Orient Staff
Orient Staff
Number of articles: 17
First Article: May 3, 2024
Latest Article: December 5, 2025
BOSS
BOSS reveals increased AI usage, campus reactions to recent events and Hastings Initiative
Introduction
“Do you give a damn?” For 86.7 percent of respondents to this semester’s Bowdoin Orient Student Survey (BOSS), the answer is yes. Drawing from 336 anonymous respondents across all class years, the survey captured student sentiment on a variety …
First-year survey: Class of 2029 talks Workday, academics and AI
Demographics
Just a month into their college careers, the Class of 2029 is already making its mark on campus. In the sixth annual First-Year Student Survey (FYSS), the Bowdoin Orient gathered data to learn more about the newest Polar Bears.…
BOSS
BOSS discusses encampment, AI and Workday
Introduction
In this edition of the biannual Bowdoin Orient Student Survey (BOSS), 378 students shared their opinions on the Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) encampment, the transition to Workday, AI usage, favorite dining hall ice cream …
BOSS
BOSS talks AI, ad hoc, alcohol and approval
The biannual Bowdoin Orient Student Survey is back with findings on student opinions about College events and issues. Through an anonymous survey, 335 students shared their views on the Ad Hoc Committee on Investments and Responsibility, political leanings after …
2024 Election
2024 Election Survey: 91 percent of students, faculty and staff support Harris
November 5 is upon us. Tensions are high, but the Orient is here to break down all the information about Bowdoin’s political opinions.
This year, the Orient conducted an election survey of the Bowdoin community that included students, faculty and …
First-year survey: Class of 2028 shares Covid, career and civic opinions
The Class of 2028 has taken on Brunswick, Maine, but who are they really? In this year’s First-Year Student Survey (FYSS), the Bowdoin Orient digs into the facts and opinions of the first-year class.
Members of the Class of 2028 …
BOSS
Students express changing opinions on Counseling, E-Board, AI
GPA inflation, artificial intelligence, counseling and Good Will Hunting: Bowdoin students shared their opinions on these topics and more in the spring 2024 Bowdoin Orient Student Survey (BOSS).
Demographics
This semester’s BOSS yielded 311 responses. Of the respondents, about 30 …