You were gone for oh so long. I missed you chocolate soft serve  while you were away.  I was abroad last semester  and did not taste your sweet familiarity  for months. After...

Trash goes in the bin, and it’s never seen again. Dirty Frye street bathrooms become pristine every week. Paying rent, cooking, cleaning, garbage day. For most of my life, these facts sounded both so...

The senior job-search has never been a relaxed or uncomplicated process. This year, however, I fear students must be increasingly diligent about potential job opportunities due to the current political...

Like most college-aged people, I am an avid TikTok user. I can confidently say it is the app I spend the most time on. Frankly, I do not even want to think about how much time I spend on TikTok. As rumors...

Two weeks into his presidency, and every day, various news outlets are reporting on Trump’s every move: every policy, every member of his cabinet, every word he says. With each headline, apprehension...

It is a universal situation at 3:00pm on a Saturday when you make the five to ten minute trek to Merrill, feeling motivated to get on the treadmill, just to find that there’s not a single one available....

Upon walking into Chase Hall, you are immediately immersed in a maze. If you take my own preferred entrance (directly across from Carnegie and around the corner from The Den), you find yourself right in...

The all-familiar optimization process may be popular amongst first-years, but a by-class system better serves upperclassmen and aligns with other Bates policies. During my first year, I reveled in the...

“It’s not worth being cold when the landscape looks so sad. I wish there was snow so it could at least be enjoyable.” That’s what my friend said as we walked through campus bundled up with our...

The Halloween Dance, one of the most talked about and anticipated events at Bates this fall, finally took place and lets just say it was a treat, which for a Halloween-themed event could be a good sign....

We asked nine Bates students what issues they care most about in this upcoming election. This is what they said:

AESOP: the best four days of my life and also the smelliest four days of my life? On my AESOP orientation trip I met some of the kindest people and, now, about two months later, whenever I pass by any...