NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS: Registration for On-Campus Short Term 2006 units and Fall 2006 courses opens Saturday, March 4th and closes Friday, March 10th at 4:00 pm. You should now begin planning your course selections and arrange to meet with your advisor. S/he must remove your "advisor hold" (there are holds for both Short Term and Fall) on the Garnet Gateway so that you may register when the registration period opens on the 4th. Students who wait until the end of registration week to contact their advisors risk missing the 4:00pm registration deadline on Friday, March 10th. The Schedules for Short Term 2006 and Fall 2006 are available on the Garnet Gateway and the tentative Winter 2007 semester course schedule is also available for planning purposes. Select the "course information" link on the log in page to view the schedules, or you may log into the Garnet Gateway and use the "course search" feature. Please visit our web page for information on registration, general education requirements, and using the Garnet Gateway. For assistance come to Libbey Forum during our regular office hours, M-F, 9-4.
REMINDER TO ALL STUDENTS: The faculty legislated deadline to drop a Winter 2006 course is this Friday, March 3rd. Use the Garnet Gateway to drop a course. (One exception; come to Libbey Forum to drop an independent study course.) Remember to submit the change, and to go back to confirm that the course has been removed from your schedule.
Friday, March 3 - THE HOUR - THE BOBCAT DEN - He's back from break and even though Valentine's Day is already over, Todd Myers is ready to sing his heart out for you from 6:00-7:30 pm. This week's all-you-can-eat buffet special is chicken wings, available with cold beer on tap from 5:30-8:30 pm. See you at The Hour!
Friday, March 3- CONCERT: PIANIST FRANK GLAZER artist in residence. For more information call (207)786-6135. In the Olin Art Center Concert Hall at 8 pm
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This Saturday there will be a series of FREE DO-IT-YOURSELF (DIY) WORKSHOPS in the Silo. Starting at 10 am going until 6 pm with a break at 2! Each workshop will be about an hour in length.. a finalized schedule will be sent out in the upcoming days... Whenever possible the workshops are interactive (i.e. participatory...) here are the workshops (in the unofficial order):
How to make Beer
Vegan Cooking - sweet potato peanut bisque
Do-it-Yourself Birth
Fiber Arts - with Gloria Varney from NEZINSCOT FARM
BREAK
Bike Repair (with actual bikes that need repair.. please don't bring yours we have plenty!)
F*ck the pigs: street tactics and protest law
Gymcraftics (for more info on Gymcraftics check out www.airtimeathletics.com/)
Following the DIY workshops with be the LOST FILM FEST (a traveling showcase of truly independent (read: anti-corporate) film) www.lostfilmfest.com
These workshops were planned by the New World Coalition (Bates' social justice group) with specific workshops being sponsored by the New World Coalition, the Environmental Coalition, and Plant Eating People. Lost Film Fest is being sponsored by Friends of Fair Labor.
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AMANDLA'S ANNUAL UNITY CONFERENCE and Dinner will take place on Friday March 3rd and Saturday March 4th. The theme of this year’s conference is 'Building a Black Community'. Below is a summary for the events
Friday 3rd March
DOCUMENTARY SHOWING: The Untold Stories of Emmett Till - Filmmaker Keith Beauchamp will be here to show and talk about this influential documentary on the murder that many say sparked the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in the South. - 6:30pm Keck Classroom Pettengill G52
MEET THE NEIGHBORS - Ice Cream social where we will meet various members of the Black Community in LA - 8:30pm Muskie Archives
Saturday 4th March:
REGISTRATION - 1pm Perry Atrium
WORKSHOPS will run from 2pm - 6pm Keck Classroom, PGill
1) SURVIVING AT A WHITE TERTIARY INSTITUTION - 2pm - Issues to be addressed include social life, academics, finance, resources available and things that need to be done.
2) THE ROLE OF THE BLACK WOMAN - 3pm - Discussion on the various vital roles Black women play as leaders in the community. Will focus on the lives of legendary Black female leaders as role
models.
3) WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN TO ME? – 4pm - Find answers to questions like: what is success? Is black success different from white success? How do we measure success?
4) REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS - 5pm - Look at developmental issues that affect our ability to contribute politically, socially and economically. Opportunities we can get involved in and things that are already being done.
THE UNITY DINNER - Saturday March 4th - 6:30pm Muskie Archives - Featuring Soul Food and Somali Dishes
TRIAD 2006 – UNITY…It’s a Celebration! Triad, the biggest annual party at Bates College, takes place on Sat.. In existence since 1981, this is Triad’s 25th anniversary. Come dressed to impress and party from 10 pm to 2 am in three theme rooms of music in Chase Hall.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Professor Nathan McCall, author of 'Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America'.
If you want to attend the dinner you MUST RSVP (lstbrice) - Feel free to invite family and friends from neighboring schools and communities to attend these events. For more information, please contact Lois St Brice (lstbrice) for a brochure.
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THE BATES COLLEGE CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS: MICHAEL NIGRO - Saturday, March 4, 8:00 p.m. - Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. This up-and-coming young classical guitarist performs music by South American composers including Maximo Diego Pujol, Adolfo Luna, Jorge Morel, Jorge Cardoso, Augustine Barrios and Antonio Lauro. Admission: $8 adults, $5 seniors & students (Bates students with ID admitted free). For more information: 207-786-6135 http://abacus.bates.edu/concerts
Concert: Players from the PORTLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL perform Mozart, Kodaly and Shostakovich. For more information call (207)786-6135. Sunday, Mar. 5 in the Olin Art Center Concert Hall.
Monday March 6, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Mays Center. A BANQUET OF RICHES. Join us for a festive dinner in celebration of the spiritual diversity of Bates College. While we eat, students from 10 religious traditions and perspectives represented on our campus will speak briefly about their respective experiences of their faith and spirituality. Pre-registration required. Call the Chaplain’s Office (x8272) or e-mail <mdeschai> by March 9.
COME MEET THE HARWARD CENTER! You are invited to a Dessert Discussion about student leadership and community involvement on Monday, March 6th, 2006 at 8:30pm at 97 Bardwell St. The Harward Center would like to hear from students about their ideas for increasing opportunities for student leadership at Bates and for what sorts of student opportunities the Harward Center should be providing. Please join David Scobey, Director of the Harward Center, and the Student Volunteer Fellows for some casual conversation and dessert. Please RSVP to Katie Seamon at kseamon@bates.edu by Today, March 2nd. Thanks!
