Today, April 28, 2006
Noon, Multifaith Room (#4 Canham House), MEDITATION.
6:00 p.m., Multicultural Center, SHABBAT.
6:30 p.m., Multicultural Center, first floor, FRIDAY PRAYERS FOR MUSLIMS

CELEBRATE SPRING FEVER with the College Store's FABULOUS FRIDAY SALE!  Enjoy special discounts off something different every Friday of Short Term ! Today,  Friday, April 28  -   20% OFF ALL Jackets & Sweatshirts.  Come in and check it out! Enter our "How Well Do You Know Your Campus" contest too!

CLOSING RECEPTION: Come celebrate the art of SPINDLEWORKS, an artists’ collective for adult with disabilities, this Friday evening. This reception marks the end of the current exhibit “ From Eagles to Elvis: The Art of Spidleworks” and the conclusion of the year-long thesis that brought together Bates and Spindleworks. This party is sure to include beautiful art, good food, music and dancing. Come meet the artists in person! Chase Lounge and Gallery. Today, April 28 from 6- 8 pm.

FRANK GLAZER, pianist, performs works by Schoenberg, Shubert, Brahms, and Chopin. Free Admissions. Today at 8 pm in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.

The TOM SNOW QUARTET opens the Olin Art Center’s Jazz Series, featuring the most swinging musicians in the Northeast. From the piano, Tom will be joined by friends and jazz luminaries Ralph Norris (saxophones), Marshall Wood (bass), and Less Harris, Jr. (drums). Their sweet sound will feature a repertoire drawn from the Great American Songbook and are sure to bring listeners feelings that are mellifluous and warm. Free Admissions.
Saturday, April 29, at 8:00 pm – Olin Concert Hall

*** SUNDAY *** 7PM *** ELIZABETH SPELKE *** DEV. PSYCH LECTURE *** PGILL G65 ***Come hear a talk by a psychologist named by Time magazine as one of "America's Best in Science and Medicine"!  The Bates Psychology Club is delighted to host a lecture by Harvard University psychologist Elizabeth Spelke this Sunday, April 30th at 7pm in Pettengill G65.  Spelke is a well known leader in the subfield of infant cognition and her talk is entitled "Core Knowledge of Number and Geometry."  Please make every effort to attend what is sure to be an excellent lecture by this world renowned psychologist.  Refreshments will be served. 

PROTESTANT CHAPEL SERVICES resume this week at 8:15 pm. All are welcome! Sunday, April 30.

The Harward Center for Community Partnerships Presents COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP DAY on Friday May 12th 2006.  Bates students, faculty, staff, clubs, and teams will partner with  local organizations to build community and address local needs. A community walk along the Androscoggin River and a BBQ will follow to celebrate! We are looking for project leaders and volunteers! If you are interested, get involved! Look for a table outside commons later this week.  For more info email: Katie Seamon at kseamon@bates.edu or check out the Student Volunteer Website: http://abacus.bates.edu/~ereed2/page5.htm

*WOMEN'S HEALTH: THE LAST DAY TO SCHEDULE A PAP TEST at the Health Center this year is Thursday, May 4th. Please plan ahead.  Other Women's Health Services will be available by appointment  until May 25th.

THE BATES COLLEGE STORE is sponsoring a CONTEST during Short Term: "How Well Do You Know Your Campus?"  Each week - contestants must correctly identify the locations of 4 different items/person  featured in the pictures. Different pictures will be featured each week. Four chances to win!  Weekly prizes: a Bates College tee-shirt, cap or novelty -- Only correct entries will be entered for the drawings. -- ALL correct entries will be entered for the  May 25th drawing for the Grand Prize!  GRAND PRIZE:   iPod nano! The contest pictures are located at the College Store.  You must come in to see them and submit your entry.

ATTENTION STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Please submit names of new officers to the Student Activities Office as soon as you have elections. The Student Activities Office is in the process of putting a list of all student organizations and their leaders for next fall’s directory. The following organizations have not submitted new officers:
Badminton Club, Baha’i Assoc., Ballroom Soc., Book Club, Bates Buddies, BCTV, Bio Council, CHC, Competitive Ski Club, Darfur Action & Awareness Club, Dharma Soc., Deansmen, Quimby Debate Council, Democrats, Dodgeball Club, Econ Soc., Fencing Club, Fishing Club, Friends of Fair Labor, Garnet, Geo Club, Health Sciences, Hindu Awareness Group, Historical Soc., Hockey Club M & W, Information Technology Club, Indigenous Student Network, Italian Club, John Galt Press, W Lacrosse Club, Latinos Unidos, Merimanders, Mirror, Mock Trail, Mushahada Assoc., NWC, Northfield, Paintball, People Eating Plants, Physics Soc., Psychology Club, Rugby M , Sailing Club, Sangai Asia, Student, Students Against Sexual Assault, Table Tennis, Triathlon Club, Unitarian Universalist, Video Game Club, Water Skiing, Waterpolo M & W, Within Reach, WRBC

6:00 pm  COLLEGE SHUTTLE - The shuttle runs on Friday and Saturday nights from 6 pm - 12 am, and Sunday from 12 pm - 6 pm.  The shuttle runs to Auburn locations at the beginning of each hour, and runs to Lewiston locations on the half hour.
6:00 pm Join us for the celebration of Shabbat – Multi-Cultural Center (6 pm services, 6:30 pm dinner)