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!

Today and tomorrow are COLLEGE RING SALE DAYS AT THE BOOKSTORE!  Today from 1:00 to 5:00 pm and tomorrow 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. 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. 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. 4:15 PM Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall

FILMBOARD invites you to see UP this weekend! From Disney/Pixar comes Up, a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. Show times are tonight at 7pm & 9:30pm, tomorrow at 2pm & 7pm, and Sunday at 2pm & 4:30pm. As always, admission is only $1 and we will be raffling off movie posters at random showings over the weekend.

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. 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. 8:00 PM tonight and Sunday, 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

BATES COLLEGE MODERN DANCE COMPANY  Presents PARENTS WEEKEND DANCE CONCERT - Schaeffer Theater - 12 Noon October 3 & 4 - 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.  FREE ADMISSION

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 Location: TBA

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

CHAPEL WORSHIP - 5:30 PM Sunday.  This week's theme is "Following Christ...from a Distance."  Dean Marilyn Scott is our speaker.  Chapel - Worship is an interdenominational, multicultural service of Christian worship. All are welcome!

CATS meeting for athletes on Sunday, Oct. 4 @ 7:30 pm in New Commons, room 211.  All athletes interested in leadership development should attend.

STUDY ABROAD FAIR. Representatives from more than 40 programs and universities around the globe will be available to discuss opportunities for studying abroad. Students interested in studying abroad should make individual appointments at the Off-Campus Study Office at 110 Lane Hall. Monday, October 5, 10am to 2pm in New Commons, Room 221 & 222 (Jarnyrd Room).

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

6:00 pm  COLLEGE SHUTTLE - The shuttle runs on Friday and Saturday nights from 6 pm - 12 am, and Sunday from 12 pm - 6 pm.  The shuttle runs to Auburn locations at the beginning of each hour, and runs to Lewiston locations on the half hour