Stories from May 2008
Stacia Saniuk '09
Monday, May 5, 2008 3:26 pm
Bates College junior Stacia Saniuk finished her junior season already atop the Bates softball career lists for home runs, extra-base hits and total bases.
Brian Mahoney '08
Monday, May 5, 2008 2:59 pm
Mahoney played and started more games (125 and 124, respectively) and recorded more at-bats (488) than any Bates baseball player in history.
Iraqi playwright to discuss his play, 'Baghdad Wedding'
Monday, May 5, 2008 2:57 pm
Scientist and playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak, a Mellon Learning Associate at Bates College, will discuss his critically acclaimed play, Baghdad Wedding, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Famed civil rights attorney Morris Dees to speak at Bates May 8
Monday, May 5, 2008 2:49 pm
Morris Dees, founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, will deliver a keynote address, "With Justice for All in Our Multicultural Nation," at 4 p.m. May 8 in the Bates College Chapel.
Poetry reading inaugurates John Tagliabue Poetry Fund
Saturday, May 3, 2008 3:14 pm
Award-winning poets Pamela Alexander '70 and X. J. Kennedy P'86 and '94 read from their work in celebration of the inauguration of the John Tagliabue Poetry Fund at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave., Bates College. A book signing and reception will immediately follow the reading, and the public is invited to attend at no charge.
Get Smarter
Thursday, May 1, 2008 3:03 pm
Academic sparks really start to fly each spring, with signature events like the Mount David Summit and the Honors Banquet, as well as frequent announcements of postgraduate academic honors.
Cellist Weilerstein, pianist Barnatan kick off May concerts
Thursday, May 1, 2008 1:42 pm
Even as the academic year winds down, musical offerings at Bates College reach a crescendo in May with a string of concerts including a performance by the renowned Borromeo String Quartet, a program of South American music by a trio that features two Maine musicians, and the high-powered pairing of cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan.
Aboard the Tenacious (slideshow)
Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:00 pm
Hesse unloades the catch at Harwichport: 3,179 pounds of haddock; 66 pounds of cod; 43 pounds of white hake; 30 pounds of cusk; and 3 pounds of Acadian redfish.
Brooklyn
Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:00 pm
He was drawn to this Brooklyn neighborhood for many of the same reasons he chose Bates
Bates semester abroad in China (slideshow)
Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:00 pm
The Bates group trekked up Mount Pamuling to visit the Buddhist monastery, which sits amidst a stunning landscape.