IASSICRTOATRNCBITOSM = I am so sleepy I can't really think of a title right now come back in 30 or so minutes
TODAY:
1. Your World Delivered to the NSA: Warrantless Domestic Wiretapping
2. Alternative Spring Break Showcase
3. Boba and burritos @ the RMC for HuMed! (for some of Hanszen's own!)
TOMORROW:
4. Senior Yearbook Cards & Portraits (omg seniors don't go)
5. Reproductive Heath Awareness Day (Healthy man parts! Healthy woman parts!)
THIS WEEK:
6. Join Rice for Peace
7. Rice Student Ambassador Program
8. Write the Backpage! (Everyone will love you!)
9. Weekly Mentoring with PAIR
10. Owl Days Hosting and Volunteering
11. Art For the World Charity Art Book Project
FUTURE
12. Presentation by Jessica Jackley, Founder of Kiva.org
14. Science Collaborations Across Borders
15. Three Penny Opera auditions date change
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A) Oh lithium batteries, how I heart you
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/lithium_batteries.png
B) And lithium in general
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium
C) Relaxing musica (what I think could be defined as “easy listening”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzXUy0nljEw
D) omg fun monkey/balloon game my fav
http://www.ninjakiwi.com/Games/Bloons-Games/Play/Bloons.html
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1. Your World Delivered to the NSA: Warrantless Domestic Wiretapping
Technology, Society and Public Policy Lecture Series presents
*Your World Delivered to the NSA: Warrantless Domestic Wiretapping*
Cindy Cohn
Legal Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM
Venue: Duncan Hall, Rice University
Lecture will be webcast. Go to http://webcast.rice.edu and follow the link.
One of the biggest questions facing the Obama Administration is what it should do with the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program. The U.S. Government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has been engaging in a massive program of illegal dragnet surveillance of domestic communications and communications records of millions of ordinary Americans. EFF has been leading the fight against this domestic surveillance. In Hepting v. AT&T, EFF filed the first case against a telecom for violating its customers' privacy. In response to EFF's initial success in the case, and the filing of dozens of other cases across the country that attempted to hold law breaking telecoms accountable, the Bush Administration and the telecommunications carriers bullied Congress into passing a statute that allows the Attorney General to seek retroactive immunity for the telecommunications carriers. EFF is currently working to challenge this law. In addition, EFF is representing victims of the illegal surveillance program in Jewel v. NSA, a lawsuit filed in September 2008 against the government seeking to stop the warrantless wiretapping and hold the government officials behind the program accountable.
The warrantless wiretapping cases present profound questions about the use and misuse of government secrecy and the state secrets privilege, the extent of unilateral presidential authority and the role of intermediaries like telecommunications companies and internet service providers in protecting our privacy and assisting law enforcement. They also present questions about the balance between the constitutional and statutory rights of ordinary Americans to be free of general searches and the use of the tremendous datamining and semantic analysis capabilities of modern technologies in an effort to combat terrorism and criminal behavior.
Speaker Bio
Cindy Cohn is the Legal Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation as well as its General Counsel. She is responsible for overseeing the EFF's overall legal strategy and supervising EFF's 9 staff attorneys.
Ms. Cohn first became involved with the EFF in 1995, when the EFF asked her to serve as the lead attorney in Bernstein v. Dept. of Justice, the successful First Amendment challenge to the U.S. export restrictions on cryptography. Outside the Courts, Ms. Cohn has testified before Congress, been featured in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and elsewhere for her work on cyberspace issue. The National Law Journal named Ms. Cohn one of 100 most influential lawyers in America in 2006 for "rushing to the barricades wherever freedom and civil liberties are at stake online." In 2007 the Journal named her one of the 50 most influential women lawyers in America.
Lecture Sponsored by:
Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Fondren Library Computer Science
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2. Alternative Spring Break Showcase
You heard about the Alternative Spring Break trips all throughout the fall semester and beginning of the spring semester...now come see what they were all about!
Alternative Spring Break Showcase
Tuesday, March 31
4:00-6:00pm
RMC Sammy's
FREE FOOD for attendees at each of the 9 groups' tables.
The students and Site Leaders of the 2009 trips will be hosting the Alternative Spring Break Showcase to highlight photo albums, journals, and slide shows of their experiences. Don't miss this opportunity to see what they experienced and learn how you can get involved next year!
Information will also be available about the 2010 ASB Site Leader, Faculty/Staff Participant, and site selection time lines and applications.
1. Art For the World - Charity Art Book Project
Hi Rice artists, I'm working on compiling a full-color art book titled "For you, for me" featuring contributions from artists all over the world. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to charity organizations and funds selected by our lovely artists and street team members. Right now we're looking for artists who might be interested in submitting work for this project.
Contact me or check out the project website for more information: http://brainsucker.net/artFTW/
Amy Lin
HL5@rice.edu
281-323-5887
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3. Boba and burritos!
Hey Hanszen!
Tuesday, March 31, 11:30am-2:30pm we will be selling Chipotle burritos and Boba tea from Teahouse in the RMC to raise money for our HuMed HIV/AIDS education trip to Ghana. Burritos are $5 and Boba is $4, BUT you can buy them together for $7! That's a $2 savings, and you'll be helping a great cause!
We have a limited supply of burritos so get there early!
Rebecca, Megan, Pam, and Roxana
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4. Senior Yearbook Cards & Portraits
Heads up, Seniors! Three important yearbook announcements you need to read, with fast approaching deadlines.
SENIOR YEARBOOK PORTRAITS
Graduation is nearing, and we want to make sure that all seniors are pictured in the yearbook. You can upload your picture by going here: http://www.ricecampanile.com/view/seniorportraits.html. It's fast and easy!
Your senior portrait is due Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by 11:59 P.M. We can't guarantee that you will be in the book if you're late. Don't be late!
SENIOR YEARBOOK CARDS
"Fill the box with something that appeals to you." -- Remember this? Now you get to do it again!
The yearbook has given you your very own box of space to use as you please. Fill it with words, art, photos ... whatever pleases you. Your senior card is FREE! It's a great way to leave your best memories or final words as a graduating senior in lasting form.
You can go solo, or you can join up with your friends to create a box together. For the different box sizes, see the website.
To read more about your free space in the yearbook and to upload your senior card, go to http://www.ricecampanile.com/view/seniorcards.html.
Senior cards are due Wednesday, April 1, 2009, at 11:59 P.M. We can't guarantee that your card will make it into the book if you're late!
WANT YOUR SENIOR YEARBOOK MAILED TO YOU?
The 2009 Campanile will arrive early in the fall 2009 semester. Make things easy: have your copy mailed directly to you! All you pay is a small book shipping cost. The mail request form is available at http://www.ricecampanile.com/mailform.pdf.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Best wishes,
John Michael Cuccia '09
Campanile Editor-in-Chief
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5. Reproductive Heath Awareness Day
"To kick of your Spring Recess, Colleges Against Cancer will have FREE FOOD and some information about reproductive health at Ray's Courtyard (by the RMC) from 1pm -5pm on Wednesday, April 1st. Shirts will be sold for only $7, so bring your money and invite your friends. Proceeds will go towards Relay for Life which will be held at Rice on April 17-18!"
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6. Join Rice for Peace!
Rice for Peace is seeking new officers for next semester. Joining Rice for Peace is a great opportunity to take part in events and campaigns that make a really big impact both on campus and in the community. Next year we'll be continuing our campaign to get socially responsible investing at Rice. We 'll also keep working on anti-war and local social justice issues. Everyone is invited to join, even if you haven't been able to make it to our events and meetings before. Anyone interested should email activism@
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7. Rice Student Ambassador Program (for the ump-teenth time)
EVER DREAM OF MEETING RICE VISITORS LIKE LANCE ARMSTRONG?
RICE STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO:
Shake hands with the heads of state, political officials, athletes and celebrities
Encourage children to attend college
Mingle with Houston’s Consular Corps
Lead international visitors on a campus tour
Learn all about Rice and its rich history
Become the “Face of Rice” for visitors
ALL WITH A CLICK OF A BUTTON!
APPLY TODAY at www.rice.edu/amb for more information on the Student Ambassador Program. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 3 by 5:00 p.m.
If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Adair, Welcome Center Manager at 713-348-6124 or adair@rice.edu.
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8. Write the Backpage!
The Backpage, after a year of high-stakes action-adventure on the open seas of Photoshop and libel, is looking for another set of coeditors to take our spot for the 2009-10 school year. If you're interested, send an email to backpage@rice.edu and we'll send you further instructions from there. Thanks!
Best,
Eric Doctor and Timothy Faust
Thresher Backpage Editors 2008-09
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9. Weekly Mentoring with PAIR
With PAIR (Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees) weekly mentoring, volunteers from Rice go to mentor at the Sun Blossom Mountain Apartments in Southwest Houston. Catholic Charities, one of the largest refugee resettlement agencies in Houston, runs the program. It goes from Monday to Friday from 3:30 pm - 6:00ish pm.
While the program is five days a week, we mentor on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. You would only need to mentor one of these days on a weekly basis.
If you're interested, please email one of the mentoring coordinators at: Lt5@rice.edu.
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10. Owl Days Hosting and Volunteering!
Its getting to be that time... Owl Days is coming up (April 8-9) and we need hosts and volunteers. Sign up at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricesac/volunteerSAC.htm.
If you can make those dates or want to have even more interaction with the prospective students, please also sign up to volunteer during Admit Days (April 13, 20, 27)!
Thanks,
Mary Grace Hager
SAC Event Volunteer Recruitment Chair
marygrace@rice.edu
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11. Art For the World Charity Art Book Project
Hi Rice artists, I'm working on compiling a full-color art book titled "For you, for me" featuring contributions from artists all over the world. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to charity organizations and funds selected by our lovely artists and street team members. Right now we're looking for artists who might be interested in submitting work for this project.
Contact me or check out the project website for more information:
http://brainsucker.net/artFTW/
Amy Lin
HL5@rice.edu
281-323-5887
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12. Presentation by Jessica Jackley, Founder of Kiva.org
Rice 360°, Beyond Traditional Borders, and the Jesse H. Jones School of Management cordially invite you to a presentation by
Jessica Jackley
Co-founder and Director
Kiva
April 14, 2009
6:00 p.m.
Shell Auditorium, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management
Rice University
Reception and undergraduate technology showcase to follow in Anderson Commons.
*Event is free and open to the public.
Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. To date, Kiva has made more than $60 million in loans to entrepreneurs in 44 countries. Learn more at www.kiva.org.
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14. Science Collaborations Across Borders
The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University cordially invites you to:
Science Collaborations Across Borders
Monday, April 27, 2009
8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
James A. Baker III Hall
Rice University
Featured Addresses:
Edward P. Djerejian
Founding Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
James Von Ehr II
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Zyvex
Chi-Chih “Andrew” Yao
Professor, Center for Advanced Study, and
Director, Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Tsinghua University, and
Distinguished Professor at Large, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
University Presidents:
C.W. “Paul” Chu
Professor, The University of Houston, and
President, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Su Guaning
President, Nanyang Technological University
Michael M.C. Lai
President, National Cheng Kung University
David W. Leebron
President, Rice University
Please RSVP by e-mail to bipprsvp@rice.edu, by fax to 713.348.2713, or on the Web at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/scienceborders by Monday, April 20, 2009.
The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Texas — through its Science and Technology Policy Program, the Transnational China Project and the Technology, Society and Public Policy Program — is hosting an international workshop to identify and examine key issues preventing fruitful scientific collaboration among researchers working on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Officials from five universities in Hong Kong, Houston, Singapore and Tainan will join scientists from many more institutions in discussing ways to facilitate scientific and engineering research across borders. The goal of the workshop is to develop a set of findings and recommendations based on the workshop deliberations that: describe best practices for collaborations; determine cultural and policy barriers; recommend actions for universities and granting agencies to promote collaboration; and showcase successful collaborations.
Support for this program has been generously provided by The Richard Lounsberry Foundation
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15. Three Penny Opera auditions date change
DUE TO FAMILY EMERGENCY, AUDITIONS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED TO APRIL 20, 21ST 7-10. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL (ck1@rice.edu. x4668) FOR AN AUDITION TIME.
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<3,
Chethlyn
P.S.: Happy “week of spring recess,” Hanszen!!
March 31, 2009
March 25, 2009
March 25 Backpage
The Backpage
So maybe we didn’t win Beer Bike but who cares?
Reasons Why Hanszen Rocks My Face Off
- We have Ramma-jamma out the wazoo
- We can sit in another college’s Beer Bike section and convince them that it’s ours. Jones? Fuck Jones!
- We bleed blue and yellow
- Free printing! (we still have free printing right?)
- “I’m in a moat!”
- Norman Pai
- We have the best Secs on campus!
Reasons Why The Other Colleges Suck
- Wiess- they’re not even cool enough to have O-Week themes
- Will Rice- Beer Bike is the only thing they have going for them, otherwise they’d be worse off than Wiess
- Sid Rich- have you ever met anybody from Sid? I mean seriously
- Lovett- I legitimately feel sorry for Lovett sometimes. In all honesty, what do they have to be proud of?
- Baker- Baker women look like men
- Jones- that whole goat fetish thing just grosses me out
- Brown- Lars Charnsangavej be the only worthwhile thing that has come out of Brown
- Martel- you have to be an actual college to be the best
Sincerely,
Chethlyn
(haha people actually call us this now)
March 25 Cabinet minutes
March 25th Cabinet Minutes
- Room Draw- Saturday OC Open House 1-5
- Recipe Book- send them to Abbie
- HuMED- Saturday night dinner at the Broch for $5
- Chipotle, Thai, Vietnamese, African food etc.
- Dollar Difference- $1/ student to fight hunger, Look out for flyers
- Hanszen Pub Night Security see Tatjana, Christina G and H
- Money Requests
- Senior events $100 for karaoke
- Senior events $250 sangria and salsa night
- Jacks $30
- ALL APPROVED
- Space Requests
- PDR Tuesday March 31st National Nutrition
- Lower Commons April 11th 8-11PM SAS Show dinner
- All APPROVED
- Hanszen won the Sammy Cup!!!!!!
- April 7th Associates and Awards Nights
- Berry Berry Awards Night
- Go see “I Took My Gun and Vanished”, “My First Time”, “Stop Kiss”
- SA- Student Life door to door polling coming soon
- RPC- take me out to the ballgame Friday night
- Housing Code By- Law Wording Change
- Wording of “Freshman” changed to “First years”
- Approved
- Spring Elections
- Congratulations to the new Honor Council reps
March 23, 2009
Monday's OMGITSOAWAITNRRFI Funpage!
OMGITSOAWAITNRRFI = Omg it's the start of another week and i'm totally not really ready for it
TODAY:
1. Pictures from Beer Bike '09
TOMORROW:
2. Tulia Texas @ Rice Media Center
3. Rorschach Lecture in Legal and International Human Rights History
THIS WEEK
4. Pirates of Penzance (Avast!)
5. Sid Rich presents "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)"
6. Celebrate Women's History Month with the RWRC
7. Stop Violence Against Women week THIS week with AI
8. Boniuk Center's Bridge Builder Lecture
9. Year-End Awards Deadline Extension
10. African-Americans and Latinos Merging for Action
11. Islam 101 Events
12. Comedy Night With Preacher Moss (right before this week's exciting cab)
14. RNASA's 11th Annual Powwow
NEXT WEEK
15. Urbanizing Refugees in the Middle East and South Asia
16. THREEPENNY AUDITIONS (opera opera opera)
FUTURE
17. EMS Needs Your Help (surprisingly, overly pleasant ppl need not apply)
18. You (yes, you.)
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A) Simple English Wikipedia is the bomb (see: it's article on matter)
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter
B) I don't know what to put here so here's some music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrVlBrooxcM
C) The end?
http://cyn.ical.us/media/blogs/mymedia/prophet_lol_cat.jpg
D) Dodge falling spikes without full use of your appendages!
http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/ragdoll-avalanche-2/
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1. Pictures from Beer Bike '09
For those who never knew, and for those who can only remember, Beer Bike was last Saturday. After gallons and gallons of water were thrown at members of rivaling colleges, everybody went home to work on homework... not. Actually, the Parade was followed by the most competitive race in recent memory, in which one of the favorites (GSA) surprisingly did not win any accolades.
