{"id":100467,"date":"2016-04-05T14:54:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T18:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=100467"},"modified":"2016-07-01T11:13:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T15:13:42","slug":"mount-david-summit-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2016\/04\/05\/mount-david-summit-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimedia: Mount David Summit 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday&#8217;s academic showcase, the Mount David Summit, is in the books. But let&#8217;s crack that book and take a look at what happened, in photographs, text, sound, and video.<\/p>\n<h3>1:20 p.m. \u2014 Alumni Walk<\/h3>\n<p>On Alumni Walk, students, alumni, parents, and recently admitted members of the Class of 2020 head toward the 2016 Mount David Summit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100506\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone credit-only\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0020-copy.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100506\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100506\" class=\"wp-image-100506 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0020-copy-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"160401_Mount_David_Summit_0020 copy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0020-copy-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0020-copy-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0020-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0020-copy-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0020-copy.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>1:34 p.m. \u2014 Second Floor Alcove, Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall<\/h3>\n<p>Trumpeters Kiernan Majerus-Collins &#8217;18 of West Hartford, Conn., and Alexander Perrone &#8217;16 of Natick, Mass., perform the traditional &#8220;Call to the Summit,&#8221; aka &#8220;Fanfares of St. Charbel&#8221; by Michel Rondeau.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Call to the Summit by Bates Communications\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F257507409&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>1:35 p.m. \u2014 Second Floor Alcove, Pettengill Hall<\/h3>\n<p>With these words, President Clayton Spencer welcomed the Bates community, friends, and proud families:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Mount David Summit is our moment to celebrate student academic achievement, to celebrate how it comes about&#8230;and to get student work out of that lane of anxiety \u2014 of grades and thesis and exams \u2014 and into the sharing of knowledge, which is what we&#8217;re about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>1:37 p.m. \u2014 Main Floor, Perry Atrium<\/h3>\n<p>We asked biochemistry major Camille Campion \u201916 of Macungie, Pa., who heads to Drexel University College of Medicine in the fall, to contrast her sophomore and senior selves, academically speaking.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100503\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_campion-MDS_181-copy.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100503\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100503\" class=\"wp-image-100503 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_campion-MDS_181-copy-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"160401_campion-MDS_181 copy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_campion-MDS_181-copy-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_campion-MDS_181-copy-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_campion-MDS_181-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_campion-MDS_181-copy-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_campion-MDS_181-copy.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Biochemistry major Camille Campion \u201916 of Macungie, Pa., presents her poster. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Her sophomore self, for example, took organic chemistry, and lab work back then meant \u201cfollowing a set of steps to have a set outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her senior self, however, does original research and thus can\u2019t predict the outcome of her experiments.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It never hurts to ask questions.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If something doesn\u2019t work out, \u201cyou have to go back and do it again. You have to go back to previous research. You have to troubleshoot. You have to ask questions. You have to sit down and piece together the puzzle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of that \u201chas taught me patience and to trust my intuition and my ability to figure things out. And I\u2019ve learned that it never hurts to ask questions. The more you talk during lab, the more you ask questions, the better off you\u2019ll be.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>1:44 p.m. \u2014 Main Floor, Perry Atrium<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ll call this &#8220;Rocking the Bow Tie, No. 1 in a Series of Three.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mark Chatkin &#8217;16 of Lincolnshire, Ill., with his poster, &#8220;Examining the Scope of Benzimidazolone Synthesis via C-H Aminatino: Effect of N-Substitution,&#8221; which could have utility to drug discovery and pharmaceutical chemistry.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100528\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0151.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100528\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100528\" class=\"wp-image-100528 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0151-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0151\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0151-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0151-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0151-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0151-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0151.