comes up onSpotify on an advertisement, Im likeI never listen to this stuff any way,why would they target me for a coun-try advertisement?

GS: If I have to be truthful about aleast favorite band, it would fall un-der Dad Rock: Aerosmith. Some-thing about Aerosmith just reallyturns me off.

What music do you like to study to?AD. Post-rock.GS: My Chemical Romance.

What are your majors?AD: Math and Computer Science

double major.GS: Anthropology major with a

Japanese minor.

If you could hang out with onefamous musician, who would it be?

AD: Id probably say Frank Zappa.He denitely seems like a character.

GS: David B owie. Just cause hesamazing. He just seems like a char-acter I want to know.

Tune in to No Dad Rock withDaniels and Stasiw every Wednes-day from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. onWBOR 91.1 FM or stream onlineat wbor.org.

Editors Note: Daniels is the WebDeveloper for the Orient.

JESSICA GLUCK, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

NOT YOUR DADS RADIO SHOW: Greg Stasiw (left) and Andrew Daniels (right) host No Dad Rock,a radio show on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m.

They didnt just come to

entertain the audience but

actually to educate them about

the different kinds of music and

how they were derived.

ERNESTO GARCIA 17

If you can picture a

middle-aged dude wearing a

Life is Goodt-shirt, flipping

burgers and listening to a song,

thats Dad Rock.GREG STASIW 15


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24-Hour Show premiers three original comedies

One day, two 12-hour sessions, andthree shows later, the 24-Hour Show,presented by Bowdoins student the-ater group Masque and Gown, was set

to perform on stage.Te annual showwhich has

been a staple of Bowdoin theater formore than 10 yearswas performedlast Saturday night in front of apacked audience in Memorial Hall.It was developed and performed bynew and experienced actors, writersand directors.

Starting at 7 p.m. on Friday night,four studentsNick Funnell 17, Ol-ivia Atwood 17, Emma Dickey 15and Jacob de Heer Erpelding 15stayed up writing original plays un-til 7 a.m. on Saturday morning. Teresult was three comedic short plays:Swag Club, written by Funnell andAtwood, OK, Cupid, written byDickey and Te Coo in the Night,written by de Heer Epelding. Ten,starting at 7 a.m., actors and direc-

BY TOMMY LUNN

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tors worked on getting the plays per-formance-ready by 7 p.m.Te 24-Hour Show creates an op-

portunity for students with busierschedules to get involved in theater,if only for a day.

Its a really low commitment

show, said Trevor Murray 16, JuniorRepresentative for Masque and Gown.

I think there are a lot of people atBowdoin who are interested in theaterbut dont have the time to put in for a[full-length] show.

Although Shannon McCabe, 17,has never been in a full-length pro-duction, she acted in Swag Club.

I did the 24-Hour Show last yearand I was in a really serious [play] andit was fun, but this time all of themwere comedies and it was so much funto be in, said McCabe.

Funnell and Atwood said co-writ-ing Swag Club helped when writ-ers block kicked in. It grew moreimportant as the night went on andthey became, as Funnell described it,tired as hell.

We were up in Memorial on thesixth oortheres a dance studiothere and we would go in and throwa ball around to stay active, to stayawake, Funnell said.

In the early morning, the writersnished their jobs and handed theirscripts over to the directors and actors.

Axis Fuksman-Kumpa 17, VicePresident of Masque and Gown, di-rected the show Te Coo in theNight, which is about a so-called pi-geon man.

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As a director, what I like to do isjust go with what the actors intuitionis rstjust let them walk throughit, and then rene it from there, saidFuksman-Kampa.

I make sure we do something thatmakes sense with the space we have. I

like to go with what feels most natu-ral to the human body.

Since all three plays happened tobe comedies, the atmosphere was alight one.

It was a riotthe other two showswere really funny, said Logan Jacko-nis 17, who directed OK, Cupid.Te crowd seemed to get a kick outof the one we did.

Even though the 24-Hour Show isonly a one-day time commitment, itis still an intense theater experiencefor all students involved.

Its denitely hard because thepressures on, and rather than beinglike I have three weeks, two weeks,its I have three hours, two hours,said McCabe.

