SHORT TERM IM LEAGUES.  Planning to be here for Short Term?  Get involved in an Intramural league!  Many activities for you to participate in:  slow pitch softball, bowling, wallyball, 4v4 flag football, squash, and racquetball.  Registration will begin April 1st and continue until each league is filled!  Get your team organized NOW!

Working on a paper? Get some feedback tonight about your writing from experienced Bates peer writing assistants. The Peer Writing Center in Ladd is open from 7 to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday nights as well as Sunday afternoons from 1 to 5. No appointment necessary--just stop by with your paper and assignment and enjoy some constructive conversation about your writing. See you there!

Looking for a supportive study environment?  Try MCC STUDY NIGHTS Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-9pm, Multicultural Center, 2nd Floor Lounge.

Come join the BATES CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at 8pm in Hirasawa Lounge (Chase Hall) to sing, hang out with other Christians on campus, and talk about keeping our faith alive in difficult times!  Hope to see you there.

THE FINAL VILLAGE CLUB SERIES of the year present Mat Weddle - Thursday, April 2nd, 9:00pm - The Benjamin E. Mays Center - Check Mat out at: http://www.myspace.com/matweddlemusic - As always, free chai, tea, coffee, and cookies for those who attend

TO REMAIN ON CAMPUS in the residences and to have access to the dining services DURING THE SHORT TERM, students must be in one of the following categories:
(1) Be enrolled in a Short Term Unit,
(2) Be a graduating senior who already has completed three units AND is engaged in an approved work or voluntary work on campus or in the community (form required from the Dean of Students Office),
(3) Be a full-time Voluntary Teaching Assistant approved by a Faculty member for a Unit,
(4) Be a full-time Research Assistant approved by a Faculty member (form required from the Dean Of Students Office),
(5) Be a participant on an intercollegiate varsity team in season (sport term - access on campus ends at season's conclusion).
Students not involved in one of the categories above will not be allowed to stay on campus nor have dining privileges for the Short Term.

Are you looking for an expense paid internship opportunity in conservation for this summer?  Stop by to speak with Katie Swick of STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION – Renyi room, #211 in New Commons on Friday, April 3 from 11 am to 1 pm.

It's the academic event of the year!  The Eighth MOUNT DAVID SUMMIT, Bates College's annual celebration of student academic achievement, will take place on Friday, April 3, 2009. The Bates Gamelan Orchestra will kick off the day's events at 2:30 PM in the Perry Atrium of Pettengill Hall. Over 280 students will participate in this year's Summit. In Pettengill Hall, concurrent sessions will take place throughout the afternoon, in which students will present research posters, short talks, panel discussions, a photography exhibition, and film screenings. The Summit will culminate in the evening in a concert by Bates College Modern Dance Company at 7:30 PM in Schaeffer Theatre.  Don't miss YOUR FRIENDS' presentation at the Annual MOUNT DAVID SUMMIT.  Lots of food--lots of fun.  See exactly WHO is doing WHAT and WHEN at http://www.bates.edu/mt-david-summit.xml .

Final projects by students of THEA 371 ACTING FOR THE CAMERA.  Free, no reservations.- Friday, April 3 at 4:00 pm in Filene Room, Pettigrew Hall

This weekend FILMBOARD proudly presents Slumdog Millionaire!!!  After coming within one question of winning 20 million rupees on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" 18-year-old Mumbai "slumdog" Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is arrested on suspicion of cheating. While in custody, Jamal regales a jaded police inspector (Irfan Khan) with remarkable tales of his life on the streets, as well as the story of Latika (Freida Pinto), the woman he loved and lost. Danny Boyle's film won a Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Picture. Show times are Friday at 7 and 9:30, Saturday at 2 and 7, and Sunday at 2 and 4:30 in Olin 104.  NOTE: due to popular demand, defiance was switched with Slumdog Millionaire, so previous posters are wrong.  In addition, the Wednesday (April 8) show previously scheduled to be The Spirit has been switched with Academy Award winning The Reader.  As always, admission is only $1 No better way to catch up on movies from this past fall or watch them again! Free posters are also available for the fall releases W., The Rocker, and Transporter 3, so please come see a Filmboard member at the showing if you are interested.  Please remember, there is no food or drink allowed in Olin 104.  *Brought to you by your friends at Filmboard*

Bates College MODERN DANCE COMPANY  PRESENTS: DEPARTURE POINT. - Schaeffer Theater - Friday April 3 at 7:30; Saturday April 4 at 5:00; Sunday April 5 at 2:00; Monday April 6 at 7:30. New works by student Choreographers from DANC 251 and 351: Barbara Byers , Sam Coran, Yasis Fairley, Kelly Griffin, Kolby Hume, Jake Lewis, Victoria Lowe, Sarah O'Loughlin, Claire Parker, Lindsay Reuter, Kimberly Russell, Ebbe Sweet and Lighting designers from THEA 232: Jacob Adams, Barbara Byers, Elizabeth Castellano, Chris Dahlin, Ian Dulin, Deezer Irons, Jenniver Flanegan, Rusafat Hasaov, Margaret Koerber, Mia Lidofsky, Derek Roccini, Stacia Saniuk, Michele Schloss, Alina Volobuyeva - With 50 additional student dancers, musicians and crew - Bates Students FREE $6 / $3 www.bates.edu/boxoffice

Come see the WOMEN'S WATER POLO team play against MIT, BC, Wesleyan, and Wellesley at their only home tournament! Xome support us at our games on Saturday April, 4th at 11:40am and 2:40pm and on Sunday, April 5th at 10:10am and 2:30pm. Catfights in the water!!!

Interested in the history and revitalization of Lewiston?  Come to the BEYOND BATES: ADVENTURE L-A!  Free tours and admission to the museum and performances by the Trio Lorraine, a traditional Franco-American group playing from 2-3 pm.  Catering by Willy Beans, Lewiston’s premier bistro and café.  Saturday, April 4th, 1-4pm, Museum L-A, Canal St..

Students in Katalin Vecsey's Advanced Voice and Speech course perform their final project  CLOSER by Patrick Marber  - "A play about  love, sex, and other crimes of the heart" - The Independent on Sunday (London)  - Saturday, April 4, Wednesday, April 8, Thursday, April 9 - 7:30pm, Gannett Theater

5:00 pm Japanese Table – New Commons Building, Room 116
12:00 pm Room To Love.  Please join us for a weekly Multifaith worship service in which we explore the matters of the human heart. Thursdays at noon at 161 Wood St.
5:00 pm French Table – New Commons Building, Room 131 A,B,C
6:00 pm Hillel meets every Thursday at 6:00 in New Commons Renyi Room #211. Join us for dinner and to spend time with other Jewish students.
6:00 pm BCTV is a student run organization working to broadcast talent through television. We will be doing    news segments, Bates Cribs, and more. Meetings are in New Commons Jarnryd Meeting Room  #222. -   (except April 30 in Room 226)
7:00 pm Physics 108 weekly PALG session.  The session is open to all students of the class and is led by Maddie White.  Carneg 113
7:00 pm Come join the Women's Resource Center for its weekly meeting! We will be discussing and planning upcoming events and all are welcome to join and share their ideas! WRC, 45 Campus Ave.
7:00 pm Come to the meetings of the Bates Secular Student Alliance, the first and only Bates College organization dedicated to non-religious Batesies. All are welcome, religious or not! Pettengill 116
8:00 pm Come juggle with the Juggling Club!  We meet between 8 and 10pm in the Skelton Lounge of Chase Hall. No experience necessary, drop by anytime.