Last Thursday, under the pretense of combating antisemitism, the House Committee on Workforce and Education asked Bowdoin President Safa Zaki and Board of Trustees Chair Scott Perper for three tranches of unredacted student disciplinary files.
We write as faculty and staff concerned about new and escalating incidents of violence, intimidation, defamation and harassment that attempt to restrict free speech. Such incidents in recent weeks have been directed at students and members of our community who …
When I was concentrating in international relations as a Government and Legal Studies major at the College, I was encouraged to look at the world with curiosity and a willingness to understand different perspectives. My classes were built on the …
In May 2024, students overwhelmingly voted to request that the College issue a statement on scholasticide, disclose its exposure to arms, divest from a list of arms manufacturers and reconstitute a social responsibility committee that was dissolved in 1998. After …
What is living a life of principles if not making a series of comparisons? In determining that some lifestyle confers greater benefits on oneself than another, one must compare the two lifestyles, weigh their virtues and vices and choose a …
Tomorrow, the bill LD 975: “An Act to Repeal Laws Allowing Abortion and to Criminalize Abortion,” will be introduced to the 132nd Maine Legislature. Sponsored by Representative Abigail Griffin and co-sponsored by Representative Michael Lemelin, this legislation seeks to repeal …
Last month, Maine Governor Janet Mills made national headlines for publicly clashing with President Donald Trump. In opposing restrictions against trans athletes in women’s sports, Mills attracted the ire of the vengeful new administration, and federal funding was cut to …
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Somerville, Mass. on Tuesday night. A Turkish national and Fulbright scholar, Öztürk had co-authored an op-ed for The Tufts Daily a year ago on the …
Before I start: While this piece is addressed to Jewish Zionists, I think it important that all people understand the perspective of Jewish anti-Zionists.
As a Jewish person who fights for Palestine, I say to all you Zionists, f*** right …
This Monday, I received a brief and somewhat surprising email from Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) announcing a plan to adopt a new, completely reworked constitution. It included several things I had concerns about, so I decided, for the first time …