It has been over a month since the Bates Educators and Staff Organization (BESO) filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election. With the election drawing ever closer, The Bates...
The Office of Equity and Inclusion (OIE) is billed as a quintessential part of the Bates experience for many students, aiming, according to their mission statement, to “provide students with a sense...
A lot happened last Tuesday — let’s start local in Lewiston.
After defeating Donna Gillespie in last week’s race, Carl Sheline will be the next mayor of Lewiston. Sheline emerged victorious...
Late into the hours of last Tuesday night, Professor Elizabeth Eames was elected to the Lewiston School Board. Brushing off write-in candidate Felicia Hinkley, Eames won her Ward 3 race with nearly 98%...
In an election, which, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, saw the greatest voter turnout since 1992, the 2020 presidential election was certainly not short of activists across both sides of the aisle...
Winona LaDuke spoke to a packed auditorium on Oct. 25 for the 24th Annual Otis Lecture. LaDuke is an environmental activist, economist and a two-time Green Party candidate for vice president. LaDuke attended...
Aneeza Ahmad, Contributing Writer
• November 3, 2021
The Student has established a collaboration with the Bates College Student Government (BCSG) to write monthly articles updating the student body on the BCSG’s meetings and plans in an effort to increase...
Earlier this semester, Bates announced that a challenge grant of $50 million had been given to the college from the Schuler Access Initiative to support more Federal Pell Grant-eligible, low-income and...
Skye Brown, Managing Features Editor
• October 26, 2021
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a celebration that recognizes and honors the culture and lives of Indigenous people globally, took place on Oct. 11. To commemorate this day, members of the Howard Hughes Medical...
On Oct. 18, the Bates Educators & Staff Organization (BESO) filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against Bates College.
The allegations, according to a press release from MSEA-SEIU Local 1989,...
To many members of the Bates community, the messages scrawled in chalk showing support for the efforts of faculty and staff to unionize on campus buildings came as a surprise on the morning of Oct. 4....
Aanika Patel, Contributing Writer
• October 13, 2021
On Thursday October 7, 2021 from 10:45 to 1:00 PM, approximately 50 students gathered outside of Pettengill Hall chanting slogans such as, “What do we want? Transparency! When do we want it? Now!”...
