The Bowdoin Orient

Volume CXXXVIII, Number 1
 September 12, 2008


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Shain leaves admissions post in June

By NICK DAY, ORIENT STAFF

After two years at the helm of Bowdoin admissions, William Shain has left the College. Shain's departure was announced in an e-mail on June 5 by President Barry Mills to faculty, staff, Trustees, and members of the Alumni Council. In the statement, Mills explained that Shain, who had admitted the Classes of 2011 and 2012 in his post as dean of admissions and financial aid, was leaving the College on June 30.

Mills declines to add name to 'Amethyst'

By NAT HERZ, ORIENT STAFF

President Barry Mills has declined to sign the Amethyst Initiative, a national petition of college and university presidents that aims to invigorate discussion about changing the legal drinking age.

Cars banned for future first-year classes

By CATI MITCHELL, ORIENT STAFF

First years who drive to campus next fall will have to send their cars back home. In a continued to effort to promote sustainability and environmental responsibility, first-year students beginning with the class of 2013 will no longer be allowed to bring cars to campus. The decision will help to eliminate approximately 100 cars from campus.

After 10 years at museum, Kline will leave in October

By MARY HELEN MILLER, ORIENT STAFF

After serving as director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art for almost exactly 10 years, Katy Kline will step down from the position in October.


FEATURES

Final 'Great State of Maine Air Show' takes flight

By EMILY GUERIN, ORIENT STAFF

While many Bowdoin students covered their ears and complained about the fighter jets flying overhead, 16-year-old Tim Landry was standing in line for a flight simulator at his first air show. He had only one word to describe the air show: "Awesome."


OPINION

EDITORIAL

The Amethyst Initiative

Since it was drafted in July, more than 120 college and university presidents have signed the Amethyst Initiative, a statement that calls for a public discussion about the 21-year-old drinking age. College presidents who have signed the statement are not asking for a specific change in policy; instead, they hope to stimulate "an informed and dispassionate debate over the effects of the 21-year-old drinking age." The signatories represent schools ranging from Ohio State University to Hamilton College?but Bowdoin is absent from the list.


SPORTS

Field hockey posts shutouts

By KATHERINE POKRASS, CONTRIBUTOR

With jets buzzing over Ryan Field this weekend and the relentless onslaught of the Bowdoin field hockey team, the Wheaton College Lyons and the Wellesley College Blue Tide must have felt like they had stumbled into a war zone. The Polar Bears kicked off their 2008 season with two shutout victories and two record performances from co-captains Julia King '09 and Lindsay McNamara '09.


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