! is past Wednesday, Senator George Mitchell 54, H83 spoke to the commu-nity to commemorate 50 years of Upward Bound (UB) at Bowdoin.

A federally funded TRIO program, UB was a result of President Lyndon B. John-sons War on Poverty Initiative. Begin-ning in the summer of 1964, the program was designed to provide low-income, " rst generation high school students the mo-tivation to attend college and the skills needed to pursue higher education. Na-tionwide, there are over 900 programs.

To celebrate 50 years of UB, the College had several events, including a talk with Mitchell and a reception with past UB graduates and current UB students.

In a speech Wednesday night in Pick-ard ! eater, Mitchell talked about the work that UB has done and continues to do. UB graduates from every decade and current UB students attended the event.

A UB graduate himself, Mitchell talked about of his upbringing in Water-ville, Maine. ! e son of two immigrants, Mitchell said the program changed his life and gave him the self worth to pursue higher education at Bowdoin.

We [Upward Bound] know what it

takes to help them help themselves, said Mitchell, referring to the program.

! e single most important factor is not talent, theyve got that. Its not brain power, theyve got it. It is making sure that they have the self esteem, the sense of worth and the sense of being part of a community that enables them to unleash their talents.

A Comprehensive Program

According to Bridget Mullen, di-rector of UB at Bowdoin, graduates of the program are four times as likely to get their degree by age 25 as peer low-

income, " rst generation students who did not have UB.

UBs summer program allows students ranging in age from 13 to 19 to spend six weeks on a college campus taking courses in math, science, foreign language and Eng-lish. Students also get college prep help and receive support from SAT tutors throughout the summer. 107 students participated in the program at Bowdoin this summer, residing in Stowe Hall and Howard Hall.

UB Bowdoin draws students from 11 Maine high schools. Students from Washington County comprise about half

Bowdoin evaluated in Obamas Scorecard

Bowdoin is one of over 7,000 schools in President Obamas College Scorecard, an online database that includes infor-mation including average costs, gradu-ation rates and future salaries. Obama released the Scorecard on Saturday, two years a# er he announced his original plan for a federal college rating system.

When the plan was originally an-nounced in August 2013, Obama in-tended it to be a rating system, the re-sults of which would be tied to federal aid. Instead, the new system provides information about each school in seven di$ erent categories but does not explic-itly rate them.

I think a ranking would have been a very unfortunate outcome. I think its arbitrary and relies on decisions about how youre going to weigh what data and value decisions that are implicit or explicit in the rankings, said Presi-dent Clayton Rose. ! e goal of helping families and students " gure out what the right college is for them by giving them good information that they can compare across schools is great.

Much of the data, including the aver-age annual cost and the median earn-ings ten years a# er graduation, are based only on students who received federal " nancial aid. Currently only 20 percent of Bowdoin students receive federal aid.

I think in many ways its trying to deal with this real problem weve had in society of students going o$ to schools... where they were made promises about their employment opportunities and therefore incurred huge amounts of debt with a sense that when they got to the end of it there would be jobs where they would make X and that would al-low them to cover their debt, Rose said.

Ellie Neifeld 18 (bottom), Ellie Shwartz 18 (top) and Jenna Scott 18 (left) take a study break last Saturday at Greenstock. Greenstock is Bowdoins annual zero waste event, held on Dudley Coe Quad.

Fifty years of Upward Bound at Bowdoin: few changes, growing need

Textbook service Chegg met with mixed reviews! e College has transitioned this year

from selling textbooks through an on-campus textbook center to using Chegg, an online book retailer and renting ser-vice. Although the switch was designed to save money and increase e% ciency, some students report negative experi-ences with the platform.! is was the " rst year that the College

shut down the Textbook Center, for-merly located in the basement of Coles Tower, and required that students pur-chase textbooks from online platforms.

We changed the model that had been there for so long, said Michael Tucker, course materials and general book manager, regarding the transition.

Director of Dining and Bookstore

Services Mary Kennedy cited the Col-leges 50 percent reduction in Text-book Center purchases over the past six years as part of a larger trend for book purchasing on college campuses across the country.

While some students were able to find cheaper options through Chegg, particularly when choosing to rent science and math textbooks, many students used other platforms due to cost savings or negative experience with Chegg.

[Chegg] told me, Oh, its a used copy but its in great condition, but I got it and the first 30 pages rip out and Im missing chapters, said Chase Savage 16.

On Wednesday, Savage had to call Chegg because when he ordered two

books for his ! eravada Buddhism class, he actually received two books on taxation policies for corporations.

Savage noted that Chegg had help-ful customer service who refunded him all shipping charges for his purchases. However, he characterized his overall experience as negative.

I ordered books in the middle of August and some of them still havent come, said Savage. Im de" nitely using Amazon [not Chegg next semester].

Kennedy explained that while the College considered Amazon during the process of selecting the new text-book platform, Amazon prefers to work with large institutions that are near their distribution centers.

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ORANGE BOXES: Students have responded di! erently to the Textbook Centers switch to using Chegg for all textbooks. Pricing, shipment speed and quality remain highest among the concerns. Chegg proves useful for many students in science courses who bene" t from Cheggs lower rental rates.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT: ART MUSEUM GOES DIGITAL

Bowdoin hopes to release the fi rst electronic art catalogue.

MORE NEWS: LOGAN TAYLOR

College halts investigation into alleged sexual assault following Taylors resignation.

FEATURES: MICE IN THE HOUSE

Science courses make use of animals in the lab.

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ment. It was in the protocol.

Tuesday I was really, really hungry. So I got lunch, then I got pub, then I got din-

ner, then I got pub twice after dinner.

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SECURITY REPORT: 9/10 to 9/16Thursday, September 10 A Maine Hall student with a cut

4nger was escorted to the Mid Coast Walk-In Clinic.

A student with an ankle injury was escorted from the Lubin Squash Courts to the Mid Coast Walk-In Clinic.

Friday, September 11 A local neighbor twice reported

loud noise coming from Pine Street Apartments.

An employee reported the theft of a blue Giant mountain bike from the area of the Searles loading dock.

A student fainted at Moulton Dining and was transported to Mid Coast Hospital.

An officer checked on the well-being of an intoxicated student who became sick at MacMillan House.

Saturday, September 12 An officer checked on the well-

being of an intoxicated student at Winthrop Hall.

An officer checked on the well-being of an intoxicated student at Moore Hall.

A parent called and requested a wellness check on a student. The student was located in good health.

Students testing a fog machine in Moore Hall accidentally set off a smoke alarm. Note: Fog machines are not permitted to be used inside

residence halls. An underage student walking on

College Street was found to be in pos-session of hard alcohol.

An unregistered event was dispersed on the fourth 5oor of Coles Tower; two room residents took responsibility for the policy violation.

An unregistered event was dispersed on the seventh 5oor of Coles Tower; three room residents took responsibility for the policy violation.

Several students were warned for public urination. Fun Fact: 6ere are 2,000 toilets and urinals on the Bow-doin campus.

Sunday, September 13 An officer checked on the well-

being of an intoxicated student on the front lawn of Quinby House.

Following noise complaints called in by neighbors, the Bruns-wick Police warned the residents of 17 Cleaveland Street for disorderly conduct.

Excessive noise was reported in the area of Brunswick Apartments N and O.

A student received an ankle lac-eration in a bicycle accident near Reed House. Brunswick Rescue transported the student to Mid Coast Hospital where the student received several stitches.

Tuesday, September 15 At 12:26 a.m., a student accidentally

triggered a 4re alarm at Coles Tower when a backpack snagged a wall pull sta-tion in the third 5oor east stairwell.

Some students reported that the 4re alarm in Coles Tower was not loud enough to wake them. 6e matter was referred to Facilities Maintenance for system testing and adjustments which were conducted on Wednesday and 6ursday.

A student reported the the7 of a red and black Specialized bicycle from out-side of Winthrop Hall.

A student reported the the7 of a cream and black Gary Fischer bicycle from outside of West Hall sometime since April.

A student backed a College rental van into a parked vehicle in the Co8n Street lot, causing minor property damage.

A student took responsibility for breaking a window at Burnett House last weekend.

Security o8cers set up a bike regis-tration table in Hyde Plaza and registered 89 student bicycles.

Wednesday, September 16 Two local men who were reported to

be acting suspiciously and looking over bikes at Coles Tower were given trespass warnings barring them from campus property.

