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Brunswick
Joshua’s planning to close next Saturday
Joshua’s Restaurant and Tavern, located at 123 Maine Street, is closing its doors next Saturday, September 28, marking an end to almost 34 years of serving food and drinks to the Brunswick community.
TJ and Cheri Siatras, co-owners of the …
IT
Security concern with student personal data flagged to admin last spring
Late last spring, a Bowdoin student discovered and reported an instance in which current and former students’ personal information—including a limited number of students’ medical records—was placed in a digital folder broadly visible to users with Bowdoin credentials logged in …
Eric Foner reconstructs the history of Reconstruction
In a packed Kresge Auditorium Wednesday evening, Dr. Eric Foner, professor emeritus of history at Columbia University and winner of several Pulitzer Prizes, gave a talk on the Reconstruction period following the United States Civil War and its impact on …
College unveils presidential portrait of Clayton Rose
Yesterday afternoon, students, faculty, alumni, trustees and community members gathered in the newly renovated study room of Hubbard Hall to unveil the portrait of Bowdoin’s 15th president, Clayton Rose.
President Safa Zaki remarked on her and the community’s gratitude for …
First-year survey: Class of 2028 shares Covid, career and civic opinions
The Class of 2028 has taken on Brunswick, Maine, but who are they really? In this year’s First-Year Student Survey (FYSS), the Bowdoin Orient digs into the facts and opinions of the first-year class.
Members of the Class of 2028 …
BOC
Carrigan Fain joins BOC as new assistant director
On Tuesday, Carrigan Fain officially joined the Bowdoin Outing Club (BOC) staff as its new assistant director following the departure of Eric Guiang ’18. Guiang’s two-year tenure at the Outing Club ended earlier this month.
“I am taking on many …
News in Brief
Three suspects attempt car theft in Brunswick Apartments parking lot
On Wednesday at 1:40 a.m., a student reported three people attempting to enter multiple vehicles in the east parking lot of Brunswick Apartments. The group arrived in a stolen vehicle that was left on Longfellow Avenue and fled by foot …
Faculty
Faculty members discuss new committee on investment strategy, admissions data
Faculty members packed into Mills Hall last Friday for their first meeting of the year. In a 90-minute gathering facilitated by Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Jay Sosa, faculty discussed President Safa Zaki’s new ad-hoc committee on …