The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

Sloan is Not “Someone You Hate”

Sloan is Not “Someone You Hate”

Sacha Feldberg, Assistant News Editor October 21, 2020

On Oct. 16, a cold and rainy day in Lewiston, American singer-songwriter Sasha Sloan released her ten-song debut album, “Only Child.” The 40-degrees Fahrenheit weather and heavy rain had me feeling...

Stories of Haunted Lewiston, Just in Time for Halloween

Jessica Gross, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor October 21, 2020

Halloween is fast approaching. A time period usually marked by excitement, party planning, and long-anticipated costume reveals may look a little different this school year. This may cause some to lose...

Bates Creative Writers Tackle Memory, Isolation, and More in Module A Courses

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor October 21, 2020

As module A came to an end, students in Playwriting, taught by Lecturer in Theater Cliff Odle and the junior-senior Autofiction seminar, taught by Lecturer in English Jessica Anthony, presented readings...

The Video Game Club often meets in Chase Lounge for events.

Video Game Club Creates Community in Uncertain Times

Eleanor Boyle, Community Outreach Coordinator October 21, 2020

In a time where we are encouraged to stay distant from friends and loved ones, it can be daunting for people to find ways to stay connected. That’s where the Video Game Club comes in. The club is...

Bates Knitwits: Knitting, Crochet and More

Bates Knitwits: Knitting, Crochet and More

Jessica Gross, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor October 14, 2020

Do you ever find yourself yearning for a creative outlet amidst the chaos of college? Why not try one where you could make things that are useful for your day to day life, particularly in the cold weather...

Embroidery for Food Justice

Embroidery for Food Justice

Georgina Scoville, Managing Editor October 14, 2020

Sadie Basila ’23 offers a new way to stay fashionable: for a baseline $2 plus an extra charge for new items or donations, she will embroider any clothing item and donate the money to food justice organizations....

Dan Mills Takes you on a World Trip

Dan Mills Takes you on a World Trip

Eleanor Boyle, Community Outreach Coordinator October 14, 2020

Dan Mills is currently the Director of the Bates College Museum of Art and a lecturer in the humanities. However, he is also a renowned artist and has had his work displayed in professional exhibitions...

Women of Color group photo from last year.

Writing about Home: WOC’s First Poetry Workshop

Sacha Feldberg, Assistant News Editor October 14, 2020

My Friday evening was filled with poetry, love, some laughter, carrot cake, and high-quality conversations with high-quality people via Zoom. How was your Friday evening? Friday, Oct. 9 was Womxn of...

Netflix’s “Enola Holmes” Puts a New Spin on the Classic Detective Stories

Netflix’s “Enola Holmes” Puts a New Spin on the Classic Detective Stories

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor October 14, 2020

What if Sherlock Holmes had an equally deductive sister? The new Netflix film “Enola Holmes,” adapted from the 2006-2010 book series by Nancy Springer, asks just that. “Stranger Things” Millie...

Joji gives us no place left to “Run”

Joji gives us no place left to “Run”

Eleanor Boyle, Community Outreach Coordinator October 7, 2020

At midnight on Sept. 25, Japanese musician George Kusunoki Miller, known by his stage name Joji, released his second album, "Nectar."  Joji's style has been described primarily as lo-fi, a genre of...

Erick Gredonia’s recorded piece “Ode to LA”.

“Safaera” Highlights Bates’ Hispanic and Latinx Artists

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor October 7, 2020

Hispanic Heritage Month will come to an end on Oct. 15, but Latinos Unidos and the Carribean Students Association (CSA) wouldn’t let the month pass without a celebration of the Hispanic/Latinx community...

Osceola Heard ‘22 watches “The Way Things Go” by Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss in the Bates Museum of Art

‘The Way Things Go’ Celebrates Simple Mechanics in Bates Museum of Art

Jessica Gross, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor September 30, 2020

A high pitched, firework-like whistle cuts through the silence as a rocket ignites, shaking a large metal box with a soft boom as it combusts within its insides. There are chairs laid out (six feet apart,...

Load More Stories