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FOGGY THINKING: On Saturday, September 12, Students testing a fog machine in Moore Hall accidentally set off a smoke alarm. MIRANDA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

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friday, september 18, 2015 3newsthe bowdoin orient

Alumni giving rate reaches new high; Mills raised $60 million for fi nancial aid

A6 er 14 years in o7 ce, President Mills wasnt going to leave Bowdoin without a bang, and that bang came in the form of the Access, Opportunity and Innovation (AOI) initiative. 8 e initiative, which was announced at Bowdoins annual Scholar-ship Appreciation Luncheon on May 8, 2014, focused on raising money for the Coastal Studies Center, Digital and Computational Studies and most promi-nently, need-based 9 nancial aid. Present-ly, Bowdoin does not award merit-based scholarships.

In his speech, President Mills set a fun-draising goal of $100 million for the ini-tiative. While that goal was not reached, President Mills raised $60 million in his last year in o7 ce, directed speci9 cally towards AOI, according to Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Rick Ganong 86. 8 is 9 gure does not include alumni donations to the Annual Fund, which attained a partici-pation rate of 61.6 percent last year, du-ally the highest in Bowdoin history and the 9 rst time the number has exceeded 60 percent. 8 e participation rate has climbed by 7.4 percentage points since 2010, when 54 percent of alumni donated.

Financial aid expansion has long been a top priority for Mills. Mills himself re-ceived 9 nancial aid as a student at the College, and in 2008, under his direction, Bowdoin announced the elimination of all student loans, replacing them with grants.

President Mills told the Orient in April

of 2015, If you want to think about the common goodthe idea that you are creating opportunity for a student who wouldnt have it otherwiseis hugely im-portant to me.

8 e combination of Mills commit-ment to keeping Bowdoin a: ordable and the ever-rising costs of a Bowdoin educa-tion provided the impetus for the launch of AOI, Mills largest initiative during his last year in o7 ce. 8 e price of the aver-age grant given by Bowdoin has risen steadily in the past few years, and is now just under $40,000 for the Class of 2019, according to Ganong. Meanwhile, the percentage of students receiving aid has hovered around 45 percent for the last 9 ve years, leading to an uptick in money needed to continue the policy of need-blind admissions.

Gi6 s to the fund came from numer-ous and diverse sources, with multiple seven-9 gure pledges, but there was one common thread: many gave in honor of President Mills and his wife, Karen.

I think the most touching gift was the faculty raised over $100,000 for the Barry and Karen Mills schol-arship fund. We have a small faculty and you dont always see faculty in higher-ed support a president like that. He was special, Ganong said.

Of Bowdoins endowment, which numbers $1.4 billion, around $600 mil-lion is dedicated to 9 nancial aid. Bow-doins draw on the endowment is 9 ve percent every year, so in practice, the col-lege has around $30 million to spend on 9 nancial aid every year directly from the

endowment. In recent years, this number has been supplemented by other fund-raising this academic year, the college is spending about $34 million on aid.

President Mills was able to raise $60 million from AOI, money that moves into the 9 nancial aid portion of the endow-ment, but it is important to note that a sig-ni9 cant share of that money was pledged, not directly given. 8 is is common prac-tice in large-scale fundraising, and simply means that the money is spread over mul-tiple years, and will be paid as such.

While this $60 million is certainly a boon for the colleges 9 nancial aid pro-gram, Bowdoin is far from done raising money to continue to make education a: ordable. President Rose will be tasked with continuing to fundraise on Bow-doins behalf, and Ganong says the Col-lege plans to launch a large-scale cam-paign in the next few years.

8 e development o7 ce and the President are not just raising money for the sake of the endowment. 8 ey hope to build towards an increasingly diverse and global Bowdoin.

Look at this: represented coun-tries: Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tur-key, Vietnam, said Ganong, We want the best, smartest, nicest, more engag-ing, active kid from Turkey or Rwanda to come to Bowdoin and just light up our campus. And if she cant a: ord it, I work with people in this building to make sure we have the funds in place so she can, said Ganong.

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According to Tucker, the College has been working on the transition with Chegg for the past 10 months.

As a small college, our limited buy-ing power made it di7 cult to procure books at competitive rates, said Kenne-dy. We spent the entire summer work-

ing with Cheggtheyre committed to making this work.

While the transition to online-only textbook purchase and rental may be a more e7 cient choice for the College, some students wish that the Textbook Center still existed.

I get the whole have an online text-book service and that there is an e7 -ciency aspect to it, but I still dont un-derstand why we dont have a textbook

place on campus to deal with these questions, said Savage.

Not all functions of the Textbook Center have been made obsolete; periphery materials for science labs, art materials and certain textbooksusually written by Bowdoin profes-sorswhich are not yet available for public purchase have been moved to The Bowdoin Store in the David Saul Smith Union.

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Parkview Medical Center closing,Bowdoin prepared with Mid Coast as primary emergency hospital

Amidst the ongoing process of con-solidation of Parkview Adventist Medical Center and Mid Coast Hospital, sta: in Health Services and Safety and Security are optimistic about the future of student health on campus.

Located less than one mile from cam-pus at 329 Maine Street, Parkview en-tered into a pre-packaged bankruptcy plan on June 16 that featured a buyout by Mid Coast.

In a press release dated that same day, Bob Cundi: , chair of the Parkview Ad-ventist Medical Center board of direc-tors, said that a6 er years of change in the healthcare industry and increasing 9 -nancial challenges, Parkview has reached a point where it can no longer serve its mission as a stand-alone hospital and is now seeking a new opportunity with Mid Coast Hospital to advance a common vi-sion to serve the local needs of midcoast Maine long into the future.

Bangor Daily News reported that Parkview, a6 er losing its emergency room in June, also closed their walk-in clinic on September 8. Services still at Parkview include primary care, out-patient services and community health and wellness programs. 8 e College had already switched

Mid Coast to their primary hospital before the buyout.

For the last year or more, the College has been using Mid Coast as the primary [hospital] unless a student speci9 cally re-quests Parkview, said Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols.

In an email to the Orient, Kim Pacelli, Senior Associate Dean of Student A: airs, explained that Mid Coast remains the Colleges primary hospital for urgent and emergency care because of its bigger sys-tem of providers and services (including an intensive care unit when necessary). Additionally, Pacelli wrote, the rare refer-rals beyond the emergency room at Mid Coast are made to Maine Medical Center in Portland, while Parkview transfers pa-

tients to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, a location geographically fur-ther for students and families.

Director of Health Services Birgid Pols noted that she had never re-ferred a student to Parkview during her time here.

I could get the appointments I needed with the specialists I needed in the time-frame I needed them [at Mid Coast]It was about what worked best for the stu-dents, Pols said.

Out of the 19 alcohol transports from the 2014-2015 academic year, 18 went to Midcoast while only one went to Parkview. Out of the 115 security escorts, 72 went to Mid Coast, 26 went to the Mid Coast Walk-In Clinic, one went to the Bowdoin Health Center, and only 16 went to Parkview.

8 e only e: ects weve seen so far have been positive: expanding the [downtown Mid Coast] Walk-In Clinic services, con-solidating specialists and specialty testing in one location, said Pols. Services that are more appropriate to college students are more likely to be at Mid Coast Hospital because theyve now incorporated practi-tioners and services from [Parkview].

I think both the facilities gave very good care and its just the proximity of Parkview was convenient for us because we could deliver a student to Parkview and be back on campus in a matter of 9 ve minutes. 8 at was good. But now, thats no longer an option for us so were geared right toward Mid Coast, said Nichols.

As Pacelli noted in her email to the Ori-ent, Parkviews newly focused outpatient services and additional programs will provide opportunities for students health care as well. And Nichols believes that from an emergency point of view, Bow-doin remains in a great position.

Bowdoin is really ideally situated for a prompt emergency response. Were cen-trally locatedthe emergency response facilities are close, the health facilities are close, Nichols said. One of these days thats gonna pay o: with somebody be-ing saved because a lot of the time it does come down to seconds and minutes.

Neither President Rose nor Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Scott Meiklejohn believe that the Scorecard o: ers a full picture of Bowdoins a: ord-ability or value.

Single data points and snapshots and average and median 9 gures are useful, but only if viewers of the infor-mation understand exactly what they are looking at. Most of what appears on the Scorecard is a set of data for the 20 percent of Bowdoin students who borrowed federal loans to help pay for college. It is not intended to provide a full picture of diversity or a: ordability or accessibility at the College, wrote Meiklejohn in an email to the Orient.

8 is squishy notion of valueand we need to be very careful about what value meansI dont think it gets a6 er that...the notion that it paints a full pic-ture of the Bowdoin experience and the Bowdoin opportunity, no, but thats not what its intended to do, Rose said.

Rose does not believe that the new Scorecard will have a noticeable a: ect on Bowdoins application numbers.

