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...
To the Bates College community,
This is the final Bates Student newsletter for the 2020-21 academic year, and my last as editor in chief. As this year comes to a close, I would like...
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...
As a Bates alum, I write to support some open dialogue about the situation in Palestine and Israel today. My long study of history, and reading plus speaking with people on each side of the situation has...
With every start of a journey, there is always an end. As there are only two weeks left in the semester, we are all rapidly approaching that end. Recently, I have found myself in a swarm of conflicting...
Sadie Basila, Managing Forum Editor
• May 12, 2021
I drive a silver SUV. It looks almost exactly like a Campus Safety car. Of course, I don’t have the red letters (by the way, how much did they spend on getting those new ones that say safety instead...
For the first time, President Biden announced that May 5 will be Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. For years, activists have worked to highlight the crisis that is Missing and Murdered...
I hate when people say that time heals everything. We have so little time, and yet, we decide to fill it with our past transgressions – even if that past transgression is a very real war. Acceptance,...
If there was one topic that has been on the minds of many people over the past couple of weeks, it has got to be policing. I know, it is a very touchy subject, as it involves topics such as the abuse...
