By: DANIELA REICHELSTEIN

Not one student showed up for the open forum Wednesday night to discuss ideas for drafting a new mission statement to replace the existing 20 year-old version, in what student representatives of the BCSG's Mission and Purposes Subcommittee labeled a 'disa...

By: VANNIE SUNG

On March 11th, activist and Hunter College student Joel Bitar travelled from New York City to discuss his involvement with the Israeli-Palestinian dispute in Gaza in a talk sponsored by Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine. Bitar offered an eyewitn...

Professor Caleb Smith, Assistant Professor of English and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies at Yale University delivered a critique of the American incarceration system to an intimate audience onMonday, March 15th at 7:30 p.m. in Muskie Archives...

The 10th annual William Stringfellow Awards for Justice and Peace were presented on Sunday, March 14th in the Benjamin Mays Center to Kate Doria '10 and Outright L/A. The Stringfellow Award, presented by the Bates Office of the Multifaith Chaplain, reco...

By: PALO PEIRCE

The Brooks Quimby Debate Council had a successful performance at Providence College this past weekend and a strong showing at the Stanford University Parliamentary Debate Tournament on the weekend of March 6th and 7th. Novice partners Eric Devaux '13, V...

By: GARDINER NARDINI

In response to a string of thefts that left students at Bowdoin College and the University of Southern Maine without their computers and iPods, Bates Safety sent out an e-mail alert last Tuesday warning community members to keep close track of their perso...

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By: GARDINER NARDINI

The BCSG Budget Committee convened last weekend in Pettengill Hall to decide the student club budgets for the 2010-2011 academic year. Committee members listened for two days as representatives from over 60 campus organizations showed up to advocate their...

By: RACHEL HASTINGS

Bay Buchanan delivered an enthused presentation entitled 'Illegal Immigration and Its Tragic Consequences and rdquo; to a cozy audience last night in Chase Hall Lounge. and nbsp; The talk was sponsored by the Bates College Republicans, and Buchanan was i...

A new student residence will open next year and extend the College campus further down Frye Street, confirmed an Announce e-mail from Housing Coordinator and Residence Life Assistant Carrie Murphy last Friday. The recently-acquired house, which sits at 10...

By: PALO PEIRCE

The recent resale of tickets for last and nbsp; month's Snoop Dogg concert left the College 'concerned, and rdquo; according to Dean of Student Activities Keith Tannenbaum. One ticket for the show was posted on Craigslist for a price of $150, resulting ...

By: PALO PEIRCE

L.L. Bean will unveil its new collection, entitled 'L.L. Bean Signature, and rdquo; at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10th at Willy Beans Bistro and Caf and eacute; in Lewiston. and nbsp; The spring 2010 line has yet to be revealed to those outside of the L...

By: RACHEL HASTINGS

Brendan Julian '10 delivered a presentation entitled 'Preserving Tradition: The Philosophy, Politics, and Performance of Capoeira Angola in Rural Bahia, Brazil and rdquo; at last Thursday's Anthro Lunch. Julian received a grant from the Hamill Fund for F...

By: PALO PEIRCE

On Feb. 23rd the Bates College Republicans, led by club president Alix Melamed '10, brought Maine gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage to the 'Fish Bowl and rdquo; in Commons to speak with the College community. LePage is seeking the Republican nomination ...

By: DANIELA REICHELSTEIN

With Bowdoin College's recent decision to adopt a gender-neutral housing policy, the push by student activists to eliminate gender as a determinant in campus housing continues in colleges throughout the U.S., yet remains a non-issue at Bates. Following a...

Wilson Louis, mayor of the Cit and eacute; Soleil province in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, came to Bates the Thursday before Winter Break to discuss relief and reconstruction in Haiti. Louis does not speak English, but the language barrier was no obsta...

By: PALO PEIRCE

The Bates Student Philanthropy Club, led by co-presidents Elise Edmonson '10 and Walter Garcia '11, hosted a dinner event last Wednesday that featured 'Keeping Bates Competitive, and rdquo; a presentation by Bates Assistant Vice-President for Financial Pl...

Last Saturday's Snoop Dogg concert, which drew a crowd of 2,000 students and visitors, did not cause any 'major incidents, and rdquo; according to Director of Security and Campus Safety Tom Carey. One attendee, who was not a member of the student body, w...

By: GARDINER NARDINI

Developments in modern psychology have given way to a profound and subtle understanding of human behavior, said Harvard University Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics Mahzarin Banaji last week to an overcrowded Keck Classroom. Banaji, deliveri...

By: GARDINER NARDINI

Editor's note: All names in the following article have been changed at the request of those interviewed for purposes of anonymity. The semester was coming to an end, and 'John and rdquo;, a sophomore, was faced with a seemingly insurmountable task: finis...