Over the last five months, I have met a lot of people. I am incredibly picky with those I keep close – especially platonic friendships with male-identifying people. Friendship takes effort and effort...
Willa Wang, Managing Forum Editor
• February 15, 2023
Where do you usually sit in the Commons? I doubt you always sit in the same place. I believe I can tell you where you sit in Commons by asking less than five questions about your identity: Where do you...
Gabriel Coffey, Managing Forum Editor
• February 1, 2023
American diplomat George Kennan once said, “In no field of endeavor is it easier than in the field of foreign affairs to be honestly wrong; in no field is it harder for contemporaries to be certain they...
Editor’s Note: This article is longer than those usually published in The Student. In this case, The Student has decided to publish the entirety of this Forum piece submitted, without cutting anything...
Hadley Blodgett, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor
• January 25, 2023
If you have looked outside recently you might have found yourself overjoyed by the sight of fallen snow. But with the changing season and colder weather comes a new change for some people like me.
I...
Editor’s Note: This piece is satire.
As a first year student at the prestigious Bates College, I’ve been so excited to see the party scene at this institution live up to the hype. My senior year...
Editor’s Note: Sam Jean-Francois ‘23 gave this speech at a Multifaith sponsored event in a pre-celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Sunday, January 15th. Sam agreed to share this speech with...
Warning: Graphic Images Included
Even in my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined how China still hasn’t learned its lesson three years into the pandemic.
Resentment among Chinese citizens...
Kian Moaledj, Contributing Writer
• November 15, 2022
The World Cup begins this month in Qatar, and it will be the first time the event is hosted by an Arab and Muslim-majority country. With phase one of ticket sales surpassing 2018 figures by 385 percent,...
Willa Wang, Managing Forum Editor
• November 15, 2022
Most Bates students live in a double during their first year of college, which means they have a roommate. It is true that the school does not have enough space to offer everyone a single room, but I believe...
Henry Welch, Contributing Writer
• November 15, 2022
I am a very forgetful person. In my career of forgetting things, I have lost ID’s, laundry cards, silverware, credit cards and water bottles, so many water bottles. I am also pretty good about not caring...
Gale Park, Contributing Writer
• November 15, 2022
Elon Musk’s recent take over of Twitter has been turbulent, to say the least. His mass firing of Twitter staff, his granting and revoking of the gray “official” checkmark and the ever-looming threat...
