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1794 to the Present
Bowdoin has come a long way since the first class of eight students matriculated in 1802. To read about a few of the highlights along the way, click on the bars in the timeline.
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Pierre Baudouin, a Huguenot possibly from La Rochelle, France, immigrated to America in 1686. After a short stay in what is now South Portland, Maine, he arrived in Boston by 1690. There he became a successful merchant and ships' captain. After his death, his eldest son James anglicized "Baudouin" as "Bowdoin" (pronounced "Bo-dun"), the spelling that the American branch of the family, including his mother, Elizabeth (1643?-1720), also adopted.
Pierre's son James Bowdoin I became one of the wealthiest merchants in Massachusetts. (The three James Bowdoins did not use roman numerals in referring to themselves; they are used as a convenience by the College and historians).
James Bowdoin II is elected governor of Massachusetts in the difficult years just after the Revolution. A man of the Enlightenment, he balances politics and business with wide-ranging scientific pursuits.
Bowdoin College is chartered by the General Court of Massachusetts, meeting in the Old State House in Boston – the District of Maine still being part of the Commonwealth. Governor Samuel Adams signs the bill.
After selling land given by Bowdoin to raise funds, the College begins classes with eight students, in an attempt to "make the desert bloom." President Joseph McKeen urges them to work "for the common good," a phrase which would come to epitomize the College's sense of mission. The new collegians sign the Matriculation Book, as members of every new class at the College do to this day. The faculty, staff, and students work, study, and live in Massachusetts Hall, which is still the heart of the Bowdoin campus. The youngest, 13-year-old George Thorndike, finds and plants an acorn, which would grow into the Thorndike Oak, a campus landmark for generations.
James Bowdoin III, an agrarian reformer and art collector, decides to endow the new college in Maine in honor of his father. Having no children, he leaves the infant institution an extraordinary library and his collections of Old Master paintings and drawings, minerals, and scientific equipment.
Eight students meet and form the Philomathian Society, a name they quickly change to the Peucinian Society and adopt the motto Pinos loquentes semper habemus (We always have the whispering pines). Essentially a literary and debating society with their own library, the Peucinians are challenged in 1808 by the competing Athenaean Society, and intense rivalry between the two groups ensues throughout much of the 19th century until both are eclipsed by the rise of Greek letter fraternities.
Meeting amid the Bowdoin Pines, seven students are awarded degrees in the College's first Commencement exercises.
The College's art collection is on public view in a room in Massachusetts Hall, making Bowdoin's gallery one of the country's first art museums.
Coastal residents and collegians alike experience panic at news of British naval activity in local waters during the War of 1812. Mainers remember the burning of Falmouth (today's Portland) by the British in the Revolution.
Parker Cleaveland's Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, the first work on the subject in America, brings international attention to the young college and praise from Goethe in Germany for its author. Cleaveland teaches all the sciences and lectures in the Medical School in the course of his 53 years on the faculty. His home on Federal Street is now Bowdoin's official presidential residence.
As part of the Missouri Compromise, Maine achieves statehood—as a free state to balance the new slave state of Missouri.
The Medical School of Maine begins operation as an institution separate from Bowdoin College but located on its campus and under the administration of Bowdoin's governing boards. Until its closure in 1921 for lack of funds, the school trains more than 2,000 doctors, many of them practicing in small towns and remote regions of Maine.
Two of the best-known American writers of the 19th century, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, graduate in Bowdoin's celebrated Class of 1825. It was only in later life, however, that they became close friends. After traveling in Europe, Longfellow returns to Bowdoin in 1829 as professor of modern languages and librarian.
John Brown Russwurm becomes the third African American to graduate from a U.S. college or university. He goes on to edit Freedom's Journal and emigrates to Liberia, where he governs the Maryland Colony, 1836–1851. In 1978 the College names its Afro-American Center in his honor.
Bowdoin professor Samuel Newman's A Practical System of Rhetoric—a prototype of "how to write" books – appears in the first of its 65 editions, becoming one of the most widely used American college texts.
Bowdoin professor Thomas Upham publishes a pioneering textbook in the emerging field of psychology. Titled Elements of Mental Philosophy, it eventually reaches 57 editions. Upham, also a prolific poet, is among the first Americans to study abnormal psychology.
Hawthorne publishes his first novel, Fanshawe, a romance set at a college resembling Bowdoin. He later disavows the book. A descendant of a Salem witch trial judge, Hawthorne is fascinated by New England's past, perhaps best conveyed in his great novel of Puritanism, The Scarlet Letter (1852).
Outside the traditional curriculum, Bowdoin's students create a rich "extra-curriculum" of their own, including late-night festivities and "Yagger Wars," a town-gown rivalry with the younger residents of Brunswick.
Mr. Justice Story finds in Allen v. McKeen that Bowdoin is a private, not a public, corporation, and the State Legislature has no right to interfere in its affairs.
The Crash of '37 almost wipes out the College's endowment, setting the stage for years of financial stress.
Jonathan Cilley (Class of 1825) meets the dubious fate of being the last American congressman to be shot to death in a duel.
Construction begins on architect Richard Upjohn's richly decorated Bowdoin Chapel, which introduces the Romanesque Revival style to a part of the world still accustomed to white wooden churches. Always short of funds, the 19th-century College looks increasingly to the Congregational Churches of New England for support. But Bowdoin remains a secular institution, with no official tie to any denomination. Construction of the Chapel is completed in 1855.
U.S. Senator John Parker Hale of New Hampshire (Class of 1827) successfully defends the antislavery leaders who had rescued the runaway slave Shadrach in Boston; he would later defend the abolitionists who tried to prevent the return of Anthony Burns to his owner. A Democrat turned Free Soiler, he runs unsuccessfully for president against Franklin Pierce.
Franklin Pierce (Class of 1824) is elected 14th president of the United States. A pro-slavery northern Democrat, he had commissioned Nathaniel Hawthorne to write his campaign biography and rewarded him with the lucrative U.S. consulship in Liverpool, England.
Seated one Sunday in First Parish Church, Harriet Beecher Stowe is inspired by the thought of an elderly slave's martyrdom to write her bestselling abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, one of the most influential books of all time. She finds the quiet in which to write in the Appleton Hall study used by her husband, Calvin Stowe (Class of 1824), professor of theology.
On a tour "Down East," Mississippi senator and former secretary of war Jefferson Davis is awarded a Bowdoin honorary degree, a courtesy often paid to visiting dignitaries. Three years later, Davis would be president of the rebellious Confederacy, but—despite political pressure—the College never rescinds the honor.
Two collegiate boat clubs compete on the Androscoggin River, marking the beginning of organized athletics at the College.
Juniors beat seniors in Bowdoin's first recorded baseball game, played on the Delta.
As the Civil War begins, Bowdoin students and alumni enthusiastically rally around the flag. By some reckonings Bowdoin has proportionately more graduates under arms than any other New England college. At least 18 alumni fight for the Confederacy.
In Boston, abolitionist Governor John Albion Andrew (Class of 1837) forms the Union's first black regiment, the celebrated 54th Massachusetts, the subject of the film Glory.
Commanding the 20th Maine, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain (Class of 1852) holds Little Round Top on the second day of the battle of Gettysburg, thereby preventing the collapse of the left flank of the entire Union line. After 24 major battles and six serious wounds, he ends the war as a major general and is chosen to receive the Confederate surrender at Appomattox on April 12, 1865.
General Oliver Otis Howard (Class of 1850) becomes head of the new Freedmen's Bureau, an effort to help former slaves become farmers in the South. He co-founds Howard University in the District of Columbia and serves as its president from 1869 to 1874.