Continuing the nice tradition of getting in the way, one guy with a yellow poncho was taking pictures of the epic battles. The following is the usual preview, and the rest of the pictures are online at http://dtabakov.com/categories.php?cat_id=328&po=328&pm=6
Deian
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2. Tulia Texas @ Rice Media Center
Tuesday,
March 24, 2009,
Screening
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Seating is limited
Join us for this month's HoustonPBS Community Cinema Free Screening and Panel Discussion of the film, Tulia, Texas, at Rice Cinema. Tulia, Texas tells the story of a small town's search for justice and the price Americans pay for the nation's war on drugs.
Panelists:
Russ Jones has been involved in the "War on Drugs" on various fronts for 30 years. He worked as a narcotics detective for the City of San Jose and as a DEA Task Force Agent. As a government intelligence agent, he worked in Latin America observing narcotics trafficking.
Dean Becker is a producer, writer, director, editor and host of numerous radio programs for the Drug Truth Network which air on more than 60 broadcast affiliates in the US, Canada and Australia.
Sandra Guerra Thompson is a Professor of Law and Criminal Justice Institute Director at the University of Houston Law Center.
Click here for a video clip
For More Information visit the Community Cinema website
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3. Rorschach Lecture in Legal History
Anti-slavery Courts
And the dawn of International
Human Rights Law
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
7:30 p.m.–9 p.m.
Reception to follow
Room 102, Keck Hall
For more information, contact Martin Wiener at 713-348-4947 or wiener@rice.edu.
Jenny S. Martinez
Professor of Law and Justin M. Roach, Jr. Faculty Scholar
Stanford Law School
An experienced litigator, Martinez argued the 2004 case of Rumsfeld v. Padilla
before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to clarify the constitutional protec-
tions available to post-9/11 enemy combatants who are U.S. citizens. She also
has served as a consultant for both Human Rights First and the International
Center for Transitional Justice.
Her scholarship, beginning with neglected 19th century anti-slavery courts,
makes the first major attempt to analyze the ramifications of the increasing
number of international tribunals operating in a globalized environment, but
without any supervening sovereign authority to which they are all bound.
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4. Pirates of Penzance
Mark your calendars, the Pirates of Penzance are coming....
RLOS proudly presents a long loved favorite by the swashbuckling duo
Gilbert and Sullivan. Come see adventure on and off the high seas with
danger, thwarted love, mismanagement, and merrymaking. The very thing!
*THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE* -- RMC Grand Hall
March 26 and 27 @ 9pm
March 28 and 31 @ 8pm, March 29 @ 2pm (matinee)
April 1 and 2 @ 8pm
$5 Rice students
$10 non-Rice
Tickets available at the door or thru www.hailpoetry.com
Begone and buy them before it's too late...
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5. Sid Rich presents "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)"
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged," originally written and performed by the world-renowned Reduced Shakespeare Company, will be debuted at Rice this spring at Sid Richardson College.
The show parodies Shakespeare's vast body of work as three dazzling performers manage to recreate all of the Bard's plays onstage, frequently at supersonic speed. Performances will be held from March 26th to 28th in the Sid Big Room at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $5 for general admission. This frenetically paced and always off-the-cuff comedy will be sure to bust a gut--you won't want to miss out.
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6. Celebrate Women's History Month with the RWRC
Celebrate March and Women's History Month with the RWRC Women's History Lecture and Lunches. All are welcome -- undergraduates, grad students, and professors. Free RWRC t-shirts (and food) are available to all who attend!
Thinking about Grad School in History? Want to know what it's really like? Come to a...
*A Panel Discussion of Women in History Graduate Programs
*With Mercy Harper, Katie Knowles, Amanda Moehnke, Robin Sager, and Alyssa Honnette
TUESDAY MARCH 24th, 12:05-12:50, Miner Lounge, RMC
Have a lunch and an casual and fun discussion with an all-woman panel of graduate students in Rice's Graduate Program in History. Panelist will discuss their individual experiences and paths toward both graduate school and women's history. Panelist will also a few topics such as interdisciplinary work, career possibilities after grad school, and professional associations. The lunch will be casual, fun, and inviting so everyone feels ready to get involved and ask questions.
*/Lienü/ versus /Xianyuan/: The Two Biographical Traditions of Chinese Women*
With Nanxiu Qian, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, Asian Studies at Rice
March 26th 12:05-12:50, Baker College Library, Baker College
Qian will two major biographical traditions, /Lienü/ (exemplary women) and /Xianyuan/ (Virtuous and talented ladies), existed in Chinese women history. Her presentation will examine how these two traditions, complementing and interacting with each other, offered multi-dimensional portrayals of Chinese women's history.
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7. Stop Violence Against Women week THIS week with AI
Rice Amnesty is hosting a week of events for Stop Violence Against Women week, 3/23-3/27:
Monday 3/23
6:30-7:30, HUMA117: Safety Discussion. How can we best keep ourselves safe both on and off campus? What precautions should we take and what does a dangerous situation look like? RUPD officers will answer these questions and more as we explore the topic of safety. Light refreshments will be served.
7:30-9:30pm: SAFE Program Training. Women only. Become trained in SAFE, a safety program designed specifically for women and with the goal of training women in identifying and reacting in dangerous situations. This training includes physical drills, so come dressed for movement. Light refreshments will be served.
Tuesday 3/24
7:00, Wiess movie room: Movie Screening, “Señorita Extraviada”
A documentary about the disappearance of hundreds of young women from assembly plants in Juárez, Mexico, on the Mexican-American border.
Wednesday 3/25
7:30-9:30: Take Back the Night
What: A night of empowerment to remember and support survivors of sexual violence and to call for an end to all forms of sexual violence.
Where: March from Willy’s Status (7:30) and around the residential colleges. Arrive at Brown Gardens (8:30) for a candle light vigil.
Thursday 3/26
9:00-10:00, Kelly Lounge: study break!
Come enjoy games, free Chipotle, and coffee
Friday 3/27
Rigoberta Menchú, 1992 Nobel Peace Laureate from Guatemala, will speak at the Rothko Chapel in collaboration with the University of Houston chapter of PeaceJam Foundation. Carpools will leave from the circle drive at 4:00 and 5:00. The event begins at 6:00.
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8. Boniuk Center's Bridge Builder Lecture
A Boniuk Center Bridge Builder Lecture:
Inciting Hatred, Dehumanization, and genocide
Presented by Dr. Alexander Tsesis of Loyo;a University, Chicago, School of Law
7:30 PM
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Farnswoth Pavilion in the RMC
Dr. Tsesis teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, First Amendment, and a seminar devoted to civil rights issues. Professor Tsesis’s scholarship focuses on
constitutional law and civil rights. He has written on a variety of subjects, including the legal history of civil rights, the abolition of slavery, equal protection, due process, women’s rights, children’s rights, hate crimes, and hate speech.
Find out more at www.boniukcenter.org
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9. Year-End Awards Deadline Extension
2009 Year-End Awards--deadline extension to Friday, March 27, 2009
The Office of Student Activities, the SA Awards Committee, the Association of Rice Alumni, and the Community Involvement Center coordinate their respective year-end awards that recognize service by students to the Rice community. Any member of the Rice community may submit a nomination. Qualified candidates may be considered for any of the six awards. If you have any questions please contact the Office of Student Activities (x4097).
You may nominate a student for one or more of the awards listed below at:
http://studentactivities/awards.html
You will need to enter your net id and password.
The extended deadline for nominations is 5 pm Friday, March 27th, 2009.
Any accompanying letters of recommendations and references can be emailed to pangel@rice.edu, or sent by campus mail to Student Activities - MS-527.
1) The RICE UNIVERSITY SERVICE AWARD, given in memory of Dean of Students Hugh Scott Cameron, is awarded to as many as four individuals of the Rice student population, past and present, who have been most exemplary in rendering service to the student body.
2) The OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARDS are given to graduating seniors who have contributed the most to excellence at Rice University. This award recognizes excellence not only in service but also performance, dedication, and character.
3) The MORTY RICH SCHOLARSHIP is awarded to a continuing student who has distinguished himself/herself through his/her commitment and service to Rice and/or to the greater community. The successful candidate(s) will have recognized a need in the community, developed objectives, and implemented or established program(s) that would benefit the community and will realize no personal gain for these efforts.
4) The ALAN GROB PRIZE is named in honor of Alan Grob, for forty years a great teacher of literature at Rice University and a voice for those who cannot speak for themselves. The prize is awarded annually to the Rice undergraduate who, through service to the larger community, has demonstrated the most devotion to the needs and interests of the economically and culturally disadvantaged. The recipient's activities shall exemplify the values of community service that Professor Grob lived and so eloquently taught. The recipient must be a current Rice University undergraduate, but does not have to be continuing (can be a graduating senior).
5) The SALLYPORT AWARD is presented by the Association of Rice Alumni to recognize a deserving:
(i) undergraduate degree candidate who has made contributions to the Rice community above his or her individual college and who may not otherwise be recognized; and
(ii) graduate degree candidate who has made contributions to the Rice community above his or her individual department and who may not otherwise be recognized.
A faculty letter of recommendation and a resume are required for the Sallyport Award.
6) The ZAINAB SALBI COMMENCEMENT AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY
Rice University is soliciting nominations for the inaugural commencement award to be given in honor of this year's invited speaker.
Presented to a graduating student, the commencement award is designed to recognize the student that best exemplifies the values and causes of each year's invited commencement speaker. This year, the commencement award honors Ms. Zainab Salbi.
The Zainab Salbi Commencement Award for Leadership and Advocacy will honor a 2009 graduating student, undergraduate or graduate, whose academic or extracurricular work while at Rice University demonstrates compassion, understanding, and advocacy for issues affecting women or victims of foreign or domestic conflicts.
The award is named for Ms. Zainab Salbi, founder of the organization Women for Women International. Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife, and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies.
A paragraph describing the nominees contributions (300 words or less) and two references are required for nomination.
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10. Exciting news! African-Americans and Latinos Merging for Action
1st Annual ALMA Conference at Duncan Hall
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Keynote speaker: Dr. Richard Tapia
Our goal is to highlight the similarities between blacks and Latinos, and to celebrate the differences. We hope that through this conference, students will create an alliance that will lead to civic action.
Through lectures, panels, and discussions, the conference will address the political and social issues affecting the relationship between African-Americans and Latinos and encourage conjoined leadership to improve the plight of both. Look forward to honest discussion, informative panels and inspiring lectures.
Registration and Breakfast begins at 8:30 A.M
Lecture begins at 10 A.M
Rice students: $15
All meals provided. Live entertainment at dinner!
For more info visit www.alma.rice.edu or email alma@rice.edu
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11. Islam 101 Events
The Muslim Students Association’s Islamica Series continues with two back-to-back events!
On Thursday evening, Imam Wazir Ali (Imam = religious leader) will speak about Islam's emphasis on Our Common Humanity and then take your questions:
DAY 1: Islam 101 - Ask an Imam
When: Thursday, March 26
Time: 8 – 9pm
Where: Sewall 307
On Friday afternoon, you’re all invited to attend a Muslim prayer service, which involves a sermon and a 5-minute prayer. This week's sermon will be titled, "Abraham: the model for man's pursuit of knowledge."
DAY 2: Muslim congregational prayer with Imam Wazir
When: Friday, March 27
Time: 2 – 3pm
Where: Kyle Morrow Room, 3rd floor of Fondren Library
At both of these events, you’ll get an opportunity to speak one-on-one with Imam Ali and find out more about Islam!
We'll have some great refreshments! You can also check out http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=58126235035.
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12. Comedy Night With Preacher Moss
The Muslim Student Association and the Black Student Association proudly present...
... Comedy Night With Preacher Moss! For one night only, don't miss out on this FREE chance to hear a provocative brand of comedy that's been featured on Saturday Night Live and the nationwide "End of Racism" tour. And best of all, it's LIVE!
Preacher Moss (no, he's not actually a preacher) is also a part of the Muslim stand-up trio "Allah Made Me Funny," which released their hit movie with the same title last year.
When: Wednesday, March 25
Time: 8:00 - 9:30pm
Where: Hanszen commons
Food will be served!
Questions? Email msa@rice.edu or bsa@rice.edu, or check out http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=74013647348. See you there!
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14. RNASA's 11th Annual Powwow!
Osiyo everyone!
It is time for a Powwow!
Come learn about Native American culture and enjoy some delicious food, spectacular dancing, and great company at the Rice Native American Association's 11th Annual Powwow this Saturday, March 28th! The location this year is the field between the Shepard School of Music and the Baker Institute, across the street from the IM fields. Gourd Dancing begins at 11AM and the Grand Entry of the dancers is at 1PM.
Powwow time is the Native American people?s way of meeting together, to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old friendships and making new ones.
Rice Native American Student Association's 11th Annual Powwow will feature a tribal dance competition and native music, as well as delicious Indian tacos and traditional crafts and artisans' work for sale.
Rice's Annual Powwow is an exciting tradition you won't want to miss, so bring the family, a picnic blanket/lawn chairs and be prepared for a good time!
Please feel free to join the Facebook event:
FREE T-Shirts will be given to the FIRST HUNDRED STUDENTS!
See you there!
Jordan P. Smith
RNASA Secretary
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15. Urbanizing Refugees in the Middle East and South Asia
The New Scholarship on Transnational Asia (NSTA) Lecture Series Presents
Insurgency at the Margins:
The Politics of Shelter and Humanitarianism in Refugee Spaces
by
Romola Sanyal, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Rice University Chao Center for Asian Studies
Monday, March 30, 4:00 p.m.
117 Humanities Building, Rice University
Sponsored by Rice University's
Chao Center for Asian Studies
and the Program in Poverty, Social Justice, and Human Capabilities
of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
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16. THREEPENNY AUDITIONS
The Threepenny Opera
by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill
Come one and all and audition for a musical of
murder, mayhem, and matrimony!
Rice Theatre presents:
Threepenny Opera
Opening November 2009
Auditions: March 30 & 31, 7-10:00 p.m., Hamman Hall
Call Backs: April 1, 7-10:00 p.m., Hamman Hall
Auditions open to all students, faculty, staff, & alumni. Rice students may receive
D1 academic credit by enrolling in THEA 331. Prepare two contrasting songs,
musical theatre, or operetta. Accompanist will be available.
For audition time, call Christina Keefe, 713-348-4668
or email ck1@rice.edu.
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17. EMS Needs Your Help
On April 11, Rice EMS will be holding its annual drill for the students of our EMT-Basic class, known as Extrication Day. The students will be pitted against real-world scenarios involving a variety of injuries, diseases, and emergencies.
We're looking for VOLUNTEERS to act as patients and difficult bystanders during the scenarios. You'll be moulaged with injury makeup including fake blood & broken bones, fed a free lunch, and you'll have a blast acting injured or sick and making life difficult for our EMTs-in-training.
If you're interested in learning more about EMS or just want to be covered in realistic injuries to scare your friends, please email s.price@rice.edu. You'll be needed from about 11:45am to 4pm, and you'll eat lunch, prepare for your scenario and then the fun begins.
Please volunteer! It helps out REMS and you're guaranteed to have a great time. Please tell us in advance about any dietary restrictions or if you prefer not to be moulaged.
Thanks!
Stephanie Price
Rice EMS
s.price@rice.edu
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18. You
A little bit about you: You are awesome, but come two weeks or so from now, you will be even more awesome. No one knows why these things happen, only that they do. Something to do with being a Hanszenite, I've heard. Anyway, just wanted to let you know so you'd have ample time to get ready.
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<3,
Chethlyn
P.S.: Friday is going to be cool beans. I can feel it.
