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ThursdayApril 16, 2009 |
Catherine Elliott '12 worked so that local kids could playOn the lid of a yogurt cup in Commons, Catherine Elliott ’12 of Edina, Minn., read about a contest that would fund playground upgrades for the organization that collected enough specially marked lids. “Wow! We have a lot of yogurt lids here,” Elliott thought. “This opportunity exists — what can we do with it?” |
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TuesdayFebruary 24, 2009 |
Sylvan Ellefson '09 trusts the Bates food chainWhile Sylvan Ellefson ’09 hasn’t banished sweets or Commons crispitos from his diet, he has honed an understanding of what… |
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FridayJanuary 9, 2009 |
Pristine isn't the dream, says geologist Matt Grove '94arly in the 1900s, two manufacturing plants in Arlington, Mass., dumped their chemical waste out back, which polluted a town-owned pond, later filled to create the high school football field. |
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FridayJanuary 9, 2009 |
A farmer's life grows on Otis fellow Anna Skarstad '11Anna Skarstad ’11 wants to be a farmer, but she’s not willing to hoe that row until she understands why. And she knows that farming is hard. “It’s deeper, too,” she says. “It’s a life.” |
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ThursdayDecember 11, 2008 |
Rob Farnsworth pushes students to find the write wayMost students who study creative writing with Robert Farnsworth find themselves in a relationship measured in years, not semesters. A… |
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MondaySeptember 22, 2008 |
Maddie White '09 contemplates the 'final frontier'It has always fascinated me that we are able to study and understand what is way beyond our physical reach. |
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MondaySeptember 22, 2008 |
Maddie White '09 contemplates the 'final frontier'Why did you decide to major in physics? I’ve always enjoyed thinking about things larger than the world we live… |
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MondayJuly 7, 2008 |
Economist Lynne Lewis measures dams' effects on property valuesRecent research by Bates environmental economist Lynne Lewis shows the benefits of removing a hydropower dam on Maine’s Kennebec River 10 years ago. |
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MondayJuly 7, 2008 |
Economist Lynne Lewis measures dams' effects on property valuesWhen a hydropower dam on Maine’s Kennebec River was taken out in 1999, not everyone agreed that was a good… |
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FridayMay 23, 2008 |
Tamara Wyche ’08 takes great heart and mind to law schoolAn ability to analyze complex situations, coupled with deep empathy, positions Tamara Wyche ’08 of Baltimore, Md., for a successful… |
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