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BCA calls for Trustee liaison by March 6

ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

JUSTICE LEAGUE: Emily Simon 17 introduces fi ve students who spoke about climate change, sexuality, class, gender and race at Fridays Meeting in the David Saul Smith Union. The meeting, which drew over 200 students, faculty and sta , and highlighted injustices and how they intersect on the Bowdoin campus and beyond.

College House applications drop for 15-16 school year

Concerned about appropriation, Ladd cancels Inappropriate Party

McCoy 15 resigns from BSG Executive Committee

BY NICKIE MITCHORIENT STAFF

BY CAMERON DE WETORIENT STAFF

BY SARAH BONANNOORIENT STAFF

BY NICOLE WETSMANORIENT STAFF

Please see HOUSEs, page 3

Please see PARTY, page 3

Please see MCCOY, page 4

College House applications de-clined signifi cantly this year, as 270 students applied to live in a College House for the 2015-2016 school year. Last year, there were 313 ap-plicants. Th irty additional students started the application but did not complete it. Th e College Houses of-fer a combined total of 201 spots.

This years decline represents a 13.7 percent drop in applicants from last year, and a 15.4 percent drop from 2013, when 319 stu-dents applied. As is usual, rising sophomores dominated the appli-cant pool.

While unable to give the ex-

act number of applicants for each house, Assistant Director of Resi-dential Life (ResLife) Mariana Centeno 14 did share that Quinby House attracted the most appli-cants this year, as it did in 2013. In 2014, MacMillan House was the most popular.

Despite the drop in the overall number of applicants, Centenowho lived in Quinby House for two years while she was a student and now oversees the application and selection process for College Housessaid she was uncon-cerned. Despite its smaller size, she said, this years applicant pool is as strong as ever.

JENNY IBSEN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

STEPPING DOWN: Bridgett McCoy vacated her BSG role on February 12. Senior Kyle Wolstencroft will replace her.

The speech on climate at the Meeting in the Union last Friday closed with Bowdoin Climate Ac-tion (BCA) calling on the Board of Trustees to appoint a liaison to the student body on the matter of fossil fuel divestment before March 6.

BCA member Allyson Gross 16, wrote the speech, the majority of which was published in the Febru-ary 5 issue of the Orient.

BCA met with the Board in Oc-tober to present its case to divest its endowment from the top 200 pub-licly traded fossil fuel companies. Gross said that BCA has not heard from the Trustees since.

On the date of Meeting in the Union, it had been 119 days of si-lence from the Board of Trustees, she said. When we asked for follow-up steps from them, we were cut off .Th e speech given at the meeting

last Friday indicated that, if a liai-son were not appointed by March 6, BCA would escalate protest eff orts. Gross declined to comment on the shape that escalation would take.

Gross had an active roll in the organization of both the Meeting in the Union and the writing of an open letter to the Bowdoin commu-nity, published in the Orient on Feb-ruary 13. Both Gross and Michelle Kruk 16 said that they were happy with the way that the Meeting went.

I love how things went, said Kruk. It was such a reliefto get that out there.Th e two also said that they were

excited by the large number of stu-dents who walked from the Union to President Barry Mills offi ce in Hawthorne-Longfellow Library to

MATTHEW GUTSCHENRITTER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

MARCH ON: At the conclusion of last Fridays event, the audience was invited to join the organizers as they walked to President Barry Mills o ce to present him with a copy of the speeches, as well as a letter that calls for institutional changes.

deliver the letter. Although Mills was not in his offi ce, Dean for Academic Aff airs Cristle Collins Judd accepted the letter on his behalf. Judd said that she has since delivered the letter to Mills.

Kruk said that while the majority of the feedback to the letter has been posi-tive, there has been a bit of a backlash.

It was that it shortcuts some of the [advances] that certain parts of campus have done, she said.

So many people are working hard to make this campus a better place, and I just wouldnt want peo-ple to read the call to action and feel discouraged, as if their work is being discredited, wrote Jared Littlejohn 15 in an email to the Orient.

Littlejohn said that the Offi ce of Residential Life has held multiple conversations and training sessions on race. Th e letter suggested that only one such training session took place.

Dean of Student Aff airs Tim Fos-ter echoed Littlejohns statement.

Its hard for students to see how far Bowdoin has come in such a short period of time, Foster wrote in an email to the Orient. Th ey dont have the same historical perspective.

Foster went on to add that there are reforms already underway in many of the areas that the letter mentions.

Th e creation of the new [Student Center for Multicultural Life], the hiring of a new director, the coming together of the Multicultural Co-alition, the initiation of Intergroup Dialogue, the gatherings of fi rst gen-eration students, faculty and staff and so on, he said.

Kruk and Gross said that they have not seen any official response to either the letter or the Meeting, although several administrators and faculty members have offered their support.

Today, the group that organized the Meeting and the letter will meet to both discuss last Fridays events and plan for next steps.

Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) President Vice President for Fa-cilities and Sustainability Bridgett Mc-Coy 15 resigned from her position on BSGs Executive Committee on Febru-ary 12.

Kyle Wolstencroft 15, class of 2015 representative, won an in internal BSG election 14-9 against At-Large Rep-resentative David Levine 16 and will replace McCoy.

McCoy said she stepped down be-cause of personal reasons regarding her academic commitments.

Im a senior who is doing an hon-ors project and I had to cut out some commitments, unfortunately, to make that work, McCoy said. Extracurricu-lars for me are supposed to be fun, and

[BSG] was a lot of time commitment and something I could get out of.

In addition to her honors project,

This year Ladd House will not host its annual Inappropriate Par-ty. Members of the House voted on the issue this past week, follow-ing discussions with the Office of Residential Life (ResLife).

After members of the ResLife office repeatedly brought up the potential for offensive attire and cultural appropriation associ-ated with this particular party, the House decided to forgo the party altogether. Th ey had planned to host the par-

ty next Saturday. Instead the house

will be hosting the band SUN CLUB, brought to campus by WBOR.

Casey Krause 17, programming director for Ladd, said that Associate Dean of Students Aff airs Meadow Davis and Director of the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Di-versity Kate SternLadds staff advisorsfi rst brought up their concerns about the party when at a lunch with the House offi cers.

President of Ladd House Er-nesto Garcia 17 said that he met with ResLife and Associate Dean of Multicultural Student Programs Leana Amaez before the decision

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WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY OLIVIA ATWOOD

I have a pink satin dress that I re-ally like, and I got to wear it for the

occasion, which was really fun.

I hung out with my roommates and went to Reed My Lips. I was not in a

pink satin dress.

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U CAN TOUCH THIS:MC Hammers intellectual property

ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENTDEAD SERIOUS: Rowan Staley 18, Luke Scheuer 17, and Sophie de Bruijn 18 perform in Dead Mans Cell Phone. The show runs until Saturday in Pickard Theater.

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It started as just an ordinary day for an innocent, educational non-profi t. Th at is, until one Joe Sherlock 16, a member of the Orient staff , disturbed the peaceful waters by attempting to design a purple sweatshirt.

Sherlock works for National High School Model United Nations. His-torically, his team has had the motto Too Legit To Quit, which is a refer-ence to an MC Hammer song, and the mascot of a narwhal. Th is year, Sherlock made the bold decision to design a sweatshirt, or swag, for his team.

We ordered 12 purple sweat-shirts and on the back was a picture of a narwhal wearing MC Hammer pants, holding a gavel, surrounded by the words too legit to quit, he said.Th e plan was going smoothly until

CustomInk called Sherlock the fol-lowing day.

Th ey said, Hey, we have your design, and its going to be a no-go, because it is infringing upon the in-tellectual property rights of Hammer. It cant happen.

Sherlock was devastated, but Cus-tomInk off ered a backup plan.

Th ey said, you have one of two options: One, you can personally contact MC Hammer and get his permission, or two, you can change the phrase to something diff erent, said Sherlock.

Not one to be stopped, Sherlock moved ahead with his original motto.

Th eres really no great way to directly contact MC Hammer, which I never really contemplated before, he said.

Sherlock turned to the Twitter-sphere. He reactivated his Twitter ac-count with the express purpose of reaching the elusive Hammer. Sherlock proceeded to aggres-sively tweet at Hammer: re-questing permission to make 12 purple narwhal sweatshirts.Th is virtual begging continued for

several hours, until nothing short of a miracle happened.

He fi nally responded to me, and said, Yes to the 12 shirts, fi st bump emoji, said Sherlock.

CustomInk was just as shocked as Sherlock.

Sherlock successfully ordered the shirts for delivery this Monday, with one slight modifi cation.

It now says Hammer Certifi ed on the front, he said.

