Bates College | March 16, 2006

Friday, March 17, 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.

L E C T U R E - Sponsored by the Multicultural Center - "The Importance of Marronage as a Concept in Diaspora Studies" by Professor William F. Santiago-Valles, Western Michigan University - Friday, March 17, 4:00 pm, Skelton Lounge. Dr. William F. Santiago-Valles is currently associate professor of Africana Studies at Western Michigan University. His research interests include social movements and popular cultures in the African Diaspora, the consequences of globalization, and praxis research methods. Santiago was raised and educated in the Caribbean, attended undergraduate college in the US (including a year abroad in Cuernavaca studying with Francisco Julio, Ivan Illich, and Paula Freire. He worked across the Caribbean for two years on economic development projects, traveled in Africa on a Watson scholarship, went to graduate school in the US and Mexico, where he studied with Rui Mauro Marini and received a Ph.D. in political economy before returning to the Caribbean to teach. At Western Michigan University, he spent three years directing a research unit on race and ethnic relations. He is also studying the African Diaspora throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America, and investigating social justice movements and working class radicalism within these regions.

Get Involved! Get to learn the way Bates works from the inside--join a committee! The COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES is accepting applications through 4.30 pm Friday, March 17. Visit http://www.bates.edu/SCOC (note the capitalization) in order to learn more and download application forms.

Friday, March 17 - THE HOUR - BOBCAT DEN -5:30-8:30 pm - Celebrate St. Paddy's Day with an all you can eat potato skin bar and, as the luck of the Irish will be with us, a special appearance by Todd Myers.

Theatre: POPCORN by Ben Elton (Adult Audiences ONLY) Friday, March 17 8PM in Schaeffer Theatre

CONCERT: Bates College Orchestra, directed by Hiroya Miura, performs Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Dvorak’s Serenade No. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suite No. 4 (“Mozartiana”). For more information call (207)786-6135. Sat. in Olin Art Center Concert Hall.

DAN ADHOOT is an amazing comedian that has appeared on last comic standing. You won’t want to miss this show! Friday 17 in the Benjamin Mays Center (Silo) at 9 pm

BATES MUSIC FESTIVAL – come see four great Bates bands perform for a full night of musical bliss. Performances by DFJ, Johnson Electric, The Nancies, and the Greg Waters Band- You don’t want to miss it! Sat. March 18 in the Benjamin Mays Center (Silo) at 8:30.

****CHANGES TO EMAIL**** There will be *NO BATES EMAIL *from 6:00 pm on April 17 to 6:00 am on April 18 due to changes in email programs!!! This will affect *ALL* Bates students. Any mail saved in Webmail will not be available during that time. Any mail sent to your bates.edu mail account will be saved and delivered after 6:00 am on 4/18. Look for more information about this email change at www.bates.edu/emailchanges and in future Bates Dailies. Questions on the email changes can be directed to Help Desk Services at 8222.

TO THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY: MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Friday, 24 March 2006 - FIFTH ANNUAL MT. DAVID SUMMIT - Over 200 students will present posters and talks! Plus photography exhibition, dance and film! It will be an amazing day so please plan to attend. Activities kick off in Perry Atrium at 2:30 on March 24. For schedule go to www.bates.edu/mt-david-summit.xml.

As college students we are well versed in healthy, well balanced lifestyles. We all eat right, get enough sleep, exercise regularly and avoid the things that are "bad" for us. Right? Even though that might not be completely true, LONGLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL wants US to teach kids about "Wellness." On APRIL 7th from 1:30-2:30pm Longley Elementary School will be having a Wellness Mini Course day. They are looking for Bates students to teach 10-12 students about activities like juggling, theater, dance, yoga, meditation, origami, etc. What do you do to "be well"? Think you might have something to offer? Email Katie <kseamon@bates.edu> Brought to you by the Student Volunteer Office.