Jay Burns
Recently retired as editor of Bates Magazine, Jay now occasionally contributes stories to the magazine as well as Bates News.
Stories by Jay Burns
10 new CatFacts (the Bates trivia edition) about Ultimate, risqué dancing, and yagging
Friday, May 12, 2023 12:43 pm
This edition of CatFacts, our second, tilts toward the trivial. But where else are you going to learn what “yagging” is?
From Bates history: Granite from Mount David and a prince from Liberia
Friday, May 12, 2023 11:34 am
A few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library and elsewhere on campus, and our thoughts about what they are and mean.
A Ukrainian student’s dance about war and hope: Why ‘love cannot be killed with just one shot’
Friday, May 12, 2023 10:31 am
To express human hope in the face of war’s inhumanity, Ruslan Peredelskyi '25 has used his immense talent in dance and in writing tell two stories about the war in Ukraine, including the killing of Iryna Filkina.
Video: Campus osprey tries to build a nest at Garcelon
Friday, April 21, 2023 1:52 pm
Immense talent at finding prey doesn’t mean that an osprey, or any bird, will also be good at nest-building.
Keeping it real as Bates’ record-setting admission season hits the home stretch
Thursday, April 13, 2023 1:34 pm
A record 8,937 prospective students applied to Bates this year. And on April 3, a dozen of those newly admitted students made their way to a Pettengill Hall classroom to get a real taste of Bates academics.
From a Distance: An aerial view of campus before Lake Andrews
Friday, April 7, 2023 9:47 am
Around 1957, Bates was building out the land north of campus. Check out some fun facts about this era, including why no structure stands in front of Gomes Chapel.
Created in 1971, a sculpture of the crucifixion with a Bates and Brazilian provenance
Thursday, April 6, 2023 2:08 pm
An alumnus from Brazil and the college's multifaith chaplain explain the history and meaning of a sculpture of the crucifixion created at Bates in 1971.
30 items in the Bates library’s Lost and Found on March 30, 2023
Friday, March 31, 2023 4:07 pm
At first we thought it might be a cat carrier. But no,…
12 Bates ‘CatFacts’ about Jimmy Carter, Jimi Hendrix, Julia Child, and more
Friday, March 31, 2023 12:24 pm
During our annual stint on the Great Day to Be a Bobcat livestream, we shared a few CatFacts with viewers. From there to here!
President-elect Garry W. Jenkins’ first remarks: ‘Listening with intention and care, and learning with you’
Friday, March 10, 2023 10:26 am
Video, photographs, and text capture Garry W. Jenkins' first remarks as Bates president-elect, on March 7 during an upbeat meet-and-greet event in historic Alumni Gymnasium.