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Journalist Juan Williams to discuss legacy of Brown vs. Board
Monday, May 9, 2005 4:05 pm
Juan Williams, senior correspondent for National Public Radio's Morning Edition and author of an acclaimed biography of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, will give a lecture titled "The Legacy of Brown vs. the Board of Education" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, in the Bates College Chapel. The public is invited free of charge.
Bates ranked No. 1 'Best Value' by Princeton Review
Monday, April 18, 2005 10:45 am
Bates College is the nation's "best value" college, The Princeton Review announced April 18. The New York-based education services company features the school in its "Top 10 Best Value Colleges" ranking list in the 2006 edition of its book, "America's Best Value Colleges," which goes on sale April 19, 2005.
Noblitt is front and center during rescue at sea
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:40 pm
When a sailing ship carrying 22 college students on an educational voyage in early March rescued 49 Haitians from their disabled vessel, a Bates sophomore was right in the middle of the widely reported story.
Conservative pundit William Kristol to speak
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 11:57 am
Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, one of the nation's most influential neoconservative commentators, visits Bates College to discuss the impact of Sept. 11 on American foreign policy Wednesday, March 23, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
Rhetorical fireworks fly as college team hosts debate tournament
Monday, March 14, 2005 9:58 am
As a warm-up for a Bates College-hosted national debate tournament, the Brooks Quimby Debate Council debated Harvard University on the issue "The United States has a moral obligation to spread democracy around the world."
Maine College GOP to host Youth Leadership School at college
Friday, March 4, 2005 11:01 am
The Maine College Republicans will host the Leadership Institute's flagship program, the Youth Leadership School, at Bates College on Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.
Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran to make case for war
Friday, February 4, 2005 2:29 pm
Scott E. Rutter, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who led his battalion in the capture of Baghdad's airport in 2003, will discuss his Iraq experiences and make a case for the war at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in Chase Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.Scott E. Rutter, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who led his battalion in the capture of Baghdad's airport in 2003, will discuss his Iraq experiences and make a case for the war at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in Chase Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
Attorney discusses civil liberties restrictions caused by war on terror
Friday, December 3, 2004 3:51 pm
Meeting today with students enrolled in "Wartime Dissent in Modern America" — a course taught by associate professor of history Hilmar Jensen — Boston civil rights attorney Howard Friedman discussed restrictions on civil liberties caused by the war on terror.
Israeli consul to New England to discuss Middle East peace prospect
Tuesday, November 30, 2004 12:15 pm
Hillel Newman, the Israeli consul to New England in Boston, will offer a lecture titled "Prospects for Peace in the Middle East: After Arafat" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, in Chase Hall Lounge, Bates College, Campus Avenue. Sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, the event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call 207-786-6195.
Bates student delegate to attend Republican National Convention
Friday, November 26, 2004 9:23 am
A Bates College junior will represent Maine's 2nd Congressional District at the Republican National Convention in New York City starting Aug. 30.