Halloween Funpage

1. Holiday Fitness Seminar
2. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentations - Zhan, Ricondo, and Kaul
3. BABYSITTING/TUTORING POSITION AVAILABLE
4. CSS Talent Challenge '08
5. Rice for Peace Call-Ins to End Executions
6. CAN YOU HOOP?
7. Invitation to the RMC's 50th Anniversary Events
8. Dennis Huston Classes S08
9. Change your Password when you Change your Clocks
10. Private Eyes Opening Night
11. Rice Coffeehouse-- student-run fun
12. Super Smash Bros. Tournament
14. Fall Outreach Day is SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
15. Alternative Spring Break
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1a. LOLcat of the day: Jekyll And Hyde
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-as-cats.jpg
2a. Halliburton’s Pick: Why Dogs Bite Their Owners
http://www.kidsread.net/Halloween.html
3a. Play with Yourself: Transylmania
http://games.zeeks.com/game_transylmania.html?g=9008&category=0&level=0&trnstl=1&trnstl=1
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1. Holiday Fitness Seminar
Holiday Fitness Seminar:
Do you want to stay fit for all those calories and fat you'll be eating over Thanksgiving break? Do you want to get free t-shirts and resistance bands??? Then come to Keck Hall Room 101 for a HOLIDAY FITNESS SEMINAR. On November 5th, 12th, and 19th from 5:15 - 6:15pm, we'll teach you exercises without weights that you can do at home using resistance bands that will help fight off the pounds.
REGISTER at fitness@rice.edu for free resistance bands now!!!
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2. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentations - Zhan, Ricondo, and Kaul
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 7:00-8:00pm - Sewall Hall 307
Presenters: Steven Ricondo, Jennifer Zhan, and Bhavika Kaul

Over the summer 2008, nine Rice University undergraduate students completed 4- to 12-week service projects with community organizations throughout Latin America as part of the inaugural year of the Loewenstern Fellowships. The 2008-09 class of Fellows will present to the Rice University community information on their experiences at this second of four sessions.

Those using Facebook may RSVP for the event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=36784761550. All others may RSVP to service@rice.edu.

Fellows' Backgrounds and Project Descriptions:

Jennifer Zhan, a junior studying Biochemistry and Cell Biology, volunteered at a local hospital in Quepos, Costa Rica, assisting the medical staff and helping to develop public health programs that empower women and children. She plans to pursue a M.D./M.P.H. joint degree after graduating from Rice University.

Bhavika Kaul volunteered at Fundación Lorenzo Milani, a NGO in Córdoba, Argentina that provides shelter and medical care for abused and abandoned children with disabilities. Additionally, she worked at Centro de Rehabilitación Argentine-Cubano where she helped patients who had suffered neurological trauma improve their quality of life through intensive therapy. She will pursue a joint MD/MPH at Baylor College of Medicine with a focus on international health after she completes her senior year at Rice as a Biochemistry & Cell Biology major.

Steven Ricondo worked on a reproductive health program in Quito, Ecuador that promoted women’s health and wellness. He is a senior who hopes to pursue a career as a doctor after finishing his degree in Health Science.
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3. BABYSITTING/TUTORING POSITION AVAILABLE
I am looking for a Rice student to spend couple of hours a week with my children. They are 5 years old. The engagement will be most of the times during the weekend in the afternoon or evening. We are flexible regarding the schedule. We live very close to the Rice campus.

Previous babysitting experience and CPR is a plus. Knowledge of greek, spanish, french, chinese, and chess or go is also a plus.

Please contact Lydia Kavraki: kavraki@rice.edu if you are interested with a telephone number where we can reach you.

Thank you,

Lydia Kavraki
kavraki@rice.edu
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4. CSS Talent Challenge '08
Can you sing, dance, do stand up comedy or play an instrument?

Do you want to win great prizes for yourself and a year’s worth of bragging rights for your college?
Then we want you!
The Caribbean Student Society (CSS) presents the CSS Talent Challenge ’08 on Saturday 8th November 2008. This is the first fundraiser for our disaster relief fund.

