John Corrie directs the Bates College Choir.

A choral work popular for its drama and earthy power, Orff's Carmina Burana will be performed by the Bates College Choir, directed by John Corrie, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 5, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College, 75 Russell St.

Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information, contact 207-786-6135 or this E-mail. (more...)

Kat Moraros '10 models the winning Trashion Show 2009 creation, a dress made of tea-bag packets by Margaret Koerber '10.

Other ensembles gracing the Gray Cage runway on a mild November evening were fashioned from unused tents, discarded printer paper, cardboard boxes, aluminum cans and duct tape.

This was the fourth annual Trashion Show, held Nov. 18 following the Harvest Meal. Surrounded by desserts, the Bates community gathered to witness the year's most stylish "green" event, a fashion show that raises awareness of the trash we produce and the recycling initiatives aimed at minimizing it. (more...)

Robert Friedman '11 will go to Copenhagen to lobby for strict carbon-emission standards.

Robert Friedman, a Bates College junior, is one of 18 college students nationwide set to lobby international climate treaty negotiators next month on behalf of a Sierra Club youth organization.

An environmental studies major from Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., Friedman will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 7-18. Friedman is part of a delegation from the Sierra Student Coalition, a network of high school and college-aged environmental activists affiliated with the Sierra Club. (more...)

Russell Milholland and William Loopesko with their canoe and Durango. Photo courtesy of William Loopesko.

More than 100 years later, the Yukon River still bears the evidence of the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush: abandoned cabins, mining equipment, even shoes still scattered along the way.

Last summer, two Bates seniors set out to experience this historic episode first-hand. They retraced the fortune hunters' trail along the Yukon, from Lake Bennett in Canada across Alaska to the Bering Sea — a distance of nearly 2,000 miles, covered by foot and canoe. (more...)

Jared Golden '11, whose Marine and civilian experiences are the subject of a Sun Journal profile, and Mustafa Basij-Rasikh '12 of Afghanistan, who is among several siblings who have come to the U.S. for education, will be interviewed on the community radio station WMPG on Monday, Nov. 16, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Listeners can tune to 90.9 or 104.1 FM, or hear the streaming signal. Appearing on the award-winning Blunt Youth Radio call-in program, Golden and Basij-Rasikh will be interviewed by high school co-hosts Tim Woods, a Cheverus High School senior, and Lilly Pearlman, a South Portland High School senior.

A Boston Globe story describes the support network for six siblings of the Basij-Rasikh family of Afghanistan, several of whom are studying in the U.S., including Mustafa '12, a double major in politics and economics at Bates. The siblings' plan, the Globe says, is "nothing short of a family-wide foray into the fabric of Afghan society" to restore the warn-torn country. Their supporter include Sally and Don Goodrich, who lost their son Peter '89 in the Sept. 11 attacks. Focusing their efforts on education in Afghanistan, the Goodriches created the Peter M. Goodrich Memorial Foundation and have built a girls school in Logar Province and hosted dozens of Afghan students who come to study in America, including Basij-Raskih siblings. (View story from The Boston Globe, Sept. 19, 2009.)

Timothy Fox '11, left, portrays Hamlet and Kevin Chambers '10 is Iago in the Bates theater department production of "All the World's a Grave."

Bates College presents John Reed's All the World's a Grave, a new play weaving together some of Shakespeare's most compelling characters and language, in performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday, Nov. 12-13 and 15-16, and at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St.

Professor of Theater Paul Kuritz directs this theater department production. Admission is $6 general admission and $3 for senior citizens and non-Bates students. For more information, please visit www.batestickets.com or call 207-786-6161.

Playwright John Reed holds a public "talkback" at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, in Schaeffer Theatre. His visit is sponsored by the college Learning Associates program. (more...)

Hiroya Miura, assistant professor of music, directs the Bates College Orchestra.

In their first collaboration in several years, the Bates College Orchestra and the Bowdoin College Orchestra will join forces to perform music by Beethoven, Rossini, Schumann and

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Admission to both concerts is free, but tickets are required for the Bates performance. For more information about the Bates event, contact 207-786-6135 or this E-mail. (more...)

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To: The Bates Community
From: Christy Tisdale, director of health services, and Tedd Goundie, dean of students
Date: Nov. 9, 2009

Dear Members of the Bates Community,

As of Nov. 6, there have been 281 students diagnosed with ILI this semester and, following the CDC guidelines, presumed to have had H1N1. There are only three students who are currently ill with ILI, each of whom is recuperating at home. Our protocol for treating students with H1N1 remains unchanged. Only students with multiple roommates will be placed in isolation houses, all others will be asked to self isolate in the residence halls or return home. After a hiatus of a couple of weeks, students have resumed their work in the local community in schools and other agencies.

Contrary to our most recent report to the community, we no longer expect to receive more H1N1 vaccine in the near future. There is a national shortage that is greater than was anticipated. We have a very limited supply of the injectable H1N1 vaccine left and that will only be used for students with chronic illnesses who have not received the vaccine to date. Those students should come to the Health Center and review their medical data by FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009. If the student meets our criteria, an H1N1 vaccine will be administered. Any remaining vaccine will then be returned to our distribution center.

Since fall recess we have seen an average of less than one new case reported per day, and barring any significant changes in this pattern, we expect this to be our last update concerning H1N1. Once again we thank all students, parents, staff and faculty who helped us through this difficult period.

With our wishes for good health for all,

Christy Tisdale
Director of Health Services

Tedd Goundie
Dean of Students

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Parents and Family Weekend 2009, held this year Oct. 2-4, featured classes, academic presentations, athletic competitions, museum exhibitions and a variety of performances. The full schedule of activities complemented the chance to spend time with families and friends. Look back at a few of the weekend's moments. Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen and Marni Lyn Sienko.