Lena LaPierre, Assistant Forum Editor
• August 16, 2024
To master course registration, first years need to resurrect a classic fire-safety mantra and learn to shop, drop, enroll. Maybe, the Registrars’ optimization algorithm gave you none of your preferred...
Apple cider. I remember my friends and I turning the bottles in our hands as we read aloud “Inauguration of Garry Jenkins, 2024”. It was amidst the lockdown following the tragic shooting of Oct. 25,...
It’s that time of the year again: papers are due and exams are approaching. April affords us one last chance to tie up loose ends before heading into the summer, but how can we stay motivated to wrap...
As many residents of John Bertram Hall might know, the 2023-24 academic year has been full of so much damage that every single student living in the building was charged $50, whether complicit in the crimes...
It’s Chicken Patty Satty, do you want to study in P’Gill and watch the ‘Cats on Garc before walking by the Puddle on the way to 280 then Frye? To a Batesie, that sentence would be crystal clear,...
As we trudge through the rest of winter and prepare for spring, I am constantly humbled by the fact that I am from California. Raised in a coastal town between Malibu and Santa Monica, I live for my sun-soaked...
Life can be difficult: in a number of ways, for a variety of reasons. The same is true of our mental health. Here are some friendly reminders and strategies to help you stay healthy this spring!
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Periods have never been a happy experience for me.
Part of it was deep-seated shame; I don’t know why I was embarrassed, but I was, and I refused to talk about it. Until late high school, I couldn’t...
Bates students, we have a problem. It’s Blind Tiger.
The name of the app itself speaks to the problem: It’s a forum for anonymous and sometimes vicious speech that is thoroughly counter to the open...
I’m sure you have seen these purple buses operated by CityLink running down Lewiston streets. Have you ever wondered what it feels like to use them? If anyone takes at all? That’s what I decided...
If you asked anyone in my family, my friends, or even my dog, they would consider me a night owl, not a morning person. The problem was that I had my first 8am class this semester. Fortunately for me,...
In early to mid-February, the song End of Beginning by Djo went semi-viral on TikTok. Maybe it wasn’t viral and my algorithm kept showing me videos with the sound, nevertheless, I have seen over one...
