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WEBA Look at Footwear Trends and the Shoes of Bates in 2024. Across campus, Bates students gathered for the Sept. 10 presidential debate. In one room, packed with over 100 students, the Politics Department... Your donation will support the student journalists of Bates College. Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed.
One/Eleven: A sit down with the Football Player behind the Film
WEB11 hours ago · One/Eleven, a documentary made by kicker/punter Parker Benningfield’26, gives a look into the weeks-long fall intensive training camp of Bates Football. With its “hard-knocks” approach, this film offers more than just highlights; it provides intimate interviews and the behind-the-scenes of team meetings. Curious for more information, I invited Parker to an interview over Commons and...
Cast Your Vote: Who Will Be Bates College’s Next ‘President’?
WEB12 hours ago · There is a heated and intense campaign currently happening for the office of the President of the United States. It’s not Trump versus Harris, but the faceoff between personas Claire Bennett and Alyssa Lombardi-Jones of Bates College. Candidates are vying for the position, which will be decided by the Bates community as part of the mock election put on by the rhetoric department’s class ...
Bates Football leads a 24-13 Historic Win at Wesleyan University
WEB12 hours ago · Lucy Green, Managing Sports Editor. October 9, 2024. Ella Beiser. Bates beat Wesleyan 24-13 in a historic win. This past weekend Bates football traveled to Middletown, Conn. to take on the previously undefeated Wesleyan Cardinals. Going into the game, the team knew this would mean more, with the Bobcats not winning against Wesleyan since 2005 ...
Assigned to Adored: Syllabus Books I Loved – The Bates Student
WEB12 hours ago · Why I adored: It is romantic, funny and thoroughly entertaining, blending playful moments with sensual ones. It captures the absurdity and hilarity of love; how it can be confusing, unpredictable and surprising—but ultimately, involves patience, humility and a willingness to reflect on one’s own faults. Weather by Jenny Offill.
Ronj Budget Receives “Significant Cut,” Despite Record Profits
WEB12 hours ago · Campus coffee shop Le Ronj’s budget was reduced by Campus Life this year among other budget cuts affecting various Bates organizations. Ronj managers and Assistant Dean of Students for Campus Life & Student Leadership Nick Dressler declined to state exactly how much the coffee shop’s budget was cut down or what it had been previously, but one anonymous Ronj employee stated it was “a ...
Busking for Reparations: A Bid for Repair through Art
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Ella Beiser, Editor-in-Chief • 235 Views. August 22, 2024. Ella · Busking for Reparations: A Bid for Repair through Art. A wild rainstorm blows across campus, drenching people as they hurry between buildings. Hiding from the torrent, I’m standing with a small group of students and faculty under the library arcade listening to a windswept ...
Welcome, Class of 2027: A Letter from the Editors
WEBAug 28, 2023 · Orientation Issue 2023. Welcome, Class of 2027: A Letter from the Editors. Maple Buescher and Ella Beiser • 629 Views. August 28, 2023. Welcome to campus, Bobkittens! We are so glad that you’ve decided to join us in Lewiston from your homes all around the globe. As the Editors in Chief of The Bates Student, Bates’s only student-run ...
“Why Is Nothing Happening?”: Ten Bates Students Share What …
WEBNov 15, 2023 · On Nov. 3, President Biden’s visit to Lewiston commanded the attention of the Bates campus. With the community and the nation glued to the President’s televised remarks, however, an important voice risked being left unheard — that of Bates’ students. Throughout the weekend of Biden’s visit, The Bates Student interviewed students all over campus, asking...
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WEBElla Beiser, Editor-in-Chief • August 22, 2024. A wild rainstorm blows across campus, drenching people as they hurry between buildings. Hiding from the torrent, I'm standing with a small group of students and faculty under the library arcade listening... Load More Stories. The Voice of Bates College Since 1873.