With less than two weeks until Election Day, five candidates are competing for two at-large seats on the Brunswick Town Council, the body that sets the town’s budget, zoning and housing policy, from Maine Street sidewalks to Bowdoin’s own building …
The Bowdoin Organic Garden (BOG) operates on two plots: the main one at 52 Harpswell Rd. and a smaller one behind Osher Hall and West Hall, called the South Street Garden. It is managed by Organic Garden Supervisor Lisa Beneman, …
At the beginning of the academic year, Harvard College dean David J. Deming sent a school-wide email proposing a policy that encouraged professors across all departments to use AI, including in writing courses. Inevitably, this led to immediate backlash from …
I once asked an elementary school student why he hadn’t completed the math worksheet his teacher had assigned. “Because I’m a bad kid,” he responded with a shrug. I’ve heard similar expressions about other students I’ve tutored or mentored, sometimes …
As I engage with the waterways, mountains and woods of Maine, I’ll also be paying attention to the stories of my trailmates. This semester, I’m joining Bowdoin Outing Club (BOC) trips across Maine’s mountains, rivers and woods. In this column, …
Each weekend, you might find a select group of students missing from campus. Instead of waiting in the Thorne line or studying in HL, they’re exploring the great outdoors: climbing, hiking and canoeing their way through Leadership Training (LT).
When Moulton Union Operations Manager John Roy was in fourth grade, his brother Mike went to his class to share photos from when he had hiked the Appalachian Trail (AT). Little did he know, this presentation would stay in the …
Most students go through Bowdoin never knowing there was a medical school on campus for over a century. Others know only the ghost stories it left behind. The Medical School of Maine first opened its doors in 1820, the year …