Stories about "Society and culture"
'Sacred Circle'
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:44 am
Visits aim to build bonds between Bates, Native Americans
Preamble: Something New
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 10:39 am
At Reunion, two Bates classes 25 years apart talk about the pursuit of happiness.
Dan Berman '08, 'statistics ace,' finds flaws in Iran's election data
Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:36 am
A story by The Boston Globe reveals how Daniel Berman '08, a graduate student at St. Andrews University in Scotland and self-described elections junkie, has "leaped beyond the blogosphere and into the global headlines" with a co-written article that points out "data-driven evidence of widespread election irregularities" in Iran.
Bates duo tops Bowdoin for NCAA tennis doubles title
Monday, May 25, 2009 11:10 am
They may as well have played on their own home courts, or at Lisbon High School for that matter, 3,000 miles away. But one of the greatest moments in the history of Bates athletics was a win over virtual neighbor and arch rival Bowdoin, decided in Southern California late Sunday night.
WRBC recommends…
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 10:47 am
New sounds suggested by the Bates radio station jocks.
In Praise of Melancholy author to speak
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:55 pm
Eric G. Wilson, whose 2008 book Against Happiness offers a provocative antidote to America's culture of "happiness at all costs," visits Bates College to give a talk called "The Power of Melancholy" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, in Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave.
'Ethnicity, Inc.' lecture highlights visit by noted social scientists
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:27 am
John Comaroff, an influential social scientist at the University of Chicago, gives…
On same-sex marriage, look to Iowa
Sunday, April 26, 2009 9:50 am
Writing in the Lewiston Sun Journal, Associate Professor of Psychology Michael Sargent…
College Lecture Series presents in 'Praise of Melancholy' author
Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:24 pm
Eric G. Wilson, whose 2008 book Against Happiness offers a provocative antidote…