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Last Friday, students gathered around the steps of Coram Library in protest of a Bates College Instagram post published on Oct. 27. The post featured the President of Bates College Republicans along ...
Two safety officers restrained and tackled a first-year student in Rand Hall on Friday night according to multiple student accounts and a video obtained by The Student. The 20-second video, taken by a ...
For many sociologists, the election between President Donald Trump and former vice-president Joe Biden is the most socially relevant in American history. To further unpack what this means, I ...
Nineteen members of Bates College’s debate team, the Brooks Quimby Debate Council (BQDC), collectively resigned from the team on Friday, Feb. 16.. At 9:55 a.m., the BQDC announced their resignation on ...
The Race, Power, Privilege and Colonialism Curriculum (RPPC) Requirement passed at the April faculty meeting with 88 faculty voting yes, 25 no and 7 abstaining. This is the third reading of the ...
In an email sent to students majoring in economics on Monday, Professors Paul Shea and Daniel Riera-Crichton announced that the senior thesis will be canceled for the 2021-2022 academic year due to ...
When it comes to the world of Bob Dylan, I am incredibly biased. Like other folksy young women on the internet, my interest in the Dylan and Joan Baez love affair borders on obsession. I think about ...
Contributing reporting by Sophie Mackin ‘22, Assistant Forum Editor A number of faculty and staff members at Bates have announced their departures from the college in the past year, prompting concern ...
To be completely candid, I never was a “sports person.” So, when my dad asked me to come and watch a movie about professional wrestling with him and his high school best friend, I immediately sensed a ...
Kim’s Kitchen is frequently visited by Bates students for late-night food and beverages such as chicken fried rice and french fries. However, the strength of the link between Kim’s and Bates is often ...
Why do you talk so much? Well, that’s a complicated question. Maybe I could explain it, but I don’t even know where to start. It would probably take a while, because there are so many things about my ...