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B a t e s C o l l e g e L e w i s t o n , M a i n e

T h e S e a r c h e r

Stories and detailed information about a community of passionately curious,

happily intense, stubbornly modest people who can’t stop searching for what’s next.

Bates

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Do we have all the answers? No.

Have we seen everything? Definitely not.

We’re here to keep asking, keep

searching, keep discovering enough

to know there’s more to discover.

We don’t know what the future

will bring. But if you come to Bates, you’ll help build it.

Facts:

2,000 students

46 states

65 countries

33 majors

20 students in the average class

10-to-1 student to faculty ratio

100% of faculty hold highest degree in their field

100% of students complete a capstone or thesis

70% of students study abroad

31 NeScac Division III teams

110 student clubs, open to all

160 community partnerships through the harward center

0 fraternities and sororities

5-week spring Short Term

109 acres on Lewiston campus

600 acres in Bates–Morse Mountain conservation area

$22 million in need-based financial aid given every year

24,000 alumni

The Hard Way

R e a l - w o R l d s o l u t i o n s , c l e a n e R o c e a n s , t o u g h

p R o t e i n s — a v i s i t t o t h e a u s t i n l a b

What are you doing here?

rachel: “In broad terms, we’re trying to understand how the world works, and how we can make it work better. We’re studying a protein from the primary bacteria that degrades oil in oceans. We’ll purify it, examine its structure, and generate a 3-D model of it. and then, if we can engineer systems that mimic it, we can do a better job of cleaning up oil spills.”

What’s it like to work in the lab?

Saba: “Lab work is an adventure. You don’t know what result you’ll get; you make mistakes, you analyze what went wrong, and then you find a new way. It takes a long time, and it can be tiring, but everything you do—right or wrong—teaches you something.”

Why is the work important?

Ian: “Nature has already found a way to clean the ocean; humans just haven’t figured out how to use it effectively. That’s what we’re trying to do. It’s a real challenge—this is one of the most difficult proteins to work with—but that makes it exciting. If it were easy, it wouldn’t be so interesting, or so important.”

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R ac h e l au s t i n, profe ssor of chemistry.

s a b a pa Rv e z , junior, Dhakuakhana, India,

chemistry. i a n g i l c h R i s t, senior,

hummelstown, Penn. , chemistry

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e y e - o p e n i n g e x p e R i e n c e s , o n c a m p u s a n d a b R o a d

What made you decide to go to Spain?

“In high school I visited my older sister when she was studying abroad in córdoba. I was fascinated by the town’s Mezquita—an ancient mosque that is now a cathedral—not to mention the amazing food and the unique Spanish accent spoken in southern Spain. So I chose córdoba. But Bates also gave me a grant to travel to northern Spain, so I could compare the geography and the culture.”

What did you discover in Spain that surprised you?

“I was idealistic, even naïve, about living abroad. What I found were some of the same cultural and racial issues—tensions between immigrant communities and native Spaniards, and difficult conversations about race—that exist here at home. as a woman of Pakistani descent, I felt that my experience was shaped by my gender and my religious and racial identity.”

can an experience on campus compare to an experience abroad?

“The most eye-opening academic experience of my life was a seminar called Understanding Disease. It made me question things I’d always thought were true, it made me think differently about medicine and health, and it was directly applicable to my life. It changed my world.”

The Wide World

a F R o z b a i g, senior, Petaluma, calif. , politics

and women and gender studie s

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b e n l at h a m , senior, e ast hampton, N.Y. , environmental

studie s. e l l i e va n g e m e R e n, sophomore, canton, conn. ,

psychology maj or, education minor, e room Director.

m at t b a k e R-w h i t e , sophomore, Williamstown, Mass. ,

sociology and studio art , hike s and Trips Director.

m i k e s ag a n, junior, L exington, Mass. , economics

The Trailblazersl i v i n g i n t h e m o m e n t w i t h t w o m e m b e R s o F t h e s e c o n d - o l d e s t o u t d o o R s

c l u b i n t h e n a t i o n — t h e b a t e s o u t i n g c l u b

What’s been your biggest challenge at the BOc?

ellie: “The learning curve in the e room—the equipment room—was incredibly steep. I had to learn so many things so quickly: how to size ski boots, tune skis, light a camp stove, meet our customers’ needs. It’s some of the hardest work I’ve done—but that’s how you get better.”

