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This week last year, our Editorial Board felt it pressing, in the week following Bowdoin’s announcement of a record number of applications received, to urge the College to end its practice of preferencing legacy status in the admissions process. Following …
Portland, Maine, is currently in the midst of a homelessness crisis. Housing has been becoming increasingly unaffordable—a problem no doubt worsened by the recent influx of remote workers from out of state—and incoming asylum seekers have been straining city resources…
Prolonged existence within cold environments feeds the ego. Or, at least, this has been my experience since hitting the hot and dusty, eastbound out of Los Angeles and settling in Maine last fall. And before I’m met with any gripes …
Despite his contributions to addressing the struggles of being Black in America, Bowdoin College’s first Black student, John Brown Russwurm (Class of 1826), has been erased, hidden and overlooked by the College. During his lifetime (1799-1851), Russwurm taught Black history …
If you close your eyes and picture someone surfing, you may visualize the tropical, turquoise waters of Hawaii or the sun-scorched, mile-long beaches of the West Coast. Maybe you even know a thing or two about surfing and think about …
Last Saturday night, the men’s hockey team defeated Colby in front of a sold-out Sidney J. Watson Arena. Over 1,900 students, alumni and community members came to show their support for Bowdoin. Alumni tickets sold out in under two hours. …
Have you ever been to Scarlet Begonias? Wait, have you even heard of Scarlet Begonias? Not the song; the eponymous restaurant a 10-minute walk from campus, by the train station.
Sadly, if you’re a current student here, your answer to …
Returning to the snowy, sleepy town of Brunswick, Maine in the middle of the winter—especially for those who spend break in a large, bustling city—can feel a little bit like going into hibernation. The sidewalks are slippery, the air is …
Dear Senators King and Collins,
We need a permanent ceasefire in Palestine now. As of November 30, over 15,000 Palestinians—including more than 6,150 children—have been murdered by the state of Israel. All of this has taken place in …
With the end of another semester comes another Bowdoin Orient Student Survey (BOSS). When you all filled it out (we hope), you may have noticed a new set of questions asking Polar Bears about their habits around generative artificial intelligence …
