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Bates Matters: Homage to Hedley

Monday, December 21, 2009 10:49 am

Like other members of the post–World War II baby boom who went into academe, I emerged from graduate school in the mid-1970s. Here at Bates, a new generation of professors like Martin Andrucki, Mark Semon, Steve Kemper, and Carole Taylor — plus many others, boomers all — arrived in response to what was promised them: the opportunity to be vigorous scholars and great teachers.

Louder than Words

Friday, December 18, 2009 3:59 pm

As they advance the greening of Bates, the EcoReps know that it's all about the visuals.

Preamble: Just a Moment

Friday, December 18, 2009 1:15 pm

Once, feeling feverish before a college philosophy final, I brought a small towel to the blue-book exam. We lefties tend to smudge what we write, and I wanted to keep my writing hand dry, so as not to turn deep thoughts about Plato’s cave into a smeary mess.

Open Forum

Friday, December 18, 2009 11:53 am

Letters to the editor from the Fall 2009 issue of Bates Magazine.

Perfectly Human

Friday, December 18, 2009 11:28 am

Amid failure, we can grow closer to what inspires us.

Roman Influence

Friday, December 18, 2009 10:47 am

The book An Artist in Rome marries poems by the late John Tagliabue with paintings by Adam Van Doren.

Genocide’s Heirs

Friday, December 18, 2009 9:27 am

Alexis Mutimukunda and Sara Bravmann ’12 talk about their experiences learning from one another.

'Valence, for Whom I Testify'

Friday, December 18, 2009 8:56 am

While visiting his former school, Ecole secondaire de Nyange, Ildephonse Majyambere, an orphan survivor of the genocide in Rwanda, tells what happened on March 18, 1997.

Live Where You Pay

Friday, December 18, 2009 8:08 am

Hurricane Katrina didn’t stop people from living near the ocean. Along the Gulf Coast in Mississippi — where the monster storm came ashore — nine out of 10 people have come back. Economist Howard Kunreuther ’59 knows that people will always take such risks. What he’d like is for them to pay for the privilege.

New (and Young) Orleans

Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:15 pm

But for enthusiastic and committed twenty- and thirty-somethings, New Orleans is an alluring story of opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to plunge into the trenches of what may be the world’s largest urban renewal project.

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