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Whether you polka, tango or samba (Hustle? Electric slide? Anyone?) April 29 is International Dance Day, introduced in 1982 (just after the disco era) by the International Dance Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization “to build bridges through art.” Early spring weather brought a hermit thrush to the Bowdoin Pines this morning, with its nightingale-like song. The solitary bird famously made an appearance as “a shy and hidden bird,” in Walt Whitman’s elegy for Abraham Lincoln, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d.  Queen of late night? Nightline, with its co-anchor Cynthia McFadden ’78, is second only to Letterman in the late-night ratings.
 With apologies to President Mills, a lot of people hate the New York Yankees. But according to The Wall St. Journal, not as much as they hate another team up the coast in New England (what do you expect from a New York newspaper?).
 Molly Kwiatkowski ’11 and Sharon Ulery ’11 have been awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The scholarship was authorized by Congress in 1986 to honor Sen. Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years of service in the U.S. Senate.
 A diverse group of higher education leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night for a spirited debate on the value of higher ed’s business model. The discussion—which was taped for future broadcast on PBS—covered a wide range of topics, including college costs, the achievement gap, federal support for education, three-year degrees, and intercollegiate athletics.
 Our children are inundated with advertising, but do they have the knowledge and judgment necessary to make the right choices? The Feds think not, and they intend to do something about it.
The Economist’s U.S. Finance Editor Matthew Valencia shares his favorite recently published books on the economic crisis. Topping the list: Too Big To Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin.  In this time of endless job-searches for college seniors and those affected by the recession, it is not an understatement to say things are tough out there. Hopefully, it will never get quite this bad…
On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day more than 1,000 people packed Thorne Dining Hall for the second annual Locavore Dinner as part of Bowdoin’s Climate Days events. In addition to the local food, one of the evening’s main attractions was this year’s “How are You Committed” short film contest, for which diners cast votes. | Bowdoin Athletics 2/3/2012 Women's Track & Field at 1st/4 Maine State Meet (Bates) | Recap 2/4/2012 Men's Ice Hockey Video 2/4/2012 Nordic Skiing at Vermont Carnival (Trapp Family Lodge) 2/4/2012 Women's Swimming & Diving at Colby 2/4/2012 Men's Swimming & Diving at Colby 2/4/2012 Men's Track & Field at Maine State Meet (Bates) 2/4/2012 Women's Squash Bowdoin at Bates 2/4/2012 Men's Squash Wesleyan (Conn.) at Bowdoin 2/5/2012 Nordic Skiing at Vermont Carnival (Trapp Family Lodge) 2/10/2012 Nordic Skiing at Dartmouth Carnival (Oak Hill) 2/10/2012 Women's Squash Bates at Bowdoin 2/10/2012 Women's Ice Hockey Bowdoin at Hamilton Video |
