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The Bates Student THE VOICE OF BATES COLLEGE SINCE 1873 WEDNESDAY March 8, 2017 Vol. 147, Issue. 14 Lewiston, Maine FORUM ARTS & LEISURE SPORTS Katherine Gaillard Ariel Abonizio ’20 explains Sports editors ‘19 discusses the how a regular basement Griffn Golden ‘19 underrepresentation of becomes an art gallery. and Jamo Karsten women in politics. ‘17 offer their predictions for Bates’ spring sports teams. See Page 2 See Page 5 See Page 7 Get out there and travel “Te moral Of-Campus Study Ofce provides opportunities for Batesies to study abroad. imperative of revolt” Tuesday’s lecture was delivered by journalist Chris Hedges. edes seas aot the role of lieral instittions in holdin morals CHRISTINA PERRONE/THE BATES STUDENT of Commerce, wrote a confdential CHRISTINA PERRONE memorandum that was a blueprint STAFF WRITER for conservative corporations to Few have been as politically reclaim America for the chamber. active as Chris Hedges, an accom- Hedges states that the Powell Memo plished Pulitzer Prize-winning jour- was “a reaction to the opening up of nalist and ordained Presbyterian American Democracy in the 1960s.” minister. Bates invited the author to Now, according to Hedges, “Trump campus on the Tuesday before Feb- is a prophet of that coup d’etat. Be- ates stdents sto y the ffams tdy ffce to tal aot aroad otions ruary Break to talk about his recent cause what happened in that four JOHN NEUFELD/THE BATES STUDENT book, Wages of Rebellion: Te Mor- decade long period was that the al Imperative of Revolt, and about liberal institutions themselves were are also opportunities through the experience,”says Marina Dickson how we have reached this predica- hollowed out and became façades... NICO BARDIN Bates Fall Semester Abroad program ‘17 who spent her sophomore fall the foundations are being eroded.” MANAGING NEWS EDITOR ment in our country. and various short-term courses for semester in Vienna, Austria. “You Last Tuesday, Betsy DeVos was Tese liberal institutions include students to spend time away from get to spend time with Bates pro- nominated as the education secre- the press, universities, and courts. In Of the many learning and grow- campus. fessors whose quality of teaching is tary. DeVos is a proponent of anti- reference to Noam Chomsky, an ac- ing opportunities accessible to Bates Te Bates Of-Campus Study better than what you fnd in most disestablishmentarian school vouch- tivist, psychologist and philosopher, students during their four years on Ofce works to include all class abroad academic programs,” Dick- ers and the growth of for-proft Hedges said, “But those liberal insti- campus, the option to spend a se- years in the range of programs they son added. schools that harm the United States’ tutions...worked as a kind of safety mester away is perhaps one of the provide. Te Bates Fall Semester In addition, students who wish public school system. As Hedges valve. Tey were a mechanism in most valuable and sought after. For Abroad, unbeknownst to many stu- to experience of-campus study but said, “she will dismantle and defund times of distress, economic break- students who wish to experience dents, is actually open to frst-years, may be reluctant to spend a whole one of the crown jewels of American down in the 1930s, could ameliorate a semester in a new place, or for as well as sophomores, juniors, and semester away from campus may be democracy, and that is our system of the suferer, address the grievances.” those who are simply exhausted by seniors. Should students be enticed enticed by the various short-term public education. And I’m going to Te liberal institution is a favor the never-ending Maine winter, the by the opportunity, frst-years may courses with of-campus study com- talk a little bit tonight about how we or advantage granted or expected in Of-Campus Study Ofce provides spend their frst semester at Bates ponents. Tese of-campus study got to where we are.” return for something. Tis is because a range of study abroad programs abroad with other Bates students programs are designed to allow stu- Hedges believes that Trump is these institutions set the boundaries that aim to include all class years. and professors. Te Bates Fall Se- dents to remain on campus for a few a product of forty years. It began in Te Of-Campus Study Ofce mester Abroad also fulflls the weeks of short-term, while also trav- 1971, when Lewis Powell, who was provides three opportunities for General Education Concentration eling domestically