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The Nation’s Oldest Continuously Published College Weekly Friday, February 8, 2019 Volume 148, Number 15 bowdoinorient.com
N WANT TO UNDERSTAND BREXIT? A MUSIC IN THE MUSEUM F WORK IN VACATIONLAND S GONE FISHING O AT HOME IN ALL LANDS
Associate Professors of Government Henry Laurence George Lopez puts on a special, Super Students look to stay in Maine over the A group of Bowdoin students spends their Lowell Ruck ’21 questions Bowdoin’s
and Laura Henry are here for you. Page 3. Bowl-inspired show. Page 7. summer. Page 9. weekends out on the ice. Page 12. connection to Maine. Page 13.
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SECURITY REPORT
2/1 to 2/6 STUDENT SPEAK:
What is the state of YOUR union?
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Friday, February 8, 2019 NEWS 3
‘Humorous and
informative:’ two
professors
explain Brexit
ly dormant voter bases, noting
by Andrew Bastone that a significant portion of
Orient Staff
“Leave” voters had not been
Broken promises and active in politics before.
straight-up lies were the sub- Laurence, wearing a half-
ject of discussion on Tuesday Union Jack and half-EU flag
evening as two government tie, told the 200 attendees that
professors tried to explain some British tabloids spun
Brexit. a series of lies regarding Eu-
The process has been even rope long before Brexit. These
more complicated by the de- myths, Laurence said, included
feat of Prime Minister Theresa purported EU bans on curved
May’s proposed deal for the bananas, double-decker buses
split on January 15. May has and barmaids’ cleavage. PJ SEELERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
another chance to win over her Jared Foxhall ’22 described
EXPLAINING THE EXIT: Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies Henry Laurence (left) and Associate Professor of Government Laura Henry
Parliament on February 13. the talk as “humorous and in-
(right) discuss the potential implications of Brexit, including the possibility for conflict along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Speaking before a large formative.”
crowd in Kresge Auditorium, “It was shocking to see that Ireland, or no deal will be bro- tive classes, “British Politics people that would have voted attendees of the talk would
Henry Laurence, associate many of the metrics illustrating kered, forcing the establish- and Society” and “The Politics ‘Remain’ and now wish they remember some of the deeper
professor of Government stark ideological divides mir- ment of a hard border. of the European Union.” How- had, although turnout was very moral and political questions
and Asian Studies, and Laura rored that of the United States,” If the latter occurs, it would ever, Laurence soon realized high.” at play.
Henry, associate professor of he said. be the first time since the Good there was popular demand for He also ascribed dishonesty “If people came away realiz-
Government, discussed the With the Brexit deadline Friday Agreement that a hard the talk. as a theme that has relevance in ing this is important—not only
approaching March 29 exit only six weeks away and the border returned to Ireland. The “We quickly realized there today’s society, both in the UK in its own light, but for what
date. They reflected upon the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, 1998 deal, brokered by former had been demand for it,” he and in the United States. it tells us about how politics is
bitterly fought 2016 referen- the professors identified the Senator George Mitchell ’54, said. “We were talking to our “The ‘Leave’ campaign headed in all democracies—
dum campaign narrowly won most significant unresolved ended a bloody, decades-long friends and a lot of them said promised things they couldn’t then that will be worth it,” said
by “Leave” supporters, those issue as the border separating ethnonationalist conflict. Lau- they’d like to come.” possibly deliver,” he said. “The Laurence.
who advocated in favor of the Northern Ireland, which is rence and Henry suggested Reflecting on the talk, Lau- politics of promising fantasies When asked about his tie,
United Kingdom (UK) leaving part of the UK, and the Repub- that such a hard border could rence highlighted a few lessons is unfortunately a powerful Laurence explained he pur-
the European Union (EU). lic of Ireland, an EU member. trigger a renewal of violence. he hoped observers had taken way to win elections and a chased it online from an artist
Laurence and Henry high- Laurence and Henry surmised Speaking after the talk, Lau- away. terrible way to run a country, cooperative.
lighted the skill of the United that either a “backstop” will rence admitted that he and “First is that elections mat- and that’s very relevant for all “The tie was quite cheap,”
Kingdom Independence Party be agreed upon, effectively Henry had originally intended ter, they have consequences,” of us.” he said. “But the express ship-
(UKIP) in energizing previous- extending the status quo in to give the talk to their respec- he said. “There are a lot of Laurence said he hoped ping—not so much.”
From Kent Island to the Roux Center, Bowdoin’s study of, responsibility to and connection to place.
environment with the College’s the first Earth Day in April 1970 and brought together disparate 1980s when the oceanographer reach beyond the major, say-
by Harrison West broader goals and whether Bow- signaled the birth of a national ways of thinking around a loosely Ed Laine came to the College as ing that it should “encourage
Orient Staff doin is fulfilling its own institu- environmental movement. defined topic. the program’s first official direc- broad environmental literacy
In April of last year, the Col- tional responsibility to address These changes led to a major Thus, the goal of the program tor. The program was expanded through course offerings and
lege announced its achievement environmental concerns. rethinking of who the College was to provide students with to include six core courses and co-curricular activities avail-
of carbon neutrality, two years Bowdoin’s environmental was for and what purposes it both specialized knowledge in began graduating between eight able to all students.”
