1. Holiday Fitness Seminar
2. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentations - Zhan, Ricondo, and Kaul
3. BABYSITTING/TUTORING POSITION AVAILABLE
4. CSS Talent Challenge '08
5. Rice for Peace Call-Ins to End Executions
6. CAN YOU HOOP?
7. Invitation to the RMC's 50th Anniversary Events
8. Dennis Huston Classes S08
9. Change your Password when you Change your Clocks
10. Private Eyes Opening Night
11. Rice Coffeehouse-- student-run fun
12. Super Smash Bros. Tournament
14. Fall Outreach Day is SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
15. Alternative Spring Break
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1a. LOLcat of the day: Jekyll And Hyde
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-as-cats.jpg
2a. Halliburton’s Pick: Why Dogs Bite Their Owners
http://www.kidsread.net/Halloween.html
3a. Play with Yourself: Transylmania
http://games.zeeks.com/game_transylmania.html?g=9008&category=0&level=0&trnstl=1&trnstl=1
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1. Holiday Fitness Seminar
Holiday Fitness Seminar:
Do you want to stay fit for all those calories and fat you'll be eating over Thanksgiving break? Do you want to get free t-shirts and resistance bands??? Then come to Keck Hall Room 101 for a HOLIDAY FITNESS SEMINAR. On November 5th, 12th, and 19th from 5:15 - 6:15pm, we'll teach you exercises without weights that you can do at home using resistance bands that will help fight off the pounds.
REGISTER at fitness@rice.edu for free resistance bands now!!!
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2. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentations - Zhan, Ricondo, and Kaul
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 7:00-8:00pm - Sewall Hall 307
Presenters: Steven Ricondo, Jennifer Zhan, and Bhavika Kaul
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 second of four sessions.
Those using Facebook may RSVP for the event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=36784761550. All others may RSVP to service@rice.edu.
Fellows' Backgrounds and Project Descriptions:
Jennifer Zhan, a junior studying Biochemistry and Cell Biology, volunteered at a local hospital in Quepos, Costa Rica, assisting the medical staff and helping to develop public health programs that empower women and children. She plans to pursue a M.D./M.P.H. joint degree after graduating from Rice University.
Bhavika Kaul volunteered at Fundación Lorenzo Milani, a NGO in Córdoba, Argentina that provides shelter and medical care for abused and abandoned children with disabilities. Additionally, she worked at Centro de Rehabilitación Argentine-Cubano where she helped patients who had suffered neurological trauma improve their quality of life through intensive therapy. She will pursue a joint MD/MPH at Baylor College of Medicine with a focus on international health after she completes her senior year at Rice as a Biochemistry & Cell Biology major.
Steven Ricondo worked on a reproductive health program in Quito, Ecuador that promoted women’s health and wellness. He is a senior who hopes to pursue a career as a doctor after finishing his degree in Health Science.
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3. BABYSITTING/TUTORING POSITION AVAILABLE
I am looking for a Rice student to spend couple of hours a week with my children. They are 5 years old. The engagement will be most of the times during the weekend in the afternoon or evening. We are flexible regarding the schedule. We live very close to the Rice campus.
Previous babysitting experience and CPR is a plus. Knowledge of greek, spanish, french, chinese, and chess or go is also a plus.
Please contact Lydia Kavraki: kavraki@rice.edu if you are interested with a telephone number where we can reach you.
Thank you,
Lydia Kavraki
kavraki@rice.edu
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4. CSS Talent Challenge '08
Can you sing, dance, do stand up comedy or play an instrument?
Do you want to win great prizes for yourself and a year’s worth of bragging rights for your college?
Then we want you!
The Caribbean Student Society (CSS) presents the CSS Talent Challenge ’08 on Saturday 8th November 2008. This is the first fundraiser for our disaster relief fund.
We invite individuals and groups to perform – 2 performers/groups will be accepted per college. Preliminary judging will be conducted by a panel and final judging by audience response – so come represent your college!
E-mail: cssrice@gmail.com with the following details to sign up:
- Name of performer(s)
- College
- Type of performance and any special set-up that may be required.
Entries will be accepted until Tuesday 4th November at noon.
Any questions may be sent to: cssrice@gmail.com
Thank you and we look forward to your entries!
Andrew Kumar
For the CSS Talent Challenge ’08 Committee
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5. Rice for Peace Call-Ins to End Executions
Act Now to End Executions!
Texas executes more than any other state. This fall, the state has been executing two inmates a week with six more scheduled for the year. Join Rice for Peace in demanding an end to executions! The Death Penalty does not deter crime, kills innocent people, targets the poor, costs more than a life sentence, uses violence to solve violence, and does not bring closure to victims' families.
You can ACT NOW! Call Texas Governor Rick Perry 1-800-252-9600 or drop him an email at governor.state.tx.us/contact/ on the day of every execution date: Nov 6, Nov 12, Nov 13, Nov 18, Nov 19, Nov 20. Together we can make a really huge difference! If you want to volunteer and join the movement for a peaceful society, email us at activism@rice.edu.
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6. CAN YOU HOOP?
The Rice Women’s Basketball team is looking for males to play on their scout team! You will get a great opportunity to play against Division I basketball players.
Required Time: 2-3 days a week (1 ½ hours each day)Perks: FREE NIKE STUFF
Call Coach Rebecca Kates today at 713-348-5678 or email at rkates@rice.edu to be a part of the Rice Owls 2008-2009 success this season!
Your support is greatly appreciated!
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7. Invitation to the RMC's 50th Anniversary Events
The RMC is celebrating 50 years of community building at Rice with a week of free events November 3rd – 7th. Please join us at whichever events fit your interests and availability.
RMC 50 Logo.jpg
Monday 11:30 am – 1:30 pm RMC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
with cake, refreshments and an “RMC Through the Years” Slide Show in the Grand Hall
Tuesday 10:30 pm – 1:30 am 90’s Coffeehouse “Rave”
in the Grand Hall
Wednesday 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm 80’s “The Norman Magic Experience”
in the Grand Hall
Go to www.normanmagic.com for a preview.
Wednesday 11:00 pm – 12:30 am Rice Memorial Center Trivia at Willy’s Pub
Thursday 9 pm – 2 am 70’s Pub Night
Willy’s Pub
Friday 11:30 am – 1 pm All Campus Picnic w/“The National”
on the Central Quad
There will be prizes (fleece blankets with the 50th anniversary logo embroidered on them and 50th anniversary coasters) at each event.
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8. Dennis Huston Classes S08
Potential Public Speakers Take Note
This year the sign-up for Dennis Huston?s section of Humanities 201 (Public Speaking) will be at 7:30 in the morning in room 332 of Herring Hall on Monday, November 10. Since at present there is room for only 16 people in this class, those who wish to take the course?who will eventually sign up in the order in which they arrive?will almost certainly have to be there long before 7:30 a.m. on Monday. Any student who arrives at Herring 332 when the class is filled may sign up as an alternate and go home, but the students who wish to be on the official role for the course must stay in Herring until I arrive on Monday morning at 7:30 to sign them up. All students except freshmen are eligible for this course. I promise I will get seniors out of Herring Hall in time to sign up for their next semester courses.
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9. Change your Password when you Change your Clocks
Please change your login password for all the Rice
University systems you access at least once or twice
a year.
One easy-to-remember guideline is to change your passwords
when you change your clocks. Daylight Saving Time ends
November 2, 2008, so the first week of November is a good
time to change your passwords.
Additional information about how unchanged passwords endanger
Rice systems and data can be found on the IT web site at:
http://www.rice.edu/it/security/passwords.html
Questions? Contact Marc Scarborough, Information
Security Officer, x5735 or marcs@rice.edu.
Thanks for helping make Rice safer for your
computer, your identity, and your data.
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10. Private Eyes Opening Night
COME JOIN US FOR OPENING NIGHT AND CELEBRATION!
NOVEMBER 7, 2008, 8 P.M.
SPECIAL ADMISSION: $5
Rice Players and the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts Theatre Program presents
Private Eyes by Steven Dietz
Directed by Julia Traber
Private Eyes is a comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems. Who is really having an affair with whom? Or is it all part of the play that's being rehearsed? Or, is it, for that matter, an elaborate therapy session? The audience itself plays the role of detective in this hilarious "relationship thriller" about love, lust and the power of deception.
The Rice Players, Rice's oldest collegiate theatre troupe, has teamed up with the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts Theatre Program for our first collaboration. The completely student run company has teamed up with other groups in the past, but this is the first co-production with the new Theatre Program, uniting two of the biggest theater groups with the most resources on Rice campus for the first time.
The director, Julia Traber has just been named the Associate Artistic Director of the Classical Theatre Company. Ms. Traber has worked as an actor, assistant director, director, and teaching artist for various local and regional professional theatres and educational institutions including: Alley Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Children's Theatre Festival, Main Street Youth Theatre, The Texas Repertory Theatre Co., Unhinged Productions, Unity Theatre, and the University of Houston. She created and directed the Alley Theatre's Young Performers Studio for several seasons and is currently a drama specialist for the International Baccalaureate program in the Aldine Independent School District and an adjunct faculty member of the Drama Department at San Jacinto College, South Campus.
Performances are Friday November 7th - 8th at 8pm, Sunday November 9th at 2pm; Thursday November 13th - 15th at 8pm. Tickets: Students $5, Rice Faculty, Staff & Senior Citizens $8, General Audience $10. Performances are at Hamman Hall. Tickets are available in advance by calling 713-348-PLAY.
