The Bowdoin Orient

The Bowdoin Orient The nation's oldest continuously published college weekly. The Bowdoin Orient was established in 1871 as Bowdoin College’s newspaper and literary magazine.

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http://twitter.com/bowdoinorient and https://www.instagram.com/bowdoinorient/ Originally issued bi-weekly, it has been a weekly since April, 1899. It is considered to be the oldest continuously-published college weekly in the U.S., which means that it has been in publication every academic year that Bowdoin has been in session since it began publishing weekly (while other college weeklies stopped printing during certain war years).

Last Wednesday, storyteller and performer Boubacar Ndiaye performed in Kresge Auditorium. The show was titled “Aida, cel...
10/21/2025

Last Wednesday, storyteller and performer Boubacar Ndiaye performed in Kresge Auditorium. The show was titled “Aida, celle qui reviendra,” which translates to “Aida, She Who Will Return.” Learn more about Ndiaye’s performance at the link.

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This week, Catalina Escobedo '26 and Abdullah Hashimi '27 discussed some of their favorite TV shows and why they are mea...
10/20/2025

This week, Catalina Escobedo '26 and Abdullah Hashimi '27 discussed some of their favorite TV shows and why they are meaningful to them in this week's "Talk of the Quad" pieces. Read more at the link in our bio.

Men’s tennis competed at the ITA New England Championships from October 3-5 at Tufts University. Mark Kneiss ’26 took ho...
10/19/2025

Men’s tennis competed at the ITA New England Championships from October 3-5 at Tufts University. Mark Kneiss ’26 took home the singles title out of 64 competitors, qualifying for nationals in Rome, Ga. this weekend. Read more about the team's tournament experience at the link.

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10/18/2025

Check out this week's "Talk of the Quad" video and learn what Bowdoin students (and staff) got up to over Fall Break.

On October 4, the women’s soccer team beat Middlebury College, giving them their first loss of the season. Kayley Huleat...
10/17/2025

On October 4, the women’s soccer team beat Middlebury College, giving them their first loss of the season. Kayley Huleatt ’28 and Jackie Shores ’28 scored key goals while goalkeeper Charlotte Iannone ’26 made eight saves. Learn more about the match and the team’s hopes for the rest of their season at the link in our bio.

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Take a look at how enrollment across majors has changed over the past two decades, including insights from faculty, alum...
10/06/2025

Take a look at how enrollment across majors has changed over the past two decades, including insights from faculty, alumni and current students. Read more at the link.

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Bowdoin’s polar bear mascot has a long history—from taxidermied donations to fluffy white suits. Learn more about the po...
10/05/2025

Bowdoin’s polar bear mascot has a long history—from taxidermied donations to fluffy white suits. Learn more about the polar bear at the link.

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Democratic United States Senate candidate for Maine Graham Platner took to the Brunswick Town Mall on Thursday for his f...
10/04/2025

Democratic United States Senate candidate for Maine Graham Platner took to the Brunswick Town Mall on Thursday for his fourth town hall across Maine. Read more at the link.

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This year, tuition increased by 4.3%, compared to an average annual increase of around 3.8% over the past five years. Th...
10/03/2025

This year, tuition increased by 4.3%, compared to an average annual increase of around 3.8% over the past five years. This year’s increase in tuition is the largest since the 1980s. Learn more about the breakdown of cost at the link in our bio.

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10/02/2025

The sophomore social media editors hit the quad again to get answers for important campus questions. Watch "Talk of the Quad" here.

09/30/2025

This summer, Hayden Mann ’27 signed with Sony-owned music label Too Future/Alt:Vision Records after his remixes of popular songs gained traction online. Learn more about Mann’s love for music in this week's Portrait of an Artist at the link in our bio.

Written by Sara Coughlin
Video by Shihab Moral

In this week's Talk of the Quad pieces, Ella Ferrucci '26 tells the story of how she and her roommates have lived togeth...
09/30/2025

In this week's Talk of the Quad pieces, Ella Ferrucci '26 tells the story of how she and her roommates have lived together all four years of college, and Leah Kiros '28 muses on the importance of water in her life. Read more at the link in our bio.

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