Stories from 2014
At 7-0, men’s basketball heads into winter break full of cheer
Friday, December 19, 2014 1:10 pm
"We're playing the way I've wanted us to for six years now," says head coach Jon Furbush '05.
The 2014 White House holiday card features artwork by Emily Buchanan ’89
Thursday, December 18, 2014 5:31 pm
From a Bates perspective, the most intriguing part of the official White House holiday card is at the lower right.
Campus Construction Update: Dec. 18, 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014 4:15 pm
Some kinds of dirt will do just fine when you want to build something on top of it — but other kinds, not so much. Those other kinds bring us to an especially interesting chapter in the story of the two student residences that Bates College is building for its Campus Life Project. And it's a chapter beginning in a couple of weeks.
Campus events: Jan. 3–31, 2015
Thursday, December 18, 2014 1:58 pm
Happy New Year from Bates! This is a list of public events…
‘From Selma to Ferguson: 50 Years of Nonviolent Dissent’ is MLK Day theme
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:44 am
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2015, Bates College examine the great civil rights leader's commitment to nonviolent action — and places it in the context of recent events in Ferguson, Mo., Staten Island, N.Y., and on the international stage.
Bates debate, ranked ninth in the U.S., looks ahead to Worlds in January
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 1:29 pm
The legendary Brooks Quimby Debate Council will send three teams to Malaysia in January to compete at the World Universities Debating Championships.
Slideshow: This Month at Bates
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 2:21 pm
It's a time when students buckle down to review what they already know, even as the campus pulls them toward new ideas, people and experiences.
Pursuing the hirsute, Rebecca Herzig explores suffering, feminism and science through hair removal
Monday, December 8, 2014 3:42 pm
Herzig talked about her new book in a lecture marking her appointment as the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Lessons and Carols service honors the season on Dec. 7
Friday, December 5, 2014 4:35 pm
In an annual tradition at Bates College, a Service of Lessons and Carols for the Advent season takes place on Dec. 7.
Neither naive nor cynical, Oscar winner Stacey Kabat ’85 reflects on her domestic-violence activism
Thursday, December 4, 2014 8:00 am
A national leader in the fight against domestic violence, Kabat won an Academy Award for the 1994 film "Defending Our Lives."