Stories about "Creativity"
Bates Choir to perform Britten's Ceremony of Carols
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:00 pm
Directed by John Corrie, the Bates College Choir performs Benjamin Britten's popular Ceremony of Carols in concert.
Downtown Education Collaborative presents Envisioning Lewiston
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:00 pm
The Downtown Education Collaborative (DEC) officially opens its doors with a photographic exhibition about Lewiston from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at its 219 Lisbon St. storefront center.
I’m the Girl Talk of Philosophy
Thursday, November 6, 2008 1:29 pm
Concerning mash-up music, debates have been circulating concerning the question of whether a mash-up song should be considered new or not. Is a mash-up song authentic? Is it “real” music? Or is it simply two previously written songs placed together into something that is less novel than it is a rip-off. And what does it mean that computers are so fancy these days that any Joe-shmo can take two of his favorite songs and layer them together? Does that count as authentic?
Choice Meat
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 2:17 pm
This issue reflects the College's ongoing Bates Contemplates Food initiative in myriad ways, including eight profiles of alumni who produce food in Maine.
Yale psychologist to lecture about body-mind duality
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 12:20 pm
Paul Bloom, a professor of psychology at Yale, visits Bates College to offer a lecture exploring how humans think of bodies and souls at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road.
A meeting of cultures around a Creole Table
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 12:00 pm
Staff, students and faculty get together to make dinner and discuss a particular nation and its Creole culture, building bridges between different groups within the college.
Dual Demmitts
Saturday, November 1, 2008 3:53 pm
Louisa Demmitt '09 and younger brother Daniel of Columbia, Md., saw a lot of each other during the fall, even though he's not a Bates student. After graduating from high school, Daniel cobbled together a gap year that began in Maine at the Androscoggin Apple Co., a family-owned organic operation in Greene. He plans to continue his farm work in the South over the winter.
Stroke of Dawn
Saturday, November 1, 2008 3:36 pm
Watching the day begin from a canoe on a lake, says Demmit, of Columbia, Md., helps center her. "Everything starts fresh when the sun first hits the water," she says. "What happened yesterday doesn’t matter."
AESOP at sea
Saturday, November 1, 2008 3:22 pm
During a pre-orientation trip in late August, new Bates students and their trip co-leaders dive into the calm waters of the Basin on the New Meadows River near Bath, Maine.
Called to the table
Saturday, November 1, 2008 3:09 pm
Conversations about food remind us that a liberal education prepares the whole human being for life.