This story contains spoilers for season four of “Succession.”  The seemingly endless slog of awards season has made me think more about the highly acclaimed HBO series “Succession,” whose final...

Have you ever heard of a “Blue Zone” before? If not, I encourage you to explore this idea either on the internet or by asking a friend. Put simply, a Blue Zone is a geographical location where humans...

While we were all on our winter break, Maine was thrust into the center of a national political debate. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, following Colorado's lead, removed former President Donald...

Winter is about slipping across patches of muddy dead grass, feeling the tingle of icy air on your face, crouching on a bed of crinkly fallen cottonwood leaves, and holding your breath in hope that the...

In this article, I go over reasons why free laundry should be implemented at Bates, but what I mean by “free laundry” involves a small increase to the room & board fee. As a transfer student,...

If you ask any of my friends what my favorite holiday is, they would say Groundhog Day. I know the NFL has a Super Bowl in February, but Groundhog Day is my Super Bowl. The premise of the day is hilarious...

Editor’s Note: The following is a student-written op-ed, signed by over 110 student leaders and meant to be published simultaneously across over 40 student newspapers. The breadth of this op-ed is national...

It finally snowed in early December. As soon as it snowed, all the colors disappeared. The garnet-red school buildings, the tree trunks that hadn't lost all their leaves, the grass that mixed dark green...

Every year, juniors at Bates decide to take a semester or a year abroad all across the world. This is an opportunity for students to immerse themselves in different languages and cultures and expand their...

The snow is flying, the weather is freezing, and the final week is approaching. During the last week of this semester, a history student had just finished his first complete draft of one chapter from...