Talk of the Quad
To be at home
My family moved to Maine the summer before I started high school. I had spent most of life among the skyscrapers of Chicago, where anonymity was expected in the bustle of city crowds. Yet I felt very connected to my …
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Talk of the Quad
People are starting to notice
When I see the word “mental illness,” my mind goes straight to the word “illness.” Then a host of other words start to flow through my mind: disease, disability, impaired, bad, inferior, unworthy. The list continues, but the negative connotation …
Students work on senatorial, presidential campaigns as elections near
As Maine’s Democratic primary on Super Tuesday approaches, students across campus are bringing the race to Bowdoin.
Presidential campaigns realized the power of the college-student voting block; the rates of college students who voted doubled in 2018. There are …
New Arabic club promotes language, culture
During his first semester at Bowdoin, Joe Hilleary ’20 signed up for an introductory Arabic class. He did not have any previous experience, and he definitely did not expect to fall in love with the language. Now, he is president …
Poke the Bear
Harriet Beecher Stowe: the woman, the myth, the legend
It didn’t take me long to realize that the Bowdoin campus is a goldmine for obscure references to the College’s history. Exhibit A: in the fall of my first year, I was strolling through the quad alongside my upperclassman friend …
Proud to serve: Bowdoin veterans reflect on their service
Allen Daniels, Bowdoin security officer first class, warned me that he was going to cry during our interview.
“I can’t block it out,” he said of his time in the military. “It’s like a watermark. It’s always there, over the …
Af/Am/50
Fifty years of Africana Studies, John Brown Russwurm African American Center and the Black Student Union
This weekend, alumni, students and guests will gather to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Africana Studies program (formerly known as Afro-American Studies), the Black Students Union (BSU, formerly known as the African American Society) and the …
Af/Am/50
Afro-Am Not A “Black Fraternity”
This article was originally published in the Orient on April 7, 1972.
This column will attempt to represent the various ideas and philosophies of the members of the Afro-American society at Bowdoin College, and the Black community in America and …
Af/Am/50
Celebrating Af/Am/50
This weekend, alumni, students and guests will gather to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Africana Studies program (formerly known as Afro-American Studies), the Black Students Union (BSU, formerly known as the African American Society) and the …
Af/Am/50
Multi-Grammy-nominated singer Marsha Ambrosius performs R&B
Marsha Ambrosius, a multi-Grammy-nominated R&B musician will perform tonight as part of the Af/Am/50 celebrations.
Benjamin Harris, director of the Student Center for Multicultural Life, organized the event with input from the Af/Am/50 Committee, a group of staff, current students, …