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!

12:10 PM until 1:00 PM New Commons 221- ENVIROLUNCH SERIES: A Bates community gathering around environmental topics. Yukon Bound: The Passage and Presence of Humans in a Last Great Wilderness William Loopesko and Russell Milholland will talk about their experience as Otis Fellows. 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.

Enter to win a $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO MILT'S!  See the table in Commons from 4:30-6:30 all this week.  Contest tickets are $1 each or $5 for 8 tickets.  The drawing will be made on Friday.  Proceeds will be used to help finance a Christian fellowship student service trip to Guatemala. 
 
The Multifaith Chaplaincy - YES AND NO AND MAYBE AND MAYBE NOT a safer, respectful space to hear one another to voice regarding a matter of great importance to many an open, facilitated conversation for members of the Bates Community regarding QUESTION ONE "Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages?"  Facilitator: Bill Blaine-Wallace - 4:30 to 6 p.m., Skelton Lounge - Chase Hall

7:00 PM Olin Arts Center, Room 104 - LECTURE AND BOOK SIGNING: Barry Nemett, will speak about his work in conjunction with his exhibition Barry Nemett: Drawings from Italy in the Museum of Art. In addition to visual works, Nemett has penned a novel, a textbook, as well as his most recent collection of  writings and art: Paintings, Poems, and Passages, which will be available for signing in the Museum of Art immediately following the lecture.

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA - Location: 200 New Commons - 7pm-8pm.

LECTURE: The Bates Student Philanthropy Club proudly presents: "Optimism Can Take You Anywhere"  featuring Roy Heffernan, C.O.O. (Chief Operating Optimist) of "Life is Good"  - 7:00 pm Chase Hall Lounge, Chase Hall. Join our special guest, Roy Heffernan, as he offers an insider's view of his innovative and unconventional business.  His presentation offers strong lessons for today's entrepreneurs.  And for more information on the BSPC or this event, please contact Aimee Arsenault: aarsenau@bates.edu in the Office of College Advancement!

WANNA BE THE NEXT BOBCAT?  Come to the Informational Meeting @ 7:30 pm in the Conference Room of Alumni House.  Many students are needed to "perform" as the Bobcat for many events throughout the school year - come learn what it takes to be the Bobcat!  This is a paid position!

VCS: ADAM DAY - 9PM in the Mays Center  - "Adam Day is Peter Pan in a fat boy's body. He's 22, which is cool... Adam grew up near Annapolis, MD. That's the capital of Annapolis, MD. His parents would walk him over to the Naval Base, and boy did Adam dream of being a sailor’s son. No way - he wasn't even close. His reality lead him to where he is today. Instead of earning his sea legs, he grew up pouring his soul into beautiful songs about sea travel, sailing and the like. Every tune is a maritime delight. Listening to an Adam Day song can almost bring you near the salty air. He writes songs - both sad and happy. It's cool. He's been playing guitar for awhile now, but he's not as good as some guys. No way. Cause some guys can melt your face. However, he can rock and he's pretty good when it come to some things."  Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/adamday  Free chai, tea, coffee, cookies, and wonderful people... How can you say no? (That's right, you can't). Brought to you by the Village Club Programmers and the Student Activities Office

RPI MBA PATHFINDER PROGRAM INFO SESSION - Location: Career Services Conference Room Friday, October 30th, 2009. 11am-2pm  - SIGN UP NOW!

IM 3V3 BASKETBALL begins this Sunday, Nov. 1.  Register your team for one of the 3 leagues offered:  competitive, recreational, women.  Deadline to register:  Friday, Oct. 30 @ Noon.  www.bates.edu/IM.

The Multifaith Chaplaincy: How many times do I have to vote No? How many times do I have to vote Yes? TABOR TALK - A conversation about Question 4: Do you want to change the existing formulas that limit state and local government spending and require voter approval by referendum for spending over those limits and for increases in state taxes? We have asked supporters representing both sides to start the conversation. This Friday, October 30th  Noon to 1 p.m. - Skelton Lounge Chase Hall

CAREER DISCOVER INTERSHIP PROGRAM: First Years through Seniors  Come pick up some information about job shadowing opportunities offered over February Break.  Friday, October 30 from noon to 1 pm in the Pettengill lobby. Application deadline is November 13th.  For more information visit eRecruiting or contact Career Services at x6232

The leaves have fallen! Come by the Quad on Friday, October 30th between 3-6pm for the ANNUAL LEAF JUMP, where campus comes together to bask in the Maine foliage and enjoy a childhood pastime. Huge piles of leaves and hot chocolate will be provided. Brought to you by a beautiful union of the Discordians and Freewill Folk Society.

PHYSICS LECTURE: Professor Scott Hughes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology will speak on "The gravitational two-body problem in general relativity".  The relative motion of two bodies is quite simply described by Newtonian mechanics, but becomes a much richer problem when general relativity is taken into account. In particular, the relativistic two-body problem plays an important role in gravitational wave generation.  Friday, October 30th, 4:15 PM - Pettengill G52 (Keck Room)

Friday, October 30, 2009 - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Museum of Art - RECEPTION FOR THE ARTISTS: Reception celebrating Barry Nemett: Drawings from Italy and Joel M. Babb: Process Revealed. http://www.bates.edu/museum-exhibitions.xml

FILMBOARD invites you to see Public Enemies this weekend!  The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s. To view a trailer for this movie click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BawY4gjAdM  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. **

Friday, October 30, 2009 - 8:00 PM Olin Arts Center, Room 105 - FILM. Global Lens: Sleepwalking Land. In the midst of Mozambique's devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. His only companion is an elderly storyteller, and the only guide to finding his mother is a dead man's diary. Together, the storyteller and diary lead him on a magical, and sometimes macabre, journey across war-torn landscapes to find the family he lost. Based on Mia Coutou's acclaimed Portuguese novel of the same name, Teresa Prata's transporting drama underscores the power of imagination in surviving, and ultimately overcoming, the catastrophe of war. $5 general admission, free for Bates students. http://www.bates.edu/x205194.xml

ALTERNATIVE CONTRADANCE! Come ‘bust a move’ with us! Traditional New England dancing to modern rock, techno, and alternative music. All dances taught, come with or without a partner. Free for Bates students! Friday, October 30, 8pm, Merrill Gym Dance Studios.

CLUSTERFLOCK has a Halloween Show this Saturday, October 31st starting at 9 in the Little Room. We will be playing a mix of funk, pop, and 80s covers. Stop here on the way to or from the Halloween Dance in the Gray Cage. See you there!

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 Commons Little Room, #226
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!
7:00 pm Math 214 Help Session - Hathorn 105
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.