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!

H1N1: You've been asking and we want to help provide answers and clarification. - 3 Department of Biology molecular biologists will present a question and answer session today.  Pam Baker, Immunologist - Lee Abrahamsen, Virologist - Karen Palin, Epidemiologist - - 12 Noon - 1:00 PM - Muskie Archives Come, ask and learn.

BRINGING BACK THE BIKE PROGRAM.  Join Julie Rosenbach in NC Little Room #226 to brainstorm ideas and solutions for revamping the bike program. Noon.

2:45 PM Carnegie Science Hall, Room 204 - Physics Department Seminar with visiting speaker Prof. Robyn Millan, Physics Department, Dartmouth College: BARREL: Balloon Experiment to study Earth's Radiation Belts. BARREL (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses) is a multiple-balloon investigation that will study electron losses from Earth's Radiation Belts.  This region of near-Earth space is home to many spacecraft on which our society has become increasingly  dependent (GPS, communications, defense satellites). BARREL is the first NASA Living with a Star Geospace Mission of Opportunity, and will support NASA's upcoming Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission. Together with RBSP, BARREL will quantitatively test theories of wave-particle interactions that are proposed to scatter relativistic electrons out of the belts. For more information please contact Nathan Lundblad mailto:nlundbla@bates.edu.

TEACH FOR AMERICA TABLING SESSION: 10/16 5:30pm -Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals - of all majors, backgrounds, and career interests - who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. This year, 7,300 corps members are teaching in 35 regions across the country while 17,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes necessary to ensure educational excellence and equity. Please join us for an information session and learn how you can make an immediate difference in the lives of your students. * If you have started an application and have questions, please stop by to have them answered! Date: Thursday, 10/16/09;Time: 5:30-7pm; Location: Commons Dining Hall Tabling area. To learn more, visit www.teachforamerica.org or contact jwilson@bates.edu

THE INDIGENOUS STUDENTS NETWORK (ISN) is open to the Bates Community students, faculty, and staff.  ISN will be able to bring awareness and/or discuss the awareness of issues referring to indigenous people.  The chance to promote the history on campus and take part in Maine Indigenous Communities by inviting speakers and supporting Maine’s Indigenous event or issue.  If you are interested, join us at 3:00 p.m. at the Multicultural Center, second floor.

Joining Food for Maine's Future to mark the first ever INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OPPOSITION TO MONSANTO, the Environmental Coalition will be screening 'The World According to Monsanto' in Keck Classroom starting at 7:30. The film is an in-depth documentary that looks at the domination of the agricultural industry from one of the world's most insidious and powerful companies. A must see film for anyone interested in the behind the scenes world of the food industry, and how just one world- dominating corporation holds the keys and patents to much of the worlds food supply. For more information visit: www.foodformainesfuture.org www.viacampesina.org www.combat-monsanto.co.uk/ 7:00 pm in Pgill G52 Keck Classroom.

FILMBOARD invites you to see THE HANGOVER this weekend! An ancient struggle re-erupts on Earth between two extraterrestrial clans, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a young teenager. To view the trailer click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnwmUZuF5OY  Show times are Friday at 7pm & 9:30pm, Saturday at 2pm & 7pm , and  Sunday at 2pm & 4:30pm in Olin 104. As always, admission is only $1 and we will be raffling off movie posters at random showings over the weekend.  **Food and drink will not be permitted this year. Anything you bring will have to be left in the hall. This includes water. Thank you for your cooperation.

7:30 PM Schaeffer Theatre - LECTURE: A PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK BY GREGORY MAQOMA, A LEADING SOUTH AFRICAN CHOREOGRAPHER. Presented by the Bates College Dance Festival and the Bates College Concert Committee.

8:00 PM Olin Arts Center, Room 105 - FILM. GLOBAL LENS: THE INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES PRESENTS POSSIBLE LIVES.  After her husband mysteriously disappears during a business trip to Patagonia, Clara embarks on a desperate mission to find him. During her search, she makes a startling discovery: a man with an uncanny resemblance to her spouse, but with another name and a wife. Convinced the stranger may be her husband, she ignores entreaties to quit her search just as police discover a body that may be the real man she seeks. Shot amid majestic vistas and suffused with vibrant color and sexuality, director Sandra Gugliotta's feature is a haunting and suspenseful study of grief and letting go.(Argentina, 2006, 80 rnin.). Admission: $5, free for Bates Students. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu   http://www.bates.edu/x205194.xml

PERFORMANCE: Gregory Maqoma, Vuyani Dance Theater will perform BEAUTIFUL ME following the South African Dance Company's week-long residency at Bates.  Maqoma leads this with movement, text, and music contributed by master choreographers who have influenced him utilizing contemporary, visual dance-theater; and Afro-Fusion styles -  through which he defines identity in relation to history, humanity and nature. Four exceptional South African musicians accompany this performance. The performance actually is FREE to the first 100 students who come at 7:15 pm for a ticket to hear a short pre-performance talk by Prof Marcus Bruce and some of the Company at 7:30 pm.  Otherwise, tickets are $12 for students, $20 for the public.  Go to www.batesdancefestival.org for more information - Friday, October 16, 8:00 pm performance time in Schaeffer Theatre

