Zoom backgrounds in the COVID-19 era can provide small but sometimes surprising insights into a stranger’s life. For example, when Maine’s 50th Secretary of State Shenna Bellows logged onto Zoom from...
Last Friday, President Clayton Spencer announced the college’s tentative plans to host an in-person Commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 27, in an email to the senior class.
This announcement...
Two safety officers restrained and tackled a first-year student in Rand Hall on Friday night according to multiple student accounts and a video obtained by The Student.
The 20-second video, taken by...
In a video posted to Instagram on Saturday, a Campus Security officer is heard describing differential treatment of white students versus students of color.
According to the Instagram caption, Lead...
Students looking for a chance to escape the Maine cold, tempt their taste buds, and connect with members of the Bates community can look forward to the annual International Dinner this Saturday.
From...
In an email communication sent to remote seniors, Vice President for Campus Life Joshua McIntosh stated that due to the college’s successful transmission prevention protocols and and antigen screening...
Over winter break, Dining, Conferences and Campus Events (DCCE), Bates Commons Healthy Eating and Wellness Society (CHEWS), and a committee of dedicated students, faculty, and staff were diligently working...
In an email sent to Bates students and families on Wednesday, Dean of Faculty Malcolm Hill wrote that faculty will reconsider their previous decision to continue a system of modular learning into the fall...
Both the shift to the “grab-and-go” style Dash program and the closing of the Den this year have resulted in a collective sense of loss over two beloved Bates landmarks. This semester, however, Dining...
In a campus wide faculty meeting on Monday, Bates professors voted to convert the fall 2021 semester into a module system. The measure, which was voted on anonymously over Zoom, passed with 73% of faculty...
Students are letting their guard down against COVID-19 when it matters most.
On Friday, Vice President for Campus Life and Dean of Students Joshua McIntosh wrote a message to students imploring them...
The annual Reverend Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays debate serves as one of the longest and most popular traditions of Bates’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day programming. Each year, Bates’ Brooks-Quimby Debate...
