Tuesday's Funpage

1. Take Me Out to the Ballgame
2. CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections
3. Rice Dance Theatre's Spring Show "Dancing on the Edge"
4. Alternative Spring Break Showcase
5. Save the Environment through your stuff away
6. Open Discussion on Sexuality, Dating, Marriage and Relationships
7. Summer Youth Activity Program Job Openings
8. Conflict of Interest Policy Workshop April 16
9. TOMORROW: Commerce as the Pathway to Health in Developing Countries
10. Visen Center Distinguished Lecturer Series
11. Spring Harvest at the Farmers Market
12. Guest entrepreneur: Dr. Mauro Ferrari
14. DJ for KTRU this Summer!
15. The Academy of American Poets: Deadline- Friday April 18
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1a. LOLcat of the Day: Color Blind Cat
2a. Brian and Stewie at the Emmys
3a. Pachabel Rant
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1. Take Me Out to the Ballgame
The Rice Student Association, Rice Program Council, and Student Athletic Advisory Committee invite YOU to sneak away from Fondren for a few hours to come celebrate Rice Baseball with us!! We will be hosting Take Me Out to the Ballgame on April 18, 2008. The event will take place from 4:30 - 6:15 in front of Reckling Park, right before the scheduled 6:30 game verse East Carolina.
The serveries will be shut down for dinner that evening. Each residential college will have a grill set up, and members of the football team will be grilling burgers and veggie burgers.
SAAC will be hosting numerous games/prize raffles on the Tennis Courts at Jake Hess Stadium (located right in front of Reckling Park). Games will include:
-Wiffle Ball Home Run Derby
-Speed Throw (Rader Gun Competition)
-Football Tire Throw
RPC will be selling T-Shirts. They will be available for 5$ at the event!
There will also be facepaint!!
WE WANT EVERYONE TO COME OUT FOR THE GAME!! The Rice Baseball Team is one of the best in the nation and deserves the support from the students!
The Athletic Department will be holding a CAN FOOD DRIVE. Bring in a can and receive a FREE RAFFLE TICKET.
Join the FACEBOOK GROUP!!!
Questions or concerns about the event? Contact your college SA Senator or SA External Vice President Nicholas Muscara, nmuscara@rice.edu
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2. CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections
featuring a live webcast of The China Issue in the 2008 Presidential and Congressional Elections
--Baker Hall--Thursday, April 17, 6:00 pm
The National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR)
announces its second annual CHINA Town Hall featuring Norman J.
Ornstein, noted political commentator, in a live national webcast.
Stephen A. Orlins, NCUSCR President, will moderate Ornstein's analysis and a real-time dialog with audiences in forty participating cities.
After the webcast, Frank Jones, Houston Forum Immediate Past Chairman, will moderate a local Town Hall discussion with Jacques deLisle, Stephan A. Cozen Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Steven W. Lewis, Director, Transnational China Project at the Baker Institute, and Associate Professor Hans J. Stockton at the Center for International Studies, will outline Houston and Texas interests and connections to China.
CHINA Town Hall is generously underwritten by the Starr Foundation. The Houston Town Hall is co-sponsored by the Houston Forum, the Baker Institute, and the Center for International Studies.
Speakers:
Norman J. Ornstein, Ph.D - Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Stephen A. Orlins - President, National Committee on United States-China Relations
Jacques deLisle, J.D. - Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
Frank Jones - Immediate Past Chairman, Houston Forum & Senior Partner, Fulbright Jaworski
Steven W. Lewis, Ph.D - Fellow in Asian Studies, James A. Baker III
Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Hans J. Stockton, Ph.D - Associate Professor, Center for International Studies, University of St. Thomas
Free and Open to the Public
Please RSVP on the Web at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/china_townhall
**Seating begins at 5:30 pm
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3. Rice Dance Theatre's Spring Show "Dancing on the Edge"
Rice Dance Theatre is proud to present its spring show
"Dancing on the Edge"
Performances are in Hamman Hall on:
Friday, April 18th 8pm
Saturday, April 19th 8p
Tickets are $5/students and $7/general public
Reservations can be made by calling 713-348-PLAY or tickets picked up at the
Hamman Hall box office
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4. Alternative Spring Break Showcase
Students, Faculty, and Staff,
You heard about the Alternative Spring Break trips all throughout the fall semester and beginning of the spring semester...now come see what they were all about!
