BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College held its 206th commencement exercises May 28. The following local students were among the graduates. Moriah Churchill, of Auburn, majoring in English and minoring in visual arts. Sara Powers, of Auburn, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, majoring in French and neuroscience and minoring in chemistry. Amanda Nguyen, of Winthrop, […]
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Well done – Christina Erving
BOSTON, Mass. — Bowdoin resident Christina Erving, a Northeastern University student majoring in international affairs/economics, was recently named to the university’s dean’s list for the spring semester, which ended in May 2011. In addition to achieving distinction through the dean’s list, Erving is a member of the University Honors Program, which offers high caliber students […]
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Cat neglect leads to finger-pointing
A day after a private animal control specialist removed six kittens, three of them trapped inside a washing machine, from a house filled with carcasses, feces and fleas, area law enforcement and animal control workers argued over jurisdiction, pointed fingers and debated whether the local animal control officer — who had known about the house […]
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Polar Bears chill out, batter Bobcats
LEWISTON – Mike Connolly knew what to expect Friday afternoon. The Bowdoin College baseball coach also knew stranger things can happen when you put a big game in the hands of a young pitcher. Connolly and his Polar Bears team got no surprises from freshman Christian Martin. The Lake Bluff, Ill. native produced the kind […]
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Maine college art directors criticize mural removal
LEWISTON — The three art directors for Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges Monday released a joint statement criticizing Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to remove a controversial mural from the Labor Department building in Augusta last month. They said the removal raises issues of censorship, historical revisionism and artists’ rights, and they took the administration to […]
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Bowdoin celebrates 40 years of dance at the college
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Department of Theater and Dance will celebrate the 40th anniversary of dance at the college with a festival that runs from April 9 through April 16. Established by Professor June Vail in 1971, the dance program at Bowdoin has grown into a central part of the college’s arts curriculum. “dance40@bowdoin” is […]
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College Basketball: Babson boots Bowdoin in OT
All those Babson six-footers gave Bowdoin plenty of headaches Friday night. Ultimately, though, the tallest obstacle for Bowdoin was a lengthy scoring drought that pushed the Polar Bears from the NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament. Bowdoin gave away a nine-point lead in the final nine minutes of regulation and was shut out until the […]
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College Basketball: Another Sweet season for Bowdoin women
BRUNSWICK — All the numbers add up for the Bowdoin College women’s basketball team. The Polar Bears are back in the Sweet 16. Ready to confront a New England foe with a series of sixes in the height column of its roster and an intimidating zero in the loss category. Seven players have averaged six […]
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Imaginations will run free at Bowdoin museum
BRUNSWICK — Inuit art will be in the spotlight with activities for all ages during the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum’s annual Family Day on Saturday, Feb. 26. All activities, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, and admission to the museum are free. Families can learn about Inuit art by viewing the exhibition “Imagination Takes Shape,” participate […]
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Pop-ups: They’re not just for kids
BRUNSWICK— Pop-up books by their very nature are intended to surprise and delight. They bring elements of animation and visual depth to what is normally a two-dimensional page, giving readers the added stimuli of motion, shadow and form. Just such a diversion is unfolding at Bowdoin College’s Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, home of one of the larger […]