Spring Break is officially over, and Bowdoin students return to campus with lots of exciting dates on the horizon. For most, these include warmer weather, Ivies, finishing tough classes, or reuniting with polycules and situationships alike. But for the campus’s most beloved extracurricular, the most important day is just one week away. Join the BOC this Saturday, April 25, for an official last shower before finals! This will mark the BOC’s 4th shower of the academic year, bumping down from a whopping 5 last year.

“The decision to drop down to 4 showers really made sense for the future of the club,” said BOC leader Larry Ellison Jr ‘26. “If we’re supposed to be promoting sustainability, how can we, in good conscience, use over 20 droplets of water each academic year, y’know? Besides, dropping that last shower gives us all extra time to keep shredding gnar and traversing to dinner at Thorne on a more consistent basis.”

Now, this event has certainly come under some scrutiny from members of the student body. The BOC was shocked to learn that most people actually shower multiple times a week, and some even daily. Similarly, the common polar bear finds it a bit odd to shower fewer times than they talk about going to mountain boarding school.

In an attempt to bridge the gap for all parties and remove the stigma from the BOC’s lack of showering, I decided to directly ask the BOC leadership questions that many commonfolk have about this event to directly address concerns and encourage more people to participate.

Here are their responses: 

Q: Are there any health concerns (physical or mental) with reducing showering to 4 times per academic year?

A: No! Nobody’s mental health is good anyway, so how could more showers improve that, and I ran a sub 3:00 marathon and summited Katahdin twice this fall.

Q: What will the temperature of the showers be?

A: 67 degrees Fahrenheit.

Q: Are there any notable campus figures we can be excited to see at this event?

A: Yes! Sort of. We have invited President Zaki, Dean Hoppe, Cody from Bowdoin Dining, and Alex Gates…. We anxiously await their RSVPs.

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