I think were pretty transparent with all the kinds of data that are in there. If you just think about the other NESCAC schools or other schools that students look at when theyre thinking about coming here, the datas pretty transpar-ent, Rose said.8 e Scorecards also include reten-

tion rates, student body demographics, standardized test scores and popular academic programs.

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the students; a Bowdoin UB counselor is stationed there.

Students have mentors and tutors who provide guidance throughout the six weeks. Not all summer UB sta6 are part of the Bowdoin community, but several Bowdoin students worked with the pro-gram this summer as well as other Bow-doin faculty and sta6 members. 7 e support does not stop at the end of

the summer. For the academic program, mentors from the College visit students who have participated in the program at their high schools to check on their academic performance, their study skills, their family and home life, job situations and to set up tutors and other mentors if need be. 7 e counselors usually visit stu-

dents once a month. Graduating seniors also have an op-

portunity to apply and participate in the Bridge Program. A separate program that involves 10-12 students, Bridge takes place the summer a8 er students graduate and before they enter college. 7 ese students live in separate dormsthis summer the students lived in Ladd Houseand engage in di6 erent courses and activities designed to help them even more for the fall.

In Maine, there are seven other UB programs, which serve over 700 students.

Senator George Mitchell on UB

While in the Senate as a senator and the senate majority leader, and a8 er he le8 the Senate, Mitchell has continued to support the program.

I think it is of critical importance, all of us, every American, do what we can to

make it possible for programs like this that give opportunity to each child,

he said. In America, nobody should be

guaranteed success, but everybody should have a fair chance to suc-ceed, said Mitchell. Keep in mind that genius knows no boundary, no language, no religion, no color. It can come from anywhere at any time.

Lewiston High School juniors Ilham Mohamed and Zahara Shi-dad both attended Bowdoin UB this past summer and both praised the program for helping them do

better during the academic year as well as providing

them with a network of people to turn

to during the academic year. 7 e classes I took in the summer were

intro classes to this years classes so they really helped me, said Mohamed.

Echoing the message of Mitchells talk, Mohamed said, I have good grades now and I understand everything and Im not behind. I have a lot of friends now so if anything happens I can talk to them.

! e Program Today

7 e changes in the UB program over the past 50 years are limited to modest adjustments in academics and student population.

[7 e core curriculum] is a little bit more prescribed by the federal govern-ment than it has been, Mullen said, [but] within that I think we have a lot of leeway.

Pam Bryer, Director of Laboratories at Bowdoin, has been part of the summer program for the past 31 years, teaching biology courses.

We [now] have speci9 c classes on col-lege and taking the SATs, Bryer said. But the focus is still the same: on giving the opportunity to students who might not have the opportunity to go to college...just giving them a leg up.7 rough the academic program, these

resources will continue until the students high school graduation, including 9 nan-cial aid counseling in the students senior year. In the coming months, the UB sta6 will be going back into their target high school communities to try to interest stu-dents in applying to the program.

Its a unique population [of students] to reach, Mullen said. 7 eyre not nec-essarilythe students who are at risk of dropping out of high school [nor] are [they] already headed o6 to college...7 eyre kind of the quiet middle.

7 is quiet middle has changed much

over the years in response to : uctuations in the Maine population.

Our student population has become more diverse in many ways, Mullen said. For example, in Lewiston, there are many families that have resettled from East AfricaLewiston itself has become a more diverse community and our student population re: ects that.

Steven Colin 17 worked as the activi-ties coordinator this summer at UB.

For me, it was a completely di6 erent perspective, Colin said. I came from a Latino/African-American neighbor-hood [in Los Angeles, California], so to see a di6 erent perspective in that poverty doesnt really know the color of skin was very ful9 lling for me.

Parker Hayes 17 also worked at Bow-doin UB this summer, working as a TA and RA.

I felt like I could really be a part of their learning process, [to] really see their progress they would make from the be-ginning to the end, Hayes said.7 e beginning for Hayes started much

earlier than this summer. In high school, Hayes, a Maine native, was a UB partici-pant at the University of Southern Maine.

It really helped me a lot to understand the college process and what I would need to do to be able to get into a school like this, Hayes said.

Hayes spoke highly of the feedback he got on his college essay and the experi-ence of living on a college campus away from home before attending college.

I felt like I could give back to the pro-gram that I thought had done a lot for me, Hayes said.

! e Future and Financial Aid

7 ough UB helps students to prepare for college and apply for 9 nancial aid and scholarships, the program cannot aid

students in actually paying for college. With the rising cost of college in

recent years, more students are going to two year colleges and planning to transfer than in the past, according to Mul-len.

It troubles me be-cause students aspira-tions are for four years and theyre feeling 9 nan-cially pressed to take the two year path, Mullen

said. 7 at gap between 9 nancial aid and college has widened so much that we have many students that have gotten into four year college, [but the 9 nancial aid is not there, as it would have been in the past].

When 9 nancial aid o6 ers come in se-nior year, UB helps students and their families to advocate for the money that they need.

We have a system in many, many cases where that extra step of advocacy loosens up more money from the institution, Mullen said.

With the occasion of the 50th anni-versary, Bowdoin UB is fundraising to establish an account of emergency funds for students through Facebook and other means. 7 e fundraising will continue through the year.

Frequently, just really basic needs[books, eyeglasses, transportation to a college interview]are hurdles, Mullen said. Our goal is $50,000 for the 50thweve reached over $15,000 already.

UB has not done private funding be-fore, since the federal grant mainly funds the program. 7 e cost per student for the six week academic session as well as aca-demic year outreach is $4,200. Bowdoin College also helps to fund the program by subsidizing room and board costs and o6 ering full health bene9 ts and vacation time to UB sta6 employees.

At other institutions, UB programs re-ally struggle with these costs [particularly room and board], Mullen said. 7 eres no way Upward Bound could be thriving the way it is if we didnt get that subsidy.

At the end of 2016, UB will have to ap-ply for a new grant, part of a four to 9 ve year cycle.

Even though weve had it for 50 years, its a competitive process, Mul-len said. I know an Upward Bound that had been as old as we were and in the last cycle got defunded.

When UB makes their rounds at their target high schools in the upcoming months, they will determine what can be strengthened. Financial aid remains one of the primary issues.

People say more people are going to college and completing college, Mullen said. Well, more people are going to col-lege and completing college in the upper income quartile. 7 ats why 50 years later Upward Bound is a federal investment that still has to happen.

I love what I do, but I wish Upward Bound wasnt needed, Mullen said.

College halts investigation into alleged sexual assault after Logan Taylor resigns, DAs investigation pending

Logan Taylor 17 resigned from the College during the summer, Di-rector of Gender Violence Preven-tion and Education Benje Douglas confirmed last week. Taylor was ar-rested for the alleged rape of a fe-male student in late May.

At the time of Taylors arrest, the College began an independent in-vestigation of the alleged assault.

However, as Taylor is no longer a student at the College, Bowdoins investigation will not continue.

Douglas said that the College will continue to provide resources to the alleged victim.

Although the College is no longer investigating, the District Attor-neys office will continue its inves-tigation.

At a dispositional conference on August 13 at the Cumberland County Courthouse, the complaint

against Taylor was dismissed with-out prejudice. Because the dismissal was without prejudice, the District Attorneys office remains able to re-file charges. A representative from the District Attorneys office stated that the office is still working on the case, and was therefore unable to comment on either the reasons for the dismissal or the pending inves-tigation.

Taylors defense attorney could not be reached for comment.

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of us, every American, do what we can tomake it possible for programs like this

that give opportunity to each child, he said.

In America, nobody should be guaranteed success, but everybody should have a fair chance to suc-ceed, said Mitchell. Keep in mind that genius knows no boundary,no language, no religion, no color. It can come from anywhere at anytime.

Lewiston High School juniorsIlham Mohamed and Zahara Shi-dad both attended Bowdoin UBthis past summer and both praised the program for helping them do

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them with a network of people to turn

program for the past 31 years, teachingbiology courses.

We [now] have speci9 c classes on col-lege and taking the SATs, Bryer said. Butthe focus is still the same: on giving the opportunity to students who might nothave the opportunity to go to college...just giving them a leg up.7 rough the academic program, these

resources will continue until the studentshigh school graduation, including 9 nan-cial aid counseling in the students senioryear. In the coming months, the UB sta6 will be going back into their target highschool communities to try to interest stu-dents in applying to the program.

Its a unique population [of students] to reach, Mullen said. 7 eyre not nec-essarilythe students who are at risk of dropping out of high school [nor] are [they] already headed o6 to college...7 eyre kind of the quiet middle.

7 is quiet middle has changed much

their learning process, [to] really see theprogress they would make from the bginning to the end, Hayes said.7 e beginning for Hayes started mu

earlier than this summer. In high schoHayes, a Maine native, was a UB particpant at the University of Southern Main

It really helped me a lot to understanthe college process and what I would neto do to be able to get into a school lithis, Hayes said.

Hayes spoke highly of the feedbackgot on his college essay and the expeence of living on a college campus awfrom home before attending college.

I felt like I could give back to the prgram that I thought had done a lot fme, Hayes said.

! e Future and Financial Aid

7 ough UB helps students to prepafor college and apply for 9 nancial aid anscholarships, the program cannot a

students in actually paying for collegWith the rising cost of college

recent years, more studenare going to two yecolleges and planninto transfer than in tpast, according to Mulen.

It troubles me bcause students aspirtions are for four yeaand theyre feeling 9 nacially pressed to take ttwo year path, Mull

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ALEKSIA SILVERMAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

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BY CHAMBLEE SHUFFLEBARGERCONTRIBUTOR

Not a lot of people give much thought to Birmingham, Alabama. Its not one of the capitals we had to memorize in fifth grade. It doesnt make headlines that often and when it does, usually it merits a segment on some Comedy Central show. But Birmingham, like any other city in the world, is home to a fairly sub-stantial number of people, including me.

Coming to Bowdoin College from Birmingham, Alabama, I can guess fairly easily what people do know about my hometown. Ive started to expect peoples eyes to glaze over as they picture fire hoses and George Wallace blocking the steps of the University of Alabama. I know ex-actly why people immediately feel uncomfortable or hesitant when I mention the place where I grew up.

But Birmingham, Alabama has come a long way since the 1960s and a great number of the population is trying to eradicate the backwards thinking of our past.

I wish I could say people are en-tirely wrong when they think that the people of my hometown drive big pickup trucks to hunting camps or to tailgate at Alabama football games. I wish I could say that those southerners and others dont still carry othering beliefs. If I am to be factually correct, those stereotypical southerners do exist. But Birming-ham and its population as a whole are so much more than the stereo-type.

Victoria Phillips 18, a native of

Dunnavant Valley just outside of Birmingham (JOB), says, There are the cultured people who you can find in downtown Birmingham listening to Birmingham Mountain Radio and NPR. They are well-rounded indi-viduals. Theyre very accepting and usually they are very young.

That young, cultured population very much represents where Bir-mingham is going. The city itself is fostering the growth of an alterna-tive to the southern brand of con-servative prep. These are the people with Bernie Sanders stickers on their cars, who want to usher an influx of new ideas into our community.

These same people encourage a culture in Birmingham beyond foot-ball or hunting or any other South-ern stereotype. In fact, Birmingham is home to a rapidly growing music culture that fosters a thriving envi-ronment for local bands and a wide-spread appreciation for alternative and Americana music thats become fairly commonplace in the south.

However, those arent the only type of people of Birmingham, just as the stereotype isnt our entirety either. Part of the beauty of Bir-mingham is the mixing of the tradi-tions and culture of the south with new beliefs and ideas.

You can find the people like

my group of friends who are very mish-mashed together, very differ-ent ideas and opinions, but a lot of erosion of thought, said Victoria. There isnt that one stigma, This is the way to be in Alabama, this is the way things arent. Theres a lot of dif-ferent kinds of people.

This mix of cultures is exempli-fied by the cuisine of our city. A new foodie culture has grown out of a farm-to-table cooking movement in our agriculturally rich state. The local food movement of this young population has mixed with a tradi-tion of good ol southern-style cook-ing in a way that truly exemplifies how well new ideas can find a home in Birmingham.

In my time here, Ive found that Birmingham can be a lot like Bow-doin. Both Birmingham and Bow-doin represent a mix of all of the best qualities of the past as well as the future.

Growing up in the south is just like growing up anywhere in that there are pieces of your world that are foreign to any other place. But those differences, whether they are part of the benefits or the drawbacks of the place, are why each corner of the earth has its own identity.

With every problem my home-town faces, there are also triumphs.

There is nothing more powerful than to be able to see the good and the bad in a place and in a popula-tionit truly indicates the way that every place and person work, with their own individual makeup and their own winding, puzzling path.

Each persons life experiences shape the place in which they live as much as those places are shaping them. Hopefully in this column, as I meet with people from a myriad

of places, I can begin to understand each places and persons individual identity and how they affect each other.

Victoria said of our hometown, I feel really proud of the way I grew up. But, I think that you as an indi-vidual have to make the decision: Am I going to think like everyone else or am I going to have my own identity even if its not with the mass culture?

Progress from the past: thinking about Birmingham stereotypesBut those diff erences, whether they are part of the benefi ts or the drawbacks of the place, are why each corner of the earth has its own identity. With every problem my hometown faces, there are also triumphs.

MIRANDA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

When Bowdoin opened for the fall semester, members of the Class of 2019 werent the only new resi-dents on campus. Kanbar Hall is now home to a number of rodentsspecifically, laboratory mice used for Psychology 2752, Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience, a course taught by Visiting Professor of Neu-roscience Brian Piper.

Although mice are new at Bow-doin this fall, several animal species have lived in laboratories at Bow-doin for years, including aquatic invertebrates like lobsters and crabs, various kinds of fish and a colony of crickets. The precise species vary from year to year and depend on the research interests of professors.

As the researchers, the visiting professors, come and go, we tend to have something that will come for a year, or two, or three, and then go away, said Bowdoins Animal Care Supervisor Marko Melendy.

Melendy, who has been at Bow-doin for seven years after working in animal care at the University of New England and the California Acad-emy of Sciences, oversees a number of Bowdoin students who work to maintain the welfare of all species living in Bowdoins laboratories.

Besides being fed and taken care of, these animals are critical to re-

search in the biology and psychol-ogy departments.

In the classroom, animal models are used to pilot new research be-cause they give researchers the abil-ity to track each animals genetic background and limit the effects of external variables such as diet, exer-cise and social environment.

Students enrolled in courses that conduct this research are made aware early on of how they will be using animal subjects. The experi-ence of handling animals in the lab is new for many students; however, many become comfortable with the process after extensive training.

We have all different levels of comfort, said Nancy Curtis, who is the lab instructor for Psychol-ogy 2752. Some people come in, and theyre all afraid of the animals. They dont want to touch them, and by the end of the semester, theyre handling them very well.

The subject of animal testing rarely comes without controversy. After the Orient reported in 2010 that use of lab rats at Bowdoin in-cluded numerous behavioral tests and brain surgery, there was back-

lash from the Humane Society of the United States, which called on Bow-doin to end animal testing, as well as outrage from some members of the Bowdoin student body.

Although Bowdoin laboratories metand continue to meetlegal standards, many students argued that animal testing was at odds with Bowdoins commitment to the Com-mon Good.

In particular, these students be-lieved that conducting tests on labo-ratory rats, which would never be conducted on humans, was ethically inconsistent.

Risk of opposition frequently makes researchers who conduct animal testing hesitant to talk about their work.

Bowdoin has not hosted verte-brate research for several years until the return of mice to campus this fall.

Any laboratory work that occurs in Bowdoin facilities and requires animal subjects is strictly monitored by a group known as the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), a federally mandated com-mittee which ensures that animal re-

search complies with legal standards. The committee, which includes

several faculty members, Melendy and two veterinarians, is chaired by Professor of Biology Damon Gan-non.

The committee is regulated [in terms of ] the number of people as well as the backgrounds of those people.

The job of the committee is to evaluate any research proposal that involves laboratory animals to en-sure that it complies with federally mandated IACUC standards. These standards include an Animal Re-search Policy, which is written at Bowdoin but must also be approved at the federal level.

We have to follow the federal Animal Welfare Act and various other regula-tions set forth by the National Institutes of Health and the O! ce of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Gannon said.

However, the issue of ethics in animal research is hardly limited to a faculty committee.

Students enrolled in classes that have an animal research component complete training not only on prop-er animal care and laboratory safety,

but also on the ethical implications of their research.

They also complete a two-hour lecture on the ethics of research of animals, and we go through the le-gal framework and the history of use of animals, said Piper, whose class will be using the mice for research on anxiety medications later this se-mester. We go through the history of uses, and in some cases misuse, of animals, and we recognize that use of animals in a laboratory environ-ment is a privilege.

Historically, animal testing has led to breakthroughs on vaccines and improved treatments for dis-eases such as HIV/AIDs and certain cancers.

Curtis explained that mice allow researchers to control their experi-ment in a manner thats simply im-possible with people.

If you buy some laboratory rats or some laboratory mice, when you get them, they come with a pedi-gree, Curtis said. You know that theyve been well cared for.