HAMMERED WITH TWEETS: Sherlocks Twitter exchange with MC Hammer, see sidebar at right.

the bowdoin orientfriday, february 20, 2015 news 3

Professors peek in on student life with Yik Yak

BY JOE SHERLOCKORIENT STAFF

Im very impressed with the ap-plications that Ive gotten to read so far, she said. People have taken them really seriously and some of the programs people have thought of in the applications are fantastic.

While remaining similar to past years, this years application pro-cess did include some changes as ResLife continues to tweak the ev-er-evolving College House system. For the first time, student blocks had the option to apply to all Col-lege Houses in addition to the one to four affiliate houses that they can

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tion was taken away as part of this change. Even if blocks do not get into their fi rst-choice House, stu-dents who selected the any house option will be bound to live in a Col-lege House if they are placed in one.

Centeno said that this change was done to better adjust the application process to the fl oating fl oor model of fi rst-year fl oor/College House af-fi liation that the College started in 2013 as a result of changes to its chem-free housing system.

Prior to the implementation of the fl oating fl oor model, all fl oors in a fi rst-year residence hall were affi li-ated with the same College House. Now, each fl oor is affi liated with a diff erent College House and each house is affi liated with four to fi ve fi rst-year fl oors. All chem-free fl oors remain affi liated with Howell House.

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was made. Assistant Director of Residential

Life Mariana Centeno 14 attended a Ladd House meeting two weeks ago to ask the House about its plans for the party.

ResLife wanted to make sure that the House understood and was able to clarify why they wanted to have the party if they were going to have it, said Davis.

We work pretty closely with Houses on any event that feels like it could be unsafe or for some reason could be unwelcoming or uninclu-sive, Davis added.

According to Garcia, ResLife did not explicitly prohibit Ladd from throwing the party.

Th ere was defi nitely some ad-vice, some warning from ResLife that it could get bad, he said.

ResLife was really clear with the types of things that we were dealing with and the changes in Bowdoins social climate, but made sure that it was the Houses decision because at the end of the day its not something that they would want to force one way or the other, said Ladd House proctor Kate Powers 17.

Its just that they want the House to be thoughtful, she added.

Davis said that she did not think of ResLifes concerns about the party were related to Cracksgiving, the annual party hosted by the mens la-crosse team. At this years party, 14 students dressed up as Native Ameri-cans and were displined for conduct unbecoming of Bowdoin students.

According to Krause, aft er the initial advisor lunch meeting, the House was still prepared to host the

party. Aft er the meeting the House began to brainstorm ways in which it could try to prevent overly off en-sive costumes, but still host the In-appropriate Party.

She said that they were consid-ering such measures as conducting programming specifi cally geared towards educating the campus about cultural appropriation during the week leading up to the party or try-ing to determine what was too off en-sive to be worn into the House.

We didnt feel very confi dent with any of the compromises that we had

come up with, said Krause. We didnt feel confi dent that we could ac-tually keep what we wanted to keep out of the Inappropriate Party out, and so we decided not to hold it.

She pointed out that a large part of what eventually convinced the House to not hold the party was the offer from WBOR to host SUN CLUB that same weekend. WBOR approached Ladd with the offer.

Some members of Ladd have ex-pressed regret at not being able to hold the party.

A lot of people do enjoy the party and wanted to throw it, but it was going to take more meet-

ings with the administration to go through ways to filter out the bad, said Krause.

Powers acknowledged that the Inappropriate Party is appealing to many students because it offers people the chance to be politically incorrect and goofy.

A lot of people were able to rea-son by the end that that isnt worth hurting someone, Powers added.

Jun Choi 15, who lived in Ladd two years ago, said that when he lived there the House didnt worry about the potential for the party to be too offensive and that ResLife was not as involved in the issue as they were this year. He added that most Ladd alumni are not upset that the party is not happening this year.

Most of us didnt really care that much, said Choi.

I think it is along the lines of Bowdoin being a little too [politi-cally correct] and trying to police what you can and cannot say and can and cannot do on campus, which depending on who you are may be for the better or may be for the worse, Choi added.

Garcia echoed that sentiment. The Inappropriate Party is just

one of the many things that are cen-sored at Bowdoin and I wouldnt say losing the Inappropriate Party itself is a bad thing for Bowdoin, but it does just kind of show how there are a lot of things on this campus that students cannot do because of political correctness, he said.

The permanent future of the In-appropriate Party at Bowdoin is un-certain at this point.

If the House next year wanted to have the Inappropriate Party again, we would have a similar conversa-tion with them, said Davis.

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While students largely consider Yik Yak to be a peer-dominated outlet for anony-mous posting, faculty members are not nave when it comes to the Yakking phe-nomenon.

Im a little surprised that much of the chatter can fit into three categories, said Assistant Professor of German Jens Klenner. The weather, foodin its vari-ous stages of production, whether before or after digestionand sex life on campus.

Yik Yak is a social media app used for posting anonymous messages that has become popular at Bowdoin over the past two years. Users can view the mes-sages, or Yaks, within a 10-mile radius and vote on whether a Yak is good or bad. However, the students are not the only ones drawn to the app.

You would be surprised by the num-ber of faculty members across this cam-pus that have Yik Yak on their phone, said Klenner.

Faculty members have found it both enjoyable and surprising to observe the sentiments that unguarded students have expressed.

Its really fascinating, you get access to this collective id of Bowdoin, said Assistant Professor of English Maggie Solberg. A lot of us study human na-ture, its hard not to be interested in Yik Yak. Youre hereyoure an anthropolo-gist, youre a sociologist, youre not go-ing to use this tool?

Solberg explained that while at times Yik Yak can be too sobering to her view of the student body, it provides an un-usual insight into the campus zeitgeist.

You really put your fi nger on the pulse of the culture, said Solberg.

Visiting Instructor in History and Asian Studies Tristan Grunow noted that while he no longer has the app, he enjoys talking to colleagues about the Yik Yak culture on campus.

When I had it, when we [faculty members] would get together and hang out, we would read through it and be like Oh, thats kind of funny, said Grunow. I saw a lot of jokes about pooping.

Despite all the fecal and sex jokes, Solberg explained that aft er talking to colleagues at other colleges about their Yik Yak culture, Bowdoins level of dis-cussion was far more enlightened.

I remember us junior faculty joking how nerdy the Bowdoin Yik Yak voice is, said Solberg. Its very charming; its a very intellectual Yik Yak; its oft en very high minded.

However, Solberg explained that read-ing it became too depressing during finals period and she has since deleted the app.

Th e level of hysteria during exams? It reminded me of myself as an under-grad and as a high school student, but its a part of yourself, as an adult, that you want to forget, she said.

While he enjoys actively reading the usually clever and humorous Yaks, Klenner noted anonymity can lend itself to abusive language or hate speech.

While Grunow, Klenner and Solberg all explained that they do not Yak nor know any professor who has, Klenner shared a story he heard.

Ive heard of one incident where some-one [a faculty member] made a comment in response to racial slurs, said Klenner. It was before my time here.

When I was in college, Yakking meant throwing up, added Grunow. Its almost relievingthese are normal students that have normal frustrations.

On Th ursday night at approxi-mately 7 p.m., a water pipe located in the basement of Howell House burst, forcing the temporary evacuation of the building. Despite fl ooding the basement with half a foot of water, no substantial damage was caused.

In an email to the Orient, Caro-lina Deifelt Streese 16, a resident of Howell, said she was in her room when the houses alarm sys-tem activated.

Residents of Howell stayed at Burnett House, which is the near-est College House on Maine Street, while the offi cers from the Offi ce of Safety and Security and the Bruns-wick Fire Department responded to the scene.

According to Deifelt Streese, Se-curity informed the residents that a water pipe in a crawl space behind the dance roomwhere the House is planning to host events this week-endhad burst, fl ooding the entire basement in roughly fi ve to six inches of water.

Initially, House residents were not allowed into the basement, and were concerned that some of the electronic equipment the House had recently purchased might have been damaged. At approximately 10 p.m., Facilities Management allowed the residents to check their equipment in the basement.

Fortunately, none of our equip-ment was damaged, though our fl oor

is pretty wet, said Deifelt Streese. Th ere was an inch of water still on the fl oor aft er Facilities fi nished pumping it out. Th e fl ooding was limited to the

basement, and unlike some College Houses, Howell only has student rooms on the above-ground fl oors.

Facilities deactivated the Houses alarm and sprinkler systems and residents were allowed back in. Th ey were cautioned, however, that they may have needed to fi nd other sleep-ing arrangements due to the discon-nected fi re alarm. Th e Offi ce of Residential Life then

contacted students to inform them that in the event the alarm systems were unable to be restored, the Col-lege would post a Security offi cer in the house overnight and let students sleep in their rooms.

Facilities was able to restore the alarm systems. According to Deif-elt Streese, Facilities said it would be having a crew come to clean up the water overnight and put up dehumidifiers to prevent any fur-ther damage.

