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Volume 127, Number 5 - October 3, 1997
 

 

News

Fair grades or grade inflation?
Is a Dean's List GPA at Bates worth the transcript it's printed on? Keri Fox and Eric Wei look at the facts and figures behind grade inflation at Bates.

Posters disappear, hate crimes don't
RA talks of ramps, meetings, seating committees
Czech nation builder to speak at Bates
Health Center offers variety of services

 
 

Forum

Religion and Faith at Bates College
Rosh Hashanah: while some professors and students call off classes, most of Bates is oblivious. How accommodating can Bates be when it comes to the observance of religious holidays?

Student Disillusioned with Bates dating scene
Posters are destroyed by urination
Editorial: Behind the friendly facade, a hidden fear
Letter: Accountability for accessibility
Letter: Support for accessibility
Letter: A matter of responsibility
Letter: Student featured in article on offensiveness attacks editor
Letter: Class members speak out about article on offensiveness
Letter: Psychology major defends Wagner
Letter: Alumni-in-Residence update

 
 

Features

Religion at Bates: public or private?
Is Bates tolerant of openly religious students? If so, why is there such a silence on issues of religion and spirituality at Bates?

Life at Bates after Bates? Alumni employees say yes
Lunch at Austin's: Patrick Rivers on being the NKOTB, only cooler
Bitter Maine resident on the "plate debate"
Greasy snacks or a double latte: the Ronj vs. the Den

 
 

The Arts

Blues Traveler to play Lewiston
Still reeling from the Indigo Girls' recent visit, Lewiston will soon play host to the Grammy-winning foursome at the Central Maine Civic Center. That's not a misprint -- two big-name bands will indeed visit Lewiston in the same calendar year.

Hopkins and Baldwin teeter on "The Edge"
George Clinton releases double disc
Robinson Players contemplate lost love and life
Arts in Maine

 
 

Sports

Bobcat soccer: armed and dangerous
A crop of new stars on offense makes this year's Bates soccer teams an exciting draw.

Men's cross country races for bowl of fish
Bates and athletics: one senior's view
Bates and athletics: a first-year's perspective
Sports Scoreboard

 
 
Question on the Quad
What's the ugliest thing on campus?

 
 
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