Katie Stone ’19 of Riverwoods, Ill., carries away birthday gifts sent by friends and relatives.
All at Once A steady stream of students crosses Campus Avenue daily en route to Kalperis Hall to pick up packages. But some special days are way busier than others. Here were the top five in 2017:
2,264
Jan. 9 Winter Semester Move-In Day
1,176
best friend, but she declined to speculate on what was inside. “She told me not to open it until [my birthday],” she said. Post & Print has responded to significant shifts in how people send and receive things — “hundreds of pounds” of catalogs have been replaced by postcards or online marketing, said Post & Print assistant director Ed Jawor ’93. But some things, like care packages from relatives, don’t change. Libby Masalsky ’18 of Warwick, R.I., picked up a box sent by her
Feb. 14 Valentine’s Day
983
Nov. 27 Monday after Thanksgiving Recess
846
Sept. 3 Move-In Day for All Students
786
Aug. 28 Move-In Day for First-Years Source: Bates Post & Print
32
Spring 2018
Ed Jawor ’93, assistant director of Post & Print, serves a queue of students.
grandmother in Cape Cod and opened it on a nearby table, chatting with friends who were picking up packages themselves. “She’s killing it,” Masalsky said as she pulled out chips, oatmeal, a sweater, and a necklace — her grandmother sends her yardsale finds, she said. Masalsky smiled as she read a Halloweenthemed card, then re-packed the box and went on with her day, her grandmother’s gifts and good thoughts now part of life on campus. n