Alternative Spring Break Showcase
Tuesday, April 15
4:00-6:00pm
RMC Sammy's
FREE FOOD for attendees at each of the 9 groups' tables.
The students and Site Leaders of the 2008 trips will be hosting the Alternative Spring Break Showcase to highlight photo albums, journals, and slide shows of their experiences. Don't miss this opportunity to see what they experienced and learn how you can get involved next year!
Information will also be available about the 2009 ASB Site Leader, Faculty/Staff Participant, and site selection time lines and applications.
Mac
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5. Save the Environment through your stuff away
Don't Dump your Identity or Rice Data with Your Old Computer
Take advantage of Rice's Earth Day electronics clean* up on April 19, but don't lose your identity or your confidential data in the process.
If you plan to dispose of computers or other electronics that contain personal information or other confidential data, remove the hard drive and/or memory from the device.
Before dumping Rice computers, contact your IT divisional support staff to make sure no university or personal information remains on the machine.
Questions? Contact the IT Help Desk: 713.348.HELP(4357) or
helpdesk@rice.edu.
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6. Open Discussion on Sexuality, Dating, Marriage and Relationships
Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church Youth Adult Ministry is presenting an open discussion on sexuality, dating, marriage and relationships called "The Morning After". I hope everyone will be able to attend because it's guaranteed to be a very interesting discussion! Here are the details:
Date: Thursday, 17 April 2008
Time: 6:59 PM
Location: Willy's Pub
If you have any questions about the event, you can call (713) 524-6578 or email goodhopeyam@gmail.com!
G.Thomas
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7. Summer Youth Activity Program Job Openings
The Rice Recreation Center is still seeking undergraduate students to work for the Summer Youth Activity Program (SYAP) this summer, an athletic program design for kids ages 6-11. You even get the week of July 4 off! We’ve once again extended the deadline as we’re still seeking to fill a couple spots.
If you’re interested, it offers competitive pay rates, and is a great summer job for those who are sticking around. For more information, including the application, hours, and dates, please visit our SYAP jobs Web site:
http://wwwruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/syap/syap_jobs.htm
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8. Conflict of Interest Policy Workshop April 16
President Leebron recently signed Policy No. 838 that addresses many issues concerning conflict of interest among staff, and the necessary steps that must be taken to identify and manage such conflicts. The accountability for communicating and administering the policy for each Rice department rests with the chairs and managers responsible for each department. In order to assist chairs and managers in effectively carrying out the policy, the General Counsel's office and the Human Resources office are presenting a one-hour workshop in the Farnsworth Room of the Ley Student Center, at three different times during the month of April. The schedule is below. I strongly encourage all chairs, managers, and supervisors to please attend one the sessions. No RSVP is required.
April 16 10:30 – 11:30 AM Farnsworth
April 22 10:30 – 11:30 AM Farnsworth
April 29 4- 5 PM Farnsworth
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9. TOMORROW: Commerce as the Pathway to Health in Developing Countries
2008 Global Health Technology Speaker Series: Global Health, Opportunities and Empowerment
On behalf of Beyond Traditional Borders, Rice 360°, and the Jones Graduate School of Management, you are invited to
Commerce as the Pathway to Health in Developing Countries
a lecture be
Chris Crane
President and CEO
Opportunity International
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
6:00 PM
Shell Auditorium
McNair Hall
Rice University
Reception and poster session to follow in the Jones Graduate School of Management Executive Commons. This event is free and open to the public.
Commerce as the Pathway to Health in Developing Countries Microenterprise development – giving small loans and training to poor entrepreneurs – is one of the most promising means of providing health tools and medication to people in the developing world. Chris Crane, President and CEO of Opportunity International, which made over $500 million in loans last year to help poor business men and women start and build their businesses, will discuss how microenterprise development can improve health in the world’s poorest regions.
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10.Visen Center Distinguished Lecturer Series
VISEN CENTER DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES AT RICE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS:
Hubbert’s Peak, The Coal Question, and Climate Change
Dave Rutledge
Chair of Engineering and Applied Science,
Tomiyasu Professor of Electrical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
(See Bio and Abstract on page 2)
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @ 4:00 p.m.
