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The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student
The Voice of Bates College Since 1873

The Bates Student
Elizabeth LaCroix

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor

Elizabeth is a member of the class of 2023 and is from Richmond, Rhode Island. She is a double major in English and chemistry and is also a member of both the Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field teams.

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Sitting Down with Bates College Student Government Co-Presidents Ali and Kush

Sitting Down with Bates College Student Government Co-Presidents Ali and Kush

Elizabeth LaCroix and Fiona Cohen
April 13, 2022
An artist's rendering from 2022 shows the newly-renovated Chase Hall.

Chase Hall To Be Renovated for the Start of the 2023-2024 Academic Year

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
March 16, 2022
Hidden Camera Found in Bathroom of a Frye Street House

Hidden Camera Found in Bathroom of a Frye Street House

Elizabeth LaCroix and Ellie Wolfe
March 16, 2022
Bates Updates Masking Policy in Light of Low COVID-19 Case Numbers

Bates Updates Masking Policy in Light of Low COVID-19 Case Numbers

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
March 9, 2022
Bates to Supply Free Menstrual Products to 19 Campus Locations at the End of February

Bates to Supply Free Menstrual Products to 19 Campus Locations at the End of February

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
February 16, 2022

Union Vote Delayed, but BESO Stands Their Ground

Aneeza Ahmad and Elizabeth LaCroix
February 8, 2022
177 Students Test Positive for COVID-19 from Jan. 15 to Jan. 28; Bates Updates Their Public Health Policies

177 Students Test Positive for COVID-19 from Jan. 15 to Jan. 28; Bates Updates Their Public Health Policies

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
February 2, 2022

MLK Day Recap: The Decolonization of the Sexual and Reproductive Health of BIPOC Communities

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
January 26, 2022
Why the Rapid Tests? After Exclusively Using Rapid Antigen Tests, Bates Switches Back to PCR Pool Testing the Week of Jan. 24

Why the Rapid Tests? After Exclusively Using Rapid Antigen Tests, Bates Switches Back to PCR Pool Testing the Week of Jan. 24

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
January 26, 2022

B1st2Swim Is Making Waves and Ending Inequities in Bates’ Swimming Pool

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
January 18, 2022
"Grab-n-go" is one of many stricter COVID-19 restrictions being put in place by Bates College.

Bates Updates COVID-19 Policies for Winter Semester in Light of Omicron

Aneeza Ahmad and Elizabeth LaCroix
December 29, 2021
Adjunct faculty and staff will find out the results or the union vote on January 31st.

Adjunct Faculty and Staff Will Vote to Form Their Union in January

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
December 17, 2021

58.2% of Bates Students Say They Have Never Missed a COVID-19 Test: COVID-19 Testing Compliance Fall 2021

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
November 17, 2021
The Bates Student spoke with the administration, BESO Organizing Committee, and union-eligible employees to learn more about their positions on the labor organizing.

Q&A With Bates Administration, the BESO Organizing Committee and Union-Eligible Employees

Jackson Elkins and Elizabeth LaCroix
November 16, 2021
Bobcat First Students Speak Up After OIE Staff Departures

Bobcat First Students Speak Up After OIE Staff Departures

Sacha Feldberg and Elizabeth LaCroix
November 10, 2021
Schuler Access Initiative Awards Bates With $50 Million Financial Aid Grant to Support Pell-Eligible, Low Income and Undocumented Students

Schuler Access Initiative Awards Bates With $50 Million Financial Aid Grant to Support Pell-Eligible, Low Income and Undocumented Students

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
October 27, 2021
A Statement Regarding the “Petition Against Censorship at Bates”

A Statement Regarding the “Petition Against Censorship at Bates”

Jackson Elkins and Elizabeth LaCroix
October 18, 2021
The Efforts of Faculty and Staff to Unionize Continue: Bates Consults Labor and Employment Lawyer, Others Oppose

The Efforts of Faculty and Staff to Unionize Continue: Bates Consults Labor and Employment Lawyer, Others Oppose

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
October 13, 2021
12 students attended the class of 2024 town hall on Monday, October 4th.

The Class of 2024 BCSG Representatives Host Their First-Ever Town Hall

Aneeza Ahmad and Elizabeth LaCroix
October 13, 2021
The chalk outside of Commons is just one of numerous places that messages of support for BESO can be found around campus.

Bates Faculty and Staff Promote the Organization of a Union

Ellie Wolfe, Elizabeth LaCroix, and Sacha Feldberg
October 6, 2021
Bates has shifted to a pooled testing process for their surveillance testing to prevent COVID spread on campus.