Matt: “We maintain part of the appalachian Trail—many years ago, the BOc was responsible for scouting and blazing 40 miles of the trail in Maine—and I took charge of keeping up our trail work. If you love the outdoors, you can’t be passive. You’ve got to get out and help.”

What’s been your best BOc experience?

Matt: “It’s impossible to pick one. a few highlights would be a sunrise paddle on Lake auburn, a late-fall hike up Katahdin, and a backcountry ski trip this winter. But more important than the trips that go perfectly are the ones that don’t. We did a hike in the White Mountains in New hampshire when the weather totally disintegrated, and we hiked out and went exploring in North conway instead. Maybe not a hard-core outdoorsy move, but definitely a good day.”

ellie: “The clambake. We hold it twice a year at Popham Beach, and the whole school is invited. I helped with the cooking, I tried eating a clam, and though I’m not a huge lobster fan, I mastered the art of melting butter in soda cans on a grill. everyone is living in the moment. That’s what we’re all about.”

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The Search Engine

t h e s e a R c h e n g i n e

An essay in 14 parts, addressing

things people often want to know

about Bates, plus a theme, almost

an anthem, about openness.

You can also design your own major. You can

also take our Dual Degree engineering Program:

three years at Bates, plus two years at a top

engineering school (case Western, columbia,

Dartmouth, rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

Washington University in St. Louis).

additional minors:

asian studies

education

german and Russian studies

greek

latin

teacher education

Plus: We require students to take two General

education concentrations (Gecs), a group of

four courses that add up to a sustained explo-

ration of one theme. They’re like mini-minors.

Some recent Gecs:

archaeology and Material Culture

Bridging El Atlantico

Chinese society and Culture

Considering africa

Film and Media studies

german in Vienna

North atlantic studies

Physics of the large and small

Producing Culture: arts and audience

Russian in st. Petersburg

shakespearean acting

a Gec like North atlantic Studies includes

these courses:

the arctic: Politics, economics, Peoples

environmental geochemistry

Vikings

Wabanaki History in Maine

I. Academics We have 33 majors. Some are surprising (neuroscience, rhetoric), many are interdisciplinary (american

cultural studies, environmental studies), most are also offered as minors. all are designed to throw you

headlong into the skills, practices, certainties, and mysteries of at least one field; they’re also designed

to lead to great things, including but not limited to graduate or professional school, enlightened

leadership, and making your own way in the world.

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the Full list oF majoRs:

african american Studies

american cultural Studies

anthropology

art and Visual culture

Biological chemistry

Biology

chemistry

chinese

classical and Medieval Studies

Dance

east asian Studies

economics

english

environmental Studies

French

Geology

German

history

Japanese

Mathematics

Music

Neuroscience

Philosophy

Physics

Politics

Psychology

religion

rhetoric

russian

Sociology

Spanish

Theater

Women and Gender Studies

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II. The Faculty

Our student to faculty ratio is 10-to-1; there are 20 students in the average class; and every student works

individually with a faculty mentor on their senior thesis—so not only will your professors know your

name, they’ll also know where you’re coming from, where you want to go, and how you might get there.

Meals or coffee might be involved. richly detailed letters of recommendation will almost certainly be

involved. These are bright, accomplished, high-profile people whose priority is you.

III. The First-Year

SeminarOne of the first courses you’ll take, and a model

for the work you’ll do in the next four years:

You, a professor, and a handful of your peers

get together and dig into a specialized topic.

recent examples:

addictions, obsessions, Manias

anatomy of a Few small Machines

DiY and Mash-up Culture

latin american time Machine

love and Friendship in the Classical World

Physics in the twentieth Century

searching for the good life

War and Poetry

IV. The Senior

Thesisevery senior completes a thesis: an original,

high-level scholarly or creative project con-

ducted with the assistance of a faculty mentor.

