What a way to spend a Friday night. We showed up to the Olin Arts Center, two unsuspecting students admittedly in attendance for the musical credit required alongside music lessons at Bates, but hoping...
Gail Curtis, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor
• October 9, 2024
The Gray Cage hummed with activity and excitement as students and families filtered in, eager for the Parent’s Weekend A Cappella Concert to begin. Upbeat pop tracks played overhead, fueling the excited...
Gail Curtis, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor
• October 9, 2024
When it comes to reading, most of us divide our literary experiences into two rigid categories: reading for school and reading for pleasure. The former is often a necessary chore, while the latter is a...
Bates is our home away from home, and so, we delved into the culinary scene to find a comforting cup of joe. After hours of studying our respective psychology and English, we needed a break. Coming from...
Kate Hayes, Assistant News Editor
• September 25, 2024
Ladd Library was opened in 1973 and, as Bates’ only library, remains a campus hotspot. But despite the large amount of students circulating throughout the building each day, it’s not without its own...
Max Olson, Managing News Editor
• September 25, 2024
It started with a dream. After seeing a trailer for a new summer blockbuster, a friend of mine had a premonition of sorts about “Trap”, that it was going to be filled with bizarre logic, like a bad...
An Introduction to “COWBOY CARTER” from Anastasia
I have been a huge Beyoncé fan since middle school. Her sixth studio album “Lemonade” (2016) was a revelation for my 7th-grade self. An anthem...
On March 24 families flocked to the numerous maple sugar shacks spread through the state. This wasn’t a random occurrence. Maine Maple Sunday/weekend has celebrated Spring, maple trees and local businesses.
Always...
While many students were looking forward to Friday, March 15 to herald in St. Patrick’s Day Weekend, I was excitedly waiting for The Ides of March. Beyond the “Et tu, Brute” jokes I was going to...
I walked into a variety of smells – coffee, matcha, chai and vanilla lattes – and the warm glow of lights. Students sat studying and chatting, doing their homework and sipping their coffee. Le Ronj,...
To preface my review I am going to give context to my going into reading this book. I was in the Gender and Sexuality Studies lounge, one of the first to arrive at a casual get-together with a professor....
Before launching into our reflections on the 2024 Oscars on March 10, we deem it appropriate to begin in the exact manner the ceremony commenced: with a short delay to call for an immediate ceasefire in...
