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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. | Students, and some staff and faculty, separated from friends last night in Thorne Dining Hall to sit down and eat with people outside their social circles. The event, Dinner with Several Strangers, was part of the student-led program, Beyond the Bowdoin Hello, which is bringing students, staff, faculty and community members together this week to discuss issues around race, class and bias. Beyond the Bowdoin Hello includes films, talks, discussion groups and interactive activities, such as Cross the Line, which took place last night in Moulton Union. Participating students were prompted to walk across the room if they agreed with statements read aloud — ranging from whether they wore watches to more controversial ones — allowing them to see where they and their peers stand on many issues. 
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of the New York Times best seller Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2001), will speak at the first Common Hour of the 2012 spring semester at 12:30 p.m., Friday, January 27, in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. This special Common Hour, presented in conjunction with the Brunswick-Bowdoin Community Read, is open to the public free of charge. Read more. Forecaster reporter Emily Guerin ’09 writes about the Community Read in the article, “Book Discussion Brings Together Brunswick Residents, Bowdoin College Students.” 
Women’s Basketball — Alexa Barry scored a career-high 21 points to lead the women’s basketball team to a 74-48 win over Maine Maritime Wednesday evening. Men’s Squash — Bates 7, Bowdoin 2 
Professional typographers and just about every style guide out there agree that there should only be one space between sentences, yet the notion there should be two, held over from last century’s manual typewriter days, is a strongly held belief. Slate columnist Farhad Manjoo lays out irrefutable proof why “if you type two spaces after a period, you’re doing it wrong.” | 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 |