Deifelt Streese said the residents were told they would fi nd out to-day whether their basement will be cleared in time for their events over the weekend. In preparation for the worst, the residents had started making alternate plans to host their karaoke night and Th rift shop Party upstairs in their common room.

All in all, this is the best of a worst-case scenario, Deifelt Streese said.

BY RON CERVANTESORIENT STAFF

Burst water pipe fl oods Howell House basement

I wouldnt say that losing the Inappropriate Party

itself is a bad thing for Bowdoin, but it does...show how there are a lot of things on this campus that students

cannot do because of political correctness.

ERNESTO GARCIA 17LADD HOUSE PRESIDENT

4 news the bowdoin orient friday, february 20, 2015

SECURITY REPORT: 2/13 to 2/18Friday, February 13 A group of students was found

smoking marijuana and in posses-sion of drug paraphernalia in Hyde Hall.

A group of students was found in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in Osher Hall.

A students vehicle that was parked on Park Row was struck and damaged by a hit-and-run

driver.Saturday, February 14An officer checked on the well-

being of an intoxicated student at Thorne Hall.

An officer checked on the well-being of a student in Chamberlain Hall.

A student-athlete with an ankle injury was escorted to the Mid Coast Primary Care & Walk-In

McCoys other major time commit-ments include working an on-campus job and singing in a chamber choir, which is one of her classes this semes-ter. As a result, her position on BSG was the only extracurricular she could leave without academic or financial ramifications.

It was unfortunate that I had to leave this opportunity because it has an impact on students, but I decided that I just couldnt make it happen with all my other things, and it was adding a lot of stress to my life, Mc-Coy said. It was a personal decision about my academic commitments.

McCoy also expressed an interest in pursuing activism outside of BSG.

I wanted to give back to the school in a way where the time commitment is less rigid, McCoy wrote in an email to the Orient.

BSG President Chris Breen 15 sup-ports McCoys pursuit of activism, but wishes she would have used BSG as her resource.

I dont really see any better way to work on activism projects than to be involved in BSG and to be in a position like the VP of facilities and sustainabil-ity, said Breen. I think that would be a very good position to advance those goals and motives.

Although she resigned on Th ursday, McCoy remained involved in BSG be-

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Clinic. A student using a hair straight-

ener activated a room smoke alarm in Appleton Hall.

Sunday, February 15 Wall vandalism was reported

in the basement of Ladd House. Brunswick Rescue transported

a student with a dislocated shoul-der from the basketball court at Sargent Gym to Mid Coast Hos-

pital. An officer checked on

the well-being of a student at West Hall.

Monday, February 16 The use of a humidifier

may have triggered a smoke alarm in Chamberlain Hall.

Four students were cit-ed for smoking marijuana concentrates with a water pipe.

Damage was reported to a wooden railing at Bax-ter House.

Obscene graffiti was re-ported on an exterior wall at Appleton Hall.

Tuesday, February 17Officers checked on the

well-being of a student at Stowe Inn.

Wednesday, February 18

A student reported that a pair of L.L. Bean womens size 9 fleece-lined boots were stolen from the uni-sex restroom in the Sargent Gym hallway. The theft oc-curred between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Compiled by the Office of Safety and Security.

fore its internal election to replace her.I just tied up some loose ends

there were a couple of things like get-ting movie tickets that just needed to happen that I just did, so that the per-son whos following me doesnt have to do it, McCoy said.

Breen hopes to maintain the conti-nuity of projects of the Facilities and Sustainability Committee between Mc-Coy and her successor.

It kind of puts the BSG in a tough position in terms of replacing someone with such a limited time span left this year, Breen said. Hopefully well be able to fi nish up the projectsa lot of people in that committee were spear-heading some of those, so I think well be in good hands with the people who are in the committee.

According to the BSG Constitution, vacancies in the Executive Committee are be fi lled through an internal election.Th e bylaws regarding resignation

were added to the Constitution in 2007 when a class representative became the fi rst member in the history of BSG to resign, according to a January 2007 Orient article. Th e last time a member of the Execu-

tive Committee resigned was in 2008 when both Vice President of BSG Af-fairs Kata Solow 10 and Vice President of Student Aff airs Tony Th rower 09 stepped down, according to a January 2008 Orient article. Solow left her posi-tion as vice president to assume the new role of BSG policy director, and Th rower resigned to pursue other interests.

BSG debates runoff voting system for future elections

BY CHAMBLEE SHUFFLEBARGERORIENT STAFF

Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) debated an amendment to the bylaws proposed by Wylie Mao 18 to begin us-ing an instant runoff voting system for future Bowdoin student elections during Wednesdays meeting. BSG also heard speeches for a special election being held to elect a new vice president of facilities and sustainability, a position recently va-cated by Bridgett McCoy 15.Th e new runoff voting system would

allow students to choose a fi rst, second and third choice candidate when vot-ing. If a majority was not reached for one candidate, the bylaws would allow for an immediate runoff between the top candidates.

Its in the interest of making our elections more fair and to allow better representation to what each constitu-ency wants, said Mao. Th is is a system that is adopted widely by a lot of our peer schools.

However, many of the representa-tives voiced concerns over how this amendment would aff ect fi rst-year voters or voters not familiar with all of the candidates running for offi ce. Th ey feared that runoff voting would lead to candidates being ranked in alphabetical order or in other superfi cial ways.Th e debate, however, was inconclu-

sive and a vote on the matter will occur at a later meeting.

BSG elected Kyle Wolstencroft 15 to replace McCoy in an internal election last night. He and the other candidate, At-Large Representative David Levine 16 , had the opportunity to pitch them-selves at Wednesdays meeting.

I believe that I have the experience necessary to take over the position with so little time left in the year and this is because I was actually [vice president for facilities and sustainability] last year, said Levine. I have also already estab-lished relationships with the staff and administrators throughout the College.

While Wolstencroft was unable to attend the meeting, his speech was read on his behalf.

As a member of the Facilities and Sustainability Committee this year, I believe Ive added signifi cant value, his speech read. I took the lead on main projects.

BSG also suspended its two-week rulewhich requires BSG to wait two weeks aft er a bill is proposed to vote on itto vote on two events sponsored by the Good Ideas Fund.Th e fi rst event, which BSG voted to

pass, is a Mainers mini-serieswith whoopie piesin which students will be allowed to have discussions with Maine state legislator Drew Gattine. Th e event will take place on February 28. Th e second event, which also passed,

will be a screening of Boyhood with brunch provided in Adams Hall at 11 a.m. on February 22.

ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

FEATURES the bowdoin orient 5friday, february 20, 2015

HANNAH RAFKIN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENTLEARN FROM EXPERIENCE: Before becoming a professor of government and Asian studies at Bowdoin, Henry Laurence worked on a container ship and a cattle ranch, and had a career in investment banking. He has been known to intersperse stories of his adventures with cold-calling in class lectures.

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Ebenezers Brewpub is the home of Lively Brewing, a Maine brewery started by Chris Lively. Lively is also the owner of the original, world-famous Ebene-zers Pub in Lovell, Maine. A neat piece of trivia: the original Ebenezers was rated the best beer bar in the world by veritable beer authori-ties such as Draft Magazine and Beer-Advocate (the latter awarded the title fi ve years in a row). For a bar in mid-dle of nowhere, Maine, thats an accolade almost as surprising as it is impressive. Th e praise for

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gian beers, but what has perhaps earned them their reputation is its impressive collection of cellared beers: Ebenezers houses over seven hundred bottles of

aged beer, many of which are rare and highly coveted by beer connoisseurs.

Yes, it might surprise you to learn that certain beers can be cellared. Not all beers take to aging (hoppy beers especially are best right aft er they are brewed, when the hops are still fresh and aromatic), but the ones that do oft en mature into boozier, complex versions of themselves. Beers that are suitable for cellaringtypically beers with heartier constitution and higher alcohol content, such as imperial stouts or barleywinesare of course ready to be enjoyed when they hit the market, but cellaring is a fun way for beer geeks to experiment with the diff erent fl avorful evolutions a beer can undergo over time.

Ebenezers Brewpub has a more nar-row and specifi c selection: here in

Brunswick, the pub only of-fers its own beerbeer

brewed under the Live-ly name. Th e Brewpub usually has between eight and ten beers available, and the list grows and rotates over the course of time to showcase new brews. Th e changing selection means that a trip to Ebenezers is a chance to experi-ence the brewers diff erent experi-ments and refi ne-ments. And you

Associate Professor of Govern-ment and Asian Studies Henry Lau-rence prefaced his Oxford education with more than just a typical English prep school. He spent a year in be-tween high school and college work-ing on a container ship bound for Australia. Th is adventure was just the fi rst of many in his life as he also worked in investment banking and ranched cattle.

