Comments on: Slideshow: The Holiday Season Begins Early at Bowdoin

By: Disgruntled Polar Bear

Disgruntled Polar Bear — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:10:53 +0000

Nathaniel,I question the appropriateness of your comment. Yes, we all eagerly anticipate diving into a plate of stuffing, turkey, cranberries, and other delectable foods on Thanksgiving every year. Yet you make a fatal error in assuming that Thanksgiving solely represents food. It is a day for family and appreciating what we have. What better way to do that than celebrating our Bowdoin family by sitting down to have a meal with them? After all, many of these people are the ones I consider to by my closest friends and my family away from home. Spending Thanksgiving with them only seems natural, and the Thanksgiving meal every year provides a special opportunity for us to do just that. The fact that Bowdoin can even provide us with such an impressive and unique dining experience proves just how special a place it is, reminding us how lucky we ALL are to be here, regardless of socioeconomic status.

I must admit, I am slightly disappointed that a Bowdoin graduate viewed this meal with such superficiality, especially knowing how important both community and tradition are to this institution.

By: Mom

Mom — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:21:44 +0000

Dad and I are happily enjoying our delicious turkey meatloaf at home,
while admiring your bounty! Buen provecho!

By: Nathaniel Harrison

Nathaniel Harrison — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:39:56 +0000

I question the appropriateness of this activity. Is it right for the College to provide an elaborate Thanksgiving feast for students, many of whom — I suspect — come from privileged financial backgrounds and who are doubtless going to be adequately fed by their families later in the week? Could Bowdoin be doing something else with the money spent on this gesture?
Nathaniel Harrison ’68

By: Robert A. Benjamin

Robert A. Benjamin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:30:54 +0000

What a wonderful idea. I wish there had been a way we could have done this during my time on campus.

Bob Benjamin ’66

By: Carmen Montes

Carmen Montes — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:24:15 +0000

poor children are forced to eat incredible food.