We invite individuals and groups to perform – 2 performers/groups will be accepted per college. Preliminary judging will be conducted by a panel and final judging by audience response – so come represent your college!
E-mail: cssrice@gmail.com with the following details to sign up:

- Name of performer(s)

- College

- Type of performance and any special set-up that may be required.
Entries will be accepted until Tuesday 4th November at noon.
Any questions may be sent to: cssrice@gmail.com
Thank you and we look forward to your entries!
Andrew Kumar

For the CSS Talent Challenge ’08 Committee
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5. Rice for Peace Call-Ins to End Executions
Act Now to End Executions!

Texas executes more than any other state. This fall, the state has been executing two inmates a week with six more scheduled for the year. Join Rice for Peace in demanding an end to executions! The Death Penalty does not deter crime, kills innocent people, targets the poor, costs more than a life sentence, uses violence to solve violence, and does not bring closure to victims' families.

You can ACT NOW! Call Texas Governor Rick Perry 1-800-252-9600 or drop him an email at governor.state.tx.us/contact/ on the day of every execution date: Nov 6, Nov 12, Nov 13, Nov 18, Nov 19, Nov 20. Together we can make a really huge difference! If you want to volunteer and join the movement for a peaceful society, email us at activism@rice.edu.
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6. CAN YOU HOOP?
The Rice Women’s Basketball team is looking for males to play on their scout team! You will get a great opportunity to play against Division I basketball players.
Required Time: 2-3 days a week (1 ½ hours each day)Perks: FREE NIKE STUFF
Call Coach Rebecca Kates today at 713-348-5678 or email at rkates@rice.edu to be a part of the Rice Owls 2008-2009 success this season!
Your support is greatly appreciated!
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7. Invitation to the RMC's 50th Anniversary Events
The RMC is celebrating 50 years of community building at Rice with a week of free events November 3rd – 7th. Please join us at whichever events fit your interests and availability.

RMC 50 Logo.jpg

Monday 11:30 am – 1:30 pm RMC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
with cake, refreshments and an “RMC Through the Years” Slide Show in the Grand Hall

Tuesday 10:30 pm – 1:30 am 90’s Coffeehouse “Rave”
in the Grand Hall

Wednesday 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm 80’s “The Norman Magic Experience”
in the Grand Hall
Go to www.normanmagic.com for a preview.

Wednesday 11:00 pm – 12:30 am Rice Memorial Center Trivia at Willy’s Pub

Thursday 9 pm – 2 am 70’s Pub Night
Willy’s Pub

Friday 11:30 am – 1 pm All Campus Picnic w/“The National”
on the Central Quad

There will be prizes (fleece blankets with the 50th anniversary logo embroidered on them and 50th anniversary coasters) at each event.
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8. Dennis Huston Classes S08
Potential Public Speakers Take Note
This year the sign-up for Dennis Huston?s section of Humanities 201 (Public Speaking) will be at 7:30 in the morning in room 332 of Herring Hall on Monday, November 10. Since at present there is room for only 16 people in this class, those who wish to take the course?who will eventually sign up in the order in which they arrive?will almost certainly have to be there long before 7:30 a.m. on Monday. Any student who arrives at Herring 332 when the class is filled may sign up as an alternate and go home, but the students who wish to be on the official role for the course must stay in Herring until I arrive on Monday morning at 7:30 to sign them up. All students except freshmen are eligible for this course. I promise I will get seniors out of Herring Hall in time to sign up for their next semester courses.
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9. Change your Password when you Change your Clocks
Please change your login password for all the Rice
University systems you access at least once or twice
a year.

One easy-to-remember guideline is to change your passwords
when you change your clocks. Daylight Saving Time ends
November 2, 2008, so the first week of November is a good
time to change your passwords.

Additional information about how unchanged passwords endanger
Rice systems and data can be found on the IT web site at:
http://www.rice.edu/it/security/passwords.html

Questions? Contact Marc Scarborough, Information
Security Officer, x5735 or marcs@rice.edu.

Thanks for helping make Rice safer for your
computer, your identity, and your data.

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10. Private Eyes Opening Night
COME JOIN US FOR OPENING NIGHT AND CELEBRATION!

NOVEMBER 7, 2008, 8 P.M.

