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The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

An artists rendering from 2022 shows the newly-renovated Chase Hall.

Chase Hall Reopens with Renovations

Ella Beiser, Editor-in-Chief September 19, 2023

Once the home to a billiard room, barber shop, bowling alley, the men’s union and a post office, Chase Hall has operated as a gathering place for students for years. Built in 1917, the building has undergone...

View from the Androscoggin Riverwalk, a lovely destination walking distance from campus.

What to Do in the Lew

Catalina Passino, Leah Belber, and Hadley Blodgett August 28, 2023

Congratulations on your enrollment at Bates! You’ve made a great choice not just about your school but also about the area where you will live and learn for the next four years. Bates sits on Wabanaki...

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Spice it Up: “Cooking” in Commons

Zoe Schaedle, Assistant News Editor August 28, 2023

Love it or hate it, Commons is a staple of student life at Bates. There’s something special about the fact that students voted to have one dining hall. It is indicative of the type of community you are...

How to Join The Bates Student

How to Join The Bates Student

Willa Wang, Managing Forum Editor August 28, 2023

Enjoying The Bates Student so far? Here’s why and how you can join our team! We are a welcoming, one-of-a-kind publication of, by and for the Bates community. We are the oldest continuously-published...

Your Super-Honest Insiders Guide to Mental Wellness During Your First-Year at Bates

Your Super-Honest Insider’s Guide to Mental Wellness During Your First-Year at Bates

Catalina Passino, Assistant Features Editor August 28, 2023

Disclaimer: I have no certificate to be delivering official mental health advice. However, I made it through my first year at Bates College, so maybe I should be getting a certificate. The transition...

Why We Love Bates

Why We Love Bates

Trinity Poon, Assistant News Editor August 28, 2023

Maple Buescher ‘25, Editor-in-Chief I love Bates because it is so easy to be involved in anything that interests you, without having to make one single commitment into your whole life. I'm a member...

How to Respect and Get Along with Your Roommate(s)

How to Respect and Get Along with Your Roommate(s)

Willa Wang, Managing Forum Editor August 27, 2023

Residential life is an important part of college. It might be the first time for some of you to live with another person. This is challenging. Three key words make you successful in becoming a good roommate:...

Navigating Commons Nutrition

Navigating Commons Nutrition

Lucy Green, Managing Sports Editor August 23, 2023
With all the adaptations and new routines you'll be learning during your transition Bates, your dietary needs and what you feel comfortable eating do not need to be a point of stress. Whether you have dietary restrictions or struggle with an eating disorder, Bates Dining has resources to help you.
Straight Out The Lew: Football Predictions

Straight Out The Lew: Football Predictions

Dylan Azcarate , Chris Cimino, and Luke Linnehan January 25, 2023

Who Will Win the AFC Championship? Dylan: Kansas City Chiefs. Patrick Mahomes has reached his fifth consecutive AFC championship game, his second in a row against Joe Burrow’s Bengals. It’s tough...

CAPS Provides New Opportunities for Mental Health Care

CAPS Provides New Opportunities for Mental Health Care

Aneeza Ahmad and Aanika Patel November 16, 2022

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) announced a new wave of mental health programs and resources in an email sent to students on Nov. 3 from Director of CAPS Wayne Assing. Assing also met with...

Ranking the NESCAC Mascot Costumes: An Emotional and Spiritual Journey

Ranking the NESCAC Mascot Costumes: An Emotional and Spiritual Journey

Ellie Wolfe, Editor-in-Chief January 18, 2022

The other day while I was tapping through Instagram stories and minding my own business, I came across a post from a girl I went to high school with. She’s a varsity athlete at Trinity College, a NESCAC...

Critical Race Theory, STEM and Fox News

Alexi Knight, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor November 3, 2021

A few weeks ago, someone sent me a clip of Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld poking fun at the proposals made to amend education regarding race, white supremacy and colonialism here at Bates. Conservative media...

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