Bates College SCARAB The Bates Student Archives and Special Collections 3-7-2018 The Bates Student - volume 148 number 14 - March 7, 2018 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: https://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student TheTHE VOICE OF BATES COLLEGEBates SINCE 1873 Student WEDNESDAY March 7, 2018 Vol. 148, Issue. 14 Lewiston, Maine FORUM ARTS & LEISURE SPORTS Ayesha Sharma ’18 Anah Witt ’21 chats Sarah Roth- discusses RuPaul’s with performers in mann ‘19 Talks acceptance of Student VCS. to Bates swim- transgender women. mers about NCAAs. See Page 2 See Page 5 See Page 8 Inside Arts & Leisure: Actualizing Angels In America within the Bates Community the same name. Angels In America TRICIA CRIMMINS in full is two parts, Millennium STAFF WRITER Approaches and Perestroika. This month’s production at Bates only Angels In America: Millen- includes the former. nium Approaches is an epic tour de As an ensemble member, I’ve force set in 1985s United States of been rehearsing for Angels for the America. Playwright Tony Kushner past two and a half months. I re- tackles the AIDS crisis, Reagan- cently chatted with director Dugan, ism, love, heartbreak, self-discovery, who has been with the show much and a multitude of other themes longer. via witty dialogue, magical realism, When deciding whether or and complex and profoundly genu- not to embark on the journey that ine characters. The show opens this is putting on this enormous show, Thursday, March 8, and runs until Tim jokingly recalls asking friends, Monday, March 13 in Schaeffer “Hey… am I crazy? Architecturally, Theatre. there’s so many layers to this play… Timothy Dugan, a Visiting As- the canvas is enormous.” sistant Professor of Theatre, is direct- In navigating the enormous ing Bates’ production of the show. canvas of the show, Tim worked to The Angels cast consists of thirteen equip actors with “as many tools as Angels in America opens March 8 in Schaeffer Theatre. JAMES MACDONALD/THE BATES STUDENT student actors, including me. We possible to crack open the scene[s]” are joined by Kirk Read, Professor during the rehearsal process. Once able to convey them onstage for an be tackling each day. For scenes that sporadic, and argumentative scenes, of French and Francophone Studies, actors understood “the complex audience. Dugan prepares actors by require political context, Dugan Dugan has us play a large and com- who plays Roy Cohn, a character and potentially emotional issues,” ensuring daily warm ups and re- has brought in Bates professors to plex round of catch, keeping us alert based on the infamous attorney of brought up by Angels, the cast was hearsals are tailored to guide the cast discuss relevant historical informa- into the particular scenes that they’ll tion with the cast. For fast-paced, See ANGELS, PAGE 5 Affection is Our Best Protection Inside Sports: Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse Teams Eager to Begin Professors Lyle and Engel discuss gay bathhouse closures during HIV/AIDS epidemic. PHYLLIS GRABER JENSEN/BATES COLLEGE three ways. The first being that f*ck gets for closure. Fearing govern- 2017-18 Season CHRISTINA PERRONE is a synonym for play, “and we’re ment intervention, the community MANAGING NEWS EDITOR playing with the idea of dignity as formed organizations such as The second half. After getting down MAX PETRIE a theoretical concept since our ob- Gay Men’s Health Crisis which pro- by such a deficit, the second half On Friday, March 2, 2018, 65 ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR jective is to destabilize normative duced educational materials that showed their ability to battle back people gathered into a small room notions of dignity,” said Engel. The recommended safer sex practices and play a closer game, but, un- in upstairs Commons to listen to a With spring sports starting, second interpretation of the title‚ within the gay bathhouses. Engel fortunately, they could not come talk with a rather provocative title. there are high expectations for both “messing with,” conveys how the described some of the posters fea- all the way back. There were some Timothy Lyle, an Assistant English the men’s and women’s lacrosse New York City municipal authori- turing messages such as “Sex is won- impressive performances despite the Professor at Iona College, and Bates teams. The women’s team looks to ties dealt with the HIV/AIDs crisis derful...but don’t let it kill you” and loss. Summer Dias ’21 scored three College’s own Stephen Engel, an As- bounce back from a disappointing in the 1980’s. “Affection is our best protection.” goals for Bates, already her second sociate Politics Professor, gave the 7-8 season last year, with a 