{"id":33563,"date":"2004-08-25T09:31:53","date_gmt":"2004-08-25T13:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=33563"},"modified":"2016-01-11T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T19:48:51","slug":"aesop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2004\/08\/25\/aesop\/","title":{"rendered":"AESOP provides fabulous adventure for new students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2004\/08\/72aesop7479.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2004\/08\/72aesop7479.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignleft\" alt=\"AESOP participants\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Organized and run by students, the Annual Entering Student Outdoor  Program &#8212; commonly known by its acronym, AESOP\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 puts Bates  first-years, guided by older peers, onto hiking trails and into kayaks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With about 60 percent of first-year students taking part in 38 three-  and four-day excursions, the program&#8217;s intent is to introduce  first-years to Maine and to each other without the distractions of  campus. &#8220;There is no better way to get to know your new home state than  to get out in it and have some fun,&#8221; says senior Josh Harris of New  Orleans, La., this year&#8217;s AESOP coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can backpack on the Appalachian Trail, float the lazy Saco  River, or pass the time chillin&#8217; in Acadia,&#8221; Harris says. In addition to  hiking and water-based outings, there are service trips designed to  place students as helpers in local soup kitchens and community gardens.  Others can try a Zen retreat, followed by outdoor service work, on the  coast of Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Many 2007 AESOP leaders themselves participated in the program as  first-year students and have returned to share good times with members  of the Class of 2008. At Bates, trip leaders have started to organize  equipment and supplies. First-year participants arrive on campus Aug.\u00a025  and begin their three- and four-day trips the following day. AESOP ends  with an on-campus barbecue Friday, August 29, that precedes the  official start of Orientation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organized and run by students, the Annual Entering Student Outdoor Program &#8212; commonly known by its acronym, AESOP &#8212;  puts Bates first-years, guided by older peers, onto hiking trails and into kayaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[32,17,224,11009],"tags":[10043,615],"class_list":["post-33563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maine-and-new-england","category-partners-public","category-society-culture","category-the-college","tag-admission","tag-aesop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90623,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33563\/revisions\/90623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}