Junot Díaz, whose novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, signs books for students after offering a lecture in the Benjamin Mays Center. Part of the Arturo Schomburg Afro-Latino Speaker Series at Bates, the talk was sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Colorful lights, elegant apparel and live music characterize the 2009 All-College Gala, held in the Gray Cage (above) and Alumni Gymnasium. Photo by H. Lincoln Benedict '09.

As part of a two-day visit to Bates, food activist and author Mark Winne '72 talks with students in "Environmental Economics," a course taught by Associate Professor of Economics Lynne Lewis, left. Winne has worked for 35 years to close the food gap between America's "haves" and "have-nots."

After an evening of dancing at the annual All-College Gala, students cross the historic Quad. Photograph by H. Lincoln Benedict '09.

The Bates College women's lacrosse team celebrates after breaking out of a 4-4 halftime tie and outscoring Amherst College 6-0 in the second half to win 10-4 in a NESCAC contest.