The Bowdoin Orient

The Bowdoin Orient serves as the student newspaper for Bowdoin College, located in Brunswick, Maine, USA. Founded in 1871, it holds the title of the oldest college weekly in continuous publication in the United States. In March 2007, the Orient was recognized as the second-best tabloid-sized college weekly at an Associated Collegiate Press conference. Additionally, in 2014, The Princeton Review ranked it as the 15th best college newspaper, making Bowdoin the smallest institution and the only liberal arts college to achieve a spot on that list.

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Don’t ‘B’ a stranger: a final interview with Randy Nichols

2 weeks ago | bowdoinorient.com | Emma Kilbride |Janet Briggs

Randy Nichols, associate vice president of the office of safety and security, was late to his final interview with the Orient. Sporting polarized shades and his signature khakis, he strode up hurriedly and apologized profusely. There was an incident on campus, he explained; students felt unsafe, and he needed to handle it. For 20 years, this has been Nichols’s life as head of safety and security—constantly on-call and constantly trying to make Bowdoin a safer place. “It’s a 24/7, 365 job,” he said.
The Morning After - May 2, 2025

2 weeks ago | bowdoinorient.com | Julia Dickinson |Janet Briggs |Kaya Patel |Emma Kilbride

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Professor Matos speaks on complexities of queer representation in new book launch – The Bowdoin Orient

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The Morning After - April 11, 2025

1 month ago | bowdoinorient.com | Janet Briggs |Kaya Patel |Evan Carr

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Polar Bear of the Week: Mirra Payson ’27

1 month ago | bowdoinorient.com | Andy Robinson

Nordic skier Mirra Payson ’27 had the opportunity of a lifetime competing on Team USA in the 2025 World Youth and Junior Biathlon Championships in Östersund, Sweden in early March. Nordic skiing has been a lifelong passion and a core part of Payson’s DNA. Payson grew up in Massachusetts, where she remembers skiing on a golf course that made snow to compensate for the lack of snowfall in her region.
The Morning After - March 28, 2025

1 month ago | bowdoinorient.com | Janet Briggs |Kaya Patel |Julia Dickinson |Claire Shim

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From Belfast to Bowdoin: McLoughlin talks about U.S. influence on Northern Irish peace process

1 month ago | bowdoinorient.com | Janet Briggs |Emma Kilbride

With an ocean separating Maine and Ireland, what could a small college like Bowdoin have to do with Irish history? At Monday’s talk from Peter McLoughlin, a professor at the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University Belfast, attendees got a historical breakdown of the Northern Irish peace process and America’s role in it—from Maine to Washington, D.C.McLoughlin is a specialist in Irish and Northern Irish history and a fellow of the Senator George J.
Women’s swim and dive team posts historic results at NCAA championship

1 month ago | bowdoinorient.com | Janet Briggs

Six women’s swimmers and divers traveled to Greensboro, N.C., last week for the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. The Polar Bears finished 15th overall at the meet with a record-shattering performance from Natalie Garre ’28 and an All-American finish on the 3-meter by diver Sadie Smith ’25.
O’Brien op-ed results in reckoning, apology and hopes for change in math department

1 month ago | bowdoinorient.com | Miles Berry

On February 28, an Orient op-ed written by Associate Professor of Mathematics Jack O’Brien accused two Bowdoin faculty members in the mathematics department of having professional connections with the National Security Agency (NSA), outlined a series of connections that the NSA has with the broader American mathematics community and called for changes in the academic culture of the Bowdoin math department.
The Morning After - February 28, 2025

2 months ago | bowdoinorient.com | Janet Briggs |Kaya Patel

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