ahead of schedule. The notice studies program dates back to should serve. In the following few one established field, such as gov- and 12 majors every year. Col-
came after a decade of infra- the early 1970s, when environ- years, Bowdoin began to admit ernment or history, and a broad lege pamphlets from this time II. Interdisciplinary Studies
structural overhauls—a cogene- mental awareness at the College women, became test-optional understanding of how to think describe the program as com- This emphasis on the study
rations turbine, oil to natural gas converged with the emergence of and completely restructured its about the environment. bining the three primary areas of the environment as interdisci-
conversion, the installation of environmental conservation as a curriculum to reduce the number Meanwhile, there was a bur- of study—the natural sciences, plinary has continued in the last
thousands of LED lights and, fi- national issue. In the following of course requirements outside geoning state-wide recognition social sciences and humanities— 20 years. It was of particular focus
nally, the purchase of renewable decades, the program expanded, of the major. Certain traditional that Maine’s landscape was as well as integrating service- and in the events and announcements
energy credits. This achievement and the College deepened its en- standards were loosened amidst endangered and in need of pro- field-based learning. surrounding the opening of the
also followed two large-budget vironmental connections in oth- a general push for an academic tection. In 1966, John McKee, a Robert Edwards, who became Roux Center last semester.
project announcements—the er areas. Bowdoin’s connection program more relevant to con- French instructor at Bowdoin, president of Bowdoin in 1990, “These events recognize our
construction of the Roux Center to the environment has played temporary social and political published a series of photo- saw greater opportunity to take nearly fifty years of leadership in
for the Environment and major a key role in the ever-evolving issues, and new interdisciplinary graphs in an exhibition titled “As advantage of the College’s loca- interdisciplinary environmental
expansions to what is now the actualization of its identity as an programs were established, in- Maine Goes.” The photographs tion in order to build its unique studies,” President Clayton Rose
Schiller Coastal Studies Center. institution. cluding an Afro-American Stud- show trash, sewage pipes leading brand. The Outing Club was wrote in an email to students
These measures may suggest ies major. to the ocean and the prolifera- greatly expanded and took over about the opening of the Roux
that Bowdoin is a largely environ- I. History Though events such as the tion of commercial development orientation trips in 1992. In these Center.
mentally focused school or could In 1969, at age 33, Roger first Earth Day went largely unac- along the shoreline. McKee in- years, the College’s advertising The study of the environment
be seen as a timely response to Howell Jr. ’58 became president knowledged at Bowdoin, height- tended for the photographs to increasingly focused on the op- spans many areas of academic
the growing relevance of envi- of Bowdoin College. At the time, ened environmental awareness bring attention to the destruc- portunities provided by its coastal study at Bowdoin, with the ES
ronmental concerns in our world. there was a strong mood of politi- manifested itself in the classroom tion of Maine’s unique coastal Maine location. program listing nine professors
But even as the College takes cal ferment at educational institu- as students expressed increased and 22 contributing faculty mem-
steps forward, some students
and faculty wonder how to rec-
tions around the country, largely
due to opposition to the U.S. war
interest in studying the environ-
ment academically. Some envi-
These events recognize our bers in 12 different departments.
However, this wide range does
oncile the academic study of the in Vietnam. At the same time, ronmentally-conscious profes- nearly fifty years of leadership in not inherently guarantee interdis-
sors began offering more courses ciplinary collaboration.
to meet this demand. In 1971, interdisciplinary environmental Vladimir Douhovnikoff,
10 departments listed courses studies. associate professor of biology,
designated as environmentally pointed out that while there are
relevant. –President Clayton Rose, in an email many faculty members on cam-
In 1972, Bowdoin created a pus with deep knowledge about
formal environmental studies landscape. As Edwards contributed to the the environment in their partic-
(ES) program. It was among the Bowdoin professors looked growth of the natural sciences at ular subfield, there is compara-
first wave of schools to do so, at Maine’s unique environ- Bowdoin in those years, the Col- tively little discussion between
following Middlebury, Univer- mental challenges as academic lege had also took advantage of its departments.
sity of Wisconsin–Madison, UC opportunities. In 1971, Chuck property on Orrs Island in Harp- “There is a lot of room for
Santa Barbara and Dartmouth. Huntington, a biology profes- swell in addition to the biological leveraging the knowledge that
Rather than a stand-alone major, sor developed a senior seminar field station on Kent Island in we have to address environmen-
Bowdoin established a coordi- for ES coordinate majors called the Bay of Fundy, Canada. In tal topics in a more structured,
nate program, meaning that stu- “The Androscoggin River: A 1998 the Coastal Studies Center targeted and collaborative way,”
dents would pair environmental Case Study.” During these years, opened on Orrs Island with a ter- Douhovnikoff said.
studies with a major in an exist- the Androscoggin was one of restrial and marine lab. Associate Professor of Eco-
ing department. the most polluted rivers in the In 1998, the Environmen- nomics and Sustainability Im-
This took advantage of ex- country—its fumes notoriously tal Studies Committee drafted plementation Committee (SIC)
isting expertise among faculty stripped the paint off of houses a new mission statement that member Erik Nelson, who
in multiple departments and along its banks during a summer focused on enhancing the pro- works with ecologists from other
allowed for more collaboration drought. The class examined the gram’s interdisciplinary nature— universities and organizations
on environmental topics. It also history and issues of the river, which would span the natural in his research, explained how
addressed a problem of focus and leveraging the different disci- sciences, social sciences and interdisciplinary work can re-
legitimacy—there was no clear plinary expertise of students by humanities—as opposed to the veal surprising commonalities
idea of what students would learn pairing student-run seminars program’s existing focus in the between different fields. He said
COURTESY OF EMMA GREENBERG in an environmental studies ma- with lectures by professors and natural sciences. that economists and ecologists
DOWN AND DIRTY: Kent Island provides students of all disciplines the jor, as the field lacked the same other specialists. The statement also pro- often model systems in similar
opportunity to study and connect with the Maine environment. long tradition as other disciplines The ES program grew in the posed expanding the program’s ways, so when they collaborate,
Friday, February 8, 2019 NEWS 5
they can share and grasp ideas attachment to the environment,” but rather to encourage careful
quickly. said Kitrea Takata-Glushkoff ’19, thinking about the stakes of
Matthew Klingle, associate an Earth and Oceanographic Sci- environmental topics. He cit-
professor of history and envi- ence (EOS) major. ed the principle of “equipoise,”
ronmental studies, works across For her, science strengthens used in medicine, which distills
several disciplines in his own this sense of connection. “So down to these questions: Before
research, which relates to the much is so perfectly captured in thinking about how to solve a
intersections of the environment these beautiful processes that are problem, one must consider
and human health. He admitted interconnected with each other,” if it’s really a problem, how it’s
that interdisciplinary study is in she said. “The more you learn a problem and for whom it’s a
reality incredibly difficult. about it, the more magical it ac- problem.
