A New State of Mind
Why I can’t go home
To be a Southerner in Maine is to be homesick. It is to dream of an idealized version of a home that does not exist. It is an unrequited love, a longing for a place that does not want you …
A New State of Mind
Total Number of Articles: 4
First Article on this Page: February 14, 2025
Latest Article on this Page: April 17, 2025
A New State of Mind
When public education fails, who wins?
Last fall, President Trump campaigned on a promise to close the federal Department of Education and return the regulation of public schools to the states. Two weeks ago, he signed an executive order attempting to do so by instructing the …
A New State of Mind
What does Bowdoin stand for?
On December 1, 2022, I received the news that I had been matched with Bowdoin on a full-ride scholarship through QuestBridge. As soon as I was let out of my last class of the day, I ran to my car, …
A New State of Mind
My hometown is sinking, and with it America
Eighty years from now, my hometown will be swallowed by the ocean. Hot, white sand and elegant, drooping oak trees decimated by the incoming tide. My three-bedroom, FEMA-manufactured home, which has lasted decades longer than it was meant to, will …