TODAY:
1. Pictures from Beer Bike '09
TOMORROW:
2. Tulia Texas @ Rice Media Center
3. Rorschach Lecture in Legal and International Human Rights History
THIS WEEK
4. Pirates of Penzance (Avast!)
5. Sid Rich presents "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)"
6. Celebrate Women's History Month with the RWRC
7. Stop Violence Against Women week THIS week with AI
8. Boniuk Center's Bridge Builder Lecture
9. Year-End Awards Deadline Extension
10. African-Americans and Latinos Merging for Action
11. Islam 101 Events
12. Comedy Night With Preacher Moss (right before this week's exciting cab)
14. RNASA's 11th Annual Powwow
NEXT WEEK
15. Urbanizing Refugees in the Middle East and South Asia
16. THREEPENNY AUDITIONS (opera opera opera)
FUTURE
17. EMS Needs Your Help (surprisingly, overly pleasant ppl need not apply)
18. You (yes, you.)
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A) Simple English Wikipedia is the bomb (see: it's article on matter)
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter
B) I don't know what to put here so here's some music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrVlBrooxcM
C) The end?
http://cyn.ical.us/media/blogs/mymedia/prophet_lol_cat.jpg
D) Dodge falling spikes without full use of your appendages!
http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/ragdoll-avalanche-2/
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1. Pictures from Beer Bike '09
For those who never knew, and for those who can only remember, Beer Bike was last Saturday. After gallons and gallons of water were thrown at members of rivaling colleges, everybody went home to work on homework... not. Actually, the Parade was followed by the most competitive race in recent memory, in which one of the favorites (GSA) surprisingly did not win any accolades.
Continuing the nice tradition of getting in the way, one guy with a yellow poncho was taking pictures of the epic battles. The following is the usual preview, and the rest of the pictures are online at http://dtabakov.com/categories.php?cat_id=328&po=328&pm=6
Deian
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2. Tulia Texas @ Rice Media Center
Tuesday,
March 24, 2009,
Screening
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Seating is limited
Join us for this month's HoustonPBS Community Cinema Free Screening and Panel Discussion of the film, Tulia, Texas, at Rice Cinema. Tulia, Texas tells the story of a small town's search for justice and the price Americans pay for the nation's war on drugs.
Panelists:
Russ Jones has been involved in the "War on Drugs" on various fronts for 30 years. He worked as a narcotics detective for the City of San Jose and as a DEA Task Force Agent. As a government intelligence agent, he worked in Latin America observing narcotics trafficking.
Dean Becker is a producer, writer, director, editor and host of numerous radio programs for the Drug Truth Network which air on more than 60 broadcast affiliates in the US, Canada and Australia.
Sandra Guerra Thompson is a Professor of Law and Criminal Justice Institute Director at the University of Houston Law Center.
Click here for a video clip
For More Information visit the Community Cinema website
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3. Rorschach Lecture in Legal History
Anti-slavery Courts
And the dawn of International
Human Rights Law
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
7:30 p.m.–9 p.m.
Reception to follow
Room 102, Keck Hall
For more information, contact Martin Wiener at 713-348-4947 or wiener@rice.edu.
Jenny S. Martinez
Professor of Law and Justin M. Roach, Jr. Faculty Scholar
Stanford Law School
An experienced litigator, Martinez argued the 2004 case of Rumsfeld v. Padilla
before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to clarify the constitutional protec-
tions available to post-9/11 enemy combatants who are U.S. citizens. She also
has served as a consultant for both Human Rights First and the International
Center for Transitional Justice.
Her scholarship, beginning with neglected 19th century anti-slavery courts,
makes the first major attempt to analyze the ramifications of the increasing
number of international tribunals operating in a globalized environment, but
without any supervening sovereign authority to which they are all bound.
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4. Pirates of Penzance
Mark your calendars, the Pirates of Penzance are coming....
RLOS proudly presents a long loved favorite by the swashbuckling duo
Gilbert and Sullivan. Come see adventure on and off the high seas with
danger, thwarted love, mismanagement, and merrymaking. The very thing!
*THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE* -- RMC Grand Hall
March 26 and 27 @ 9pm
March 28 and 31 @ 8pm, March 29 @ 2pm (matinee)
April 1 and 2 @ 8pm
$5 Rice students
$10 non-Rice
Tickets available at the door or thru www.hailpoetry.com
Begone and buy them before it's too late...
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5. Sid Rich presents "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)"
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged," originally written and performed by the world-renowned Reduced Shakespeare Company, will be debuted at Rice this spring at Sid Richardson College.
The show parodies Shakespeare's vast body of work as three dazzling performers manage to recreate all of the Bard's plays onstage, frequently at supersonic speed. Performances will be held from March 26th to 28th in the Sid Big Room at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $5 for general admission. This frenetically paced and always off-the-cuff comedy will be sure to bust a gut--you won't want to miss out.
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6. Celebrate Women's History Month with the RWRC
Celebrate March and Women's History Month with the RWRC Women's History Lecture and Lunches. All are welcome -- undergraduates, grad students, and professors. Free RWRC t-shirts (and food) are available to all who attend!
Thinking about Grad School in History? Want to know what it's really like? Come to a...
*A Panel Discussion of Women in History Graduate Programs
*With Mercy Harper, Katie Knowles, Amanda Moehnke, Robin Sager, and Alyssa Honnette
TUESDAY MARCH 24th, 12:05-12:50, Miner Lounge, RMC
Have a lunch and an casual and fun discussion with an all-woman panel of graduate students in Rice's Graduate Program in History. Panelist will discuss their individual experiences and paths toward both graduate school and women's history. Panelist will also a few topics such as interdisciplinary work, career possibilities after grad school, and professional associations. The lunch will be casual, fun, and inviting so everyone feels ready to get involved and ask questions.
*/Lienü/ versus /Xianyuan/: The Two Biographical Traditions of Chinese Women*
With Nanxiu Qian, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, Asian Studies at Rice
March 26th 12:05-12:50, Baker College Library, Baker College
Qian will two major biographical traditions, /Lienü/ (exemplary women) and /Xianyuan/ (Virtuous and talented ladies), existed in Chinese women history. Her presentation will examine how these two traditions, complementing and interacting with each other, offered multi-dimensional portrayals of Chinese women's history.
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7. Stop Violence Against Women week THIS week with AI
Rice Amnesty is hosting a week of events for Stop Violence Against Women week, 3/23-3/27:
Monday 3/23
6:30-7:30, HUMA117: Safety Discussion. How can we best keep ourselves safe both on and off campus? What precautions should we take and what does a dangerous situation look like? RUPD officers will answer these questions and more as we explore the topic of safety. Light refreshments will be served.
7:30-9:30pm: SAFE Program Training. Women only. Become trained in SAFE, a safety program designed specifically for women and with the goal of training women in identifying and reacting in dangerous situations. This training includes physical drills, so come dressed for movement. Light refreshments will be served.
Tuesday 3/24
7:00, Wiess movie room: Movie Screening, “Señorita Extraviada”
A documentary about the disappearance of hundreds of young women from assembly plants in Juárez, Mexico, on the Mexican-American border.
Wednesday 3/25
7:30-9:30: Take Back the Night
What: A night of empowerment to remember and support survivors of sexual violence and to call for an end to all forms of sexual violence.
Where: March from Willy’s Status (7:30) and around the residential colleges. Arrive at Brown Gardens (8:30) for a candle light vigil.
Thursday 3/26
9:00-10:00, Kelly Lounge: study break!
Come enjoy games, free Chipotle, and coffee
Friday 3/27
Rigoberta Menchú, 1992 Nobel Peace Laureate from Guatemala, will speak at the Rothko Chapel in collaboration with the University of Houston chapter of PeaceJam Foundation. Carpools will leave from the circle drive at 4:00 and 5:00. The event begins at 6:00.
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8. Boniuk Center's Bridge Builder Lecture
A Boniuk Center Bridge Builder Lecture:
Inciting Hatred, Dehumanization, and genocide
Presented by Dr. Alexander Tsesis of Loyo;a University, Chicago, School of Law
7:30 PM
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Farnswoth Pavilion in the RMC
Dr. Tsesis teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, First Amendment, and a seminar devoted to civil rights issues. Professor Tsesis’s scholarship focuses on
constitutional law and civil rights. He has written on a variety of subjects, including the legal history of civil rights, the abolition of slavery, equal protection, due process, women’s rights, children’s rights, hate crimes, and hate speech.
Find out more at www.boniukcenter.org
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9. Year-End Awards Deadline Extension
2009 Year-End Awards--deadline extension to Friday, March 27, 2009
The Office of Student Activities, the SA Awards Committee, the Association of Rice Alumni, and the Community Involvement Center coordinate their respective year-end awards that recognize service by students to the Rice community. Any member of the Rice community may submit a nomination. Qualified candidates may be considered for any of the six awards. If you have any questions please contact the Office of Student Activities (x4097).
You may nominate a student for one or more of the awards listed below at:
http://studentactivities/awards.html
You will need to enter your net id and password.
The extended deadline for nominations is 5 pm Friday, March 27th, 2009.
Any accompanying letters of recommendations and references can be emailed to pangel@rice.edu, or sent by campus mail to Student Activities - MS-527.
1) The RICE UNIVERSITY SERVICE AWARD, given in memory of Dean of Students Hugh Scott Cameron, is awarded to as many as four individuals of the Rice student population, past and present, who have been most exemplary in rendering service to the student body.
2) The OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARDS are given to graduating seniors who have contributed the most to excellence at Rice University. This award recognizes excellence not only in service but also performance, dedication, and character.
3) The MORTY RICH SCHOLARSHIP is awarded to a continuing student who has distinguished himself/herself through his/her commitment and service to Rice and/or to the greater community. The successful candidate(s) will have recognized a need in the community, developed objectives, and implemented or established program(s) that would benefit the community and will realize no personal gain for these efforts.
4) The ALAN GROB PRIZE is named in honor of Alan Grob, for forty years a great teacher of literature at Rice University and a voice for those who cannot speak for themselves. The prize is awarded annually to the Rice undergraduate who, through service to the larger community, has demonstrated the most devotion to the needs and interests of the economically and culturally disadvantaged. The recipient's activities shall exemplify the values of community service that Professor Grob lived and so eloquently taught. The recipient must be a current Rice University undergraduate, but does not have to be continuing (can be a graduating senior).
5) The SALLYPORT AWARD is presented by the Association of Rice Alumni to recognize a deserving:
(i) undergraduate degree candidate who has made contributions to the Rice community above his or her individual college and who may not otherwise be recognized; and
(ii) graduate degree candidate who has made contributions to the Rice community above his or her individual department and who may not otherwise be recognized.
A faculty letter of recommendation and a resume are required for the Sallyport Award.
6) The ZAINAB SALBI COMMENCEMENT AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY
Rice University is soliciting nominations for the inaugural commencement award to be given in honor of this year's invited speaker.
Presented to a graduating student, the commencement award is designed to recognize the student that best exemplifies the values and causes of each year's invited commencement speaker. This year, the commencement award honors Ms. Zainab Salbi.
The Zainab Salbi Commencement Award for Leadership and Advocacy will honor a 2009 graduating student, undergraduate or graduate, whose academic or extracurricular work while at Rice University demonstrates compassion, understanding, and advocacy for issues affecting women or victims of foreign or domestic conflicts.
The award is named for Ms. Zainab Salbi, founder of the organization Women for Women International. Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife, and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies.
A paragraph describing the nominees contributions (300 words or less) and two references are required for nomination.
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10. Exciting news! African-Americans and Latinos Merging for Action
1st Annual ALMA Conference at Duncan Hall
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Keynote speaker: Dr. Richard Tapia
Our goal is to highlight the similarities between blacks and Latinos, and to celebrate the differences. We hope that through this conference, students will create an alliance that will lead to civic action.
Through lectures, panels, and discussions, the conference will address the political and social issues affecting the relationship between African-Americans and Latinos and encourage conjoined leadership to improve the plight of both. Look forward to honest discussion, informative panels and inspiring lectures.
Registration and Breakfast begins at 8:30 A.M
Lecture begins at 10 A.M
Rice students: $15
All meals provided. Live entertainment at dinner!
For more info visit www.alma.rice.edu or email alma@rice.edu
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11. Islam 101 Events
The Muslim Students Association’s Islamica Series continues with two back-to-back events!
On Thursday evening, Imam Wazir Ali (Imam = religious leader) will speak about Islam's emphasis on Our Common Humanity and then take your questions:
DAY 1: Islam 101 - Ask an Imam
When: Thursday, March 26
Time: 8 – 9pm
Where: Sewall 307
On Friday afternoon, you’re all invited to attend a Muslim prayer service, which involves a sermon and a 5-minute prayer. This week's sermon will be titled, "Abraham: the model for man's pursuit of knowledge."
DAY 2: Muslim congregational prayer with Imam Wazir
When: Friday, March 27
Time: 2 – 3pm
Where: Kyle Morrow Room, 3rd floor of Fondren Library
At both of these events, you’ll get an opportunity to speak one-on-one with Imam Ali and find out more about Islam!
We'll have some great refreshments! You can also check out http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=58126235035.
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12. Comedy Night With Preacher Moss
The Muslim Student Association and the Black Student Association proudly present...
... Comedy Night With Preacher Moss! For one night only, don't miss out on this FREE chance to hear a provocative brand of comedy that's been featured on Saturday Night Live and the nationwide "End of Racism" tour. And best of all, it's LIVE!
Preacher Moss (no, he's not actually a preacher) is also a part of the Muslim stand-up trio "Allah Made Me Funny," which released their hit movie with the same title last year.
When: Wednesday, March 25
Time: 8:00 - 9:30pm
Where: Hanszen commons
Food will be served!
Questions? Email msa@rice.edu or bsa@rice.edu, or check out http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=74013647348. See you there!
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14. RNASA's 11th Annual Powwow!
Osiyo everyone!
It is time for a Powwow!
Come learn about Native American culture and enjoy some delicious food, spectacular dancing, and great company at the Rice Native American Association's 11th Annual Powwow this Saturday, March 28th! The location this year is the field between the Shepard School of Music and the Baker Institute, across the street from the IM fields. Gourd Dancing begins at 11AM and the Grand Entry of the dancers is at 1PM.
Powwow time is the Native American people?s way of meeting together, to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old friendships and making new ones.
Rice Native American Student Association's 11th Annual Powwow will feature a tribal dance competition and native music, as well as delicious Indian tacos and traditional crafts and artisans' work for sale.
Rice's Annual Powwow is an exciting tradition you won't want to miss, so bring the family, a picnic blanket/lawn chairs and be prepared for a good time!
Please feel free to join the Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?info&eid=60501383889#/event.php?eid=60501383889
or contact Kendall Toarmina: ktj1@rice.edu for more information!FREE T-Shirts will be given to the FIRST HUNDRED STUDENTS!
See you there!
Jordan P. Smith
RNASA Secretary
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15. Urbanizing Refugees in the Middle East and South Asia
The New Scholarship on Transnational Asia (NSTA) Lecture Series Presents
Insurgency at the Margins:
The Politics of Shelter and Humanitarianism in Refugee Spaces
by
Romola Sanyal, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Rice University Chao Center for Asian Studies
Monday, March 30, 4:00 p.m.
117 Humanities Building, Rice University
Sponsored by Rice University's
Chao Center for Asian Studies
and the Program in Poverty, Social Justice, and Human Capabilities
of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
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16. THREEPENNY AUDITIONS
The Threepenny Opera
by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill
Come one and all and audition for a musical of
murder, mayhem, and matrimony!
Rice Theatre presents:
Threepenny Opera
Opening November 2009
Auditions: March 30 & 31, 7-10:00 p.m., Hamman Hall
Call Backs: April 1, 7-10:00 p.m., Hamman Hall
Auditions open to all students, faculty, staff, & alumni. Rice students may receive
D1 academic credit by enrolling in THEA 331. Prepare two contrasting songs,
musical theatre, or operetta. Accompanist will be available.
For audition time, call Christina Keefe, 713-348-4668
or email ck1@rice.edu.
