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Poet Mathis featured in Writers Harvest reading
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 12:45 pm
The annual Writers Harvest reading at Bates College will be given by Cleopatra Mathis, professor of English at Dartmouth College and author of five collections of poetry, at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, in Chase Hall Lounge, Campus Ave.
Bates symposium to focus on artist Marsden Hartley
Wednesday, November 3, 2004 1:32 pm
The Bates College Museum of Art presents a symposium on Marsden Hartley, a Lewiston native and a pioneer in modern American art, on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5-6.
Campaign launched for alumni during Homecoming Weekend
Wednesday, November 3, 2004 1:02 pm
Hundreds of alumni, faculty, students and friends met over a harvest dinner in Merrill Gymnasium Oct. 30 to celebrate the alumni launch of The Campaign for Bates: Endowing Our Values, a comprehensive fund-raising effort to raise at least $120 million by June 30, 2006.
Bates theater department offers 'House of Blue Leaves'
Wednesday, November 3, 2004 12:16 pm
Often viewed as playwright John Guare's most popular and important work, "The House of Blue Leaves" is the major fall theater production of the Bates College theater department. Directed by Professor of Theater Paul Kuritz, "Blue Leaves" will be performed at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 5-6 and 12-13, and at 2 p.m. on Sundays, Nov. 7 and 14.
Elections 2004: The Last Push
Tuesday, November 2, 2004 12:31 pm
"Have you voted today?" asked senior Katie Franich as she greeted classmates entering Chase Hall for lunch. Franich, of Milton, Mass., was one of a group of Bates students who participated in a nonpartisan election-day canvass to encourage their peers to go to the polls and vote. She wore an oversized T-shirt that read: "Make them pay attention to us. VOTE November 2."
Club women's hockey team to participate in tournament in Estonia
Tuesday, November 2, 2004 12:25 pm
The Bates College women's club ice hockey team has been selected to represent the United States at the Baltic Blast & Thanksgiving Day Tournament in Tallinn, Estonia. Other competitors include teams from Great Britain, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Finland and Sweden.
Panel to discuss U.S. relations with Middle East and South Asia
Monday, November 1, 2004 12:37 pm
Bates College will hold a panel discussion about U.S. relations with the Middle East and South Asia at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in Chase Hall Lounge, Campus Avenue. Titled "Comments for the New Administration: The Middle East and South Asia Revisited," the event is free and open to the public.
George Mitchell, Vanessa Kerry stump for John Kerry
Friday, October 29, 2004 12:44 pm
In next Tuesday's presidential election, Americans have a choice between "fear and hope," former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell told an audience of about 100 at Bates College at midday Thursday, Oct. 28. Speaking in support of Sen. John Kerry and presented by the Bates Democrats, the Maine Democrat was the one of the latest in a series of notable figures campaigning here on behalf of the presidential candidates.
Maine Day draws high school students
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:03 pm
On Thursday, Nov. 11, high school students from all over Maine will visit Bates College for Maine Day.
Law professor Derrick Bell gives Brown v. Board of Education talk
Friday, October 22, 2004 1:07 pm
The exhibition "Multicultural Center Retrospective: Eight Years of Diversity Programming" opens Thursday, Oct. 28, with a 6 p.m. reception whose guests include the author and attorney Derrick Bell, featured in a 7 p.m. talk commemorating the historic Brown vs. Board of Education decision. The public is invited to attend free of charge the reception and the lecture, held in Chase Hall Gallery and Chase Hall Lounge respectively, Campus Avenue, Bates College. For more information, call 207-786-8376.