Election
Students react to “blue wave” in midterm elections
On Tuesday, Americans across the country voted in local, state and federal midterm elections. For the Bowdoin community, elections included candidates running for Brunswick’s school board, town council, Maine state representative and senator, Governor and U.S. Representative and Senator.
Troy …
Seaside Reflections
To love is to become
The insatiable thirst for logic when it comes to the sentimental is misguided. We analyze the unexplainable risks turning us into spectators of our own lives, like scientists whose experiments are their own experiences. How much might we refrain from …
Volleyball
Volleyball defeats Bates, advances to Tufts rematch
On October 30, the Bowdoin volleyball team (15–9; 5–5 NESCAC) extended their win streak to five matches with a decisive three-set victory over Bates College (11–9; 2–8 NESCAC).
The Polar Bears took command of the match early with a team-high …
Poll
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Suspended in liminal space
Last week, as I took my mother-prescribed “get outside, it’s beautiful out” walk, I pushed past Saint John’s Cemetery on Pine Street and onto the Brunswick Landing Perimeter Trail. Initially, it was just like any other walk—the breath of fresh …
At the heart of dinners
As I have begun to settle into the rhythms of Bowdoin, one constant comfort in the somewhat distressing, yet exciting process of finding my place at this school is the dinners. That is not to say that I always like …