1:30-3:00 p.m. today, Chapel.  YOGA FOR THE SEASONS: WINTER TO SPRING.  Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat, towel or blanket.

FIGURE DRAWING sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art.  Artists should bring drawing board and supplies.  Easels provided.  Admission: $7 (free to Bates students).  6-9 pm in Olin Arts Center, Room 259

ALL CAMPUS MEETING to discuss recent hate/bias incidents plus accounts shared on the writing boards around campus.  Faculty and staff facilitators will lead discussion towards campus solutions.  Today from 7-8:30 PM IN THE College Chapel

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March 26th to April 1st!!!!THE BATES DHARMA SOCIETY invites you to join our VESAK WEEK Celebration!!!  This is a time of celebration in the Buddhist tradition including different ceremonies, prayers, and yummy food! We will be holding a week's worth of fun activities exploring Buddhism. Come check it out!

Wednesday 29th 7-8 pm
Heard of tai chi but not sure what it is? Join Jake as he leads us in this combination of yoga and meditation. Location: MC House

Thursday 30th 7- 8:30 pm
We will be showing the movie Baraka- claimed by some to be a "cinemagrahpic revelation". There will be chai and cookies served! Location: The Ronj

Friday 31st 4:30 to 5:30
Listen to different prayers preformed by Buddhist monks while meditating. Location: The Chapel

Saturday 1st 4:30 to 5:30
Closing session for Vesak Week. We will light our beautiful lanterns as Stephanie leads a final meditation.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR ANY OF THESE EVENTS!!!!! Email ggrebe@bates.edu with any questions!!!

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PUBLIC LECTURE:  The Margins Distinguished Lectureship Program Presents Dr. Susan Schwartz - University of California At Santa Cruz -Today, 204 Carnegie Science Hall.  Sponsored by The Bates College Departments of Geology and Biology - Technical Lecture, 4:15 P.M. “Sesimic, Geodetic, and Fluid Flow Constraints on Seismogenic Zone Processes in Costa Rica” - 7:00 P.M. “Great Earthquakes and Tsunamis: Causes and Effects”

MUSIC, MUNCHIES, AND MASSAGE - Wednesday, March 29, 7-9pm in Skelton - Stressed out?  Take time to relax before hitting the books again Wednesday night.  The Peer Educators are sponsoring a Stress Relief Break.  A limited number of appointments will be available for a 10 minute neck and shoulder massage with a licensed massage therapist. You must sign up in advance and in person at the table by the ramp beginning at 5pm TODAY.  Appointments are on a first come basis.   Stop by for chai, cookies, and relaxing music.

This Wednesday, the FILMBOARD will be showing Syriana!  Featuring an Academy Award winning performance from George Clooney, the film explores the oil industry from multiple perspectives.  Landing on several “Top 10” lists, Syriana is one of the best reviewed films of the year, and marks the final special weekday showing of the semester.  As always, admission is only $1.  Wednesday, 7:00 & 9:30.  Olin 104. 

CONCERT: Bates College Jazz Band, directed by Thomas Snow. Tonight at 7:00 pm in Chase Lounge. For more information call (207)786-6135

Mushada Muslim Students Club and the Bates Middle East Peace alliance will be screening “PARADISE NOW”, a thrilling story of two Palestinian, life-long friends who decide to commit a suicide mission in Tel-aviv. Come and understand their motivations. Admission is free. Tonight at 8pm in the Olin Art Center, room 105.

Like Shakespeare? Like acting? Come AUDITION FOR SHAKESPEARE ON THE PUDDLE. We will be doing A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Auditions at  8:30 pm  tonight in PGILL G65. No experience necessary!

ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST: This Wednesday, at 8:30 pm, in the *Ronj*, 'Farmer Brown' from Farm Sanctuary will be speaking about factory farming, and animal rights, environmental impacts, and our moral and religious obligations. ("What we are seeing in factory farming, the commodification of animals into production units, is having a proportional effect on the farming community and the lives of those involved in the industry. I have chosen to find a healthier, more compassionate way to live and to promote the ideals of farming community.")  Never heard of Farm Sanctuary? Not sure what factory farming is? Want to know why so many people are vegetarian? Just want to learn something while you drink your chai? Come listen! *Sponsored by PEP - People Eating Plants

Come join us for an hour of STORYTELLING on this week’s theme: sterotypes. All are welcome. Contact rschwab, mwilson, or snelson for more information. Thursday, March 30 at 6 pm in G54 PGill.

LECTURE:  Thursday, March 30th at 7:00 pm in Pettengill G50 0 David Foster, Regent's Professor of Spanish, Women's Studies and Interdisciplinary Humanities at Arizona State University will give a talk on "Women and Film in Latin America." The talk is sponsored by the Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Divisional Chair of Humanities, College Lecture Committee and the NEH Program Fund with additional support from the Department of History and Women and Gender Studies.

