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In this month’s column, John Cross ’76 reflects on winter break, the ice of a snowless campus, and the cycles of tradition. For me, beginning a new year involves recalibrating internal calendars and cycles, and adjusting goals and priorities to the realities of another year having passed without my having written the definitive word on the archaeology of Northeastern North America, achieved the physical fitness of a 25-year old, or even managed to sort the “stuff” that threatens to engulf me in my office. The holiday break for students lasts until January 23—ample time in which to do some research at Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, establish an exercise routine at the Buck Fitness Center, and eliminate at least some of my office clutter. Winter break is also one of my favorite times to take in Bowdoin sports events, in part because I’ve always felt as though each increment of crowd support matters a little more to the players when there are fewer fans in the stands.
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Bowdoin students in Carrie Scanga’s Printmaking I class collaborated with renowned printmaker Tomie Arai to create, donate and collect a new etching. “It’s crazy,” said Helen Mohney ’15. “You’re going to class, but in the middle of your day you’re working with a famous printmaker on a beautiful piece of work. In the end we got to take a print. To have a valuable piece of art work that you helped with … what a way to start off my time at Bowdoin.” Arai’s fall 2011 residency was the second Marvin Bileck Printmaking Project at the College, a new initiative that brings together a visiting artist and master printmaker to work with Bowdoin printmaking students. Read story. 
Kim Dempsey ’14 and Mark Dineen ’08 were part of the Bristol Pistols team from Rhode Island that won the Vanguard 15 Class Team Racing Championship in a regatta held in Florida Jan. 1-3 and hosted by the U.S. Sailing Center/Martin County. 
OK, you’re just catching your breath from the holidays, but planning ahead for next year’s season of giving may be a gift you give yourself. USA Today shares tips for budgeting, buying ahead and knowing when during the year to get the best deals. | 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 |
Whispering Pines: “Go U Bears!”
In this month’s column, John Cross ’76 reflects on winter break, the ice of a snowless campus, and the cycles of tradition.
For me, beginning a new year involves recalibrating internal calendars and cycles, and adjusting goals and priorities to the realities of another year having passed without my having written the definitive word on the archaeology of Northeastern North America, achieved the physical fitness of a 25-year old, or even managed to sort the “stuff” that threatens to engulf me in my office. The holiday break for students lasts until January 23—ample time in which to do some research at Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, establish an exercise routine at the Buck Fitness Center, and eliminate at least some of my office clutter. Winter break is also one of my favorite times to take in Bowdoin sports events, in part because I’ve always felt as though each increment of crowd support matters a little more to the players when there are fewer fans in the stands.
Continue reading Whispering Pines: “Go U Bears!”