The thesis is meant to make a meaningful con-

tribution to the storehouse of human knowl-

edge; it also often serves as the first step toward

a job or graduate study. a few recent theses:

Disputing Development: the Politics of

Progress on Kilimanjaro

electromagnetically Induced transparency in

Rubidium Vapor

embodying Music: What Feeling Can tell Us

about Musical expression

experiences with Patient-Centered education

During Pregnancy and Childbirth

galactic Dark Matter and the Cosmic

Microwave Background

a Heideggerian theory of Reference

literature, Vision and Reality: german

Colonialism in ober ost, 1915–1918

Quack to Hero: the Character of the Doctor in

the 19th Century

translational Regulation of rpos in Borrelia

burgdorferi

V. Short TermOur academic calendar is divided into two

traditional semesters and one Short Term in

late april and May. In Short Term, students

take only one course, on a compressed sched-

ule; they can also take internships or conduct

fieldwork; a number of Short Term courses are

conducted off campus. The result is a focused

investigation of a single topic. a few recent

Short Term courses:

animal Cognition

asian and Islamic ethical systems

Building a studio Practice

Community-based Research in Biology

Conspiracy Rhetoric

Digital signals

environment and Culture in Russia

experimental Neuro/Physiology

Field studies in Religion: Cult and Community

geology of the Maine Coast by sea Kayak

Monsters: Imagining the other

Place, Word, sound: New orleans

Practical genomics and Bioinformatics

Roller Coasters: theory, Design, and

Properties

Visualizing environmental Justice Using gIs

VI. Study Abroadabout 70% of our students study abroad.

We offer access to programs in more than

80 countries, many of which are off the stan-

dard track (cameroon, chile, cuba, India,

Nepal). Our faculty also develop and lead rigor-

ous, cross-disciplinary Fall Semester abroad

trips. Five recent examples:

French Identity: Migration, Mutation,

exploration (Nantes)

german literature, art, and Film in the

20th Century (Berlin)

Health Care in China (Kumming)

Person and Place in Japan (Kanazawa)

Russian Political economy (st. Petersburg)

So, for example, the FSa on health care in

china was codirected by an economics profes-

sor and a biology professor; it included

immersive language courses, practical training

in traditional chinese and Vietnamese medi-

cine, a rural health field trip, a week of indepen-

dent travel, and coursework in the economics

of china’s health care system and the biology

of world health.

VII. Research and

OpportunityWe do not live in a bubble. research, fieldwork,

internships, civic engagement—we do them

all, they’re academically demanding, and they

bring us into the world. a few examples: Our

Ladd Internship Program matches Bates stu-

dents with selected employers and provides

a stipend—i.e., money—to support them. The

Mt. David Summit, our annual campus-wide

student research festival, features poster ses-

sions, panel discussions, and performances.

and our harward center for community

Partnerships develops or supports an

astounding number of initiatives that combine

rigorous intellectual work and hands-on civic

engagement (an internship program at major

museums for art and Visual culture students;

a politics seminar on immigration that includes

firsthand research at the california/Mexico

border; a community-based senior thesis

about converting wood waste into fuel). It also

oversees the college’s Bonner Leader Program

(scholarships for students who serve and

lead), and gives grants to faculty, staff, and

students who think of innovative ways to work

with communities across the street and around

the world.

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VIII. Campus Life

Seven of the many things to love about it:

1. the activities Fair. Students from more

than 100 clubs and organizations dress up in

club-themed outfits and try, in a friendly,

Batesian way, to outwork each other to get

your attention.

2. Frye street. a tree-lined residential street

where the houses are mostly Bates student

houses, some of which have themes (Local

Living, cultures of the Spanish-Speaking World,

The Library), and one of which is the ronj, our

student-run coffeehouse, open till 2 a.m. most

evenings, and featuring live music and eccen-

tric interior design.

3. multifaith. a deliberately unclassifiable stu-

dent community. It’s about creativity, it’s about

service, it’s about spirit, in all possible ways.

4. village club nights at the silo. chai, cook-

ies, slam poets, singer-songwriters, comedians.

every Thursday.

5. the bates outing club. One of the largest

and most distinguished outing clubs in the

country; every student is automatically a mem-

ber. The club also runs aeSOP, the annual

entering Student Orientation Program, an op-

tional pre-orientation involving small groups of

students spending a few days and nights at the

rivers and mountains and beaches of Maine.

6. wRbc. Our genuinely alternative, seriously

active community-based radio station.

7. harvest dinner. One of many campus-wide

traditions. This one celebrates the fall harvest

at local farms—by eating meals made from har-

vest produce and dancing to live music.

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A theme,

almost an

anthem,

about

openness.

consider:

We were founded by abolitionists, people who

were fiercely principled, daringly countercul-

tural, and deeply committed to equality.

We were the first college in New england to be

coeducational from our founding (in 1855).

