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sign up today—it's free! On This Day2000 — Not-for-profit entrepreneur Ellen Baxter '75 presents a lecture entitled "Homelessness in New York City: The Courts, the Politics and Pragmatic Solutions,” in the chapel. StorePurchase Bowdoin merchandise online. |  Three war memorials stand in a direct line on the campus of Bowdoin College. From Memorial Hall, to the Memorial Flagpole, to the World War II, Korea, and Vietnam monument, each has a distinct history and each focuses attention on the heroism and resolve of those from this small college in Maine who served in America’s armed forces.
 It’s a time for celebration and a certain amount of relief as members of the Class of 2010 earn their undergraduate degrees at colleges and universities across America, and families see the last of those steep tuition bills. Has all the work and sacrifice been worth it?
 Some golfers drive a cart to play 18 holes; others prefer to walk it. But neither option is going to cut it at the world’s longest golf course, a par 72 behemoth where some holes are separated by 50 miles! No wonder Mark Twain called golf “a good walk spoiled.”
 A pair of current exhibitions at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art—”Learning to Paint: American Artists and European Art, 1876-1893″ and “Methods for Modernism: Form and Color in American Art, 1900 to 1925″—have earned positive reviews in the Portland Press Herald.
 The 2000 U.S. presidential election—the contest between George W. Bush and Al Gore—was the first time the Library of Congress archived Web content. A decade later, the Library employs a full-time staff to save those things online that merit preservation for future generations. Here are five that make the cut. Like every single tweet from every single Twitter user on the planet.
During Bowdoin’s 205th commencement ceremony, 454 bachelor of arts degrees were awarded to students from 40 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and 16 foreign countries.   The Class of 2010 joined the ranks of Bowdoin alumni Saturday following the College’s 205th Commencement exercises conducted on the Quad under partly sunny skies and warm temperatures. (Photos © Michele Stapleton)
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 Looking for something new to do this summer? How about a trip to Gibraltar, the tiny British territory with a strange and interesting past.
 On the eve of Memorial Day, The Washington Post describes what it takes to join the Old Guard at Arlington National Cemetery— “the most obsessive-compulsive unit” in the U.S Army.
One in five licensed drivers lacks the knowledge to pass a written driving test, and then there are the distractions — applying makeup, texting and changing clothes (yes, really) to name a few. Find out where they are. | Bowdoin Athletics 2/3/2012 Women's Track & Field at 1st/4 Maine State Meet (Bates) | Recap 2/4/2012 Nordic Skiing at Vermont Carnival (Trapp Family Lodge) 2/4/2012 Women's Swimming & Diving at Colby 2/4/2012 Men's Swimming & Diving at Colby 2/4/2012 Men's Track & Field at Maine State Meet (Bates) 2/4/2012 Women's Squash Bowdoin at Bates 2/4/2012 Men's Ice Hockey Bowdoin at Hamilton Video2/4/2012 Men's Squash Wesleyan (Conn.) at Bowdoin 2/5/2012 Nordic Skiing at Vermont Carnival (Trapp Family Lodge) 2/10/2012 Nordic Skiing at Dartmouth Carnival (Oak Hill) 2/10/2012 Women's Squash Bates at Bowdoin 2/10/2012 Women's Ice Hockey Bowdoin at Hamilton Video |
Three war memorials stand in a direct line on the campus of Bowdoin College. From Memorial Hall, to the Memorial Flagpole, to the World War II, Korea, and Vietnam monument, each has a distinct history and each focuses attention on the heroism and resolve of those from this small college in Maine who served in America’s armed forces.
