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Dear President Zaki and Mr. Perper,
I am writing this letter as a Bowdoin alumnus, a Jewish alumnus and a former Bowdoin College Hillel board member. I am writing to warn about the implications of complying with Representative Owens and …
You might not know about Bowdoin’s quick and unjust response to students’ encampment in Smith Union in February. Students exercised their right to protest safely, peacefully and reasonably—aligned with the traditional civil rights practices of a non-violent “sit-in.” Critically, these …
On March 27, President Safa Zaki and Chair of the Board of Trustees Scott Perper received a letter from the House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and Workforce addressing the College’s response to antisemitism on campus.
The committee demanded that …
Last Thursday, under the pretense of combating antisemitism, the House Committee on Workforce and Education asked Bowdoin President Safa Zaki and Board of Trustees Chair Scott Perper for three tranches of unredacted student disciplinary files.
The House Committee letter is …
We write as faculty and staff concerned about new and escalating incidents of violence, intimidation, defamation and harassment that attempt to restrict free speech. Such incidents in recent weeks have been directed at students and members of our community who …
In May 2024, students overwhelmingly voted to request that the College issue a statement on scholasticide, disclose its exposure to arms, divest from a list of arms manufacturers and reconstitute a social responsibility committee that was dissolved in 1998. After …
Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Somerville, Mass. on Tuesday night. A Turkish national and Fulbright scholar, Ozturk had co-authored an op-ed for The Tufts Daily a year ago on the …
Being a hijabi, I am perceived as a representative of Muslims and Islam. Often people will scrutinize my actions to see if they align with what they believe Islam is. These statements often are said to me as a joke, …
“We believe that your perspective is crucial to our conversations. We know that your hard work, combined with a Bowdoin education, can quite literally change the world.”
Thus ends the first paragraph of my acceptance letter to Bowdoin. Now, just …
1. We stand in support of our students who acted out of principled conviction and with the aim of driving positive change at the College and beyond. The College continues to remain silent while the White House openly declares its …
