Stories from November 2005
Bates and Veterans for Peace present Iraq war poetry reading

Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:08 pm

Poet Brian Turner Brian Turner, author of the Beatrice Hawley Award-winning poetry collection Here Bullet (Alice James Books, 2005), will read from his work at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Benjamin Mays Center, Russell Street, Bates College. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Bates commits to Maine 'green power' for its electricity

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:14 pm

Bates will purchase its entire electricity supply from renewable energy sources in Maine, specifically biomass generating plants and small hydroelectric producers, President Elaine Tuttle Hansen has announced.

Brooks Quimby Debate Council hosts annual high school tournament

Monday, November 21, 2005 3:16 pm

For the third consecutive year, the Brooks Quimby Debate Council hosted a Maine high school forensics tournament. Approximately 315 students took part in the all-day event on Saturday, Nov. 19. A scheduled tournament for the 2005-06 season of the Maine Forensics Association, the judged competition featured events in speech, Lincoln-Douglas and public forum debate and student congress. The MFA promotes the development of articulate leadership among secondary students throughout the state.

Bates greets 'Ellis Island Snow Globe'

Friday, November 18, 2005 3:19 pm

With a reception on Nov. 16, the Bates community extended a warm "well done" to Erica Rand for the publication of her second book, The Ellis Island Snow Globe (Duke University Press).

Scholarship showcase

Friday, November 18, 2005 10:36 am

The Dean of the Faculty's Office maintains vitrines in the main entrance to Lane Hall in which recent works of scholarship by Bates faculty and students are displayed.

Bates hosts discussion of harassment prevention program

Monday, November 14, 2005 3:21 pm

Local high school students and staff will join Steve Wessler, director of the Maine Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, for a discussion of the "Unity Project," a multiyear harassment prevention program built around the use of peer influence, at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 14, in Chase Hall Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave., Bates College. The public is invited to attend the event, co-sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and the education department at Bates, free of charge. For more information, please call 207-786-8235.

Jon Duchette '06 focuses on past and present

Thursday, November 10, 2005 2:31 pm

Jon Duchette '06 of Turner, Maine, came to Bates intending to major in history. But although he has nine history courses tucked under his belt it turns out his heart belongs to geology.

One Saturday at Bates — and three really big shows

Wednesday, November 9, 2005 3:23 pm

Saturday brings something of a cultural feast on the Bates campus, with performances by the Bates College Orchestra, former Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio and the Modern Dance Company — which also performs Sunday and Monday.

Historian William Cronon to give Otis Lecture

Monday, November 7, 2005 3:29 pm

William Cronon, a leading scholar on the human relationship with land and nature, visits Bates College to give the ninth annual Otis Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.

Bates names new Dukakis Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies

Monday, November 7, 2005 3:27 pm

Bates College has named Laurie O'Higgins, professor of classical and medieval studies, as successor to Anne Thompson in the position of Euterpe B. Dukakis Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies. She will deliver her inaugural lecture at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

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