Bates College students Tatum Holley, left, studies for a psychology class Wednesday afternoon on the quad of the Lewiston campus as her friend Sofia Jorgenson takes a break from reading for her anthropology class. Students played, rested and studied on an unusually mild afternoon. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Bates College senior Ruby Cramer does homework Wednesday afternoon in the quad on the Lewiston campus. She and many other students took advantage of the unseasonably warm temperatures to relax, study and play. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal