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!

DOODLING: There's a lot of doodling going on out there! Have you wiled away a class, a meeting, a sporting event, a public lecture.....by doodling in a margin, on a letterhead, on a napkin, or what have you?    Of course you have!  We invite you to submit your creative doodle for display in the Bookstore.  Feel free to submit your original or a copy of one or more of your efforts. ***All participants will receive a 10% discount coupon for a future Bookstore purchase  and will be eligible for a prize drawing.** For inspiration and a bit more on doodling, check out this recent  NPR article. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101727048  /~It's all about the fun~/ The Doodle Board is going up now, so relax and get creative!  (We'll start taking submissions immediately--and we'll accept them until the fun wears off.)

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 from 11 am to 1 pm.

TODAY IS THE DAY!!! The Eighth MOUNT DAVID SUMMIT will kick off at 2:30 in the Perry Atrium, followed by an afternoon of concurrent student talks and poster sessions.  Session I;  2:30-4:15; Session II: 4:30-6:00; evening events start at 7:30 PM. DON'T MISS this great celebration of student creativity! EVERYONE will be there! 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 - 4:30 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

*BATES L.E.A.D.S.* Leadership Effectiveness and Development Series* will hold a session Sunday April 5th  at 6:30pm in New Commons 211. Take a study break and come learn some new stress relieving techniques and meditation. Coloring books, play dough, chocolates, and Swedish fish... who wouldn't want to stop by?!  RSVP to snoyes@bates.edu to reserve your spot. Sponsored by the Student Activities Office.

CONCERT: Come see Tyler Infelise, Carola Cassaro, Brooks Puchner, Jessie Sawyer, Matt Paul, and Molly Wolkin together in concert with the CROSSTONES FOR THE LAST TIME!  The Crosstones Senior Concert is Sunday, April 5th at 8:00 in the Mays Center.  All of our songs will showcase our talented seniors, so come see them all one last time!

INTERRACIAL ASIAN ADOPTION: C.N. Le is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department and Director of the Asian & Asian American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  He is the author of the recently-published book Asian American Assimilation: Ethnicity, Immigration, and Socioeconomic Attainment  (2007). His lecture is titled, "Interracial Asian Adoption:  Issues and Identity in 21st  Century American Society".  Monday, April 6 at 7:00 pm in Muskie Room.

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.

2:30 pm  An overview of resources and effective strategies for finding jobs and internships presented by Bates    Office of Career Services. (Except Jan. 23 and March 27) in the Renyi Room #211
4:15 pm    Come to Debate’s weekly practice – Pettigrew 309
6:00 pm    Join Bates Hillel Friday nights for our Weekly Shabbat services and dinner in Frye Street Union.  Services start at 6:00 and are followed by dinner at 6:30.  All are welcome.
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.
8:00 pm Biology 101B PALG session.  The session is open to all students of the class and is led by Hannah Mack.  PGill 162