Stories about "War"
Folks Back Home
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:51 am
A Kabul resident and a Marine veteran agree that education is key…
Kabul, One Day at a Time
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:49 pm
• Click the thumbnails below to view the slide show A day…
Projects for Peace grants to support Zambia, Afghanistan programs
Friday, April 9, 2010 4:45 pm
Two Bates College students have received 2010 Davis Projects for Peace awards…
Military and medical perspectives on nuclear threat to be discussed
Thursday, April 1, 2010 4:00 pm
A former U.S. Air Force officer and a co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility present a talk at Bates College titled "A Fork in the Road on Nuclear Weapons: Which Path to Security?" at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 5 in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. The talk is free and open to the public. Hosted by the Brooks Quimby Debate Council, retired Col. Richard Klass of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Dr. Ira Helfand of Physicians for Social Responsibility will present the talk to provide medical and military perspectives on questions of nuclear security issues.
Iranians of all political stripes, ages believe U.S. will attack
Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:38 pm
In an essay published in Maine's Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel newspapers in Maine, Visiting Professor of Politics Eric Hooglund writes about his early summer trip to Iran, which coincided with U.S. Senate and House resolutions (since blocked) authorizing President Bush to set up a naval blockade of Iran.
To heal the wounded
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 12:45 pm
A book review in The New York Times praised the team of U.S. Army medical professionals, including Dr. Dave Lounsbury '72, a retired colonel, that pushed for publication of War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Series of Cases, 2003–2007.
Iraq war veteran to speak
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:40 pm
Adam Cote of Sanford, who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a member of the Maine Army National Guard, visits Bates College to offer a firsthand account of his time in Iraq at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall.
Bates and Veterans for Peace present Iraq war poetry reading
Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:08 pm
Poet Brian Turner Brian Turner, author of the Beatrice Hawley Award-winning poetry collection Here Bullet (Alice James Books, 2005), will read from his work at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Benjamin Mays Center, Russell Street, Bates College. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Israeli consul to New England to discuss Middle East peace prospect
Tuesday, November 30, 2004 12:15 pm
Hillel Newman, the Israeli consul to New England in Boston, will offer a lecture titled "Prospects for Peace in the Middle East: After Arafat" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, in Chase Hall Lounge, Bates College, Campus Avenue. Sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, the event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call 207-786-6195.
Panel to discuss Vietnam and Iraq wars
Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:56 am
To provide historical perspective on what happened more than three decades ago and what is going on now in the Middle East, a Bates College panel consisting of a Vietnam veteran, a Vietnamese student from Hanoi, a Republican Party student activist, and a former member of Congress and Reagan arms control official will debate the differences and similarities between the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq.