Lucia Pizarro, Contributing Writer
• October 12, 2022
Here’s the fear as I understand it: on a random Tuesday morning, every Bates Student will wake up with three urges heaving in their chest. One, the need for immediate tea (or coffee). Two, the need for...
Gabriel Coffey, Managing Forum Editor
• October 12, 2022
Do humans have free will? Well, when I finish a good book I feel as though I’ve lived it, even just a sentence or two. I come to the end of a meal with friends and feel the need to say “I love you...
Johnny Yao, Contributing Writer
• October 12, 2022
Three weeks ago, my friend got a huge amount of cash and expensive electronic devices stolen from their dorm while they were away and left the door unlocked. Bates College Campus Safety and the Lewiston-Auburn...
Henry Welch, Contributing Writer
• October 5, 2022
Kevin Hart once said that “laughter heals all wounds, and that’s one thing that everybody shares.” I remember waking up on a Monday morning of last February and looking out my 4th floor Parker room’s...
During the summer of 2022, James and I were the few people who remained on campus. He amazed me with his extraordinary talents.
James Li ‘25 is from Chengdu, one of the major cities in China. I met...
Gabe Coffey, Managing Forum Editor
• October 5, 2022
I hate talking about lobster. In large part because it screams Maine and it’s, like, one thing, that is associated with ALL of Maine. Maine has myriad things. Lobsters, people from away eating said lobsters,...
Sophie Alexis, Contributing Writer
• September 28, 2022
A student at Bates has the option to take almost every official United Nations (UN) language. If they see fit, one can sign up for Chinese, Russian, Spanish, French and, of course, English. This is already...
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...
