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1. The Recreation Center Would Like to Thank You
2. Picture Yourself TODAY
3. Refugee Info Session & Training with PAIR
4. Interested in Neuroscience?
5. IT wants to tell you again not to give away your password
6. Undergraduate Lecture Series - Lisa Spiro 10/9/2008, Herring 125
7. Rice Transportation Fair- Monday, October 6, 2008
8. Coffeehouse Installation Art Submissions
9. NNO rock climbing trophy
10. Sally Ride Science is coming to Houston!
11. Upcoming Outdoors Trips!!
12. Professional Development Advisors Office Hours
14. Improved Shuttle Service
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1a. LOLcat of the Day: Surprise!
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-surprise-your-box-contains-a-lolcat.jpg
2a. The VP Debate, now I had an econ test Is no longer an excuse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89FbCPzAsRA
3a. Play with Yourself: Dolphin Olympics, see if you can get to Saturn
http://www.rawkins.com/games/do/
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1. The Recreation Center Would Like to Thank You
Rice community,
I would like to thank everyone for their patience during yesterday's building closure; the Recreation Center reopened at 6am this morning resuming its normal operating hours. The current temporary entrance into the facility is through the East Gym side door, located adjacent to Field 7 (field with lights), just north of the recreation tennis courts. This entrance is expected to be in use for approximately two weeks.
Please remember to bring your ID to the building for any and all classes and activities. The card reader will be on the table to your left once you enter the facility. Also, in order to provide a safe and convenient entrance/egress into our building, please refrain from parking and/or locking your bicycle to the handrails on the East Gym ramp. You are welcome to continue using the bicycle racks located by the old Recreation Center entrance.
Thank you-
Evan Stein
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2. Picture Yourself TODAY


TODAY, October 3, is your first chance to GUARANTEE you're in the 2009 Campanile Yearbook!

From 6 p.m. until 11 p.m., the Campanile Yearbook Staff will host its Fall Picture Yourself event in the Grand Hall of the RMC.

If you looked through the 08 Campanile and were sad because you didn't see yourself in the book, here's your opportunity to make up for it.

This is your picture, and you get to do what YOU want: go solo, come in a group, make it serious or make it fun, be yourself, wear a costume, wear a hat, or wear no clothes at all!

Clubs and student orgs, this is also an opportunity to have your club picture taken for the yearbook. Round up your club's members and head for the RMC TODAY after dinner. This is the perfect opportunity to make sure your club / student organization gets due representation in the Campanile. (Please note: this is neither the only nor exclusive opportunity to get your picture taken for the book. More details will be sent on the club presidents' listserv later in the school year.)

There will be plenty of space in the Grand Hall for people to wait, change clothes, get organized, etc.

Join us TODAY and guarantee yourself a spot in the 2009 Campanile!
As always, feel free to write us if you have any questions or concerns.

Cheers,
The Campanile Yearbook Staff
yearbook@rice.edu

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3. Refugee Info Session & Training with PAIR
DID YOU KNOW??

The United States accepts about 60,000 refugees each year from the Congo, Burundi, Iraq, Turkey, and lots of other countries?
A huge proportion of these refugees are resettled HERE - in Houston. And they need your help adjusting to life in the States!

PAIR is a Rice student-run nonprofit that organizes lots of weekly educational activities for refugee kids of all ages. If you're looking for ways to volunteer outside the hedges and work in an amazingly intercultural setting, PAIR is a great way to start!
Join us at our volunteer training WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8, at 6pm in Huma 118. Enjoy dinner on us and learn more about PAIR and the refugees we know.

Who: YOU!
When: Wednesday Oct 8, 6pm
Where: Huma 118
What: Refugee info session&training, plus FREE dinner

See you there!

For more info contact svp1@rice.edu
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4. Interested in Neuroscience?
Hey Everyone!

While Rice offers a Cog Sci major, there is no particular focus on
Neuroscience. Several students and I, as well as some great faculty, have decided that we would like to initiate a Neuroscience minor at Rice University.

There are many steps involved in this process, but we hope that with time we will be able to work it out.

The first step is to see how many students are interested and so this is where you come in.

