SENIORS!  Vote for your favorite staff member to speak at  BACCALAUREATE.  Tabling outside of Commons Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 12-1.

Want to be involved in EDUCATION CLUB activities this short term? The Education Club will be having lunch Wednesday May 6th and discussing upcoming events and speakers. Come to the glass room 131 B in New Commons at noon to talk about upcoming events!

The MUSIC DEPARTMENT  Invites You to a Candidate Presentation  by Jenny Woodruff - Speaking on: "Girl, you nasty!: Musicality and Propriety in African-American Girls' Dancing at a North Carolina Boys and Girls Club" - Olin Arts Center, Room 128, 4:15pm

For those of you interested in learning about investing or finance, short term is a great time for you to make it out to an INVESTMENT CLUB meeting.  No prior knowledge or experience is expected and all class years are welcome. Wednesday, May 6, Pgill G10 at  7:30 pm.

There will be a brief meeting for anyone interested in attending the NAMI 5k walk in Portland this Saturday, May 9th.  NAMI works to improve the wellness and quality of life of people affected by mental illness through education, advocacy, and support services.  Transportation to the walk will be provided.  Join us for t-shirt and sign making tonight!  8pm, Fireplace Lounge, New Commons.  E-mail dsaunder@bates.edu with questions.

Residents from BLAKE STREET TOWERS, a housing complex for the elderly and younger disabled, will be coming to New Commons to enjoy a meal. Stop by to help residents get food, or sit and eat with us. Thursday, May 7 at 1:00 pm in New Commons, Room 131 (Fish Bowl).

SHORT TERM LECTURE SERIES: You are cordially invited to attend a series of guest speakers who will give special lectures in my short term course "Indigestible Memories of Food" (ACS: s10).  Each talk will begin at 2:30 and will be held in Pettengill Hall Room 257.  Thursday May 7th:Leon Johnson "Languages Not Yet Writ: At Table With Devils + Drowned Boys" - Leon Johnson is an International Artist/Scholar Book Artist  (http://www/leonjohnson.org/)                          

WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES - Thursday, May 7 is the last day for Pap Tests this year.  Please call the Health Center at 207-786-6199 to schedule an appointment.  All other women's health services are available through the last week of Short Term.

You are Cordially Invited to a Lecture by SONYA KAHLENBERG - Bates College, Biology Department entitled “Female Competition and Male Policing in Wild Chimpanzees” - Friday, May 8 -- 4:00pm -- G52 Pettengill - Sponsored by the Anthropology Department

Ants?  Pants?  CONTRADANCE! Contradancing is a friendly and energetic folk dance.  It’s a great way to have fun and meet new people.  And it’s easy!  If you can walk, you can contradance.  No experience or partner necessary!  Live music.  Free baked goods and snacks.  Friday, May 8th, 7:30 pm, Chase Hall Lounge. Free to Bates students

Looking for something to do this weekend?  The Student Volunteer Fellows are sponsoring MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY on Saturday, May 9th.  Activities include volunteering at a soup kitchen, spending time with the elderly, playing with kids, and helping at the animal shelter.  Sign up at the table in commons Wednesday – Friday this week.

A NIGHT OF DRAG: Tickets are on sale in Commons at lunch as well as at the door (get their early!) - Saturday, May 9, 7:00pm - 9:35pm, Schaeffer Theater - A night of drag to benefit queer & trans youth empowerment in the tri-county! Sponsored by OUTfront and Outright L/A - featuring:  Shaunna Rai (Lewiston), Mimi Imfurst (New York City), Kings of the Hill (Portland), Bunny Wonderland (Portland), E'On (Lewiston), Ms. Olivia Bouyea (Sanford) + sassy amateur youth performers. Door prizes, refreshments and celebrity judges including: Sarah Holmes (USM), Charles Nero (Bates College), Ariane Mandell (Bates College), and Heidi Conn (Edward Little High School) - $5 for students and seniors - $10 general admission (seating limited so buy tickets in advanced or come early!)

BBQ for SENIORS ONLY on Monday, May 11 from 5-7pm outside the Benjamin Mays Center. Do not forget to bring cash/credit card to donate to Senior Gift! RSVP to Brianna Belanger at bbelange@bates.edu.

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 – CRICKET CLUB – GOSPEL CHOIR – IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ADVOCACY GROUP– KITE SURFING CLUB – MEN’S LACROSSE CLUB – LIBERTARIANS –MERIMANDERS– MUSHAHADA ASSOC – PAINTBALL BALL –PUBLIC JOURNAL– SALAAM NAMASTE. – SECULAR STUDENTS ALLIANCE – SEXUAL ALLIANCE – SHOOTING ASSOC. – STUDENT– TABLE TENNIS – ULTIMATE FRISBEE – UNITARIAN UNIVER. – VIDEO GAME CLUB – VOLLEBALL W

ON-CAMPUS SUMMER HOUSING Students who wish to stay in on-campus housing this summer must fall under one of the following categories:
1. Students employed during the summer to conduct research supervised by a faculty member
2. Students participating in a Bates-sponsored internship program
3. Students working for an administrative office of the College
Access to summer housing is limited to the term of employment only and is not available until the day following graduation.  Summer housing will end on August 20th for   returning students and August 22nd for anyone not returning to Bates in the fall.  Students who will be at Bates in the fall will be allowed to move to their fall assignments if they are still in summer housing at that time.  If you will not be at Bates in the fall you will need to move out of campus housing on the move-out date designated -- no exceptions!  Students are charged a fee of $55.00 per week for a double and $65.00 per week for a single.  The week designation is from Sunday to Saturday.  There can be no break in dates during the summer (i.e. vacations).  Seniors must pay for housing up front in 4 week increments.  Commons does offer a meal plan during the summer, which can be paid for through them.  If you meet the above criteria and wish to live on campus this summer, please come to the Housing Office to fill out a summer housing contract by ****Friday, May 8th**.  The contracts are available now, so please pick them up as soon as possible. The contract will need to be signed by your work or grant supervisor before it can be turned in.  Students will be housed in John Bertram over the summer.  Rooms for summer housing are assigned by lottery.  The lottery will take place in the Little Room in the basement of Chase Lounge at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, May 13th.  If you will not be here during Short Term you will need to designate a proxy to choose a room for you.  Space is limited and if there is a high demand for summer housing, students may need to live with a roommate.  Please stop by the Housing Office or e-mail housing@bates.edu with any questions.

 

 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!