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Cross country posts podium finishes at Keene State Invitational
Last week on October 3, the Bowdoin men’s and women’s cross country team posted several podium finishes at the Keene State Invitational. Racing against 27 other teams, the women’s team claimed second place with 54 points, 21 points behind No. …
Lecture
Daniel Blinderman speaks on legacies and lessons from authoritarianism in the South
On October 5, University of Virginia Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Blinderman gave a talk in the Visual Arts Center’s Beam Classroom titled “American Authoritarianism: Lessons and Legacies from the Origins of Jim Crow.” During this lecture, Blinderman compared the current state …
Library
Should Bowdoin honor George Mitchell?
Should Bowdoin continue to honor former Sen. George Mitchell by having Hawthorne-Longfellow Library’s Special Collections and Archives named after him?
My question is prompted by the University of Maine (UMaine)’s announcement last week that they are renaming all campus programs …
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