We were one of the first colleges in america to

admit students from all cultural backgrounds,

regardless of race, ethnicity, or religion.

and:

We’ve never had fraternities or sororities.

all of our student clubs are open to all students.

even our brooks Quimby debate council

—which sure sounds exclusive and which is,

in fact, one of the top college debate clubs

in the world—is open to anyone, regardless

of experience.

Or:

the bollywood dance club. Students

who don’t know anything about Bollywood

or dancing end up joining, and on Sangai

asia night (a popular evening of student

performances), there they are, these people

who were once clueless about Indian film and

possibly arrhythmic, waving their arms in the

air and following the steps in unison, in front

of a crowd of cheering strangers. That’s what

it means to be curious about the world. That’s

what it means to be open.

Or:

the puddle jump. The Puddle Jump is part

of our Winter carnival; it’s hosted by the Bates

Outing club. It involves jumping into a frigid

body of water (the pond-sized Lake andrews,

which we call the Puddle) at the center of cam-

pus, often wearing a costume.

The Puddle Jump is a radically democratic

event. everyone who comes to the Puddle

knows that jumping into it is a slightly unhinged

thing to do; everyone is equally giddy, equally

cold, equally uncertain of what will happen

when they jump. But they jump.

We jump, and we are drenched and shockingly

cold; and then we climb out and huddle

together under blankets and drink hot cocoa.

There are no divisions, no cliques. There

are just a bunch of cold, wet people drinking

cocoa by a hole in a frozen pond. We are, all

of us, Batesies.

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IX. The Arts SceneNine of the many ways you know we’re serious

about creative work:

1. the bates museum of art. Not as large as its

title suggests, but just as ambitious.

2. the bates dance Festival. an international

gathering of rising stars and veteran talent.

cutting-edge performances and intensive

classes. every summer since 1983.

3. the arts crawl. Two hours of nonstop art on

a winter night. Snow sculpture, fiddlers, poets in

trees, step dancing, contact improv, exhibitions,

presentations, and a giant photo booth. Brought

to you by the Bates arts collaborative.

4. the annual number of performances at

the olin arts center concert hall. It’s about

150. Some of those are by our student ensem-

bles (Bates Gamelan Orchestra, Bates college

Orchestra, concert choir, fiddle band, jazz band,

Steel Pan Orchestra).

5. translations. also known as the Bates

International Poetry Festival. Poets from

around the world come together for five days of

readings, workshops, and unclassifiable events.

6. the Robinson players. a student-run

theater group with a distinguished history and

a fearless approach to what’s next.

7. the monthly contradance. Sponsored by

our student-run Freewill Folk Society.

8. language arts live. Our reading series,

featuring established and emerging talent.

recent guests: emily Barton, christina chiu ’91,

Major Jackson, Dinaw Mengetsu.

9. the visitors. every year we bring leading

artists to campus for lectures, workshops, and

performances. a few recent examples: chore-

ographers Niles Ford and Monica Bill Barnes,

musicians avishai cohen, Suzanne Vega, and

Junior Brown, and artists rachel Perry Welty

and Kate Gilmore ’97.

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X. AthleticsWe field 31 intercollegiate teams, nearly all

of which play in NeScac, one of the most

competitive conferences in the Ncaa’s

Division III. Our alpine and Nordic ski teams

compete in Division I, and our crew and

squash teams compete in a nationwide league.

The teams:

alpine skiing (W, M)

Baseball

Basketball (W, M)

Cross Country (W, M)

Field Hockey

Football

golf (W, M)

Indoor track and Field (W, M)

lacrosse (W, M)

Nordic skiing (W, M)

outdoor track and Field (W, M)

Rowing (W, M)

soccer (W, M)

softball

squash (W, M)

swimming and Diving (W, M)

tennis (W, M)

Volleyball

also: about sixty percent of our students are

involved in our intramural program. Garcelon

Field, the spectacularly renovated home to

our football and lacrosse teams, is close to the

center of campus. alumni Gymnasium, home

to our basketball and volleyball teams, is often

ranked as one of the toughest home courts in

the Ncaa. Our ski teams compete at nearby

Sugarloaf and Sunday river. In the last decade,

our track and field teams have produced doz-

ens of all americans. The all-time home run

leader in our baseball program (Noah Lynd ’11)

was also a math tutor and a physics major who

wrote a senior thesis deconstructing the phys-

ics of Ncaa-mandated baseball bats.

all of which is to say: athletics isn’t a separate

culture here. It’s part of the campus, it’s part of

the landscape, it’s part of our vision of a bal-

anced life. Some of the smartest people here are

also some of the most athletic; and vice versa.

and keep in mind: Our mascot is the bobcat,

which in real life is known for its adorably

dappled fur and its ability to attack with

astonishing speed and alarming strength.

