December 9, 2008

Tuesday's Funpage

1. More "I <3 consensual sex" t-shirts available!
2. Legacy Competition
3. Friday Night Movie at the Stadium
4. Comp 281/ Stat 281/ Elec 281 The Role of Chance in an Information World
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1. More "I <3 consensual sex" t-shirts available!
Due to high demand, more "I <3 consensual sex" t-shirts are here!

They'll be on sale for $3 in the Women's Resource Center (Kelley
Lounge in the RMC) at the following times:
Tuesday, December 8 from 9-10 PM
Wednesday, December 9 from 1-2 PM

Only 100 are available; come get yours before they sell out!
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2. Legacy Competition
See Attached flyer
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3. Friday Night Movie at the Stadium

Friday, Dec. 12
Rice Stadium
6 p.m. Field Access Begins
7 p.m. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
Rated G; 25 minutes, 1966
7:30 p.m. "The Muppet Christmas Carol"
Rated G; 85 minutes, 1982

FREE!
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4. Comp 281/ Stat 281/ Elec 281 The Role of Chance in an Information World

December 8, 2008

Wee Hours of the Morningpage

1. Wyrd Sisters Auditions -- ROUND 2
2. The Tempest Auditions and Tech
3. Bill of Rights "Pot Luck" Dinner: Sat., Dec. 13th, 6:00 pm, Farnsworth
4. Catalyst: Been published recently?

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1. Wyrd Sisters Auditions -- ROUND 2
The Rice Players production of Stephen Briggs and Terry Pratchett's "Wyrd Sisters" needs male actors!

We'll be holding an additional round of audition specifically to fill male
roles this coming Monday.

Monday, December 8, 2009
1:00 PM
Hamman Hall Studio.
No preparation is required.

Women welcome, but we are primarily looking to fill male roles.

Please contact Christopher Warrington or Tommy Mings for more information. Performance dates are February 6,7, and 12--14. This production directed by Tommy Mings.

Wyrd Sisters is a Monty Python-esque comedy about Macbeth's three witches. There is a wicked duke and duchess, a ghost of a murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, and a land in peril. But it is three witches, who view magic in the most practical way possible, who stand between the kingdom and destruction.
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2. The Tempest Auditions and Tech
Bakershake's 40th Production, The Tempest, will be having auditions on Monday December 8 from 7-10 in the Baker Library (off the end of the Baker Commons). Auditions are workshop style so plan to come the whole time if you can. The director is Baker Associate and longtime Bakershaker Chepe Lockett. There are many parts great and small, and dancers are particularly welcomed for the parts of the Spirits, though certainly not a requirement.

We also need tech people, so if you have any interest, please let our producers Isabel Kuri ik1@rice.edu, and Meg Goswami meg.goswami@rice.edu know! If you don't want a full position, a lot of our tech spots are filled by soon-to-be-graduating upperclassmen who need to train a replacement. It would be a great time to get involved.

So get excited! Shakespeare on Monday!

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3. Bill of Rights "Pot Luck" Dinner: Sat., Dec. 13th, 6:00 pm, Farnsworth
Saturday, Dec. 13th, 6:00 PM
Location: Farnsworth Pavillion

Political Debate: Greens vs. Libertarians
Harris County Chairs of the Green Party and Libertarian Party Debate.

Speaker:
Paul Jacob, National term limits leader and initiative rights advocate will share his story of passionate activism. Jacob spent months in jail in 1985 for resisting draft registration, he was responsible for many states passing term limits over the past few decades, and last year he was indicted in Oklahoma in 2007 for petitioning the government (http://www.freepauljacob.com)

Dinner:
Please bring a dish if you can, but if not, please join anyways us for a great dinner, debate, and talk. The debate probably will not start until around 6:30, so stop by then if you can't make it earlier.

sponsored by Rice Libertarians

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4. Catalyst: Been published recently?
Been published recently? Catalyst: Rice Undergraduate Science and Engineering Review will be publishing a list of emerging Rice undergraduate scientists in its next issue. If you would like to let your peers and professors know about your research, submit the following information to catalystRUSER@gmail.com by January 9th.

