Back in January, I signed my name on a piece of paper and joined the 82 percent of Bowdoin College’s student Residential Life (ResLife) staff that would submit a petition to President Safa Zaki to announce our formation of a …
Yesterday marked one year since Evan Gershkovich ’14 was wrongfully detained by Russian authorities on espionage charges. Gershkovich reported for the Wall Street Journal and is the first U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia on espionage charges since the …
In most respects, Bowdoin is the environmentally-minded college it’s touted to be, but it is falling short in one crucial area: It sells disposable plastic water bottles on campus and distributes them to sports teams for their travels. These products …
Recall the warm feeling that bubbles up in your stomach and blossoms into a shy smile on the offhand occasion that you are awarded a simple “good work.” Praise lights us up inside. Offering praise to someone, usually someone to …
Before spring break, student staff in the Office of Residential Life announced that, with 82 percent of staff support, we are filing to form a union. Following that announcement, Bowdoin chose not to voluntarily recognize our union; instead, it hired …
John Winthrop, lauded by the likes of Cotton Mather as the “Moses” of the American people, introduced what would soon become the American holy commandments in his sermon “A Model of Christian Charity.” He preached that “We must …
This year, the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLaS) program celebrated its 25th anniversary at Bowdoin. This weekend will be packed with programming, including speakers, a concert and the College’s first-ever bilingual theater production.
Yesterday President Safa Zaki sent an email to the Bowdoin community with details about the search for the College’s next senior vice president and dean for student affairs. The College has retained the search firm WittKieffer to assist with …