At the weekly Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) meeting last Wednesday, BSG Chair of the Treasury Chase Lenk ’26 presented on the Treasury Funding Commission’s (TFC) spending and proposed amendments to the TFC’s funding guidelines. In an interview with the Orient, …
The Bowdoin Emergency Medicine Club (BEMC), a McKeen Center for the Common Good on campus volunteer group, works to educate the campus about emergency medicine and connect students with community volunteer opportunities. The club is also working to create a …
On Saturday, the women’s rugby team (5–1) beat the Bishop’s University Gaiters (1–5) in a hard-fought 45–41 match, capping off a successful regular season.
As the Gaiters are in the Canadian league, a different division than the Polar Bears’ Division …
At my high school, homeroom was in the middle of the day. After two blocks of 85-minute classes, 20 something or other teenagers and I would come together for seven minutes in Room 302—a health classroom, with the CPR dummies …
With the increased prevalence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, faculty across campus have had to adopt AI policies in their syllabi. However, these policies are by no means standardized.
Some faculty have allowed the use of AI in certain …
As Workday Student fully rolls out as the College’s official course registration system, students and professors this semester are dealing with waitlists and changing courses on Workday for the first time.
The new system has changed how waitlists work for …
From orientation trip origin stories to intergenerational friendships, students at Bowdoin form friendships in unique ways.
An integral part of the Bowdoin first-year experience are orientation trips (o-trips). Whether students go on a trip with the Bowdoin Outing Club (BOC) …
A class action lawsuit filed over the summer alleges that Bowdoin, among other schools, has used its early decision admissions program to raise the cost of attendance. The lawsuit, filed on August 8 in the U.S. District Court for the …
Over the past two weeks, rising sophomores, juniors and seniors participated in the housing lottery for the 2025-26 academic year. The lottery consisted of Round 1 for rising seniors on April 7, Round 2 for rising juniors on April 10 …