In the weeks after seeing “Past Lives,” I waited for some kind of overwhelming emotion to strike down on me to feel shattered by some inescapable sadness. This exercise of predicting my own emotions was foolish. Emotion recedes, it hammers …
The Nordic skiing team finished third out of eleven teams and with two podium finishes at the Harvard Carnival last weekend. In Friday’s 15k classic race, Emma Crum ’26 and Zachary Ennis ’23 both took third-place finishes. Jori …
Dance music, cheers and whoops filled Farley Field House on Sunday. For the first time, all 17 women’s sports teams participated in the National Girls and Women in Sports Day event hosted by the College. Around 100 girls in first …
Max Russo ’24 is leaving his competition in the dust this season. Last weekend, Russo broke the school and state record in the 600m at the Maine State Championship and achieved a personal best in the 400m (49.11) at the …
Last Friday, the men’s basketball team (7–14; 1–6 NESCAC) seized its first NESCAC win this season against Bates College (3–18; 0–7 NESCAC) in Morrell Gym. The team is looking to translate this home court energy into road wins at its …
On Monday, the Department of Athletics and the Leadership and Empowerment through Athletic Principles (LEAP) initiative brought former Division I basketball player Kaleb Joseph to campus to talk about mental health and student athletics. In his speech titled “From Pain …
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 …
Last Friday in Morrell Gym, the women’s basketball team (19–1; 6-–0 NESCAC) took down Connecticut College (5-–14; 0–6 NESCAC) 57–42 to maintain its perfect record in conference play. The Polar Bears jumped from a slim lead in the first …