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Academic recognition for internships OKed

By ERIN K. MCAULIFFE, ORIENT STAFF

Students clamoring for summer internships will find their search broadened by a recent change to the policy regarding academic credit. The Bowdoin Committee on Educational Policy (CEP) voted to pass a proposal that will acknowledge internships that require academic credit as a condition of employment at Monday's faculty meeting, allowing students to pursue internships they previously could not.

Abroad students report on Chile quake

By TED CLARK, ORIENT STAFF

The devastation caused by the recent 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile may seem remote to students clustered on a small campus in Maine, but for three Bowdoin students studying abroad in Chile, the disaster is anything but distant.

First year book on hiatus

By CAITLIN BEACH, ORIENT STAFF

The to-do list of the members of the incoming Class of 2014: Buy twin-size sheets? Check. Sign up for a pre-Orientation trip? Check. Complete first year summer reading assignment? Not this year.

Security searches campus for laptop bandit at large

By PIPER GROSSWENDT, ORIENT STAFF

Bowdoin Security and local law enforcement are working around the clock to close the case of thefts that occurred on campus this past Tuesday and Wednesday. The identified suspect is connected to other thefts in the Portland area, and he seems to be targeting Apple laptop computers and is focusing his efforts on college campuses.

TIFFANY GERDES, THE BOWDOIN ORIENT

JUST DANCE: Pivotal (above) performs with other student dance groups, including VAGUE, Elemental and Obvious, in Morrell Lounge in Smith Union.

FEATURES

Decade in review: Part I: Student affairs & campus life

By WILL JACOB AND GEMMA LEGHORN, ORIENT STAFF

Bowdoin's dining earned top marks in 2005 and 2006, holding the No. 1 spot on the Princeton Review list of "Best Campus Food" for two years in a row. In 2008, when dining held the No. 2 spot in the rankings, Director of the Dining Service Mary Lou Kennedy said, "We are proud to have been in the top 10 list in Princeton Review and recognized for excellence for many years...Our primary goal has always been to be No. 1 in the eyes of Bowdoin students."

OPINION

EDITORIAL

The Good Book

Did you read your first year book before Orientation? More important, did you take anything meaningful away from the book or discussion? Evidently, College officials are learning that the overwhelming response to these questions is "no."

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Wish Theater houses the ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’

By TASHA SANDOVAL, STAFF WRITER

The dark humor and honest humanity broiling in Davis Robinson's production of "The Cripple of Inishmaan" will overtake Wish Theater this weekend.

SPORTS

Men’s hockey beats Colby in overtime, moves on to semifinals

By MOLLY BURKE, STAFF WRITER

The air at Watson Arena felt a little different on Saturday. Maybe it was because the power had been out the day before or maybe it was due to the surprisingly temperate winter weather.