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• "The Ledge" After 50 Years

  Fifty years ago, a short story by Bowdoin professor Lawrence Sargent Hall ’36 won a prestigious O. Henry Award. On the golden anniversary of the story’s publication, author Anthony Doerr ’95 and novelist Margot Livesey comment on the staying power of “The Ledge.”

• Not Your Average Joe

  Want to learn how to predict the winner of a presidential elextion just by watching the eyes of each candidate? Ask Joe Tecce '55. Curious about whether Roger Clemens told the truth about whether he used steroids? Joe has his number. Seeking ways to ease the stress in your life? Joe's your man.

• On the Air

  Early each semester the staff of WBOR conducts the college radio equivalent of an open casting call: They invite anyone who’s interested – students, faculty, staff and community members – to apply for a DJ time slot, creating new generations of DJs that are keeping college radio very much alive.

• Professor Dearest?

  English professor William Watterson and Kristina Dahmann ’10 connect the dots between Parker Cleaveland, noted mineralogist and eccentric early-nineteenth century Bowdoin professor, and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s character Dr. Cacaphodel in Hawthorne’s short story “The Great Carbuncle.”