On the first Friday of February, hundreds of Bates students plunge into the freezing depths of the Puddle. It is one of the College’s most iconic traditions. Yet many students choose not to ...

Today, some 50 years after the first Puddle Jump, three of the event’s founders — Chris Callahan ’78, Scott Copeland ’78, and Lars Llorente ’78 — returned to campus to kick off this year’s edition.

In many ways, weather is nature’s Rorschach test. After all, the conditions you crave speak volumes about your inner psyche. Sure, most of us yearn for sunny days, but some will go to crazy lengths to ...

Riley Chapin, 3, with mom Allison, couldn't get enough puddle jumping Tuesday near the corner of Third Street Southwest and Becker Avenue in Willmar. Mom said it was her son's first time playing in ...

Within vaunted traditions there are always new wrinkles. Take the Bates tradition of the Maine governor lighting a torch to kick off Winter Carnival. This year, Maine Gov. Janet Mills didn’t do the ...