2-8 re- “And third, we’re discuss- In addition to the efforts lead by hat trick in the three games so far talk as part of the “Angels in Amer- cord in the NESCAC. Meanwhile, ing queer sex; I mean, we should organizations like Gay Men’s Health this season. The women’s team will ica” Bates series. The two have been the men’s team hopes to attain be pretty blatant about that,” said Crisis, the Coalition for Sexual take on Babson next, at home on in collaboration for two years, con- even more than their success from Engel. This third notion contends Responsibility (CSR) organized a Wednesday, March 7 at 5:00 p.m. ducting archival research in the New last year, when they went 16-2 and how queer individuals can have sex schedule of three inspections to be For the men, the season has not York Public Library and the LGBT made it to the NCAA quarterfinals. with dignity, despite efforts lead by carried out by volunteers through- gotten off to a great start. They are Community Center in Greenwich So far, the women’s team has political authorities to dehuman- out 1985. Said Lyle, “Now, these 1-2, with losses to nationally ranked Village. If all goes to plan, their ar- started out 2-1. They notched ize and infantilize them. “Our pa- volunteers would enter into these No. 4 Rochester Institute of Tech- ticle will be published this month in wins against Colorado College and per explores dynamics of what le- bathhouses armed with clipboards, nology and Middlebury. Their one the Chicago-Kent Law Review. Wellesley before dropping a game in gal scholars increasingly refer to as check lists, and go looking for these win so far came in a game against “Our paper’s title is called their first NESCAC action against something called a ‘dignity taking,’ 19 recommendations.” Despite the Babson at home. In the most recent ‘F*cking with Dignity,’ and we Middlebury. and we’re looking at one episode of community’s best efforts, elected of- game against Middlebury, Bates thought we should start by explain- In the Middlebury game, the HIV/AIDS history, when, in the ficials continued to infantilize and fought a close battle but ended up a ing the title,” humored Engel. Their Bobcats were outscored 12-5. The name of public health, municipal dehumanize gay men. In 1985, the goal short, losing 11-10. full title, “F*cking with Dignity: Panthers were ranked No. 4 nation- authorities in New York City pur- state continued to close these long- ally, so this was a tough matchup to Public Sex, Queer Intimate Kin- sued the closure of gay bathhouses run establishments of community start conference play with. In the See LACROSSE, PAGE 8 ship, and how the AIDS Epidemic in ’85.” building and kinship. Bathhouse Closures Constituted a game, the Bobcats were outscored During the AIDS epidemic, 7-1 in the first half and 5-4 in the Dignity Taking” can be interpreted these bathhouses were primary tar- See AFFECTION, PAGE 4 Inside Forum: Stop Telling Women to Have Babies the U.S. economy. In December and would want one. That is a personal health outcomes for families. And too. One solution to grow the num- BRIDGET RUFF January respectively, the two of you decision—and one that the govern- this is despite the best efforts of ber of high skilled workers today? STAFF WRITER proposed this ludicrous idea, claim- ment should be staying out of. In Republicans to block access to free Increase high skilled immigration. ing to have “done your part.” While fact, the very idea that women are birth control and accurate sex ed Fourth, you don’t actually want Dear Speaker Ryan, Governor to many, this plea seems innocuous people seems to have been ignored. classes. most women to have children. Now, LePage (and all the rest), compared with chants to “Build the Lets all say this together: women are Third, the idea of growing the this seems strange, given the calls Let’s get this out of the way Wall” or arm teachers with guns, more than their reproductive or- number of people currently working for women to have children but first—we don’t agree on much. I telling women to have babies points gans. Got it? OK, let’s move on. by increasing the birth rate is plainly hear me out. Immigrants (read non- cannot think of a single Republican to exactly how misguided current Second, the falling birth rate dumb. A baby born today will not white immigrants) who have Ameri- policy point in the last year that I’ve policies in America are. Here are five is largely a good thing. According enter the workforce full time for at can born children are often derided agreed with, but this one might take reasons why. to Newsweek, much of the decrease least 18 years—and at least 22 years as trying to profit off the system or the cake for (potentially) the worst.