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Look up. Is it a ceiling that presses back down towards your skull? Or perhaps you are greeted by the brisk expanse of blue, speckled with myriad oranges, reds, browns and yellows: that iconic earth tone palette ritually gathering …
The year was 2010. I was five years old and finally allowed to watch television (my mother had a strict “no TV” rule until then). Quickly, my little mind was captivated. At first by the commercials advertising toys I would …
Dirt cake, Grandma and a wind-up lobster. These aren’t just things you may witness walking down the mean streets of Maine but essential components to Nick Jr.’s 2002 show “Max and Ruby.” If this show wasn’t a staple of your …
Editor’s Note 10/17/25 at 3:18 p.m.: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that George Pottle ’32 fell off the roof of Searles Hall instead of the Bowdoin Observatory. The quote has been removed to reflect this.
While walking …
Some Friday evening deep into the throes of each semester, cocktail dresses, wrinkled suits and funky corduroy pants find an occasion to emerge: Student Night at the Museum. Among charcuterie spreads and a bar calling back to some Great Gatsbyian …
Every day, students walking through the lobby of Morrell Gymnasium on their way to class or any of their other commitments pass by a large glass case in which a taxidermied polar bear lies. This bear was gifted by the …
With the increased prevalence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, faculty across campus have had to adopt AI policies in their syllabi. However, these policies are by no means standardized.
Some faculty have allowed the use of AI in certain …
During my first and second semesters at Bowdoin, I was a grill assistant at Jack Magee’s Pub and Grill. One of the highlights of my job was getting to learn from and work with incredible chefs like Theresa Tetreault, who …
What Mark Mateo ’26 describes as a controversial component of the modern Peucinian Society is also the group’s most time-honored tradition: moderated discourse in which no opinions are dismissed outright.
Founded in 1805 as the Philomathian Society, the Peucinian …
At sunrise in Rosemary Beach, Fla., I feel the chilly salt air in my face and the security of feeling as though I have the world to myself. Looking out at the white sand meeting the ocean, I feel content, …
