A couple weeks ago, the growing number of coronavirus cases on campus resulted in a mass exodus from Bates and some students shifted to remote learning early. Now, the student body has fully returned to...
Thank you to the Commons staff for everything this fall!
November 19, 2020
Harvest Dinner was one of the few Bates traditions which survived the pandemic this fall. Christine Schwartz, Assistant Vice President for Dining, said the vote was unanimous; with so many cancellations...
In 2016, some members of the Bates community were devastated by Donald Trump’s win. The day after the election, students cried in Commons, and some professors cancelled class.
The 2020 election...
Kim’s Kitchen is frequently visited by Bates students for late-night food and beverages such as chicken fried rice and french fries. However, the strength of the link between Kim’s and Bates is often...
Throughout the past few years, Bates students' relationship with Campus Security might have been described as tumultuous by some. Interactions between the student body and the security office have ranged...
The Bates Student conducted a survey of current Bates students, staff, and faculty to investigate political views, affiliations, voting trends and other factors related to the 2020 election. The survey...
The ability of Bates students to vote in the state of Maine is a constitutional right, yet still a contentious issue when it comes to putting that right into practice.
Despite the clear and relatively...
On Sept. 18 of this year, Supreme Court Justice and active supporter of reproductive rights, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG), died at her home in Washington D.C. after a final battle with pancreatic cancer....
For many sociologists, the election between President Donald Trump and former vice-president Joe Biden is the most socially relevant in American history. To further unpack what this means, I interviewed...
With just a few more days until the Nov. 3 election, political groups on campus have intensified their voices.
In addition to non-partisan voting efforts like Bates Votes, there are a number of different...
I spent a lot of hours of my COVID-19 summer working a job in retail. Following New Jersey state guidelines, the small women’s boutique was able to open on June 15 after a three-month closure. We...
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