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Presidential Candidates
Alex Kruse ’26
Hi Bears! My name is Alex Kruse, and I am running for Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) president. You may recognize me from my involvement in BSG, leading the American Sign Language Club or helping you …
On March 27, President Safa Zaki and Chair of the Board of Trustees Scott Perper received a letter from the House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and Workforce addressing the College’s response to antisemitism on campus.
The committee demanded that …
I recently met with the Dean for International Students to update my legal information. After multiple rounds of small talk, she congratulated me on my recent change of status and asked if I had any other concerns. Thoughts flashed through …
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It is Bowdoin Orient policy to not remove any article published on our website except “in extraordinary circumstances.” While we believe in the journalistic principle that underpins this policy—that the public is best served by the uninterrupted and …
Last Thursday, under the pretense of combating antisemitism, the House Committee on Workforce and Education asked Bowdoin President Safa Zaki and Board of Trustees Chair Scott Perper for three tranches of unredacted student disciplinary files.
The House Committee letter is …
We write as faculty and staff concerned about new and escalating incidents of violence, intimidation, defamation and harassment that attempt to restrict free speech. Such incidents in recent weeks have been directed at students and members of our community who …
When I was concentrating in international relations as a Government and Legal Studies major at the College, I was encouraged to look at the world with curiosity and a willingness to understand different perspectives. My classes were built on the …
In May 2024, students overwhelmingly voted to request that the College issue a statement on scholasticide, disclose its exposure to arms, divest from a list of arms manufacturers and reconstitute a social responsibility committee that was dissolved in 1998. After …
What is living a life of principles if not making a series of comparisons? In determining that some lifestyle confers greater benefits on oneself than another, one must compare the two lifestyles, weigh their virtues and vices and choose a …
Tomorrow, the bill LD 975: “An Act to Repeal Laws Allowing Abortion and to Criminalize Abortion,” will be introduced to the 132nd Maine Legislature. Sponsored by Representative Abigail Griffin and co-sponsored by Representative Michael Lemelin, this legislation seeks to repeal …