U.S. Senator William Pitt Fessenden of Maine (Class of 1823) casts the vote that saves President Andrew Johnson from conviction in his impeachment trial. As Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, Fessenden had successfully financed the Union war effort.
Gymnast Dudley Sargent (Class of 1875) becomes the College's first director of athletics, championing the new movement for "muscular Christianity."
After four one year terms as governor of Maine, General Chamberlain accepts the Bowdoin presidency. Worried by the lack of preparedness of young men who had volunteered in the Civil War, he experiments with a military drill at Bowdoin—but in 1874 the students revolt and refuse to drill!
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The biweekly Bowdoin Orient begins its long run as the oldest continuously published collegiate newspaper in the country.
Longfellow, arguably the most widely read poet of his time in the English-speaking world, returns to campus for his 50th Reunion, for which he reads his poem Morituri Salutamus, an eloquent reflection on aging and creativity.
Construction of Memorial Hall is completed. Begun in 1867, the hall is built to commemorate the College's 288 known Civil War veterans on the Union side.
William DeWitt Hyde becomes Bowdoin's seventh president and, through a series of widely read advice books for young men, helps create an image of the American college as place to mold character and strengthen the body as well as train the mind. His "Offer of the College" becomes a foundational text for Bowdoin.
Thomas Brackett Reed (Class of 1860) becomes the most powerful and autocratic speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in its history. Known as "Czar Reed," the Portland lawyer is feared for his slashing wit and admired for his honesty, unusual in a Gilded Age politician. At one point, three of the highest officers of government are Bowdoin alumni—Speaker Reed, Chief Justice Melville Fuller (1853), and Senate President pro tem William Frye (Class of 1850).
During the 1880s and 1890s, athletics (especially intercollegiate football) and the increasingly popular "Greek letter" social fraternities absorb much of the attention of undergraduates. The Quad takes shape as new buildings form a central enclosed space, and a distinctly American male collegiate subculture is welcomed at Bowdoin, as at other institutions.
Harriet and Mary Sophia Walker give an art building to Bowdoin in memory of their uncle. Designed by the firm of McKim, Mead and White, the neo-Renaissance Walker Art Building is considered the most handsome public building in Maine. The College's commencements take place on its stage-like terrace. Between 2005 and 2007, the museum was skillfully renovated and enlarged by the architects Machado & Silvetti Associates of Boston.
Robert E. Peary (Class of 1877) reaches the North Pole stirring public enthusiasm for Arctic exploration. Accompanying him on his most famous trek are his African American assistant Matthew Henson, four Inuit, and a college fraternity banner. Donald MacMillan (Class of 1898), who would become a great explorer of the Far North in his own right, is also a member of the expedition. The two alumni are commemorated in the College's Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum.
The College adopts the polar bear as its mascot. Five years later, Donald MacMillan presented the school with a stuffed and mounted adult polar bear that he captured in Northern Greenland in 1916. In presenting the bear to the college, he proclaimed, "May his spirit be the Guardian Spirit not only of Bowdoin Athletics, but of every Bowdoin man [and woman]."
World War I turns the campus literally into an armed camp as Maine recruits are brought to Brunswick for training.
Kenneth C. M. Sills (Class of 1901) shepherds the College through two world wars and a depression during 35 years in office, earning a national reputation as "Sills of Bowdoin," one of the legendary group of U.S. college presidents much sought after for advice on many issues of the day.
Frederic Tootell (Class of 1923) wins a gold medal for the hammer throw in the Paris Olympics. Four years later, his classmate Geoffrey Mason wins a gold in the bobsled event at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics.
The first issue of the Bowdoin Alumnus marks the new importance of the alumni body in the College's governance and fundraising.
Although most students leave campus for the armed services, World War II brings a Navy radar school and an Army-Air Force weather unit to Bowdoin.
The College acquires the former Bath Street Primary School from the town of Brunswick. The building was renamed Rhodes Hall after three of the elementary school's students who later received Rhodes scholarships. Two, Robert P. T. Coffin and Edward B. Ham, were also Bowdoin graduates; the third was Brunswick native Allen S. Johnson. View a complete list of Bowdoin's Rhodes scholars.
Alfred C. Kinsey (Class of 1916) publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, a bestseller that makes his name a household word—but one that could not be spoken in many American households! In 1953 he follows it with Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, again based on thousands of case studies of how people actually behave, he explains, rather than how they are "supposed" to behave. He had gained his skill in taxonomy while studying gall wasps as an undergraduate in Bowdoin's Searles Science Building.
Bowdoin joins three other "Little Ivies" in forming the New England Small College Athletic Conference, later joined by seven other institutions. The conference's goal is to maintain the proper balance between sports and academics.
At 16 stories, Coles Tower—a residence hall and classroom building—becomes Maine's tallest structure and a symbol of a new Bowdoin in which the sciences would play as large a role as the humanities. It is named for President James Stacy Coles, one of Bowdoin's most energetic modernizers.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. visits the Bowdoin College Museum of Art to see its groundbreaking exhibition on African Americans in art and speaks at First Parish Church.
President Roger Howell, a historian of Britain's 17th century civil wars, keeps the College open and functioning at the height of the Vietnam War student strike movement in the face of demands from both sides to close its doors.
Bowdoin welcomes its first fully coed entering class. Susan Jacobson becomes the first woman to earn a Bowdoin A.B. and to deliver a Commencement address.
Joan Benoit Samuelson (Class of 1979), of Freeport, Maine, wins the gold medal in the first women's Olympic Marathon, in Los Angeles.
Bowdoin proves that "small is beautiful" with its innovative micro-scale chemistry curriculum, thanks to the innovative work of chemistry professors Dana Mayo and Samuel Butcher.
The college launches a campaign for capital improvements, faculty chairs, and financial aid. During the next seven years, academic buildings constructed or renovated included Druckenmiller, Cleaveland, and Searles halls, Memorial Hall with Pickard and Wish Theaters, Hawthorne Longfellow Library, the Coastal Studies Center, David Saul Smith Union, Watson Fitness Center, the Thorne dining complex, and Stowe, Howard, and Chamberlain residence halls.
An inclusive House System, designed to succeed the fraternity system as the focus of undergraduate social life, links first-year students with upperclass houses in a manner that enhances the residence experience of college.
Bowdoin begins the careful rebuilding of the Chapel towers. The restoration included mapping the location of each brick and returning it to its original position. Damaged stones were replaced with stones from the original quarry, and mortar was made with the sand used in the original construction. In May 2003, a time capsule containing two engraved silver plaques and other materials was discovered. The $6 million restoration was completed September 2004.
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Chapel Towers Restoration Completed
After over a year of intensive discussion among Bowdoin's faculty members, Bowdoin announces its first major curriculum reform in over two decades. The reform builds on the college's 200-year tradition of "educating leaders in all walks of life," while preparing students for a world of increasingly varied cultures, interests, resources, and power structures.
The required courses will reflect a sharpened examination of themes and issues vital to a liberal education for the 21st century. Courses will be designed to help students hone their written and analytical skills, deepen their aesthetic judgments, use varied forms of informational resources, and create multi-faceted solutions to complex problems.
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Bowdoin Announces Bold New Curriculum for Liberal Education
Bowdoin's RoboCup team, the Northern Bites is founded. RoboCup is an international research and education initiative to promote research in artificial intelligence, robotics, computational perception and related fields. The Northern Bites initially compete in the four-legged league with Sony AIBOs, winning the world championship in 2007 and the U.S. Open in 2008. The team currently competes in the Standard Platform League using the two-legged Nao robots. Northern Bites placed second in the 2009 world championship.
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The Bowdoin College Museum of Art opens following a $20.8 million renovation and expansion project which provides 63 percent more space than the original building while preserving the landmark structure, and increases the number of galleries from nine to fourteen.