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11. Rice Coffeehouse-- student-run fun
Drink of the month: Apple Cider
Coming soon: Honey Vanilla Lattes
We have half-pound retail bags of assorted Fair Trade and Organic Coffees at
our counter.
November Events:
Saturday, November 1
Help us celebrate Fair Trade month with a concert in Brown Garden. Special
guests David Ramirez and Ryan Parker will serenade you with their lovely
solo acts starting at 8pm. Come support independent artists and learn about
fair trade.
Tuesday, November 4
Election day rave! Come dance to the election and some electronic music as
the Coffeehouse celebrates 90s Night at Rice Memorial Center for their 50th
Anniversary Celebration during Homecoming Week! There will be free coffee
at the "energy bar" and election viewing all night long. Dance, dance,
dance the night away from 10:30-1am in the Grand Hall.
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12. Super Smash Bros. Tournament
This Saturday, November 1, is Rice's annual Super Smash Bros. tournament, sponsored by Fast Warp. The event will be happening at Martel College in the classrooms on the first floor. We will start signing people in at around 8:45 and we hope to start gameplay by 9:30. Entry is $5, and there will be prizes for the winners.
In addition to the individual tournament, we have three novelty tournaments that will prove to be immensely entertaining. All entrants into the main tournament are eligible to play in these as well.
Furthermore, we have an inter-college crew tournament for teams of up to five students from each of the nine (yes, nine) colleges to compete in. Each college needs one captain to lead the team through the tournament, and so far we only have captains from four of the nine. If you are at Hanszen, Wiess, Lovett, Jones, or Brown, and you are interested in becoming your college's captain, please e-mail icj1@rice.edu.
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14. Fall Outreach Day is SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
Hey everyone!
Fall Outreach Day is SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8. Outreach Day brings students together for service around the Houston community. This year, we have a variety of service agencies participating such as Houston Humane Society, Health Museum, and Hermann Park Conservancy. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED for participants.
Sign up before WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 at:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p81arsjYBRY0q9qwe9dK0LQ
Please e-mail riceoutreach@gmail.com with any questions. Thanks!
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15. Alternative Spring Break
Alternative Spring Break 2009
Want to do something meaningful for Spring Break? Don't settle for the ordinary, apply for an Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip! An ASB places teams of college students in communities to engage in service over spring breaks. Students perform short-term projects for community agencies and learn about issues such as literacy, poverty, hunger, homelessness, and the environment. Don't miss out on the SEVEN exciting domestic trips that are planned for this year! Site descriptions and applications are now available on the Community Involvement Center's web site (http://www.rice.edu/service) and the deadline to apply is 5:00pm on Monday, November 3. For more information, please contact Meg Goswami (meg.goswami@rice.edu).
In Mike and Casey We Trust
October 31, 2008
October 29, 2008
October 29 2008 Cabinet Minutes
Announcements
SA: Homecoming elections are this week – vote at lunch (for Hanszen’s own upper 60s). Thanksgiving rides to airport, find more rides on the sa website.
RPC: Esperanza tickets – buy your alcohol wristbands this week! Also buy your tickets.
CU @ CABS:
Sports: Freshman flag won their first playoff game. Playing for the championship soon! Hanszen women won first place at the swim meet! AND THE MEN SCORED 2 whole points!
Service: Trick or treat for canned goods this Friday. Meet at 6:45
Senior events: Big event at Buca di Bepo--- four spots left! Sign up today.
HMRC: Next Saturday is paintballing. Sign up on Joyce’s door. First 20 are subsidized for $10, everyone else for $15. No skills necessary.
Associates: Ben Braun, men’s
Spirit: Spirit Night this Saturday at 7:45 PM
Abbie says “vote dammit”. If you’re registered with your Rice address, vote in the RMC, Farnsworth Pavilion. 7 AM – 7 PM. Bring ID!!
Master’s Search Committee: Kicked off last night. We have several people interested. If you see someone who does not yet belong at Hanszen, say hello! Make them welcome. Also, applications are still being accepted. Talk to Ted if you have any good candidate ideas.
Bake Sale tomorrow in the RMC to support Greg Mortison’s stuff
Money Requests
Bleeding Hearts: $50 for a PAA study break, $60 for Matt Youn’s philanthropic outpourings
Alumni – whole budget for homecoming TG
HBTH - $450 for subsidizing Nutcracker Tickets
ALL APPROVED
Space Requests:
Christoph – Upper Commons – Thursday from 4 to 6 – Club Soccer Meeting
Abbie – Upper Commons – Nov. 12 at 8:15 – Dean Forman/Matt-Taylor-is-so-cool meeting
Puente – Upper Commons Classroom 201 – Sunday from 8 to 9 – BIOS 213 Recitation Session
ALL APPROVED
It’s Business Time:
Hanszen Gear: Fleeces and boxers! Key ring bottle openers for a dollar.
Congrats, Hanszen : no Hanszenites were arrested at NOD!
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! seriously.
SA: Homecoming elections are this week – vote at lunch (for Hanszen’s own upper 60s). Thanksgiving rides to airport, find more rides on the sa website.
RPC: Esperanza tickets – buy your alcohol wristbands this week! Also buy your tickets.
CU @ CABS:
Sports: Freshman flag won their first playoff game. Playing for the championship soon! Hanszen women won first place at the swim meet! AND THE MEN SCORED 2 whole points!
Service: Trick or treat for canned goods this Friday. Meet at 6:45
Senior events: Big event at Buca di Bepo--- four spots left! Sign up today.
HMRC: Next Saturday is paintballing. Sign up on Joyce’s door. First 20 are subsidized for $10, everyone else for $15. No skills necessary.
Associates: Ben Braun, men’s
Spirit: Spirit Night this Saturday at 7:45 PM
Abbie says “vote dammit”. If you’re registered with your Rice address, vote in the RMC, Farnsworth Pavilion. 7 AM – 7 PM. Bring ID!!
Master’s Search Committee: Kicked off last night. We have several people interested. If you see someone who does not yet belong at Hanszen, say hello! Make them welcome. Also, applications are still being accepted. Talk to Ted if you have any good candidate ideas.
Bake Sale tomorrow in the RMC to support Greg Mortison’s stuff
Money Requests
Bleeding Hearts: $50 for a PAA study break, $60 for Matt Youn’s philanthropic outpourings
Alumni – whole budget for homecoming TG
HBTH - $450 for subsidizing Nutcracker Tickets
ALL APPROVED
Space Requests:
Christoph – Upper Commons – Thursday from 4 to 6 – Club Soccer Meeting
Abbie – Upper Commons – Nov. 12 at 8:15 – Dean Forman/Matt-Taylor-is-so-cool meeting
Puente – Upper Commons Classroom 201 – Sunday from 8 to 9 – BIOS 213 Recitation Session
ALL APPROVED
It’s Business Time:
Hanszen Gear: Fleeces and boxers! Key ring bottle openers for a dollar.
Congrats, Hanszen : no Hanszenites were arrested at NOD!
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! seriously.
October 27, 2008
Monday's Funpage
1. BMES Meeting
2. Election Returns Viewing Party
3. Design a t-shirt, win a prize??
4. Rise Against Concert Canceled
5. Intercollegiate Recycling Competition
6. Compete in Apple Insomnia Film Festival--with help from the DMC
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1a. LOLcat of the day: Carjack
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-is-a-decoy-for-a-carjacking-committee.jpg
2a. Anastasia’s Pick of the Week: clown car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLlFd5KVoqQ
3a. Play with yourself: Monkey Bridge (Ignore the Japanese)
http://www.i-dac.com/game/animal/animal1.html
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1. BMES Meeting
The Biomedical Engineering Society will be holding our second meeting of the year next Wednesday, October 29th at 9:15pm in Duncan 1064. We will be discussing everything you will need to know about summer internships including where to look, when to apply, how to ask for recommendations letters, time tables, and how to get the one YOU want. Your favorite officers will be sharing about their research experience in the US and abroad. As always, goodies will be provided (TBA but cake is in the works).
Wednesday, Oct. 29
Duncan 1064
9:15-10:15 pm
See you there!
Benjamin Lu
BMES Treasurer
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2. Election Returns Viewing Party
Election Returns Viewing Party
Dore Commons, Baker Hall, Nov. 4th 7-11 PM
Join your fellow Rice students as we learn the outcome of this highly anticipated
election and celebrate American democracy.
Pizza, dessert, an election themed contest and plenty of political analysis co-sponsored
by the Dept. of Political Science and the Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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3. Design a t-shirt, win a prize??
PAIR, the Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees, needs a cool T-shirt design that's sharp and reflects our mission! So we're holding a t-shirt design CONTEST to get the best possible design!
PAIR offers educational and cultural opportunities to newly arrived refugee youth here in Houston. Visit our website at http://www.pairhouston.org to learn more.
Winner receives free t-shirt and GIFT CARD to Barnes and Noble!
Turn in submissions to gew4289@rice.edu by NOVEMBER 8. Good luck!
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4. Rise Against Concert Canceled
If you picked up a free ticket to tonight's Rise Against concert from
the RMC Info Desk, don't bother going because the show's been
canceled: http://www.ticketmaster.com/Rise-Against-tickets/artist/853603
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5. Intercollegiate Recycling Competition
The Intercollegiate Recycling Competition is taking place this week and next, October 27 - November 7th. You can help win cash for your college's green fund (to be put toward environmental projects) by recycling the most aluminum. At the end of the two weeks, the recycled aluminum will be brought to a recycling center and the earnings from all of the colleges will go to the winning college.
