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WOMEN’S VOICES: The fourth annual performance of “RISE: Untold Stories of Bowdoin Women” debuted on
Thursday. Organizers strove to portray a balance of joyous and serious stories. The show runs through Saturday.
by Elizabeth Flanagan
Orient Staff
This weekend, over 75 stu-
dents will take the stage to
present the fourth annual pro-
duction of RISE: Untold Sto-
ries of Bowdoin Women. With
49 stories, 31 of which are new,
the performance will feature
a wide range of emotions as
the production’s organizers
work to highlight joy as well
as women’s stories of difficul-
ty and violence. Proceeds will
benefit Sexual Assault Support
Pulitzer-winner ‘Talking about Trauma’ teaches skills
on career in to support survivors of sexual violence
international
journalism
by Cole van Miltenburg
Orient Staff
From Cuba to Saudi Arabia,
Kevin Sullivan has traversed
all corners of the globe in his
decades as a foreign corre-
spondent at The Washington
Post. However, many of his
fond memories can be traced
back to Pickard Field, which
functioned as his backyard
while he grew up in nearby
Meadowbrook. Sullivan spoke
in Kresge Auditorium on
Tuesday evening, reflecting on
his beginnings in Brunswick
and journey to becoming a
Pulitzer Prize-winning jour-
nalist.
Sullivan’s visit to campus
was inspired by his close
childhood friend, Senior
Associate Director of Gift
Planning Liz Armstrong, and
Sarah Chingos, associate di-
rector of public service for the
McKeen Center for the Com-
mon Good, also played a large
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and Through These Doors.
RISE was developed by a
group of Bowdoin students
in the 2016-17 academic year
as an intersectional version of
Eve Ensler’s celebrated play,
“The Vagina Monologues,”
created in 1995.
Beginning in September,
the RISE leadership team, Lu-
cia Gagliardone ’20, Eskedar
Girmash ’20, Aisha Rickford
’20, Adedunmola Adewale ’22
and Julia Jennings ’23, collect-
ed stories encompassing a va-
role in orchestrating his day at
Bowdoin.
“As I was starting to build
the Bowdoin Public Service
in Washington seminars, we
talked about the importance
of having someone who can
address the role of media in
government function,” Chin-
gos said.
With support from the John
Cassidy Lectureship Fund
and Bowdoin Public Service
Program, Sullivan spent the
day with various groups of
students ahead of his lecture.
He attended a Career Ex-
ploration and Development
(CXD) lunchtime discussion
in Thorne Dining Hall and
conducted an evening seminar
with sophomore participants
of the Bowdoin Public Service
Initiative.
In his lecture on Tuesday
evening, Sullivan discussed
taking “Introduction to Jour-
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riety of topics and experiences
from women on campus.
After reviewing the stories,
the leadership team chose which
ones to include in the script for
this year’s performance.
“I think we wanted to not shy
away from the stories that are the
hardest, but also the stories that
are the most happy and joyful,”
Gagliardone said. “I think this
year, we tried to really feature joy
in addition to survivorship.”
Serena Jonas ’22, a first-time
participant in RISE, appreci-
ates the production’s candor.
by Tianyi Xu
Orient Staff
Underscoring the impor-
tance of healing, Associate
Director of Gender Violence
Prevention and Education Lisa
Peterson facilitated “Talking
about Trauma: Supporting
Survivors of Sexual Violence,”
at Baxter House Tuesday
night. The workshop aimed
to provide the skills to better
prepare students to support
‘Survivor’ winner, Maine native visits
for show’s 40th season premiere
by Holly Harris
Orient Staff
On Wednesday night, Mac-
Millan House hosted a view-
ing party for the premiere of
“Survivor: Winners at War,”
the 40th season of the reali-
ty-competition television se-
ries. Amongst the attendees
was Maine local Bob Crowley,
winner of “Survivor: Gabon,”
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Over 300 women
involved in fourth annual
production of RISE
“I think a lot of these topics
that we’re covering are very
explicit and taboo and people
don’t talk about them. There’s
something really moving about
seeing these taboo topics and
subjects up on a stage per-
formed in front of an audience.”
In total, over 300 women
have been involved in some
capacity in executing this
year’s production of RISE. In
friends who are survivors of
sexual violence. To promote
healing, Peterson underscored
the importance of populariz-
ing these skills and techniques.
“Among the people who
experienced violence and told
someone about it, 97 percent
of those folks told a friend,”
said Peterson. “The goal of
these workshops is to really
make sure that those friends
have the skills necessary to be
able to support and empower
Organizer of the event Jack
Butler ’22, explained the con-
cept of the show in which 20
contestants on a deserted is-
land compete in challenges for
a $1 million prize.
“[Each season] inevitably
results in betrayals, blind sides,
emotional goodbyes and in-
tense strategy,” he said.
As discovering the show
rather recently, Butler watched
Crowley’s winning season over
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addition to the hundreds of
women who submitted their
stories, RISE involves 78 wom-
en on stage, five women on the
leadership team, Technology
Director Maddie Hikida ’22,
House Manager Kate McKee
’22 and two interpreters who
will be translating the show
into American Sign Language
for the performances tonight
and Saturday night.
students to seek out the re-
sources that they need to heal.”
Hoping to impact campus
dialogue around sexual vio-
lence, Peterson designed the
event to teach students how
to signal support to survivors
and use empowering language
to help students dealing with
emotional distress.
“Students really valued
learning how trauma impacts
people and using different
strategies such as the ability
this past summer. He explained
that the show’s appeal lies in
the diversity of personalities.
“It’s very much a charac-
ter-driven season—the people
are really funny and interest-
ing,” Butler said. After watch-
ing Crowley, a physics teacher
from Maine, win the season,
Butler wondered if he was still
living in the area.
“I saw him and I was like,
‘he probably still lives in Maine’
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“I love being in big spaces
of women—women of all gen-
erations on this campus and
all different social circles—
and it’s just a remarkable thing
to be able to pull these humans
together and make this beau-
tiful thing,” Gagliardone said.
The women taking the stage
this weekend have memorized
Please see RISE, page 5
to practice the language them-
selves,” Peterson said. “A really
important part of the mes-
saging also goes into making
it really explicit that this is a
community that doesn’t toler-
ate violence.”
Eric Hall ’20, who helped
organize the event, under-
scored the importance of fos-
tering a campus culture where
students are willing to have
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and I thought it would be cool
to get him here.”
After some research, he
tracked down Crowley’s
sustainable yurt rental busi-
ness—Maine Forest Yurts—in
Durham, Maine. Butler sent
a form through the compa-
ny website asking if Crowley
would be willing to come to the
College as a guest for the next
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SECURITY REPORT
2/7 to 2/13
Friday, February 7
• A power outage affected portions of
south campus from approximately 5:30
p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 8
• A taxi driver called Brunswick police to
report that a student had fallen asleep
in the cab and did not have the money
to pay the fare. Security responded to
assist with the situation. The matter was
resolved when a friend of the student
paid the fare.
• A security officer provided first-aid to
a student who cut a finger on a razor
blade while reaching into a backpack.
• A security officer encountered a suspi-
cious man in the Watson parking lot.
Previous reports were received about the
man on campus late at night. The person
was identified as a local resident who
generally crosses campus while walking
home from work.
• Brunswick police responded to a neigh-
borhood noise complaint at an off-cam-
pus residence on Page Street. A student
was cited for possession of alcohol by
a minor. A second minor was given a
warning.
Sunday, February 9
• A security officer checked on the wellbe-
ing of a student who was reported to be
intoxicated at Maine Hall.
• A fire alarm was reported at Baxter
Top places to hook up A Valentine
on campus, ranked
by Lily Randall
Orient Staff
Valentine’s weekend is officially
upon us which means two things:
Tinder traffic is sadly up, and all
the condoms in the health center
have been swiped by hopeful first-
years. If you’re looking to risk it
all this Valentine’s Day, consider
bringing your valentine to one of
these on-campus locations:
5. The Bliss Room in Hubbard.
The name really says it all. Open
only during select afternoons,
rumour has it the room is yet to
be consummated. If you’re lucky,
maybe one of the Hubbard ghosts
will even join in.
4. The Stacks. This one is really
just something that should be on
your Bowdoin bucket list already.
STUDENT SPEAK:
What is in the vault in Mass Hall?
House at 12:45 a.m. during a registered
event. The building was evacuated, and
the fire department responded. The Brandon Lee ’21
suspected cause of the alarm was vaping
in the basement.
• Basement wall vandalism was reported
"Scrolls from the Peucinian Society."
at Baxter House, related to a registered
event.
Monday, February 10
• Door damage was reported in the men’s
locker room at Farley Field House.
Tuesday, February 11 James Eysenbach ’23
• A visitor to the Bowdoin Museum of
Art fell on a stairway. Brunswick Rescue
transported the victim to Mid Coast
"Joshua Chamberlain’s DNA so they
Hospital for treatment of a head injury.
• A security officer escorted an ill student
can bring him back one day."
from Thorne Hall to Mid Coast Hospital.
Wednesday, February 12
• A dining service employee fell and
sustained a head injury outside of Thorne
Hall. Brunswick Rescue transported the Emma Noel ’23
victim to Mid Coast Hospital.
Thursday, February 13
"Possibly a swimming pool. And defi-
• A contractor reported a Ryobi drill gun
and a Hilti laser level stolen from the
nitely ghosts."
Harpswell Apartments construction site
Wednesday night.
• A groundskeeping employee plowing
snow hit and damaged a campus light
pole near Coleman Hall.
Jenna Clukey ’22
"The bones of Henry Longfellow’s dog."
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Anna Martens ’20
"The mutated organisms leftover from
experiments in Druck. "
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2. Boody Johnson (BJ) House.
Literally just do it for the bit.
1. Third floor of the Pub. The
third floor of the Pub does not TO: FROM:
exist in the standard space-time
continuum, so you can’t get legally
busted if you decide to try this one
out. The windows overlooking the
rest of the Union serve for great
people-watching, too, should you
get bored.
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NEWS IN BRIEF COMPILED BY ALYCE MCFADDEN

STALEY ’79 UNDER INVESTIGATION

FOR RELATIONSHIP WITH JEFFREY
EPSTEIN
James “Jes” Staley ’79 P’11, a member of Bowdoin’s Board of Trustees
and the CEO of Barclays, is under investigation by British authorities for
his relationship with the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein,
according to a statement released Thursday morning by the bank.
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a regulatory organization
based in the United Kingdom, is investigating how Staley character-
ized his relationship with Epstein to Barclays before his appointment
to CEO in 2015, and how the bank subsequently reported the relation-
ship to British regulators. The investigation began last year.
During his 30-year tenure at J.P. Morgan, Staley managed Epstein’s
finances between 2000 and 2013, even after an internal investigation
recommended that the bank drop Epstein as a client. Staley’s name
and contact information appeared in Epstein’s now-infamous “black
book” of personal and professional contacts. The entry for Staley listed
his work address, home address, email address and six different phone
numbers, including one for his residence in Southampton, N.Y.. Ep-
stein also named Staley as a reference in a 2014 application for a bank
license in the Virgin Islands, according to a recent report by the New
York Times.
In 2018, Staley was reprimanded and fined by FCA for investigat-
ing a whistleblower complaint at Barclays. MACKEY O’KEEFE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
In an email to the Orient, Senior Vice President for Communica- LAUNCH TIME: Professor Chryl Laird speaks at the launch event for her book, entitled “Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior.”
tions and Public Affairs Scott Hood wrote that Staley will stay on as a

Professor Laird to publish book

member of the Board.
“The Board of Trustees takes seriously any questions about the
character and judgment of its members. Last fall, the Governance
Committee of the Board conducted a thorough review of the situation
and the timeline. The full board was engaged throughout this process
and had a thorough discussion when the Governance Committee
concluded its work. Following that discussion, the Board agreed with
the Governance Committee’s unanimous recommendation that there
was nothing in Jes Staley’s actions or behavior that warranted the
Board taking any action,” Hood wrote. “If any new information comes
about Black political behavior his son for joining the school specific demographic will act in “You can study marginalized
to light as a result of the Financial Conduct Authority investigation, by Diego Velasquez Republicans club. Laird used a way that benefits their group populations as the focus of your
Orient Staff
the Board will consider it at that time.” the clip to illustrate the hy- and, thus, themselves as a trick- work and [see] these popula-
Teaching a full course load, pothesis she and her co-author le-down effect. Laird and White tions as populations that have
firing back against Twitter trolls tested with multiple assessment argue that racialized social agency,” she said.
and publishing a book eight and analyses: that when mem- constraint, or in this case, peer Laird noted that these groups
years in the making—Assistant bers of the Black community pressure from the Black com- are often treated in comparison

LOVE IS IN
Professor of Government and ‘step out of line’ politically, they munity, is more indicative in to the majority, and researchers
Legal Studies Chryl Laird is do- are marked as those who do how people vote on the national often fail to dig deeply into fig-
ing it all. not act or vote for the benefit of election scale. Black people vote uring out what discriminated
On February 25, Laird and their larger community and re- accordingly in order to main- populations are thinking. The

THE AIR Ismail K. White, associate pro- ceive social censure in response.
fessor of political science at Duke In the past week alone,
University, are set to release their Laird’s scholarship has garnered
book, “Steadfast Democrats: impressive press coverage. On
“You can study marginalized
populations as the focus of your
How Social Forces Shape Black February 11, Laird and White work and [see] these populations as
Political Behavior.” The book was published an article titled, populations that have agency.”
SENDTHE a collaborative effort between the “Why Black Voters Stick with
two that began while Laird was in Democrats.” Their work was
graduate school in 2012. In the also featured in a Washington
–Chryl Laird, Assistant Professor of Government
and Legal Studies
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T TO book, Laird and White set out to Post opinion article “Why Pres-
answer the question: how have ident Trump’s bid for the black tain their standing within the authors attempt to expand the

YOUR LOVER Blacks maintained Democratic vote is unlikely to bear fruit.” community.
party loyalty for the last 50 years? She is scheduled to appear on
voices of minority voters—not
Laird has been able to in- just as a proxy for understand-
At her book launch in Haw- CNN with Don Lemon in the tegrate her research into her ing majority interest but as a
thorne-Longfellow Library near future. teaching in her classes Race, simultaneously heterogeneous
on Wednesday, Laird intro- In these pieces and in their Ethnicity, and Politics, and Ur- and cohesive voting bloc.
duced herself and pulled up book, the authors push back ban Politics. Laird concluded, “We want
bowdoinorient.com/subscribe a three-minute clip from the against the longstanding aca- Laird said that she hopes that to give a community voice and
show “Black-ish” in which Dre, demic principle of linked fate: her students will be able to learn that was able to be done through
the father on the show, berates the idea that people within a from her work. this book.”

