I started receiving the photos and videos not long after Zohran Mamdani ’14 was announced as the winner of New York City’s mayoral race. In one, a nine-year-old Pakistani American in Virginia leaps for joy, his mother desperately guarding the …
Editor’s Note, Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 5:40 p.m.: A previous version of this article included the names of the vigil organizers. For security reasons, the names have been removed.
Immediately following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, conservative college groups nationwide organized …
We, as students of Bowdoin College, do not have the ability to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas. Such a feat is only achievable through negotiation and diplomacy—efforts the Israeli government has actively sabotaged by shooting its own hostages in …
Multiple rumors of border control trucks near campus in the past few weeks have sparked conversations about what rights students have if approached by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or other federal agents.
A democracy functions because it is built upon a foundation of trust regardless of political party—this is the message Maine State Representative Samuel Zager emphasized to Bowdoin students gathered in the Hubbard Pickering Room for his Tuesday evening discussion.
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 …
When I was concentrating in international relations as a Government and Legal Studies major at the College, I was encouraged to look at the world with curiosity and a willingness to understand different perspectives. My classes were built on the …
Tomorrow, the bill LD 975: “An Act to Repeal Laws Allowing Abortion and to Criminalize Abortion,” will be introduced to the 132nd Maine Legislature. Sponsored by Representative Abigail Griffin and co-sponsored by Representative Michael Lemelin, this legislation seeks to repeal …
Last month, Maine Governor Janet Mills made national headlines for publicly clashing with President Donald Trump. In opposing restrictions against trans athletes in women’s sports, Mills attracted the ire of the vengeful new administration, and federal funding was cut to …
TEDx, in its various forms, has long been a platform for students of all backgrounds to share dynamic and impactful stories with the goal of expanding our understanding of difficult topics. Bowdoin’s second annual TEDx program was titled “Paths to …