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It’s been a momentous few weeks for America, and for Americans. Donald Trump was elected as President of the United States after a contentious election. In Maine, voters re-elected incumbents Angus ...
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 ...
It has been over a month since the Bates Educators and Staff Organization (BESO) filed with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election. With the election drawing ever closer, The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Every live theater production is made up of many moving parts to ensure that things run smoothly. You have your performers, of course, and a director who brings their vision to life by making ...
As many young adults on TikTok will tell you, The Hunger Games has long been an eerie reflection of our modern world. The idea that capitalist interests can go so far that they become a weapon of ...
College athletics is an incredible source of energy and excitement. From the booming Division I football stadiums, to the raucous Alumni Gymnasium, college sports are undoubtedly an important ...
Former Bates Head Football Coach Malik Hall filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, District of Maine against the college yesterday, claiming he faced “severe racial discrimination” during ...
A number of faculty and staff members at Bates have announced their departures from the college in the past year, prompting concern from students and questions about why the wave of exits occurred.
To many members of the Bates community, the messages scrawled in chalk showing support for the efforts of faculty and staff to unionize on campus buildings came as a surprise on the morning of Oct. 4.