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“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” This line from the 1967 classic film “Cool Hand Luke” has been running through my head as events have become much more polarized here on campus and around the world. Can we …
Last Friday, the McKeen Center for the Common Good hosted a panel titled “Roots and Belonging: A Conversation on Migration” in Kresge Auditorium. The panel included Assistant Professor of Sociology Jamella Gow, Founder and Executive Director of Immigrants Resource Center …
In the midst of the polarizing political climate leading up to the 2024 General Election, Bowdoin Votes has worked tirelessly to make voting and civic engagement accessible to everybody, regardless of their politics.
The nonpartisan group, which functions under the …
Last Friday afternoon, the McKeen Center for the Common Good hosted “Talking Politics at Bowdoin,” an event designed to discuss the current campus political climate and what it means to have political conversations at Bowdoin. Morrell Lounge, the center of …
The common good, one of Bowdoin’s core tenets, dates all the way back to the opening of the College in 1802. Today, we see the common good in practice almost daily through the Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good, …
As new Bowdoin students slowly settle into academic and social rhythms, the centerpiece of students’ introductions to Bowdoin—orientation trips—has started to fade into the background. Even so, many students going back decades frequently reminisce about their wild, hilarious or awe-inspiring …
Seeking to acknowledge the lack of student awareness surrounding the history of the land on which Bowdoin resides, Andy Robinson ’27 and Grace Campbell ’27 decided to charter the Bowdoin Preservation Collective. The organization will offer students an accessible and …
This Spring Break, Bowdoin students continued long-standing Bowdoin traditions such as the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trips and also started new ones, such as the Wellness Trip and the Digital and Computational studies (DCS) trip to Brazil.
Bowdoin’s Counseling and …
John Winthrop, lauded by the likes of Cotton Mather as the “Moses” of the American people, introduced what would soon become the American holy commandments in his sermon “A Model of Christian Charity.” He preached that “We must …
This winter break, a group of 41 students completed 50 hours or more of community service for organizations worldwide, helping to tackle issues that they are passionate about in their home communities. Their jobs ranged from deeply personal work for …