After a $15-million renovation and preservation of the former Curtis Pool building, Studzinski Recital Hall, a new state-of-the-art music performance and practice facility that includes the stunning new 280-seat Kanbar Auditorium, opens.
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Bowdoin wins its first NCAA national championship. The Bowdoin College field hockey team completed the 7th perfect season in Division III history, capturing the NCAA Championship with a 4-3 victory over Middlebury. In 2008 Bowdoin wins the championship again, joining the College of New Jersey (1990-91, '95-'96), Cortland State (1993-94) and Salisbury University (2003-05) as the only schools to win repeat NCAA crowns in field hockey.
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Barack Obama draws on the Bowdoin community to staff his administration:
- George Mitchell '54 is named U.S. envoy to the Middle East; info here
- Christopher Hill '74 is confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Iraq; info here
- Karen Gordon Mills is confirmed as administrator of the Small Business Administration; info here
- Dr. Margaret Hamburg H'03 is Obama's choice for FDA commissioner; info here
- President Obama taps Kendall C. Burman '00 for White House counsel position; info here
The college completes the largest fundraising campaign in its history. It raised $293.57 million, more than $43 million above the goal of $250 million, for financial aid, the academic program, and student life. Of the total raised, approximately $100 million will be used to ensure access to Bowdoin for low- and moderate-income students through financial aid. More than 17,000 donors made capital and annual gifts to Bowdoin's fundraising campaign.
Clayton S. Rose, Ph.D. elected president of Bowdoin College. The announcement was made Monday, January 26, by Bowdoin Board of Trustees Chair Deborah Jensen Barker '80, P'16 following the unanimous and enthusiastic recommendation by an 18-member Presidential Search Committee and a unanimous vote of approval by Bowdoin's Board of Trustees.


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On studying a group of young people, it was found that regular smokers had a greater risk of suicidal thoughts or attempts, even without a prior history of depression or addiction. Such a link was not seen in those who had quit smoking.
Although the reason for this is not clear, it is suggested that the observed effects of smoking on serotonin levels in the brain may be involved .

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Man to be charged in fatal accident
Man to be charged in fatal accident
OMAHA, Neb. —
A 23-year-old accused of causing a fatal accident will appear in court Friday.
Police said Raysean Barber was driving drunk when he hit a curb and crossed into the northbound lanes of Saddle Creek Road near Poppleton Street Feb 3.
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Betty Warren, 60, died when Barber collided with her car.
-- Family mourns mother killed in crash
Police said Barber will be charged with motor vehicle homicide and driving under the influence.
Barber suffered from a broken neck and bleeding in the brain due to the accident. He was released from the hospital and taken to Douglas County Correction Wednesday afternoon.


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Catch 'Amber & Ales' this week
There are two chances to catch the band Amber & the Pale Ales featuring Hood River's own Amber Nelson with Rob Guidera and Glen Holmberg on guitars and vocals and George Bentz on bass: Thursday, Jan. 9, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Backwoods Brewing in Carson, Wash., and Friday, Jan. 10, from 7-9:30 p.m. at Volcanic Bottle Shop on the Heights in Hood River.
Ski movies, more at Pint Shack
This week at The Pint Shack in Hood River:
Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. Two great ski movies: Warren Miller's "Flow State," and "Old School Blizzard of Oz."
Wednesday, Jan. 8, Embrace the UP at the ninth-annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival. Doors open at 6 p.m.
"Winter is full of ups and downs so why not celebrate winter and embrace the UP? It's time to dust off the skis, pull on your parka, grab your ski buddies, and celebrate the fun and beauty of winter at the ninth-annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival. The 10 unique films will inspire you to embrace the UP."
The films come from renowned filmmakers who search backcountry corners across the globe to submit their best work, and from grassroots filmmakers who take a video camera out on their weekend excursions and submit their best films. Tickets are $10 and can be ordered online at brownpapertickets. com/event/534597. For more info visit backcountryfilmfestival.org
Friday, Jan. 10: Come celebrate winter with the Big E and The Stomp at 10 p.m., with the Performance Anxiety String Band opening at 9 p.m.
The Pint Shack will be closed Jan. 12-March 14.
The Pint Shack, 105 Fourth St., Hood River; 541-387-7600.
'Coconut Island' airs Jan. 12
Local musician Ben Bonham hosts the Coconut Island radio show on Radio Tierra, KZAS 95.1 FM in Hood River and 107.7 FM in The Dalles. On Sunday, Jan. 12, it's a whole show of live music featuring Rick Hulett, Kerry Williams and Ben Bonham. Tune in from 6-7 p.m.
Tim Mayer at The Pines
Keyboardist Tim Mayer is playing at The Pines on Thursday, Jan. 9, from 7-9 p.m. Expect jazz-infused versions of pop/soul/blues and rock tunes with an occasional original added to the mix. The Pines Tasting Room, 202 Cascade Ave., Hood River; 541-993-8301.
Second Saturday Dance Jan. 11
First Second Saturday Country Dance of the new year is Saturday, Jan. 11, from 7-9 p.m. at the Rockford Grange, Barrett Road in Hood River. The caller will be Sue Baker and the band will be the Sugar Hill Band from the Mid-Columbia Gorge area. Dance lessons will begin at 7 p.m. All ages welcome. No partner required. Family-friendly. All dances walked through first time.
Enjoy an evening of country squares, contras, circle dances and a few waltzes. Admission is $6 for members, $7 for non-members, $1 for youth and students. Please bring snack treats for break time. Call Keith Harding at 541-352-7550 or Tom Hons at 541-386-5771 for further information.
Mid-Columbia student art show coming to The Dalles in Feb.
The annual Mid-Columbia Middle and High School art show comes to The Dalles Art Center on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Artwork for this show can be entered Jan. 28-31; one entry per student. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy the reception and awards show on March 1, from 3-4 p.m. "This annual show showcases art from young talent that is right here in the Gorge, hopefully making art an important value throughout their lives," said curator Carmen Toll. Visit thedallesartcenter.org for show details and entry forms.
'Pray for Snow' party Jan. 10
MonsterHutch.com will present the "Pray for Snow" winter premiere of Jake Blauvelt's "Naturally" on Friday, Jan. 10, at River Tap, 703 E. Second St., The Dalles. The show will start at 8 p.m. The evening includes giveaways, a raffle, drink specials and live entertainment by band Smoke on the Water. Suggested admission is four cans of food to benefit local food banks.
Music at White Buffalo
Local band Willie & Nelson will play music at White Buffalo Wines during the free wine tasting event on Thursday, Jan. 9. Wine tasting starts at 5:30 p.m., music starts at 6 p.m. White Buffalo Wines, 4040 Westcliff Dr., Hood River; 541-386-5534.
Barlow Road Trio Jan. 9
Join Matt Mesa, Kerry Williams and Rick Hulett from the Barlow Road band at Double Mountain for an acoustic set, including some new songs, on Thursday, Jan 9, from 8-10 p.m. Double Mountain Brewery, 8 Fourth St., Hood River; 541-387-0042.
Cascade Singers concert Jan. 11
The Cascade Singers concert will be presented Saturday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 12 at 3 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 10th and Union Streets, The Dalles. The concert, originally scheduled for December, will feature "Verdi, Wagner & Holiday Favorites." The concert features romantic era music by Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, whose 200th birthdays were observed in 2013, along with selections by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Michael Haydn who also represent the romantic period.
The Cascade Children's Choir will join the adult choir for the second half of the concert, offering a variety of holiday music, classical to pops, sacred and secular. Admission is by donation at the door.
Entertainment listings can be emailed to jdrake@ hoodrivernews.com.
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Jimquisition: Objectification And... Men?
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Now in video games this becomes a problem because people will claim that its just a guy with a female skin.
