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The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

Guidotti with a Nerds Gummy Cluster

Bates Alumni Series: Greg Guidotti, Connecting Community through Candy

Sarah Lieber, Staff Writer October 31, 2024

With Halloween right around the corner, the Bates campus and student body are looking forward to welcoming back the Lewiston community for trick-or-treating for the second year. This year, the candy offerings...

The Bates Forest in Alfred, Maine showing a thinned stand of white pine.

Long Live the Bates Forestry Department

Sydney Schuster, Managing Features Editor October 30, 2024

For a few notable years throughout the early 20th century, Bates boasted a new academic department that was relatively unprecedented amongst its peers at the time. The Bates Forestry Department had a short...

Bates Votes sign detailing relevant Maine voter information in Ladd Library.

Bates Votes Spotlight: Student Led Political Action and Involvement

Ellie Stevenson, Assistant Features Editor October 28, 2024

Bates Votes, a student-led nonpartisan voting initiative facilitated by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, is committed to engaging and educating students to participate in our democracy. Since...

Bates Alum Series: Liane FitzGerald, From Bates to Bikinis

Bates Alum Series: Liane FitzGerald, From Bates to Bikinis

Ellie Stevenson, Assistant Features Editor October 9, 2024

Liane FitzGerald ‘12, is entering her eleventh year with her business, Roy Swim, a line of handmade customizable swimwear designed to be comfortable, personalizable, and functional.  For FitzGerald,...

Juliet Mwongeli Muema, Program Officer, The Action Foundation & Para-Cyclist (left)
Fowsia Musse, Executive Director, Maine Community Integration (middle)
Yun Garrison, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Bates College (right).

Ka Bogso (Be Healed): Experience the Transformative Power of Community-Engaged Research through Art

Catalina Passino, Executive Managing Editor October 9, 2024

Ka Bogso is a five piece art exhibit that was shown in Olin Arts Center from Sept. 24 to Oct 3. This visual art piece displayed a newly developed theory – centered around five Rs – about Somali refugee...

How Did We Get Here? A Look at Footwear Trends and the Shoes of Bates in 2024

How Did We Get Here? A Look at Footwear Trends and the Shoes of Bates in 2024

Sarah Lieber September 25, 2024

Each day before leaving their dorms or houses, Batesies finish their outfits by putting on shoes. A seemingly simple step may have larger motivations and implications. The shoes we wear from Commons to...

Dear Bert: I'm Concerned About My Friends' Diets

Dear Bert: I’m Concerned About My Friends’ Diets

September 25, 2024

A couple of my friends have a hard time balancing their diets (getting pretty much anything green / vegetable on their plate). I’ve brought it up with them a lot, suggesting they come to the salad or...

Photo provided by Andrew Shepard.

New Confidential Resource Advisor Hopes to Revamp Prevention Programming, Connect with Students

Ella Beiser, Editor-in-Chief May 22, 2024

Andrew Shepard was hired as the new Confidential Resource Advisor (CRA), filling a position after a nearly semester-long vacancy. Formerly known as the Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocate (SAVA), the...

Total eclipse viewed on Sugarloaf Mountain on April 8, 2024.

Total Skiclipse of the Heart

Hannah Kothari, Digital Editor April 11, 2024

April 8, 3:52 a.m. (AKA way too early in the morning)  Scrambling out of bed to the all-too familiar sound of my alarm, I nearly convinced myself it wasn't worth it. I had seen a sliver of the last...

Roommate falling out turned romance novel

Roommate falling out turned romance novel

April 9, 2024

Dear Bert, My college best friend and roommate (who I deeply care about) and I recently had a major falling out. It's made me realize I might have had stronger feelings for them than just friendship....

Students walk across the stage of Gomes Chapel at the Africana Fashion Show. (Photo provided by Mark Mattos at markmattosphotography.com)

Africana Fashion Show Shines

Ashley Taylor, Social Media Editor March 31, 2024

On Friday, March 16, the Africana Club hosted their annual Africana Fashion Show in Gomes Chapel. This event involved dancers, singers, spoken word, and the main spectacle, a fashion show.  To begin,...

Screenshot of the Snaggletooth "microissue" 12, published winter of 2024.

Snaggletooth: The Wonderfully Peculiar Literary Magazine

Sydney Schuster, Managing Features Editor March 19, 2024

Do you ever feel yourself jutting out from the norm? Sticking out a bit? Perchance feeling unserious, peculiar, or exceptionally introspective? If any of these feelings resonate with you, the inner workings...

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