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Racism on campus? Bates College investigating alleged racist incidents involving campus security officer Bates College officials confirmed they have placed the officer on leave pending an investigation after video surfaced the alleged incidents. Author: Zach Blanchard (NEWS CENTER Maine), Griffin Stockford (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 6:11 PM EST March 11, 2021 Updated: 7:17 AM EST March 12, 2021 LEWISTON, Maine — Bates College has launched an...

Read Article LEWISTON — A Bates College campus safety officer has been placed on paid leave pending an outside investigation of an upsetting incident involving a student last week. The college’s newspaper, The Bates Student, said in a story Wednesday that “two safety officers restrained and tackled a first-year student in Rand Hall on Friday night” after responding to a report that some students had violated COVID-19 and alcohol rules. It said a video taken by a witness shows the unnam...

Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on March 10, 2021 The email went out at 10:07 a.m. on Friday, March 13, 2020, from President Clayton Spencer. Due to the surging pandemic, Spencer announced, Bates would immediately suspend in-person classes, asking all 1,700 students — except those granted waivers through petition — to move off campus in preparation for remote learning to begin in 10 days. “My heart goes out to all of our students,” Spencer said. But, “we are at a pivotal momen...

Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on February 24, 2021 During spring and summer 2019, as crews excavated for the foundation of the new Bonney Science Center, they removed a stunning amount of ancient blue-gray marine clay — more than 10,000 cubic yards, according to an estimate from subcontractor Gendron & Gendron. We watched captivated as excavating machines scooped and scraped the clay, all clingy, sculptural, and glistening like unappetizing Jell-O. For weeks on end, a procession of ...

Bates Communications Published on January 15, 2021 Kathryn Tibbetts Gates ‘91 was having supper in old Commons when a friend burst into the dining hall and shouted, “We’re at war!” At that moment, Gates had two thoughts: Her friend had entered through the exit door, so her automatic response was, “You can’t come in this way — you’ll get in trouble.” Her second: “I will always remember this moment.” Such was the seismic surreality of Jan. 16, 1991, when the U.S. wen...