LEWISTON — Bates College President Clayton Spencer blasted a controversial tax measure Tuesday that Congress appears poised to pass this month as “an assault on educational opportunity.” Spencer said the $71 billion the bill would take from higher education would hurt students, families and America’s colleges and universities. It would also undermine “the engine of […]
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Bates College lecturer, longtime fan on 'Jeopardy' Tuesday night
LEWISTON — A week before his “Jeopardy” taping, Ian Shin got to work, boning up on sports, pop culture and skimming 30-plus years of questions and answers. So did it pay off? That answer comes Tuesday night. Shin, 33, a post-doctoral fellow and history lecturer at Bates College, started watching “Jeopardy” as a child with his […]
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Another snowstorm headed for Maine
[media-credit name=”WGME” align=”aligncenter” width=”1024″][/media-credit] People throughout the state spent Sunday digging out from the season’s first significant snowstorm, but Mainers shouldn’t get too comfortable because another storm packing plenty of snow is heading this way Tuesday. And that storm will be followed by another challenge: A bitter Arctic cold front will envelop all of the […]
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Colleges: Maine hockey, CMCC women's basketball, bates men earn wins
HAMDEN, Conn. — Sophomore forward Patrick Shea scored with 24 seconds remaining in the game to lift the Maine Black Bears to a 5-3 win and a weekend sweep over the Quinnipiac Bobcats on Saturday. Cédric Lacroix added an empty netter to clinch the win. The Black Bears scored three times in the second period […]
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Colby College edges Bates College in women's basketball tilt
LEWISTON — Thornton Academy grad Katie McCrum led all players with 19 points on 9-of-14 shooting to lead the visiting Colby Mules past Bates College 58-47 at Alumni Gym on Tuesday. One of those made baskets was a 3-pointer for McCrum, who also hauled in nine rebounds and dished out three assists while forcing four […]
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Bates College students tell Susan Collins to fight for 'Dreamers'
LEWISTON — Four Bates College students sat beside the counter in U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ office Monday as part of nationwide effort to press members of Congress to approve legal status to young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. “We’re not too threatening,” senior Courtney Foster said. As junior Haley Crim and […]
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Davenport scores 1,000th point, leads Bates College past UMaine-Augusta
Bates College’s Nina Davenport looks back over her shoulder after sinking a basket giving her 1000 career points during a game against UMA on Friday night at Bates College. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Nina Davenport launched a 3-point attempt right out of the gates in Friday’s women’s college basketball game against the University of […]
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Volunteering at PAL Center in Auburn
Bates College sophomore Priscila Guillen shoots basketball with Bari Monday, 9, at the PAL Center in Auburn on Friday. Guillen volunteers at the center three days each week. Monday is a fourth-grader at Washburn Elementary School. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)
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Bates students present restaurant research for Somali Bantu farmers
LEWISTON — If all goes well, Lewiston will be home to a new Somali Bantu farm-to-table restaurant, which will provide traditional food from Somalia made with fresh and locally sourced ingredients. A Bates College anthropology class has been working with two local nonprofit groups to research the viability of a farm-to-table Somali Bantu restaurant […]
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Glass named UMF director of advancement
FARMINGTON — Marc Glass, director of advancement communications at Bates College in Lewiston, will become director of advancement at the University of Maine at Farmington effective Jan. 2, according to UMF President Kathryn Foster. Glass will direct the university’s fundraising, stewardship and alumni engagement efforts. In addition to leading the Office of Alumni Development, he […]