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Bates Named as the Fourth-Highest Voter Turnout School in the U.S.

Bates Named as the Fourth-Highest Voter Turnout School in the U.S.

Noah Forman, Digital Editor November 3, 2021

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’s “The 7th Fire and a Just Tradition: Indigenous People and the Next Economy”

Ella Beiser, Editor-in-Chief November 3, 2021

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...

Labor Shortages, CAPS and Unionization: The Bates College Student Government’s October Update

Labor Shortages, CAPS and Unionization: The Bates College Student Government’s October Update

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...

Schuler Access Initiative Awards Bates With $50 Million Financial Aid Grant to Support Pell-Eligible, Low Income and Undocumented Students

Schuler Access Initiative Awards Bates With $50 Million Financial Aid Grant to Support Pell-Eligible, Low Income and Undocumented Students

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor October 27, 2021

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...

Adjunct faculty and staff will find out the results or the union vote on January 31st.

Dr. Belin Tsinnajinnie, An Indigenous Mathematician, Visits for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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...

BESO Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Bates College

BESO Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Bates College

Jackson Elkins October 26, 2021

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,...

The Efforts of Faculty and Staff to Unionize Continue: Bates Consults Labor and Employment Lawyer, Others Oppose

The Efforts of Faculty and Staff to Unionize Continue: Bates Consults Labor and Employment Lawyer, Others Oppose

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor October 13, 2021

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....

Demonstrators chanted slogans in support of the BESO’s unionization efforts, urging the administration to take a neutral stance.

Students Demonstrate in Support of BESO

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!”...

Recycling Contamination Rates Higher Than Ever: Dorm Recycling Could Be Cut

Recycling Contamination Rates Higher Than Ever: Dorm Recycling Could Be Cut

Aneeza Ahmad, Contributing Writer October 13, 2021

Recycling contamination rates at Bates are higher than ever. If contamination is not decreased, recycling from residential buildings may be cut. This would mean that all recyclable items from dorms —...

12 students attended the class of 2024 town hall on Monday, October 4th.

The Class of 2024 BCSG Representatives Host Their First-Ever Town Hall

Aneeza Ahmad and Elizabeth LaCroix October 13, 2021

On Monday, Oct. 4, Bates class of 2024 representatives Sacha Feldberg ‘24, Mia Brumsted ‘24 and Rebecca Anderson ‘24 held a town hall for members of their class. The gathering was part of a larger...

Jared Golden ’11 Releases Statement of Support for Bates Union Efforts

Sacha Feldberg, Assistant News Editor October 7, 2021

Maine 2nd District Congressman Jared Golden ‘11 came out with a statement Wednesday in support of Bates faculty and staff workers in their efforts to organize a union – a hot topic at Bates right now.  As...

The chalk outside of Commons is just one of numerous places that messages of support for BESO can be found around campus.

Bates Faculty and Staff Promote the Organization of a Union

Ellie Wolfe, Elizabeth LaCroix, and Sacha Feldberg October 6, 2021

A group called the Bates Educators and Staff Organization (BESO) has emerged this week advocating for the creation of a union for adjunct faculty and staff members on campus.  Members of the organization...

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