Lena LaPierre, Assistant Forum Editor
• November 15, 2023
On Nov. 3, President Biden’s visit to Lewiston commanded the attention of the Bates campus. With the community and the nation glued to the President’s televised remarks, however, an important voice...
Carly Philpott, Assistant News Editor
• November 15, 2023
Thursday at around 4:00 a.m., I woke up shivering and disoriented. The stacks of Ladd Library were strikingly dark. And cold. I had joked with a friend of mine last week about pulling 24 hours in Ladd,...
Lena LaPierre, Assistant Forum Editor
• November 8, 2023
A dramatic Nov. 7 election ended with no mayoral candidate winning 50% of the vote and three incumbents being ousted from City Council. On the state level, an initiative to democratize Maine's power grid failed and voters passed the nation's second right-to-repair law. Read the complete results here.
At approximately 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, President Joe Biden paid his second visit to the Lewiston-Auburn area of 2023, this time to mourn the deadliest mass shooting in the state’s history. Biden...
On Nov. 7, Maine residents will cast ballots that include asking for their opinions on eight statewide ballot initiatives and local races. Read an overview of every issue on your ballot and a guide to how, when and where to vote.
Robert Card is dead.
Card was the suspect in the mass shooting that killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a restaurant in downtown Lewiston on Wednesday. According to the New York Times, Card’s...
Bates College lifted its campus-wide lockdown early Friday evening.
The announcement ended 46 hours of movement restrictions, shuttered doors and locked buildings on campus, which were part of a larger...
Eighteen people were killed in shootings at Schemengees Bar and Grille and Spare Time Recreation on Wednesday evening. On Friday morning, cities across Maine remained locked down and a manhunt for the suspect continued.
Amanda Edge, Contributing Writer
• October 21, 2023
The New York Times ranked Bates last in a recent analysis of economic diversity at the 286 most selective colleges and universities in the United States. Just 8% of the Bates student population received...
Trinity Poon, Managing News Editor
• October 21, 2023
On Monday Oct. 16, Bates students, faculty and staff filed down the candle-lined aisle and into the pews of Gomes Chapel to grieve and offer condolences for the lives lost in Israel and Palestine.
The...
Carly Philpott, Assistant News Editor
• October 21, 2023
On some days, it seems that mallards outnumber people on campus.
Dozens of ducks congregate around Lake Andrews, colloquially known as "the Puddle," for most of the year. Mallards use the reeds, cattails...
Lena LaPierre, Assistant Forum Editor
• October 21, 2023
Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline, who is running for reelection this November. In our conversation, we talked about Sheline's controversial approaches to homelessness...
