{"id":131723,"date":"2020-03-27T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T14:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=131723"},"modified":"2024-08-20T11:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T15:02:17","slug":"bates-in-the-news-march-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/27\/bates-in-the-news-march-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates in the News: March 27, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clark Whelton \u201959<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Say Your Prayers and Take Your Chances \u2014 <em>City Journal<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark Whelton \u201959 compared his recollections of the 1957\u201358 global influenza pandemic \u2014 which he experienced at Bates firsthand \u2014 to what\u2019s transpiring now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, I look back and wonder if an oblivious America faced the 1957 plague with a kind of clueless folly,\u201d writes Whelton, a former speechwriter for New York City mayors Edward Koch and Rudolph Giuliani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhy weren\u2019t we more active in fighting this contagion? Could stricter quarantine procedures have reduced the rate of infection and lowered the death toll? In short, why weren\u2019t we more afraid?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/1957-asian-flu-pandemic\">Say Your Prayers and Take Your Chances,<\/a>\u201d <em>City Journal<\/em>, March 13, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jenna Armstrong \u201915<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Duke medical student Jenna Armstrong named Gates-Cambridge scholar \u2014 <em>Duke Today&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Duke University announced that Jenna Armstrong, Bates \u201915, won a Gates-Cambridge Scholarship, a prestigious award that funds the full cost of a degree at Cambridge University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/P1066076-900x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/P1066076-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/P1066076-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/P1066076-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/P1066076-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/P1066076-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/P1066076.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jenna Armstrong \u201915, a student at Duke Medical School, will earn a doctorate at Cambridge University through the prestigious Gates-Cambridge scholarship. (Courtesy of Jenna Armstrong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting in October 2020, Armstrong will earn a doctorate in physiology, development, and neuroscience. She plans to study \u201chuman metabolic resilience in older individuals through the lens of mitochondrial function and malleability,\u201d according to Duke \u2014 in other words, she\u2019ll study aging, and how to ease its effects, at the cellular level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armstrong majored in biological chemistry and mathematics at Bates and was a rower all four years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/today.duke.edu\/2020\/02\/duke-medical-student-jenna-armstrong-named-gates-cambridge-scholar\">Duke medical student Jenna Armstrong named Gates-Cambridge scholar<\/a>,\u201d <em>Duke Today, <\/em>Feb. 17, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mike Nelson \u201906<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nelson eager to be another kid\u2019s lighthouse \u2014 <em>The Wanderer&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Southeastern Massachusetts\u2019 <em>The Wanderer <\/em>reported that Mike Nelson \u201906 was appointed superintendent of the Old Rochester Regional School District. When he takes the job on June 30, he will be the youngest superintendent in the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nelson, who studied politics at Bates, always knew he wanted to work in public education, he told reporter Mick Colageo. He has served as director of student services and assistant superintendent in the same school district.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI really thought about \u2018Why am I applying for this position?\u2019\u201d said Nelson, who is currently developing remote learning opportunities for the students who are staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic. During his interview for the post, \u201cI shared comments about the analogy that educators can be lighthouses for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought about how fortunate I was not only to have one lighthouse but many different lighthouses who were educators throughout my life. And I said, \u2018That\u2019s the reason why I believe I ended up interviewing for this position,\u2019 because in some ways it helps me come full circle in terms of what people gave to me.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wanderer.com\/features\/nelson-eager-to-be-another-kids-lighthouse%EF%BB%BF\/\">Nelson eager to be another kid\u2019s lighthouse<\/a>,\u201d <em>The Wanderer, <\/em>March 12, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Katie Dobkowski&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parasitic sushi worms have quietly been on the rise, study says \u2014 <em>New York Post&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannah Frishberg of <em>The New York Post <\/em>covered a new study, co-authored by Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Katie Dobkowski, which found that the number of parasitic worms humans can ingest by eating raw or undercooked seafood is on the rise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dobkowski worked on the paper, which studied the prevalence of Anisakis, or \u201cherring worm,\u201d as a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences at the University of Washington.