Comments on: Martha of Marfa: An American cultural studies major in the New West /news/2015/03/16/martha-of-marfa-an-acs-major-in-the-new-west/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Gerald Tompkins '54 /news/2015/03/16/martha-of-marfa-an-acs-major-in-the-new-west/#comment-151446 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:14:40 +0000 /news/?p=91680#comment-151446 Some years ago one of my sons decided to leave NYC and find a different experience. He drifted into Marfa, Texas, and stayed for 10 years! This was before Marfa had been discovered by The New York Times and other publications. He has since returned to New York but maintains many connections to the Marfa community and would be happy to share observations, etc. [To reach David Tompkins, please email communications@bates.edu.]

]]> By: Doug Hubley /news/2015/03/16/martha-of-marfa-an-acs-major-in-the-new-west/#comment-149779 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:54:25 +0000 /news/?p=91680#comment-149779 Martha Schnee ’15 replies: Yes, I did see the Marfa Lights… on two separate occasions! They’re very strange and look kind of like distant car headlights floating around in the sky. The explanation that I found during my research is that they have something to do with refracted light along with the intense temperature changes that happen in the high desert. Nobody really understands it though.

]]> By: Harry Goff /news/2015/03/16/martha-of-marfa-an-acs-major-in-the-new-west/#comment-148953 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:36:15 +0000 /news/?p=91680#comment-148953 Did she see the “Marfa Lights”?

]]> By: Evelyn Malloy /news/2015/03/16/martha-of-marfa-an-acs-major-in-the-new-west/#comment-148586 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 20:25:04 +0000 /news/?p=91680#comment-148586 This sounds like a very interesting project.

I’ve been wanting to visit Big Bend National Park and when I looked up Marfa it was not too far from there. Glad to know there is something else to draw me to the area. Thanks — Evelyn Malloy, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ ’63

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