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...
Dianna Georges ’22 was in awe after stepping off the bus in the Westfjords, a northwestern region of Iceland composed of huge valleys carved out by glaciers. “It was dead silent, there weren’t animals,...
After two recent incidents surrounding Campus Safety, The Bates Student sought to answer common questions about student rights and interacting with safety officers on campus. We asked Director of Security...
Fiona Cohen, Assistant Features Editor
• March 9, 2021
When I first interviewed Dr. Kristen D. Barnett in early February of 2020, the world was a very different place. Dr. Barnett had recently received two grants from the National Science Foundation, including...
Najá Crockett, Managing Features Editor
• March 3, 2021
In the first week of March 2021, Bates College is set to celebrate the Winter Carnival, an annual week-long celebration of the winter season normally filled with age-old traditions and games.
This...
Each year, Bates club Bobcat Ventures hosts its annual pitch contest, where students compete to win cash to invest in their business venture. While last year’s competition was left untenable due to COVID-19,...
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