1. Current economic climate and Bates: a letter from President Hansen
Read a letter to the Bates community from President Elaine Tuttle Hansen on Bates' financial management strategies, policies and priorities in the face of global economic turbulence. www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-01

2. Food writer Pollan explores 'American paradox'
The science around food, said Omnivore's Dilemma author Michael Pollan to a rapt Bates audience on Oct. 27, "is basically where surgery was in 1650." Then he asked, "Are you ready to get on the table?" www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-02

3. WRBC: Rocking your world since 1958
It's official: WRBC just turned 50! If you live near campus, you can listen over the radio at 91.5 FM. The rest of world can check out a live webcast, read the station's history and interact. www.wrbcradio.com

4. Parents and Family Weekend in images
Parents, grandparents, siblings and friends came to campus Oct. 3-5 to check out a class, enjoy the arts, talk with a coach, attend a sporting event and dive into campus life. See a slide show at: www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-04a

With growing frequency, we find wonderful Bates' artistic performances posted on YouTube. Thank you, Ira Waldman '73, for these performances by the Crosstones: www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-04b

5. Alumni events highlight Homecoming slide show
Spirits were high for a Homecoming weekend Oct. 24-26 that featured an exciting gridiron win over Colby and the first "Faces of Bates Across the Decades," an opportunity to learn about and respond to Bates' recommitment to diversity and inclusion. www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-05

6. Muskie Oral History Project receives national award
The Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Project, a decade-long College effort to preserve memories and impressions of people who knew the late U.S. senator and secretary of state, has received an important award from the national professional organization of oral historians. www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-06

7. Bates senior directs mainstage play
Bates College senior Sulochana Dissanayake of Pita Kotte, Sri Lanka, directed the Bates theater department production of A Lie of the Mind, Sam Shepard's realistic portrayal of two American families. "This is very rare," says Katalin Vecsey, lecturer in the theater department and vocal director for theater productions. "I've been here for 14 years and this is the first time that a student has been invited by the theater department to direct a mainstage production." (includes a short video profile) www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-07

8. Help for grads planning to attend medical school in 2010
If you are applying to medical school for matriculation in the fall of 2010 and plan to have a committee interview with the Medical Studies Committee, the deadline to register is Dec. 1. Find all of the information you need at: www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-08

9. Congress extends tax break on gifts from IRAs
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 extends the rollover provisions originally enacted by the Pension Protection Act of 2006. The legislation offers charitably minded individuals a golden opportunity to make gifts directly from their IRAs and to exclude the amount of their gifts from gross income. www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-09

10. Lecture on climate change and scientific consensus available online
Sponsored by the College Lecture Series, history of science historian Naomi Oreskes of UC-San Diego spoke to a Bates audience Oct. 20 on the science of climate change and the involvement and tension of political influence in the scientific community. An audio link (1 hour, 16 minutes) to that lecture is available at: www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-10

11. Bates People in the News
Anthony Phillips '10, a double major in African American studies and philosophy from Philadelphia, offers a radio commentary urging the next president to increase federal investment in public education. Kelly Kerner, vice president for College advancement, tells the press that fundraisers need to have a long-term focus during tough economic times, while Bates economist David Aschauer comments on the veracity of political ads in Maine that blame the Republicans for the country's money woes. www.bates.edu/go/news/2008-11-11