1. Brown's HF book sale
2. "Rock 'n' Roll" Auditions Next Week
3. Intramural Sports Sign Ups
4. Auditions and Design/Tech for Rice Theatre
5. COMP 381/CHBE 381 - ICT DESIGNS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
6. MSNBC Live Broadcast Event
7. Conversation Partner Program
8. Play piano for RLOS and get paid
9. Lunch Discussion and Book Signing for "Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future"
10. International Summer Opportunities Information Sessions
11. SCS Call for Student Paper on Sustainable Development
12. Bain & Co. Summer Internship
14. RICE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER FOCUS GROUP
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Rock, flag, and eaaaaagle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2yFCvN2CT4
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1. Brown's HF book sale
Huge Fucking Booksale
Wednesday, Jan 13th
Sellers arrive at 8pm
Buyers arrive at 8:30 pm
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2. "Rock 'n' Roll" Auditions Next Week
Sid Richardson College Theatre will be hosting auditions for Tom Stoppard's latest work, "Rock 'n' Roll," next week. Anyone interested in auditioning can attend one of the following sessions:
Wednesday 1/20 from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Thursday 1/21 from 7-9 p.m.
No theatrical experience or advanced preparation is necessary. You will be given scenes to read upon your arrival at the audition. We need plenty of talented guys and girls for this cast. Please meet us in the Sid Commons for the start of auditions; we'll head down to the stage in the Sid Big Room from there.
Featuring the music of:
Pink Floyd :: The Velvet Underground :: The Rolling Stones :: The Cure :: The Doors :: The Grateful Dead :: John Lennon :: The Beatles :: The Who :: U2 ::
The Plastic People of the Universe :: Guns and Roses :: The Beach Boys :: Bob Dylan :: Jimi Hendrix :: Vera Lynn
"Stoppard’s play glorifies rock and roll as it flourishes during the democratic movement in Eastern Bloc Czechoslovakia between the Prague Spring of 1968 and the Velvet Revolution of 1989. Taking place in Cambridge, England and in Prague, the play contrasts the attitudes of a young Czech PhD student and rock music fan who becomes appalled by the repressive regime in his home county with those of his British Marxist professor who unrepentantly continues to believe Soviet ideal.
The play takes place over several decades from the late 1960s until 1990, ending with a concert given by The Rolling Stones that year in Prague. Recurrent references are made to a glimpse by one of the main characters of the youn Syd Barrett (founding member of Pink Floyd) performing “Golden Hair.” Barrett’s physical and mental decline also plays a role in the drama (Barrett in fact died during the play’s original run in London). The underground Czech group The Plastic People of the Universe are held up by another character as an ideal of resistance to Communism. The poetry of Sappho is another recurrent motif; its pagan sensuality is implicitly compared with the anarchic erotic force of rock music."
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3. Intramural Sports Sign Ups
Intramural Sports are going to be starting up soon so be sure to get your team signed up now. All students, faculty, and staff with a recreation center membership are encouraged to participate! If you have any questions about signing up or eligibility please feel free to let me know. Visit http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/ims/forms.html to enter your teams!!!!
Intramural Sports Current Sign ups:
Sport Deadline
Badminton Doubles – Jan. 14th
Racquetball Doubles- Jan. 14th
Billiards Singles & Doubles- Jan. 14th
College Men’s Soccer- Jan. 14th
Intramural Basketball Men’s & Women’s Jan. 14th
College Coed Flag Football Jan. 14th
Intramural Volleyball Men’s & Coed Jan. 18th
College Soccer Women’s - Jan. 18th
College Coed Table Tennis Jan. 18th
College Softball Women’s Jan. 18th
Intramural Softball Men’s & Coed Jan. 18th
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4. Auditions and Design/Tech for Rice Theatre
AUDITIONS FOR RICHARD STRAND'S COMEDY "THE BUG" WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13, CALL-BACKS JANUARY 14TH, FROM 7-10 HAMMAN HALL. DIRECTED BY JULIA TRABER (director of PRIVATE EYES)
NEEDED: 2 men, 2 women. Audition material will be given from the play.