The instructors also believe that students, particularly those who seek to engage in laboratory work in the future, in the form of an in-ternship, a private lab, or graduate school, benefit from working with animals in the laboratories here at Bowdoin.

I think these are useful skills, said Melendy.

We go through the history of uses, and in some cases misuse, of animals and we recognize that the use of animals in a laboratory environment is a privilege.

BRIAN PIPER, VISITNG ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF NEUROSCIENCE

BY JESSICA PIPERSTAFF WRITER

Mice in the house: Bowdoins animals in research

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Hello, Orient readers! I am Kather-ine, your newly-minted advice colum-nist. Advice questions have been ! elded via an anonymous online submission form. Welcome to my ! rst column.

Dear Katherine,

How do I become a success ful advice columnist?

Sincerely, Meta in Mac House Dear Meta in Mac House," ere are a few simple steps to becom-

ing a successful advice columnist, which I will now share with you:

Prerequisites: You should possess strong, mostly unfounded opinions on things. You should have already made enough medium-sized life mistakes that you harbor a mild sense of regret. " is will make you seem perhaps wise, or perhaps like a very bitter batty aunt. At least one of these mistakes should have been published in the Orient two years ago. It should be a column entitled, Boy bedding blunder. In your defense, you did not choose the title.

Step one: Wake up one Friday morn-ing abroad. Feel the mattress springs dig-ging into your ribs. Look around at the squalor that is your room. " ink, I want to be an advice columnist.

Step two: Twiddle your thumbs for six plus months. Harass the edi-tors of the Orient via Facebook mes-sage. Tell them I want to be an ad-vice columnist. Tend to your blog, which, like the television show The Big Bang Theory, should have ended several seasons ago.

Step three: Tell enough friends that you are going to be an advice columnist that you cant back out now. Worry about the internet commenters. Wonder who is Old Bear? " ink that perhaps you should just revive your blog. Remember what happened when Arrested Development released that revival season on Net# ix.

You really cant back out now, sucker.Step four: Wonder if this column is

going to crash and burn like season two of True Detective. Ask yourself why you compare everything to the arcs of TV shows. Ponder how you are going to ! eld advice questions. Blatantly copy the anonymous online survey method of Bowdoin Missed Encounters. Scroll through the newly posted Missed En-counters. No, none of them are about you.

Step ! ve: Wait for the questions to roll into your Google form. " e ! rst question is not a question. " e ! rst question says, I feel like you should use yik yak to ! nd advice. Find this question rude. " is is not a question. " is is advice. Im the one giving ad-vice here! Wallow in your subverted authority.

Step six: Wade through the joke ques-tions from your friends. Laugh a lot. Meditate on whether you can put some of the funnier ones in the Orient. Receive the question, what is an example of a lemon. Receive the question, I'm a guy. I sleep on a bare mattress, use dirty laun-dry as a pillow, and leave my window open all year. No one wants to sleepover with me! What can I do to change?? Laugh, then feel chills. Your Orient ar-ticle from two years ago haunts you still.

Step seven: Receive the question, How do I become a successful advice columnist? Feel like Leonardo da Vinci must have felt upon ! rst seeing the model for the Mona Lisa. Feel the angels descending from the heavens. Return to watching Tiny House on TLC.

Step eight: Write the column days later as you procrastinate the biochem reading for your INS requirement. Fear the inter-net commenters. Submit your article to your editor. To celebrate, eat three indi-vidually packaged servings of microwave mac-and-cheese.

Congratulations! You are now an ad-vice columnist.

Until next time,

Katherine

Writing advice columns: a users guide for success

DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

BY BEN YORKCONTRIBUTOR

To many, autism is just a vague ideaone of a thousand disorders which affect someone elses child. To many others, autism is the niece or nephew who can put together puz-zles blindfolded or who knows the name of every rocket ever built; the neighbors kid who wont look you in the eye and who never speaks to any-one; the schoolmate with no sense of fashion who sits in the back of his-tory class and who never uses their inside voice.

To still others, autism is a hushed conversation late at night, when the house is quiet and the sun long gone: Have we failed as parents? Is it be-cause we vaccinated him? Is it because we didnt hold her enough as a baby? What did we do wrong?

To a select few, autism is an epidemic; a plague that has swept through the chil-dren of the nation and whose cure must be sought out with all due speed before yet another family is tainted with that disease which turns happy, cooing babies into noiseless alien creatures. " at disorder which robs children

of the ability to make friends, to show a$ ection, to form meaningful connec-tions of any kind. " at thing which burdens parents the world over.

These people do not know what autism is.

When I was four-years old, I was diag-nosed with Aspergers syndrome, a disor-der on the autism spectrum. " ough the diagnosis is now defunct, it would de! ne my life for years to come. Growing up, I

found it di% cult to make friends. O& en I was told I was rude or annoying when my failure to recognize social cues. I was also o& en overwhelmed by the touch of oth-ers, and when my hands and arms proved a more e$ ective deterrent from unwanted touch than did my words, I became the child no mother wanted her child to as-sociate with, for fear that my bad in# uence would rub o$ on them.

I wore my diagnosis on my shoulder, the only explanation I had as to why I was di$ erent from other people. To me, autism was the part of me that made my life di% cult, that made others dislike and even hate me. " e part of me that made me feel that they were right to.

I did not know what autism is.

But now I do.From a scienti! c

perspective, autism is simply a descrip-tion for a particular kind of brain. An au-tistic brain has high levels of what is called synaptic connectivity: an abundance of biological wires and circuits that make life for autistic people a more intense ex-perience than for those without autism. Each stimulus abounds with information for the brain to process, each touch is like ! re, each sound a cacophony, each taste an onslaught. With time, the brain begins to adapt to this overabundance of stimulus, but this adaptation produces an individu-al who views the world in a unique way.

Many of what are known as the symptoms of autism are actually characteristics of the autistic brain that

do not meet societal expectations. Even very young children are expected

to exhibit some form of social ability, to attempt or reciprocate communication on some basic level. However, when the brain is expending all of its energy on process-ing a mountain of sensory information, it has little time for mole hills such as social interaction. " us, autistic children grow and

develop in a di$ erent way from neu-rotypical children. " is is not a bad thing. Viewing and experiencing the world in a unique way is not a sign of

disability. Yes, some as-

pects of society are di% cult for the autistic in-dividual. I pre-fer the quiet of a corner of the dining hall rather than a space in the open, sur-rounded by noise.

I enjoy watching a movie with friends, rather than going out for the nightthe ! rst time someone sees me at a College House party will be the day Hell freezes over.

However, my preferences and quirks are not the sign of disability or disorder. There is nothing wrong with the way my brain works, noth-ing wrong with the brain that so many millions were born with. Those brains are just different. Those peo-ple are different. And different is not bad.

So what is autism?Autism is an experience.

An alternative perspective on Autism

However, my preferences and quirks are not a sign of disability or disorder. There is nothing wrong with the way my brain works, nothing wrong with the brain that so many millions were born with.

BY KATHERINE CHURCHILLCONTRIBUTOR

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TALK OF THE QUADTRADTION AND RITUAL

I grew up in the Catholic Church. I went through it all quite unwill-ingly, of course, but I was raised in it, nonetheless. I got a lot from the Church and from my Irish Catho-lic mother (the ability to recite the Nicene creed on demand, a strong sense of family, a familiarity-bred hatred for red wine), but prevail-ing among them is a certain sense of time and ritual.

The Church year is cyclical, turn-ing from Ordinary Time to Advent, from celebration to grief, over and over. There are signposts at which Catholics can nod and say, Ive made it to Epiphany, Im getting through Lent, this too shall pass.

As I was being taught the joy of Easter mass or the solemn anticipa-tion on Christmas Eve, I was also being taught an idea much older than the Catholic Church: the years follow a rhythm, and as we cel-ebrate tradition, we also celebrate how weve bettered ourselves (or, sometimes, worsened) as the years have passed. And this is what Ive retained, as Ive left most of the Churchs religious teachings behind.

I spent a lot of the summer think-ing about annual cycles: the end of May this year picked up for me nearly exactly where August left off. I was spending time with the same people, doing the same job, in love

with the same man. Nine months had gone by, but it

felt like I had paused the TV and then continued right where I left off, cycling around to the ways of the beginning of summer. Its surreal, to feel like youre picking up a conver-sation and that the pause you waited in lasted months.

But, even as I loathed a certain sense of never moving on, I could stare into a backyard firepit on the Fourth of July and remember so clearly where I was last year when fireworks went off overhead, and I knew that things were changing, against this background of consis-tent sameness.

