Team Wiess

Cabinet: Lumberjack

CQ — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:45:34 +0000

Lumberjack Cabinet Minutes

It’s 10 o’clock, and attendance is sparse! Mark keeps motioning to impeach everyone. “Anarchy!” cries Becky Zaunbrecher. Carole starts without everyone. Ruthie is not here, and she is swiftly impeached. Emily and Gabi are not here, but Emily has a proxy. Gabi is impeached. This is a bloodbath. The OC reps are HEE-YER!!! And everyone else is too. We get started.

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Plaid Mark Plitt reminds us about all the cool associates events going on. Team Running Wiess just started up this week. All-star associate Miki Hebl, veteran marathoner (she’s run one in almost every state!) is hosting these runs – everyone is welcome! And, everyone who logs 20 miles gets a free t-shirt!

Dr. Fred Oswald, another of our all-star associates, is a national Scrabble champion. So naturally, we need to have a Words With Friends tournament!Email Mark to be put in a bracket.

Lastly, there will be a wine tasting on Saturday, Oct 15^th for Wiessmen of age. Email Mark to RSVP!

Gabi comes bearing beer and Diet Coke! We unimpeach Gabi swiftly.

Charlie says that H&D wants to start fining the friendly, social folks who bolt their doors. Did you know, it’s actually a part of the housing policy that you can’t bolt your doors? I didn’t, and they’ve never enforced it before, but Charlie and Dr. Byrd are working with H&D to come up with a solution.

In the mean time, H&D is having the (really nice!) members of the housekeeping staff write down names of people who are breaking the rule. So don’t bolt your doors, sadface.
BUDGET!

Erika and Alisher have the same story: we started the year in the hole. They’re working in taking money out of H-funds. H-funds are where the chunk of our Wiess money is. They were started by donors a long, long time ago.
SA SHENANIGANS

Monica’s proxy brings us the lastest. RechargeU is experimenting with their hours. She tells us to go there late at night so that they’ll want to stay open later, permanently.

What’s black, white, and not read all over? Newspapers, of course! But the SA’s introduced a resolution to fix that. Their idea is to increase college fees per student by $5 to bring newspapers back to the colleges. The SA is already interested in that, so now they want to know if each college is interested in it. Color us interested, SA! We miss our Times and our Chronicle.

Dean Hutch also mentioned a writing center – they want Rice to have one.

OFFICER RASH

Confirms that tonight, RUPD caught summore bike thieves, yee-haw!

He said they caught the bad guys largely because of the “model caller” who reported suspicious activity outside the rec center. To be a model caller, he says, give a description of the suspicious person(s) from the top down, and stay on the line the whole time you speak with RUPD.

PHILS

Liz says the Phils want the Wiess commons – wait for it – to put on a FREE concert. The alumni bbq is that weekend, but we think it’ll be okay. By the way, that bbq is the Wilson House opening up on Saturday, November 5^th. So, the only problem is that if it rains, we might need to use the commons, but otherwise, it shouldn’t be a problem.

TABLETOP

Liz and Ian want to open the tabletop budget to get lumber and costumes for their new play, “Chatroom.” The motion passes!

NOD
Gabi introduces us to the new Emily, BC. They ask to open the NOD Budget so they can give us a NOD. We do!

They also give us big news! This year, Wiess is getting a free ambulance for NOD, which is awesome, because ambulance’s are expensive. Back story: Dean Hutchinson would like to see an ambulance at every public party from now on. Though, to help encourage responsible drinking, Dean Hutch doesn’t want the students to know about this parked ambulance. Charlie points out that he doesn’t know how many people want to get way too wasted just so they can take an ambulance ride. But we are happy and will keep Dean Hutch’s secret, winkyface.

GENDER NEUTRAL HOUSING, WOOT!
Charlie says that Rice is instituting a policy in which students can choose whomever they want to room with, regardless of everyone’s sex. They felt it was in line with the equal opportunity policy at Rice. Dean Hutchinson and the masters took it to President Leebron, and he agreed with it. So, come spring – when we pick roommates and stuff, that’s in effect!

Right now, not all colleges have the same policy. Some colleges allow gender neutral housing, and some require permission from masters and parents. But this was unanimous: Rice students are adults, so we can decide with whom we want to house ourselves!

Bekah points out that in theory, you could live with people you’re dating. Hey-o! But the bottom line is, as long as all of your suitemates agree, you’re golden. Rod!
UCOURT

Speaking of free ambulances that we shouldn’t have to use…Lauren, is our Wiess UCourt Rep! As the Wiess UCourt Rep, she will be the ombuds for any Wiessman who’s cited for a violation. She’ll be there for you, and help you understand everything.

Lauren also encourages everyone to go to their website: sjp.rice.edu/ucourt. There, you can check out the UCourt constitution and the “Sparknotes” of the alcohol policy and student code of conduct.

Q&A: Mark asks if her shirt is held together with tape or clothespins. Other than the fact that her shirt is a lovely blue plaid, I don’t see what this has to do with lumberjack cabinet.

Becky asks a legitimate question: what’s the difference between Wiess Court and UCourt? It’s a little hazy, but Wiess Court can refer things to UCourt. Or, if you receive a violation, you can contest it, and the panel of 15 UCourt students, will review it.

Brain asks what the punishments for internet piracy are going to be. Lots of other people seem interested in this question too. Lilly has the answer! The official message from IT: your first violation is $150. After that, you’re suspended (from the internet.) And that is actually as lenient as it gets, since Rice mediates between students and companies, so – don’t pirate stuff!
MENTORS!

Lauren, Bahrom, and Nathan are back, with a new-and-improved budget for the mentors society! They want money for laminated, monthly table schedules (like other colleges have), and for food and supplies for career and research-oriented and study breaks.

Gabi points out that a much larger portion of the budget is alloted to evens in the sciences than in the (comparitively underserved) humanities. They agree to rexamine their budget with the mentors.

We motion to give them $500 from an H-fund of Erika and Alisher’s choosing.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

David Payne is the man with the answers. He explains all the projects we’re considering for the upcoming year.

1) The first is getting two benches (like the benches in our alcoves, but with backs) for the Acaterrace using $800 of our $4,400 ambiance funds from H&D. We motion to take the free money.

2) We want a large whiteboard. Like Will Rice and Lovett have (except Lovett has a blackboard), except better. If we actually pay for it, the max we’d pay is $160. It would go where the athletics board currently is, in front of the staircase.

The (small) whiteboard downstairs is porcelain or ceramic, so it doesn’t “ghost,” DPayne tells us. Someone from Sid suggests we go the panels-from-Home-Depot route. But apparently, the whiteboard sheets that they sell at Home Depot are a different material and cause ghosting. (David Payne IS the knowledge vault.)

We’re a bit torn between black and white boards, but that’s why Becky sent us a a survey!

3) We might get a game system to make the upper commons more usable. They’re thinking a Wii, in a security box to prevent theft. Controllers and games, theoretically, would be kept with the game reps, and checked out via an ID system. We’d pay $200-250 for all of this stuff. For a second, Bekah thinks David means the small, analog TV. David laughs, “God no!” and clears that up.

Lilly points out that a lot of people use the commons to study, and an upstairs game system would make it really loud – moreso than games like foosball or pool. David says that brings up the question: “What do we want the upper commons to be?”

David says, yes, you can hear things when they’re done in the upper commons. (We snicker at this.) Right now, the space is very “in-between.” It has some things that people kind of use, but in general it stays pretty quiet.

Bahrom says, no offense, but that’s what the OC lounge is for. Brian says there’s the library – 6^th-floor Fondren – for people to study silently. Bobby says the commons is supposed to be a social space.The OC kids are turning on their own kind! Bekah says that other colleges have hang-out spaces, and she’s really jealous.

Things are getting heated, but one thing we can agree on is a Becky survey!! And also that alliterative names are cool.
COMMUNITY GARDEN TOOLS

Heather asks to install a toolbox next to the bike racks and garden at Wiess. The community garden wants space for a small, secure storage box to store their tools. We approve! By the way, 4:30 on Sundays is when they meet, if you ever want to garden!

SALSA NIGHT

AKA the other best public party on campus, is coming up soon, on November 18th! Rebekah and Jacinta open the culturals budget to pay our awesome DJ.

IMPACT

Mia Velazquez, Sid president and an Impact staffer, is here with Risa! Impact, they tell us, is the only student-led leadership retreat for freshmen and sophomores. They’re going to be sticking around after cabinet to answer any questions.

SEAT OF SHAME SEAT OF SHAME SEAT OF SHAME

Lilly and Ian, two of our beloved NOD Security Heads, pose an interesting question: “Do you want…NOD to happen?…Because if NOD is going to happen, and we know you want it to happen, we need 140 people.”

If you want the party and awesome things to happen, you have to do security (“Join Dumbledore’s Army.”) Email ricenodsecurity@gmail.com to sign up or ask questions.

Cabinet is adjourned!

TFW,

Margay “Can’t wait for Wiess to be Hogwarts” Dean

Cabinet: FELLOWS AUCTION

CQ — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:43:01 +0000

Fellows Auction Cabinet Minutes!

Carole takes roll and explains the most important rule of the auction: “Just so everyone knows, you have to pay. You can’t get it for free.” Too true. With that, fellows cab is off and running!

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Officer Rash is here! He works every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and every other Wednesday from 6p.m. – 8a.m. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with him for any reason (he’s really nice)! Tonight, he’s here to educate us with an acronym: I.C.E. – in case of emergency. He says we should use our cell phones to keep us safe. List your mom, roommate, boyfriend, just someone who cares about you – and save them under “ICE” in your cell phone.

Matthew Bonham is… the new Chief Justice for Wiess! He’ll send us an email real soon with his phone number! Make sure to contact him before parties and shindigs.

ERIKA & SAL
are selling 3 cooking classes, with equipment and ingredients provided. They will make red velvet cake balls, cheesecake, and Reese’s or Twix or “some chocolately thing” – inside of a cookie. Bernard has shifty eyes when he bids. But Kyle’s eyes are shiftier. He buys Erika and Sal for $31.

But for everyone who didn’t win a medley of Erika and Sal’s baked goods, consider taking Erika and Tiffany’s STC next semester on baking!

EVAN & SHERRY
are offering a getaway to Surfside, one of the country’s top-ranked beaches! There will be a campout, s’mores, gas, and a chance to meet Sherry’s parents. Also, a ¼-eaten red velvet cake. Plus, 3 trips on Saturday nights to Target, etc. for up to 8 people. Hadi snags them for $65.

BUDGET!
Erika and Alisher tell us that Rice ended up – surprise! – using the old formula for allocating funds to the colleges. Oh, Rice, always keeping us guessing. This means that we got more money than we budgeted for. Old funds from Sparky’s and the movie room renovation have successfully been moved, but we’re still in the hole. They’ll keep us posted.

JEFF & AMANDA
tell us we could all use a little more culture. (speak for yourselves, Jeff and Amanda.) They are selling a beverages-and-cheese-fruit-

cracker picnic at Hermann park, to see a live jazz concert. The stakes get higher when they offer free back rubs (Amanda is a pro). Joseph buys them for $32.

ZAC & BRE
NO JOKE are offering to MAKE A BABY, and GIVE IT TO YOU. SEX. SUPER-EXCITING. They clarify that by SEX they actually mean “cookies, cupcakes, and SHIT.” And watching Clueless with candles in the movie room. And oh did they mention CUPCAKES. With your FACE ICED ONTO THEM. James buys their lovechild for $35.

JEN & ADRIEN
are selling a multi-part extravaganza, starting with an award-winning Jen pie! (She’s a two-time county champ, she’ll have you know). They’ll also take a trip to a pumpkin patch for pumpkin picking and carving. They will also write a song about you and perform it in the quad on your birthday! – or at some other time that you’d like.

Cody bids against himself – he is serious about pie, pumpkins, and songs/narcissism. But Keemberly edges him out with a bid of $50.

SA SHENANIGANS
Monica brings us the latest: She tells us that apparently, Rice is not competitive with our peer institutions as far as language (sucks to your v2c, Leebron). Now, there are talks of language classes meeting 5 times per week instead of 1-3 times. Also, last Tuesday was the SA/GSA research mixer for everyone except Humanities students – there were research opportunities for undergrads, and free Thai food.

ALISHER & RISA
are offering an autumn-themed excursion, including a trip to a haunted house, where you will receive emotional support from Alisher, and “watch Risa flip shit.” Afterward, there’ll be a corn maze, and pumpkin carving – a day of “good clean country fun!” I’m intrigued by the corn maze idea, and “good clean country fun” is hereby on my senior-year bucket list. Max pounces on the autumn getaway, and wins with a $35 bid.

RUTHIE – T-SHIRT $?$?$?
Ruthie needs to open nonbudgeted for $500 for t-shirts! The motion passes, no questions asked. Someone points out that we just gave Ruthie a lot of money without asking what she’s up to. We’re not sure what’s happening, but Ruthie looks confident! The motion passes again.

ALYSA & TYLER
are taking three lucky bidders on a Houston tour of frozen yogurt (at least 3-4 different places). They clarify that you are encouraged to sample and try yogurt, at all of the locations. Froyo on the head fellows is won by Kunle, for $45. For sweet, sweet sustenance after his car-pushing misadventures.

