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 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.

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

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

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!

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

This weekend FILMBOARD proudly presents its first movie of Short Term: GRAN TORINO!!! Crusty, inflexible Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) must confront his Hmong immigrant neighbors – and his own long-held prejudices – when the family's teen son, Thao, tries to steal Walt's beloved 1972 Gran Torino. Walt soon assumes the unlikely role of guardian angel to young Tao and his sister, who are vulnerable to disturbing gang influences in this intimate drama from 78-year-old director Eastwood.  Show times are Friday at 7 and 9:30, Saturday at 2 and 7, and Sunday at 2 and 4:30 in Olin 104. 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. The complete list of movies for Short Term are Gran Torino (May 1-3), Revolutionary Road (May 8-10), Coraline (May 15-17), and Taken (May 22-24). There will also be a Drive-In movie on the Library Quad with time and movie still TBA!  Please remember, there is no food or drink allowed in Olin 104.

Do you miss the Den?  Would you like to experience the Den on weekends?  Here is your chance!  There will be a CINCO DE MAYO PARTY in the Den.  $5 cover for food, bring additional money for beverages.  21+, bring photo I.D. and a Bates ID.  Future events will be held if this night is a success!  Saturday, May 2nd,  9pm - 1am, The Den.

The Student Activities Office is offering a great trip to go WHITEWATER RAFTING ON THE DEAD RIVER.  The trip will be on Sunday, May 24th.  The cost will be $75, and this will include rafting and all of the equipment, a roundtrip coach bus, snacks on the bus and a DVD of the rafting for each rafter to remember the trip. We are currently taking names and payments, so stop by the Student Activities Office in Chase Hall to reserve your spot. The trip is open to all students, staff and faculty, as well as affiliated friends and family members.  The recommended age is at least 14, in case you are interested in bringing children or siblings along for the ride. For students that are interested in going but are concerned about the cost, assistance is available - please ask if you are interested.

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.

ATTENTION STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Please submit names of new officers to the CSA Office as soon as you have elections. The CSA office is in the process of putting a list of all student organizations and their leaders for next fall’s directory. The following organizations have not submitted a list of new officers:

BATES BUILDING HOUSES – CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION –CRICKET CLUB – GOSPEL CHOIR – HISTORICAL SOCIETY –IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ADVOCACY GROUP– KITE SURFING CLUB – MEN’S LACROSSE CLUB – LIBERTARIANS –MERIMANDERS– MUSHAHADA ASSOC. – MUSICIANS UNION –PAINTBALL BALL – PHYSICS SOC. –PUBLIC JOURNAL– SALAAM NAMASTE. – SECULAR STUDENTS ALLIANCE – SEXUAL ALLIANCE – SHOOTING ASSOC. – STEP CLUB – STUDENT– TABLE TENNIS – ULTIMATE FRISBEE – UNITARIAN UNIVER. – VIDEO GAME CLUB – VOLLEBALL W

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 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 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.