{"id":144546,"date":"2022-02-28T13:40:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T18:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=144546"},"modified":"2022-03-04T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:50:29","slug":"this-month-at-bates-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/28\/this-month-at-bates-9\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month at Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From weather swings to amazing basketball moments. From the engagement of the classroom to triumphs on the stage. The last 28 days have provided a bit of everything, none of which we\u2019ll forget. See what you think with the latest edition of This Month at Bates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Net Gain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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John Mrakovcich\/Cool Robot Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An iconic moment of a basketball championship: waving the net for all to see, made especially sweet when history is made. Here, captain Meghan Graff \u201923 of South Portland, Maine, does the honors. Graff, the NESCAC player of the year, and her underdog Bobcats became the lowest-seeded team ever to capture the NESCAC women\u2019s basketball title by defeating Amherst College in Hartford, Conn. on Feb. 27. Bates takes on Roger Williams in Brooklyn, N.Y., in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday, March 4 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snow Blown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A little February snow doesn\u2019t interfere with our ebb and flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kelp Can Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Essie Martin \u201922 of Newcastle, Maine, is hoping kelp can help fight the climate crisis, and she\u2019s using it to fuel her dream of becoming a natural scientist. She\u2019s studying the ability of kelp to sequester carbon for long periods of time,<\/a> and whether she\u2019s out on the water, arms-deep in mud, or in the lab studying isotope samples, she\u2019s determined to help figure out climate solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Winter’s Warm Weather<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s a good day to be outside,\u201d said psychology major Ben van Paassen \u201922 of Goshen, N.H., as he navigated Alumni Walk on his scooter on a 55-degree February day. (Twenty-four hours earlier, it had been 50 degrees colder.) With the warmth, we noticed an uptick in student activity\u2026and a little more Bobcat skin showing around campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hitting the Books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bobcats are back on campus and hitting the books in Pettengill Hall’s Perry Atrium on the last day of February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Happy Lunar New Year!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Chinese zodiac tells us it\u2019s the Year of the Tiger, and to celebrate, Sangai Asia and AASIA held a gathering at the Office of Intercultural Education that included crafts, candy, and games such as this timed chopsticks competition during which contestants placed Skittles into takeout boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Winningest Coach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Shown here coaching his squad against Trinity, men’s basketball head coach Jon Furbush ’05 became the winningest coach in program history when his Bobcats defeated the University of Maine\u2013Farmington on Feb. 7. Furbush has 159 wins in his time at the program’s helm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lime Light<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gianluca Yornet de Rosas ’24 for Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Warmth and light \u2014 and good company \u2014 embrace Sandia Taban \u201922 of Changshu, China, who attended the Multifaith Chaplaincy\u2019s first Hearth gathering of the semester. Hearth meets every other week and provides food, friends, and space to reflect and share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Rapture, Blister, and Burn’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Anna Gouveia ’22 for Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From left, Alison Robelen ’25, Paige Magid ’24, and Dianna Georges ’22 huddle during a dress rehearsal of Gina Gionfriddo\u2019s play Rapture, Blister, Burn<\/em>, directed by Olivia Diamond \u201922. This performance was offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a senior thesis in directing and acting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wild Winds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Late-February snow and wind, observed from inside a Roger Williams Hall window pane, blows and howls over the landscape around the Residential Village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He’s There to Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Davonte Fuentes \u201925 of Brooklyn, N.Y., works at a computer station as the sign-in monitor for the Academic Resource Commons at Bates. ARC empowers Bates students to succeed and excel in their studies. Students can make an appointment to work individually with a tutor, or stop in during a drop-in lab to work on writing, language learning, or coursework in the sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gridiron Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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His appointment announced in February<\/a>, Matt Coyne is the 22nd head football coach in the program’s 127-year history. Here, Coyne is interviewed