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.

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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!

Today 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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Bates College Museum of Art and the Department of Art and Visual Culture present SENIOR EXHIBITION 2006 - Work by Lindsay Allsop, Brooke Anable, Emily Fisken, Yi Xing Hwa, Sarah Judice, Molly Stoddard, and Annie Wachnicki AND Students in the Vault: Josef Koudelka Curated by Julia Knight and John Phelan '06 - Opening Reception Tonight, March 31 - Gallery talks: 6 PM Food and Jazz: 7 PM - www.bates.edu/museum.xml

6 p.m., Chase Hall Lounge.  STRINGFELLOW AWARD POTLUCK SUPPER AND AWARD CEREMONY honoring Amanda Harrow ’06 and Jake Grindle of the Maine People’s Alliance in Lewiston.  Guest presentation by Tom Ewell.

Bates College Choir REQUIEM - By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Olin Arts Center – Today & Saturday, April 1, 8 p.m. Free Admission. Tickets Required. Contact The Olin Arts Center to reserve tickets at 786-6135

This weekend, the FILMBOARD is showing Brokeback Mountain!  Based upon the short story by Annie Proulx, the film is brought to vivid life by the expert hand of director Ang Lee, and the powerful performances of its two leads, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.  The film follows the love affair between two cowboys, set against the backdrop of a heavily prejudiced American west.  Brokeback Mountain won Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars, as well as several Best Film awards.  Be sure to make time this weekend for what may well have been the best movie of the year!  As always, admission is only $1.  Friday & Saturday: 7:00, 9:30.  Sunday: 2:00, 4:30.  Olin 104.

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

Today 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

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We hope your dance skills were warmed up at Lick-It and Gala because you’d better be prepared to move at this Friday’s REGGETON party.  Come listen and dance to the latest tunes from the hot, new genre of Reggeton.  Sponsored by the Spanish House.  Tonight  starting at 10Pm in the Little Room.

Five $20 Gift Certificates - Horny Toad, Patagonia, North Face and two for LL Bean - This Saturday is the final bus trip of the semester, and once again the bus will be heading to FREEPORT.  It is supposed to be a nice day on Saturday, so why not take a few hours to do a little shopping.  As a way of saying thank you for all of your support this semester the Student Activities Office will be giving away five $20 gift certificates to the Freeport bus riders.  All you have to do to win is sign up for the bus, and then hop on the bus on Saturday - pretty simple, huh?  The bus leaves from in front of Chase Hall at 12 noon, and will be back to campus by 5 pm.  To sign up stop by the Student Activities Office in Chase Hall.  We will be offering several trips during Short Term, so keep an eye out for further information.

In light of the tensions that have been experienced this past week, The Protestant Chapel Service on Sunday will be a SERVICE OF PRAYER AND WORSHIP FOR RECONCILIATION.  The focus will be on personal and shared prayer (using prayers from the Book of Common Prayer), worship and the Eucharist as a sign of our common need and unity. All are welcome.   5:30 at the Chapel.

HILARY PUTNAM, philosopher emeritus at Harvard University, visits Bates College to address the topic "The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 3, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. Sponsored by the Bates English department, Putnam's talk is open to the public at no charge.

WHY UPGRADE EMAIL?  Behind the scenes, the upgrade will include new five servers for receiving, processing and storing e-mail, new server software that will manage messages more efficiently and a new version of Webmail.  Three features of the new Webmail that students can utilize after April 18 are: Access to the complete Bates e-mail directory (LDAP) for use when entering names in the ‘To’ fields.  By simply typing the beginning letters of an individual’s first name, last name or e-mail account name you will see all the matching user names.  Vacation and forward messages can easily be created in Webmail. Filters set in Webmail will actually filter mail that will be read in Webmail or other e-mail programs.  You’ll only have to set your filters in Webmail.  Details on these features can be seen at http://www.bates.edu/emailchanges in the Helpsheets and FAQ sections. If you have any questions on the e-mail upgrade, please contact Help Desk Services at 207-786-8222.

REMINDER TO STUDENTS REGARDING FINAL EXAMINATIONS: Scheduled final examinations for Winter 2006 courses begin Thursday, April 6th and end Tuesday, April 11th.  (There are no scheduled examinations on Saturday or Sunday). Most final examinations are scheduled in the room in which the course met during the semester. The days and times of scheduled exams are listed along with the courses in the Winter 2006 schedule found on the Garnet Gateway login page under the "Course Information" link: http://abacus.bates.edu/garnet-gateway/  To view a list of those multiple section courses whose final examinations are scheduled together, and which may or may not be in the room where the course met during the semester, click on the "Winter 2006 Final Examination Information" link found on the Garnet Gateway login page under the "Course Information" link: http://abacus.bates.edu/garnet-gateway/

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!

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)