Some students are calling on the administration to reform or abolish Campus Safety following a year of tense interactions between officers and students.
In March, an officer tackled and handcuffed...
Eleanor Boyle, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor
• May 5, 2021
After a year in which Bates has been reckoning with its own problematic past, Bates clubs have been reckoning with theirs too. One such club is none other than the Bates Outing Club (BOC).
Over the...
A recent survey conducted by The Bates Student found that 58% of students said their stress levels are much higher or somewhat higher during the winter 2021 semester in comparison to the fall 2020 semester....
Before she was Dr. Banks, assistant professor of biology at Bates, she was a fourth-grader captivated by an experiment at a material science lab at the Boeing Company where her parents worked. A rubber...
“Go back to where you came from,” a man said to Ellie Bauer ‘22, as she passed him on the train in the airport in Denver, Colo., in February 2021.
She thought to herself, “Where I come from…...
Max Devon, Assistant Design Editor
• April 5, 2021
In light of Governor Mills' announcement that all Maine residents 16 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on April 7th, The Bates Student has created an interactive map of all the vaccination...
Dominican Majarete Pudding, Ben’s Pumpkin Bread, and Pepas de Dulce de Leche were some of the recipes that students had the opportunity to sample in Commons on Wednesday, March 24. These recipes, in...
Fiona Cohen, Assistant Features Editor
• March 24, 2021
Last Tuesday, The Bates Student met with Gabrielle Brewer '23, an environmental studies major and one of Bates' Environmental Coalition (EC) presidents. Over the past year, EC has been working on drafting...
Unaware how the world would change, Owen Daniell ’21 arrived in New Zealand on Feb. 13, 2020, to study geology for a semester at the University of Otago. Boarding his flight from Los Angeles, Daniell...
It is not unusual during the darker months to see an increase in the number of Bates students seeking help through Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). But, with a surge in the numbers of COVID-19...
Samuel Poulos, Assistant Features Editor
• March 17, 2021
There’s a popular saying that goes: “common knowledge isn’t that common.”
Even less common than common knowledge is Commons knowledge. That is, knowledge on how to effectively and efficiently...
It is an ordinary Tuesday at Bates College. Students are sprinting to class and many are drinking their third cup of coffee after a restless night of sleep. Others are speed walking to Ladd to print their...
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