The Student Activities Office is sponsoring a trip for students to FENWAY PARK next Saturday, May 17th, to see the RED SOX take on the Milwaukee Brewers.  Tickets are $35 each, which includes a ticket to the game and round-trip transportation on a coach bus*.  Tickets will go on sale at 8:30 am in the Student Activities Office in Chase Hall.  There is a limit of one ticket per student.  Please bring cash or a check to the office when signing up - no money, no sign up!  Tickets will be handed out the day of the game.*If you choose to not take the bus the tickets will still be $35, as the cost is based on everyone taking advantage of the free transportation.

6th Annual COLLEGE WELLNESS FAIR!  11 am to 6 p.m. in the Gray Cage. The theme of this year's Wellness Fair will be "Fun with Fitness" as there will be several interactive events which should remind us all that keeping ourselves healthy can be fun.  Events will include a Dance Dance Revolution Contest, Nintendo Wii Sports, a Climbing Wall, Bhangra Dancing, Free Massage Therapy and much more!  The first 200 people to visit the fair will receive a sustainable shopping bag from Hannaford.  Door prizes include Red Sox tickets, Gym Memberships, Hour Long Massages, Personal Training Packages, Bike Coop Memberships and more.  All members of the Bates Community are welcome.

NOONDAY CONCERT: Igor Lovchinsky, piano - Performing works by Chopin, Gershwin, and Others - Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. - Free Admission

LECTURE: Gyorgi Spiro, Hungary's greatest living playwright, will be giving a lecture presentation on his life's work at 4:00 pm in Muskie Room.  The American and English-language premiere of his play PRAH will be performed by the Short Term theater production workshop on May 15-18 in the Gannett Theater.

LITERARY CAFE Today! Come and enjoy some literature, music, food, wine and collegial conversation. Short readings by: Rob Farnsworth, Eden Osucha, Susann Pelletier, Kirk Read and Sagaree Sengupta. Music by: John Smedley and Tim Clough. Today 4-6:30 PM in the Chase Hall Little Room (across form the Bookstore).

TALK: Environmental Justice and the US Corp of Engineers: A contradiction? A new era?  Come hear about the Corps' primary missions, how the Corp gets its assignments to study and implement projects and how the Corp approaches environmental justice and environmental compliance. John Furry, US Corp of Engineers - 4:15, PGill G21 (with refreshments!). All are welcome!!! Sponsored by the Casey Fund, Department of Economics and Environmental Studies Program

PEER WRITING is back in Ladd for Short Term!  We're open Monday through Thursday afternoons from 1 to 4 and Sunday through Thursday evenings from 7 to 9:30. Just stop by for helpful, low-key feedback and suggestions for your Short Term writing projects--no appointment necessary. We're on the main floor of Ladd (in the space formerly known as the copier room). See you there!

MEDITATION - 12:10 pm on Wednesday, 161-163 Wood St. #227--There will be a short reading followed by 20 minutes of silent meditation. All are very welcome!*

COMMEMORATION OF THE GENOCIDE OF THE TUTSI IN RWANDA  - Meditations by Ann, Bates College Chaplain Bill Blaine-Wallace, Bates Students for Peace in Rwanda, Prof. Alexandre Dauge-Roth  - Screening of Gilbert Ndahayo's film  BEHIND THIS CONVENT in presence of the filmmaker - Wednesday May 14th, Chase Lounge - 7-9PM  BEHIND THIS CONVENT SYNOPSIS : In 1994, after 100 days of genocide, Ndahayo came home to find the bodies of  his parents and 200 villagers in a pit in his backyard; his house  burnt to the ground. Thirteen after the genocide, Ndahayo meets his  father's killers for the first time.  Are the killers speaking the truth, and only the truth? How much does the  filmmaker know about the execution of his father and the killings of  his 200 people in his courtyard behind this convent? And in the  aftermath of genocide, how does the country resume life with more than  one million lives perished? Civil relations between a filmmaker and  those involved with a genocide that took the lives of family members  are depicted unimaginably. By filming his own family tragedy,  Ndahayo's first feature documentary landmark film about genocide that  creates a stark contrast to the existing stories on tutsi genocide.  NDAHAYO BIO'S: From a survivor of genocide, an orphaned child soldier, Gilbert  Ndahayo struggles to pick up his life. He turns to a tradition of his  ancestors: storytelling. In 2007, he was an invited speaker to the UN   and his debut short "Scars of my days" was honored in New York's  Tribeca Film Festival with an attendance of President Paul Kagame and  Bill Clinton. In 2008, Ndahayo produces "Behind this convent", an 85  min documentary film. which is compilation of 300 video testimonies of  the tutsi genocide and his journey into lives after death.

REMINDER: Security and Dining Services would like remind everyone that no alcoholic beverages are allowed in the New Dining Commons unless it is during a scheduled catered event. Thanks for your help with this matter.

ATTENTION STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS:  Please submit names of new officers to the Student Activities Office as soon as you have elections. The  office is in the process of putting a list of all student organizations and their leaders for next fall’s directory. The following groups have not submitted new officers:

Aviators, Darfur Action, Discordians, Eating Awareness Assoc., Energy Action Movement, Equestrian Team,  Fencing Club, Fishing Club, Golf Assoc., Indigenous Students Network, Men’s Alliance, Merimanders,  Psychology Club, Scuba Soc.,  Triathlon Club

COMMENCEMENT WORKERS NEEDED:  Workers needed for Commencement exercises, Baccalaureate, Senior Semi-Formal, Midnight Madness and Commencement Weekend activities.  Must sign up in the Student Activities Office.  Housing and Commons privileges are given in return.  Sign-ups are first-come, first served.

 5:30 pm Meet & Eat: A place for any and all to eat, chat, and hang out. Bring your food and stop in anytime. No agenda. Every week. Sponsored by the Multifaith Chaplaincy. Meet in New Commons Building, Room 211