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17. EMS Needs Your Help
On April 11, Rice EMS will be holding its annual drill for the students of our EMT-Basic class, known as Extrication Day. The students will be pitted against real-world scenarios involving a variety of injuries, diseases, and emergencies.
We're looking for VOLUNTEERS to act as patients and difficult bystanders during the scenarios. You'll be moulaged with injury makeup including fake blood & broken bones, fed a free lunch, and you'll have a blast acting injured or sick and making life difficult for our EMTs-in-training.
If you're interested in learning more about EMS or just want to be covered in realistic injuries to scare your friends, please email s.price@rice.edu. You'll be needed from about 11:45am to 4pm, and you'll eat lunch, prepare for your scenario and then the fun begins.
Please volunteer! It helps out REMS and you're guaranteed to have a great time. Please tell us in advance about any dietary restrictions or if you prefer not to be moulaged.
Thanks!
Stephanie Price
Rice EMS
s.price@rice.edu
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18. You
A little bit about you: You are awesome, but come two weeks or so from now, you will be even more awesome. No one knows why these things happen, only that they do. Something to do with being a Hanszenite, I've heard. Anyway, just wanted to let you know so you'd have ample time to get ready.
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<3,
Chethlyn
P.S.: Friday is going to be cool beans. I can feel it.
March 19, 2009
Thursday's "TIASLOBWWKDM. MBG." Funpage!
TIASLOBWWKDM. MBG = This is a super long one b/c willy week kinda distracted me. My bad, guys.
TODAY:
1. Talk for Humanities Majors (AKA hey guys it's okay you will get jobs too)
2. New text I Witness phone
3. CSL International Film Festival
4. SA Spring Election, Executive Appointments, and a poll (time to rock the vote)
THIS WEEK:
5. Conversation Partner Program
6. Women Professionals in Government $1500 Scholarship
7. CIC Car Wash for Service Project to Guatemala
8. RSVP Bakesale @ WSS (Brownies, cookies, croissants, oh my!)
9. EQ/HACER Book Drive (spread the love of reading)
10. Diversity Facilitator Applications (melting pot, tossed salad, etc)
11. BEER!!! BIKE!!!! Plans
NEXT WEEK:
12. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentation - Puente (omg <3) and Yeh
14. Celebrate Women's History with the RWRC
15. “Friendship and Partiality” Lecture with Richard Arneson
16. Take Back The Night
17. New Playwright's Festival Seeking Directors and Actors
18. Dr. Bullard's talk on Environmental Justice
19. Safety training w/ RWRC, AI, and RUPD
FUTURE:
20. Podcast for Dynamite PowerPoint Presentations
21. Art Show @ Wiess calling for submissions
22. Flying Owls 5K 2009
23. Jade Simmons debut CD launch performance (hip hop + classical piano = yessss)
24. Summer Job Opportunity @ Quantum Institute
25. CPR/AED Heartsaver Course
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A) BEER!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer
B) BIKE!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyromitra_esculenta
C) Top 10 College Pranks (according to museumofhoaxes.com)
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/newsletter/nov2002.html
D) Dino Run! (for some reason, it makes you feel like you're flying)
http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/
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1. Talk for Humanities Majors (AKA hey guys it's okay you will get jobs too)
“What are you going to do with that?”
Applications of a Humanities Degree to a Business Setting
Ann Ziker (Ph.D. from Rice in History, 2008), Associate , McKinsey & Company
March 19, 2009, 7:00pm
Herring Hall 126
The humanities are often portrayed as a discipline with few applications in the "real world." Yet the core skills of a humanities degree -- independent inquiry, critical analysis, crisp writing, and, yes, even knowing where the commas go -- position students well for success in a variety of professional and business settings. Ann Ziker will share some of her experiences after making the leap from humanities scholarship to management consulting. At McKinsey she has advised clients on a variety of strategic and organizational issues.
This talk has been organized by the Humanities Research Center on behalf of its Undergraduate Fellowship Program. All Rice students are invited to attend the talk, which is part of the speaker series “Big Questions and Future Directions in the Humanities.”
http://hrc.rice.edu/fellowships_undergrad.html
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2. New text I Witness phone
The Rice University Police Department has added to its existing anonymous “I Witness” crime reporting form on line, a new text “I Witness” portal. If you witness have information to report on a crime, you may now do so on line at http://cohesion.rice.edu/campusservices/rupd/witnessform.cfm?doc_id=11001
or by text message at 832-317-1311.
Both are completely anonymous your report is accessible only to the police department. Please be aware these are not for crimes in progress. For crimes in progress call 6000.
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3. CSL International Film Festival
Thursday March 19th
Sewall Hall 309, 7:30 pm
Bossa Nova (Portuguese, with English subtitles), 2000. A film by Bruno Barreto. Comedy, Romance: 95 min.
Bossa Nova is a romantic comedy set in Rio de Janeiro. A film by Bruno Barreto, who has directed and/or produced films such as Dona Flor, Four Days in September, Bye, Bye Brazil among several others. Brazil is, unfortunately, known through movies that are sensationalist, violent, portraying it at its worst, such as City of God, Elite Squad, to name a few. Bossa Nova is just the opposite; it is light, fun, the photography is splendid, the characters are typical of both Brazilian and American cultures and reality. The soundtrack is all about Brazil.
For more information about the film festival , please visit: lang.rice.edu/filmfest
Tuesday, March 24
:: Russian ::
Adam's Rib
Thursday, March 26
:: Korean ::
3-Iron
Tuesday, April 7
:: Italian ::
Sanguepazzo
Thursday, April 9
:: Hindi ::
Chak de!
Screenings at 7:30 pm
* All films with English subtitles.
** All viewings in Sewall Hall 309 unless otherwise noted.
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4. SA Spring Election, Executive Appointments, and a poll (time to rock the vote)
Election will start Thursday, March 19th at 12:01 am via
http://sa.rice.edu/elections_polls
and will end Sunday, March 22nd at 4 pm.
Results will be announced in the March 27th issue of the Thresher and on http://sa.rice.edu
If you want to get involved with the SA, there are many appointed positions available. Applications are due on Friday, March 20th at 5:00 P.M. in the Student Association Office (2nd floor Ley Student Center). You will be contacted to schedule an interview time. Interviews will be held in the SA Office. Questions and comments: please contact Selim Sheikh, SA Internal Vice President, at selim.w.sheikh@rice.edu
Go to:
http://sa.rice.edu/document/sa-committee-applications-packet-2009-2010
For more information and to get the application packet!
Also:
The Student Association is trying to get a sense of how students feel about Academic Advising at Rice and what we could do to improve it. Please take a couple of minutes to let us know what you think!
Polls open Monday, March 16th at 11 pm.
Please visit:
http://sa.rice.edu/elections_polls
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5. Conversation Partner Program
Rice University’s Intensive English Program, offered through the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, is recruiting Conversation Partners. Approximately 198 students from over 30 different countries are looking to meet native English speakers.
The Conversation Partner Program is not a tutoring program. The main goal is for students to be able to practice English in an informal setting. The time commitment required may be as little as an hour a week. You will be matched with one of the 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: March 10 – April 29.
If you are interested, please respond to fl@rice.edu by March 20, 2009. (tomorrow)
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6. Women Professionals in Government $1500 Scholarship
Since 1981, the Women Professionals in Government (WPG) organization has provided a forum that maximizes networking opportunities and provides opportunities for female professionals to hear speakers who are leaders in their fields. WPG is affiliated with the Federation of Houston Professional Women, which draws on the combined resources of more than 80 women professionals? organizations in the Houston area. Women Professionals in Government proudly announces a $1,500 scholarship award to be given an outstanding woman who is currently pursuing studies toward a future career in public service, or furthering her education to enhance her existing public administration position. The primary objective of the WPG Scholarship is to assist exceptional women who are dedicated to becoming public servants.
Full-time or part-time graduate or undergraduate students at any accredited university, who plan to apply their studies toward a meaningful contribution to public service, are eligible. The winner of the scholarship will also be given a complimentary one-year membership in WPG, affording excellent networking opportunities with established women professionals in government and professional women from government affiliated companies/organizations.
Candidates must be female residents of the Greater Houston area and students in good standing at an accredited university. Graduate applicants must have completed at least 12 graduate hours, and undergraduate applicants must have completed at least 30 undergraduate hours to be eligible. Determination of the award will depend on the applicant?s professional and scholastic achievements, demonstrated community service, reasons for pursuing a public service career, challenges to future professional and scholastic achievement, and scholarship need.
Applications must be received no later than March 20, 2009. The scholarship will be awarded at the WPG luncheon on May 7, 2009.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO RECEIVE AN APPLICATION FORM VISIT www.wpghouston.org OR CONTACT WPG SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR BY E-MAIL scholarship@wpghouston.org
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7. CIC Car Wash for Service Project to Guatemala
The May International Service Project to Guatemala, sponsored by the Community Involvement Center, will be holding a CAR WASH this Sunday, from 11am-3pm in front of the Rice University Police Department. Come out to get your cars scrubbed and cleaned by members of Team Guatemala 2009! Suggested donation is only $5. We will also do bikes for $3!
WHAT: CAR WASH
WHEN: Sunday, March 22, 11am-3pm
WHERE: Rice University Police Department
Tell your friends! You can purchase on Sunday, or from any participants who have pre-sale tickets.
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8. RSVP Bakesale @ WSS (Brownies, cookies, croissants, oh my!)
Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP) will be holding a BAKE SALE this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (March 19, 20, 21) during intermission of Wiess production of West Side Story. All proceeds will go to American Cancer Society to fight cancer. We are selling brownies, cookies, chocolate croissants, pie, etc...
Remember to bring some extra cash to the show for some sweet treats!
If you want to help bake or sell contact Sarah Jovinelly (stj1@rice.edu).
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9. EQ/HACER Book Drive (spread the love of reading)
The two on-campus organizations Egyptian Queens and HACER are teaming up to sponsor a book drive to benefit the underprivileged youth of the local Weekley Family YMCA branch. This particular branch is located in an economically-disadvantaged,educationally-deprived Southwest Houston apartment complex. Education is fundamental for our youth, but unfortunately education is not a major priority here. THE DROP-OUT RATE FOR STUDENTS IN THIS COMPLEX AFTER THE 8TH GRADE IS 99%!!!!! When we found out about their efforts to create a library at their facility we were eager to support them.
We would really appreciate everyone's assistance in helping with this matter. Book donations of any kind will be accepted and appreciated, as well as monetary donations. We will have Book Drive drop-off boxes in each of the colleges until the end of March. Help us make education a greater priority at the Weekley Family YMCA!!!!!
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10. Diversity Facilitator Applications (melting pot, tossed salad, etc)
We are looking for students interested in working with the new students and helping to set a tone that embraces diversity for Orientation Week. If you are looking for a way to have an impact on O-Week and campus climate, please consider applying to serve as an O-Week Diversity Facilitator. As a facilitator, you will be required to reside in the colleges during O-Week and take part in the activities of that college (as allowed), as well has facilitate dialogues on diversity as part of the O-Week Diversity Workshops. Facilitators have proven to be a valuable resource during O-Week and beyond, so it's imperative that we have an energetic, dedicated and diverse group of students.
The application is attached and the deadline is Friday, March 20th. You may also find applications posted at each of the colleges, at the Office of Multicultural Affairs, or with one of the Diversity Coordinators (Joel Khan and Paloma Espitia ). Please sign up for an interview when turning in your application. The sign-up sheet is posted outside the Office of Multicultural Affairs (RMC Cloisters). Interviews will take place March 23rd - 26th in the Office of Student Activities.
Please note that our first training session is Saturday, April 11th from 1 - 4 p.m. and facilitators are required to attend this session.
Please feel free to contact us if you have additional questions Catherine Clack- Director of Multicultural Affairs(clack@rice.edu), Joel Khan (jpk1@rice.edu) , Paloma Espita (pne1@rice.edu)
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11. BEER!!! BIKE!!! Plans
This Saturday, March 21, the annual Beer Bike Parade and Race will take
place. As always, here are a few reminders that will help you move about on
campus more easily:
1. Please make sure that you do not park inside the flagged off area that
surrounds the bike track. This is especially important between 10:00 PM,
Friday and 4:00 PM, Saturday. There is free parking available in Commuter
Lot 3, northeast of the football stadium.
2. Remember to remove all vehicles from the Inner Loop between Tudor
Fieldhouse and Founder's Court by 6:00 AM Saturday.
3. Also, please remove all vehicles from the roadway that runs between
Entrance 3, near Lovett College, and the Inner Loop, near Baker College, by
6:00 AM, Saturday.
4. Please keep in mind that the parade lines up at 10:30 AM on Founder's
Court. At 11:30 AM it will begin making its way westbound on College Way
(the wrong way) toward the football stadium. While the parade is moving,
there will be traffic stoppages and delays along the route. Entrances 1, 2,
and 3 will be closed for a short period of time - until the route is
cleared.
Thank you for your help in making this a safe event.
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12. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentation - Puente (omg <3) and Yeh
"A Night of Llamas, Mangos, and International Service"
** Open to Rice University and Houston Communities **
Monday, March 23 - 7:00-8:00pm
Martel College - Masters' House
Presenters: Michael Puente and Tiffany Yeh
Over the summer 2008, nine Rice University undergraduate students completed 4- to 12-week service projects with community organizations throughout Latin America as part of the inaugural year of the Loewenstern Fellowships. The 2008-09 class of Fellows will present to the Rice University community information on their experiences at this fourth of four sessions. Refreshments will be provided.
Guests are requested to RSVP by e-mail (griswold@rice.edu) or on the Facebook event (http://www.facebook.com/event.phpeid=72798071194).
Join Loewenstern Fellows Michael Puente & Tiffany Yeh as they reminisce about their past summer experiences in Peru, Haiti, and Guatemala. Both rediscovered their inner child as they spent time teaching and playing with kids of all ages. Michael was in Cusco, Peru working with ProWorld Service Corps as a much-needed mentor and friend for disabled children. Tiffany was in Terrier Rouge, Haiti where she taught health/science education to 450 school children. While they both learned much from the experience, hopefully their contributions had a wider impact, reaching the kids as well as their surrounding community. Come and listen to their stories!
Michael Puente volunteered in a pediatric clinic in Cuzco, Peru assisting the medical staff of the facility. He also interacted with patients and took care of the basic needs of the students at an associated special needs school. Michael is a junior Biological Sciences student with medical school aspirations.
Tiffany Yeh implemented a school health-science curriculum she developed to teach primary school children in Haiti about basic hygiene and science. At a medical outreach center in Guatemala, she assisted with projects and assessed program needs. Tiffany is a graduating senior in Cognitive Sciences.
More information on the Loewenstern Fellowships program is available on the Community Involvement Center's web site at http://cic.rice.edu/loewenstern.
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14. Celebrate Women's History with the RWRC
March is Women's History Month at the RWRC and everywhere! Celebrate the achievements and experiences of women with a FREE LUNCH and stimulating discussion with:
-- Rice Prof. Nanxiu Qian on March 24 from 12:05-12:50 in Baker College Library on Chinese Women's History
-- All-women Rice History Graduate Student Panel on March 26 from 12:05-12:50 in Miner Lounge, RMC on what it's really like in graduate school.
All are welcome -- undergraduates, grad students, and professors. Free RWRC t-shirts (and food) are available to all who attend!
*/Lienü/ versus /Xianyuan/: The Two Biographical Traditions of Chinese Women*
With Nanxiu Qian, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, Asian Studies at Rice
March 24th 12:05-12:50, Baker College Library, Baker College
Qian will cover two major biographical traditions, /Lienü/ (exemplary women) and /Xianyuan/ (Virtuous and talented ladies), existed in Chinese women history. Her presentation will examine how these two traditions, complementing and interacting with each other, offered multi-dimensional portrayals of Chinese women's history.
Thinking about Grad School in History? Want to know what it's really like? Come to a...
