Stories from October 2015
Video: On the road to Colby with a tourney bid on the line
Friday, October 30, 2015 12:38 pm
From Alumni Gym to Mayflower Hill, tag along with the field hockey team as it makes a midweek trip to Colby with a NESCAC Tournament bid on the line.
An illustrated reading of ‘Toward Hallowe’en’ by Robert Farnsworth
Friday, October 30, 2015 11:08 am
Timely for evoking autumn, and timeless for its existential wit, a reading by Rob Farnsworth, senior lecturer in English, of his poem "Toward Hallowe'en," illustrated by the best of our fall photography.
Curating Himalayan art or protecting IP, their art majors ‘resonate every day’
Friday, October 30, 2015 10:30 am
Christina Saunders '06 and Tasha Kimmet '07 talk about what they've accomplished (so far) with their art and visual culture majors.
China’s social-media censors quicker than previously thought, Auer’s research reveals
Thursday, October 29, 2015 2:52 pm
Matt Auer, dean of the faculty and an environmental policy expert, and a colleague made their discovery by looking at censorship related to the film "Under the Dome."
‘Up Down’ and Bates-bound: T-Pain to perform Nov. 7 at Bates
Friday, October 23, 2015 3:14 pm
10 years, 60 hits and two Grammys since his debut album, T-Pain performs at Bates College on Nov. 7.
Campus Construction Update: Oct. 23, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015 11:05 am
An hour spent with Chris Streifel, Bates College's point person on a new residential project, afforded insight into the work that Bates project managers do.
Retirement of Sarah Potter ’77, bookstore director who also teaches virtues ‘hard work and thoughtfulness’
Friday, October 23, 2015 10:33 am
Sarah Potter '77, who retires Oct. 30 after 35 years as director of the College Store, provided a "sense of normalcy" for the legions and generations of student workers in the store.
Campus events: Nov. 2–29, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015 7:36 am
These are public events at Bates College from Nov. 2–29, 2015.
Seven dining lessons from seven years of ‘new’ Bates Commons
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 5:10 pm
By opening the "new" Commons seven years ago, Bates leveraged traditional qualities of community, sustainability, and excellence in its dining operation.
Robert Feintuch, artist of psychologically pointed depictions of the male form, is at large in Greater NYC, Chicago
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 1:03 pm
You've heard it said, "Show 'em, don't tell 'em." But Robert Feintuch of Bates College's art and visual culture department will do both in the coming weeks.