SENIORS!!!  Every other year, seniors complete the Senior Survey, which evaluates the programs and services here at Bates.  Your combined responses give us a better idea of what we do well, and where changes are necessary.  Please log onto the Garnet Gateway to connect to and complete your personal survey.  Your participation is important and your responses will help influence our policies and programs.  If you have any questions please contact Bridget Harr in the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment Support at x8210 or by e-mail at bharr@bates.edu.

PEER WRITING is back for Short Term!  Special Short Term hours: Monday through Thursday afternoons from 1 to 4 and Sunday through Thursday evenings from 7 to 9:30.  Just stop by for helpful, low-key feedback and suggestions for your Short Term writing projects – no appointment necessary. We're on the main floor of Ladd.

OPEN HOUSE FOR THE CAMPUS FACILITIES MASTER PLAN UPDATE - To hear information and share ideas related to the Facilities Master Plan Update please join us for a second Open House from 3:00 to 5:00 PM in New Commons Room 221. The Facilities Master Plan Update addresses current and future needs for the buildings, open spaces and facilities that compose the campus and establishes a framework for phased improvements. The Plan extends a vision that respects valued campus qualities and provides future guidance to enhance the unique living/learning environment of the College. We look forward to your participation.

EDUCATION: at 6:00 pm, Professor Anita Charles of the Education department will be presenting her dissertation research on the effect of technology on adolescent literacy- texting, facebooking, etc. Bring your dinner to New Commons room 226 Little Room to find out more about this debate in education.

ART LECTURE: Bates College Department of Art and Visual Culture Presents Veronique B. Plesch, Professor of Art, Colby College - Speaking on "Taking Italy Home: Souvenirs from the Grand Tour" - 7:00 p.m., Olin Arts Center, Room 104 - Reception to Follow - Veronique Plesch is known to many of us as a leading scholar on late medieval and early Renaissance Italian and French art, especially for her fascinating work reading the graffiti etched into the frescoes of Italian churches. An additional interest of hers has been collecting the art and memorabilia of the Grand Tour. Five years ago, she mounted an exhibition at Colby of the work in the collection there but also of her personal collection of memorabilia: prints, paintings, and objects. She is speaking about that project and her collection in conjunction with our course on the emergence of the study of Italian art at the intersections of the Grand Tour and expatriate life in nineteenth and twentieth century Italy, "Desiring Italy."

BATES PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT presents a reading & book signing by LISA GENOVA, Class of '92, author of "Still Alice" - 7:30 pm  Chase Hall Lounge. Dr. Lisa Genova is the author of The New York Times best-selling novel "Still Alice." Genova's debut is a poignant story about a lesser known form of Alzheimer’s Disease - the early-onset form that affects people is their 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. Powerful and compelling, the book has been hailed as "moving and haunting,"  "a work of pure genius," "insightful, tragic, inspirational" and  "Heartbreakingly real"  Genova graduated from Bates with a degree in Biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University.  Refreshments served!

THE MELLON LEARNING ASSOCIATES PROGRAM Presents: A discussion with Terri Kapsalis onThe Hysterical Alphabet: Working Between Research, Writing, and Performance - Thursday May 21st, Room G65, Pettengill Hall at 4:15pm

PERPETUAL E-MOTION at the RONJ THIS THURSDAY:  Captivating and passionate, come lose yourself in the surreal sounds of electric fiddle, swirling didgeridoo, driving guitar and foot percussion. This power duo brings together its varied musical disciplines to present a program of Celtic, bluegrass, jazz and electronic influences.  Perched at the convergence of electronic and traditional dance music, Perpetual e-Motion is solely the bi-product of two musicians who love to groove and inspire movement.  Bring your toes, bring your shoulders, bring the guts to dance  THIS THURSDAY 8:30-10:30PM!!

Last chance ever to see FUNKBONE STRUMPET, this Thursday in the Little Room, 10 PM!  Wear something that doesn't stain red easily, and bid a decent farewell to Bates' heaviest band.

Come see Bragadoon Production's much anticipated film DRUNK THESIS, Friday May 22nd on the Library Quad. A highly irrelevant and carnival-based pre-party will begin at 4:30 with live music and plenty of games. The movie is open to everybody free of charge and will begin promptly at 9:15PM.

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.

CLAM BAKE: The Outing Club will be hosting its spring clam bake Saturday May 23rd at Popham Beach State Park for all those who have long been awaiting this day of sand, sun and seafood. Tickets will be sold in commons all week: $6 for seafood tickets $3 for  non-seafood tickets.  Food will be served from 10am-2pm.  All are welcome!

Before you leave, RETURN YOUR KEYS. All College keys must be returned by May 31st 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 May 31st 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 Saturday, May 30th at 5pm for students not graduating. Building access will terminate on Sunday, May 31st at 5pm for those students who are graduating.

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

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!