Following Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, students and faculty felt largely bewildered and distressed, especially in response to the inaugural speeches and the flurry of executive orders that followed.
“I love telling stories. I love listening to stories. I love thinking about why people tell the stories they do,” Jaed Coffin said. “I love the way that stories shape the world we live in.” Today, Coffin uses his storytelling …
As students gathered in Kresge Auditorium for a series of presentations during this year’s Sophomore Bootcamp, they not only gained the typical tools for writing cover letters and resumes but also learned how to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their …
When I first got to college, my go-to icebreaker question was, “Do you live to eat or eat to live?” Coming from Singapore, where food is an integral part of the culture and all of my friends “lived to eat,” …
In August 2023, I boarded a flight to Paris, France and set off to spend my junior year abroad. As I jetted into the cloudy sky and nervously anticipated the year to come, I thought about what I hoped to …
My mom is driving. She’s trailing our family friend’s grey car as it inches along a winding road of snow and mud. A storm blew through a few days earlier, depositing five inches of snow—winter’s first. And it’s forcing our …
In previous columns, we have focused on how understanding our fears can help us live with them. Is this the only way? This week, we explored healing with Kate Nicholson, the assistant director of student wellness programs and coordinator of …
Unbeknownst to many, within the white house with green shutters at 63 Federal Street in Brunswick, one of the most consequential novels in American history was written.
This house is none other than the former residence of the author Harriet …
The Town of Brunswick is in the process of writing a new Climate Action Plan (CAP) to revamp out-of-date initiatives and set new goals for the coming decades.
After receiving a grant from the State of Maine Governor’s Office of …
This week, we’re going to derail a bit from our usual shenanigans of airing various historical figures’ dirty (and bloody) laundry. Instead of exposing the blemishes on someone’s character, we’ll be talking about a leader with a bad rep who …