BECCA & JOHN
invite you to join Becca’s parents in a hot tub. Six lucky winners will get to visit to the exotic home of Becca! Featuring the trifecta: Kitchen. Table. Hottub. (and also, Aromatherapy). The bidding is tense: Thomas Ladd will not back downnnn, but the Jaffes slip away from him. Caleb wins with $61, and smiles his Caleb smile.

INGRID – FRESHMAN STUDY BREAKS
Ingrids reminds us that the freshman reps are planning four study breaks, so that freshmen can co-mingle with different classes. And they don’t even need any money! The treasurers rejoice.

RUTHIE & SHAWDON
are selling a tea party! With tea in real tea cups, and cupcakes and brownies! It is to be held in the RMC pavilion, which everyone knows, is really, really pretty (true facts). To top it off, Ruthie already has the cutest invitations! Max (glasses) asks if there will be a mad hatter. “There could be,” says Sly Ruthie. Alisher wins their tea party for $50.

QUINCY & JAKE
present A Night With The Elderly. But they can’t tell us the deets just yet, because cabinet has erupted in a series of Jake-specific cheers. Carole restores order. Quincy and Jake, it seems, will dress as old people and serve cookies with warm milk. Truly, geriatric things are underrated things. There will be bingo, and storytime with old man Keller. Storytime can consist of books…or embarrassing Jake stories! Chloe is eager for some Jake gossip and wins Quincy and Jake for $36.

RHAs – CAREGIVER TRAINING!
People, especially BC, are bidding out of turn. But the RHAs will not be bought. Instead, Bre and Bobby tell us about the caregiver study break that was held on Tuesday. Now, our own Wiess RHAs can host caregiving sessions, so no more walkin’ to the Wellness Center or poopy Brown! Bobby says the training is literally 45 minutes long, and it’s a movie. Literally.

It’s important that everyone get trained, because NOD’s coming up, we need caregivers, and it’s just plain useful information to know. So keep your eyes peeled for upcoming emails – they’ll send deets!

KUNLE & CAMILLE
are selling a pool party at Camille’s house, with outdoor grills and outdoor TVs, and outdoor fun! Marie wins their party for $61!

KYLE & JENNY
are selling one of Kyle’s homemade dinners and delicious treats baked by Jenny. Kyle says that he doesn’t cook without his faithful Mark Plitt by his side, so Mark Plitt will also be there! Mark will also make his world-famous dip. Kaylee wins their delightful dinner for $65.

TIFFANY & PETER
are wearing sexy bathrobes. Which makes sense when they reveal that they’re selling “chocolate dreams.” They will massage you into a luscious, deep sleep, with chocolate. There will be 60 minutes of massage time, divided however you want between Tiffany and Peter. There will also be a delicious dessert extravaganza with a chocolate fountain and marshmallows. They will also serenade you with either music or a movie. (Kunle demands both.)

The bidding gets ridiculous. Alliances are made and broken. Finally, Wei wins, with a bid of $50. Hooray for chocolate dreams!

SEAT OF SHAME SEAT OF SHAME SEAT OF SHAME

Ruthie is iffy about sitting on the seat of shame, and so we are iffy about listening to her. But then she sits, and tells us that the Wiess tailors have meetings on Tuesday nights at 9! She loves to teach people, so no prior experience is necessary to hang with the tailors! There are also no gender requirements. Often, they drink tea and have sweets. Emily Nichol only has one knitting needle, and she asks if they have some to spare. They do. The Wiess tailors sure sound nice! Ruthie asks for money for goldenrod yarn. We give her $70 from creativity. And she’ll see you at knit club!

Chloe tells us to go to Willy’s statue (last) Friday at noon, and she can’t say more.

CABINET ADJOURNED!

TFW,
Margay “Totally doing the corn maze” Dean

Newsletter: 10.14.11

CQ — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:41:51 +0000

HEY WIESS!!
HERE?S WHAT?S UP AT RICE!
1 Baker Institute Latin America Talk
2.MSA fast-a-thon
3.Homecoming Queen and King
4. Amazing Faiths Dinner Dialogue
5. BEER BIKE
6. Golf Tourney
7. Fall GIS training
8. Buffalo Battle
9. Mental Health Video
10. Rice Service Council
11.Impossible Engineering
12. Theme: Nicholas Cage Photos?

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The Latin America Initiative
of the
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University

cordially invites you to attend

a panel discussion on

21st Century Borders in the Americas:
Sovereignty, Migration and Crime
part of the
Americas Project 2011 Colloquium

featuring panelists

Virginia M. Bouvier, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer,
Center of Innovation, U.S. Institute of Peace

Jason Ackleson, Ph.D.
Policy Analyst, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and
Associate Professor of Government, New Mexico State University

Raúl J. Lago
Special Representative of the Secretary General,
Organization of American States

Thursday, October 13, 2011
6:00 pm Reception
6:30 pm Panel Discussion

Kelly International Conference Facility
James A. Baker III Hall
Rice University

Please RSVP by fax to 713.348.5993, by email to bipprsvp@rice.edu
or on the Web at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/
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The Rice Muslim Student Association cordially invites you to participate in our Annual Fast-a Thon on Saturday Oct. 15th.

Fast-A-Thon is an event held every year in the fall semester where we encourage Rice students and staff members to fast for an entire day. At the end of the day, those who participated gather to break their fast with food catered by a local restaurant.

For every person who pledges to fast, the Rice MSA donates money to a charity. This year, all donations will go to the Dadaab refugee camps situated at the Kenyan-Somali borders where almost 400,000 people are desperately trying to survive the severe drought conditions that have plagued East Africa for months. The money will be sent to Muslims Without Borders, a non-profit humanitarian organization that has launched the first national food drive for East Africa, to purchase food and supplies for the drought victims.

For those interested, we please ask that you RSVP via the Google link below:
http://tinyurl.com/63umme6

More information about this event can be found on our facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=240384192679754

Any inquiries can be directed to the MSA at ricemsa@gmail.com.

Thanks,
Rice MSA

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Believe it or not, Homecoming season will be upon us in no time and it?s time to start thinking about who you want to be 2011 Homecoming King and Queen!

Who will it be this year? Past winners have been: Hurricane Ike and Kathy Collins (Rice?s VP for Finance) and Swine Flu and Kanye West.

Who do you want to see on the ballot? Send your nominations to RiceElections@gmail.com between now and October 19!
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Hello Rice,

The Rice Interfaith Dialogue Association (RIDA) will be hosting an Amazing Faiths Dinner Dialogue event on Thursday, October 27. This is a fun opportunity to meet new people and learn about other faiths and worldviews in a comfortable and moderated environment. The dinners will take place in college PDRs at 6pm. If you would like to participate, sign up at

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGY5Zm83a3ZiSzNhS2JsR2VlalNabWc6MQ

before October 20.

If you have any questions, email me at rsb2@rice.edu

-Rosalie Berg
Will Rice ’12
President, RIDA
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BEER BIKE IS MARCH 31st! GET EXCITED!!!

While that may seem like a long time from now, the planning has already begun — your Beer Bike Coordinators are already hard at working making this years Beer Bike the best one ever.

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If you are interested in making sure that Beer Bike happens correctly this year and is even better than last years then you should apply to be a Campus-Wide Area Coordinator.

We need students for the following positions:

Parade Coordinator (Balloon Fight)
Concessions (Food on Beer Bike)
Judges (Race Timing and Score Sheets)
Track (Biker Training and Track Logistics)
Security (Keep You Safe)

If you love BEER BIKE and any of these seem interesting to you, you should apply! The application is attached.

Applications are due by 8:00 PM Wednesday, October 19th to beerbike@rice.edu.

Your Campus Wide Beer Bike Coordinators,
Philip Tarpley (Brown ’12) and Teddy Grodek (Martel ’13)

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Good Afternoon,

Rice Intramural Sports would like to invite everyone to participate in the Annual Rice Owls Golf Tournament. The event will be taking place on Saturday, November 12th at Clear Creek Golf course. The tournament is a 4 man scramble , with 1st,2nd, and 3rd place taking home prizes. There will also be other contest holes on the front and back 9. Snacks and refreshments will be provided and the price cannot be beat.

Green and Cart Fees Included:
-Rice Recreation Center Student Members = $20.00 dollars
-Faculty / Staff – Rice Recreation Center Members = $25.00 dollars
-Faculty / Staff / Student -Rice Recreation Center Staff Non-Members =$30.00
-Rice Community (family / friends) = $35.00

Registration will be open until November 8th at 5pm. Teams can register online at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/ims/teamsports.html or at the Recreation Center Administrative offices. Payment can also be taken at the Recreation Center Administrative offices prior to the event, or teams may pay the day of during check in.

If you have any questions about the event, please feel free to contact myself at jstafford@rice.edu or Intramural Coordinator Chris Watkins atcw27@rice.edu .

We look forward to seeing you on the greens,

Justin Stafford
Rice University Recreation Center
Assistant Director – Intramural & Club Sports
713-348-8810
Jstafford@rice.edu

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WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GIS?
Viewing and analyzing the world through computer mapping is getting more exciting every day. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are being used for everything from simple navigation on Google Maps to more complex cartography, spatial analysis, and modeling using ArcGIS software.
Each short course offered by the GIS/Data Center at Fondren Library here at Rice is a FREE, one-time introductory course on a different topic, mostly relying upon the popular GIS software, ArcGIS Desktop 10. The short courses offered by the GIS/Data Center are very basic and strive to form a strong foundation of GIS software knowledge. They are structured to teach central concepts and tools necessary to complete a broad spectrum of GIS projects and analysis.
This is the second time we are offering many of these courses this semester.
For course listings and descriptions, please visit our GIS Short Courses webpage.
For scheduled dates and times, please visit http://library.rice.edu/gis-calendar.
To sign up for a short course, use our online registration form at http://library.rice.edu/gis-registration or call us at 713-348-2595.

INFORMATION SESSIONS
GIS Training at Rice Information Session
Learn about the variety of free ArcGIS training options available at Rice and how to pursue GIS certification, in addition to what ArcGIS software is available, where to access it on campus, and how to get a copy installed on your own computer.
DATE TIME
October 12 10 AM- 11 AM
October 13 2 PM- 3 PM

GETTING STARTED WITH ARCGIS SERIES
These courses require no prior experience with GIS.
Introduction to GIS
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) enable users to visualize and analyze spatial information in a dynamic digital environment. This short course will introduce students to general concepts and applications of GIS. Participants will become familiar with the ArcGIS Desktop 10 environment and will gain hands-on experience using ArcMap to create a GIS project utilizing a variety of data layers.
DATE TIME
October 17 10 AM- 12 PM
October 20 2 PM- 4 PM

Introduction to Coordinate Systems and Projections
Prerequisite: Introduction to GIS or familiarity with ArcGIS 10.
GIS data differs from other data types, primarily because it contains geographic coordinates describing the location of the data on the earth. Learn about geographic coordinate systems and map projections and how to work with them in ArcGIS.
DATE TIME
October 27 2 PM- 4 PM

BRINGING DATA INTO ARCGIS SERIES
All courses in this series require completion of Introduction to GIS or familiarity with ArcGIS 10, but may be taken in any order.
One of the most challenging aspects of GIS is transforming data into a format that will allow you to use ArcGIS software for display and analysis. Each of these courses will show you how to format, import, and manipulate a different data type in ArcGIS.
Mapping Tabular Data
Learn how to format tabular data, such as Excel and CSV files, for input into ArcGIS, as well as procedures for querying and mapping the data.
DATE TIME
October 24 10 AM- 12 PM

Mapping Locations Using X,Y Coordinates
Learn how to map locations by longitude and latitude (X,Y) coordinates.
DATE TIME
October 31 10 AM- 11 AM

Mapping Imagery
Learn how to line up images, such as aerial photographs, site plans, and diagrams, with other spatial data in ArcGIS (georeferencing).
DATE TIME
November 17 2 PM- 4 PM

Creating Vector Data (November 3, 2 PM- 4 PM)
Learn how to create new GIS vector data in the form of points, lines, and polygons.
DATE TIME
November 3 2 PM- 4 PM

MANIPULATING DATA IN ARCGIS SERIES
All courses in this series require completion of Introduction to GIS or familiarity with ArcGIS 10, but may be taken in any order.
Once you bring all of your data into ArcGIS, you will likely need to manipulate and analyze it. These courses will go over the basics of analyzing spatial relationships and patterns between data layers.
Introduction to Geoprocessing
Learn some of the most frequently used geoprocessing tools to highlight the spatial relationships between your datasets including clip, buffer, dissolve, and spatial join.
DATE TIME
November 14 10 AM- 12 PM

CENSUS DATA SERIES
It is strongly recommended that you attend the two Introduction courses, before attending the three Exploring Census Data courses. None of the courses, except for the last one, rely on ArcGIS software nor require any prior knowledge.
One of the most commonly used types of data is census data. This series will provide you with a strong foundation in how census data is structured and will explore multiple means of extracting, displaying, and analyzing the data.
Introduction to Census Geographies
Learn about all the various geographic units at which the U.S. Census Bureau tabulates data and how to select the most suitable geographic unit based on your research needs and data availability.
DATE TIME
October 18 2 PM- 3 PM

Introduction to Census Data Products and Sources
Learn about numerous data products released by the U.S. Census Bureau, including topics and variables, release frequency, and availability of particular geographic units. The best online interfaces for accessing the particular data you need will also be covered.
DATE TIME
October 25 2 PM- 3 PM

Exploring Census Data Using SimplyMap
Learn how to extract tabular data and export maps for future population projections and current business and consumer data.
DATE TIME
November 15 2 PM- 4 PM

Exploring Census Data Using Social Explorer
Learn how to extract tabular data and export maps and presentations for all of the population census data from 1790 to present.
DATE TIME
November 1 2 PM- 4 PM

Bringing Census Data into ArcGIS
Learn how to prepare tabular census data files for input into ArcGIS Desktop, how to download the corresponding geographic TIGER/Line files, and how to join the two together to display the tabular data within the ArcMap environment.
DATE TIME
November 7 10 AM- 12 PM

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Rice Outdoor Programs and Education (ROPE) presents The 2nd Annual Buffalo Battle Adventure Race

We only have space for 3 more teams so register now! The registration period ends Friday at 2:00PM.