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having a diversity of voices.
someone’s ability to feel com-
fortable reporting and feel
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Peterson added that she comfortable accessing ser-
conversations about difficult designed the event to meet the vices, or have services avail-
topics like sexual violence. needs of students of diverse able that are really resonating
“This event is about [learn- backgrounds. with what their needs are.”
ing to be able] to just talk to “I think even that term Peterson plans to conduct a
people about really difficult ‘gender violence’ sometimes similar event later this semes-
topics and be there for some- accidentally connotates men’s ter. In her view, these conver-
one in a way that’s meaningful violence against women. But sations demonstrate the power
and constructive for them,” we know that is not the only of individuals in shaping the
Hall said. “We’re talking a lot way that sexual violence and well-being of their peers.
about trauma and how you can dating violence is perpetrat- “All of the programs that
be a good listener and a good ed,” said Peterson. “[We are] we do are getting students to
friend to someone that’s con- having conversations about think about what their indi-
fiding in you about trauma.” how folks of all identities are vidual role in creating culture
Hall emphasized the bal- impacted and how structural change on campus is. There
ance the organizers strove for inequities of the society that are things that all of us can
between fostering a small and we live in can really limit do that can be immensely im-
pactful and make this a safer
“We’re talking a lot about trauma and how and more respectful place,”
you can be a good listener and a good Peterson said. “One of those is
friend to someone that’s confiding in you being able to hear and honor
the stories of friends who have
about trauma.” come to us and share[d] an ex- ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
–Eric Hall ’20 perience.” WORKSHOPPING: Lisa Peterson facilitates the “Talking about Trauma” workshop in Baxter House on Tuesday.
4 NEWS
BSG votes to
amend election
procedures
by Lily Randall
Orient Staff
An amendment to the
Bowdoin Student Govern-
ment (BSG) election bylaws
to remove Judicial Board
(J-Board) oversight from the
assembly’s elections passed
by a unanimous vote at the
BSG meeting on Wednesday.
The Vice President or anoth-
er non-candidate member of
the assembly will now oversee
each election.
BSG President Ural Mishra
’20 explained that the goal
of the amendment was to
retain BSG’s independence.
According to Mishra, since
the J-Board is a college-sanc-
tioned body, it comes into
conflict with BSG’s autonomy
as enumerated in its constitu-
tion.
“Theoretically, how the
bylaws are now, if the J-Board
were to have some kind of
complaint about the election
process, it would hold up the
entire thing. We can’t give a
college body that kind of au-
thority,” said Mishra.
Mishra believes this change
is the best solution possible
and that members running
the elections will be impartial
without external oversight.
“It’s not a conflict of inter-
“Theoretically, how the bylaws are
now, if the J-Board were to have
some kind of complaint about
the election process, it would
hold up the entire thing. We can’t
give a college body that kind of
authority.”
–Ural Mishra ’20, BSG President
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QUESTION TIME: Director of Counseling Services and Wellness Programs
Bernie Hershberger addresses the BSG Assembly on Wednesday.
est because [members run-
ning the election] have no
stake in the election. Second-
ly, students have to ... trust
their representatives will car-
ry out their duties to the stu-
dent body adequately. Third-
ly, if there is a complaint, that
would be pretty serious that
someone is tampering with
an election, and at that point,
the administration can get
involved,” Mishra said. “I’m
not sure anyone’s trying to
risk a J-Board hearing over a
student government election.”
The amendment has also
codified a place for a techni-
cal assistant to aid in elections
should it be deemed neces-
sary. Currently, the software
for elections is run exclusively
by Dylan Hayton-Ruffner ’20,
who coded the ranked choice
voting system when it was
first took effect last Novem-
ber. When Hayton-Ruffner
graduates, the software will
be given to Student Activities
for future elections.
“We’re currently working
on a system which will require
less technical knowledge and
basically transferring that
over to a different group, so
that the ranked choice voting
elections can happen year [to]
year,” Mishra said.
WORLDWIDE COVERAGE: Former Washington Post foreign correspondent Kevin Sullivan speaks about international journalism at his talk on Tuesday.
SULLIVAN
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nalism” as a college student at
the University of New Hamp-
shire. Sullivan cites this course
as one of the factors that led
to his start at the Washington
Post in 1991, when renowned
former Executive Editor Ben
Bradlee hired him as a reporter.
After a decade with the Post,
the September 11, 2001 terror-
ist attacks prompted Sullivan
to make a major change in his
career. He volunteered to report
from Afghanistan, and he found
himself on the ground in Kabul
less than three months later.
“After 9/11, everyone want-
ed to do something, everyone
wanted to chip in, [and] ev-
eryone wanted to fight back,”
Sullivan said. “Some people
Health Center stays vigilant about
coronavirus, though risk remains low
by Sophie Burchell
Orient Staff
With the number of cases
of COVID-19, colloquially
known as the coronavirus,
surpassing 63,000 globally, the
Bowdoin Health Center is care-
fully monitoring the virus and
is in communication with the
Maine Center for Disease Con-
trol (CDC) as well as the health
centers of other schools in the
area. However, concern about
the respiratory virus harming
Bowdoin students is low.
There has been a con-
firmed case of coronavirus
at UMass Amherst, and a
student displayed coronavi-
rus-like symptoms at Wesley-
an but tested negative.
Several Colby College
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became firefighters or nurses,
some joined the military or
the CIA or ran for office—all
I could do was write my little
newspaper stories.”
Sullivan has a host of other
experiences abroad, including
time serving as co-bureau chief
for the Post’s offices in Tokyo,
Mexico City and London,
alongside his wife and fellow
journalist Mary Jordan. In his
over 30-year career, Sullivan
has traveled to dozens of coun-
tries around the world and
faced dangerous and unpre-
dictable scenarios, from sneak-
ing into Burma to interviewing
militants in Libya.
Most recently Sullivan trav-
elled to Saudi Arabia in 2018
with an investigative team to
report on the murder of his
Washington Post colleague and
students who returned from
China were incubated for sev-
eral days upon their return to
campus for this January. The
health center at Colby did not
consult the Maine CDC be-
fore isolating the students in
an off-campus hotel.
Though the medical com-
munity’s knowledge about
coronavirus is incomplete,
Director of Health Services
Jeffrey Maher speculates the
virus will not be as dangerous
to otherwise healthy individ-
uals as initially anticipated.
“I think that as we learn
more, [coronavirus] is go-
ing to be less deadly than
we initially thought because
the sheer number of people
who’ve been exposed don’t
present as critically ill,” Maher
close friend, Jamal Khashoggi.
He expressed frustration re-
garding both the Saudi govern-
ment’s human rights violations
and the lack of a response by
President Donald Trump.
“The U.S. government al-
ways has levers it can pull,
and the Trump administration
has chosen not to pull any of
them,” Sullivan said. “All I
know is that Jamal Khashoggi
did not deserve to be mur-
dered. … He was not the ene-
my of the people—his or ours.”
To this end, Sullivan ex-
pressed deep concerns over
the state of journalism in the
Trump era, referencing the
administration’s hostility to-
wards the news media.
“This President has called
us human scum—the lowest
form of life—and he says that
said. “It’s going to be probably
more like the influenza virus
where large populations of
people are affected, a certain
number of those people be-
come critically ill, and a tiny
bit of those people will die.”
While the Colby College
students were incubated a
month ago when less was
known about coronavirus,
Maher said that, considering
what is known now, the Bow-
doin Health Center would
have acted otherwise.
“I would have consulted
the CDC right away and used
their guidelines,” said Maher.
“It’s the right thing to do, to
use your state resources.”
Maher recently attended a
primary care conference about
recurring and emerging ill-
Friday, February 14, 2020
NATSUMI MEYER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
he is at war with the press,”
Sullivan said. “Our job is to
make the president and every-
one else whose decisions affect
all of our lives accountable for
their actions, especially when
they don’t tell the truth.”
Despite these sentiments,
Sullivan remains hopeful that
future generations of jour-
nalists will continue to make
monumental changes in the
field of reporting.
“In my mind, journalism
is one of the purest forms of
patriotism,” he said. “That’s
why I’m always so thrilled to
meet smart young people who
want to get into this business,
and it’s why it was such an easy
decision to come to Bowdoin,
in February, in the slush, 20
degrees, in the dark, at 4:30 in
the afternoon.”
nesses. He said that while he
was hoping there would be
more information about coro-
navirus, the conference reiter-
ated a concern about another
annual epidemic: the flu.
“This year there were 13
deaths from influenza in the
state of Maine and there have
been less than 13 cases of coro-
navirus identified in the United
States of America,” said Maher.
“That’s still a serious enough
problem that needs to be ad-
dressed constantly every year,
and this year is no different.”
The Health Center has seen
171 cases of influenza or flu-
like symptoms in students
this academic year. It offered
a flu shot clinic two weeks ago
and is still offering flu shots
to students by appointment.
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LEARNING FROM THE BEST: On Wednesday, former “Survivor” winner Bob Crowley shared
stories with students in MacMillan House prior to a screening of this season’s premiere.

SURVIVOR back, it’s still cool to have a

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premiere.
“It worked out perfectly for
this season since the cast is
composed of all the winners
coming back from the biggest
seasons they’ve done. Even
though Bob is not coming
winner,” Butler said.
Crowley entertained the
audience with stories of his au-
dition process, the competition
itself and anecdotes about in-
teracting with other members
of the “Survivor” community—
relationships that have persist-
ed well beyond his time on the
island.
When asked if he kept in con-
tact with anyone from the show,
Crowley joked in response.
“No, I haven’t talked with
anyone from my season since
last week.”
Crowley enthusiastically
passed around famed relics
from the show such as his buffs
and a homemade sundial as well
as a fake immunity necklace and
stone—two realistic idols that he
cleverly crafted to deceive other
contestants on the season.
Crowley acknowledged his
Mainer identity as one of his defin-
ing television character features.
“The fact that so many of us
from Maine are on the show
is because we are … unusual,”
Crowley said. He also joked
with fans in the audience. “If
you want to audition for the
show, you have to tell them you
are living in Maine, or at least
a student in Maine,” he joked.
After answering the audi-
ences’ questions and sharing
his stories, Crowley and his
wife, Peggy, sat with the audi-
ence and enjoyed the exhilarat-
ing season premiere. Bringing
stories from television to life,
Crowley’s presence and com-
mentary added to the thrill of
the screening. Students were
on the edge of their seats in an-
ticipation of the next champion
being born.

RISE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

their lines, but will hold note-

cards to remind the audience
that the stories are not theirs.
“It’s our firm belief that the
story stays the way that the
woman intended to write it,”
said Gagliardone.
Grace Monaghan ’22 attri-
butes her motivation for joining
the cast of RISE this year to the
power of the stories.
“It’s very brave of these wom-
en who shared these stories to
share them in the first place, and
so I want to be able to do justice
to their stories and give them a
voice,” she said.
Jonas emphasized that it is
important to remember that the
stories in RISE come from expe-
riences close to home.
“These are stories of things that
have happened on this campus
that we live, breathe, eat [and]
sleep on. And I think that’s the
difference because you can hear
about rape, you can hear about
all these serious things, but when
you hear a story [from] right here
on this campus where we live, it’s
a whole other story and it has an-
other level of impact,” she said.
Gagliardone has been a part
of RISE for all her years at Bow-
doin, and she is passionate about
the greater effect the perfor-
mance can have on campus and
the world.
For Gagliardone, the perfor-
mance isn’t simply about story-
telling—it’s also a valuable way to
encourage healing.
“I think RISE is one piece of
that equation in which story-
telling becomes this resource to
simultaneously help with heal-
ing for people who have already
experienced violence and work
to dismantle and destroy an
oppressive patriarchy that is on
our campus and in our society at
large,” said Gagliardone.
Girmash has also been in-
volved in RISE since her first
year at Bowdoin. She hopes that
engagement with these issues
doesn’t stop at RISE.
“We continue to push our-
selves to make Bowdoin and
every space we inhabit safer and
more inclusive for all women
[and] all marginalized identities,”
she said.
Gagliardone encourages ev-
eryone on campus to come to
RISE and—with a line from the
play itself—“Just listen.”
“I’m really committed to chal-
lenging and calling out violence
and working to create a campus
in a world in which our bodies
are sites of love and curiosity
and adventure and sadness, but
not violence. And that’s a big, big
struggle. It’s going to take many,
many years,” Gagliardone said.
The performance debuted last
night and will continue tonight
and Saturday at 7 p.m. in Kresge
Auditorium. Tickets are on sale
for $5 at the David Saul Smith
Union Information Desk.
Proceeds from ticket sales will
be donated to Sexual Assault Sup-
port Services of Midcoast Maine
and Through These Doors, two
local gender violence prevention
organizations.
ANN BASU, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
SPEAKING OUT: (CLOCKWISE
FROM TOP) Bridget Hoke ’20,
Diyaa Yaqub ’23, Tessa Peterson
’20 and Rowland Luo ’23 perform
in “RISE: The Untold Stories
of Bowdoin Women” in Kresge
Auditorium on Thursday night. Over
75 women-identifying students took
to the stage, collectively sharing 49
stories while holding notecards to
represent that the stories are not
theirs. The RISE performance this
year was directed and produced
by Lucia Gagliardone ’20, Eskedar
Girmash ’20, Aisha Rickford ’20,
Adedunmola Adewale ’22 and Julia
Jennings ’23.
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OF FEATURES

COURTESY OF MACKEY O’KEEFE

DIGGING IN: (LEFT) Students chow down on hundreds of hot dogs. (RIGHT) J.J. Bussgang ’22 (left) and Grady Hayes ’22 (right) compete in the final round of the hot dog eating contest. Hayes ultimately came out on top.