A historian by training, he tually is.” Thus, environmental studies
took a series of classes at Harvard Takata-Glushkoff has also is about challenging preconcep-
on public health and learned become interested in promoting tions—thinking, at the most basic
how to read sources from other more cross-cultural communi- level, about what the environment
disciplines, including biomedical cation in the geosciences, as she encompasses. Klingle noted that
scientific research, which allowed thinks there often is a disconnect conceptions of the environment
him to approach the history of between scientists who extract have often been quite narrow and
diabetes from new angles. Klin- data from a place and the people haven’t considered how everyone
COURTESY GEORGE J. MITCHELL DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES
gle sees the coordinate major’s who live in and interact with that is intimately connected to the
requirement for training in a place every day. natural world. Public discourse,
particular discipline as key to this “Thinking about the environ- in particular, has often been nar-
kind of work. ment is so much more powerful rated by people with relatively
“[Interdisciplinary study] is when you’re thinking about high socioeconomic status who
about knowing what you don’t people,” she said. “Not everyone want to protect certain beautiful
know,” and for this, “you have to might say that they care about spaces for their own interests and
know something fairly well … some environmental issue, but uses.
It gives you an understanding of everyone can say, ‘I want my Takata-Glushkoff thinks that
your limitations,” said Klingle. neighbor to be healthy.’” there could be more assump-
Emily Ruby ’19, an ES–Afri- Kate Dempsey ’88, director of tion-breaking thinking within
cana Studies major, thinks that the Nature Conservancy in Maine, the environmental sciences in
the coordinate major has fallen echoed this sentiment. “Conserva- particular. “In ES, we talk more
short of this goal. She has found tion today really is about working theoretically about what all these
the major to be too restrictive and with resource users to design strat- issues of justice are,” she said.
the four required core courses to egies that allow them to thrive as “[And] in EOS, we just don’t.”
be largely ineffective. humans,” she said. While acknowledging that
“Professors should be able to Before moving to the Nature this is partly due to the nature of
teach the topics that they have Conservancy, Dempsey worked the material, she pointed to the
been studying in the last few years in affordable housing and public opportunity for greater knowl-
as opposed to a broad survey health after going to graduate edge co-production within the
class,” she said. school for urban policy. environmental sciences, in which
Ruby believes that these re- “Through that work, I began the people that live in an environ- MINDY LEDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
quired courses often end up to understand how essential a ment or use a resource have more
DIFFERENCE OF DECADES: The College has drastically increased its investment in the health of the environment
sacrificing depth for breadth, as healthy environment is to thriv- involvement in the scientific re- since 1966, when the above image was taken at Fort Popham State Memorial. Below, the Roux Center opened last fall.
they prevent students from fo- ing communities,” she said. search about it.
cusing on a particular area of ES. Dempsey was not involved She said that seeing that hu- IV. Institutional Responsibility cheaper. For this reason, Bow- group spent years campaigning for
This particularly affects ES–hu- in environmental issues during mans are harming the natural In 2001, Bowdoin established doin bought a large portion divestment before pivoting to pol-
manities majors like herself, for her time at Bowdoin. She bare- world and wanting to mitigate that its Sustainability Office with the of non-additional RECs from itics in 2017. For Ruby, Bowdoin’s
whom there are fewer crossover ly knew of the ES program and underlies her study of the environ- goal of reducing the environmen- wind farms in Texas in order to carbon neutrality isn’t enough.
courses, she said. would have assumed the major ment, but pointed out that geo- tal impact of its campus. achieve carbon neutrality. “BCA wants the College to be
While the ES department has was only for those studying the scientists often don’t come to the “I was one of the first five peo- Bowdoin also joined a con- doing more outside of the insti-
tried to drive collaboration, it is natural sciences. subject as environmentalists. “Half ple in the country doing this,” sortium of schools to support tution in national, state and local
not the only hub on campus for Nonetheless, she does believe of geoscientists end up going into said Keisha Payson, who has been the construction of a solar array politics,” she said.
thinking about the environment. that her education at Bowdoin, oil,” said Takata-Glushkoff. the sustainability director at Bow- in Farmington, Maine. The RECs She said that divestment of the
In particular, Douhovnikoff not- doin since its inception. from this project, which can be endowment from the fossil fuel
ed the new ecology, evolution and Payson said that Bowdoin be- considered additional, will offset industry would still represent this
marine biology (EEMB) concen- Thinking about the environment gan tracking its carbon emissions a larger fraction of Bowdoin’s kind of outward-looking action.
tration within the Biology De-
partment, which was announced
is so much more powerful when in 2003, but the goal of carbon neu-
trality emerged in 2007 as an agree-
energy use when the project is
completed.
