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<\/a>Art Ciccone \u201969 and Tom Hutchinson \u201969 pose with their creation back in the day. The insert shows the gold tooth they added as a tribute to their biology professor.<\/p><\/div>\n
Today, their junior-year project remains on display on the fifth floor of Carnegie Science, where local schoolchildren on tour assume the articulated half-skeleton is a dinosaur.<\/p>\n
Building the skeleton was a comparative anatomy assignment, and Ciccone and Hutchinson used horse bones that had been kicking around in a box in the lab.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were told they came from Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary,\u201d Ciccone says. Campus lore says the bones belonged to a horse \u2014 a big horse, suggests bio professor Lee Abrahamsen, like a Percheron or Belgian \u2014 that had been euthanized at Thorncrag, which was once a farm. Indeed, what looks like a bullet hole is visible on the front of the skull.<\/p>\n
When Ciccone and Hutchinson dug into their assignment, they discovered the set wasn\u2019t complete, hence the 50-percent solution.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s how they found themselves in Carnegie Science, late at night, sawing horse bones. \u201cWe used a table saw to cut the pelvic girdle and the vertebrae and some of the other pieces in half,\u201d says Hutchinson.<\/p>\n
The worst part, by far, was the smell. \u201cWhen you saw a dried bone, it stinks<\/em>,\u201d says Ciccone.<\/p>\n \u201cIt smelled up the whole building,\u201d Hutchinson adds.<\/p>\n Once the half-beast was assembled, Ciccone, now a medical illustrator in West Newbury, Mass., and Hutchinson, a dentist in Falmouth, Mass., gave it a distinctly personal touch: They painted one tooth gold to honor their bio professor, Mark Crowley, who had a gold tooth. \u2014 RA<\/p>\n From the College Store\u2019s annual Non-required Reading List<\/em>, here are a few book recommendations from Bates faculty and staff.<\/p>\n Doomsday Book<\/em> by Connie Willis, suggested by Lee Abrahamsen, associate professor of biology:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a sucker for time travel. If you like the idea of experiential learning, and the idea of trying to convince people from another century that you\u2019re one of them (despite being immune to their diseases!), you\u2019ll love this.\u201d<\/p>\n A Palace in the Old Village<\/em> by Tahar Ben Jelloun<\/strong>, suggested by \u00c1slaug \u00c1sgeirsd\u00f3ttir, associate professor of politics:<\/p>\n \u201cAn interesting \u2014 and somewhat sad \u2014 take on the immigrant experience in Europe and the challenges of returning \u2018home.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Generosity<\/em> by Richard Powers<\/strong>, suggested by Rob Farnsworth, senior lecturer in English:<\/p>\n \u201cA novel more interesting for its speculative ideas than for its characters, perhaps, but genomically troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n The Cross and the Lynching Tree<\/em> by James Cone<\/strong>, suggested by Bill Blaine-Wallace, multifaith chaplain:<\/p>\n \u201cCone argues convincingly that Americans have not embraced, save for the Harlem artists, the obvious: Lynching is America\u2019s execution of God.\u201d<\/p>\n Not if it\u2019s made this way. From the Class of 2012 Senior Cookbook<\/em> <\/a><\/strong>published by Dining Services.<\/p>\n Alfredo Sauce<\/strong> (Makes 3 1\/2 cups)<\/p>\n 1 quart plus 3\/4 cup milk In a double boiler, heat milk 15 minutes. Prepare light roux from margarine and flour; thicken the milk with the roux.<\/p>\n Add garlic; simmer for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n Add Parmesan and spices; simmer for 5 more minutes.<\/p>\n Across the Quad to P\u2019gill, over by Pettigrew, How strong is your knowledge of Bates\u2019 quirky, cool and colorful past?<\/p>\n Before moving to Hedge Hall in 2011, religion and philosophy were headquartered in a wood-frame building at 75 Campus Ave. Over the fall, the building had a much different purpose, yet one that echoes those disciplines\u2019 interest in the eternal fate of the human soul.<\/p>\n What is it used for?<\/p>\n A.<\/strong> Local HQ for Mayan end-of-worlders Answer:<\/strong> B \u2014 It\u2019s a great training building, says Bruce McKay of the Lewiston Fire Department. \u201cIt offers a real environment: 15 rooms, two stairways. We do everything from hose line advancement and laddering to breaching walls for rescue or entry.\u201d<\/p>\n The yellowjacket nest that took up residence within one of the popular wood benches outside Ladd Library last summer was given the heave-ho right before students returned.<\/p>\n
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\n1\/2 cup margarine
\n1\/2 cup flour
\n1\/4 teaspoon garlic
\n1\/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
\n5\/8 teaspoon salt
\n1\/4 teaspoon white pepper
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\nWhen Gary Dzen \u201905, who reports on craft beer for The Boston Globe<\/em>, invited readers to share 50 words about their favorite brews, this Bates-flavored entry by Jillian Cappucci \u201910 hopped to the top of the list:<\/p>\n
\nA Bobcat sat and wondered, \u201cWhat\u2019s my favorite brew?\u201d
\nIn her mind she pictured its deep golden shade.
\nShe smiled wide thinking, \u201cThis one is Lewiston-made.\u201d
\nShe craved the bitter hops of a Stowaway,
\nSo she sipped her favorite, Baxter\u2019s IPA.<\/p>\n
\nCampus Test<\/h3>\n
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\nC.<\/strong> Worship space for followers of Frank Sandford, Class of 1886, founder of the apocalyptic Shiloh movement<\/p>\n
\nHit the Road, Jack<\/h3>\n
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