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Decarbonization and Equity Workshop Recap

Sam Hallett, Contributing Writer January 31, 2024

Obtaining equity through renewable energy is an up-and-coming topic in the 21st century. Professor John Smedley presented on this topic in his workshop, “Decarbonization and Equity” as part of the...

Photograph taken by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College. The Bates campus suffered damage after the rain storm with hurricane-like conditions on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023.

Heavy Storms Hit Maine Coast, Raising Concerns over Flooding

Hadley Blodgett, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor January 31, 2024

2023 saw an alarming rise in temperatures, the year having the hottest average surface temperature on record since 1850, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. The most...

Photograph taken by Theophil Syslo/Bates College. Byrant Terry giving the keynote address to an audience in Gomes Chapel.

From Grandmother’s Music to Tofu Curry

Ashley Taylor, Contributing Writer January 31, 2024

Snow glittered on the ground as over 200 Bates students and faculty rose early to trek to Gomes Chapel. Conversations filled the calm winter air, and students filed in lines, walking into the pews and...

Students discussing in the workshop. Taken for Bates Communications.

What even is ‘ethnic’ food?

Trinity Poon, Managing News Editor January 31, 2024

Among the last gatherings of the Bates MLK Day Observance, Maddie Lee '24 and Ruby Forde '24 hosted a workshop titled "What even is ethnic food?" After introducing themselves and their connection to...

Former Head Football Coach Malik Hall courtesy of the Lewiston Sun Journal.

BREAKING NEWS: Bates Agreed to Pay an Unspecified Amount to the Children of Former Head Football Coach

Ella Beiser, Editor-in-Chief January 21, 2024

Bates agreed to pay an unspecified amount to the three children of former head football coach Malik Hall as a settlement of Hall’s claims that they suffered adverse health effects from living in the...

Maine lawmakers gather in Augusta to debate impeachment efforts against Secretary of State Bellows.

House Defeats Impeachment Attempt Against Secretary of State

Lena LaPierre, Assistant Forum Editor January 16, 2024

The sleepy world of Maine politics seldom makes national headlines. Over the holiday break, however, events in Augusta became the unlikely center of a contentious, unfolding national debate on democratic...

BREAKING NEWS: Unidentified Man Exposes himself to Student

BREAKING NEWS: Unidentified Man Exposes himself to Student

Ella Beiser, Editor-in-Chief January 11, 2024

A man exposed himself to a student outside of Olin Arts Center near Lake Andrews at around 6:59 p.m. today according to an email from Campus Safety. The email was sent by Campus Safety Shift Supervisor...

Batess Historic Quad shows destruction after Mondays storm. Liangkun Zhu/The Bates Student.

Bates, New England Battered by Historic Storm

Hannah Kothari, Digital Editor December 22, 2023
New England was battered by rain and wind on Dec. 18, causing widespread power outages and flooding and, at Bates, downed trees, stymied travel plans and emergency alerts sent to students.
Maine Gun Safety Coalition advocate Ted Walworth speaks to Turner resident Vernon Cox at Bates’ Lewiston Teach-In to Prevent Gun Violence on Dec. 5.

After Mass Shooting, Harward Center Hosts Gun Violence Prevention Teach-In

Carly Philpott, Assistant News Editor December 14, 2023
The Harward Center hosted the Lewiston Teach-In to Prevent Gun Violence on Dec. 5 to bring together policy experts and community members after Maine's worst mass shooting as some residents hoped to turn grief into action.
Maine Authors for Lewiston rallied writers from around the state to support victims of the October mass shooting.

“Maine Authors for Lewiston” Shares Stories of Healing

Nick Danko, Staff Writer December 14, 2023

How does a curling enthusiast contribute to the healing of a community after a traumatic event? David Florig, author of "The Stones of Ailsa Craig," remembers driving his car on a late November day wondering...

Sakina Saidi (Bates 26) models Afghanistan cultural clothing and Star Yang (Bates 24) models traditional Chinese clothing.

Inaugural International Fashion Show Features Bates, Colby and Bowdoin Students, Plus High Schoolers and Faculty

Willa Wang, Managing Forum Editor December 14, 2023

On Dec. 1 at 7:30 pm, over 250 attendees from the Colby-Bowdoin-Bates league (CBB), Lewiston High School and local communities in Lewiston gathered in Memorial Commons in Chase Hall to witness the first...

The Harward Center, which facilitates student engagement in Lewiston, has seen an uptick in student volunteering following Oct. 25. Noah Skinner/The Bates Student

Student Volunteering in Lewiston Increases Following Oct. 25 Shooting

Trinity Poon, Managing News Editor November 15, 2023
In the wake of the Lewiston shooting, there has been a surge of student participation in community engagement in forms as diverse as coordinating gift drives for healthcare workers to organizing a 5k to fundraise for victims.
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