If you are genuinely interested in Neuroscience and would like to take neuroscience courses here at Rice, please join the Facebook group Neuroscience Minor at Rice so that we can get a count. Also, by joining, you will get access to information regarding upcoming Neuroscience conferences and lectures.

If you would like to be active in this process and help out, please email me in addition to joining the group. A group of us will meet with faculty every two weeks at lunch, alternating between the north and south colleges.

My email is nazimaz@gmail.com. Please title the subject: Neuroscience Minor.

Thanks!

Nazima Zakhidova
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5. IT wants to tell you again not to give away your password
A Rice undergraduate student replied to a phishing email with their Rice account and password information on Oct. 2. The student's Rice email account was then used to distribute even more phishing messages before IT locked the account. NO ONE at Rice will ever ask you for your password by email. Do not reply to emails that ask for your passwords.
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6. Undergraduate Lecture Series - Lisa Spiro 10/9/2008, Herring 125

Thursday, October 9, 7:30pm
Herring Hall 125

Lisa Spiro
Director, Electronic Resources Center, Fondren Library

"Visualizing Texts, Modeling History: Possibilities for Digital Scholarship in the Humanities."

How does the growth of digital information affect how research is done in the humanities? What kind of careers are available that marry an understanding of information technology and humanities research methods? Lisa Spiro will discuss the emerging field of digital humanities, offering examples of compelling work being done now in text mining, information visualization, and scholarly publication.
Lisa Spiro graduated from Rice with a BA in English in 1992, and received her PhD from the University of Virginia in 2002. She is the Director of the Digital Media Center at Rice University and the Educational Technology Research and Assessment Cooperative.


This event is presented as part of the Humanities Research Center's yearlong series "Big Questions and Future Directions in the Humanities", which seeks to show undergraduates the wide range of career options available to students who graduate with a degree in the Humanities.

For more information, please visit www.hrc.rice.edu.
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7. Rice Transportation Fair- Monday, October 6, 2008
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
Learn about the multitude of transportation options — from bicycles to carpools to public transportation — available to the Rice community. These environmentally friendly alternative services provide efficient, low-cost travel. Participating organizations and departments include:
· Commute Solutions
· Rice Human Resources
· METRO Star/METRO Services
· NuRide
· Rice Police Department
· Rice Bicycle Committee
· Rice Wellness
· SuperShuttle Houston
· Texas Medical Center/Fort Bend County Transit
· Rice Transportation and Parking
· Vanpool Service Inc.
· WageWorks
· Zipcar

Meet potential carpool partners, and sign up for Zipcar and other transportation services.
Register to win door prizes, including iPods, jump drives, an MP3 player, gift certificates and more.

Refreshments will be served.
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8. Coffeehouse Installation Art Submissions
Hey Rice!

Do you want to see your art in the Student Center? If so, Coffeehouse is looking for a student to create an installation art piece in the corner of the Student Center beside our couches (where the white paper installation piece is currently). If you are interested, we would love to see a short proposal including your plan, a basic budget, and drawings or photographs to illustrate your idea. Submissions will be due October 31st at midnight! So get creative, and get exhibited!!

For more information, contact Haley Ray at hray@rice.edu
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9. NNO rock climbing trophy
As a part of the Rice University National Night Out program, there will be a 3 sided rock climbing wall. As a part of the fun we will offer a trophy to the college or department whose team competes and accomplishes their climb in the shortest time. RUPD will be registering a team for competition as well. The rules are fairly simple and are posted below. Any college or department who wishes to field a team should register their names by noon on Monday, October 6, 2008. To register a team, simply determine your three champions, and email your team roster to Hassell@rice.edu. Only one team per college or department will be admitted for the competition. I think that trophy will look good in the RUPD lobby!
1. Each team will consist of three climbers. All climbers must be a current member of the College or department represented.
2. Each team must consist of at least one male and one female.
3. Each team will select the member who will climb the easy wall, another to climb the medium wall, and the third to climb the hard wall.
4. The scores will be combined from the three climbs and the lowest cumulative time will determine the winner.
A trophy will be presented to the 1st place team.
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10. Sally Ride Science is coming to Houston!
The Rice Space Institute is once again hosting the Sally Ride Science Festival on campus, Saturday, October 18, 2008 to be held in the Engineering Quad and workshops in various classrooms on campus.