Hot dog eating contest draws hungry student crowd

by Andrew Bastone
Orient Staff
Two men, four dogs, one
champion.
The inaugural Helmreich
House Hot Dog Eating Contest
ended in a tie Saturday after-
noon, forcing an electrifying
overtime period from which a
winner emerged, much to the
delight of dozens of raucous stu-
dents gathered in the residence’s
living room.
After 18 competitors—15
men and three women—faced
off during a ten-minute con-
test, Grady Hayes ’22 and J.J.
Bussgang ’22 were left tied at 10
wieners apiece.
Since Helmreich House Chair
and event organizer Dylan
Sloan ’22 had not anticipated
a dead heat, he came up with a
tiebreaker on the spot. The hot
dog crown, Sloan announced,
would go to the man who could
consume two additional dogs
the fastest.
Hayes, who selected “Black
Hole” as his nickname for the
contest, subsequently eked out a
win over Bussgang. Hayes wolfed
down the extra dogs in about 45
seconds, flashing his tongue to
prove he had finished eating just
seconds before his opponent.
Hayes was so desperate to
win that he tried to regurgi-
tate before the overtime com-
menced. His attempt failed,
however.
“I just got that drive, when I
saw the two hot dogs in front
of me, I was like ‘This is what
I gotta do,’” Hayes said. “And I
just pounded them in.”
Spectators said they loved
the aggressive competition.
“It was very intense and fun-
ny to have seen them eat two
hotdogs as quickly as possible
after already eating a dozen,”
said Arman Kothari ’22. “J.J.
and Grady’s faces looked mis-
erable.”
On paper, Hayes did not
seem a likely champion. A
member of the golf team, he
weighs 170 pounds and had
never participated in a compet-
itive eating contest before.
Additionally, Hayes’ training
routine seemed questionable—
he ate a full brunch earlier in
the day and woke up from a
nap just minutes before the
contest started.
Pre-match, Bussgang, who
chose the nickname “Meat
Sweats,” was viewed as the fa-
vorite by fellow competitors
and fans. An offensive lineman
on the football team, Bussgang
is listed at 278 pounds.
Before the overtime period,
Bussgang told the Orient that
he could not get beaten “by a
skinny kid.”
The bronze medal went to
Caleb Eurich ’21, a member of
the ultimate frisbee team, who
munched eight wieners. In to-
tal, the 18 contestants ate 96
hot dogs, eight of which were of
the veggie variety. For compari-
son, 12-time Nathan’s Hot Dog
Eating Contest champion Joey
Chestnut set a world record in
2018, eating 74 hot dogs in 10
minutes. It would have taken the
combined scores of the top 11
finishers to defeat Chestnut.
The lowest moments of the
event, perhaps, were when
Tenzin Choezin ’21 vomited
twice during the main heat.
Choezin persevered until the
final buzzer sounded, but was
unable to register a score, as his
count reset after each regurgi-
tation.
Sloan explained he came
up with the competitive eating
idea last summer while brain-
storming potential College
House events.
“I brought it up at a house
meeting in October. And it
kind of kept getting pushed
back and pushed back,” he said.
Sloan tried to get the event
officially sanctioned by Major
League Eating (MLE), an or-
ganizing body for competitive
eating contests, so that the
winner could have a chance of
competing in the annual Na-
than’s Hot Dog Eating Contest
in New York City.
“I reached out and explained
the situation to [MLE employ-
ee David Baer]. He emailed me
back five minutes later. He said
‘My wife went to Bowdoin. My
in-laws went to Bowdoin. I love
the idea, give me a call on my
cellphone any time you want.’”
Sloan’s hopes for certifica-
tion fell short as Baer told him
the event would have needed to
generate “thousands of dollars”
of ad-revenue to be officially
sanctioned.
But once he got the event
planning in motion, Sloan said
it was simple to organize. He
used the Helmreich House pro-
gramming budget to purchase
350 hot dogs and 350 buns for
$122.
Sloan only used half of
the hotdogs at the event and
doesn’t know what he’ll do with
the other 175.
“Half of them are still in my
bedroom,” he said. “They’re
just sitting on my desk.”
Dylan Sloan ’22 is a member
of the Orient staff.

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To be in love, and at home, ‘in all lands and all ages’

glish every day. One time, an giant bowls; football that its past. For many, the story because of the inevitable as- who hold the country above
by Tianyi Xu American person said “hi” to isn’t played by foot; people of the American dream states sumption that his background criticism, I believe that, like
Orient Staff
me on the street. It was—awe- messing up the temperatures that if you enter this country was the cause of any mistake all forms of affection, authen-
The earliest memories some. all the time and pretending with the best of intentions or stuttering. On a separate ticity lies at the heart of not
I have of America involve “Mean Girls” trope aside, they’re boiling. and a bare, willing embrace occasion, someone told me only the glee, the awe, the
a slew of mystical reveries other parts of my distant Or perhaps it might have to its ideals, America would she stopped recounting sto- warmth and the jokes, but
about how the nation on the childhood memories include: been earlier, when the daz- reciprocate with due earnest- ries of her dog because of the also the despair, the pity, the
other side of Earth works. the alluring night lights of zling eminence of Ameri- ness; that if you make every unavoidable question, “don’t harsh criticisms and, at times,
How did I even begin to Manhattan illuminating the can music entered the arena effort to assimilate, America you guys eat dogs?” the rage. These are the prod-
explain America? It was im- giant billboards; the ultimate of China’s pop craze, when would open its arms without The list goes on from mis- ucts of a trusting dependence
maculate. It had 50 wilderness TV shows like “The Office,” reservation. But America, pronounced non-English on a nation that nourished so
states with so many where you “Friends” and “Modern like every other nation, is names to students shoulder- many of their predecessors.
different time find undying Family” reimagined cultur- not perfect. Some efforts, ing the blame of “self-segre- Grappling with an idea with
zones. I heard that river streams al norms. For generations, however assiduous, remain gation,” despite it being the appreciation yet remaining
people eat steak there and chirps of America transformed critical one-sided; some intentions, only way to make themselves lucidly cognizant of its his-
all the time. I heard birds; suburban discourse of law, society and however kind, remain lost at ease. Little by little, as- torical wrongs and systematic
that kids speak En- towns where you government. For a queer kid, in translation. The assump- similation turns into willful shortcomings is, to me, a hall-
see lines of America popularized the nar- tion of an unconditionally acquiescence and then numb- mark of intellectual growth.
houses rative that it’s acceptable to welcoming America, like the ness. The truth is, narratives Like the psychedelic notes
with the be who you are—for the first expectation that internation- of international students on enunciated by Natalie Mer-
refresh- time. For my parents, Amer- al students need to be experts this campus cannot be encap- ing in “Movies,” my imagi-
ing, minty ica meant love independent in American culture in order sulated into one monolithic nation of America still shifts
scent; of parental control. For my to be deserving of a place at notion of “culture shock”— and metamorphosizes in de-
people los- grandparents, a fantasyland Bowdoin, is simply grounded but instead occupy a nuanced lirious dramas of melancholy
ing their distant in the memories of in naïveté. scope of race, ethnicity, and bliss. “This is how it feels
minds over the Cultural Revolution. My It is the experience of many creed, culture and language. to be in love,” she utters, “this
Super Bowl conceptualization of America international students to rec- The common ignorance of is life from above.” My cher-
parties that became a thousand fragments ognize a stark dichotomy— international narratives in- ished memories and fantasti-
don’t actu- of indelible marks of Ameri- the expectation of America’s stitutionally drives foreign cal longings for America are
ally involve can values—its peculiar way exemplary record as an eclec- students to the margins, and now grounded in reality—
of life and the unending Hol- tic aggregate of possibilities addressing this system of im- and they are truer than ever.
lywood entertainment. and the invariable disap- balance requires a profound, The opening of the Offer of
But as I grew pointment in the realization rewarding appreciation for the College reads, “To be
up and walked that cultural conformity is a multiculturalism in the most at home in all lands and all
the American journey rife with uncertain- personal, intimate way. This ages,” but for international
streets for myself, ty, awkwardness and dread. column hopes to achieve just students, to consider an idea
KYRA T
AN my imaginations Since coming to the College, that. as abstractly fascinating as
were shattered. I a friend told me that he had, Appreciating America, a America home requires an
was confronted for the longest time, been home for at least four years, unwavering willingness—in-
with the lesser-ad- terrified by the prospect of is a central tenet to any inter- deed, a courage—to critique
vertised version of speaking in class, not because national student’s Bowdoin it. To be vulnerable. To be in
America and the darkness in of linguistic insecurities but story. While there are those love.

