Academic recognition for internships OKed
By ERIN K. MCAULIFFE, ORIENT STAFFStudents clamoring for summer internships will find their search broadened by a recent change to the policy regarding academic credit. The Bowdoin Committee on Educational Policy (CEP) voted to pass a proposal that will acknowledge internships that require academic credit as a condition of employment at Monday's faculty meeting, allowing students to pursue internships they previously could not.
Abroad students report on Chile quake
By TED CLARK, ORIENT STAFFThe devastation caused by the recent 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile may seem remote to students clustered on a small campus in Maine, but for three Bowdoin students studying abroad in Chile, the disaster is anything but distant.
First year book on hiatus
By CAITLIN BEACH, ORIENT STAFFThe to-do list of the members of the incoming Class of 2014: Buy twin-size sheets? Check. Sign up for a pre-Orientation trip? Check. Complete first year summer reading assignment? Not this year.
Security searches campus for laptop bandit at large
By PIPER GROSSWENDT, ORIENT STAFFBowdoin Security and local law enforcement are working around the clock to close the case of thefts that occurred on campus this past Tuesday and Wednesday. The identified suspect is connected to other thefts in the Portland area, and he seems to be targeting Apple laptop computers and is focusing his efforts on college campuses.
Activist speaks on past, present work
By ZOë LESCAZE, ORIENT STAFF"A lot of people have called me a radical," said Angela Davis to a nearly full house in Pickard Theater on Wednesday night. "And my response is, I don't know if I'm a radical. I try to be radical, I try very hard."
Out of 45 apps, 5 students get J-Board seats
By SAM VITELLO, ORIENT STAFFThe Judicial Board (J-Board)'s two-week search for new members ended Tuesday, when five students received notification from Dean of Student Affairs and J-Board adviser Laura Lee that they were accepted.
