\u201cIs the chili garlic sauce gone for good????\u201d <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 A question posted on the Dining Services online Napkin Board<\/a>, which offers students a chance to ask whatever they want about the food they eat (and want to see on the menu). Probably not gone for good, but a failed chili pepper harvest in Mexico has caused a shortage of popular brands of chili sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cWe enter the year without having [COVID] as our shaping concern. I look forward to the luxury of being able to concentrate our energies on what we are here to do \u2014 provide our students with the opportunity for a life-transforming education.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 President Clayton Spencer in her 2022 Community Letter,<\/a> in which she noted \u201clots of reasons for excitement as we begin the academic year\u201d as well as \u201careas where we will focus our attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/AlexanderGujarathi_EDIT_M_Tennis_V_bowdoin_22.webp\")
Lefty Alex Gujarathi ’24 won at No. 1 doubles and singles vs. Bowdoin in April 2022 at Merrill Gymnasium. (Matt Hamilton ’25 for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cTheir forehand goes to my backhand, and my forehand goes to their backhand, which is helpful sometimes but can also be difficult.\u201d <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Alex Gujarathi \u201924 of Plymouth, Mass.<\/strong>, speaking to the Bates Bobcast podcast<\/a> on the ups and downs of being a left-handed tennis player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cI toured Bates on a really ugly day, but I still liked it a lot. And so I was like, if I like the school enough on a really rainy cold day, I must really like it on a nice fall day.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Izzy Lussier ’24 of West Suffield, Conn., speaking to the Bates Bobcast, who found that Bates can shine even when the sun doesn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cMost campus buildings from the \u201950s into the \u201980s were over-programmed. Everything was super efficient. They didn\u2019t have this little bit of extra space for students.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Michael Hinchcliffe of the architectural firm Payette, the lead architect of the Dana Hall renovation project as well as the Bonney Science Center, explaining the emergence and value of unprogrammed spaces<\/a> in Bonney and Dana Hall, including lounges and study rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Phyllis](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/220401_Bonney_Jason_Castro_Thesis_Students_0316-_3000_Uncroped.webp\")
In a casual meeting space in Bonney, Associate Professor of Neuroscience Jason Castro shares a laugh with his thesis students, Johnny Loftus \u201922 of Palo Alto, Calif., and Juliet Bockhorst \u201922 of Westwood, Mass. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cI just walked outside and just looked around, thinking, \u2018I want to protect this. That\u2019s what I want to do.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Gabrielle Brewer \u201923 of New Britain, Conn., recalling how she decided to major in environmental studies. She recently won a prestigious Udall Scholarship<\/a> that recognizes leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/220525_Gabrielle_Brewer_Udall_0054.webp\")
Gabrielle Brewer \u201823 of New Britain, Conn., has earned a Udall Scholarship, awarded to undergraduate U.S. college students that recognizes leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cYou kinda have to, if you\u2019re going to do this work.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Corey Ernst, a worker for Wicked Flooring of Rockford, Ill., the subcontractor that installed the new track surface at the Russell Street Track and Field, asked about whether he gets into a flow state when hand-cutting more than a mile of new Mondo track surface, which comes in rolls that have to be trimmed to fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/10\/220802_mondo_track_installation_7314_hjb.webp\")
Corey Ernst trims pieces of the new Mondo surface that was installed at the Russell Street Track and Field over the summer. (Jay Burns\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cShe just looked at me and said, \u2018Let\u2019s get it done.\u201d And I just shot it, ripped it, and it went in.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Anna Lindeis \u201925 of New Canaan, Conn., on how she and field hockey teammate Molly Harmon \u201924 of Farmington, Maine, teamed up on an overtime goal to beat Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cI\u2019m relieved and also sort of excited but want to throw up, all at the same time.\u201d <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Kacie Lutz, parent of Riley Lutz \u201926, describing her mixed-up feelings as she and her husband, Bob Lutz, arrived at Bates on Opening Day<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cWe talk about how early statisticians were eugenicists. And I don’t mean that in a hyperbolic sense. These were men that actually believed that they should develop statistical models to study humans so that they could figure out who should die. That’s really uncomfortable.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Assistant Professor of Digital and Computational Studies Anelise Hanson Shrout, speaking during a discussion, \u201cCourage to Transgress: Engaging Dangerous Ideas in the Classroom,\u201d about engaging students in difficult ideas related to racism, white supremacy, and vastly unequal structures of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s as if you took a bakery and soaked it in water for a long time, I guess it\u2019s a little bit indescribable.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Eli Kushner \u201924, a double major in biochemistry and music from Philadelphia, describing the odor of the germination room at the Blue Ox Malthouse in Lisbon Falls, where he had a Purposeful Work internship<\/a>. He spent hours raking grains in a room carefully controlled for heat and humidity and helped with various quality-control processes, such as testing moisture content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Eli](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/220801_Eli_Kushner_Blue_Ox_Malthouse_Internship_0466.webp\")
