Cora Dow

Staff Writer — Class of 2024

Number of articles: 6

First Article: September 25, 2020

Latest Article: May 14, 2021

35 photos by Cora Dow

**BEST OF BECHDEL:** Alison Bechdel addresses an audience in Kresge Auditorium. Bechdel is an acclaimed graphic memoirist who deals with topics of gender and sexuality. She was introduced by President Rose.

**SEEKING SOVEREIGNTY:** A student writes a letter to a Maine legislator demanding tribal sovereignty for Wabanaki people. On Wednesday, the Bowdoin Democrats and Native American Students Association (NASA) held space for students to reach out to Maine officials regarding tribal sovereignty laws.

**DISMANTLING THE CHAIN:** Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Ayodeji Ogunnaike introduces his brother, Oludamini Ogunnaike, a professor at the University of Virginia. on Monday. Oludamini Ogunnaike spoke about the influence of Western racism and colonial power structures on academia today. His mission is to defy Western-centric patterns of thinking in academics.

**DISMANTLING THE CHAIN:** On Monday, professor Oludamini Ogunnaike spoke about the influence of Western racism and colonial power structures on academia today.

**reassessing assessments:** Professor in the Natural Sciences Barry Logan has changed the way he thinks about evaluating student work in the wake of the pandemic.

**HOLISTIC JUSTICE:** The Nature Conservancy of Maine hosted a Women in Climate talk to discuss the importance of intersectionality in climate and social justice.

**READING THE FINE PRINT:** Museumgoer in the Museum of Art exhibition “Helen Frankenthaler and Jo Sandman: Without Limits." The museum features the two groundbreaking printmakers.

**beyond quarantine:** Zoe Stilphen '22 and Adele Metres '24 have been experiencing a range of long Covid symptoms following testing positive on campus last spring.

**OPEN YOUR THIRD EYE:** Student Reiki Clinic leaders practice and speak about Reiki.

**TAKE A SEAT:** Multimedia artist Kukola Koiki presents on her work as it relates to her identity and her experience as a Nigerian-American woman in Beam Classroom on Tuesday evening. She also did a workshop with the Printmaking I class.

**PINKIE PRIDE:** Leaders of the Rotaract Club table in Smith Union to raise funds for End Polio Now on Purple Pinkie Day as the club’s first event of the year. (Left to right) Ryan Kang '25, Shayla Pham '25 and Diego DeSousa '25 show off their purple pinkies in support of the event.

**DESTROYING DIVISIONS:** Monica Guzmán ’05 talks in Kresge about her work bridging political divides through her writing. Guzmán was the Opinion Editor of the Bowdoin Orient while a Bowdoin student.

**GRANDMAS GETTIN’ IT DONE:** Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights visit campus for a teach-in with the Bowdoin Reproductive Justice Coalition on Tuesday. They focused on anti-abortion centers and how to recognize the rhetoric of legitimate Planned Parenthood support.

**READING RIVERA** Gabby Rivera, author of the young adult novel “Juliet Takes a Breath,” spoke at Kresge auditorium on Wednesday in a LASO sponsored event. Rivera is also the creator of the 2017-2018 Marvel Comic “America,” which features Marvel’s first Latin American LGBTQ+ character.

**FOOD IS WHERE THE HEART IS:** Cliff Ridley, known amongst dining hall employees as "Thorne Papa", stands in the middle of Thorne Dining Hall. Four student dining employees stand next to him and smile. Ridley comments on the strong relationships he's built with students over the years.

**LITERARY LITURGY:** Magali Armillas-Tiseyra speaks on the influence of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the Shannon room on Wednesday.

**POLLING THE PEOPLE:** Karlyn Bowman talks about the importance of polling to gauge public opinion, especially coming into the midterm elections. The talk on Monday evening drew a significant crowd to learn more about the fundamentals of polling.

**FOR THE LOVE OF LEARNING** Dr. Bettina Love lectures on abolitionist teaching in Kresge auditorium. Her lecture focused on the history and analysis of a broken system and how education can move forward in the future.

**TESTING, TESTING, 21-22** After initially planning to only test students for Covid-19 once a month, the College instituted mandatory testing twice per week for much of the academic year following a surge of cases in early September.

