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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. Fifty seniors met their first-year advisees last night to kick-off the Generous Enthusiasts, a new mentoring program created by seniors Anna Ackerman and Laura Armstrong. The program pairs first-years and seniors based on common interests, such as their majors, to provide first-years with a friendly guide to Bowdoin. (The name comes from the two lines in the college’s promise: “To lose yourself in generous enthusiasms/And cooperate with others for common ends….”) Ackerman says she and Armstrong organized Generous Enthusiasts after listening to a common complaint among seniors of “things they wished they had known” earlier in their time at Bowdoin, such as how to pick a major, how to get involved in student government or how to get a summer internship. “It’s rare to have freshman conversations like that with other freshmen,” Ackerman said. At the end of the last semester, the 50 seniors – who were recruited for their mentoring qualities – attended a training “to help them think about where mid-semester first-years are and brainstorm ways to help them stretch a bit this spring,” said Mary Pat McMahon, associate dean of student affairs and director of residential life. Participating first-years signed up for the program. Ackerman says eventually the program could be expanded to include more students. Last night in Moulton Union, the seniors and first-years were instructed to find one another after a word was pinned to their back that represented one half of a common pair, such as chips and salsa or salt and pepper. They had to figure out what was on their backs by asking other attendees yes and no questions, and from that point find their match. Following the successful pairing, the duos participated in other activities, such as a rotating circle in which people in an inner circle asked people in the outer circle about their favorite campus spot, favorite professors or dream job.
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Brian Purnell and students in his class,”The Wire”: Race, Class, Gender, and the Urban Crisis, found that Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall, had been turned into a makeshift television studio Wednesday, when a crew from C-SPAN came to videotape their class from start to finish for its American History TV series, ”Lectures in History.” While no air date has yet been set, producers say an April airing is likely. Stay tuned. Continue reading Slideshow: C-SPAN on Campus, Videotapes Class for ‘Lectures in History’  Geoffrey Canada '74
Geoffrey Canada ’74 has been selected to receive the second Harvard Graduate School of Education Medal for Education Impact. The medal is the highest honor given by the Ed School, and is awarded to practitioners, policymakers and researchers who have had an outstanding transformative impact on the education sector. “To be chosen for this medal by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which has had such a profound impact on my life and on education reform across the nation, is a deeply felt honor,” Canada said. Canada is the president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, a full-service community organization geared toward improving the lives of low-income children and families in New York City through education.  John Holt and his book, "Spirits of the Place: Buddhism and Lao Religious Culture," featured in The Washington Post.
John Holt, Bowdoin’s William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of the Humanities in Religion & Asian Studies, shares insight about how the Lao New Year (likened to a hybrid of a Hindu festival of colors and a college football tailgate party) has changed over the centuries. In the Washington Post article, Holt says that in previous centuries the New Year was celebrated with “high sacrality and sobriety,” but today it has a “carnival atmosphere of lighthearted and licensed anarchy.” The article also references Holt’s book Spirits of the Place: Buddhism and Lao Religious Culture (2009).
 Students in the course Bird Song, Human Song.
Bowdoin courses are on students’ minds this week, during the final days of the add-drop period.With more than 680 courses offered each year, it’s a lot to choose from. Bowdoin senior Peter Newman ’12 has this sage advice: “If you keep on top of the reading and pay attention in class, you’ll get through it.” He adds: “I was just talking with my friends and we were saying we wish we had more time to take classes in disciplines that we haven’t tried before.” |  | ||
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