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Volume 127, Number 5 - October 3, 1997   
 
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 |  | 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'tRA talks of ramps, meetings, seating committees
 Czech nation builder to speak at Bates
 Health Center offers variety of services
 
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 |  | 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 scenePosters 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
 
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 |  | 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 yesLunch 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
 
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 |  | 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
 
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 |  | 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 fishBates and athletics: one senior's view
 Bates and athletics: a first-year's perspective
 Sports Scoreboard
 
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|  |  | Question on the Quad What's the ugliest thing on campus?
 
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