To kick off the Intercollegiate Recycling Competition there will be a study break on Tuesday, October 28, at 9:00 p.m. in the Kelley Lounge at the RMC (if you enter through the front doors of the RMC, take a right, pass by Coffee Shop, and we will be by the couches across the way). We will be talking about the benefits of recycling aluminum, eating FREE PIZZA, and watching an episode of The Simpsons about recycling.
Recap:
RECYCLE ALUMINUM and get MONEY for your college!
Study break with FREE PIZZA
October 28
9:00 P.M.
Kelley Lounge at the RMC
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6. Compete in Apple Insomnia Film Festival--with help from the DMC
On November 15, Apple will sponsor its annual Insomnia contest, in which students will have 24 hours to make a 3 minute movie that has at least 3 required elements. Winners receive new laptops, software, and glory. Fondren's Digital Media Center (DMC), the university's central computing lab for all things multimedia, wants to help Rice students win. If you're interested in working on your film at the DMC, we'll let you borrow camcorders, make available one of 6 video editing workstations, and provide training in editing video; we may even supply coffee and donuts. We'll stay open all 24 hours of the contest, but only if enough students express interest in competing. If you are interested, contact janezhao@rice.edu by Friday, November 7.
For more information, see http://www.apple.com/education/insomnia/ To see some fabulous films made by Rice teams for last year's contest, see http://library.rice.edu/services/digital_media_center/gallery/dmc-gallery
In Mike and Casey We Trust
2. Election Returns Viewing Party
3. Design a t-shirt, win a prize??
4. Rise Against Concert Canceled
5. Intercollegiate Recycling Competition
6. Compete in Apple Insomnia Film Festival--with help from the DMC
~
1a. LOLcat of the day: Carjack
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-is-a-decoy-for-a-carjacking-committee.jpg
2a. Anastasia’s Pick of the Week: clown car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLlFd5KVoqQ
3a. Play with yourself: Monkey Bridge (Ignore the Japanese)
http://www.i-dac.com/game/animal/animal1.html
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1. BMES Meeting
The Biomedical Engineering Society will be holding our second meeting of the year next Wednesday, October 29th at 9:15pm in Duncan 1064. We will be discussing everything you will need to know about summer internships including where to look, when to apply, how to ask for recommendations letters, time tables, and how to get the one YOU want. Your favorite officers will be sharing about their research experience in the US and abroad. As always, goodies will be provided (TBA but cake is in the works).
Wednesday, Oct. 29
Duncan 1064
9:15-10:15 pm
See you there!
Benjamin Lu
BMES Treasurer
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2. Election Returns Viewing Party
Election Returns Viewing Party
Dore Commons, Baker Hall, Nov. 4th 7-11 PM
Join your fellow Rice students as we learn the outcome of this highly anticipated
election and celebrate American democracy.
Pizza, dessert, an election themed contest and plenty of political analysis co-sponsored
by the Dept. of Political Science and the Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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3. Design a t-shirt, win a prize??
PAIR, the Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees, needs a cool T-shirt design that's sharp and reflects our mission! So we're holding a t-shirt design CONTEST to get the best possible design!
PAIR offers educational and cultural opportunities to newly arrived refugee youth here in Houston. Visit our website at http://www.pairhouston.org to learn more.
Winner receives free t-shirt and GIFT CARD to Barnes and Noble!
Turn in submissions to gew4289@rice.edu by NOVEMBER 8. Good luck!
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4. Rise Against Concert Canceled
If you picked up a free ticket to tonight's Rise Against concert from
the RMC Info Desk, don't bother going because the show's been
canceled: http://www.ticketmaster.com/Rise-Against-tickets/artist/853603
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5. Intercollegiate Recycling Competition
The Intercollegiate Recycling Competition is taking place this week and next, October 27 - November 7th. You can help win cash for your college's green fund (to be put toward environmental projects) by recycling the most aluminum. At the end of the two weeks, the recycled aluminum will be brought to a recycling center and the earnings from all of the colleges will go to the winning college.
To kick off the Intercollegiate Recycling Competition there will be a study break on Tuesday, October 28, at 9:00 p.m. in the Kelley Lounge at the RMC (if you enter through the front doors of the RMC, take a right, pass by Coffee Shop, and we will be by the couches across the way). We will be talking about the benefits of recycling aluminum, eating FREE PIZZA, and watching an episode of The Simpsons about recycling.
Recap:
RECYCLE ALUMINUM and get MONEY for your college!
Study break with FREE PIZZA
October 28
9:00 P.M.
Kelley Lounge at the RMC
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6. Compete in Apple Insomnia Film Festival--with help from the DMC
On November 15, Apple will sponsor its annual Insomnia contest, in which students will have 24 hours to make a 3 minute movie that has at least 3 required elements. Winners receive new laptops, software, and glory. Fondren's Digital Media Center (DMC), the university's central computing lab for all things multimedia, wants to help Rice students win. If you're interested in working on your film at the DMC, we'll let you borrow camcorders, make available one of 6 video editing workstations, and provide training in editing video; we may even supply coffee and donuts. We'll stay open all 24 hours of the contest, but only if enough students express interest in competing. If you are interested, contact janezhao@rice.edu by Friday, November 7.
For more information, see http://www.apple.com/education/insomnia/ To see some fabulous films made by Rice teams for last year's contest, see http://library.rice.edu/services/digital_media_center/gallery/dmc-gallery
In Mike and Casey We Trust
October 22, 2008
October 22nd Cabinet Minutes
Announcements:
SA: Homecoming elections are coming up. Email Tim Faust (awesome@rice.com) with your nominations.
RPC: This Friday is night at the Museum. Buy Esperanza tickets starting on Monday.
CU @ CABS:
Sports: Freshman flag finished season 4-0. Powderpuff beat Wiess this weekend. Both are on their ways to the playoffs
WAY TO GO HANSZEN SWIM TEAM!
HMRC: Paintball event Oct. 31st. First 20 people subsidized for about ten bucks. Talk to Aditya about his great idea, a hot dog eating contest.
Spirit: November 1st at night Roller Blading! RSVP.
NOD: Bring your rice ID. Don’t loiter on the balconies. There will be some smoking sections (eww). Make sure you are comfortable in your lewd outfits before you drink. Fur pasties? Costume contest at 10:30 with cash prizes. No open containers. Don’t be stupid. Buy tickets for eight dollars before, ten dollars at the door. Buy t-shirts. Work security.
PAAs: Scholarship info session from 12:00-1:00 next Tuesday. Farnsworth Pavilion.
Hanszen Halloween: This Friday at 9:00
Teach for America career panel: Thursday at 6:30 at pub
Money Requests:
Spirit: $1600 for spirit night. APPROVED
Space Requests:
Wiess - Area in front of Hanszen - NOD Security and Wristbands APPROVED
It’s Business Time:
Abbie: College night needs to calm down. Other colleges are already getting in trouble, we don’t want to get in bigger trouble. We have gotten a warning. If it continues to get out of hand, shit.
Officer Graham: Has the alcohol policy changed? No, but if you’re not following it, don’t be stupid about it. Some officers are more strict than others, but don’t piss them off. Stay in your rooms, don’t vomit on officers’ shoes.
Abbie’s final advice: breathe on Sara, not a police officer.
SA: Homecoming elections are coming up. Email Tim Faust (awesome@rice.com) with your nominations.
RPC: This Friday is night at the Museum. Buy Esperanza tickets starting on Monday.
CU @ CABS:
Sports: Freshman flag finished season 4-0. Powderpuff beat Wiess this weekend. Both are on their ways to the playoffs
WAY TO GO HANSZEN SWIM TEAM!
HMRC: Paintball event Oct. 31st. First 20 people subsidized for about ten bucks. Talk to Aditya about his great idea, a hot dog eating contest.
Spirit: November 1st at night Roller Blading! RSVP.
NOD: Bring your rice ID. Don’t loiter on the balconies. There will be some smoking sections (eww). Make sure you are comfortable in your lewd outfits before you drink. Fur pasties? Costume contest at 10:30 with cash prizes. No open containers. Don’t be stupid. Buy tickets for eight dollars before, ten dollars at the door. Buy t-shirts. Work security.
PAAs: Scholarship info session from 12:00-1:00 next Tuesday. Farnsworth Pavilion.
Hanszen Halloween: This Friday at 9:00
Teach for America career panel: Thursday at 6:30 at pub
Money Requests:
Spirit: $1600 for spirit night. APPROVED
Space Requests:
Wiess - Area in front of Hanszen - NOD Security and Wristbands APPROVED
It’s Business Time:
Abbie: College night needs to calm down. Other colleges are already getting in trouble, we don’t want to get in bigger trouble. We have gotten a warning. If it continues to get out of hand, shit.
Officer Graham: Has the alcohol policy changed? No, but if you’re not following it, don’t be stupid about it. Some officers are more strict than others, but don’t piss them off. Stay in your rooms, don’t vomit on officers’ shoes.
Abbie’s final advice: breathe on Sara, not a police officer.