No experience necessary to participate. This event is open to the general public so organize your team of 3 and register today!

Date: October 15, 2011
Activities: Running, Canoeing, Rock Climbing, Orienteering, Mystery Events
Description: You will need to organize a team of 3 people to compete in a variety of challenges that are designed to push your limits. All racers will receive a race t-shirt and are invited to a post race cookout. Sign up for a day of adventure and fun!
Location: Buffalo Run Park, Missouri City
Times:
Adventure Race ? 9am-noon
Children?s Challenge ? 12-12:30pm (Ages 6-12)
Awards and Post-Race Cookout ? 12:30-2pm
Cost: $20 per person ($60 per team of three)
Register: https://ebank.rice.edu/C21279_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=374&SINGLESTORE=true

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Hello everyone!

The Wellness Center is working on creating a video campaign about mental health featuring students and faculty from Rice. Our goal with this video is to decrease the stigma associated with mental disorders.

If you are an advocate for mental health and would like to be in the video, please email msy1@rice.edu for more information. We are especially looking for males to participate in this video.

Thank you so much!

Best,
Melody Yee
Rice University ’13
Mental Health Intern at the Wellness Center
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Is community service your passion? Want to impact the culture of service at Rice? Then apply to become a member of the Rice Service Council!

The Rice Service Council seeks to advance the spirit of service at Rice by providing resources to service organization leaders, recognizing outstanding student volunteers, advertising and advising on community service grants and scholarships, and facilitating effective communication between student service organizations.

To apply, visit http://cic.rice.edu
Applications are due at 5pm on November 7.

If you have any questions please contact Abigail Schuh by email at aschuh@rice.edu or phone at
(713) 348-6044

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Hi, my name is David Sullivan and I have recently started an engineering club at Rice University called Impossible Challenges. We will be taking on a series of nearly impossible engineering challenges, including an attempt to launch a microsatellite into orbit for ~$2000 per kilogram. If taking on complex engineering challenges appeals to you, come to our next meeting this Sunday at 8PM in the OEDK. If you have any questions, or can’t make it to the meeting but still want to be involved, email me at dms5@rice.edu. I hope to see you this Sunday.
-David Sullivan

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Strange Nicholas Cage Photos, Supplied by Brian B.
NOTE: Open at your own risk…I didn’t really want to screen these…

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Meredith Jackson
Wiess College
Class of 2014
maj6@rice.edu

Newsletter: 10.4.11

CQ — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:40:53 +0000

HEY WIESS!!
HERE?S WHAT?S UP AT RICE!
1. Baker Institute-Tropical Diseases
2.Dr. Bill Grant
3.Vecinos Lecture: Mexico: Challenges for the New President
4. RESET projects
5. Participants for a Smartphone Mood Study ($75 + Chance to win iPad2)
6. Global Energy Debates
7. Senior Portraits
8. Richard Dawkins Coming Oct 10th
9. 21st Century Borders in the Americas:
Sovereignty, Migration and Crime
10. Sally Ride Science Festival Volunteers
11.Rice Interview Study
12. Boba Tea Solar Car Sale
13. PHILS at the Hoot
14. So you think you can Dance: PUB STYLE
15. Medieval Studies Program
16.Habitat Info
17. SEXO
18.Zipcar
19. Reconstruction of Asa Carter w/ DR BYRD!!
20. Nocturnal First Concert
21. IMPACT RICE RETREAT!! APPLY APPLY APPLY

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The Science & Technology Policy Program
of the
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University
And
Rice 360 Institute for Global Health Technologies

cordially invite you to attend
a discussion on

INNOVATION IN THE CONTROL OF THE NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph. D.
Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine,
Baylor College of Medicine; and
President, Sabin Vaccine Institute

October 12, 2011
4:00pm
James A. Baker Hall
Rice University

Reception to follow

Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, discusses the efforts of the Sabin Vaccine Institute to develop vaccines that eradicate the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). NTDs are a group of 17 common parasitic and related infections that most commonly afflict the 1.4 billion people worldwide who live below the World Bank poverty level (?the bottom billion?). These diseases are major poverty promoting conditions of the poor, as they profoundly impact child development and worker productivity. The Sabin Vaccine Institute?s Global Network for NTDs delivers low-cost treatment packages to affected regions for seven of the most common NTDs, which has led to progress toward the elimination of lymphatic filariasis, river blindness and trachoma. For the other NTDs, however, a new generation of antipoverty drugs and vaccines will be required. In order to facilitate development of these innovative products, the Sabin Vaccine Institute has relocated its laboratories to Texas Children?s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. In his lecture, Hotez discusses new opportunities for collaboration for the institute, which, with partners around the world including researchers and investigators across the Texas Medical Center, is working to develop new vaccines for hookworm infection, schistosomiasis and Chagas disease.

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Dr. Bill Wilson Student Initiative Grant
is now accepting applications.
Do you have a creative idea for a project that will improve undergraduate life at Rice?
Then apply for this grant.
Awards vary up to several thousand dollars!

This annual award provides seed money for student-initiated projects such as upgrading lighting and sound equipment at a residential college to support College theater or starting a new student enterprise or organization. Emphasis is given to improving infrastructure for student-run activities, but anything worthwhile except salaries and travel will be considered.

Application deadline is November 4, 2011, at midnight.

For more information and the online application – Dr. Bill Grant.

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The Latin America Initiative
of the
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University

cordially invites you to attend a
Vecinos Lecture Series
presentation on

Mexico: Challenges for the New President

featuring

Political Scenarios for Mexico?s 2012 Presidential Elections
Joy Langston, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science, CIDE

Transnational Crime and Public Security for Mexico and the United States
Jorge Chabat, Ph.D.
Professor of International Studies and Researcher, CIDE

Economic Perspectives
Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD

and moderated by

Moramay López-Alonso, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History, Rice University

Thursday, October 20, 2011
6:30 pm

Kelly International Conference Facility
James A. Baker III Hall, Rice University

Please RSVP by fax to 713.348.5993, by email to bipprsvp@rice.edu or on the
Web at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/vecinos11-mexico before Monday, October 17.

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MAKE RICE BETTER: RESET project

Do you like the Rice campus or the environment? Would you like the chance to spend $15,000 to make Rice?s campus better?

If you answered yes to either of these questions then submit a project proposal to the Rice Endowment for Sustainable Energy Technology (RESET) or email Ricereset@gmail.com to get more information.

In 2010, the Rice student body approved a $9 blanket tax to fund the Rice Endowment for Sustainable Energy Technology (RESET). RESET then uses this money to finance student-led initiatives that promote energy efficiency and sustainability on campus. Learn more about this at the info lunch where we will have inspiring project ideas, food, and Rice University faculty/staff to bounce ideas off of.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

For more information about RESET including possible project ideas and example proposals, visit reset.rice.edu or contact us at ricereset@gmail.com.

Love,
The earth (RESET committee)

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The Rice Efficient Computing Group is looking for volunteers to participate in a 2-month long smartphone study. Our project aims to find correlations between user mood states and smartphone interaction. During the study, participants will use our app to enter their mood four times a day, a process that takes roughly 10 seconds. For active participation in the study, users will be compensated with $75 and be entered into a raffle for an iPad2.

You are eligible for the study if you have an iPhone 4/3GS that is jailbroken (using jailbreakme.com or other low-risk utilities that you can find online). Please find more information on the study at http://tinyurl.com/ricemood or contact Robert LiKamWa at roblkw@rice.edu. Also, contact Robert if you’re interested in joining the project as an undergraduate research assistant.
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October 17, 2011

Global Energy Debates: Global Kick-off in Houston

Doré Commons
James A. Baker III Hall, Rice University

5:30 pm Dinner
6:00 pm Debate

With the global population projected to grow from 7 billion in 2012, to 8 billion in 2030, and to 9 billion by 2050, the world?s energy demand is expected to double within that same time frame. What, then, should the global energy mix be in 2030 and 2050, taking into account the need to reduce greenhouse gases globally?

Students ? Have an idea? Submit your 500- to 1,000-word essay with your answer to these questions at http://www.globalenergydebates.com for a chance to win $1,500.

RSVP to watch the debate live at http://bakerinstitute.org/events/global-energy-debates.
Shell and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy host the global Kick-Off for the Global Energy Debates,
a series of worldwide debates on the world’s future energy demand. Students from around the world are invited
to get involved and share their ideas about new energy.

With global population growing from 7 billion in 2012, to 8 billion in 2030, and to 9 billion by 2050 the world?s energy demand is going to double within that frame.
What should the global energy mix be in 2030 and 2050 taking into account the need to reduce greenhouse gases globally?

Submit your 500-1000 word essay at www.globalenergydebates.com
Due date for the submissions: 11th of October, 5pm (CST)

Based on the essay, ten students will be selected to voice their opinion and defend their point of view before a four-person panel of experts and live audience.
The debate will take place October 17 at 6 pm. At the end of the debate, a winner will be awarded the $1500 prize.

Monday, October 17, 2011
5:30 pm Dinner
6:00 pm Global Energy Debates

Kelly International Conference Facility
James A. Baker III Hall
Rice University

Please RSVP on the Web at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/global-energy-debates

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Hey Seniors!

In each year’s Campanile, we have a senior section, dedicated to recognizing your accomplishments. You are welcome to submit a senior portrait to be used in the section, and you can get your senior portrait taken tonight for free at Picture Yourself. You also have the option of signing up to have your copy of this year’s Campanile shipped to you for free, and you can talk to us about setting that up at Picture Yourself as well. So, if you’d like to get a head start on the many, many things you need to do before you graduate, just come take a senior portrait and ask us about shipping information at Picture Yourself, tonight in the Grand Hall from 6 pm until midnight. Also, be on the lookout for more information about portraits, ads, and shipping, coming later this semester.

Thanks,
Rachel Green

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The HERE Project and The Institute for Humanist Studies
invite you to Rice University for a
Lecture and Book Signing by

Richard Dawkins
The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science

Monday October 10, 2011

Lecture 7:00 - 8:30pm
Book Signing 8:30 – 10:00 pm

Stude Concert Hall
Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Shepherd School of Music

Free and Open to the Public

Please arrive early – seating is limited

More Information http://here.rice.edu
–
H.E.R.E Project
Houston Enriches Rice Education

here@rice.edu
http://here.rice.edu
713.348.5550 (office)
713.348.5725 (fax)

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The Latin America Initiative
of the
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University

cordially invites you to attend

a panel discussion on

21st Century Borders in the Americas:
Sovereignty, Migration and Crime

part of the

Americas Project 2011 Colloquium

featuring panelists

Virginia M. Bouvier, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer,
Center of Innovation, U.S. Institute of Peace

Jason Ackleson, Ph.D.
Policy Analyst, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and
Associate Professor of Government, New Mexico State University

Raúl J. Lago
Special Representative of the Secretary General,
Organization of American States

Thursday, October 13, 2011
6:00 pm Reception
6:30 pm Panel Discussion

Kelly International Conference Facility
James A. Baker III Hall
Rice University

Please RSVP by fax to 713.348.5993, by email to bipprsvp@rice.edu
or on the Web at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/

About the Event
Borders have a long history of determining how countries interact with one another politically, economically and socially. Border management policies have dramatically gained importance as countries and regions integrate at accelerated rates. Through these policies, decision-makers have the power to promote or hinder the social and economic development of neighboring countries and regions. In addition, national policies also have significant local implications that impact the daily lives of people living in border regions.
The current borders in the Americas are the result of historical events such as wars, colonization and negotiation. Today some border regions enjoy political and economic stability while others are areas of tension and controversy.
This panel, which is part of the Americas Project 2011 Colloquium, brings together three experts to discuss sovereignty and territorial disputes, socioeconomic challenges driving migration, and transnational organized crime along porous borders. Throughout the course of the colloquium, this year?s Americas Project participants ? 15 young leaders from different countries across the hemisphere ? will engage in a series of roundtable discussions about these timely and critical topics while sharing unique insights from their broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds.
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Dear students,

As the event manager of the upcoming 6th Annual Sally Ride Science Festival scheduled for Saturday, October 22, 2011 (less than a month away) I am writing to you to ask you to please help ME by volunteering your time and talent. We are in need of 50-55 individuals who would be willing to make this a special day for ~1,300 middle school girls who will be in attendance. The event takes place in our beautiful campus (Engineering Quad) and it promises to be a fun-filled-day with a free lunch, street fair, interesting booths, DJ on site, experiments, workshops and a keynote by a woman astronaut.

If you know of any High School students who are in need of community service hours please ask them to contact me at umbe@rice.edu. We would be glad to provide them with a “Volunteer Certificate.” – For college/grad students volunteers: This will look good on your résumé.

