Brunswick ME June 19, 2013, 4:40 am  50°F wind speed: 0 mph N |                     Every year since 2002, Bowdoin has enlisted volunteers from local nonprofits to round up the unwanted clothing, furniture, vacuums, printers, carpets, jewelry, books and other throwaways that students turf at the end of the academic year. After sorting through the mound of things, the volunteers sell them at the popular Give & Go sale in early June. Continue reading Masks, Mops, Mugs, Toys, TVs and More for Sale at Annual ‘Give & Go’
Many of the poignant moments from Reunion Weekend 2012 — from the fun in the sun early on to the meaningful reconnections that blossom even under the wet conditions that would dominate the weekend — were captured by one of Bowdoin’s own. Galleries of photographs taken by Brian Wedge ’97 are on view and available for purchase until August 30, 2012.
The Henry Street School for International Studies has had a poker club since 2007, embracing the game as a healthy “mind sport” for students, the Journal reports. This approach is in line with the The United States Poker Federation, which is “trying to strip the game of its seedier associations and reposition it as one of the world’s official mind sports.” “Poker has been lumped in with some nefarious behavior because of the way it’s been played. But if you take money out of it and look at it on a skill level, what makes somebody a good poker player we think can translate to other areas of cognitive learning,” Amy Handelsman, executive director of the federation and the United States Mind Sports Association, tells the paper.
Agee the 800-pound Polar Bear has been working with Canadian animal trainer Mark Dumas since she was a cub. Watch as they wrestle and swim together in this video appearing on The Huffington Post. | |||
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