Do you have an important exam tomorrow, but just can’t bring yourself to grab your heavy, densely worded textbook to study? Are you feeling too tired to write out your own thoughtful response to that...
Hadley Blodgett, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor
• April 19, 2023
Hadley taught herself the trumpet around three years ago and recently joined the jazz band as a college freshman. It has quickly become one of her favorite courses at Bates. This concert will be the first...
It’s always been a dream of mine to have my own café where I can make my own coffee and talk with my customers about the difference in the flavor profiles of Ethiopian and Central American coffee. Unfortunately,...
Lena LaPierre, Assistant Forum Editor
• April 19, 2023
Infamously, President Barack Obama once declared, “I promise you folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree.” Although...
With Lick It approaching tonight, there’s bubbling concern amongst students over who should and shouldn't attend the dance, decided through determinations of who is and isn't “queer enough” or who...
Hadley Blodgett, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor
• April 5, 2023
With next week (supposedly) being really warm, the prime times for clear nights approaches. Whether you can bundle in a sweatshirt and bring friends or just vibe alone under the stars, it might be new...
The Race, Power, Privilege and Colonialism Curriculum (RPPC) Requirement passed at the April faculty meeting with 88 faculty voting yes, 25 no and 7 abstaining. This is the third reading of the requirement...
Have something to complain about? Need to ask your peers a question? Look no further than to the little orange app on your cellular device: Blind Tiger.
The image of a tiger adorns the screens of...
I found a seat in the Commons on a busy Friday evening. My time slot of housing selection for next year was coming. I was not lucky enough to get a relatively early time, but mine was not that late as...
In a statement on Wednesday, President Clayton Spencer informed college staff that the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Boston has scheduled the counting of the ballots...
If you have a vehicle on campus, you know what I’m talking about. You know that the “issued parking pass” to “physical parking spot” ratio is far from equal – and no, we do not have a surplus...
There’s a saying in biology that form follows function–the shape of ribosomes, DNA, enzymes, etc. The very makeup of these structures allows them to create life with power and efficiency. So if this...