October 21, 2008
Tuesday's Funpage
1. NOD Cart Drivers
2. NOD Tickets
3. The Informed Voter
4. Submit Nominations for Homecoming 2008
5. Free ice cream at the Sexual Health Resources Panel
6. Lindy Hop class pushed back a week
7. Slow Burn Halloween Show: Friday at 9pm
8. Investment Club Announcement
9. LOOK GOOD FOR LITERACY Henna Fundraiser
~
1a. LOLcat of the Day: Cookie
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-dropped-his-cookie-in-a-glass-of-milk.jpg
2a. Linky Link: Tina meets Palin
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/gov-palin-cold-open/773761/
3a. Play with Yourself: Break it
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/play/1118/
---------------------------------------------
1. NOD Cart Drivers
So, NOD is coming up this Saturday, October 25, and traditionally, SOAR (Students Organized Against Rape) provides carts to transport NOD-goers safely back to their respective colleges throughout the party. This year, the Sexual Violence Prevention Committee of CAPP (College Assistance Peer Program) is taking over. If you are interested in being a NOD (golf) cart driver, email me (sws2@rice.edu) by Thursday, October 23. We need about 24 drivers (2 drivers each for 3 carts per 1 hour shift). I will accept drivers on a first-email, first-serve basis.
REQUIREMENTS TO BE A NOD (golf) CART DRIVER:
1. email me your shift prefence (10-11pm, 11pm-12am, 12-1am, or 1 2:30am)
2. attend a MANDATORY training session this Friday, October 24, from 4-5pm in Sewall Hall 301
3. show up for your shift SOBER
Thanks!--
Selim Sheikh
CAPP Sexual Violence Prevention Committee Chair
---------------------------------------------
2. NOD Tickets
Calling all Horny Heroes and Villainous Vixens!
NOD tickets will be on sale this week in your commons during lunch.
Tickets will be $8 each, $10 at the door.
AGAIN BRING YOUR RICE ID TO NOD.
See you all on Saturday!
Thanks!
Your NOD Coordinators
---------------------------------------------
3. The Informed Voter
With the presidential election only two weeks away, the cast of The Informed Voter invites you to watch our original play that we?ve researched and written. With entertaining discussion of both candidates? policies, their VP candidates, and other important topics, The Informed Voter is a perfect way to learn a little something before you vote. We promise, it?s a fun, unique way to hear about politics -- without all the ranting, raving, and bias opinions.
So remember?
THE INFORMED VOTER
THURS. OCT. 23rd & FRI. OCT. 24th
8PM
BROWN COLLEGE COMMONS
---------------------------------------------
4. Submit Nominations for Homecoming 2008
Hey Rice,
It's true that NOD is just around the corner, we can almost touch Halloween, and the 2008 election is within spitting range, but let's focus on something more important for a second: the Rice Homecoming Election. Each year, a couple of people/places/things, in utmost dignity, have the supreme honor of being crowned Rice Homecoming King and Queen. (Last year's winners were Todd Graham and the green fences). Voting for Homecoming will take place in the days before Halloween, but you can't vote if we don't have a ballot! Submit your nominees for Homecoming King or Queen to Student Association Election Chair Timothy Faust at awesome@rice.edu by Saturday, October 25, and try to get your candidate on the ballot!
Best,
Timothy Faust
SA Elections Chair
---------------------------------------------
5. Free ice cream at the Sexual Health Resources Panel
Who knew you can get condoms from over 21 locations on campus?
Come to the Sexual Health Resources Panel in the Sid Rich Commons this Tuesday, October 21, at 9:00 pm to learn more about the resources available to you on campus and in Houston, including condoms, Plan B, STD testing, abortion services, adoption agencies, relationship counseling and pregnancy counseling. Dr. McKelvey from Health Services and student representatives will be present to talk about sexual health on campus.
There will also be free ice cream and condoms!!
Please come, especially freshman! We know its hard to pay attention during all the O-week presentations, and a lot of this information isn't covered. It will be a short, laid back event...
Any questions? Email Dayna Fondell at dfondell@rice.edu
Brought to you by Rice for Choice.
---------------------------------------------
6. Lindy Hop class pushed back a week
RSDS is expanding the number of classes offered! A beginners' Lindy Hop class will begin on THURSDAY, OCT 30th at 8:00.
Lindy Hop is an 8-count dance, which is the classic original swing dance begun in the first part of the 20th century. More info at: rsds.rice.edu
If you can't wait that long, come out and dance with us this Thursday (Oct. 23) starting at 6:30 in Ray Courtyard (no lessons, just music). Or check out one of our other classes on the site.
---------------------------------------------
7. Slow Burn Halloween Show: Friday at 9pm
What's better than Halloween? Nothing! But Slow Burn's Halloween show should come pretty close. Slow Burn is Rice's longform improvisation troupe: with one suggestion, we make twenty- to thirty-minute stories with no preparation and from the tops of our heads and tips of our tongues. We have a pretty stellar lineup for this show, featuring some brand-new forms never before seen at Rice. Come prepared to enjoy yourself and leave taller, stronger, and with more clearly-defined abs.
SLOW BURN
Friday, October 24 (the day before NOD - make a wise choice the night before you make a series of terrible choices)
9 - 10.05 pm
Herring Hall 100
(We'll even have some Halloween candy. What other performance groups give you free candy? None of them. Not even the Phils. Take that, 'Africa'.)
---------------------------------------------
8. Investment Club Announcement
LEARN HOW TO MAKE $ MONEY $ - JOIN THE INVESTMENT SOCIETY!!!
Learn how to make your millions through trading in the stock market! You will be given an opportunity to learn about stocks and take part in fun activities such as a Virtual Stock Exchange Competition. Come and help discuss club goals and let your input and ideas be heard. You can RSVP or direct your questions to RiceInvestment@gmail.com. Come by and check it out if you think you?re interested in investing or the stock market (and to get some free food).
NO KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED ? BEGINNERS ARE WELCOME!!!
The first meeting will take place on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28th, AT 9:00pm IN THE MARTEL PRIVATE DINING ROOM (the room on the second floor dining hall in the commons). Bring a friend!!!
---------------------------------------------
9. LOOK GOOD FOR LITERACY Henna Fundraiser
Saturday October 25, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm @ Hanszen & Martel Commons
Were you impressed with the efforts made by author and social leader Greg Mortenson towards literacy in Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Did you want to know how you could help?
Rice University's Muslim Students Association and South Asian Society are teaming up to sell Henna tattoos THIS SATURDAY! The profits will go straight towards the Central Asian Institute and to building schools in Pakistan!
Cost: $3 for 1 design; $5 for full hand
In Mike and Casey We Trust
2. NOD Tickets
3. The Informed Voter
4. Submit Nominations for Homecoming 2008
5. Free ice cream at the Sexual Health Resources Panel
6. Lindy Hop class pushed back a week
7. Slow Burn Halloween Show: Friday at 9pm
8. Investment Club Announcement
9. LOOK GOOD FOR LITERACY Henna Fundraiser
~
1a. LOLcat of the Day: Cookie
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-dropped-his-cookie-in-a-glass-of-milk.jpg
2a. Linky Link: Tina meets Palin
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/gov-palin-cold-open/773761/
3a. Play with Yourself: Break it
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/play/1118/
---------------------------------------------
1. NOD Cart Drivers
So, NOD is coming up this Saturday, October 25, and traditionally, SOAR (Students Organized Against Rape) provides carts to transport NOD-goers safely back to their respective colleges throughout the party. This year, the Sexual Violence Prevention Committee of CAPP (College Assistance Peer Program) is taking over. If you are interested in being a NOD (golf) cart driver, email me (sws2@rice.edu) by Thursday, October 23. We need about 24 drivers (2 drivers each for 3 carts per 1 hour shift). I will accept drivers on a first-email, first-serve basis.
REQUIREMENTS TO BE A NOD (golf) CART DRIVER:
1. email me your shift prefence (10-11pm, 11pm-12am, 12-1am, or 1 2:30am)
2. attend a MANDATORY training session this Friday, October 24, from 4-5pm in Sewall Hall 301
3. show up for your shift SOBER
Thanks!--
Selim Sheikh
CAPP Sexual Violence Prevention Committee Chair
---------------------------------------------
2. NOD Tickets
Calling all Horny Heroes and Villainous Vixens!
NOD tickets will be on sale this week in your commons during lunch.
Tickets will be $8 each, $10 at the door.
AGAIN BRING YOUR RICE ID TO NOD.
See you all on Saturday!
Thanks!
Your NOD Coordinators
---------------------------------------------
3. The Informed Voter
With the presidential election only two weeks away, the cast of The Informed Voter invites you to watch our original play that we?ve researched and written. With entertaining discussion of both candidates? policies, their VP candidates, and other important topics, The Informed Voter is a perfect way to learn a little something before you vote. We promise, it?s a fun, unique way to hear about politics -- without all the ranting, raving, and bias opinions.
So remember?
THE INFORMED VOTER
THURS. OCT. 23rd & FRI. OCT. 24th
8PM
BROWN COLLEGE COMMONS
---------------------------------------------
4. Submit Nominations for Homecoming 2008
Hey Rice,
It's true that NOD is just around the corner, we can almost touch Halloween, and the 2008 election is within spitting range, but let's focus on something more important for a second: the Rice Homecoming Election. Each year, a couple of people/places/things, in utmost dignity, have the supreme honor of being crowned Rice Homecoming King and Queen. (Last year's winners were Todd Graham and the green fences). Voting for Homecoming will take place in the days before Halloween, but you can't vote if we don't have a ballot! Submit your nominees for Homecoming King or Queen to Student Association Election Chair Timothy Faust at awesome@rice.edu by Saturday, October 25, and try to get your candidate on the ballot!
