As I have begun to settle into the rhythms of Bowdoin, one constant comfort in the somewhat distressing, yet exciting process of finding my place at this school is the dinners. That is not to say that I always like …
Last week, as I took my mother-prescribed “get outside, it’s beautiful out” walk, I pushed past Saint John’s Cemetery on Pine Street and onto the Brunswick Landing Perimeter Trail. Initially, it was just like any other walk—the breath of fresh …
Jasmine Decrem ’28 and Giovanni Grassi ’28 met in Organic Chemistry I last fall. Their first collaboration was an organic chemistry remix of “Beauty and the Beat,” performed in Smith Union for Senior Lecturer in Chemistry Michael Danahy.
From the highly anticipated Senate race between Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Troy Jackson to Brunswick local elections, there are many candidates to choose from in this year’s election cycle. As Election Day approaches on Nov. 3, the …
Along the banks of the Androscoggin River, thousands of dead alewives marked the aftermath of another deadly migration through the Brunswick Dam. Nearly a decade after a similar incident in 2016 exposed deficiencies in the dam’s fish passage systems, the …
With less than two weeks until Election Day, five candidates are competing for two at-large seats on the Brunswick Town Council, the body that sets the town’s budget, zoning and housing policy, from Maine Street sidewalks to Bowdoin’s own building …
The Bowdoin Organic Garden (BOG) operates on two plots: the main one at 52 Harpswell Rd. and a smaller one behind Osher Hall and West Hall, called the South Street Garden. It is managed by Organic Garden Supervisor Lisa Beneman, …
At the beginning of the academic year, Harvard College dean David J. Deming sent a school-wide email proposing a policy that encouraged professors across all departments to use AI, including in writing courses. Inevitably, this led to immediate backlash from …
I once asked an elementary school student why he hadn’t completed the math worksheet his teacher had assigned. “Because I’m a bad kid,” he responded with a shrug. I’ve heard similar expressions about other students I’ve tutored or mentored, sometimes …