Tuesday's Funpage

1. CDF SHOUT movie event
2. Rice HuMed is reopening applications
3. "A Major Affair"
4. Green Scavenger Hunt!
5. Upcoming Events from the Thresher Calendar
6. Keys turned in
7. Want to see Wyrd Sisters for free?
8. Spring Break in Big Bend National Park
9. International Dinner event
10. Buy I <3 Consensual Sex T-shirt at the RWRC
11. Invitation - Undergraduate Students - De Lange Conference vII
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1a. LOLcat of the day: Iron Chef
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/funny-pictures-iron-chef-cat-is-baffled-by-watermelon.jpg
2a. Fail Blog: http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/fail-owned-mykoc-meds-fail.jpg
3a. Play with Yourself: Super Smash Flash
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/333995
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1. CDF SHOUT movie event
CDF SHOUT (CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND - STUDENT HEALTH OUTREACH) Movie
Screening on the Uninsured.
Come watch a screening of "Critical Condition," a powerful, eye-opening
documentary that explores the personal heartbreak of four uninsured
families and shines light on the health care crisis in America.
Free Dinner from Thai Village and Chipotle will be served!!
Trivia Wheel with prizes!!
Date:Tuesday, February 10th
Place: BIOS Lab 123
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Bring your friends and learn about one of the most significant issues
facing our nation.

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2. Rice HuMed is reopening applications
Rice HuMed is reopening applications to the HuMed summer trips to Vietnam and Tanzania.

On the Vietnam service trip you would have the opportunity to teach English to locals. Learning English in Vietnam is an invaluable skill, but often only wealthier people can afford lessons. This offers an opportunity for people to enrich their lives without needing the associated wealth. You will also be able to work with local NGOs to develop a project that touches on whatever you are passionate about (woman's empowerment, health care and hygiene education, etc), and there are opportunities to volunteer and teach at local orphanages and work with disabled children. Along with the volunteer experiences, you will be able to explore the country on the weekend with excursions to beautiful temples and other historical sites.

The service trip to Tanzania is an incredible service opportunity to teach your own HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention curriculum, observe and possibly aid doctors in a third world setting, volunteer at local orphanages, and live and interact in an amazing country with a completely unique culture. Along with the volunteer experiences, you will also have weekend trips to Serengeti,Ngorongoro National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, have the opportunity to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, and participate in invaluable cultural events.

To receive the application for either of these trips or learn more about them, please e-mail Jecca at jecca.steinberg@rice.edu or Gabbi at gdn1@rice.edu.

Applications will be due Friday Feb 6th.

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3. "A Major Affair"
“A Major Affair”, February 4, 2009 in the RMC Grand Hall from 10am-3pm.
This is a one-stop shopping event that might help you make a choice about your major before the March 13, 2009, deadline to declare. If you have already decided or declared a major, this event will also allow you to explore the full extent of discipline-specific academic opportunities within the major or department(s) and numerous other related opportunities including research, civic engagement, professional development, outreach, leadership, international opportunities, and pre-professional school advising.

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4. Green Scavenger Hunt!
This is your shot to test your speed, creativity, resourcefulness, and knowledge of campus sustainability against your fellow students. Take a couple hours off from your studies next weekend and compete in Rice's first-ever green scavenger hunt, hosted by your college EcoReps!

When: Saturday, February 7th from 3-5 pm
Where: RMC (exact location to be determined)
Who: Teams of up to 5
What to bring: A digital camera and your running shoes
Why: to learn about Rice/Houston sustainability and win cool prizes!

And FREE SATURDAY DINNER for participating!!!

If you're interested, please sign up by emailing elm@rice.edu with your name and a list of your team members ASAP.

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5. Upcoming Events from the Thresher Calendar
THURSDAY, February 5 @ 7 PM
Anderson Bios Labs 123
Panel discussion of "What does Rice education mean to you?" ft. Y. PING SUN (Leebron's wife!), Nehemiah Center's Orin Moore, and Dr. Brent Houchens. Representatives from YES Prep and Teach for America will also be present.
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CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND - STUDENT HEALTH OUTREACH (CDF SHOUT)
February 10 @ 6 PM
Anderson Bios Labs 123
CDF SHOUT presents a night of information, free food, and prizes while learning about the struggles of the critically ill and uninsured. Come watch a screening "Critical Condition," a powerful, eye-opening look at the health care crisis in America. FREE FOOD FROM THAI VILLAGE & CHIPOTLE!! FREE PRIZES! To RSVP for the event, visit the Facebook event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=46664313173.
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RSVP HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK
Tuesday, February 10 @ 6 PM
Anderson Bios Labs 123
"Critical Condition"
A documentary by Roger Weisberg investigating the health care crisis in America by profiling the struggles of four families without health insurance.
Dinner will be provided from Thai Village and Chipotle! Sponsored by CDF-SHOUT.

