Blog: Telegraham
Home State: Kentucky
Year: 2009
Top five Bates traditions
5. Snowshoeing to class
4. Boccee ball around campus or on the beach all day during Short Term
3. Sharing a three hour long dinner in Commons with
friends, because some nights it’s just too cold to leave
2. Puddle Jump
1. Catching up with old friends and meeting the new
freshman during the all student run AESOP program
Blog: Naimas Nook
Home State: Illinois
Year: 2010
Top 5 things to do on a Sunday morning
5. Snag a good study spot for sunday night
4. Take a stroll down lisbon st. and get a little lost
3. Hike up mt. david and enjoy the scenery
2. Skip brunch in commons and cook with friends
1. Sleep in
Blog: A View from Page
Home State: New York
Year: Sophomore 2011
Top 5 places to catch a nap
5. 3rd floor of the library … comfy chairs and slience … what could be better?
4. Couch in the New Dorm … Comfortable couches and flat screen TV’s … enough said.
3. In the quad … Not an option all-year round but a quick cat-nap under a tree in the fall is incredible
2. Pettingill Hall … A quiet study area to catch some z’s
1. Your Bed … Sometimes a nap on your bed is just what the doctor ordered
Blog: Brother Phillips
Home State: Pennsylvania
Year: 2010
Top 5 Courses taken at Bates
5. Philosophy of Mind
4. Africana thought and practice
3. Introduction to Ethics: Moral Luck
2. Introduction to African American Studies
1. White Redemption: Cinema and the Co-optation of African American History
Blog: Stealthy Secrets
Home State: Connecticut
Year: 2009
Top 5 Places To People Watch
5. The couches in the Ronj
4. The benches outside the library
3. Frye Street on a Friday night
2. Frye Street on a Saturday night
1. Commons
Blog: Chaws Paw Print
Home State: California
Year: 2011
Top 5 ways to be Creative at Commons
5. Make an egg sandwich by using the scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon and an english muffin
4. The Concoction: Frosted Flakes, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, marshmallows, chocolate chips, and put it in the microwave.
3. Take any type of meat (grilled chicken, turkey, fish) and put it in a salad in order to jazz up an ordinary salad.
2. Make your own McFlurry by using the ice cream and Oreos, mini
M&Ms, and any type of cereal or granola
1. Take a piece of Pita and make your own pizza (pesto, sun dried
tomatoes, cheese, spinach) and put it in the toaster.
Blog: Lewis in Lewiston
Home State: New York
Year: 2009
Top 5 Reasons to Love Lewiston:
5) Guthrie’s makes the biggest, tastiest burritos for $6!
4) The Falls are really awesome when the water is high
3) Cafe Bon Bon is killer, complete with “Trivial Pursuit” and croissants
2) Thorncraig Bird Sanctuary is b-e-a-utiful
1) Two excellent theaters: The Public Theater, and the Community Little Theater
What’s not to love?
