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sign up today—it's free! On This Day1909 — Commander Robert Peary, Class of 1877, and his party depart the USS Roosevelt to make the remainder of the journey to the North Pole by dogsled. StorePurchase Bowdoin merchandise online. |  Christopher Hill '74 Former U.S. diplomat Christopher Hill ’74, having served as chief U.S. negotiator with North Korea (2005-2009), shares his unique perspective on the seat of power in that country and its place in the geopolitical landscape. Hill, also formerly the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, is currently dean of the Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. His latest column, “After Kim Jong-il,” appears on the op-ed commentary website Project Syndicate. 
Some of the biggest names in business are also those of the philanthropists best poised to make a difference in the coming year. From the third-generation Buffett to the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, see how the charitable giving torch is being passed and how these 10 donors may light the way to a brighter future. Learn how Bowdoin students are making a difference with help from the Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good. 
Men’s Basketball —Andrew Madlinger scored a career-high 24 points, including six three-pointers, to pace the men’s basketball team to a 88-66 victory over Plymouth State Tuesday evening. Women’s Ice Hockey — Tournament MVP Kim Tess-Wanat capped an outstanding performance by scoring the game-winning goal with five seconds remaining in overtime to give the women’s ice hockey team a 2-1 victory over UMass-Boston in the championship of the Codfish Bowl Tuesday afternoon. Men’s Ice Hockey — Freshman forward Kevin Crowe scored with 1:33 left in overtime to lift the Wentworth men’s ice hockey team to a 3-2 win over visiting Bowdoin in both teams’ first contest of the new year. 
The Pentagon has already slashed $450 billion from its budget over the next decade, but may have to come up with at least that much more if Congress makes the call for more reductions. The New York Times lets you be the power broker — putting you in charge of choosing from among “some of the most common, interesting or provocative cuts that have been proposed by various parties” — with its interactive budget worksheet. | Bowdoin Athletics 2/19/2012 Women's Swimming & Diving at 6th/11 NESCAC Championship (Wesleyan) | Recap2/17/2012 Men's Track & Field at 5th/24 New England Division III's (Springfield) | Recap2/17/2012 Nordic Skiing at 10th/13 Williams Carnival (Prospect Mtn.) | Recap2/17/2012 Women's Track & Field at 3rd/22 New England Division III's (Smith) | Recap 2/24/2012 Men's Track & Field at Open New England's (BU) 2/24/2012 Nordic Skiing at Middlebury Carnival/EISA (Rikert Touring Ctr.) 2/24/2012 Women's Track & Field at Open New England's (BU) 2/24/2012 Women's Squash Wellesley at Bowdoin 2/25/2012 Nordic Skiing at Middlebury Carnival/EISA (Rikert Touring Ctr.) 2/25/2012 Women's Squash Bowdoin at TBA 2/26/2012 Women's Squash Bowdoin at TBA |