You underestimate the bobcat at your peril,

in other words.

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XII. Where, Exactly,

We’re LocatedWe’re in Lewiston, Maine. Lewiston is a small city

(pop. 36,000) on the banks of the androscoggin

river; there’s a waterfall visible from the bridge

that connects Lewiston and its twin city, auburn.

People in Maine call the two cities L-a. They’re

nothing like Los angeles.

What are they like? They’re working, residential

towns surrounded by spectacular natural

beauty. a lot of families here have French

canadian roots; there’s also a sizeable Somali

community; on Lisbon Street you can get a

three-dollar plate of curry goat or a 20-dollar

steak au poivre. There’s a farmer’s market, a

good batch of independent restaurants and

stores, a modest mall, an inventive professional

theater company, an underground music scene.

You would, in other words, join an actual com-

munity of people who are actively engaged in

building a meaningful, interesting life for them-

selves. You could make a difference here.

L-a is also 45 minutes from Portland, which

has some of the best food in the country and a

big arts and music scene; and about as far

from Popham Beach, home of the Bates-Morse

Mountain conservation area, our 600-acre

ecological research station.

Maine is independent-minded and com-

munity-oriented. The state has elected two

independent governors; its two U.S. senators

are famously uninterested in toeing the party

line—and they’re both women, which not many

states can say. There are a lot of collaborative

projects, community initiatives, entrepreneur-

ial start-ups. One local example: The Bates Mill

complex, former home to the Bates Manufac-

turing company, was totally renovated and now

houses a great seafood restaurant, a microbrew-

ery, offices, and a city museum.

Parts of Maine are wild and untouched. Parts

are famous and majestic (e.g., acadia National

Park). In general, this is a place with which

people fall heedlessly in love.

So here’s where we are: in the center of some-

thing real and genuine and hardworking and

unconventional and bootstrapping and neigh-

borly. It’s a good place to be.

XIII. And Then

What Happens?Three of an infinite number of possibilities:

1. Get a prestigious fellowship (Fulbright,

Goldwater, Udall, Watson) to do research in

medicinal chemistry, or agro-energy in rural

communities in Brazil, or performance arts in

South africa and Indonesia—as some of our

recent graduates have done.

2. Build on an internship or research project

or senior thesis or community-based project.

This is how many of our graduates get their

first jobs or second promotions, at places

such as:

alaskan tour guide Company

analysis group

Barclays Capital

Deutsche securities, tokyo

goldman sachs

IBM

IDeXX

IMg artists

Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam

Massachusetts general Hospital

Peace Corps

RBC Capital Markets

teach for america

3. Become an expert and possibly a trailblazer.

In other words, go to graduate or professional

school, as most of our graduates do. Some re-

cent graduate schools:

Barcelona graduate school of economics

Columbia University

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Duke University

glasgow University

Harvard University

University of California

Vanderbilt University

Yale University

We have a good list of famous alumni (congress-

people, a secretary of state, ceOs, a Pulitzer

Prize–winning novelist, a pioneering bioengi-

neer, an internationally revered preacher and

theologian), but the important thing is what you

can say about pretty much all of our 24,000 liv-

ing alumni: They want to do good, meaningful,

often groundbreaking work, and they have the

skills and the courage and the spirit to do it.

XIV. The Food

It’s great!

We make it ourselves, following recipes from

many lands, using food from many local farms.

We’ve actually won awards for it.

Maybe even better is the place where the

food is made and served and eaten: commons.

Technically it’s New commons, since it’s

been at Bates in some form for a long while

but was recently rebuilt to be smarter and

more sustainable.

The main room of commons is open and airy

and welcoming. There’s a wall of windows;

everything seems visible. The general idea is

to wander from table to table, meeting thrilling

people from around the world and, very often,

staying and talking for a long, long time.

In all of these ways (local, global, sustainable,

social, smart, open, and thrilling), commons is

a lot like Bates.

take a seat.

