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Bates College SCARAB The aB tes Student Archives and Special Collections 1-17-2017 The aB tes Student - volume 147 number 10 - January 18, 2017 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: https://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student Recommended Citation Bates College, "The aB tes Student - volume 147 number 10 - January 18, 2017" (2017). This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at SCARAB. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aB tes Student by an authorized administrator of SCARAB. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Bates Student THE VOICE OF BATES COLLEGE SINCE 1873 WEDNESDAY January 18, 2017 Vol. 147, Issue. 10 Lewiston, Maine FORUM ARTS & LEISURE SPORTS Melendez-Cooper ‘17 Lemus ’19 gives the inside Bates’ swim teams questions Commons’ scoop on Sankofa. continue dominant practices. performances. See Page 2 See Page 5 See Page 7 PRESIDENT)SPENCER’S)RESPONSE)TO)OPEN)LETTER)REGARDING)UNDOCUMENTED)STUDENTS) Sankofa production In#early#ecember,#The$Bates$Student#printed#an#open#letter#asking#the#Bates#administration#to# announce#the#measures#we#will#take#to#protect#the#rights#and#status#of#undocumented#students#and# highlights MLK Day seek#“official#status#as#a#sanctuary#campus#for#undocumented#immigrants#living#at#Bates#and#in# ewiston.”#Although#the#letter#referenced#a#petition#to#be#delivered,#I#have#not#yet#received#it.#Because# the#open#letter#was#published#in#the#Student,#however,#I#want#take#advantage#of#the#first#issue#of#the# new#term#to#respond.### I#appreciate#the#initiative#taken#by#students#in#surfacing#issues#relating#to#undocumented#students,#and#I# fully#support#the#call#for#a#vigorous#defense#of#our#fundamental#values#of#inclusion#and#equality#and#for# specific#actions#to#protect#the#safety#and#security#of#all#members#of#the#Bates#community.#I#also#applaud# the#solidarity#expressed#throughout#the#letter#with#the#refugee#communities#in#ewiston#and#Auburn.# I#am#pleased#to#clarify#once#again#how#our#policies#and#practices#with#respect#to#ACA#and# undocumented#students#unequivocally#support#the#goals#set#forth#in#the#open#letter.#And,#as#I#stated#in# my#ovember##message#to#the#community,#I#will#continue#to#speak#out#against#any#present#or# potential#encroachment#on#the#rights#of#any#individuals—including,#but#not#limited#to,#undocumented# students—in#our#community.## With#respect#to#undocumented#students,#some#of#whom#currently#enjoy#the#protections#of#the#eferred# Action#for#Childhood#Arrivals#ACA#program,#we#do#offer,#and#will#continue#to#offer,#the#following# actions#and#protections# • We#will#continue#to#welcome#applications#from#all#students#without#regard#to#their#immigration# status,#and#applications#for#admission#from#ACA#and#undocumented#students#will#be#treated# the#same#as#those#from#domestic#students.# • We#will#continue#to#offer#ACA#and#undocumented#students#institutional,#needbased#financial# aid,#and,#as#with#all#students,#we#will#meet#the#full#demonstrated#financial#need#of#any#admitted# student.# • We#will#not#release#any#information#about#students#citienship#or#immigration#status#to#any# third#party#or#government#agency#unless#legally#compelled#to#do#so.# Students perform in the Sanfoka production on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. • We#will#not#take#any#voluntary#action#that#would#put#any#student#at#risk#solely#because#of#their# PHYLLIS GRABER JENSEN/BATES COLLEGE immigration#status.# tion of symbol-making as a stylized • We#will#continue#to#work#with#colleges#and#universities#across#the#nation#in#collective#action# NICO LEMUS heart or as a bird in forward motion, STAFF WRITER aimed#at#upholding,#continuing,#and#expanding#ACA#and#its#associated#protections.### reaching behind with an egg held in • We#will#continue#to#work#with#our#state#and#local#communities#to#support,#and#counter# its beak. Tese signifers all refer to discrimination#against,#local#residents#who#are#immigrants#to#our#community.# Sankofa is a word from the Twi the idea of return and recollection, refection on the past as to learn • We#will#continue#to#operate#by#the#following#protocol#with#respect#to#our#epartment#of# language spoken by the Ashanti people of Ghana that translates to for the future. Sankofa means that Security#and#Campus#Safety#Our#officers#do#not#and#will#not#inquire#about#any#students# English as “return and fetch it,” but whatever has been lost or forgotten citienship#or#immigration#status.#This#is#a#longstanding#policy#that#will#continue#in#force.# also referring to a much longer prov- or left can be revived and brought to erb: it is not wrong to go back for light; from bringing past to present that which you have forgotten. Te one can learn to advance armed with See PRESIDENT SPENCER’S RESPONSE, PAGE 3 word can also be expressed as a glyph See SANKOFA, PAGE 5 within the Ashanti Adinkra tradi- New year, old ways for the Bates examines Bates Men’s Basketball Team “Reparations” ates ens basketba tea reeed o seen consecutie Bates cancels classes to hold workshops in ictories on their wa to a record in conerence a honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Students attended workshops and talks with the theme “Reparations.