Diego Velasquez

Orient Staff

Number of articles: 6

First Article: January 31, 2020

Latest Article: May 1, 2020

14 photos by Diego Velasquez

**WORK IN PROGRESS:** Glass ’20 is making progress on a long-term sculpture project in her advanced studio course. She hopes to harness a wide range of materials to create a final product which reevaluates the home environment.

**LAND OF THE FREE, HOME OF THE (POLAR) BEARS:** The men’s hockey team lines up for the national anthem in front of a packed crowd at Watson Arena last year.

**OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN:** Tommy Dunleavy ’20, scans the offensive zone looking for a pass in a 4-1 loss to Colby last year. Although he didn't participate, his former teammates put aside grudges to participate in a mixed scrimmage with Colby last weekend.

**GOING FORWARD** Amani Hite ’20 (right) moderates the “Black Contributions to Culture, Politics, and American Life” conversation between Associate Professor of English Guy Mark Foster (center) and Assistant Professor of Government Chryl Laird.

**CALLING ON COLLINS** Sophia Salzer ’21 holds a sign at the protest on Thursday at Senator Susan Collins’ office in Portland over her stance on calling witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Senate.

**CALL FORTH THE WITNESS** Maddie Hikida ’22, the organizer of Thursday’s protests in Portland, reaches to hand over the protestors’ list of demands expresssing concern about the Senator Susan Collins’ vote in Trump’s impeachment hearing and her accountability to Maine citizenry.

**CALLING ON COLLINS** Students enter the office of Senator Susan Collins in Portland.

**CALL FORTH THE WITNESS** Students gather outside Senator Susan Collins' office.

**EVASIVE MANEUVERS:** Men’s basketball captain Zavier Rucker ’20 dribbles away from a Babson defender in a 76-66 home loss to the Beavers last Sunday. The team has started the season 3-4 ahead of the start of NESCAC play in January.

**CHOO CHOO** Brunsiwck community members participate in an activity about transportation issues at an open house Monday.

**LEAVING NO TRACE:** Mariah Reading ’16 set out to pursue environmental advocacy through art as an interpretive park ranger following her graduation from Bowdoin. Her pop-up exhibit “Landscapes, Not Landfills,” was on display this Wednesday and Thursday in the Edwards Center for Art and Dance.

**FAMILY AFFAIR** Janaki Nair, a professor from Jawaharlal Nehru University in India, addresses the crowd during her lecture in Kresge Auditorium.

**RETHINKING ART:** Laurette McCarthy challenged the audience to consider the social and historical factors that shaped the growth of modernism.

Coronavirus

Ninety sophomores withdraw from fall study abroad

By Diego Velasquez • May 1, 2020

Anticipating complications with the fall 2020 semester due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Office of Off-Campus Study (OCS) has recommended that current sophomores reconsider their study away plans and has given them until mid-to-late-June to do so.

Bowdoin Student Government

BSG holds constitutional referendum remotely

By Diego Velasquez • April 17, 2020

Due to the College’s transition to remote learning, students will virtually vote on the referendum to the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) constitution between April 17 and April 19. The changes to the constitution fall under two categories: restructuring BSG’s assembly and clarifying the language in its constitution.

Bowdoin Student Government

SAFC reopens budget requests for the remainder of the spring semester

By Diego Velasquez • April 10, 2020

Student organizations can once again request funds for club activities despite the College’s move to remote learning, the Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC) announced on Tuesday in an email to club leaders. Chair of the Treasury for Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) Charlotte Hall ’20 oversees the SAFC, which is responsible for allocating funds to student groups and organizations throughout the year.

Anthony Jack demands more of higher education

By Diego Velasquez • February 21, 2020

Anthony Jack, assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, nearly broke into song as he spoke in front of a packed audience in Kresge Auditorium on Wednesday. With three fingers pressed against his palm and his pointer extended, he painted the air with his outstretched arm while addressing the crowd.

Faculty

Chryl Laird to publish book about Black political behavior

By Diego Velasquez • February 14, 2020

Teaching a full course load, firing back against Twitter trolls and publishing a book eight years in the making—Assistant Professor of Government and Legal Studies Chryl Laird is doing it all. On February 25, Laird and Ismail K.

Maine Politics

Students sit in at Senator Collins’ office to demand action ahead of impeachment vote

By Diego Velasquez • January 31, 2020

With the sun dipping below the skyline in downtown Portland, temperatures fell below freezing as 13 Bowdoin students and Southern Maine community members shifted uneasily, half trying to stay warm, half nervous for the political action they were about to undertake.

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Diego Velasquez

Orient Staff

14 photos by Diego Velasquez

Coronavirus

Ninety sophomores withdraw from fall study abroad

Bowdoin Student Government

BSG holds constitutional referendum remotely

Bowdoin Student Government

SAFC reopens budget requests for the remainder of the spring semester

Anthony Jack demands more of higher education

Faculty

Chryl Laird to publish book about Black political behavior

Maine Politics

Students sit in at Senator Collins’ office to demand action ahead of impeachment vote