Commencement weekend at Bates College begins on Thursday evening with the annual Senior-Faculty Dinner. Held in the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building, this year's celebratory dinner honored seniors who earned awards and prizes, and also featured a Faculty Address by Carl Benton Straub, professor of religion and Clark A. Griffith Professor of Environmental Studies; a Senior Address by Michael Lopez '04; and the presentation of the Senior Class Gift.