{"id":120879,"date":"2018-12-13T10:59:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T15:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=120879"},"modified":"2021-02-10T09:04:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T14:04:36","slug":"bates-at-night-waffle-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/13\/bates-at-night-waffle-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates at Night: Waffle Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one waffles when it comes to Waffle Night, a finals-week tradition held on Monday. “My favorite part is watching everyone interact and just relax,” says Miranda Padilla \u201919 of Midland, Texas.<\/p>\n

Padilla, a student fellow with the Office of Intercultural Education, the event’s sponsor, helped manage the waffle-creation stations this time around. \u201cThere are always so many smiles and laughs,” she says. “That makes the work worth it!\u201d<\/p>\n

In the midst of finals pressure, Waffle Night is “something that students look forward to,\u201d says Charlene Holmes, assistant dean for first-generation student support. \u201cIt’s also an opportunity for the entire student body to come to the OIE to break bread together.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\n\t

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Moments from the OIE Waffle Night on Dec. 10, 2018. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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As Jade Zhang '21 of Hefei, China, pours a cup of batter onto the griddle, Keirston Johnson '21, an OIE fellow from Tampa, Fla., holds open the waffle iron. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Dawrin Silfa '21 (center) of New York City sprays cooking oil on the griddle. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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It's prep time for Waffle Night on Dec. 10. Charlene Holmes, assistant dean for first-generation student support, and Lebanos Mengistu '21 of Somerville, Mass., work with the batter. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Shortly before 10 p.m., Waffle Night is in full swing. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Another OIE fellow, Malik Velmar \u201821 of Yorktown, Va., helped direct traffic through the waffle line. The busy event was “a rush,” says Velmar, a member of the men’s varsity basketball team.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t know that there was going to be that many people: Friends from my dorm were here, and some friends from the basketball team came through,” he adds. “There was a lot of different people from different cultures who came together in this one space to have some fun, have a waffle, and take a break from studying.<\/p>\n

“It was pretty cool.”<\/p>\n

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