About the Orient

Website Information

General Information

The website of The Bowdoin Orient was redesigned in 2004, and again in 2009.

We encourage comments on the website, suggestions for future improvements, and reports on any errors you encounter.

If the website does not look quite right, upgrading to a newer or more standards-compliant web browser may fix the problem.

To contact the webmaster, please email orientweb@bowdoin.edu.

The website was designed and maintained by a number of people over the years, including Mark Hendrickson, James Baumberger, Vic Kotecha, and Seth Glickman.

In the current Orient

EDITORIAL

The Good Book

Did you read your first year book before Orientation? More important, did you take anything meaningful away from the book or discussion? Evidently ... Read

NEWS

Abroad students report on Chile quake

The devastation caused by the recent 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile may seem remote to students clustered on a small campus in Maine, but for ... Read

FEATURES

Decade in review: Part I: Student affairs & campus life

Bowdoin's dining earned top marks in 2005 and 2006, holding the No. 1 spot on the Princeton Review list of "Best Campus Food" for two years in a row. ... Read

OPINION

Space travel will only help accelerate global warming

The news has never really been a source of joy or hope, but recently reading the newspaper has felt like reading one's own obituary, and watching the ... Read

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Wish Theater houses the ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’

The dark humor and honest humanity broiling in Davis Robinson's production of "The Cripple of Inishmaan" will overtake Wish Theater this ... Read

SPORTS

Men’s hockey beats Colby in overtime, moves on to semifinals

The air at Watson Arena felt a little different on Saturday. Maybe it was because the power had been out the day before or maybe it was due to the ... Read