**VILE VIAL** The administration is still unsure of the exact measures that will be taken next year, but they hope to loosen restrictions even further over the summer and fall, eventually moving away from surveillance testing altogether.

**A STRUMMING SUCCESS:** From the left, Conor Padmanabhan ’25, Coach Vineet Shende and Sejal Prachand ’24 perform in their classical guitar group. Monday’s Chamberfest featured a wide variety of musical groups.

**STRANGERS NO MORE:** Mistaken for Strangers was the first band to take the stage at the Ivies Main Quad Day, in which six bands performed. The performances were not limited to solely student bands, but a professor-led band, Racer X, also serenaded students with classics like Toto’s “Africa.”

**FUNGI FUN:** The Mycorrhizal Minds talk was the first part of Mushroom Fest. The second part, the Earth Day Fair, is today from 1:00-4:30 p.m. on Main Quad.

**OUT OF THIS WORLD:** Scientist and actor Dr. Aomawa Shields described her planetary research and career path in this year’s Kibbe Science Lecture.

**Trove of Tales:** The New Books alcove of the Hawthorne Longfellow Library features some of the most popular reads on campus, many of which were selected by BIPOC students who curated thir own literary collections.

**FROM ADAMS HALL TO AUGUSTA?:** Sophomore Andrew Kaleigh smiles proudly as he thinks about the road ahead. On Thursday, Kaleigh officially announced his campaign for the Maine House of Representatives.

**GETTING TO WORK:** Portland City Councillor Victoria Pelletier discusses social justice activism.

**IN THE RUNNING:** Mirna Valerio came to campus and was part of several events throughout the day on Thursday, including two meals with students. She has worked her entire career to make the marathon community more inclusive.

**BACK AT BOWDOIN:** Eric Guiang '18 was a student officer for the Bowdoin Outing Club, and he now returns to the College to be an assistant director.

**BACK TO YELLOW:** The College hopes to return to Green status on Monday.

**talking and remembering:** Beverly Tatum, with Kristina Bethea Odejimi, spoke at the annual MLK lecture.

COVID-19

Students finish honors projects amid pandemic delays

By Cora Dow • May 14, 2021

As a compressed and atypical academic year comes to an end, some graduating seniors are wrapping up their honors projects despite delays caused by limited access to laboratories and difficulty obtaining sources remotely. For seniors conducting scientific research, the pandemic’s biggest impact on their work was the closure of on-campus labs last summer.

Climate Change

Sunrise Bowdoin hosts climate justice panel

By Cora Dow • March 12, 2021

On Wednesday, Sunrise Bowdoin hosted “Envisioning Climate Justice: A Progressive Policy Panel.” The event featured Hannah Vogel, staffer for Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey; Arjun Krishnaswami from the National Resources Defense Council and 2020 Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins.

Film

Bowdoin Film Society plans programming and Journal of Cinema release

By Cora Dow • March 5, 2021

The Bowdoin Film Society looks forward to re-engaging the College community with cinema through the inaugural launch of Bowdoin Journal of Cinema in May. The Journal is an extension of the Bowdoin Film Society, and came about after Society member Kate McKee ’22 reached out to Finn McGannon ’23, one of the Society’s officers late last fall.

Black Lives Matter

Beverly Tatum H’06 speaks to Bowdoin community in annual MLK lecture

By Cora Dow • February 19, 2021

This Wednesday, over 50 years after Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to the Bowdoin community in May of 1964, the annual lecture commemorating King took place online, featuring renowned speaker and author Beverly Tatum, H’06. Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, is the author of the bestselling book “Why Are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria” and a leading speaker on issues of race and racism.

NASA

Native American Heritage Month to begin virtually next week

By Cora Dow • November 6, 2020

In their third year co-running the Native American Student Association (NASA), Amanda Cassano ’22 and Sunshine Eaton ’22 are taking the lead in organizing events to celebrate Native American Heritage Month this November. The first event, on November 9, will feature Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) in a virtual conversation with the Bowdoin community.

College Houses

Zoom, Quiplash and Kahoot: College Houses navigate programming a new normal

By Cora Dow and Kyle Moeller • September 25, 2020

With most first years living on campus and a majority of sophomores, the House residents during a typical semester, remote, the College Houses are facing a unique set of challenges in facilitating and building community this fall.

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