If you were charting a student’s progress through Bowdoin, you’d be hard-pressed to come up with a straight line. The gift of a liberal arts education is that freedom to zig and to zag. Last week, more than 40 first-year students got firsthand advice on ways to connect the dots to maximize the impact of their Bowdoin education. The so-called “myJourney” luncheon brought first years to the table with a group of nine student facilitators, many of them upperclassmen, who shared their personal stories of negotiating a pathway through Bowdoin.