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The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

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The Puzzling Popularity of Wordle

The Puzzling Popularity of Wordle

Sophie Mackin, Assistant Forum Editor March 16, 2022

These days, it is not uncommon to glance at someone’s screen and find that they’re trying to figure out the daily Wordle. The craze for Wordle has become more and more widespread over the course of...

Cell Phones at Concerts

Alexi Knight, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor March 9, 2022

If you follow independent music and concert news at all, you know that Twitter has blown up with a heated debate over the past week. In a since-deleted tweet, alternative singer-songwriter Mitski asked...

Divest, Bates

Cam Anderson, Contributing Writer March 9, 2022

At the core of Bates culture is our commitment to sustainability. We’re one of seven schools nationwide to have gone carbon neutral, we’re ranked the fifth greenest college by the Princeton Review...

War Isn’t Funny

Sadie Basila, Managing Forum Editor March 9, 2022

Often, the impetus for a comedic remark is discomfort. You suddenly feel tension and decide to break the ice. Discomfort may be caused by unfamiliarity, and if there’s one thing many young Americans...

Skinny Does Not Mean Healthy

Pratyusha Mulpur, Contributing Writer February 16, 2022

I lost 23 pounds in the last year and I don’t know why. I have been poked and prodded by doctors, I have been to therapists, I have been on bulking meal plans. Nothing has worked. I am now underweight,...

The Bargaining Unit: A Wall-to-Wall Union

Sadie Basila, Managing Forum Editor February 8, 2022

On Dec. 16, Laura Sacks of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that union organizers should be permitted to vote on a wall-to-wall bargaining unit union including staff and nontenure and nontenure-track...

Kiev Bars and Russian Games

Gabriel Coffey, Managing Forum Editor February 8, 2022

Russia has over 100,000 troops massed on Ukraine’s border. Ukraine has hundreds of bomb shelters. What has Ukraine done? They’ve converted these bomb shelters into bars and restaurants, which were...

Bates: Cease Tracking and Critiquing Student Speech Online

Ryan Lizanecz, Contributing Writer February 8, 2022

Over the past several weeks, I have seen allegations in the press and on social media that Bates is surveilling students’ pro-union tweets and articles as well as privately pressuring them to change...

“Patagucci”: Materialism and Higher Education

Cam Anderson, Contributing Writer February 8, 2022

I head to the gym on a chilly weekday evening. Inside, everything is where it should be. Most of the machines are full. People don’t make eye contact, look away if you catch their glance and reach for...

Parking on Campus

Alexi Knight, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor February 2, 2022

The silence has gone on long enough. We can’t avoid it any longer. We have to talk about the parking situation here at Bates. “Not the parking situation!” you plead. But yes, it’s time to discuss...

Contact Tracing Confusion

Sophie Mackin, Assistant Forum Editor February 2, 2022

I can’t believe it’s already February. For me, January felt like such a blur — getting adjusted to new classes, dealing with the freezing temperatures and, most of all, trying to follow Bates’...

The Ethics of Ghosting

Sadie Basila, Managing Forum Editor January 26, 2022

 “Ghosting” is not abuse. But if you spent five minutes watching dating videos on TikTok or reading dating takes on Twitter, you might think it was a crime on par with human trafficking.  I personally...

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