Searching for spirituality, religion as radical practice

by Lauren Hickey
Features Contributor
I identify as religious. My
father comes from a long line
of Irish-Catholics; he and my
mother, who was raised Lu-
theran, decided to raise my
sisters and me in the Catho-
lic Church. In high school,
my religious identity became
an active choice: even when
my parents took breaks from
going to church, I would
drive myself. I participated
in the teen program after
church on Sundays, attended
retreats and took on leader-
ship positions to minister to
middle schoolers. In college,
I’ve attended Sunday mass at
the local Catholic church, led
the children’s ministry, read
scripture and participated in
the Catholic Student Union.
Sometimes at Bowdoin
I feel a certain hostility to-
ward religion—as if people
who are religious “drank the
Kool Aid.” There is often an
implicit or explicit bias that
religious people are irratio-
nal or anti-intellectual. Some
assume that, as a Christian, I
am anti-women’s rights and
homophobic—as a queer
woman I find this pretty
funny. At Bowdoin we value
intellect above all else. We
worship the human mind. We
treat religion as, at best, a so-
cial-political construct, and,
at worst, a disease.
This phenomenon of
spurning institutionalized
religion is not unique to Bow-
doin: American millennials
are participating in organized
religious services at shock-
ingly low rates. Members of
this category often self-iden-
tify as Spiritual But Not Reli-
gious (SBNR). According to a
2019 Pew Research study, the
number of SBNRs (or “nones”
as they are also known) in
America has increased by 30
million over the last decade.
The study reveals that over-
all attendance of Christian
churches is rapidly declining,
and millennials make up the
biggest proportion of non
church-goers: 40 percent of
millennials identify as unaf-
filiated compared to 25 per-
cent of Gen Xers.
I do not judge or
fault those who
choose not to
practice orga-
nized religion.
I have deep
empathy espe-
cially for peo-
ple who have
been rejected
from or trau-
matized by
religious insti-
tutions. I myself
have taken long
hiatuses from
going to church,
either because I’ve
felt exhausted from
holding the tension
between the good and
bad parts of my insti-
tution or because I just
wanted to take a break.
However, I want to cau-
tion those who antagonize
religion in general or deny
the potentially contradictory Alexander’s annual MLK
nature of being “spiritual but Day lecture; study the Lib-
not religious.” eration Theology movement
Religion is not a disease. out of South America. There
Viewing it as such denies are Christians, Muslims,
how religion has literally Jews, Buddhists and Hindus
and figuratively provided around the world who are
healing, liberation and pur- inspired to protect the earth,
pose for people throughout care for the poor and help
history. Read just about any- refugees.
thing written by Reverend I will be the first to ad-
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mit that Catholicism—and
whose Ph.D. was in systemat- Christianity at large—has
ic theology; scan the lyrics of many institutional flaws and
the Black National Anthem is responsible for a lot of pain
sung at Mi- in the world.
chelle I have
KAYLA SNYDER
leaned into the uncomfort- rituals from their religious,
able, difficult truths: violent communal and deeply polit-
and ongoing suffering caused ical origins and appropriate
by colonialism, American them as de-politicized, in-
individualism that emerged dividualized practices to en-
from the Protestant eth- hance personal performance.
ic, priests who continue to No wonder meditation and
leverage their power to sex- mindfulness training—in-
ually abuse children and a cluding apps and drop-in
stagnant and inflexible doc- studios—is estimated to be
trine that, at best, tolerates a $1.1 billion industry and
queer people and women popular among corporate
and, at worst, excludes and giants like Google, Nike and
oppresses us. Apple.
There are ugly things I believe we all must look
about every religion, even for sources of replenishment
those that Westerners ro- in order to survive as mem-
manticize as peaceful or bers of a society plagued by
innocuous. Rakhine Bud- capitalism, colonialism and
dhists, for instance, have rugged individualism. I do
killed thousands of not fault those who practice
Muslim Rohingya meditation or yoga as a way
people in Myanmar to reckon with this chaos.
in an ongoing You may find me at yoga on
conflict known Sundays (led by my good
as the Rohing- friend Marie!). And yet, I see
ya Genocide. this as a religious exercise.
There is no Religion for me comple-
such thing as a ments the intellectual stim-
good or an evil ulation I find from school
religion. There or the fulfillment I derive
are good and from secular social justice
evil people, work. It teaches me that al-
who choose to though honing my intellect
interpret and is important, it is equally
implement re- important to satisfy my soul.
ligion in good It’s important to embrace
and evil ways. the mystery of all the things
And yet, many the human mind cannot and
SBNRs—many of will not ever know. In my
them white and worst moments, religion has
upper-class—seem challenged me not to retreat
quite drawn to East- inward but to look outward
ern religious rituals, toward all the people who
such as yoga and Zen love and support me. For me
Buddhism, but SBNRs are religion is not a disease but
attempting to divorce these rather a radical remedy.
8 FEATURES
DOOR TO DOOR,
DAY BY DAY
We followed student organizers as the first primaries unfolded.
by Emily Cohen
and Rebecca Norden-Bright
Orient Staff
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1—
ROCHESTER, N.H.
The calluses first appeared
around day 12 in Sioux City,
Iowa, says Penny Mack ’22.
“You knock like two doors,
and the calluses are already
coming back,” she says, mak-
ing a fist with her right hand,
her knocking hand. Other
canvassing casualties include
Mack’s phone (which fell and
cracked on an icy doorstep
while she was searching for a
door hanger) and her gloves.
The real pros, she says, avoid
calluses by knocking with a
tennis ball.
Mack is one of the leaders
of Bowdoin For Warren, the
campus group organizing for
the Massachusetts senator’s
presidential campaign. This
weekend, she coordinated a
group of seven students, all
first years and sophomores, to
canvas for Elizabeth Warren,
making the hour-and-a-half
trip to spend six hours knock-
ing doors on a Saturday.
“I think New Hampshire’s
going to be big for Warren,”
says Leif Maynard ’23 during
the drive to New Hampshire.
He canvassed during the last
presidential race in 2016, but
three of the students had nev-
er canvassed before, and the
other two got their start a few
weeks prior with Bowdoin for
(TOP) Students check MiniVAN, a canvassing app. (LEFT) Elise Hocking ’22 sorts packets for Buttigieg canvassers in Hampton, N.H.. (RIGHT) Micah Wilson ’22 leads a group of canvassers door-to-door with Bowdoin for Bernie in Dover, N.H..
Warren.
One of them is Emilia
Majersik ’22, who said she
saw Mack’s Instagram posts
from Iowa, where she spent
two weeks interning for the
Warren campaign over winter
break.
“If she can spend two weeks
in Iowa, I can spend three Sat-
urdays,” Majersik says.
Warren is polling at around
13 percent in New Hampshire
today, and this weekend’s
push is about reminding peo-
ple to vote, even if they hav-
en’t committed to a candidate.
Armed with clipboards and
door hangers, the students
split into pairs (except May-
nard, the most experienced
canvasser, who goes alone)
to conquer ‘lists’ of houses
“I think I considered myself
political, but there wasn’t
really someone until Bernie
that got me excited.”
–Micah Wilson ’22
across Rochester—a city of
about 30,000—of previous
Democrat voters or regis-
tered Democrats, informa-
tion obtained from public
voter registration rolls and
fed into MiniVAN, an app the
canvassers use to keep track
of their progress and report
back to the campaign.
Ben Allen ’23, another
leader of Bowdoin For War-
ren, goes with Mack. This is
his first time canvassing, and
he is pumped. He decided to
get involved after a friend
said he didn’t believe the U.S.
would see a woman president
in the next 10 years.
“I was like, I’ll prove you
wrong, fella,” he laughs,
though the sentiment is real.
“And then I saw her talk, and
I thought, alright, I made the
best decision.”
Mack and Allen feed off
one another’s enthusiasm,
staying motivated as they go
from house to house, despite
getting few responses; Mack
and Allen knock on over three
dozen doors this morning but
interact with only a handful
of people.
“Even on a good day, it’s
like 40 percent,” says Mack of
the response rate, not deject-
edly but matter-of-factly.
After a re-energizing lunch
at Taco Bell, the canvassers
head back to the campaign’s
Rochester office—located
in the basement of a 1970s
office building—to pick up
another list for a different
part of town. The morning’s
ward was strictly suburban,
with modest one-story or
split-level homes. The after-
noon’s ward is more rural and
woodsy, with homes further
apart.
Even though fewer people
answer the door in the after-
noon than in the morning,
Mack and Majersik keep the
conversation positive.
“If you think about how
Ben Allen ’23 (left) and Penny Mack ’22 (right) knock on doors with Bowdoin for Warren in New Hampshire.
many hours you spend just
to talk to X [number of ] peo-
ple, it’s kind of crazy. But at
the same time, I know it’s the
most effective thing you can
do,” Majersik says.
“I know it can feel like you
didn’t do a lot, but it actually
means so much,” adds Mack.
“You’re more helpful than you
might feel.”
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3 —
MACMILLAN HOUSE
It’s just after 8 p.m., and
in the state of Iowa, the first
caucuses are beginning. Thir-
teen hundred miles away, at
a Bowdoin for Bernie launch
party in the living room of
MacMillan House, tensions
are high as students await the
results.
There are around 40 peo-
ple crowded in the room.
Students introduce them-
selves, sharing their hopes
and worries for the election.
For many, Vermont Senator
Bernie Sanders offers a vision
of a new hope in American
politics, for which the Iowa
caucuses are the first test for
this vision’s success in 2020.
“I don’t think it was before
Bernie came into the main-
stream for most of us that I
cared much about national
politics,” says Micah Wilson
’22, one of the leaders of the
group. “I think I considered
myself political, but there
wasn’t really someone until
Bernie that got me excited.”
Iowa is crucial for building
a national support base in a
presidential election, but for
Livia Kunins-Berkowitz ’22,
who began organizing for
Sanders after working with
Maine People’s Alliance last
summer, much of the reward
of organizing comes from
building community.
“No matter what happens
tonight, we built a nice Bernie
community here, and people
are passionate and excited,”
Kunins-Berkowitz says.
As the night goes on, how-
ever, the optimism begins to
fade and confusion takes its
place as CNN reports incon-
sistencies in voting logs and
delegate allocation.
Around midnight, Wilson,
whose laptop is being used
for the projector, decides to
reclaim his computer and
call it a night. Others follow,
grumbling their frustrations,
and head home.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Results are released at 5
p.m., although they’re any-
thing but conclusive. It’s a
narrow victory for Pete Butt-
igieg, the former mayor of
South Bend, Ind., who was
awarded 13 delegates. Sanders
is close behind with 12, and
Warren comes in third with
eight. Sanders, however, wins
the popular vote by a margin
of greater than 2,000 votes.
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 5—ON
CAMPUS
Justin Ko ’22 has been
involved in volunteer coor-
dinating for businessman
Andrew Yang, a relatively
low-polling candidate best
known for his proposal of a
universal basic income for all
Americans. For Ko, the Iowa
results pose more questions
than answers.
“People think [Yang] only
got 1 percent of the vote,” says
Ko, who is known around
campus for hanging up
#YangGang posters in Smith
Union. “In reality, that result
is because of the archaic rules
of the caucuses. We actually
got over 6 percent of the vote
in the first round. And we’re
expected to do a lot better in
New Hampshire.”
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
6—ON CAMPUS
For Kunins-Berkowitz,
frustrations have only in-
creased since Monday night.
Many news outlets as well
as the Democratic National
Committee (DNC) are cele-
brating Buttigieg as the win-
ner, despite his very narrow
“Beating Trump is number
one. I’m so upset with Trump,
I don’t know where to begin.”
–Lisa, New Hampshire resident
Friday, February 14, 2020
delegate lead and Sanders’
popular vote victory.
“It’s really disappointing,”
Kunins-Berkowitz says. “I
think I knew that people
didn’t like Bernie in the DNC,
but I think I trusted the pro-
cess, and maybe that was na-
ive. Now I’m losing trust in
the process.”
But like Ko, Kunins-Ber-
kowitz remains optimistic.
“I think [Sanders] has a
really good chance in New
Hampshire,” she says.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
8—DOVER, N.H.
The Sanders field office
in Dover, N.H., is in a house
with a few Bernie signs in
the windows nestled between
a natural foods store and a
house adorned with two large
Donald Trump flags.
Inside, the office is bus-
tling with energy: around 25
Bowdoin students shuffle in
at 9 a.m. for a day of canvass-
ing and are greeted enthusi-
astically by volunteers and
canvassers from across the
east coast.
Isaac, a volunteer orga-
nizer wearing a “Rights and
Democracy” sweatshirt, leads
a brief orientation for new
canvassers. They’ll mostly be
talking to people who already
support Sanders, he says.
With only three days until the
New Hampshire primary, it’s
all about inspiring people to
go to the polls. And, he adds,
he doesn’t expect anyone
to be an expert on Sanders’
policy; instead, explain why
you’re supporting Sanders.
Wilson, an experienced
canvasser both in his home-
town of Cambridge, Mass.,
and, as of two weeks ago, in
Dover, has this technique
down. At each house, he talks
about how, as a student, he’s
inspired by Sanders’ plan for
free public college and debt
forgiveness before asking
Friday, February 14, 2020
(LEFT) Bowdoin for Bernie poses outside Sanders’ field office in Dover, N.H.. (RIGHT) Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) speaks before Warren volunteers and staffers in Dover, N.H. last Saturday. He voiced support for Warren’s presidential bid.
voters what issues matter to
them.
Before long, it’s time for
round two in Somersworth,
a small city 10 minutes from
Dover, which proves to be a
more difficult canvassing job.
It’s mostly apartments, many
of which have doors that are
impossible to reach from the
outside.
Nevertheless, hopes re-
main high.
“I’m optimistic,” Wilson says
on the way back to campus.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
8—HAMPTON, N.H.
Elise Hocking ’22 has set up
camp in a volunteer’s garage in
the New Hampshire town of
Hampton, about 20 minutes
from Dover. She sits on the
floor with canvassers’ folders
all around her and sorts them.
Inspirational posters line the
walls, and “Win the Era” is
written in blue painter’s tape
on the floor.
There’s no time to revel in
Buttigieg’s strong finish in
the Iowa caucus. Bowdoin for
Pete left campus at 6:30 a.m.
this morning to arrive for its
last-minute canvassing efforts
ahead of the primary on Tues-
day.
Chas Burton-Callegari ’20
and Will deBruynKops ’20 are
knocking doors across town.
Like the Bernie canvassers,
they are focusing on voters
who have already indicated
interest in Buttigieg, Bur-
ton-Callegari says.
One woman invites them
inside.
“A week and a half ago I told
a guy from Amy [Klobuchar]’s
campaign that I would vote for
the last person who showed up
here,” she says, half joking. Se-
riously now, she says, “Beating
Trump is number one.”
“I’m so upset with Trump,
I don’t know where to begin,”
she says. What bothers her the
most is the current president’s
behavior, his dishonesty and
(LEFT) Penny Mack ’22 snaps a photo of Elizabeth Street while canvassing for Warren. (CENTER) Chas Burton-Callegari ’20 and Will deBruynkops ’20 talk with a voter about Buttigieg. ( TOP RIGHT) Elise Hocking ’22. (BOTTOM RIGHT) Mack checks MiniVAN.
fear-mongering, which, she
explains, desperate people
have glommed onto.
“It’s all about rage,” she
says. “[People] turn on others
who they perceive to be taking
[things] away from them: im-
migrants, other poor people.”
She doesn’t think that some
candidates’ proposals—like
total debt forgiveness—will al-
leviate the divisiveness Trump
inspires.
“I did have a major issue,
back when this all started: stop
saying you’re going to pay off
everybody’s college,” she says.
“Cut it out; nobody wants to
hear that. That’s not going to
get us any votes.”
Many other voters agree
with her, deBruynKops says,
describing a recent townhall
for Buttigieg.
“The only thing everyone
in line could agree on was that
the last thing they ever wanted
to do was pay for other people’s
college and forgive everyone’s
loans,” deBruynKops says.
“That’s the difference with
Pete,” Burton-Callegari con-
tinues. “He said one thing to
close the debate yesterday,
which was, ‘I’m trying to be
someone who … doesn’t sub-
tract, but someone who adds.’
And that’s basically what we
need: someone to bring more
people into our tent.”
The woman is still not con-
vinced. “Any idea how Butti-
gieg is doing in other states?”
she asks.
“A poll just came out in Iowa
where Pete took the lead—”
Burton-Callegari begins, but
she cuts him off: “Yeah, it’s
point-one percent.”
Unfazed, Burton-Callegari
continues, “Well, he’s taken
a lot of votes from Biden and
Warren in this state.” That’s
important, he says, because
bigger states with more del-
egates like California are
coming up soon, and they’ll
be watching New Hampshire
closely.
After a few more thank
FEATURES 9
yous and a final offer to use six delegates, while Warren 13—ON CAMPUS friend-to-friend organizing,
the restroom, deBruynKops comes in fourth. The field also an informal way of reaching
and Burton-Callegari depart. shrinks, as three candidates The New Hampshire results people within their own social
Though it’s not typical to be drop out: Senator Michael bode well for the Bowdoin for networks.