Also looking for Assistant to the Director, as well as design/tech jobs.
Academic D1 credit available for the production. Performance dates are March 19-21st and
25-27.
Questions - email Christina Keefe
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5. COMP 381/CHBE 381 - ICT DESIGNS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD
Our society has been witnessing phenomenal growth in all sectors over the past few decades which has been largely spurred by Information and Com-munication Technologies (ICT). However, the relentless march of technology driving economic benefits is being achieved at an ever increasing societal cost with an increasing potential negative impact on the environment. Hence, one of the important challenges facing modern society is Sustainability.
With this viewpoint, this course will offer several design projects based on ICT at the nexus of Engineering, Sciences and Medicine, aimed at providing sustainable solutions for a better society. Students will be expected to work in groups of 2-4. Multidisciplinary projects will be encouraged, and extensive use will be made of the Oshman Engineerng Design Kitchen.
As a design example, a project that will be considered is the I-Slate, viewed as one of the “emerging technologies with a potential to change the world” by the premier association for technology, IEEE, at its 125th anniversary. This Rice-based project (http://www.cs.rice.edu/~kvp1/islate.htm) which also spans research groups at Caltech, IIIT-H (India), NTU (Singapore) and CSEM (Switzerland) uses technology for developing ultra low-energy and low-cost educational devices. To elaborate, some of the sample projects are:
· Design of low-cost, low-energy education devices
· ICT and virtual hospitals
· Sustainable hearing aids
· ICT design using principles of neuroscience
· Metrics for Sustainability in ICT
Highlight: Students will prepare a final report and present their findings to a panel of judges who will choose two of the projects as winners. The students par-ticipating in these projects will be offered internships during the Summer term of 2010. As an example, if a team working on the I-Slate project is chosen, the winning team would be working with our partners in India, Singapore and Swit-zerland as a part of this internship.
For more information, email: palem@rice.edu (or) kyzy@rice.edu
COMP 381/CHBE 381
“.. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster..”
Barack Obama on Global Warming,
(speech on April 3 2006, Chicago, IL)
Pre-requisites: Sophomores and Juniors with a introduction background in Science and/or Engineering
Class Schedule: Tuesday, 2:30PM -5:00PM
Class Room : TBA
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6. MSNBC Live Broadcast Event
The Office of Public Affairs
cordially invites you to attend
A Special Live MSNBC Broadcast
“Obama’s America: 2010 and Beyond”
Hosted by Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball,”
with featured guest Tom Joyner
MONDAY, JAN. 18
Texas Southern University
Doors Close at 7:30 p.m.
Live Broadcast from 9-11 p.m.
FREE ticket and Rice t-shirt
RSVP to Jan West at jan.f.west@rice.edu by Jan. 13 at 3 p.m.
Space is strictly limited to the first 100 Rice students, staff, faculty and their guests who RSVP by this deadline. Limited transportation will be available.
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7. Conversation Partner Program
Rice University’s Intensive English Program, offered through the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, is recruiting Conversation Partners. We have approximately 215 students from over 38 different countries in our English as a Second Language Program, all of whom are looking to meet native English speakers.
Our Conversation Partner Program is not a tutoring program. The main goal is our students to be able to practice English in an informal setting. The time commitment required may be as little as an hour a week. We will match you up with one of our 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.
Next session date: March 1.
If you are interested, please respond to fl@rice.edu by Friday, January 15, 2010.
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8. Play piano for RLOS and get paid
Interested in being a rehearsal pianist for a show?
RLOS (Rice Light Opera Society) is looking for a second rehearsal pianist for their spring production of the classic musical comedy The Mikado.Rehearsals are on Sundays to Thursdays from 7:30 pm to 9:00 or 9:30 PM. You would be responsible for 2 to 3 of these rehearsals each week from Mid-January to the end of March. Scheduling is negotiable.
You will also be paid $125 for your services.