Best,
Timothy Faust
SA Elections Chair
---------------------------------------------
5. Free ice cream at the Sexual Health Resources Panel
Who knew you can get condoms from over 21 locations on campus?
Come to the Sexual Health Resources Panel in the Sid Rich Commons this Tuesday, October 21, at 9:00 pm to learn more about the resources available to you on campus and in Houston, including condoms, Plan B, STD testing, abortion services, adoption agencies, relationship counseling and pregnancy counseling. Dr. McKelvey from Health Services and student representatives will be present to talk about sexual health on campus.
There will also be free ice cream and condoms!!
Please come, especially freshman! We know its hard to pay attention during all the O-week presentations, and a lot of this information isn't covered. It will be a short, laid back event...
Any questions? Email Dayna Fondell at dfondell@rice.edu
Brought to you by Rice for Choice.
---------------------------------------------
6. Lindy Hop class pushed back a week
RSDS is expanding the number of classes offered! A beginners' Lindy Hop class will begin on THURSDAY, OCT 30th at 8:00.
Lindy Hop is an 8-count dance, which is the classic original swing dance begun in the first part of the 20th century. More info at: rsds.rice.edu
If you can't wait that long, come out and dance with us this Thursday (Oct. 23) starting at 6:30 in Ray Courtyard (no lessons, just music). Or check out one of our other classes on the site.
---------------------------------------------
7. Slow Burn Halloween Show: Friday at 9pm
What's better than Halloween? Nothing! But Slow Burn's Halloween show should come pretty close. Slow Burn is Rice's longform improvisation troupe: with one suggestion, we make twenty- to thirty-minute stories with no preparation and from the tops of our heads and tips of our tongues. We have a pretty stellar lineup for this show, featuring some brand-new forms never before seen at Rice. Come prepared to enjoy yourself and leave taller, stronger, and with more clearly-defined abs.
SLOW BURN
Friday, October 24 (the day before NOD - make a wise choice the night before you make a series of terrible choices)
9 - 10.05 pm
Herring Hall 100
(We'll even have some Halloween candy. What other performance groups give you free candy? None of them. Not even the Phils. Take that, 'Africa'.)
---------------------------------------------
8. Investment Club Announcement
LEARN HOW TO MAKE $ MONEY $ - JOIN THE INVESTMENT SOCIETY!!!
Learn how to make your millions through trading in the stock market! You will be given an opportunity to learn about stocks and take part in fun activities such as a Virtual Stock Exchange Competition. Come and help discuss club goals and let your input and ideas be heard. You can RSVP or direct your questions to RiceInvestment@gmail.com. Come by and check it out if you think you?re interested in investing or the stock market (and to get some free food).
NO KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED ? BEGINNERS ARE WELCOME!!!
The first meeting will take place on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28th, AT 9:00pm IN THE MARTEL PRIVATE DINING ROOM (the room on the second floor dining hall in the commons). Bring a friend!!!
---------------------------------------------
9. LOOK GOOD FOR LITERACY Henna Fundraiser
Saturday October 25, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm @ Hanszen & Martel Commons
Were you impressed with the efforts made by author and social leader Greg Mortenson towards literacy in Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Did you want to know how you could help?
Rice University's Muslim Students Association and South Asian Society are teaming up to sell Henna tattoos THIS SATURDAY! The profits will go straight towards the Central Asian Institute and to building schools in Pakistan!
Cost: $3 for 1 design; $5 for full hand
In Mike and Casey We Trust
October 16, 2008
Thursday's Funpage
1. 2008 Thanksgiving Shuttle to Hobby Airport
2. Early Voting in Harris County
3. Intramural Fields
4. Rice ESL Conversation Partner Program
5. Annual Rice Intramural Golf Tournament
6. Spring 2009 EMT-Basic
7. "The Grove" Opening Celebration
8. Lost iPhone - $100 reward
9. Jones College Theater
10. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentation
11. Taiwanese New Wave Cinema: Films by Hou Hsiao-hsien
12. NOD Security: superheroes, good stories and Netflix
~
1a. LOLcat of the Day: Pee http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-dog-asks-cat-why-he-got-kicked-out.jpg
2a. XKCD: Google
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/going_west.png
3a. Play with Yourself: Bugs, it’s better than you think
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bugs.htm
---------------------------------------------
1. 2008 Thanksgiving Shuttle to Hobby Airport
The Transportation and Parking Department will provide free shuttle service to the Hobby Airport only on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 as follows:
Departure from circular drive outside the Student Center (RMC).
9 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, 1:30 pm, 3 pm, 4:30pm
On Sunday November 30, 2008, the shuttle will pick up students returning to Rice University.
Pickup time from Hobby Airport is as follows:
1 pm, 2:30 pm, 4 pm, 5:30 pm, 7 pm, 8:30 pm.
Let me know if you have any questions at 713-348-5223 or 5996.
---------------------------------------------
2. Early Voting in Harris County
Flyer Attached, for real
---------------------------------------------
3. Intramural Fields
All intramural fields except O’Connor will be open for recreational use. O’Connor will remain closed until further notice. If you have any questions please feel free to let me know.
---------------------------------------------
4. Rice ESL 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 195 students from over 30 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.
Our next session dates: October 30 – December 18.
If you are interested, please respond to fl@rice.edu by October 24, 2008.
---------------------------------------------
5. Annual Rice Intramural Golf Tournament
Rice Intramural Sports will be hosting its 12th Annual Golf Tournament at Clear Creek Golf course on Oct. 25th. All faculty/staff and students are encouraged to participate! This event is a 4-man scramble with an 8 A.M. shotgun start. Intramural Sports will be covering most of the cost but there will be a small entry fee of $20.00 for faculty/staff and $15.00 for all students. This nominal fee covers green and cart fees, range balls, and all door and placement prizes. The top three teams will receive prizes as well as individual contest winners (longest drive, closest to the pin, longest putt). We will be accepting submissions until Thursday Oct. 23rd, so please visit http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/ims/ to register your team now! If you have any questions or need any other information please feel free to contact me at anytime.
---------------------------------------------
6. Spring 2009 EMT-Basic
Applications for the Spring 2009 EMT-Basic class are available in all of the colleges as well as on the REMS website, http://rems.rice.edu All applications must be received by 5pm on Monday, October 20 at the Police Station.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at pjr1@
---------------------------------------------
7. "The Grove" Opening Celebration
“The ‘John and Anne’ Grove”
This green space, the main axis of the south residential colleges, is where benefactors John ’63 and Anne d’Olier Mullen ’64 first met in fall 1960. More than 40 years later, the area has undergone a makeover.
Join us for an opening celebration followed by festivities among the oaks.
Friday, October 24 4–5:30 p.m. Casual dress
---------------------------------------------
8. Lost iPhone - $100 reward
This past weekend I recently lost my phone on campus, more specifically the area bounded by Baker, Sid Rich and Hanszen. I know someone found the phone as I combed through the grass for 4 hours within an hour of losing it off my belt. The phone is a White iPhone and it was in a black belt clip case that was leather and had a flap at the top with velcro (you can see it's white through small openings in the case). My ID card was also in the case. It's essential that I find this phone so I ask if anyone found it if they could return it for a generous reward of $100 dollars. The phone is passcode locked anyway. If found can you please call me at (917) 868-3127 or email me at mjb4@rice.edu
$100 dollar reward for the phone in working condition (it's useless to me if it's broke)
---------------------------------------------
9. Jones College Theater
Jones College Theater is looking for talented actors and tech crews for the spring production, the Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder! If you've ever wanted to be in a play, this is your chance!
The last day of AUDITIONS are going to be Thursday, October 16th at 7pm in South Jones Library. Come on out if you have any interest whatsoever in helping out with this production!
If you have any questions, email Hermione at heg1@rice.edu
---------------------------------------------
10. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentation
Over the summer 2008, ten 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 names of the Fellows and descriptions of their projects are available on the Community Involvement Center's web site at http://www.rice.edu/service/0809loewenstern.htm.
The 2008-09 class of Fellows will present to the Rice University community information on their experiences while abroad on the following dates:
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 7:00-8:00pm - Sewall Hall 305
Presenters: Alfredo Gutierrez and Mark Yurewicz
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 7:00-8:00pm - Sewall Hall 307
Presenters: Steven Ricondo, Jennifer Zhan, and Bhavika Kaul
Monday, February 16, 2009 - 7:00-8:00pm - Location TBA
Presenters: Julia Lukomnik and Anna Roberts
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 7:00-8:00pm - Location TBA
Presenters: Michael Puente and Tiffany Yeh
---------------------------------------------
11. Taiwanese New Wave Cinema: Films by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Announcing:
Taiwanese New Wave Cinema: Films by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Rice University
Department of Visual & Dramatic Arts
Rice Media Center, Film auditorium
October 24-26, 2008
About the event:
In partnership with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office – Houston, the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, Film Program takes a look at Taiwanese New Wave Cinema through a selection of films by legendary director Hou Hsiao-hsien. This film series includes an opening night reception and panel discussion. All events are free and open to the public and will take place in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, Rice Media Center building. For more information, see the schedule below.
