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 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 today from noon to 1pm in the Fish Bowl. She is an environmental chemist from Middlebury. Hope to see you there!

T-SHIRTS: Have $15 and like wearing clothes? Buy yourself a WRBC T-Shirt -- Starting this Wednesday 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!

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.  We'll be practicing juggling, unicycling, diaboloing, and more!  No experience necessary, come join us, have some fun, and eat some pizza!

SECOND PHONE-A-THON OF THE YEAR! Stop by Admissions (Lindholm House) tonight (7-9pm) 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 Latino cuisine. Contact Elise Edmonson at eedmonso@bates.edu for more information.

Tonight 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.

Interested in Buddhist meditation? Come join the Bates Dharma Society for a discussion of BUDDHISM AT BATES followed by a brief moment of mindful meditation. All experience levels welcome! 8 p.m. in the Chapel.

Tonight! Tonight! Tonight! THE STRANGE BEDFELLOWS Inprov Group will be putting on a show of a lifetime—come watch us let out everything we held back during Parents Weekend! Wacky comedy fun for everyone! 9-10 p.m. in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall.

Come to the VILLAGE CLUB SERIES show this tonight featuring RY CUMING!  "Born in the small coastal Australian town of Angourie, Ry grew up with a surfboard under one arm and his Dad's record collection under the other. He quickly developed a love for a number of different styles of music from Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder to The Beatles, Led Zepplin and The Police. Ry's professional career began to take shape as an 18 year-old traveler and surfer in Costa Rica. One fateful afternoon while playing in the hallway of a hotel, Ry met a young film producer and his journey into LA and its music scene began..."  His music has been featured on MTV's Laguna Beach and he has toured with Maroon 5...listen to it at http://www.rycuming.com/music  Come join us at 9 in the Mays Center to listen to Ry and sip on delicious chai, hot cider, coffee or tea and nibble on yummy cookies! Can you think of a better way to spend your Thursday night? Nope, didn't think so.  Brought to you by the Student Activities Office and the VCS programmers.  Bio from www.rycuming.com

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.

This Saturday, November 7th, the Student Activities Office is offering a BUS TO BOSTON, MA.  The bus leaves from in front of Chase Hall at 8 am, and then departs from Quincy Market to return to Bates at 8 pm.  This is a great opportunity to explore Boston, visit friends or just get off campus for the day.  The cost for this fantastic trip is only $10.  Please stop by the Student Activities Office in Chase Hall to sign up and pay.  Cash or checks (made out to Bates College) are accepted.

Don't forget that we are also offering a BUS TO AND FROM BOSTON FOR THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER BREAK.  This bus will leave on Friday, November 20th, at 4 pm, and will drop folks off at the Alewife T stop.  The return trip will leave from the Alewife T stop, on Sunday, November 29th, at 12 noon.  The cost for either way is $20, or $40 for the round trip.  We are taking sign ups for this bus now, so stop by to sign up and pay.  The rest of the schedule can be found at: http://www.bates.edu/buses.xml

Love Bates Burgers? Do you miss the days of middle school P.E.? Get your friends together this weekend to play DODGEBALL and compete for a $60 gift card to Milt's!! On Saturday, November 7th the Bates chapter of Habitat for Humanity will be hosting a dodgeball tournament in the Gray Cage from 4-6. $2 per person to participate, with all proceeds going toward Habitat build trips. Each member of the winning team will receive a $10 gift certificate to Milt's, and the second place team will also receive a prize!! So create a team of six, choose a country to represent, and sign up in Commons this week to be a part of some crazy dodgeball fun!

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

Come join us for a festive dinner in celebration of the spiritual diversity of BATES COLLEGE MULTIFAITH BANQUET - Wednesday November 11, 6-8 p.m. - Mays Center - RSVP by November 9 by replying to Martha S. Deschaines mdeschai@bates.edu Hear your friends' stories:  Nick Barron, Shlesma Chhetri, Jordan Conwell, Ben Flanders, Jessica Heiges, Nicole Kahn, Umar Khan, Josh Linscott, Erica Long, Sangita Murali, Leena Nasser, Shachi Phene, Chris Ray, Hannah Roebuck, Zach Ross, Becca Schmidtberger, Nick Silverson, Challen Willemson. Traditions represented include:  Animist, Buddhist, Christian, Christian Scientist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Quaker, Roman Orthodox, Secular Humanist, Transcendental Meditation, Unitarian Universalist. Special performances:  Bhangra and Bollywood Dance by Harita Dharaneeswaran; cello music by Chris Ray Sponsored by the Bates Multifaith Council and the Multifaith Chaplaincy

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 Nov. 12 in Crumley Room #200)
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.