COLLEGE GUIDE TO LEWISTON-AUBURN DISPLAY Goes Up This Week! Stop by the display table inside the library to check out the new College Student's Guide to Lewiston-Auburn! This guide was compiled over the past 6 months by students from Bates working at the Downtown Education Collaborative with students from the other Lewiston-Auburn colleges: Andover College, Central Maine Community College, and the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College. The guide includes over 500 shops, restaurants, parks, and events. There are free pins at the display as well as menus and directions for local restaurants. To see the complete guide, view a map, and leave reviews of places you've been, go to www.declewiston.org/guide.html.

THE PEER WRITING CENTER in Ladd has new daytime hours. We're open Monday through Thursday from 11 to 5 and Friday from 11 to 3. Stop by for some constructive conversation about your writing - no appointment necessary. The Center is also open Sunday through Thursday nights from 7 to 11 and Sunday afternoons from 1 to 5.  See you there!

PRE LAW EVENT: PROFESSOR CATHERINE HANCOCK (P’10) OF TULANE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL - Eat & Greet: today 12:00-1:00 pm, New Commons 200. A general overview and information session on a law school’s perspective of the admissions process. She will also discuss what to expect as a law student.

PRESENTATION:  Scotland: The Traditions of Sustainability Folklore & Organic Farming -  Kaitlin Webber will talk about her experience as an Otis Fellow. The purpose of the Otis Fellowship program is to encourage Bates students to explore and reflect upon new adventures and innovative ways to understand, appreciate, and express our interdependencies with the earth in the tradition of Phil Otis ('95). Sponsored by the Office of the Environmental Coordinator and Environmental Studies Program. 12:10 PM until 1:00 PM New Commons 22.

TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL.  To mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and in the wake of the recent German election, German Consul General Friedrich Löhr will be speaking on campus at 4 p.m. in Keck Room (Pettengill G52). His talk will look both at the historical circumstances of November 1989 and the changes in Germany over the last twenty years. Don't miss this opportunity to ask questions about the German past and present! The talk is in English and everyone is invited. Sponsored by the Department of German and Russian Studies.

CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES, LLC Information Session:. 4:30-5:30pm Location: Career Services Conference Room, 31 Frye Street

STITCHING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE!  We invite interested students, faculty, staff to gather at the Costume Shop in Schaeffer Theater from 4-7pm to cut and SEW DRAFT STOPPERS in our effort to make 350 (!) of them in conjunction with the L/A 350 Project on October 24th. These "stoppers" will help block drafts in doors and windows in a number of L/A homes and will be dispersed through an ongoing winterization project in Lewiston/Auburn.  If you'd like to help out, please contact Sarah Potter in the Bookstore (spotter@bates.edu or x6120).  We could use 4 or 5 people to sew straight lines and 4-5 people to cut fabric.  There'll be a few tasty snacks on hand, as well!

POETRY READINGS: Tessa Joseph Nicholas, former editor of Carolina Quarterly, has published poems in journals such as Sulfur, Talisman, minor/american, Cold Mountain Review, and the Seneca Review.  She holds an MFA in creative writing from Cornell University and a PhD in English from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she teaches New Media Studies in the Department of Computer Science. Tessa is currently completing a poetry manuscript Kennebec: Birthing based on the 1785-1812 diaries of Martha Ballard, who during these years, worked as a midwife in Hallowell, Maine, the poet’s hometown.  Arielle Greenberg is the author of the poetry collections My Kafka Century (Action Books, 2005) and Given (Verse, 2002) and the chapbooks Shake Her (Dusie Kollektiv, 2009) and Farther Down: Songs from the Allergy Trials (New Michigan, 2003).  She is co-editor of Starting Today: Poems from Obama’s First 100 Days (Iowa, forthcoming 2010), amongst other anthologies.  Greenberg also is editor of a college reader, Youth Subcultures: Exploring Underground America (Longman, 2006).  She is an Associate Professor in the poetry program at Columbia College Chicago and lives in Evanston, IL with her family.  Greenberg is spending 2009-2010 in Belfast, Maine working on an oral history of the new back-to-the-land movement. -  4:15 pm in Chase Hall Lounge

TUCK BUSINESS SCHOOL Information Session: tonight 7pm, OCS Conference Room, 31 Frye Street.

PRE-CALCULUS REVIEW PART II for Calculus students.  This 90-minute session is open to all students.  Topics include: inverse functions, trigonometry, and inverse trigonometric functions. 7pm Hathorn 104

Bates Immigrant Rights Advocacy Group (BIRA) partners with Catholic Charities to run a REFUGEE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. If you are interested in becoming more involved in the Lewiston Community or working with immigrant populations, come hear from veteran volunteers and organizations that need your help!! 7:00 pm in Pettengill G52

Interested in MEDITATION AND BUDDHISM?  Join the Bates Dharma Society with "Sitting Space" at 8pm in the Chapel.  We will have a brief meeting of the Bates Dharma Society to discuss possible events for this semester followed by an informal meditation session for interested students of all experience levels and religious backgrounds.  If you have any questions please contact Adam (arawling@bates.edu) or Hannah (hroebuck@bates.edu).  All are welcome. 

Join us for VCS this Thursday! DANA ALEXANDRA - 9PM in the Mays Center - "At just 22, this rural Pennsylvania native has figured out how to capture an audience. With a distinctly delicate voice that could relax even the  most uneasy mind, Alexandra shows she is not only a beautiful voice but an accomplished songwriter as well." For more info about Dana, check out her myspace at http://www.myspace.com/danaalexandraa For info about upcoming shows and links to videos, music and more from the artists, join the VCS VCS Facebook Group and visit http://www.bates.edu/vcs.xml. As always, there will be chai, tea, coffee, cookies, and fantastic company...what more could you ask for? See you there! Brought to you by the Village Club Programmers and the Student Activities Office bio from http://sonicbids.com/danaalexandra

This Friday and Saturday are COLLEGE RING SALE DAYS AT THE BOOKSTORE!  Friday, October 2, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm and Saturday, October 3, from  9:00 am to 4:30 pm, in the Bookstore Foyer Chase Hall.

TALK: Looking at Lightning - A Presentation for the Non-Specialist by Dr. Glenn Schmieg, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Prof. of Physics Emeritus. Professor Schmieg will show colored slides of various lightning strikes and describe how lightning is created. He also will discuss the dangers of lightning as well as the use of lightning rods on homes, buildings and boats. A question and answer period will follow the talk. Friday, October 02, 2009 at 2:45 PM Carnegie Science Hall, Room 204

VIDEO SCREENING: A VISIT TO THE PHARMACY. Written, filmed, and produced by Bates Students, in collaboration with staff from the B Street Health Center and Bedard Pharmacy. It provides information in both English and Somali about prescriptions and pharmacies. The project is an extension of coursework in Biology s39 taught by Professor Karen Palin. Friday, October 02, 2009 at 3:30 PM Pettengill G65

Parents Weekend: Student Research Poster Session. Each year the Office of the Dean of the Faculty hosts a popular POSTER SESSION ON STUDENT RESEARCH and SERVICE-LEARNING to inform parents and families about the sophistication of student research at Bates and the important roles research and service-learning play in undergraduate education. Friday, October 02, 2009 at 4:15 PM Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall

CONCERT: Duncan Cumming '93, piano & Hilary Cumming, violin. Performing works of Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak as well as "Duo", composed by Bates College Professor of music, William Matthews. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Contact 207-786-6135 or E-mail: olinarts@bates.edu Friday, October 02, 2009 at 7:30 PM Olin Arts Center, Concert Hall

FILM: GLOBAL LENS: My Time Will Come. A predawn murder sets in motion a series of interlocking tragedies that eventually find their way to the city morgue's brooding Dr. Arturo Fernandez. Physically and emotionally isolated from the world around him, Arturo develops an oddly intimate relationship with the personal lives of his cases, gradually forcing him to confront his connection to the living, and the dead. Adapted from the novel De Que Nada Se Sabe, director Victor Arregui's serpentine tale is a dark but sympathetic portrait of one man's solitude set against a richly textured rendering of Quito, Ecuador's capital city. $5 general admission, free for Bates students. Friday, October 02, 2009 at 8:00 PM Olin Arts Center, Room 105

The Student Activities Office is offering a great trip to go WHITEWATER RAFTING ON THE DEAD RIVER.  The trip will be this Saturday, October 3rd.  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 great meal at the end of the trip. The trip is open to all students, staff, faculty and PARENTS, 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 may be available - please ask if you are interested.

Discussion: THE PURPOSES OF A BATES EDUCATION. Is education about imparting skills or knowledge?  Does an elite private education promote individual gain or public good? Join President Elaine Tuttle Hansen as she discusses the creative tensions at the heart of a great liberal arts education, and how the Bates experience prepares students to flourish in these complicated times. http://www.bates.edu/x182710.xml. Saturday, October 03, 2009 at 8:00 - 9:15 AM Keck Classroom, Pettengill Hall

Annual Faculty Symposium: Busting out of the Bubble: Teaching and Learning Off Campus and Abroad. The annual Faculty Symposium will feature short talks by four faculty who teach students in inventive and meaningful ways in off-campus settings. The panel will be moderated by Jill Reich, Dean of the Faculty. Saturday, October 03, 2009 at 9:30 AM Keck Classroom, Pettengill Hall

DANCE PERFORMANCE:  Come see the presentation of a new work from the class Studio Dance: Advanced Jazz Repertory, a modern piece choreographed on selected students by the director of Dance, Carol Dilley, and works in a variety of styles choreographed and performed by students. The concert will be under an hour in length. Bates College Modern Dance Company: pieces by faculty Carol Dilley and Debi Irons and by students Shlesma Chhetri '12 Harita Dharaneeswaran '10, Nicole Kahn '10,  Victoria Lowe '12, Gina Petracca '10. Saturday, October 03, 2009 at Noon Schaeffer Theater, Pettigrew Hall

The International Club presents its first ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FAIR to bring to you a taste of each country. There will be various assorted items for sale from at least 20 countries. There will also be traditional games and activities from each country for your enjoyment. For more information contact Mustafa Basij-Rasikh at mbasijra@bates.edu and Khin Min at kmin@bates.edu. See You There!!! Saturday, October 3 from 3 to 5 pm in the Library Quad (Rainsite: Gray Cage)

VIDEO SCREENING (90 min.): food-industry exposé "Food, Inc," followed by a question-and-answer session with the director of Bates Dining Services and with Gary Hirshberg, head of organic yogurt producer Stonyfield Farm. Hirshberg appears in the film, which scrutinizes the food we eat and how it is produced. He'll be joined in the Bates event by college Dining Services Director Christine Schwartz. The event is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 207-786-6476. Saturday, October 03, 2009 at 7:00 PM Olin Arts Concert Hall

BAREFOOT SOCCER! Sign up to play in the Barefoot Soccer tournament on Saturday, October 10th. Gather a group of friends have fun & bring awareness of the impoverished who can’t afford shoes. TOMS shoes will be sold at this event. For more information, email kprins@bates.edu

Noon Christian Science Organizational Meeting -Our weekly meetings include readings and the sharing of experiences and ideas about how the challenges of campus life and beyond can be met through prayer and spirituality.  We warmly welcome all genuinely interested students, faculty, and staff.  New Cooms Little Room, #226 (except Oct. 22)
Noon Math Table – New Commons, Room 116
4:10 pm Brooks Quimby Debate weekly practice! – Pettigrew 309A
5:00 pm Japanese Table – New Commons, Room 116
5:00 pm  French Table – New Commons, Room 131 A,B,C
6:00 pm  Come Join Hillel for our weekly meeting. Grab your dinner and come on upstairs Renyi Room, 211.  All are welcome.
6:30 pm  Bates College Television will be meeting every Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 upstairs in Commons in the Little Room, # 226!
7:30 pm BEAM is a movement dedicated to taking direct action to fight anthropogenic global climate change through direct political participation and the promotion of carbon neutrality at Bates. Come to our meeting every Wednesday evening in Frye Street Union to talk about climate change, energy independence, and 350!
8:00 pm Weekly PALG session for Chemistry 217.  The session is open to all students of the class and is led by Harita Dharaneeswaran.  Carn 113
8:00 pm The Bates Democrats will be meeting in New Commons 221. Please join us!
8:00 pm Come to Northfield!  We are the all-inclusive, folk a cappella group on campus.  We sing all kinds of songs - from traditional shapenote music to African songs to Pirate shanties.  We'd love some new members, so come check us out: Thursdays and Sundays, 8-9 pm, Hirasawa Lounge in Chase Hall. No auditions, no experience necessary. 
8:00 pm Interested in meditation and Buddhism?  Join the Bates Dharma Society with "Sitting Space" Thursdays at  in the Chapel.