Thursday's Funpage

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1. Rice University Cycling Team Jersey
2. Sailing with ROPE
3. Rice Fitness Survey - We need your input!
4. Conversation Partner Program
5. Revised Crime Alert
6. Paul Lebarre talk at Rice 2/10 4:00 PM Duncan Hall, McMurtry Aud
7. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
8. College Classic
9. Free Smoking Cessation Program
10. I <3 CONSENSUAL SEX T-SHIRTS from the RWRC
11. Mr. Rice Asia
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1a. LOLcat of the Day: Bobble Head http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/funny-pictures-kitten-claims-he-is-not-a-bobblehead.jpg
2a. Youtube: Bert and Ernie… Anyone know Dutch? Look up kak hoofd, it’s dutch
3a. Play with Yourself: http://www.lostvectors.com/bowmaster/
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1. Rice University Cycling Team Jersey
Want to show your Rice spirit at the track, road, race, or triathlon?
The Rice University Cycling Team is selling a limited quantity of team jerseys.
If interested, please email cycling@rice.edu.
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2. Sailing with ROPE
Join ROPE as we set sails off the Kemah coast
Who: You, good friends, your BFF, ROPE trip leaders and Captain Dave McCabe
When: Noon to around 8 pm on Sunday, March 15
Where: Kemah, TX (1 hour drive from campus)
How: register online at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/rope/trips.html
Join ROPE and Blue Marlin Sailing for an afternoon of cruising on a 38-foot sailboat with Captain Dave McCabe, USCG licensed master and trans-Atlantic sailor. Learn your way around the sailboat or practice skills that you already know. Hands-on sailing, instruction, equipment, transportation, and lunch provided.
Message from Captain Dave: Step up to the challenge of sailing a beautiful 38 foot sailboat off Kemah, on Galveston Bay, and savor the effects of this unique 'hydro-therapy'. Some of you may wish to just kick back and enjoy the afternoon. Others may want to actually participate in hoisting the sails and/or steering the boat. Both opportunities are before you. Go for it!
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3. Rice Fitness Survey - We need your input!
With only 7 months until the new recreation and wellness center opens, Rice Fitness is excitedly planning the most comprehensive programming to suit your passions. That being said, we need your help. We have created an online survey online that takes less than 5 minutes, but that will provide us invaluable information regarding your thoughts and desires for group fitness, personal training and specialty and orientation programs in the future. In these high stress times, physical activity is an important component to maintaining a healthy balance and we want to make it accessible to everyone.

Your input is critical to us for developing a good program, so let your voice be heard. Tell us about your favorite class format, what times you want classes, what we should keep and what you've seen work elsewhere. We will work to accommodate you as we are able.

https://inquisite.rice.edu/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?YTWSH5
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4. Conversation Partner Program
Rice University’s Intensive English Program, offered through the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, is recruiting Conversation Partners. We have approximately 196 students from over 30 different countries in our English as a Second Language Program, all of whom are looking to meet native English speakers.

Our Conversation Partner Program is not a tutoring program. The main goal is our students to be able to practice English in an informal setting. The time commitment required may be as little as an hour a week. We will match you up with one of our students. Where and when you meet will be decided by you and your partner. No second language is required, just the desire to meet a new friend and learn about other cultures.

Current session dates: January 12 – March 2.

If you are interested, please respond to fl@rice.edu by February 3, 2009.

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5. Revised Crime Alert
On Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at approximately 10:57 PM a woman reported being physically assaulted in the Humanities Building. She encountered the male suspect sleeping on a table in Room 327. When confronted, the man attacked her and a struggle ensued. After the short struggle the woman was able to call for help, and the suspect fled in an unknown direction. The suspect is dangerous and still at large.

The suspect is described as a male, white, about 25-28 years of age, 5'6"-5'7" tall with light brown hair and eyes. He had three pre-existing red scratches on the right side of his face. At the time of the attack he was wearing a black jacket and black gloves.

A police investigation is continuing. If you have information about this or any other suspicious person or activity on campus, please contact the University Police Department at (713) 348-6000 or by using any blue light emergency phone.
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6. Paul Lebarre talk at Rice 2/10 4:00 PM Duncan Hall, McMurtry Aud
Beyond Traditional Borders and Rice 360° invite you to a lecture by:
Paul LeBarre
Technical Officer, PATH
February 10, 2009
4:00 pm
Duncan Hall, McMurtry Auditorium
Rice University
Reception to follow in Martel Hall
**Event is free and open to the public
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PATH is an international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities to break long-standing cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, PATH helps provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. PATH’s work improves global health and well-being. More information can be found at www.path.org.
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7. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Thanks to everyone who has already participated in the bicycle safety survey.

If you have not already done so, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU by Friday, January 30th.

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

Thank you in advance for your participation,
Bicycle Safety Committee
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8. College Classic
See Attached Flyer
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9. Free Smoking Cessation Program
We have a new program for students beginning this Friday and would like to invite you or any friends who want to quit smoking to participate.

If you've been thinking about quitting and would like support from a group of people who are also quitting, this is a great resource. The four-session program is held over the lunch hour. Participants will receive FREE nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) as well as free massage therapy or acupuncture. Sessions are held in the Wellness Center and lunch will be provided! This is over a $300 value. To be eligible you must be a current smoker and be serious about quitting.

See more information on our Web site: http://wellness.rice.edu/smoking_cessation.html

To register please reply to this e-mail with your name, e-mail, phone number, reason for quitting and any dietary restrictions. Space is limited to a small number, first come, first served.

Be well,
The Wellness Center Staff
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10. I <3 CONSENSUAL SEX T-SHIRTS from the RWRC
Hello Everyone!!

If you did not have the chance to get one of the snazzy
I <3 Consensual Sex T-shirt,

COME GET ONE AT 6:30 PM @ the Women's Resource Center located at the Kelley Lounge
on **Wednesday, February 4th**

They will be $2 each and available in all sizes!
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11. Mr. Rice Asia
Come join us for a night of fun, food, and Asian culture! :)

Rice Microfinance, SAS, and CSA are hosting the Mr. Rice Asia pageant on SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7th from 6-8 PM in Wiess Commons to raise money for microfinance in China and Pakistan. A portion of the money raised goes to the Hashoo foundation, the 2008 BBC World Project winner.
Another portion will go to microcredit in China.

For a $6 admission fee, you get
A. Boba tea (limited quantities, first come first serve!)
B. Chipotle/Pad thai (unlimited quantities!)
C. Celebrity Judges Ping Sun (University Representative), Dr. Gao (Diff E teacher),
Gautami Shah (Hindi teacher), Indranil Dutta (Hindi teacher)
D. Laughter and entertainment :)
Come and support your fellow Hanszenites, ZACH JENG & CHETHAN RAMPRASAD, as they compete
for the title of Mr. Rice Asia!

In Mike and Casey We Trust