A request for clarification
Dear Bowdoin Labor Alliance,
I enjoyed reading your article in last week’s edition of the Bowdoin Orient.
While I enjoyed the article, I had a few questions that I hope that you can answer to clear up some of my …
Opinion
Editorial
A penny for our thoughts?
Last week, the Bowdoin Labor Alliance (BLA) published an op-ed in tandem with the rollout of their most recent campaign—securing better pay for campus workers who they deem to be uncompensated or undercompensated.
The situation is, of course, complicated. The …
Thank you for calling the police on me
It was a normal Saturday evening. My mom had just picked me up from a soccer game. Naturally, I seized the opportunity to engage in one of my favorite pastimes: sleeping.
Thirty minutes into my nap, my mother patted me …
Dear Bowdoin, pay us.
Despite its 2.5 billion-dollar endowment, Bowdoin runs on under-compensated and uncompensated labor. This labor is unrecognized but profoundly important. We are tired of doing unpaid work for a multi-billion dollar institution—Bowdoin can afford to pay us for the labor it …
Editorial
In defense of a free press
Yesterday morning, Evan Gershkovich ’14, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal based in Moscow, was detained by Russian authorities on espionage charges for doing the same job that journalists around the world do every day.
Gershkovich is not only …
The myth of thinness in distance running
When you picture a distance runner, what kind of body do you picture? Maybe you think of someone not too tall, with powerful legs, strong but mostly wiry and thin. Thinness is probably key to the image in your mind’s …
Editorial
Observator-we
On a warm, summer night, you journey with your friends to the fields behind Farley. You collapse on the dewy grass and face upward to the great unknown. But wait, what are those lights above you? None other than outer …
On Race at Bowdoin
Looking towards racial diversity in more sports
At Bowdoin, I’d say that we are generally aware that those in our community come from different backgrounds and areas, and I think it’s important to consider the implications that these differences may have on our time and experiences at …
Serving those who served our nation
Maine’s greatest strength has always been our unique heritage and strength of character. It’s a truth that shines bright across our state and in the nearly ten percent of Maine people who answered the call to serve our country. Since …
Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty in Maine: A Chance to Make Things Better
Maine’s federally recognized Tribes (Penobscot Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Houlton Band of Maliseet and Mi’kmaq Nation) are currently “treated like second-class sovereigns,” according to Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation. They have fewer legal rights and protections than any other …