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Making the Most of the Season of Giving
by Sherry Heyl, As many of us come to a close of a long weekend of giving thanks and spending time with our families, our thoughts and prayers go to those who have not been able to enjoy in such luxuries. As we turn on the news or read any paper o...
iPhone, iTunes, and Podcast integration
One of my long time complaints about the Apple iTunes / iPhone platform was that you had to dock your iPhone to get the latest podcasts off of your computer. I was disappointed that even though you had great connectivity through the cell networ...
New Jim Powell Ad
"Brand New Day" - Jim Powell for Georgia Public Service Commission from Jim Powell for GA PSC on Vimeo.Gotta say I like the music. (The music's always important.)
And Now Andisheh
Time to panic.Andisheh Nouraee, one of the funniest and smartest writers in Atlanta, confirmed tonight that he will resign from Creative Loafing, effective December 5. Nouraee submitted his resignation to publisher Luann Lebedz just hours after Le...
Early apps rise 7.9 percent despite struggling economy
The country's economic downturn has hit everything from gas prices to college endowments, and many speculated that the number of early decision applicants would be no exception. The contractual obligation of applying early was expected to deter f...
Creative Loafing's Ken Edelstein Leaves
According to Atlanta Magazine's Steve Fennessey, Creative Loafing's Editor Ken Edelstein separated from the troubled company this morning.Staffers within the paper said that Edelstein was called into a meeting this morning with Lebedz and a human ...
The Technology You Need to Know
by Sherry Heyl When I was 16 my dad and brother re-built a 1980 Mustang for me which had a 302 boss engine in it. To this day I do not know exactly what that means in technical terms. What I know was that the benefit of that engine was that I coul...
Repeat Champions
It was almost too perfect. A repeat of the NESCAC finals. Tie game?into sudden death overtime. Double overtime. And then, who else but Lindsay McNamara '09, Bowdoin's all-time leading scorer, to end it once and for all, sealing the field hockey te...
Fitness center on track, but $3.6m short of funds
Despite a considerable shortage of raised funds for the new Fitness, Health and Wellness Center, College officials said they expect the center to open its doors next fall. According to Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treas...
Mono infects high number of students
For some students, Thanksgiving Break can't come soon enough. Though most students are worn out by looming deadlines, an unusually high number of students are struggling with the added burden of illness.
Streamlined card system to require new OneCards
Bowdoin will see the installation of a long-awaited new ID card system this Winter Break. Operations Manager of Residential Life Lisa Rendall announced in an e-mail to the campus last Friday that all faculty, staff and students will receive new, r...
Mills' pay increases for '07, lags behind peer presidents'
For the 2007 fiscal year, Senior Vice President for Investments Paula Volent surpassed President Barry Mills as the highest-paid employee at Bowdoin. While Mills' salary increased, it remained lower than that of all but one other NESCAC college pr...
BSG assesses Dudley Coe student evaluation survey
It was back to business as usual for Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) Wednesday night, as representatives completed their first meeting in several weeks without a visit from a College official. Discussion centered largely on a proposal, initially ...
Mills: 'Now is a good time to be frugal'
President Barry Mills answered the question, "Is Bowdoin Broke?," at a "fireside chat" hosted by the BSG in the Shannon Room of Hubbard Hall on Monday. Mills discussed a wide range of issues?from how middle class families will pay for college, to ...
Bowdoin Brief: The Dining Service adds Thanksgiving meal plan
For the first time, Bowdoin Dining Service is offering a formal meal plan for students staying at the College over Thanksgiving Break. According to Kennedy, some Thanksgiving break meals have been offered in the past, but not on a consistent basis.
Giving thanks
It is easy to feel gloomy as we approach the end of the semester?the days are becoming darker, school work is getting more difficult and the economy is in a downward spiral. However, despite all that, we have much to be thankful for.
Republicans need to be resilient
On election night, I walked somberly through the Quad coming to terms with the results when I happened upon a mob of Obama supporters shouting and parading through campus. I appreciate the excitement; however, these energies must be directed not i...
