2. Fondren Library Research Awards
3. OPEN Magazine Survey
4. Guatemala International Service Project Summer 2009
5. RWRC Open House on Wednesday 1/14
6. Got two left feet?
7. Effective Date of Rice Graduate Route is postponed
8. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
9. My First Time Auditions!
10. SPRING 2009: Fitness Programs to Keep You Moving
11. Tutors Needed!
12. ACLU Know Your Rights JAN 13 8pm
14. Accepting Applications for Office Assistant for Rice's IBB
15. Bikes & Bike Racks
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1a. LOLcat of the Day: Caffeine http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-pictures-your-cat-had-too-much-caffeine1.jpg
2a. WWII BCS Rankings: http://www.shellium.org/~lednerk/bcs.html
3a. Play with Yourself: Burn the Rope. . . listen to the song
http://www.mazapan.se/games/BurnTheRope.php
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1. Digital Media Center Spring Short Courses
Learn how to manage research materials, make a movie, create a podcast, or stay up-to-date on the latest research publications. Sign up for a free, hands-on short course sponsored by the Digital Media Center. To register or for more information, visit http://library.rice.edu/services/digital_media_center/services/short-courses, email dmc-info@rice.edu, or call 713-348-3635.
Courses include:
* 99 Using the Web to Conduct, Manage and Disseminate Research (Friday, Feb. 6, 3-4:30 p.m.)
* 100 Research, not re-search: Using Zotero, the Next Generation Research Tool (Session I, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2-4 p.m.; Session II, Monday, Feb. 9, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Fondren B39)
* 102 Video Editing using Final Cut Pro - Intro (Session I: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1-4 p.m.; Session II: Monday, Jan. 26, 6:30-9:30 p.m.)
* 202 Video Editing using Final Cut Pro - Intermediate (Session I: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1-4 p.m.; Session II: Monday, Feb. 9, 6:30-9:30 p.m.)
* 103 DVD Authoring using DVD Studio Pro - Intro (Session I: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1-4 p.m.; Session II: Monday, Mar. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m.)
* 104 Introduction to podcasting (Wednesday, Mar. 11, 1-3:00 p.m.)
* 105 Choosing and using digital cameras (Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1-3:00 p.m.)
* 106 Crash course on video cameras (Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1-3 p.m.)
* 107 Recording high quality audio using portable devices (Thursday, Jan. 22, 1-3 p.m.)
* 108 Digital Storytelling Workshop (6 week course beginning on February 12, 3-4:30)
* 109 Introduction to Flash (Wednesday, Mar. 25, 1:30-3:30 p.m.)
* 112 Documentary Production (6 week course beginning on February 10, 7-9 p.m.)
* 113 Keeping Current, Keeping Alert! (Session 1, Friday, January 23rd, 10-11:30; Session 2 Friday, February 20th, 2 to 3:30, Fondren B39 classroom)
* 114 Introduction to Blogging (Wednesday, February 18, 3-4:30 p.m. )
Unless otherwise noted, the courses will be held in the Digital Media Center, Herring 129.
If you can't make a class but want to learn more about producing or using multimedia, check out the DMC's online guides at http://library.rice.edu/services/digital_media_center/online_guides or drop by Herring 129.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
99 Using the Web to Conduct, Manage and Disseminate Research
Friday, Feb. 6, 3-4:30 p.m.
Digital Media Center, 129 Herring Hall
There’s more to doing research on the web than typing a few keywords into Google. As the Web has evolved, it has become a more powerful platform for finding and organizing information, sharing knowledge, and presenting ideas in an interactive, dynamic way. By using free Web 2.0 tools and resources such as those cataloged at Digital Research Tools (http://digitalresearchtools.pbwiki.com/), researchers can conduct, manage and disseminate research more effectively. This workshop will provide an overview to some of the most compelling Web 2.0 applications particularly relevant for researchers, such as:
* Constructing effective searches
* Keeping up-to-date with research using RSS feeds
* Managing and sharing citations using del.icio.us
* Creating bibliographies using Zotero
* Disseminating research using blogs and digital repositories
* Visualizing data using online tools such as ManyEyes
100 Research, not re-search: Using Zotero, the Next Generation Research Tool
Session I, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2-4 p.m.
