\u201cWhen we were running on the course last year, someone was throwing a disc while we ran past, and that was definitely odd.\u201d
<\/p>Cross country runner Kahryn Cullenberg \u201924 of Chesterville, Maine, recalling what it felt like to practice for the first time at a local disc-golf course, Roy’s All Steak Hamburger and Golf Center in Auburn, which has become a valuable and appreciated training location for Bates cross country, now in its second year as a unified men’s and women’s program.<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Running at Roy’s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we were running on the course last year, someone was throwing a disc while we ran past, and that was definitely odd.\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 <\/em>Cross country runner Kahryn Cullenberg \u201924 of Chesterville, Maine, recalling what it felt like to practice for the first time at a local disc-golf course, Roy’s All Steak Hamburger and Golf Center in Auburn, which has become a valuable and appreciated training location<\/a> for Bates cross country, now in its second year as a unified men’s and women’s program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bates cross country runners go through one of their first workouts of the year at Roy’s on Aug. 23, 2023. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nA Warm Welcome<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLearning is not a steady, linear progression. It\u2019s disorderly and tumultuous. You will learn how to ask questions, how to construct arguments, how to develop and test theories. You will learn how to critique and how to create. You will learn <\/em>how to learn.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Associate Professor of Biology Andrew Mountcastle, delivering this year\u2019s Opening Convocation address<\/a> to the first-year Class of 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nYou Belong at Bates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBe kind to yourself, particularly when you may experience moments of self-doubt. It takes time to build your life in a new place. If no one has told you yet, let me be the first: You are here for a reason. You belong at Bates.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Dean of Students Erin Foster Zsiga, welcoming new students and families to campus<\/a> on Opening Day, Aug. 31, was joined by Leigh Weisenburger, vice president for enrollment and dean of admission and financial aid, and President Garry W. Jenkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nVictorious in Volleyball <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt needs to be done.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Volleyball player Katie Kortekaas \u201925 of Manhattan Beach, Calif., recalling for the Bates Bobcast<\/em> <\/a>what she was thinking when she received a perfect set from teammate Chrissy Chu \u201825 of Old Tappan, N.J., that let her deliver the match-ending kill vs. Connecticut College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volleyball player Katie Kortekaas \u201925 of Manhattan Beach, Calif., goes for a kill against Smith College on Oct. 6, 2023. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)
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\n\n\n\nSocial Justice Parenting <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe discourse has become a grab bag \u2014 and, one suspects, a cash grab \u2014 where serious research mingles with New Age sloganeering and self-care practices designed to soothe the troubled souls of guilty liberals.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Tyler Harper criticizing a parenting trend he calls \u201csocial justice parenting<\/a>\u201d in his opinion piece for The New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nGift in Kindness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
“There’s an undercurrent of kindness here.” <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Jenny Fellows, mother of first-year student Heath Fellows of Reno, Nev., describing the welcoming vibe of the Bates community during her Bates to Bates visit to campus with husband, Chris.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nRock and Roll <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSmooth and small enough to fit under a door, but won\u2019t roll.\u201d <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Fran Miele \u201826 of Forney, Texas, explaining how he went about finding the perfect rock to prop open the door of Parker Hall<\/a> on Opening Day to aid first years with the move-in process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fran Miele \u201926 of Forney, Texas, displays the right rock for the job, a rounded river rock plucked from the drip edge at Parker Hall. (H. Jay Burns\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nBonding Through Song <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey\u2019re really good singers, actually.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 <\/em>J.J. Marscal \u201826 of Mission, Texas, talking about the first-year students on his AESOP trip, and how well they bonded on their Lakes Chillin\u2019 trip<\/a>, including singing karaoke together. Since 2010, AESOP (Annual Entering Student Orientation Program) has diversified its range of trips \u2014 from intense backpacking excursions to on-campus activities \u2014 creating space for every incoming student to feel included. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n‘We Work Together’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFind ways to be part of the solution. We are a community organized around <\/em>the ideals laid out in our mission statement.<\/em><\/a>… But we are also part of a community of humans, which means that we are imperfect. We don\u2019t always achieve these ideals. But as a community, we work together to do better. Each of us must be engaged in the work and ambition for fuller realization of our goals. There\u2019s no us versus them at Bates. There\u2019s only us. And each of us is a part of the solution.\u201d <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 President Garry W. Jenkins, encouraging the Class of 2027, during his Convocation address<\/a> on Sept. 5, to strive toward strengthening the solidarity of the Bates community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Garry W. Jenkins speaks at Opening Convocation on Sept. 5, 2023. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSticker Shock <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got sticker-commitment issues.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Amanda Power \u201826 of Scottsdale, Ariz., commenting on her still-blank laptop case for a story about how students at Bates are fond of decorating their laptop cases with stickers<\/a> that represent their identities, interests, and experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nRewarding Research <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is the most productive summer I have ever had with students.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences Beverly Johnson, praising the work of her student researchers this summer as they gathered sediment cores from four Maine salt marshes<\/a> to help inform the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s ongoing understanding blue carbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From left, Kate Dickson \u201924, Anna Sarrazin \u201924, Hayden Eckblom \u201925, Evelyn Marchand \u201926, Fiona Wilson \u201925, and Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences Beverly Johnson pose for a portrait before doing fieldwork in the Sprague Marsh at Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area in Phippsburg on July 12, 2023. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nBig Tuna <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cReady to get to work, Ben? This one is going to have a lot of blood in it!\u201d <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014<\/em><\/strong> Walt Golet, welcoming Ben Morse \u201824 of Sunderland, Mass., to his fieldwork at a Maine tuna tournament, where they collected otolith bones from severed tuna heads<\/a> to glean data that will allow researchers to assess the health of the tuna population in the northwest Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Golet, who supervised Morse, a Purposeful Work intern, is an assistant professor at the University of Maine\u2019s School of Marine Sciences and the lead biologist at the UMaine Pelagic Fisheries Lab located at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the Spring Point Marina in South Portland, Maine, Ben Morse ’24 holds a recently severed tuna head, from which he would locate and remove the otolith bone using a pair of tweezers. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nInclusivity in the Industry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cQueer is partly what you make it; it also isn\u2019t whatever you make of it.\u201d <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Professor of Art and Visual Culture and Gender and Sexuality Studies Erica Rand, commenting on the movie of the year, Barbie<\/em><\/a>, and the very few queer moments in the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nMovie Magic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMovies are among an increasingly rare number of spaces where people from different backgrounds and perspectives can come together and use their reaction to a film to discuss more controversial social and political issues.\u201d <\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Jon Cavallero, commenting on how movies, including Barbie<\/em> and Oppenheimer, create safe spaces for important conversations.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t
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