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>1:48 p.m. \u2014 Perry Atrium<\/h3>\n<p>Our right and left hands seem identical when placed palm to palm. But when you put one on top of the other, you see a difference.<\/p>\n<p>The same is true of drugs and other chemical compounds: their molecules have left- and right-handed versions, a phenomenon scientists call &#8220;chirality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100621\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1024-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100621\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100621\" class=\"size-large wp-image-100621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1024-1-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Cira Mollings Puentes '16 (left) of Kingston, Jamiaca, takes a deep breath and gets a hug from Shanina van Gent \u201918 of Maassluis, Netherlands, before presenting her biochemistry research poster. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College) \" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1024-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1024-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1024-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1024-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1024-1.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cira Mollings Puentes &#8217;16 gets a hug from Shanina van Gent \u201918 of Maassluis, Netherlands, before presenting her biochemistry poster. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chirality is fundamentally important. A right-handed version of one drug, for example, could cause harmful side effects that the left-handed version doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Thesis turned out to be &#8220;more hands-on&#8221; than she expected, says Cira Mollings Puentes &#8217;16 of Kingston, Jamaica. \u201cYour advisers&#8221; \u2014 in her case, Dana Professor of Chemistry Tom Wenzel \u2014 &#8220;trust you to take charge of your project and to keep it moving forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mollings Puentes hopes to attend medical school after graduation, and she&#8217;s ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m more independent in the lab now,\u201d she says, which means being able &#8220;to read through literature and pick out what&#8217;s important, as well as how to explain my own results to myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>1:50 p.m. \u2014 Perry Atrium<\/h3>\n<p>Seen and overheard during a 40-second walkthrough of the first poster session.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mount David Summit walkthrough 2016\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/161782028?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>1:52 p.m. \u2014 Room G52, Pettengill Hall<\/h3>\n<p>Dozens of listeners learned from students, in two courses, about television stereotypes of Muslims and how those stereotypes affect the Muslim community.<\/p>\n<p>Bombers and terrorists, taxi drivers and convenience-store clerks: Those are the stereotypes compiled into a video by students in &#8220;Introduction to American Studies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100507\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Arora-Mount_David_Summit_0182.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100507\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100507\" class=\"wp-image-100507 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Arora-Mount_David_Summit_0182-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"160401_Arora Mount_David_Summit_0182\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Arora-Mount_David_Summit_0182-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Arora-Mount_David_Summit_0182-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Arora-Mount_David_Summit_0182-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Arora-Mount_David_Summit_0182-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Arora-Mount_David_Summit_0182.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caran Arora &#8217;16 of Mumbai, India, listens to the discussion. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Crime and action-drama shows are among the worst traffickers in negative stereotypes, the researchers explained, while comedy programs mocking the stereotypes are effective at defusing them \u2014 up to a point.<\/p>\n<p>Also presenting research were students from the course &#8220;Islam in America,&#8221; who interviewed Muslims in the community, including at Bates, about their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve learned in this class that the Muslim community in the U.S. is incredibly diverse,&#8221; said one presenter. &#8220;&#8216;Who specifically would Donald Trump ban from entering the United States?&#8217; is a question that I&#8217;ve thought about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>2:01 p.m. \u2014 Perry Atrium<\/h3>\n<p>Foot traffic in the Pettengill Hall lobby is heavy as visitors and participants circle the summit, so to speak.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100618\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0239.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100618\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100618\" class=\"size-large wp-image-100618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0239-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0239-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0239-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0239-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0239-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0239.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>2:04 p.m. \u2014 Perry Atrium<\/h3>\n<p>A steady stream of visitors heard Ruth Baker &#8217;16 of Minneapolis explain her thesis research on <em>Gloeotrichia echinulata<\/em>, a type of bacteria found in water bodies, including Lake Auburn, the water supply for Lewiston and Auburn.