{"id":158606,"date":"2023-11-17T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=158606"},"modified":"2023-11-20T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:22:18","slug":"say-what-quotable-quotes-from-bates-folks-nov-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/17\/say-what-quotable-quotes-from-bates-folks-nov-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Say What? Quotable quotes from Bates folks: Nov. 17, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our latest in an occasional roundup of quotable quotes about the fall theater production, our Veterans Day observance, and the painful aftermath of the Lewiston shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rings a Bell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Tom King ’58 (inset) was the last student bell ringer in Hathorn Hall. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe view was stupendous. Looking down on the campus, I felt sort of like the king of what I surveyed, since I was the bellringer, you know.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 Tom King \u201858, the last student to hold the campus job as the Hathorn Hall bell-ringer<\/a>, a gig that included living in Hathorn and having access to the roof, which he and friends would occasionally visit late at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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History Lesson <\/h3>\n\n\n
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\"Phyllis
The Thanksgiving Play features a play within the play about performative wokeness by white people who think they\u2019re celebrating a Native American perspective by mounting a Thanksgiving pageant. Everything quickly spirals into chaos. From left, Logan (Paige Magid ’24), Jaxton (Adam Joseph Matos ’26), and Alicia (Ruby Marden ’27). (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think my job or even the actors or Tim\u2019s is to make the audience feel comfortable about true history. I don\u2019t teach history or consult on history to make people feel comfortable about true history.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 John Bear Mitchell, a citizen of the Penobscot Nation, who served as a cultural consultant for the Bates production of The Thanksgiving Play<\/a>, directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Tim Dugan. Mitchell helped the student actors navigate their roles in what is a very funny play but also includes offensive dialog and actions, and shocking stories relating to Native American history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It Registers <\/h3>\n\n\n
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\"Election
On Election Day on Nov. 7, President Garry W. Jenkins (right) heads to the polls to cast his ballot with, from left, Inez Johnson \u201925, Tammy Namangale \u201927, Carly Baker \u201927, and Neil Grover \u201927. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
“Are you registered to vote in Maine?”<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 An oft-posed question to students on Election Day, Nov. 7, as they entered Commons and passed a balloon-festooned table, staffed by Jenna Vendil ’06, an associate director at the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, and student members of the Bates Votes civic engagement team. Vendil heads up the democratic engagement and student activism efforts at the Harward Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Veterans <\/h3>\n\n\n
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\"Sophia
Sophia Cattallani \u201825 of Skaneateles, N.Y., plays taps on Nov. 10, 2023, during the Veterans Day observance at the Veterans Plaza. It was the second year in a row Cattallani, whose grandfather was a veteran, played the military\u2019s bugle call at the event. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\u201cI felt I was playing it for him today, in his honor, and for the people here, for those they hold in their hearts.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 Sophia Cattallani \u201925 of Skaneateles, N.Y., describing playing taps during the Veterans Day observance at Bates<\/a> and remembering her grandfather, who had served in the Vietnam War and died two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Some of Things <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome people in your life are there for the rest of your life, and others will come and go. Allowing things to change is always a good idea.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 Joe Inger \u201919, recalling advice he gave to his sister, Lexi \u201926, on dealing with the ups and downs of college life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Go Time <\/h3>\n\n\n
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Ned Farrington ’24 competes in the Bates Invitational on Sept. 17 over the course at Roy’s Disc Golf in Auburn, Maine. (Tom Leonard \u201978 for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
“We can take a strategy of ‘go for All-American or not.’\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 Ned Farrington ’24 of Cohasset, Mass., comparing the strategy of running a cross country race as an individual, which he will do at the NCAA Championships on Nov. 18, with running a race with teammates. With the latter, \u201cyou don’t want to risk having a really bad race, so you race a little bit more conservatively.\u201d With the former, a runner can let it all hang out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dream Sequence <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“It’s been such a far-fetched dream.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 Bates head squash coach Rei Hergeth sharing thoughts on squash being one of five sports added to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. \u201cWhat’s most exciting about it is that we actually have a few Bates players who could be playing in the Olympics in four years.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following quotes relate to the Oct. 25 shootings in Lewiston and its aftermath<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frustration, Sadness, Anger <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s frustration, there\u2019s sadness, and a little bit of anger as well.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 Professor of Sociology Michael Rocque speaking with WCSH-TV NewsCenter Maine about his and others’ research on mass shootings<\/a> \u2014 and how their policy ideas have been ignored \u2014 and his reaction to the shootings in Lewiston. “Now we\u2019re attacked at our own home, and that feels personal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Garnet and Blue<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Bates field hockey wore bright blue socks, the school color of Lewiston High School, during the team’s Oct. 31 game vs. Bowdoin. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\u201cWe wanted to play for each other, play for this school, and play for this city.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 Field hockey player Maria Femia \u201925 of Canton, Mass., recalling the team\u2019s feeling before its game vs. Bowdoin on Oct. 31, six days after the Lewiston shootings. The team observed a moment of silence, wore Lewiston Strong T-shirts for the warmup, and, during the game, sported bright blue socks, the school color of Lewiston High School. Bates won the game, 2-1, propelling the team to the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Event Support<\/h3>\n\n\n
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\"Local
In front of Smith Hall on Bardwell Street, Bates students greet children and families from the Lewiston community during a Halloween trick-or-treat event. (Huck Triggs \u201924 for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\u201cThe way they are engaging with her \u2014 it\u2019s so important. She needs this. We appreciate this so much.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Jennifer Randall of Lewiston, talking about how students engaged with her grandchild during an Oct. 31 Halloween trick-or-treat event, in which students transformed Alumni Walk and nearby campus walkways and welcomed community families as a gesture of support. Since the shootings, the child had been fearful and withdrawn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holding Hope<\/h3>\n\n\n
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\"\u201cThe
President Garry W. Jenkins, flanked by the Rev. Brittany Longsdorf (left) and his husband, Jon Lee, said that the outpouring of care and help following the shootings “remind us of human goodness. during his remarks at the vigil. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\u201cGenerosity and care and eagerness to help, to support, to embrace, have emanated from every corner of this city and this college community like a beacon of light, filling our hearts and mending our souls. They remind us of human goodness. They remind us to hold onto hope. They remind us that together, over time, we will recover and heal. In that, I have faith.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 President Garry W. Jenkins, speaking at the campus Vigil for Grief and Remembrance<\/a> on Nov. 1 in Gomes Chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loving Amidst Loss<\/h3>\n\n\n
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The Rev. Brittany Longsdorf, Bates\u2019 multifaith chaplain, lights a student\u2019s candle during the campus vigil in Gomes chapel on Nov. 1, 2023. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\u201cSome may think that grieving is weak, or a form of surrender. But I believe that grief is a form of rest and a method of love. When we grieve together like this, in community, we powerfully hold each other and are held. When we grieve, we continue loving amidst loss.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 The Rev. Brittany Longsdorf, Bates\u2019 multifaith chaplain, during the vigil in Gomes Chapel on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rising Together<\/h3>\n\n\n
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A day before speaking at the vigil in Gomes Chapel, Lewiston mayor Carl Sheline poses with the Bates field hockey team, wearing Lewiston Strong T-shirts, before their winning game vs. Bowdoin. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\u201cMost of you, like me, are from away, but while you are here, you belong to us. Lewiston is your city, just as we are sharing in this tragedy. We are not going through separate events, but the same dark time. We will rise together.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014 Lewiston mayor Carl Sheline, during the campus vigil in Gomes Chapel on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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