Hour-by-hour wed be like its techweek, its dress rehearsal, getting downto the wire, McCabe added. It waschallenging but it was a fun challenge.

Masque and Gown is currentlypreparing its more traditional full-length show, Almost, Maine. Teperformances will take place Octo-ber 23-25 at Pickard Teater in Me-morial Hall.

Editors Note: Atwood, co-writer ofSwag Club and Sophomore Represen-tative of Masque and Gown is Page 2Editor of the Orient.

Bulawsky is leading the studentsin a conceptual project about me-morialization and contemporarymemorials, exploring the theme ofhow to honor both public and pri-

vate f igures .The students have been inten-

tionally working on something thatwould be aesthetically and concep-tually unified, said Scanga. Thisweek theyve all been working ontheir puzzle piece of this larger in-stallation project.

Subjects of the portraits includeMartin Luther King, Jr., Bob Mar-ley, and the last code-speaker of theNavajo language.

I have talked to a few peopleabout who they specifically havebeen honoring and Ive just beenblown away by the thoughtfulness,said Bulawsky.

Although Printmaking I is anintroductory visual arts class, andusually begins at the point of tech-nique or art h istory, this project re-quires students to think more criti-cally about the ideas behind a piece.

Were starting at the point ofconcept, which is an upper-level

way of thinking about art, saidScanga.

Ive found this melancholyabout how it feels to have a storybehind the art, and not just doit because its your project, saidTakyi. Thats what shes bringingto this project.

We have been starting our class-es with conversation, said Scanga,who added that the students wereassigned to read an article on pub-lic memorials before Bulawsky firstarrived. The neat thing is thatthose discussions get nicely wovenin with the technical aspect of whatwere doin g.

This project is very much in

line with the kinds of things I makework about, said Bulawsky. I makework about how our individual andcultural memories define who weare and create our identities.

Bulawsky said she is fascinatedby this idea of memor y.

[Memory is] who we choose toremember as a culture and who wechoose to remember as individu-als, who gets commemorated and

I think there are a lot of people

at Bowdoin who are interested in

theater but dont have the time to

put in for a [full-length] show

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monumentalized and who gets for-gotten, sh e said.

Its been so inspirational tolearn from her directly knowingthat shes been doing this for solong, said Takyi.

Hopefully the outcome will beas great as the process has been,said Scanga.

Te 36 students from the classesas well as Bulawskywill be install-ing their portraits in the FishbowlGallery of the Visual Arts CenterFriday at 11:00 a.m. Te installationprocessthe creation of a spontane-ous and vernacular memorialwillbe focused on the performative act ofplacing the image. Each piece will beaccompanied by a small descriptionof the person honored in the print.

Ive found this melancholy

about how it feels to have a story

behind the art, and not just do it

because its your project.

LIZZY TAKYI 17


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Volleyball slams back into NESCAC play

ABBY MOTYCKA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

AIRBORNE: Erika Sklaver 17 elevates as she prepares to kill a point on the way to a win over Colby.

The womens volleyball teambuilt upon this seasons early suc-cesses last weekend with its eigh-teenth consecutive win againstColby, followed by a win and lossin non-conference matches againstEastern Connecticut College andKeene State College, respectively.

The victory over Colby last Fri-

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after losing its first home gamein two years against ConnecticutCollege on September 19. The winalso brought the team back over.500 in conference play.

The NESCAC is very competi-tive, said Erika Sklaver 17. Andso every game is a fight for us.

The team was able to gain anearly lead against Colby in the firstset, and beat the Mules in straightsets. Sklaver led the Polar Bearsoffense with eight kills.

Colby was an extremely im-portant game for us, said As-sistant Coach Kristin Hanczor.Our goal for the season is to win

the NESCAC tournament because

that guarantees us to move on theNCAA tournament. We put a lotof extra emphasis on our NESCACmatches to make sure that goal canstay on track.

The team followed that victorywith two tournament matches atKeene State on S aturday.

Te Polar Bears beat EasternConnecticut handily in the morningbut were less succesful in their afer-noon match against the hostsfall-ing in three sets due to a number oferrors, injuries and complications.

[Keene State] is typically oneof the teams towards the top of thelist in New England, said Hanczor.We fell behind by about 10 pointsand then started to stick with thembut we made a lot of errors in thebeginning that put us in a hole wecouldnt get out of.

