It’s 8:00 p.m. on a Monday night, and I’m sitting on a little ledge in the library staircase right next to the third floor entrance. That’s when the rumbling starts. Cheers arise, and I think, ‘That’s...
Editor’s Note: This is the first volume of a new, serialized story written by Cooper Berkoff ‘24. Future parts to this story will be published in the coming weeks.
Aldo opened the blinds to his...
Although it is a new year, there is no expectation from a wellness standpoint to “reinvent” yourself this January, despite what many fitness and diet culture ads suggest. Rather, there exists an opportunity...
Let’s face it, Maine in the wintertime can be far too cold for the outdoors. If you are a Bates Outing Club member (who I’m sure are all much braver than I), please don’t be offended by my last sentence....
On the afternoon of Jan. 16, a ground floor Pettengill Hall classroom was filled with Bates students eager to engage in the workshop, “The Right to Live with One’s Parents vs. U.S. Immigration Policy...
Editor’s Note: Sam Jean-Francois ‘23 gave this speech at a Multifaith sponsored event in a pre-celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Sunday, January 15th. Sam agreed to share this speech with...
Ella Beiser, Assistant Features Editor
• January 18, 2023
The BlackNESCAC workshop was led by Bates student Sabrina Mohamed ‘24 and Colby student Samah Mohamedzein ‘24. BlackNESCAC is a pilot program created by Mohamed and Mohamedzein to connect Black students...
On MLK day, there were two workshops hosted by Bates’ Center for Inclusive Teaching and Learning on equity in grading.
The first workshop, “Mythbusting Grading for Equity,” was hosted by Director...
Students, faculty and community members filled the Peter J. Gomes Chapel to listen to welcoming remarks by keynote speaker, playwright and actor Keith Hamilton Cobb on Monday, Jan. 16.
The event was...
There is nothing more reminiscent of the holiday season than waking up to those first snowflakes. Therefore, it was fitting that the first snow at Bates College was marked by the annual Harvest Dinner.
From...
Ella Beiser, Assistant Features Editor
• November 15, 2022
How would you explain what bathroom equity is to someone who doesn’t know what it is?
When we're kids, we're often taught that the basic needs and the basic human rights are food, water and shelter....
Trigger warning: this article contains sensitive information regarding food and nutrition.
In October, Bates Peer Health Educators developed a survey to find out which health resource students know...
