Tag Archives: Bates
CrushList Releases Admittedly Cute Ad
It’s spring in the ‘Cac and love is in the air. Well, at least in cyberspace. CrushList, an app pioneered by Bates students Robert Crampton ’13 and Jody Winslow ‘13, just launched its first ad. The ad highlights the unique niche CrushList occupies among other online dating apps such as Tinder (which often leads to no more [...]
The CrushList App, or, Love in a Land of Awkwardness
If you’re a person, you’ve probably at some point worried that a crush did not reciprocate your feelings. If you’re most people, you’ve probably at some point failed to act on those feelings out of a fear of rejection. And maybe, just maybe, your fear was unwarranted, and you missed out on something great. Well, [...]
Bates Alum Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30
Peter Simon and his fellow founders of The City Foundry have earned the distinction of being named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 ‘Food and Wine’ list for creating the Industry City Distillery. Forbes writes, “After building a distillery from scratch, the current project for the five founders (an engineer, machinist, graphic designer, yoga instructor, and [...]
Ways to make a Thanksgiving dinner awkward in the most ‘Cac-y ways possible
Here at In the ‘Cac, we know that we have a lot of awkward information hanging out in our brains. Sometimes, returning home after spending weeks discussing race, analyzing frat parties, and trudging around in the cold to see an obscure speaker can set you apart from your other non-’Cac friends. We’re here to tell [...]
Bates, Bowdoin Among Campus Pride’s 2012 LGBT-Friendly List for College Athletes
Bowdoin and Bates are the only NESCAC schools on Campus Pride’s “Out to Play” list that is designed to “address anti-LGBT slurs, bias and conduct in college sports”. Campus Pride and Compete Magazine published the results of this national project for the first-ever! LGBT-Friendly Top 10 in College Athletics. The “Out to Play Project” reviewed [...]
Let’s Talk About Booze Part 3.
HuffPost recently came out with a list of 10 Craziest College Parties. Didn’t bat even a quarter of an eyelash when I saw Bates in the number one slot. Half the time we can hear them all the way in Brunswick, just taking their clothes off and throwing granola at each other–which is all fun and [...]
Midnight Breakfast #inthecac
The ‘Cac gets down and nerdy with the season, and would we have it any other way?
