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Former Bowdoin Orient Co-Editor-in-Chief Steve Kolowich ’08 shares his perspective, via a play-by-play of imperfection, on the New England Patriots’ journey to Super Bowl XLVI. “Heaven is a place where nothing happens,” writes Kolowich in a piece for Slate. “The deepest joy of being a fan is living in those moments when your team grasps something that seemed to be out of reach, seizing opportunity with its fingertips—and if need be, a helmet.”
For instance, last fall, Miller introduced an audience at the New York Academy of Science to “Sinfonia Antartica” — a presentation of classical, electronic and go-go musical interpretations of physicist Brian Greene’s research. His 2011 book, The Book of Ice, presents charts, graphs, and alarming images of the effects of human-caused climate change that Miller noted on his 2008 expedition to Antarctica.
It’s happened to all of us, a lyric, a tune, stuck in our head, good or bad, looping over and over until something else knocks it loose. Turns out, researchers have discovered a scientific reason for these so-called “earworms.”
Men’s Ice Hockey — The Amherst College men’s ice hockey team scored twice in the third period and goaltender Jonathan La Rose stopped 37 shots to lead the Jeffs in a 3-1 win over Bowdoin on Friday. Women’s Basketball — Bowdoin outscored Middlebury 49-27 in the second half on its way to a 68-58 come-from-behind victory over the Panthers (6-14, 0-7) in Pepin Gym on Friday evening. Men’s Basketball — Top-ranked Middlebury held off a late charge by Bowdoin (14-6, 3-4), as the Panthers picked up a 79-76 win over the Polar Bears in Pepin Gym. Women’s Squash —The Bowdoin women’s squash team blanked Connecticut College 9-0 in action at the Lubin Family Squash Center on Friday. |  | ||
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