Theres this same consistency here on campus, the reassuring ticking over of the wheel of the year, and we similarly look to the subtle altera-tions to prove that weve done some-thing with ourselves over the past 365 days.

We like tradition here, surround-ed by reminders in the very build-ings through which we pass that many others have come here be-fore us and lived as we are living. Things follow a course throughout the year, and then we come back in the fall with the uncanny sense that we hadnt ever left, that nothing has changed in the past three and a half months.

It has to do with being in New

England, in part, I think, since how many colleges are so imbued with a regional sense of place? Maine has the prototypical seasons: the bonfire falls and heavy snows of winter, the rainy soft springs and the most per-fect summers on the East Coast (and I can promise this, as a veteran of twenty years of Mid-Atlantic sum-mers). We take a certain comfort from the inevitability of the chang-ing of the seasons if nothing else, muttering over the third blizzard in as many days brings people together here to an extent that is stuff of Ori-entation icebreakers dreams.

I was sitting in the back of the chapel at the opening a cappella con-cert a few days ago, and I realized it felt like hardly any time had passed at all since I was a first year sitting in nearly the same place, watching nearly the same show.

We have such strong rituals here, such codified traditions, that mark the passing of the year and the turn-ing of the seasons. And we use these moments to stop and realize how far weve come in the interim: whether weve surrounded ourselves with a stronger group of friends (I have), whether weve had our heart broken (I have), whether we can rebuild, and whether weve become a better version of ourselves (Id like to think I have).

In a few weeks, well hit Epicuria

and well hopefully hit it with all the strength that a years worth of wis-dom can provide, and then well get through the fall and well break out the Bean Boots. Therell be campus-wides and the long-standing divide between Thorne and Moulton will continue. Well hit finals and then sleep through a lot of winter break, and then return to the snow. And

itll be Cold War, and itll just be cold, and itll blizzard in April. Well pretend its warm for Ivies and well regret our choices during reading period, but well grow. And well be back. And well grow and well be back and well grow. And this too, whatever it might be, shall pass.

Helen Ross is a member of the Class of 2018.

THE GHOSTS OF CORPORATE AMERICA

! is summer, I interned for a large, upscale department store. It doesnt matter which one, because Ive gathered that most department store o" ces are basically the same.

I wont bore you with the details of my day-to-day tasks. I do, however, want to tell you a story about one of the most memorable days I had at work. Its a ghost story. Well, I think it is, anyway. You can decide for yourself:

It had been a beautiful day in mid-town Manhattan, though I wouldnt know it because I sit at a small desk inside a windowless o" ce that hovers forty-seven stories in the air. If the room did have a window, I would be able to see the o" ce building directly across the street, which is similarly gargantuan and lacking in windows.

I might even be able to glimpse an-other young man or woman just like me, who has been working tirelessly on an excel spreadsheet for the last four hours and will continue to do so for an-other four. ! ey, too, may have taken their shoes o# under their desk, and their suit jacket would be also crumpled into a ball in the corner, sticky with the July heat and subway residue.

I have several tabs open on my computer. One of them, tucked neatly behind the rest, is a document of the season-to-date mens jackets sales that I have allegedly been analyzing will pres-ent to my boss later in the a$ ernoon.

! e other seven or eight tabs include an online restaurant menu for a dim sum place I want to try, a Nicki Minaj mu-sic video from 2009 and the WebMD page about exercises for alleviating neck pain.

But my Internet reverie is interrupted when I hear footsteps outside my o" ce, the distinct clack of a stiletto. I instinc-tively hide my open tabs and begin to inspect the spreadsheet that I am sup-posed to be inspecting. I wait for the

footsteps to pass, as they always do, but the clacking stops right outside my door. I

hear words.Dont look so sad.I look up from my screen, curi-

ous where this voice came from and to whom it belongs. A woman who I have never seen before stands in the

doorway. She wears an orange dress that compliments her smooth, mocha skin. I have a di" cult time placing her ageshe has no wrinkles (no Botox either), but theres wisdom in her face, something that you would only see in a person much older.

Me? I say, a$ er some hesitation.

Yes, you, she says. Smile. Its nicer to look at.! e woman beams in my direction.

A$ er several paralyzing seconds, I see no other option than to beam back, even letting out a fake little chortle in the hopes that it will make her leave. It doesnt work.

You worry too much, the woman continues, a winning smile still plas-tered to her face. I can tell. Youre too young to be worrying.! e woman steps in the doorway,

one stiletto now planted % rmly inside my o" ce. She looks around, as if to en-sure no one else is in the tiny room.

! ese people are rubbing o# on you, she whispers.

I immediately thought of my boss, who I had seen smile only once when she had announced earlier this month that she would be out of the o" ce for the week because she was going to Paris with her boyfriend.

I think I must be tired, I say.No no, she says. Youre too young

to be tired.Apparently, I am too young for a lot

of things. ! is seems to be a recurring theme.

Okay, I % nally say. Youre right. Im not tired, Im just bored.! e woman laughs.Me too, she says. Lets run away

together.I smile again, not a fake one this time.! e woman in orange turns to leave.

But before she does, she peeps her head back in to say one last thing.

You have to try harder, she says. You have to try.

Later that a$ ernoon, I tell my boss about the mysterious encounter, de-scribing the woman in great detail. She

has no idea what I was talking about.I never saw her again. And, a$ er some

consideration, I have come to conclusion that she must have been a ghostor, at the very least, a manifestation of my sub-conscious alerting me to the fact that I had not, in the words of William Dewitt Hyde, been losing myself in generous en-thusiasms as he mandated we all do in his 1906 O# er of the College. ! is begs the question: do most of us

immerse ourselves in four years of intel-lectual pursuit only to be chained to a desk for the next % $ y years? I think this is my liberal arts superiority complex speak-ing, but I am not satis% ed with spending the rest of my life doing work that doesnt stimulate my brain in new and engaging ways, nor make the world a more equal, livable place.

As privileged, educated young peo-ple, we face pressure coming from all di# erent directions. We are told that in order to be successful, we must % nd our passion in college, use it to make some kind of impact, and above all, achieve % nancial success. But this kind of pressure can lead to unhappinessIve seen it, and it scares me.

I hope that others will relate when I say that as my time at Bowdoin draws to a close, I have never felt less sure of what I want to do. Yes, Ill % nd a job, but how am I supposed to know what I want when I havent really done any-thing yet? What if I care about many di# erent things? Why do I have to pick one? ! ese are questions that I know can only be answered with time. And

for now, I need to be okay with it.

Jamie Denton is a member of the Class of 2016.

MIRANDA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

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At the start of each school year, the Bowdoin Chorus selects an ethnic theme to explore for the duration of the semester and present during its end-of-year concert. ! is semester, the concert, which is co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and the Department of Music, will be performing Nuestra Navidad as a tribute to Latin American culture by showcasing songs only in Spanish. ! e show will debut as a preview on Octo-ber 31 for Family Weekend. ! e " nal performances will take place on No-vember 20 and 21. ! e concert will be led by Direc-

tor of the Bowdoin Chorus Anthony Antolini 63. Antolini has previously directed the chorus in other ethnically-themed concerts such as French-Ca-nadian Christmas and Black Nativity Christmas. ! is semester, however, will be Antolinis " rst time teaching songs in Spanish. ! e chorus has fea-tured songs in multiple languages in the past, including Russian, French and German. Antolini specializes in Rus-sian and believes that Spanish may be his most di# cult linguistic endeavor thus far.

Believe it or not, singing in Span-ish is not that easy because the di$ er-ent countries have di$ erent dialects of Spanish, said Antolini.

Chorus member Katie Ippolito 19

explained that when learning songs in a di$ erent language, the singing becomes less about the song meaning and more about the sounds of each in-dividual word.

All of these different regions have different forms of Spanish, said Ip-polito, echoing Antolini. To stay true to the intentions of the original song, the chorus is learning all the different variations on how to say each word. ! e songs the chorus will perform are

in% uenced by a variety of Latin Ameri-can countries and styles, including Argentinian, Puerto Rican and Afro-Colombian. ! e chorus has reached out to several resources, including native speakers, to capture the correct pronun-

ciations of complicated Spanish words. Antolini also hired experienced mu-

sicians who specialize in Latin Ameri-can compositions to add to the perfor-mances authenticity. In addition to its usual keyboard accompaniment, the chorus will perform with a guitarist, a bassist and two professional % ute play-ers, all of whom have experience with Spanish music and culture.

Learning to sing really excellent music in Spanish is a wonderful way to learn [the Spanish] culture, Anto-lini added.! e concert will dually shine a light

on the Hispanic Studies section of the Department of Romance Language and give students the opportunity to experi-ence authentic Latin American music.

