The Bowdoin community does a fantastic job celebrating the successes of our own. I remember as a student feeling that the Bowdoin homepage was filled with a never ending stream of content featuring students receiving awards, professors producing groundbreaking scholarship, and alums making a difference outside of the Bowdoin Bubble.
Now as an alum, I visit bowdoin.edu less frequently, but the Bowdoin Magazine and Facebook fill the void in my life with profiles of people like Edwin Lee, San Francisco’s mayor, and proud commentary from friends on our ascension up both prestigeous and inane rankings like the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges and Glamour’s 25 Horniest Colleges in the Country. When you throw Bowdoin’s Twitter feed and the Orient’s coverage into the mix, it seems that just about every major and minor accomplishment related to the Bowdoin community gets documented. That’s awesome and I’m proud to be a part of such an incredibly supportive community.
Every once in a while, however, something slips through the cracks. Stories can get lost in the shuffle because of bad timing with the calendar or because they contain a streak of controversiality—falling out of step with the lowest-common-denominator values of the Bowdoin community. Whatever the reason, I’m writing to make sure that we stop and take a moment to recognize and appreciate Director of Student Life Allen Delong’s excellent article on the Huffington Post on November 25.