{"id":104699,"date":"2016-12-09T12:14:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T17:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=104699"},"modified":"2017-03-13T13:58:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:58:19","slug":"slideshow-this-month-at-bates-december-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2016\/12\/09\/slideshow-this-month-at-bates-december-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Slideshow: This Month at Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Louis L’Amour could’ve been heading into the final weeks of a Bates fall semester when he wrote that “there will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”<\/p>\n

We’re winding down. But picking up the intensity. And watching the first snows of the season.<\/p>\n\t\n\t

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Josie Gillett \u201919 of Seattle joins other members of the men's and women's Ultimate teams in the Gray Athletic Building to teach the sport to students from Auburn elementary schools, hosted for a day at Bates by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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One day after the historic 2016 presidential election, members of the politics faculty offered a panel discussion titled \u201cWhat Just Happened?\u201d to a full room at the Benjamin Mays Center. Panelists were John Baughman (gesturing), Benjamin Moodie, Leslie Hill, and William d'Ambruoso. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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With a recent snowfall as a backdrop, the usual beeline from Commons to Pettengill for 8 a.m. classes is underway. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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A light snowfall on almost-frozen Lake Andrews looks like a game of Twister. Or Swiss cheese. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Calvin Reedy \u201817 of Wilton, Conn., enjoys a moment with fellow storyteller during the Dec. 5 session of The Dinner Table, a prompt-based dinner program that helps students talk constructively across differences, spark friendships and alliances, and build conversation skills \u2014 all imperative to success in the world beyond Bates. (Andree Kehn for Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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