Tickets are on sale NOW at http://www.batestickets.com! - BLUE SCHOLARS - @9PM in Old Commons. Doors open at 8:30PM - "Blue Scholars have emerged out of the erupting Northwest hip-hop scene with soulful beats, poetic yet political rhymes and a reputation for dynamic live performances. With two full length albums and 3 EPs, the group has become one of the top West Coast independent hip hop acts, known for their energetic and always entertaining live shows and a world view that blends the personal and the political, but unafraid to party in the process." Tickets are on sale NOW at http://www.batestickets.com.  Tickets are $3 for students and $8 for the general public. Students are able to buy one student ticket and up to five of the general admission tickets.  There are currently 500 student tickets and 100 GA tickets available. For more information, contact one of the CHC Co-Presidents, Evan Hancock ( ehancock@bates.edu ) or Nicole Kahn ( nkahn@bates.edu ) Brought to you by the Chase Hall Committee (CHC) bio from http://www.bluescholars.com

Bates Students are you ready? ...THE BIG CITY NIGHTLIFE COMES TO BATES; Introducing: Club 207; When: October 17, THIS SATURDAY; Time: 11pm - 3:00am; Location: The Mays Center/Silo will be turned into a NIGHTCLUB; Attire: Club-Wear, Dress To Impress!! Sponsored by: Junior Class Presidents of 2011, Frankie White & Katewatson Prins; Dj'd by Obi Udeh & Bene Ramirez; Club Promoter: Kevin "Artist" Chambers
...INVITE ALL BATES COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ARE READY TO GO CLUBBIN'... From,  Junior Class Presidents, Frankie White & Katewatson Prins

CHAPEL WORSHIP - Sunday at 5:30.  Chapel worship is an interdenominational, multi-cultural service of Christian worship. This week's speaker is Rev. Bill Cutler.

POSTPONED: Sunday, October 18, 2009 -7:30 PM Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge - CONCERT: ANDREAS STALER, A MASTER OF THE FORTEPIANO, PERFORMS SONATAS AND VARIATIONS BY HAYDN. Tickets: $12 - General Admission, $6 - Students & Seniors. For tickets visit www.batestickets.com  For more information contact 207-786-6135 or E-mail: olinarts@bates.edu

MOVIE: National World Premier of "Not Evil, Just Wrong." An environmental film that puts a human spin on the "global warming crisis."  Get the facts right!  We hope to see you there. Sunday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 pm in Pettengill G52 Keck Classroom. Sponsored by the Bates Republicans

Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 8:00 PM Olin Arts Center, Room 105 - FILM. GLOBAL LENS: THE INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES PRESENTS POSSIBLE LIVES.  After her husband mysteriously disappears during a business trip to Patagonia, Clara embarks on a desperate mission to find him. During her search, she makes a startling discovery: a man with an uncanny resemblance to her spouse, but with another name and a wife. Convinced the stranger may be her husband, she ignores entreaties to quit her search just as police discover a body that may be the real man she seeks. Shot amid majestic vistas and suffused with vibrant color and sexuality, director Sandra Gugliotta's feature is a haunting and suspenseful study of grief and letting go.(Argentina, 2006, 80 rnin.). Admission: $5, free for Bates Students. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu   http://www.bates.edu/x205194.xml

PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT LECTURE by PAMELA K. SMITH will speak on "The Social Cognition of Power: >From Abstract Thinking  to Executive Functions" - Monday, Oct. 19, 4:15 pm, PGILL G52 (Keck Classroom). “I propose that individuals with higher power should view the world in a more high-level, abstract fashion than individuals with lower power. After all, power means seeing the “big picture.” Having power requires one to plan ahead and think about the world in terms of superordinate goals. Similarly, greater power increases the psychological distance one feels from others, and this distance (according to construal level theory) should lead to more abstract information processing. Thus, those with power think in terms of the "big picture," focusing more on primary, goal-relevant aspects of stimuli and moving beyond the details to see patterns and structure, than those without power. In my talk I will review several studies that demonstrate this effect. Then I will discuss more recent research that has explored the intrapersonal and interpersonal implications of these effects for domains such as perceived power, forgiveness, and executive functioning.

WHAT SHOULD OUR CAMPUS LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE?  Help Us Update The Facilities Master Plan:
•         Should the football field be moved?
•         Where should a new integrated Math and Science Center go?
•         Where will new residence halls be located and why?
The Facilities Master Plan Update process has identified key choices and decisions that will need to be made.  Join us and share your thoughts at the Campus-Wide Forum for the Campus Facilities Master Plan Update. Monday, October 19, 3:00 to 5:00pm New Commons Building, Room 221/222. Coffee, tea and chai will be provided.

LECTURE: Hydrocarbons Governance and the Territorial Logics of ‘Resource Nationalism’ in Bolivia - A talk by Dr. Thomas Perreault, Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean, Syracuse University - October 19,  at 7pm, Pettengill Hall G65. Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program and the Latin American Studies GEC Faculty

CONNECTICUT EXPRESS: Departs: Bates on Tuesday, October 20th at 1 p.m. Express to Sears at Corbins Corner in West Hartford  across from WestFarms Mall, and continuing on to the New Haven Train Station (50 Union Avenue). Returns: to Bates on Sunday, October 25th. Leaves New Haven Train Station at 1 p.m., leaves Sears at 2 p.m.  then non-stop to Bates - COST: $115.00 [Same price one-way or roundtrip.]  This may be a very popular bus, so if you want the ride, please send in your checks immediately. Details: Bus has a restroom and a DVD player, it seats 36. Please make checks out to Dattco Bus Company and mail to Pamela Dowling, 54 Westwood Road, West Hartford, CT  06117-2252. Please send checks immediately.  The seats are reserved based upon when the checks are received. Email: connecticutexpress@gmail.com

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.