Fondren B39 (basement) classroom
Session II, Monday, Feb. 9, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Fondren B39 (basement) classroom
Managing citations can be a real pain—you have to either type or copy and paste bibliographic information, keep up with the source of each quotation, and worry about formatting your bibliography properly. Enter Zotero (http://www.zotero.org), which bills itself as “a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself.” With Zotero, a tool designed by scholars for scholars, you can automatically download citation information, store PDFs of articles, add keywords to make your sources easy to find, search your research collections, and automatically create bibliographies and footnotes as you write. Zotero's simplicity and power have earned it praise from Inside Higher Education and PC Magazine, as well as countless enthusiastic researchers. This hands-on workshop will introduce some of the key functions of Zotero. By investing a couple of hours to learn Zotero, you can save yourself from spending countless hours trying to remember where you put that article and doing data entry and formatting.
This workshop is limited to the first 7 registrants.
102 Video Editing with FinalCut Pro - Intro
Session I: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1-4 p.m.
Session II: Monday, Jan. 26, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
DMC Classroom - Located in Herring Hall 129
Limit of 10 students
Learn how to edit your own video. In this workshop on FinalCutPro, a powerful video editing tool available on the Apple platform, we will cover the basics of digitizing footage, managing bins, putting together a timeline, effects and transitions and exporting your project to tape, web or DVD. This class is oriented to beginning users of this software.
202 Video Editing with FinalCut Pro - Intermediate
Session I: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1-4 p.m.
Session II: Monday, Feb. 9, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
DMC Classroom - Located in Herring Hall 129
Limit of 10 students
This course will provide hands-on training in some of FinalCut Pro’s more advanced features. Topics to be covered include:
• keyboard command
• basic audio editing
• basic compositing
• creating motion effects and using keyframes
• speed settings
103 DVD Authoring with DVD Studio Pro - Intro
Session I: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1-4 p.m.
Session II: Monday, Mar. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
DMC Classroom - Located in 129 Herring Hall
Limit of 10 students
Want to create Hollywood-quality DVD's? Apple's DVD Studio Pro enables you to make slick DVDs with flashy graphics, animations, and more. This two-hour workshop hosted by the Digital Media Center will provide hands-on training in making a DVD with DVD Studio Pro. Topics to be covered include how to:
• Import Assets including audio, video, and graphics files
• Create menus
• Add buttons to the menus
• Create tracks and slideshows
• Link the projects elements
• Simulate the project
• Build and burn the project
104 Intro to Podcasting
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 1-3:00 p.m.
DMC Classroom - Located in 129 Herring Hall
Limit of 10 students
Through podcasting, you can make it easy for audiences to download and listen to lectures, performances, or your own musings; all you need is simple (and free) audio editing software, a decent microphone, and access to a web server. In this course on podcasting, you will learn what a podcast is, how to record, edit and enhance the underlying audio, and how to make your podcast available online.
105 Choosing and using digital cameras
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1-3:00 p.m.
Digital Media Center (Herring 129)
Are you an amateur photographer who would like to take your skills to the next level? Mystified by all the special features that your digital camera offers? This free short course teaches photography basics, camera adjustments, and techniques on choosing different types of cameras. It will cover photographic terms such as aperture, shutter speed, iso, and exposure. It will also discuss camera scene mode selections, exposure compensation, priority shooting modes, etc., as well as look at the differences between DSLR and Point & Shoot cameras.
106 Crash course on video cameras
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1-3 p.m.
