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The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

The Bates Spudent 2023

The Bates Spudent 2023

May 15, 2023

The Bates Spudent is a fake newspaper. The names, photos, quotes, opinions, facts, implications, proposals, events, and literally everything in the entire paper are fake. We would like to thank President...

Bates College Updates Campus Safety Policies Following Safety Incidents

Bates College Updates Campus Safety Policies Following Safety Incidents

Maple Buescher, Editor-in-Chief May 9, 2023

Bates College will continue to make changes and improvements to its security protocols following several on-campus safety incidents this year, according to an email sent to students by Associate Dean of...

The Zach Attack

The Zach Attack

When we talk about our classmates, acquaintances, and commons crushes at Bates, using their first name usually does the trick. But there are a few names for which this method falls short. So, we thought...

Bates Seniors Win Prestigious Watson Fellowships

Bates Seniors Win Prestigious Watson Fellowships

Trinity Poon, Assistant News Editor April 19, 2023

Two Bates seniors, Adilene Sandoval and Elizabeth LaCroix, were among 42 seniors nationally who received grants as part of the 55th class of the fellowship. The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship is a prestigious...

Faculty Pass Race, Power, Privilege, Colonialism Curriculum Requirement After Months of Debate

Faculty Pass Race, Power, Privilege, Colonialism Curriculum Requirement After Months of Debate

Ella Beiser, Editor-in-Chief April 5, 2023

The Race, Power, Privilege and Colonialism Curriculum (RPPC) Requirement passed at the April faculty meeting with 88 faculty voting yes, 25 no and 7 abstaining. This is the third reading of the requirement...

Short Term Registration Fails to Consider Seniority

Short Term Registration Fails to Consider Seniority

Trinity Poon, Assistant News Editor April 5, 2023

Registration for 2023 Short Term opened on Saturday, March 4 and closed Friday, March 10. Students were notified of their class optimization results Wednesday, March 15.  The same optimization system...

A sample Group-A ballot from the Bates College union election.

Proposed Union Fails as Votes are Finally Counted

Noah Forman, Digital Editor March 23, 2023

On Thursday afternoon, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) completed its count of ballots cast in a unionization vote of Bates College professionals and support staff, with the union vote failing...

Robert Carr 82

OutFront Welcomes Back Co-Founder

Fiona Cohen, Managing News Editor March 23, 2023

On Monday, March 21, OutFront welcomed back Robert Carr ‘82, one of its founding members. At a meeting in the Fireplace Lounge, Carr spoke to over a dozen students about the LGBTQ+ community at Bates...

NLRB Orders Counting of Ballots Cast Fourteen Months Ago in Bates College Union Election

NLRB Orders Counting of Ballots Cast Fourteen Months Ago in Bates College Union Election

Noah Forman, Digital Editor March 23, 2023

In a statement on Wednesday, President Clayton Spencer informed college staff that the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Boston has scheduled the counting of the ballots...

Shots Fired at Colby College Party, Nobody Injured

Shots Fired at Colby College Party, Nobody Injured

Zoe Schaedle, Assistant News Editor March 22, 2023

With the two incidents of physical assault on the Bates campus, bomb threats at Tufts University and most recently shots fired at Colby College, safety on campuses is at the forefront of student concern...

BCSG Presidential Debate Highlights Diverse Pool of Candidates

BCSG Presidential Debate Highlights Diverse Pool of Candidates

Ellie Wolfe, Editor-in-Chief March 22, 2023

The Bates College Student Government (BCSG) Presidential Debate took place on Monday night, with a representative from each co-presidential ticket discussing their platforms, the role of student government...

Sage the Gemini

Putting The Brakes on Gas Pedal: Should Students Expect Sage the Gemini this year?

Lucy Green, Managing Sports Editor March 22, 2023

On Saturday, March 4, Sage the Gemini was scheduled to perform for Bates students in the Gray Cage. However, the day before the concert, Campus Life sent an email to students explaining that due to weather...

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