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The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

Faculty Pass Race, Power, Privilege, Colonialism Curriculum Requirement After Months of Debate

Faculty Pass Race, Power, Privilege, Colonialism Curriculum Requirement After Months of Debate

Ella Beiser, Editor-in-Chief April 5, 2023

The Race, Power, Privilege and Colonialism Curriculum (RPPC) Requirement passed at the April faculty meeting with 88 faculty voting yes, 25 no and 7 abstaining. This is the third reading of the requirement...

Short Term Registration Fails to Consider Seniority

Short Term Registration Fails to Consider Seniority

Trinity Poon, Managing News Editor April 5, 2023

Registration for 2023 Short Term opened on Saturday, March 4 and closed Friday, March 10. Students were notified of their class optimization results Wednesday, March 15.  The same optimization system...

A sample Group-A ballot from the Bates College union election.

Proposed Union Fails as Votes are Finally Counted

Noah Forman, Digital Editor March 23, 2023

On Thursday afternoon, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) completed its count of ballots cast in a unionization vote of Bates College professionals and support staff, with the union vote failing...

Robert Carr 82

OutFront Welcomes Back Co-Founder

Fiona Cohen, Managing News Editor March 23, 2023

On Monday, March 21, OutFront welcomed back Robert Carr ‘82, one of its founding members. At a meeting in the Fireplace Lounge, Carr spoke to over a dozen students about the LGBTQ+ community at Bates...

NLRB Orders Counting of Ballots Cast Fourteen Months Ago in Bates College Union Election

NLRB Orders Counting of Ballots Cast Fourteen Months Ago in Bates College Union Election

Noah Forman, Digital Editor March 23, 2023

In a statement on Wednesday, President Clayton Spencer informed college staff that the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Boston has scheduled the counting of the ballots...

Shots Fired at Colby College Party, Nobody Injured

Shots Fired at Colby College Party, Nobody Injured

Zoe Schaedle, Managing News Editor March 22, 2023

With the two incidents of physical assault on the Bates campus, bomb threats at Tufts University and most recently shots fired at Colby College, safety on campuses is at the forefront of student concern...

BCSG Presidential Debate Highlights Diverse Pool of Candidates

BCSG Presidential Debate Highlights Diverse Pool of Candidates

Ellie Wolfe, Editor-in-Chief March 22, 2023

The Bates College Student Government (BCSG) Presidential Debate took place on Monday night, with a representative from each co-presidential ticket discussing their platforms, the role of student government...

Sage the Gemini

Putting The Brakes on Gas Pedal: Should Students Expect Sage the Gemini this year?

Lucy Green, Managing Sports Editor March 22, 2023

On Saturday, March 4, Sage the Gemini was scheduled to perform for Bates students in the Gray Cage. However, the day before the concert, Campus Life sent an email to students explaining that due to weather...

Incoming President Garry Jenkins Visits Campus

Incoming President Garry Jenkins Visits Campus

Christina Leonard, Executive Managing Editor March 22, 2023

On the afternoon of March 7, the Bates community welcomed incoming President Garry W. Jenkins to campus. Chair of the Bates Board of Trustees and Member of the Presidential Search Committee John Gillespie...

An Update on the Fight For Free Laundry

An Update on the Fight For Free Laundry

Catalina Passino and Sophia Freiburger March 22, 2023

With voting starting on Monday, March 27 for 2023-2024 Bates College Student Government (BCSG) positions, the free laundry debate undergoes another wave of popularity. This issue is not exclusive to...

President Spencer Reflects on Time at Bates, Legacy

President Spencer Reflects on Time at Bates, Legacy

Ellie Wolfe, Editor-in-Chief March 22, 2023

Clayton Spencer sighed and shifted slightly in a leather chair, twirling a gold ring–one of the only pieces of jewelry she had on–around her finger. We were sitting in her office, facing each other...

Faculty Debate Race, Power, Privilege and Colonialism Requirement at Monthly Meeting

Faculty Debate Race, Power, Privilege and Colonialism Requirement at Monthly Meeting

Ella Beiser, Editor-in-Chief March 8, 2023

At the faculty meeting on Monday the Academic Affairs Council (AAC) gave a second reading of the curriculum reform proposal, a plan to implement a two course requirement to develop student literacy in...

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