LEWISTON – On Sunday morning, the clock on the Bates College campus in Lewiston rang in a new beginning for about 475 graduates, and senior class speaker, Rakiya Mohamed of Auburn, referred to herself and her fellow classmates as “certified world changers.” Of the class in which one of nine students was the first in his or her family […]
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College roundup: Bates women win second straight rowing national title
The Bates College women’s rowing team won its second consecutive NCAA Division III championship in Sarasota, Florida, on Saturday. SARASOTA, Florida — The Bates College women’s rowing team won its second consecutive NCAA Division III championship, and third in four years. Saturday’s national championship was especially sweet, though, because the Bobcats gold medal in both […]
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Bates College pair places high at NCAA Championships
Bates pair scores at NCAA Championships LA CROSSE, Wisconsin — Bates College senior Adedire Fakorede placed fourth in the discuss throw on Thursday at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, winning his third career All-America honor and his first in outdoor competition. And Katherine Cook concluded a year of stunning performances with perhaps […]
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Lewiston’s Kalilwa, two Bobcats heading to NCAA D-III track and field championships
Lewiston High School graduate Adela Kalilwa and a pair of Bates College athletes will compete at the NCAA Division III track and field championships later this week at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The field for all events was announced Saturday. Kalilwa, a sophomore at the University of Southern Maine, has qualified in the triple […]
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An end to student debt?
I write in response to a Sun Journal story (May 12) about Bates students protesting about student debt. Their call for an end to student debt is hard to understand or accept. I was disappointed in both the shallowness of their thoughts and the limits of the article. A college education is a commodity to […]
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Bates to create public art to honor veterans and reflect on war
LEWISTON — Bates College plans for the first time to create some sort of public art on campus to honors its veterans. College President Clayton Spencer said in an open letter Thursday that Bates plans “to create a public space on campus to recognize the service and sacrifice of members of the Bates community who […]
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Bates College previews new science center
LEWISTON — Bates College on Thursday offered the first look at its new science center planned for 45 Campus Ave., a three-story, modern design with large blocks of windows it is calling “the beacon.” The 65,000-square-foot center is slated to break ground next year and to open in 2021. It’s designed to house biology, chemistry […]
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Bates baseball falls to Wesleyan
HARTFORD, Conn. — Senior captain Connor Russell delivered a solid pitching performance on the mound, but the Bates baseball team fell 3-1 to Wesleyan Saturday morning at the NESCAC tournament. Neither team scored through the first four innings. The Bobcats (14-19) threatened in the third with two outs when sophomore Jon Lindgren drew a walk. […]
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Bates students call for an end to student debt
LEWISTON — Sophomore Jaelene Perez, who hails from a low-income family in the South Bronx, said Friday she wonders at the end of each semester at Bates College whether she can afford to return. She said she slogged through this entire academic year without buying a single textbook because she couldn’t afford them. Perez said […]
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Special Olympics track and field events at Bates College
Justin Beliveau, left, a member of the Navigator program for young adults with developmental disabilities, banters with Lewiston police officers Craig Johnson, center, and Patrick Griffin during the Androscoggin County Track and Field Meet at Bates College on Friday morning. Beliveau won first place in his heat of the 200-meter dash. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Oak […]