Laurence grew up along the south-ern coast of England, frequently mov-ing from town to town because his father was in the Royal Navy. For the most part, however, he was rooted in Goring, which had the same feel as Brunswickyou could go to the shops and meet people to gossip. He attend-ed an all-male naval school before tak-ing a gap year preceding college.

Before I went to Oxford, I worked as a deckhand on a container ship and then I got my passage to Australia to work on sheep and cattle ranches, said Laurence. I was in the Indian Ocean de-rusting container lashings. Th at was a fantastic experience. I strongly rec-ommend to people to take a year off .

When he did return to Oxford, Lau-rence pursued studies in philosophy, politics and economics. At Bowdoin, he teaches in both the Government and Legal Studies and Asian Studies departments but he did not become involved with scholarship in the latter discipline until his post-graduate work.

Th ats one of the big diff erences

between England and Bowdoin: in England youre terribly specialized so there just wasnt opportunity to study language or anything outside of your three A-levels, which is a shame.

Aft er graduation, Laurence spent time working for the Bank of Tokyo in London, which piqued his interest in the languages and politics of Asia

and made him realize that a career in bond trading was not for him.

Investment banking was huge amounts of fun. It was new and an in-tellectual challenge. Th is was [before] a lot of mechanization, and so there was kind of a human element at the time that was like a game. It was fun, but I dont think it was very responsible.

Now settled in his career as a Bowdoin professor, Laurence enjoys spending his free time watching the Premier League and following his fa-vorite scheming character, Th omas, on Downton Abbey.

I gave up on House of Cards be-cause it doesnt touch the original British one, said Laurence. I binge

watched Breaking Bad though, and like Better Call Saul.

Laurence is also something of a gourmand.

I cook. Its what I spend my time thinking and reading about, he said. Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is what Id cook for myself on a desert island. And Im getting really into In-dian curries.

His favorite Bowdoin meal?Shepherds pie, obviously, he said.

My greatest regret at Bowdoin, hon-estly, is that they serve up the shep-herds pie with the eggplant parme-san and you just cant do both. Well you can, but not in public.

Laurence hopes one day to have a bronze statue of himself erected out-side of Th orne to commemorate all the time he has spent there.

Although Laurence admits to cold-calling people in the classroom, he wants students to know that he does it to prepare them for the real world.

Its better to be uncomfortable now in class than later at work or in a town hall meeting, he said. Dont take it personally. Where I came from, that is the standard, to be very confrontation-al and critical. It doesnt matter what you think, its about the argument.

Regarding other in-class prac-tices, Laurence has been known to recount the dating misadventures of his youth in class.

I had one student who kept a tally of my stories, he said.

Unfortunately, Laurence declined to share any of these with the Orient.

Professor Laurence lives in Bruns-wick with his wife and children, who persuade him to Nordic ski and at-tend Arctic Monkeys concerts.

We spent the sun-dappled day collecting trash from the banks of the lake, where water-weeds lounged against mud and rock. With gloved hands bearing Hefty bags we uncovered bottles, plastic bags and a small mattress from the tawny tumble of loam, leaves and pine needles on the peninsula.

Spirits were high as the group of Bowdoin first years, my Pre-O leaders and myself tramped back to our van. After our morning of community service, we were spend-ing our after-noon with Molly, a re-nowned bas-ket-weaver at the Indian Town-ship reservation of the Passamaquoddy tribe of Downeast Maine.

Molly welcomed us to her back porch overlooking the smooth water and fed us generously. We talked with her and several of her grandchildren about their lives on the reservation. As the sun dipped into the lake, Molly brought out bundles of dried sweet-grass and began to teach us about her craft.

The Passamaquoddy tribe has

Woven baskets remind us of a forgotten Downeast culture

lived in Downeast Maine for over 12,000 years. Along with the Mali-seet, Penobscot, and Micmac tribes, the Passamaquoddy form the Wa-banaki people of Maine. The Wa-banaki are the Dawn Land Peo-plethe first nations of the East.Th e tribe currently has 3,369

members and two reservations, In-dian Township and Pleasant Point. I travelled to the Pleasant Point reser-vation for my Pre-O trip and then led a new group of fi rst-years to Indian Township last August. In March, I will be returning to Pleasant Point for an Alternative Spring Break trip. If I

had gone on a diff er-ent Pre-O, I doubt

I would know that the reserva-

tions exist.The reserva-

tions are about a four-hour drive

from Brunswick. The tribe holds over

200,000 acres scattered throughout Maine resulting from years of legal battles after the tribe initiated the Maine Indian Land Claims Act in the late 1960s. The land settlement was a fraction of the tribes original claims and their legal status within the state remains fraught.

The tribe has been using sweet-

Please see BASKETS, page 6DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

6 features friday, february 20, 2015the bowdoin orient

After high school, Christian Heath 18 wanted to explore his newfound freedomthe freedom of living, the freedom to do what he wanted when he wanted, and most importantly, the freedom to travel the world.

It was more after senior year, I had graduated and it was sum-merI was just enjoying the free-dom of having school done and just didnt really want to go to school yet. So I drew up a planand I was like Can this work? said Heath.

It did. Heath went to Cen-tral America for three and a half months, worked the winter season to make money, and then headed to Europe for three and half months. His first stop was Costa Rica, where he intended to WWOOF. WWOOFwhich stands for Will-ing Workers on Organic Farmsis an organization where farm labor is exchanged for food and a place to live.

I was going to do that in Cen-tral America, but the first farmer I went toit was an awful experi-ence. She wasnt feeding us enough food so we were really hungry all the time. After three weeks, I was done, said Heath.

Fortunately, Heath did not leave empty handed from the farm. He made a German friend, who went on to become his Central Ameri-

can travel partner. After leaving the farm, they moved to Jaco, Cos-ta Rica to work in a hotel.

They let us stay in a room for free. They had all these doors that they needed sanded, so for like four weeks we just sanded doors, which was really easy work. It was like a

twenty-hour work week, so we got to hang out for the rest of the time, it was awesome, said Heath.

After about a month at the hotel, Heath travelled around Panama for a couple of weeks, before finally finishing his Central America trip with a month in Nicaragua.

Heath then worked for two months back home in the United States before starting his tour around Europe.

In Europe, I had a Eurail Passyou pay money up front for a rail pass and it works for all of Europe. It was a ticket to go free to any-

MIND THE GAPBY KELSEY SCARLETT

Around the world and back again: Heath 18 takes global gap yearwhere I wanted, and just being able to do that was sick, said Heath.

After his journey around the world was completed, Heath final-ly found himself at Bowdoins cam-pus. All in all he had visited sixteen countries: Costa Rica, Panama, Ni-caragua, Spain, Morocco, France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Aus-tria and Italy.

At first it was kind of toughin Europe I was all alone for the ma-jority of itwhich was cool, but you get lonely. So getting back was a bit tough, going from being alone to being with a roommate and get-ting more social again, but on the whole it wasnt too bad, said Heath.

Heaths experience was one he could learn from, grow from, and one he will always remember.

When you have a memory thats shared, I feel like it has a longer life than when its just you. You never really have anyone to talk with about it, said Heath. [Memories] probably have a bit more value when theyre shared, so if I were to do something like this again, Id to-tally want to start it with someone or know I was going to meet up with someone to travel with.

When asked if he would recom-mend a gap year to those who were considering the idea, he replied:

There were some negativesI was lonely at timesbut as a whole experience I would one hundred percent recommend it.

can pretty much count on the fact that youre drinking it fresh.

Lively Brewing (as Ill refer to the brewing end of the operation) has a noticeable preference for Belgian beers, and they populate the menu, with fun names like Brother Broseph and the Beaut. Im careful to gener-alize about my experience, given the changeable nature of the menu so there are bound to be hits and misses. Ive preferred the brewerys Belgian-inspired Saisons and Abbey Ales over its hoppier attempts. Th is is possibly with the exception of the Belgian Wit-bier, which underwhelmed. Th e pale ales and IPAs hadnt quite

found the right balance, and packed a citrus rind-y punch without much compliment from the malt. In all fair-ness, however, I prefer IPAs and pale

grass, which is sacred to the Pas-samaquoddy and Micmac tribes, to weave baskets for countless gen-erations. Baskets are also woven from strips of ash wood.

Sweetgrass grows in the wet-lands of the reservation lakes. Dried, it has the color of straw but is malleable and oily. It smells like freshly cut grass and spices. The sweet per-fume, mixed with barbecue and pine, intoxicated the air around us.

If the smell fades, a dip in wa-ter revitalizes the grass. Molly, who is the president of the Maine Indian Basket Alliance, braids and twists the sweetgrass into patterned, floral creations.

Fancy bas-ket making developed in relatively recent history. Tradi-tionally, basket-weaving women worked for their fami-lies, crafting baskets for everyday use. As industrial-ism and capitalism developed in the newly formed United States, Native families struggled to main-tain their traditional economy and lifestyle. The fancy basket industry grew when Native artists began selling their crafts to tourists as art, not for everyday use. Molly, who is one of the few professional basket-weavers left in the commu-nity, told us how she works on her

baskets for weeks or months at a time; her family has a distinctive flower that marks their work.

In Mollys capable hands, the sweetgrass twisted into smooth ropes. Granddaughter mimicked grandmother, braiding and chat-tering about her own basketsshe wanted to start making fancy baskets soon. As Molly worked,

she told us

a b o u t her history, the

history of her craft, the history of her landhow a white man had tried to steal her property, where she and many of her extended fam-ily members live and where she also rents cabins to visitors. Her family fought back.

Molly taught our group how to

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ales that aim at a more tropical or dank hop profi le.

My favorite beers at Ebenezers so far have been the dark beers. Ive sampled three so far (note: doing research for this column is more fun than doing research for my classes), each a diff erent style, and in body, nose, fl avor, and complex-ity, each had proven to be the best beer of the night.

Now, it usually isnt a good idea to group beers by their color, as color isnt a trustworthy indication of fl avor or style. But Ill still venture this evaluation given that its remained true over a range of styles: Ive had a Dubbel, a rye, and an American Porter that were each distinct in fl avor, but united in their supremacy over the rest of the menu. If youre plan-ning to head over to the Brewpub soon, I recommend a glass of the Lively Rye, a smooth, medium-bodied beer with a boozy sweetness that conjures up notes of dried fruit, and ends with a dry, al-most tart fi nish.

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make the sweetgrass braids that build baskets. We tied the ends of our braids togethersmall, sweet wreaths. Ours were jagged at the edges, the braided strands crooked, unlike Mollys that were smooth and round.

We left Mollys house bearing our first attempts at her craft, scamper-ing as mosquitoes flooded the dusk. Molly showed us her studio-shop on the way out: dozens of beauti-ful baskets, the braids of sweetgrass

bearing centuries of changing culture, tenacity and pride.

We began our day do-ing community ser-

vice on the lake-shore, relishing the sunshine and the com-pany. My co-leader and I wanted our f i r s t - y e a r s to have a good time, to learn something, to see the e x q u i s i t e D o w n e a s t

woods and waters and, to

experience the communities of

Maines Native pop-ulation. Our project, a

few hours dedicated to revitalizing the lakeshore,

was as much service to our own aims as to the communitys.Mollys hands working the

sweetgrass told a story that we were still struggling to learn, a history much less relatable to our lives as Bowdoin students.

I keep my little sweetgrass wreath on my windowsill by my desk. Periodically, I dunk it in wa-ter, so my room is faintly scented, a deliciousif crudely madere-minder of Indian Township.

DIANA FURU

KAWA, THE B

OWDOIN ORI

ENT

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTIAN HEATHSEEING IT ALL: Christian Heath 18 (right) spent his gap year traveling the world bouncing between projects, which included WWOOFing and working at a hotel.

the bowdoin orient 7friday, february 20, 2015

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

In todays world, technology oft en outlives its owners. Such is the case in Sarah Ruhls Dead Mans Cell Phone, a play being performed on campus this weekend.

Masque & Gowns production of Dead Mans Cell Phone shows just how complicated this occurrence can be, as follows the life of a cell phone aft er the death of the titular character, Gordon.

[Th e play] starts off with a woman in a caf who gets fed up with listening to a mans cell phone ring so she takes charge and answers it herself, said Lane Sturtevant 15, one of the co-directors of the show. She realizes that the man is actually dead so she makes the deci-sion to keep the phone and as a result becomes very involved with his family, his wife, his lover, his mother, his broth-er, and the play just sort of follows that.Th e shows cast of six students and

production crew of around 20 have been working on an almost daily basis since Winter Break. Th e co-directors of the show, Sturtevant and Noah Bragg 15, have worked hard to deal with the limited timetable.

We work at such a furious pace to

get everything rehearsed, Bragg said. You just want everything to be per-fect, you want the actors to be perfect and you know its not going to be per-fect. You just work and you sort of get caught up and then you see the whole thing come together and an actor does something you didnt expect that

you hadnt done in rehearsal that just works beautifully.Th is is Sturvetants fi rst experience

with acting and directing at Bowdoin. Having been previously exposed to Ruhls work, Sturtevant was keen to direct one of her plays.

Id been reading a lot of Sarah Ruhl

and I liked her humor and her playful-ness and I wanted to direct a play by a contemporary woman playwright for Masque & Gown, Sturtevant said. Th e leaders of Masque & Gown rec-

ommended that Sturtevant co-direct the show with Bragg, who had previously acted in one of Ruhls other works.

Having acted in Masque & Gowns fall show, Almost, Maine, fi rst year Rowan Staley knew immediately that she wanted to audition for Dead Mans Cell Phone. Staley portrays Mrs. Gottlieb, Gordons mother. Her role as the matriarch of the Gott-lieb clan is very dissimilar from that which she usually plays, presenting both challenges and good experiences.

Th e most rewarding thing has been playing a character who is so dif-ferent from myself, Staley said. Ive never played a role thats this unusual before. Ive had to stretch myself a lot and the directors have been great in helping me do that.

Aft er just about one months time, the shows cast and crew are ready to showcase their work to the public.

[Before the show], you get a lot of adrenaline and everyones really excit-ed and hyped up so theres a lot of fun pre-show rituals like playing loud mu-sic in the dressing room, Staley said.

In addition to last nights perfor-mance, Dead Mans Cell Phone will be performed at Pickard Th eatre tonight and tomorrow. Th e show be-gins at 7:30 p.m. and lasts around two hours. Tickets can be bought at the David Saul Smith Union info desk for $1 with a Bowdoin ID.

BY TOMMY LUNNORIENT STAFF

ELIZA GRAUMLICH, THE BOWDOIN ORIENTRING RING, BANG BANG: Maddi Kuras 18 aims for Sophie de Bruijn 18 in an airport scene in Dead Mans Cell Phone.

ANNA HALL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

Coding, choreography and collaborationBY GARRETT CASEY

ORIENT STAFF

Dead Mans Cell Phone premieres after one month of intensive prep

It really has profoundly af-fected me. Learning to think about yourself as a person who can actu-ally say no or demand things, you cant undo that, said Miz Cracker, a drag queen from Harlem, NY., who spoke Tuesday in Kresge. That has probably saved my life.

Miz Cracker covered her daily life and the complexities of gender and sexuality in her talk titled, I

Still Hate Your Personality, But I Like Your Hair.

Miz Cracker began perform-ing in 2011 when a new acquain-tance suggested that she try drag. Though she had never considered it before, Miz Cracker fell in love with her work and found herself becoming more self-confident.

Since her start in the drag world, she has quit her day job to focus

BY LOUISA MOOREORIENT STAFF

Please see DRAG, page 8

The dancers provide the code, and the computer scientists trans-form it into choreography. Thats the basic idea behind a collab-orative project between Assistant Professor of Dance Charlotte Grif-fins Advanced Dance Composi-tion class and Associate Professor of Computer Science Stephen Ma-jerciks course, Nature-Inspired Composition.

D a n c e r s in Griffins

c l a s s c o m -bined d i f -f e r e n t m o v e m e n t s , each assigned a number, to create perfor-mances that can be reduced to numeric se-quences. These s e q u e n c e s c o n s t i t u t e a code for the com-puter science (CS) students, who write fitness functions that de-termine which sequences are best (although the dancers bristled at the idea of one dance being ob-jectively better than another). The functionthrough a process that Majercik compared to evolu-tionwill spit out a new sequence of movements, a type of computer-generated choreography.

As often happens when two dis-ciplines come togetherespecially disciplines as disparate as CS and dancethere have been some slight hiccups. Griffin said that the proj-ect has involved a departure from the typical language of dance.

A lot of this language is very chal-lenging from a choreographic stand-

point, like picking the best, ranking in order of pref-

erences, said Griffi n. In choreography

Im not using words like

good or b a d .

Its more like interesting or contrast-ing or complementary.

Majercik has had to adjust his vo-cabulary as well. He admitted that his dance experience is limited to social events like weddings and parties.

I dont think Ill make this mistake again, but I made the mistake several times of saying we want something good, Majercik said. And [Griffi n]

says, No, we dont want something good. It doesnt have to be goodit can be interesting.

Only a few minutes later, Majer-cik made the same mistake again while describing the challenge of building a fitness function to evalu-ate the dances.

Heres the crux of it. Heres where the diffi cult piece is, he said. For the evolution to work there has to be a function that evaluates the sequence and gives it some sort of scorehow good is it?

Or how interesting, Griffi n in-terrupted, prompting laughter from both professors.