*A Panel Discussion of Women in History Graduate Programs
*With Mercy Harper, Katie Knowles, Amanda Moehnke, Robin Sager, and Alyssa Honnette
March 26th, 12:05-12:50, Miner Lounge, RMC
Have a lunch and an casual and fun discussion with an all-woman panel of graduate students in Rice's Graduate Program in History. Panelist will discuss their individual experiences and paths toward both graduate school and women's history. Panelist will also a few topics such as interdisciplinary work, career possibilities after grad school, and professional associations. The lunch will be casual, fun, and inviting so everyone feels ready to get involved and ask questions.
Panelists and their areas of interest include:
Mercy Harper - 19th c. American Women's History, the South, Public Speech and Rhetoric
Katie Knowles - U.S. Women's History as Material Culture
Amanda Moehnke - 20th c. American History, Gender Studies, Conceptions of Beauty and the Body
Robin Sager - "Nineteenth Century U.S. South, Gender and Violence."
Alyssa Honnette - "the social welfare of girls and young women in the late-19th and early-20th century U.S. South"
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15. “Friendship and Partiality” Lecture with Richard Arneson
Rice University Lecture Series on Ethics, Politics and Society
“Friendship and Partiality”
Richard Arneson
Abstract: People usually are disposed to favor friends over strangers, but how does this partiality reconcile with morality, which requires impartial concern for all? On many accounts, the basis of friendship is the recognition of an individual’s attractive and admirable traits — but traits may disappear, so there is tension between this idea and the ideal of unconditionally enduring love and friendship. If putting a thumb on the scale in favor of one’s friends and family members is acceptable in some contexts, what about partiality to fellow members of one’s own community, nation, ethnic or racial group? Richard Arneson presents an account of friendship that addresses some of these issues while recognizing that others may remain vexing and yet unsolved.
Please Join us!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
4:00pm
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
Reception to follow lecture
For more information please visit www.bakerinstitute.org/events/eps-arneson
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16. Take Back the Night
Take Back the Night is a night of empowerment to remember the survivors of sexual violence and to call for an end to all forms of sexual violence. The event exists to empower, to find support, and to break the silence. www.takebackthenight.org has more information.
When is it?
March 25th beginning at 7pm at Willy's Statue and ending at 9:30 at the RMC.
How can you help?
1. The Women's Resource Center is calling for testimonials (from both men and women) relating to the theme of Take Back the Night; your experience or the experience of someone you know as a survivor of sexual violence. You can anonymously submit testimonials to the Women's Resource Center in Kelly Lounge or you can e-mail them to jel2@rice.edu.
2. If you would like to read a testimonial at the event on the evening of March 25th, please contact Julia at jel2@rice.edu.
3. Come to the event on March 25th to support your fellow Rice students!
For more information or to help organize the event, please contact Julia at jel2@rice.edu more information.
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17. New Playwright's Festival Seeking Directors and Actors
Rice University's New Playwright's Festival is seeking students to direct and act in 5 short new plays! Interested in directing a sit down reading (or several)?
This is not a huge time commitment and promises to be a fun chance to collaborate with one of our awesome new playwrights! Please e-mail me about directing!
Interested in acting!? No memorization required! Not a large time commitment! LOTS OF FUN!
Performances Monday, April 6th or Tuesday, April 7th (depending one the play).
Auditions Sunday March 22, 2009 at 8 pm Hamman Hall Basement!
Questions, etc: tab1@rice.edu
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18. Dr. Bullard's talk on Environmental Justice
The Center for the Study of Environment and Society, and the Sociology Department, invite you to attend the lecture by Dr. Robert Bullard (Professor of Sociology, Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University) entitled:
"Growing smarter: achieving environmental justice and livable communities"
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium (Duncan Hall)
Dr. Robert Bullard is widely acknowledged as a pioneer in environmental justice; since 1978 Bullard has worked in the field, has testified and served as expert witness in dozens of civil right cases over the past decade. He is the author of fourteen books that address environmental justice, environmental racism, urban land use, facility permitting, community reinvestment, housing, transportation, suburban sprawl, and smart growth. His book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environment Quality, is a standard text in the environmental justice field.
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19. Safety training w/ RWRC, AI, and RUPD
Please join the Rice Women's Resource Center, Amnesty International and RUPD for the following events on Monday, March 23rd:
Safety Discussion - HUMA 117 - 6:30-7:30pm: How can we best keep ourselves safe both on and off campus? What precautions should we take and what does a dangerous situation look like? RUPD officers will answer these questions and more as we explore the topic of safety. Light refreshments will be served.
SAFE Program Training - HUMA 117 - 7:30-9:30pm: Women only. Become trained in SAFE, a safety program designed specifically for women and with the goal of training women in identifying and reacting in dangerous situations. This training includes physical drills, so come dressed for movement. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact Julia at jel2@rice.edu.
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20. Podcast for Dynamite PowerPoint Presentations
Due to the number of responses we've received regarding Tracy Volz's Teaching with Technology session on creating and using dynamite PowerPoint presentations next Wednesday, IT's Educational Technologies will podcast the session for future viewing.
Look for the video podcast online (a few days after the event) at:
http://edtech.rice.edu/TeachingMedia.html
Teaching With Technology: Dynamite PowerPoint Presentations
by Tracy Volz, Senior Lecturer, Professional Communications
Event details can be found in the Rice Events Calendar:
http://events.rice.edu/index.cfm?EventRecord=11134
The Teaching with Technology series is sponsored by Fondren Library’s Digital Media Center and Information Technology’s Educational Technologies group.
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21. Art Show at Wiess, April 10th, calling for submissions
Wiess is having an art show on April 10th, in the afternoon. We plan on displaying paintings, drawings, sculpture, etc... (no digital media though). Basically, we will have wine and beer and display a bunch of art in the Wiess commons on a Friday afternoon/early evening. Its a great chance for students (both visual arts majors and non-majors) to share their work. Of course, it will be free to summit work and participate. There are no prizes for the event, so its just for fun!
Email Michelle Conway (michelle.s.conway@rice.edu) if you're interested. You can also email me (boqiu@rice.edu) with any questions.
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22. Flying Owls 5K 2009
The 4th Annual Flying Owls will be on April 11, 2009. The race date has changed from this Saturday so please be aware and share this with friends. This is a family event, children and families are welcome to participate. Your race fees go toward Recreation Center programming and student health promotion events.
Packet Pickup
Friday, April 10, 2009 (more may be announced later)
3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Rice Recreation Center - RM 197
Saturday, April 11, 2009
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
Rice Football Stadium - Gate 4
Race Details
April 11, 2009
8:30 a.m. Race Start
Cost:
$5 - All Students
$22 - Non-Students
$200 - Corporate Teams (up to 20 members)
$5 - per corporate team member
Register online.
Deadline for pre-registration: Wednesday, April 9 11:59pm.
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23. Jade Simmons debut CD launch performance (hip hop + classical piano = yessss)
Jade Simmons, a graduate of the Shepard School of Music, is a classical pianist who is releasing her debut CD, The Rhythm Project: Revolutionary Rhythym, nationally next Tuesday, March 24 on the E1 Music label. The release is expected to challenge stereotypes of traditional classical music as she combines classical and hip-hop styles in compositions written by Haitian-American composer Daniel Bernard Roumain.
In honor of the release, there will be a catered mixer and performance at Rockefeller Hall on Monday, March 23rd. As a highlight of the evening, she will perform remixed versions of DBR's Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes alongside hip-hop artist Roburt Reynolds (who is also known as Room 101). The mixer begins at 7pm followed by the performance at 8pm.
The concert is free and open to the public. Space is limited so the only requirement is to RSVP as soon as possible by sending an e-mail with "Rockefeller" in the subject line and the name of attendee in the body to management@jademedia.org.
Also, for more information about the release, here is a link to the track listing and more on E1 Music's website: http://www.kochrecords.com/artists/detail/?Artist=Jade+Simmons
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24. Summer Job Opportunity @ Quantum Institute
Are you going to be in Houston or at Rice this summer? Are you looking for an easy job to make some extra cash money? The Rice Quantum Institute is looking for someone to work during the summer. The job consists of the following:
-approximately 15 hours per week from June 3 through August 7
-must have car to run off-campus errands (just on Friday)
-very flexible hours (except Thursday and Friday afternoons are
required)
-help with social even planning
If interested, email lv1@rice.edu
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25. CPR/AED Heartsaver Course
On March 29, 9am-1pm, there will be an AHA Heartsaver CPR/AED card course at Rayzor 123 taught by certified CPR instructors with Rice University EMS (REMS). Any Rice University student, faculty, or staff member is allowed to sign up.
Please email rems-education@rice.edu to secure a spot. The course is offered free of charge, so please RSVP quickly, but only if you are sure you are available at that time.
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Whew!
<3,
Chethlyn
P.S.: Good luck to all you Hanszenites who have papers due/tests today! You will do amazingly, I can feel it!!
P.P.S.: So I separated the announcements into TODAY, THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, and FUTURE for organizational purposes. Good? Bad? Don't care? Let me know!
TODAY:
1. Talk for Humanities Majors (AKA hey guys it's okay you will get jobs too)
2. New text I Witness phone
3. CSL International Film Festival
4. SA Spring Election, Executive Appointments, and a poll (time to rock the vote)
THIS WEEK:
5. Conversation Partner Program
6. Women Professionals in Government $1500 Scholarship
7. CIC Car Wash for Service Project to Guatemala
8. RSVP Bakesale @ WSS (Brownies, cookies, croissants, oh my!)
9. EQ/HACER Book Drive (spread the love of reading)
10. Diversity Facilitator Applications (melting pot, tossed salad, etc)
11. BEER!!! BIKE!!!! Plans
NEXT WEEK:
12. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentation - Puente (omg <3) and Yeh
14. Celebrate Women's History with the RWRC
15. “Friendship and Partiality” Lecture with Richard Arneson
16. Take Back The Night
17. New Playwright's Festival Seeking Directors and Actors
18. Dr. Bullard's talk on Environmental Justice
19. Safety training w/ RWRC, AI, and RUPD
FUTURE:
20. Podcast for Dynamite PowerPoint Presentations
21. Art Show @ Wiess calling for submissions
22. Flying Owls 5K 2009
23. Jade Simmons debut CD launch performance (hip hop + classical piano = yessss)
24. Summer Job Opportunity @ Quantum Institute
25. CPR/AED Heartsaver Course
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A) BEER!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer
B) BIKE!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyromitra_esculenta
C) Top 10 College Pranks (according to museumofhoaxes.com)
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/newsletter/nov2002.html
D) Dino Run! (for some reason, it makes you feel like you're flying)
http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/
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1. Talk for Humanities Majors (AKA hey guys it's okay you will get jobs too)
“What are you going to do with that?”
Applications of a Humanities Degree to a Business Setting
Ann Ziker (Ph.D. from Rice in History, 2008), Associate , McKinsey & Company
March 19, 2009, 7:00pm
Herring Hall 126
The humanities are often portrayed as a discipline with few applications in the "real world." Yet the core skills of a humanities degree -- independent inquiry, critical analysis, crisp writing, and, yes, even knowing where the commas go -- position students well for success in a variety of professional and business settings. Ann Ziker will share some of her experiences after making the leap from humanities scholarship to management consulting. At McKinsey she has advised clients on a variety of strategic and organizational issues.
This talk has been organized by the Humanities Research Center on behalf of its Undergraduate Fellowship Program. All Rice students are invited to attend the talk, which is part of the speaker series “Big Questions and Future Directions in the Humanities.”
http://hrc.rice.edu/fellowships_undergrad.html
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2. New text I Witness phone
The Rice University Police Department has added to its existing anonymous “I Witness” crime reporting form on line, a new text “I Witness” portal. If you witness have information to report on a crime, you may now do so on line at http://cohesion.rice.edu/campusservices/rupd/witnessform.cfm?doc_id=11001
or by text message at 832-317-1311.
Both are completely anonymous your report is accessible only to the police department. Please be aware these are not for crimes in progress. For crimes in progress call 6000.
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3. CSL International Film Festival
Thursday March 19th
Sewall Hall 309, 7:30 pm
Bossa Nova (Portuguese, with English subtitles), 2000. A film by Bruno Barreto. Comedy, Romance: 95 min.
Bossa Nova is a romantic comedy set in Rio de Janeiro. A film by Bruno Barreto, who has directed and/or produced films such as Dona Flor, Four Days in September, Bye, Bye Brazil among several others. Brazil is, unfortunately, known through movies that are sensationalist, violent, portraying it at its worst, such as City of God, Elite Squad, to name a few. Bossa Nova is just the opposite; it is light, fun, the photography is splendid, the characters are typical of both Brazilian and American cultures and reality. The soundtrack is all about Brazil.
For more information about the film festival , please visit: lang.rice.edu/filmfest
Tuesday, March 24
:: Russian ::
Adam's Rib
Thursday, March 26
:: Korean ::
3-Iron
Tuesday, April 7
:: Italian ::
Sanguepazzo
Thursday, April 9
:: Hindi ::
Chak de!
Screenings at 7:30 pm
* All films with English subtitles.
** All viewings in Sewall Hall 309 unless otherwise noted.
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4. SA Spring Election, Executive Appointments, and a poll (time to rock the vote)
Election will start Thursday, March 19th at 12:01 am via
http://sa.rice.edu/elections_polls
and will end Sunday, March 22nd at 4 pm.
Results will be announced in the March 27th issue of the Thresher and on http://sa.rice.edu
If you want to get involved with the SA, there are many appointed positions available. Applications are due on Friday, March 20th at 5:00 P.M. in the Student Association Office (2nd floor Ley Student Center). You will be contacted to schedule an interview time. Interviews will be held in the SA Office. Questions and comments: please contact Selim Sheikh, SA Internal Vice President, at selim.w.sheikh@rice.edu
Go to:
http://sa.rice.edu/document/sa-committee-applications-packet-2009-2010
For more information and to get the application packet!
Also:
The Student Association is trying to get a sense of how students feel about Academic Advising at Rice and what we could do to improve it. Please take a couple of minutes to let us know what you think!
Polls open Monday, March 16th at 11 pm.
Please visit:
http://sa.rice.edu/elections_polls
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5. Conversation Partner Program
Rice University’s Intensive English Program, offered through the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, is recruiting Conversation Partners. Approximately 198 students from over 30 different countries are looking to meet native English speakers.
The Conversation Partner Program is not a tutoring program. The main goal is for students to be able to practice English in an informal setting. The time commitment required may be as little as an hour a week. You will be matched with one of the 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: March 10 – April 29.
If you are interested, please respond to fl@rice.edu by March 20, 2009. (tomorrow)
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6. Women Professionals in Government $1500 Scholarship
Since 1981, the Women Professionals in Government (WPG) organization has provided a forum that maximizes networking opportunities and provides opportunities for female professionals to hear speakers who are leaders in their fields. WPG is affiliated with the Federation of Houston Professional Women, which draws on the combined resources of more than 80 women professionals? organizations in the Houston area. Women Professionals in Government proudly announces a $1,500 scholarship award to be given an outstanding woman who is currently pursuing studies toward a future career in public service, or furthering her education to enhance her existing public administration position. The primary objective of the WPG Scholarship is to assist exceptional women who are dedicated to becoming public servants.
Full-time or part-time graduate or undergraduate students at any accredited university, who plan to apply their studies toward a meaningful contribution to public service, are eligible. The winner of the scholarship will also be given a complimentary one-year membership in WPG, affording excellent networking opportunities with established women professionals in government and professional women from government affiliated companies/organizations.
Candidates must be female residents of the Greater Houston area and students in good standing at an accredited university. Graduate applicants must have completed at least 12 graduate hours, and undergraduate applicants must have completed at least 30 undergraduate hours to be eligible. Determination of the award will depend on the applicant?s professional and scholastic achievements, demonstrated community service, reasons for pursuing a public service career, challenges to future professional and scholastic achievement, and scholarship need.
