It won’t be playing for a conference championship this season, but Bates College football does have a shot at a different title with a victory over Bowdoin College on Saturday. After a thrilling 34-28 victory over Colby in overtime during homecoming last weekend, the Bobcats can win the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin title outright if they defeat the […]
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Bates researchers study climate through clams
LEWISTON (AP) — The National Science Foundation has awarded $337,228 to a Bates College oceanographer and a geologist to continue climate research based on the shells of clams. Biology professor William Ambrose and geology professor Michael Retelle said they’ll analyze the natural record archived in clamshells over a millennium to plot changes in sea temperature. […]
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Bates College Roundup: Bobcats trying to salvage season
There was plenty of optimism in the Bates College football locker room prior to the start of the season. With a surplus of upperclassmen, the Bobcats had high hopes for a successful year. Five weeks into the season and that optimism has faded following the Bobcats’ 1-4 start, the latest installment a 35-6 thrashing at […]
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Bates College Roundup: Bobcats seek first win against Middlebury since ’88
The last time Bates College football defeated Middlebury College, “Red Red Wine” by UB40 was the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, “The Accused,” starring Kelly McGillis and Jodie Foster, was the top box office film, and the price of gas was a mere $1.03 per gallon. In other words, it’s been a […]
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Face Time: Anthony Shostak – Painter, musician, educator
Anthony Shostak is a painter, an art educator (21 years as the Bates College Museum of Art ‘s curator of education), a father, a cat owner and a musician many times over. Among his instruments, Shostak plays the uilleann bagpipes. His words to the wise: When playing, wear pants. And he’s full of other great […]
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Bobcat Beat: Bates faces stiff test in Wesleyan
Fresh off its first win of the season, Bates football shifts its focus to arguably its toughest competition to date this season when the Bobcats host undefeated Wesleyan University on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Cardinals (3-0) have dominated the Bobcats historically, sporting a 28-4 record all time. Wesleyan defeated Bates 35-7 last year en […]
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Bates College Roundup: Bobcats head home in search of first victory
In their 14-6 season-opening loss to Amherst it was the Bobcats’ offense that struggled. Last week, the defense and special teams units were scorched in a 42-24 loss to Tufts. The Bobcats (0-2) led the Jumbos 17-13 at halftime before yielding 29 points in the second half. Tufts’ Zack Trause returned a kickoff and a […]
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Bates students surveying Auburn neighborhoods for grant program
AUBURN — A group of nine Bates College environmental studies students will be interviewing downtown residents in October, helping to kick off work on a spending priorities plan for federal block grant money. Reine Mynahan, Auburn’s community development director, said the work is part of the five-year consolidated planning process for cities that get money […]
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Red Eddies raising money to aid Dempsey Center
AUBURN — Rakiya Mohamed barely took a breath as she ran through her pitch — selling a coin-like coupon to dinner patrons at Gritty McDuff’s — before bustling back to her team with a smile and a $20 bill. Moments later, other teens arrived holding $5 and $10 bills and bundles of $1 bills for […]