and/or interna- then an attorney for the Chamber See CHRIS HEDGES, PAGE 4 Bates students to venture of-cam- (GEC) academic requirement, elim- tionally to gain learning experience pus for studies and travels. While inating the tedious need to fulfll a pertinent to their respective short- most students are familiar with the GEC at a later point. term course. traditional semester abroad, which “Te Bates FSA has many Trough inclusion of these three either occurs during the fall or perks that are not normally found spring semester of junior year, there in a traditional study abroad See TRAVEL ABROAD, PAGE 4 A glimpse into Bates sees the light- the six percent Each year, six percent of students leave Bates — often in search of a new Moonlight, that is school. I talked to three of them. HALLEY POSNER says for transfer admission. With all WILL MURRAY of these components of the appli- MANAGING ARTS&LEISURE EDITOR ASSISTANT FORUM EDITOR cation, on top of a four-class Bates course load, transferring can require Chiron: in Greek mythology he “One week really hurt my months of work. is the famed tutor responsible for room.” Anonymous ‘20 laughs, as So, what isn’t working for these teaching some of the great heroes, she pushes open the door to her students? from Achilles to Hercules, Teseus room. Understandably, the reasons dif- to Jason. But the Bates campus At frst glance, her room appears fer. While some transfer students learned on Wednesday, March 1 like that of any other Bates student. seek out a particular major not of- that Chiron could also refer to the Clothing is strewn across the foor, fered at Bates, others yearn to escape protagonist in Barry Jenkins’ Acade- band posters scatter across the wall a part of campus culture. For Anon- my Award winning flm, Moonlight. above her unmade bed, and a Keurig ymous, her reasons were largely so- Jointly put on by Filmboard and the machine sits on the bureau in the cial: “I thought I wasn’t ftting in, Ofce of Intercultural Education corner, enshrined with a multitude as I am normally a friendly person.” (OIE), the Moonlight screening and of empty K-Cups. On her crowded Citing this aspect social life as a ma- discussion afterwards was a way for desk, however, something stands jor reason for her transfer, Anony- the Bates community to experience out. Sandwiched between Te Pic- mous continues: “I knew that I was the flm and then have a safe space tdents sit enratred y the flm ture of Dorian Gray and Te Bell friendly to begin with, so it couldn’t in which to unpack their feelings, JAMES MACDONALD/THE BATES STUDENT Jar, is the hallmark blue-and-green be that.” questions, or concerns. binding which any recent high Having just clicked the submit In this flm, the audience fol- showing Moonlight very briefy last she is very familiar with my studio school graduate knows all too-well: button on the Common Applica- lows Chiron through his life and semester. I had never heard of the art thesis work…My body of work Te Fiske Guide to Colleges: 2017. tion, Anonymous gave me a glimpse gets to see all the pivot points and flm, but looked up a few trailers in photography and video explores With the recent deadline of into what it’s like being fresh out of experiences that result in his adult and reviews, and thought it would ways to rethink and re-present no- March 1 for many transfer students, the transfer process. To hear from persona. Split into three parts, the be great to show at Bates.” tions of black masculinity; focusing Anonymous has just submitted ap- the other end of the process, I spoke movie follows a fairly simply chron- After the screening, the audi- a lot on tenderness and vulnerabil- plications to three colleges: Tufts, with Maddie Lang ‘20, a spring se- ological trajectory, posing hard-hit- ence was invited to stay for a dis- ity, both with oneself and with oth- Brown, and Yale. mester transfer currently at the Mi- ting questions with thought provok- cussion facilitated by Calvin Reedy ers.” Reedy was able to use his thesis Transferring, as she tells me, ami University in Ohio. ing themes. ’17 and Rhetoric Professor Charles knowledge base as a springboard is by no means a simple process. Lang’s reasons, on the other Maddie Auvinen ’17, a bio- I. Nero. Reedy, an Art & Visual to help propel, steer, and assist the Transfer students must go through hand, largely revolved around the chemistry major and President of Culture major, often frequents the conversation taking place after the all the basic steps of the college- size of Bates.