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The Bowdoin Orient
The Bowdoin Orient, Bowdoin’s student newspaper, began publication in 1871 and is the nation’s oldest continuously published college weekly. It provides news and information relevant to the Bowdoin community, especially concerning student social life, and maintains a tradition of editorial independence from the College and its administration.
Interview with George Khaldun (Class of 1973) by Marcus Williams
Date: 2019-11-09
Creator: George Khaldun
Access: Open access
- George Khaldun ’73 came to Bowdoin from New York at the suggestion of a mentor, the director of a library where Kahldun had worked part-time in high school. He shares that he was at first apprehensive of moving to Maine but decided to apply since it would provide a change of pace from the inner city. He discusses his political affiliation as a Black Panther and the comradery he felt in finding others at Bowdoin who shared his revolutionary beliefs. Kahldun found these men in the Afro-American Society, where he could connect with black people from across the country. He says this community helped hone his political beliefs but also adjust to the rigors of Bowdoin academics. Kahldun admits to struggling during his first year, after finding support in the Society, he was able to succeed in school.
Interview with Mark Richter (Class of 2014) by Marina Henke
Date: 2019-11-10
Creator: Mark Richter
Access: Open access
- Mark Richter ('14) shares his experience as an Africana Studies student who grew up in Brunswick, Maine. He tells of his path to the Africana Studies department, as largely influenced by his classes with Professor Brian Purnell, including his course on the popular television show, 'The Wire.’ Richter describes how his academic work at Bowdoin provided him with a certain language to explore and discuss topics that he had not had the verbage for before. He recounts certain classes in the department which allowed for conversations surrounding race and identity that may not have happened normally on campus. Finally, Richter offers insight into how his major at Bowdoin has prepared him for work at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and given him tools as a white male to understand privilege and inequity.