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While herring worms \u2014 which also infect other species \u2014 pose more of a danger for marine mammals, the parasites can cause symptoms of food poisoning for humans who eat contaminated sushi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People up and down the supply chain do their best to remove the worms before they make it to a diner\u2019s plate, but the researchers recommend that, to be extra sure their roll doesn\u2019t contain a little something extra, sushi lovers should inspect every bite for worms before chowing down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/03\/20\/parasitic-sushi-worms-have-quietly-been-on-the-rise-study-says\/\">Parasitic sushi worms have quietly been on the rise, study says<\/a>,\u201d <em>New York Post<\/em>, March 20, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rakey Drammeh \u201914<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Squash gave me the tools to pick and choose my way to exist in the world at large,\u2019 says StreetSquash graduate Rakey \u2014 <em>Squash Mad<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Squash news site <em>Squash Mad <\/em>editor Alan Thatcher covered a dinner celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Squash and Education Alliance, a network that combines squash, academics, and college preparation for underresourced communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/SEA_Jubilee_NYC_6527-1-900x601.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/SEA_Jubilee_NYC_6527-1-900x601.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/SEA_Jubilee_NYC_6527-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/SEA_Jubilee_NYC_6527-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/SEA_Jubilee_NYC_6527-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/03\/SEA_Jubilee_NYC_6527-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rakey Drammeh \u201914 speaks at the Squash and Education Association\u2019s 25th anniversary celebration. (Rob White Photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the event, Rakey Drammeh \u201914 gave a \u201cshow-stopping speech\u201d about her experience with the affiliated program StreetSquash. An environmental studies major, she was captain of the women\u2019s squash team at Bates and is now a software developer at Citibank.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSEA introduced me to a world that I never imagined knowing or being part of,\u201d Drammeh said in her speech. \u201cBut more than that, it gave me the tools to pick and choose my way to exist in that world at large.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/squashmad.com\/breaking-news\/sea-25th-anniversary-dinner-raises-3-2m-for-urban-squash\/\">Squash gave me the tools to pick and choose my way to exist in the world at large,\u2019 says StreetSquash graduate Rakey<\/a>,\u201d <em>Squash Mad, <\/em>Jan. 26, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bates College<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bates College breaks record for Fulbright award winners \u2014 <em>Sun Journal&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lewiston <em>Sun Journal<\/em> shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/10\/bates-college-ranks-no-1-nationally-in-fulbright-student-awards-for-2019-20\/\">the college\u2019s February announcement of a historic year<\/a> for the college\u2019s Fulbright Student Award program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/02\/Andrew-Chen-Spain-1-838x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/02\/Andrew-Chen-Spain-1-838x900.jpg 838w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/02\/Andrew-Chen-Spain-1-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/02\/Andrew-Chen-Spain-1-1430x1536.jpg 1430w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/02\/Andrew-Chen-Spain-1-186x200.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/02\/Andrew-Chen-Spain-1.jpg 1787w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Andrew Chen \u201919 (left) used his Fulbright research grant to study with the Neuroimmunologic Response to Surgical Aggression and Anesthesia laboratory in Barcelona, Spain. Chen is now back in the United States. (Photo courtesy Andrew Chen \u201919)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With 24 young alumni receiving Fulbright-sponsored awards for teaching and research worldwide in 2019\u201320, Bates is the No. 1 producer of Fulbright Student awards among U.S. liberal arts colleges. The college\u2019s two dozen awards are the most ever going to a U.S. liberal arts college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Subsequent to this article, in March, the U.S. State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/eca.state.gov\/fulbright\/covid-19\">suspended all Fulbright Programs<\/a> due to the COVID-19 public health crisis.