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At the interface between the public and private world, window sills are strange, beautiful spaces. Collectors of curated chaos, they are an assemblage of the tender excesses of our everydays: dried flowers, pill bottles, Asian lady beetles and a healthy …
Let’s play a game! Read the following statement and guess the context: “A little rain never hurt anybody.” Is this a message directed to students to try and motivate them to go outside and do manual labor? Or is it …
Ascending past the Polar Bear statue to the entrance of Sargent Gymnasium, the echoes of bouncing balls guide you to a vast room patterned by an expansive matrix of court lines. Sargent is a dynamic space hosting a variety of …
When the alarm finally rang, I didn’t expect it to be a car crash. I’d been a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) at Harpswell Neck Fire Department for five months, more than a full semester, and had not yet received …
There was a woodpecker on the tree closest to my bedroom window on Sunday morning. His pecking sounded over the constant drizzling rain, becoming my very own aviary alarm, coaxing me in and out of sleep. His pecking reminded me …
If you live off-campus, your neighbors might be Bowdoin faculty or staff. A number of faculty members live within walking distance of the campus, which has not only been convenient for them but has also added to the sense of …
Staying on campus over the summer? Here’s the inside scoop of how to make the most of it, straight from fellow students who have lived the experience.
Your stay on campus starts with a move.
Aurélie Nishimwe ’26 remembers the …
Lying beneath the manicured Main Quad of campus lies a hidden world: A network of steam tunnels, long shrouded in myth and the scene of much mischief, inspiring generations of student curiosity and exploration.
These steam tunnels were first proposed …
Randy Nichols, associate vice president of the office of safety and security, was late to his final interview with the Orient. Sporting polarized shades and his signature khakis, he strode up hurriedly and apologized profusely. There was an incident on …
Today, social media apps like TikTok are dominated by the phrase “you ate”; a phrase so common that it has now taken its own form as, at least to me, a sentient being with her own voice. All comments with …