Great video, even if the subject has been brought up numerous times. A worthy debate, examination and rebuffing is always welcome in these types of affairs.
I know you touched briefly on the whole exclusivity of the male hero "ideal" and how they can be varied and you touched upon the variety of female NPCs, but I wonder if you've played or seen anything of Persona 3 or Persona 4? These characters are not overly sexualized AND have realistic traits and flaws that, in my opinion, should be brought to light in this type of discussion on how to portray different kinds of people correctly. Kanji Tatsumi and Naoto Shirogane are two of the most well thought out characters from Persona 4, as well as Aigis and Junpei from Persona 3. I wonder if, in future episodes, you could touch on these examples of characters and how they impact, not only the player, but the image of the industry?
Just my two cents, Jim.
Men are Idealized in gaming, woman are sexualized.
The point is that men and woman may both be reduced to objects but they are done so thought a heterosexual male perspective (ironically invoking a lot of unintentional homo-erotic iconography but whatever the "Ewwww gay" impulse of the mainstream gaming industry is another discussion) I guess you could call both a form of objectification but men are objectified to be powerful and worshiped.
Gaming essentially takes place in what other forms of media would critique as "The male gaze". We use the protagonists as vessels for ourselves and the female characters are only seen as appealing if we can look at them. You're meant to feel like you're a big powerful dude when you play as a man and place yourself as him in a fighting game but when you play as a woman you're meant to be looking AT her not looking through her eyes in her perspective.
I'm talking about this character as an individual nothing to do with Skyrim other than its where he comes from. He is just an example of a man who has been objectified into a killing machine, which isn't nessecarily an ideal that most men want to achieve.
And to set the record straight I love the Elder Scrolls but the characters are some of the worst in existence. They may be diverse but they are all boring forgettable cardboard cut outs.
Damn. Just can't win!
Ah, no, I believe you'll find that Final Fantasy X still holds that trophy.
As for ME2. I don't know. I never found Samara attractive, like, at all. Not sure if it was her age, her design, or her personality, she just never came off as an object of desire to me. Same goes for Miranda. Sure she's got a good body, but I just couldn't get over her being an infertile, cloned, gender switched man. Jack didn't seem come off as objectified either. I couldn't romance her either, I just kept seeing her as a wounded child. She was great in ME3.
This episode is objectively objectifyingly objective.
I enjoyed this, thank you! Enlightenment aside, I would kinda like to see some games where men are truly objectified... for the sake of equality of course.
If big publishers can afford to neglect half the playerbase, there is even less room to justify the greedy business tactics of recent years.
...He just did. We're portrayed well.
I'm lost to the point where good looking female character is nothing but objective but good looking male character is idealized.
DOA for example, all the characters have some story and they are just there to fight for a prize pretty much aside from the volleyball game What makes the females objective but the shirtless guys not. And no being a guy character doesn't put a better story, or get the woman story, it the same thing.
The Ideal woman isn't pretty? Ya I know we all have different tastes but how many of say 100 people are going to write down features like Fat, ugly or hairy. on the topic of boobs and butts tho, ya plastic surgery is pretty big in the us, same for male hairloss. How many male leads of games are balding ;p.
Playing MMO's, the big fat ugly character builds are hardly ever used and when they are used it's people making a joke character male or female, so can you see reasons on not spending a ton of money to make ugly character models.
Face it, Men and Women don't want ugly characters in games, the only that want them are for jokes.
Actually I posted why there is a problem with the whole process at one point.
If a game has a female protagonist that is masculine, then its bad because its a masculine character with a female skin.
I read complaints that fall into these four categories every time. The devs see this too and think "well, we can't win no matter what we do so lets do the safe thing and have a male protagonist"
There are two big problems overall.
1. The way that females are portrayed a lot of the time. The crazy attire and poses need to be removed.
2. No one has ever actually come up with a real solution to specific things rather than just sweeping generalizations. I've actually asked several people and they just make general statements without being to give one solid concrete example of what to specifically do.
The problem that I see is that the concept of a feminine trait is sexist by definition and so you can't be non-sexist and use those traits.
An interesting theory, Jim, but how do you know for sure women wouldn't play games with the kind of protagonists you talk about, just for fun? To me, if any series would have a large female audience, it's Final Fantasy and their "girly men" leads. Also, you left out the approach of male/female sexual characterization from games by Bioware.
And what's this about Bioshock: Infinite's creator intending to make it for the "DudeBro" crowd?
Anyway, I think the reason no one talks about a solution is because we all kind of "know" what it is.
We just have to ask/demand more diversity in game characters. Whether or not the developers/publishers listen is another thing. After all like we found out with The Last of Us, they seem to not want to even bring women in to test the game, so I guess all we can do with others is keep asking, or be louder.
Then, all we must do is buy the games with characters that we find to be more diverse(in this particular case, women who aren't made to be overly "sexy"), and maybe tell them why we bought the game with a short email. We can still buy games that don't of course. Heck, buy Dragon's Crown and you can do both. It has some over sexualized female characters, as well as some that aren't like the elf archer.
Also, while people are not being hurt physically, or insulted directly by the overuse of some characters in games. It is making some feel bad, or uncomfortable.
Though some points in this video may be redundant, Jim is not beating a dead horse. The horse is not dead until we see some honest-to-God change in gaming culture.
Also worth mentioning: Can you really blame Jim for going after the topic of "Gender Roles and Gaming" when it has repeatedly generated more discussion than almost any other topic? I'm sure Jim wouldn't continue making episodes about it if the viewers didn't create such a stir each time. That stir can be seen as evidence that the issue is in the back of many people's minds, and therefore needs to be continuously talked about.
I'm talking about the ideal female in videogames, Not IRL. And a lot of videogames ARE terribly sexist.
If you want things to change, you have to make the effort yourself. You can't point the finger at the industry and accuse them of being sexist pigs just because they're not looking out for your personal interests. That's just lazy. There seem to be plenty of people that are fed up with the way things are, just like there are plenty of people who feel like things are just fine. The people that are fed up should make an assessment of how much they really care, find a group of likeminded individuals and start making the videogames that they themselves would like to see, which is exactly what every other developer out there did. They had a vision and they made it happen, they didn't try to guilt trip some faceless industry into doing it for them. If you can't be bothered to put in the hard work, then maybe you don't really care, maybe you're just looking for something to be mad about.
Ha! Jim cam! :P
Anyway, great vid. Nice to see a direct way differentiate the roles of women and men in games.
Although i don't think anyone should want to be Nathan Drake, he's a bigger douche than Kratos XD
Yeah, its odd that people don't realise that one man's power fantasy is another man's (or woman's) sex fantasy.
A line of argument I saw a woman use in another one of these topics in fact. She basically said more or less the same thing, that she doesn't have a problem with these fictional characters as her sense of self worth isn't determined by attractive characters.
A point I can certainly understand and get behind, as I also don't look at any fictional characters and think they are an idealised person I should try and be like.
But I don't think that is the reason for why a lot of people don't like them. I think the reason is because they believe that it reduces women's importance down to their physical appearance, that the characters personality, thoughts and feelings are seen as unimportant, whereas their physical appearance is.
I can definitely follow that line of argument in regards to characters who are practically nothing beyond "sex appeal" such as Rachel from Ninja Gaiden 2; but I also frequently see people who object to women being sexy, even if they are also an amazing character beyond that. Which to me is not a fair judgement to make.
In a thread yesterday somebody used Jill Valentine as an example of a good character who wasn't just there for sex appeal. The rebuke was that she is now more sexy, and that's a bad thing. As if being more sexy negates all of the positive traits about her character.
It suggests to me the idea that a woman cannot be taken seriously if she is also sexually attractive, and that is something I find pretty offensive.