For more information on the festival please check this link: https://www.sallyridescience.com/festivals/11rice1022 or check the Sally Ride Science Festival Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=257032741003933

Below are the shifts for the volunteers:

Sally Ride Science Festival — General Purpose Volunteers

Shift #1 – 9:30am – 1:00pm

You will have the opportunity to choose between an assortment of responsibilities (beginning with helping our crew set-up, then assist with registrant check-in, crowd control, lunch patrol, help with exhibitors and booths during the Street Fair…many options). You will choose from among those options when you check-in at the volunteers’ table.

Shift #2 — 11:30am – 4:15pm

You folks will be our “workshop volunteers” – with the primary responsibility of getting the kids to their workshops and safely back again. We have quite an intricate process (and haven’t lost a kid yet…) – so once everyone checks in for this shift we’ll have on-the-spot training. Shift #2 folks: It’s really important that you arrive on time!

AND OUR GENEROUS VOLUNTEERS: ALL DAY! (9:30 – 4:15)

Don’t forget that you get a “free lunch” in partial thanks for your work with us. Also, you’re welcome to attend the keynote by a woman Astronaut.

For the kids, the Festival itself begins at 11:00 a.m. with a Street Fair. The schedule for registrants looks like this:

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Registration, eat lunch, enjoy the Street Fair
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Keynote
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break (assemble and go to workshop #1)
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Discovery Workshop #1 (and single adult
Workshop – 90 minutes in length)
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break (re-assemble and go to workshop #2)
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Discovery Workshop #2
4:15 End of Festival

Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks a mil,

Umbe
Events Manager
Rice Space Institute (RSI)
Proud Sponsor of the Sally Ride Science Festival

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Rice Interview Study – Earn $20 and Learn Interview Skills
The purpose of the study is to improve undergraduate students’ interviewing skills. Participate in a two-part study (2 hours total) on-campus about job interviewing. Complete a training program followed by a mock interview with a business professional at Rice’s Jones School of Business.EmailRiceInterviewStudy@gmail.com for more information.

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The Rice Solar Car Team will be hosting a boba tea fundraiser in the RMC in front of the Grand Hall on Thursday from 11-3pm! Come purchase a drink to support the club. More information can be found on the website: http://solarcar.rice.edu

Elaine Wong
Rice Undergraduate Student
Sid Richardson College
Rice University
6360 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005

281-222-5929 cell

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THE PHILS, Rice’s premiere co-ed acappella group is performing at the Hoot!

When? This Wed, Oct 5, 10:50 PM
Where? South Hoot

Come phill your appetite AND your ears!!!
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Hey everyone!

Willy’s Pub is proud to host its first ever SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: PUB STYLE. Sign up as an individual or a group from October 3 – October 11. There will be some *celebrity* guests judges AND you’ll have a chance to win $$$ and eternal fame.

Who: You, as an individual, or a team of dancers
What: So You Think You Can Dance competition with *celebrity* guest judges
When: Tuesday, October 18 @ 9pm
Sign ups will start October 3 & end October 11 @ 11:59pm
Where: Willy’s Pub, RMC Basement
Why: So you or your team can show off your dancing skills, win $$$ and gain eternal fame

Thanks & good luck!

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Dear Rice Students,
Rice Medieval Studies Program invites you to get medieval with us this Friday for a free screening of A Knight’s Tale, starring Heath Ledger and co-starring Geoffrey Chaucer.

Where: Herring Hall 100
When: Friday, October 7th, 6-8pm

This Friday’s event kicks off Medieval Studies’ year-long, monthly film series, which pairs great MDST Rice courses with great medieval movies.

For additional information, please see attached flyer.

Hope to see you at the movies!
Rice Medieval Studies Program

Donna Beth Ellard, Ph.D.
ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow in English
235 Herring Hall, Rice University

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Rice Habitat for Humanity is celebrating World Habitat Week!
http://www.habitat.org/getinv/events/whd/

When: Wednesday, Oct 5
What: Answer “What would you build?”
Where: Lobby of RMC, 9 AM – 5 PM

Followed by:

WORLD HABITAT GENERAL MEETING

Wednesday, Oct 5, 8:00 PM, Miner Lounge
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241091012605457¬if_t=event_invite

Find out more about our Centennial House Wall Build on Oct. 12!!!
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Do you have anything to say about it? Send us your erotic submissions to Entre Líneas, Rice’s Spanish language literary magazine! This year’s theme is eroticism; we accept poetry, short stories, essays, interviews, photography, and art. Don’t be shy! If you need a source of inspiration, watch our call for submissions video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz2ESHiIpAk
You can also become a member on our website to participate in the forums.
A sensual kiss to all,
Entre Lineas Team
entre.lineas10@gmail.com

¿Tienes algo que decir al respecto? ¡Mándanos tus trabajos a Entre Líneas, la única revista de Rice en español! El tema de este número es el erotismo, aceptamos poesía, cuentos, ensayos, entrevistas, fotografía, y arte. ¡Sin pena! Si necesitas algo de inspiración, ve nuestro video de convocatoria:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz2ESHiIpAk
También te puedes volver miembro de nuestra website y participar en las conversaciones de los foros.
Un beso sensual para todos,
Entre Lineas
entre.lineas10@gmail.com
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ATTENTION STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OFFER FROM ZIPCAR. CHECK OUT ZIPCAR.COM/RICE

Begin forwarded message:

his month we?re pleased to announce an exciting new grant program for your students brought to you by Zipcar and Ford: Students With Drive. Together, we?ll be giving away $300,000 to students at Zipcar schools this year. For organizations that struggle to find funding, or for groups that often pay out of pocket for their transportation needs, winning this grant will provide them opportunities to take their club to a new level.
? Each month, Students With Drive will award 15 grants totaling $37,500 to deserving student organizations across the country so members of these clubs can use Zipcars for free.
? Students With Drive program will select 15 finalists from 5 categories each month. Organizations can be as small as a club athletic team or as large as a chapter of Greek Life.
? Five winning student orgs will receive $5,500 to put towards Zipcar memberships and driving credit (each of the runner-ups will receive $1,000).
? There is no need for the group or submitter to be a Zipster prior to submitting their group to the program.
? Students enter the competition and vote on Facebook.
? There is no cost to compete for a grant or vote for a winner.
We encourage you to promote this exciting new program to your student population and any interested student leaders. To help, we?ve created marketing materials to ensure you can quickly and easily get the word out. Log on to your Zipkit today to download our email template and suggested social media tactics.
Students With Drive is a great opportunity for your students to grow and improve the clubs that they?ve already created and help run. We hope you?re as excited about this new program as we are.

Please email or call with any questions.
Thanks,

travis reik university account manager
t: 617.336.4353 | f: 617.995.4300
e: treik@zipcar.com
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The Kinder Institute for Urban Research?s Race Scholars at Rice, Mouth Watering Media and Rice University?s Multicultural Community Relations, Public Affairs cordially invite you to a prescreening of the documentary
?The Reconstruction of Asa Carter?
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 ? 4 p.m. ? Herring Hall, Room 100

The documentary, directed by Douglas Newman, is a powerful story
tracing the transformation of Asa Carter from a notorious segregationist
to a Native American novelist.

A panel discussion will follow the screening:

Douglas Newman
Director of ?The Reconstruction of Asa Carter?

Alex Byrd
Associate Professor of History, Rice University

Laura Browder
The Tyler and Alice Haynes Professor of
American Studies, University of Richmond

Fay Yarbrough
Associate Professor of U.S. History, University of Oklahoma

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information about the documentary, visit http://reconstructionofasacarter.com.

Shelby Thurston
Event Specialist

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Dear College listserve moderator,

Rice’s newest a capella group, Nocturnal (Rice Vocal Ensemble), is having its first formal concert ever this Friday, October 7 at 7pm in the RMC Chapel! It will be a brief and fun concert with some complimentary refreshments!

Please send this information to your college listserves. I would really appreciate the help with spreading the word. Many students would enjoy seeing something new on campus, the first concert of a group with lots of potential! Please let me know if this is possible!

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Mika Tabata
Nocturnal Founder and President
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Impact Rice Retreat (IRR)
The Impact Rice Retreat is the only official leadership retreat on campus for freshman and sophomores that is entirely student led. Impact is held once a year at the beginning of the Spring semester and takes place off campus for an entire weekend.
Impact is staffed and coordinated by juniors and seniors who have participated in the retreat as freshmen or sophomores and have extensive experience developing their residential colleges and campus-wide student organizations. Staff members routinely consist of Club, College and Student Body Presidents, O-Week Coordinators and Beer Bike Coordinators. Students who participate in Impact come away with a stronger network of friends, as well as the knowledge and skills necessary to make an actual impact on campus – and they have a lot of fun in the process! Former impact participants have gone on to quite literally run the university.
Applications are out (see Freshmen and Sophomore sections below) and due back by 5pm on Tuesday on October 11, 2011.
Impact Rice Retreat Information Sessions: (More to be posted soon)
? 10:30pm October 4th @Sid Richardson Commons
? 10:30pm October 4th @Lovett Commons
? 8:30pm October 5th @Hanszen Glass Classroom
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Meredith Jackson
Wiess College
Class of 2014
maj6@rice.edu

Newsletter: 9.28.11

CQ — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:39:57 +0000

HEY WIESS!!
HERE?S WHAT?S UP AT RICE!
1. PAA Announcements
2.Solar Car Night at Red Mango
3.Mental Health Video Campaign
4. Rice Quidditch League Logo Contest
5. Hoot Usage Survey
6.Pay somebody to do Baker 13
7. Explore Rice
8. Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
9. Study Break: Funny Medical Notes

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1. Graduate School Application Workshop Day for Science, Math, Computer Science, and Engineering Majors

You are invited to attend a free event that may change your career and your life!

Saturday, October 8, 2011
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Baylor College of Medicine
Alkek Building
Room N315

Presented by Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Baylor College of Medicine
Gayle Slaughter, PhD. Author Beyond the Beakers: SMART Advice on Entering Graduate Programs in Sciences or Engineering, Sr. Associate Dean of Graduate Education & Diversity Director SMART, SMART PREP, IMSD, and IRACDA Programs Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
ALL registered attendees will receive a free CD of Beyond the Beakers
You must RSVP by Thursday Oct. 6th. Please email Kerri at krmejia@bcm.edu with your full name. Visitors must show a photo ID to gain entrance to BCM. You must enter through main entrance which is located at the fountain with the tall flag poles. You may use parking garages 4 or 6 located near BCM for parking or take the train to the Medical Center. See attached map (tmc_map.pdf).
2. Hey Wiess,

Do you know the difference between a Peer Academic Advisor and an Academic Mentor/Fellow? Both are here to provide you with specific guidance in your career at Wiess, but they differ in the types of questions they can answer. Please see the attached “Who do I go to?” PDF for details on who to go to for all your academic needs!

-Wiess PAAs

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This Thursday, September 29th, is Rice Solar Car Night at Red Mango! Help support the RSC by helping yourself to some delicious frozen yogurt! 20% of the cost goes to help build Rice?s AWESOME solar car.

Thursday 9/29 from 5pm to 10pm
Red Mango on Amherst in the Village

Make sure to mention Rice Solar Car!

For more information email jmw3@rice.edu
or visit http://on.fb.me/solarcarnight

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Hi everyone!

The Wellness Center is planning a video campaign about mental health featuring students and faculty from Rice. We are currently in the process of trying to find volunteers to participate and help with this video. It is our hope that through this campaign we can de-stigmatize mental health and address any myths regarding mental health.

If you have experience with mental health and/or you know someone with mental health and are comfortable being in this video campaign, please email Melody Yee at msy1@rice.edufor additional information.

Thank you so much!

Best,
Melody Yee
Wellness Center Mental Health Intern
msy1@rice.edu

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Good at design? Love to draw? Then the Rice Quidditch League needs you!

That’s right, Rice Quidditch is having a Logo Designing Contest! We need a logo for our club, and we’d love to see your submissions! The winning designer/artist wins a free t-shirt with their design on it! No membership required to submit.

Details and Info:

-Submissions are due October 9 at 11:59 pm
-Voting will be restricted to club members who have paid dues
-Logo must be provided in both color and monochromatic versions as either a .jpg, a .gif, or a .bmp
-Should be able to be resized up or down without affecting the image
-Must comply with the Rice general name and trademark guidelines (http://staff.rice.edu/staff/Rice_Brand_Standards.asp)

Email submissions and questions to ricequidditch@gmail.com

Thanks guys, and keep those quills scratching!

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Hey Wiess!

Please take 2-3 minutes to fill out The Hoot Usage Survey HERE! : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGRmQ3l3SHNPZ1YyQzNSdEJmN1dUSnc6MQ#gid=0

You’ll help The Hoot help YOU better =)

ALSO, you’ll be entered for a chance to win one of TWO $10 Hoot Cards!

Thanks a bunches!

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Nourish International is hosting a fundraiser that will get your peers to run the Baker 13!!!!
Nourish International is a nonprofit organization that raises money to implement international service trips in an effort to eradicate global poverty.
During the month of October your college will be able to choose one of its members to run the Halloween Baker 13.
Nominate someone at your college to potentially run the Baker 13 by sending an email torice@nourishinternational.org
Colleges will then vote for contestants with their cash. The contestant with the most donations on their behalf from each college will get Naked for Nourish!!
email rice@nourishinternational.org with your nominations by Saturday the 1st!!