Dancers in Griffi ns class also strug-gled to adapt to the language

and logic of CS, particular-ly when students from

Majer-c i k s

class v i s -ited t h e stu-d i o t o

rank the dance sequences and devel-op criteria for their fi tness functions.

I dont believe in ranking dances like that, especially among people that youre in class with, said Sarah Guilbault 18. Its not a quantita-tive thing to rank dances, but its necessary for computer science in

Please see CODING, page 9

ZACH ALBERT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENTI LIKE YOUR HAIR: Miz Cracker talked to students Tuesday night in Kresge. She said she is indebted to the performance art form, telling the audience, I would not be alive without [drag].

Miz Cracker talks about drag, dedication and demands

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DRAG

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BY ELLEN CAHILLO

RIENT STAFF

As a visual arts major, M

olly Rider 15 has pursued everything from

film to m

aking her own

furniture. She dedicates much of

her time at Bow

doin to the visual arts, and plans to pursue a career in this field after graduation.

In her sophomore year, Rider

began to get involved in the arts as a part of Bow

doin Artist Ac-

tivists, through which she did

art projects with local elem

en-tary schools.

The next year, while taking her

junior year off from Bow

doin on m

edical leave, Rider was able to

take art classes in industrial de-sign at the U

niversity of Minne-

sota. She is currently working on

her senior studio project.I am

doing woodw

orking and photography

and printm

aking for m

y senior studio, she said. I have really enjoyed printing pho-tos on w

ood.This

project also

includes m

aking her own furniture.

I just made a coffee table and

some side tables, she said. I also

made a lam

p that hangs from the

ceiling, which I definitely w

ill in-clude in m

y room in the future.

Students in the senior studio class w

ill present a project at the end of the sem

ester.It

is like

an independent

study because you make your

own schedule and stick to it, she

said. Its great because the art departm

ent as well as local art-

ists come critique your w

ork so you get a lot of feedback.

Rider has also been involved in film

throughout her time at

Bowdoin. She interned at a film

com

pany called By Kids the sum-

mer after her freshm

an year.They get film

makers to go all

over the world and m

ake docu-m

entaries about kids lives, she said.

They tell

stories about

their lives to bring relevant is-sues to the public that are not in

the mainstream

media. I did a

lot of grant writing for them

and m

et a lot of filmm

akers.O

n campus, Rider is a leader

of the Bowdoin O

uting Club.I love kayaking, skiing, and

rafting, she said. Riders

favorite art

class at

Bowdoin w

as landscape painting w

ith Associate Professor of Art

James M

ullen.O

ur assignments w

ere more

open, which pushed m

y paint-ing skills and encouraged m

e to paint a different w

ay, she said. I also got to paint m

ore of what I

liked to do.The projects Rider is m

ost proud of include her Landscape Painting final project and her se-nior studio project.

For Landscape

Painting, I

made fifteen paintings and they

were

fun because

they w

ere quick

and very

colorful, she

said. What I am

working on

now, specifically bending wood,

has also been really fun.Riders m

other is a childrens book editor, and she loves the artw

ork of many illustrators her

mother has w

orked with.

Melissa Sw

eet is a local artist w

ho is great, she said.In addition, Rider finds inspi-

ration in printmaker Rick A

l-lens w

ork.I love his w

ork because of the level of detail he puts into it, she said. H

e uses beautiful land-scapes and includes the natural w

orld, which I am

drawn to.

Rider plans to go abroad to N

ew Zealand this sum

mer to

complete her last sem

ester.I am

taking two industrial

design classes there and then considering going to graduate school for industrial design after that, she said.

To suggest an artist for Portrait of an Artist, em

ail Arts & Enter-

tainment Editor Em

ily Weyrauch

at eweyrauc@bowdoin.edu.

PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST M

olly Rider 15

EMMA ROBERTS, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

SMOOTH RIDER: Rider 15 burns wood in the art studio as part of her senior studio project.

Swans are animals w

hich sym-

bolize romantic love because w

hen you put two of them

together, their necks alm

ost resemble a heart. In

addition, Im told they m

ate for life, w

hich might also have som

e-thing to do with it. They should not be confused with Swans, w

hich is a band w

hose music bores its way

into your soul only to leave an abyss that listens back. This is a very im

-portant distinction.

When I heard the latter w

as com

ing to Portland, I asked my

friends if they wanted to go see

Swans w

ith m

e. The

bir

d?

asked G

ar-rett

Casey 15.

The F

risbe

e p

lay-

er? chuck-

led Sam M

iller 15. N

o, I said, the

band. See

above.Sure,

said Leo Shaw 15, who

doesnt listen

to anything

re-leased

aft er 1988,

the year

Sonic Youth made D

aydream N

a-tion and won m

usic. D

o we need to get tickets? Hugh

Ratcliff e 15 wondered aloud, boyish charm

dancing across his face.I dont think so, I replied, fi g-

uring that Swans was one of those bands driveling hipsters claim

to like but never really follow through on seeing live, or, you know, listen-ing to. It is diffi cult listening for som

e people, aft er all. For som

e people, I guff awed, be-fore putting in headphones. W

hats that? Peter N

aufft s 15 said. Whats

that? I said, gesturing to the head-phones. W

hats that? Th om Yorke

said, because that is a lyric to the Ra-

diohead song I was intellectualizing at the m

oment.

Several months passed until the

night of the concert, and then Leo and I clam

bered into Hughs car.

Lets get some earplugs, H

ugh said. I intuited he was referring to Swans tendency to m

ake their audiences ears bleed during live shows. I got us covered, I said, brandishing the box of $4.95 ear-plugs I had purchased for this very occasion. They reduce noise by up to 33 decibels!

On the way to Portland, H

ugh and Leo were involved in a heated conversation

regarding the

kind of m

usic Swans makes. Its like if

Sigur Ros had a baby with doom

metal, H

ugh posited. Not really

doom m

etal, countered Leo. Noise

rock? ventured Hugh. Experim

en-tal, shrugged Leo.

I had been busy laughing at the com

edy of existence in the backseat, but even if I w

ere one to participate in boxing Sw

ans into a corner, I

wouldnt

have said

havent you p

hilistin

es heard

of N

o W

ave? because I am

only that kind of asshole in print.

When

we arrived

at the venue, we ditched our coats and I ran into m

y friend Shaun. I really want m

y ears to bleed tonight, said Shaun. I laughed in a m

anner which I hope conveyed the sentim

ent me too while I stra-

tegically tucked my box of earplugs

further into my pocket. Shaun is

more hardcore than I am

.Back up by the stage, Leo and

Hugh w

ere ordering beers. They are both 22. I am

21, so fortu-nately all three of us could pur-chase alcohol legally and consum

e it safely. U

nlike some people, I

muttered.

Whats

that? H

ugh said. W

hats that? I said, gestur-ing to m

y earplugs.W

e barely had to stand around

talking awkwardly for fi ve minutes

when Michael G

ira came onstage.

Michael G

ira is sixty years old but I cant im

agine him being a grand-

father. For one thing, he has long oily hair. For another thing, he is the frontm

an of Swans. For those of you who dont know,

Swans live act is described by Tick-etm

aster user Lightninger as a meta-

physical assault. Uh-oh, I said, dig-

ging my earplugs in a little deeper.

Th us comm

enced two hours and 15 m

inutes of punishing and soul-baring

experimental-noise-rock-

meets-Sigur-Ros. I dont know how

many songs they played, though its

possible the number is as low as fi ve.

Half-hour epics tend to sprawl out. In celebration of lifes absurdity,

the deafening barrage of guitars, glockenspiels and trom

bones shook confetti,

that vestige

of sim

pler tim

es, from the venues raft ers.

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ember

dead-panned, H

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was pretty good, as if to say, Th ere are no atheists at a Swans concert. M

ichael Gira ignored him

. Th e band prom

ptly launched into a suite whose sole intelligible lyric was W

ere living in a wonderland.

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structed every conceivable perfor-m

ance trope and built from the ashes

of rock n roll a new idol of burning, aqueous passion, I thought, for a brief but beautiful second, that som

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attered.Th e fi nal chord, a death knell,

sounded. I awoke from m

y stupor. Iron and W

ines sound really did a 180, I said, winking and point-ing at one of Swans hirsute drum

-m

ers. Unnngh, Leo said, drained. W

hats that? Hugh said, his boyish

charm aged by decades.

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Miller 15 and Leo Shaw 15 are

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embers.

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on drag full time and to w

rite for the O

utward section of Slate.com

. In her talk, she em

phasized how m

uch time and m

oney is needed to be successful in drag.

