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WednesdayOctober 17, 2012 |
Marcus ’82 pens Globe Magazine story of ‘Uncle Arthur,’ famed gambling racketeerFrom the 1950s to the 1970s Arthur Marcus was one of the best at his job. |
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ThursdayMay 26, 2011 |
Video: Dick Gregory and the ‘end of recess’The activist expounds upon a pointed social and educational observation that “recess is over.” |
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ThursdayFebruary 3, 2011 |
Lecture by Nishani Frazier marks Freedom Rides anniversaryIn observance of Black History Month and the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Riders protest, a historian from Ohio’s Miami University reviews the history, impacts and continuing relevance of this galvanizing episode in the civil rights movement at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in the Benjamin Mays Center at Bates College, 95 Russell St. Sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Education at Bates, Nishani Frazier’s talk, titled On the March, is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 207-786-8376. |
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WednesdayJanuary 19, 2011 |
'Destroy what destroys us,' says Service of Worship speaker“It’s been a long, a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come.” The hopeful words of the Sam Cooke song sung by soloist Megan Guynes ’11 made a fitting opening for the Jan. 16 Memorial Service of Worship that began Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances at Bates. |
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ThursdayOctober 28, 2010 |
Video: Baughman's debate intro places Bates and Maine into political contextBefore Maine Public Broadcasting flipped on its array of broadcast technology for the gubernatorial debate at Bates on Oct. 28,… |
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TuesdayOctober 26, 2010 |
Activist revisits civil rights work in autobiographical playDuring the civil rights movement of the 1960s, John Perdew dropped out of Harvard in order to fight for the equal rights of all Americans. Some 40 years later, he turned his story into The Education of a Harvard Guy, a play that he performs at Bates College at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. |
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WednesdayApril 21, 2010 |
Nguyen wins grant to study monk symbolic of Vietnam War eraIn June 1963, in Saigon, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc set himself on fire to protest the government’s discrimination against the nation’s Buddhist majority. This horrific act launched a series of events resulting in the fall of the Ngo Dinh Diem regime, and Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation came to symbolize America’s unpopular involvement in Vietnam. |
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FridayApril 2, 2010 |
Video: Dean Emeritus Milt Lindholm '35 rememberedRemembrances from four people who knew Milt as a father, admissions dean, colleague and friend were offered during a memorial service for Lindholm at the Bates Chapel on March 21 |
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TuesdayFebruary 16, 2010 |
Robert Hatch, icon of Bates athletics, passes away at age 85• Click the thumbnails above to view the slide show Professor Emeritus of Physical Education Robert W. Hatch, an icon… |
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TuesdayFebruary 16, 2010 |
Remembering Bob Hatch: 1991 Bates Magazine story at his retirementBelow are edited excerpts from an article on Bob Hatch originally published in the Fall 1991 issue of Bates Magazine… |
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