{"id":141694,"date":"2021-09-13T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=141694"},"modified":"2021-09-17T14:24:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T18:24:38","slug":"slideshow-a-walk-around-campus-to-see-what-students-are-studying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2021\/09\/13\/slideshow-a-walk-around-campus-to-see-what-students-are-studying\/","title":{"rendered":"Slideshow: A walk around campus to see what students are studying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Whether tucked away individually beside the tall columns of campus buildings, or sharing a hammock with a close friend, Bates students head outside to do their thing when the weather’s this fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join us as we take a walk around campus, stopping here and there to photograph students and ask what they’re up to on a dazzling September afternoon, on a campus with tremendous natural charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Enjoyment Like Reading’ <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jane Austen wrote, \u201cI declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellory Kearns \u201924 of Steamboat Springs, Colo., reads Jane Austen\u2019s Sense and Sensibility<\/em> on the porch of Coram Library for the course \u201cJane Austen: Then and Now,\u201d taught by Professor of English Lillian Nayder. Other course readings include Austen\u2019s Emma<\/em>, Mansfield Park<\/em>, and Pride and Prejudice<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Not Today, Satan’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the Den Terrace, Sam Jean-Francois \u201923 of Everett, Mass., attends a class via Zoom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taught by Dana Professor of Religious Studies Marcus Bruce ’77, the course introduces students to interdisciplinary methods of analysis in Africana, American studies, and gender and sexuality studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like so many others, Jean-Francois’ laptop is decorated with a selection of witty and pointed images and memes, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n