The College Store’s FABULOUS FRIDAY SALE! ONE DAY ONLY – Friday, May 15th, 20% OFF ALL Tee shirts (long & short sleeved). Get some new shirts for summer activities!

Make sure to come to the BLOCK PARTY at Bates College featuring a variety of artists including Zion I, Samuel & the Knocks, Neato Fleats, Snakes Say Hisss, and many more.  Bring your brother, sister, and every other friend.  Check us out on facebook at www.batesblockparty.com  .  Today from 4pm – 2 am, Library Quad, and Saturday from 12 pm – 2 am, behind the Ronj.

THE SHERYL BAILEY 3 MASTERCLASS: today, 4:00pm - CONCERT: 7:30pm - The Olin Arts Center Concert Hall - Admission is free, but reservations required: 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu

This weekend FILMBOARD proudly presents Coraline!!! Curious young Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) unlocks a mysterious door in her family's new home and is transported to an alternate universe that strangely resembles her own -- only better. But when her Other Mother (Teri Hatcher) doesn't want Coraline to return to reality, our heroine must summon all her courage and ingenuity to go home and save her family. The breathtaking stop-motion animation is based on the best-seller by Neil Gaiman.  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.

This Saturday the Student Activities Office will be offering a BUS TO OLD PORT for the day on Saturday  The bus leaves from in front of Chase Hall at noon and returns to campus by 5 pm.  Sign up in the Student Activities Office in Chase Hall.

CAMPUS FEUD CONTEST.  A survey, whose answers will be used in the Campus Feud Contest on May 19, is now available for all students.  Please take 5-10 minutes to complete the survey, found at:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=V8jvYYlHiDtGoC96tXa1sA_3d_3d

HOLI!: The Most Wicked Water Fight EVER Celebrate the spring season with a fun assortment of colors, water balloons, water guns, paint, and free refreshments!  Holi is a festival of colors in South Asia and is celebrated by throwing colors and water at each other. Salaam Namaste is bringing Holi back to Bates this year, so everyone can join in on the fun!  Bring friends and spend an exhilarating afternoon splashing colors, pelting water balloons, and squirting water guns at ANYONE!!  It is suggested that everyone wear white, and the goal is to get as wet, dirty and colorful as possible!  Come join us at the library quad on May 16th from 2 - 4 pm!!!!  There will be free mango lassi as well!! (Mango Milkshakes!)

The ANIME CLUB will have a marathon showing of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya," a popular light comedy series directed by Tatsuya Ishihara. We will be showing this on Saturday the 16th and Sunday the 17th from 1-4 in Pettengill G52 Keck Classroom.  Come by for an episode or two to enjoy.

Dia de Fiesta will begin with... TALENT SHOW Saturday at 7:30 in Chase Lounge. Come see your friends perform dances, skits estilo SABADO GIGANTE, and don't miss a guest performance by the Bates Step Team. Then, come shake it at the annual NOCHE TROPICAL DANCE in the Little Room, starts at 9:30 and goes till 2AM! Salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, dancehall, hip hop, don't miss it!

Come have fun playing BADMINTON! All skill levels are welcome. Stop by for a quick game or stay for the whole two hours! Sunday, May 17 from 3 to 5 pm in the Gray Cage.

CHAPEL WORSHIP - 7:00 PM Sunday in Skelton Lounge.  This week's theme is "When God Shows Up." Chapel Worship is an interdenominational, multicultural service of Christian worship. All are welcome!

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 - IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ADVOCACY GROUP – KITE SURFING CLUB  - MUSHAHADA ASSOC.  (MUSLIM STUDENT’S ASSOC)- PAINTBALL BALL -  SHOOTING ASSOC.  - TABLE TENNIS   - VIDEO GAME CLUB  - VOLLEBALL W