The Bowdoin Orient
Volume CXXXVIII, Number 1
September 12, 2008
NEWS
Shain leaves admissions post in June
By NICK DAY, ORIENT STAFFAfter 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 STAFFPresident 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 STAFFFirst 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 STAFFAfter 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.
Class of 2012 bursts into Bowdoin bubble
By CAITLIN BEACH, ORIENT STAFFThe class banners hanging in Thorne Dining Hall have moved one spot to the right to make room for the newest addition to Bowdoin: the Class of 2012.
Construction continues on new campus facilities
By ADAM KOMMEL, ORIENT STAFFDayton Arena will host one last Bowdoin-Colby hockey game before passing the torch to the new Sidney J. Watson Arena.
Ryan McDonough '08 banned from campus after arrests
By GEMMA LEGHORN, ORIENT STAFFFormer Bowdoin student Ryan McDonough '08 was arrested twice this summer and has been banned from Bowdoin property.
New faces on campus represent new and growing disciplines
By PIPER GROSSWENDT, ORIENT STAFFThis fall, there are 46 new faculty members, several of whom hold newly created leadership positions. Recently added positions include a director of the Africana Studies Program, a director of the Environmental Studies Program, and a full-time director of the Bowdoin Scientific Station on Kent Island. There is also a lecturer in Arabic for the first time and a new chair for the Theater and Dance Department.
Bowdoin Brief: Security breach investigation ends, 8,000 notified by letter
By NICK DAY, ORIENT STAFFOver the summer, a College-hired security firm concluded its investigation of a data breach first reported by the Orient in April.
Bowdoin Brief: Massachusetts Hall treated for fleas
By GEMMA LEGHORN, ORIENT STAFFLast week, Massachusetts Hall was closed to students and faculty due to a flea infestation and subsequent treatment. When Housekeeping discovered the pests on Saturday, a local pest control service performed a treatment later in the day.