DESIRE - Film by Julie Gustafson and the Teenage Girls' Documentary Project - Thursday, March 30, 7:00 p.m.- Olin 104 - A Panel Discussion with director Julie Gustafson and filmmakers Kimeca Rodgers and Tiffanie Johson will follow the screening.  Nearly a decade in the making, this film documents the challenges and desires of a group of young women in New Orleans by letting them film their own stories. As this diverse group of young women—two teenagers from the Desire housing projects, a single mother from the working-class suburb of Belle Chase across the river, and two girls from the most prestigious private high school in New Orleans—make short films about their own desires, this  film records the intimate dramas of their changing lives.  Sponsored By: Art and Visual Culture Department, Women and Gender Studies Program, Psychology Department

PHILLIPS FELLOWS PRESENTATION: Thursday, March 30th, 7:30 pm – Hirasawa Lounge. Jacob Bluestone ’07: Miradas Inocentes: Innocent Looks. Mr. Bluestone will share his experience in Bolivia where he worked closely with disadvantaged children teaching them photography and athletics. Come “open your eyes” and see Bolivia through the eyes of its children. All are welcome; refreshments will be served. Also remember to stop by Chase Hall Gallery to see more of Mr. Bluestone’s photography work with students but this time through the eyes of five Poland Regional High School students. In Our Hands, Through Our Eyes. March 26 through April 9.

EMERGENCY PUBLIC DEBATE: On the resolution “This house believes Bates College should adopt a Hate Crime Code” : a round table discussion about hate on campus will follow at 8:30. In the Muskie Archive at 7:30, Tomorrow night.

FORSAN HUSSEIN, an expert on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will give a talk concerning the conflict and ways of trying to make peace. Thursday, March 30 at 8 pm in 204 Carnegie Hall.

CONCERT: Senior thesis performance by Matthew Lambek. For more information call (207)786-6135. Tomorrow at 8pm.

FOLK CONCERT AT THE RONJ!: Ethan Miller, Kate Boverman, and Ryan Harvey, from *RIOT FOLK* will be performing at the Ronj Thursday night at 8! Riot Folk is a collective of radical artists and musicians, determined to provoke, educate, heal, and inspire, and play some really awesome music while they're at it. If you liked their concert last year, or if you just love radical fun folk music, come check it out! *Sponsored by New World Coalition and the Environmental Coalition  - THURSDAY   8:00   THE RONJ

March 30th - J.P. Williams - J.P. and Fran will bring a bit of twang to the VCS.  All the way from Austin, J.P., blind since he was 10, will bring the south to Maine

Want to sample some the tastiest foods in Lewiston/Auburn area has to offer? In one week, during lunchtime, restaurants from all over the area will bring their finest to the Gray Cage just for you! Come and enjoy A TASTE OF LEWISTON/AUBURN!

“Rural Poverty: Christian Reflections in Action” THE BATES CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP is sponsoring an experimental workshop with Rural Community Action Ministry in Leeds, ME.  RCAM provides assistance to the rural poor in communities north of Lewiston.  We will have sessions on the situation in this area, Bible studies on the prophets’ and the gospels’ insights about poverty and justice, hands on work projects, and worship experiences associated with Holy Week.  All are welcome.  Cost is $125.  For more info to sign up, contact Bill wcutler by April 2nd.  Space is limited to 12 participants.  

BATES COLLEGE MODERN DANCE COMPANY presents INTERIOR DIALOGUES - New Works by Bates College Choreographers - Schaeffer Theater

Friday March 31 @ 8PM and Sunday April 2 @ 2PM - Program A
Dances created by the students of Dance Composition  (DANC 251) - Sam Coran, Kelly Griffin, Shaheen Nazerali, Kim Russell, Meredith Sallee, Fisher Qua - Videos created by students in the cross listed course Atelier (DN/MU 337) - Eric Auner, Emma Arenstam, Carol Dilley, Marisela Fermin, Chloe Raynes

Saturday April 1 @ 8PM and Monday April 3 @ 8PM - Program B - Dances created by the students of the Advanced Composition Seminar (DANC 351) - A piece by visiting faculty Sarah McCormick, performed by student dancers.  A piece created and performed by Carol Dilley & Jill Spiewak Eng.

Over 50 performers, choreographers, composers, designers, artists & crew! Tickets $6/$3. Free to Bates Students.  For reservations call box office at 786-6161 www.bates.edu/box office

GRASS FIELDS: looking for an area to enjoy the warm sunshine?  Please use the following areas on campus:  Page field, Rand field, Bardwell Field, and the Bill field.  These areas are available for general student use during the rest of Winter Semester.  Please wear sneakers - NO CLEATS!   The baseball, softball, football, and soccer fields are NOT in condition to be used at this time.  Thank you for your cooperation!

Noon Bio Dept. Luncheon – Rowe Room, Side A
4:00 pm College Choir Rehearsal – Olin 210
5:00 pm Chinese Table – Room 15, Commons
7:00 pm Bates Christian Fellowship Meeting – Hirasawa Lounge
8:00 pm Busy Life, Peaceful Center – Chapel
9:00 pm  Juggling Club – Hirasawa Lounge –
9:00 pm OUTfront, the student group "for people of all genders and sexualities." - Chase Hall, upstairs and down the hall on your right. ALL ARE WELCOME!!!