“ PHYLLIS GRABER JENSEN/BATES COLLEGE Urban America.” MARIAM HAYRAPETYAN Tere were multiple workshops ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR ofered during the day with difer- Marcus Delpeche ‘17 defends against Hamilton. JOHN NEUFELD/THE BATES STUDENT ent and diverse topics; one such On Monday, January 16, Bates workshop was entitled “Addressing colm Delpeche ‘17, and guard Quin Farmingdale State and Framingham cancelled all classes in honor of Mar- the Earliest Educational Injustices: GERALD NELSON Leary ‘17 each put up 11 points. Te State, respectively. Te frst game tin Luther King Jr. Day and ofered How Unconscious Bias Feeds the STAFF WRITER Bobcats had one of their best shoot- took place Dec. 29th. Marcus domi- students multiple workshops, talks, Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline” and ing performances from beyond the nated, tallying 27 points and 17 and performances with the theme was led by Christopher Northrop, Clinical Professor at the University Bates started of their winter arc, shooting 44%. Tey also had a rebounds, and brother Malcolm fol- “Reparations.” Te activities began of Maine School of Law; Caroline break schedule on the right foot season low in turnovers with just six. lowed with a near double-double of with a discussion entitled “Repara- Wilshusen, Associate Dean for with a 68-58 win over Saint Joseph’s Te Bobcats continued their 14 points and nine rebounds. Fellow tions 101” and a Keynote speaker, Admissions at the law school; and College of Maine. Marcus Delpeche good play at the NYU’s Men’s Bas- Khalil Gibran Muhammad who is an educator and author of “Te ‘17 led the team with 15 points ketball Classic in New York City. See MEN’S BASKETBALL, PAGE 8 See MLK JR. DAY, PAGE 4 and added three blocked shots to Tey went undefeated in the two- Condemnation of Blackness: Race, his stat line. His twin brother, Mal- day tournament, taking down Crime, and the Making of Modern Forum 2 The Bates Student January 18, 2017 The right to know: nutrition, The melting Commons, and you “squash” pot information on dishes can be detri- formation. Nutritional information ADRIAN MELENDEZ-COOPER mental to those who are struggling need not be conspicuous or ostenta- CONTRIBUTING WRITER with food and body image issues tious (though it should be!). As long his best game of squash, but car- DARRIUS CAMPBELL ries the burden of playing top of we have chosen not to post this in- as it were available in a discreet page STAFF WRITER To make completely informed formation. If you are interested in online, the nutritionally conscious the ladder with ferceness because he never goes down without a fght nutritional choices, people need ac- checking the ingredients in a recipe, could still access it while Bates Din- Te Bates Squash team contin- cess to detailed and comprehensive the recipes are available at the sta- ing maintains its veil of ignorance and some cheesecake. On and of ues to be one of the better teams court Mahmoud Yousry ’20 (Egypt) information about the food that tions during meals. over students they judge as too deli- on campus and it is not because of they consume every day. Did you catch that? Bates Din- cate to know the truth. is a powerhouse, but listening to his our successful record. Rather, the philosophical views on life is even Tis is not possible at Bates. We ing has “chosen” not to post calorie Solving this problem would not integration of people from difer- are a school lauded for our excel- and nutritional information. Te need to be a one-way street either. more impressive. Captain Spencer ent backgrounds with a common Burt ’17 (OR) defnitely improved lent tasting and nutritious dining word “choice” confrms that our Students could help in this process goal. Former captains Lauren Wil- program and for having one of the current blindness is not an inciden- by either donating our time or mon- the most and is using his conf- liams ’16 (Zimbabwe) and Caran dence, ftness, and determination to best vegan bars in the country. We tal or administrational accident, but ey. On the technological front, savvy Arora ’16 (India) started a trend of have implemented a myriad of ft- instead a deliberate policy of nutri- students could help integrate with breakdown any opponent he plays. bringing both the women and men Graham Bonnell ’20 (CT) is the ness programs and sponsored out- tional ignorance. And the reason? apps like “MyFitnessPal” and “Lose squash teams together through so- door activities (for both faculty and To spare the hurt feelings of those it!” which would make tracking nu- smartest player on the court in my cial gatherings in order to unify our opinion and as a result his oppo- students); we fund dozens of varsity, members of our community who tritional goals a breeze.