“It doesn’t ultimately matter
what our institution’s energy foot-
last year. The concentration, he you’re thinking about people. ment between hundreds of college The next climate action plan print looks like if the fossil fuel
hopes, will allow more focused –Kitrea Takata-Glushkoff ’19 presidents nationwide. Each insti- is currently being developed by industry maintains a stranglehold
collaboration for studying envi- tution committed to developing the Office of Sustainability, which on our economy,” she said.
ronmental topics through these a climate action plan, including a discusses its projects and strategies Takata-Glushnoff, who was
fields, in which several professors as a government and legal studies However, certain environmen- date for carbon neutrality. with the SIC, a group made up of involved with the Sustainability
in the department work. major, was important for her later tal issues have emerged that will “The whole campus sustain- students and faculty that meets a Office as a first year and soph-
work. have enormous repercussions ability movement really took few times each semester. The new omore, said that she is proud
III. Academics and Activism “Thinking about how various for society as a whole. As an off. That one commitment was a plan’s goals will likely be for 2030. of Bowdoin’s commitment to
Students come to Bowdoin communities [and] countries International Panel on Climate game-changer across the coun- Payson said that this plan sustainability but sees discrep-
with their own reasons for caring design healthy communities was Change report published in Au- try,” Payson said. will shift its focus from scope ancies between Bowdoin’s com-
about the environment, which obviously incredibly grounding gust again makes clear, there is Bowdoin decided on 2020 as a 1 to scope 2 emissions. Scope mitment at an institutional level
may interact with academic inter- for me,” she said. broad consensus that if carbon date for carbon neutrality. Know- 1 emissions, which result from and among the student body as
ests in a variety of ways. Connec- Klingle wants the ES pro- dioxide emissions don’t soon fall ing that the slow pace of develop- electricity use, made up most of a whole. She pointed to the low
tion to the environment comes gram to encourage this kind significantly, global warming will ing technology would make com- the College’s 28 percent reduc- level of activism on campus and
in many forms, but it often orig- of broad thinking about how be catastrophic. This demands plete elimination of on-campus tion in campus emissions. Scope wishes that more student leader-
inates from a simple awareness the environment is highly in- concrete action beyond further emissions impossible, the College 2 emissions, which come from ship had generated energy and
one’s surroundings. terconnected with other social study of the issue and has opened set a goal of a 28 percent reduc- natural gas heating and fuel used conversation around the carbon
“The reason that we want to and political issues. He pointed the opportunity in recent years tion of on-campus emissions. It by the campus vehicle fleet, hav- neutrality plan.
study the earth in a scientific way out that the goal of the program for Bowdoin to use its power as would then match its real carbon en’t decreased much since 2008. Ruby noted that while Bow-
and learn more about it is that is not to create unquestioning an institution to make a notable footprint—the amount of carbon Reducing scope 2 emissions will doin’s location and outdoor
we have this initial, emotional advocates for the environment, difference. actually burned to make the Col- require more major infrastruc- culture contributes to students’
lege run—by purchasing renew- ture changes, on which the Office interest in and care for the envi-
able energy credits (RECs). is currently working. Payson said ronment, it doesn’t often translate
A company or utility produc- that the new College residences to climate activism. She said that
ing renewable energy receives on Park Row will require very students involved with climate
RECs for each unit of power that little energy to heat. politics overlaps more with those
it produces, which it can then Ruby has been working with involved in other forms of politi-
sell to another institution. An the Sustainability Office to devel- cal activism “because those peo-
REC can be additional or non– op this new climate action plan. ple share the same belief in how
additional. She feels that the infrastructural change occurs, which is from bot-
“If someone is going to build a changes being developed are nec- tom up as opposed to top down.”
solar array, and the only way they essary at the institutional level. Dempsey, who has worked
can afford to do this is by selling “You can ask people to re- on environmental issues with all
RECs, then the REC is called duce their energy use, change sorts of people, agrees that the
additional. The institution that their practices, which is a val- strategy must be expansive.
bought these RECs is responsible ue,” Ruby said. “But ultimately, “We need every type of per-
for the creation of this solar ar- Bowdoin is faced with the ques- son, every discipline, every back-
ray,” said Nelson. tion of wanting to actually be ground,” she said. “In the broad-
If that solar array would carbon neutral.” est sense of the term, [we need]
COURTESY OF MATTHEW KELLER be profitable without selling During her time at Bowdoin, every type of person involved
ISLAND LIVING: The sun sets on another day at Bowdoin’s biological field station on Kent Island in the Bay of the REC, it is called non-addi- Ruby has been involved with Bow- with solving the challenge of cli-
Fundy, Canada. The station has been operated by Bowdoin and offered students opportunities for research since 1935. tional and is generally much doin Climate Action (BCA). The mate change.”
6 NEWS Friday, February 8, 2019
10,000
I think we’ll find, given how
$2,735 $5,189
many competitve elections
0 there were, that there was
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 more money than previous
FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION
CREEPING BACK: Political donations by Bowdoin employees in 2018 far exceeded other midterm years, though still didn’t top the 2012 election. All dona-
congressional elections.
tions recorded by the FEC went to liberal candidates our causes. –Professor of Government Michael Franz
Friday, February 8, 2019 7
F FEATURES
English professor earns
international acclaim your work—it can be a little dif- mother of the murdered boy tes-
by Emma Sorkin ficult to wrap your head around,” tified for the murderer, triggered
Orient Staff
Marzano-Lesnevich said. a trying emotional response
This year, the English de- It was particularly meaning- from Marzano-Lesnevich and
partment brought new and now ful to Marzano-Lesnevich that prompted them to look back into
internationally-award-winning the panel was excited about how the case years later, searching
talent to its faculty. Author and their book crossed genre lines— through court records and evi-
Assistant Professor of English autobiography blended with true dence.
