{"id":131995,"date":"2020-04-07T10:26:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T14:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=131995"},"modified":"2020-04-10T16:17:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T20:17:55","slug":"slideshow-this-month-at-bates-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/07\/slideshow-this-month-at-bates-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Slideshow: This Month at Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"

This edition of This Month at Bates pivots from one world into the next. We knew, but didn\u2019t; anticipated, but couldn\u2019t. Not really.<\/p>\n

Perhaps these pictures provide a sense of how life changed on a dime, after the college suspended on-campus classes on March 13<\/a> due to the coronavirus global health crisis. On campus, we\u2019re turning green but keeping socially distant.<\/p>\n

Despite the seismic shift, we conclude our presentation with an upbeat image of connection.<\/p>\n

We miss you all and send greetings of hope and wellness.\u2063\u2063<\/p>\n

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Swing into ‘Spring’<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Sam Onion \u201920, a geology major from Wayne, Maine, swings from a hammock on Alumni Walk as he looks for jobs on his laptop. \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful day,\u201d he said about March 3, 2020.<\/p>\n

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Big Ideas<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Following an Olin Arts Center screening of the documentary Big Sonia<\/em>, Bijou Kanyambo ’21 (left) of Austin, Texas, and Abigail Decter ’20 of Los Angeles help a group of Lewiston seventh-graders better understand the film, which tells the story of 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski \u2014 great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor.<\/p>\n

Part of Assistant Professor of Spanish Stephanie Pridgeon\u2019s course looking at stories of the Jewish and Latinx Diaspora in the U.S., the screening was co-sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and the Maine Jewish Film Festival.<\/p>\n

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Men’s Lacrosse Rollover<\/h4>\n
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Theophil Syslo\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Jack Scribner \u201921 of Falmouth, Maine, scored five goals and Chris Costello \u201921 of Ridgefield, Conn., won 13 of 15 face-offs in the Bates men’s lacrosse team’s 14-4 win over Keene State on the evening of March 4 at Garcelon Field. It was the team\u2019s first win \u2014 and last home game \u2014 of the season.<\/p>\n

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Oh, That Bird<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

On March 4, Sukanya Shukla \u201920 portrays Nina in Aaron Posner\u2019s Stupid F#@king Bird<\/em>, \u201csort of adapted\u201d from The Seagull<\/em> by Anton Chekhov, and directed by Tim Dugan, assistant professor of theater. Her performance was offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a senior thesis \/ capstone in theater.<\/p>\n

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Foreground as Frame<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

David Chen \u201923 of Rockaway, N.J., a photographer for The Bates Student<\/em>, uses part of the set for the play Stupid F#@king Bird<\/em> to frame his image of the stage during the Schaeffer Theatre dress rehearsal on March 4.<\/p>\n

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A Family Affair<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

On March 5, Nordic skiing head coach Rebecca Flynn Woods \u201989 poses in the team\u2019s Alumni Gym equipment room with her daughter, captain Kaelyn Woods \u201920. Kaelyn, granddaughter of the late Bates coaching legend Bob Flynn, is the fourth generation of her family to have a great impact on Bates skiing. But her Bates experience has been her own.<\/a> “The focus was on Kaelyn’s experience as opposed to carrying on the big family tradition,” says Becky. “She was very close with my dad so I think that is something she’s always carried with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Day 1 of the 2020 NCAA Championships, in Bozeman, Mont., Kaelyn competed in the 5-kilometer freestyle race, while alpine skier Arie van Vuuren \u201922 of Boulder, Colo., competed in the giant slalom. The second day was canceled due to the emerging global pandemic<\/p>\n

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African Fashion F\u00eate<\/h4>\n
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Layla Dozier ’21 for Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

From left, Nicole Kumbula ’21 of Chinhoye, Zimbabwe; Sandia Taban ’22 of Changsu, China; Ojochenemi Maji ’22 of Ikoyi, Nigeria; and Adama Diaby ’22 of New York City greet the audience as organizers of the annual Africana Fashion Show, presented in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall to an appreciative SRO crowd on March 6. This year\u2019s performance, Sarauta<\/em>, which in Hausa means royalty, featured fashion, song, dance, and spoken word from throughout the African continent.<\/p>\n

It was a wonderful show, with a large cast, reports James Reese, associate dean for international student programs. The four organizers appeared in the show, but \u201clet the many other students be the stars. They were the stars in one of the best shows ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Besties<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Brittany Karboski \u201923 of Williamstown, N.Y., enjoys a moment with her dog, Bella, a 3-year-old Chihuahua, on March 9, 2020.<\/p>\n

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Lounging With Linguistics<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

“I’m making a new language,\u201d says Her Vang ’21 of Swampscott, Mass., on March 9, stretched out on a couch in the college’s Center for Global Education in Roger Williams Hall. Vang\u2019s project was for a linguistics course taught by humanities lecturer Dan Sanford, who is director of writing at Bates and of the Academic Resource Commons.<\/p>\n