SPECIAL ADMISSION: $5


Rice Players and the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts Theatre Program presents

Private Eyes by Steven Dietz

Directed by Julia Traber


Private Eyes is a comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems. Who is really having an affair with whom? Or is it all part of the play that's being rehearsed? Or, is it, for that matter, an elaborate therapy session? The audience itself plays the role of detective in this hilarious "relationship thriller" about love, lust and the power of deception.

The Rice Players, Rice's oldest collegiate theatre troupe, has teamed up with the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts Theatre Program for our first collaboration. The completely student run company has teamed up with other groups in the past, but this is the first co-production with the new Theatre Program, uniting two of the biggest theater groups with the most resources on Rice campus for the first time.

The director, Julia Traber has just been named the Associate Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre Company. Ms. Traber has worked as an actor, assistant director, director, and teaching artist for various local and regional professional theatres and educational institutions including: Alley Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Children's Theatre Festival, Main Street Youth Theatre, The Texas Repertory Theatre Co., Unhinged Productions, Unity Theatre, and the University of Houston. She created and directed the Alley Theatre's Young Performers Studio for several seasons and is currently a drama specialist for the International Baccalaureate program in the Aldine Independent School District and an adjunct faculty member of the Drama Department at San Jacinto College, South Campus.

Performances are Friday November 7th - 8th at 8pm, Sunday November 9th at 2pm; Thursday November 13th - 15th at 8pm. Tickets: Students $5, Rice Faculty, Staff & Senior Citizens $8, General Audience $10. Performances are at Hamman Hall. Tickets are available in advance by calling 713-348-PLAY.
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11. Rice Coffeehouse-- student-run fun
Drink of the month: Apple Cider
Coming soon: Honey Vanilla Lattes

We have half-pound retail bags of assorted Fair Trade and Organic Coffees at
our counter.


November Events:

Saturday, November 1
Help us celebrate Fair Trade month with a concert in Brown Garden. Special
guests David Ramirez and Ryan Parker will serenade you with their lovely
solo acts starting at 8pm. Come support independent artists and learn about
fair trade.

Tuesday, November 4
Election day rave! Come dance to the election and some electronic music as
the Coffeehouse celebrates 90s Night at Rice Memorial Center for their 50th
Anniversary Celebration during Homecoming Week! There will be free coffee
at the "energy bar" and election viewing all night long. Dance, dance,
dance the night away from 10:30-1am in the Grand Hall.

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12. Super Smash Bros. Tournament
This Saturday, November 1, is Rice's annual Super Smash Bros. tournament, sponsored by Fast Warp. The event will be happening at Martel College in the classrooms on the first floor. We will start signing people in at around 8:45 and we hope to start gameplay by 9:30. Entry is $5, and there will be prizes for the winners.

In addition to the individual tournament, we have three novelty tournaments that will prove to be immensely entertaining. All entrants into the main tournament are eligible to play in these as well.

Furthermore, we have an inter-college crew tournament for teams of up to five students from each of the nine (yes, nine) colleges to compete in. Each college needs one captain to lead the team through the tournament, and so far we only have captains from four of the nine. If you are at Hanszen, Wiess, Lovett, Jones, or Brown, and you are interested in becoming your college's captain, please e-mail icj1@rice.edu.
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14. Fall Outreach Day is SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
Hey everyone!

Fall Outreach Day is SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8. Outreach Day brings students together for service around the Houston community. This year, we have a variety of service agencies participating such as Houston Humane Society, Health Museum, and Hermann Park Conservancy. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED for participants.

Sign up before WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 at:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p81arsjYBRY0q9qwe9dK0LQ

Please e-mail riceoutreach@gmail.com with any questions. Thanks!

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15. Alternative Spring Break
Alternative Spring Break 2009

Want to do something meaningful for Spring Break? Don't settle for the ordinary, apply for an Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip! An ASB places teams of college students in communities to engage in service over spring breaks. Students perform short-term projects for community agencies and learn about issues such as literacy, poverty, hunger, homelessness, and the environment. Don't miss out on the SEVEN exciting domestic trips that are planned for this year! Site descriptions and applications are now available on the Community Involvement Center's web site (http://www.rice.edu/service) and the deadline to apply is 5:00pm on Monday, November 3. For more information, please contact Meg Goswami (meg.goswami@rice.edu).

In Mike and Casey We Trust