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich recent- crime—and prompted more se- “I didn’t get the records [from
ly won the prestigious France rious discussions and interviews the case] initially thinking that I
Inter-JDD foreign book prize for about complex legal matters. would write a book about it, ab-
the French translation of their The book weaves together the solutely not,” Marzano-Lesnev-
2017 cross-genre book “The story of Ricky Langley’s trial for ich said. “I just got the record
Fact of a Body: A Murder and a the murder of six-year-old Jer- thinking that I would put the
Memoir.” emy Guillory and Marzano-Le- story down, that I would stop
This award is given by a snevich’s own experience with thinking about it, and of course
committee of prominent French the case. Through this braided that’s not what happened.”
journalists to one book interna- narrative, Marzano-Lesnevich The France Inter-JDD panel
tionally per year in any genre. Al- explores how we construct the noted that the extensive research
though Marzano-Lesnevich has past through our understanding done for “The Fact of a Body: A
received various awards for the of ourselves and others in the Murder and a Memoir” set the
book, they said this particular context of storytelling. book apart from other competi-
honor felt different. While attending Harvard Law tors for the prize. The book was
“When [the committee School, Marzano-Lesnevich took ultimately written using 30,000
chooses] one book in all the an internship in Jackson, Lou- pages of court records that Mar-
world—even if you believe in isiana at a firm that defended zano-Lesnevich traced down in JACK BURNETT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
your work, even if you’re proud people facing the death penalty. PRIZE-WINNING PROFESSOR: Assistant Professor of English Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich recently won
of your work, even if you love The Langley case, in which the Please see AWARD, page 10 an international award for their genre-crossing book, “The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir.”
BOWDOIN IN HISTORY
sic at Thorne, he plays “old psy- tities]. I do it every day, it’s like gregarious cooks at Bowdoin, halls except for part-time student
ING
chedelic” hits. Strawberry Alarm brushing my teeth.” At home, he Johnson finds working with stu- workers.
SH
WA
Clock, The Electric Prunes, The makes Progresso soup from a can, dents entertaining and gratifying. “I would’ve liked to move
IE
PH
Tangerine Zoo and The Choc- but frequently bakes and distrib- He is quick to joke around in college resourc- up,” Johnson admitted, “but I’m
SO
olate Watchband are among his utes cookies, “spread[ing] smiles” the hot line. “You want two over es and favorable happy at Bowdoin. It’s a com-
favorites. “They’re tasty, aren’t through his neighborhood. easy? Sorry, we’re all out of eggs!” insurance plans. $70,000 without insurance. munity … In my opinion, the
they?” he laughs. As “Cook I” in Parker has been cooking since he says to even the first diner at “The people keep me here. The “I owe [Bowdoin Dining] not students are the real commu-
Thorne, he lives in the kitchen, he was an undergrad at Hobart Moulton breakfast. schedule keeps me here; I have 11 only for the job, but I appreciate nity and then there are micro-
but it is not the food that has kept College in New York, his only “Students have made me weeks off a year,” said Parker. them for all the benefits that come cosms within that. In our little
him at Bowdoin. time ever living outside of Bruns- laugh, cry and everything in be- He appreciates working 6:30 with it,” said Johnson. “The benefit community, people don’t like to
Parker cooks all the soup wick. For him, cooking is both tween.,” Johnson said. “Why do I a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and having af- that I didn’t know that I was going leave very often.”
served in Thorne and the Pub, dynamic and reliable. get up at 3:30 in the morning in ternoons off to bike and build his to get was that everything in the Johnson says that “Moulton’s
typically stirring 20 to 30 gallons “I like creating. Every day is the middle of a snow storm? Be- record collection, which currently Buck Center was tailor-made for home, Moulton’s better.” Parker
of soup per day. From Curried going to be a little different, no cause I gotta feed those kids; you consists of over 4,000 albums. a guy having to rehab his knees. scoffs, “Of course I’m partial to
Carrot to Silky Cauliflower, stu- soup is exactly the same. Granted, need to be fed. It’s not just that, I Johnson is incredibly grate- There are a couple machines that Thorne.” Meanwhile Kennedy in-
dents sip and slurp his creations I do the same thing every day, but want to be there for you guys and ful for the insurance package you can’t find anywhere around sists that the dining halls are uni-
year round. The aromas of his I like stability, ” he told me. “You you all make me smile. It’s a plea- that Bowdoin Dining offers. He here.” fied. But no matter where staff fall
food permeate campus, reaching walk away everyday knowing that sure for me.” paid only $5,000 for his double Other secret perks abound. on the Moulton-Thorne debate,
far beyond the dining halls. I’ve you did something that hopeful- Employees cite other benefits, knee replacement in 2015, a sur- Neil Willey, head coach of loyalty remains strong towards
played the icebreaker “What’s ly people liked and you did your such as flexible hours, access to gery which on average can cost strength and conditioning, helped Bowdoin Dining.
AS SPORTS
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
SQUASH ‘EM LIKE A
BUG: The women’s
squash team is traveling
to Trinity this weekend
to compete in the
NESCAC Championship
tournament. Seeded
eleventh, the Polar Bears
are set to face sixth-
ranked Bates. Bowdoin
opened its season in a
dual match against Bates,
losing 9-0. If the Polar
Bears manage an upset,
they will play third-
seeded Middlebury in
the quarterfinals.