<\/p>\n<p>A cynobacteria, <em>Gloeotrichia <\/em>relies on photosynthesis for energy, and Baker gave us a pronounciation:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pronounciation of &quot;Gloeotrichia echinulata&quot; by Bates Communications\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F257509650&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGloeo\u201d produces microcystin, a toxin that in high concentrations can harm humans and animals. (Concentrations measured in Lake Auburn last summer were low.)<\/p>\n<p>Scientists don\u2019t know much about Gloeo\u2019s ability to produce the toxin, but it\u2019s \u201cbecoming increasingly studied,\u201d Baker says \u2014 especially since Gloeo blooms <a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs10452-012-9409-9\">are being noticed more frequently<\/a> in the Northeast.<\/p>\n<p>Baker did research alongside her adviser, Professor of Environmental Studies Holly Ewing, who monitors Lake Auburn\u2019s water quality in partnership with the Auburn Water District and the Lewiston Water Division.<\/p>\n<p>Baker\u2019s study uncovered &#8220;certain methodological difficulties in measuring low levels of microcystin,&#8221; says Ewing,\u00a0that will need to be resolved before we can really understand the factors in the lake that might influence toxin production.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Identifying and ultimately overcoming those measurement difficulties are key, she adds, because &#8220;in the coming years water districts may soon be required to test for the toxin in drinking water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>2:30 p.m. \u2014 Perry Atrium<\/h3>\n<p>Politics major Mikka Kei Macdonald \u201916 of Catonsville, Md., presented her thesis research on a project to collect oral histories from her own family members who were interned during World War II.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_108.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100625\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-100625 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_108-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Politics major Mikka Kei Macdonald \u201916 of Catonsville, Md., presents her poster. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_108-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_108-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_108-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_108-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_108.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many internees felt shame after the war, which prevented many from telling their stories. Too many personal narratives have gone \u201cunnoticed and untold,\u201d Macdonald says.<\/p>\n<p>The project is testing her skills as a budding historian, the imperative to be &#8220;objective about the past while humanizing it as much as possible,\u201d she says. Achieving both, she says, \u201cis harder to do, but the payoff is greater and, I think, the understanding, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With help from Ke Ren, visiting assistant professor of history, Macdonald will spend Short Term creating a podcast of original interviews with former internees as a way to put the narratives into the context of Japanese American history.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>2:13 p.m. \u2014 Room G21, Pettengill Hall<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s &#8220;Rocking the Bow Tie, No. 2 in a Series of Three.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Glover &#8217;16 of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, takes part in the panel discussion &#8220;Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Chaucer But Were Afraid to Ask: Gender, Politics, and Sexuality in <em>The Canterbury Tales<\/em>,&#8221; featuring papers about gender, politics, and sexuality in Chaucer&#8217;s poetry.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100529\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0406.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100529\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100529\" class=\"wp-image-100529 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0406-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0406\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0406-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0406-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0406-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0406-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0406.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>2:30 p.m. \u2014 Room 116, Pettengill Hall<\/h3>\n<p>During a panel offered by the Department of Politics, sophomores Mats Terwiesch of Wynnewood, Pa., Adam Blau of Pacific Palisades, Calif., and Colby Galliher of Littleton, Mass., offered political insights into the goings-on in Tunisia, Syria, and Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia, said Terwiesch, &#8220;is a country poised to prove that the Arab Spring can work,&#8221; thanks to a politically uninvolved military and a strong, well-organized civil society.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s a &#8220;coup-proof system.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Syria&#8217;s Bashar al-Assad has retained power in part by &#8220;providing soldiers the chance to ascend the social ladder, but forcing them to go through him to do so,\u201d Blau said. It&#8217;s a &#8220;coup-proof system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In Yemen, there&#8217;s a drug problem: Khat, a leaf chewed daily by 80 percent of the population. Banning khat is one option, said Galliher, but that&#8217;s likely to see mixed results, at best.