ABC World News Sunday (November 1, 2009)

DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm was featured in a segment about Maine's same-sex marriage referendum. The interview with Potholm was conducted by Alessandra "Ali" Sozio '07, an ABC News field producer. Watch the segment.

The Huffington Post (November 1, 2009)

The popular news and opinion Web site carried the Maine Associated Press article, "Maine Voters to Decide Future of Gay Marriage Law Tuesday," featuring commentary from DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm. Read the article.

Inside Higher Ed (October 30, 2009)

The article, "Fulbright's Good Fortune," mentions that Bowdoin students and alumni submitted 20 applications last year and 28 this year for the State Department-sponsored fellowships to study, conduct research or teach English in 140 countries. Read the article.

CNN (October 26, 2009)

The cable network's Web site carried the article, "Same-Sex Marriage Battle Moves to Maine," which included commentary from DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm, who notes that the spotlight is now on Maine because of the defeated bill in California.

"I think this is a nationwide effort to get the gay marriage agenda back on track — not just in Maine, but in terms of the whole country," says Potholm in the article. Read the article.

The New York Times (October 25, 2009)

Joan Benoit Samuelson '79 is counted among the newspaper's ten "best of the best" in a preview of those registered for the 2009 New York City Marathon. Read the article.

The New York Times (October 25, 2009)

DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm is quoted in the article, "States Pressed Into New Role on Marijuana." In it, Potholm sheds light on the interesting nexus between the medical marijuana referendum and another that calls for a ban on same-sex marriage, saying that opponents of same-sex marriage have heavily recruited young, socially conservative voters, who do not tend to be concerned about medical marijuana expansion.

"The 18 to 25-year-old vote is going to be overrepresented because of the gay marriage situation, so overrepresented in favor of medical marijuana," says Potholm in the article. Read the article.

The Huffington Post (October 25, 2009)

Ted Wells '98, a fourth grade teacher in Brookline, Mass., attended the Boston Underwater 350 Festival with his wife and one-year-old son and wrote about the experience for The Huffington Post in the article, "350: Polar Bears, Harbor Seals, and a Boy."

"Before heading over, I noticed the little guy was wearing his 'Bowdoin Polar Bears' T-shirt, so I put a strip of duct tape over 'Bowdoin' and Sharpied in 'Save the' instead. Voila! He was ready for his first climate rally." Read the article.

Ski magazine (October 2009)

The article "High Country Heroes" features Auden Schendler '92, executive director of sustainability for Aspen Skiing Company, and his opinions regarding climate change and the steps he feels must be taken to stave off imminent environmental disaster. "To deal with climate change, we need to make all these decisions with big, 50-year implications in a 10-year window," says Schendler in the article.

National Journal (October 20, 2009)

The article, "Where the Mild Things Are: Olympia Snowe Continues Maine's Long Tradition of Rewarding Pragmatic Senators," reports that Maine has had "some of the most influential senators of the last 50 years," including Republicans Margaret Chase Smith and William Cohen '62, and Democrats Edmund Muskie and George Mitchell '54.

The piece notes that DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Chris Potholm, while speaking at an event attended by Sen. Snowe at Colby College, credited Smith with creating the archetype of the GOP Maine senator. Read the article.

That Old Cape Magic (Knopf, 2009)

Richard Russo's latest novel about a professor's midlife crisis includes passing mention of the College. On page seven, in describing the academic careers of the protagonist's professorial parents, Russo writes: "[T]hey’d each had opportunities — she at Amherst, he at Bowdoin — but never together."

Russo's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Empire Falls was made into an HBO film, parts of which were filmed at the College’s Breckinridge Public Affairs Center in York, Maine. Read more about the Breckinridge Center's role in the filming of Empire Falls. Watch the Empire Falls trailer.

The Good Wife/CBS (October 20, 2009)

In the opening scene of the episode titled "Crash," a character introduces new assistant Marnie Compton and includes among her credentials, "Bowdoin 2005, summa cum laude." The Good Wife focuses on Julianna Marguiles who plays Alicia Florrick, the wife of a disgraced politician who returns to her old job as a defense attorney to rebuild her reputation and provide for her two children.

There is a Bowdoin presence behind the scenes, as well. Ivano Pulito '08, originally hired in June as an office production assistant for the series, now works as an accounting clerk for the show. The scene featuring a Bowdoin mention begins one minute, 13 seconds into the episode.

