Tuesday's "IWRATSMTFTSLBIHM" Funpage!

(btw IWRATSMTFTSLBIHM = “I was recently asked to stop making the funpage titles so long but it's hard, man”)

1. It's that time of year! Scholarship Nomination Time!
2. Women's Resource Center Coordinator Apps (be popular w/ the laaadies)
3. EQ/HACER Book Drive (donate all you want w/o risk of passing out)
4. Linda Williams Prize for Social Justice
5. Financial Aid App. Due Soon-ish: GET YOU SOME MONEY (if you need it)
6. Take Back the Night
7. Passport Fair (which is way more fun than a state fair anyway)
8. Comedian at Pub this Friday/Audition tomorrow to do stand up
9. CSA 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament (sign up & Aron Yu will lurve you)
10. Year-End Awards (complete with correct URL this time)
11. Rice Student Ambassador Program (AKA omg meet lance armstrong)

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A) Acronym fun! Makes fun of cars.
http://www.lotsofjokes.com/car_acronyms.asp
B) More fun! This time a dictionary of internet lingo/acronyms.
http://www.magicpub.com/netprimer/acronyms.html
C) Music by The Black Kids (hooray indie pop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrcx2q_Ru8Y&feature=channel_page
D) Is that...3D Pong? I'm not sure how I feel about this...
http://www.owensworld.com/flashgames/play-449.htm

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1. It's that time of year! Scholarship Nomination Time!

It's that time of year again -- time to nominate students you feel have contributed to theatre in a significant way this academic year and who deserve to receive either the Barbara Long Chilton Scholarship or the Neil "Sandy" Havens Scholarship. These merit scholarships are awarded to returning undergraduate students who have demonstrated exceptional potential in theatre or who have made a significant contribution to theatre at Rice, including college theatre, student organizations, or the Visual and Dramatic Arts Theatre Program.

If you would like to nominate someone please send their name and a brief letter of recommendation to me by reply e-mail no later than Wednesday, March 25th. All nominees
will then be asked for a resume, an additional letter of recommendation, and a personal statement about their involvement in theatre at Rice to be turned in by Friday, April 3,
2009.

Christina Keefe
Director - Theatre Program
ck1@rice.edu

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2. Women's Resource Center Coordinator Apps (be popular w/ the laaadies)

Applications are available on the door of the RWRC (located in Kelley
Lounge in the RMC) and are due Friday, March 13 by 4 pm.

Apply for one of these six coordinator positions:
Student Director
Wellness Coordinator
Programming Coordinator
Outreach Coordinator
Women's Advocacy Coordinator
Office Coordinator

Check women.rice.edu for more information on what the coordinators due!

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3. EQ/HACER Book Drive (donate all you want w/o risk of passing out)

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 beginning March 11th for a total of two weeks. (If you have books before the 11th you can put them in front of HACER's office, located in the RMC Basement.) We urge you to collect any books you are not using over spring break, and bring them back to school with you. Help us make education a greater priority at the Weekley Family YMCA!!!!!

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4. Linda Williams Prize for Social Justice

Rice established the Linda Faye Williams Prize for Social Justice to recognize work that furthers social justice and enables understanding across boundaries of race, religion, gender, ethnicity, class, nationality, sexual orientation and ideology.

The award is named for the late Linda Faye Williams '70, one of the first two black undergraduate students to enter Rice and earn a bachelor's degree after the university abandoned its charter provision that limited enrollment to white students. Williams died October 16, 2006, at the age of 57.

Williams was a professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland and a highly regarded expert on race and gender politics. She also held positions with the Congressional Black Caucus and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Her most recent book, "Constraint of Race: Legacies of White Skin Privilege in America," won three national book awards, including the American Political Science Association's selection as the year's best book on race, ethnicity and politics.

The Linda Fay Williams Prize for Social Justice, which includes a $1,000 stipend, will be awarded annually to a graduating senior or a recent graduate with a bachelor's degree (within five years of graduation).

Please let us know if you are able to assist us with the selection of this year's recipient.

We would appreciate receiving your nomination, along with a brief narrative of the work the recipient has performed. Nominations should be sent to the Dean of Undergraduates by Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

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5. Financial Aid App. Due Soon-ish: GET YOU SOME MONEY (if you need it)

A friendly reminder from your friends at the Rice Financial Aid Office! If you plan to apply for need-based financial aid for the 2009-2010 school year, the priority deadline to complete the application process is April 15th. To complete the process, please submit the following:
CSS PROFILE https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/
Free Application for Federal Student Aid http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
2008 Income Tax Items (submit to the College Board through the IDOC process; instructions will be given to you when you complete the CSS PROFILE)

If you have any questions, you are welcome to stop by the Financial Aid Office in the AllenCenter or email us at fina@rice.edu.

Heather Domeier Associate Director of Systems

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6. Take Back the Night

What is it?
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.

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.

For more information or to help organize the event, please contact Julia at jel2@rice.edu more information.

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7. Passport Fair (which is way more fun than a state fair anyway)

Get your Passport at our next Passport Fair scheduled on March 16, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in Kelley Lounge in the Ley Student Center.
For more information please see the attached flyer.

Please note: After several delays, full implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) will begin June 1, 2009.
U.S. citizens must have a passport or other WHTI-compliant document to enter the U.S. by land or sea.
Children younger than 16 may continue to use birth certificates.

For more information contact Ute Franklin at umf@rice.edu or ext. 5826

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8. Comedian at Pub this Friday/Audition tomorrow to do stand up!

Comedian and Rice alum Christian Spicer is going to perform this Friday at 7 PM at Willy’s Pub. Come check him out!

Part of his show will be reserved for Rice student comedians. If you want to entertain us, there will be short auditions from 6-7 pm on Wed, 3/11 at Willy's. Just bring a joke or two and give it your best. The best few will be chosen to perform on Friday. This could be the start of your comedic career!

Love,
Willy's Pub

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9. CSA 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament

Event: CSA 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
Date: March 14th
Location: East Gym
Time: 10am ~ 1pm
Teams: Sign up as a team of 4 (3 players + 1 sub). Open to all Rice students, including grad students.
Entrance Fee: $2/person ($8/team)
Prizes: Gift Cards to Top 3 Teams
Sign Up: Email Aron (aron.yu@rice.edu) with team roster and team name. Sign ups also available on the day of event. See facebook event for more details.

Thanks!
-Aron
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10. Year-End Awards (complete with correct URL this time)

The correct link to nominate a student for the Year-End Awards is
http://studentactivities.rice.edu/awards.html
You will need to enter your net id and password.
The deadline for nominations is 5 pm Friday, March 20th, 2009.

2009 Year-End Awards
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).

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.

You may nominate a student for one or more of the above awards at:
http://studentactivities.rice.edu/awards.html
Your will need to enter your net id and password.
The deadline for nominations is 5 pm Friday, March 20th, 2009.

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11. Rice Student Ambassador Program (AKA omg meet lance armstrong and excessive capslock)

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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<3, Chethlyn

P.S.: Shorter title brought to you via anonymous comment on the blog. (The best way to be brought things, by far). Any other suggestions? Hints? Fun times? Let us know! Comment!

P.P.S.: 10:10 PM tomorrow will be the first Erol cabinet everrrrr! Get excited!