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Postcards from Bates
A few picture stories from the print issue


U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, following his speech in the Chapel on Feb. 8, 2008, in support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, shakes hands with Tom Stackpole ’08 of West Tisbury, Mass., as Kennedy’s wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, looks on. Kennedy’s appearance was three days before the Maine caucus, won by Obama. Photograph by Elizabeth Mitchell ’09.


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Historically Black: Spelman and Morehouse colleges offer something that Bates can't — and that's just the point
The Wedding Gift: Friends and family raise a barn, and some community spirit, at the farmhouse wedding of Kirsten Walter '00 and Ben Ayers '99
It's a Microworld After All: MicroVest’s Gil Crawford ’80 takes the lead as private investors surge into the microfinance world
Brand Width: John Hassan '82 helps ESPN cover all the bases
Composition One-on-One: Students teach students as writing becomes an explicit value of the Bates curriculum
Of Climate, Clams, and Colleagues: Arctic clams are sentinels of climate change, says biology professor Will Ambrose. But he didn’t find that out by himself



Postcards from Bates: A few picture stories from the print issue
Bates Matters: THE BELIEVING GAME — Peer editing demands a desceptively simple act of faith
Open Forum: Opinions, stories, and comments from the Bates community
PreAmble: Balanced Beam
Quad Angles: A selection of news stories from the College
Scene Again: 1980 — The Iran Hostage Crisis
Sports Notes: A SMASHING RETURN — Tennis coach Paul Gastonguay '89 runs a program that wins matches and respect.
Connections: Crooning and Swooming — the Bates Deansmen celebrate 50 years with a campus gathering
Your Page: BOB'S JOB SAYS GOODBYE — “Your job has been outsourced to India.”
Vital Statistics: Honoring life's milestones
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