OTIS LECTURE PRESENTATION: "Wabanaki Hopes for Their Lands: A Conversation" -- today, 4:15 pm, Chase Hall Lounge - Representatives of three Maine Tribes discuss their hopes for their homelands and the relationship between their lands and their cultures. Brenda Commander, Chief of the Houlton Band of Maliseets, Donald Soctomah,  Passamaquoddy Tribal Representative and Passamaquoddy Tribal Historian, James Francis, Penobscot Tribal Historian - Free and open to the public.  Sponsored by the Otis Lecture Committee.

THE 2009 FALL WORKSHOP SERIES - 4:30-5:30PM - The OCS offers hour-long interactive workshops on various career topics throughout the semester. Please register to attend workshops in the Calendar section of eRecruiting. All workshops are held in the OCS Conference Room at 31 Frye Street. Today: Cover Letters 

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE BRUCE POLIQUIN will speak at an event sponsored by the Bates Republicans. 6 p.m. in the Benjamin Mays Center.

Please join 2009 OTIS LECTURER, M. SCOTT MOMADAY for an informal writers' forum: Tuesday, September 22 - 9:30-11:00 AM, Muskie Archives - Momaday was the first Native American to be awarded the Pulitzer for his novel, House Made of Dawn. His other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and the “Mondello,” Italy’s highest literary honor. His works include The Way to Rainy Mountain, The Names: A Memoir, The Ancient Child and a new collection, Three Plays, that celebrates Kiowa history and culture. Behind it all beats the heart of the oral storyteller, keeping alive — in myths and memories — the people persecuted and the land lost. “In the oral tradition,” says Momaday, “stories are not told merely to entertain or instruct. They are told to be believed. Stories are realities lived and believed. They are true.”

VOLUNTEER FAIR: Come visit the Volunteer Fair on Tuesday September 22 from 5-7 p.m. in Room 221 of New Commons.  Find out about volunteer opportunities and talk with community partners about their work!

Bates College Presents THE FIFTH ANNUAL TASTE OF LEWISTON-AUBURN - Wednesday September 23rd, 11am-1pm - Gray Cage. Come have a taste of what many great restaurants in the Lewiston-Auburn Area has to offer.  Participants include Mother India, Fish Bones, Gritty McDuff's, and many more! Admission is $5, and all proceeds will be donated to the Lots to Gardens Program (a youth and community driven organization that uses sustainable urban agriculture to create access to fresh food, and to nurture healthy youth and a healthy community (www.stmarysmaine.com) Questions?  Please feel free to contact Sara Noyes via email (snoyes@bates.edu) or by phone (755-5936).  Sponsored by the Bates College Student Activities Office

On Wednesday, September 23, the Harward Center for Community Partnerships inaugurates its 2009-2010 CIVIC FORUM series with a panel presentation entitled, "Dealing with Climate Change: The Debate among Policy Makers.”  Panelists will include Ted Koffman, the Executive Director of Maine Audubon, and former chair of the Natural Resources Council; Pete Didisheim, Advocacy Director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine; Melissa Carey, Climate Change Policy Specialist with the Environmental Defense Fund; and Tom Tietenberg, Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at Colby College.  The panel will focus on the pros, cons, points of confusion and contention in the current policy debate over climate change. The panel will be held at 7:30pm in the Muskie Archives. The Civic Forum is a lively series that invites the audience to wrestle with and explore civic, political and policy issues of significance to the Bates community, Maine, and beyond. For more information, please contact Kristen Cloutier at the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at  Bates College at 207-786-6202.

MUSEUM OF ART LECTURE: Art maven Carl Little discusses the work of Bernard Langlais, putting his abstract wood constructions featured in the current museum exhibition in the context of his greater ouevre.  Among Carl Little's many books are Edward Hopper's New England and The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent. His  reviews and articles appear in a range of regional and national publications, including Art New England and Art in America. He contributed an essay to the catalogue for the exhibition "Bernard Langlais: Independent Spirit" at the Portland Museum of Art in 2002. – Wednesday, September 23rd at 6:00 pm in Olin 104

THE FINANCE BOOTCAMP is a conference-style event that includes general finance and consulting overviews, break-out sessions, and relationship building.  The event is open to all majors – first years through seniors.  Alumni returned to campus to engage students in relationship building and networking and to offer their expertise in the finance and consulting industry. Prior registration via eRecruiting is required. Sunday, September 20th in Pettengill G52

4:10 pm Brooks Quimby Debate weekly practice! – Pettigrew 309A
5:00 pm Spanish Table – New Commons Little Room #226
6:30 pm WRBC Board Meeting – New Commons Renyi room, #211
7:00 pm The Bates College Student Government will be meeting in New Commons 221. Public participation is encouraged! (except Sept. 21, 28 in Pgill G52 Keck room, & Nov. 9in Pgill G65)
7:00 pm Weekly PALG session for Professor Henry's Chemistry 107A class.  The session is open to all students of the class and is led by Sarah Charley.  Dana 300
7:30 pm Come to the weekly meetings of the Secular Student Alliance in PGill 116 for doctrine-free discussion of our culture's oldest and most important questions.
8:00 pm Join the Bates Immigrant Rights Advocates (BIRA)! We are an active group dedicated to promoting immigrant and refugee rights in all spheres - local, state, national, and international.  Our actions fall under two main categories: Political Action and Community Engagement.  We are always open to new ideas and look forward to hearing yours! Harward Center (161-163 Wood St.)
8:00 pm Weekly PALG session for Biology 242.  The session is open to all students of the class and is led by Lauren Okano.  Carn 113
8:30 pm Weekly PALG session for Chemistry 107B.  The session is open to all students of the class and is led by Alexandra Disney.  Dana 300
8:30 pm Weekly PALG session for Professor Schlax's Chem 107A class.  The session is open to all students of the class and is led by Sasha Villahermosa. PGill G21