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Commencement and Reunion Weekend Cancelled amid COVID-19 Concerns
April 6, 2020
Vanessa Paolella, Managing Editor
Bates officially announced the cancellation of both Commencement and Reunion Weekend today as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen in the U.S. While this move is not...
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Perla Figuereo ’21 Makes BCSG History as the First Woman of Color Elected President
April 3, 2020
Vanessa Paolella, Managing Editor
The Bates College Student Government (BCSG) released the results of the 50th BCSG election last week, naming Perla Figuereo ’21 and Lebanos Mengistu ’21 as the next President...
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Governor’s Responses to Corona as Fonts
April 3, 2020
Samuel Poulos, Staff Writer
Andrew Cuomo, New York: Times New Roman This dude is clearly a dom. Throughout this crisis, he’s been the one telling it like it is not only to the people of New York,...
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Bates Virologist Lori Banks Addresses Common COVID-19 Misconceptions

April 2, 2020

With the outbreak of COVID-19 and our new favorite activity—social distancing—most of our social lives are now confined to social media and the internet. These same platforms, however, make it a lot harder to find reliable resources that are not riddled with fake news about coronavirus. Fortunately,...

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What does COVID-19 mean for our incarcerated population?

Sophie Mackin, Staff Writer

April 3, 2020

How to Survive Quarantine: A Parody

Sam Poulos

March 27, 2020

Coronavirus? Like the beer?

Roy Mathews

March 27, 2020

“NESCAC Champs”: Nobody Wins

Madeline Polkinghorn, Managing News Editor