Applications must be received no later than March 20, 2009. The scholarship will be awarded at the WPG luncheon on May 7, 2009.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO RECEIVE AN APPLICATION FORM VISIT www.wpghouston.org OR CONTACT WPG SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR BY E-MAIL scholarship@wpghouston.org
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7. CIC Car Wash for Service Project to Guatemala
The May International Service Project to Guatemala, sponsored by the Community Involvement Center, will be holding a CAR WASH this Sunday, from 11am-3pm in front of the Rice University Police Department. Come out to get your cars scrubbed and cleaned by members of Team Guatemala 2009! Suggested donation is only $5. We will also do bikes for $3!
WHAT: CAR WASH
WHEN: Sunday, March 22, 11am-3pm
WHERE: Rice University Police Department
Tell your friends! You can purchase on Sunday, or from any participants who have pre-sale tickets.
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8. RSVP Bakesale @ WSS (Brownies, cookies, croissants, oh my!)
Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP) will be holding a BAKE SALE this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (March 19, 20, 21) during intermission of Wiess production of West Side Story. All proceeds will go to American Cancer Society to fight cancer. We are selling brownies, cookies, chocolate croissants, pie, etc...
Remember to bring some extra cash to the show for some sweet treats!
If you want to help bake or sell contact Sarah Jovinelly (stj1@rice.edu).
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9. EQ/HACER Book Drive (spread the love of reading)
The two on-campus organizations Egyptian Queens and HACER are teaming up to sponsor a book drive to benefit the underprivileged youth of the local Weekley Family YMCA branch. This particular branch is located in an economically-disadvantaged,educationally-deprived Southwest Houston apartment complex. Education is fundamental for our youth, but unfortunately education is not a major priority here. THE DROP-OUT RATE FOR STUDENTS IN THIS COMPLEX AFTER THE 8TH GRADE IS 99%!!!!! When we found out about their efforts to create a library at their facility we were eager to support them.
We would really appreciate everyone's assistance in helping with this matter. Book donations of any kind will be accepted and appreciated, as well as monetary donations. We will have Book Drive drop-off boxes in each of the colleges until the end of March. Help us make education a greater priority at the Weekley Family YMCA!!!!!
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10. Diversity Facilitator Applications (melting pot, tossed salad, etc)
We are looking for students interested in working with the new students and helping to set a tone that embraces diversity for Orientation Week. If you are looking for a way to have an impact on O-Week and campus climate, please consider applying to serve as an O-Week Diversity Facilitator. As a facilitator, you will be required to reside in the colleges during O-Week and take part in the activities of that college (as allowed), as well has facilitate dialogues on diversity as part of the O-Week Diversity Workshops. Facilitators have proven to be a valuable resource during O-Week and beyond, so it's imperative that we have an energetic, dedicated and diverse group of students.
The application is attached and the deadline is Friday, March 20th. You may also find applications posted at each of the colleges, at the Office of Multicultural Affairs, or with one of the Diversity Coordinators (Joel Khan
Please note that our first training session is Saturday, April 11th from 1 - 4 p.m. and facilitators are required to attend this session.
Please feel free to contact us if you have additional questions Catherine Clack- Director of Multicultural Affairs(clack@rice.edu), Joel Khan (jpk1@rice.edu) , Paloma Espita (pne1@rice.edu)
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11. BEER!!! BIKE!!! Plans
This Saturday, March 21, the annual Beer Bike Parade and Race will take
place. As always, here are a few reminders that will help you move about on
campus more easily:
1. Please make sure that you do not park inside the flagged off area that
surrounds the bike track. This is especially important between 10:00 PM,
Friday and 4:00 PM, Saturday. There is free parking available in Commuter
Lot 3, northeast of the football stadium.
2. Remember to remove all vehicles from the Inner Loop between Tudor
Fieldhouse and Founder's Court by 6:00 AM Saturday.
3. Also, please remove all vehicles from the roadway that runs between
Entrance 3, near Lovett College, and the Inner Loop, near Baker College, by
6:00 AM, Saturday.
4. Please keep in mind that the parade lines up at 10:30 AM on Founder's
Court. At 11:30 AM it will begin making its way westbound on College Way
(the wrong way) toward the football stadium. While the parade is moving,
there will be traffic stoppages and delays along the route. Entrances 1, 2,
and 3 will be closed for a short period of time - until the route is
cleared.
Thank you for your help in making this a safe event.
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12. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentation - Puente (omg <3) and Yeh
"A Night of Llamas, Mangos, and International Service"
** Open to Rice University and Houston Communities **
Monday, March 23 - 7:00-8:00pm
Martel College - Masters' House
Presenters: Michael Puente and Tiffany Yeh
Over the summer 2008, nine Rice University undergraduate students completed 4- to 12-week service projects with community organizations throughout Latin America as part of the inaugural year of the Loewenstern Fellowships. The 2008-09 class of Fellows will present to the Rice University community information on their experiences at this fourth of four sessions. Refreshments will be provided.
Guests are requested to RSVP by e-mail (griswold@rice.edu) or on the Facebook event (http://www.facebook.com/event.phpeid=72798071194).
Join Loewenstern Fellows Michael Puente & Tiffany Yeh as they reminisce about their past summer experiences in Peru, Haiti, and Guatemala. Both rediscovered their inner child as they spent time teaching and playing with kids of all ages. Michael was in Cusco, Peru working with ProWorld Service Corps as a much-needed mentor and friend for disabled children. Tiffany was in Terrier Rouge, Haiti where she taught health/science education to 450 school children. While they both learned much from the experience, hopefully their contributions had a wider impact, reaching the kids as well as their surrounding community. Come and listen to their stories!
Michael Puente volunteered in a pediatric clinic in Cuzco, Peru assisting the medical staff of the facility. He also interacted with patients and took care of the basic needs of the students at an associated special needs school. Michael is a junior Biological Sciences student with medical school aspirations.
Tiffany Yeh implemented a school health-science curriculum she developed to teach primary school children in Haiti about basic hygiene and science. At a medical outreach center in Guatemala, she assisted with projects and assessed program needs. Tiffany is a graduating senior in Cognitive Sciences.
More information on the Loewenstern Fellowships program is available on the Community Involvement Center's web site at http://cic.rice.edu/loewenstern.
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14. Celebrate Women's History with the RWRC
March is Women's History Month at the RWRC and everywhere! Celebrate the achievements and experiences of women with a FREE LUNCH and stimulating discussion with:
-- Rice Prof. Nanxiu Qian on March 24 from 12:05-12:50 in Baker College Library on Chinese Women's History
-- All-women Rice History Graduate Student Panel on March 26 from 12:05-12:50 in Miner Lounge, RMC on what it's really like in graduate school.
All are welcome -- undergraduates, grad students, and professors. Free RWRC t-shirts (and food) are available to all who attend!
*/Lienü/ versus /Xianyuan/: The Two Biographical Traditions of Chinese Women*
With Nanxiu Qian, Associate Professor of Chinese Literature, Asian Studies at Rice
March 24th 12:05-12:50, Baker College Library, Baker College
Qian will cover two major biographical traditions, /Lienü/ (exemplary women) and /Xianyuan/ (Virtuous and talented ladies), existed in Chinese women history. Her presentation will examine how these two traditions, complementing and interacting with each other, offered multi-dimensional portrayals of Chinese women's history.
Thinking about Grad School in History? Want to know what it's really like? Come to a...
*A Panel Discussion of Women in History Graduate Programs
*With Mercy Harper, Katie Knowles, Amanda Moehnke, Robin Sager, and Alyssa Honnette
March 26th, 12:05-12:50, Miner Lounge, RMC
Have a lunch and an casual and fun discussion with an all-woman panel of graduate students in Rice's Graduate Program in History. Panelist will discuss their individual experiences and paths toward both graduate school and women's history. Panelist will also a few topics such as interdisciplinary work, career possibilities after grad school, and professional associations. The lunch will be casual, fun, and inviting so everyone feels ready to get involved and ask questions.
Panelists and their areas of interest include:
Mercy Harper - 19th c. American Women's History, the South, Public Speech and Rhetoric
Katie Knowles - U.S. Women's History as Material Culture
Amanda Moehnke - 20th c. American History, Gender Studies, Conceptions of Beauty and the Body
Robin Sager - "Nineteenth Century U.S. South, Gender and Violence."
Alyssa Honnette - "the social welfare of girls and young women in the late-19th and early-20th century U.S. South"
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15. “Friendship and Partiality” Lecture with Richard Arneson
Rice University Lecture Series on Ethics, Politics and Society
“Friendship and Partiality”
Richard Arneson
Abstract: People usually are disposed to favor friends over strangers, but how does this partiality reconcile with morality, which requires impartial concern for all? On many accounts, the basis of friendship is the recognition of an individual’s attractive and admirable traits — but traits may disappear, so there is tension between this idea and the ideal of unconditionally enduring love and friendship. If putting a thumb on the scale in favor of one’s friends and family members is acceptable in some contexts, what about partiality to fellow members of one’s own community, nation, ethnic or racial group? Richard Arneson presents an account of friendship that addresses some of these issues while recognizing that others may remain vexing and yet unsolved.
Please Join us!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
4:00pm
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
Reception to follow lecture
For more information please visit www.bakerinstitute.org/events/eps-arneson
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16. Take Back the Night
Take Back the Night is a night of empowerment to remember the survivors of sexual violence and to call for an end to all forms of sexual violence. The event exists to empower, to find support, and to break the silence. www.takebackthenight.org has more information.
When is it?
March 25th beginning at 7pm at Willy's Statue and ending at 9:30 at the RMC.
How can you help?
1. The Women's Resource Center is calling for testimonials (from both men and women) relating to the theme of Take Back the Night; your experience or the experience of someone you know as a survivor of sexual violence. You can anonymously submit testimonials to the Women's Resource Center in Kelly Lounge or you can e-mail them to jel2@rice.edu.
2. If you would like to read a testimonial at the event on the evening of March 25th, please contact Julia at jel2@rice.edu.
3. Come to the event on March 25th to support your fellow Rice students!
For more information or to help organize the event, please contact Julia at jel2@rice.edu more information.
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17. New Playwright's Festival Seeking Directors and Actors
Rice University's New Playwright's Festival is seeking students to direct and act in 5 short new plays! Interested in directing a sit down reading (or several)?
This is not a huge time commitment and promises to be a fun chance to collaborate with one of our awesome new playwrights! Please e-mail me about directing!
Interested in acting!? No memorization required! Not a large time commitment! LOTS OF FUN!
Performances Monday, April 6th or Tuesday, April 7th (depending one the play).
Auditions Sunday March 22, 2009 at 8 pm Hamman Hall Basement!
Questions, etc: tab1@rice.edu
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18. Dr. Bullard's talk on Environmental Justice
The Center for the Study of Environment and Society, and the Sociology Department, invite you to attend the lecture by Dr. Robert Bullard (Professor of Sociology, Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University) entitled:
"Growing smarter: achieving environmental justice and livable communities"
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium (Duncan Hall)
Dr. Robert Bullard is widely acknowledged as a pioneer in environmental justice; since 1978 Bullard has worked in the field, has testified and served as expert witness in dozens of civil right cases over the past decade. He is the author of fourteen books that address environmental justice, environmental racism, urban land use, facility permitting, community reinvestment, housing, transportation, suburban sprawl, and smart growth. His book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environment Quality, is a standard text in the environmental justice field.
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19. Safety training w/ RWRC, AI, and RUPD
Please join the Rice Women's Resource Center, Amnesty International and RUPD for the following events on Monday, March 23rd:
Safety Discussion - HUMA 117 - 6:30-7:30pm: How can we best keep ourselves safe both on and off campus? What precautions should we take and what does a dangerous situation look like? RUPD officers will answer these questions and more as we explore the topic of safety. Light refreshments will be served.
SAFE Program Training - HUMA 117 - 7:30-9:30pm: Women only. Become trained in SAFE, a safety program designed specifically for women and with the goal of training women in identifying and reacting in dangerous situations. This training includes physical drills, so come dressed for movement. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact Julia at jel2@rice.edu.
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20. Podcast for Dynamite PowerPoint Presentations
Due to the number of responses we've received regarding Tracy Volz's Teaching with Technology session on creating and using dynamite PowerPoint presentations next Wednesday, IT's Educational Technologies will podcast the session for future viewing.
Look for the video podcast online (a few days after the event) at:
http://edtech.rice.edu/TeachingMedia.html
Teaching With Technology: Dynamite PowerPoint Presentations
by Tracy Volz, Senior Lecturer, Professional Communications
Event details can be found in the Rice Events Calendar:
http://events.rice.edu/index.cfm?EventRecord=11134
The Teaching with Technology series is sponsored by Fondren Library’s Digital Media Center and Information Technology’s Educational Technologies group.
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21. Art Show at Wiess, April 10th, calling for submissions
Wiess is having an art show on April 10th, in the afternoon. We plan on displaying paintings, drawings, sculpture, etc... (no digital media though). Basically, we will have wine and beer and display a bunch of art in the Wiess commons on a Friday afternoon/early evening. Its a great chance for students (both visual arts majors and non-majors) to share their work. Of course, it will be free to summit work and participate. There are no prizes for the event, so its just for fun!
Email Michelle Conway (michelle.s.conway@rice.edu) if you're interested. You can also email me (boqiu@rice.edu) with any questions.
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22. Flying Owls 5K 2009
The 4th Annual Flying Owls will be on April 11, 2009. The race date has changed from this Saturday so please be aware and share this with friends. This is a family event, children and families are welcome to participate. Your race fees go toward Recreation Center programming and student health promotion events.
Packet Pickup
Friday, April 10, 2009 (more may be announced later)
3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Rice Recreation Center - RM 197
Saturday, April 11, 2009
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
Rice Football Stadium - Gate 4
Race Details
April 11, 2009
8:30 a.m. Race Start
Cost:
$5 - All Students
$22 - Non-Students
$200 - Corporate Teams (up to 20 members)
$5 - per corporate team member
Register online.
Deadline for pre-registration: Wednesday, April 9 11:59pm.
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23. Jade Simmons debut CD launch performance (hip hop + classical piano = yessss)
Jade Simmons, a graduate of the Shepard School of Music, is a classical pianist who is releasing her debut CD, The Rhythm Project: Revolutionary Rhythym, nationally next Tuesday, March 24 on the E1 Music label. The release is expected to challenge stereotypes of traditional classical music as she combines classical and hip-hop styles in compositions written by Haitian-American composer Daniel Bernard Roumain.
In honor of the release, there will be a catered mixer and performance at Rockefeller Hall on Monday, March 23rd. As a highlight of the evening, she will perform remixed versions of DBR's Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes alongside hip-hop artist Roburt Reynolds (who is also known as Room 101). The mixer begins at 7pm followed by the performance at 8pm.
The concert is free and open to the public. Space is limited so the only requirement is to RSVP as soon as possible by sending an e-mail with "Rockefeller" in the subject line and the name of attendee in the body to management@jademedia.org.
Also, for more information about the release, here is a link to the track listing and more on E1 Music's website: http://www.kochrecords.com/artists/detail/?Artist=Jade+Simmons
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24. Summer Job Opportunity @ Quantum Institute
Are you going to be in Houston or at Rice this summer? Are you looking for an easy job to make some extra cash money? The Rice Quantum Institute is looking for someone to work during the summer. The job consists of the following:
-approximately 15 hours per week from June 3 through August 7
-must have car to run off-campus errands (just on Friday)
-very flexible hours (except Thursday and Friday afternoons are
required)
-help with social even planning
If interested, email lv1@rice.edu
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25. CPR/AED Heartsaver Course
On March 29, 9am-1pm, there will be an AHA Heartsaver CPR/AED card course at Rayzor 123 taught by certified CPR instructors with Rice University EMS (REMS). Any Rice University student, faculty, or staff member is allowed to sign up.
Please email rems-education@rice.edu to secure a spot. The course is offered free of charge, so please RSVP quickly, but only if you are sure you are available at that time.
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Whew!
<3,
Chethlyn
P.S.: Good luck to all you Hanszenites who have papers due/tests today! You will do amazingly, I can feel it!!
