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Total Number of Articles: 9
First Article on this Page: October 11, 2024
Latest Article on this Page: May 2, 2025
Ascending past the Polar Bear statue to the entrance of Sargent Gymnasium, the echoes of bouncing balls guide you to a vast room patterned by an expansive matrix of court lines. Sargent is a dynamic space hosting a variety of …
If you walk into Gibson Hall, you’ll most likely be greeted by the faint sounds of music from above or below you. Cozy and cramped, Gibson is home to Bowdoin’s music department. Throughout its existence, both musicians and music aficionados …
Massachusetts Hall, the oldest building on Bowdoin’s campus, has a long and storied history full of renovations and evolving purposes. The 223-year old building was named after the state of Massachusetts, of which Maine was a part of until it …
Whether looking for books, ghosts or gargoyles, Hubbard Hall has everything. In its almost 122 years on campus, it has seen multiple transformations, from library to offices.
Hubbard Hall is named after General Thomas Hamlin Hubbard, Class of 1857, who …
When Director of Athletics Tim Ryan ’98 first stepped onto Bowdoin’s campus, student fitness facilities looked very different than they do today.
“When I first arrived in the fall of 1994, what we would now consider the fitness center was …
Coles Tower has become an icon of mid-century modern architecture and a hub for student life on Bowdoin’s campus. At one point, when it was built in 1964, it stood as the tallest building in Maine and the tallest building …
“Excellent teaching in wooden halls,” Bowdoin College President Dr. Kenneth C. M. Sills said, “is much better than wooden teaching in marble halls.”
Bowdoin’s eighth president and alumnus of 1901, Sills carried on the many traditions of the College. He …
“We, the undersigned, Students of Bowdoin College, would respectfully petition that the Military Department of this institution be abolished,” read a student petition addressed to then-President of the College Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in 1873 in opposition to his mandate of …
“All [undergraduates] shall attend morning and evening prayer in the chapel,” Bowdoin College President Jesse Appleton wrote in his 1814 pamphlet, “Laws of Bowdoin College.” Appleton went on to declare, “If any undergraduate arrives after the exercises have begun, he …
