E-board casts bids for Ivies
By NICK DANIELS, ORIENT STAFFReel Big Fish and The Cool Kids are tentatively set to perform during Bowdoin's Ivies Weekend. The Entertainment Board (E-Board) announced this week that the two groups accepted bids to perform on May 1, 2010. Lucas Delahanty '10, co-chair of the E-Board, stressed that because the bids are non-binding, the groups are not yet obligated to come.
Admissions accepts 36% in ED I
By LINDA KINSTLER, ORIENT STAFFThe Office of Admissions sent letters to the 510 Early Decision I (ED I) applicants on Thursday, the culmination of the ED I process. The total number of applications was up 3.2 percent from last year's figure. Out of the ED I pool, 184 students were accepted, 143 were deferred to regular decision, 180 were denied admission, and three applications were incomplete, yielding a total of 510 applications, and an acceptance rate of 36 percent.
Spring enrollment forces cramped housing
By SETH WALDER, ORIENT STAFFForced housing is here to stay. According to Associate Director of Housing Operations Lisa Rendall, all of this fall's forced housing will remain as such in the spring. Though previously there was a possibility that some of the 25 forced triples in Brunswick Apartments would have been able to revert to their intended double form, a combination of fewer students going abroad than anticipated, others taking time off from Bowdoin, and still more living off campus has caused the tight living conditions.
Students’ little helper
By ZOË LESCAZE, ORIENT STAFFAmong people who have used Adderall at Bowdoin, the majority are men, the majority use it without a prescription, the majority get it from fellow Bowdoin students, half without prescriptions get it for free, and the most commonly reported frequency of use was "more than 15 times a semester," according to the findings of a recent Orient survey.