About Hou Hsiao-hsien:
Hou Hsiao-hsien was born in Mei County, Guangdong Province, China in 1947. He and his family fled the Chinese Civil War to Taiwan the following year. Hou was educated at the National Taiwan Academy of Arts. Hou generally makes rigorously minimalist dramas dealing with the upheavals of Taiwanese (and occasionally larger Chinese) history of the past century by viewing its impacts on individuals or small groups of characters.
Schedule:
October 24, 2008
Opening Reception, 6:00 p.m.
Film Screening, 7:00 p.m.
CITY OF SADNESS, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien (1989, 157 minutes, In Taiwanese/Mandarin with English Subtitles)
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s magnificent 1989 film A City of Sadness brings to light the truth about the 1947 massacre known as “the 228 incident.” Winner of the Golden Lion Award at the 1989 Venice Film Festival, A City of Sadness treats one of the key issues of Taiwanese history, yet it is not a political film. It focuses, not on the bloodshed, but on the consequences for a particular family and how individual experience is impacted by the flow of time and history.
October 25, 2008
Film Screening, 7:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion follows the film. Panelists include Dr. Chao-Mei Shen from the Department of Languages, Dr. Charles Dove from the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, Film at Rice University, and Ms. Alicia Liu, Journalist
DAUGHTER OF THE NILE, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien (1987, 91 minutes, In Taiwanese/Mandarin with English Subtitles)
This is a compelling Taiwanese drama about a wistful schoolgirl (Yang Lin) who is peripherally involved in a teenaged crime ring. She escapes from the harshness of her surrounding reality by reading her favorite comic books, “Daughter of the Nile.” Despite its inherent whimsical nature, the film is a straight-on look at urban decay in modern Taiwan. Daughter of the Nile was originally released as Nilouhe Nuer. Panel discussion follows the film.
October 26, 2008
Film Screening, 7:00 p.m.
THREE TIMES, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien (2005, 91 minutes, In Taiwanese/Mandarin with English Subtitles)
What is the best of time? It is a moment of euphoria that shall never return again. We do not yearn for it because it was the best time beyond comparison; on the contrary, it is yearned for because we have forever lost it. We could only reminisce about it in our memory, and thus it becomes the best of all times beyond comparison. Three different time periods, three stories, and the same three-time actor and actress play out the two lead roles, evoking a sentimental tale of a three-reincarnation of an unfinished love…
For More Information:
Please contact the Department of Visual & Dramatic Arts @ Rice University
713-348-4882
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12. NOD Security: superheroes, good stories and Netflix
Hey, Wiess needs your help!
Join the Security team for KryptoNOD! Here are a few reasons to consider working NOD Security:
* Curious about this Wiess tradition? Experience NOD, without actually participating!
* Could use a new t-shirt? Get a cool, FREE t-shirt when you work Security!
* Love movies? Sign up for the chance to win a semester's subscription to Netflix!
* Broke college student? Draw for awesome giftcards!
* Get the munchies late at night? Eat some great food the night of the party!
* Superheroes rock your world? Dress up as your favorite hero and protect Rice students on this crazy night
* Enjoy telling a good story? There's no better opportunity for good stories than NOD!
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you should sign up for NOD Security! NOD is the most notorious party at Rice, but also the safest. Please help us maintain this tradition by signing up on the lists posted in your Commons!
See you on October 25th (10pm-2am)!
KryptoNOD Security Coordinators
Roxy, Erin, Kelley and Tiff
PS. please email roxy.loza@rice.edu if you have any questions about NOD Security :)
In Mike and Casey We Trust
2. Early Voting in Harris County
3. Intramural Fields
4. Rice ESL Conversation Partner Program
5. Annual Rice Intramural Golf Tournament
6. Spring 2009 EMT-Basic
7. "The Grove" Opening Celebration
8. Lost iPhone - $100 reward
9. Jones College Theater
10. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentation
11. Taiwanese New Wave Cinema: Films by Hou Hsiao-hsien
12. NOD Security: superheroes, good stories and Netflix
~
1a. LOLcat of the Day: Pee http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-dog-asks-cat-why-he-got-kicked-out.jpg
2a. XKCD: Google
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/going_west.png
3a. Play with Yourself: Bugs, it’s better than you think
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bugs.htm
---------------------------------------------
1. 2008 Thanksgiving Shuttle to Hobby Airport
The Transportation and Parking Department will provide free shuttle service to the Hobby Airport only on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 as follows:
Departure from circular drive outside the Student Center (RMC).
9 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, 1:30 pm, 3 pm, 4:30pm
On Sunday November 30, 2008, the shuttle will pick up students returning to Rice University.
Pickup time from Hobby Airport is as follows:
1 pm, 2:30 pm, 4 pm, 5:30 pm, 7 pm, 8:30 pm.
Let me know if you have any questions at 713-348-5223 or 5996.
---------------------------------------------
2. Early Voting in Harris County
Flyer Attached, for real
---------------------------------------------
3. Intramural Fields
All intramural fields except O’Connor will be open for recreational use. O’Connor will remain closed until further notice. If you have any questions please feel free to let me know.
---------------------------------------------
4. Rice ESL 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 195 students from over 30 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.
Our next session dates: October 30 – December 18.
If you are interested, please respond to fl@rice.edu by October 24, 2008.
---------------------------------------------
5. Annual Rice Intramural Golf Tournament
Rice Intramural Sports will be hosting its 12th Annual Golf Tournament at Clear Creek Golf course on Oct. 25th. All faculty/staff and students are encouraged to participate! This event is a 4-man scramble with an 8 A.M. shotgun start. Intramural Sports will be covering most of the cost but there will be a small entry fee of $20.00 for faculty/staff and $15.00 for all students. This nominal fee covers green and cart fees, range balls, and all door and placement prizes. The top three teams will receive prizes as well as individual contest winners (longest drive, closest to the pin, longest putt). We will be accepting submissions until Thursday Oct. 23rd, so please visit http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/ims/ to register your team now! If you have any questions or need any other information please feel free to contact me at anytime.
---------------------------------------------
6. Spring 2009 EMT-Basic
Applications for the Spring 2009 EMT-Basic class are available in all of the colleges as well as on the REMS website, http://rems.rice.edu All applications must be received by 5pm on Monday, October 20 at the Police Station.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at pjr1@
---------------------------------------------
7. "The Grove" Opening Celebration
“The ‘John and Anne’ Grove”
This green space, the main axis of the south residential colleges, is where benefactors John ’63 and Anne d’Olier Mullen ’64 first met in fall 1960. More than 40 years later, the area has undergone a makeover.
Join us for an opening celebration followed by festivities among the oaks.
Friday, October 24 4–5:30 p.m. Casual dress
---------------------------------------------
8. Lost iPhone - $100 reward
This past weekend I recently lost my phone on campus, more specifically the area bounded by Baker, Sid Rich and Hanszen. I know someone found the phone as I combed through the grass for 4 hours within an hour of losing it off my belt. The phone is a White iPhone and it was in a black belt clip case that was leather and had a flap at the top with velcro (you can see it's white through small openings in the case). My ID card was also in the case. It's essential that I find this phone so I ask if anyone found it if they could return it for a generous reward of $100 dollars. The phone is passcode locked anyway. If found can you please call me at (917) 868-3127 or email me at mjb4@rice.edu
$100 dollar reward for the phone in working condition (it's useless to me if it's broke)
---------------------------------------------
9. Jones College Theater
Jones College Theater is looking for talented actors and tech crews for the spring production, the Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder! If you've ever wanted to be in a play, this is your chance!
The last day of AUDITIONS are going to be Thursday, October 16th at 7pm in South Jones Library. Come on out if you have any interest whatsoever in helping out with this production!
If you have any questions, email Hermione at heg1@rice.edu
---------------------------------------------
10. Loewenstern Fellowship Presentation
Over the summer 2008, ten 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 names of the Fellows and descriptions of their projects are available on the Community Involvement Center's web site at http://www.rice.edu/service/0809loewenstern.htm.
The 2008-09 class of Fellows will present to the Rice University community information on their experiences while abroad on the following dates:
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 7:00-8:00pm - Sewall Hall 305
Presenters: Alfredo Gutierrez and Mark Yurewicz
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 7:00-8:00pm - Sewall Hall 307
Presenters: Steven Ricondo, Jennifer Zhan, and Bhavika Kaul
Monday, February 16, 2009 - 7:00-8:00pm - Location TBA
Presenters: Julia Lukomnik and Anna Roberts
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 7:00-8:00pm - Location TBA
Presenters: Michael Puente and Tiffany Yeh
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11. Taiwanese New Wave Cinema: Films by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Announcing:
Taiwanese New Wave Cinema: Films by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Rice University
Department of Visual & Dramatic Arts
Rice Media Center, Film auditorium
October 24-26, 2008
About the event:
In partnership with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office – Houston, the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, Film Program takes a look at Taiwanese New Wave Cinema through a selection of films by legendary director Hou Hsiao-hsien. This film series includes an opening night reception and panel discussion. All events are free and open to the public and will take place in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, Rice Media Center building. For more information, see the schedule below.
About Hou Hsiao-hsien:
Hou Hsiao-hsien was born in Mei County, Guangdong Province, China in 1947. He and his family fled the Chinese Civil War to Taiwan the following year. Hou was educated at the National Taiwan Academy of Arts. Hou generally makes rigorously minimalist dramas dealing with the upheavals of Taiwanese (and occasionally larger Chinese) history of the past century by viewing its impacts on individuals or small groups of characters.