Once again, we are in great need of volunteers. The volunteer shifts are:

Shift #1 9AM - 4:15PM
Shift #2 9AM - 1:00PM
Shift #3 11AM - 4:15PM
The morning shift volunteers help us set up our street fair, check in girls,
hand out lunches and help at our slime booth. Afternoon shift folks act as
mother duckies and lead the girls to and from their workshops. All day
volunteers get to do both.

We are happy to announce that Astronaut Peggy Whitson (Rice alumna) is giving the featured talk. Read more about her:

Peggy Whitson

Peggy is a biochemistry researcher and astronaut. Currently, Peggy is NASA's most experienced astronaut with just over 376 days in space. She also has performed a total of six spacewalks, more than any other female astronaut. Peggy was named the first NASA Science Officer during her first space flight. During that flight, she conducted investigations in human life sciences and microgravity sciences. For her second flight, the Expedition 16, Peggy was named commander and oversaw the first expansion of the International Space Station's living and working space in six years.
Peggy received her bachelor of science degree in biology/chemistry from Iowa Wesleyan and her doctorate in biochemistry from Rice. Following her graduation, Peggy worked for the NASA Johnson Space Center for the Biochemistry Research Group and as a Project Scientist of the Shuttle-Mir Program. Later, she worked as a professor at Rice University in the Maybee Laboratory for Biochemical and Genetic Engineering.
Peggy has been awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and a NASA Space Flight Medal. She has two patents approved as well.

Want to learn more about the Festival? Go to: http://www.sallyridescience.com/festivals/08rice1018

Please contact Umbe Cantú at umbe@rice.edu or Kirstin Matthews at krwm@rice.edu to volunteer.
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11. Upcoming Outdoors Trips!!
Hey You Camping-Types!!

Rice Outdoor Programs and Education (ROPE) is sponsoring some awesome trips over the course of this semester! If you haven't been out with us yet, don't let that intimidate you- going is simple and fun. If you have been before, then you know the drill: just pick a trip, register online, pay a nominal fee, and get outside!

Here are the Fall 2008 options remaining:

Camping at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area (Oct. 11-13, Fall Recess)
Caving through Whirlpool Cave in Austin (Nov. 8)
Climbing II (Intermediate Level) at Reimer's Ranch (Nov. 15-16)

For more information and to register online, visit:
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/rope/trips.html
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12. Professional Development Advisors Office Hours
The Professional Development Advisors (PDAs) at are pleased to offer scheduled office hours to provide you with the following support:

* Review tips for marketing yourself to employers and graduate schools
* Review and offer suggestions on resumes and cover letters
* Assist with using RICElink
* Offer post-graduate planning suggestions
* Direct you to the appropriate resources at the Center for Student Professional Development

Office hours will be held weekly in a different college commons 7-9 pm from Sunday to Thursday. You are welcome to stop by as a walk-in with your materials or schedule an appointment with a PDA through e-mail. Feel free to attend any session that is convenient for you:

7-9 pm, every week
Sunday: Brown and Sid Richardson
Monday: Baker and Jones
Tuesday: Hanszen
Wednesday: Lovett and Martel
Thursday: Wiess

PDAs represent all nine residential colleges at Rice and service as ambassadors between the Center for Student Professional Development and undergraduate students. PDAs can to help you enhance your knowledge and skills-- leading you to make informed decisions and preparing you for long-term professional advancement.

We look forward to seeing you during one of our office hours soon! And don’t forget to check out the PDA board in your commons for updates on all the upcoming CSPD events.
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14. Improved Shuttle Service
In order to improve shuttle service to the north colleges, effective Monday October 6, 2008, the Graduate Apartments route
will be changed to enter campus through entrance 27B (inbound direction only).
Two additional shuttle stops will be available (Wellness Center and O'Connor House). The Graduate Apartments service
will operate Monday to Friday, 7:30am-10:45pm every 15 minutes.


If you need additional information, please call 713-348-5996 or visit park-trans.rice.edu.

In Mike and Casey We Trust