Finding comfort in a procedural answer
I haven’t called myself a “math person” since I was 12 or so, probably about when they were adding letters to math in the rural Texas curriculum. I didn’t want to dislike it; I had found a lot of love …
Opinion
Black Student Union
Hate speech isn’t an opinion—it’s a threat
Too often, colleges and universities in the United States comport themselves as institutions that exist in isolation from current affairs. The notion of the “ivory tower of academia” speaks for itself; these are places that analyze the world from the …
politics
A bold adaptation: In defense of a public relations professional
We, Bowdoin students, have entered the Dark Ages of learning about Israel. Last semester, contributors to Israel-related campus programming seemed forced to hide face, having to funnel their $80-some thousand dollars through largely anonymous alumni groups and multiple shell organizations…
politics
Moral abdication: There’s no hiding a genocide
Those that want to deny the Gaza genocide that’s been unfolding before our eyes would rather speak about anything else. In the pages of the Orient, Neil Urwitz and Alan Christenfeld double down on genocide denial and add some defamatory …
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Bibi is loved by the people he freed
Dear Editor,
Neal Urwitz thinks of Benjamin Netanyahu as a “malignant selfish narcissist … who thrives on conflict.” Mr. Urwitz was proud to announce that he has loathed Netanyahu since 1996. I would ask Mr. Urwitz to examine the most …
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Op-ed was one-sided and bigoted
Dear Editor,
Once again, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and North African Studies Nasser Abourahme has expressed his entirely one-sided and bigoted opinion in his op-ed piece. Professor Abourahme is entitled to his opinion and to express said opinion.
However, …
politics
The Gaza debate: When prejudice trumps facts and reason
Major current events are appropriately the subject of debate, especially at institutions such as Bowdoin devoted to training tomorrow’s leaders. Arguments that are well reasoned, supportable and respectful of differing views and the audience are what one should expect to …
politics
A dereliction of duty: Faculty, students and the professional world
A few years ago, while working at a large public relations firm, I was responsible for ghostwriting for a big client. The client wanted us to draft an op-ed and, as this was a plum assignment, I gave it to …
Every genocide has its deniers: A reply
Some things need plain stating. The world has spent the last two years bearing witness to one of the great atrocities of our age: a live-streamed, protracted genocide carried out with near-total impunity by its perpetrators, armed and backed by …
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: To call a thing a thing
A recent November 14 Letter to the Editor begins with the sentence: “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 of genocide. Opinion, …