at Garcelon Field by Dave Eid of WGME-TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2012 graduate of Wesleyan University, Coyne most recently served as an assistant coach for the Cardinals. His NESCAC experience \u2014 as a player and coach, coupled with his strong football knowledge, \u201cimpressed everyone on the hiring committee, from students to coaches to alumni,\u201d said Director of Athletics Jason Fein. \u201cHis ability to inspire and lead makes him the perfect person to take Bates football into the future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Splendid Surroundings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThis is my first time in this building. It\u2019s beautiful,\u201d said Tess Cotu \u201922, a double major in English and sociology from Coventry, R.I., as she sat in a first-floor hallway of the Bonney Science Center during the few minutes she had before the start of \u201cPrejudices and Stereotyping, \u201c a course taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer LaCosse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Torch Light<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A Bates Outing Club tradition was reignited on Feb. 11, 2022, as U.S. Rep. Jared Golden \u201911 lit a ceremonial Winter Carnival torch outside the Maine State House in Augusta. The Bates torch-lighting tradition was begun in 1958 when then-Maine Gov. Ed Muskie \u201936 lit a torch to kick off that year\u2019s Olympic-themed Winter Carnival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Bates Tradition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Nick Gajarski \u201924 of Dublin, Ohio, Nina Greeley \u201824 of Scarborough, Maine, and Sofia Hahn \u201824 of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., leap into Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump<\/a>. After a year\u2019s hiatus, the Outing Club\u2013sponsored tradition, in all its icy glory, returned on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talent on Display<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gianluca Yornet de Rosas ’24 for Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Winter Carnival Student Showcase, held in Memorial Commons, warms up the evening repertoire with singing, rapping, and poetry, and, of course, a lot of dancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pacing Alumni Gym<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hermione Zhou ’22 of Shenzhen, China, student manager for the women\u2019s basketball team, keeps an eye out for players and coaches as she preps the Alumni Gym court for their practice. A double major in environmental studies and sociology, Zhou keeps the official scorebook for the team during home games, attends all practices, and helps out wherever she\u2019s needed. \u201cShe\u2019s awesome,\u201d says women\u2019s head coach Alison Montgomery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have a Hat <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Phyllis Graber Jensen\/ Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Daisy Kettle \u201824 of Homer, Alaska, got her multicolored stovepipe hat at Goodwill in Auburn for $2. \u201cIt reminded me of my childhood dream to be in a circus.\u201d Kettle says. \u201cThe best part of my hat is that it\u2019s second-hand. Somebody before me loved and wore that hat for many grand occasions. Now I get to be its home and take it on fun adventures.\u201d The first adventure was a snowball fight during a recent snow storm. \u201cThe hat and I are just starting to get to know each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sliding by Ice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Anna Gouveia ’22 for Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Risah Horiuchi \u201925 of Oakland Gardens, N.Y., and Sophie Hafter \u201925 of Brooklyn, N.Y., circle Underhill Arena during Winter Carnival’s ice skating party, just one of many events taking place during the college\u2019s weeklong 2022 celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mountaineers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Huck Triggs ’24 for Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At Sunday River in Newry, Maine, Jack LaCasse ’24 (left) of Watertown, Conn., and Jacob Raynes ’24 of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, ski through trees, with Mount Blue in the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Constant Conversation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Under the watchful eye of Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Stephanie Pridgeon, Heidi Nydam ’25 and Zach van Dusen ’25 engage in animated conversation during Pridgeon\u2019s intermediate Spanish class in Hedge Hall. With a focus on learning relative and subjunctive clauses, the students tackled a variety of interesting topics including, \u201cWhat will the world look like in 2050?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fresh Snow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A blanket of freshly fallen snow covers Lake Andrews in early March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artists at an Exhibition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Art and visual culture majors visit the exhibition An Adventurous Spirit: The Jane Costello Wellehan Collection<\/em> in the Lower Gallery of the Bates Museum of Art. These 15 majors, all on the studio art track, participated in a training session, led by museum staffers Michel Droge and George Walsh, on how to prepare and install their artwork for this year\u2019s Senior Thesis Exhibition, which opens April 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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