The team was also hurt by itslack of attentiveness.

I think we didnt have a consis-tent focus, said Sklaver. We wouldhave moments of greatness andmoments of weakness. We playedreally, really well for 5 or 6 pointsand really poorly for 5 or 6 points.

Every one was working veryhard, but when youre not workingtowards one goal it doesnt workout, said Christy Jewett 16. Youall have to be on the same page tobe able to get good plays over.

The Polar Bears are also work-

ing with a handicap right nowtwo of their 12 players are cur-rently concussed, and only having10 players available has put them ata clear disadvantage.

Its hard to plan an entire gamebecause we cant even fill thecourt, said Jewett. Also Saturdaywas just a little bit of a trial runalearning experience. We started offwith our alter nate system and weretrying th at out.

The teams roster is also young.There are no seniors, only two ju-niors and six first years.

We can hold our own and showthem how Bowdoin field hockey

can play. Its pretty incredi ble.

ASSISTANT COACH SHANNON MALLOY

Te eld hockey team kept itsundefeated streak alive by beat-ing No. 10 Wellesley College 1-0on Wednesday night at Howard F.Ryan Field. Te Polar Bears handedWellesley their rst loss of the sea-son and improved their own recordto 6-0 (4-0 NESCAC).

It is a pretty big deal that wecan play against Wellesley, who [isa] top ranked team, said captainColleen Finnerty 15. We canhold our own and show them howBowdoin field hockey can play. Itspretty incredible.

Kimmy Ganong 17 scored thelone goal of the game. Applying of-fensive pressure, she was able to carrythe ball through the mideld andcomplete a pass to Emily Simonton15 at the top of the circle. Simonton

played a through-pass over the strokeline back to Ganong, who directedthe ball into the lefcorner.

We did what we needed to do toget the ball, connect with a team-mate, said Assistant Coach ShannonMalloy. Tats how we scored. Wepassed the ball and moved the ballreally well, giving [Ganong] theopening to score.

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Te Blues offensive was strong inthe second half, pressuring the PolarBears circle.

[Wednesdays] game was themost defensive weve played all sea-son, said Finnerty.

To be able to hold Wellesley toonly seven corners and keep themfrom scoring on all seven of thosecorners was a team effort, Finnerty

Football defeated 37-0,

looks ahead to Tufts

Afer a competitive rst half onSaturday, the football team revertedto the form it showed last weekagainst Williams, allowing Amherstto pull away in the third quarter andultimately defeat the Polar Bears 30-7.

Bowdoin started the game strong,but with six minutes lefin the rstquarter a long Amherst drive culmi-nated in a 14 yard touchdown rush.

Afer Amherst scored a eld goalin the opening minutes of the sec-ond quarter, the Polar Bears forceda fumble at Amhersts 44-yard lineand drove toward the end zone.

It looked as if Bowdoin was aboutto shifthe games momentumwhen, at Amhersts one-yard line,quarterback Timmy Drakely 17fumbled the ball, allowing Amherstto hold its 9-0 lead.

Senior captain Mac Caputistarted the game behind center forthe Polar Bears, but Drakely tookover in the second quarter aferCaputi was sacked. Caputi returnedto play later in the second half.

I thought we had a better weekof practice, said Head Coach DaveCaputi. I thought we were focused.We came up playing pretty well,even though we made a couple ofmistakes early in the game. Webounced back. We had a chance justbefore the half.

In the third quarter, Amherstnar-rowly avoided giving up a safety.Shortly afer, the Lord Jeffs JacksonMcGonagle scored a 97-yard touch-down, the longest passing play inAmherst football history.

Mac Caputi threw an intercep-tion on Bowdoins next possession,resulting in another Amherst touch-down just 47 seconds later. Right

before the end of the third quarter,Amherst completed a 26 yard passfor another touchdown that broughtthe score to 30-0.

In the fourth quarter the PolarBears found a silver lining. Fol-lowing a 27-yard pass to runningback Drew Prescott 18, who wastackled at the one-yard line, Caputipunched the ball in for the PolarBears first touchdown of the sea-son with 45 seconds remaining.

