Currently I’m sitting in bed on the bottom floor of my aunt’s apartment in Portland, OR (not the other Portland, the one in Maine where I go to school). It’s almost a hundred degrees outside. I angle the shades to …
Local Mainer Kristie Freeman has always been in love with baking. While most people grew up with cartoons during the weekends, she was raised on baking shows. This sparked her passion for baking, which has grown into a successful career.…
In my first semester at Bowdoin, I learned a term in Intro to Sociology that still sticks with me: “breakdown in the definition of the situation.” Coined by Erving Goffman, it refers to moments when our usual social roles blur …
If you walk into Gibson Hall, you’ll most likely be greeted by the faint sounds of music from above or below you. Cozy and cramped, Gibson is home to Bowdoin’s music department. Throughout its existence, both musicians and music aficionados …
Multiple rumors of border control trucks near campus in the past few weeks have sparked conversations about what rights students have if approached by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or other federal agents.
For the first time, rising juniors and seniors used the Workday class registration system to create their class schedules for the fall 2025 semester this past week. The registration window for rising seniors opened at 7 a.m. on Monday, and …
When Lori Hashasian ’25 and her roommates returned to campus from spring break, they found hundreds of Asian lady beetles on the floors of their common spaces and bedrooms in Coles Tower.
The summer before my semester abroad was my first time away from the College for longer than a month since I matriculated. After spending my first year, then first summer and then sophomore year on campus, the College began to …