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This second Explore Rice program (hosted by the Office of Admission) is designed especially for students and families from outside of the Houston area. Explore Rice begins at 1:30pm and will provide prospective students the opportunity to meet current students, faculty and staff. Attached please find a copy of the program.

Best,
Elsiecheyenne Mate, M.S.
Assistant Director of Admission
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Hey Rice!

Do you like running for a good cause? Will you be free this Saturday, October 1st?

If so, please consider running the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, which will be held in downtown, Sam Houston Park. (http://www.komen-houston.org/Komen-Race-Page/) This event is part of Health Awareness Month, organized by the Rice Student Volunteer Program’s (RSVP) Health Committee. The first 5 runners to register will get a $15 refund off the original $35 registration fee.

It’s a 5k and you can compete in the timed competitive run, the non-competitive run, or the walk. It’ll be a great way to start your morning and it won’t take a huge chunk of your time. If you’re interested, please contact Sophie at sf6@rice.edu for more details.

Thanks!
RSVP

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These are sentences exactly as typed by medical secretaries in NHS (National Health Service), Greater Glasgow

1. The patient has no previous history of suicide.

2. Patient has left her white blood cells at another hospital.

3. Patient’s medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.

4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.

5. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year

6. On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it disappeared.

7. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

8. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

9. Discharge status: Alive, but without my permission.

10. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally alert, but forgetful.

11. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

12. She is numb from her toes down.

13. While in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent home.

14. The skin was moist and dry.

15. Occasional, constant infrequent headaches.

16. Patient was alert and unresponsive.

17. Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.

18. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until she got a divorce.

19. I saw your patient today, who is still under our care for physical therapy.

20. Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.

21. Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

22. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

23. Skin: somewhat pale, but present..

24. The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.

25. Large brown stool ambulating in the hall.

26. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

27. When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.

28. The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane ran out of fuel and crashed.

29. Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.

30. She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.

31. Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Smith, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree.

32. The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stock broker instead.

33. By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was feeling better.

–
Meredith Jackson
Wiess College
Class of 2014
maj6@rice.edu

Newsletter: 9.21.11

CQ — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:38:55 +0000

HERE’S WHAT’S UP AT RICE!

1. Baker Institute Events

2.Buffalo Battle Race

3.Pub is hiring

4. Message for Potential Playwrights

5. International Service Scholarships

6. Mexican Film Fest

7. Alcohol Consumption and Mortality

8. International Liaison Program

9. Nirvana Sessions

10. Google Plus

11.Suspicious Phishing Emails

12. Shell Center for Sustainability Internships

13. Free Zipcar Membership for Student Organizations

14. Babysitting

15. Thanksgiving Shuttle Schedule

16.Bill Wilson Student Initiative Grant

17. Dead Man’s Cell Phone

18. Friday Willy Noon

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The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian
Founding Director
and the
Tax and Expenditure Policy Program
of the
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University

cordially invite you to attend a conference on

Defusing the Debt Bomb:
Economic and Fiscal Reform

October 5-6, 2011
James A. Baker III Hall
Rice University

with featured speakers

Joel Prakken, Ph.D.
Senior Managing Director and Co-founder of Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
Evening Address on Wednesday, October 5

5:30 pm Reception
6:00 pm Presentation

and

The Honorable Alan Simpson
Former U.S. Senator and Co-chairman of the National Commission
on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
Keynote Address on Thursday, October 6

8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Presentation

The conference begins at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, October 5, and ends at 5:00 pm on Thursday, October 6.
For the full agenda, please visit the event page at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/debtbomb

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2^nd Annual Buffalo Battle Adventure Race

No experience necessary to participate. This event is open to the general public so organize your team of 3 and register today!

Date: October 15, 2011
Activities: Running, Canoeing, Mystery Events
Description: You will need to organize a team of 3 people to compete in a variety of challenges that are designed to push your limits. All racers will receive a race t-shirt and are invited to a post race cookout. Sign up for a day of adventure and fun!
Location: Buffalo Run Park, Missouri City
Times:
Adventure Race – 9am-noon
Children’s Challenge – 12-12:30pm (Ages 6-12)
Awards and Post-Race Cookout – 12:30-2pm
Cost: $20 per person ($60 per team of three)

Register: https://ebank.rice.edu/C21279_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=374&SINGLESTORE=true

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PUB IS HIRING!

Do you love hanging out at pub? Do you want to be friends with all the awesome bartenders?

If you are available MWF from 930 am -1pm or at least a good portion of those shifts email your schedule to gfiedler@rice.edu. Federal work study eligible students are preferred. Be sure to include your phone number in the email.

One love,

Willy

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Would you like to see your very own play produced in its entirety on stage? Then The Martel Theater Committee has the opportunity for you!

E-mail your play submissions to us at cas6@rice.edu or hbg2@rice.edu before January 20th, 2012 and your play could be selected for Martel’s Student-Written Play production in the Spring semester! Worried that you might not have the very best play out there? Don’t fret! Even if it is not the lucky pick, your play can still win a special place in our vaults to possibly be produced in future years. We look forward to reading your crafty creations!

Martel Theater Committee
Anna Meriano
Chase Sandmann
Humberto Gilmer

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INFORMATION SESSION ON INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Come learn about the Community Involvement Center’s programs and funding opportunities in international service! The Loewenstern Fellowships and the Rice Developing World Student Scholarship will both be covered in detail.

* Monday, September 19 – 4:00-5:00pm – RMC 2nd Fl. Conf. Rm.
* Tuesday, September 20 – 12:00-1:00pm – RMC 2nd Fl. Conf. Rm.
* Tuesday, September 20 – 4:00-5:00pm – RMC 2nd Fl. Conf. Rm.

LOEWENSTERN FELLOWSHIPS
Earn a stipend of up to $7,500 for a summer of international service in Latin America or Asia! As a Loewenstern Fellow you will have the opportunity to serve in a 6-12 week placement, receiving a stipend to pay for travel to/from host country, living expenses, program fees, and other expenses. This year, up to 20 Fellows will participate in direct service work and community-based research and will select their individual projects from a list of approved third-party providers. More detailed information on the scope of the program and the application process is available at http://www.rice.edu/service. The deadline for completed applications is 5:00pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.

RICE DEVELOPING WORLD STUDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP
Do you have plans to independently participate in international service work over the winter, spring, or summer recess need financial assistance? Apply for the Rice Developing World Student’s Scholarship! A $2,000 need-based scholarship will be awarded to assist undergraduate students with the funding of independent service trips to a region that is considered a developing or Third World country. The deadline for completed applications is 5:00pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.

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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and
controversy.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. –
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R. Mac Griswold

Director
Community Involvement Center, MS-200
Rice University
PO Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892

Phone: 713-348-4970
Fax: 713-348-5885
E-mail: griswold@rice.edu

http://www.rice.edu/service

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Hello,

All students are invited to attend the Contemporary Mexican Film Series. These events are free and open to the public. There will be a reception Friday night after the movie.

Title: Mexican Film Series: Contemporary Mexican Films
When: Sept 23-25
Where: Rice Media Center

Mexican Film Series

Contemporary

Mexican Films

Sept. 23–25

Friday, Sept. 23

Film: “Espiral” (“Spiral”)

Director: Jorge Perez Solano

6 p.m. Doors open

6:30 p.m. Presentation by

Christina L. Sisk, University of Houston

7 p.m. Showtime

Reception to follow

Saturday, Sept. 24

Film: “7 Días” (“7 Days”)

Director: Fernando Kalife

7 p.m. Showtime

Sunday, Sept. 25

Film: “El estudiante”

(“The Student”)

Director: Roberto Girault

7 p.m. Showtime

All films are shown with English subtitles.

Rice Media Center • Free Admission

For more information, please visit

www.ricecinema.rice.edu or call 713-348-6753.

This event is proudly sponsored by Multicultural Community Relations in the Office Public Affairs,

Department of Hispanic Studies and Rice Cinema in the Department of Visual and

Dramatic Arts at Rice University and the Mexican Consulate.

Thanks,

Shelby Thurston
Event Specialist

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Greetings,

The Kinder Institute for Urban Research is pleased to announce the upcoming lecture of its distinguished speaker series.

In recent years, college and university life has been dominated by a culture of excessive alcohol consumption. Though these problems have been addressed by campus policies such as bans on hard liquor and other forms of alcohol abuse, these rules remain difficult to enforce and threaten to drive the problem of binge-drinking underground.

To discuss some of these trends, Dr. Richard Rogers will be delivering a talk entitled: “Alcohol Consumption and Mortality.”

A professor of sociology and director of the Population Program in the Institute for Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Dr. Rogers will explore the health effects of alcohol consumption. Please see attached flyer for more information about the event or visit: http://kinder.rice.edu/richard-rogers.aspx

Date/Time: Wednesday, September 21 at 4PM
Place: Herring Hall 100

Herring Hall is building 32 on the map: http://www.rice.edu/maps/BW-Campus_Map_6-11.pdf.

This event is open and free to the public. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend this special lecture.

Light refreshments will be served before the lecture.

This event is being co-sponsored by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Center for Drug and Social Policy Research at the University of Houston.

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Hello!

We are starting our new year of programming for international students and are looking for student leaders to participate as International Liaisons (ILs). We are looking to revamp the program with more interactions and this year we’ll have some funding for some great events!

The program is looking for (non-first year) students who are interested in getting involved with the international students on campus. The applications (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhhanlHZ3luTGs4czhUeVA4Z05XSGc6MQ ) are available to both US citizens and international students.

After the application process, we’ll let the finalists know when we’ll have the upcoming training (about 1 hour). The program will focus on how to prepare for your role within the colleges and will include information on acculturation topics that may arise.

We are excited to invite each of you to join us in this new program as leaders. You will be given a placard for your room door so that students in need can find you easily if you live on campus. We will also develop the IL webpage (http://oiss.rice.edu/gateway.aspx?id=990) more with details as they come.

If you have any further questions, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Cory Owen, Program Manager & Sr. International Advisor

McMurtry College RA

Office of International Students & Scholars

Rice University, MS-365

P.O. Box 1892

Houston, TX 77251-1892

Tel.: 713-348-6095 Fax: 713-348-6058

http://oiss.rice.edu/

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Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,

Now that the fall semester is underway, this may be a good time to evaluate the ways you manage both acute and chronic stress. If you’re finding that you need a new or better way to improve your resiliency, we invite you to join us at our regular Nirvana Sessions. This program resumes this week in the Rice Memorial Chapel and will continue through the second week of December. Take 20 minutes to focus on your well being and reap the benefits! The Nirvana Sessions may help decrease tension and increase concentration. Regular relaxation can yield long-term health benefits and reduce symptoms caused by stress and anxiety. Just close your eyes…listen…relax.

The Nirvana Sessions in the Rice Memorial Chapel

Tuesdays (Evening Nirvana) 5:00 – 5:20 PM
Wednesdays (Noontime Nirvana) 12:30 – 12:50 PM
Thursdays (Afternoon Nirvana) 3:30 – 3:50 PM

For more information, visit us online at http://wellness.rice.edu/nirvana.

–

Wellness Center

Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center, MS-704

Rice University

6100 Main Street

Houston, TX 77005

713-348-5194

713-348-5111 (fax)

wellness@rice.edu

http://www.rice.edu/wellness

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Hey everyone! We’re the Rice University Google Campus Ambassadors, and
it’s our job to:

- Come up with excuses to give away FREE GOOGLE STUFF!
- Provide information about Google Apps for Education’s implementation
at Rice University
- Spread Google+ and Google Apps promotions
- Answer Google-related questions
- Let you know about the Google intern/job recruiters and when they’re
coming on campus
And of course…
- Throw the first Google themed study break!

BUT until then, follow the link below to sign up for a Google+
account. (Especially freshmen!!!)

***** http://goo.gl/Jdo85 *****

For those of you who don’t know, Google Plus is a new social network
tied into the Google product line. It’s awesome, especially because we
can use Google+ for event publicity that we can’t otherwise use
Facebook for. Among other features, Google+ has “circles” for extra
privacy, 10-way video chat, instant photo upload from your android
phones, group instant messaging via SMS texting, contact syncing, and
much more.

Also, if you get a Google Plus account and add us into your circles,
you’ll receive messages about where and when we’ll be randomly giving
out free Google t-shirts!

Like the Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Google-at-Rice-University/260904077264378

Happy Googling!
Veronica Saron & Dennis Qian

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Rice Faculty, Staff and Students,

Thanks to your constant vigilance, we have had numerous reports of the “Warning” email that is actually a phishing scam.

A sample can be seen on Catch of the Day:
http://catchoftheday.blogs.rice.edu/

Do not reply to any message indicating your email account will be suspended or terminated if you don’t reply or click a link. These messages are all fake.

Thanks for reporting suspicious messages to helpdesk@rice.edu.

Carlyn Chatfield
Manager, IT Technical Communications
Rice University
Houston, Texas 77005
713.348.4819

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Rice Students,

We hope you are enjoying your semester and in the swing of things.

This is to remind you that the Shell Center for Sustainability posts internship opportunities on OwlSpace. Just log on and select Shell Center (SCS) to find out what is available or when new opportunities are posted. Opportunities are posted as we receive them from our community partners. Most internships are for summer opportunities but some are year-round or project based, and they can be paid or non-paid. We hope that you find the opportunity to work on an exciting sustainability project.

For Social Sciences students: Find out how you can qualify for credit.

