Among the hardware are five NCAA runner-up trophies won in succession by the women’s rowing team from the 2008-09 season through the 2012-13 campaign. And they aren’t there by accident. They are a product of hard work during the offseason that allows both the men’s and women’s teams to be physically ready for the season, even […]
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Auburn woman sues Bates College; says ‘chick flicks’ were expected
AUBURN — A local woman is suing Bates College charging sex and disability discrimination stemming from her brief employment as the college president’s executive assistant during which she says she was expected to jog, take tennis lessons and watch “chick flicks” with her boss. A spokesman for the Lewiston college said the college strongly denies […]
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College basketball: Bates women’s coach Murphy retires
LEWISTON — One of the most most recognizeable faces of Bates College Athletics is turning in his whistle and clipboard in favor of retirement as this school years winds down. Jim Murphy, who has guided the women’s basketball team at Bates for 21 years, and who also coached the women’s soccer team for 16 seasons, […]
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Women’s lacrosse: Bobcats cage Camels in final home game
LEWISTON — Junior Moriah Greenstein scored four goals and senior Emma Getsinger added three more as the Bates women’s lacrosse team downed Connecticut College 15-8 Saturday in NESCAC action at Garcelon Field. Four players scored multiple goals for the Bobcats (6-7, 2-6 NESCAC). Lacey Hale led the Camels (2-8, 0-6) with two goals. The game […]
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Activist working against sex-trafficking speaks at Bates
LEWISTON — Eighteen years ago, journalist Ruchira Gupta uncovered the horrors of sex-trafficking in India. Girls as young as 9 were kidnapped, drugged and forced into prostitution. Some stayed because they were beaten and brutalized. Others stayed because they had nowhere else to go and no help if they got away. Gupta’s documentary, “The Selling […]
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College Swimming: Bates sending program-record 12 swimmers to NCAAs
The Bobcats’ men’s and women’s swimming and diving team rewrote the history books this year after doing much of the same last season. After sending a then-program record five swimmers to the NCAA Championships in 2014, Bates shattered that mark this year as 12 Bobcats will make the trip down to Shenandoah, Texas for the 2015 […]
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Men’s college lacrosse: Bates fends off Roger Williams, 13-8
LEWISTON — There was no place like home for the Bates College men’s lacrosse team Wednesday. With temperatures soaring past 50 degrees, it was a wonderful day for a home game. Garcelon Field was a gorgeous green, and mountains of snowbanks surrounded the field. The Bobcats wanted to savor every moment of their final outing […]
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College roundup: Bates men’s lacrosse falls to No. 13 Amherst
Moroney led the Jeffs (1-0, 1-0 NESCAC) with three goals and one assist, while Kane Haffey added two scores. Dylan Park and Mike Litner contributed a goal and an assist apiece. Cody Tranbarger made 15 saves in goal for the Jeffs, who outshot the Bobcats 49-36, including a 30-21 edge in shots on goal. Moroney […]
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Portland author speaks at the Language Arts Live series at Bates College
LEWISTON — Spooky coincidence? Certainly. Brock Clarke’s latest novel, after all, follows a Danish cartoonist forced into hiding after his drawing of Muhammad sparks outrage. The parallels to the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris are too striking to ignore. But it would be a mistake to think that ominous timing is the only thing driving Clarke’s […]