A misinterpretation made to sound like it had anything to do with gender.
Basically people asked why Bioshock Infinite cover art had a clichéd grizzled male protagonist staring off into the distance, when the game is not just another shooter. Ken Levine said that the cover doesn't need to appeal to the people who are already into the game, as people who like the series are not using the cover as a means of deciding whether to get it.
The cover is meant to advertise to people who may not have heard of it. People who don't follow games like the people on here do, and will walk into a game store, pick up the boxes of games that catch their eye, and then flip them over to find out more info on the back.
That's why the cover is the way that it is. He wanted to appeal to the general action/shooter crowd who might otherwise never have heard of Bioshock. So copying the kind of cover you typically see on a military shooter such as Battlefield is probably a smart way to go about it.
People are then using that as a "Having a woman on the box will scare men off!" when the reason was purely to try and appeal to the kind of person who plays games like COD. It's not that it might scare them off, it's that it's not effective marketing.
I don't think the point is that the "ideal" woman for women can't be sexy. What is being said is that they don't have to look like
to be sexy.
For an example Jim pulled from the same game, they could look like
Female objectification in games is a double edged sword. Male gamers fail to realize that they are being objectified as well, by the developers and marketing strategists. We're basically viewed as cash dispensing drooling perverts, jerking off in our smelly little rooms, careful not to wake our parents, while our hidden homoerotic tendencies (we're all homophobes, aren't we?) make us faint at the sight of our virtual muscles and surreal heroism. Of course, that is true for a LOT of people, but those more intelligent and educated of us should see objectification for the insult it is.
Of course, this is more true for movies or TV series which feel that they can't keep our interest unless they show titties every 10 minutes or so. Or the gratuitous sex scenes that you find in any Hollywood movie these days. If I were to list a long list of my favorite movies, almost none of them features any sex scenes, unless integral to the plot and usually awkward, and most don't even have a single little kiss.
Funny then that we should point at games as the bad neighborhood of sexual objectification. Some of the most successful games don't even feature humans at all.
This whole video was Jim misrepresenting this issue because people are disagreeing with him.
Firstly he claims that male characters are idealised because men want to be them, while female characters and objectified because men want them. The problem is that he's only looking at this from a male perspective. Do women idealise the female characters because they want to look like that and objectify the male characters because they want men who look like that? If they do then male characters are being objectified as much as female characters.
Secondly Jim complains that only men have positive traits, such as being brave and noble. This shows his sexist bias because men and women consider different traits positive. Men prefer to achieve specific goals through their own effort to prove how amazing they are, such as climbing mountains or building a motorbike, so they value traits associated with bravery. By contrast women are more concerned with social interactions, such as talking with other mothers or helping schools with fund raising, so they value traits such as communication. It Jim every wants female characters that women can relate to then he needs to stop demanding that they have the same traits as men.
Thirdly there's nothing wrong with a game maker producing games that don't appeal to every demographic. As Jim said in an earlier video "there's no perfect pasta sauce, only perfect pasta sauces". So what's wrong with making games that will appeal to men?
Well that's sort of the problem. Jim did a fine job of differentiating between objectification and idealization, but without demonstrating that idealization doesn't cause many or all of the exact same problems as objectification, I don't know that we're doing ourselves a favor by pretending they don't have a lot in common. Some might argue that idealization is, in fact, a form of objectification, and therefore carries all the same baggage. I don't claim that to be true, but I'd like to see it discussed.
......so basically what you're saying is that gaming was the He-Man Woman Haters Club that got all messed up with those girls brought their cooties along and made everything less fun by pointing out "Ya know, there's some misguided shit going on around here"? And they just need to go ahead and get on outta here so we can make video games the old school boys club like it was in the good ol days so those mean ol ladies will leave us alone once and for all?
Seems legit.
Yeahhhhh no, Maxim magazines = trashy romance novels if you wanna simplify it like that. Both suck and both are juvenile garbage that people need to grow the hell up and get over this kind of dumbassery ALTOGETHER. You're making the same kind of flawed argument that's always brought up; "Well ONE trashy side exists so that excuses OUR trashy side!" No, it makes you the same damn thing. Two wrongs don't make a right, as the old saying goes. And we certainly shouldn't be having a COMPETITION of who can out-trash the other.
Bullshit is bullshit is bullshit no matter what coat of paint you put on it in vain attempts to make it acceptable.
Firstly, this is the first time I've even heard of people using the defense of "males are equally objectified", I mean who the hell has said that and actually been taken seriously? Especially seriously enough for Jim to do a whole VIDEO about? Are topics that scarce Jim?
Secondly, I lost all interest in the video at "half of all gamers are women" because I knew that the rest of the video would be based around that bullshit figure, as if it's an established fact. Games are made by men for men, correct, so if HALF of women were truly playing the same games then where the fuck is the market that caters for them?
So half of gamers are females wanting to play games but they don't feel like getting into game development? What kind of logic is this? Explain that logic error, please, someone, anyone.
Show me a breakdown by genre/category that women represent half of all gamers in every aspect I will bend over and eat my own shit. Show me that roughly half of the gamers playing first person shooters, real time strategy, role playing, etc etc are female and I'll admit defeat.
No, don't show me that one ESRB report that completely skewed the fuck out of results by counting in the MILLIONS of iPhone and Facebook gamers because you're only fooling yourself if you really believe that a girl sitting down to play another hour of Farmville counts as a female gamer. Jim (and pretty much every feminist) are mostly talking about big-budget AAA games released on major platforms, not goddamn flash/java games or Tetris equivalents.
This is actually the first time I've heard, or at least can recall, it put this way. That is,'men in video games are idealized versions of how we're suppose to be.' Yes, that makes obvious sense now that you've compared and contrasted the point, but perhaps it's because that idealization is so pervasive through our media-culture it just didn't make a blip on my RADAR.
But, that being said, from what I can remember every time I've seen a video along these lines, on this website, Extra Credits, and The Big Picture it always gets half-way through the thought, and settles on the same points you made about women while not touching male characters much. The compare and contrast between objectification & Idealization, has until now, escaped me. Come to think of it Yahtzee is probably the only person who consistently critiques those walking golems with sidewalk slabs as pecs.
Anyway, Thank God for you, or else I might have slipped into my twilight years, (30+) without having had that, 'ah hah,' moment about men in video games.
I dunno, if you are watching the actual show they make her femininity quite clear. Its strange and wonderful and man, I fucking love Brienne. She is a pretty badass character. Also, in the series (Might have just been me noticing and it doesn't count as a spoiler) there was a clear scene where tits could have been shown. And they were not shown. Total and utter tangent here, but its nice that at least one of the female characters in ASOIAF has refused to be shown naked. Too much tits in that show.
Anyway, Brienne is a good character. And a realistic character. And I think it would be interesting to see her in an ASOIAF game that wasn't the mod for CK2 (Because that is the only ASOIAF game. There were no other games. Shut up.)
I mean to say, Brienne in a computer game would come across as female and utterly, UTTERLY badass.
i do have to say well done jim. a well thought out argument to the usual comeback to this issue.
it will be good when gaming stops having a boys only girls keep out attitude. there is a serious problem with the industry if marketing doesnt even want women to look at games before release
It feels like I've seen this video already. Haven't you talked about this before? Muscle men are a power fantasy for men. Women are a sexual fantasy for men.
Even before the Dogma video, I mean.
And that's the whole POINT of having discussions/debates about societal issues in general. I mean, I'm sure more than a few people got sick of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X bringing up racial inequalities to people that "were sick of hearing it" and "thought they were bringing up a dead horse."
Well until the problem gets fixed, you keep speaking up about it and against it. They didn't shut up until significant change happened. That's how it normally works.