Regards,

Lilibeth Andre

Associate Director

Shell Center for Sustainability

RICE UNIVERSITY

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FREE ZIPCAR MEMBERSHIP FOR RICE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Meet Zipcar, your new wheels at work for related events using Students Activities pcard.

Great news! Our partner Zipcar provides a better way for your Student organizations to get around on campus or off – using a car sharing! It’s like having access to a company car, but smarter. Let your organization become a Zipcar member and you will have easy access to cars by the hour, day or overnight.

Need to pick up supplies, go for an organization lunch or dinner, or meet a colleague/members? Grab a Zipcar. Now you can carpool or bike to school and still have a car when you need one during the day.

Sharing cars reduces carbon emissions, eliminates the hassles of expense reports and parking, and saves money. Gas and insurance are included, so please take advantage.

Sign up for free organization membership and you can start using Zipcar for all your organization-related driving, on and off campus at very affordable rates! Visit zipcar.com/rice and follow the link to “join my department’s/organizations existing Zipcar account.” If you still have questions, email Zipcar at depthelp@zipcar.com. To become a member, go to zipcar.com/rice

For all other students the membership for September is $25.

We hope you enjoy using Zipcar.

Transportation and Parking Department

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Rice Babysitting List

There is a sign up list in the Wiess Commons for a Rice U Babysitting List.

It is a list of students from Rice who are interested in babysitting, mostly nights and weekends. Families from West U and around Rice are interested in hiring Rice students when they need a babysitter. You make good cash and all of the families are incredibly nice. By signing up, you’re just saying that you’re interested, that’s it. If you want to be on the list, email Kensey King at kenseyking@gmail.com with your phone number and car situation. Thanks!

~Kensey

Rice University 2012
Brown College

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FREE shuttle service from RMC to Hobby Airport on Wednesday November 23, and from Hobby Airport to RMC, Sunday, November 27, 2011

Wednesday, 23 November

Regular Service thru 5:00 p.m. **

Wednesday, 23 November

HOBBY AIRPORT SHUTTLE

Meet the bus in the circular drive outside the RMC.

Departure Times: 9 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 3 pm, and 4:30 pm.

Thursday and Friday,

24- 25 November

SHUTTLE SERVICE

WILL NOT BE

PROVIDED.**

Saturday, 26 November

Graduate Apartments Shopping Shuttle

Operates 10 am to 3:00 pm

No Rice Village Shuttle

No Undergraduate Shopping Shuttle

Sunday, 27 November

HOBBY AIRPORT SHUTTLE

Meet the bus outside the Baggage Claim

Area at Hobby Airport.

Departure Times: 1 pm, 2:30 pm, 3 pm,

4 pm, 5:30 pm, 7 pm, and 8:30 pm.

Night Escort Service Resumes.

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ANNOUNCEMENT:

Dr. Bill Wilson Student Initiative Grant

is now accepting applications.

Do you have a creative idea for a project that will improve undergraduate life at Rice?

Then apply for this grant.

Awards vary up to several thousand dollars!

Application deadline is November 4, 2011, at midnight.

For more information and the online application – Dr. Bill Grant.

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The Rice Players are proud to be performing Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a play by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Joseph “Chepe” Lockett and produced by Rice Students, the show opens this Thursday, and runs Thursday 9/22 through Saturday 9/24 and Thursday 9/29 through Saturday 10/1. All shows are at 8PM at Hamman Hall, exit 21 off Rice Blvd.

For more information visit players.rice.edu

“After you’re gone, how will you be remembered? Do the devices that drive our compulsively communicative society really connect us, or just isolate us? And what do caramel popcorn and embossed invitations have to do with romance, Johannesburg, and the letter Z?

These are all questions that drive Sarah Ruhl’s absurdist romantic comedy Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a play that “blends the mundane and the metaphysical, the blunt and the obscure, the patently bizarre and the bizarrely moving” (Charles Isherwood, New York Times).

When the normally restrained Jean finds her meal at a quiet diner disrupted by her neighbor’s ringing phone — a call he can’t answer, reasonably enough, because he is deceased — she soon finds it opens the way to a looking-glass world of mystery, treachery, love, and confusion. From city streets to high society, from airport lounges to the stratospheric laundromats of heaven, Dead Man’s Cell Phone offers up quirkily real people navigating their way through surrealist fantasies. The characters struggle to find their way through the morass of mundanity, guided by the illogic of their dreams and feelings.”

Student tickets $5 | faculty $8
Get half off your ticket price if you bring in an old cellphone for recycling

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Friday Willy Noon

Be there.

send any questions to bethere@rice.edu

Newsletter: Google Earth Edition

CQ — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:34:21 +0000

HEY WIESS!!

HERE?S WHAT?S UP AT RICE!
1. Women’s Club Basketball
2.Texas Fire Donations
3.Rice Model Arab League
4. SAT Mentoring
5. BSA Open Mic Night
6. Free Night Escort Service
7. Hanszen Theater
8. Robert Gardner: The Outlook for Energy
9. Study Abroad Fair Thursday
10. Med Student Panel
11.Time-waster of the week: Google Earth

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Attention Ballers!

We are organizing Women’s Club Basketball to be up and running again! It would be a year-long competitive club against other local university club teams. We need enough interest this semester and help get it going for the spring. If you played basketball for Varsity or at a competitive level in high school, then you should DEFINITELY sign up!

PLEASE EMAIL ricewomensclubbball@gmail.com IF YOU’RE INTERESTED!!!!

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“The families affected by the Texas fires (especially in the Bastrop area) need your help. Donations are being collected to assist these families. Non-perishable items can be brought to three locations: a donation box located in the Martel rotunda by the vending machine, a donation box located in the Hanszen business office, and a donation box located in Rice Memorial Chapel. (Please, no foods) Suitable items include:

Clothing
Hygenics
Bedding
Simple appliances.

Monetary donations are also being accepted. Please leave these with Maria in the Martel business office, or Joyce in the Hanszen business office. Checks may be made payable to: Bastrop Christian Ministerial Alliance (BCMA). This donation drive will wrap up on Friday, September 16th and is being facilitated by Houston Lutheran Campus Ministry, a Rice recognized student organization. Questions? Please contact Pr. Brad Fuerst, Campus Pastor – HLCM.

Thank you for your caring response.”

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Hey Rice!
Rice Model Arab League is looking to recruit you to kick butt at a regional conference held in Houston this year! What is Model Arab League you ask? Well, its just like Model UN but far more awesome because the Arab world is not short on excitement or revolutions is this year. Our team is representing Libya and so we have the privilege of wearing cool Gaddafi-esque outfits, sleeping in tents, and making Condi scrapbooks.
If you are at all interested in the Arab world, understanding the revolutions, meeting new people, and kicking butt on a regional level, join our team and come to our meetings! And email me at bfa1@rice.edu if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Batoul Abuharb

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Hey Rice!

The RSVP Education Committee, The Mentorship Project, HACER, and BSA are partnering for a special SAT Mentoring Program at Eastwood Academy. Students at Eastwood are bright and hardworking, but have often missed out on some basic guidance key to doing well on the SAT. This is your opportunity to fill that void and ensure that they show colleges their best self.

We are looking for mentors who can commit to working with Eastwood Academy students for three Saturday sessions on Sept. 17, 24, and Oct. 1 in preparation for the October 8th SAT date. Mentors will leave Rice at 9:30am and return by 12:30pm.

If you are interested in volunteering, please attend our brief info and training session this Tuesday, September 13th, 7-8pm in the RMC 2nd Floor Conference Room. If possible, please bring your driver’s license and your laptop so that we can get you through the HISD Volunteer Clearance Process.

If you have any questions, please contact Roshni Patel (rhp1@rice.edu) or Gabe Cuadra (Gabe.Cuadra@rice.edu).

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HEY WIESS!!!

The Black Student Association is hosting Sanctuary, also known as Open Mic Night!

DATE: September 17, 2011
TIME: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
LOCATION: Willy’s Pub, Rice University

Bring your talents with you to Willy’s Pub this Saturday Night, whether it’s singing, dancing, comedy or poetry reading and share it on the stage! If you’re not interested in performing you can sit, watch and enjoy the show. Please come out and join us! If you have any questions, email bsa@rice.edu.

*FREE

AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!*

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FREE NIGHT ESCORT SERVICE

The Transportation Department in addition to other shuttle services, provides a Night Escort Service,
Sunday to Thursday, 10pm to 6am. The service is not provided on Friday or Saturday night.

If you need the service, please call the dispatcher at the Rice Police Department (RUPD) 713-348-6000.
The service is provided to the Rice Village Apartments, Rice Graduate Apartments, GreeNbriar lot
BRC, and all the Colleges on campus. Look for the Rice Van.

Thank you for using the Rice shuttle service.

At your service,
Transportation and Parking
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“Hanszen College Theater Committee cordially invites you to audition for our fall play, “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” by Steve Martin.

Picasso is the hilarious fictional story of two nonfictional geniuses?Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso?who are both on the verge of a major breakthrough/masterpiece when they find themselves conversing in a French bar (the Lapin Agile) about the merits of talent and genius, and interacting with a host of surprising guests.

Auditions will be held Wednesday and Thursday nights at 8:00 in the Hanszen Upper Commons. No preparation is necessary, just come prepared to read scenes from the script and wow us with your wit and charm!

If you are interested in a tech position (Producing, Set/Costume/Light/Sound designing/construction, Stage Managing, Stage Hand, etc.) PLEASE feel free to come talk to us at auditions, or just shoot us an e-mail with your interest.

If you have any questions, please e-mail mch6@rice.edu.”

Thank

you!
Michael Hollis
Hanszen College

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The Rice Earth Science Department will host a special guest speaker Mr. Robert Gardner, Manager – Corporate Strategic Planning, Economics and Energy Division of ExxonMobil at 4:00 pm this Thursday, September 15th in Herring Hall, Room 100. The title of his presentation is, ?The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030.?

Mr. Gardner has also been a guest speaker for the Baker Institute. The event is free and open to the public. We hope you can attend.

Mr. Gardner?s biography and synopsis of the presentation are attached.

Mary Ann Lebar
Earth Science Department
713-348-6068

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The Annual Study Abroad Fair will be held this Thursday…please join us if you are interested in academic study abroad through Rice University International Programs.

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Shelly Royer, M.A.
International Programs Advisor
Rice University

shelly.royer@rice.edu
713/348-4424
http://www.facebook.com/RiceInternationalPrograms

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Hey Rice Pre-meds!

Tomorrow, (Wednesday, September 14th) from 7:30pm-8:30pm in Keck 100 is our first Medical Student Panel of the year!!! We will have medical students from Baylor College of Medicine and UT Houston Medical School, some of whom are Rice alumni!

They will be talking about:

-their experiences,
-what they recommend you to do as an undergraduate from freshmen to senior year,
-classes you should take
-general advice

and to answer ALL of your burning questions!

This will be a preview of Rice Pre-Medical Society’s Big Owls/Little Owls Program (BOP), where pre-medical students are mentored medical students, and upperclassmen mentor underclassmen.

Invite all of your pre-med or prospective pre-med friends! Everyone is welcome!

Best,
Rice Pre-Medical Society

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Meredith Jackson
Wiess College
Class of 2014
maj6@rice.edu

Newsletter: Screwin with your roommate

CQ — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:32:59 +0000

HEY WIESS!!
HERE’S WHAT’S UP AT RICE!
1. Public Health Lecture
2.Blood Drives
3.CPR classes
4. Mexican Film Fest
5. Deutsche Bank Investment Banking Info Sesh
6. Fall Design Competition
7. Study Abroad Fair
8. Give 10 in of hair
9. Men’s Club basketball tryouts
10. Rice Design Alliance Job
11.BISF- JFK and Race to the Moon
12. Unconventional Summer Showcase
13. More Blood Drive Stuff
14. ROPE trip spaces
15. Nourish International Meeting
16. Fun things to do to your roommate

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Hello all,

Greeting from the UT School of Public Health! I’m writing you on behalf of The Board, an up-and-coming leadership and management student organization.. We formed last spring and are hoping to hit the ground this semester with educational and networking opportunities for students. We are geared primarily toward healthcare management students, but we are hoping to recruit students from all walks of public health (health promotion and behavioral science, epi, biostats, and environmental health)

As part of our efforts, we’d like to extend an invitation to any Rice students interested in attending our first speaker of the semester. Michelle Deckelbaum, the Director of Operations at Methodist, will be speaking about Process Improvement: Practical Applications of Six Sigma and Lean on September 21 from 4:30-6:00pm at SPH.

I was given a link to your emails by a former Rice student, Ricky Mercado. He told me you might be able to forward my email to a large number of students. Also, if there’s a faculty member that might be better-suited to correspond with me, please feel free to forward this message to he or she, as well.

Thank you and please excuse such a long-winded, unexpected email!

Best regards,
Paul Newhouse (PR Director for The Board)

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The Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP) and Graduation Student Association (GSA) will host three blood drive dates beginning Tuesday, September 6 – Thursday, September 8. The GSA’s drive will be held on Tuesday, September 6 from 9:30am-2:00pm in the Wellness Center Room 160B. RSVP’s drives will be held Wednesday, September 7 and Thursday, September 8, 10:00am-4:00pm each day, in the Farnsworth Pavilion of the Ley Student Center.

