Stories about "Society and culture"
Slideshow: Students’ dazzling Trashion Show outfits — and a professor
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:21 pm
Introducing the creative teams of the 2021 Trashion Show, including a Bates professor modeling COVID lounge wear made from face coverings.
Fran K.? Frank? Signature mystery answered…by Frank himself
Friday, October 29, 2021 12:21 pm
"Yes, that’s my name,” said the man on the other end of the phone. “But I didn’t write it.” We were getting so close to solving the "Fran K. / Frank" signature mystery.
Nathan Pulsifer, Bates Class of 1899, ‘ornament of the great profession of baseball’
Thursday, October 28, 2021 3:43 pm
Nate Pulsifer, Class of 1899, was one of the great two-sport athletes in Bates history — and inspired a character in a Jack Kerouac novel.
Video: Gene Clough goes skydiving
Thursday, October 14, 2021 9:30 am
A beloved lecturer emeritus at Bates, Gene Clough had two thoughts before exiting the plane door for his recent skydive. Thought one: “People do this all the time.” Thought two: “There’s no way I’m going to survive this!”
Recalling 1893, when men were feeling threatened
Thursday, October 7, 2021 11:34 am
In 1893, for the first time at Bates, "young ladies of the freshman class outnumber the young men."
18 items in the Bates library’s lost and found on Sept. 29, 2021
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 3:48 pm
A warm stretch of early fall weather here on campus might explain a couple things about the status of Ladd Library Lost and Found on Sept. 29.
Slideshow: 11 great beards and mustaches of 19th-century Bates
Friday, September 24, 2021 2:29 pm
Beards, mustaches, and sideburns were all the rage at Bates in the late 1800s.
‘Love persevering’: 9/11, Peter Goodrich ’89, and a legacy of hope
Thursday, September 9, 2021 11:51 am
When Peter Goodrich ’89 died on Sept. 11, 2001, grief enshrouded his family and his Bates friends. Twenty years later, love has persevered, providing a path forward to honor his legacy at Bates.
Meet the 97-year old World War II vet who helped reopen the Bobcat Den
Friday, August 20, 2021 11:03 am
Shortly after the Bobcat Den reopened after its 516-day closure due to the pandemic, 97-year-old Ralph Sylvester ‘50 arrived for breakfast.
On the finale of HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown’: Richard of Bates?
Thursday, June 3, 2021 6:12 pm
“Never even heard of Bates College,” says Kate Winslet's character in the season finale of HBO's Mare of Easttown. What's up with that?