If people want us to "shut up" about this, then not just game developers but society in GENERAL has to make some better strides toward change and progression and improvement so this kind of shit isn't a problem anymore. Trying to silence everyone and keep the status quo unflinching and unmoving because you're too settled in already to do anything about yourself...well that makes you a part of the problem too.
:) HA ha. A fair enough statement(I too love the games). I just meant that the problem isn't so much with those types of characters existing, but that they dominate most games as the "only" characters. That is more the problem. Also, I wanted to mention that Nazeem is a prick.
I don't understand this rant, even if 100% of the AAA population is male, so what? Doesn't seem to change, nor justify, how almost all women in AAA games are portrayed. The way women are portrayed doesn't seem like a good way to progress our hobby and for it to be taken more seriously as a storytelling medium. It just seems a great way to perpetuate the stereotype of 14-27 year old males who live with their parents, probably in a basement, and don't have much going for themselves other than how awesome their latest avatar is...
Heck, if for nothing else having more realistic, complex female protagonists could make for some great, novel, stories. But, I may be misinterpreting your statement. So, I'll go back to my biochem and await your response
I think the point is that often male gamers (comic fans etc) will often complain that women should see these depictions as positive, power fantasies etc, and claim their making a fuss about nothing, yet see no irony or correlation when they react in an extremely hostile (and even homophobic) way when they encounter such 'pretty boys'. IE, hot women in the buff should be accepted by all, bishonens in speedos are a hell spawned abominations that should die. Thats even before we get into lesbian/yuri vs gay/yaoi romance or porn.
Agree with this, but how many times does 'the sexy woman' (say, Trish) get the game action, conflict and backstory devoted to her , and at the same time, how does that visual sexiness transfer to the action of the game?
Legit question I attempt to ask here, since the disconnect I see in this arguement isn't between men and women per say, but between the two aspects that make video games what they are; visuals and gameplay. The objectification/idealization happens to both, but it doesn't seem to translate well into gameplay (or at all).
And I'll disclaim here; while I haven't played any DMC games, I know Trish is playable in DMC 2, and she's significant throughout the series (it's just how, and bu how, I mean you should be playing as her more if she's truly important, as far as a game goes)
Sorry to soapboxing on your post!
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Herbert "Bo" Brown, 49, of Harriman, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville.
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The Bedford Village Common's skating pond was named the Anagnost Family Pond in honor of Dick and Demetria Anagnost. The family has made many contributions to town, including the construction of the pond. (Susan Clark Photo)
The Bedford Village Common has taken nearly 20 years to build, but it took only minutes for the Town Council to accept the Bedford Village Common Development Committee's recommendation to recognize a Bedford family.
At the June 26 meeting, town councilors voted 6-0 to name the pond in the Village Common the Anagnost Family Pond.
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"The pond is a major component of the park. It is a feature that will, hopefully, attract a lot of use this coming winter, and it didn't get there without significant effort," said Councilor Bill Jean. "I think it's great we have an opportunity to recognize Dick and the Anagnost family for their contributions to the town."
Councilor Jim Scanlon said the family has been very supportive of the town, and is deserving of the honor.
"The Anagnost company has made substantial and numerous contributions to the building, expansion and development of Bedford," he said. "It's nice to know their family name will be on a plaque at the BVC to recognize all those contributions, including the skating pond."
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The park has been made possible through many donations of goods and services, and the financial support of Bedford residents, local businesses and the town. Girl Scout Troop 21981 in Bedford recently planted an American liberty elm tree in the park as part of the girls' service project. The Bedford Village Common's grand opening took place June 9.
In addition to donations, a buy-a-brick campaign is ongoing for people who want to purchase an engraved brick or granite paver. Bricks are available at $100 each or $150 for two; granite pavers cost $300 each. Donor forms are available on the towns website, www.bedfordnh.org. Click on the Bedford Village Common Development Committee link under Boards & Committees. Forms are also available at town offices at 24 N. Amherst Road.
The current members of the Bedford Village Common Development Committee include Beverly Thomas, chairman; Jeanene Procopis, vice-chairman; Deb Sklar; Richard Poisson; Town Council representatives Mac McMahan and Bill Dermody; and Dennis Tokac of the Parks and Recreation Commission.
Dick Anagnost is president of Anagnost Investments Inc. nd has more than 30 years of experience in real estate and land development in Manchester, Northern New England and internationally. His company's projects have included the revitalization of downtown Elm Street and the millyard area, and construction of The Elliot at River's Edge, a $100 million project to build an ambulatory care and urgent care center in Manchester.
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text: Page ContentAsad M. MadniEntrepreneur/Civic LeaderCalifornia State University, NorthridgeDr. Asad M. Madni—outstanding innovator, executive and civic leader for more than four decades - personifies the excellence and achievements that embody the objectives and ideals of the California State University and California State University, Northridge and exemplifies the university's aspirations for its diverse student body. Born in 1947 in Mumbai, India, Dr. Madni came to the United States to pursue his educational and professional goals, and became a major force in electronics, manufacturing, engineering and technology across many industries and throughout the world.Credited with more than 150 refereed publications in journals, conference proceedings and book chapters; hundreds of research reports, internal publications, keynote addresses, invited lectures, chairs and panels; and at least 67 issued or pending patents resulting in numerous technological breakthroughs, Dr. Madni is an internationally recognized authority in intelligent sensors and system design, and signal processing, including life-saving stability control systems. Dr. Madni has led two major San Fernando Valley manufacturing and engineering companies implementing his vision—BEl Technologies, Inc. and Systron Donner Corporation - and has served on the boards of numerous other technology companies, professional organizations and academic institutions.Dr. Madni has advised California State University, Northridge's College of Engineering and Computer Science and Tseng College of Extended Learning for more than two decades in a spirit of advancing the engineering profession, developing technologies that directly impact the human condition, and providing guidance to deserving students who aspire to a better life. Dr. Madni has served on the university's advisory boards and committees, helped develop and teach innovative curricula, supported student organizations, and personally mentored both graduate and undergraduate students. Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2011, Dr. Madni's contributions to engineering and technology have been recognized with honorary Doctor of Science degrees outside the United States by Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada (2009) and the Technical University of Crete (2012). He is a Fellow of several professional, technical societies including the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the New York Academy of Sciences.In recognition of his distinguished career, his seminal and pioneering research contributions to engineering and technology, and his extraordinary community service, the Board of Trustees of the California State University and California State University, Northridge are proud to confer upon Dr. Asad Madni the honorary degree of Doctor of Science.


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University of Vermont
2011-12 Online Catalogue
Materials Science (Accelerated Masters Program)
The program offers an Accelerated Masters Program leading to both B.S. and M.S. degrees in five years. The program is open to undergraduate chemistry, physics, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering majors. Interested students should contact the Materials Science Director by the beginning of their junior year.
Specific Requirements
Requirements for Admission to Graduate Studies for the Degree of Master of Science
A bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, metallurgy, engineering, materials science, or mathematics. Applicants with other backgrounds will be evaluated individually.
Minimum Degree Requirements
The above requirements for admission must be supplemented in either of the following ways:
Plan A With Thesis: thirty graduate credits of an approved program of study including at least eighteen credits of course work; completion of at least one three-credit course in each of the following categories; solid state theory, quantum mechanics, applied mathematics, and materials properties of solids; satisfactory completion of a comprehensive examination, and satisfactory completion of an M.S. thesis including its defense at an oral examination.
Plan B Without Thesis: thirty credits of an approved program of study; completion of at least one three-credit course in each of the following categories: solid state theory, quantum mechanics, applied mathematics, and materials properties of solids, and satisfactory completion of a comprehensive examination.
- Colleges and Schools: College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. Graduate College. College of Arts and Sciences.
