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“We, the undersigned, Students of Bowdoin College, would respectfully petition that the Military Department of this institution be abolished,” read a student petition addressed to then-President of the College Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in 1873 in opposition to his mandate of …
The vegetables in the dining halls are a constant reminder of the presence of the Bowdoin Organic Garden (BOG) and its work on campus.
However, some students experience the BOG on a deeper level, digging into the soil through different …
Over three million Russians have seen the Bowdoin quad in the last two weeks—but not for the reason you may think. On October 8, Visiting Tallman Scholar in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REES) Ivan Kurilla was interviewed by…
All my life, one question has remained in the forefront of my mind: Am I a good person?
The question has become such an integral part of who I am—it seeps into everything I set my eyes on and every …
In this column, we are investigating ways to manage fears. This week, we spoke with Janie Porche, Bowdoin’s Creative Director, about how she “microdoses” fears. But not all Porche’s fears can be microdosed: Porche also shared with us a fear …
Last year around this time, I was waking up at 5:45 a.m. for bi-weekly morning lifts, driving 20 minutes to the Schiller Coastal Studies Center for three hour-plus long practices and traveling almost every weekend in the fall.
Now, I …
Usually, when we shower, we don’t expect to be intruded upon.
It’s Sunday—that time between dinnertime and midnight when the night abutting my door is the perfect thickness, like a sable blanket. I’m in bed, still in my day clothes, …
Bowdoin students and local residents can often be found on the Brunswick mall enjoying the items prepared by Brunswick’s iconic food trucks. Sitting along Maine Street, these trucks, including Taco the Town, Bizibuns and Bowlicious, often draw customers no matter …
In the summer of 1970, with social upheaval brewing over the Vietnam War, Brunswick residents gathered on Maine Street to express political discontent writ large by protesting an ordinance which barred public gatherings, including the throwing of footballs and frisbees …
What can you learn about health from a pulse? The answer that you would probably expect would be a heartbeat. But how about rheumatoid arthritis? Lactose intolerance? I’m assuming those weren’t the first to come to mind. Before I came …
