Bates College SCARAB The aB tes Student Archives and Special Collections 1-25-2017 The aB tes Student - volume 147 number 11 - January 25, 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 11 - January 24, 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 25, 2017 Vol. 147, Issue. 11 Lewiston, Maine FORUM ARTS & LEISURE SPORTS Will Murray ‘20 takes a Matthew Winter ’18 shines Bates’ ski teams stand against critics of a light on Bates’ Steel Pan kick off their Canada Goose coats. Orchestra. carnival season. See Page 2 See Page 6 See Page 7 The new era of President School of Steel Pan Donald Trump A recap of President Trump’s inaugural address with commentary from Professor John Baughman. Bates Steel Pan Orchestra in action. JAMES MACDONALD/THE BATES STUDENT register drums, the guitars, cellos, MATTHEW WINTER and basses, are used more for back- STAFF WRITER ground loops. Arguably Bates’ most hidden Imagine Paul Rudd mixed with gem, the Steel Pan Orchestra now Jack Black from School of Rock and features 16 students who come to- you will get Duncan Hardy, the un- Students gather in the Fireplace Lounge in Commons to watch the inauguration. gether for three hours on Tursday fappable leader of the Bates Steel JOHN NEUFELD/THE BATES STUDENT nights to give their hearts to the steel Pan Orchestra and a guru in the pan. After slowly building momen- world of steel pans. Duncan took Washington. D.C. and [give] it back ing the country and providing hope over the orchestra two years ago, MARIAM HAYRAPETYAN to [us], the American people” (Inau- and vision for a new beginning.” tum and gaining popularity over the ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR past few years, the Steel Pan Orches- completely changing the course of gural Address: Trump’s full speech, Baughman believes that, “the speci- steel pan at Bates. Sure, playing steel CNN). fcity of his critiques in contrast to tra is ready to take over Bates Col- lege this semester. pan is very fun, but playing steel pan On Friday the 20th, while stu- He went on to say that he the vagueness of his vision expressed for Duncan is next level. Duncan is dents were getting ready to jump strongly believes in buying Ameri- in the speech suggested to me that Originating in Trinidad and Tobago (and standing as the na- a profession steel pannist, even trav- into the freezing puddle as part of can products and hiring Ameri- he still had much more sense of eling all the way to Trinidad and the Bates tradition, Donald Trump can workers to complete the job. what he wanted to change than how tional instrument of Trinidad and Tobago) steelpans are one of those Tobago to compete in the World was inaugurated into ofce as the President Trump is open to seeking he wanted to change it. Even where Steel Pan Festival! Currently, he is 45th President of the United States. friendships with other nations and he did provide specifcity, such as in easy-to-learn but hard-to-master in- struments. For the Bates band, no the band director of Sister Steel, a His inaugural address was attended aligning with them; however, he be- a plan for robust rebuilding of our band he formed with friends from by 900,000 people, a rather small lieves that it is critical for America infrastructure, and undertaking that previous experience is required. It is as if you are playing the drums, but his high school. He is a pretty big number when compared to Presi- and other nations to put their in- would take many billions of fed- deal in the steel pan world as he is dent Obama’s 2009 inauguration terests frsts, for he does not want eral dollars, it is in contrast to the the drum is made of steel and there are spots on the drums that make a the director of the New England speech, which attracted 1.8 million to impose the American ways on budget plan his team has articulated Steel Pan Festival this year. peopl (though his second attracted a foreign countries. In the last part of elsewhere.” specifc note. And just like drums, there are diferent kinds that play Steel pans can be used to play number closer to President Trump’s his speech he emphasized the im- On that point that President almost any song. A popular song is with 1 million people). portance of fghting Radical Islamic Trump is seeking friendship with diferent styles. For steel pan, there is the tenor, “Under the Sea,” but Bates’ band He began the speech by saying Terrorism. other countries, Professor Baugh- is not that basic. Even Nick Jonas thanks to President Barack Obama Listening to President Trump’s man stated that, “a certain degree double second, guitar, bass, tenor bass, cellos, and many others that has caught on to the steelpan trend, and Michelle Obama. Te rest of speech inspired me to contact Poli- of nationalism is not uncommon using steelpan in his song “Close.” the 17-minute speech outlined tics Professor John Baughman who for an inaugural speech. After all, it big bands use. Tis semester the band has 16 members, more of the Last year, the band played “Africa,” once more the changes he wants to believed that the speech had “an un- is one of the few shared civic ritu- by Toto, to rave reviews. Te band bring to this nation and the people. usually negative tone” because “ordi- diferent kinds of steel drums will be President Donald Trump stated that used. Te higher register drums, the narily a new president places much See THE NEW ERA, PAGE 4 See STEEL PAN, PAGE 6 he wants to “transfer power from greater rhetorical weight on unify- tenors and the double seconds, are used for the melody while the lower Women and men’s track and feld teams impress at Bates Invitational The track and feld team clobbered their Division III opponents in their only home meet of the season, as Allison Hill ‘17 and Sally Ceesay ‘18 made history. Bates veteran said in a phone call on GRIFFIN GOLDEN Monday morning. “Track is unique, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR because there is so much diversity and variety in the sport. You have A track and feld meet is quite everything from the long distance a hectic scene for any newcomer runners to the throwers and vault- to the sport like me. Athletes of ers. I enjoy every element of it, the all diferent sizes and skill sets are hard part is trying to be present at constantly competing in a myriad all events!” of events. Long and skinny runners Tis past week’s spectacle took run the 5k, broad shouldered men place here on campus in the Merrill and women compete in the hammer Gymnasium, as the Bates men’s and throw, and explosive sprinters run women’s track and feld teams com- the 60 meter dash — just to name a peted in the Bates Invitational over few events. Tis spectacle is certainly the weekend. Te meet included Di- overwhelming at frst, but quickly vision III teams, Keene State, St. Jo- becomes an incredible display of ca- seph’s, UMF, and Southern Maine, maraderie, competition, and breath- as well as two Division I teams, Uni- taking athleticism. versity of Maine and Bryant Univer- Head coach of the men’s track sity. All athletes competed against and feld team Al Fereshetian echoed this sentiment. “It’s basically a three See TRACK AND FIELD, PAGE 8 Blake Downey ‘17 pole vaults in Bates track meet. ring circus out there,” the 22 year JOHN NEUFELD/THE BATES STUDENT Forum 2 The Bates Student January 25, 2017 Bates students share experiences from Women’s March on a scale I have never seen before She thought they might be selling “this pussy grabs back” signs, pic- - Haley Crim ‘20 HANNAH TARDIE in my lifetime. Do I think that it them, so she went over and asked. tures of ovaries, and the pink pussy MARY SCHWALBE MANAGING FORUM EDITORS is enough? Absolutely not. How- Tey replied that they were not sell- hats were dominating. I could not I have never heard the words ever, I am hopeful after seeing the ing them, they had just made them hear the speakers very well but I re- pussy, cunt, or bitch used with such turnout at the march, and the love for themselves and their friends, but member hearing many of their goals pride and positivity as I did on Sat- that I saw among protesters that had they gave my friend one of their surrounded putting women in ofce urday. Te women’s march in D.C. Te day after they took ofce never met each other, that we could signs for free. It was such a power- and keeping abortions legal, which was an experience like no other following an election cycle fraught fnally start seeing actual consistent ful experience to be in the midst of I very much believe in and respect, and demonstrated just how much with racist, sexist, homophobic activism from people that chose to the crowd on the backside of the hill but these goals are not a priority for strength and courage it takes to be rhetoric, millions of women and al- be silent before.