invited in, Burton-Callegari Bennet P’23 of Colorado, for- Bernie campaign. Hocking, of Bowdoin for
says three people have done mer Massachusetts governor “I think it’s a win,” Wilson Buttigieg, says the mayor’s
so today, even though the can- Deval Patrick and Yang. says. “I think it’s decisive, performance in the first two
vassers are advised to avoid which is what we want after states seemed to encourage
longer conversations. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY something as disastrous and supporters at Bowdoin to ap-
“Obviously we’re going to 12—ON CAMPUS upsetting as Iowa.” proach her.
engage in a discussion about “So many people put in so “Over the course of the
the things they care about Ko is disappointed about much time to New Hampshire Iowa and New Hampshire
and the things we care about, Yang dropping out, but, he ad- and making it happen,” he primaries I’ve found there are
but a lot of undecided voters mits, he’s not surprised. adds. “And it’s cool to see the way more Pete supporters than
are going to decide the day “I knew it was coming,” counties that we canvassed I knew on campus,” she says.
they’re at the polls,” deBruyn- he says. “I was holding on to winning by like 30 points.” Mack skipped class on
Kops says. “What we want is a sliver of hope that [Yang] Going forward, the Bow- Tuesday to be in New Hamp-
[for] them to have a memo- would do decently well in New doin for Bernie group is plan- shire with the Warren staffers.
ry of two nice young people After a month of spending ev-
coming out here and sacrific- ery weekend there, knocking
ing their Saturday afternoon “I know it can feel like you on doors and building callus-
to care about someone.”
They both have their own
didn’t do a lot, but it actually es, seeing the crowds outside
the polls felt rewarding, even
reasons for getting involved
in the race—for deBruynKops
means so much. You’re more if the final result wasn’t what
she was hoping for.
it’s climate change, for Bur- helpful than you might feel.” “I was kind of bummed
ton-Callegari, foreign policy— out Tuesday night, and then
but they agree on why they’re
–Penny Mack ’22 I sent a text to my organizer
backing Buttigieg. at 1 [a.m.] and was like, ‘O.K.,
“It was hard after the Iowa Hampshire, enough to contin- ning a phone bank, especially what can I do this weekend?’”
caucus, when, especially on ue on all the way through Su- for Nevada, the next state she says. “I’m not saying that
Twitter, people were like, Pete per Tuesday and the rest of the to caucus on February 22. Bernie and Pete and Amy ar-
was a cheater and all that, and early states. That clearly didn’t They’ll also be canvassing in en’t going to be the nominee,
that negativity is not what we happen. We underperformed the Brunswick area leading but I think we’ve still got a
need within the Democratic this time.” up to the Maine primary on long fight ahead of us.”
party right now,” deBruyn- March 3, super Tuesday. Most- PHOTOS BY ANN BASU AND REUBEN SCHAFIR
Kops says. “And that’s why I THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ly, though, they’re focusing on THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
really appreciated Bernie last
night on the debate stage. The
first thing he said was a mes-
sage to his supporters saying,
we really need to unify around
whatever candidate wins be-
cause—”
“It’s so much bigger,” Bur-
ton-Callegari finishes.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11
The results from New
Hampshire are much clearer
than Iowa. Sanders wins the
popular vote again and splits
delegates evenly with Butt-
igieg, nine to nine. Senator
Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
surges since the Friday night
debate, picking up a close
third place finish with near-
ly 20 percent of the vote and
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AF ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Reider recalls his boy band days Artist talk delves
by Ayub Tahlil
Orient Staff
into Black history
In 2006, the midst of the 2000s
mainstream pop-punk acts, The
Friday Night Boys formed with
Bowdoin junior Robert Reider
’07 as its bassist. Fourteen years
later—after two albums, three EPs
and multiple tours with names
such as Boys Like Girls, All Time
Low, We The Kings and Cute is
What We Aim For—Reider is
back at Bowdoin as the assistant
director of annual giving at the
College.
“I joined this band as some-
thing fun and different to do from
Bowdoin,” he said. “And then one
of our videos just started to grab
more attention on the internet and
MySpace, and that’s kind of just
how it started.”
The Friday Night Boys began
playing gigs and recording music
during Reider’s junior year, but
progress was slow since Reider
continued to prioritize his aca-
demics—he majored in English
and theater—and could only
reunite with band members over
school breaks in their hometown
of Fairfax, Va..
“Whenever I came home, we
would have shows booked, and
on breaks, we would go on tours,
which we booked ourselves,”
Reider said. “And then once I
graduated, it started to pick up
steam, and I had more time for
it. So when I graduated, I was
pursuing the dream as a full-time
musician.”
After a year of living at home,
playing gigs and writing music,
The Friday Night Boys, with the
help of All Time Low frontman
One Acts continue M&G tradition
by Irene Brogdon
Orient Staff
Rarely does the process of
embalming incite romance, but
in the Wish Theatre this past Sat-
urday, love bloomed amidst dead
bodies and shaving cream. Or, at
least, it did for the duration of
“Over My Dead Body,” written
by Dylan Sloan ’22, Johnny Lies-
man ‘22 and Elizabeth Gracey
’22, which debuted this past Sat-
urday at Bowdoin’s annual one-
act play festival.
The piece was one of four orig-
inal plays produced by Masque
and Gown this year. The festival
has been promoting student
productions since its inception
in 1934. Although it has evolved
over the years from a Bowdo-
in-Colby-Bates collaboration to a
stand-alone Bowdoin endeavor,
the festival’s mission has remained
the same: to stage one-act plays
written, directed and performed
by students.
Per festival tradition, the
audience voted for a favorite
production at the end of the
night. This year’s winner was
“Estate Sale Book Play,” written
by Ian Stewart ’20 and directed
by Hannah Scotch ’22, about a
man who wants to write his own
autobiography.
Though ultimately Stewart
ROBBY REACTS: The Orient’s multimedia team interviewed Reider this week and recorded his reaction to one of The
Friday Night Boys’ music videos, “Stupid Love Letter.” The video will be available on the Orient website this weekend.
Alex Gaskarth, were signed in
2008 by Fueled By Ramen, a
record label based in New York
City, which had signed similar
groups such as Paramore and
Panic! at the Disco. After this, life
began to move much faster.
The band produced an EP
titled “That’s What She Said” in
2008 ,and its debut full-length
album titled “Off The Deep End.”
Reider and the band toured
throughout the states and in Eu-
rope in the wake of these releases
with some of the top names in
pop-punk.
“Having this time to only play
music and do what I loved at the
time was fantastic,” Reider said.
“It was the perfect age to put my
heart into music with some great
guys.”
The band even performed on
TRL, an MTV program, on July
walked away with the $100 prize
for best play, the competition was
by no means easy.
“[The vote] was really close,
which was really fun because I
think it means that everyone en-
joyed themselves, because each
[play] was so good,” said Masque
and Gown’s Artistic Director
Grace Kellar-Long ’21.
While “Estate Sale Book Play”
is a light-hearted comedy, the
“[The festival] is a way of taking
the small quirks and making them
come to life.” –Carlos Campos ’22
one-acts ranged in mood and
topic. “Dogwood,” written by
Brianna Cunliffe ’22, depicts a
young woman who comes out to
her parents while on break from
college. “Cosmic Complacency,”
written by Kat Daley ’22, imagines
a future in which a mad scientist
must convince aliens the human
race is worth saving from climate
change, while “Over My Dead
Body,” was set in a funeral home,
and recounts the stories of a man
whom the playwrights met at a
jam shop in Hawaii.
Gracey, Sloan and Liesman trav-
elled to Hawaii with funding from
a Faculty Scholarship over Winter
Break. Gracey explained that the
8, 2008 to promote its self-released
EP, “The Sketch Process,” which
sold 45,000 copies and was named
one of MTV.com’s “Pop Punk
Rookies of 2009.”
“I simply love playing and play-
ing with those guys specifically;
they’re by far the most talented
guys I’ve ever played with,” he said.
“And so it was always a lot of fun
to just get on stage or even in a
practice room and just make some
noise with them.”
Reider transitioned into the
band lifestyle naturally since he
loves being on stage.
“This band put together every-
thing I love, from the stage to mu-
sic,” he said. “It was a great mixture
of what I needed at that point in
my life.”
But all great things must come
to an end—The Friday Night Boys
disbanded in the summer of 2010
dead body being embalmed during
the play was inspired by an actual
man named Mr. Ed.
“His story in the play was the
story of the real Mr. Ed, so it was
kind of touching to hear it played
back afterwards,” Gracey said. “It
was such a dark play and a come-
dy, but this guy really opened up to
us.” In the stage interpretation, Mr.
Ed’s story is told from the perspec-
tive of his son.
While Masque and Gown
takes one-act submissions from
any interested Bowdoin students,
the process of directing and per-
forming the plays is carried out
independently of playwrights.
After returning from break and
holding auditions, the directors
and actors have just two weeks
to memorize lines, tweak stage
directions and run through a day
of tech-rehearsals.
“We met probably three or
four times each week, and it was
a quick turnaround,” said Nate
DeMoranville ’20, who directed
“Cosmic Complacency.”
Though DeMoranville had tak-
en a directing class at Bowdoin the
MACKEY O’KEEFE, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
after an intense and tiring tour.
“We were all a little burnt out
by the rigorous touring sched-
ule and decided that it was time
to move on to other things, and
everybody’s remained close ever
since,” Reider said.
The band hasn’t been com-
pletely stagnant since—due to
popular demand, its members
came together for one last show
at the South By So What?! Fes-
tival in Dallas, Texas, in March
2017. The lead singer, Andrew
Goldstein, has also had a success-
ful career, writing hits for Demi
Lovato, Britney Spears and Jason
Derulo.
Now, a recent father and
assistant director of annual giv-
ing, Reider’s days as a pop-punk
bassist still make up some of his
fondest memories from Bowdo-
in and beyond.
previous semester, it was his first
experience directing outside of the
classroom.
“[That] we were just all stu-
dents doing it, for me, lowers the
stakes and makes [the plays] more
just about having fun,” said De-
Moranville.
Carlos Campos ’22, who was
cast in “Over My Dead Body,”
echoed DeMoranville’s positive
sentiments.
“[Performing in the festival] felt
great,” Campos said. “At the very
end I actually forgot my lines be-
cause some of my friends were in
the crowd and they were making
different noises, but that’s okay. It
felt really nice to play a character
who wasn’t me but somehow be-
came a part of me.”
For those thinking about join-
ing the one-act play festival next
year, Campos offers this advice:
go for it.
“Audition for a role and see
what happens. Everyone here at
Bowdoin has some unique quirk
to them, that is inside of them
and their friends know about it,
but perhaps not everyone knows
about it,” Campos said. “[The
festival] is a way of taking the
small quirks and making them
come to life.”
Brianna Cunliffe ’22, Dylan
Sloan ’22 and Ian Stewart ’20 are PERSISTANCE THROUGH ART: Minter highlighted the spiritual and
members of the Bowdoin Orient.
by Cole van Miltenburg
Orient Staff
Using artwork to depict
the transatlantic slave trade
can both resurface trauma
and make vivid the resistance
of culture and sprituality.
Portland-based artist Daniel
Minter grapples with both of
these realities, using physical
forms and patterns of West
African motifs as a means to
connect the past and present.
These connections were laid
bare in his Monday lecture
titled “Ripples of the Transat-
lantic Slave Trade,” attracting
a crowd of students and local
art connoisseurs alike.
Minter has a renowned
career as an illustrator, with
works that have been dis-
played around the country
and the world. He is an in-
structor at the Maine College
of Art and the founding di-
rector of the Maine Freedom
Trails, a nonprofit which
highlights the history of the
Underground Railroad and
abolitionist movement in
Maine.
In his talk, Minter walked
the audience through a sam-
pling of his works, including
the series “Water Trouble,”
which depicts the repeat-
ed image of a boat traveling
through the Middle Passage.
Using West African symbol-
ism, he connected his pieces
to the flooding faced by Black
communities in the aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina.
“New Orleans is consid-
ered a spiritual center for
African Americans,” Mint-
er said. “Seeing how people
in New Orleans were being
treated after Katrina could
only be answered by recalling
the boat.”
Minter also took time to
openly reflect on his child-
hood in southern Georgia.
Despite having limited access
to artistic resources in his seg-
regated public school, Minter
remembers seeing a print of
Winslow Homer’s “The Gulf
Stream” in his school library.
In a similar vein to the “Wa-
cultural significance of Black art forms during his talk on Tuesday afternoon.
Friday, February 14, 2020
ter Trouble” series, Homer’s
painting depicts a lone Black
man on a rowboat in the mid-
dle of shark-infested seas,
symbolizing racial tensions of
the 19th century.
In his other artistic en-
deavors, Minter touches spe-
cifically on African American
history in Maine. Along with
founding the Portland Free-
dom Trail, he has conducted
research on Malaga Island,
the site of a post-Civil War
interracial community whose
residents were forcefully
evicted in 1911. For the past
10 years, Minter has been
committed to documenting
the human stories of Malaga
residents and their descen-
dants.
“There seems to be so few
African Americans in Maine,
so I wanted to know the sto-
ries of the ones who were
here,” he said. “It’s been sto-
ries that need to be told so
that people get a full perspec-
tive … of what Maine is.”
Director of the Center for
Multicultural Life Benjamin
Harris organized Minter’s vis-
it to campus. Harris reflected
on the significance of Mint-
er’s art in the College’s pro-
gramming for Black History
Month and Beyond.
“He talks about the trans-
atlantic slave trade being a
part of the underbelly of his
work,” Harris said. “I thought
that connected really closely
with raising awareness about
the historical aspect of the
Black experience in Ameri-
ca and in other parts of the
world.”
Minter closed his talk by
reflecting on the importance
of art as a spiritual tool for
the survival of African Amer-
icans in confronting both the
weight of history and reality
of today.
“I believe that artwork has
a function,” Minter said. “We
would not have survived the
500 years on this continent
if we did not have artwork,
if we did not have song, if we
did not have dance. Those are
things you can’t take away.”
KAYLA SNYDER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Friday, February 14, 2020
SSPORTS
Michael Vick and the value of redemption
The Sideline
Story
by Julius Long
The 100th season of the Na-
tional Football League (NFL)
will be fondly remembered as
the year of the black quarter-
back, particularly by those fans
who know the history of that
position.
It shouldn’t come as a sur-
prise that it took 50 years since
the start of the league for the
first starting black quarterback,
Marlin Briscoe, to be drafted.
Countless others before and af-
ter Briscoe would be pushed to
the Canadian Football League
or forced to convert to a po-
sition “more naturally suited
to their abilities,” like running
back or wide receiver.
Lamar Jackson’s 2019 cam-
paign culminated in a unanimous
MVP victory, making the 23
year-old Baltimore Ravens quar-
terback the youngest to ever win
the award. But the season began
with the same air of skepticism
that has followed him throughout
his short career. The skepticism
that led 31 teams to pass up the
Louisville graduate and Heisman
Trophy winner in the 2018 draft.
It is this same coded skepticism
that Michael Vick put to bed
when he proved himself to be …
well, Michael Vick.
Blatant denial of black
achievement has historically
been the mantra of virtually ev-
ery white, American institution
(that’s at least in part why we
have been “given” this month
to bring attention to it). The
NFL—despite 70 percent of its
players being black—is by all
other accounts a white institu-
tion stuck in the structures and
discourse of the past. But as ES-
PN’s “30 for 30” documentary
“Vick” reminds us, the notion of
“the complete quarterback” that
had long been used to exclude
Maine State Meet ends deadlocked in first-ever tie
by Thomas McEvoy
Orient Staff
Last weekend, the men’s
and women’s track and field
teams both found themselves
in limbo. For the first time in
program history, both teams
finished in first-place ties at
the Maine State Champion-
ship meets on Saturday night,.
The result was especially ex-
citing for the women’s team,
who broke Bates’ six-year win
streak in the competition.
Farley Field House played
host to an exciting meet with
the extremely unusual result.
The Polar Bears found them-
selves pitted against Bates, the
University of Southern Maine
(USM) and Colby at the state
championship meet. Although
the event had originally been
scheduled to be held at USM,
a variety of factors, including
weather, resulted in a venue
shift to Bowdoin.
“The atmosphere was wild.
It was packed,” said runner
black players from the position
was a poor misnomer.
The quarterback position is
one of few in sport where ath-
letic ability is considered almost
secondary to traits like leader-
ship, courage and intelligence.
Vick had everything these “com-
plete” quarterbacks had, and
then some. With feet just as fast
as his hands, falcon-like vision
and those intangible characteris-
tics that age-old racism says are
