I haven’t much time—I’m on my lunch break—but I’m writing to you from an uncharted territory: real life. Indeed, this May I flipped across the graduation stage and tossed my cap in the air with my classmates as …
Look. We’ve all heard the rumor. And no, I’m not talking about the “Is Whittier Henry really as devilishly handsome and undeniably charming as they say?” rumor. I’m talking about the far worse one. The chilling whisper around the campfire. …
The landscape of internships is rapidly changing. In 2023, according to the Business-Higher Education Forum, 8.2 million college students sought internships, but only 3.6 million students were successful. Different factors, such as grade inflation and a recent lack of …
Debriefs, life updates, quick check-ins that serendipitously turn into lengthy storytimes.… My Bowdoin experience is defined by an incredible range of dialogues. Reflecting on the past four years, what stands out is not a specific event, or extreme novelty, but …
Ever since my first day at Bowdoin, I never once doubted what my major would be. I still have a year left at Bowdoin, but I’ve finished the Government and Legal Studies major with spare credits. What I have yet …
This is it, Bears! The last edition of the Orient, the last full week of classes, and (for seniors) the last few days we’ll be here on campus. Although I will miss the people and the campus dearly, one thing …
What is the most powerful tool humans have to experience lives beyond our own? What, more than anything else, sparks the fires of our imagination, increases our emotional intelligence, unites us with one another and shows us how much we …
Though the Hunt-Lenox Globe is one of only two known relics of the Age of Discovery to bear this landmark medieval phrase, there are myriad examples of maps on which stretches of sea or far-off edges of civilization are marked …
There is a particular kind of silence that begins to settle in the aftermath of a breakup. Rather than a peaceful, meditative silence, it is the silence of absence, brought about by time suddenly emptied, by the hollow outline of …