The Bowdoin Orient

Eligibility measure falls short

For the second time in two years, a referendum that would allow students without prior experience on Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) to run for the office of BSG president failed. Although a slim majority of voters supported the constitutional amendment, according to results released by BSG yesterday, the referendum did not receive the two-thirds support required to amend the constitution. Only 142 voters favored the changing eligibility requirements, while 134 students opposed amending the constitution.

Quad lottery leaves some disappointed

With 97 groups of students vying for only 81 dorm rooms at Wednesday's Residential Life quad lottery, some students were bound to be left out in the cold. The quad lottery, which is the first of six housing lotteries to be held in the upcoming week, succeeded in placing all "pure senior" and "pure junior" groups into quad housing. Four "pure sophomore" groups also received quad housing.

Pigging out

Nate Johnson '09 may be the only Bowdoin student to have ever lost his campus job to a pig. Johnson, who was responsible for transporting and composting food waste from the Thorne and Moulton kitchens, was let go after the College's composter broke down over Spring Break. But instead of sending the waste to a landfill, Sustainable Bowdoin and the Dining Service found a new destination for the food: a cow and pig farm minutes away in the town of Bowdoin, Maine.

Experience Weekend draws minority admits

The seventh annual Bowdoin Experience Weekend, which begins today and lasts until Sunday, has Associate Dean of Admissions Elmer Moore pretty excited. "This is going to be a blast!" Moore said. "Imagine the Bowdoin Invitational, except now everyone's in." The goal of the weekend is to encourage students who would contribute to diversity at Bowdoin to matriculate. According to Moore, 65 percent of the 90 students who attended last year's weekend ended up enrolling at Bowdoin.