Ryan Smith, Contributing Writer
• September 28, 2022
While checking my phone on a rainy Thursday in commons, I came across a story about a student at the University of Utah who threatened to set off a nuclear reactor on campus if the football team lost their...
During my tenure as a student at Bates, I have felt heavily conflicted between my desire to graduate, get a respectable job, marry, start a family and my deep-rooted anxiety about the collapse of society....
Dear Reader,
I am so excited to share The Bates Student’s first newsletter of the year with you! I started writing for The Student when I was a first year, and though for the first two years I was...
Gale Park, Contributing Writer
• September 21, 2022
On Monday night (Sept. 12), a friend showed up at my door, visibly upset. Her distress was understandable when I asked her what was wrong and she showed me Disney’s latest announcement: Israeli superhero,...
Gabriel Coffey, Managing Forum Editor
• September 21, 2022
Russian writer Fyodor Dostovesky wrote “I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.” Well, the last sixish years of American politics have felt as such, and yet, as I sit here...
Willa Wang, Managing Forum Editor
• September 21, 2022
How many languages can you hear at Bates? You might see students gathered at the language tables in the Commons. Your friends hurry on their way to language classes at noon, or maybe hear others chatting...
It has reached the fateful time of the year at which wide-eyed high school students anxiously refresh their college application portals and flood your Instagram feed with cheery, albeit annoying, stories...
Sophie Mackin, Assistant Forum Editor
• April 13, 2022
When President Biden took office, I was excited to see what would come of his campaign promises regarding gun violence prevention, specifically his goals of banning assault weapons and expanding background...
April 7, 2022, marks one of the largest days in history — a day that is, arguably, even bigger than the inauguration of the first Black and Asian American woman as the vice president of the United States...
I received a laundry card on the first day of my first-year orientation. It’s from a company called CSC ServiceWorks, and the card reads, “Treat this as cash — Do not throw away!” That day, my...
On Saturday night, like a good number of us, I attended Gala. I had the best time.
It had been three years since my first — and, until now, only — Gala. It’s a tradition that goes back decades....
Sophie Mackin, Assistant Forum Editor
• April 6, 2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court is historic, but her confirmation hearings were unfortunately upstaged by Republican senators’ ridiculous attempts to attack various progressive...
