Study Spot

“A designated study spot can become the most important thing on finals week.
Marking your territory is achieved by finding a comfortable study spot, or even a whole room, and dumping all your belongings around within a 3ft radius. This space will become the area where you will sit for hours on end and not take [...]

Procrastination during finals week

“Well, I guess technically I’m done with my finals, but I thought that maybe this might be interesting… My friend Kate and I were in a class last year about the Rwandan genocide (a French seminar), and then she got a grant to go to Rwanda! It was one of the 100 Projects for Peace.  [...]

Lions and Tigers and Bobcats, oh my!

“Yeah, it’s corny… but the theme of this year’s Gala was “There’s no place like Bates”. Thank you, Bates College, for making my last Gala extremely sentimental. Heck, I even wore red shoes and clicked my heels together throughout the night. Needless to say, I greatly enjoyed the whole shebang. I planned ahead, and got [...]