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TODAY:
1. Rice Interfath: Common Heritage: Abrahamic Understandings of the
Prophets
2. Rice HuMed Meeting

THIS WEEK:
3. Lunch With A Nutritionist
4. FREE September CPR/AED Classes Offered by Rice EMS

NEXT WEEK:
5. RWRC Perspectives and Popcorn
6. Texas Clinics Are Responding-TCARE Call for Volunteers

FUTURE/WHENEVER:
7. AP Calculus BC tutor needed
8. Amnesty International's Banned Book Week

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A) lolcat: family foto
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/funny-pictures-cats-take-photo.jpg
B)Game time: Bow Man
http://www.bow-man.net/game.html
C) YOUTUBE IT: Slooooooow loris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9f-6jygRJk

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1. Rice Interfath: Common Heritage: Abrahamic Understandings of the
Prophets

The Rice Interfaith Dialogue Association invites you to the first of our
Student Panel Series on "Common Heritage: Abrahamic Understandings of the
Prophets."

Dialog 1: "Adam Our Forefather" will be presented by David Sorge of Agape
Christian Ministries and M. Emre Coskun of the Rumi Club. David is a junior
at Martel College majoring in Linguistics and Asian Studies. Emre is a
graduate student in the Department of Economics.

Thursday, September 17
9pm at Sammy's Cafe in the RMC

Refreshments will be provided.

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2. Rice HuMed Meeting

Rice HuMed (Humanitarian Medical Outreach) is having its first general meeting
Thursday, Sept. 17th, at 9:30 PM in HUMA 117. We'll be talking about our three summer outreach trips - to Bolivia, Ghana, and India - as well as some of the other volunteer projects we're taking on this year.

You do not have to be pre-med to attend! Anyone interested is welcome:)

And the best part: THERE WILL BE FOOD!

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3.Lunch With A Nutritionist

Lunch With A Nutritionist
Friday(THIS FRIDAY), September 18th, 12 pm
DUNCAN PDR (above the Duncan Servery)

Still worried about the freshman 15?
Nutritionist Brandi Powell will be answering questions on nutrition and giving advice on navigating the serveries(finding the healthy options, increasing variety, and getting creative with your food), eating late night and off campus, and dealing with your burgeoning beer belly...

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4. FREE September CPR/AED Classes Offered by Rice EMS

Rice EMS will be offering two CPR classes this month, free to all Rice
faculty/students/staff and $25 for all others. If you would like to sign up, please email rems-cpr@rice.edu with your name, email, affiliation (staff/student/faculty/non Rice),and college/department. Please also specify if you have a preference for the class you'd like to attend (note Sept 27 class is currently full). Space is limited so sign up early!

September Classes:

Sunday, September 20 from 2pm-6pm in Razor Hall 123 (8 Spots remaining)
Sunday, September 27 from 9am-1pm in Razor Hall 123 (THIS CLASS IS ALREADY FULL -
however, we can put you on a waitlist)

Both of these courses will cover the American Heart Association's Heartsaver AED for
Adult and Child curriculum which is designed for lay rescuers and includes adult and
child rescue breathing, CPR, foreign body airway obstruction, as well as the use of an
AED and common barrier devices.

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5. RWRC Perspectives and Popcorn

Perspectives and Popcorn Next Tuesday, Sept, 22nd, 8-9 at the Rice Women’s Resource Center

Every Tuesday from 8-9 p.m., the RWRC hosts an informal discussion group, called
Perspectives and Popcorn, on various topics pertaining to gender issues. All -- graduate
students, undergrads, profs, men, and women -- are welcome to come to RWRC office in
Kelley Lounge in the RMC for this week's P&P on Sexist Ads: Then and Now!

Upcoming topics:
Sept. 22nd: Sexist Ads: Then and Now
Sept. 29th: Faking It and Photo-shopping
Oct. 6th: Fat-sploitation
Oct 13th: No P&P - Winter Recess
Oct 20th: Is sex in relationships a right or a privilege?
Oct 27th: Women and Work in the Developing World

For more information or if you'd like to facilitate a P&P, please contact Anna Roberts,
RWRC Student Director at annaroberts@rice.edu

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6. Texas Clinics Are Responding-TCARE Call for Volunteers

Texas Clinics Are Responding-TCARE Call for Volunteers
Who: Medical professionals and non-medical volunteers
When: September 26, 2009 (and September 25, 2009)
Where: Reliant Center (Houston, Texas)

Register here:
http://www.regonline.com/tcare

The deadline for Volunteer Registration is September 20, 2009.

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7. AP Calculus BC tutor needed

A senior at St. Agnes needs a calculus tutor to meet with her for one hour twice a week.

Required:
- Strong single variable calculus background
- Good communication skills
- Transportation to and from the meeting place (around the Bellaire-610 intersection)

Meeting times are flexible and can be decided between you and the girl.

Pay is $25/session.

If you are interested in this job, please contact Cynthia Sung (crs5@rice.edu) or Mrs. Freed, who runs the tutoring service (freednan@aol.com, 731-569-5784).

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8. Amnesty International's Banned Book Week

Amnesty International has deemed the week of September 27th through October 3rd Banned Books Week. Books of all genres and authors are banned in public libraries and schools. Rice Amnesty wants to generate more awareness on campus on this issue by having a Banned Books reading, and are requesting your help. We would like to extend an invitation to any student to read an excerpt from one of your favorite banned books on campus on Tuesday, September 29th between 7 and 8PM (refreshments will be provided). Please let me know if you are available on this date, and if you are willing to participate (and what book you would like to read from!). Thank you so much for your time!

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Your Secs,
Chethlyn