With race effectively eliminated as a factor in college admissions, Maine schools must refocus their efforts to create diverse student bodies.
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‘We will not stop’: King, Collins sign letter demanding Bowdoin College graduate’s release
Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin College graduate, has been detained in Russia since March on spying charges that U.S. officials call bogus.
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Posted inTimes Record
House of Representatives vote calls for release of Bowdoin College grad detained by Russia
The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Bowdoin College Class of 2014, was accused of spying following his March 29 arrest by the Russian Security Service.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson, a Bowdoin grad, charts progressive path
Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson never guessed he’d be expelled for leading a gun control protest on the House floor after a school shooting left three children and three adults dead
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U.S. ambassador visits reporter accused by Russia of spying
Ambassador Lynne Tracy said Evan Gershkovich ‘is in good health and remains strong.’
Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
‘Hole in our hearts’: Family of Bowdoin graduate detained by Russia speaks out
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich faces a 20-year prison sentence on spying charges in Russia.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Bowdoin graduate Justin Pearson is reinstated to Tennessee House
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted to send Pearson back to the Legislature in Nashville, from which he had been expelled for his support of gun control protesters.
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At least 1 ousted Black lawmaker to return to Tennessee House
A 2nd expelled lawmaker, Memphis Rep. Justin Pearson, meanwhile, could be reappointed at a Wednesday meeting of the Shelby County Commission.
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Lawyers meet with jailed American reporter in Moscow prison
A graduate of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Evan Gershkovich is the first U.S. correspondent since the Cold War to be detained on espionage accusations.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Protect women athletes? Show me the money
Laws requiring equal financing and equal pay for men’s and women’s teams would benefit dozens of women athletes at USM and Bowdoin – and thousands nationwide.