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 While the vast majority of climate scientists believe the planet is warming, less than half of the folks who provide our daily weather forecasts agree. In fact, some weathercasters believe the Earth is actually cooling.
 Rock music is now taking shape within the padded confines of football coaches’ offices-turned-professional-grade recording studio in Sargent Gym.
Some argue that the concept of reputation is dead or dying because of all the once private information floating around the Internet. Since everyone is sharing, society is bound to loosen the rules. Others insist all this info sharing makes building your reputation that much more important. A photo gallery in the Boston Globe illustrates how robots and robotics are gaining importance as effective tools in everything from law enforcement to entertainment. Bowdoin students and faculty are making their own contributions to the field in a new robotics lab and through a champion robotics team.  If you’ve always wanted to see the Sistine Chapel but can’t make it to Rome, a virtual tour on the Vatican’s Web site offers the next best thing. It may take a few minutes to load, but the view is worth the wait.
 Bowdoin College women’s lacrosse player Katie Stewart (Chevy Chase, Md.) has been honored as the New England Small College Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Week. Stewart, a sophomore midfielder, helped the Polar Bears snap a three-game losing streak with two impressive home victories.
Meanwhile, senior women’s basketball players Caitlin Hynes (Owl’s Head, Maine), Leah Rubega (Norwich, Conn.) and Sabrina Cote (Dexter, Maine) closed out their collegiate careers as all-stars at the New England Women’s Basketball Association Senior Classic last weekend at Mount Holyoke. Children of Hispanic/Latino and African Ameican interracial families often feel forced to choose a dominant cultural identity at school. Michael Julian, of the Bowdoin Class of 2009, is among a growing number of young job seekers finding employment overseas in a down U.S. job market.  Bowdoin’s Hillary Smyth collected five hits, including four RBI and three runs scored, as the Polar Bear softball team swept Husson in their northern debut on Sunday. Bowdoin cruised to 9-2 win in the opener before taking an 8-0 decision in the nightcap to improve to 13-5 on the year.
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Studying abroad, particularly when the dollar is weak, can get pretty pricey. But it doesn’t have to. Here are some tips for keeping those costs under control.