XI. Admission and Financial Aid

We’re interested in people who work hard, take intellectual risks, believe that education isn’t confined

to a classroom, and get deeply involved in some kind of community. To us, the work you do every day,

morning to night, matters more than a few Saturday mornings of testing—which explains why we were

one of the first colleges to make the SaT (and then other standardized tests) optional for admission.

We give about $22 million in financial aid to our students every year. Nearly half of our students

receive financial aid; the average annual aid package is about $33,000. Our entire financial aid budget

supports students with demonstrated financial need.

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The Progressives

t h e c h a n g i n g ( a n d w i n n i n g ) F a c e o F s Q u a s h

What reputation does Bates squash have?

coach cosquer: “I think we’ve got a swagger. We’re hardworking, determined, and passionate about winning, on and off the court.”

cheri-ann: “It’s a team where every player counts. No matter how hard a training session or a match is, we fight through it, we encourage each other. coach believes in us, he supports us, and he expects nothing less than the best from us. and that’s what we give.”

What reputation does squash have?

coach cosquer: “It depends on your point of reference. Internationally, squash is huge. In america, the scope and complexion of squash are changing. You’re seeing a bigger international presence; you’re seeing urban squash programs—programs like StreetSquash, in New York city, which I directed before I came to coach here. I’m proud that Bates is part of that progressive and positive change.”

What’s the biggest challenge of being a student-athlete?

cheri-ann: “Time management. My theory is to finish my studies first, then reward myself with squash. That way I can be focused for both activities. When you’re focused, you win.”

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pat c o s Q u e R ’ 9 7, coach, men’s and women’s

squash. c h e R i -a n n pa R R i s , sophomore,

St . Philip, Barbados, biology, squash

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m a k i n g a R t — a n d m a k i n g c h a n g e — a t 1 4 , 0 0 0 F e e t

Why is art important to you?

“I think of myself as an activist for the social good. a photograph can inform and transform your thinking; it can change the way you see the world—and that changes the way you act in it.”

can you give an example?

“I did an independent research project in a remote community at 14,000 feet in the Peruvian andes. I lived with the Q’eros, an indigenous people, and took pictures of what I saw. I also gave cameras to five families, to allow them to document their own lives. My goal was to make art—but also to promote cross-cultural interaction and mutual understanding. and then we started the school.”

how did that happen?

“at dinner the night before I left, I asked the elders how I could thank them for their hospitality. They suggested that I buy them soccer shoes. I said I could do better. They said what they really needed was a school. after a year of fundraising—including selling my photography online—and working with local officials, anthropologists, and community members, we opened a school in temporary quarters. I was awarded a Davis Project for Peace grant to construct the official school building this summer.”

That sounds so practical.

“My education has been very practical; I’ve got powerful tools that I can use in a hundred ways. But Bates teaches you that tools without a purpose aren’t worth much. The Bates ethos is about discovering a purpose.”

The Transformer

h a n na h R a e p o R s t, senior, Madison, Wisc. ,

studio art and Spanish

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The Right Kind

of Challenge

l e av i n g h o m e , g o i n g d e e p — a n d g e t t i n g R e a d y F o R w h a t ’ s n e x t

how has Bates surprised you?

“Bates was my big adventure. I’d always lived in atlanta, and I felt I needed to experience a different part of the country. So just the idea of coming here was surprising. Then Bates offered me the most complete financial aid package—a critical part of my decision-making process. Now that I’m here, I’m amazed by the opportunities I’ve found.”

are the classes easier or harder than you’d expected?

“They’re just challenging, in the right way. I took a Short Term class about the civil rights Movement, and it fundamentally changed me. I rarely left that class feeling satisfied with a position I’d held before I came in. I haven’t reached concrete conclusions about a lot of the issues we discussed. But now I know how necessary it is to consider the implications of holding one belief over another. That experience will stay with me for the rest of my life.”

What are some of the opportunities you’ve taken?

“I went on a Fall Semester abroad trip to Vienna. I hadn’t planned on doing it, but it felt like a chance to give myself another kind of challenge. and I was part of a group of Batesies who went to atlanta recently to meet with alumni and visit Benjamin Mays high School—Mays was a Bates alumnus and a mentor to Martin Luther King. It felt like a meeting of two worlds: the home that made me who I am and the place that’s shaping who I’ll become.”

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