Full Name:
College:
Year (ex. Class of 2011) :
Status: ( Planning to Submit (if so, when) , Under Review, Published)
Quick synopsis, kind of in abstract form, but try to make it catchy and written in layman's terms so your peers will be drawn to read more about your awesome research ( 50-100 words) :

Answer the following if it applies:
Working Internet Link:
Date Published:
Publication Name, and Publication Volume, Issue:
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In Mike and Casey We Trust

December 4, 2008

The Backpage... ONLINE!

Yo. If you actually read this thing, here's a little gift for you... the last Backpage of the semester! Also, if you actually read this thing, tell us so we can know to like you better. Also, get a life.

Classes are ending, finals are starting soon, and we all know what that means:
The Backpage’s Fall 2008 in Review!
BY THE NUMBERS:
12: Number of all-nighters Will Randall has pulled due to his crippling iPhone addiction
7: Number of girls Samuel Hile has “played the piano” for
73: Number of paper extensions Kate Coley has asked for
2: Number of Hanszen seniors hooking up with a freshman (at least)
10: Number of O-Week lunches Michael Bartrip “missed”/refused to go to
1: Number of freshman who transferred to Wiess before Fall Break
25: Number of cabinets Abbie led while intoxicated
0: Number of Cabinets Karen wore her onesie to (just wait…)
1,009:Collective number of purity points lost by Hanszen’s freshman

Things to look forward to next semester:
Study Abroad-ers: some will be returning, and some will be leaving (which is more exciting?)
New classes to fall asleep during… Spring Baseball…Karen Gerken’s Half-Birthday… Swim Meets (hint hint)…Spring Break… A New Cabinet… George Bush leaving office… O-Week excitement beginning again… The Return of Warm Weather … BEER BIKE!… Graduation!

And, on a more serious note…Mer Bates is turning 21 on Tuesday. Since her friends are lame and couldn’t coordinate a party before she went home, here are 21 facts that prove Mer is awesome!

1. She survived a killer caterpillar attack
2. She can play the cello better than Yo Yo Ma
3. She is an amazing text messenger, even while intoxicated
4. She is very knowledgeable about dinosaurs, but only when intoxicated
5. Her music praising cult leaders has won international acclaim
6. Her smile stops children from crying
7. She recently fled her Amish homeland and they really want her back
8. She can be a vegetarian whenever, wherever
9. Her laugh is almost as potent as Mary Draper’s
10. Mer + Mario Kart = watch out, awesomeness ahead
11. She can speak 65 languages fluently
12. Chuck Norris is afraid of her
13. She makes very good “that’s what she said” jokes
14. Not even Adriene’s photoshop skills can make her look bad
15. She once led a marriage ceremony of two rubber balls… in Hebrew… with dancing
16. She can pull off the 80’s one-piece jumpsuit named Jackie look like no one else
17. She can play MmmBop on her cello
18. Kristi may be able to see the future, but Mer can change it whenever she wants
19. She is always honest, never misleading, and never takes advantage of her gullible friends
20. She can talk to animals
21. Even her male alter-ego is incredibly good looking

Happy Birthday MER!


