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The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student

Fall 2025 Staff

Trinity Poon
Editor-in-Chief

Trinity Poon

Trinity is a senior from Sandwich, Massachusetts double majoring in English and French & Francophone Studies. Aside from convincing new people to write for the newspaper, she can be found tossing discs with Cold Front, the wome...

Carly Philpott
Editor-in-Chief

Carly Philpott

Carly is a junior from Centennial, Colo, majoring in Environmental Studies and Classical & Medieval Studies. The Student was a major reason she chose Bates after a longtime love for journalism. On campus, Carly works as a...

Lena LaPierre
Executive Managing Editor

Lena LaPierre

Lena is a senior from Mississippi majoring in History with a minor in Russian. Although she grew up with little exposure to journalism, she developed a passion for news her sophomore year and considers joining The Student as one...

Leah Belber
Digital Editor

Leah Belber

Leah is a senior from Washington, D.C. with an Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Human Storytelling. Deeply opinionated about all things, she enjoys trying new restaurants and pretending to meditate. In her spare time you can find ...

Nick Danko
Managing News Editor

Nick Danko

Nick is a junior from Newtown, PA. He majors in History. In his spare time, Nick enjoys swimming, hiking Maine's many trails, and watching movies with friends.

Aden Michael
Assistant News Editor

Aden Michael

Aden Michael is from Red Lodge, Montana. He plans to major in Chemistry, and minor in Chinese, with a concentration in humor. When he's not writing for The Student, he is found sailing on Taylor Pond, exploring the lighthouses...

Zoe Schaedle
Managing Sports Editor

Zoe Schaedle

Zoe is a senior from Philadelphia, PA pursuing a joint honors thesis in History and Classical & Medieval Studies. Previously, Zoe served as a staff writer for The Student as a first year and Managing News Editor her So...

Madeline Cournoyer
Assistant Sports Editor

Madeline Cournoyer

Madeline is a junior from Narragansett, Rhode Island, majoring in Religious Studies and Sociology. She is also minoring in Art History. In addition to writing for the Student, Madeline is also a member of the women's golf team...

Amanda Edge
Managing A&L Editor

Amanda Edge

Amanda is a senior from Washington, D.C. and a double major in Politics and French and Francophone Studies. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, listening to music, reading, and cooking. Previousl...

Ashley Taylor
Assistant A&L Editor

Ashley Taylor

Ashley Taylor is a junior from Lexington, Massachusetts majoring in English and minoring in Teacher Education. In her free time she likes to read in coffee shops, run cross country, and listen to Taylor Swift. She loves watchin...

Ellie Stevenson
Managing Features Editor

Ellie Stevenson

Ellie is a junior from Wellesley, Massachusetts, majoring in Dance and Philosophy with a concentration in Law and Society. When not in class, she enjoys walking the Androscoggin River Trail, swimming at Cherry Pond, and trying...

Lucy Green
Managing Features Editor

Lucy Green

Lucy is a senior from Southern California, majoring in Sociology with a Law and Society concentration.  Last Semester Lucy participated in an abroad semester in Milan, Italy. Previously, Lucy was a staff writer for The Student in her first...

Olivia Svallin
Assistant Features Editor

Olivia Svallin

Olivia is a sophomore from Tiburon, California, majoring in Dance and Economics. When not in class, she enjoys coffee at the Ronj, making videos for Bates Alumni Tik Tok, and trips to Portland. Join her in attending cheese cl...

Jiaqi Wu
Assistant Forum Editor

Jiaqi Wu

Jiaqi is a senior from Shanghai, China, majoring in English and Biology. When he is not swamped with his two theses, you can expect him skateboarding in front of Coram library, or enjoying a mug of tea in Commons. Please encou...

Hadley Blodgett
Assistant Forum Editor

Hadley Blodgett

Hadley (she/her) is a senior from Buckfield, Maine (close to Bates) majoring in Earth and Climate Science and Music with a minor in religious studies. When she isn’t outside, she enjoys painting, skiing, photography, playi...

Rami Kim
Managing Indesign Editor

Rami Kim

Rami is a sophomore from Oregon majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Anthropology. She is a designer for both The Bates Student and the campus’ literary magazine, Snaggletooth. In her free time, she likes to ski or hike,...

Catalina Passino
Assistant Indesign Editor

Catalina Passino

Catalina is a senior from Leesburg, Virginia. She majors in Psychology and minors in Gender and Sexuality studies. Outside her studies, Catalina enjoys ceramics, baking, and handstands. Catalina joined the newspaper as a contribut...

Joe DiMartino
Photography Editor

Joe DiMartino

Joe is a junior from Westchester, NY, who is majoring in Psychology with a concentration in Art and Visual Culture, and is also on the pre-med track at Bates. In his free time, Joe loves hiking and photographing wildlife, pla...

Erwin Kardatzke
Photography Editor

Erwin Kardatzke

Erwin is a sophomore from Cambridge, Massachusetts and is currently majoring in Anthropology with a minor in Hispanic Studies. If he's not taking pictures for the Student, he's sitting on the quad reading a good book, crocheting...

Grace Thomas
Graphics Editor

Grace Thomas

Grace is a senior from Bethesda, MD and a studio art major. At Bates, if not in class, she is drumming, with friends, doing whatever craft she’s fixated on, or reading. At home she primarily spends time with her dog or three-legg...

Cate Sauri
Assistant News Editor

Cate Sauri

Cate Sauri is a sophomore from Silver Spring, Maryland, majoring in Politics with minors in Hispanic Studies and Digital and Computational Studies. In her free time, she enjoys watching movies, hiking, and cafe-hopping....

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