Stories about "News and politics"
Switching careers
Sunday, July 13, 2008 12:00 pm
Economic uncertainty is leading more and more people to consider big career changes. Some are seeking new fields after a layoff, while others seek just-in-case alternatives in anticipation of troubles ahead.
Believe Muskie
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 10:09 am
Campaign materials help to form From Rumford to Washington: Edmund S. Muskie’s…
Against Olympics backdrop, museum exhibit explores Chinese cityscape
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:15 am
As the 2008 Beijing Olympics put China in the global spotlight this summer, a photographic exhibition at the Bates College Museum of Art will offer alternative perspectives on that intriguing, dynamic nation. "Stairway to Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrapers" showcases work by 17 Chinese artists who examine how economic reform, a new influx of personal wealth and rapid industrialization have changed the urban environment. The exhibit appears from June 7 through Dec. 14.
1980 — The Iran Hostage Crisis
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:08 am
Feb. 13, 1980, was Day 102 of the hostage crisis in Tehran, Iran. But for globetrotting freelance journalist William Worthy ’42, it was just another day in just another post-revolution country.
Hurting Inside
Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:18 pm
This X-ray showing a nail in a person’s neck is from the…
An Important Visit
Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:04 pm
U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, following his speech in the Chapel on Feb.…
With Justice for All in Our Multicultural Nation
Thursday, May 8, 2008 4:00 pm
Morris Dees, founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke on civil rights and multi-culturalism. (Total time: 1:07:42)
Bates semester abroad in China (slideshow)
Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:00 pm
The Bates group trekked up Mount Pamuling to visit the Buddhist monastery, which sits amidst a stunning landscape.
Inside China
Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:00 pm
As China becomes a global player, Bates economist Margaret Maurer-Fazio and her students have ringside seats. Bates economist Margaret Maurer-Fazio has tracked China's economy since the early 1980s.
Watson Fellowship to support Bates graduate's graffiti research
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:13 am
A Bates graduate from Chicago is one of 50 students across the country to receive a 2008 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, a $25,000 grant that supports a year of independent research abroad. Jordan Williams, who graduated from Bates in December 2007, will use the award to research the graffiti cultures in Germany, Brazil and South Africa.