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Poll: 84 percent support Obama

By ADAM KOMMEL, ORIENT STAFF

Barack Obama is now leading John McCain 84.3 percent to 11.0 percent—or at least he is among students at Bowdoin. According to a poll conducted by the Orient last week, 2.8 percent of Bowdoin's likely voters are undecided for the 2008 presidential election, and 1.8 percent plan on voting for candidates other than McCain or Obama.

College predicts tuition will grow at normal rate

By NICK DAY, ORIENT STAFF

Despite grappling with a national economic crisis and an endowment that earned minimal returns this fiscal year, Bowdoin administrators said they do not predict a tuition hike larger than normal for the 2009-2010 academic year. "We're hoping that Bowdoin isn't in that league of having to increase tuition [more than usual], and that we can stay in the 4 to 5 percent range," Senior Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Katy Longley said.

Pingree, Summers debate at Studzinski

By NAT HERZ, ORIENT STAFF

In front of an audience of some 55 students, staff, and community members, the two candidates?Charlie Summers, a Republican from Scarborough, and Chellie Pingree, a Democrat from the island community of North Haven?fielded questions on nearly every major issue, from the economy and energy to health care and the Iraq war.

'Grey's' Dr. McDreamy sports Bowdoin T-shirt

By CATI MITCHELL, ORIENT STAFF

In the October 23 episode of the popular medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," observant viewers might have noticed that Dr. Shepard?played by Lewiston native Patrick Dempsey?was shown wearing a grey Bowdoin T-shirt in the opening scene for exactly two seconds.

MARGOT D. MILLER, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

GETTING THE SCOOP: Quinby house residents and affiliates carve pumpkins last Friday in anticipation of Halloween.

FEATURES

As a sign of the times, Grand City closes its doors

By CAMERON WELLER, ORIENT STAFF

Grand City Variety, a staple of one-stop shopping for Brunswick and Topsham residents for over 15 years, is closing in December.

OPINION

EDITORIAL

Thank you

Over the summer, the cost of one year at Bowdoin surpassed the median household income in the United States. This staggering statistic makes apparent what many of us already understand: sending a child to college is a huge sacrifice. Yet here we are, and most of us have our families to thank.

There are a number of ways to understand where our tuition goes. Although the $50,920 average cost of attendance is made up of a number of different components, most of us don't think in such fragmented terms. Instead, we tend to understand tuition as the cost of an entire experience.On one end, people understand tuition as the price tag of a Bowdoin diploma—something that will grant access to opportunities in the future. At the other end, Bowdoin's tuition can be thought to fund four years of a rich learning and growing experience. No matter where students and their parents fall on this spectrum, one thing is clear: These years at Bowdoin will change us forever.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Broken Social Scene serenades some 1,100 fans

By PETER GRIESMER, ORIENT STAFF

At one of the most successful concerts Bowdoin has held in recent memory, an estimated 1,100 people attended Broken Social Scene last Saturday. Students from Bowdoin accounted for roughly 60 percent of those who attended. The concert was sponsored by the College's radio station, WBOR. "We've had some successful indoor shows but I don't think we've hit that number before," said Director of Student Life Allen Delong. "That's a good segment of a population to go to a concert."

SPORTS

Field hockey takes back No. 1

By KATHERINE POKRASS, STAFF WRITER

Silencing all the rumors of being overrated and regaining their spot at the top of the national rankings, the women of the field hockey team trounced the Colby Mules last Saturday by the score of 8-1. Senior co-captains Lindsay McNamara and Julia King only needed 90 seconds to quiet the crowd in Waterville, Maine. King smashed a ball from the top of the circle and McNamara was positioned at the goalmouth for the tip behind Mules net-minder, Liz Fontaine.