<\/p>\n<p>The panel was moderated by Senem Aslan, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/us\/academic\/subjects\/politics-international-relations\/middle-east-government-politics-and-policy\/nation-building-turkey-and-morocco-governing-kurdish-and-berber-dissent?format=HB\"><em>Nation-Building in Turkey and Morocco: Governing Kurdish and Berber Dissent<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>2:41 p.m. \u2014 Room 257, Pettengill Hall<\/h3>\n<p>A music stand outside the door holds music, but not in the sense of staffs and notes. Instead, the sheets of paper offer only oversize QR codes \u2014 those seemingly abstract patterns that, when scanned with a cellphone, teleport the user to a particular website.<\/p>\n<p>For the session &#8220;Environmental Electronica,&#8221; the website is SoundCloud and the payoff is 15 audio works \u2014 one per code \u2014 composed by students in professor Bill Matthews&#8217; course &#8220;Music, Computers, and the Arts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was the drill: Gather a sheaf of QR codes, pick a seat, fire up your code reader, pop in the earbuds, and take a tour of student creativity in the realm of sound.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Andrew Mikula &#8217;19 of Wellesley Hills, Mass., with &#8220;Phone Call.&#8221; (Can you hear the croaking frogs?)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"T-Logic - Phone Call by TaintedLogic\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F256342957&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>2:45 p.m. \u2013 Perry Atrium<\/h3>\n<p>Four years ago, four presenters started their hike to the Mount David Summit together.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Greg Heller, Michaela Scanzillo, Lydia Merizon, and Raja Junaid Jahangir were in the same first-year seminar, \u201cPhysics in the 20th Century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After that, \u201cwe went different routes,\u201d says Jahangir, who went on to major in economics and mathematics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100624\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_129.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100624\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100624\" class=\"wp-image-100624 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_129-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"160401_MDS_129\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_129-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_129-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_129-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_129-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_MDS_129.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Math majors Raja Junaid Jahangir \u201916 of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, and Michaela Scanzillo \u201816 of Marshfield, Mass., present the Fourier transform poster at the summit. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Four years later, they&#8217;re all math majors (and some are double majors) who&#8217;ve worked together on a capstone project in their senior seminar in math, looking at Fourier transforms, &#8220;which can be used to analyze neuroscience data or economic trends,&#8221; explains Heller, who also majors in neuroscience.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Plus, it was much more fun.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;But we didn\u2019t look at any of those applications for our project,\u201d Heller said. \u201cWe stepped back and asked, \u2018What do we all have in common? Let\u2019s learn about that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collaborating on the project &#8220;added to our overall capstone experience,&#8221; said Merizon, of Neenah, Wis., &#8220;because in the real world you\u2019re very rarely just doing something on your own. So learning how to accomplish a task as a group is so important.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Plus, it was much more fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the summit, Merizon and Jahangir, who is from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, co-presented on the Fourier transform project.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Heller, of Walla Walla, Wash., presented neuroscience research on how odors like pheromones create specific behavioral responses in mice. Scanzillo, who is from Marshfield, Mass., also has a major in physics, and she presented on VCSELs: high-power, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>3:12 p.m. \u2014 Room 116, Pettengill Hall<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I stayed for the whole panel,&#8221; said Phyllis Graber Jensen, director of photography and video, after leaving one presentation. &#8220;And here&#8217;s why.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The panel discussion, &#8220;Perspectives on Jewish Religion and Culture,&#8221; gave attendees &#8220;everything you could want from the entire Mount David Summit, packaged with a bow in a single seminar room.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-bates-slideshow2-slideshow swiper-effect-slide is-style-boxed-in\">\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-toolbar\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"js-open-fullscreen fullscreen-button\" title=\"View full screen\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"slideshow3134\" class=\"swiper swiper-main has-captions has-autoheight has-pagination-progressbar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100648\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1339.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1339-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1339-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>Gilbert presents her thesis research: \u201cHidden in Plain Sight: Married Jewish Orthodox Women and the Practice of Wig Wearing as Head Covering.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100616\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1376.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1376-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1376-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>Sruli Dresdner (left), rabbi of Temple Shalom in Auburn, had read Tritell's thesis, and here he meets his parents, Randy and Harriet, after the panel.