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Number of articles: 9
First Article: September 29, 2023
Latest Article: April 26, 2024
Springtime birdsong and budding flowers have returned, giving me an excuse to turn off my music, put away my headphones and walk across campus with open ears. Usually, I listen to music automatically when I walk about campus. This week, …
I was feeling overwhelmed. My unfinished work had been piling up higher and higher. Now it felt as though the work was peering down at me from an intimidating seven-foot stature, with a disapproving look on its face. I had …
The first return to the dining hall after any break is overwhelming, suddenly seeing so many familiar faces. The power outage last weekend amplified that feeling and provided me with an opportunity to reflect on the value of being alone. …
When I was in high school, my rowing coach told me I needed to be more vulnerable. That was the last criticism I expected to hear. I valued vulnerability. I knew that opening up to people was how friendships were …
Clinginess may not be a desirable trait, but for velcro and for plants, their ability to cling is an asset. The market value of velcro, though, also depends on its ability to let go.
Letting go of things has never …
Over the centuries, there have been numerous theories to explain humor. How do Improvabilities, Office Hours and Purity Pact make us laugh, and why are our friends so outrageously funny? Philosophers have posited that feeling relief, feeling superiority or feeling …
I am not a particularly patient person, but as I sat at the train station last Thursday night, pondering at the wooden ceiling, there was no place I would have rather been.
In Bowdoin’s busy atmosphere, I have become accustomed …
Bowdoin’s maple trees drop their leaves to rest just as students hunker down to work. When will we stop to rest?
Every tree in Brunswick pauses its productivity in the winter to protect itself before returning to work in springtime. …
Last New Year’s Eve, my friend asked if I felt an unchanging “core identity” within myself. I said no, but she felt such a core. So why didn’t I?
I pondered her question as I flipped through activities and tried …
