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Why DO They Drop That New Year’s Eve Ball in Times Square? (The Atlantic)
It’s been a familiar sight in New York City since 1907: a ball dropping from its perch high above Times Square to signal in the new year. But why a dropping ball, when most cities celebrate the...
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The New Yorker’s “100 Best Lists of All Time”
This time of year brings out all the lists: the top ten news stories, the best gadgets of 2012, the year in pictures, and so on. The New Yorker has taken all this list publishing to new heights with...
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‘Django Unchained’ Perpetuates Slavery Myth (New Yorker)
“The movie’s lines between fantasy and the actual myopic perspectives on history were so hazy that the audience wasn’t asked to suspend disbelief, they were asked to suspend conscience,” writes Jelani...
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Eric Davich ’06 Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (Forbes)
Eric Davich '06. Image: Internships.com.Eric Davich ’06 was recently named to Forbes‘ “30 Under 30″ list in the Music category for his role as co-founder of the music app Songza. Davich, who holds the...
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Not Unusual in Being Susceptible to Politics (The Atlantic)
Before the film Zero Dark Thirty started a ruckus over whether it was a factional or fictional depiction of the violent politics of Afghanistan, there were other somewhat surprising Hollywood films...
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Why the Pun Could be Making a Comeback (BBC News)
The pun has for centuries not commanded much respect, laments the BBC’s Sally Davies.At one point though, pre-Enlightenment, puns may not have been derided as uncontrollable, irritating tics that...
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Media ‘Mega-Survey’ Shows Industry Decline (The Atlantic)
Click thumbnail to see average wages of media-related jobsIt’s no surprise that print media has been struggling, and a new Bureau of Labor Statistics survey illuminates the current state of the...
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‘Lincoln’ Wrong About Connecticut’s Record on Abolition (Huffington Post)
Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., is hoping to rectify any wrong impressions that viewers of the movie Lincoln may have made about Connecticut’s history when it comes to slavery. The award-winning movie...
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Video: ‘Bowdoin Music Collective’ Collectively Shines
During the blizzard last weekend, Bowdoin students gathered in the warm pub in Smith Union to listen to an evening of original music and cover songs by an assortment of campus musicians. The 4th Annual...
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20 Important U.S. Restaurants and Their Recipes (Bon Appétit)
For those who didn’t realize that a restaurant can be “important,” you’ll be surprised to lean that Bon Appétit magazine has found twenty of them in America. Another surprise: one of these...
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Social Media and the Russian Meteor Collide (L.A. Times)
Friday’s meteor crash in Russia was hardly amusing to the estimated 1,200 people injured in the blast, but that didn’t stop folks on social media from putting a different spin on the event. Here’s a...
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Multimedia: Ying Quartet Leaves Lingering Notes on Campus
Left to tight: Janet Ying (violin), Ayano Ninomiya (violin), David Ying (cello), Phillip Ying (viola)For five days this February, the four musicians who make up the highly acclaimed Ying Quartet, a...
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Student Lecture Series Debuts with Talks on Christian Science and Squirrel...
Carl Spielvogel ’13 discussing squirrel diabetesEager to learn about the dangers of diabetes in squirrels, as well as what it’s like to grow up as a Christian Scientist, students crowded into the...
View ArticleVideo: ‘Harlem Nights’ Theme Makes for Glamorous Ebony Ball
Every year for the past two decades, the African-American Society has thrown a big party, the Ebony Ball, for all students. Last year, the ball was inspired by the Oscars, and the Af-Am Society staged...
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Theater Department presents ‘Quake’
Last weekend, the Bowdoin College Department of Theater and Dance presented their spring semester show, Quake by Melanie Marnich. Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Melissa C. Thompson directed...
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Heaping Helpings of Food on Maine Vanity Plates (The Daily Meal)
Photo: Holly SherburneMaine might have the most food-themed license plates in the United States. Or maybe it just has the best chronicler of foodie license plates: Holly Sherburne, Bowdoin’s director...
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Broadway Comes to Bowdoin
The Good Swimmer cast: Molly Knox '15 (left), Nate Houran '13, and Tess Chardiet '13For the last two weeks, Broadway has been at Bowdoin, workshopping a new project.Kevin Newbury ’00, a world-renown...
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Slideshow: Faculty and Staff Outcook Students with Wild Mushroom Ravioli
The 9th Annual Doug Pollock Polar Chef Cooking Competition in Thorne Dining Hall pitted a team of seasoned faculty and staff against a team of fresh students. Though the students cooked up two gourmet...
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A March Madness of Clichés (Chronicle of Higher Education)
As you prepare to watch your favorite player “step up and knock it down” during the NCAA basketball tournament, it’s important to remember that there is no “i” in “team.” These and so many other...
View ArticleVideo: Taekwondo Master Golden Owens ’15
Golden Owens ’15, Taekwondo Master from Bowdoin College on Vimeo.Golden Owens has been doing taekwondo since she was four; she started classes a few years after her dad (also a master) took up the...
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