The Bowdoin Orient

OneCard accepted by Brunswick businesses

By DYLAN HAMMER, ORIENT STAFF

After many years of false starts, OneCards will be accepted as payment at select businesses in downtown Brunswick. Domino's Pizza, Aki Sushi, and Big Top Deli are currently set up to accept student identification cards as payment, with more businesses soon to join.

College boasts world's fastest wireless technology

By PETER GRIESMER, ORIENT STAFF

Perennial groans regarding the inadequacies of the College's Internet connectivity may finally fall silent. The College has nearly completed the installation of the world's fastest wireless technology, a process which began in early December. Mitch Davis, Bowdoin's chief information officer, negotiated a deal with Cisco that brought the company's brand new, top-of-the-line wireless system to campus, placing Bowdoin among the first three organizations to receive a shipment of the company's new Aironet 3600 Series wireless access points.

College house application process altered

By LUKE DRABYN, ORIENT STAFF

With the application deadline for College House residency just around the corner, interested students will be subject to a new interview process designed to improve the increasingly competitive College House application process. The new method is meant to be more personal and to grant current College House members a larger role in choosing new residents.

Facebook mass deactivation experiment hits College

By ERICA BERRY, ORIENT STAFF

College students propelled Facebook to popularity, and at Bowdoin, they are now experimenting with deactivation en masse. Last Monday, Tyler Patton '12 and Ruiqi Tang '13 launched massdeactivation.blogspot.com, the site of their self-proclaimed "social experiment" that urges Bowdoin students to disable their Facebook profiles from February 8 to March 8. During this time, profiles will not be deleted but dormant, allowing students the option to resume their presence on the social network after the trial period.

ALEX PIGOTT, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

WHEN IN KRESGE: Cole Duncan '14 performs during the talent portion of the sophomore class' sponsored Mr. Polar Bear pageant last night in Kresge Auditorium.

FEATURES

Student trio to bring late-night food truck to campus

By CLAIRE AASEN, ORIENT STAFF

If grilled cheese sandwiches stuffed with bacon and chicken fingers sound like a perfect addition to your Saturday night, take heart in the news that exactly this sort of fare will soon grace the Smith Union parking lot. A weekend food truck, run by Steve Borukhin '14, Isaac Brower '13, and Eric Edelman '13 will cater to late-night carb cravings long after Super Snacks closes its doors.

OPINION

EDITORIAL

Facing off

The students behind Mass Deactivation presented a challenge to the Bowdoin community this week, urging students to deactivate their Facebook accounts for exactly one month starting on February 8. The premise of the experiment is to re-experience what life would be like without the social network, and creators Tyler Patton '12 and Ruiqi Tang '13 think that Bowdoin—as close-knit as it is tech-saturated—is the perfect environment in which to do so. And they're right.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Tournées Festival brings six Francophone films to campus

By NOELANI ROSILLO, STAFF WRITER

A Chadian man sends his son to war; a failing magician forms an unlikely friendship in Scotland; a disabled woman travels to the Pyrenees. These diverse characters and more will come to Bowdoin next week as part of the Tournées Festival.

SPORTS

Men’s basketball beats Colby by 27, tied for No. 6 in NESCAC

By PETER DAVIS, ORIENT STAFF

The Bowdoin-Colby rivalry was at its peak last Saturday when approximately 750 fans packed Morrell Gymnasium as the men's basketball team brushed the Mules aside with a score of 67-40.