The two teams appear sim- play against each other in cap- larger goal in every season—“to team is the strength of its
by Kathryn McGinnis ilar, with first years occupy- tains’ practices. play Bowdoin hockey.” culture and commitment to JACK IN THE BOX:
Orient Staff
ing nearly 25 percent of both Averaging about 30 shots “Right now, especially af- constant improvement. While Jack Simonds ’19
As the postseason ap- rosters. Head Coach Marissa per game, the Polar Bears do ter we’ve not had the season O’Neil was disappointed in posted 31 points as
proaches, the women’s hockey O’Neil works hard to balance not lack an aggressive offense. that we wanted, everyone is the season’s record, she was the men’s basketball
team is facing a lot of pressure class sizes on the team, re- Yet their goal average is much gripping a little bit too much pleasantly surprised to see the
team defeated Husson
to keep its season alive. With cruiting about five to seven lower than they would hope, or moving a bit too fast,” said strength of her team in the
a losing record for the sea- new athletes each year. standing at only 1.4. Neither Fichter. “It comes from [feel- face of adversity. The women’s (13-9) Wednesday
son, the Polar Bears (3-16-1, However, there are oth- O’Neil or Fichter attributed ing] worried that we’re not hockey team strives to “call night. Shooting nearly
NESCAC 2-10) need to defeat er traits in her players that this disparity to the improved going to win. But you have to people in” instead of out. The 56 percent, the team
both Connecticut College O’Neil values as much as, if skill of their NESCAC oppo- find this composure [and be goal is to not criticize team- (14-8, NESCAC 3-5)
(9-8-2, NESCAC 5-5-2) and not more than, experience. nents, but rather the quality of confident] that you are going mates for past mistakes, but to did not give up the lead
Trinity (8-9-3, NESCAC 5-4- “Game sense” and “situation- the Polar Bears’ shots. to put [the puck] in.” challenge them to always play throughout the game.
3) in the next two weeks to be al awareness” are intrinsic The surest way to bypass a O’Neil believes that Bowdo- harder. The Polar Bears will
able to compete in the NES- characteristics that can of- goalie is to aim into the net’s in hockey “requires the team “I think our team is really finish their season this
CAC Championships. ten make or break a winning corners. Yet these shots are to enter the game to win versus good at holding [ourselves]
weekend in two games
The team, who swept the season. difficult, requiring excellent playing a game to not lose.” personally accountable,” said
Trinity series last year, looks According to O’Neil, hock- stick control and finesse. In “When we [play a] game Fichter. “If you’re going to have against Connecticut
to repeat its previous success ey is a turnover sport, mean- the midst of a game, it can be to win, you want to go out a bad day you need to focus in College (7-15, NESCAC
in the final regular season ing play is fast and fierce. hard for players to properly line and play hockey in the sense on yourself, too. I know we’re 0-8) and Wesleyan (15-7,
game. But there is a night Skaters must not only be themselves up to make the shot. that you’re just playing the all trying to be really strong for NESCAC 5-3) with a
and day difference in record aware of their own bodies, but Additionally, nerves can rattle way you need to to have your one another, so it’s the idea that NESCAC tournament on
and recognition between the where the puck is at all times. any skater’s concentration. best game,” Fichter said. “[It you can’t let [up] because then the line.
2017-2018 hockey team—who Captain Marissa Fichter ’19 The team’s challenge, as doesn’t] matter who you’re that’s letting up for your team.”
stood at 9-7-2, NESCAC 3-7-2 said that “situational aware- Fichter called it, is to maintain playing.” The Polar Bears face the
at this point last year—and the ness” is often improved in the “composure in front of the net.” At the end of the season, Camels tonight at 7 p.m. in
COLLECT THEM ALL:
current Polar Bears. off-season, when teammates It’s a small part of the team’s the true mark of a winning Watson Arena.
The men’s and women’s
swimming and diving
teams capped off their
Gone fishing, polar bears hit the ice the winter. crazed Bowdoin alum” and plate. Sometimes they catch
SQUASH
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11
O OPINION
Planning for the future
According to an article in this week’s edition of the Orient, many seniors are
dissatisfied with the resources provided by the Career Planning Center (CPC).
In the Orient’s biannual approval ratings survey, more than a third of seniors
At home in all lands,
reported disapproving or strongly disapproving of the CPC. In a follow-up sur-
vey conducted this week, the number was similar, with 31 percent of seniors
expressing dissatisfaction.
We think it’s troubling that the class facing the highest career stakes is so frus-
trated with the CPC. We acknowledge that seniors are also more stressed than oth-
except this one?
er class years as the prospect of finding a post-graduation job looms, which likely
contributes to their dissatisfaction, but we don’t think this is the sole cause for the
Addressing the Bowdoin-Maine divide
widespread discontent. what few excursions may occur are Though Bowdoin students spend
We believe that the CPC genuinely wants to do the best job it can. In the past few Pine Tree cursory at best. four years in Maine, our campus’s
years, it has expanded offerings for international students and launched a campaign Perspective The isolation of Bowdoin students wealth and exclusion from the out-
to dispel the stress-inducing misconceptions that often come up regarding the ca- from the rest of Maine is problemat- side world makes us look more like
by Lowell Ruck
reer-planning process. Therefore, we feel confident writing about where students feel ic, particularly in its similarity to the summer people than year-round res-
the CPC falls short and how we think it might improve. We believe they want the best Bowdoin College prides itself on socioeconomic gulf between wealthy idents. Considering that many of us
for us, that they’re usually doing the best they can, and that this, like so many things
its connection to community. Visit visitors to Maine and their local are drawn in by promises of lobster
at the College, is a question of resources and funding. our website and you’ll see count- neighbors. In his book “The Lobster and breathtaking views of the ocean,
One resource that could be improved is the job board. Based on the Orient’s less references to Brunswick and to Coast,” Maine journalist Colin Wood- this is not a surprising resemblance.
preliminary research, joining Handshake, which connects over 700 college career Maine, touting the College’s close ard writes extensively about Maine’s In order for Bowdoin to address
planning centers and job boards, would expand our network and the opportunities relationship with its Midcoast host history of summer colonies and how this divide, it must first work more
available to Bowdoin students and decrease the pressure on CPC counselors. and the state it sits in. “Maine and wealthy people from away have im- space for the study of Maine into
In addition, in survey responses and interviews, students repeatedly expressed our hometown of Brunswick are pacted the social landscape. “There its curriculum. Currently, very few
the feeling that the career counselors, often assigned three or more fields to ad- fundamental to our identity,” reads was—and in many places still is—an courses that focus on Maine are
vise on, are not always well-versed in some industries that interest students. For the beginning of one page, marked imperial dynamic in the relationship available—only two are being of-
some industries, the counselors are excellent—they know which alumni to contact in bold. Confronted with this asser- between Mainers and summer peo- fered this semester, for example.
