Drew MacDonald

Orient Staff — Class of 2020

Number of articles: 4

First Article: January 25, 2019

Latest Article: December 5, 2019

2 photos by Drew MacDonald

**Giving liberally** Bowdoin employees contributed the second lowest amount of NESCAC schools to political campaigns in the 2016 election cycle, with none of those donations going to conservative candidates or groups.

**Taking a seat** Data from the Office of the Registrar shows the percent of classes offered by each department that reached or exceeded capacity over the last three semesters. On the more competitive side, the computer science department has filled more than half of its courses—a stark contrast to the six departments that haven’t filled a class in the last year and a half. While computer science acknowledges over-enrollment as a problem hindering the department, others feel it is not an issue as long as they are addressing the needs of their majors.

Approval ratings

Approval rating for President Rose drops, Orient survey shows

By Gwen Davidson, Rohini Kurup and Drew MacDonald • December 5, 2019

This week, the Orient sent out its biannual approval rating survey, known as the Bowdoin Orient Student Survey, to gauge student opinion on campus institutions. The survey was sent to all 1,973 students and yielded 504 responses (25.5 percent).

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Registration

Computer science, art classes most requested for spring

By Gwen Davidson and Drew MacDonald • November 22, 2019

The first round of course registration for the spring semester closed on Monday.

Computer Science filled the most classes of any department, with 66.7 percent of classes at full capacity or higher. Next were Visual Arts (58.3 percent), Neuroscience (42.9 …

Orient spring approval ratings

By Drew MacDonald, Nimra Siddiqui and George Grimbilas • May 3, 2019

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Midyear approval ratings

By Drew MacDonald and Gideon Moore • January 25, 2019

This past week, the Orient sent out its semesterly approval ratings survey. The survey was sent to all 1,805 students and yielded 475 responses (26.3 percent). Support for the Brunswick Police Department declined sharply from last year amid controversy over …

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