for rent?: An off-campus house in Brunswick. Students planning on living in the area are scrambling to find options as summer programs return to normal.
The release of the Summer Campus Community Agreement this week painted a clear picture of what life on campus will look like for students who sign it, and it is a picture that strongly resembles this past semester at the College. For students ineligible for on-campus housing, the market for off-campus rentals has been exceptionally tight, due primarily to the return of the Bowdoin International Music Festival (BIMF).
As will be the case next fall, all students living on campus must be fully vaccinated before housing officially opens on June 4. Moreover, as per the agreement, there will be a testing program for students throughout the summer, and students who miss a certain number of tests will be subject to disciplinary action potentially including “immediate removal from campus.” Mandatory masking, physical distancing and rest