Stories from April 2013
Immodest proposals: Students offer tips for fellowship success
Monday, April 8, 2013 10:52 am
At Mount David Summit, students shared their strategies for writing successful graduate fellowship proposals.
Yarn bomb is a different kind of benchwarmer
Friday, April 5, 2013 1:23 pm
Julia Foxworth '13 of New York City, at right, spent much of April 5 "bombing" a bench on Alumni Walk -- yarn bombing, that is.
Ancient Greek and Latin fill stage and screen at Mount David Summit
Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:00 pm
Greek and Latin students perform Plautus’ comedy Captivi and show a video of Euripedes’ tragedy Bacchae.
A group effort: Devin Tatro ’14 and Ugandan village communitys create race to dreams
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 8:16 am
Devin Tatro got a study-abroad experience that let her combine her academic and extracurricular interests — and encourage children to pursue their goals.
China: State of the culture, culture of the state
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 4:39 pm
Three senior thesis projects presented during the Mount David Summit illustrated intriguing examples of the state role in Chinese culture.
In separate concerts, Olin Arts Alive presents Czech string quartet, Slavic-funk-jazz band
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 12:29 pm
Demonstrating the diversity and vitality of the arts at Bates, the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall presents two very concerts, by the Bennewitz Quartet and by Slavic Soul Party!, on April 6.
Audio: Seniors read creative writing — a bizarre bus ride, bomb-littered Hawaiian island and beloved poet
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 11:00 am
At Mount David Summit, six Bates seniors read poems and poetry from their senior theses in creative writing.
Video: Rabble and royalty, medieval Londoners visit the 2013 Mount David Summit
Monday, April 1, 2013 6:01 pm
Students in the junior-senior English seminar "Medieval London" assumed the identities of medieval Londoners at Mount David Summit. The Plague made a cameo appearance, too.