Opinion
Maine Politics
The real meaning of being “moderate”
Susan Collins positions herself as a common-sense, moderate politician who gets things done for Mainers. But what does the “moderate” label really mean? Someone like her might say that a moderate is someone who wants the government to work for …
Editorial
We are horrified
What happened at Cornell University is not an aberration.
Last month, the Cornell Daily Sun reported on Jane Doe’s lawsuit against the university, which alleges that she was gang-raped at the Chi Phi Fraternity house in 2024 and that Cornell …
BOC
Born to Kill
I grew up believing that nothing in the wilderness could scare me. I crave new experiences, new places, and I love teaching people about being wild. I’ve scaled 13,000-foot peaks in a lightning storm, galloped on horseback through the Yellowstone …
For What It's Worth
Are we experiencing a social currency crisis?
Somewhere between telling our stories and listening to someone else’s, we seem to have lost the art of conversation.
I don’t mean to indict the Bowdoin student body. If anything, I’m writing from a place of curiosity. But after enough …
“In the Waiting Line” By Zero Seven
I assume if we were all to wake up with the notification that—due to nuclear warheads or artificial intelligence—life as we know it would cease to exist, no one would be too surprised. In the American context, weapons are a …
Cultural Commentary: The Silver Lining
Sophists at the Gates
You don’t have to look far nowadays to see criticisms of higher education in the news. Related themes tend to be concerning rising tuition costs, grade inflation and the specialization and pre-professionalization of higher ed across the U.S. Just the …
Editorial
We need to talk
Bowdoin’s Office of Inclusion and Diversity (OID) started the Viewpoint Exchange series with the goal of “encouraging respectful engagement, expanded education and open dialogue” on wedge issues such as “antisemitism, Islamophobia and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.” The …
Photography
Photography, Capitalism and Death
I love taking photos. While doing a research project in my Darkroom Photography class last year (shoutout Professor Kolster), I deeply resonated with Henri Cartier-Bresson’s philosophy of photography as a means to discover and capture decisive moments. For Bresson and …
The aesthetics of evil
The aesthetics of evil. Doesn’t that sound seductive? As children, before we become aware of ourselves and the world around us, norms and laws are subliminally impressed on us to “keep us safe.” While wearing seatbelts, eating greens and abstaining …