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Bowdoin’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion is wrapping up another “season” of its much-publicized “Viewpoint Exchange” series. And it’s been tough to watch.
Let’s be clear: we are not condemning the individual speakers. While we may disagree with some of …
It could be argued that the entire Bowdoin experience is meant to push students to grapple with complexity, to learn how to construct arguments and build one’s views through uncertainty and debate, “To gain a standard for the appreciation of …
To the editors,
I experienced the November 7 op-ed “Mamdani’s lesson” as divisive and hurtful. I am saddened by how the authors frame the historic election of a Bowdoin graduate to the office of mayor of New York …
There’s nothing quite like doing a track workout in the early morning. The smell of wet track blown over by the morning breeze. The pounding of red-dyed trainers reverberating around you. The rapid breaths of your teammates as they keep …
To the editor,
In their article, “Mamdani’s lesson,” the 40-plus unnamed members of Bowdoin’s Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine (FSJP) state that a majority of the Bowdoin community are of the opinion that Israel is guilty …
Elections are a barometer. While this week’s elections don’t tell us everything, they do tell us something important: Zionism’s extraordinary power on U.S. life is coming to an end.
One of the rules of modern U.S. politics is that criticizing …
I started receiving the photos and videos not long after Zohran Mamdani ’14 was announced as the winner of New York City’s mayoral race. In one, a nine-year-old Pakistani American in Virginia leaps for joy, his mother desperately guarding the …
Three hundred and seventy-seven days after Zohran Mamdani ’14 launched his bid for mayor of New York City, Bowdoin publicly acknowledged his victory. We, at The Bowdoin Orient, wish to go beyond acknowledgment.
On the evening of Mamdani’s win, the …
A week or so ago, I went to the BCMA and saw the Gordon Parks exhibit. I spent some time looking at the photographs, and I kept circling back to one set centered on this quaint general store. There was …
To the Editors:
I am writing to urge Bowdoin students, faculty and staff who vote in Maine to vote “No” on Tuesday’s Question 1 ballot initiative. This initiative would limit Mainers’ access to absentee and early voting, despite the fact …