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall
Reception to follow in Martel Hall
http://www.events.rice.edu/index.cfm?EventRecord=9749
Hubbert’s Peak, The Coal Question, and Climate Change
Dave Rutledge, Caltech
There is a vigorous debate now about whether our oil, natural gas, and coal resources will be sufficient in the future. At the same time, there is an intense effort to predict the changes in climate that will result from consuming these fossil fuels. There has been surprisingly little effort to connect these two. Do we have a fossil-fuel supply problem? Do we have a climate-change problem? Do we have both? Which comes first? We will see that the trend for future fossil-fuel production is less than what is assumed in the United Nations climate-change assessments. The implication is that an understanding of producer limitations could help us do a better job of predicting climate change. We will also see that the time scale for exhausting fossil fuels is much smaller than that for global temperature change. This means that it is critical to reduce the total fossil-fuel production, not just slow it down. One possible approach for reducing total production would be to establish fossil-fuel preserves on federal lands that would be off limits for new leases for drilling and mining.
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11. Spring Harvest at the Farmers Market
TODAY AND EVERY TUESDAY
3:30 - 7 PM
Rice University - Entrance #9 on University Blvd.
Behind the Athletic Training Center
South side of Stadium
INCREDIBLE PRODUCE
Mustard Greens – Arugula – Radish - Spinach – Beets – Turnips – jumbo cauliflower
Broccoli – Basil –Dill – Cilantro – “Season first Strawberries”
Organic Beef – Chicken – Rib eye steaks – all beef hotdogs –ground lamb and chops!
Pick-up dinner to go…..from Tafia,
Organic Breads and The Houston Dairy Maid Cheeses
Gelato and much, much more!
Inner loop shuttle bus will drop you off, just mention you want to go to the market
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12. Guest entrepreneur: Dr. Mauro Ferrari
Profs. Jack Gill and Bob Ulrich, the instructors of BIOE/MGMT 633 Life Science Entrepreneurship, would like to extend an invitation to the Rice community for the following guest entrepreneur lecture:
Who: Mauro Ferrari, MD, PhD
What: The story of Nano Medical Systems
When: Wednesday, April 16, 4:00-5:30pm
Where: Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall
Mauro Ferrari serves as Professor at the Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine, Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Texas Medical Branch and President of the Alliance for NanoHealth.
Dr. Mauro Ferrari is a founder of the field of biomedical nano/micro-technology, especially in their applications to drug delivery, cell transplantation, implantable bioreactors, and other innovative therapeutic modalities. In these fields, he has published more than 160 peer-reviewed journal articles and six books. He is the inventor of more than 20 issued patents, with about thirty more pending in the US and internationally. His contributions have been recognized by a variety of accolades, including: the Presidential Young Investigator Award of the National Science Foundation; the Shannon Director’s Award of the National Institutes of Health; the Wallace H. Coulter Award for Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship; and the Marzio Tremaglia Italiani nel Mondo Award from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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14. DJ for KTRU this Summer!
Gonna be in Houston this summer? KTRU wants you!
Interested in college radio? Want your voice to be beamed out over a 50,000 watt transmitter and heard by thousands? Enjoy imposing your musical taste on others?
KTRU is looking for new DJs to start this summer term! If you’ll be around campus or have a summer job in Houston, this is the perfect time to pick up a new, awesome activity! No experience is necessary. If you're unfamiliar with the technical aspects of DJing, don't worry-- we'll train you from scratch! If you're not sure you're enough of a music guru to DJ, don't worry-- KTRU wants DJs who simply have an open mind and a desire to learn more about different kinds of music!
TO APPLY: pick up an application from outside the door of KTRU (on the second floor of the RMC, near the Thresher) and sign up for an interview time. Applications are due FRIDAY, MAY 2ND, in the same place.
If you have any questions, email me at kmayer@rice.edu
Hope to hear from you soon!
Katie Mayer
(KTRU DJ Director)
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15. The Academy of American Poets: Deadline- Friday April 18
Dear Rice Undergraduates,
The Academy of American Poets prize committee at Rice University is currently accepting submissions for the 2007-08 poetry contest. Any current undergraduate is eligible to submit up to two (2) poems for judging. The first-place poem will receive $100 from the Academy of American Poets, and runners-up will be recognized with honorable mention. Submissions must be turned in (hard copies only) to the English Department on the 2nd Floor of Herring Hall by 5 pm on Friday, April 18th. Please contact the English department at ext. 4840 with any questions, or email english@rice.edu.
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1a. LOLcat of the Day: Color Blind Cat
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/funny-pictures-color-blind-cat-rubiks-cube.jpg
2a. Brian and Stewie at the Emmys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oX77WMrvUc
3a. Pachabel Rant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM