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!

CAREER DISCOVER INTERSHIP PROGRAM: First Years through Seniors - Come pick up some information about job shadowing opportunities offered over February Break.  11 am to noon New Commons, Tabling Area Application deadline is November 13th.  For more information visit eRecruiting or contact Career Services at x6232

THE MULTIFAITH CHAPLAINCY - Mindfulness Meditation - 12:10-12:40 – Chapel -  Chaplaincy Mindfulness is the awareness that emerges  through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment,  and non-judgmentally to things as they are.  Each session will open with a brief poem or reading followed by a guided meditation practice  such as loving-kindness meditation, basic mindfulness, mindful eating, the body scan, walking meditation, and more.

The 2009 FALL WORKSHOP SERIES: the OCS will host A COVER LETTER WORKSHOP today from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the OCS office on 31 Frye Street. PLEASE REGISTER to attend the workshop in the calendar section on eRecruiting.

T-SHIRTS: Have $15 and like wearing clothes? Buy yourself a WRBC T-Shirt -- Starting tonight between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in Commons we will be selling a second batch at dinner until they run out. Check out the sweet designs on our website: www.wrbcradio.com. Available in limited quantities in the sizes small, medium, and large. Get them while you can!

FIGURE DRAWING CLASS sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring a drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Free for Bates students. Olin Arts Center, room 259. 6-9 p.m.

SECOND PHONE-A-THON OF THE YEAR! Stop by Admissions (Lindholm House) tonight (6-8pm), and Thursday (7-9pm) this week to help us call prospective students in the second phone-a-thon of the year! Help students considering Bates make the right decision to apply, and tell them about all of the great experience you have encountered during your time here. Don’t forget there’s also free food! Stop by tonight for Heidi’s and Thursday for Latino cuisine. Contact Elise Edmonson at eedmonso@bates.edu for more information.

Are you interested in the FSA VIENNA 2010? Please come to the informational meeting, Hathorn 303 at 7 pm

HEBREW CLASS: Do you have Hebrew experience and want to brush up on your vocabulary, or are you Jewish and want to know what all those weird high holiday prayers mean, or do you just want to pick up a new language for the fun of it?  Then bring a pen and notebook and come to New Commons room 222 from 7-8 pm. Brought to you by Hillel and the Multi-Faith Chaplaincy.

PEER WRITING ASSISTANTS: Staff meeting from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. in New Commons 211. See you there!

{PAUSE}: Take a break for stillness and reflection: a weekly service of music, dance, poetry, prose, and silence. Wednesday evenings in the Chapel, 9-9:30.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 12:10 PM until 1:00 PM New Commons 221 - ENVIROLUNCH SERIES: A Bates community gathering around environmental topics.Presentation.  Energy: What makes Bates a Leader? Paul Farnsworth, Project Manager and Chair of Bates’ newly formed Energy Task Force will talk about how we use energy on campus, what we’re doing to make our operations more efficient, and how we plan to conserve energy going forward. Sponsored by the Office of the Environmental Coordinator and Environmental Studies Program.

If you are interested in the ENVIRONMENT AND/OR CHEMISTRY, please join us for an informal lunch with Prof. Molly Constanza-Robinson Thursday, November 5 from noon to 1pm in the Fish Bowl. She is an environmental chemist from Middlebury. Hope to see you there!

Come join the BATES JUGGLING CLUB for its first meeting of the year!  We'll be meeting in Hirasawa Lounge, room 203 of Chase Hall at 6:30pm on Thursday, November 5th.  We'll be practicing juggling, unicycling, diaboloing, and more!  No experience necessary, come join us, have some fun, and eat some pizza!

Thursday 7:00 PM  - 8:00 PM Hathorn 104 - TALK: An Introduction to Dynamical Systems, Julia Sets and the Mandelbrot Set by Chip Ross. Abstract: "When my kids were little, they liked me to design "treasure hunt" route games on their birthdays.  In the game, they follow a series of clues placed at different locations around the house; each clue told them where to go to find the next one, and a treasure would be found at the final spot. So I thought, maybe I could write a computer program to create these routes for me. I'd use a formula.  Given starting coordinates, the formula would produce a new set of coordinates, which when put back into the same formula, would produce an even newer set of coordinates, and thus a whole sequence of hiding places for clues would automatically arise. However, the simple formula produced very complicated, chaotic routes that lead to fractals, geometric objects whose boundaries are so contorted they contain little copies of themselves, and the copies have littler copies and...well, come and see!" Sponsored by The Math Council.

Friday, November 6, 2009 - 7:30 PM Olin Arts Center Concert Hall - CONCERT: FRANK GLAZER, performing Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonatas III. Admission is Free, although tickets are required. Contact: olinarts@bates.edu or 207-786-6135. http://www.bates.edu/x181248.xml

An Evening of ONE-ACTS presented by the ROBINSON PLAYERS: Want something to do that?s quick, free, and highly entertaining? Come to Gannett Theater and enjoy four short shows directed by and starring your fellow Batesies! Don?t miss hilariously awkward bar scenes, sisters coping with their fears, biting critique on failed writers, and seemingly respectable couples getting their clothes ripped off. Friday Nov. 6 & Saturday Nov. 7 at 7:30pm, Sunday Nov. 8 at 2:00pm! As always this production is FREE, no reservations! kmoraros@bates.edu FMI.

Friday, November 6, 2009 -8:00 PM Olin Arts Center, Room 105 - FILM: GLOBAL LENS: SONG FROM THE SOUTHERN SEAS. Two couples, one Russian and one Kazakh, live side by side in relative harmony in a beautiful yet semi-desolate region of the Great Steppe. But when the fair skinned Russians give birth to a boy of decidedly darker skin, fifteen years of suspicion and acrimony arises between them, and can only be resolved by an ironic twist of family and fate. At times darkly somber, at other times tender and wistful and buoyed throughout by a soundtrack of folk inspired melodies writer-director Marat Sarulu draws on Kazakhstan's epic history to create a gritty and deeply compassionate tale of humor and cultural insight. $5 general admission, free for Bates students. http://www.bates.edu/x205194.xml

DIWALI! & Bollywood Movie Night with Indian Food!* Come celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights on Friday, November 6 2009 from 6:30pm-9:30pm at the Benjamin Mays Center by attending a short prayer session followed by a showing of DOSTANA, an uproarious Bollywood movie and scrumptious Indian food. Movie starts at 7:00pm! Synopsis: When Sameer (Abhishek Bachchan) and Kunal (John Abraham) are turned down for an apartment because the land lady doesn't want two strapping young men to corrupt her young sexy niece Neha (Priyanka Chopra), they go to plan "G" - they pretend to be "gay" to secure the apartment. All is well till they meet the sexy siren Neha and thus begins a rollercoaster ride of love, laughter and thigh-slapping buffoonery with a test of friendship like never before. When Neha's boss Abhimanyu (Bobby Deol) enters the fray as the third contender for her affections, it gets even hotter under everyone's vests and bikinis as the boys get down and dirty, in sunny Miami. Brought to you by Salaam Namaste (The Bates South Asian Club) in co-sponsorship with: Filmboard, The Multifaith Chaplaincy, The Multicultural Center, The Student Activities Office, The International Club & The Cricket Club.

THE GLOW DANCE is back again.  This function is one of the hottest dance party of the year.  It is hosted by AMANDLA to bring all batesies of all colors under one dancefloor representative of the colorful, and glowing decorations of the party. (Remember to wear white or any color that will radiate under the blacklights.) Friday, November 6 at 10 pm in the Benjamin Mays Center

12:00 pmWant to participate in grassroots organizing and political activism on campus? Want to learn how? Come to the New World Coalition's weekly meeting! Renyi Room,  New Commons #211 On Nov. 4 & Nov.11
4:10 pm Brooks Quimby Debate weekly practice! – Pettigrew 309A                     
5:00 pm Chinese Table – New Commons, Room 131, A,B,C
7:00 pm Weekly PALG session for Chem 217.  The session is open to all students of the class and is led by Eammon Riley. PGill G21
7:30 pm Amandla! Meeting – Multi-Cultural Center, Downstairs Lounge
7:30 pm Chase the Fiddlers plays fiddle and other folk music on a variety of instruments.  New members and the curious always welcome. Little Room, Chase Hall
8:00 pm Weekly PALG session for Physics 107.  The session is open to all students of Physics 107 and is led by Jean McIntyre.  Carn 113
8:00 pm The Bates Christian Fellowship gathers tonight in Hirasawa Lounge.  All are welcome!
9:00 pm Come to OUTfront – an organization for all genders and sexualities.  All members of the Bates community are welcome.  Chase Hall (upstairs and down the hallway)!