Things to Know About Bates
August 23, 2020
While campus life will surely look different this semester, there are a number of places and resources all students should know when they arrive to school. This list offers a comprehensive list of anything you might need to know while familiarizing yourself with campus. Add/Drop Students can change which classes they are registered for at...
[email protected] Movement Takes Focus on Racism at NESCAC Institutions
Najá Crockett, Managing Features Editor
August 23, 2020
The New York Times reports that between 15 to 26 million people have participated in protests or demonstrations for racial equality since the murder of George Floyd in May of this year. This makes the Black Lives Matter movement possibly the largest social movement in United States history, according ...
Popping the Bates Bubble: Exploring Lewiston/Auburn
Amelia Keleher, Managing News Editor
August 23, 2020
My first off-campus excursion was a walk to the Lewiston Farmers Market with several other first-years on my floor. On the way back to campus, we shared the golden-yellow ground cherries we’d bought. Since then, I’ve continued to explore what the Lewiston/Auburn area has to offer. When you find yourself in need of a break from campus, here...
Virtual Club Fair
Katherine Merisotis, Photographer
August 23, 2020
Check out video introductions to more than thirty Bates clubs organized by theme. Interested in any of these clubs? Email the contact(s) listed next to the name! Assorted Competitive Alpine Ski Club (0:22) - Amanda Becker Yoga Kula (0:55) - Elene Chamberlin Run Club (1:45) - Margy Schueler Clu...
Bates Campus Map
Max Devon, Assistant Design Editor
August 21, 2020
Commons: Our beloved dining hall! Alumni Gymnasium: Built in 1926, this intimate athletic facility hosts the mens' and womens' basketball teams. Gray Cage: In normal years, this building is the location for many student events, such as the Club Fair and Halloween Dance. This year, the Gra...
STORIES OF THE DECADE
Vanessa Paolella, Editor in Chief
August 20, 2020
In the past few years, I've come across many remarkable articles in past issues of The Bates Student. Some of these articles tell of momentous events: the creation of new majors, celebrations of great achievements, and proud deeds of activism. In 2012, we welcomed a new president; now in 2020, Batsies ex...
Beyond Capitalism: Hermione Zhou on Land Justice & Community Organizing
Amelia Keleher, Managing News Editor
August 10, 2020
This article was originally written for Slow Food USA and published on slowfoodusa.org. This is an edited version. “Why do people do that? Why do they waste so much of our Earth’s resources?” Hermione Zhou ‘21 wondered in middle school, after learning that in the past 50 years, approxima...
Club Spotlight: Badminton Club
March 14, 2018
Every few weeks The Bates Student covers one club out of the nearly one hundred clubs on campus. This week, we’re covering the Badminton Club which meets every Sunday at 4:30 p.m. in the Gray Cage. Though club meetings are casual and always welcome to new players, the club’s members are looking ...
Ice Climbing Is the Hidden Jem of Winter Sports
February 14, 2018
Ice-climbing is the type of Bates Outing Club (BOC) activity that has the potential to arouse tremendous fear amongst students. I can not speak for everybody but the thought of being suspended upwards of 30 feet, let alone 80 feet in the air when it is five degrees outside sounds intense but also ver...
Foreign Language Spotlight: Katrin Laschober
January 31, 2018
This past Thursday, I chatted with Katrin Laschober, the visiting TA in the German Department at Bates. Laschober is teaching German 102: Introduction to German Language and Culture II this semester. She is from Austria and speaks both German and English, and this is her first time teaching in America....
Foreign Language Spotlight: Khouloud Gargouri
January 24, 2018
This week, I had a chance to sit down with Khouloud Gargouri and ask her a few questions about her background in French, her home country of Tunisia, and how the French language functions in the cultural landscape of Tunisia. Gargouri is a Teaching Assistant in the French and Francophone studies departm...
Bates investigations: fact-checking legends of a tunnel deep in Bates’ labyrinthine libraries
Teddy Rube
March 30, 2016
At Bates, myths about secret underground tunnels abound. Perhaps because it’s so darn cold to walk anywhere in the winter. Many are theorized to exist: Lane Hall to PGill. Lane Hall to Hathorn. Nash House to the Barn. Commons to your dorm (only dreamed of). Bardwell’s basement to Lewiston Variety. Yell...
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