Sadie Basila, Managing Forum Editor
• September 29, 2021
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are engaged in a modern day version of The Space Race that some are calling a “moon race.” Both Musk’s SpaceX and Bezos’ Blue Origin recently competed for a NASA contract...
Skye Brown, Managing Features Editor
• September 29, 2021
On July 26, Carl Steidel, former senior associate dean of students, sent out an email regarding the findings of the incident between a Campus Safety officer and a Bates student. He was referencing an incident...
Autumn is my favorite season for a multitude of reasons — it’s colorful-tree season, crunching-through-fallen-leaves season, apple-picking season, pumpkin-carving season — but most of all it’s...
The Bates baseball team is one of the more young and up-and-coming teams on campus. The Bobcats had a winning record of 19-17 in the 2019 season before the COVID-19 pandemic and are looking to improve...
Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor
• September 22, 2021
Imagine being six years old and having poetry workshops with an award-winning poet. This was life for Maria Gray, ‘23.
Gray recounted that her first exposure to poetry came through her elementary...
Alexi Knight, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor
• September 22, 2021
When I started applying to college, I had no idea what I was doing. I had always assumed I’d probably go to a local community college or state university; these were all that seemed affordable. When...
Marvel’s done it again. Director Destin Daniel Cretton’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is a triumph. A beautiful blend of action and emotional depth, “Shang-Chi” thrives thanks...
Ilana Zeilinger, Assistant Features Editor
• September 22, 2021
Hello! The Features Section is starting “The ‘Cat Corner,” a weekly column expressing students’ perspectives on campus culture and Bates life. Articles can be between 150 and 400 words and may...
Willa Wang, Managing Forum Editor
• September 22, 2021
Due to the global pandemic, most of the students from the class of 2024 went to “Zoom University” last year. They didn’t know how it feels to be in the classroom, talk to professors in-person, or...
Warning: this piece contains mentions of sexual violence and assault.
I have written and rewritten this piece a few times now, and still can’t seem to find the right words to convey what I am thinking...
Sadie Basila, Managing Forum Editor
• September 22, 2021
Because I regard myself as both a pillar of campus fashion and a judgemental political mind, I am very well suited to the task of evaluating ideologically inspired looks from the Met Gala. And if you’ve...
Hello! The Features Section is starting “The ‘Cat Corner,” a weekly column expressing students’ perspectives on campus culture and Bates life. Articles can be between 150 and 400 words and should...
