Regardless of the results of Tuesday’s election, one outcome is nearly certain: 2024’s election will have been the most expensive on record. Over $2.5 billion has been spent on the presidential race alone, and millions have gone into Maine’s …
Last May, the “Bowdoin Solidarity Referendum” was passed with a 66.84 percent supermajority of the 1,366 students who voted. The referendum—spearheaded by Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)—asked the College to take an institutional stand against the …
As Family Weekend commences, students across campus will have the opportunity to show their loved ones their dorm room, their favorite study spots and the College’s museums. With all this excitement, it is important to be conscious of varying family …
As course registration season approaches, we mourn our last semester with Polaris as our primary source for creating our class schedule. As we think about the Workday transition for fall 2025 registration, we can’t help but feel overwhelmed and …
The 2024 General Election is only 38 days away. As you walk around campus, the approaching election may appear obvious, with Bowdoin Votes regularly tabling and partisan student organizations hosting community events. Though these signs suggest a politically active community, …
Last April, a student accessed the personal records of current and past students—which included a limited number of students’ medical records—through the “Microwave,” Bowdoin’s shared storage server. The student promptly reported the accessed information to the Chief Information Officer …
Beginning this academic year, a vending machine providing free Plan B, along with condoms, lubricant, pregnancy tests, Covid-19 antigen tests, ibuprofen and other health products, is located on the third floor of the Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness. …
As first years sat on the Main Quad listening to President Safa Zaki deliver her remarks—welcoming the Class of 2028 into all that Bowdoin College has to offer—many of you likely couldn’t help but think about what these four years …
We came to the Orient from many different places. (Boston, five miles outside of Boston, ten miles outside of Boston, Cambridge, extending all the way to Winchestah, Andovah and Pittsburgh, sure, and some other places.)
“It ought always to be remembered, that literary institutions are founded and endowed for the common good, and not for the private advantage of those who resort to them for education,” President Joseph McKeen said in his 1802 inaugural address. …