P.P.S.: So I separated the announcements into TODAY, THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, and FUTURE for organizational purposes. Good? Bad? Don't care? Let me know!
March 18, 2009
March 18 Cabinet Minutes
Cabinet Minutes March 18th
- Honor council
- Election code edited in Sections a-d article 1
- KP- associate justices (Mary Draper, Josh Kirlin, Becca Lin, Jit Nandi)
- Brian- Beer Bike
- 20000 water balloons to be filled
- Saturday- 8 oclock am inner loop closed
- South servery open til 1 on Saturday
- Beer bike starts at 1
- Catherine- Newspapers for Hanszen
- Five copies of New York Times, Five of Houston Chronicle- five days a week- $650
- Puente- committee heads
- 22 committee head applications to Puente
- Beer Bike t-shirts still on sale
- Teresa- Rice’s Playwright festival director auditions/ applications
- Sunday March 22nd 8 pm Hammond hall basement
- Money requests
- $100 for spirit- Relay for life team
- $50 for Jacks- Beer Bike budget
- $50 for prospy mixer from TG’s
- Space requests
- Sharon Bush (Associate Director at Rice University)
- room (on the 2nd Floor on Tuesday March 24 during the lunch hour to meet with the 11 students who attended the Texas A & M Southwest Black Student Leadership Conference.
- Shamoor Anis (MSA President)
- The Rice MSA and BSA (Black Student Association) are putting on a comedy event on March 25th and we would like to hold it in the Hanszen commons from 7:00pm - 10:00pm.
- Rebecca Divers (Services Committee or Bleeding Hearts maybe?)
- Upper Commons during lunch on Monday, March 30 for March to College Day. Middle schoolers from YES Prep will come to meet Rice students and talk to them about college life.
- All approved!
- Room Draw
- Monday and Tuesday nights
- 2 or more points (Monday night)
- Less than 2 points (Tuesday night)
- Housing Lease on esther
- We have a new Hanszenite!!!!!!!
March 13, 2009
RAGEPAGE
http://hanszen.blogspot.com/
CNRMFO = College night rocks my face off
1. Summer Youth Activity Program Counselors Wanted
2. Be a Diversity Facilitator! (The melting pot has never tasted better)
3. Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox @ the Baker Institute
4. "West Side Story" Opening at Wiess College This Weekend
5. Green Pays: Environmental Responsibility in the Business World
6. Partial email outage scheduled for Friday night
7. Free Swim Clinic, Lifeguard course info and swim across Houston
8. Chalk the Broch! Rice's 1st Sidewalk Chalk Festival
9. SEEKING 1 to 5 student directors for the new playwrights festival!
10. Relay For Life coming to Rice
11. Library Lecture (aka YEAH FONDREN)
12. Re-energize Summit (help TX keep going and going and going and going...)
14. CLUB WILLY OH GOD YES
15. ACLU Officer Elections
16. Rice Service Council Application Deadline
17. . Six Years in Iraq: remembering the impacts of war
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A) PRIDE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU
B) SLOTH:
http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-02/bizarro-sloth-subway.jpg
C) TOO MUCH INFORMATION:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins
D) WRATH:
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/duckhunt/
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1. Summer Youth Activity Program Counselors Wanted
The Recreation Center is now looking to hire counselors for the Summer Youth Activity Program. The position is typically college students or recent graduates who will be in the Houston area for the summer. Counselors will be interacting with children ages 6-11 and will be teaching / mentoring them in a number of different sports and activities. The program consists of four 2 week sessions from June 1st to July 31st with counselors getting the week of 4th of July off. For more information on the program itself please visit www.rice.edu/syap and for the formal application please visit http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/syap/syap_jobs.html . Interviews will begin the week of March 16th so be sure to email your applications to jstafford@rice.edu or drop them off at the Recreation center administration offices. If you have any other questions please feel free to let me know.
We look forward to hearing from you,
Justin Stafford
Assistant Director of Intramural Sports
jstafford@rice.edu
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2. Be a Diversity Facilitator! (The melting pot has never tasted better)
We are looking for students interested in working with the new students and helping to set a tone that embraces diversity for Orientation Week. If you are looking for a way to have an impact on O-Week and campus climate, please consider applying to serve as an O-Week Diversity Facilitator. As a facilitator, you will be required to reside in the colleges during O-Week and take part in the activities of that college (as allowed), as well has facilitate dialogues on diversity as part of the O-Week Diversity Workshops. Facilitators have proven to be a valuable resource during O-Week and beyond, so it's imperative that we have an energetic, dedicated and diverse group of students.
The application is attached and the deadline is Friday, March 20th. You may also find applications posted at each of the colleges, at the Office of Multicultural Affairs, or with one of the Diversity Coordinators (Joel Khan and Paloma Espitia ). Please sign up for an interview when turning in your application. The sign-up sheet is posted outside the Office of Multicultural Affairs (RMC Cloisters). Interviews will take place March 23rd - 26th in the Office of Student Activities.
Please note that our first training session is Saturday, April 11th from 1 - 4 p.m. and facilitators are required to attend this session.
Please feel free to contact us if you have additional questions Catherine Clack- Director of Multicultural Affairs(clack@rice.edu), Joel Khan (jpk1@rice.edu) , Paloma Espita (pne1@rice.edu); Thanks.
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3. Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox @ the Baker Institute
The Founding Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy cordially invites you to a special presentation and book signing for
"Mission: Black List #1"
with author Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox
Monday, April 6, 2009
6:00 pm Reception
6:30 pm Presentation
Doré Commons
Baker Hall
Books will be provided for sale courtesy of Brazos Bookstore.
“Mission: Black List #1” was released Dec. 13, 2008, to coincide with the fifth
anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s capture. Prior to this, the real story of the manhunt, and the personnel involved, had not been revealed to the public. In the book, Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox pulls back the curtain to reveal a detailed, day-by-day account of the five-month, comprehensive search for Saddam.
Maddox was the Army officer who spearheaded the search leading to the capture of one of the most sought-after men in the world. His story fills in every gap, including his crucial decision to zero in on a lead pointing to the all-but-unknown group of Hussein’s former inner-circle bodyguards. Maddox’s idea was simple: Find the inner-circle bodyguards and you would find Saddam.
For his service, Maddox was awarded the Defense Intelligence Agency Director’s Award, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement for his role in the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Please RSVP by fax to 713.348.5993 or by e-mail to bipprsvp@rice.edu before Thursday,
April 2, 2009.
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4. "WEST SIDE STORY" TO OPEN AT WIESS COLLEGE THIS WEEKEND!
SHOW INFORMATION:
March 12, 13, 14
March 19, 20, 21
(Thurs, Fri, Sat)
Wiess Commons; 8:00 PM
$5 for current Rice students
$7 for non Rice students
This year, Wiess is putting on a production of the ever popular and extraordinarily fun "West Side Story", a wonderful production featuring the musical genius of Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. First produced in 1957, it's been wowing audiences ever since. Now, we bring it to you: Rice University.
This year's production is the largest Wiess has pulled off in recent memory: Biggest stage, biggest cast, biggest orchestra...but more importantly than that, we feature some of the finest music, the most exciting dances, and the most energetic performing to grace a Rice University stage this year! Don't miss this spectacular event!
Wies- er, West Side Story is coming, Daddy-O! Meet us in the Wiess Commons at 8. And no jazz before then!
for ticket reservations e-mail: wiess@rice.edu
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5. Green Pays: Environmental Responsibility in the Business World
Rice Environmental Club's 16th Annual Conference
Wondering about the economics of sustainable development?
Interested in green jobs trends and entrepreneurship?
Curious about the business challenges of environmental stewardship?
The Green Pays conference takes place this coming Saturday, March 14 at Wiess Commons, 11 am-4:30 pm. Come discuss the role of environmentalism in industry with leaders of national and regional businesses, as well as representatives from legal and advocacy groups.
Panel Speakers:
Debra Marshall, Principal Advisor, Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.
Paul C. Marley II, Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Renewable Power Development, LLC.
Juan Parras, Community Organizer, Environmental Justice Advocacy Service
Sarah J. Mason, Environmental Analyst, City of Houston Mayor's Office
Jim Blackburn, Environmental lawyer, Blackburn and Carter
Duane Windsor, Lynette S. Autrey Professor in Management, Jones School of Management
Keynote Speaker:
Paul C. Marley II, Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Renewable Power Development, LLC.
Free lunch provided!
Please contact rrc2@rice.edu with any questions
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6. Partial email outage scheduled for Friday night
Maintenance for one of the three core email servers is scheduled for Friday evening, March 13, 7:00 - 9:00 PM.
Only about one-third of the Rice community members depend upon this particular server to receive their email. Messages sent to their mailboxes during the maintenance window will be delivered when the work is complete.
Updates will be posted to the IT web site: http://www.rice.edu/it/
Carlyn Chatfield
Manager, IT Technical Communications
713.348.4819
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7. Free Swim Clinic, Lifeguard course info and swim across Houston
Aquatic Program Updates:
1. Summer Learn to Swim registration is now open! For more information and to register go to: www.rice.edu/learntoswim (There are 2 classes for adults: beginner and stroke mechanics)
2. Free Swim Clinic: Registration is required. This Saturday, March 14th, 1:30-2:15 pm. A few spaces still remain. Clinic is open to Rice students, faculty and staff. Register at
www.rice.edu/aquatics
3. Spring Learn to Swim classes: The last session of Spring Learn to Swim
begins on March 18th. There are a few spaces left in adult stroke mechanics. (Adult beginner class is full.) Register at: www.rice.edu/learntoswim
4. The Swim Across Houston event continues through the end of March. Sign up with your lifeguard and win prizes for swimming. Information at: www.rice.edu/aquatics
5. The next lifeguarding class will be offered in May. The course will be available to all, 15 years and older. Registration information will be posted on the aquatic list serve in late March. Join the list serve:
https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/aquatic_programs-l
Liz Harwood
Assistant Director for Aquatic Programs
Rice University
(713)348-2742
www.rice.edu/aquatics
www.rice.edu/learntoswim
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8. Chalk the Broch! Rice's 1st Sidewalk Chalk Festival
Come to the Central Quad from Friday, March 13 to Saturday March 14 to participate in Rice's first-ever CHALK FESTIVAL!! Team up with friends, or draw on your own, and if we like what you've drawn, you could win a $50, $30, or $20 gift card!!
Judging starts at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, so make sure you've finished your masterpieces by then. We'll even provide the chalk!! We'll also have FREE FOOD on Saturday at 5:00 p.m., so even if you didn't draw anything, come join us for dinner and some art!!
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9. SEEKING 1 to 5 student directors for the new playwrights festival!
Rice University's New Playwright's Festival is seeking 1 to 5 student directors to direct the five plays that will be featured in the New Playwright's Festival April 6th and 7th. The performances will be sit down readings and so you will be directing the acting and the composition of the performance (meaning who sits down when, where they are seated, etc- got questions, email me!). This is not a huge time commitment and promises to be a lot of fun!
Want to learn more? Interested?
E-mail me at tab1@rice.edu
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10. Relay For Life coming to Rice
The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life is coming to Rice!
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, MARCH 17
Register online today at www.relayforlife.org/houstonmedicalcentertx.
All teams that meet this deadline are given priority campsite selection. All participants who register by this date are guaranteed t-shirts of the correct sizes if they fundraise a minimum of $100 by the Relay For Life event date.
What is Relay? Relay for Life is a community gathering where everyone can participate in the fight against cancer by supporting the American Cancer Society. Teams of supporters will camp out at Rice University's track stadium and celebrate life throughout the night with food, music, and activities. Relay is not a race. Teams maintain constant vigil by continually having at least one team member on the track walking, jogging, or running at all times, because the final victory over cancer won't be a sprint or a marathon, it will be a Relay! Relay for Life will be taking place on Friday-Saturday, April 17-18 at the Rice University Track/Soccer Stadium. For more information, please visit www.relayforlife.org/houstonmedicalcentertx or contact relaytmc@gmail.com.
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11. Library Lecture (AKA YEAH FONDREN)
You are cordially invited to a lecture on March 16 by William E. Moen,
Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Sciences,
University of North Texas.
Dr. Moen's lecture, at 2:00 p.m. in the Kyle Morrow Room on the 3rd floor
of Fondren Library, will cover the topic "Standards and Information
Organization in the 21st Century Library: Placing All Information within
Our Control?"
His lecture will focus on current and emerging standards and organization
within the library, including the role of repositories and the ability of
libraries to gather and organize the vast amount of information available
today. This lecture is sure to be stimulating and relevant regarding the
future development of libraries. Dr. Moen is a recognized leader in the
field of library standards. A frequent speaker, he has published numerous
books and articles in journals. I hope that you will be able to attend
this special event.
David M. Bynog
Chair, Fondren Library Staff Travel and Development Committee
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12. Re-energize Summit (help TX keep going and going and going and going...)
For the second year in a row, Rice students are invited to the ReEnergize Texas Youth Summit. It is an awesome conference that is being hosted this year by Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, TX during the last weekend in March (Saturday, March 28th - Monday, March 30th).
For the first two days, young people from all across Texas will gather to listen to speakers and attend workshops and panels addressing climate change, renewable energy, the economy, and creating green jobs. On Monday, March 30th, students will march from Huston-Tillotson across I-35, a long recognized racial barrier in the city, to the Capitol Building where they will lobby the State Legislature for climate change legislation.
More information can be found at http://reenergizetexas.org/summit2009/
Anyone interested should contact Erin Morrison (elm@rice.edu) by Tuesday, March 17th. Over the next couple weeks, Environmental Club will continue fundraising to help support those attending the conference.
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14. CLUB WILLY (OH GOD YES)
This Saturday, March 14 from 10-2 your favorite on-campus pub will pull an extreme makeover and transform itself into THE club to be at.
For one night only Willy's Pub will become CLUB WILLY.
Our DJ will make sure the bass is pounding. The beats are blasting. And the music is what some would call delicious.
Come down before 11, and get in for free. It's a dollar between 11 and 11:30 and two dollars after that.
It will be ridiculous.
Love,
Willy's Pub
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15. ACLU Officer Elections Tues, March 17th
ACLU Officer Elections!
Tues, March 17
8pm in the Kelley Lounge
The Rice ACLU will be hosting officer elections at our next meeting! Becoming an ACLU officer is a great opportunity to gain leadership skills, make connections with local lawyers and civil rights activists, and promote civil liberties on campus. Everyone is invited to join, even if you haven't been involved with ACLU before.
If you're interested in running, email psr1@ or ben.carson@ and let us know which position (pres, secretary, treasurer, publicist) you're interested in.
Hope to see you on the 17th!
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16. Rice Service Council Application Deadline
Want to make an impact on the culture of service at Rice?
Only a few more days to apply for the inaugural year of the Rice Service Council!
Rice is a small campus that has several effective student organizations that promote service and advocate for social responsibility. At times, however, there is a lack of communication between these campus groups, which can limit their creativity, resources, and impact. As a Rice volunteer, you have the opportunity to have a tremendous influence on the culture of service on campus by becoming a member of the new Rice Service Council. Working with other student leaders, you will not only represent your service organization, but also increase collaborative efforts both on and off campus.
The Rice Service Council will have four different initiatives:
1. Create a forum in which Student Service Organization leaders can learn, share, and benefit from each other;
2. Coordinate a campus-wide annual Volunteer Recognition Event;
3. Increase volunteer leadership development, including coordinating a Fall Service Retreat; and
4. Advertise and advise on the awarding of the Community Service Grant, Spirit of Service Awards, and service-based scholarships.
For more information, or to apply, visit the CIC's website (http://cic.rice.edu). Applications are due by 5:00 pm this Monday, March 16, 2009.
If you have any questions, please contact me at sarah.hodgkinson@rice.edu or 713-348-6409.
Thanks!