xoxo,
Karen "I hope this works" Gerken

Light the Quad Happy Funpage

1. Catalyst Submission
2. Seeking Crew for Wyrd Sisters!
3. Holiday Gift Drive
4. Talent needed for President's Study Break Sunday, Dec 7 9 - 10 pm
5. Library Books
6. Engineering Abroad Study Break
7. Legacy Competition, Seeking Student Competitors
8. ACLU Internship
9. FREE Movie this Friday Night at Rice Stadium: Polar Express!
10. Powderpuff All-Star Game
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1a. Congrats to Leslie Miller for winning her age the Houston Half Marathon. Especially since it was the night after NOD. We’re pretty sure her BAC was still somewhere around .2
2a. LOLcat of the Day: This is the Funpage’s Official Position
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-pictures-the-college-essentials-are-pizza-ramen-and-lolcats.jpg
3a. The Video Game Pianist: He goes on tour so he has to be legit, right?
http://www.videogamepianist.com/IndexFrameset.html
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1. Catalyst Submission
The Catalyst: Rice Undergraduate Science & Engineering Review is currently accepting submissions for our annual 2008-2009 issue! We are in our second year of publication and are eager to continue our role in fostering scientific interest and discussion at Rice. This journal is a great way to be heard throughout campus and in the greater scientific community. We distribute issues on the Rice campus as well as the Texas Medical Center, and collaborations are underway to publish articles on Connexions, a platform that will allow your work to be accessible on a global scale.


If you are interested in writing a research review article, the deadline for abstract submissions is Dec 4.
If you are interested in writing a popular science article, then please contact Lisa Sun (ls5@rice.edu ) with your topic. The deadline for popular science article submissions is January 9, 2009.

Please visit catalyst.rice.edu/submissions for more information on submissions, or contact catalystRUSER@gmail.com with any questions.

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2. Seeking Crew for Wyrd Sisters!
Hopefully you've heard by now about our spring production, Wyrd Sisters. It's an awesome comedy, and it's got a quick schedule (done in a month). Anyway, we're looking to fill a few more positions in the play. We need an assistant stage manager, a props master, a producer, a sound designer, and a marketing director. We're looking for energetic, reliable people, with or without theater experience. Contact Catherine Bratic (ceb1@rice.edu) for more information about any of these roles. Thanks!
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3. Holiday Gift Drive
can be a difficult time for many of the Houston Area Women's Center's (HAWC) clients because they are away from their homes and/or are living in the shelter. HAWC has a Holiday Store full of donations from their Holiday Wish List (attached). The Holiday Store gives HAWC's clients the opportunity to shop for gifts free of charge. This ensures that children at the shelter will have a gift waiting for them under the tree and that clients can give their loved ones new gifts without having to undergo the extra financial burden.


There will be a collection box outside of the Rice Women's Resource Center, which is in the Kelley Lounge in the RMC. Donations should be new, from the wish list attached (and below), and NOT wrapped. We'll be collecting donations until December 7th.


If you have any questions, please contact me at Nikka.T.Landau@rice.edu.


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4. Talent needed for President's Study Break Sunday, Dec 7 9 - 10 pm
Hi talented Rice people,

I'm working on the entertainment for the President's study break on
December 7th. Each year, we present a "variety show" of all the creative
students and groups we have here at Rice.

I'd like to feature several acts during this show -- each group will do a tune or two. All I need is 5-10 minutes. Each group will perform in the Grand Hall of the student center. We will provide the sound system, you provide the instruments and individual amps/etc.

If you are interested, let me know ASAP and I'll get you onto the list. If you know of any other student bands or talented individuals who you think will be interested, would you please forward this invitation to them? Have them contact me at cthrock@rice.edu.

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5. Library Books
To all undergraduate students:

Please remember to return your library materials before you leave campus
following final exams. You may use your library PIN to check for books
charged to your account, due dates, fines, recalls, and to renew books
online at:
http://alexandria.rice.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/X/FONDREN/X/1/1166/X/BLASTOFF
Note that there is a new link to send your library PIN to your Rice email
account if you have forgotten your PIN.

If you use the online renewal feature, please verify that the books listed
on your account are in your possession.

The last due date for the fall semester is 12/17/2008, so books
due before that date may be renewed online now. Fines for overdue
materials will accrue during the holidays, even on days the library is
closed. Beginning Friday, 12/12/2007, you may borrow books for a 28-day
loan period or renew books for another 28 days.

