Okay, nobody freak out!! But I’m back with Bobcat Bites. And I know what you’re thinking: “mysterious Bobcat Bites writer, why did you return? Haven’t you moved on to bigger and better things?”...
After two years of COVID-19 restrictions on school-wide gatherings, Bates Campus Life held the large-scale event Bateschella to welcome students back to campus on Saturday September 17. According to...
Gabriel Coffey, Managing Forum Editor
• September 21, 2022
Russian writer Fyodor Dostovesky wrote “I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.” Well, the last sixish years of American politics have felt as such, and yet, as I sit here...
Willa Wang, Assistant Forum Editor
• September 21, 2022
How many languages can you hear at Bates? You might see students gathered at the language tables in the Commons. Your friends hurry on their way to language classes at noon, or maybe hear others chatting...
At 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, students received a text from the college’s emergency system notifying them that “a student was struck on campus by a shirtless man in tan pants.”
The message did not...
A student was hit by a W.B. Mason truck on Alumni Walk outside of Parker Hall at approximately 12:05 p.m. today.
The truck was backing up when the student was struck. They remained on the ground for...
Dear Readers,
Two months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health marked the end of a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion. That 6-3 vote overturned...
Whilst digging through decades of The Bates Student’s reporting on abortion - one name caught my interest. Three articles are written in a row by former Editor-in-Chief Gail Johnston ’84. So, I decided...
Bates will not require asymptomatic testing or masking in most places on campus, the college announced on Tuesday. Associate Dean of Students Blake Reilly and Student Outreach and Support Specialist Brenna...
Ella Beiser, Assistant Features Editor
• July 7, 2022
Standiford, a lifelong advocate for reproductive healthcare, spoke to The Student about what the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision means for millions of women
Almost immediately after graduating...
In an email to the Bates community on Wednesday, President Clayton Spencer announced that she will be stepping down from her role on June, 30, 2023, making the coming 2022-2023 school year her last at...
It’s been a while! It’s time for the reunion—Welcome back!
More than 1,200 alumni came to the reunion this year. Two thirds of them already graduated from Bates more than half a century ago. They...