- Departments and Programs: Chemistry Department. Physics Department. Mechanical Engineering Program.


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List of FamiLAB Google Docs
From FamiLAB Wiki
FamiLAB has lots of Google Docs, most are owned by the member that started them. You should be able to request permissions if you don't have them.
FamiLAB Classes and Events - Member Sign-up Sheet
- This sheet is for members volunteering to work events, members attending an event should typically use eventbrite, etc.
FamiLAB Member (and Friend) Retro Arcade Equiment
- We used this sheet to know who has what when we planned out the "Retro Arcade" events at the History Center.
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...Sturm was last years Arnott, and he made the team...this year if Arnott is signed he will be in the starting line-up at the 3rd line centre position come game 1 and the year after that it will be another raggedy old hasbeen veteren and the year after that, so on and so on. It's the way Gillis and AV roll.coco_canuck wrote: Now like I said, I'm not sold on Arnott, but bringing someone like him in on a reasonable 1 year deal adds expendable, veteran depth.
Trust me, no kid is getting past Arnott, Ebbett, Malhotra and Raymond this year. The only spot available is that 12th forward position on the 4th line held by Weise, but that fight is between Volpatti, Pinnizotto(sp?), Desbiens and Weise. I will bet you my bottom dollar that Jensen will be in Sweden and Schroeder in Chicago come the 1st game of the NHL, that is if Kesler isn't back. Kassian my find a spot on the 4th line if Malhotra keeps declining.


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The Korean War is sometimes called "the forgotten war," but James LeRoy Belk Post No. 17 of the American Legion in Camden held a special recognition for veterans of that conflict Oct. 18. Post Commander Clay Carruth asked all Korean War veterans in attendance to stand and be recognized before offering some remarks.
Kershaw County motorists along U.S. 1 saw an unusual sight Oct. 10: a horse-drawn wagon rolling down the highway. Rodger Howell of Erin, Tenn., stopped for a conversation and said he, his two-horse team and dog have traveled much of the eastern United States, making friends all along the way.
With his 90th birthday barely a month away, Benny Martin looks back over the decades on a life that has taken him around the United States and the world. Martin was born Oct. 28, 1924 in Buhl, Idaho. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served three years during World War II starting in 1943.
The Kershaw County Golden Club welcomed a special guest to its meeting Sept. 4.
Military veterans, interested residents and family members of Kershaw County's three Medal of Honor recipients gathered at James Leroy Belk American Legion Post No. 17 on Saturday to officially name the I-20 bridge that crosses the Wateree River in honor of Richmond Hobson Hilton, John C. Villepigue and Donald Leroy Truesdell.
Air Force Airman Michael W. Glover graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
Uniform and clothing exhibits, storytelling, guided tours of the Kershaw-Cornwallis House, colonial era games, weapons and equipment exhibits and blacksmithing demonstrations filled Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site during a remembrance of the Battle of Camden's 234th anniversary on Saturday.
Three Kershaw County residents who received the Medal of Honor for acts of heroism in battle will be honored again this week.
Local Vietnam War veterans participated in a special ceremony including other Vietnam veterans from across the state hosted by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott on Aug. 2. The ceremony, held at First Baptist Church of Columbia, recognized Vietnam War veterans for their service. Gen. (ret.) James Everett Livingston served as keynote speaker.
"It's in my mind and I'll never get it out. I stood there on the bank and watched them pull them out dead."
A retired U.S. Army major general living in Camden knew and served with an Army major general killed in Afghanistan earlier this week.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States announced that Ralph Best has achieved All American status as a district commander. Best, commander of District 5, covering Kershaw County as well as York, Lancaster and Chester counties, in the Department of South Carolina, is one of only 29 VFW District Commanders selected worldwide for All-American Commander.
It took 40 years for William G. "Bill" Major, who died Sunday at the age of 92, to talk about what he saw in the early days of August 1945.
American Legion Post No. 17 installed new officers on July 7 for 2014-15 including Commander Clay Carruth; 1st Vice Commander David Fuller; 2nd Vice Commander Bill Haynes; 3rd Vice Commander Charles Moore; 4th Vice Commander John West; Sergeant-at-Arms Perry McCoy; Finance Officer Jimmy Mayor; Service Officer Billy Bell; Adjutant James Rabon; past Adjutant William Barrett; Historian Glen Inabinet; and members-at-large Dennis Belue, Richard Lackey and Ashby Rhame.
Air Force Col. Charles Houston Myers, son of Charles and Barbara Myers of Camden, recently retired from active military service with more than 26 years dedicated to the nation. Brig. Gen. Albert "Buck" Elton presided over Myers' retirement ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Myers is a 1983 graduate of Camden High School and a 1987 graduate of The Citadel.
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France's Haunting Past: Recent Debates on Twentieth-Century French History and National Identity
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Richard J. Golsan or Nancy Golsan
Department of European and Classical Languages and Cultures
205 Academic Building
Texas A&M University
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"France's Haunting Past: Recent Debates on Twentieth Century French History and National Identity" is a five-week college and university faculty seminar for sixteen participants to examine recent debates in France concerning Vichy and the Holocaust. Directed by Richard Golsan (French, Texas A&M University) and hosted by the Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent (IHTP), the seminar takes place in Paris, France. Focusing on the key events and debates concerning the Vichy past and French complicity in the Holocaust, the seminar seeks answers to several difficult and pressing questions: Why have the conflicts and traumas of the war years become so controversial in contemporary France? Why do they play such a central role in French political and cultural life? What do they tell us about French national identity at the present time? Do these events contribute to a better understanding of the historical realities of the 1930s and 1940s, or do they distort public perceptions of those realities? What can the French experience tell us about the complicated relationship between "history" and "memory"? The seminar approaches these questions through an exploration of four key areas: 1) France's experience of devastating destruction during World War I, 2) Vichy and the so-called années noires, 3) the controversy sparked by the publication of The Black Book of Communism, 4) the history and memory of the Algerian War. Readings include: Henry Rousso, Vichy: An Ever Present Past; Richard Golsan, Vichy's Afterlife: History and Counterhistory in Postwar France; Robert Laffont (ed.), The Black Book of Communism; Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder; Paul Aussaresse, The Battle of the Casbah; François Maly and Benjamin Stora, François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie; and Pascal Bruckner, The Tyranny of Guilt. Guest scholars Henry Rousso (IHTP), Nathan Bracher (Texas A&M University), Annette Becker (L'université de Paris X-Nanterre), Pascal Bruckner (L'Institut d'Études Politiques), Malika Rahal (IHTP) and Nicholas Werth (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) lecture and lead site visits to the Mémorial de la Déportation and the Mémorial de la Shoah, the Mont Valérien and the Mémorial de la France Combattante, and the Douaumont Ossuarium.


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VALHALLA, N.Y. -- Dr. Karen Geelan has officially been appointed Superintendent of the Valhalla Union Free School District and will start on Nov. 1.
Geelan, who is superintendent at a district in Western New York, replaces Dr. Brenda Myers, who is retiring in the fall.
"This will be a new challenge and a new frontier," Geelan, who was appointed at Tuesday's Board of Education meeting, said. "Valhalla is a really good fit. I saw people who are focused on the right things. This will be a very exciting change. When I visited Valhalla, I got the sense that this was a comfortable place I could call home."
Geelan was appointed as Acting Superintendent of Schools from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31,; and Superintendent of Schools from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2021, with an annual compensation of $260,000 through June 30, 2018.
The Valhalla Board of Education began its search for a new superintendent in March, following Myers' decision to retire.
Geelan was chosen as Valhalla's next superintendent due to her extensive experience as a district leader, including strong knowledge regarding budget constraints, legal concerns, union issues and capital improvements.