Eli Kushner \u201924, is a double major in biochemistry and music from Philadelphia, engages in the hands-on part of his Purposeful Work internship at the Blue Ox Malthouse in Lisbon Falls, Maine. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not really used to being vulnerable, especially when it comes to teaching. But when I opened up about my experiences, I realized that everyone else has the same issues going on.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 A question posted on the Dining Services online Napkin Board<\/a>, which offers students a chance to ask whatever they want about the food they eat (and want to see on the menu). Probably not gone for good, but a failed chili pepper harvest in Mexico has caused a shortage of popular brands of chili sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 President Clayton Spencer in her 2022 Community Letter,<\/a> in which she noted \u201clots of reasons for excitement as we begin the academic year\u201d as well as \u201careas where we will focus our attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Alex Gujarathi \u201924 of Plymouth, Mass.<\/strong>, speaking to the Bates Bobcast podcast<\/a> on the ups and downs of being a left-handed tennis player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Izzy Lussier ’24 of West Suffield, Conn., speaking to the Bates Bobcast, who found that Bates can shine even when the sun doesn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Michael Hinchcliffe of the architectural firm Payette, the lead architect of the Dana Hall renovation project as well as the Bonney Science Center, explaining the emergence and value of unprogrammed spaces<\/a> in Bonney and Dana Hall, including lounges and study rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Gabrielle Brewer \u201923 of New Britain, Conn., recalling how she decided to major in environmental studies. She recently won a prestigious Udall Scholarship<\/a> that recognizes leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Corey Ernst, a worker for Wicked Flooring of Rockford, Ill., the subcontractor that installed the new track surface at the Russell Street Track and Field, asked about whether he gets into a flow state when hand-cutting more than a mile of new Mondo track surface, which comes in rolls that have to be trimmed to fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Anna Lindeis \u201925 of New Canaan, Conn., on how she and field hockey teammate Molly Harmon \u201924 of Farmington, Maine, teamed up on an overtime goal to beat Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Kacie Lutz, parent of Riley Lutz \u201926, describing her mixed-up feelings as she and her husband, Bob Lutz, arrived at Bates on Opening Day<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Assistant Professor of Digital and Computational Studies Anelise Hanson Shrout, speaking during a discussion, \u201cCourage to Transgress: Engaging Dangerous Ideas in the Classroom,\u201d about engaging students in difficult ideas related to racism, white supremacy, and vastly unequal structures of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Eli Kushner \u201924, a double major in biochemistry and music from Philadelphia, describing the odor of the germination room at the Blue Ox Malthouse in Lisbon Falls, where he had a Purposeful Work internship<\/a>. He spent hours raking grains in a room carefully controlled for heat and humidity and helped with various quality-control processes, such as testing moisture content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cWe enter the year without having [COVID] as our shaping concern. I look forward to the luxury of being able to concentrate our energies on what we are here to do \u2014 provide our students with the opportunity for a life-transforming education.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cTheir forehand goes to my backhand, and my forehand goes to their backhand, which is helpful sometimes but can also be difficult.\u201d <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cI toured Bates on a really ugly day, but I still liked it a lot. And so I was like, if I like the school enough on a really rainy cold day, I must really like it on a nice fall day.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cMost campus buildings from the \u201950s into the \u201980s were over-programmed. Everything was super efficient. They didn\u2019t have this little bit of extra space for students.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cI just walked outside and just looked around, thinking, \u2018I want to protect this. That\u2019s what I want to do.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cYou kinda have to, if you\u2019re going to do this work.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cShe just looked at me and said, \u2018Let\u2019s get it done.\u201d And I just shot it, ripped it, and it went in.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cI\u2019m relieved and also sort of excited but want to throw up, all at the same time.\u201d <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cWe talk about how early statisticians were eugenicists. And I don’t mean that in a hyperbolic sense. These were men that actually believed that they should develop statistical models to study humans so that they could figure out who should die. That’s really uncomfortable.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s as if you took a bakery and soaked it in water for a long time, I guess it\u2019s a little bit indescribable.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u201cI\u2019m not really used to being vulnerable, especially when it comes to teaching. But when I opened up about my experiences, I realized that everyone else has the same issues going on.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n