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2020\/02\/10\/bates-breaks-record-for-fulbright-award-winners\/\">Bates College breaks record for Fulbright award winners<\/a>,\u201d <em>Sun Journal, <\/em>Feb. 10, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clifton Daggett Gray&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Insight: When Clarence Darrow came to Maine \u2014 <em>Portland Press Herald&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For the <em>Portland Press Herald<\/em>, U.S. District Court Senior Judge D. Brock Hornby wrote about a curious episode for Bates, Maine, and legal history: the time Bates President Clifton Daggett Gray, after boasting that college debaters could best legendary attorney and orator Clarence Darrow, had to put his money where his mouth was.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/clifton-daggett-gray-6aabc5ee22d7fdf983e7390dde76f8de-900x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/clifton-daggett-gray-6aabc5ee22d7fdf983e7390dde76f8de-900x720.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/clifton-daggett-gray-6aabc5ee22d7fdf983e7390dde76f8de-375x300.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/clifton-daggett-gray-6aabc5ee22d7fdf983e7390dde76f8de-200x160.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/07\/clifton-daggett-gray-6aabc5ee22d7fdf983e7390dde76f8de.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clifton Daggett Gray, the third Bates College president, debated Clarence Darrow in 1927. (Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1927, Darrow, known as the fierce defense lawyer who litigated the \u201cScopes monkey trial,\u201d came to Maine to debate Gray on the question, \u201cWhat and why is man?\u201d The debate would be a friendly clash of worldviews: Gray, who held a doctorate from the University of Chicago, was an ordained Baptist minister; Darrow was thoroughly agnostic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two debated first in Boston and again two days later in Portland. Of the Boston contest, <em>The New York Times <\/em>wrote, \u201cIf the scholarly shield of Dr. Gray shone with a higher polish, the ironic lance of Mr. Darrow smote with a sharper point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the <em>Press Herald, <\/em>on the debate in Portland: \u201cThe contest of wit and logic rested at the conclusion without decision.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2020\/02\/09\/insight-when-clarence-darrow-came-to-maine\/\">Insight: When Clarence Darrow came to Maine<\/a>,\u201d <em>Portland Press Herald, <\/em>Feb. 9, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">William Worthy \u201942<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">William Worthy \u2014 a radical, intrepid journalist and activist \u2014 <em>Amsterdam News&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Herb Boyd of <em>Amsterdam News <\/em>profiled William Worthy \u201942, a journalist and activist whose dedication to his work led him to flout U.S. travel restrictions during the Cold War.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/05\/Worthy-Hossein-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"Image likely taken on Feb. 13, 1980 in Tehran, Iran. William Worthy '42 (center) setting up a question-answer session at a Tehran hotel with Hossein Sheikholislam (left) and Massoumeh Ebtekar (right), spokespeople for the students who held 52 U.S. diplomats hostage for 444 days. Ebtekar, often interviewed by U.S. journalists during the crisis, was dubbed &quot;Screaming Mary&quot; by the media. Now a professor of immunology in Tehran, she talked to Matt Lauer of the Today Show last September about the status of women in her country. Sheikholislam, meanwhile, became Iran's deputy foreign minister and ambassador to Syria. In February 2008 he received the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism from Harvard's Nieman Foundation for Journalism.\" class=\"wp-image-78476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/05\/Worthy-Hossein-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/05\/Worthy-Hossein-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/05\/Worthy-Hossein.jpg 1614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In a photo likely taken on Feb. 13, 1980, in Tehran, William Worthy \u201942 (center) sets up a Q&amp;A session with Hossein Sheikholislam (left) and Massoumeh Ebtekar (right), spokespeople for the students who held 52 U.S. diplomats hostage for 444 days.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Defying a U.S. ban on travel to China, Worthy made a reporting trip there in the late 1950s, after which the State Department declined to renew his passport. He later traveled to Cuba without a passport, was convicted for returning to the United States without one, and had the conviction overturned. His trip to Cuba was the subject of \u201cThe Ballad of William Worthy\u201d by folksinger Phil Ochs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boyd praised Worthy\u2019s courage and ability to stand up against injustice no matter who perpetuated it, whether on the political right or left. \u201cWorthy not only courageously lifted his voice for the oppressed, he did it no matter where he ventured \u2014 China, Cuba, Russia, or the four corners of the world,\u201d he wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/amsterdamnews.com\/news\/2020\/feb\/06\/william-worthy-radical-intrepid-journalist-and-act\/\">William Worthy \u2014 a radical, intrepid journalist and activist<\/a>,\u201d <em>Amsterdam News, <\/em>Feb. 6, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Francesco Duina&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Flyover 2020<\/em>: What does patriotism mean? \u2014 <em>MPR&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor of Sociology Francesco Duina joined Berkeley sociologist Arlie Hochschild and Kerri Miller of Minnesota Public Radio for a discussion about what patriotism means and how it will affect voters\u2019 decisions in the next presidential election.