impossible for a black man to
come by, Vick was undeniable.
If Part 1 of “30 for 30: Vick”
tells the story of a kid who rose
to NFL stardom despite starting
in the public housing projects
of Newport News, Va., a neigh-
borhood colloquially known
as “Bad Newz,” Part 2 provides
context to why an NFL legend
received so much backlash
after being named a 2020 Pro
Bowl Legends Captain. About
700,000 people signed a
petition on Change.
org to remove
Michael Vick
from the list
of honor-
ees.
If you
don’t know
Vick’s sto-
ry, I highly
recommend
you watch the
two-part doc-
umentary. But
to paint
Ajay Olsen ’23. “Our team-
mates created a wall around
the last curve, like a tunnel of
cheering. It’s pretty intense. It
really helps you though. It’s
really motivating, especially
for me. … It helps me out at
the end.”
After a hotly contested eve-
ning in which neither Bowdo-
in nor Bates could pull away
from the other, the men’s and
women’s teams both finished
with exceptionally rare ties.
Surprised by the exceed-
ingly uncommon result, Track
and Field Head Coach Peter
Slovenski wrote in an email to
the Orient: “There has never
been a tie in the previous 52
years of this meet. One meet
previously had been decided
by one point. But this was the
first tie in history.”
A number of remarkable
individual performances led to
the women’s win. In the field
events, Belinda Saint Louis ’21
SIDELINE SUPPORT CREW: Men’s track and field athletes Mason Freeman ’22 (center left), Troy Greene ’22
Please see TRACK, page 13 (center) and Cedric Blaise ’22 (center right) cheer on their teammates during last weekend’s Maine State Meet.
the scene, Vick, after being
drafted number one in the 2001
NFL Draft, starting six seasons
as the Atlanta Falcons quarter-
back, being named to three Pro
Bowls, being on the cover of
the videogame Madden 2004,
signing what was at the time the
most lucrative NFL contract in
history—single-handedly revo-
lutionizing the quarterback po-
sition forever—was sentenced
to 23 months in prison on dog-
fighting charges associated with
the “Bad Newz Kennels” dog
fighting operation at his Sur-
ry County, Va., property. The
case became a pivotal sound-
ing board for the animal rights
movement. But in a nation in-
cessantly reckoning with civil
and human rights, it inevitably
turned into something else.
The voice of Fox News pun-
dit Tucker Carlson appears in
Part 2 of the documentary. “I’m
a Christian, I’ve made mis-
takes myself. I believe
fervently in sec-
ond chances,”
he says. “But
Michael Vick
killed dogs
and he
did it in a
heart-
less and cruel way. And I think,
personally, he should have been
executed for that.” Now more
than ever, we know Carlson isn’t
just an inflammatory mouthpiece
for an extremist niche. Accord-
ing to Michael Vick’s attorney,
Billy Martin, who represented
a key witness in the Clinton im-
peachment, the media scrutiny of
Vick’s case surpassed anything he
had been involved in. And while
outrage is the proper response to
Vick’s actions, when white people
start to call for the execution,
hanging and neutering of a black
man, it logically invokes a coun-
terreaction. In this case, some
people felt it needed to be said:
yes, Michael Vick was wrong, but
to call for capital punishment, is
to equivocate the value of a black
life to that of a few dogs.
To use the words of Dan
Shannon, a PETA Spokesper-
son at the time of the case and
a voice in the documentary, the
calls for execution were “way
beyond the pale.” And so was
the length of his jail sentence.
At the time, for that offense,
the typical sentence was zero to
six months, short enough for a
plausible revival of his profes-
sional football career. Despite
Vick exhibiting an immense
amount of remorse for what he
did, the federal prosecutor de-
cided to teach Mike and
the rest of the country
a lesson.
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question that was subsequently
asked of NFL Commissioner
Roger Goodell and then-coach
of the Philadelphia Eagles
Andy Reid was how they could
let a person as reprehensible
as Michael Vick back into the
NFL. Neither of these men are
the hero of this story—in re-
ality there shouldn’t really be
one. However, at that moment,
they were willing to do some-
thing antithetical to the fabric
of American criminal justice.
Rather than defining Michael
Vick by the reprehensible crime
for which he showed deep re-
morse and lost two years of his
freedom, they were willing to
give him a second chance.
With that second chance,
Vick has become an unlikely
advocate for animal rights, sup-
porting the Animal Fighting
Spectator Prohibition Act signed
into law by President Barack
Obama in 2014, meeting with
Pennsylvania lawmakers to sup-
port a bill giving police officers
the right to break into cars to
free dogs and cats and educating
communities on animal rights to
ensure no one finds themselves
on the same path he did.
Perhaps the more than
700,000 signatories of that
Change.org petition aren’t privy
to his advocacy, or believe that
Vick’s advocacy is a PR farce.
Perhaps they subscribe to the
Tucker Carlson doctrine of
forgiveness. Or maybe they’ve
done their research and say, “It’s
still not enough.”
I’m not saying Michael Vick
should be forgiven or not for-
given. However, I do believe
there must be an acknowledge-
ment that, in this country, worse
men have been redeemed—and
honored—for a whole lot less.
More importantly, better men
and women have suffered and
continue to suffer greater injus-
tice than those dogs. Where’s
their petition?
COURTESY OF BRIAN BEARD
11
HIGHLIGHT
REEL
ICE, ICE, BABY:
The women’s hockey team
climbed one game closer to
.500 with a 2-0 away victory
over the University of New
England (UNE) on Tuesday
night. After dropping
both games last weekend
in a home series against
Amherst, the Polar Bears
snapped a four-game UNE
win streak to return to their
winning ways. Brett Stoddard
’23 opened the scoring in the
first period before Angelina
Joyce ’22 sealed the game
with her seventh goal of the
season in the third period.
Meghan Miranda ’23 earned
her second shutout in as
many starts since taking over
the goalie position last week.
A SUPERLATIVE SEASON:
The women’s and men’s
Nordic teams equaled their
record-breaking finish at the
Colby Carnival two weeks
ago with another third-place
finish at the Bates Carnival
this past weekend. Bowdoin
recorded six top-ten finishes
on the weekend. Notably,
seven men’s skiers finished
in the top 30 on Saturday in
a fantastic top-to-bottom
squad performance, while
Gabby Vandendries ’20
and Renae Anderson ’21
both broke into the top
ten in the 15k classic race
on Friday. Bowdoin’s last
official regular-season event
is the Williams Carnival this
weekend in Lake Placid, NY.
NEW HAVEN BOUND:
The women’s squash team
matched its seed at the
NESCAC tournament
last weekend, finishing in
eighth place. Presented
with a tough matchup in
first-seeded Trinity in the
quarterfinals, the Polar Bears
were unable to win a single
match, losing in a 9-0 sweep.
Bowdoin was subsequently
defeated by Bates by
the same score in the
consolation bracket before
being defeated by Wesleyan
7-2 in the final match. In
the few bright spots, Clio
Bersani ’22 and Ursula Sze
’23 both won their games
at the second and third
ladder spots, respectively.
The team will learn its CSA
Nationals seedings this
week in anticipation of the
event, which will be held in
New Haven, Conn., next
weekend.
REBOUNDING:
After a disappointing
week in which the women’s
basketball team lost its first
two matches of the season
to conference opponents
Tufts and Amherst, the
Polar Bears rebounded on
Saturday with a key 89-74
victory over Hamilton that
secured a home first-round
NESCAC playoff game for
Bowdoin. After trailing at
the beginning of the third
quarter, the Polar Bears
pulled away in the final
minutes to seal the victory.
Captain Samantha Roy
’20 led the team with 22
points, and the team shot
50 percent from the field
in an impressive offensive
display. The team’s final
regular-season contest is this
Saturday away at Wesleyan
at 2 p.m..
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Local volunteers bring character to Bowdoin track meets
by Andrew Chang
Orient Staff
It’s a little past 5 p.m. on
a Tuesday in Farley Field
House, and all around, stu-
dent athletes are running.
Scattered about on the side-
lines are three men, holding
stopwatches. One of them,
Jerry LeVasseur, shouts out
lap times as two runners go
by. LeVasseur and the two
others—Steve Turner and
John Kelsey, both retired pro-
fessors—are all part of a large
volunteer contingent that the
track and field team’s Head
Coach, Peter Slovenski, calls
upon to help officiate track
meets. At any given meet,
there could be more than 30
volunteers officiating. Re-
sponsibilities for the volun-
teers include operating the
Lynx Timing systems, mark-
ing where throws land for
the field events, and tallying
scores for each team.
Track volunteers have a
long history at Bowdoin. The
system began decades ago,
according to Slovenski, when
Bowdoin professors, alumni
and service members from the
Men’s basketball eyes playoff berth
after comeback win over Hamilton
by Robert Shepard
Orient Staff
After a turbulent season,
the Bowdoin men’s basketball
team’s comeback win against
Hamilton last Saturday placed
the team in a prime position
to qualify for the NESCAC
playoffs. The team now has a
chance to claim the seventh
NESCAC playoff seed with a
win against Wesleyan at home
on Sunday afternoon.
The Polar Bears started out
cold against Hamilton last
Saturday, trailing 22-37 after
the first half. This deficit only
widened in the second quarter,
with Bowdoin falling behind
by 23 points.
“We turned the ball over
way too many times and gave
them easy buckets,” said Head
Coach Tim Gilbride.
The game appeared to be
over with 10 minutes to go,
but the Polar Bears suddenly
closed the gap, responding
with a 13-2 run that breathed
life back into their chances for
victory. Energized by the shift
in momentum, the Bowdoin
defense held the Continentals
to just 11 points for the rest of
the game while continuing to
gain offensive traction.
David Reynolds ’20 led
the team with 33 points, and
Jack Shea ’23 chipped in with
13 points off the bench as the
team steadily clawed back from
the early deficit. With just 25
seconds left, Reynolds scored
on an “and-1” to give Bowdoin
a three-point lead, but a Ham-
ilton three-pointer five seconds
later sent the game to overtime.
Bowdoin took the lead and
never lost it, resulting in an 81-
74 win.
now-defunct Naval Air Sta-
tion Brunswick volunteered
to help run the meets. In the
1970s, when fewer professors
volunteered, the Athletics De-
partment began offering sea-
son tickets to hockey games in
exchange for help.
“This attracted a lot of vol-
unteers from Bath Iron Works,
who loved Bowdoin hockey,”
wrote Slovenski in an email to
the Orient.
Today, there are 30 or so
regulars who come help at
almost every meet and many
practices. A few are Bowdoin
alumni, but most—including
the three at Tuesday’s prac-
tice—don’t have particularly
strong ties to Bowdoin.
LeVasseur used to be an
accountant in Connecticut.
Turner taught math at Babson.
Kelsey taught psychology at
Bates. Though all three cur-
rently live in Brunswick and
have been involved with com-
petitive running, they came
to be volunteers for Bowdoin
track and field for very differ-
ent reasons.
• of Maine school record for the
LeVasseur, who officiates
races, moved to Brunswick 16
BACK FROM THE BRINK: (ABOVE) Morgan Edwards ’22 splits two Hamilton defenders in an 81-74 comeback win
over the Continentals. (RIGHT) Sam Grad ’21, leaping for the tip-off, put up 11 points and 12 rebounds in the victory.
“The game was really elec-
tric—after the game, every-
body was pretty amped up, and
I was pretty excited ... about the
outcome,” said Shea.
This was an important win
for the team because it puts
them in prime playoff conten-
tion. With only two spots left
in the conference playoffs and
Bowdoin, Bates, Hamilton and
Wesleyan all in the running,
the team is primed to claim
one of the final seeds this
weekend.
“If we win [against Wesleyan
this weekend], we’re definitely
in the NESCAC playoffs and
will probably be the seventh
seed,” said Reynolds.
A win against the Cardinals
would guarantee a playoff spot,
but a loss doesn’t complete-
ly eliminate the team either.
There are many possibilities for
a playoff spot even with a loss.
An earlier win against Bates
and last weekend’s Hamilton
victory means that the Polar
SPORTS
years ago to get away from the
stressful work environment in
Connecticut.
“My wife and I used to come
up here [to Maine] in the sum-
mer—we just mainly like the
people, and I used to race sled
dogs,” said LeVasseur. “So we
moved up here, and we just
love it. … It’s more laid back
and the people are super nice.”
He added that the idea of
volunteering at Bowdoin was
his own idea.
“I contacted Coach [Slov-
enski], and I said that I’m still
running and competing. And
it’s been very good to me, and
I wanted to give back.”
LeVasseur has run nine
marathons, including the
Boston Marathon. In 2014, he
was inducted into the Maine
Running Hall of Fame. Track-
side, however, he is known as
“Coach Jerry.”
• “I like interacting with stu-
Turner, who serves as the
head clerk at Bowdoin meets,
grew up in Maine. He has a bit
of history at the College: In
1969, he broke the University
mile with a time of 4:18, be-
fore following up in the same
Bears have an advantage in
tie-breakers. Bowdoin would
still make the tournament
should Bates drop one of its fi-
nal two games against Williams
or Middlebury.
But the Hamilton win is
more than just a boost to play-
off odds. It is a testament to
the team’s strength and resil-
ience in what has proven to be
a challenging season. Injuries
have been a thorn in this team’s
side all year—a notable loss has
been captain and Maine first-
team all-defense point guard
Zavier Rucker ’21. The Polar
Bears have had to rely more
on younger players to fill these
roster holes, so most first-year
players are getting playing
time.
“It’s been different coming
from high school,” Shea, one of
those first years, said. “I played
a different role [in high school]
then coming in here, and [I’ve
been] trying just to contribute
in any way I can.”
“It’s nice if you can get a group
of people that, for whatever rea-
son, are committed.”
–John Kelsey, track meet volunteer
year with a 4:16, according to
Slovenski.
“Well, I’m an Maine-iac,
and so is my wife. We moved
away for my career, but my
parents were still here, so we
moved back to take care of
them,” said Turner. “But we’ve
always had an affinity for the
state of Maine.”
After his parents passed,
he decided to move to Bruns-
wick and help with the track
and field program because he
enjoyed the college-town en-
vironment and wanted to use
his track background to help
students.
dents and, because I had the
background in running, it was
an easy decision.”
Turner says he was offered
the role of head clerk—the
person who manages the races
and gives instructions about
race rules before races start—
CAROLINE FLAHARTY, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
Stepping into a college ros-
ter without much experience at
the level is a demanding role,
but the coaches and upper-
classmen have been supportive
at every turn—giving encour-
agement, advice and helping to
keep the team unified.
“Our seniors and upper-
classmen have done a good
job of having confidence with
us, having confidence in us
and giving us some inspiration
and giving us some hope,” said
Shea.
The shift in the team’s skill
set has also necessitated a play
style shift from previous years.
As opposed to a few years ago,
when the team would play
more of a shooter’s game where
the focus was on creating space
to score, this year the team has
lacked those long-range scor-
ers and been more defensively
focused.
“We’re trying to slow the
game down and make it
more of a defensive game,”
out of the blue.
“I skipped around doing a
couple of things, like raking
traps and spotting throws, and
all of a sudden Peter [Slovens-
ki] says, ‘How’d you like to be
clerk?’” Turner said. “I think
it’s the toughest job, but I’m an
organizer—being a math pro-
fessor, it was a natural fit.”
• much,” he said. “I know [giv-
Kelsey, an umpire, also
grew up in Maine. Growing
up, he was neighbors with
the Slovenskis, though Peter
Slovenski was a bit older than
him and they didn’t know each
other well. He officiated a bit
at Bates after he retired, but he
got involved at Bowdoin at the
behest of his wife.
“My wife contacted [Slov-
enski]—she was looking for
something for me to do, get
me out of the house,” he said,
laughing.
Kelsey is the least experi-
said Reynolds.
“We want to make it a game
where we’re really moving the
ball well, getting everybody in-
volved, not throwing up shots
quickly, then defending well
and trying to win that game
as if it’s a close game down
the stretch,” said Gilbride. “It’s
kind of become our mentality,
and that’s how we’re hoping we
continue to play.”
Despite a 79-74 non-con-
ference loss against Anna
Friday, February 14, 2020
enced among the three, having
only spent three years helping
with meets and practice. Le-
Vasseur has 16 years under his
belt, and Turner six. Another
volunteer veteran, Dale Dorr,
has been an official for over 30
years.
Even so, Kelsey is still
extremely active in helping
out, coming to practice two
or three times a week to help
time middle-distance runners.
“The best thing for me,
quite frankly, is the kids. I
mean, that’s the timing part.
[While] officiating, you don’t
really get to talk to them
ing back] is the way Jerry [Le-
Vasseur] frames it, but I’m not
so sure I would frame it that
way—I’m just having fun.”
Kelsey also mentions that
Slovenski is always looking for
more volunteers.
“For Peter, for any of the
coaches, getting volunteers is
a big assistance. And it’s hard
work [for the coaches]. So it’s
nice if you can get a group of
people that, for whatever rea-
son, are committed.”
And that, perhaps, is what
the volunteers are all about.
Maria College on Wednesday
(in which Reynolds shot for a
record 10 three-pointers), the
momentum is with Bowdoin
as it goes into its final game of
the regular season against Wes-
leyan.
“We’re just kind of looking
at it like we win, we get in, so
that’s really our focus right
now,” Reynolds said.
The Polar Bears host Wes-
leyan on Sunday at 1 p.m. in
Morrell Gym.
Friday, February 14, 2020 SPORTS 13