The mural above Vang was created by Alexis Fifield \u201921, Michael Morgan \u201922, Francesca Biondi-Morra \u201920, Ahimy Soto-Garcia \u201921, and Muskan Verma \u201921.<\/p>\n

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Financial Management Huddle<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Students in Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Michael Osei\u2019s course on financial management huddle with him on March 10 before a class presentation. Shown from left are Will Haskell \u201921, Robert Strain \u201920, Osei, and Thomas Luiselli \u201922. The course gives students the ability to think critically about information in a company\u2019s financial statements; teaches tools and techniques for analyzing and valuing companies; and trains them to effectively communicate their analyses.<\/p>\n

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In Their Hearts<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Fans in the stands go wild on March 10 as women\u2019s lacrosse defeats the University of Southern Maine by a score of 20-1 in what would end up being the final home game of the spring season.<\/p>\n

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Apr\u00e8s\u00a0Commons<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

After dinner at Commons on March 11, Luis Orozco ’23, Thomas Zhu ’23, and Will Symmans ’23 head to Pettengill Hall to study.<\/p>\n

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The Pivot to Remote Learning<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

On the morning of Friday, March 13, President Clayton Spencer announced that the college would suspend in-person classes at day\u2019s end and resume remotely in 10 days. Shortly afterward, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Francis Eanes begins reviewing his course materials in preparation for remote learning. Behind him are postcards from his travels<\/p>\n

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Pop-Up Goodbye<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

On March 13, shortly after the announcement of the college\u2019s closure, environmental studies major Tanner Stallbaumer \u201920 of New York City pops his head into the Hedge Hall office of Jane Costlow, Griffith Professor of Environmental Studies, to say his goodbyes.<\/p>\n

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Impromptu Exhibition<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

On the afternoon of March 13, studio art major Grace Smith of Williamstown, Mass., realizing that she wouldn\u2019t be able to show her work at the Bates Museum of Art\u2019s annual Senior Thesis Exhibition, invites her rowing teammates and coaches, including head coach Peter Steenstra, to an informal showing at her Olin Arts Center studio. Other senior artists did the same.<\/p>\n

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Ties That Bind<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

March and April can be happy and raucous times on the first floor of Ladd Library as students engage in a joyous Bates tradition: a senior and a friend placing the completed senior thesis into its traditional black binder. Before leaving campus, English major Jonathan Farrell \u201920 of Middletown, Conn., gathers friends on March 14 to bind his creative-writing thesis. The thesis wasn’t quite done, but he felt a strong need for the traditional ritual of closure and friendship.<\/p>\n

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Outside the Box<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cMy life in two boxes,\u201d said Nick Eaton \u201920 of Lake Oswego, Ore., one of the nearly 1,600 students preparing to leave campus and transition to remote learning. He\u2019d bought two storage bins, now stuffed to capacity with his 95 pounds of belongings. Helping him secure the tubs for shipping were Assistant Director of Post & Print Ed Jawor, right, and Michal Cwik \u201920 of Auburn, Maine, a friend who came to help on the morning of March 16.<\/p>\n

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Growing Love<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

As students gather in front of Chase Hall on March 16 to board buses that will take them on the first leg of their trips home, Sultan Hashmi \u201923 of Belvedere Tiburon, Calif., tucks a philodendron cutting from his Bates dorm room into his travel organizer. \u201cI couldn\u2019t bear to leave it behind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The Long Goodbye<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Before heading their separate ways to take up remote learning, to begin March 23, seniors Nick Hill of Baltimore and Lila Patinkin of Chicago take a quiet moment together at Lake Andrews on March 16. Later, they shared their thoughts in an email: \u201cIt\u2019s been unprecedented and heart-wrenching for our whole class. These are some of the toughest goodbyes we\u2019ve ever had to make. But it\u2019s taught us to hold each other close, and given us a real sense of urgency to stay connected.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Embraceable You<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

A snowman appears in front of Coram Library on March 24 after an early spring storm.<\/p>\n

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Essential Employee<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Lead groundskeeper Mike Adams of Facility Services, one of the college\u2019s essential employees during the COVID-19 outbreak, uses a Bobcat skid-steer loader to take on the snow on March 24.<\/p>\n

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Stalwart Bobcat at Sunrise<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Looking for cat photos? Here is ours: the stalwart Bobcat at sunrise on March 28. The bronze sculpture, by artist Forest Hart, made possible by the Class of 2004 and other donors, was dedicated on June 13, 2009, during Reunion.<\/p>\n

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An Empty Walkway<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

An empty Alumni Walk on March 28. We miss you. What else should we say?<\/p>\n

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We’re All Bobcats<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

Early morning sunlight hits the batting facility on Leahey Field on March 28.<\/p>\n

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New World Greetings<\/h4>\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/p><\/div>\n

From left, Professor of Spanish Baltasar Fra-Molinero and Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays ’20 Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies, wave from a distance on the Historic Quad on April 5. They were on campus with their dog, Caesar.<\/p>\n

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