class of 2024
Four years later, seniors, community reflect on college, connection and Covid-19 experience
In August 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, days before the Class of 2024 arrived on Bowdoin’s campus, then-College President Clayton Rose sent a video to incoming students’ inboxes. In the video, Rose stands alone in a dimly …
Editing Life and Film
Every movie, everywhere, all at once
“You will be bored of him in two years, and we will be interesting forever.” Jo March pleads with her sister Meg to stay in “Little Women,” Greta Gerwig’s 2019 take on the classic novel, which remains near the forefront …
Student Life
Three students on a mission to rethink student loan debt with their educational start-up
While other senior students might be working on job applications and going through numerous interviews, three seniors found themselves scouring for seed funding, working on elevator pitches and contacting lawyers to create a registered company. After graduating, David Ma ’24, …
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Spoiler alert: Bowdoin is nothing like the Jersey Shore
It had been three months since the lockdown was announced in Metro Manila, and suffice it to say we were all going stir-crazy. Our hands were exhausted from the trend of whipping coffee, our eyes were red from Zoom school …
How can you not be romantic about sports?
January 11, 2024—I am an absolute mess. Tears slide down my face as I slowly chip away at my now-salty chicken parm sandwich. I quickly dry my eyes in my sleeve just as my mom walks into the kitchen to …