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Duina_Cover_LR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-110110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Duina_Cover_LR-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Duina_Cover_LR-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Duina_Cover_LR-597x900.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Duina_Cover_LR-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/10\/Duina_Cover_LR.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p>Duina\u2019s 2017 book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/02\/110105\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Broke and Patriotic, <\/em>explores why the poorest Americans are the most patriotic.<\/a> The radio discussion turned to a meaty question: whether patriotism requires an uncritical, love-it-or-leave-it attitude, or if a self-defined patriot can still be critical of U.S. policies.<\/p>\n<p>Duina said many Americans\u2019 ideas of patriotism combine contribution to the nation, whether through military or another type of service, with a sense of hope for the future.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose are essential elements of American patriotism,\u201d he said during the discussion, an entry in Miller\u2019s call-in \u201cFlyover\u201d program. But \u201csome people feel that the ability to live up to the notion of giving back with hope is vanishing because of a confluence of various long-term racial trends, economic trends, political trends.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome people feel that you can be patriotic \u2014 but you\u2019re up against insurmountable challenges.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the interview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/episode\/2020\/02\/05\/flyover-2020-what-does-patriotism-mean\"><em>Flyover 2020<\/em>: What does patriotism mean?<\/a>\u201d <em>MPR, <\/em>Feb. 5, 2020<em>\u00a0 <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nathan Tefft&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New study suggests raising taxes on e-cigarettes could encourage traditional smoking \u2014 <em>Forbes&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly Phillips Erb of <em>Forbes <\/em>reported on a new study, co-authored by Associate Professor of Economics Nathan Tefft and funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, that found raising taxes on e-cigarettes can lead to a corresponding rise in consumption of traditional tobacco products.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s a problem \u2014 when it comes to so-called sin taxes, which prices are raised in a bid to discourage bad behavior, you don\u2019t want people to swap one behavior for another.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause smoking is known to have substantial negative health impacts,\u201d Tefft said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/12\/taxing-e-cigarettes-may-push-vapers-to-conventional-cigarettes-says-bates-economist-nathan-tefft\/\">interview with BatesNews<\/a>, \u201cpolicymakers should be aware of this potential tradeoff when contemplating e-cigarette control policies.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kellyphillipserb\/2020\/02\/10\/new-study-suggests-raising-taxes-on-e-cigarettes-could-encourage-traditional-smoking\/#269b7e3557bf\">New study suggests raising taxes on e-cigarettes could encourage traditional smoking<\/a>,\u201d <em>Forbes, <\/em>Feb. 10, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cameron Hamilton \u201912<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lessons from \u2018Love Is Blind\u2019 for socially distanced daters \u2014 NPR<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Cameron Hamilton \u201912 and wife Lauren Speed \u2014 who met on the breakout Netflix hit <em>Love is Blind <\/em>\u2014 spoke with NPR\u2019s Michel Martin about their unique perspective on social distancing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The premise of <em>Love is Blind <\/em>is that contestants date without ever seeing each other\u2019s faces, at least until they become engaged. Fan favorites Hamilton and Speed have been married for more than a year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pair spoke with Martin about their own relationship and how to date at a distance \u2014 but some of Hamilton\u2019s advice can apply to relationships more broadly, romantic or not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think the power of communication is key here and truly listening to what the other person has to say,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, it&#8217;s easy to hear them, but to really focus in and take a beat and try to process what they&#8217;re saying and respond to that.