Digital Media Center (Herring 129)
Video can be a great medium for capturing performances, lectures, interviews, and everyday life, but many videos are marred by shaky camera work, awkward zooms, and barely audible audio. By learning a few simple techniques, you can vastly improve the quality of your video footage. This short course covers the basics of videography, including lighting, sound, and using the different features of the camcorder such as white balance and focus control. We will illustrate key concepts using both a consumer-level camcorder and a more professional 3 chip camcorder.
107 Recording high quality audio using portable devices
Thursday, Jan. 22, 1-3 p.m.
Digital Media Center (Herring 129)
If you need to record sound—such as interviews, musical performances, lectures, podcasts, or fieldwork--the Digital Media Center has some easy-to-use, high quality Edirol audio recorders available for anyone at Rice to check out. Come and learn how you can make full use of these fantastic audio recording devices. The course will also cover the basics of audio editing such as noise reduction, track splitting, and music CD burning.
108 Digital Storytelling Workshop (6 week class)
Thursdays from 3-4:30, February 12 - March 26 (break on March 5)
DMC, Herring 129
Limited to 6 students
While the DMC’s courses on video and audio editing focus on how to use a particular piece of software, this workshop provides a holistic introduction to the art of creating a digital story. Typically 3 to 5 minutes long, digital stories use images, audio, and video to move, inspire, or enlighten audiences. In this intensive hands-on workshop, you will learn both how to craft a compelling story and how to use multimedia software and hardware. The course will cover:
* the elements of effective digital stories
* using words, images, and sound to tell a story
* scanning and editing images
* recording and editing narration
* editing video
* outputting video and uploading it to sites such as YouTube
109 Introduction to Flash
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Fondren B39 (basement) classroom
Limit of 7 students
Flash enables you to create unique animations and interactive “movies” on the web. In this workshop, we will cover how to make a simple animation and how to make an interactive “movie” similar to what you see on the Rice home page.
112 Documentary Production (6 week class)
February 10-March 24, 7-9 p.m.
Digital Media Center (Herring 129)
Produce a short documentary using your own or DMC equipment in this six session course. Making a 2-3 minute video about an aspect of Rice for the upcoming student video contest will be encouraged, but other short projects will do – or students may choose a topic from a list.
Areas covered will be:
* Optimizing the image: camera, lens, and lighting techniques
* Recording good, clean sound
* Developing a compelling script
* Acquiring additional audio and video assets
* Digital editing in Final Cut Pro – including effects such as blue screen
* Producing a DVD and posting on the web.
Up to ten students will be teamed up in groups of two to produce their projects. The class will meet on six Tuesday nights from 7-9 pm: February 10, 17, 24 and March 10, 17, 24 in the DMC. Camera and editing equipment will also be available outside of class hours. The course will be taught by filmmaker Doug Killgore (Wiess ’69), who has written and produced dozens of short documentaries and the feature film “The Trust” – the story of the murder of William Marsh Rice. For more info: www.ricedocumentaryclass.info.
113 Keeping Current, Keeping Alert!
Friday, January 23rd, 10-11:30
Fondren Library B-39 (basement) classroom
Friday, February 20th, 2 to 3:30
Fondren Library B-39 (basement) classroom
Learn how you can keep up-to-date with the latest research publications in your field with free alerting (sometimes called "current awareness") services from publishers. These services provide information such as the tables of contents of the latest issues of your favorite journals or provide alerts to new publications in your research area. Services are provided by e-mail or, increasingly, by RSS feeds . We will explore a few of the best alerting services, and look at two tools to organize your RSS feeds, such as Pageflakes and Google Reader.
Instructor, Debra Kolah, Science Librarian
114 Introduction to Blogging
Wednesday, February 18, 3-4:30 p.m.
Digital Media Center (Herring 129)
Interested in starting your own blog, but not sure how? This workshop will cover the basics of blogging, including why to blog, how to set up your own blog (using the free blogging platform at Wordpress.org), and the rhetoric of blogging.
