The Bowdoin Orient
Volume CXXXIX, Number 24
May 7, 2010
FEATURES
Tuesday tavern tradition continues 20 years later
By CAROLYN WILLIAMS, ORIENT STAFFBars in Brunswick come and go, but over the years, only one has remained the go-to taproom for Bowdoin seniors on Tuesday nights: Joshua's Tavern on Maine Street. For seniors, having a beer on Tuesday nights at Joshua's constitutes a seemingly age-old ritual unique to the culminating year of their time at Bowdoin. Like most traditions, these Tuesday night gatherings do not require Digest posts or Facebook events to accrue attendees; they just happen. But the majority of students may not know the history behind what has been one of the staples of the Bowdoin senior experience for almost 20 years.
The Year in Review
By SARA KWASNY, ORIENT STAFFThe 2009-2010 academic year at Bowdoin, although replete with the usual accolades, affairs and adjustments, will probably best be remembered by some as the year of the alcohol discussion. Following a dramatic increase in alcohol-related transports, the campus has seen an increased police presence and preventative action by security. Yet, even with the new sense of supervision that is pervasive on campus, the students and staff have experienced a full range of activities, as summarized in the following chronology of the Orient's most important stories of the year.
‘Working group’ raises faculty diversity
By LINDA KINSTLER, ORIENT STAFFThe level of faculty diversity at the close of this academic year is reflective of the notable success of the College's concerted efforts to expand the range of perspectives and areas of research on campus. In October, Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd issued a report to the Special Committee on Multicultural Affairs outlining the College's approach to improve faculty diversity. Her statement reported that faculty of color now comprise 20 percent of the Bowdoin faculty, a 10 percent rise from the 2005-2006 academic year.
Senior Seven has arrived: Seven days, seven hook-ups
By TED CLARK, ORIENT STAFFMembers of the Class of 2010 worried about finding that special someone for their last hurrah before graduation need not look any further: Senior Seven has finally come. The idea driving the Senior Seven tradition is simple. Members of the senior class hoping to achieve that one unrealized hookup (or possibly even seven) are given a last chance to anonymously test the waters before graduating.
In honor of sex, love and passion: I Love Female Orgasm: Coming around to coming
By NATALIA RICHEY, COLUMNISTWhether or not women have always been able to climax during sex, they certainly can, and do, now. Medical professionals contend that every woman should be able to have an orgasm, if she wants to. Furthermore, many sex experts argue that a majority of women are perfectly capable of climaxing several times in a row. So what's the secret?