Bowdoin community rows a marathon for Zietlow ’22

by Diego Lasarte
Orient Staff
A few weeks before he passed
away last January, Henry Ziet-
low ’22 rowed a marathon all
by himself. An ergathon, or erg
marathon, entails completing a
marathon distance (26.2 miles
or 42,000 meters) on an indoor
rowing machine called an erg.
The feat is usually accomplished
in teams of three or four, with
rowers splitting the distance
into intervals. Zietlow did it
alone in just 3:33:27.
On Sunday, Bowdoin stu-
dents gathered in David Saul
Smith Union for another erg-
athon, this time in memory of
their lost teammate and friend.
Over 100 students attended the
first annual Henry Zietlow Me-
morial Ergathon, inaugurating
a tradition meant to honor the
values Zietlow lived: hard work,
endurance and community.
Matt Donnelly ’22, a member
of the rowing team, said that he
has thought about his former
teammate every moment he has
been on the water this year.
“Henry was kind of a magical
friend. He meant the world to
me and the whole team. I mean,
he was only with us for a semes-
ter on the team, but it feels like
... so much more,” said Donnelly.
“The impact he made in one se-
mester, it’s going to last forever.
And every stroke we take during
this season and in the seasons to
come, they’re all for him.”
Athletes from four varsity
teams as well as non-athletes
from different parts of the Bow-
doin community spent over
three hours cheering each other
on as they erged on the Smith
Union floor. The crowd waited
until the very last team finished
their marathon distance, keep-
ing the energy high and music
blasting for hours. As the event
ended, it was equal parts tears
and smiles, with hugs and high-
fives all around.
Doug Welling, the head
coach of both the men’s and
women’s crew teams and the
main organizer of the event,
said that Zietlow represented
everything he hoped to instill in
his rowers.
“The word ‘culture’ gets used
a ton in athletics, and I think the
qualities that Henry possessed,
were all the things, as coaches,
that represent our core values,”
he said. “If everyone could be
their best version of Henry, or
themselves, and highlight those
values that Henry lived, then
you’re doing well.”
First-year rower Jay Sayler
showed up with his team, ex- EMMA NOEL, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT
cited for the physical challenge SPRINT TO THE FINISH: Members of the men’s rugby team cheer on their teammates. The team was one of a number of groups competing in last week’s ergathon.
and for the opportunity to honor ple of Zietlow’s enduring legacy of the Holy Cross, who trag- dies have shown the strength of Stephen Boe ’22, who rowed
Zietlow’s memory. Sayler never on the crew team—a legacy that ically passed away in January that community. with Zietlow last fall, choked up
knew Zietlow, but he said he continues to thrive. on a team trip to Florida when “Support in the rowing com- seeing how many of his class-
felt inspired to participate in the “I don’t think a rowing prac- a team minivan collided with munity just aches when anyone mates had shown up to honor
event because of how his team tice goes by that I don’t think a pickup truck. Several other goes through any kind of parallel Zietlow’s memory.
has kept Zietlow’s impact alive. of him or hear his name men- rowers on the Massachusetts experience [to what happened “Henry was such an integral
“I can tell how much he tioned, even though until just college’s team were injured. with Zietlow],” said Welling. part of our team. As a [first
moved the team. You see, like, now when I saw [the tribute Rett died almost exactly a Purple headbands were dis- year], he was already a leader,”
100 people here today because video], I didn’t even know what year after Zietlow, and their tributed at the event as a nod to said Boe. “He has often been
of the impact that he managed he looked like,” said Sayler. deaths brought the already both Zietlow’s habit of wearing described as a bright light [in
to have at the school in one se- The event was also dedicat- close-knit New England rowing them during every race, as well our community]. My metaphor
mester,” said Sayler. ed to Grace Rett, a sophomore community together in grief. as the school colors of the Col- is that he was a lighthouse … a
Sayler said this was an exam- and fellow rower at the College But, Welling argued, the trage- lege of the Holy Cross. shining beacon on our team.”

TRACK
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11
“I hate to love them, love
to hate them, something like
they were seeded,” said Olsen.
In one of the evening’s NESCAC Standings Compiled by Dylan Sloan
Source: NESCAC and Bowdoin Athletics
that,” said Shipley. “I was most exciting events, Luca
put together a very impressive thrilled because we broke a Ostertag-Hill ’20 emerged MEN’S ICE HOCKEY WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY
evening, earning key victories six-year winning streak for victorious from a highly com-
 
NESCAC OVERALL NESCAC OVERALL
in the shot put and weight throw them.” petitive mile race, posting a
events. Brittney McKinley ’21 The men’s side featured a sensational 4:29.69 time. W L T W L T W L T W L T
claimed first place in both number of standout perfor- “The mile was one of the Willliams 10 4 0 13 6 1 Middlebury 10 1 1 15 2 3
the 60-meter and 200-meter mances as well. In the field most memorable races I’ve Trinity 9 4 1 14 5 1 Amherst 8 3 3 14 4 4
events, running times of 7.86 portion of the evening, Ryan seen in 30 years. There were so
and 25.86 seconds, respective- Durkin ’22’s 4.55-meter pole many lead changes and excit-
Hamilton 8 4 2 9 7 4 Colby 7 3 2 12 5 3
ly. Likewise, Caroline Shipley vault won him first place, as ing surges by the runners. Luca Middlebury 6 5 3 8 9 3 Williams 8 4 2 11 6 4
’20 won both the 1000-meter did Huma Dadachanji ’20’s showed a lot of intelligence Amherst 5 6 3 7 9 4 Conn. Coll. 6 4 2 13 5 2
and one-mile events, pulling 13.90-meter triple jump and and grit to win that race,” Slov-
Wesleyan 6 7 1 10 9 1 Hamilton 6 6 0 12 8 0
away from her competition Cheng Xing ’23’s 6.88-meter enski wrote.
with times of 3:05.76 and long jump. Troy Greene ’22 Fueled by last weekend’s re- Conn. Coll. 5 7 2 9 9 2 Bowdoin 4 7 1 8 9 3
5:04.89, respectively. claimed victory in the 60-me- sult, Shipley is optimistic about Bowdoin 5 8 1 9 10 1 Trinity 0 10 2 5 11 4
As a senior, Shipley has ter dash with a time of 7.02 the remainder of the season. Tufts 5 8 1 7 12 1 Wesleyan 0 11 1 6 13 1
gained some perspective on seconds, while Olsen won “We are a team that is top
the in-state rivalry between the 400-meter dash in 51.08 five caliber in Division III. And Colby 3 9 2 7 10 3
Bowdoin and other Maine- seconds. In addition to an ex- so I think after the dust settles
based schools from her four ceptional performance in the on the excitement this week-
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take the state championship “All across the board, there Both track and field squads Sat 2/15 vs. Wesleyan, 4 P.M. Sat 2/15 @ Trinity, 4 P.M.
every year she had been with were some great performances. will head to Boston Universi-
the team, Shipley took special I think that in [nearly] every ty today to participate in the MEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
pride in last weekend’s result. event, people did better than Dave Hemery Invitational.
 
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O OPINION
The race doesn’t end in Iowa
With New Hampshire and Iowa behind us, it may seem like the primary
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season is in the rearview. The media often becomes fixated on the candi- a printing press, intellec-
dates who win these primaries, creating the impression that the race has tual property began
already passed its most important threshold. But there are 120 primaries
Workin’ on it flowing towards those
and caucuses left in the Democratic and Republican parties, plus two con- by Archer Thomas who could afford the
ventions in North Dakota and Wyoming. Iowa and New Hampshire are expensive equipment
just the beginning. In 1998, members of Congress that copying en-
One thousand nine hundred and ninety delegates are needed to win the from all political persuasions and tailed. Intellectual la-
Democratic primary. After the first two primaries, the leading candidate, sections of the country came togeth- bor, just like its physi-
Pete Buttigieg, only has 22 delegates with Bernie Sanders at 21. Elizabeth er to protect one of America’s most cal counterpart, became
Warren and Amy Klobuchar have eight and seven, respectively. Just 17 endangered animals. Realizing that commodified. Creators
delegates—fewer than the total delegates that Maine alone has to offer— time was running out, Sonny Bono, became workers, their
could put Joe Biden ahead of Buttigieg. Selena, George Gershwin and a host creations only as valu-
This means that the race is still anybody’s game. With a third of the of other celebrities (or rather their able as the market
delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday—California alone has 415 dele- estates) rallied around the cause. dictated.
gates—March 3 could change the outcome of the election. However, the focus of their concern The history of the
This isn’t to say that the primary election will be a complete toss-up, or was not the Sage Grouse, California 20th century was
that Iowa and New Hampshire don’t matter at all. The point is that activ- Condor or any other flesh-and- one of copyright’s
ism and engagement still have a place in the primary going forward—and blood, actually-in-grave-danger slow but inexora-
if you really care about a candidate, now isn’t the time to give up just creatures. Rather it was Mickey ble world con-
because they didn’t do well in Iowa or New Hampshire. Mouse, a rodent who was irrevers- quest. Coun-
Even if you’re from a state that does not vote until June, there are ibly seared into pop culture with tries began
countless ways to get involved so that you have a greater chance of being 1928’s “Steamboat Willie.” Original- enforcing each
able to vote for your favorite candidate in the general election. Sanders ly, Mickey was slated to go into the other’s intel-
and Warren have both highlighted the amount of money they have raised public domain in 1984. However, lectual property,
from small donors. Three-dollar donations can quickly add up. Disney lobbyists organized an over- enabling record
Canvassing, phone banking and raising awareness are also fantastic haul of American copyright law that labels, publishers
ways that students can get involved. As Super Tuesday draws nearer, pushed Mickey’s expiration date to and movie studios
Brunswick will host canvassing centers for many of the candidates. One 2003—that is, only a few years after to rigidly define
day spent canvassing on the weekend is feasible, even for full-time stu- 1998. who did—and
dents. While the extension of copyright more importantly
It’s easy to forget how much of a privilege it is to be able to vote. Our over the past 50 years has been an did not—benefit
democracy depends on participation from its citizens, even in elections obvious cash grab on the part of from the production
that may seem less important than others. The United States has dismal Disney and other entities that make of culture. Owners of
voter participation rates compared to other democratic countries around billions off of intellectual property, copyright benefited
DALIA TABACHNIK
the world. It’s up to our generation to reverse this trend. copyright has long been a corner- at the expense of actual system in
If you’re eligible, there is no good reason not to vote in the primary. stone of the American system. One creators and, just as important- which intellectu-
Bowdoin Votes is driving vans from the Moulton loop to the polls all day of the U.S. Constitution’s most basic ly, at the expense of free and open als could survive off their own labor.
on Super Tuesday, and taking less than 30 minutes out of your day to vote guarantees is to “promote the Prog- knowledge. Here’s where we get our They wanted to protect honest work
is a small price to pay for the sake of democracy. ress of Science and useful Arts, by Harvey Weinsteins, William Ran- in the face of technological progress.
securing for limited Times to Au- dolph Hearsts and Martin Shkrelis. However, the system they created
This editorial represents the majority view of the Bowdoin Orient’s editorial board, thors and Inventors the exclusive But then the Internet blew it all developed into a mockery of honest
which is comprised of Emily Cohen, Anna Fauver, Conrad Li, Alyce McFadden, Right to their respective Writings open. In the 1990s, the World Wide work because they failed to account
Becca Norden-Bright and Tianyi Xu. and Discoveries.” Web was the Wild West. Individuals for undemocratic access to the
Hitherto, few countries had giv- could create, publish and share with means of copying, i.e. the printing
en creators such broad privileges. little restrictions or oversight. The press. Under modern copyright laws,
Before the first printing presses, rise of free and open-source software wealthy individuals—like those be-
copying another person’s writings put the means of cultural production hind the Disney corporation—can
or art was such a laborious process back into the hands of individu- make vast amounts of money with-
that it made no sense to define “in- al creators, many of whom did not out so much as raising a finger by
ESTABLISHED 1871 tellectual” property as separate from want or care to “reap” the benefits of purchasing intellectual property and
actual property. Before copying was their intellectual property. then charging the public to access it
easy, there was no way to conceive of Even though the Internet gave no at inflated prices.
bowdoinorient.com orient@bowdoin.edu 6200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 a “book” as something both ownable real assurance that copyright would The Internet, however, has made
and separate from a physical object. be respected, creators continued cre- copying easier and more democratic
The Bowdoin Orient is a student-run weekly publication dedicated to providing news and
information relevant to the Bowdoin community. Editorially independent of the College Copyright and the development ating. The early Internet had vitali- than ever before. It has given us an
and its administrators, the Orient pursues such content freely and thoroughly, following of intellectual work as a legitimate ty because it was free—and I mean opportunity to radically transform
professional journalistic standards in writing and reporting. The Orient is committed to form of labor, therefore, developed “free” as in “free speech,” not “free copyright or even reject it wholly.
serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse discussion and debate on issues of in tandem. beer.” The boom in cultural produc- We must ensure that art and infor-
interest to the College community. Copyright enabled intellectual tion that accompanied the computer mation are as accessible as possible
labor to be turned into intellectual revolution seemed to repudiate the while devising a system that rewards
property. Intellectual work could fi- traditional logic of copyright. intellectual labor. Once that great
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief nally generate profit, kicking off the Ironically, the accelerating ease task is accomplished, creativity will
Emily Cohen Alyce McFadden expansion of media as an industry. of copying revealed both copyright’s be able to evolve and flower like nev-
Copyright was invented for the ben- utility and its contradictions. It is er before. To save Mickey, we must
Digital Director Managing Editor News Editor efit of “Authors and Inventors,” but understandable that the framers of release him into the wild of human
Steven Xu Maia Coleman Andrew Bastone since most authors did not possess the Constitution wanted to create a culture.
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 OPINION 15