I think we beat ourselves, saidCoach Caputi afer the game. Teywere a good team and they didsome good things. We made toomany mist akes.

Caputi completed 14 of his 21passes (66 percent) for 102 yardsand Drakely completed 13 of 24 (54percent) for 96 yards. Tyler Grant17 led the offense with 86 rushingyards, followed by wide receiverDaniel Barone 16, who had sevencatches for 61 yards. Bowdointurned the ball over three times andallowed three sacks on the day.

Defensively, Bowdoin was ledby junior linebackers BrendanLawler and Branden Morin, whohad seven tackles each. Defensivelineman Tom Wells 15 contributedsix tackles.

Coaches and players are looking

to improve going into their nextgame against Tufs tomorrow atWhittier Field at 1:30 p.m.

We are a better team than whatweve performed as, said AssistantCoach Chris Sapp.

Te guys have a lot of energyand are striving. [Tey] know thatthe mistakes we have made are cor-rectable. So if we can correct thosemistakes then we can be in a betterposition to m ake plays.

The football program at Tuftshas been improving steadily overthe past couple of years. After a31-game losing streak, the Jum-

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Field hockey stays perfect with narrow win

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TURF WAR: Kimmy Ganong 17 runs past the Wellesley defense before scoring the games lone goal.

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said. We counted on every singleman that was on that eld to keepthe ball out of our net.

Goalie Hannah Gartner 15 playedparticularly well against Wellesley inher second straight shutout.

All of her saves were incredibleand were offdirect shots offthosecornerswhich a lot of times arethe hardest balls to save with howmany offenders are coming in atyou, said Finnerty.

When our goalies make a save orour defense makes a stop, it adds a lotof condence to the team as a whole,Malloy said.Te team looks to stay undefeated

and continue to dominate on its hometurf tomorrow when it welcomes Trin-ity at 11 a.m.

Teres a lot of pride at stakewhen you go out and play on yourhome eld, said Finnerty. Every-one needs to come ready to play andred up to win.Te Polar Bears go back out of con-

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EMMA ROBERTS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

RUGBY, RUGBY, SAY THAT YOU RUGBY: Georgia Bolduc 17, who scored two tries for the Polar Bears, sprints past the University of Maine, Orono defense.

ANISA LAROCHELLE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

BY ALEX VASILE

ORIENT STAFF

Womens tennis captainEmma Chow 15 shined atlast weekends IntercollegiateTennis Association New Eng-land Regional Championship,capturing second place and aqualification for the USTA/ITANational Small College Cham-pionships in South Carolinawith her partner Tess Trinka18. The pair will participate inthe tournament from October 9through October 12.

This marks the first time theteam will be represented at thisevent. The pair opened the Re-gional Championship seededsecond, which surprised mem-bers of the team seeing as Chowand Trinka had only played to-

gether for a couple practices be-fore the event.

In the end, we actually livedup to our seeding, Chow said.I honestly dont know how theycame up with those. The teamthat beat us should have beenseeded much higher as well.

Head Coach Hobie Holbachis known forf r e q u e n t l ymixing andmatching hisdoubles line-ups, and hehighly doubtsthat Chow andTrinka will

play togetherin the spring.

Its greatwhen [Chow] gets to play witha first-year, Holbach said. Shecan teach [her] along the way,by example and w ith words.

Chow and Trinkas path to thefinals took them past the No. 1pairs from Wesleyan and Am-herst, as well as the No. 3 teamfrom Williams. They escapedsome close matches on the way,including a 9-8 (7-5) tiebreakerwin and an 8-6 win.

It was really about keepingour mental poise, Chow said.We had a few tight matches wecould have lo st.

Chow said that she believesshe and Trinka can win inSouth Carolina. Holbach saidthat competition in the North-east region, where four of thenations top 10 teams reside,is comparable to what theyshould expect to see at nation-als. Chow did note that Emory,last years national champion,would likely earn a spot in thetournament as well.

Chow received a tennis racketfor her fourth birthday and be-gan her tennis career shortly

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NEVAN SWANSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

after. Until coming to Bowdoin,her father was the only coachshe ever had.

Through playing in doublesleagues as a child, she devel-oped an appreciation for thegame and is now an experienceddoubles player with a mastery ofpositioning and an aggressivenet game.

