I’m going to be honest with you: I have shown up to a lot of events at Schaeffer Theater without having signed up for a ticket online, and I have never been challenged about this. The house managers...
Students, faculty and community members filled the Peter J. Gomes Chapel to listen to welcoming remarks by keynote speaker, playwright and actor Keith Hamilton Cobb on Monday, Jan. 16.
The event was...
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) announced a new wave of mental health programs and resources in an email sent to students on Nov. 3 from Director of CAPS Wayne Assing. Assing also met with...
Fiona Cohen, Managing News Editor
• November 15, 2022
On Oct. 24, Bates students met at the Multifaith Chaplaincy to discuss steps that could be taken to ensure that accessible and gender neutral bathrooms would be widely provided on campus. There is only...
September and October saw 27 incidents of theft and burglary, a sharp increase from the 12 during those months in 2021, but less than the 32 seen in 2019 – the most recent year unaffected by the COVID-19...
Election day took place across the country yesterday, with several important elections in the state of Maine. Local races trended blue, with the hotly contested congressional competition still too close...
Lucy Green, Managing Features Editor
• November 8, 2022
Bates students have raised concerns about recent assaults on campus and in response, President Clayton Spencer released a statement regarding campus safety. In her letter, she addresses the incidents on...
As the Bates Campaign reached its end, the College surpassed its fundraising goal of $300 million by an additional $46 million. The Campaign began over five years ago in a push to fund new programs and...
On the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 28 in Pettengill Hall, the Bates College administration hosted a celebration of the $346 million raised over the past five years through The Bates Campaign.
The first...
On Nov. 6, 2022, the brand-new Target in Auburn, Maine hosted their grand opening. Though, on Nov. 2, the store held a soft opening.
Target is a five minute drive and 55 minute walk from campus. For...
Registration for winter 2023 classes will be determined by an optimization algorithm as opposed to the previous first-come, first-serve, grade-based system popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic. This...
Lucy Green, Managing Features Editor
• November 1, 2022
Carolyn Finney, the author of Black Faces, White Spaces, gave the 25th annual Otis Lecture at Bates College on Oct. 12. Finney’s biography describes her as an author and cultural geographer, focusing...
