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.

BALA COFFEEHOUSE, free beverages, great artwork, today, 5:30 pm at Le Ronj! BALA (Bates Arts Lewiston Arts) is a 4 - week program during short term where Lewiston High School and Bates students get together to do great artwork. Today is the BALA final coffee house celebration! Come hear prose and poetry, see creative art projects, and hear some live electronic music! FREE beverages from chai to lattes to juice will be served to our audience. Tell your friends!

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.

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

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

PRIVATE EYES by Steven Dietz – Directed by Matt Paul ’09 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a thesis in Theater – Starring: Sarah Young ’09, Tom Wesson ’09, Anthony Timberman ’09, Charlotte Bair-Cucchiaro ’09, Rory Cosgrove ’11 – Black Box Theater: Thursday 5/21 7:30 pm, Friday 5/22 7:30 pm, Saturday 5/23 7:30 pm, Sunday 5/24 2:00 pm.  Free admission… seating is limited.  No reservations necessary – PRIVATE EYS is a comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems.  The audience itself plays the role of a detective in this hilarious “relationship thriller” about love, lust, and the power of deception.

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  8:30-10:30PM!!

Last chance ever to see FUNKBONE STRUMPET, 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.

Join Sangai Asia Club for the ANNUAL FIREWORKS show! Free Asian food and live music by CRAZYWATER, followed by the fireworks show. Open to everyone! Saturday, May 23, 2009 Olin Amphitheater

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.

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 - MUSHAHADA ASSOC.  (MUSLIM STUDENT’S ASSOC) - PAINTBALL BALL -  SHOOTING ASSOC.  - TABLE TENNIS   - 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.
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.