Rice University participates with the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center as a “Commit For Life” partner. Through this relationship, Rice University sponsors 4 blood drives annually to help meet the needs of over 220 health care institutions in a 24-county Texas Gulf Coast region.

There is no substitute for blood. It has to come from one person in order to give to another. A critical number of voluntary donations are required every day to meet the need for blood in the Gulf Coast region. However, we are consistently falling short, and falling short means we may not have enough blood for someone like you. The process of giving blood takes about 1 hour. Appointments are encouraged and will be given priority, but walk-ins are always welcome.

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TO SIGN UP TO DONATE:

1. Go to http://www.eblooddrive.org.
2. Use one of the two choices presented:
* Log in using your Username and Password if you have used Digital Donor before.
* Click “Register now.” if you are new to Digital Donor.
3. Enter the requested information to create or update your user account or continue to the next step.
4. Click on “Where to Donate.”
5. Click on “Group Name” and enter “rice” in the search box to locate the campus blood drives.
6. Select the preferred date and time of your appointment.

Note: This may also include a few other sites (i.e. Rice High School and Rice Medical Center) that are not located on the Rice University campus.
Note: Drives will not appear for scheduling until 90 days prior to the event.

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* You will receive an e-mail confirming your appointment and a reminder before your donation date.
* Please eat a hearty meal and drink plenty of fluids, preferably water, prior to donation and continue to do so throughout the day. Remember to bring a positive I.D.
* For eligibility questions, contact Medical Services by phone (713-791-6612) or e-mail (medops@giveblood.org). A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) web page is also available at http://www.giveblood.org/faq.htm. Please refer to it with any questions you may have related to recent travel, medications, piercings, tattoos, or medical conditions.
* If you have any questions about donating blood, please contact the Blood Center by phone (713-790-1200) or visit their web site at http://www.giveblood.org.
* If you have any questions about the 2011-12 campus blood drives, contact Malcolm Pyles by e-mail (mnp1@rice.edu).

Sarah

Hodgkinson

Assistant Director
Community Involvement Center -MS 200
Rice University
PO Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892

Phone: 713-348-6409
Fax: 713-348-5885

http://www.cic.rice.edu

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Dear Rice Community,

Rice EMS will be offering 2 CPR classes and 1 First Aid class this
month, free to all Rice faculty/students/staff and $25 for all
others.

If you would like to sign up, please email rems-cpr@rice.edu with
your name, email, affiliation (staff/student/faculty/non Rice),
college/department, and which session you’d like to attend. Space is
limited so sign up early!

Available Courses:

CPR:
Sunday, September 18 from 8am-12pm, Location TBA
Saturday, September 24 from 1pm-5pm, Location TBA

The course will cover the American Heart Association’s Heartsaver
AED Curriculum designed for lay rescuers which includes adult/child
CPR, rescue breathing, and AED use. At course completion, students
will receive a certification card that is valid for two years.

*Please note that this course will NOT cover infant (< 1 y/o) CPR
and rescue breathing and some healthcare-related professions may not
accept this certification as a job requirement.

First Aid:
Sunday, September 11 from 1pm-5pm, Location TBA

The course will cover the American Heart Association’s First Aid
Curriculum designed for lay rescuers which includes proper
protective equipment, wound care, activating the emergency response
system, and other topics. At course completion, students will
receive a certification card that is valid for two years.

Best Regards,

Alicia Buck
Rice EMS In-Charge
Education Lieutenant
EMT-I

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Mexican director Arturo Ripstein to attend Rice Cinema for film retrospective

Rice Cinema will screen a retrospective of noted Mexican filmmaker Arturo Ripstein’s work Sept. 9-11.Ripstein will attend the film screenings Sept. 9 and 10 and will discuss them with audience members.

The series is free and open to the public and will be shown at Rice Cinema on the Rice University campus.

“The Films of Arturo Ripstein: A Retrospective Film Series” begins Sept. 9 with ?El Castillo de la Pureza? (?The Castle of Purity?), the story of a disciplined and sexually driven man who keeps his family isolated in his home for years to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings while inventing (with his wife) rat poison. Doors open at 6 p.m., and Ripstein will be interviewed at 6:30. The film will be shown at 7 p.m., followed by a reception.

?Principio y Fin? (?Beginning and End?) will screen at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10. Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz, ?Principio y Fin? tells the story of a middle-class family struggling against poverty after their father’s death. There will be a reception at 5 p.m., and Ripstein and screenwriter Paz Alicia Garciadiego will be interviewed at 6 p.m.

The series ends Sept. 11 with a double feature. ?Profundo Carmesi? (?Deep Crimson?) begins at 3 p.m. The film examines the life of a manwho preys on unsuspecting women for a living, but is changed when he finds an accomplice in the woman who loves and controls him. And ?El Carnaval de Sodoma? (?Crazy Carnival?), in which residents of a bordello scurry to put together their outfits for an annual carnival, screens at 5 p.m.

All films will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles.

The festival is sponsored by Rice University?s Multicultural Community Relations in the Office of Public Affairs, Rice Cinema, the Department of Hispanic Studies and the Mexican Consulate.

For more on the films, go to http://ricecinema.rice.edu/Events.aspx.

Shelby Thurston
Event Specialist
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Deutsche Bank Investment Banking Information Session (with food and drinks)

Find out about Deutsche Bank at Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Presentation featuring Investment Banking opportunities in Houston, TX. Come on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at Huff House, Room 107 between 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. and get an insight into what it?s like to work at Deutsche Bank within our Corporate & Investment Bank: Corporate Finance division specializing in Natural Resources.

Hear first hand from the people who were once in your position and are now at the forefront of one of the world?s leading financial institutions.

It?s your chance to ask questions, chat with Deutsche Bank staff and check out your options. Most of all, it?s an opportunity to discover for yourself whether a career at Deutsche Bank is for you ? and what you can be doing today to get there.

Feel free to reach out via email to Shelby Bottoms (Jones college) for more information about the group or position – srb4@rice.edu

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Hey everyone,

The Fall Design Competition is next Saturday (9/10) in the RMC Grand Hall from 3-6pm. You will be building with K’Nex pieces. The materials and design task will be provided at the competition.

There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, as well as Most Creative. Dinner will be provided!

Register in teams of 2-3 people – email your names as well as the team captain’s phone number to riceasme@gmail.com by Thursday (9/8) to sign up.

This event is open to anyone interested in engineering, so please invite your friends!

Elaine Wong
Rice Undergraduate Student
Sid Richardson College
Rice University
6360 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005

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STUDY ABROAD FAIR (9/15)

Interested in studying abroad during your undergraduate career?!?! Join us for the Study Abroad Fair on Thursday, September 15, from 10am – 3 pm to learn about our current selection of program providers and speak to students about their experiences abroad!

Your Wiess International Ambassadors,
Rebekah Brown
Pin-Fang Wang (Rm 322)

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Can you give 10 inches of hair to make a difference in the life of a child? On Monday, September 19, Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) will be providing free haircuts and collecting hair to make prosthetic hair devices for children with medical illness. This hair drive, our first to benefit Locks of Love in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, will be held from 10 am to 4 pm in the Hess Private Dining Room of the RMC.

CAC has brought in a leading Houston stylist to provide cuts and styles to students who participate. Students who donate 10 or more inches of hair will receive a free cut and style ($70 value). Students who donate less than 10 inches of hair can receive cuts and styles for $25. The person who donates the most hair will receive a $50 gift card. All hair donors will also be eligible to win exciting prizes through a random drawing.

To sign up for a time you must complete the attached registration form. Priority will be given to students registering by Monday, September 12. There are opportunities for everyone to be a part of the fun by raising money and serving as an event volunteer. In addition, a $25 gift card will be awarded to the top fundraiser of each college and GSA.

We hope to see you on September 19! For more on event information, donation guidelines and fundraising details, see the attached information packet or e-mail us at rice.cac@gmail.com.

Vasu Mantravadi (McMurtry ’12), CAC President
Yian Lo (McMurtry ’13), CAC Vice-President

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To anyone interested in playing competitive basketball,

The men’s club basketball team will be having tryouts THIS FRIDAY, September 9th at 4 PM. The tryouts should last no longer than 2 hours and will be held in the OLD AUTRY EAST GYM (The gym behind the lighted IM field and next to the tennis courts). We will conclude with another round of tryouts on Saturday at a to be determined time.

We are a year-round competitive club playing against other local university club teams. We practice twice a week and usually have games Friday evenings. It is recommended that players have at least some varsity/AAU experience in high school but by no means a requirement.

If you have any questions about the team, or cannot make it this Friday, email Mitchel at mmn5@rice.edu.

See

you on the court!

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I recently received an email concerning a student assistant position ($9 per hour) available with the Rice Design Alliance. The full job description is available on the university’s Job Board.

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The Space Policy Program
of the
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University

cordially invites you to attend

a discussion on

John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
with
John M. Logsdon, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs
The George Washington University?s Elliott School of International Affairs

and an introduction by

George W.S. Abbey
Baker Botts Senior Fellow in Space Policy

Tuesday, September 20, 2011
6:00 pm
Kelly International Conference Facility
James A. Baker III Hall
Rice University

Reception and book signing to follow.
Copies of the book will be provided for sale courtesy of Brazos Bookstore.

Drawing on extensive new research, John M. Logsdon, Ph.D., professor emeritus of political science and international affairs at The George Washington University?s Elliott School of International Affairs and founder of the university?s Space Policy Institute, discusses his book ?John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). Logsdon presents a definitive account of Kennedy?s decision to send Americans to the moon and of how that decision was implemented by the president and his associates during his tragically short time in the White House. The book traces the evolution of Kennedy?s thinking and policies regarding Project Apollo, including the president’s hope of collaborating, rather than competing, with the Soviet Union ? a possibility that was soon abandoned after his assassination.

Please RSVP by fax to 713.348.5993, by email to bipprsvp@rice.edu or on the
Web at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/logsdon before Friday, September 16.

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Stop by Unconventional Summer, this Thursday, Sept 8th from 4:30-6pm in the Ray Courtyard outside the Student Center! Students who participated in Rice sponsored summer opportunities will talk about their experiences so you can plan ahead for summer 2012. Summer opportunities represented include domestic and international opportunities for research (Engineering, Natural Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences), service work, and internships (non-profit and corporate).
Fruit Bars from Fruit Palette for the first 300 people. Questions? Email mrm4@rice.edu

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Hey Wiess!

RSVP and Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center will be hosting a blood drive on Wednesday and Thursday, September 7 and 8 from 10am – 4pm in the RMC Farnsworth Pavilion. If you would like to schedule a quick 15-minute appointment, please email me (wz10@rice.edu) with your preferred time slot.

Remember, 1 unit of blood can save up to 3 lives! So if you’re over 17 years old, are in good health, and weigh at least 110 lbs., please sign up and donate!

Thanks!
Dana

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3 spaces open for our surfing trip on Saturday

1 space left available for our horseback riding trip on Sunday

Visit http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/rope/trips.html to register

Get outside with ROPE!

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Looking to change the world?

Nourish International is a nonprofit service organization that invites college students to help eradicate global poverty. We will be raising money to fund our trip abroad to implement a sustainability project next summer.

Join our movement
First Meeting
Wednesday, September 7th
9pm
Humanities Building 117
Snack on free brownies
and ice cream
and find out how you can
change the world

for any questions or concerns contact
Victoria Delgado
Jones College
ved1@rice.edu
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So, I’m pretty sure this is only funny at 2am. Source: random guy on fb.
Fun things to do to a roommate:

2. Every time you enter the room, sit in a chair, lean back too far, and fall over backwards. Laugh hysterically for about ten minutes. Then, one day, repeat the falling-over exercise, but instead of laughing, get up, look at the chair sternly, and say, “It’s not funny anymore.”

7. Pack up all of your things and tell your roommate that you’re going away to “find yourself.” Leave, and come back in about ten minutes. If your roommate asks, explain that you’re not a hard man to find.

11. Hang a picture of your roommate on the wall. Throw darts at it. Smile at your roommate often, saying things like, “How nice to see you again.”

47. Every time your roommate comes in, immediately turn off the lights and go to bed. When he/she leaves, get up and loudly yell, “Okay, guys, you can come out now.”

56. Sign your roommate up for various activities. (Campus tour guide, blood donor, organ donor).

69. Put up flyers around the building, reporting that your roommate is missing. Offer a reward for his/her safe return.

–
Meredith Jackson
Wiess College
Class of 2014
maj6@rice.edu

Minutes: Pajama Cabinet

CQ — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:30:31 +0000

PAJAMA CABINET MINUTES!

ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The sophomore reps will have you know that they sleep naked, thank you very much.
- Thursday (today!) is the study abroad fair from 11a.m.-2p.m. at the Brochstein Pavilion.
- Mark announces that all-star associate Mikki Hebl is bringing back Team Running Wiess! Christa’s legacy lives on!
- Bobby just bought a TFW football! Don’t let it hit the concrete, and only use it for Wiess activities, he says.
- Carole says to join the NOD decorations committee! It’s fun, and a great way to get freshman service points. Email cbm3@rice.edu to join!
- Trevor says the VGA cable is missing – bring it back to Nancy’s office with no questions asked. (John Michael: “Or we could start a witch hunt…”)

BUDGET!
Erika and Alisher are still working on getting us out of the proverbial hole. So don’t spend so much money! (But still come up with creative, Wiess-bolstering ways for us to spend money!)

