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Students Wear Hard Hats to Roux Center Classes

By JACOB BASKES Aug. 30, 2018

Students attended their first classes of the year on Wednesday, marking the beginning of the 2018-2019 academic season and the long-awaited opening of Bowdoin’s Roux Center for the Environment. Despite setbacks in construction, the Center was opened just in time, although students are required to don hard hats and safety vests in order to protect themselves from falling pipes, scaffolding debris, and the small cranes still establishing the building’s outer shell. Continue reading “Students Wear Hard Hats to Roux Center Classes” →

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‘Occident’ Released, Bowdoin Orient Drops to 3rd Best Campus Satire Publication

By THE REAL JACOB BASKES May 12, 2018

Each year, the Bowdoin Orient releases its attempt at comedy, publishing an eight-page collection of all of the jokes they manage to think of throughout the year. Despite the anticipation surrounding the 2018 edition, released this past Friday, the official vote has now dropped the Orient from second to third place on the list of Best Campus Satire. Continue reading “‘Occident’ Released, Bowdoin Orient Drops to 3rd Best Campus Satire Publication” →

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Girl Who Wished You Happy Birthday on Her Instagram Story Couldn’t Care Less

By PATRICK LYNOTT May 11, 2018

Your birthday came and went, but this year more people seemed to care than ever. For that, you can thank the creator of Instagram, or whatever soulless, corporate mannequin decided that you needed to see the picture your old camp counselor was unsure about posting for real. Continue reading “Girl Who Wished You Happy Birthday on Her Instagram Story Couldn’t Care Less” →

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“I Know You Just Touched on This, But…” Says Student About To Literally Repeat What the Professor Just Said

By CHRISTIAN FILTER May 7, 2018

Multiple sources have confirmed that during a section of Anthropology 1101 last week, sophomore Isabelle Mack prefaced her discussion comment by saying “I know you just kinda touched on this, but,” before repeating nearly word-for-word what the professor had literally just said. Continue reading ““I Know You Just Touched on This, But…” Says Student About To Literally Repeat What the Professor Just Said” →

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I Didn’t Earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and Take the Teacher Certification Test Just to Become a Teacher

By DAVID FIX May 2, 2018

I did not put myself through years of college for a major in Education, study for months before finally passing the Teacher Certification Test, and apply for teaching positions at ten different schools just so that I could end up becoming a teacher. Teachers hardly earn a livable salary, so I have to find other odd-jobs on the side like baking pastries at Panera Bread and selling coke. If only I could enter a higher-paying field, like orthodontia, but most people say that I’m too “unqualified” to be an orthodontist, yet somehow “qualified” to be a teacher. I just don’t get it. Continue reading “I Didn’t Earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and Take the Teacher Certification Test Just to Become a Teacher” →