Where are the Rapid Tests? Bates Testing Center Switches to Pooled Testing

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
September 29, 2021

Science on Display: The Renovation of Dana Chemistry Hall Will Cater to More Than Just STEM Classes

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
September 22, 2021
A Work in Progress: Students Are Included in the Bates Campus Safety Summer Working Group

A Work in Progress: Students Are Included in the Bates Campus Safety Summer Working Group

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
September 12, 2021

Bates Updates Masking Policies as Delta Variant Concerns Mount

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
August 16, 2021

Towards a More Pre-COVID Bates—a Recap of the Fall 2021 Important Information Webinar

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
July 30, 2021
This photo, which was taken on the Alumni Walk side of Roger Williams Hall, was taken on May 17. The graffiti reads "Stop murdering Palestine Children" multiple times with "Censored" overlaying the text.

Administrations Response to Anti-Israel Messages Draws Criticism from Students

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
May 24, 2021

COVID-19 Stories: A Collection of Covid Experiences at Bates

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
May 24, 2021
83% Of Students Received the Pfizer Vaccine

83% Of Students Received the Pfizer Vaccine

Elizabeth LaCroix and Sacha Feldberg
May 12, 2021

Corona Culture: The Mental Health Pandemic has Turned Students into Activists

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
May 1, 2021
Messages drawn in chalk commanding the disarmament of Campus Safety appeared on buildings across campus this past weekend.

Student Petition Demands the Immediate Disarming of Bates Campus Safety

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
May 1, 2021
Bates Health Services Sexual Resources

Bates Health Services Sexual Resources

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
April 30, 2021

Lewiston Family Planning: Additional Sexual Health Resources

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
April 30, 2021
Dr. Lori Banks, Assistant Professor of Biology was named one of the 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America.

Dr. Lori Banks Named One of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
April 21, 2021
Students Express Dissatisfaction with Modular System at Student Forum

Students Express Dissatisfaction with Modular System at Student Forum

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
April 7, 2021
CAPS Reports Increase in Students Requesting Support during Winter Semester

CAPS Reports Increase in Students Requesting Support during Winter Semester

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
March 17, 2021
Students may sign up to eat on the second floor of Commons through Garnet Gateway.

Bates Dining Services Brings Back a Sense of Community

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
March 3, 2021
The MSW is a mainstay of Bates’ academic support services. This year, the MSW is offering in-person and virtual drop-in peer tutoring.

The Math and Statistics Workshop Adapts to COVID-19 Public Health Policies

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
February 24, 2021

Communications and Admissions Seek Feedback During MLK Day Workshop

Amelia Keleher and Elizabeth LaCroix
February 10, 2021

Academic Affairs Council Holds Open Forum on Critical Race Theory Requirement

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
November 18, 2020
Organizers demanded that Bates should require all students to take a race theory course, among other demands.

Students Demand Accountability Following Instagram Post

Elizabeth LaCroix, Ellie Wolfe, and Amelia Keleher
November 6, 2020

Sixty Years of Progress Down the Drain? – The Fate of Reproductive Rights

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
October 28, 2020
Bates' Academic Resource Commons Copes with COVID

Bates’ Academic Resource Commons Copes with COVID

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
October 14, 2020
Bates has shifted to a pooled testing process for their surveillance testing to prevent COVID spread on campus.

Get Your Flu Vaccine — It’s More Important than Ever!

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
September 30, 2020
Graph from the Sept. 22 update of COVID-19 cases displaying the number of new cases reported and the total daily tests in the NESCAC.

Tracking COVID-19 in the NESCAC

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
September 22, 2020
A Resource For all Students: Bates Health Services Adopts new COVID-19 Protocols for the 2020 School Year

A Resource For all Students: Bates Health Services Adopts new COVID-19 Protocols for the 2020 School Year

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
September 15, 2020
Commons Shifts to Grab-and-Go Model for Fall Semester

Commons Shifts to Grab-and-Go Model for Fall Semester

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
August 25, 2020

The Freshman Plague: A Greater Issue than the Freshman Fifteen

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
August 23, 2020
Assistant Professor of Biology Lori Banks joined the Bates Community in the fall of 2019.

Bates Virologist Lori Banks Addresses Common COVID-19 Misconceptions

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
April 2, 2020

OMT Offers Opportunities for Wellness

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
March 11, 2020

New STI Testing Kits on Campus

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
February 5, 2020
Bates Health Center

Bates Gets the Flu

Elizabeth LaCroix, Managing News Editor
January 22, 2020
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