We pay tribute to the late, remarkable Jimmy Carter, who died today at age 100, by recalling his historic visit to Bates in 1985 to honor his friend Edmund Muskie '36 and to praise the greatness of ...

If the Weather Channel’s apocalyptic forecasts of snow, sleet and wind chill have you feeling numb, then consider the warm welcome that Bates students gave the winter of 1920. That January saw the ...