Associate Professor of Romance Languages Enrique Yepes, was happy to hear about the choruss produc-tion and encouraged his students to participate.

We were very excited and sent an email to all students in Spanish classes about this opportunity, hoping they will participate and attend, said Yepes. Its always great to have some visibility for the Spanish language beyond the academics or the classes.

Antolini was thrilled by the over-whelmingly positive support from the department.

! ats what Bowdoin is about, Antolini said, Di$ erent departments should work together. Collaboration is a great idea.

Chorus rehearses Spanish repertoire for Nuestra Navidad performanceBY AMANDA NEWMAN

STAFF WRITER

Bowdoin Public Art (BPA), for-merly known as Bowdoin Art Activ-ists, received funding last year from the Brunswick Town Council to cre-ate a mosaic on a bridge in the Town Commons.

We " nd the Commons a really special place, said BPA leader Mariah Reading 16. If we create an art proj-ect that draws people there, and they end up using the space a& erwards, that would be amazing.

Reading added that they want to use the mosaic to represent the way in which the Town Commons con-nects the forest to the ocean. Fur-thermore, by placing the work on a bridge, the project metaphorically bridges the Bowdoin community with both its surroundings and the Brunswick community.

We have this space that is shared between Bowdoin and Brunswick. ! is is a way to show that were tied together, said Julia Maine 16, anoth-er leader of BPA. ! e mosaic will be constructed us-

ing natural materials such as leaves and sand. Reading explained the project will be time consuming as the group will have to collect, seal and as-semble the fallen foliage.

Inspired by Sculptor in Residence John Bisbees Public Art class, Read-ingalong with Molly Rider 15 and Rachel Brooke 16proposed the idea

to create a 50-foot long mosaic last spring. They pitched their idea to the ten-member Town Council, and ul-timately received a sizeable grant of $1,000 to cover all material costs for the project.

Were doing art for the sake of art and making the community a more beautiful place. ! e activism comes across through that, said Reading in explanation of the clubs name change.

Last fall, the group worked on 16 murals at the Brunswick Recreation Center in collaboration with local middle and high school students, Art Van and the Brunswick Public Art group. Reading hopes BPA will con-tinue to keep the murals project alive by working with the other mural art-ists periodically to refresh the panels on display.

Reading received support from Su-san Weems, president of Brunswick Public Art, with the various logistics of BPAs current project.! e group also hopes to collaborate

with other non-visual arts organizations on campus, such as Slam Poet Society, to bring new perspective to public art in the Bowdoin community.

Maine, who is not a Visual Arts ma-jor, wants a wide variety of students to participate in BPAs projects.

We want to emphasize that this group is not just for artists and art majors; its for people who want to get involved in the Bowdoin and Brunswick community and make an imprint, she said.

Students to collaborate with Brunswick on public art project

BY BRIDGET WENTORIENT STAFF

When Co-Directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Frank and Anne Goodyear took o# ce in 2013, they set the goal to make available an image for every object in the Museums collection. So far, theyve made large strides in that direc-tion, with de" nitive plans for the release of the " rst scholarly catalogue in Decem-ber 2015 and the ongoing release of high resolution images on the website.! e Museum is looking to meld the old

and the new as they begin the process of digitizing their collections. ! ey are cur-rently focused on what will be the " rst electronic scholarly catalogue to come from an academic museum. With high

quality photos of their collection, expand-ed references, data and links, the Museum aims to provide access to scholars and art enthusiasts alike.

We know that museums % ourish when they are loved by their communi-ties, Anne Goodyear said. And people can be most engaged with museums when they understand what they have to o$ er. In this day and age, as virtually all of us are online regularly. Digitization is becoming one of the key ways in which people can access information.

Developed in part by 2015 Samuel H. Kress Summer Research Fellow Sarah Cantor, the catalogue will focus on a collection of 140 drawings endowed by James Bowdoin III in 1811.

By o$ ering images of these drawings

in a high resolution format, the Museum hopes to make available more detail and information in the photos, such as inscriptions, a bibliography and exhibi-tion history.

Were trying to strike a balance be-tween making a catalogue great for drawing scholars, people interested in collecting, the general public and for stu-dents, Cantor said. So far, Bowdoin is at the forefront.

David Francis, the senior interactive developer for the Information Technol-ogy department, also contributed. ! e catalogue aims to cull information about these drawings, which havent been viewed in over thirty years, through the Museums information database. Its not without technological challenges, how-

ever, especially as they strive to include maps, timelines, GPS coordinates and further references with each image.! e team behind this cataloguewith

its high resolution photos, the ability to zoom, " lter and search, as well as the sheer volume of images presentedhopes to change the way research is con-ducted at Bowdoin.

I think it will have a positive im-pact on research because you can bring to light a big collection thats not easy to highlight non-digitally, Fran-cis said. It goes out to other people who maybe want to do more research on it, get more funding and things like that.

In addition to the catalogue, the Museum has begun to integrate their

collection online for teaching and learning purposes through the use of Artstor, a scholarly digital art library, and the Google Art Project, a plat-form for the public to view high qual-ity images of art collections. ! rough these programs, the Muse-

um aims to reach a broader audience and provide a service for academia.

Our desire to digitize these collec-tions re% ects the ongoing interest of this institution, said Anne Goodyear. It re% ects contemporary e$ orts, built on those of our predecessors, to make these collections as open and acces-sible as possible. One of the beauties of digitization is that it enables us to reach the entire world, whether youre here in Brunswick or abroad.

Bowdoin to release digitized art catalogue, a fi rst for academic art museumsBY SURYA MILNER

STAFF WRITER

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MARIAH READNG

PAINT FOR A PURPOSE: ( Left to right) Mariah Reading 16, Rachel Brooke 16 and Molly Rider 15 attended a Brunswick Town Council meeting last year to get funding for their group, Bowdoin Public Art, to design and create a mosaic on the bridge in the Town Commons using sand and leaves to highlight Bowdoin and Brunswicks connection to the forest and ocean.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BellaMafia, one of Bowdoins two all-female a cappella ensembles, will take a break this semester to reeval-uate its future as a group on campus, a situation President of the A Cap-pella Council Max Middleton 16 called unprecedented.

At the a cappella recruitment concert last weekend, in which Bowdoins remaining five a cap-pella groups per-formed, Middle-ton announced that BellaMafia would not be holding audi-tions for new members this se-mester.

BellaMafia in-formed Middle-ton of its deci-sion to take time off earlier that week.

Members of BellaMafia declined to comment.

According to Middleton, the group reached the decision because several members graduated this past spring and other members on campus are unable to commit to the group for personal reasons.

The leadership of the group just felt like it would be better as a group if [they]took a semester to re-

group, rethink, reorganize and then come back, Middleton said.

For the A Cappella Council, the situation is uncharted territory.

As far as I know, in my tenure...theres not really precedent for a whole group taking time off, Mid-dleton said. That said, there defi-nitely is precedent of individuals taking time off within groups.

BellaMafia formed as a group in 2006 after more female students be-gan expressing interest to join an a

cappella group. C u r r e n t l y ,

M i d d l e t o n cannot predict how BellaMafia not auditioning new members will impact the audition num-bers for Bow-doins other fe-male a cappella group, Miscel-lania, and two

co-ed groups, BOKA and Ursus Verses. So far, the groups have not seen major changes, as students can audition for multiple groups.

Our policy has been in the past, for a student body of this size, the fact that were able to support six a cappella groups is remarkable, Middleton said. You look at other schools...its an insane a cappella group to student ratio that weve got working here.

BellaMafi a to take break, reevaluate after semester

BY SARAH BONANNOORIENT STAFF

MAX MIDDLETON 16

As far as I know, in my tenure...theres not really precedent for a whole group taking time off ...That said, there defi nitely is precedent of individuals taking time off within groups.

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BY MADDIE JODKAORIENT STAFF

Ana Leon 16 traveled home to At-lanta, Georgia last weekend to compete with her Atlanta-based ultimate fris-bee team Bucket in the club division regionals tournament. ! e team took home " rst prize. Leon and Bucket will go on to play in the Nationals tourna-ment the weekend of October 1-4.

Though spring is the competitive season for college teams, including Bowdoins Chaos Theory, indepen-dent club teams compete from sum-mer into fall.

Bucket finished first in this week-ends tournament after playing six games over the course of two days. The team needed to win the tourna-ment in order to proceed to Nation-als, as the Southwest region only re-ceived one bid.

