Shihab Moral

Orient Staff — Class of 2026

Number of articles: 15

First Article: October 21, 2022

Latest Article: February 10, 2023

30 photos by Shihab Moral

**DRUCKS IN A ROW:** Stanley Druckenmiller '75 appears on Zoom in Druckenmiller Hall, which was named in honor of his grandfather. Druckenmiller gave advice to students interested in pursuing finance and discussed his opinions on government spending.

**IDEAS WORTH SPREADING:** Students, faculty, staff and alumni took the Kresge Auditorium stage last Saturday to speak about topics inspired by their passions and personal experience and how they intersect with the Common Good. The talks will be available online following publication by TEDx.

**BOWDOIN'S BOOKS:** Marieke Van Der Steenhoven speaks to members of the Association of Bowdoin Friends in Moulton Union.

**TWISTING AND TWIRLING:** Dylan Richmond '24 in dress rehearsal. Richmond's performance features dynamic props and staging elements, including textiles and digital media.

**GOBBLE TIL YOU WOBBLE:** Brunswick residents, faculty families and students all convene for the annual Thanksgiving dinner.

**THE WOMAN THAT LOVES YOU:** Michelle Zauner speaks in Kresge Auditorium. Her memoir, "Crying in H Mart," landed at number two on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list in its first week.

**1 2 3 4 GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR:** The South Asian Student Association celebrates Diwali with the Bowdoin community with food, music, dancing and sparkling lights.

**KIM'S COLLECTION:** Books in H-L Library's BIPOC display. In conjunction with Asian American Reckonings and the launch of RepresentASIAN, Hannah Kim '24 was chosen as the most recent student curator of the display.

**IN CONCERT:** Daphne Eckman performs at the Friend of a Friend Fest last April. The E-Board brought in musicians with connections to Bowdoin students for the festival and hopes to create similar events this year.

Admissions

Total applications reaches record high for Class of ’27

By Shihab Moral and Lily Randall • February 10, 2023

The College received a record high of 10,934 applications for the Class of 2027, marking the first admissions cycle to surpass the 10,000 mark. This represents a 16 percent increase, or an additional 1,556 applicants, from the total number of …

BSG

BSG unveils winter concert plans, strategizes student outreach objectives

By Shihab Moral • February 3, 2023

On Wednesday, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) convened to outline committee goals for the semester, as well as provide updates on projects from the fall semester.

Most notably, BSG President Susu Gharib ’23 and Vice President Francisco Adame Perez ’24 released …

BSG

BSG expands SAFC guidelines, opportunities to improve transparency

By Shihab Moral • November 18, 2022

On Wednesday, the Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) continued discussing the Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC) policy, upcoming events and C-Store changes.

Chair of the Treasury Kiley Briand ’25 announced a proposed revision in the SAFC guidelines to increase the maximum …

Talk of the Quad

Thoughts from the privileged poor

By Shihab Moral • November 11, 2022

I grew up in a working-class neighborhood a few minutes away from the Newark Airport. My father, a limousine driver, purchased the house right before the 2008 recession. As the mortgage payments rose and the foreclosure letters hit the mail, …

Sailing

Sailing team makes big waves at fall regattas

By Shihab Moral • October 21, 2022

After a slow start to the season, the sailing team has found great success in its latest regattas. After placing sixth out of 18 teams in the first round of the Women’s Atlantic Coast tournament at Brown, the team qualified …

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