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2. Fondren Library Research Awards
The Fondren Library is pleased to announce a new award for undergraduate students who demonstrate extraordinary skill and creativity in the application of library and information resources to original research and scholarship. This year, funds are available for one award of $1,000 plus one honorable mention award of $500. The program is funded by the Friends of Fondren Library. For information about how to apply, students should review the information available at the following website:
http://library.rice.edu/research-awards
Individual or team projects in any subject area or media will be eligible for consideration. Applications are due January 31. Good luck! Sara Lowman
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3. OPEN Magazine Survey
Hello Rice Students! Whether or not sex or dating is a part of your life, or something you like talking about, we know you have an opinion on it! Please help OPEN magazine compile a truly representative survey of Rice Students for the Spring edition of magazine. That means we need YOU to fill out the survey. It only takes about 5 minutes, and its totally anonymous. If you chose at the end of the survey you can enter into a drawing for a $25 gift certificate to Two Rows in the village!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2ba7UJc8L9TRlVX8ZkXxJ2Q_3d_3d
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4. Guatemala International Service Project Summer 2009
The Community Involvement Center's thirteenth annual International
Service Project will once again be returning to San Lucas Toliman,
Guatemala. Guatemala has the largest population of any country in
Central America, however about 80% of its citizens live in poverty and
two-thirds of that number--or 7.6 million people--live in extreme
poverty. Guatemala's infant mortality and illiteracy rates are also
among the worst in the hemisphere.
Join the Community Involvement Center as a participant in this amazing
two-week service immersion experience this summer (approximately May
10-24, 2009) in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala.
To learn more about the program and to apply, please visit the
Community Involvement Center's web site (http://www.rice.edu/service).
For more information, or if you have any questions, please contact
Alex Tran (alex.tran@rice.edu) or Siya Mehtani (siyasiya@rice.edu).
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5. RWRC Open House on Wednesday 1/14
The Rice Women's Resource Center will be having an Open House!!
WHEN: Wednesday, January 14th
WHERE: RWRC, located in the Kelley Lounge
WHEN: 3 - 5pm
Come stop by to grab some FREE food and take a peek to see what's going on at the RWRC!
I'll answer any question you have, just as long as I can answer them :)
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6. Got two left feet?
The Rice Social Dance Society begins lessons the week of Monday, Jan. 12! We welcome all undergrads and graduate students, faculty & staff, and the Houston community at all levels of dance.
Mondays - Ballroom, Grand Hall
Wednesdays - Argentine Tango, Rice Graduate Apartments
Thursdays - Swing, Willy's Pub
Go to http://rsds.rice.edu/ for more details, and be sure to sign up to our listserv to get updates on classes and special events.
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7. Effective Date of Rice Graduate Route is postponed
The effective date for the Rice Graduate Route to the Graduate Apartments at 2410 Shakespeare in the Rice Village is postponed.
If you have any questions, please call 5223 or 5996.v
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8. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Please take a few minutes to fill out this university-wide survey regarding bicycles and their interaction with pedestrians and motor-vehicles on campus.
http://www.rice.edu/bikesatrice/survey
Many Rice community members have voiced questions about bicycle safety and services on campus. These topics are being addressed by the Bicycle Safety Committee, which will make recommendations for updating the campus bicycle policy. Your answers to this survey will help guide the drafting of a new policy.
Thank you in advance for your participation,
Bicycle Safety Committee
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9. My First Time Auditions!
Doing the Humpty Dumpty...
Bashing the Beaver...
Rocking the Kasbah...
Hiding the Salami...
Normalizing the Vector...
Whatever you like to call it, everyone remembers their First Time...
Audition for My First Time,
a play that's about... exactly what it sounds like.
Tuesday, January 13th, 9pm @ MARTEL COMMONS
Wednesday, January 14th, 9pm @ WIESS COMMONS
For more information about the original play, visit http://myfirsttimetheplay.com/ or email tk2@rice.edu.
