Bates in the News
Below is a sampling of news stories about Bates and Bates alumni.
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SundayApril 26, 2009 |
On same-sex marriage, look to IowaWriting in the Lewiston Sun Journal, Associate Professor of Psychology Michael Sargent joins the discussion of a proposed same-sex marriage… |
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MondayApril 20, 2009 |
Elizabeth Strout ’77 wins Pulitzer for fictionThe 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday. Elizabeth Strout ’77 has received the 2009 award for fiction for “Olive Kitteridge.” Read one of the first stories on her award, in the Los Angeles Times. |
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SundayApril 19, 2009 |
Fire chief comes to rescue of a fan in needLongtime Press Herald sports columnist Steve Solloway tells how Jane Brown Karpoe ’49 turned to her local Raymond, Maine, fire department to find some fellow Red Sox fans to accompany her to a recent game at Fenway Park for which she had four excellent tickets. Solloway also interviews Jane’s daughter, Kelly Karpoe ’78, who recalls how the family spent summers on Moose Pond, nearby in Bridgton. ”We didn’t get good television reception,” Kelly says. “So my dad would turn on his old Navy radio when the Red Sox played and turn up the volume because of all the static.” |
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ThursdayApril 9, 2009 |
Health care should be federalizedA letter in the Portland Press Herald by Dr. John Radebaugh ’48 of Falmouth, Maine, supports a federal single-payer health reform bill introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. The proposed legislation will “cover all of the 46 million Americans who lack coverage by eliminating deductibles and restoring free choice of physician.” |
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FridayMarch 27, 2009 |
Meanings and metricsInside Higher Ed, an online news and opinion site devoted to college and university issues, published a provocative essay by David Scobey, director of the College’s Harward Center for Community Partnerships, who argued that the humanities should embrace calls for assessments of how well students are taught. |
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ThursdayMarch 26, 2009 |
Wilderness protection bill gets Congress' OKA Los Angeles Times news story about new federal legislation protecting more than 2 million acres in nine states, including more than 700,000 acres in California, quotes Sam Goldman ’03, California wilderness coordinator at the Wilderness Society. “We’re ecstatic,” he says, summing up the response of conservationists. |
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WednesdayMarch 25, 2009 |
A trip to an ER, then back to the poolThe Portland Press Herald chronicled the high drama surrounding senior diver Kelsey Lamdin’s final performance at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, held at the University of Minnesota in March. During a warmup dive, she struck the board. Head and hands bleeding, she departed for a hospital, where she got stitched up (without anesthesia) and returned to compete. |
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FridayMarch 20, 2009 |
It's beer and brackets for News' sports writer as NCAA Tournament kicks offThe New York Daily News gave staff writer Matt Gagne ’04 an assignment he’s been training for since his Bates days: Cover the NCAA men’s basketball tournament from a sports bar in Manhattan. With a couple of friends, including a chum from Bates, Gagne watched the first-round games from the ESPN Zone in Times Square. |
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SundayMarch 15, 2009 |
Lobsters appoint Bud Schultz coachThe Boston Herald noted the hiring of Buddy Schultz ’81 as head coach of the Lobsters, the Boston entry in the professional World Team Tennis league. “I had a partiality to Bud,” Lobsters CEO Bahar Uttam told the Herald, “because he’s local, he’s got the experience, he’s been out on the (pro) circuit and appreciates what it takes for people who are on the circuit to get excited about what it means to be on the team.” |
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SundayMarch 15, 2009 |
George E. Stewart made East Hartford a better placeThe Hartford Courant published a feature obituary for George Stewart ’46, a resident of East Hartford who died Feb. 22. The story noted that Stewart was “an active volunteer in community organizations and president of a local bank [who] seemed to know everyone and over the decades had been involved in nearly every town activity.” |