When I started applying to college, I had no idea what I was doing. I had always assumed I’d probably go to a local community college or state university; these were all that seemed affordable. When...

Due to the global pandemic, most of the students from the class of 2024 went to “Zoom University” last year. They didn’t know how it feels to be in the classroom, talk to professors in-person, or...

Warning: this piece contains mentions of sexual violence and assault. I have written and rewritten this piece a few times now, and still can’t seem to find the right words to convey what I am thinking...

Because I regard myself as both a pillar of campus fashion and a judgemental political mind, I am very well suited to the task of evaluating ideologically inspired looks from the Met Gala. And if you’ve...

Larry Nassar, a name that evokes visceral disgust – for me, just typing it out and probably for you, just reading it. “The impact of this man's abuse will never be over," Olympic gymnast Simone Biles...

Resilience: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.  When I see activism efforts addressing the work of colonialism and white supremacy plaguing the marginalized identities and...

As a junior, I’ve never experienced a full year of “normal” Bates, meaning about three quarters of the students here haven’t either. I thought I remembered what it was like to go out, be in an...

When speaking on the war in Afghanistan, American Journalist Maureen Dowd said that “Afghanistan is more than the graveyard of empires, it is the mother of vicious cycles.” Perhaps an oversimplification...

Let me start by saying that I have zero background in economics and am thus unqualified to accurately project the fate of private colleges and universities with skyrocketing tuition fees. In light of this,...

This article needs very little preamble: it centers on the Texas Heartbeat Bill, which is near-ubiquitous in the political sphere after a week of nonstop coverage. It has been hailed as humanitarian and...

As someone who chose to attend Bates primarily because of its tradition of egalitarianism, I am deeply troubled by the antisemitic graffiti on campus recently. In my years at Bates and in all the years...