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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. |  Dr. and Mrs. Fred Stoddard '64 at the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, DC. In 1964 as president of the Political Forum, Fred Stoddard ’64 invited Martin Luther King Jr. to speak at Bowdoin about the civil rights movement and the importance of ending segregation and discrimination in America. On May 6, 1964, Stoddard and President Coles introduced the Reverend King to an overflowing crowd at First Parish Church. “Interestingly,” Stoddard writes, “one of my Harvard Medical students who went to Morehouse College’s sister school, Spellman, recently told me that the talk there now is that MLK’s trip to Maine was a turning point for him as he fought for the Voting Rights bill.” On January 12, 2012 former US Senator George Mitchell ’54 was interviewed by Atlantic national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg in a series on peace in the Middle East. Senator Mitchell served the Obama administration as Middle East envoy from 2009 to 2011.  Abelardo Morell '71 In a new book, Penelope’s Hungry Eyes: Portraits of Photographers, photographer Abe Frajndlich focuses his lens on fellow celebrated photographers, including renowned camera obscura artist Abelardo Morell ’71 (image #10 of the slideshow). The Bowdoin College Museum of Art will feature an exhibition this summer by another of the distinguished subjects from Frajndlich’s book, part-time Maine resident William Wegman (slide #15). 
While it often seems like everything we purchase these days is made overseas, a recent study found that “U.S. manufacturers provide about 75% of the products that Americans consume.” With the right planning the study concludes, “that number could soar to 95% within a few years…conversely, if the sector remains neglected, that output could fall by half.” From Harleys to chop sticks (yes, chop sticks), here’s a list of ten popular products that are still “Made in the USA.” 
Squash — The men’s squash team dropped their match versus Columbia 7-2 and the women were blanked by Columbia 9-0 at the Yale Round Robin. | 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 |