Bottled water should remain available to students
Local environment groups often attack bottled water and its effect on the environment. However, many of these claims are often misconceptions that are incorrectly researched. Polar Beverages, a business that has been in my family for four generati...
Article captured both sides of Miss Maine
I read the article about Miss Maine 2008, Adrienne Watkinson ("Miss Maine 2008 to showcase musical talent in Studzinski," November 14), that was written by Rachel Goldman and would like to commend Ms. Goldman on how she portrayed both sides of Adr...
A 'dead language' that's alive and well at Bowdoin
Latin is not a dead language at Bowdoin. In fact, for all intents and purposes, it's alive and kicking. In accordance with national trends, enrollment in Latin at Bowdoin has spiked in recent years. A Modern Language Association (MLA) study from 2...
Athletes follow a different path, run marathons
Some of Bowdoin's greatest athletes are not competing on varsity teams. Instead, they are busy training for and running marathons. Rachel Munzig '10 has run a handful of 5Ks, participated in the San Francisco half marathon the past two summers, ra...
Sexually Suggestive: Let's talk turkey: Coping with family gatherings
My nose is stuffy, my lips are chapped, I'm eating dinner at 5 o'clock and my professors have been taunting me all week about preparing for final papers and exams. At least there's one thing that I can look forward to as the semester comes to a cl...
Bowdoin professor premieres solo exhibit at ICON
Anna Hepler carved out the world as she saw it for her latest exhibit, "Woodcuts," at ICON Contemporary Art Gallery in Brunswick. Hepler, a visiting assistant professor of art at Bowdoin, currently has 17 woodcuts hanging at the gallery that depic...
Peucinian society debates pop music's effect on culture
Does popular music inspire good? This was the question debated by the Peucinian Society, Bowdoin's literary debating organization, at its most recent meeting on November 13. Members of the Peucinian Society spend their meetings debating or prepari...
Professional trombonist makes appearance with Bowdoin group
Heard all across the globe, from Munich to Montreal, trombonist Ron Barron will perform in Studzinski Recital Hall on Friday night. Barron was the principal trombonist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) from 1975 until his retirement last Aug...
Stormin? Norman and Suzy?s chemistry to light up Studzinski
A duo that serenades listeners with jazzy blues piano and soaring vocals reminiscent of Janis Joplin and Billie Holiday is taking Bowdoin by storm this weekend. When Stormin' Norman & Suzy met in the 1970s through an ad in the Boston Phoenix, the...
The Book Nook: ?Peels? inspires thanksgiving
In a world increasingly reliant on instant communication via texting, e-mail, or Skype, the art of the letter is becoming obsolete. Despite decreasing use today, letters remain a treasured part of our past. While a division of the publishing indus...
This Weeks Review: Oasis tries to relive glory days on ?Soul?
For the past five years, Oasis has been the punchline of many a pop culture joke. Liam and Noel's brotherly antics have landed them on countless VH1 countdowns, and they are even satirized in one of the world's hippest TV shows. Liam Gallagher is ...
Field hockey competes in NCAA Final Four
The Bowdoin Field Hockey Team punched its ticket to the 2008 NCAA Final Four Tournament after two exciting victories over Stevens Institute of Technology and Middlebury last weekend. The team will look to defend its 2007 title at Ursinus College i...
Men?s basketball downs Colby in season opener
Entering the 2008-2009 season, many questions remained unanswered for the men's basketball team. How would the team replace arguably the most successful senior class in school history? Could the team, with six new players, gel quickly enough to ef...
Coaches Shibles and Smith take the helm as women?s basketball gears up for season
There will be two fresh faces on the sidelines of the women's basketball games this winter: Coach Adrienne Shibles and Assistant Coach Alison Smith '05. In June, the College announced the hiring of Adrienne Shibles as the new head coach of the wom...
