Sophie Mackin, Assistant Forum Editor
• January 26, 2022
The “Decolonization of Africa: Perspectives from the African Diaspora” panel discussion was organized and moderated by the Harward Center’s Assistant Director of Volunteer Programs and Community...
Skye Brown, Managing Features Editor
• January 26, 2022
On Sept. 30, 2021, the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Planning Committee sent out a community-wide email, which stated that “each January, Bates College observes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.” The email...
A total of 219 people gathered over Zoom for the “The Decolonization of the Sexual and Reprodutive Health of BIPOC Communities” workshop, which centered on the intersection of decolonizing and reproductive...
The Curricular Transformation panel heard from two academic units that are in the process of revising their curricula, instructional methods and requirements to interrogate issues of race, power and privilege.
The...
Bates Updates COVID-19 Policies for Winter Semester in Light of Omicron
On Wednesday morning Josh McIntosh, Vice President of Campus Life, released an update on winter semester plans. The plan calls...
Announced on Dec. 16 by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), ballots will be mailed to all adjunct faculty and staff to decide if they want to form the union. Votes will be counted on Jan. 31 by...
According to an anonymous survey conducted by The Bates Student, 58.2% of the 67 students who completed the survey have never missed a COVID-19 test. Another 23.9% said they miss about one test per academic...
Skye Brown, Managing Features Editor
• November 17, 2021
On Nov. 10, Vice President for Campus Life Josh McIntosh and Vice President for Finance and Administration Geoff Swift sent out an email regarding a change of the mask policies on campus. In the email,...
Sadie Basila, Managing Forum Editor
• November 17, 2021
On Oct. 22, Lana Del Rey released her second studio album of the year, “Blue Banisters.” Overall, it’s less dialed back than her previous album, “Chemtrails over the Country Club,” but it lacks...
Sophie Mackin, Assistant Forum Editor
• November 17, 2021
Taylor Swift is someone who needs no introduction. A household name, she is one of the most successful and well-known artists of our time. My generation has grown up with her, experiencing each and every...
When I was down at Boston University over the long weekend, I was scrolling through Blind Tiger, as I embarrassingly do every morning as if it’s The New York Times, when my friend told me she had never...
It has been over a month since the Bates Educators and Staff Organization (BESO) filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election. With the election drawing ever closer, The Bates...