If interested contact rlos@rice.edu for more details
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9. Lunch Discussion and Book Signing for "Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future"
Cody Sutton and Wesley Ward
Baker Institute Associate Roundtable Chairs
and the
Science and Technology Policy Program
of the
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University
cordially invite you to a lunch discussion and book signing for
Unscientific America
How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future
with author Chris Mooney
2009–2010 Knight Science Journalism Fellow,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Friday, February 5, 2010
12:30 pm
Doré Commons
James A. Baker III Hall, Rice University
Books will be provided for sale courtesy of Brazos Bookstore.
Invitation attached.
Please RSVP by fax to 713.348.5993, by e-mail to bipprsvp@rice.edu or on the Web
at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/mooney before Monday, February 1.
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10. International Summer Opportunities Information Sessions
International Summer Opportunities Information Sessions
Come learn about various programs and funding opportunities in international service at
our International Summer Opportunities Information Session!
The Loewenstern Fellowships, the International Service Project to Guatemala, the
Humanitarian Medical Outreach (HuMed) summer trips and the Leadership Rice -
International Summer Mentorship Experience placements in Paris and India will be covered
in detail during this information session.
Join us on Tuesday, January 12 OR Wednesday, January 13, 4:00-5:00pm, in the RMC 2nd
Floor Conference Room to learn about these exciting programs!
For more information - please visit the following web sites:
http://cic.rice.edu/loewenstern/
http://cic.rice.edu/isp/
http://leadership.rice.edu/
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11. SCS Call for Student Paper on Sustainable Development
Welcome back for Spring 2010!
We wanted to remind you to keep in mind the Shell Center for Sustainability's call for student independent research papers in the area of sustainable development.
Visit our Education page to find out details at http://shellcenter.rice.edu
If you missed our water sustainability conference last fall you can find presentations and webcasts under our Outreach page.
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12. Bain & Co. Summer Internship
My name is Jacob Teplin, a Jones college 2008 graduate in Economics. I am
writing to invite you to apply to Bain & Company, Inc., a top-tier
strategic management consulting firm. We are seeking students of all
majors who have exceptional scholastic records, strong interpersonal
skills, and active, diverse interests for the position of Associate
Consultant Intern.
Program highlights:
·Interns will be staffed on actual cases to work on the most
pressing issues faced by leading companies. Interns will work as members
of case teams in roles that vary by the team’s objective. Typical responsibilities include data gathering and analysis, interviewing
the client’s customers, competitors, and suppliers, and presenting the
findings to case team members.
·The Program is ten weeks long (June 7 to August 13) and
includes two weeks of training, ongoing coaching by colleagues and
case team members, and a large number of social outings. This position
is for the Dallas office.
·The Program is extremely competitive. All intern candidates
who are not selected are strongly encouraged to apply for the
full-time Associate Consultant position in fall 2010.
To apply, please prepare a resume with cumulative GPA and SAT/ACT
score broken out (e.g. verbal & math), a cover letter, and an
unofficial transcript. All majors are welcome to apply, but you must
be graduating in December 2010 or May/August 2011. Please submit your
application materials both to RICELINK and www.joinbain.com. Both
submissions must be completed by 11:59 PM on Monday, January 18, 2010
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Jacob Teplin
Associate Consultant
Economics, Jones ‘08
jacob.teplin@bain.com
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14. RICE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER FOCUS GROUP
Rice University is holding a series of focus groups meeting this Spring semester to assess the climate of the University for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) students. If you identify as LGBT, we want to hear your opinions and thoughts on the current status of and how to improve the campus climate for LGBT students!
The focus groups will be on the evenings of January 25, January 27, February 2, and February 4, and will last one to two hours. YOU ONLY NEED TO ATTEND ONE.
The meetings will be discussion-oriented and moderated by Rice Jr. Associate Provost Dr. Roland Smith. All meetings will be confidential. We are hoping to find approximately 35-40 LGBT-identifying students to participate overall.
If you are interested or for more information, please contact Sharon Bush at bush@rice.edu by January 22 and please indicate your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for meeting dates.
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Your secs,
Chethlyn
P.S.: Welcome back, Hanszen!
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