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
Here are the 23 items in the library’s Lost & Found on Nov. 13, 2018
Thursday, November 15, 2018 2:48 pm
Items include a paint brush, course notes on Platonic notions of beauty, and a pair of headphones, reunited with their owner during our photo shoot.
Ben Cline ’94 wins U.S. House seat; Jared Golden ’11 awaits historic decision
Friday, November 9, 2018 10:24 am
Ben Cline '94, R-Virginia, is heading to Congress. Maine Democrat Jared Golden '11 might know his results next week. Plus other alumni victories from Tuesday.
Five bales of plastic recyclables sit outside Commons. But is it art yet?
Thursday, November 1, 2018 8:18 am
Five bales of plastic recyclables sitting on the lawn outside Commons challenge our "out of sight, out of mind" attitudes.
Red Sox vs. Dodgers in 1916, when Lewiston’s ‘Rough’ Carrigan led Boston
Friday, October 26, 2018 10:04 am
Nicknamed "Rough" for his style of play, Carrigan once said that "the first great requisite for success in baseball is nerve."
What’s in a Lewiston Name: Garcelon
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:13 pm
The signature athletic field at Bates is named for Dr. Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston, one of the earliest and longest supporters of Bates College.
What’s in a Lewiston Name: Frye
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 3:22 pm
Home to cozy student houses, a hopping social scene, and the campus coffeehouse, Frye Street is named for an illustrious Lewiston family.
Seven Bates professors share topics and courses they’re excited to teach
Thursday, September 13, 2018 10:18 am
As Bates professors lined up for Convocation last week, they shared the courses and topics they're excited to teach.
It’s 1948, and Bates students (and a future president) are in Vogue, Mademoiselle, and Life
Friday, September 7, 2018 11:31 am
Bates students and a future U.S. president were once part of a national ad campaign to sell consumer textiles made by the Bates Manufacturing Co. of Lewiston.
What’s in a Lewiston Name: Pettengill (or Pettingill?)
Friday, August 31, 2018 7:38 am
Here’s your guide to all names Pettengill and Pettingill, a Bates building, street, and park.
Now on our doorstep, the Class of 2022 ‘represents Bates College history’
Friday, August 24, 2018 8:00 am
Selected from the largest applicant pool in college history, the 550 members of the Class of 2022 arrives on Monday.