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The Bates Student THE VOICE OF BATES COLLEGE SINCE 1873 WEDNESDAY March 16, 2016 Vol. 146, Issue. 16 Lewiston, Maine FORUM ARTS & LEISURE SPORTS Two Bates students offer “Our Country’s Good” sets Fay ’17 leads men’s lacrosse differing perspectives on the bar high for future in scoring; Greenstein ’16 the recent tequila party performances, according to continues to lead women’s controversy at Bowdoin Posner ’18 team in assists See Page 2 See Page 5 See Page 8 Faces of Fulbright Four years later with Clayton Spencer Past, current and future Bates Fulbrights Communication, culture, college tuition discussed share their thoughts JULIA MONGEAU EDITOR IN CHIEF This year marks the fourth year President Clayton Spencer has been at Bates. As a way to understand where we are currenly and where we are headed, The Student sat down with the President for an interview. We addressed some of the issues that arose last year, particularly last spring, at Bates. This article has been edited for clarity and length. The Bates Student:Some of the frustration last year surrounded the lack of communication between the students and the administration regarding institutional changes. This is still a lingering concern after some conversation with the students. Students choose to apply for Fulbright scholarships because Bates encour- What steps have you taken to ad- ages community engagement and service. KATIE AILES ‘14/COURTESY PHOTO dress this lingering concern and how President Clayton Spencer talks about the changes at Bates and her plans ties to learn,” Tolosky said. “I think do you think the administration has HANNAH GOLDBERG that it is easy to lose sight of the for the future. ALI MACKAY/THE BATES STUDENT MANAGING NEWS EDITOR improved the line of communica- interconnection between different tion? professional fields that exists. Per- share it. Another example would be As part of a continuation on Clayton Spencer: First of all, I sonally, I do not think I would be as Josh has people over to his orientation. We took a very inten- last week’s article “Bates ranks 3rd think it’s a hugely important issue. It open minded, creative, or adaptive house all the time. The President’s tional approach and said it’s really in 2016 Fulbright ‘Top Producers,’” was clear that we didn’t have it cali- as a physician if I did not try to di- Advisory Committee, which is a not good that students get dropped the Student decided to catch up with brated right last year. The big step is versify my perspective before enter- student group, is headed by Audrey off in different hunks: the students former Batesies on their adventures the new Dean of Students who came ing medical school.” Zafirson. They meet with me on a going to AESOP, the athletes, the abroad, in addition to two recipients in last year, Josh McIntosh. Josh put Tolosky, as a “fellow” at a bi- regular basis. Audrey has organized international students. Let’s get all from this year’s applicant pool. De- together a new organization and lingual school, is currently teaching lunches so I can just have lunch in students here on the same day. Why cisions will continue to come out in a new staff that has much better students ranging from ages 12 to 15. Commons with a small group of should we make students and their the next few weeks, for more Bates communication across all aspects of One of his duties is to hold conver- students. I would say by pervasively families wait in the hot sun for two students are expected to hear back the college. And then we have had sation practice with groups of three trying to stay finger on the pulse hours to get their photo ID made regarding their Fulbright decision. a number of very consultative pro- to four, and he often comes away through contact with students, I feel when you can get those done over These Bobcat scholars share cesses that we’ve run on the Campus with more questions to discuss than like I have a much richer sense of the summer and have a smooth pro- how their experiences at Bates and Culture Working Group, which has he started with. “I learn so much what’s on students’ minds coming cess? Let’s make sure every family with the Fulbright intertwine. students on it. Institutional Plan- from them,” said Tolosky. ning has students on every team, not toward me. I also feel like it’s a great is greeted and stuff is taken up ef- In addition to his studies in Katie Ailes ’14 Scotland just the student centered team. The opportunity to share both formally ficiently into the dorms. I would say Spain through Fulbright, Tolosky is and informally what ideas we have. across the board we’re taking a much Last year, Katie Ailes ’14, was team that’s mostly focused on fac- currently helping with a project in more intentional, better designed, granted Bates’ first ever UK-US Ful- ulty issues has students on it and the rural Peru to build a health clinic BS: Given the recent restructur- and better organized approach to a bright Award for graduate studies, team that’s focused on infrastructure Q’eros. Tolosky will be at Bates ing of administrative staff last year variety of things. where she attended the University of issues has students and resources. alongside Katie Ailes on Monday, [within the Dean of Students Of- Strathclyde to complete her Masters It’s provided an opportunity for stu- March 21, at Noon. fice], what was the end goal of these BS: As you mentioned, we are by Research in England. “Specifical- dents to be involved in all aspects of changes in leadership? trying to think about how we think ly I was doing independent research the college. Tara Das ’16 Turkey CS: The point of the exercise about social life. Some of the ques- looking at pro-independence poetry Josh himself and I have totally Das is one of two current Bates was to make sure that we are taking a tions that arose last year surrounded written for the 2014 Scottish inde- amped up the amount of time we seniors who have been informed of more proactive, design-oriented ap- changes to Bates culture in terms of pendence referendum,” said Ailes, are personally engaging with stu- their acceptances to their respective proach to educating the whole per- traditions. Do you envision a new “looking at the narratives of Scottish dents. I have regular office hours Fulbright programs. Das will serve son. In other words, we’re not just Bates culture, and how will the new history and identity which were pro- now. I think I had about seven ses- as an English Teaching Assistant at being reactive and waiting for stu- dorms or some other changes con- moted through this body of work.” sions of them in the fall, and I’m a to-be-determined Turkish univer- dents to end up in academic trouble, tribute to this new culture? Ailes has remained in Scotland having six of them this winter. Stu- sity. mental health trouble, or whatever CS: I do not. I do not have any (post-Fulbright) to complete her dents sign up, and you don’t have a “From what I’ve heard from else to come in, but rather saying, aspirations for a new Bates culture. PhD at the University of Strathclyde particular reason to sign up. Some Fulbright scholars who are currently how do we think about social life? The distinctive, collaborative, nur- in contemporary poetry in a UK students want to just come in and in Turkey, the teaching assistant How do we think about students turing, inclusive culture at Bates is context. chat, some want career advice. Some position usually entails teaching who may need more time on tests? one of the strongest features of Bates Ailes has found home in Scot- have a particular issue and they’ll conversational English, assisting How do we think about integrating College and the Bates experience. land after studying abroad there in organize around that particular is- with extra-curricular activities, and with professors in a timely way that And anything we do, looking at the the fall of 2012. When she returned sue. This has given me a lot more attending departmental meetings,” has appropriate documentation and total student experience, is building there for her Fulbright program, constant contact. I’m very open and Das told the Student. structure? How do we think about on that strength. So many people Ailes became more involved in Scot- direct, so if something’s on my mind Das is drawn to Turkey as the aspects of the student conduct sys- come here and say, “I got the vibe,” land’s poetry scene. “I started doing and we think we’ve got a bright idea site of some of the “greatest cultural tem? It’s really to take each function open mics then more and more, and of something we’re going to do, we’ll and geographical conflicts and de- and get on the front end of it.