The Bowdoin Orient

Any word on when FSC will be available, and what channel it will be on when it is?

a penchant for coitus

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Natalia! Hola, Pasionista! Greetings from Spain!

I'm real proud of you for writing this. And whole-heartedly agree.

I have a flight in a couple days. Maybe I should get a sex book for it. Then my seat-mate can peer over MY shoulder!

Ciao, chica

One week late, I thought I'd try to quickly comment on a topic about which I spend a good deal of time thinking, haha. It's terribly incomplete, but better than nothing, I figured. I don't have a point, by the way. I'm not driving toward a single thesis. I may even contradict myself. I'm just rambling.

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"further expanding the possibility of risky and distracting behavior while driving"

Folks are doing all sorts of dumb things with computers and screens these days, but the solution isn't to look backwards, to a computerless, screenless past; it's to look 10 degrees to the left, toward a brighter variant of the future into which we're hurtling.

GPS, integrated and used intelligently (think: head...

I'm not saying Bowdoin doesn't care about our safety. I'm saying they care about the college's reputation more.

Thank you for the nuanced understanding of the "liability transfer." A 'shared liability' is certainly different than the full-on transfer you seemed to describe in your article, but, nevertheless, you confuse my argument. I never said students are less safe now than they were in the frat days-nor do I take any stance on that moot point whatsoever. My outrage is purely over the issue that your article could have been condensed down greatly to focus on: Alcohol hosts are at a HUGE, POINTLESS RISK. This is especially true in a climate with underage drinkers consuming large amounts of alcohol. The reason for the outrage is that the college knowingly, very much knowingly puts students in the position where they may well have to legall...

Let me be clear: I believe this policy would SHARE liability between the alcohol host - the student who signed the contract - and the school - the owner of the college house.

To find out exactly who's liable is up to the courts - and if the question is ever settled, it would imply that someone (or the school) would face a criminal or civil charge. I sincerely hope the question is NEVER answered - meaning, I hope no one sues the school or an alcohol host.

Be a bit more fair, Rutledge: of course the school is foremost concerned with their student's safety. The whole reason the college house system was adopted was because of how dangerous the fraternity system was before it. I honestly believe students are safer drinking at a college hou...

After all, let's not pretend prohibition is there because the rules are constructed with each individual's safety in mind. If they gave a flying fuck about our safety they would NEVER allow one student to be in a position to take the fall for an entire organization centered around underage drinking.

Thank you, Chris Rowe for putting your finger on one of the most weasely cases of liability swap imaginable. The alcohol policy, prohibition (you know, the"painstakingly researched" one) exists primarily for liability reasons as well.

As exciting as it might be that we will now be able to watch FSC, let's not get ahead of ourselves. The article says that "FSC is the only U.S. provider of many European soccer leagues and the World Cup." That's not true. ESPN is the English-language broadcast provider of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Great article. Carlo is the man.

I actually brought a reusable mug to dinner last night. Elliot's right, I think. For me, at least.

I don't know if we'll ever be able to fully articulate the answer to that last question Mel, despite lengthy debates in the back of Thorne. I totally agree that the fragmentation of personalities seems problematic, and that the hook- up culture at Bowdoin still eludes definition.

I find this article and the implications of polyamory highly compelling. After all, our society values, at least overtly, the monogamous relationship over the "polyamorous" relationship you described. You also offer the opinion that the hook-up culture at Bowdoin has the potential to be a good thing and perhaps it is an indicator of where our society is moving in terms of not only romantic relationships, but in terms of how people view their relationships towards other people overall. I am not commenting on whether polyamory is right or wrong - perhaps we are subjecting ourselves to a type of asceticism in which we attempt to devote most or all of our love to a single, special person. Nietzsche himself remarked that love to one person is a ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39w2Z59QmUs

You can't legislate good behavior, but you can give students educational experiences that will assist them in recognizing what good behavior is. Bring the bottles from behind closed doors, talk about safe consumption, and watch the culture change.

The Times-Record printed the student's name, both in its print and online versions; ergo his name was not being suppressed by the larger media.

Absolutely agree with Nyle. Great, informative article, but the student's name should ALWAYS be kept confidential unless he is deemed a threat to the campus (he is most definitely not). It's one thing for the local newspaper to publish his name, that's their right. But as the Orient is part the Bowdoin community, a community that we claim is a safe haven, an opportunity "to be at home", we should look out for the interests of our own. Now this article will pop up every time a potential employer googles his name. Not fair to him, not fair to the Bowdoin community. He made a mistake and he is already facing serious consequences. Don't add more fuel to an already raging fire.

I think the fact that the student's name is published in this article is absolutely and completely unacceptable and is preposterous. Yes, because it is technically a federal crime, the Orient has the legal right to publish it, but as a matter of principle and being a component of the community, this article is a betrayal of that trust we have come to hold. The same reason why the J Board does not publish the names of students and keeps things confidential, and the same reason why Bowdoin Security does the same, the Orient should never humiliate a student in the way this article does. As is indicated by the tone of the writer, this individual does not seem to be a threat and this is more being deemed as an alcohol related accident. If they a...

I'm so glad that you wrote this article. It is fascinating and well- written and informative. However, I have serious problems with the concept of polyamory and the prospect that it is even being considered "Love's New Frontier."

The largest issue I have is that polyamory derives from the premise that love fulfills needs that an individual lacks. Reading your article connotes images of men and women shopping around for qualities absent in their own person. This is wrong and unfair to the idea of an individual.

The quest for love is undertaken by whole-souled, complete individuals who seek, not to fill a need, but to supplement their lifetime. If love is truly the recognition of ourselves in others, then a polyamorous society implies that ...