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The encampment formed in Smith Union by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) protestors last Thursday, February 6, ended this past Monday, February 10. Campus community members reflect on complex emotions and contrasting perspectives that unfolded over the encampment’s four-day …
I consider myself a political person. Every morning I read the news or listen to a podcast summarizing it. My Instagram feed is littered with posts from The New York Times, The New Yorker and meme accounts spoofing current events. …
Last Thursday, when I heard about the encampment in Smith Union, confusion pulsed through me. I wasn’t sure how I felt, or who I could talk to about the way I was feeling.
Although I did not personally vote in …
One long-standing conception of academia is that of the ivory tower: an elite scholarly enterprise focused solely on the pursuit of truth and knowledge, removed from worldly concerns and troubles. For decades, however, many academics have sought to challenge that …
In May 1986, as Bowdoin prepared for its 180th Commencement, a cardboard and scrap wood structure stood on the Main Quad.
Members of Students for Action Against Apartheid occupied what they called the “shanty” on the quad to push for …
When Director of Athletics Tim Ryan ’98 first stepped onto Bowdoin’s campus, student fitness facilities looked very different than they do today.
“When I first arrived in the fall of 1994, what we would now consider the fitness center was …
I don’t have a favorite donut, but if I had to pick, it would probably be a Boston cream or some sort of donut with filling. I’m not too concerned about the filling’s flavor, so long as it’s yummy.
I …
After sitting quiet and empty for several months, the former home of Scarlet Begonias in Brunswick Station was bursting with life again on Wednesday night, under new ownership and a new name: Pomelia. Just over a week after opening, nearly …
Gary Lawless, a poet, editor, publisher, community activist and co-owner of Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick, presented on Brunswick’s history with the Ku Klux Klan at Curtis Memorial Library on Wednesday. The talk was sponsored by Midcoast Senior College.…
On February 14, the Office of Inclusion and Diversity will host an event for Douglass Day, a program that marks the birth, life and work of Frederick Douglass.
Every Valentine’s Day, people worldwide gather to celebrate the event, with over …
