We Americans have often heard our nation referred to as “A shining city on a hill”, the idea that we represent an example of excellence to be admired by others. What we seldom hear are the words with ...

Among the bygone realities of life on the Bates campus many years ago were these two: The campus was woken weekday mornings by the ringing of the Hathorn Hall bell — at 6:30 a.m. Said bell was rung ...

Though much of Moore’s work happens out of sight, the sound of the organ and the Chapel bell carries far beyond the walls where she plays.

We’ve all seen them; the Salvation Army bell ringers are pretty common outside of stores this time of year. But why do they do this? Rhonda McGuire started bell ringing two years ago. “Because my mom ...