She knows what shes sup-posed to do, Holbach said. Sheunderstands the doubles gameand in terms of understandingsituations, sh es outstand ing.

Holbach also played a largepart in developing Ch ows muchimproved net game.

She goes to the net a lotbecause thats what shes bestat, he said. I try to developwhat theyre best at and avoidwhat theyre not so good at.

Her whole game is structuredaround getting to the net Sheprobably does that more thananybody that sh e plays.

This year, Chow has beendeveloping a kick serve thatreaches returners over theirleft shoulder, forcing right-handed players to hit a diffi-

cult backhand.In the past shetried to sliceher serve downthe T wherethe two servic-es boxes meet.She still em-ploys this tech-

nique on herapproaches.

She most-ly slices, sophomore PilarGiffenig said. On her forehand,she does hit topspin sometimes,but she mostly slices. Its verylow but it bounces deep so itshard to judge where its goingto go. It makes it harder for theother person to attack.

Sam Stalder 17 mentionedthat Chows height gives her anadded advantage, especially withher new style of play.

For me, I cant go to the netright away because theyll lob itright over me, the 52 sopho-more said. But shes much tall-er and stronger and very intimi-dating at the ne t.

Shes ver y consistent, Giffenigadded. But she also hits it hardenough to put it away.

Chow is the only senior onthe roster, and with junior cap-tain Tiffany Cheng abroad thisfall, she has been responsible forleading the particularly youngteam to its hot start.

[Cheng] is gone so all Ivegot is a bunch of freshman andsophomores, Holbach said.They cal l her Mama C how.

Runner-up in doubles playfor tennis teams biggestfall tournament Earned an eight-match winstreak in doubles play this fall

HIGHLIGHTS

She knows what shes supposed

to do. She understands the doubles

game and in terms of understand-

ing situatio ns, shes outstanding.

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Its always tough when you havea young team, said Hanczor. Youhave to rely on underclassmen tostep up as leaders, but I think ourtwo junior captains have done agreat job.

The first years do not see this asmuch of a challenge, however.

The freshman class has greattalent and potential, and I thinkthats going to add to the team,said Sarah Trenton 18.

The enthusiasm of the firstyears, their excitement and dedi-cation, rejuvenates the upperclass-men who are used to getting in thegym and working hard, but maybehave forgotten how to have a bit ofextra fun doing it, said Jewett.

This week, the team is focusedon preparing for two NESCACmatches against Trinity and Wes-

leyan. They are working on estab-lishing a more cohesive focus byrefining their defensive position-ing strategy.

That [defensive positioningstrategy] includes where our pass-

es are when the other team is hit-ting and where our blockers willbe, and making sure well be ableto read the other side and get toour defensive spots, said Sklaver.

[Were] looking to press for-ward with a lot of our NESCACmatches, said Jewett. I would saythat we definitely have been work-ing very, very hard this season. I

think were a bit inconsistent rightnow but were definitely gettingbetter.

The team must get into form to-day for its 8:00 p.m. match againstTrinity at Morrell Gymnasium.

Womens rugby continues shutout streak

After shutting out Tufts andthe University of Maine, Orono(UMO) in the past two weeks, thewomens rugby team improved itsrecord to 3-0.

Te team has made a few strategicchanges that have help them securethe strong start. Head Coach Mary-Beth Mathews said the team has in-troduced a new attack pattern, rein-forced understanding of the laws ofthe game, and moved a few playersinto new positions to ll gaps andtake advantage of strengths.

We are trying a new style of playwhich we call ow, which allows usto switch the eld quickly, and al-lows people to catch and run with

the ball at pace while attacking theother teams weak side, said RandiLondon 15, Tis helps to take ouropponent off-guard and allows us to

break the line.Te new strategy truly took shape

on September 20, when the teambeat Tufs 54-0 in a rematch of lastyears New England Small CollegeRugby Conference nal. BowdoinsB team beat Tufs 27-5 in that game..

Last Saturday the team earned itsthird consecutive victory by thrash-ing UMO 70-0. Bowdoins B teamdefeated UMO 17-10 the same day.Te team attributes some of its

early season success to its mastery ofthe sports cerebral aspects.

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