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Bates College SCARAB The Bates Student Archives and Special Collections 4-4-2018 The Bates Student - volume 148 number 18 - April 4, 2018 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: https://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student The Bates Student THE VOICE OF BATES COLLEGE SINCE 1873 WEDNESDAY April 4, 2018 Vol. 148, Issue. 18 Lewiston, Maine FORUM ARTS & LEISURE SPORTS Ayesha Sharma ’18 Ariel Abonizio Sarah Roth- explores the intersection ’20 reviews mann ‘19 talks between southern food the 2018 to the men’s and and racism. Spring Dance women’s row- Concert. ing teams about their plans for the spring season. See Page 2 See Page 5 See Page 8 Inside Sports: Inside Forum: Baseball Splits Games A Call for BCB Against Bowdoin Transparency Historically, clubs receiving the DANIELLE FOURNIER most funding have been WRBC, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Outing Club, Club Frisbee (Wom- en’s and Men’s), Club Skiing, and The Budgets & Clubs Board the Equestrian Team. (BCB) is the governing body for One critical element missing all club funding on campus. There from the budget process is specific are currently 94 active clubs and feedback from BCB to clubs for the great majority receive funding budget cuts. When BCB does not through BCB. The ten members of approve requested funding, its ex- BCB are students selected through planation often does not enable an interview process by the Com- clubs to understand the cuts and mittee Selection Board. I served improve their budget processes. as BCB Chair from January 2017 BCB does provide line-by-line notes through January 2018 and helped on items it opts not to fund. But, Senior captain Jake Shapiro ‘18 helped the Bobcats cap off game two against Bowdoin with a win. implement many changes during the feedback is generally opaque. A THEOPHIL SYSLO/BATES COLLEGE my tenure, but there is still a great common justification is: “Funding need for better structure and trans- for particular event cut due to the DiVencenzo ’18 singled to left field. first game, DiVencenzo saved the parency. need for greater discretionary cuts MAX PETRIE Next up was Kyle Carter ’20, who Bobcats from a potential bases clear- Clubs are required to renew an- to all budgets.” This ambiguous line ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR also singled. After another single ing hit by Polar Bear Colby Joncas. nually with BCB to continue as an is a catch-all that fails to give the by Dan Trulli ’19 and a sacrifice DiVencenzo made an outstanding active club for the following aca- transparent and student-centered The Bates baseball team played bunt by Jack Arend ’20, Bates had diving catch to end the inning and demic year. “We like to meet with feedback BCB should provide. a three-game series against Bowdoin runners on second and third with helped the Bobcats get back into each club to discuss their budget for Another missed opportunity to Friday, March 30 and Saturday, one out. Zach Avila ’20 delivered, the game. Although this play was the upcoming year so we can better improve the club funding process March 31 opening up their NES- grounding out but bringing in Cart- not enough to help Bates earn the understand what they want to do is under the control of Bates Col- CAC play for the spring. They lost er to tie the game. Unfortunately, win, it was definitely a highlight as a club,” said Willy Anderson ’19 lege Student Government (BCSG), on Friday by a score of 3-1, and then Bowdoin scored a run in the top of of the game. DiVencenzo, Arend, BCB Chair of Allocations. Alloca- which reviews and votes on all ex- dropped the first game on Saturday the eighth to take back the lead, and and Trulli all tallied doubles in the tions are a chance for clubs to show penditures made by BCB. BCB 4-3 in extra innings. In this game, the Bobcats could not answer in the off the work they have done all year is a sub-committee of BCSG, but they were down 3-1 heading into bottom of the inning. See BASEBALL, long. Making the structure of this BCSG oversight is essentially a rub- the seventh inning, when Connor During the sixth inning of the PAGE 7 process more transparent and more ber stamp. Remarkably, BCSG has formal would benefit all concerned. not denied nor formally reviewed The Office of Campus Life dic- a single decision made by BCB in tates the amount of money BCB the last three academic years. This has available to distribute annually system of supposed checks and bal- Bates Community Discusses to student clubs. However, Cam- ances is clearly not functioning as pus Life does not have this infor- intended because there is never a mation