first, how field-specific interviews are structured and other details that hours of tion, pictures from the lobster bake ple,” he argues. “The latter, after all, But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Googling won’t turn up. In the areas our counselors know best, they can’t be beat. and mentions of Brunswick’s vibrant lived in ‘colonies,’ surrounded by and Numerous departments, from Fran-
But it is an awful lot to ask one person to have a deep knowledge of several downtown, it seems hard not to feel dependent on the labor of ‘the na- cophone Studies to Biology, have
broad career areas, and student experience suggests that it is, in fact, impossible. that Bowdoin is intimately linked to tives.’ They were generally wealthier both the right focus and the right
The career counselors shouldn’t be expected to be jacks of so many trades. Instead, the communities which surround it. [and] more educated … [and] spoke, tools to study Maine. Whether in the
the College should allocate more resources to the CPC and hire more counselors I agree that Bowdoin and Maine dressed and behaved differently than natural sciences, the social sciences
who could provide specialized knowledge in a broader range of fields. We don’t have close ties. Yet the more time that the locals and, while in Maine, gener- or the humanities, there should be a
have intimate knowledge of the College’s budget, but when allocating resources in I’ve spent here, the less I have come to ally socialized among themselves.” concerted effort to broaden Maine’s
the future, we ask that it considers increasing CPC funding. believe that such links are reciprocal While we’re not necessarily living place in Bowdoin’s academic life. If
A disconnect between our classroom experiences, which generally preach or that they are truly as meaningful as in a colony, there are some import- possible, if it would encourage the
learning for learning’s sake, and advertising ourselves as capable to succeed in a they are portrayed to be. Despite nu- ant parallels with the situation that student body to engage in such study,
professional environment, is bound to occur. At its best, the CPC is capable of merous efforts by groups such as the Woodard describes. Roughly 54 per- I believe that a “Maine” distribution
bridging this gap. We simply ask that it work harder with students who eschew Joseph McKeen Center for the Com- cent of Bowdoin students pay full requirement would also be an effec-
pre-professionalism in favor of fulfilling other parts of the Offer of the College. mon Good and various other clubs on price to attend this school, a cost tive way to expose more students to
Students who do not actively seek out help from the CPC are without a doubt campus to connect with our communi- that, at around $68,620 per year, far the environmental and social realities
harder to serve. However, we believe the CPC is capable of providing the resources ty, it is entirely possible for a Bowdoin exceeds Maine’s 2017 median house- of our state.
necessary for post-grad success to all 1,800 of our students. student, nestled in the comfort of the hold income of $53,024. To maintain Bowdoin must also find a better
Bowdoin Bubble, to avoid any sort the comforts of fine dining and clean way to promote student engage-
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial board, of real connection with the outside housing and grounds, we employ lo- ment with Maine outside of class.
which is composed of Emily Cohen, Nell Fitzgerald, Roither Gonzales, Dakota Grif- world (no, runs to Frosty’s or trips to cals at wages that often aren’t enough Though things like Common Good
fin, Calder McHugh and Jessica Piper. Sugarloaf don’t count). Academically, to get by on. And if the moniker Day, Alternative Spring Break and
unless you are a student of the natural Camp BoBo has any truth to it, we Community Immersion Orientation
sciences or environmental studies, very certainly don’t tend to interact with Trips through the McKeen Center are
few classes ever venture be- people beyond the good ways to learn about our state,
yond the boundaries boundaries of they can easily be avoided. Commu-
of campus and campus. nity service is an effective means of
education and would most definitely
ESTABLISHED 1871 complement an enhanced curricu-
lum if it were a required part of the
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Finally, Bowdoin as an institu-
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news and information tion needs to rethink the ways it
relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the College and its administrators, deals with its neighbors in Bruns-
the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, following professional journalistic standards in wick and the Mainers with whom it
writing and reporting. The Orient is committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse shares its home. While it is easy to
discussion and debate on issues of interest to the College community. be dismissive of our housekeepers,
groundskeepers and dining workers,
Calder McHugh Jessica Piper we must give greater recognition to
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief them and to the many other
locals who keep the Col-
lege running every day. By
Digital Director Managing Editor News Editor instituting a living wage
James Little Anjulee Bhalla Nina McKay and cultivating respect for
Emily Cohen our staff, we can work to
Photo Editor Nell Fitzgerald Features Editor break down some of the
Dakota Griffin Mitchel Jurasek imbalances that plague our
Ann Basu Rohini Kurup
Mindy Leder school, and with them, the
Ezra Sunshine Associate Editor Sports Editor walls that separate us from
Kathryn McGinnis the outside.
Anna Fauver
Layout Editor Roither Gonzales If Bowdoin wants to live up
A&E Editor to its claim of connection with
Jaret Skonieczny Amanda Newman
Lucia Ryan Sabrina Lin community, and if it really hopes
Ian Stewart
Ian Ward to make its students “at home in
Opinion Editor all lands,” as the Offer of the Col-
Data Desk Editor Copy Editor Kate Lusignan lege promises, it must reexamine
Hannah Donovan Sam Adler the relationship it has cultivated
Drew Macdonald Sydney Benjamin Calendar Editor with the land that it occupies. If
Gideon Moore Conrad Li Cole van Miltenburg we are to truly recognize Maine, as
George Grimbilas (asst.) Devin McKinney our website claims, as a fundamen-
Nimra Siddiqui (asst.) Page 2 Editor
Multimedia Editor tal part of our identity, significant
Surya Milner Diego Lasarte change is in order. Only through
Business Manager education, community service
Molly Kennedy Head Illustrator Coordinating Editor and greater respect for our em-
Avery Wolfe Phoebe Zipper Gwen Davidson ployees can we begin to work to-
ward bridging the divide between
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Friday, February 8, 2019 OPINION 15
The American Dream: reconsidered course can certainly benefit Andrew Cuomo, recently
by Francisco Navarro from invoking the French- stated, “America was never
Op-Ed Contributor man. Lamentably, Rousseau’s that great” in response to the
The January 2019 econom- words went unresolved and slogan made famous by Presi-
ic report proved that little can his countrymen are currently dent Trump.
stop the steam of the Amer- living under their Fifth Re- Economic inequality is real
ican free enterprise system. public. The United States of in this country, alongside many
The Dow Jones Industrial America was the first large other legislative shortcomings,
Average had its best January republic in the history of the but we must remember that the
since 1985, rising 7.2 percent; world. The idea of people giv- imperfections of the American
304,000 jobs were created and ing themselves a government memory should never limit the
wages rose 3.4 percent, the at such this kind of great scale potential of the American des-
highest in a decade. However, was not thought possible. tiny. At the closing of the 1787
according to Pew Charitable I firmly believe the reason Constitutional Convention, a
Trust’s latest fact sheet, 77 we’ve successfully existed un- woman approached Benjamin
percent of Americans do not der one continuous republic Franklin and asked: “Well,
believe that the iconic rags- is because our foundation is Doctor, what have we got—a
to-riches story is possible rooted in principles that gaze Republic or a Monarchy?” APER
EY RE
anymore—a seemingly foun- upon virtue. Franklin replied, “A Republic, SYDN opportunity through which
dational pillar of the Ameri- Our Declaration of Inde- if you can keep it.” It certainly I view this country. While my
can dream. The famed adage pendence talks about certain cannot keep itself, and using divide. It is hard for our parents and grandparents lost
of the 1992 election, “It’s the “unalienable Rights, that 21st century moral absolutes policy with immensely diverse nation their entire economic subsis-
economy, stupid,” evidently among these are Life, Lib- to discount the progress of our the ulti- to unite under a single law tence at the hands of a com-
fails to fully encompass the erty and the pursuit of Hap- 18th century foundation is not mate goal or ideal, but I will invoke a munist system, they achieved
character of contemporary piness.” Nowhere written is a way to “keep” our Republic. of writing it, word commonly used in 2019 the American Dream the
American politics. a guarantee of income. Our Economic policy is exact- I constantly lexicon: privilege. We must moment they settled in a land
In his “First Discourse,” Constitution aims to “secure ly that: policy. As a young remind my- remember our American priv- that permitted them the un-
Jean-Jacques Rousseau re- the Blessings of Liberty to adult preparing to enter the self that the ilege and remind ourselves constrained freedom to prac-
minded French aristocrats ourselves and our posterity,” workforce, I certainly favor legislative pro- that we all exist within this tice their religion, educate
of a truism of state building: and thus far it has succeeded positive economic conditions, cess deserves system, whether we choose to their children and choose the
“The ancient politicians for- largely due to its simplicity but I also recognize the vola- our admiration, believe it or not, which eyes manner by which to pursue
ever spoke of morals and vir- and enough structural malle- tility of future human legisla- but never our de- toward virtue. their happiness.
tue; ours speak only of com- ability to ensure generation- tion. To paraphrase German votion. I am the son of two Cuban I acknowledge my Ameri-
merce and money.” While we al revisions. Yet, too many Statesman Otto von Bismarck, Absolute devo- immigrants, and the story of can privilege, and I am grate-
have experienced 243 years of Americans equate current legislation is a lot like sausage tion to a given eco- my family’s diaspora is not ful for it. With only $234.50
unparalleled prosperity and economic inequality as a jus- making, and the product of nomic theory and unique to our nation. Yet, I am in my bank account, I am
our politicians have been the tifiable reason for parading such a process is messy and the portrayal of legis- only one generation removed already living the American
most efficient communicators their disdain for the pillars imperfect. While I am a stu- lation through the lenses of from a very different reality, dream.
of commerce and of money, of our republic. The Demo- dent of government with in- “good” and “evil” are rea- and perhaps this is the reason Francisco Navarro is a mem-
our American political dis- cratic governor of New York, tentions to immerse myself in sons for our rampant political for the lens of admiration and ber of the class of 2019.
FEBRUARY
FRIDAY 8
EVENT
Bowdoin Reads 10th Anniversary
Celebration
The Library will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bowdoin
Reads. Students, faculty and staff will share book
recommendations and listen to readings by past Bowdoin
Reads participants.
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. 12 p.m.
EVENT
Build-a-Band
Students interested in forming a band or performance
group will meet and test out instruments in the Smith Union
practice rooms.
Practice Rooms, David Saul Smith Union. 4 p.m.
TUESDAY 12
FITNESS
Tai Chi
Fitness instructor Ken Ryan will teach an hour-long class in
SUNDAY 10 THURSDAY 14
Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese martial art meant to improve
flexibility, balance and coordination.
Room 301, Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness. 12 p.m.
FILM SCREENING LECTURE
2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: FILM SCREENING David Hume, Adam Smith and the
Live Action “Ujirei – Regeneration” Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought
Frontier will screen all of the short films nominated in the Live The environmental studies and sociology and anthropology Professor and Chair of Political Science at Tufts University
Action category, including “Madre,” “Fauve,” “Marguerite,” departments will screen “Ujirei–Regeneration,” an award- Dennis Rasmussen will speak about his most recent book,
“Detainment” and “Skin.” Viewers can predict this year’s winning project which documents the transition of a South “The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith
winners before the Oscars take place on February 24. American tribe into an evangelical mission. and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought.”
Frontier. 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m. Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union. 4:30 p.m.