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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 …
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 …
On February 28, President Safa Zaki and Chair of the Board of Trustees Scott Perper released the Ad Hoc Committee On Investments and Responsibility (ACIR)’s report in an email to the Bowdoin community. Zaki and Perper wrote that the Board …
Before I start: While this piece is addressed to Jewish Zionists, I think it important that all people understand the perspective of Jewish anti-Zionists.
As a Jewish person who fights for Palestine, I say to all you Zionists, f*** right …
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, …
My peers were suspended for two weeks for publicly, kindly and passionately expressing their beliefs in a 24/7-publicly available space—a space that College security swiftly shut down.
The following YikYaks, which I view as genuine threats against students’ physical, emotional …
On Sunday, the disciplinary process of the eight students temporarily suspended by the College as a result of their participation in the Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) encampment in Smith Union came to a close. The administration placed …
On Tuesday afternoon, Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held a rally outside of Moulton Union to gather support for the eight students who were temporarily suspended for their involvement in the Smith Union encampment. Four students spoke to …
Formal hearings for the eight students temporarily suspended for participating in the Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) encampment began yesterday and will continue today. These hearings will decide the final verdict for the students’ disciplinary status.
Following the …
