FOUR DAY WEEK Funpage

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TODAY:
1. Already?

TOMORROW:
2. DMC Open House & Video Contest Kick-Off
3. Habitat Info Session

THIS WEEK:
4. Rice Gallery Opening
5. "OWL GIVE YA" WEEK
6. Ombuds Interviews
7. Spontaneous Combustion Auditions

NEXT WEEK:
8. Volunteer Opportunities Fair

FARTHER FUTURE:
9. Do you get stressed out? Join the club!
10. Water in the Houston Metabolism

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A) Game Time: Red Remover
http://www.addictinggames.com/redremover.html
B) lolcat: Tails
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/funny-pictures-you-are-jealous-of-tails.jpg
C) Don't Stop the Music: Kenneth Scott! (omg he's totally going to be here Thursday)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I1XWtnP0Y

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1. Already?

It's only Tuesday and you're on your grind already? Ridiculous. Maybe you should slow it down and let all those other guys catch up/feel less terrible about themselves.

Hah, kidding. Get it, Hanszen, get it.

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2. DMC Open House & Video Contest Kick-Off

Watch prize-winning videos made by fellow students and learn how you can create your own digital media projects while chowing down on free refreshments. Fondren Library’s Digital Media Center will hold an Open House on Wednesday, September 9 from 3-5 p.m.

The eventwill serve as the kick-off for this year’s Student Video Contest. A screening of last year’s winning short films will be presented along with a panel discussion among contest winners and judges. Find out how you can enter this year’s video contest and get tips on how to craft a winning film. In addition to the video contest kick-off, the Open House will also offer a demonstration by Jeff Koffler, Fondren Library’s web developer, of how to create accessible PDFs.

Schedule:

• 3:10-3:20: Creation of accessible PDFs
• 3:30-4:30: Screening of films that won last year’s Rice Video Contest and panel
discussion with the winners and judges.

Drop by Herring 129 any time between 3 and 5 on September 9 to enjoy free refreshments,
register to win a door prize (including iTunes gift cards), and explore what the Digital
Media Center has to offer.

For more information about the video contest, visit http://cic.rice.edu/videocontest/

The contest is co-sponsored by:
• Digital Media Center
• Community Involvement Center
• Fondren Library
• Department of Information Technology
• Office of the Dean of Undergraduates
• Wellness Center
• Office of Student Activities
• Office of Sustainability

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3. Habitat Info Session (tomorrow)

Does building houses for people in need sound like fun to you?
Have you ever wanted to learn more about Rice Habitat?

Then come join us for:

HABITAT'S FIRST GENERAL MEETING
THIS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9 at 8:00 pm in HUMA 226.

Find out how you get involved in a Habitat build and other programs, join a committee,
meet the officer candidates and more! Feel free to bring along any friends who might be
interested.

Hope to see you there!

The Habitat Leadership Committee

Ray Verm, Tawfik Jarjour, Taylor Hall & Lu Yang

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4. Rice Gallery Opening

Wayne White is the visionary behind Peter Gabriel's Big Time and Smashing Pumpkins' Tonight Tonight videos. He is also a puppet and set designer, puppeteer, and voice for Pee-wee's Playhouse. On September 10, the Los Angeles artist's first installation, Wayne White: Big Lectric Fan To Keep Me Cool While I Sleep, will open at Rice Gallery in Sewall Hall (so convenient!). On September 9 and 10, cards with a trivia question will be placed in each college's commons. Find one of the cards, answer the question, and enter it in the drawing at the show's opening on September 10, 5:00 - 7:00 pm to win $25 at Rice Coffeehouse! Not only could you win some free coffee, you will also experience one of the coolest things happening in Houston. For more information, email krmn@rice.edu

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5. "OWL GIVE YA" WEEK

The Student Center will be hosting "Owl Give Ya" Week, September 8th - 11th.

9/8 Sammy's and 13th Street will be offering free smoothies and sandwiches from 6:30 pm- 8pm
9/9 Coffeehouse will be offering free coffee & munchies from 1-3 p.m.
9/10 Willy's Pub will be offering free sliders and $1 nachos and $1 pizza by the slice from 7- 9:30 p.m.
9/11 The Bookstore will be having a one day sale & raffle from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

All offers are while supplies last.

See you there!

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6. Ombuds Interviews

-Want to be involved in the Honor Council?
-Interested in being an ombuds?
-Want to help preserve our academic enviornment?

This Saturday, September 10th, the Honor Council is holding interviews for ombuds! If you are interested in interviewing, send your availability on that Saturday to Austin Edwards (awedwards@rice.edu). Please schedule a time by Thursday, September 7th.

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7. Spontaneous Combustion Auditions

Hey you! Do you like fun? What about being attractive?
Then you should try out for Spontaneous Combustion! We’re Rice’s only three-time award
winning improv comedy troupe, and we’d love to see all of you at tryouts.

Auditions are this Thursday the 10th at 9 pm or Saturday the 12th at 2 pm in the RMC
behind Coffeehouse. Come to whichever time you can. If you can’t make it to either
audition or have any questions about SpoCo or life, email dsn1@rice.edu

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8. Volunteer Opportunities Fair

Looking to get involved in the Houston community? Unsure of what volunteer opportunity will be the right fit? Come to the Volunteer Opportunities Fair to visit with and learn about more than 40 agencies in the Houston area! The Volunteer Opportunities Fair will be held on Monday, September 14 from 2:00-5:00pm in the Grand Hall of the RMC. For more information about the agencies and their available opportunities, please visit the Community Involvement Center's website (http://cic.rice.edu) and click on the link for "Volunteer Opportunities Fair."

If you have any questions, please contact Christa Leimbach (leimbach@rice.edu /
713-348-6044).

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9. Do you get stressed out? Join the club!

The Nirvana Sessions return this week and you have a new opportunity to make regular meditation and relaxation a part of your routine! Join Club Nirvana, an incentive program designed to help Nirvana participants remain accountable to their personal goal of practicing stress-reducing techniques on a regular basis. For each Nirvana Session you attend (over the course of the academic year), you earn a point. As you accumulate these points, you can redeem them for really cool stuff - like t-shirts, free massage therapy or gift cards! To register for Club Nirvana or to learn more about The Nirvana Sessions, go tohttp://wellness.rice.edu/nirvana.html.

The Nirvana Sessions in the Rice Memorial Chapel
September 8th - December 3rd

Evening Nirvana (Guided Imagery) - Tuesdays: 5:00 - 5:20 pm
Noontime Nirvana (Mindfulness with Micki Fine) - Wednesdays: 12:30 - 12:50 pm
Afternoon Nirvana (Guided Imagery) - Thursdays: 3:30 - 3:50 pm

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10. Water in the Houston Metabolism

The Shell Center for Sustainability invites you to join us for Water in the Houston Metabolism:

Will there be enough water for all of us in the next 100 years? What is the current quality of our waterways? How can it improve and why? The Shell Center for Sustainability at Rice University considers these and other questions on water in the upcoming conference “Water in the Houston Metabolism – Houston’s Water Needs and Water Quality for this Century”. National and local experts come together to address questions about water, one of our vital resources, and Houston’s sustainable development, growth, natural environment, water, health, and the policies that can make a difference.
The Shell Center for Sustainability in partnership with the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy’s Science and Technology Program and the Health Policy Forum will host this second annual conference on sustainability in Houston series.

The all-day event will take place at Baker Hall on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.

To find out more and to register visit: http://shellcenter.rice.edu

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Your secs (who are pretty sure there was a long weekend but don't know where it went),
Chethlyn


P.S.: 4 day week = partaaaaay haaaaay