SA SHENANIGANS
Monica brings us tidings of joy from Monday’s SA meeting. First, that the SA is still figuring out where all the stolen KTRU booty will be spent across campus. Also, Rice’s CollegeProwler ratings have gone up! Also, St. Arnold’s Centenni*Ale – it’s coming. And will be sold at the downtown Spec’s and served at some Rice functions this year.

OC LUNCHES
Jay and Lilly bring it to our attention that Wiess has not been able to provide OC lunches so far this year. The prob: the servery is charging more money than in previous years, and we can’t pay their exorbitant fees for a weekly sandwich bar. Jay and Lilly have talked to the manager in the servery and report that while the servery is still kind of our nemesis, Julie Bogar is “really, really nice!” and is trying to work with them.

Jay and Lilly suggest some alternatives:
For $4.50/person, OC kiddos can enter the servery twice a month. Many of us think this is not frequent enough to encourage people to dine at Wiess. Or, Hanzen does this thing where they provide 6 pizzas (from the servery) for $60. Lilly says they also looked at outside options for having pizza delivered, “And it was stupid. Really stupid.” Meaning, delivery costs too much. BC suggests they approach restaurants Wiess has worked with before and ask about college discounts.

We talk money. The treasurers clarify that the current OC budget of $120 is not typically for OC lunches, but for OC camp-outs and marshmallows and such. In the past, OC lunches were funded by a mysterious meal subsidies budget that Alisher is exploring… Cabinet votes to try the servery pizza option for one week and see what the turnout is like. (But keep fighting, OC kids! Do not go gentle into that good night!)

In the mean time, remember that everyone with a meal plan has 5 guest meals/semester! So, share with a needy OC kid near you! <333

ECO REPS – BIKE SHARING!
John and Heather are our eco reps! And they want to bring bike sharing to us! Other colleges have instituted the program, and they want to bring it to Wiess to see how it works.

How it works: we get 5 bikes that RUPD has confiscated (curses!). Then a Sid guy fixes them up and gives them to us. Emily points out that it’s like ZipCars for bikes. The eco reps say they’ll spray paint the bikes bright goldenrod (is there any other kind?), so that people will be less likely to take BikeShare bikes.

BikeShare wants us to lay down $50 up front, for repairs that may arise. However, it’s unclear whether the deposit will be returned to Wiess if no repairs are necessary.

STUDENT-TAUGHT COURSES!
Brooke and Heather are the STC co-chairs. They want to hold a study break to talk about STCs and watch Accepted. Cabinet asks them to collaborate with Nathan, who is in charge of the study break budget.

COMMUNITY SERVICE!
Meredith and Alexa are our community service reps. They’re requesting that Wiess nominate someone to represent our college in the Mr. Rice pageant. A deep voice in the back says, Oh hello, John. The CS reps explain that the qualifications are that our nominee be nice, funny, hot, have great smile, and black socks. There is a consensus that we will have John Michael as our nominee, and no other.

AS CRAZY AS IT SOUNDS…
There is a really eccentric alumnus from Rice who wants to give money to all the colleges, but only for ping-pong tables, or for new facilities to be used for ping-pong. Charlie asks whether we would like some ping-pong tables.

Trevor makes a suggestion, via Kunle, that it should be a beer pong facility instead, because people would actually use that a lot. Maybe the alumnus knows that? Someone asks if he could give us money for our ping-pong dispenser, or for new balls. BC says we should build a facility on top of the campus parking garage. Many people like this idea.

CAB’NET AND HUTCH
Dean Hutchinson wants to come to cabinet to talk to us! Charlie wants to know if his visit should be pre- or post-NOD. Emily points out that there’s a cabinet on October 19th, a week and a half before NOD. By then, we’d know who’s opening their rooms for private parties, and we could ask them to attend. Second idea: we could invite him to fireside chats again. Mark asks if we can make sure Baker 13 will run through again. Charlie’s going to see what he can do. (If Baker 13′s busy, maybe the sophomore reps could lend their services?)

We take a straw poll, and we vote for a fireside chat, to be held before NOD.

TGIF
Back when Wiess was cool, there were beautiful, beautiful parties called TGs (Dr. Byrd tells us this – don’t call them “TGIFs” unless you’re a noob). Dr. Byrd says they happened every week, and that sometimes there were several TGs at once. As he recalls, they were a circle of people tightly packed together, like, around something. He’s not sure what – he never saw what was in the middle.

Charlie wants to bring this tradition back, to make Friday afternoons more happenin’, and Wiess even cooler! They would take place from about 3-7p.m., and would involve refreshments and intercollegiate bonding. He’s talked with the other South colleges, and they’re down. WRC is the only one in the periphery.

Gabi asks who would be in charge of those. Not socials, don’t worry! Ruthie says she prefers just collaborating with one college at a time, since then we can meet more people instead of being overwhelmed by the strangers and just going off with our friends.

SEAT OF SHAME SEAT OF SHAME SEAT OF SHAME
Ben had a great idea! He wants to throw a Wiess Connect dance party! Alisher has the first question: “You can only have 2 people at a time, right?” Ben: “I’m aware of that.” (Silence). Ben continues: Connect is different from DDR, in that it is actually dancing. And it’s more intense! He’d like to hook up the game in the commons and use the projector. He asks for money for food and drinks. The socials suggest giving $60, since that is about what cabinet food costs. We vote to give Ben $60 from the creativity fund, because if that’s not creative, I don’t know what is!
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Lilly and Ben: Lilly joins Ben atop the seat of shame. She want to clarify her role on the IT task force. She says that she is “the Wiess IT ambassador – the mouthpiece of IT, and it’s not that funny, BC.” So, if you need IT help, contact helpdesk@rice.edu, or contact Ben. If you contact her, she can only put you in touch with IT or with Ben. Then, it’s Ben’s turn to clarify his role. He says he’s not technically in charge of the paper or the scanner or the printer (though he’s really nice and has helped out a lot in the past). Problems should be reported to IT.
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Bahrom and Lauren are two of the three head mentors. They currently have $50 in their mentor budget. They have a variety of events in mind for this year, but need more resources. Other colleges have much larger budgets, and they’d like to expand the Wiess mentors program as well. They mention ideas like gift bags for associates who help us, money for crawfish boils, food for research lab meet-and-greets.

Ruthie asks if there there can be a form where people can make suggestions? When Nathan came to precab, people had some pretty strong ideas about what the mentors could do. Someone also points out that they didn’t mention any activities that are reaching out to the humanities, so maybe that survey would be a good idea. It is also mentioned that they could collaborate with the PCAs and Wiess associates. We agree to talk about money more, soon, and when they have specific expenses in mind.
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Trevor, the Wiess Brewmaster, wants $60 from creativity for brewing supplies and $10 for a big spoon. These are things that Jeremy Goodreaux owned and that Wiess has yet to buy. For that reason, he suggests that it wouldn’t fall within the parameters of the brewing budget. Trevor says that, honestly, if we just gave him the $60, he could buy his own big spoon, and just make each new person buy his or her own big spoon too.

Adam asks if he can be Trevor’s little spoon. Trevor says no.

We Trevor $70 from creativity to make us tasty beer.

Cabinet adjourned!

TFW,
Margay “Because you deserve comfort” Dean

Minutes: Goldenrod Speed Cabinet

CQ — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:10:05 +0000

GOLDENROD CABINET AKA SPEED CABINET IT IS HAPPENING!!

Charlie welcomes us to the first cabinet of the year, whooo! Excitement is in the air.

We take attendance, but the culturals are conspicuously absent. They appear in the nick of time, narrowly escaping impeachment.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Charlie leads us off with a moment of silence for Ben Thorseth.

David Payne is up next: “We have a new floor in the PDR. It’s very classy, so don’t put anything unclassy in the PDR…” ‘Nuff said. (But also, you can open the left-side door now.)

Dr. Byrd tells us that Anthony Appiah is having dinner at the Wilson house two days ago.

BUDGET

Observing a time-honored tradition, Rice still hasn’t released how much money will be in Wiess’s annual budget…boo. Erika and Alisher (bless their hearts) try to elaborate but are overpowered by the momentum of the crowd, who are eager to Do Other iMportant studEying.

Mark Plitt, while being really happy for Alisher and all, makes a swift motion to reject the budget. Erika and Alisher have more to say, but they are drowned out by the voices of the antsy, antsy crowd. They cede the floor and go off to sob softly.

ALCOHOL PROBATION

Ellory, our resident madame Chief Justice, reminds us it’s still in effect, ‘til indefinitely. Since she doubles as U-court chair, she has the inside scoop: violation of the alcohol probation means automatic rustication, and possible suspension. (She clarifies that 21-year-olds drinking in the privacy their rooms is encouraged, however.)

She also asks that we come up with expectations for Wiess re: drinking and alcohol. The aim is to make a 1-page document-slash-social-contract, similar to alcohol policy, but specific to Wiess.

Then, the other members of Wiess court introduce themselves (see the beautiful commons poster).

SA SHENANIGANS

Monica, our SA senator (“She goes to meetings, so we don’t have to!”) tells us we can get books at Texas Marketplace. Also, if you’re a new student who wants to get involved with the SA, consider being the New Student Rep! Keep your eyes peeled, because she’ll send out apps soon!

Then, we formally secede from SA, yeehaw! It’s a beautiful moment.

FRESHMEN REP SPEECHES!

They’re all so qualified, so sweet, so inspiring. Warm fuzzies ensue.

NATALIE!!!!!!!!

“Whatchu want, Natalie?”

Undergrads to work for her part-time!

“Whatchu need, Natalie?”

…as a part of the Rice Centennials Ambassador’s program. You’ll interview alumni about their Wiess experiences. There’s an app online, due Monday, September 5^th. Email Natalie (Nlc1@rice.edu) with any questions!

“What about all the kids looking up to you? Do you have a message for them?…”

SOCIALS! <3

Emily and Gabi remind us that to throw any kind of event with any kind of alcohol, you need people who are alcohol trained! Just a quick little test, and you are certified!

They also need caregivers, though – training is just one hour! Contact Ellory or Charlie with questions. Emily says, “If you like parties, at all, you need to do this.” Next training is September 8^th from 4-5p.m. in the Wellness Center classroom.

NOD THEMES!

Start thinking about ‘em. Get your dirty minds a-goin’, and your creative juices a-flowin’!

BIKE TEAM!

Michael and Aaron ask for $200 from the bike team budget to fix bikes! Also, first ride is Saturday at 10:30a.m.

NEWSPAPERS (?)(!)

Ruthie asks if we want to bring newspapers back to Wiess. Bernard offers, “Yes.” Like always, the issue is $$$. But if we raise the issue again, says Ruthie, we can possibly get money from the dean’s office. Fill out Becky’s poll, if you haven’t already!

LISTSERVE RULES, PEOPLE!

Lilly Yu has a bone to pick. You see, it’s come to her attention that some freshman, and Bahrom, do not know how to use the listserve. If you want to listserve something, send it to Wiess via Lilly. Rules:

1) Wiess-related and relevant, only.

2) Please include an email address, so ppl can contact you (not Lilly, who apparently couldn’t care less whether you want to sign up for powderpuff).

a. Related: don’t reply to the listserve (unless you just feel like talking to Lilly, which, let’s face it, who wouldn’t).

3) University events – send to Meredith in the newsletter!

4) Give her 12-hours notice, or, in an emeeeergency, send it to Charlie.

Rule of thumb: if there’s a Wiess rep for it, it’s listserve-worthy.

Addendum: “The newsletter will have a classifieds section soon, so you can sell your cat or your bed, or your favors, except that’s illegal, so don’t do that!” Lilly is good at speed cabinet.

MICHAEL TAKES CREDIT FOR SAVING DIS-O, SINGLE-HANDEDLY.

He explains: “You can’t be awesome without music, and neither can dis-o.” And it was Michael who brought the music to dis-o. He says we need a new sound system, and with it, someone sworn to protect it. Speakers would cost $2,500-6,000, he says.

Brief history lesson. The stacks are kept in 424. The previous owners, while completely loveable and awesome, did not take such great care of them. We bought new stacks 2 years ago, and they’re already sort of kaput. Adam elaborates as only Adam can: “They crackle, sound shitty, beer has been poured on them, and they’ve been left in the rain.”

BC suggests it could be a bad contact, which is an easy fix. The sound board is older, and better wires could improve it too. BC says he will help re-assemble it. We discuss. Someone proposed that whomever’s in charge of stacks should be liable for them. Emily says this maybe could be possible be a new rep position.

We table the issue but agree to look into fixing the stacks before we invest in new ones.

SEAT OF SHAME

Erika and Alisher and back. They say Wiess is $14K in the hole. But, with transfers from our gift account, and shifting Sparky’s and movie room expenses, we should be back in the black (or, “the green,” in Joe Dwyer speak).

They also ask that we come up with ideas for any projects that could better Wiess (esp in the long run). Because, fun fact! Wiess actually does have some money, and we like spending it on worthy projects.

Bobby and Bernard have a lot on their minds. 1) They are working on homecoming event a BBQ at the new Wilson house. There will be BBQ and cocktails. 2) Bobby gets a twinkle in his eye and mentions something about a Wiess men’s calendar (???). 3) Bobby has found lots of t-shirt screens in the screen room – and he’s looking for creative ideas on what to do with them! Email him with ideas.

Finally, don’t forget to do your freshman service hours, because bad things happen if you don’t.

Speed cabinet is adjourned!

TFW,

Margay “zomg , y’all” Dean