The Boston Globe (October 20, 2009)

DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm is quoted in the article, "Same-Sex Marriage Fight Roils Maine."

"The defeat in California, which was by no means predicted, was a terrible black eye" for supporters of same-sex marriage, says Potholm in the article. "They very much want to make Maine a place where they turn that around.’" Read the article.

Lacrosse magazine (October 2009)

Christopher Hill '74 arrived in Baghdad on April 24, 2009, as the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq and hadn't even reached the embassy before finding a fellow lacrosse player. So began the Baghdad Lacrosse Club — and the article in which Hill reminisces about his career as a midfielder on the Bowdoin team and how he once crossed paths with a man who would go on to serve a patriotic duty of his own — as head coach of the New England Patriots.

"My claim to fame is that in the ECAC New England Division III championship game in 1974, Bowdoin beat Wesleyan, 15-7," says Hill in the article. "And there was a hapless attackman named Bill Belichick who did not score that day because I was on him. He's never been heard from again. I guess I drove him into football." Read the article.

Inside Higher Ed (October 16, 2009)

Yonfang Chen '10 and his two co-authors are interviewed about their book, A True Liberal Arts Education (China Publishing Group, 2009). Reporter Serena Golden asks Chen what aspects of Bowdoin surprised him the most upon his arrival from China and about the challenges he encountered.

"While the language barrier was relatively easy to conquer, assimilating into a new culture so different from my own was a much more demanding task," says Chen in the article. "Coming from a culture in which a 'standard answer' is provided for every question, I did not argue with others even when I disagreed. However, Bowdoin forced me to re-consider 'the answer' and reach beyond my comfort zone." Read the article.

The Globe and Mail [Canada] (October 15, 2009)

"She is impervious to an attack from the left or the right. She's a heroine," says DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm in an article about Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and her controversial role in the ongoing debate over healthcare reform legislation.

"Maine voters want a certain kind of Republican. They wouldn't like her if she did something just to please the right wing or the Republican Party," he says, adding: "People in Maine, regardless of political affiliation, they want our problems solved." Read the article.

The Boston Globe (October 14, 2009)

DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm's insight into the pivotal role played by Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) as she cast the only Republican vote in favor of the Senate finance committee's healthcare bill is included in the article, "Snowe Went 'Back and Forth' Till End." Read the article.

Washington Examiner (October 13, 2009)

The paper ran an Associated Press story about the money raised on both sides of the referendum regarding Maine's gay marriage law. "This is a huge national issue coming after defeat of gay marriage in California, and Maine is where the defenders of gay marriage are making their stand," says DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm in the article. Read the article.

Mad Men/AMC (October 11, 2009)

The episode "Wee Small Hours" features the character Suzanne Farrell jogging in a Bowdoin T-shirt. Mad Men, set in a Madison Avenue advertising agency in the early 1960s, has received critical acclaim, particularly for its historical authenticity and visual style, and has won multiple awards, including nine Emmys and three Golden Globes. Watch the Mad Men scene.

Mad Men executive producer Matthew Weiner was a writer on another popular cable series, HBO's The Sopranos, which wove Bowdoin into an ongoing storyline. In June 2009, TV Guide ranked "College," the episode in which Meadow Soprano travels to Maine with her mobster father, Tony, to visit Bowdoin, Bates and Colby, the second-greatest episode in the history of television. Read more about the Bowdoin storyline on The Sopranos.

The Los Angeles Times (October 9, 2009)

"She's basically untouchable," says DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government Christian Potholm of Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) in an article about her role in the ongoing healthcare debate. "When the lefty loonies start screaming, or the right-wing kooks come after her, the rest say [she] must be doing something right."

The article notes Maine’s long-cherished tradition of electing lawmakers unafraid to ignore partisan attachments, and includes as an example William S. Cohen ’62, who, as a U.S. Representative, voted to impeach President Richard Nixon. "The expectation is that a senator from Maine will be a nationally significant figure," says Potholm. "For 60 years the image has been country first, state second and party third." Read the article.

Christian Science Monitor (October 9, 2009)

The article, "Universities Try Innovative Ways to Get Grads Jobs," mentions the College along with Amherst and Tufts, calling them "intellectual powerhouses." Read the article.