Schedule:
October 24, 2008
Opening Reception, 6:00 p.m.
Film Screening, 7:00 p.m.
CITY OF SADNESS, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien (1989, 157 minutes, In Taiwanese/Mandarin with English Subtitles)
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s magnificent 1989 film A City of Sadness brings to light the truth about the 1947 massacre known as “the 228 incident.” Winner of the Golden Lion Award at the 1989 Venice Film Festival, A City of Sadness treats one of the key issues of Taiwanese history, yet it is not a political film. It focuses, not on the bloodshed, but on the consequences for a particular family and how individual experience is impacted by the flow of time and history.
October 25, 2008
Film Screening, 7:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion follows the film. Panelists include Dr. Chao-Mei Shen from the Department of Languages, Dr. Charles Dove from the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, Film at Rice University, and Ms. Alicia Liu, Journalist
DAUGHTER OF THE NILE, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien (1987, 91 minutes, In Taiwanese/Mandarin with English Subtitles)
This is a compelling Taiwanese drama about a wistful schoolgirl (Yang Lin) who is peripherally involved in a teenaged crime ring. She escapes from the harshness of her surrounding reality by reading her favorite comic books, “Daughter of the Nile.” Despite its inherent whimsical nature, the film is a straight-on look at urban decay in modern Taiwan. Daughter of the Nile was originally released as Nilouhe Nuer. Panel discussion follows the film.
October 26, 2008
Film Screening, 7:00 p.m.
THREE TIMES, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien (2005, 91 minutes, In Taiwanese/Mandarin with English Subtitles)
What is the best of time? It is a moment of euphoria that shall never return again. We do not yearn for it because it was the best time beyond comparison; on the contrary, it is yearned for because we have forever lost it. We could only reminisce about it in our memory, and thus it becomes the best of all times beyond comparison. Three different time periods, three stories, and the same three-time actor and actress play out the two lead roles, evoking a sentimental tale of a three-reincarnation of an unfinished love…
For More Information:
Please contact the Department of Visual & Dramatic Arts @ Rice University
713-348-4882
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12. NOD Security: superheroes, good stories and Netflix
Hey, Wiess needs your help!
Join the Security team for KryptoNOD! Here are a few reasons to consider working NOD Security:
* Curious about this Wiess tradition? Experience NOD, without actually participating!
* Could use a new t-shirt? Get a cool, FREE t-shirt when you work Security!
* Love movies? Sign up for the chance to win a semester's subscription to Netflix!
* Broke college student? Draw for awesome giftcards!
* Get the munchies late at night? Eat some great food the night of the party!
* Superheroes rock your world? Dress up as your favorite hero and protect Rice students on this crazy night
* Enjoy telling a good story? There's no better opportunity for good stories than NOD!
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you should sign up for NOD Security! NOD is the most notorious party at Rice, but also the safest. Please help us maintain this tradition by signing up on the lists posted in your Commons!
See you on October 25th (10pm-2am)!
KryptoNOD Security Coordinators
Roxy, Erin, Kelley and Tiff
PS. please email roxy.loza@rice.edu if you have any questions about NOD Security :)
In Mike and Casey We Trust
October 13, 2008
The Funpage in Exile/Atl
1. ELECTION 2008 SURVEY
2. Update METRO Airport Direct
3. ZIPCAR
4. President's Lecture Series Oct. 15 - Sylvester James Gates Jr.
5. The Catholic Student Association's Fall Retreat
6. EVERYTHING'S COOL"--a documentary by the CLEAN GROUP
7. Death Penalty 101 Thurs Oct 16
8. Metro Q Cards available at the Cashier's Office
9. Dr. Bill Wilson Grant
10. New text I Witness phone (RUPD’s title not mine)
~
1a. LOLcat of the Day: Crossword
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-teaches-you-how-to-spell-for-your-crossword.jpg
2a. Play with yourself: Dolphin Olympics 2, in case you didn’t get enough the first time around
http://www.kongregate.com/games/arawkins/dolphin-olympics-2
3a. Anastasia’s Pick of the Week: Pumpkin Boat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7661142.stm
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1. ELECTION 2008 SURVEY
RICE ELECTION 2008 SURVEY
McCain or Obama, right or left, change or experience, paper or plastic - what does Rice think?
The Rice Standard wants to gauge the political views of campus with a comprehensive ELECTION SURVEY. The poll addresses issues in presidential politics and on a few broader areas of debate as well, and asks a handful of questions designed to understand voting patterns within the Rice student body.
It's fast (just 5 minutes), entirely confidential, and, if you choose, you may be entered into a drawing for a $50 cash prize! Please take the handful of minutes required to fill out the Rice Election Survey and let your voice be heard ~ help us all learn how the campus feels about the election and its issues. Comprehensive results will be released in the October 28 Rice Standard!
=========================
LINK TO THE SURVEY!:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UCqHK8t7w2_2b_2bMBEK5eh8rw_3d_3d
=========================
-The Rice Standard
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2. Update METRO Airport Direct
The flyer is attached
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3. ZIPCAR
The Zipcar program was successfully launched yesterday. For those who have not heard about the program, Zipcar, a car-sharing service, is an easy way to get access to a car, whether it's for an hour or an overnight trip. The service allows members to reserve a car on line or via a mobile device any time - day or night. Hourly rate of $7 and daily rate of $60 include gas, insurance and use of the car up to 180 miles per day.
Rice University applicants must be at least 18 years old to become Zipcar members. There is a $35 annual membership fee and new members receive a $35 credit in the first 60 days.
I would like to report that the second car (Volvo S40) is scheduled to arrive today and will be available for service tomorrow. The other car is a Toyota Prius. Both cars are parked centrally on campus in the Baker College lot. To learn more about the Zipcar program, please visit www.zipcar.com/rice.
In order that your membership be approved, please make sure that you include your Rice email address, and E (employee) or S (student) number in your application.
If you have any questions please contact the Transportation Office at x5223 or x5996.
---------------------------------------------
4. President's Lecture Series Oct. 15 - Sylvester James Gates Jr.
The 2008-2009 President's Lecture Series
presents
"Einstein's New Millennium Legacy"
President's Lecture Series of Diverse Scholars
with
Sylvester James Gates Jr.
John S. Toll Professor and Director, Center for String and Particle Theory
University of Maryland
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~events/pls/Gates.shtml
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
8:00 p.m.
Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall
Distinguished among scientists working at the cutting edge of physics, Sylvester James Gates Jr. has helped introduce scientific concepts to the public through a number of PBS television programs, including "The Elegant Universe" and "Einstein's Big Idea," and in the popular DVD lecture collection, "Superstring Theory: The DNA of Reality."
Gates has served on the faculties of MIT, Howard University, the California Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American Physical Society, which named him the first recipient of the Bouchet Award; and the National Society of Black Physicists, of which he is a past president. Earlier this year he participated in a number of events at the World Science Festival in New York City, including the "Beyond Einstein" panel.
His awards include the MIT Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award, the Klopsteg Award of the American Association of Physics Teachers and an award, previously given to Carl Sagan, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
---------------------------------------------
5. The Catholic Student Association's Fall Retreat
Join us for the rescheduled Fall Retreat Friday, October 31st to Saturday, November 1st. The overnight retreat will focus on service in our lives as college students, and is a fabulous opportunity to meet people in the CSA, learn more about your faith, refocus post-Ike, and have some Halloween fun! The retreat will be held at Camp Cho-Yeh; we will leave from the CSC at 5:00 P.M. on Friday and return by 7:00 P.M. on Saturday. The cost of the camp is $20, which includes dinner, breakfast, and snacks. E-mail Sarah Duke (sarah.e.duke@rice.edu) or Eugenio Magistretti (emagistretti@rice.edu) for more information.
Thanks,
The CSA
---------------------------------------------
6. EVERYTHING'S COOL"--a documentary by the CLEAN GROUP
Enviro Club is participating in a screening of "EVERYTHING'S COOL" by the Clean Group! Come and watch :)
Join CLEAN as we feature /EVERYTHING'S COOL/ , a film about America finally "getting" global warming in the wake of the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action. While industry funded nay-sayers sing what just might be their swan song of pseudo- scientific deception, a group of global warming messengers are on a high stakes quest to find the iconic image, the magic language, the points of leverage that will finally create the political will to move the United States from its reliance on fossil fuels to the new clean energy economy - AND FAST.
Following the screening, an expert will be on hand to lead a discussion on the issues mentioned in the film and take questions from the audience.
*When:* Wednesday, October 15th@ 7 pm
*Where:* Rice Media Center, Rice University (entrance #8 located at Stockton and University Blvd.)
*Fee:* None, however, donations will be accepted at the door.
If you guys want feel free to join the face book event!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=30103259050&ref=mf
Xo Amy
---------------------------------------------
7. Death Penalty 101 Thurs Oct 16
Death Penalty 101
Thurs, Oct 16 at 8pm
Rayzor Hall 123
Texas is known as the death capital of the world. Learn the facts about the Texas death penalty and hear from those directly impacted by the system. Speakers include local abolition activists and the relative of an executed inmate. We'll also talk about how students can take action to stop capital punishment in Texas. Hosted by Rice for Peace & Amnesty International
---------------------------------------------
8. Metro Q Cards available at the Cashier's Office
If Rice undergraduate students need to take a bus or ride METRORail to
downtown (or to the connect to the direct to IAH bus service) free Metro Q
Card are available from the Cashier's Office. Please note that cards that
were issued last year were cancelled by Metro. Simply having a Metro card in
your possession does not mean that you can board a bus or METRORail without
tapping your card. If a METRO officer is checking for tickets, they will ask
to scan your card. If it hasn't been tapped you will still receive a fine.
