One day last fall, after club tennis practice (drama), one of the captains, Mitra Hu-Henderson ’28 (queen), told me about Bowdoin Quiz Bowl. As the social captain of the quiz bowl team, Mitra explained that the group meets on the …
It was my first move-in day at Bowdoin. After lugging all my suitcases up to my room on Appleton fourth floor, I walked over to Farley Field House with my new roommates for the cookout. I quickly found my orientation …
No one approached storytelling quite like my grandmother. She read the beginning of books purely to understand the ending then returned to the middle if she was still curious about the intermediate happenings, or she read it all over again. …
At the College, students can opt to develop their spiritual life in a multitude of ways if they so choose, including through structured faith groups such as the Catholic Student Union (CSU), Christian Student Association, Hillel and Muslim Student Alliance …
Like a not insignificant number of people, I debated in middle and high school. And like a slightly smaller, but still notable, group, I figured I might as well keep doing so in college—if only because debate had been such …
The faculty and staff neurodivergence book group met for the third and final time last Thursday in Hutchinson Lounge to discuss the book “Of Many Minds.” The book is a collection of personal essays spotlighting the experiences of neurodivergent faculty …
I try not to go into my interviews with a thesis. But the notion of a couple who has run a bookstore on Maine Street for over four decades was catnip to an already hopeless romantic. Before I even met …
The groundhog was right: There were six more weeks of winter. He’s such a sensation, though he’s only right 35 percent of the time. What else is revered as much for that low of a success rate? We should start …
Breaking a bone can mark a majorly distinct life period. Snap anything other than a toe or finger, and you have at least a month in recovery to look forward to with many daily inconveniences along the way. The result …