Wednesday, February 11 @ 7:30 PM
Bios Labs 131
"Sustainable Health Care in the Developing World: Challenges and Partnership Models in Rural Haiti"
A talk presented by Geoffrey Preidis, President and Co-Founder of Health Empowering Humanity (HEH). In collaboration with HuMed.
Saturday, February 14
Volunteer at MEDICAL BRIDGES, 1-4 PM.
Help sort and box unused medical supplies that will be sent off to developing countries! E-mail wilburw@rice.edu if you want to come!

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6. Keys turned in
Some keys were turned into Baker office today around 1:00 p.m. They look like car and house keys along with an empty Rice ID holder. If you were in Baker commons today around that time and lost your keys, please come by to retrieve them. The office closes at 4:30 p.m.

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7. Want to see Wyrd Sisters for free?
Help the Rice Players usher their spring production of Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters and see the play for free! Contact ceb1@rice.edu or chrisw@rice.edu if interested.

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8. Spring Break in Big Bend National Park
Spring break is right around the corner. No plans yet? How does an adventure of epic proportions sound?

Join ROPE in Big Bend National Park as we backpack through the High Chisos Mountains, explore an abandoned mercury mine, examine rock art, and soak in natural hot springs along the Rio Grande.

When: March 1-6
Where: Big Bend National Park, TX
Who: Register now - only 3 spots left
Cost: $200 (student rate) $220 (guest/staff rate) - Includes transportation, meals, park fees, backpacking and camping equipment
How: Register at https://www.signmeup.com/site/reg/register.aspx?fid=RJ2V7K7
See more pictures of Big Bend from the ROPE scouting trip on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo_search.php?oid=21099670858&view=all

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9. International Dinner event
INTERNATIONAL DINNER TO SUPPORT COSTA RICA ASB

This Saturday, Feb. 7 from 6pm-8pm come to Jones College and sample foods from around the world. There will be Japanese, Italian, Mexican, Indian and more! Including SUSHI from Kubo's!
With every ticket you purchase you will be entered into a raffle for a GIFT CERTIFICIATE to Lot 8 or Princeton Review!
Tickets are $5 in advance (you can buy them from any member of the trip) or $8 at the door. Buy your tickets today! All proceeds go to benefit the Alternative Spring Break to Costa Rica where we will be working on an indigenous reservation doing cultural preservation and ecological development.

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10. Buy I <3 Consensual Sex T-shirt at the RWRC
We, the Rice Women's Resource Center, will be selling I <3 CONSENSUAL SEX t-shirt starting at 6:30pm
on February 4th
at the Rice Women's Resource Center located in the Kelley Lounge!!
Each t-shirt will cost $2, and we have all sizes!

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11. Invitation - Undergraduate Students - De Lange Conference vII
PLEASE NOTE: Rice Students are not charged for attending the conference talks; however,
registration is required via the De Lange Conference Web site: http://delange.rice.edu
Rice University
De Lange Conference VII
March 2-4, 2009

Transforming the Metropolis
Creating Sustainable and Humane Cities

For the first time in history, more than half of the world's population now lives in urban areas.

At this defining moment in the history of cities, the De Lange Conference will ask many of the world's leading thinkers and practitioners of innovative urban solutions to engage in a dialogue on the concept of sustainable and humane cities. Specifically, this conference will pose the following questions:

* What does our urban future promise?
* How can urbanization provide answers to the ecological, social, and economic issues of the 21st century?

The De Lange 2009 Conference will examine the transformational influences these emerging changes may entail. A rich mixture of subject specialists with unique perspectives will enliven and enrich this exploration. The De Lange Conference will have a historical perspective as well as be forward-looking and self-reflective; the conference will reveal that transforming the metropolis is of enormous consequence and relevant to the rethinking of fundamental assumptions that structure our understanding of the world and facilitate new discovery.

The following topics will be addressed by some of the world's foremost thinkers:
* Globalization and the Transforming Metropolis
* Governing Cities of the Future
* Engineering Solutions
* Education and the Economy
* Sustainable, Humane Architecture
* Transportation and Movement
* Smart Planning
* Technology and the Transforming Metropolis
* Climate Change Impacts on Cities
* The Role of Faith Communities in Building Better Cities

This conference will appeal to an audience representing a very broad range of background and interests.

PLEASE NOTE: Registration and program information are available via the De Lange Conference VII Web site:
http://delange.rice.edu