"The board is very excited to welcome Dr. Geelan to the Valhalla community," said school board President Bob Ierace. "The breadth and depth of her educational leadership experience makes her a great choice to continue the growth of the district's successful programs, as well as to create, uncover and implement new and exciting opportunities for our students. Dr. Geelan is the leader who is ready to meet the district's current and future needs."
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HAVANA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Cuban authorities are scrambling to contain a cholera outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in Havana, the capital city of 2.2 million residents and a popular tourism destination.
In a brief communique issued on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said the outbreak was first detected on Jan. 6, and was being contained.
"Fifty-one cases have been confirmed to date," the statement read, without mentioning fatalities.
"Due to the measures adopted transmission is in the phase of extinction," it said.
But in off-the-record discussions with a ministry official and doctor directly involved in fighting the outbreak, a different picture emerged with hundreds of suspected cases.
They said the first cases were traced to a baseball game at the Latin American Stadium in the Cerro municipality of the Cuban capital, where fans come from all parts of the city to watch their team, the Industriales, play.
"We know what happened. Either the pork sandwiches or Tan Rico soda pop was contaminated at a game earlier this month," the official said.
"Even some of the baseball players became sick," she added.
The Health Ministry statement said the outbreak had begun in Cerro and "later spread to other municipalities in the capital."
Tens of thousands of tourists are visiting Havana, but there have been no reports of foreigners catching the illness.
Community clinics and family doctors are on high alert and giving out instructions to prevent the disease, transportation hubs have passengers sterilizing their shoes before leaving town and eateries are being systematically inspected and sometimes closed, residents say.
The official said Havana had been preparing to fight the disease since Cuba's first cholera outbreak in decades last year in eastern Granma province.
There have been scattered cases since then, but all were traced to the Granma area and quickly contained, she said.
"This time is different. There are many cases, but we are well prepared in terms of supplies and the protocol," she said, adding, "let's just hope we can stop this before it becomes much worse."
Martica, a Culture Ministry employee, tells a tale typical of the stories circulating around the city.
"There is this young man who often buys a milkshake around the corner from the office building where I work. He comes to the cafeteria and eats lunch with his girlfriend," she said.
"Last week he was hospitalized with cholera and an army from the Health Ministry descended upon the area and my building, handing out penicillin, checking the water supply, closing snack shops and questioning residents and workers," she said.
The lack of official information until Tuesday has led to rumors that dozens have died in the Cuban capital, though the official and doctor said there had been only one fatality.
Three Havana hospitals have been designated to handle cholera cases - one for adults, another for children and a third for pregnant women.
Another doctor working at the designated adult hospital, the Center for Tropical Medicine, said they were swamped at the weekend with suspected cases.
Cholera is generally not fatal, but can kill in just a few hours when diarrhea and vomiting cause dehydration, especially among the elderly.
The illness runs its course within a week, making it relatively easy to track, but at the same time is highly contagious, spreading from hand to mouth, through contaminated food and the water supply.
"So far there is no indication its in the water supply, but we are dumping more chlorine in the system," the Health Ministry official said.
Until 2012, there had been no cholera outbreaks reported in Cuba since well before the 1959 revolution and the creation of a national health system by the Communist government.
Hundreds of Cuban doctors and nurses have worked for over a decade in Haiti which has battled a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 7,000 people since that country's 2010 earthquake.
Cuba lies closer to Haiti than any other Caribbean country, with the exception of the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with the crisis stricken country and has reported more than 20,000 cholera cases and 350 deaths since the Haiti epidemic began. (Editing by Tom Brown and Mohammad Zargham)


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Johnny Depp and Christian Bale emerge from two of the biggest blockbuster series of all time (Pirates of the Caribbean and Batman, respectively) to star in this crime drama from HEAT director Michael Mann. Depp stars as charismatic 1930s gangster John Dillinger, whose notorious bank robberies have turned him into a celebrity during the Depression era. The rise in crime has J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) desperate to have his newly created FBI take down gangsters such as Dillinger, "Pretty Boy" Floyd (Channing Tatum), and "Baby Face" Nelson (Stephen Graham). Enter Agent Melvin Purvis (Bale), an ambitious crimefighter sent to Chicago to capture Dillinger and his gang. The criminal has evaded the law before, but he is drawn to the Second City by the beautiful Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard).
Though PUBLIC ENEMIES boasts big names, it feels more like an arthouse offering than a typical gangster picture. With its intimately shot violence and 1930s setting, the film is more BONNIE AND CLYDE than GOODFELLAS. Mann and director of photography Dante Spinotti alternate between hand-held, high-quality digital cameras and more traditional film stock, giving this crime drama a carefully composed, thoroughly modern look. But the casting of the leads is vintage Hollywood: Depp could be the modern incarnation of silent star Rudolph Valentino, and Cotillards wide-eyed beauty--and talent--would fit right in with the starlets of the golden age. Everyone else, including Bale, fades into the background, but its hard to complain when Depp and Cotillard give such magnetic performances.
Cast List
Michael Mann - American Director/Producer
Christian Bale - Welsh actor, BATMAN BEGINS
Johnny Depp - American Actor - SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STR
Marion Cotillard
Jason Clarke - Actor, RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (2002)
Rory Cochrane - Actor/"Dazed & Confused"
Billy Crudup - Actor
Stephen Dorff - American Actor
Stephen Lang - American Supporting Actor
John Ortiz
Giovanni Ribisi - Actor
David Wenham
John Michael Bolger - Actor
Bill Camp
Matt Craven - American actor
Emilie de Ravin - Australian actress, LOST
Don Frye - Martial Arts Star
Spencer Garrett
Shawn Hatosy - Actor, JOHN Q, FAITH OF MY FATHERS
Peter Gerety - Actor, HOLLYWOOD ENDING (2002)
Stephen Graham - actor
Ronan Bennett - Screenwriter, LUCKY BREAK (2002)
Ann Biderman - Writer/"American Dreamer"
Kevin Misher - Producer, SCORPION KING (2002)
Bryan Burrough - Author
G. Mac Brown - LUCKY NUMBERS
Jane Rosenthal
Elliot Goldenthal
Dante Spinotti - Director of Photography
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 140
- Color Format: Color
- Genre: Drama
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: September 2018
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3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Depp and the vibrantly touching Cotillard give the relationship a potent intimacy....It's movie dynamite." - 07/09/2009 Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 4 -- "Director Michael Mann mounts a technically proficient, visually enthralling crime drama anchored by the low-key but captivating performance of Johnny Depp..." - 06/30/2009 USA Today
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "This Johnny Depp performance is something else....This is a very good film, with Depp and Bale performances of brutal clarity." - 06/30/2009 Chicago Sun-Times
"[A]n impressive film of great formal skill, one that inescapably has a brooding dark-night-of-the-soul quality about it....The beauty and skill of the filmmaking keep you tightly in its grasp." - 07/01/2009 Los Angeles Times
"Michael Mann's PUBLIC ENEMIES is a grave and beautiful work of art....It revisits with meticulous detail and convulsions of violence a short, frantic period in the life and bank-robbing times of John Dillinger..." - 07/01/2009 New York Times
"[M]arvelously detailed and meticulously crafted, an elegant evocation of Depression-era America and its fascination with crime." - 07/02/2009 Wall Street Journal
3 stars out of 4 -- "Johnny Depp continues to make great choices and plays Dillinger as both charming and sinister." - 06/30/2009 Premiere
4 stars out of 5 -- "[O]rdinary scenes become electrifying experiences as Mann takes an old story and makes it feel new and unexpected....Packed with fresh tension and atmosphere..." - 06/16/2009 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[Mann] has a strong eye for forensic detail that ramps up the vividness of the film." - 06/26/2009 Uncut