In between their important slalom runs at the U.S. Alpine Championships, the Bates College skiers competing at Sugarloaf … went skiing. “It’s been great,” Bobcats junior Hannah Johnson said. Bates was well-represented at the U.S. Alpine Championships with five skiers competing: Johnson, Kelsey Chenoweth, Sierra Ryder, Brielle Antonelli and Michael Cooper. “It almost feels like […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Stiegler gets Sugarloaf redemption
Resi Stieger, center, is interviewed after her win. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Resi Stiegler had unfinished business with Sugarloaf. At the 2006 U.S. Alpine Championships, Stiegler stumbled in her final run of the slalom and finished second behind Kaylin Richardson. “I was first here in Sugarloaf and straddled on the second run, and so I kind […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Carrabassett Valley Academy trio takes on Nationals
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sam Conzelman, Emma Kearing and Rylee McCormack gave Carrabassett Valley Academy bragging rights by qualifying for the U.S. Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf. “This was our goal, and it’s so cool that all three of us made it,” Kearing said. “We’re the only academy that has three girls in this.” Making the U.S. […]
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Campus Notes: Lewiston graduate Harris earns Big Ten award
Lewiston High School graduate Isaiah Harris was named Big Ten Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year last week. The Penn State sophomore earned the award with his second straight Big Ten title in the 800-meter run at the Big Ten championships, finishing in 1 minute, 47.23 seconds. He also Anchored the Nittany Lions’ conference-champion […]
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Women's Lacrosse: Trinity triumphs over Bates
Bates’ Teal Otley, left, passes to a teammate cutting across the middle while be defended by Trinity’s Clara Nowlan as goalie Zoe Ferguson looks on during Saturday’s game in Lewiston. LEWISTON — The Bates women’s lacrosse team had its shot at knocking off the No. 2 ranked team in the nation, but the Bobcats missed […]
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Documentary on prison degree program to show at Bates
LEWISTON — Bates College will screen “First Degree” as part of its College Guild chapter, which helps prison inmates earn college degrees. Sam Boss, assistant director of the Community-Engaged Learning and Research Program, said the school’s partnership with the College Guild began last year. “We offered students in professor Cynthia Baker’s religious studies course on […]
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Marsden Hartley’s Maine. Finally.
Marsden Hartley loved Maine. And hated Maine. He created here, but his fame as one of America’s greatest modernist painters came from the artwork he did in Europe. In his later years, he wanted to be known as the painter of Maine. But in the 73 years since his death, no major exhibition has ever […]
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Bates College president ‘appalled’ by Trump’s immigration order
LEWISTON — Some members of the Bates College community may be feeling the impact of President Donald Trump’s executive order that limits immigration by refugees and people from seven majority Muslim countries. “I am appalled by the executive order and the inhumane manner in which it is being implemented,” college President Clayton Spencer wrote in […]
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Live Video: Bates College Puddle Jump
Bates College students jump into Lake Andrews at Bates College in Lewiston on Friday as part of the annual Puddle Jump.