It takes a lot of time; it takes

a lot of dedication, Miz Cracker

said. Even a drag queen who does

not care about her looks at all is pouring an im

mense am

ount of tim

e and money into the business

of drag.Th is

dedicationm

anifested in

Miz Crackers three to four hours per

day of hair, makeup and outfi t prepa-

rationshows that there is m

ore to drag than am

usement and com

edy.If you think its just a gam

e or if you think its just for entertain-m

ent, you have to bear in mind that

it is a huge comm

itment, she said.

Christina Knight, a CFD post-

doctoral fellow in the theater and

dance department, said that the

talk shed a different light on the lives of drag queens.

If the only idea of drag you have com

es from Ru Pauls D

rag

Race, then youre probably missing

a great deal about what it actually

means to gay folks, queer folks,

trans folks who go to those show

s, said Knight in a phone interview w

ith the Orient.

Knight shares a mutual friend

with

Miz

Cracker and

it w

as her idea to bring her to cam

pus. Knight w

as originally interested in having M

iz Cracker speak to her class, A

merican Q

ueen: Drag in

Contem

porary Art Perform

ance.I w

anted her to come talk to

my class because I w

anted them to

order to create new sequences.Lucy Saidenberg 15 had sim

ilar reservations, but found that the project w

as still valuable.It w

as a little scary at first, but I think the concept w

as really inter-esting in the end, she said.

Both dancers and CS students underscored

the potential

awk-

wardness of interdisciplinary col-

laboration when

they described

the m

eeting betw

een their

classes. Sim

on M

ou

shab

eck 16,

who

is in

Majerciks class,

said that it was

like studying

another species and

Saidenburg joked

that it

would be hilar-

ious to see the CS students dance.G

riffin and Majercik m

ay seem

like an odd pair, given the enor-m

ous differences between CS and

dance, but they share the belief that

their respective

fields can

benefit from a carefully designed

collaborative project.W

ere working on them

e and variation this sem

ester, so this is an opportunity to look at m

ove-m

ent analysis

and m

ovement

variation in a way that a choreog-

rapher might not do on their ow

n, G

riffin said.M

ajercik said he was excited by

the questions and uncertainties of the project.

Its been really interesting try-ing to figure out how

these two

processes can work together, he

said. Can you think of it being a

collaboration betw

een a

dancer and the algorithm

? Its really an exploration. W

ere not sure where

its going to lead.G

riffin and

Majercik

began planning a collaborative effort tw

o years ago, w

hen they served on a w

orking group as part of the Col-

leges Digital and C

omputational

Studies Initiative

(DCSI).

Their current project is not a form

al part of the initiative, but they think of it as an experim

ent in what they

call the compu-

tational arts.The tw

o pro-fessors

see this

semesters

proj-ect as a trial for a

future course

in w

hich stu-

dents w

ould participate

as both dancers and com

puter scien-

tists. They would

call that course C

omputational Expressivity.

Majercik said that a num

ber of students in his class seem

interest-ed in such a course.

Moushabeck said that he has en-

joyed applying CS principles to a real-w

orld problem.

I think its a cool idea, he said. It gives us the chance to put som

e-thing that w

ere learning to use, to see it m

ake results in a way thats

not just seeing the numbers fly

down on the screen.

Not all the dancers w

ere as sure about the idea, how

ever.I dont love the idea of a com

-puter telling m

e which m

oves are the m

ost aesthetically pleasing, said Lucy Saidenburg 15. I dont really believe that its possible, just because of the subjective nature of w

hats good dance.

CODING

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get a sense of what its like to actu-

ally perform drag, instead of just

thinking about

it theoretically,

said Knight.K

night also

hoped that

Miz

Crackers talk w

ould create cam-

pus dialogue.I think its im

portant and pow-

erful and a conversation a lot of people on this cam

pus are afraid of, said Xanthe D

emas 15. Its

really important to bring it here in

such a good environment.

This is a way to get people talk-

ing about these issues [in a way]

thats more inviting than a lecture

from an academ

ic, said Knight.O

thers agreed that the setting allow

ed students to feel comfort-

able discussing complex issues.

Theres nothing better around a tough topic than having som

eone w

ho says Ask m

e anything, it wont

offend me. She totally ow

ned the w

hole thing, said Emm

a Patter-son 16.

I would not be alive w

ithout [drag]

what a profound differ-

ence it made, M

iz Cracker said. A

nything that you love to do can save you.

It gives us the chance to put som

ething that were learning to use, to see it m

ake results in a way thats not just seeing the num

bers fly down on the screen.

SIMON M

OUSHABECK 16

If the only idea of drag youhave com

es from Ru Pauls Drag

Race, then youre probablym

issing a great deal about whatit actually m

eans to gay folks,queer folks, trans folks who

go to those shows.

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DIANA FURUKAWA, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

SPORTS10 the bowdoin orient friday, february 20, 2015

Four years of collegiate womens basketball proved not to be enough for Kirsten Prue 14. Aft er playing on the Bowdoin womens basketball team as a point guard for four years, Prue has spent the past year serving as assistant coach for the Bates wom-ens basketball team.

Prue became aware of the position through her former coach, Bowdoin Head Coach Adrienne Shibles, who mentioned her name to Jim Murphy, the head coach at Bates. Aft er Murphy

reached out to her, Prue eagerly took the position.

Though most people would like-ly find it difficult to coach a team that was one of their rivals just a year prior, Prue approached her new position professionally.

It wasnt diffi cult at all because I was really able to remove myself from that rivalry and get excited to be able to be a

Bates coach. As soon as I agreed to be a coach I viewed myself as a Bobcat. I wanted [the girls] to win and do as well as they could do, Prue said.

Although Prue was a loyal and sup-portive coach throughout the season, she still has her Bowdoin allegianc-es. With Bates season fi nished and Bowdoin moving on to the NESCAC playoff s, Prue plans to support her alma mater.

Im totally rooting for the Polar Bears next weekend. Im really hoping theyll be in the semi-fi nals and fi nals at Tuft s. If so, Ill defi nitely be there to cheer them on, she said.Th e Bates coaching position came

at a convenient time for Prue, who has spent the year preparing for and applying to occupational therapy (OT) graduate programs. Th ough she does not plan to continue coach-ing in the immediate future, Prue hopes to somehow incorporate bas-ketball coaching into her ultimate career choice.

Coaching is defi nitely something Im thinking about for the future. Occupational therapy is a pretty fl ex-ible career. In an ideal world I would graduate, get my OT license, and then work part-time and get involved with [a schools basketball program], whether that be voluntary or part-time, and go from there.

Prue has found both joys and diffi -culties in transitioning from her role as a team member in college to a coach.

Junior Lucas Hausmans 44 points on 20-25 shooting in last Fridays 98-70 win over Bates, a season high in points for the team, tied the school record for points in a game, previously set in 1954 by Bill Fraser. Hausmans record-breaking performance earned him the Division III Player of the Week award. He was also named NESCAC Player of the Week for the second week in a row.Th e next day, the Polar Bears edged

out Tuft s in the fi nal seconds to win 57-54. Th e two wins bumped Bowdoin up to second place in the NESCAC at the end of the regular season, allowing the team to host seventh-seeded Wil-liams in a quarterfi nal match tomor-row at 2 p.m.

Bowdoins victory against Bates was a major improvement over the 71-51 defeat to the Bobcats on December 4. Hausman led the charge early, sinking nine of his fi rst 11 shots to carry the Po-lar Bears to a 15-point lead at the half.

Bates attempted to hang in the game by relying on their perimeter shooting, but no matter what the Bobcats threw at the Polar Bear defense, Bowdoin was able to respond and keep the game out of reach. Th e Bobcats could not match

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Basketball teams set to host NESCAC quarterfi nals as No. 2 seeds

multiple three pointers on her way to a team leading 29 points in the game. Shannon Brady 16 and Kerrigan added 15 and 13 points, respectively. Bates biggest weapon was fi rst year Nina Davenport, who scored a total of 34 points in the game.

In the second half, the Bobcats came back with a nine-point run, giving them a 60-59 lead with less than fi ve minutes to play. But Bink-horst responded with a 15-foot jump shot to take back a lead that

Bowdoin would never relinquish. In fi eld goals, Bowdoins 42.4 percent

just surpassed Bates 41.4 percent, and the Polar Bears led 36-32 in rebounds.

Shibles spoke about Binkhorsts performance aft er the game.

Shes very deserving of that record because she works incredibly hard, said Shibles. I thought she brought incredible mental toughness to the Tuft s game[she] really maintained her poise and composure and execut-ed the game plan. Please see W. BBALL, page 12

Sarah Binkhorst became the 14th Polar Bear to score 1,000 points.

Womens hoops hosts Middlebury tomorrow at 4 p.m.

Lucas Hausman 16 tied Bow-doins single-game points record

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From Polar Bear to Bobcat: Kirsten Prue 14 becomes coach at Bates

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MAKES PERFECT: Kirsten Prue 14 leads a Bates basketball practice and, left, helms the Polar Bear o ense during her time as the Bowdoin point guard.

ZACH ALBERT (left) AND ABBY MOTYCKA (right), THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

CHARGE ON: Marle Curle 17 (left) and John Swords 15 (right) lead the Polar Bears into battle tomorrow as both teams host quarterfi nal games.

Playing its second weekend with-out captain Megan Phelps 15, who was injured the week before, womens basketball beat Bates (9-14, 0-9 NES-CAC) 74-67 last Friday. However on Saturday, they lost their last regular season game to Tuft s (23-1, 10-0) in a battle of the only two remaining undefeated teams in the NESCAC 55-56, ending their 18-game win streak. Th e Polar Bears fi nished with a regular season record of 21-3 (9-1 NESCAC).

Sara Binkhorst 15 set a single-game school record with seven three pointers at Bates, and became the 14th Bowdoin player to score over 1,000 career points a day later at Tuft s.

At Bates, Bowdoin started strong, with Binkhorst and Kate Kerrigan 18 scoring the fi rst 12 points of the game. Bates went on a few runs to tighten the gap to 22-18, but Bowdoin responded, increasing its lead to 28-18. Th e Polar Bears held a comfortable 35-25 halft ime lead.

I thought we had maybe the strongest start of our season against Bates, said Head Coach Adrienne Shibles.

Binkhorst kicked off the second half by stretching Bates defense with

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Its defi nitely an interesting transi-tion, because as a player it all came nat-urally to me, she said. A lot of playing is subconsciously taking action, while coaching is mostly watching every little thing and thinking about it and what the other team is doing. I enjoyed pro-viding feedback, but it was defi nitely a diff erent kind of experience.

Shibles expressed excitement at having a former member of her team

as a fellow coach, even if they are on diff erent sides of the court.

[Prue] brought an intelligence and a composure to the court as a player that was critical to our teams success. I know this has translated well for coaching. Im in full support of what shes doing and hope that she contin-ues with coaching as a profession, said Shibles.

Prue is one of nine Bowdoin

womens basketball alumni currently coaching collegiate basketball. Th ese alumni currently coach at Bates, Con-necticut College, Dartmouth, Har-vard, Navy, Niagara University, Roch-ester University, Tuft s University and here at Bowdoin.

We take a lot of pride in develop-ing leaders here. I think it speaks to the passion that our players have for the game, said Shibles.

Tuft s opened the game scoring the fi rst three points of the half. Bowdoin responded with a run that put the Polar Bears ahead 12-7. However, once Tuft s barreled ahead 15-12, they would not give up the lead for the remainder of the game. Th e Jumbos fi nished the half with a 34-24 lead.

I think we started off defensively re-ally well, said Binkhorst. [Tuft s] went on a bit of a run in the fi rst half and

Im totally rooting for the Polar Bears next weekend. Im really hoping theyll

be in the semi-fi nals and fi nals at Tufts. If so, Ill defi nitely be there to

cheer them on

KIRSTEN PRUE 14ASSISTANT COACH BATES WOMENS BASKETBALL

the bowdoin orientfriday, february 20, 2015 sports 11

BY ALEX VASILEORIENT STAFF

First-year Mariah Rawding took fourth place in the 50-yard and the 100-yard breaststroke at last weeks NESCAC Champion-ship. She also took third in the 200-yard breaststroke, the last of her three solo events, the maxi-mum number allowed.

Rawding also participated on four strong relay teamsthe 400-yard freestyle which fi nished sec-ond, the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard medley both of which fi nished fourth, and the 200-yard medley, which fi nished fi ft h.

Rawding broke school records in each of her three individual events and earned All-Conference hon-ors in the 200 breaststroke and the 400 freestyle relay. Her performance contributed to women swimming and divings best fi nish in program history.

Rawding com-pleted 14 races over the three-day NESCAC Cham-pionship, an average number of events for a short-distance swim-mer.

Her performance was some-what surprising to Coach Brad Burnham and to Rawding her-self. For most of the season, she had hovered around the top 20 before leaping into the top five in the conference at the Cham-pionship.

Burnham mentioned that he had not had much time to ob-serve Rawdings technique over the course of the season, as indi-vidual attention can be difficult to dole out on a 50-person team. He said that Rawding played a more significant role on the team than he had anticipated during recruiting.

Still, Rawding had believed from the beginning that she would benefi t from taperingthe two-week period before big races when swimmers dramatically reduce their workload to regain energy and improve their performance.

I think I told Brad during Christmas training that I was ready for taper, Rawding said. It had al-ways gone pretty well for me.

Burnham for his part, noticed her post-taper improvements in practice and felt comfortable enough to place her on the stronger relay teams.

Shed been looking great in practice, but you never really know until someone does it, he said. I trusted her. She trusted herself. She said that when she got to taper

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Mariah Rawding 18

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NEVAN SWANSON, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

shed be faster. Its more of a relief in some ways. She was confi dent and I could see some things in theresome fl ashes of brilliance.

Her dramatic improvement at the NESCAC Championshipshe dropped 12 seconds off her 200 breaststrokewas not quite unprecedented, however. Rawd-ing had achieved something similar between her junior and senior years in high school, aft er she had already been admitted to Bowdoin.

A Washington state native, Rawding did not do a campus visit. She was only familiar with the school because Coach Burn-ham swam with her uncle.

My uncle said he knew a really good coach, she said. I thought, Its in Maine. Its not going to be

fun. Its going to be cold.

Still, Rawding said Burnham was a really big piece of her decision to come to Bowdoin and continue her swimming career. She said she appre-ciated his quality

over quantity approach to swim-ming and was glad that she would only have to swim six months out of the year.

Rawding grew up in a swim-ming householdboth her par-ents swam in collegeand her mother coached her to swim competitively from fi ve or six years old. She said this contribut-ed to her mixed feelings on swim-ming in college.

I came from a program where I didnt swim a lot, like I didnt swim mornings, for example, she said. I only swam six months out of the year. Its the same here. I didnt want to get burned out againto get to the point where it wasnt fun anymore.

However, Rawding has found that this seasons results have re-newed her enthusiasm for compet-ing, particularly in the relays.

Its going to be hard to top this season to be honest, she said. I swam really well in all my indi-vidual events and the relays were amazing. Everybody stepped up. But its a great way to start my Bowdoin career because each year Im going to want to replicate that.

Rawding will wait for the rest of the Division-III schools to fi nish their championships to see if she will be selected to compete nation-ally. She has a strong chance to do so, as she can qualify in most of the events she placed in last weekend.Th e sports editor of the Orient

chooses the Athlete of the Week based on exemplary performance.

Set two individual Bowdoin records in the teams best ever NESCAC fi nish Led the relay team that had the Polar Bears best fi nish on the weekend

HIGHLIGHTS

I trusted her, she trusted herself. She was confi dent and I could

see some things in theresome fl ashes of brilliance.

HEAD COACH BRAD BURNHAM

Kanes rise spurs Tottenhams top-four chase THE RELEGATION

ZONEERIC ZELINA

Only one Premier League player has 20 goals across all competitions this sea-son and his name isnt Costa, Aguero or Sanchez. It is Tottenhams Harry Kane. He plays with a certain unbridled en-ergy reminiscent of a golden retriever, gleefully chasing aft er the ball in manag-er Mauricio Pochettinos high-pressure game plan.

Kanes rise from near obscurity to the most in-form striker in England has Spurs in the thick of the muddled race for the top four and a Champions League berth.

Born in North London, Kane spent a year in the Arsenal youth academy, before fi nding his way to the Gunners archrivals Spurs. He developed in their youth system before bouncing around on loan to various clubs in the English football league system. Cracking into the Tottenham fi rst team last season with three Premier League goals, hes roared onto the scene in recent months.

Making his name early in the Europa League, Kane seized his Premier League opportunities and impressed, setting up Eric Diers winner on opening day, stealing points with a last gasp winner against Aston Villa, and sparking Spurs rally with an equalizer against Hull. His New Years Day match against league leaders Chelsea served as a true coming out party.

Kane terrorized the Cahill-Terry cen-tral defense pairing, scoring two goals, assisting on another, and drawing a pen-alty, willing Spurs to a 5-3 win at White Hart Lane. Th is inspired performance, in which Kane grabbed the game by the scruff and manhandled the best defen-

Th e womens squash team fell to Amherst in the C Division fi nals of the College Squash Association National Tournament at Harvard last weekend. Th e Polar Bears were competing in the Walker Cup, which consists of teams ranked from 17 to 24 in the country. Bowdoin concluded its season with a 10-12 record.

Going into Nationals, the team was focused on improving on its perfor-mance at the NESCAC Championships, where it placed seventh.

Our goals going into Nationals were tr