Multifaith Chaplaincy - All sorrows can be borne if you can put them in a story or tell a story about them. Isak Dinesen - Beginning Tomorrow at Noon - GOING ON TOGETHER - A Weekly Conversation For and Among Those in the Bates Community Who Have Lost a Loved One in the Last Year-  Wednesdays at Noon March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8 and 15- Multifaith Chaplaincy Common Room - 161 Wood Street
2nd Floor - Bill Blaine-Wallace, Convener

OCS DROP INS AT COMMONS: Do you have a quick question about your resume, job/internship search, eRecruiting, alumni networking, or other career-related topic? Stop by Room 131 (Fish Bowl) to speak with an OCS staff member.

THE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT candidate presentation in Cultural Anthropology - Brian Karl, Visiting Instructor, Colby College will give a lecture on "Appropriations of the 'Foreign' and Mediating the Social in Moroccan Popular Music" - 4:15pm  ~  Pettengill G21 - Refreshments will be provided!

TODAY ONLY FILMBOARD proudly presents The Reader!!!  Michael Berg (Ralph Fiennes) reflects on the formative sexual relationship he had with older woman Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet, in a Golden Globe- and Oscar-winning role) as a young teenager in this poignant drama set in post-World War II Germany. The passionate affair ended when Hanna disappeared. But years later, Michael learns she's on trial for horrific Nazi war crimes. David Kross plays the teenage Michael in this film based on Bernhard Schlink's best-seller.  Show times are today at 7 and 9:30 ONLY in Olin 104.  NOTE: due to popular demand, the Reader replaced the Spirit as the last movie of the semester.  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.

OPEN REHEARSAL: Chase the Fiddlers. 7pm, Chase Hall Lounge.

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!

PEER WRITING ASSISTANTS STAFF MEETING at 7:15 p.m. upstairs in Little Meeting Room in New Commons #226.

Students in THEA 364, Katalin Vecsey’s course in Advanced Voice and Speech, perform their final project, a production of the play CLOSER by Patrick Marber. "A brilliant and bracing new play, bruising and beautiful, shatteringly funny and devastatingly sad." (Variety) – tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 pm in Gannett Theatre

CONCERT: The last time you will ever get to see Tyler Infelise, Brooks Puchner, Carola Cassaro, Matt Paul, Jessie Sawyer, and Molly Wolkin in concert with the CROSSTONES!  Come see their favorite songs, all of their solos, a new song for this year, and a FIRST EVER for the Crosstones, along with all sorts of Senior Concert Fun. 9:00 pm in the Benjamin Mays Center.

DREAMING BIG: Sizing up the arts at Bates. Come see a poster session evaluating the arts at Bates, presented by students in Research Methods for Sociology. Do students REALLY care about the arts at Bates? Come find out!! Thursday, April 9th, 9:30 AM, Benjamin Mays Center.

JAZZ – HIPHOP – BALLROOM – STEP – BOLLYWOOD - Marcy Plavin Studios, Merrill Gym 2nd Floor, 12-1 Thursday, April 9th.

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE - a service of music and reflection around the meaning of the death of Jesus.  4:15 in Chase Lounge. All are welcome. Sponsored by Chapel Worship.

SENIOR ART EXHIBITION opening Friday, April 10th, 6-8pm. Bates College Museum of Art, Olin Arts Center.

BATES BUS SCHEDULE: The bus departs from Campus Ave. in front of Chase Hall.  Sign-up in advance for all trips in the Student Activities Office in Chase Hall.  This Saturday’s trip will be going Freeport. Bus leaves campus at noon and returns to campus at 5 pm.

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.)

If you are REMAINING ON CAMPUS FOR SHORT-TERM and want to switch rooms, please come to the Housing Office as soon as possible and fill out a short term room switch request form. Switches can take two forms:
1. If you know someone who will be vacating their room for short-term and you want to switch into their room, you can both email amcgeeha@bates.edu with the request.
2. You can fill out the short term room switch request form and turn it in to the Housing Office. You will be able to note your preferences on this form and will be housed accordingly, depending on what is available.
All short term room switch requests need to be handed in/emailed by May 1st. Please feel free to email housing@bates.edu with any questions.

KEYS: Before you leave, return your keys: Students not returning to campus housing for short term, must return all College keys by April 19th at 5pm. This includes residence keys, academic building room keys and keys to student organization offices. Keys may be returned to the Access Control Office (across from the bookstore) during office hours, or through the mail slot in the Access Control door outside of office hours. If you must return your key when Chase Hall is closed, please return your key to the Security Office. Returning your key to Security is only an option when Chase Hall is closed. The late fee for keys not returned by April 19th is $25. The total fees for residence keys not returned, or returned after the lock is changed is $100 per key. Academic building room keys and keys to student organization offices are billed at $50 per key. You are responsible for returning your keys. Do not leave them in your room, give them to someone else to use or expect someone else to return them on your behalf.
ACCESS: Building access will terminate on Sunday, April 19th at 5pm for those students who are not registered for short term or participating in an approved short term sport or program.

5:00 pm Chinese Table – New Commons Building, Room 131 A,B,C
6:00 pm Come to the LATINOS UNIDOS meeting in the Multicultural Center! Latinos Unidos is an organization that aims to create awareness of Latino Cultures in the Bates community while serving as a support system for its members. Share your ideas, help plan upcoming events and club activities, and bring your friends! All meetings are open to everyone and will be held in English. See you there!
6:30 pm Come join the Outing Club (the best and biggest club on campus) for their weekly meeting every Wednesday at 6:30 pm in the basement of Alumni Gym.  (To get there: take the side entrance closest to New Commons, down the stairs and take your first right through to the BOC room).
7:00 pm Portuguese Table – New Commons, Room 116
7;30 pm Interested in learning about the exciting world of investing?? Come join the Bates College Investment Club and help manage a portfolio of $100,000! No prior experience of any kind is necessary.  Pettengill G10 (except for March 18)
8:00 pm The Bates Democrats weekly meeting in New Commons 221. Come join us!
8:15 pm Bates Christian Fellowship weekly at 8:17pm in Hirasawa Lounge (Top floor of Chase Hall). Grab a friend and come ready to dive into what God has in store for us!
8:30 pm PostSecret Committee Meeting - All are welcome to help plan the PostSecret Event March 9th, and events surrounding. Email rchacko@bates.edu or ewrightt@bates.edu with questions.  Meet at Bill and Victoria's house: 32 Mountain Ave (across from the new dorm, on the corner). (until March 4)
9:00 pm Helicase Club Meeting – Come learn about the brand new Biology Club! New members are welcome!