President Clayton Spencer’s interview on student radio station WRBC-FM on Feb. 10 covered a range of topics: the obligation of a liberal arts college to help graduates get jobs; what responsible investing looks like in 2013; and Bates’ relationship with Lewiston.<\/p>\n
And lest those topics seem a tad stuffy for a student radio show called Chin Wags and Grab Bags with DJ Nosebleed and Friends<\/em>, Spencer rose, or sank, to her host’s level as needed during the 75-minute interview.<\/p>\n Besides big-picture topics, Spencer offered responses to questions about the new Bates Bobcat (“not unduly aggressive, but looks like he could handle pretty much anything”); her celebrity crush (Alan Rickman<\/em>); and why she wanted to get the whole thing over with \u2014 so she could get\u00a0 home to watch Downton Abbey<\/em>.<\/p>\n “I think she’s actually kinda funny. She’s not a suit,” host Clay Baldo ’13 of Santa Fe, N.M., said to his fellow DJ, Corey Gingras ’13 of Eastford, Conn.<\/p>\n Here’s a brief video of the Feb. 10 event and, below, a selection of edited audio clips from the interview.<\/p>\n