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/03\/22\/819672695\/lessons-from-love-is-blind-for-socially-distanced-daters\">Lessons from \u2018Love Is Blind\u2019 for socially distanced daters<\/a>,\u201d NPR, March 22, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>See also:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2020\/02\/25\/news\/penobscot\/audience-favorite-contestant-on-new-netflix-series-love-is-blind-is-from-lee\/\">Audience favorite contestant on new Netflix series \u2018Love is Blind\u2019 is from Lee<\/a>,\u201d <em>Bangor Daily News<\/em>, Feb. 26, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anthony\">Jessica Anthony &#8217;96<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Political satire <em>Enter the Aardvark<\/em> is wonderfully weird \u2014 <em>Time&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For <em>Time, <\/em>Annabel Gutterman reviewed <em>Enter the Aardvark, <\/em>a new novel by Jessica Anthony &#8217;96, a lecturer in English at Bates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The novel starts with Alexander Paine Wilson, a young Republican politician, receiving a taxidermied aardvark on his doorstep. The story follows the politician as well as two friends in 19th-century England, all of whom have to hide the fact that they are gay.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThough <em>Enter the Aardvark<\/em> is certainly satire, Anthony\u2019s depiction of Wilson\u2019s repressed sexuality cuts beneath the surface,\u201d Gutterman wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHer dissection of Wilson\u2019s political beliefs, particularly his anti-abortion stance, isn\u2019t just sharp commentary on polarization, identity, and power in the U.S. It\u2019s also a poignant examination of what happens when we deny ourselves the ability to love and be loved.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the review:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5805115\/jessica-anthony-enter-the-aardvark\/\">Political satire <em>Enter the Aardvark<\/em> is wonderfully weird<\/a>,\u201d <em>Time, <\/em>March 18, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amy Bradfield Douglass<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions loom over the future of police lineups \u2014 Phys.org&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Flinders University announced that a review of studies on eyewitness identification in criminal cases resulted in revised and new recommendations for setting up identifications, in the hope of avoiding false or faulty evidence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/190131_Pettengill_2648-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"A day in the life of Pettengill Hall, featuring staff, faculty and students engaged in learning, studying, and working, with both internal and external images.\n\nAmy Douglass teaches \u201cPsychology and Law,\u201d G12\" class=\"wp-image-121993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/190131_Pettengill_2648-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/190131_Pettengill_2648-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/190131_Pettengill_2648-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/190131_Pettengill_2648.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor of Psychology Amy Bradfield Douglass teaches a course on psychology and the law in January 2019. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor of Psychology Amy Bradfield Douglass was part of the team that modified four existing recommendations and created five more, including recording lineups on video and having police put in writing the reasons behind suspecting someone of a crime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The review led one of the co-authors, Flinders\u2019 Neil Brewer, to write a paper advocating for getting rid of traditional lineups altogether.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2020-02-loom-future-police-lineups.html\">Questions loom over the future of police lineups<\/a>,\u201d Phys.org, Feb. 25, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emily Kane<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to raise feminist boys \u2014 <em>The Week<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For <em>The Week, <\/em>Claire Gillespie wrote about her own, often-difficult, efforts to raise her two boys to accept and promote gender equality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gillespie wrote that she makes a wide variety of toys, colors, and opportunities available to her children; with her husband, tries to model equality \u2014 and worries that sexism and gender roles are so entrenched in the world around her that harmful patterns will prevail anyway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/190131_Pettengill_3539-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"A day in the life of Pettengill Hall, featuring staff, faculty and students engaged in learning, studying, and working, with both internal and external images.\n\nProfessor of Sociology Emily Kane meets with Eliza Statile '19 (in black jacket) and Sydney Howard '19 (In gray sweater) in her second floor Pettengill office, Room 269, about plans for the sociology club they founded this year.\" class=\"wp-image-121943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/190131_Pettengill_3539-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/190131_Pettengill_3539-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/190131_Pettengill_3539-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/02\/190131_Pettengill_3539.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In January 2019, Professor of Sociology Emily Kane meets with Eliza Statile &#8217;19 and Sydney Howard &#8217;19 in Kane\u2019s Pettengill Hall office. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor of Sociology Emily Kane had some words of wisdom for Gillespie. \u201cWhen parents enforce gendered expectations, it is often out of fear their children (especially their sons) will be teased, ostracized, or otherwise excluded if they don&#8217;t fall into line with those expectations,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can all help by avoiding judgment, and those small, everyday assumptions about what a kid will enjoy or be good at based on their gender.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/895197\/how-raise-feminist-boys-\">How to raise feminist boys<\/a>,\u201d <em>The Week, <\/em>Feb. 27, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mary Wheelwright Mitchell, Class of 1869<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The \u2018unconquerable\u2019 Mary Wheelwright Mitchell \u2014 <em>Sun Journal&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Collins of the <em>Sun Journal <\/em>profiled Mary Wheelwright Mitchell, Bates\u2019 first female graduate, whose refusal to leave the college helped keep it true to its founding commitment to coeducation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/360-rev-Mary-Mitchell-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Wheelwright Mitchell was the college's first female graduate, in 1869. (Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library)\" class=\"wp-image-101422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/360-rev-Mary-Mitchell-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/360-rev-Mary-Mitchell-643x900.jpg 643w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/360-rev-Mary-Mitchell-143x200.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/05\/360-rev-Mary-Mitchell.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mary Wheelwright Mitchell was the college&#8217;s first female graduate, in 1869. (Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bates was the first Northeastern college to admit women, and for that reason surrounding colleges looked down on it. This kind of pressure and others caused the first female Bates students to withdraw without degrees. Mitchell was the first to stay the course.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bates founder and president Oren Cheney secured Mitchell a scholarship from the state of Maine to help her through her studies. Reflecting both her independent spirit and, perhaps, how dramatically a college education\u2019s price point has changed in the ensuing 150 years, Mitchell famously refused to take the help.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI cannot take that, Mr. Cheney,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cGive it to the brethren. I can take care of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2020\/03\/01\/one-persistent-woman-kept-bates-college-open-to-all\/\">The \u2018unconquerable\u2019 Mary Wheelwright Mitchell<\/a>,\u201d <em>Sun Journal, <\/em>March 1, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matt Charest \u201920<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After thousands of miles in the same pool, this Maine swimmer is moving on \u2014 <em>207<\/em>, WCSH-TV<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>News Center Maine\u2019s show <em>207 <\/em>featured the uplifting story of Matt Charest \u201920 of Lewiston, Maine, whose entire swimming career has been based in Bates\u2019 Tarbell pool.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head swim coach Peter Casares started giving Charest private lessons when Charest was 8 years old, and when he was old enough, he started attending swim camps at Tarbell. When it came time to go to college, it was only natural for Charest to keep swimming, and to swim for Bates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile no one keeps track of such things, it\u2019s possible that in his 13 years of swimming in Lewiston he has spent more time in the college pool than any other human being,\u201d reporter Rob Caldwell pointed out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a home,\u201d Charest told the news program. \u201cI feel at home when I\u2019m in the water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the story:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/article\/news\/local\/207\/after-thousands-of-miles-in-the-same-pool-this-maine-swimmer-is-moving-on\/97-3b3fca1d-7b1d-40ad-8966-6f2b7f45dccb\">After thousands of miles in the same pool, this Maine swimmer is moving on<\/a>,\u201d <em>207<\/em>, March 5, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rebecca Herzig&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why women feel pressured to shave \u2014 <em>CNN&nbsp;<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebecca Herzig, professor of gender and sexuality studies, talked to CNN style reporter Marianna Cerini for an in-depth piece about how hairlessness in women came to be a beauty ideal in the United States, and how society\u2019s views of body hair vary by time period and geography.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herzig said that an early example of the United States\u2019 current ideal of hairlessness is none other than Charles Darwin\u2019s <em>Descent of Man, <\/em>which associates body hair with primitivity and regards hairlessness as \u201cmore evolved.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, American culture considers body hair, at least for women, \u201cabject,\u201d or worthy of disgust and shame. \u201cIt&#8217;s worth noting that those are ideas about cleanliness, contingent social norms, rather than about actually removing 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