Amandla!

“The decided topic of this year’s Unity Conference was “The Politics of Color”. The workshop that I attended was about how color, particularly in the black community, often culturally determined the level of masculinity within boys. The workshop was led by one of my favorite professors at Bates and we discussed how images in film, [...]

March

“March is a long month. We’re all starting to get ready for finals, it’s still snowing, and it’s one of the only months at Bates without a vacation. Some people deal with the cabin fever by ignoring it completely and shoving their heads in textbooks, others spend a weekend at home, and sometimes parents and [...]

Signing up for Classes

“I got into all four courses I want to take in the fall (Wartime Dissent in Modern America, Latin American History, Criminology, and an upper-level Spanish course). Unfortunately I was not able to get into my short term which was called Spy Games: The Role of Espionage in International Affairs. The course sounded very interesting [...]

Gamelan

“Last night I attended the Bates College Gamelan Orchestra concert. The performance was the last show of Bates’ 2008 World Music Week. The focus was on ‘Musical Legacies of South and Southeast Asia’ and everyone who attended the event in the Olin Arts Center was treated to an amazing show.” Read more and see videos HERE

The People

“A friend of mine had the “best vegetable chili” at her professor’s house last fall, made from the vegetable that had grown in his garden all summer. An art professor of mine invited all of her students over every wednesday evening last year to eat pie and watch Project Runway. Another professor of [...]

The “D” Word

“This is definitely a question that’s always in the back of my mind. How do I feel about the diversity on campus? And at what point will it stop being “diverse” and we will be difference-blind, such that diversity of experience will be the only thing that matters? Might that ever exist?
So tell me, how [...]

March Madness

“And that madness I’m talking about isn’t related to basketball. This “madness” starts at the end of February and pushes on to the last weeks of March. Ultimately what I’m saying is that March at Bates is tough.” Read more HERE

Gotta Love Birthdays

“I am in a great mood today. Generally, I love Thursdays for multiple reasons. 1) I like labs. 2) I like giving info sessions at the Admissions Office– it’s kind of nice to talk ad nauseum about a place that I love, and to have people care about what I say (or at least pretend [...]

Productive Procrastination

“That’s the beauty of productive procrastination though. You get stuff done– just not the RIGHT stuff. At some point, I’m going to run out of relatively fun things to do, and I’m going to have to work on this portfolio. Hopefully it will be before Thursday… eek.” Read more by clicking Here

AESOP

“One of my favorite memories from college was during freshman orientation during my sophomore year. All the AESOP leaders had a few days of nothing to do after they had finished their camping trips. One beautiful day, some of my friends took me to the beach and taught me how to surf. We were all [...]