When she was just 14 years old, my great-grandmother walked barefoot through the woods of Ukraine until she reached Poland. Now, exactly 100 years later, the people of Ukraine are walking the identical...
Sadie Basila, Managing Forum Editor
• March 23, 2022
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) of 2021 would broaden the definition of employee, codify the legality of broad bargaining units, repeal all right-to-work laws, create harsher punishments...
At the beginning of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, I saw people posting about how the crisis pales in comparison to other crises — Yemen, China, Sudan, etc. These kinds of posts purport that the only...
Willa Wang, Managing Forum Editor
• March 16, 2022
“Pretty much all of my excitement in life comes from fear … The uncertainty, I think, is addicting,” Eileen Gu told The New York Times in a video interview.“I admit it. I’m in love with fear.”
I...
Sadie Basila, Managing Forum Editor
• March 16, 2022
On Feb. 22, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an order to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to begin investigating “child abuse” in the form of gender affirming care.
This...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