The online renewal feature will not work for the following:
- if you have fines over $5
- if you have any overdue materials or wait until after the due date
- if there is a hold or recall on any item (these will need to be
returned to the library)
- if any items have reached the renewal limit (10 renewals per item)
After renewing, check your account to verify the change in due dates.

If you have any questions about your library account, contact the
Circulation Department staff at 713-348-4021 or email circ@rice.edu.

Or talk to Eileen Ong, she works there.
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6. Engineering Abroad Study Break
Engineering Abroad Study Break
Monday, December 8, 2008
8:00 PM
Brown Commons - Food will be provided!

Are you an engineering student interested in study, research, or internship opportunities abroad? Would you like to hear from fellow engineering students who have participated in programs abroad and learn more about their experiences? If so take a break and join us at this event highlighting a range of programs including DAAD RISE in Germany, NanoJapan, IIT Bombay, paid internships abroad through IAESTE and more.

This event is co-sponsored by the School of Engineering and the Brown and Jones College Fellows.
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7. Legacy Competition, Seeking Student Competitors
See attached flyer
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8. ACLU Internship
The Houston ACLU is looking for students excited about civil liberties to participate in a paid internship this summer. The stipend is $2,500 and the job will involve substantive work on civil rights and civil liberties issues in Houston and the surrounding areas.

Applications will be due February 23, 2009. If you're interested, please email ben.carson@rice.edu for more information about the internship and how to apply.
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9. FREE Movie this Friday Night at Rice Stadium: Polar Express!
Come enjoy a FREE movie at Rice Stadium this Friday night!

What: The Polar Express
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Rice Stadium (enter through Stadium Entrance 1)
How Much: FREE!

You are welcome to bring lawn chairs, blankets, refreshments, and all your friends!

For more information, visit: http://www.rice.edu/movie

**Please, no pets or glass containers.

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10. Powderpuff All-Star Game
The POWDERPUFF ALL-STAR GAME is this FRIDAY at 6:00 PM on Autry IM Field 7.

Come out and watch as the New School takes on the Old School in a
classic battle royale.

In addition, there will be pizza and drinks, so bring your appetite!

(For those colleges that have college night - an even better reason to
come out and cheer on your favorite players)

See you there!

In Mike and Casey We Trust

December 3, 2008

December 3rd Cabinet Minutes

Announcements
Happy Birthday Barb!
WE HAVE A VENDING MACHINE! It ate Eric’s money
Powder Puff ALL STAR GAME – Friday night, Field 7, 6:00
College Night – FRIDAY! Competition starts at 2:30, celebrate whenever. Pre-college night event Thursday night- classic American Gladiator episodes in lower commons around dinner.
The gladiators are scary.
Buy Hanszen keychains from Mary

CU @ CABS
Sports – yayy freshman flag AND freshman basketball! CHAMPIONS! Buy Texas Bowl tickets from Becca
Service – fundraiser all next week for two different charities. Pancakes and cookies! Bakers and flippers and sellers needed. Contact Rebecca or Puente.
Ambiance – Thursday at 4:30 LIGHT THE QUAD!
Associates – New Associate: Noah Badard, BioE grad student. SWEETS ‘N POKER ‘N TREAT! Baking contest and poker playing, Saturday 3:00! Prizes! Trophies! Glory!

Money Requests
Socials - $100 for College Night Keg

Space Requests
Jasmine – CHBE Class Party – Upper Commons – Saturday at 9 pm
Cori – TFA Study Break – Glass Classroom – Tuesday from 8 to 10 pm
College Night – Lower Commons – Thursday at 6 pm
College Night – Glass Classroom – Thursday from 9 to 10 pm
Sam V. – CAPP - Movie Room – Monday from 8 to 10 pm
Eric – Lower Commons – Saturday 2:30 to ???
ALL APPROVED

It’s Business Time:
Cabinet Elections are first week in February.
Be good on college night. Pleaseeeeeee.
Leo Logan wasn’t here. Worst Sophomore Rep Ever?