Leon joined Bucketone of the most elite mixed club teams in the South in summer 2014. ! e team consists of 26 players, with an equal number of women and men on the squad. ! e players are largely from the Atlanta area, except for one from Indianapo-lis. Unlike college teams, club teams draw from players of all agesBucket is made up of players who are mostly in their mid-to-late 20s and early 30s.

! e biggest di$ erence is that these people have been playing for at least four or " ve years, said Leon. Some of them have been playing for as long as I have been alive, so its been really nice to play with people who know so much more about the game than I do.

Buckets season started in mid-June and will end with Nationals. Tourna-ments are mainly held regionally in the South, but the schedule also incor-porates larger national tournaments, such as a tournament in Colorado earlier this year.

Nationals will feature 16 teams from all regions of the country. Leon says she believes Bucket will land in the top ten at Nationals.

Frisbee players are either designated as a handler or a cutter. Handlers are the players who throw, while the cutters try to escape the defense and catch the disk up the " eld. As Leon has grown as a player and developed her throw, she has switched positions several times. While she is technically a cutter at Bowdoin, she is now the defensive line handler on Bucket, checking the oppo-nents best attackers and opening coun-terattacks with long throws.

As one of Chaos ! eorys two cap-tains, Leon spends a great deal of her time at practice teaching the game and

leading the team. Outside of Bowdoin frisbee, [Buck-

et] has been a time for me to step back from my captain or coach role and just play again, said Leon. ! e game strategy and style of play

also di$ ers between the two teams. Leon points out that the mixed-gender nature of Buckets competition makes a large di$ erence.

I really like playing mixed because it seems like its a faster paced game, said Leon.

Leon said her defending duties are made more challenging due to this faster pace as well as the tendency of men to launch longer and deeper throws. When a player cuts deep, he or she is able to stay open for longer be-cause the men are able to throw longer.

Taking on the responsibility of Cha-os co-captain with Hannah LeBlanc 16, Leon notes the di% culty they face in playing the dual role of acting as both the coaching " gures and also con-tributing members of the team. She and the other veterans are more responsible for translating what they know to the new players, who may not have even touched a Frisbee before coming to Bowdoin. While challenging, she cher-ishes her tenure on the Bowdoin team.

Its a great experience, Leon said, And it is truly rewarding to see every-body grow.

In 2014, Leon told the Orient that her goal as a player was to become more versatile, and this year she going a& er that goal by trying out di$ erent positions from week to week.

I had never been a handler before for a club team or even here at Bow-doin. Ive had the experience of start-ing o$ as a defensive cutter and then going to an o$ ensive cutter and then being a defensive handler, said Leon, Its really nice to move around, and Im lucky to have that opportunity.

One of Leons greatest strengths is " eld awareness, something that the chaotic nature of ultimate Frisbee makes a rare and valuable skill. She has made it a goal to be able to see how one players movements a$ ect another. In this way, Leon stays one or two moves ahead of the game, and moves the disk in a way that will in-volve the entire team.

Looking forward, Leon is unsure how long she will continue with Bucket, as it depends on her post-graduation plans. Regardless, she plans to continue her passion for ul-timate Frisbee.

I know I will end up playing somewhere, no matter where I am, said Leon.

Under the leadership of Head Coach Brianne Weaver and Assistant Coach El-lery Gould, the womens soccer program at Bowdoin has consistently performed well over the past three years.

Last year, the team had a regular season record of 11-3, which included an undefeated record at home. ! e team didnt lose any game by more than a one-goal margin. ! e Polar Bears also earned a spot in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the third consecu-tive season and were awarded the Team Academic Award and the Silver Award for Team Ethics and Sportsmanship by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. ! e team expects this season to be

no exception to the continued success of the program.

Weve got a great core of return-ing players, Weaver said. We have six outstanding senior leaders on the team whove performed at a very high level. I think the examples been set over the past three seasons that we have pretty high goals that we want to go a& er, and it looks like we have a lot of the pieces to do that.

Many key veteran players return to the roster this year, including Second Team Division III All-American Bridget McCarthy 16 in goal and Second Team All-NESCAC forward Kiersten Turner 16, who will serve as captains along with

mid" elder/defender Rachel Brooke 16. ! e strong group of senior leaders also includes forward Jamie Hofstetter 16, who led the team with six goals and " ve assists last season and earned First Team All-NESCAC and Second Team All-New England selections, as well as mid" elder Maggie Godley 16 and defender Sarah Wallace 16 .

Even with the loss of six seniors from last years team, the squad has demon-strated their strength and resilience as players continue to adapt into new roles on the team.

! ere were people in the classes below [the seniors] that were ready to pick up the torch and run with it, said Weaver. Time will tell, but I think theyve done an outstanding job so far.! e team also brings in a large group

of new faces to the program this year.Weve got a strong group of " rst

years, Gould said. We have nine, which is a big class, but theyve really been able to step up and become a part of the team right away, so thats been really helpful for total team chemistry.

Weaver described the teams chemis-try as a key element in the success and depth of the program and attributes its continued unity to the strong leadership within the team.

We also just try to have a really strong team-" rst mentality and a really positive mindset all the time that all of us want to improve and get better every single day, Weaver said. We want it to

be a pretty a% rming experience to be a part of this team.! e team maintains this mindset by

paying special attention to the details during games and practices.

I would be happy with the team just knowing that on a day-to-day basis, were giving it our all, were trying our best and were doing everything we can to make each other better, said Turner. At the end of the day, its the little things that matter. Its not necessarily how many wins or how many losses we have. Its just feeling good about what were doing on a day-to-day basis.! e team opened its season with a 2-0

defeat at Amherst last Saturday, giving up one goal in each half. Bowdoin got o$ 14 shots to the Je$ s 17 but was unable to put one in the back of the net. ! e Polar Bears rebounded the next day in their home opener with a 6-1 win over Husson University. Hofstetter, Turner, Julia Pat-terson 19, Elizabeth Weathers 18, Sophie al Mutawaly 19 and Julia Bottone 17 each scored.

As they head into the rest of their schedule, the players are con" dent in their tactics on the pitch.

Our team is more technical than we ever have been in the past, said Turner. Were not a kick and run team at all; were very possession-focused, and I think on attack, were looking really good. Weve been scoring goals, and then on defense and with [McCarthy], were very solid.

Leon 16 to compete in national ultimate Frisbee tournament

Womens soccer opens season with high hopesPITCH PERFECT: Julia Patterson 19 (right) dribbles up the pitch while Nikki Wilson 18 (left) gives chase during a recent practice. Patterson is one of nine first years on the team.

DAVID ANDERSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Mens and womens XC focus on mental edgeBY BEN RATNERSTAFF WRITER

Following a solid start to their season with " rst place " nishes at the Bowdoin Invitational, the mens and womens cross country teams will train both mind and body this fall in hopes of be-coming one of the top ten D-III teams in New England.

Our biggest priority will be to train intelligently, e$ ectively, to train so that we stay healthy, said Head Coach Pe-ter Slovenski. ! at means not racing

each other, not being too intense, hav-ing good rest days, getting a lot of sleep during the week.

A huge factor in the teams success lies in morale.

! eres a lot of research and experi-ence that shows that those who excel at distance running keep the joy in it, Slovenski said. At high levels, distance running is very tough work, the compe-tition is grueling, the competition can be gut-wrenching. ! e runners who are able to keep the joy in their activ-ity through the camaraderie, through

the exhilaration of the exertion, and through the fun of the competitive el-ements of distance running; theyll be great runners if they can keep the fun in it.

Bowdoin mens and womens cross country will continue their seasons at home on September 26 with a second Bowdoin Invitational. ! en, they travel to Franklin Park on October 10 for Open New Englands.

Last Saturday, the Bowdoin men faced

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BY ANJULEE BHALLASTAFF WRITER

friday, september 18, 2015 11the bowdoin orientSPORTS

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), UMaine-Farmington and Lyndon State at their home invitational. For the womens team, the meet was an encouraging sign of improving upon their 14th-place ! nish in New England last year.

" e results were consistent with what weve been doing in our train-ing, Slovenski said. Ally Fulton was the best surprise of the week. We dont see as much of Ally during our work-outs because she needs to cross-train three days a week to stay healthy. She ran a smart race and ! nished with a fast ! nal 800.

Fulton 16 scored fourth for Bowdoin in the 5K with a time of 20:01.83. In the same race, teammates Sarah Kelley 18, Lucy Skinner 16 and Martha Boben 19 took three of the top ! ve overall spots. Kelley, who spent last season recovering from a high school injury, ! nished ! rst overall with a time of 19:19.61.

On the mens side, the results were equally impressive. Bridger Tomlin 17 and Matthew Jacobson 17 took ! rst and sec