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10. SPRING 2009: Fitness Programs to Keep You Moving
Welcome Back in 2009 Fitness Fans!
We have several exciting programs, classes and offerings ready to get you where you want to be or keep you happy where you are physically for 2009.
1 :: Spring Group Fitness Schedule and Discounted Fitness Passes
2 :: Spring Specialty Programs
3 :: Fitness Incentives - SURVEY
4 :: Group Fitness Instructor Training Class
5 :: Message from the Assistant Director
1 :: Spring Group Fitness Schedule ::
The Group Fitness Schedule is in full force. Be sure to take advantage of the wide range of classes on the schedule
2 :: Spring Specialty Programs ::
Boot Camp registration (Morning and Evening Sessions) is open ONLINE. Register soon, classes start this week, you don't want to miss out.
We will also have a Kung Fu Basics class. If you've ever wanted to try out a martial art but have been afraid to commit without more knowledge, this class is perfect for you. Only 5 weeks, 2x a week, it will introduce you to the fundamentals of Kung Fu.
Go to www.rice.edu/fitness for details on dates, times and how to register.
3 :: Fitness Incentives - SURVEY ::
Rice Fitness Programs needs to hear your voice. Please complete our online survey (will take less than 3 minutes) to provide valuable feedback for our future programming
https://inquisite.rice.edu/surveys/YTWSH5/ specifically for the creation of incentive programs to help motivate you to get or keep moving for your health.
4 :: Group Fitness Instructor Training Class ::
Rice Fitness Programs is proud to offer an 8 week program including ACE (American Council on Exercise) texts, study materials, and sample choreography and music for all levels. This class will meet twice weekly for 8 weeks and will prepare anyone, from experienced to novice, to lead safe, effective and energetic group fitness classes. We are looking to greatly expand our staff in preparation for the new facility in August 2009. If you're interested, register today: https://www.signmeup.com/site/reg/register.aspx?fid=XH2V7K7. Register early, space is limited to 15!
5 :: Message from the Assistant Director ::
As we continue to grow our programs and classes, please know that we genuinely appreciate your participation and feedback. We can't wait to provide even more for you when the new Gibbs Recreation Center opens this fall. Please join us now as the excitement builds!
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11. Tutors Needed!
Varsity Tutors is seeking all highly qualified Rice University students with cars. $22/hr is the starting pay for tutors. Our service provides academic tutoring to Houston high school students in a wide variety of subjects (math, science, foreign languages, psychology, English, etc.) as well as test preparation (ACT, SAT, AP). Interested students should e-mail their resume, a list of subjects they believe they are qualified to tutor, and their standardized test scores (SAT, ACT, AP scores) to houston@varsitytutors.com. Questions can also be answered by calling (832)748-1733.
Thank you for your time!
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12. ACLU Know Your Rights JAN 13 8pm
Rice ACLU Presents
Busted: Know Your Rights!
Tues, Jan 13 in Huma 119 8pm
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Wed, Jan 14 Martel 101 8pm
Thurs, Jan 15 Wiess 146 7pm
Do you know what to do if you get pulled over by the police? When a police can enter your home? How to talk to police?
Get your questions answered at our screening of Busted: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters. Stay for the Q&A following the film.
We'll also be talking about the ACLU summer internship in DC and the exciting plans Rice ACLU has for the semester.
questions? email psr1 or ben.carson
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14. Accepting Applications for Office Assistant for Rice's IBB
See attached PDF
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15. Bikes & Bike Racks
Please remind your residents to lock their bikes to a bike rack using a U-shaped lock that connects the frame to the rack. These locks are available at the police station for only $10. Thieves can easily cut through a cable lock. In addition, locks that feed through the front tire do not deter thieves since they can remove the front wheel and steal the bike.
In Mike and Casey We Trust
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