Please take advantage of this incredible (and free) opportunity to take
advantage of all that Houston has to offer.
Use your Metro Q Card to attend "Rice Night at the Museum" from 7 - 9 pm on
Friday, October 25 when the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and "Passport to
Houston" will host a Rice only reception with gourmet appetizers! Check
www.rice.edu/passport for more information.
If you have any questions or suggestions for future "Rice Nights", please
send them to passport@rice.edu.
---------------------------------------------
9. Dr. Bill Wilson Grant
Announcing:
Dr. Bill Wilson Student Initiative Grant
DEADLINE: October 31, 2008
Applications are sought for the Dr. Bill Wilson Student Initiative Grant. The fund supports innovative student projects that will improve undergraduate life at Rice. Emphasis is given to improving infrastructure for student-run activities, but anything worthwhile except salaries and travel will be considered.
Submit 6 copies of a short (2-3 page) proposal describing the project and including a detailed budget. The deadline is
4:00 p.m., October 31, 2008.
Mail to: Mike Gustin
Wiess College
MS-738
---------------------------------------------
10. New text I Witness phone (RUPD’s title not mine)
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.
Phil Hassell, Capt.
In Mike and Casey We Trust
2. Update METRO Airport Direct
3. ZIPCAR
4. President's Lecture Series Oct. 15 - Sylvester James Gates Jr.
5. The Catholic Student Association's Fall Retreat
6. EVERYTHING'S COOL"--a documentary by the CLEAN GROUP
7. Death Penalty 101 Thurs Oct 16
8. Metro Q Cards available at the Cashier's Office
9. Dr. Bill Wilson Grant
10. New text I Witness phone (RUPD’s title not mine)
~
1a. LOLcat of the Day: Crossword
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-teaches-you-how-to-spell-for-your-crossword.jpg
2a. Play with yourself: Dolphin Olympics 2, in case you didn’t get enough the first time around
http://www.kongregate.com/games/arawkins/dolphin-olympics-2
3a. Anastasia’s Pick of the Week: Pumpkin Boat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7661142.stm
---------------------------------------------
1. ELECTION 2008 SURVEY
RICE ELECTION 2008 SURVEY
McCain or Obama, right or left, change or experience, paper or plastic - what does Rice think?
The Rice Standard wants to gauge the political views of campus with a comprehensive ELECTION SURVEY. The poll addresses issues in presidential politics and on a few broader areas of debate as well, and asks a handful of questions designed to understand voting patterns within the Rice student body.
It's fast (just 5 minutes), entirely confidential, and, if you choose, you may be entered into a drawing for a $50 cash prize! Please take the handful of minutes required to fill out the Rice Election Survey and let your voice be heard ~ help us all learn how the campus feels about the election and its issues. Comprehensive results will be released in the October 28 Rice Standard!
=========================
LINK TO THE SURVEY!:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UCqHK8t7w2_2b_2bMBEK5eh8rw_3d_3d
=========================
-The Rice Standard
---------------------------------------------
2. Update METRO Airport Direct
The flyer is attached
---------------------------------------------
3. ZIPCAR
The Zipcar program was successfully launched yesterday. For those who have not heard about the program, Zipcar, a car-sharing service, is an easy way to get access to a car, whether it's for an hour or an overnight trip. The service allows members to reserve a car on line or via a mobile device any time - day or night. Hourly rate of $7 and daily rate of $60 include gas, insurance and use of the car up to 180 miles per day.
Rice University applicants must be at least 18 years old to become Zipcar members. There is a $35 annual membership fee and new members receive a $35 credit in the first 60 days.
I would like to report that the second car (Volvo S40) is scheduled to arrive today and will be available for service tomorrow. The other car is a Toyota Prius. Both cars are parked centrally on campus in the Baker College lot. To learn more about the Zipcar program, please visit www.zipcar.com/rice.
In order that your membership be approved, please make sure that you include your Rice email address, and E (employee) or S (student) number in your application.
If you have any questions please contact the Transportation Office at x5223 or x5996.
---------------------------------------------
4. President's Lecture Series Oct. 15 - Sylvester James Gates Jr.
The 2008-2009 President's Lecture Series
presents
"Einstein's New Millennium Legacy"
President's Lecture Series of Diverse Scholars
with
Sylvester James Gates Jr.
John S. Toll Professor and Director, Center for String and Particle Theory
University of Maryland
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~events/pls/Gates.shtml
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
8:00 p.m.
Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall
Distinguished among scientists working at the cutting edge of physics, Sylvester James Gates Jr. has helped introduce scientific concepts to the public through a number of PBS television programs, including "The Elegant Universe" and "Einstein's Big Idea," and in the popular DVD lecture collection, "Superstring Theory: The DNA of Reality."
Gates has served on the faculties of MIT, Howard University, the California Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American Physical Society, which named him the first recipient of the Bouchet Award; and the National Society of Black Physicists, of which he is a past president. Earlier this year he participated in a number of events at the World Science Festival in New York City, including the "Beyond Einstein" panel.
His awards include the MIT Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award, the Klopsteg Award of the American Association of Physics Teachers and an award, previously given to Carl Sagan, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
---------------------------------------------
5. The Catholic Student Association's Fall Retreat
Join us for the rescheduled Fall Retreat Friday, October 31st to Saturday, November 1st. The overnight retreat will focus on service in our lives as college students, and is a fabulous opportunity to meet people in the CSA, learn more about your faith, refocus post-Ike, and have some Halloween fun! The retreat will be held at Camp Cho-Yeh; we will leave from the CSC at 5:00 P.M. on Friday and return by 7:00 P.M. on Saturday. The cost of the camp is $20, which includes dinner, breakfast, and snacks. E-mail Sarah Duke (sarah.e.duke@rice.edu) or Eugenio Magistretti (emagistretti@rice.edu) for more information.
Thanks,
The CSA
---------------------------------------------
6. EVERYTHING'S COOL"--a documentary by the CLEAN GROUP
Enviro Club is participating in a screening of "EVERYTHING'S COOL" by the Clean Group! Come and watch :)
Join CLEAN as we feature /EVERYTHING'S COOL/ , a film about America finally "getting" global warming in the wake of the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action. While industry funded nay-sayers sing what just might be their swan song of pseudo- scientific deception, a group of global warming messengers are on a high stakes quest to find the iconic image, the magic language, the points of leverage that will finally create the political will to move the United States from its reliance on fossil fuels to the new clean energy economy - AND FAST.
Following the screening, an expert will be on hand to lead a discussion on the issues mentioned in the film and take questions from the audience.
*When:* Wednesday, October 15th@ 7 pm
*Where:* Rice Media Center, Rice University (entrance #8 located at Stockton and University Blvd.)
*Fee:* None, however, donations will be accepted at the door.
If you guys want feel free to join the face book event!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=30103259050&ref=mf
Xo Amy
---------------------------------------------
7. Death Penalty 101 Thurs Oct 16
Death Penalty 101
Thurs, Oct 16 at 8pm
Rayzor Hall 123
Texas is known as the death capital of the world. Learn the facts about the Texas death penalty and hear from those directly impacted by the system. Speakers include local abolition activists and the relative of an executed inmate. We'll also talk about how students can take action to stop capital punishment in Texas. Hosted by Rice for Peace & Amnesty International
---------------------------------------------
8. Metro Q Cards available at the Cashier's Office
If Rice undergraduate students need to take a bus or ride METRORail to
downtown (or to the connect to the direct to IAH bus service) free Metro Q
Card are available from the Cashier's Office. Please note that cards that
were issued last year were cancelled by Metro. Simply having a Metro card in
your possession does not mean that you can board a bus or METRORail without
tapping your card. If a METRO officer is checking for tickets, they will ask
to scan your card. If it hasn't been tapped you will still receive a fine.
Please take advantage of this incredible (and free) opportunity to take
advantage of all that Houston has to offer.
Use your Metro Q Card to attend "Rice Night at the Museum" from 7 - 9 pm on
Friday, October 25 when the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and "Passport to
Houston" will host a Rice only reception with gourmet appetizers! Check
www.rice.edu/passport for more information.
If you have any questions or suggestions for future "Rice Nights", please
send them to passport@rice.edu.
---------------------------------------------
9. Dr. Bill Wilson Grant
Announcing:
Dr. Bill Wilson Student Initiative Grant
DEADLINE: October 31, 2008
Applications are sought for the Dr. Bill Wilson Student Initiative Grant. The fund supports innovative student projects that will improve undergraduate life at Rice. Emphasis is given to improving infrastructure for student-run activities, but anything worthwhile except salaries and travel will be considered.
Submit 6 copies of a short (2-3 page) proposal describing the project and including a detailed budget. The deadline is
4:00 p.m., October 31, 2008.
Mail to: Mike Gustin
Wiess College
MS-738
---------------------------------------------
10. New text I Witness phone (RUPD’s title not mine)
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.
Phil Hassell, Capt.
In Mike and Casey We Trust
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