Men?s XC 5th at regionals
The Bowdoin Men's Cross Country Team ended its season with a degree of disappointment, finishing fifth at the New England NCAA Regional meet last Saturday. Although the team performed above the expectations accompanying their eighth seeding, the t...
Women?s XC places 7th, misses berth to NCAAs
Just a few minutes after the men's race had ended, and just 15 minutes before the start of the women's, a rain shower fell on Mt. Greylock High School?the site of Williams home course. The shower was brief, but it was just enough to soak an alread...
Women?s ice hockey wins first game
The Bowdoin Women's Ice Hockey Team started the season on a high note, defeating University of Southern Maine 2-0 on Tuesday. The team's first years led the way to victory, as two rookies scored first-period goals to put the Bears on the board. I...
Sports Short: Sailing weekend cut short due to inclement weather
The Bowdoin Sailing team competed in its final regatta of the fall season last Saturday at the Atlantic Coast Tournament in Cambridge, Mass. Boston University played host to this 16-boat championship intersectional held in FJs on the Charles River...
Column Like I See 'Em: Clash of the Joilers
If only we had a time machine. Then we could elope back to September to revise our predictions through Week 11: The Patriots would be undefeated, the Jaguars atop the AFC South, Chargers the AFC West, Matt Hasselbeck would be making mincemeat of t...
My Afternoon Jay
The liberal media conspiracy is at it again!An irrelevant Republican Party does no one any good. It isn’t good for the Republicans, obviously, and over the long term it also isn’t good for the Democrats, who need an effective opposition to keep th...
Jason Pye Interviews Karen Handel
As we all learned this election cycle, voting law is byzantine, strange and hardly comprehensible. It's also arguably the most important code in the book.The face of election law in Georgia is Secretary of State Karen Handel. With the whirlwind of...
My Morning Wooten
Almost didn't do it this morning. For one thing, Jim (mostly) isn't looney enough to warrant much heat. But mainly because everything seems to be lather, rinse, repeat. I guess that's how things work in the big dog publishing world and even though...
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My Morning Everything
Multiple choice. No cheating.Which of the following is Wooten.1. "Over the last few days, though, it became more and more obvious that Detroit didn’t quite grasp the seriousness of the situation, and that the concessions they were willing to offer...
Libertarian Endorses Powell
The Libertarian who threw the PSC District 4 race into a runoff is endorsing Democrat Jim Powell.“After speaking with Mr. Jim Powell I’ve discovered that he too has the vision for a new system that would allow for both a free market in energy and ...
Georgia Street Team retrospective
No time for words; must go get more coffee and put any words I can spare into the thesis. For now, you get my final Georgia video for that thing we called Street Team ‘08.
My Morning Wooten
Hmmmmmmmmm.Given some email I received recently, Jim's article today seems tailor made for comment. But like Jim last week, I'm down on the farm, so I'll just say...I'm no fan of chicken little cries of socialism. As for the rest...
Overcoming Fear of Social Media
by Sherry Heyl The Face Your Fears Website has a list of American's Top 10 Fears which includes; 1. Speaking in public 2. Snakes3. Confined spaces4. Heights5. Spiders6. Tunnels & bridges7. Crowds8. Public transportation (especially planes)9. Storm...
The Party Of Not Good Enough
Twice, since I wrote a piece advocating a pro-gun, pro-business, pro-property rights stance, I've been called a leftist or near enough to count.From the natural extension of President Bush's "fer us or agin us" to Rush Limbaugh's "we want moderate...
My Morning Wooten
I'd love to talk about tractors today but instead friends and neighbors, we're going to talk about the internets.In any event, I was shocked to hear it relayed as gospel that Sarah Palin thought Africa was a country. I’d not heard that allegation....
An Appeal To The Other Side
Erick obviously chose his side some time ago. Today, he obliquely responds to calls for moderation in the Republican Party.Remember: moderates and independents do not have a governing set of principles to guide them. They look at each issue on its...