Bates College | April 9, 2009

IM LEAGUES FOR SHORT TERM! Registration has been open for the following Short Term IM Leagues: 4v4 flag football, wallyball, squash, racquetball and bowling. Unfortunately, the Slow Pitch Softball has filled with 24 teams but all other leagues remain open. If you're interested in being active in the IM league, turn your reservation in as soon as possible. All leagues will begin the first week of Short Term! www.bates.edu/IM.

POSTER PRESENTATION: Dreaming Big: Sizing up the Arts at Bates College - Do the students really care about the arts at Bates? Do they go to arts events? Who goes, and why? Answers to these questions, and more! - 9:30am, Mays Center - Stop by and see poster presentations by students in the Research Methods for Sociology course. Data includes surveys and interviews with students, observations of arts events, and assessments of the Bates Daily, The Bates Student, and the Bates Website (Pssst – our website is better than Bowdoin’s or Colby’s!). Free food and drinks!!

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

MEN’S TENNIS vs. Bowdoin. 4pm, Wallach Tennis Center.

THE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT invites the Bates community to a candidate presentation in Cultural Anthropology - Maggie Ronkin, PhD Georgetown University & Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Oberlin College will give a talk on"Discursive Positioning in an Autobiographical Narrative" - 4:15pm -- Pettengill G21 - Refreshments will be provided!

RECITAL OF ART SONGS By Scarlatti, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, Vaughan Williams and more - Sung by Voice Students of Bonnie Scarpelli: Katie Black, Segundo Guerrero, Meghan Guynes, Emily Harrop, Ru Hasanov, Jee Hye Kim, Richard McNeil, and Abby Merson - John Corrie, accompanist - Olin Arts Center Concert Hall 4:15 p.m. Free Admission

WOMEN’S LACROSSE vs. Gordon. 5pm, Campus Avenue Field.

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.

BATES COLLEGE STEEL PAN ORCHESTRA Performing at 7:00 p.m. at the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall - Free Admission - Erica Butler, director

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) - 7:30pm, Gannett Theater

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE - a service of music and reflection around the meaning of the death of Jesus. April 10th at 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.

THEATER 362: ADVANCE ACTING FINAL PROJECTS - Friday, April 10, 7:30 pm - Gannett Theater - A Scene from Twelfth Night: Charles Russell ’09, Charlotte Bair-Cucchiaro ’09, Daniel Dias ’09, Ryan Polle ’10 staff, Kate Fitzgerald ’10 - Another Scene from Twelfth Night: Thomas Wesson ’09, Caroline Servat ’10 - A Scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Drew Gallagher ’11, William Treacy ’09, Sarah Hemenway ’09, Tim Fox ’11, Alex Gallant ’11 *FREE ADMISSION*

Ants? Pants? CONTRADANCE! Featuring live music by Wake the Neighbors! Contradance is a friendly and energetic folk dance. It’s a great way to have fun and meet people. And it’s easy! If you can walk, you can contradance. No experience or partner necessary. Beginners encouraged! Friday, April 10th, 8-11pm, Lewiston Public Library. FMI contact sdicegol.

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.

CONCERT: Haven't been filmed yet for drunk thesis? Bragadoon Productions is hosting a party for their last weekend of filming this Saturday night at 10PM the Little Room. The Nancies will perform and we will be awaiting your splendiferous arrival. Sponsored by WRBC 91.5, The Bates Musicians Union and viewers like you.

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 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.