After a Feast, Student Show Celebrates a Continent with Fashion and Talent
This weekend, Africa Alliance hosted a couple of African-themed events, starting Friday evening with “Tastes of Africa,” a feast of traditional dishes. Saturday the student group organized the second...
View ArticleDigipo: A ‘Wikipedia’ by College Students (Nieman Lab)
The Digital Polarization Initiative (Digipo) has piloted a claim-checking wiki for college students that helps them examine the online environments from which false claims originate. Students...
View ArticleEvery Country’s Favorite Book (Vice)
Vice presents Reddit user Backforward24’s “Literature of the World,” a map illustrating the most popular books in each country. Do you think you know the most popular book in the U.S.? See what we’re...
View ArticleThe More You Use Facebook, The Worse You Feel (Harvard Business Review)
A Harvard Business Review study measured participant well-being and its relationship with Facebook usage. Despite positive effects of real-world social networks, the study confirmed a negative...
View ArticleBohemians Unite: It’s All About the #Vanlife Social Media Movement (New Yorker)
Foster Huntington, former Ralph Lauren designer, traded in his day job for a 1987 Volkswagen Syncro and a lifetime of adventures. Huntington has acquired millions of Instagram followers using his...
View ArticleHayes MacArthur ’99: ‘Not Just an Actor’ (TVOvermind)
Hayes MacArthur ’99 Hayes MacArthur ’99, star of the popular police comedy television series Angie Tribeca, is “not just an actor,” according to the sports and entertainment blog TVOvermind. The...
View ArticleBowdoin Grads’ Shakespeare-Inspired Comedy Show Gets Rave Reviews in NYC
Olivia Atwood ’17 and Maggie Seymour ’16 Maggie Seymour ’16 and Olivia Atwood ’17 have taken their show 15 Villainous Fools to New York City, and the reception couldn’t be better. It’s described by...
View ArticleBowdoin Instructor Takes on ‘Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!’ Listener Limerick...
Shana Stewart Deeds Shana Stewart Deeds, a laboratory instructor in biology and environmental studies, was a phone-in guest on NPR’s Wait, Wait.. Don’t Tell Me! On the quiz show’s July 15, 2017,...
View ArticleBohemians Unite: It’s All About the #Vanlife Social Media Movement (New Yorker)
Foster Huntington, former Ralph Lauren designer, traded in his day job for a 1987 Volkswagen Syncro and a lifetime of adventures. Huntington has acquired millions of Instagram followers using his...
View ArticleHayes MacArthur ’99: ‘Not Just an Actor’ (TVOvermind)
Hayes MacArthur ’99 Hayes MacArthur ’99, star of the popular police comedy television series Angie Tribeca, is “not just an actor,” according to the sports and entertainment blog TVOvermind. The...
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