Jay Burns

As the editorial director for the Bates Communications Office, Jay guides Bates Magazine and BatesNews.

Stories by Jay Burns
Recalling a 1931 women’s archery tourney vs. ‘unseen opponents’

Friday, April 30, 2021 11:48 am

Bates' participation in a 1931 “telegraphic” tournament is considered the first intercollegiate competition joined by Bates women.

Say What? Bates quotes from here and there: April 30, 2021

Friday, April 30, 2021 10:57 am

There's a lot to talk about these days: the return to sports, racial issues, and what the skies above Bates might bring.

Recalling 1941, when Bates touted ‘up-to-the-minute’ airline service

Friday, April 16, 2021 1:35 pm

Northeast Airlines, with a smiling pilgrim logo, used to serve Lewiston and a number of other New England cities.

Bates in the News: April 16, 2021

Thursday, April 15, 2021 3:19 pm

Bates' Stanley Cup winning video analyst gets a new gig, professors weigh in on current events, and why the Oxford comma gets people riled up.

Recalling when a Ford sedan drove through flames on Andrews Road

Thursday, April 8, 2021 2:31 pm

In the 1950s, the raucous event known as Mayoralty made it possible for a student to drive his Ford through a wall of flames.

"Despite working remotely this summer, I’ve been glad to still be able to engage with the community a bit in-person like this.” —Anthropology major and Bonner Leader Hannah McKenzie of Stevenson, Md., photographed on Lewiston’s Lisbon Street and in the Heritage Restaurant and its adjacent market place, where she regularly shops and purchases tea. This summer, McKenzie has divided her time between two local organizations providing support to refugees and immigrants: the Immigrant Resource Center of Maine and Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. The tea she purchases at the Heritage Restaurant, says Mckenzie “reminds me of one of the first cultural lessons I learned in Lewiston.” When Hamza Abdi, a community leader and an academic administrative assistant at Bates and she first started teaching an IRCM English class together her first semester at Bates, “Hamza would leave in the middle of each class to retrieve us each traditional Somali tea, flavored with spices like cinnamon and cardamom and sweetened in condensed milk. I loved this tea,” she says. “Only three months into teaching did I realize Hamza had been buying the tea from this restaurant downstairs, rather than making it in the office break room as I had assumed. I contested that I didn’t want him spending his money on me — after all, if I come to the Center twice weekly for four years, that’s a lot of money. Hamza laughed, well versed in the differences between our cultures. He explained that in Djiboutian culture, money is considered best used for gestures of sharing and showing others appreciation. Someone in his culture doesn’t ‘lose’ money, as people essentially take turns paying for their friends.” These days, Mckenzie regularly picks up tea at the Heritage Restaurant. “I really appreciate the culture of collectivity that surrounds it. These kind of cultural lessons are what have made my experience of Lewiston and my studies of anthropology at Bates so eye-opening a
Q&A: Hannah McKenzie ’21 and the ‘unfathomable beauty’ of a Watson Fellowship

Thursday, April 8, 2021 10:31 am

As she concludes her Bates education, McKenzie is at a crossroads. the Watson Fellowships, she believes, will be the perfect guide.

Items from the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library for Bates Magazine "Archives" section -- November 2015.Baseball mitt; belonged to Donald C. Webster '41. Box 6, Item 294.
From the Archives: Let’s play ball!

Thursday, April 1, 2021 2:21 pm

It’s opening day of the 2021 Major League baseball season, and here…

Ask the College Experts: The value and opportunity to do research

Thursday, April 1, 2021 12:49 pm

Doing research with a faculty member in a Bates lab teaches students the practical skill of searching for an answer when “you don’t know even if there is an answer," says Assistant Professor of Physics Jeffrey Oishi.

Ask the College Experts: Tips on writing an effective recommendation letter

Thursday, March 25, 2021 9:43 am

In offering tips to prospective recommenders, Bates Director of Admission Darryl Uy has one key message: Be easy on yourself.

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Bates’ Jason Fein named athletics director of the year

Thursday, March 18, 2021 1:39 pm

In a year in which the pandemic stopped NESCAC sports, Fein and his team found creative ways to maintain team identities, create positive student experiences, and make a major contribution to Bates' successful COVID testing program.

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