{"id":63654,"date":"2013-03-19T12:48:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T16:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?page_id=63654"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:22:09","slug":"bates-magazine-spring-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/19\/bates-magazine-spring-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates Magazine: Spring 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2><strong>Features<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E2-120522-toned-9010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-62895 alignleft\" alt=\"From her formative upbringing as the daughter of a college president to her innovative policy work at Harvard, Clayton Spencer\u2019s rise as a U.S. higher education leader culminates in her wow debut as president-elect of Bates \u2014 and her avowed commitment to leading Bates toward a stronger marriage of excellence and opportunity. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E2-120522-toned-9010-e1363711856438-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63198\">Enter Spencer<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Clayton Spencer begins a new relationship with her new college.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 400px\" width=\"400\" \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E6-120302_mlax_9897.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-62931 alignleft\" alt=\"Players, coaches and fans wore No. 2 decals honoring McDuffee\u2019s uniform number at Bates. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E6-120302_mlax_9897-e1363712023689-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63229\"><strong>Remembering Morgan McDuffee &#8217;02<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The circle keeping Morgan McDuffee&#8217;s spirit alive is now larger \u2014 and still unbroken.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 400px\" width=\"400\" \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E1-Illustration-Full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-62883 alignleft\" alt=\"Illustration by James Steinberg.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E1-Illustration-Full-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E1-Illustration-Full-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E1-Illustration-Full-68x68.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63204\">Have You Been Served?<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Students join investigation of barriers to wholesome food in Lewiston-Auburn<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 400px\" width=\"400\" \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E5-011-679416560903.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-62913 alignleft\" alt=\"Factory workers wear drab but politically safe clothing. Photograph by Steve Stone '83.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E5-011-679416560903-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E5-011-679416560903-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E5-011-679416560903-68x68.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63163\">Bright Future<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>China&#8217;s economy, and a group of Bates students, were awakening in 1981.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 400px\" width=\"400\" \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E4-copepod-Aqua.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-62903 alignleft\" alt=\"Coming your way is the genus Skistodiaptomus, a kind of crustacean known as a copepod, magnified 70 times. Photograph by Hannah Schultz '12.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E4-copepod-Aqua-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E4-copepod-Aqua-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E4-copepod-Aqua-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E4-copepod-Aqua-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E4-copepod-Aqua-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/E4-copepod-Aqua.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=62882\">What Lurks in Lake Andrews?<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to biology major Hannah Schultz \u201912, we\u2019ve got some recent additions to the Puddle\u2019s motley catalog of animal life.<\/td>\n<td>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63690\"><strong>About the Cover<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63690\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-62368 alignnone\" alt=\"SPRING 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/03\/2012-spring-BatesMagazine-cover-e1363713006183-95x150.jpg\" width=\"95\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Opening Thought<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63670\">Julian Agyeman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Letters<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63675\">Thank you, Elaine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63685\">What do you want? <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Bates in Brief<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63082\">Academics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63035\">Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=62273\">Arts &amp; Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63071\">Sightings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63091\/\">College<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?=63079\">Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63093\">Sports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63031\">Lewiston<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63043\">World<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Amusements<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=62829\">Mail from the &#8217;80s,\u00a0 stained-glass scholars<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>History Lesson<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=62856\">Historical magazine covers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>From the Archives<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63742\"> Ode to a Hotdog and a cat skull<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>In Memoriam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/magazine\/memoriam\/\">Updated weekly, honorees at the Alumni Memorial Service<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Obituaries<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63635\">Spring 2012 issue<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>From a Distance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=63651\">Campus from the sky<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Multimedia Gallery<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/category\/web-media\/video\/signature-video\/\">Video, audio, slideshow storyteling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Bates in the News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/tag\/bates-in-the-news\/\">Bates stories from the news media and elsewhere<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Features Enter Spencer Clayton Spencer begins a new relationship with her new&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63654","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\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63654"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99339,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63654\/revisions\/99339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}