SHORT TERM PARKING PERMITS: Short term parking permits will be on sale starting on the first day of short term. This is for students who were not awarded parking permits during the academic year. Permits will be sold at Chase Hall Concierge Mon.- Fri. 7:30am- 2:30pm. If you already have a valid, orange, 08S or 08M permit, you do not need another permit. $20.00 will be charged to the student's account. Students who have accumulated five violations or are banned from campus are not eligible. Parking on campus is by permit only.

STILL LOOKING FOR A SUMMER JOB? Interested in a career in conservation? Grab your lunch and join Andy and Doc for an informal conversation about summer job opportunities and careers with the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands.  New Commons Room 200, 11 AM - 1 PM.

Spend your Wednesday evening with Dave from speechwriters LLC and Samantha Murphy!  *SAMANTHA MURPHY AND DAVE LOWENSOHN* *8Pm in the Benjamin Mays Center* “The Village Voice called Samantha’s first album ‘a perfect pop record,’ while Dave has won an ASCAP songwriting award every year since 2005.  As independent musicians, they have toured more than 30 states, and earned tens of thousands of internet followers solely on the strength of their songs.”...and now YOU can see them together at Bates College tonight.  *learn more about this awe-inspiring duo at http://www.samanthaanddave.com .  YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!  Brought to you by the Student Activities Office. 

PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: Please join your fellow students, faculty and staff members, alumni and community members for the third annual  Presidential Symposium.  ***The Teaching and Learning Shift: Diversity and Technology in the Twenty-First Century* begins at noon, Thursday, April 30, 2009 in the Olin Arts Center.  Panelists include: *Anna Everett*, Professor and Chair, Department of Film and Media Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara  *Eszter Hargittai,* Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, and Faculty Associate of the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University and 2008-09 Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University *Joline Blais,* Associate Professor, New Media, University of Maine at Orono, Co-Director of Still Water, and Co-Founder of LongGreenHouse. You may view the full afternoon schedule and learn more about the panelists at http://www.bates.edu/x202863.xml.

LECTURE: The Office of Multicultural Affairs welcomes Philippe Boukara, a historian specializing in Jewish studies and professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. He is the coordinator of adult education at the Memorial de la Shoah, the premier Holocaust documentation center in France and a member of the steering committee of the Christian-Jewish Friendship Association of France.  A native of Paris, Boukara is also Chairperson of the Eastern Paris Conservative Jewish Congregation (Dor Va Dor). He is the author of numerous contributions to academic symposia and journals. His books include: Précis d'histoire juive: Des origines à 1934, with Simon Drubnov and Isaac Pougatz and Une communauté au repúblique: histoire des juifs en france depois 1967. Friday, May 1 at 3:00 pm in the Benjamin Mays Center

Bates, let's GET DOWN(TOWN)TO BUSINESS!! 12-1:30 on Wed. May 6th!! Please come to a kick-off lunch event, in the Mays Center, for the "Get Down(town) to Business" campaign. Lunch will be available for those who RSVP to Aubrey Nelson (anelson@bates.edu) by Friday, May 1st before 2pm. The event will commence with a brief presentation of what steps are already being taken as a part of the 'get down(town) to business' campaign, and what options are already available for the Bates community to better connect with the downtown. Then the floor will be turned over to the participants, and we will ask for input about what else we could/should be doing to support our local community and economy, how to improve our current efforts and options, and who else could be involved. I hope to see you there!

The College Store's "FABULOUS FRIDAY" SALE is here! Each Friday during Short Term, different items will be discounted 20%. This Friday's feature:  SWEATSHIRTS, JACKETS & VESTS

COMMENCEMENT WORKERS NEEDED:  Workers needed for Commencement exercises, Baccalaureate, Senior Semi-Formal, Midnight Madness and Commencement Weekend activities.  Must sign up in the Student Activities  Office.  Housing and Commons privileges are given in return.  Sign-ups are first-come, first served.

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).
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!