\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100615\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0641.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0641-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0641-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>Phillips Professor of Philosophy Tom Tracy readies the technology with Gilbert (left) and Tritell.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100540\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0647.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0647-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0647-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>Gilbert and Carp listen to a presentation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100538\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0716.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0716-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_0716-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>The panelists respond to questions.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Five religious studies majors made presentations: Melissa Carp of Newton, Mass., Esperanza Gilbert of Brooklyn, N.Y., Wendy Goldman of Dresden, Maine, Emilie Muller of Concord, N.H., and Alex Tritell of Bethesda, Md.<\/p>\n<p>Their topics traveled both far and wide, and deep and lofty: sex, stereotypes, Lewiston history, wig wearing, conquest narratives, and divine command theory.<\/p>\n<p>Deep-thinking feminist critic Audre Lorde got equal time with deep-thinking Greek philosopher Plato. The offerings were broad: there were references to <em>Broad City.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been having a great semester,&#8221; Miller told the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And we had a great hour,&#8221; Jensen said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>3:23 p.m. \u2014 Room 116, Pettengill Hall<\/h3>\n<p>Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So is its absence, says Gary Kersbergen \u201916, who spoke during a panel on how language study at Bates creates opportunities for cross-cultural understanding.<\/p>\n<p>A history and Spanish double major from Burnham, Maine, Kersbergen was a medical interpreter for the Maine Migrant Health Program last summer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100531\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Kersbergen-MDS_201.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100531\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100531\" class=\"wp-image-100531 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Kersbergen-MDS_201-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"160401_Kersbergen-MDS_201\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Kersbergen-MDS_201-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Kersbergen-MDS_201-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Kersbergen-MDS_201-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Kersbergen-MDS_201-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Kersbergen-MDS_201.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Kersbergen &#8217;16 was joined by fellow seniors Erin Montanez &#8217;16 of Fairfield, Conn., and Hannah Zeltner of Bedford, N.H. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kersbergen, who has minor in teacher education, also did thesis research on the lives of migrant farm workers who come to Maine each year to harvest products like blueberries, apples, and broccoli.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maine.gov\/labor\/labor_laws\/migrantworker\/summary.html\" target=\"_blank\">Maine Department of Labor study<\/a>, migrant workers represent 62 percent of the paid labor on Maine farms and are mostly from Latin American countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cider you drink in Commons comes from apples harvested by a migrant worker,\u201d Kersbergen said, telling the gathering that he hopes his research might help efforts to &#8220;recognize the humanity of the people who pick the food that we eat.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNo, it\u2019s just work. It\u2019s nothing more.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kersbergen\u2019s work took him to the blueberry barrens of Cherryfield, in far Down East Maine, where he chose to spend a few days wielding a blueberry rake himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe woke up at 5 and began to pick as soon as the sunlight hit the fields,\u201d said Kersbergen, reading from his diary. By noon that day, he\u2019d filled just 17 boxes, earning $46.75.<\/p>\n<p>When he looked at that sunlight, &#8220;I thought how beautiful it was,\u201d and how he might appreciate the beauty more \u201cunder different circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Kersbergen asked his fellow workers if they perceive the beauty of the barrens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>No, es s\u00f3lo trabajo. No es nada m\u00e1s,<\/em>\u201d replied a worker: \u201cNo, it\u2019s just work. It\u2019s nothing more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Long days of hard work and difficult living conditions \u2014 15 workers to a six-bed cabin with a leaky roof \u2014 had robbed the workers of one definition of humanity, says Kersbergen: the ability to take pleasure from natural beauty.<\/p>\n<p>The workers, in fact, saw the land \u201calmost as an ugly thing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They called the fields <em>feo<\/em>, ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>4:57 p.m.<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s &#8220;Rocking the Bow Tie, No. 3 in a Series of Three.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm Delpeche &#8217;17 of Wilmington, Del., presents the poster, &#8220;All Lives Matter &#8230; Really?&#8221; that looked at &#8220;unequal attention given to the terrorist attacks in Paris and in Nigeria by both western and African news outlets and political leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His co-presenters were Kiria Borak &#8217;19 of Guilford, Conn., and Alexia Sahue &#8217;19 of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0735.