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Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.

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Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.

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Bates College debaters participate in The World Universities Debating Championship
Six members of Bates College's Brooks Quimby Debate Council traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, where they participated in The World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC), the largest debate competition in the world.
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Club or Organization - 2019 Feb 11
Bates students share their stories at TEDxBatesCollege
Inspired by a phrase from the Bates College mission statement, eight Bates students will address the concept of the "transformative power of our differences" in the college's first homegrown TED-style event at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in Bates' Schaeffer Theatre.
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Club or Organization - 2014 Nov 4
Jac Stewart wins national title at U.S. Universities Debating Championship
Jac Stewart and his teammate Taylor Blackburn defeated final-round teams from Yale, Cornell and Loyola Marymount to win the national title at the U.S. Universities Debating Championship on April 13 at Purdue University.
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Club or Organization - 2014 Apr 28
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Taylor Blackburn wins national team title at U.S. Universities Debating Championship
Taylor Blackburn '15 and Jac Stewart '14 ended a strong Bates debate season by defeating final-round teams from Yale, Cornell and Loyola Marymount to win the national title at the 2014 U.S. Universities Debating Championship.
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Club or Organization - 2014 Apr 28
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Zoe Seaman-Grant is the top-ranked novice collegiate debater in the nation
Seaman-Grant's best-in-the-nation standing follows first-place novice speaker awards at the Stanford University tournament on March 8, the Wellesley College tournament on Feb. 8 and the Providence College tournament on Jan. 31.
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Club or Organization - 2014 Mar 19
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Bates student Matt Kahn achieves top-10 national ranking in collegiate debate
Matt Kahn, a member of the Brooks Quimby Debate Council at Bates College, has been ranked among the top-10 U.S. collegiate novice debaters this year.
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Club or Organization - 2014 Mar 11
Bates student Jack Stewart wins collegiate debate tournaments, achieves international ranking
In early January 2014, Jack Stewart and his teammate Taylor Blackburn competed in the World Universities Debate Championships in Chennai, India, where they were ranked 21st in the world.
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Club or Organization - 2014 Mar 5
Taylor Blackburn is nationally ranked debater at Bates
Taylor Blackburn, a member of the Brooks Quimby Debate Council at Bates College, has been ranked among the top-10 U.S. collegiate debaters in 2013-14.
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Club or Organization - 2014 Mar 5
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