News in Lewiston
New Course Registration System: What You Need To Know
Beginning this semester, students will use an entirely new system for course registration for the first time since 1993. This is the first true overhaul since Bates moved on from in-person card collecting in the gym. The 1993 system was the first Bates digital-era registration:…
Bates Launches Free Campus Streaming Service to Build Community Resources
This semester, Campus Life and Residence Life at Bates introduced a free streaming service for the school community: Batesflix. As a joint effort between Campus Life and Residential Life, Batesflix was designed to give clubs more event opportunities and revitalize common room…
Something Rotten at Bates: What Tyler Austin Harper Didn’t Say
People who say there’s no such thing as bad publicity probably didn’t go to a school subjected to a scathing takedown in a nationally acclaimed magazine. For much of my family, this was their first impression of Bates and it made for some difficult conversations. While I did not…
Bates Deserved Better from Tyler Austin Harper: More About That ‘Atlantic’ Article
Articles about the excesses, idiosyncrasies, and failures of American colleges and universities are commonplace these days. But it hits a little harder when your own school is put under the microscope. Last month, The Atlantic published a cover story by Tyler Austin Harper titled…
Faculty Considering Revisions to Bachelor of Science Requirements and Engineering Double Majors
Faculty gathered for their first monthly meeting of the year on Sept. 9. Discussion primarily featured proposed changes to the Bachelor of Science Requirements and Engineering Double Majors. The Academic Affairs Council proposed changes to the requirements to complete the…
Tips for Freshman Year (Roommate) Relationships
I can’t help but count down the days until I’m back at Bates. I so desperately crave to live with my roommate once again. To be in our own world– up in the attic of Frye House, sitting on the edge of our bay window, looking out into our beautiful little college. I am beyond...