Stories from May 2009
WRBC recommends…
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 10:47 am
New sounds suggested by the Bates radio station jocks.
A sweet and savory surprise
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 9:32 am
Restaurateur Deborah Hansen ’86, proprietor of Taberna de Haro in Brookline, Mass.,…
The Wedding Gift
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2:57 pm
Friends and family raise a barn, and some community spirit, at the farmhouse wedding of Kirsten Walter '00 and Ben Ayers '99.
May 5 update on H1N1 (swine flu)
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:10 am
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has confirmed one of seven Maine H1N1 (swine flu) cases reported. Up to six more are expected to be confirmed, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The cases involve two adults in Kennebec County, three adults and one youth in York County, and one youth in Penobscot County.
Bobcat of the week: Chris Burke '11
Monday, May 4, 2009 2:55 pm
On the final day of the 2009 Bates baseball season, sophomore outfielder Chris Burke (Andover, Mass.) wrapped up an outstanding first season as a regular starter. In the season-ending doubleheader at St. Joseph's of Maine, Burke went a combined 4-for-7 with three runs and three RBIs.
Bobcat of the week: Izzy Alexander '09
Monday, May 4, 2009 2:46 pm
Bates senior Izzy Alexander (Harvard, Mass.) broke the New England Division III Women's Track and Field Championship meet record in the 400-meter hurdles on Saturday at Springfield College, winning the event in 1:01.78 and slicing 0.18 seconds off of the previous set by Springfield's Beth Bowler in 1998.
Commencement outdoors, luncheon in Gray Cage, Alumni Gym
Monday, May 4, 2009 12:52 pm
[Please note: Commencement will be held outdoors on the Quad in front of Coram Library. The luncheon following Commencement will be held in the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building and Alumni Gymnasium.]
Navigating rough economic seas
Monday, May 4, 2009 10:44 am
By drawing on inspirational ancestors and marshaling its community, Bates moves forward.
Symposium explores promises, perils of ‘generation gap’ in tech, diversity
Friday, May 1, 2009 1:58 pm
"We're in the middle of a revolution," Bates President Elaine Tuttle Hansen said at midday on April 30, "and it's a hard place to see from."
May 2009 Images of Bates
Friday, May 1, 2009 1:45 pm
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