Stories from November 2013
Events at Bates: Dec. 2-20, updated
Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:20 am
Hello from Bates! Here's an updated list of public events at the college for the period Dec. 2-20, 2013.
From blue bin to Beyoncé, 2013 Trashion Show is a sensation
Friday, November 22, 2013 3:21 pm
Pitting students, staff and other Bates folks against one another in a friendly quest to make recycling fashion-forward, the Trashion Show takes place every year before November break.
Events at Bates: Dec. 2-20
Friday, November 22, 2013 9:14 am
Hello from Bates! Here’s a list of public events at the college for the period Dec. 2–20, 2013.
After JFK’s assassination, The Bates Student reflects a grieving community
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:21 pm
Essays, articles and poems in The Bates Student captured emotions and innocence.
What I mean when I say: ‘Space,’ with Jason Castro
Monday, November 18, 2013 9:17 am
What does "space" mean to a neuroscientist?
Hidden, wild, red, space: Photo Club project affords new perspectives on campus
Friday, November 15, 2013 2:48 pm
Intrigued by art that is traveling, collaborative and anonymous, the Photo Club purchased Fuji disposable cameras and turned them loose on campus.
U.S. healthcare “at a tipping point,” says Heywood Hospital chief Winfield Brown ’89
Friday, November 15, 2013 8:36 am
Well-timed against the failed launch of the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange website, Brown put a fine point on the economic forces influencing healthcare today.
Senior weaves extraordinary family history with investigative look at Germany during Holocaust, and now
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:08 am
Rachel Baumann discusses her grandparents' travails during the Holocaust, and offers insights into wartime history and the roles of humanity and faith, on Nov. 15.
Bates welcomes new faculty: Brooke O’Harra, theater
Monday, November 11, 2013 10:27 am
At Bates, a college that prepares students for global citizenship, training as an actor is highly valuable, says Brooke O'Harra, assistant professor of theater. Students of acting "have to start to understand how they exist in the world, how they function in relation to others."
Bates College lectures to explore intersections of religion, trade, culture in Mediterranean
Friday, November 8, 2013 3:34 pm
The Bates College lecture series "Byzantium and Islam: Art, Poetry and Sound at the Crossroads of the Mediterranean Sea" resumes Nov. 14.