Sarah Hodgkinson
Assistant Director
Community Involvement Center
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17. Six Years in Iraq: remembering the impacts of war
March 19 marks the 6th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Join Rice for Peace for a week of films, art, and discussions highlighting various aspects of both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Monday, March 16 @ 12pm in Huma 117:
"A History of Iraq" presentation by Rice lecturer David Getman.
free lunch provided.
Tuesday, March 17 @ 7pm Huma 117:
"Rethinking Afghanistan" films and discussion
free snacks & coffee
Wednesday, March 18 @ 7pm Sewall 305:
"Testimonies of War"
veteran testimonies plus special community guests
free snacks & coffee
Thurs, March 19:
"Six Years: A Memorial" Art Exhibit
all day in the RMC Grand Hall
local artist Marc Levine showcases his work and volunteers will be reading the names of those who've died in the war
"Portrait of an Iraqi Refugee"
Sammy's in the RMC
free vegetarian dinner at 630pm
film and discussion 7-8pm
this is a film produced by Rice students Chris Tsang and Nathan Ross about the experience of local Iraqi refugee families
questions? contact activism@
RSVP:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=54646668018
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<3,
Chethlyn
PS: RAGEpage? RAGE as in Wrath? Wrath as in 7 deadly sins? It's awwwwright.
P.P.S.:
CNRMFO = College night rocks my face off
1. Summer Youth Activity Program Counselors Wanted
2. Be a Diversity Facilitator! (The melting pot has never tasted better)
3. Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox @ the Baker Institute
4. "West Side Story" Opening at Wiess College This Weekend
5. Green Pays: Environmental Responsibility in the Business World
6. Partial email outage scheduled for Friday night
7. Free Swim Clinic, Lifeguard course info and swim across Houston
8. Chalk the Broch! Rice's 1st Sidewalk Chalk Festival
9. SEEKING 1 to 5 student directors for the new playwrights festival!
10. Relay For Life coming to Rice
11. Library Lecture (aka YEAH FONDREN)
12. Re-energize Summit (help TX keep going and going and going and going...)
14. CLUB WILLY OH GOD YES
15. ACLU Officer Elections
16. Rice Service Council Application Deadline
17. . Six Years in Iraq: remembering the impacts of war
~
A) PRIDE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU
B) SLOTH:
http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-02/bizarro-sloth-subway.jpg
C) TOO MUCH INFORMATION:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins
D) WRATH:
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/duckhunt/
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1. Summer Youth Activity Program Counselors Wanted
The Recreation Center is now looking to hire counselors for the Summer Youth Activity Program. The position is typically college students or recent graduates who will be in the Houston area for the summer. Counselors will be interacting with children ages 6-11 and will be teaching / mentoring them in a number of different sports and activities. The program consists of four 2 week sessions from June 1st to July 31st with counselors getting the week of 4th of July off. For more information on the program itself please visit www.rice.edu/syap and for the formal application please visit http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/syap/syap_jobs.html . Interviews will begin the week of March 16th so be sure to email your applications to jstafford@rice.edu or drop them off at the Recreation center administration offices. If you have any other questions please feel free to let me know.
We look forward to hearing from you,
Justin Stafford
Assistant Director of Intramural Sports
jstafford@rice.edu
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2. Be a Diversity Facilitator! (The melting pot has never tasted better)
We are looking for students interested in working with the new students and helping to set a tone that embraces diversity for Orientation Week. If you are looking for a way to have an impact on O-Week and campus climate, please consider applying to serve as an O-Week Diversity Facilitator. As a facilitator, you will be required to reside in the colleges during O-Week and take part in the activities of that college (as allowed), as well has facilitate dialogues on diversity as part of the O-Week Diversity Workshops. Facilitators have proven to be a valuable resource during O-Week and beyond, so it's imperative that we have an energetic, dedicated and diverse group of students.
The application is attached and the deadline is Friday, March 20th. You may also find applications posted at each of the colleges, at the Office of Multicultural Affairs, or with one of the Diversity Coordinators (Joel Khan
Please note that our first training session is Saturday, April 11th from 1 - 4 p.m. and facilitators are required to attend this session.
Please feel free to contact us if you have additional questions Catherine Clack- Director of Multicultural Affairs(clack@rice.edu), Joel Khan (jpk1@rice.edu) , Paloma Espita (pne1@rice.edu); Thanks.
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3. Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox @ the Baker Institute
The Founding Director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy cordially invites you to a special presentation and book signing for
"Mission: Black List #1"
with author Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox
Monday, April 6, 2009
6:00 pm Reception
6:30 pm Presentation
Doré Commons
Baker Hall
Books will be provided for sale courtesy of Brazos Bookstore.
“Mission: Black List #1” was released Dec. 13, 2008, to coincide with the fifth
anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s capture. Prior to this, the real story of the manhunt, and the personnel involved, had not been revealed to the public. In the book, Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox pulls back the curtain to reveal a detailed, day-by-day account of the five-month, comprehensive search for Saddam.
Maddox was the Army officer who spearheaded the search leading to the capture of one of the most sought-after men in the world. His story fills in every gap, including his crucial decision to zero in on a lead pointing to the all-but-unknown group of Hussein’s former inner-circle bodyguards. Maddox’s idea was simple: Find the inner-circle bodyguards and you would find Saddam.
For his service, Maddox was awarded the Defense Intelligence Agency Director’s Award, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement for his role in the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Please RSVP by fax to 713.348.5993 or by e-mail to bipprsvp@rice.edu before Thursday,
April 2, 2009.
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4. "WEST SIDE STORY" TO OPEN AT WIESS COLLEGE THIS WEEKEND!
SHOW INFORMATION:
March 12, 13, 14
March 19, 20, 21
(Thurs, Fri, Sat)
Wiess Commons; 8:00 PM
$5 for current Rice students
$7 for non Rice students
This year, Wiess is putting on a production of the ever popular and extraordinarily fun "West Side Story", a wonderful production featuring the musical genius of Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. First produced in 1957, it's been wowing audiences ever since. Now, we bring it to you: Rice University.
This year's production is the largest Wiess has pulled off in recent memory: Biggest stage, biggest cast, biggest orchestra...but more importantly than that, we feature some of the finest music, the most exciting dances, and the most energetic performing to grace a Rice University stage this year! Don't miss this spectacular event!
Wies- er, West Side Story is coming, Daddy-O! Meet us in the Wiess Commons at 8. And no jazz before then!
for ticket reservations e-mail: wiess@rice.edu
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5. Green Pays: Environmental Responsibility in the Business World
Rice Environmental Club's 16th Annual Conference
Wondering about the economics of sustainable development?
Interested in green jobs trends and entrepreneurship?
Curious about the business challenges of environmental stewardship?
The Green Pays conference takes place this coming Saturday, March 14 at Wiess Commons, 11 am-4:30 pm. Come discuss the role of environmentalism in industry with leaders of national and regional businesses, as well as representatives from legal and advocacy groups.
Panel Speakers:
Debra Marshall, Principal Advisor, Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.
Paul C. Marley II, Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Renewable Power Development, LLC.
Juan Parras, Community Organizer, Environmental Justice Advocacy Service
Sarah J. Mason, Environmental Analyst, City of Houston Mayor's Office
Jim Blackburn, Environmental lawyer, Blackburn and Carter
Duane Windsor, Lynette S. Autrey Professor in Management, Jones School of Management
Keynote Speaker:
Paul C. Marley II, Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Renewable Power Development, LLC.
Free lunch provided!
Please contact rrc2@rice.edu with any questions
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6. Partial email outage scheduled for Friday night
Maintenance for one of the three core email servers is scheduled for Friday evening, March 13, 7:00 - 9:00 PM.
Only about one-third of the Rice community members depend upon this particular server to receive their email. Messages sent to their mailboxes during the maintenance window will be delivered when the work is complete.
Updates will be posted to the IT web site: http://www.rice.edu/it/
Carlyn Chatfield
Manager, IT Technical Communications
713.348.4819
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7. Free Swim Clinic, Lifeguard course info and swim across Houston
Aquatic Program Updates:
1. Summer Learn to Swim registration is now open! For more information and to register go to: www.rice.edu/learntoswim (There are 2 classes for adults: beginner and stroke mechanics)
2. Free Swim Clinic: Registration is required. This Saturday, March 14th, 1:30-2:15 pm. A few spaces still remain. Clinic is open to Rice students, faculty and staff. Register at
www.rice.edu/aquatics
3. Spring Learn to Swim classes: The last session of Spring Learn to Swim
begins on March 18th. There are a few spaces left in adult stroke mechanics. (Adult beginner class is full.) Register at: www.rice.edu/learntoswim
4. The Swim Across Houston event continues through the end of March. Sign up with your lifeguard and win prizes for swimming. Information at: www.rice.edu/aquatics
5. The next lifeguarding class will be offered in May. The course will be available to all, 15 years and older. Registration information will be posted on the aquatic list serve in late March. Join the list serve:
https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/aquatic_programs-l
Liz Harwood
Assistant Director for Aquatic Programs
Rice University
(713)348-2742
www.rice.edu/aquatics
www.rice.edu/learntoswim
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8. Chalk the Broch! Rice's 1st Sidewalk Chalk Festival
Come to the Central Quad from Friday, March 13 to Saturday March 14 to participate in Rice's first-ever CHALK FESTIVAL!! Team up with friends, or draw on your own, and if we like what you've drawn, you could win a $50, $30, or $20 gift card!!
Judging starts at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, so make sure you've finished your masterpieces by then. We'll even provide the chalk!! We'll also have FREE FOOD on Saturday at 5:00 p.m., so even if you didn't draw anything, come join us for dinner and some art!!
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9. SEEKING 1 to 5 student directors for the new playwrights festival!
Rice University's New Playwright's Festival is seeking 1 to 5 student directors to direct the five plays that will be featured in the New Playwright's Festival April 6th and 7th. The performances will be sit down readings and so you will be directing the acting and the composition of the performance (meaning who sits down when, where they are seated, etc- got questions, email me!). This is not a huge time commitment and promises to be a lot of fun!
Want to learn more? Interested?
E-mail me at tab1@rice.edu
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10. Relay For Life coming to Rice
The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life is coming to Rice!
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, MARCH 17
Register online today at www.relayforlife.org/houstonmedicalcentertx.
All teams that meet this deadline are given priority campsite selection. All participants who register by this date are guaranteed t-shirts of the correct sizes if they fundraise a minimum of $100 by the Relay For Life event date.
What is Relay? Relay for Life is a community gathering where everyone can participate in the fight against cancer by supporting the American Cancer Society. Teams of supporters will camp out at Rice University's track stadium and celebrate life throughout the night with food, music, and activities. Relay is not a race. Teams maintain constant vigil by continually having at least one team member on the track walking, jogging, or running at all times, because the final victory over cancer won't be a sprint or a marathon, it will be a Relay! Relay for Life will be taking place on Friday-Saturday, April 17-18 at the Rice University Track/Soccer Stadium. For more information, please visit www.relayforlife.org/houstonmedicalcentertx or contact relaytmc@gmail.com.
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11. Library Lecture (AKA YEAH FONDREN)
You are cordially invited to a lecture on March 16 by William E. Moen,
Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Sciences,
University of North Texas.
Dr. Moen's lecture, at 2:00 p.m. in the Kyle Morrow Room on the 3rd floor
of Fondren Library, will cover the topic "Standards and Information
Organization in the 21st Century Library: Placing All Information within
Our Control?"
His lecture will focus on current and emerging standards and organization
within the library, including the role of repositories and the ability of
libraries to gather and organize the vast amount of information available
today. This lecture is sure to be stimulating and relevant regarding the
future development of libraries. Dr. Moen is a recognized leader in the
field of library standards. A frequent speaker, he has published numerous
books and articles in journals. I hope that you will be able to attend
this special event.
David M. Bynog
Chair, Fondren Library Staff Travel and Development Committee
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12. Re-energize Summit (help TX keep going and going and going and going...)
For the second year in a row, Rice students are invited to the ReEnergize Texas Youth Summit. It is an awesome conference that is being hosted this year by Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, TX during the last weekend in March (Saturday, March 28th - Monday, March 30th).
For the first two days, young people from all across Texas will gather to listen to speakers and attend workshops and panels addressing climate change, renewable energy, the economy, and creating green jobs. On Monday, March 30th, students will march from Huston-Tillotson across I-35, a long recognized racial barrier in the city, to the Capitol Building where they will lobby the State Legislature for climate change legislation.
More information can be found at http://reenergizetexas.org/summit2009/
Anyone interested should contact Erin Morrison (elm@rice.edu) by Tuesday, March 17th. Over the next couple weeks, Environmental Club will continue fundraising to help support those attending the conference.
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14. CLUB WILLY (OH GOD YES)
This Saturday, March 14 from 10-2 your favorite on-campus pub will pull an extreme makeover and transform itself into THE club to be at.
For one night only Willy's Pub will become CLUB WILLY.
Our DJ will make sure the bass is pounding. The beats are blasting. And the music is what some would call delicious.
Come down before 11, and get in for free. It's a dollar between 11 and 11:30 and two dollars after that.
It will be ridiculous.
Love,
Willy's Pub
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15. ACLU Officer Elections Tues, March 17th
ACLU Officer Elections!
Tues, March 17
8pm in the Kelley Lounge
The Rice ACLU will be hosting officer elections at our next meeting! Becoming an ACLU officer is a great opportunity to gain leadership skills, make connections with local lawyers and civil rights activists, and promote civil liberties on campus. Everyone is invited to join, even if you haven't been involved with ACLU before.
If you're interested in running, email psr1@ or ben.carson@ and let us know which position (pres, secretary, treasurer, publicist) you're interested in.
Hope to see you on the 17th!
---------------------------------------------
16. Rice Service Council Application Deadline
Want to make an impact on the culture of service at Rice?
Only a few more days to apply for the inaugural year of the Rice Service Council!
Rice is a small campus that has several effective student organizations that promote service and advocate for social responsibility. At times, however, there is a lack of communication between these campus groups, which can limit their creativity, resources, and impact. As a Rice volunteer, you have the opportunity to have a tremendous influence on the culture of service on campus by becoming a member of the new Rice Service Council. Working with other student leaders, you will not only represent your service organization, but also increase collaborative efforts both on and off campus.
The Rice Service Council will have four different initiatives:
1. Create a forum in which Student Service Organization leaders can learn, share, and benefit from each other;
2. Coordinate a campus-wide annual Volunteer Recognition Event;
3. Increase volunteer leadership development, including coordinating a Fall Service Retreat; and
4. Advertise and advise on the awarding of the Community Service Grant, Spirit of Service Awards, and service-based scholarships.
For more information, or to apply, visit the CIC's website (http://cic.rice.edu). Applications are due by 5:00 pm this Monday, March 16, 2009.
If you have any questions, please contact me at sarah.hodgkinson@rice.edu or 713-348-6409.
Thanks!
Sarah Hodgkinson
Assistant Director
Community Involvement Center
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17. Six Years in Iraq: remembering the impacts of war
March 19 marks the 6th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Join Rice for Peace for a week of films, art, and discussions highlighting various aspects of both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Monday, March 16 @ 12pm in Huma 117:
"A History of Iraq" presentation by Rice lecturer David Getman.
free lunch provided.
Tuesday, March 17 @ 7pm Huma 117:
"Rethinking Afghanistan" films and discussion
free snacks & coffee
Wednesday, March 18 @ 7pm Sewall 305:
"Testimonies of War"
veteran testimonies plus special community guests
free snacks & coffee
Thurs, March 19:
"Six Years: A Memorial" Art Exhibit
all day in the RMC Grand Hall
local artist Marc Levine showcases his work and volunteers will be reading the names of those who've died in the war
"Portrait of an Iraqi Refugee"
Sammy's in the RMC
free vegetarian dinner at 630pm
film and discussion 7-8pm
this is a film produced by Rice students Chris Tsang and Nathan Ross about the experience of local Iraqi refugee families
questions? contact activism@
RSVP:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=54646668018
---------------------------------------------
<3,
Chethlyn
PS: RAGEpage? RAGE as in Wrath? Wrath as in 7 deadly sins? It's awwwwright.
P.P.S.:
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