Welcome to campus, Bobkittens! We are so glad that you’ve decided to join us in Lewiston from your homes all around the globe.
As the Editors in Chief of The Bates Student, Bates’s only student-run...
Congratulations on your enrollment at Bates! You’ve made a great choice not just about your school but also about the area where you will live and learn for the next four years. Bates sits on Wabanaki...
Welcome, Bobkittens! Your first year of college is an absolutely wild time, and having just been through mine, I feel qualified to say that. I’ve learned many things last year that I feel rather compelled...
Zoe Schaedle, Managing Sports Editor
• August 28, 2023
Love it or hate it, Commons is a staple of student life at Bates. There’s something special about the fact that students voted to have one dining hall. It is indicative of the type of community you are...
Willa Wang, Managing Forum Editor
• August 28, 2023
Enjoying The Bates Student so far? Here’s why and how you can join our team!
We are a welcoming, one-of-a-kind publication of, by and for the Bates community. We are the oldest continuously-published...
Maple Buescher ‘25, Editor-in-Chief
I love Bates because it is so easy to be involved in anything that interests you, without having to make one single commitment into your whole life. I'm a member...
Lucy Green, Managing Features Editor
• August 23, 2023
With all the adaptations and new routines you'll be learning during your transition Bates, your dietary needs and what you feel comfortable eating do not need to be a point of stress. Whether you have dietary restrictions or struggle with an eating disorder, Bates Dining has resources to help you.
The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday morning that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) are unconstitutional. Frequently referred to as affirmative...
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 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...
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...
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...