prepared in time for spring substantive review of BCB decisions club budget allocations. When BCB by the BCSG assembly. One reason Stigma Surrounding Opioid Crisis makes initial allocation decisions, for this may be that BCSG has no as it did from March 24 to 28 this criteria for evaluation or approval year, BCB works from a loose target of BCB requests. The process only TRICIA CRIMMINS puts the requests up for a major- NEWS STAFF WRITER of how much money it will have the following school year. Flying some- ity vote by the general assembly. A what blind, BCB make preliminary concrete set of funding parameters Initially used to treat headaches, allocations hoping the figures will be and guidelines for the BCSG as- menstrual cramps, and coughs in the within range of the final budget to sembly members would provide late 1800’s, opioids are at the center be announced in September. Clubs needed framework for club funding of an epidemic that directly or in- do not receive any notification of approval. directly involves all Americans. The funding prior to the second week of national opioid crisis is racialized, school in September, at which point See BCB stigmatized, and all-encompassing, budgets are given directly to club PAGE 3 and the reaction of the Bates com- leadership and never published to munity has a multitude of conse- Forum meets to discuss how to better address the Opioid Crisis in Bates the campus community. quences and implications. and Lewiston/Auburn. JAMES MACDONALD/THE BATES STUDENT Livie Gilbert ’19 and Jon Shee- han ’19 hosted a forum on the sub- Many of the stigmas discussed are not. Inside Arts: ject on Wednesday, March 28. The during the forum focused on how, Attendees of the forum also forum, titled “The Opioid Crisis: and who, opioid users are stereo- spoke about the assumption of nor- How Stigma is Shaping Our Com- typically perceived to be. Put simply, mality when addressing opioid us- munity’s Response,” functioned it is widely believed that drugs are age. Some health professionals and as a way to educate members of “bad,” and that doing drugs makes members of the Bates community An Interview the Bates community and involve one a “bad” and “stupid” person. At- immediately assume that students them in dialogue surrounding the tendees of the forum discussed the are not misusing opioids. However, epidemic. Many attendees expressed converse as well, that “good” and the crisis could be better addressed interest in learning more about the “smart” people cannot be addicted by assuming that everyone either with a Bates opioid crisis and its implications, to drugs. could or could not be. Assuming the while others identified themselves as Both stigmas have lasting and latter acknowledges that we are all personally affected by the crisis. detrimental consequences concern- equally susceptible to drug and sub- Sheehan explained that the goal ing the way we react to drug use in stance misuse. Forum attendees ex- Alumnae: of the forum was not to “come up our community. When we believe pressed that being cognizant of that with hardline policy ideas” or “a that “smart” people cannot be ad- reality incentivizes members of our solution,” but stressed the impor- dicted to drugs, we bypass the op- community to pay attention to the tance of an open conversation about portunity to monitor each other’s behaviors of those around us. Abigail the topic. Gilbert and Sheehan ex- harmful drug use. The discussion in Unfortunately, stigma runs pressed the harrowing reality that the forum revolved around the idea rampant in discussions surround- the opioid crisis is relevant to every- that, just because someone doesn’t ing sobriety and rehabilitation from one. We are a part of the crisis, both seem like the type of person that as Americans and as inhabitants of would misuse drugs, does not mean Abbott ’17 See OPIOIDS, PAGE 4 Lewiston. they will not or, more immediately, gramming that we do here at the HANNAH PALACIOS museum. I help him with all the STAFF WRITER outreach to local K-12 schools, for example at Auburn Middle School we go in and do week-long print- Sure, it’s posted on the face of making workshops, and we’ll also Mariam Jalabi Reminds Us “We every Bates brochure; job outcomes offer workshops throughout the after graduation from Bates College school year here at Bates. That’s are near perfect. A staggering 99.5% one part of my job, and then I also of the class of 2017 reported being work on reaching out to Bates stu- Are Part of a Global Village” settled. But do we actually see this dents. I am trying to figure out ways affect back on campus? In my expe- to get students more involved with is the UN Representative of the Syr- cloth.