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-100530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0735-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0735\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0735-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0735-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0735-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0735-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160401_Mount_David_Summit_0735.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>5 p.m.<\/h3>\n<p>Tim Chamberlin &#8217;16 of Norwich, Vt., explains the physics behind drone flight to a listener who probably won&#8217;t take flight: his mom, Kate Emlen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_100622\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1427.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100622\" class=\"wp-image-100622 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1427-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Chamberlin '16 of Norwich, Vt., explains the physics behind drone flight to a listener who probably won't take flight: his mom, Kate Emlen. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1427-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1427-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1427-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1427-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/160401_Mount_David_Summit_1427.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>5:44 p.m. \u2014 Keck Classroom, Pettengill Hall<\/h3>\n<p>At the annual reading by seniors who did creative-writing theses, Lex Berman &#8217;16 of Saddle River, N.J., admitted that she&#8217;d titled at least one of her poems right before the session.<\/p>\n<p>She said that her adviser, Senior Lecturer in English Rob Farnsworth, &#8220;hates when I don&#8217;t title my poems,&#8221; which drew a chuckle from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking a title for one poem, she texted her rabbi, asking him for a Hebrew word meaning spiritual education.<\/p>\n<p>Her rabbi texted back, &#8220;Lex, the word in education in Hebrew is <em>chinuch,<\/em> and that encompasses both spiritual and secular education because they should always be connected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s really beautiful,&#8221; said Berman. &#8220;That&#8217;s going to be the name of this poem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lex Berman reads &quot;Chinuch&quot; by Bates Communications\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F257824992&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>7:30 p.m. \u2014 Schaeffer Theatre<\/h3>\n<p>Ok, we&#8217;re fibbing a bit: these pictures weren&#8217;t taken at 7:30, during the Bates Modern Dance Company&#8217;s Spring Dance Concert; they were taken during two dress rehearsals on Wednesday and Thursday before the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>But they&#8217;re timeless, right?<\/p>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-bates-slideshow2-slideshow swiper-effect-slide is-style-boxed-in\">\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-toolbar\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"js-open-fullscreen fullscreen-button\" title=\"View full screen\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"slideshow3824\" class=\"swiper swiper-main has-captions has-autoheight has-pagination-progressbar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100682\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/T_160331_Dance_Dress_0001.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/T_160331_Dance_Dress_0001-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/T_160331_Dance_Dress_0001-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>\"Liminality\" choreographed by Claire Sickinger \u201919 of Simsbury, Conn. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100681\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/72_160331_Dance_Dress_0148.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/72_160331_Dance_Dress_0148-900x599.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/72_160331_Dance_Dress_0148-900x599.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>\"There used to be other people here but now it\u2019s just me,\" choreographed by Laura Pietropaoli \u201917 of Yarmouth, Maine. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100641\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/T_160331_Dance_Dress_0789.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/T_160331_Dance_Dress_0789-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/T_160331_Dance_Dress_0789-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>\u201cHere,\u201d thesis choreography by Kelsey Schober \u201916 of Sutton, Alaska. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100639\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/T_160331_Dance_Dress_0396.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/T_160331_Dance_Dress_0396-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/T_160331_Dance_Dress_0396-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>\"Three Guys and a Foot,\" choreographed by Gavin Schuerch \u201918 of Norwalk, Conn. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"100601\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160330_Dance_Dress_0253.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160330_Dance_Dress_0253-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/web-160330_Dance_Dress_0253-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>\u201cThe friend nobody likes,\u201d thesis choreography by Mary Anne Bodnar \u201916 New York City, in collaboration with student dancers. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>Reported by Jay Burns, Doug Hubley, Leanne Ouimet, and Jeremy Cluchey of the Bates Communications Office.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 Mount David Summit is in the books. 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