No on 1: protect our community’s health

by Tim Miklus
Op-Ed Contributor
Driving around Brunswick
and surrounding communi-
ties in Maine, you may have
noticed some signs in people’s
yards: “Yes on 1: Reject Big
Pharma.” At a first glance, this
seems to be a perfectly reason-
able view to hold. The phar-
maceutical industry has con-
sistently come under fire for
corporate greed through prac-
tices such as flooding markets
with prescription opioids and
jacking up the prices of crucial,
life-saving drugs. Any reason-
more polarizing: the anti-vac-
cination movement. With
this misleading advertising
material abounding in our
community—and, further, the
confusing wording on the bal-
lot—I want to set the record
straight about what Question
1 actually asks.
Question 1, formally the
Religious and Philosophical
Vaccination Exemptions Ref-
erendum, seeks to overturn
Legislative Document 798,
which, signed into law by Gov-
ernor Janet Mills this past May,
eliminates religious and phil-
osophical exemptions from
philosophical and religious
viewpoints.
Though pharmaceutical
companies may come under
scorn for many of their un-
ethical practices, their man-
ufacturing and distribution
of vaccines is not an area
deserving of further scruti-
ny. Vaccines only account for
between two and three per-
cent of the pharmaceutical
industry. The profits derived
from these products do little
to bolster corporate profits;
the money for pharmaceutical
companies lies almost entirely
in other products, and thus the
In another vein, it’s true the
freedom to hold certain phil-
osophical and religious views
is foundational to American
democracy. The constitutional
right to such beliefs, howev-
er, does not and should not
extend to cases where these
beliefs threaten public health.
Last year, Maine’s non-medical
opt-out rate for vaccinations
was at an all time high. At the
same time, the state reported
that incidents of whooping
cough were the worst in the
nation. This strongly suggests
that the state’s tendency to
opt out of immunization has
who are immunosuppressed
due to other medical issues.
Thus, the personal beliefs
leading to the opting-out of
vaccination are harmful and,
also, not deserving of constitu-
tional protection. Multiple Su-
preme Court cases—including
Prince v. Massachusetts, Zucht
v. King and Henning Jacobson
v. Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts—have held that per-
sonal beliefs are not deserving
of protection if they threaten
the health of the communi-
ty as a whole. This law as it
stands does not attack people
for exercising their beliefs, but

able citizen should surely be
concerned with the abuses of
power by this massive industry.
But as I read up on Ques-
tion 1 in preparation for the
March 3 vote, I found that this
ballot initiative—much to my
surprise—has little to do with
curbing the influence of a
powerful industry. Rather, the
proponents of “Yes on 1” have
deliberately misconstrued
the popular tides against “Big
Pharma,” siphoning support
into a cause which is much
vaccination requirements for
schools and workplaces. Thus,
a “Yes” vote on Question 1
would overturn this new law
and would allow for vaccine
exemptions, whereas a “No”
vote would uphold the law and
prevent exemptions.
The argument for “Yes
on 1” fails on both of its two
main premises: that refusing
vaccines effectively rejects
Big Pharma and that it is a
necessary and appropriate
way for one to express one’s
opposition against Big Pharma
would more appropriately fo-
cus on these other areas. Fur-
ther, there is little profit to be
made from vaccines. The work
to develop such products is
particularly cumbersome and
costly, and price caps on vac-
cines prevent companies from
over-profiting on their work.
Simply put, refusing vaccines
is an ineffective way to stand
up to Big Pharma, and oppo-
nents can and should focus on
other industry practices.
caused a public health issue
which was ultimately largely
preventable. The decision to
opt out for oneself or one’s
children not only threatens
the health of one’s family, but
of one’s community as a whole,
as the effectiveness of vaccines
hinges on a high amount of
people utilizing such resourc-
es. This is because diseases can
much more easily spread from
the unvaccinated to people
with weaker immune systems,
especially children and those
ALEX BURNS
rather upholds the status quo
of Constitutional Law.
Anyone should be free to
choose their religion and phi-
losophy and to work against the
unethical practices of Big Phar-
ma. But rejecting vaccines is not
the way to go about exercising
such principles. High vaccina-
tion rates are vital to the health
of our community, and so I urge
all Maine voters to vote “No” on
Question 1 on March 3.
Tim Miklus is a member of
the Class of 2021.

Justice in the nation’s capital: not just blind, but deaf

by Stephen Boe
Op-Ed Contributor
Article III of the U.S. Consti-
tution reads, “The Senate shall
have the sole Power to try all
Impeachments.” Conveniently,
the U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ) defines “trial” as, “a struc-
tured process where the facts of a
case are presented to a jury, and
they decide if the defendant is
guilty or not guilty of the charge
offered. During the trial, the
prosecutor uses witnesses and
evidence to prove to the jury that
the defendant committed the
crime(s).” In our justice system
we rely on judges and juries to
hold authority over the cases of
the people of the United States.
We expect them to ensure that
we are given a fair, speedy trial,
the right
to an at-
torney and the right to call wit- trial, our senators serve as ju-
nesses. In Nixon v. U.S. (1993), rors, all of whom would—in
Rehnquist ruled that, “authority any other trial—be ruled inel-
over impeachment trials is re- igible for having a bias for or
posed in the Senate and nowhere against the defendant and for
else.” Thus, the Senate is respon- holding public office. Although
sible for ensuring that the integ- the Constitution assigns the
rity of an impeachment trial is authority over impeachments
maintained. to the Senate, our Constitution
One can reasonably ques- remains amendable for a rea-
tion whether that responsibil- son: to adapt to changing times.
ity is adequately assigned. In Times have changed, and the
the rest of our justice system, United States should consider
there are very few groups of shifting impeachment proceed-
people that are ineligible for ings to occur in the only body
jury service, one of which be- that is intended to be unbiased
ing, “public officers of federal, in our government: the Su-
state or local governments, preme Court. This shift should
who are actively engaged include the implementation of
full-time in the performance a citizen comprised jury, rather
of public duties,” another of than one of “public officials.”
which are people showing The second United States
undue bias for or against the President, John Adams, wrote
defendant. that, “knowledge monopo-
In an impeachment lized or in the possession of
a few is a Curse to Mankind
… we should dispense
it among all
DALIA TABACHNIK
Ranks … equality should
be preserved in knowledge.”
Meanwhile, our own Senate
can hold a “trial” that denies
the presentation of evidence
and witnesses, arbitrarily de-
ciding to withhold informa-
tion from the people of the
United States, of whom they
are said to represent.
Given that the definition of
a trial includes the presence of
“witnesses and evidence,” in
no other trial do jurors vote
on whether or not informa-
tion will be allowed to be seen.
Those senators who voted to
block witnesses in the Senate
not only subverted our justice
system but also knowingly
quelled the flow of information
to the people, with the assis-
tance of the President himself.
In a recent visit to the
World Economic Fo-
rum, President
Donald Trump
stated, “When
we released that
conversation [with
Ukranian Presi-
dent Zelensky] all
hell broke out with
the Democrats. Because
they said, ‘Wait a minute,
this is much different than
[what Adam Schiff] told us
... I thought our team did a
very good job. But honestly,
we have all the material. They
don’t have the material.”
Trump blatantly admits
the restraint of information,
which potentially could have
been uncovered with the call-
ing of further witnesses, espe-
cially considering that Trump
himself threatened to prevent
John Bolton’s testimony.
As the Hudson River flows
from the Adirondacks to the
Atlantic, the truth must flow
from the government to our
people, and no one should be
susceptible to harm when ex-
posing the truth. Nonetheless,
several Republican senators
are frightened by the fear tac-
tics of Senator McConnell, as
well as Trump aides, which
presents formidable challeng-
es to our democracy. The U.S.
democracy revolves around a
lack of official political ideol-
ogy, and dissent being accept-
able and unpunishable.
Meanwhile, in the current
state of affairs, it was seen as
acceptable for a “vote against
the president and your head
will be on a pike” memo to be
circulated before the trial. This
has led to various questionable
statements from no-voters
such as Senator Marco Rubio,
who retorted, “Just because
actions meet a standard of im-
peachment does not mean it is
in the best interest of the coun-
try to remove a president from
office.” His argument equates
to saying that just because
someone is guilty of a crime
does not mean they should be
convicted. It also implies that
he is opting out of his job as
a juror, which is to decide on
innocence or guilt, not “what
is best for the country.”
Apart from those who have
been privately coerced into a
“no” vote, there are also those
who are blatantly ignorant and
in violation of the law them-
selves. At the start of Senate
proceedings, each senator takes
this oath: “I solemnly swear that
in all things appertaining to the
trial of ____, now pending, I will
do impartial justice according
to the Constitution and laws, so
help me God.” Yet prior to the
trial’s vote on witnesses, Senator
Lindsey Graham, the Republican
Chairman of the Judiciary Com-
mittee, said that he was, “trying
to give a pretty clear signal I have
made up my mind. I’m not try-
ing to pretend to be a fair juror
here. I don’t need any witnesses.”
If this is impartial justice being
served, our political justice sys-
tem is not only blind but deaf to
overt admissions of negligence,
fabrication and obduracy.
Trump’s future has already
been decided, and the echoes
of this impeachment will be
left for the dogs of history to
feast upon. But if the dou-
ble-edged sword of his im-
peachment trial “exonerated”
him, it indicted our democra-
cy of grave failures, including
an impeachment trial process
that makes a laughing stock
of our political justice system,
our Senate’s shocking inability
to be impartial and the active
threats that exist against in-
ner-party dissonance. While
the fate of this trial has been
sealed, the next trial for Amer-
icans is in voting the future
into office and pushing for
institutional change that al-
lows for our country to flaunt
a real democracy—one which
has a fair political justice sys-
tem, represents the people and
allows for candid political op-
position at every level.
Stephen Boe is a member of
the Class of 2022.

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16 Friday, February 14, 2020

FEBRUARY
FRIDAY 14
LECTURE
“From the General Inquirer to TACT: Using
Lists of Words in Voyant”
Geoffery Rockwell, director of the Kule Institute for
Advanced Studies and professor of graduate philosophy
and humanities, will discuss the role of word lists—and the
software that computes and analyzes them—in text analysis.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 10 a.m.

LECTURE
“Communication and Coevolution
Between Forest Trees and Their
Symbiotic Fungi”
Rytas Vigalys, professor of biology at Duke University, will
discuss the diversity of fungi in forests and the role that they
play in their ecosystems.
Room 20, Druckenmiller Hall. 1:30 p.m.

LECTURE
“Making Dupont Gay Again” MAIA COLEMAN, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

For this semester’s Karofsky lecture, Theo Greene, assistant THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS: Seniors Silas Wuerth and Jack Reed celebrate at the 100 Days Until Graduation event in Moulton Union.
professor of sociology, will discuss the impact and perception of
gay neighborhoods, specifically in Washington, D.C.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 3 p.m.

PERFORMANCE
RISE: Untold Stories of Bowdoin Women
Student group fEMPOWER will perform stories that
showcase the diverse experiences of women on Bowdoin’s
campus. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the Smith
Union information desk. There will also be a performance at
the same time on Saturday.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7 p.m.
MONDAY 17 WEDNESDAY 19
FITNESS CLASS LECTURE
“The Privileged Poor”
Meditation
Bernie Hershberger, director of counseling and wellness Anthony Jack—author, junior fellow at the Harvard Society of
services, will lead a meditation session. Fellows and assistant professor of education at the Harvard
Room 302, Buck Center for Health and Fitness. 4:30 p.m. Graduate School of Education—will discuss class divides on
elite college campuses and their effects on the success of
marginalized students.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 15
PERFORMANCE
Walden Chamber Players Concert
Walden Chamber Players will perform a wide variety of
classical pieces for the Bowdoin community.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 3 p.m.
TUESDAY 18
LECTURE
Artist Talk
Artist Jordie Oetken will display and discuss her artwork,
which plays with scale, lighting and ambiguity.
Zuckert Seminar Room, Museum of Art. 12 p.m.
LECTURE
“On the View that People and Not
Institutions Bear Primary Credit for
Success in Governance”
Justin Tiwald, professor of philosophy at San Francisco State
University, will explore Confucian views as they relate to
government reform and the mobilization of the governed.
THURSDAY 20
LECTURE
“Environmental Governance in Russia”
Evgeny Shvarts, research fellow at the Institute of Geography
of the Russian Academy of Sciences, will discuss the role of
non-governmental forces in Russian wildlife conservation.
Room 207, Roux Center for the Environment. 4:45 p.m.
PERFORMANCE
ValJam
A cappella groups Miscellania and the Longfellows will hold a

SUNDAY 16 Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 4:45 p.m.

FILM SCREENING
joint concert.
The Chapel. 8 p.m.
EVENT
Student Reiki Clinic 2020 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animated EVENT
Volunteer Reiki practitioners will introduce Bowdoin students Frontier will screen the short films that were nominated for Pub Trivia
to Reiki, a non-invasive healing and de-stressing practice. the 2020 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Students will compete in trivia, with prizes for the top three
Online RSVP is required. Tickets are available online. winning teams.
Garage, 24 College Street. 4 p.m. Frontier. 7 p.m. Jack Magee’s Pub and Grill. 8:30 p.m.

21 SCREENING 22 23 24 25 EVENT 26 27 EVENT

“For Sama” Dinner with Six Pub Trivia

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