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The Bates Student
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Building Bonds Over Burgers: Rand and Parker JAs and CAs Host Community Cookout
Building Bonds Over Burgers: Rand and Parker JAs and CAs Host Community Cookout
Aden Michael and Nick Danko • October 3, 2025

On Friday, Sept. 26, several Junior Advisors (JAs) and Community Advisors (CAs) from Rand and Parker Halls hosted a cookout in the Gillespie Hall courtyard....

As Bates moves to embrace AI, faculty and students are raising questions about its ethics and uses.
Pushing For and Against AI: Bates Gains Full Access to Google Gemini
Elianna Kimura, Contributing Writer • October 3, 2025

Many new first-year and upperclassmen students may have been surprised by the sudden free access to Google's advanced artificial intelligence, which includes...

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Sarah Lieber's ('26) journey through Bates has been intertwined with TikTok.
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Sarah Lieber, Staff Writer • February 24, 2025
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Students running on treadmills in Merrill Gymnasium.
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Olivia Svallin, Assistant Features Editor • January 29, 2025
Purposeful Work office in Chase Hall.
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Sports
Intramural flag football teams, Dodgenomics and We Throw Dots play their first game of the season on Garcelon Field on September 21.
Another Season of Friendship and Sports Kicks Off on Garcelon Field
Trinity Poon, Editor-in-Chief • September 28, 2025
The Bates XC team takes a group photo along with fellow supporters.
Bates Cross Country Team Wins Second-Straight Maine State Meet Title, Crushing Bowdoin College’s Pickard XC Course
Robyn Song, Contributing Writer • September 27, 2025
New Athletic Director Brings Experience and Enthusiasm to Bates
New Athletic Director Brings Experience and Enthusiasm to Bates
Sydney Kuder, Contributing Writer • September 24, 2025
Bates Kicks Off Season With Dramatic Double-Overtime Victory Over Amherst
Lauren Vick, Contributing Writer • September 19, 2025
Arts & Leisure
Mikayla Burse '26 works on the set of ‘METAMORPHOSES.’
Shaeffer Stage Prepares for Fall Production of ‘METAMORPHOSES’
Marcel Nagy • October 3, 2025
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Ashley Taylor and Daisy O'Dwyer • October 1, 2025
Bates Reacts: 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Finale
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Ashley Taylor and Catalina Passino • September 26, 2025
Iulia Andrew '27 and MK Mylod '27 (examples of students choosing more summery dress with the warmer weather so far)
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Mary DeWitt, Contributing Writer • September 24, 2025
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