On Tuesday, Bates College faculty approved a motion to revert the fall 2021 semester back into its typical semester system. The measure passed with 86% of faculty (or 129) voting yes. Around nine percent...
COVID-19 has spread like wildfire at Bates.
Just a little more than a week ago on March 29, Bates posted its highest single-day number of positives at the time – seven. A week later, the single-day...
On Tuesday, March 30 and Wednesday, March 31, President Clayton Spencer held an open student forum regarding the continuation of the module system next fall.
In an email sent out to current first-years,...
During the student-led protest on Oct. 30, 2020, representatives from Bates Student Government (BCSG) put forth a series of demands to the Bates administration, including the insistence that “all Bates...
In light of Governor Mills' announcement that all Maine residents 16 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on April 7th, The Bates Student has created an interactive map of all the vaccination...
In an email to students on Thursday, Vice President for Campus Life and Dean of Students Joshua McIntosh wrote that Bates is implementing an immediate campus-wide in-room lockdown in response to a rapid...
When the House of Representatives voted to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, there was only one House Democrat who voted against it, twice. That was Democratic representative...
Eleanor Boyle, Community Outreach Coordinator
• March 24, 2021
First-years Aaliyah Moore, Aisatou Barry, and Faith Nwando started the school year as three strangers who all lived in Page Hall; now they are the coordinators behind the theme house Empowering Young Minds...
There may be more options for Bates’ radio tower than previously thought.
Bates College’s radio station WRBC’s beloved tower, which enables them to broadcast FM radio, has become significantly...
The Annual Entering Student Orientation Program (AESOP) coordinators are hard at work preparing for the 2021 orientation week in the fall, and they are making changes to the program that will make it more...
In an interview with The Bates Student, two students described the circumstances surrounding the recording of Lead Campus Safety Officer Dennis Skinner posted to Instagram earlier this month.
In...
Bates College’s sole radio station, WRBC, is one of Bates’ longest and most beloved student institutions. The station first appeared on the radio waves in 1958 and has served as the social nucleus...
