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0) EXPLORE RICE volunteers
1) Screw Yer Roommate
2) Find a Job Working for the New Recreation Center
3) Habitat Info Session this Wednesday, Sept 9 at 8pm
4) Do you tend to get stressed out? Join The Club!
5) Spontaneous Combustion Auditions!
6) Thursday Night at Willy's Pub
7) Recreation Center Dance Classes This Week
8) Ombuds Interviews
9) Student Center "Owl Give Ya" Week
10) Volunteer Opportunities Fair
11) Interested in playing GUITAR and KEYBOARD for RENT?
12) Water in the Houston Metabolism-October 13, 2009
13) Library table at the Student Center
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Hey'll,
It's time to show some RICE LOVE & SPIRIT!!!
This Sunday is Explore Rice and the Student Admission Council (SAC) needs your help! We're expecting more than 500 high school students (not including their parents, siblings, etc) and we need volunteers to help with checking-in, ushering, student panels, setups, etc!
The Explore Rice programs provide the opportunity for high school students to meet Rice students, faculty, and staff and to explore what makes Rice distinctive. Attendees will also have the chance to learn about the variety of academic and extracurricular programs available and attend sessions on campus support services, experiential learning, or financing your education. These programs are designed especially for high school juniors and seniors.
Here's a brief schedule of Explore Rice:
11-12:30 Setup
12:30-1:30 Check-In
2:30-3:15 Academic Panels
3:30-5:15 Panels
5:30-6:15 Tour
4:30-6:30 Refreshments
6:30-7:30 Cleanup
If you can volunteer ANYTIME between 11 am till 7 pm this Sunday (9/13/2009), please e-mail back to ricesac@rice.edu (with subject: EXPLORE RICE).
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The Rice Program Council has scheduled SCREW YER ROOMMATE for Friday, September 18h 2009!
How It Works:
1) Find a date for your roommate.
-Scope out your classes, check cubby's at Fondren, or hunt down people you see walking through the Quad. Feel free to post classified ads on the discussion forums/wall on the facebook event (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=151982667173). Do what you gotta do to get your roommate a Screw.
2) Talk to prospective date's roommate.
-Plan an outfit for your roommate's to wear. The way they find each other is through their attire, so be creative. Possible examples: PB&J, Adam & Eve, Cookies & Milk.
Schedule of Events:
6 PM- Find your date in the Academic Quad!
-Enjoy some Redbull drink while you wander the Quad and search for your other half.
Go have dinner with your date and a group of friends.
10 PM- Meet back at Willy's Pub for After-Screw.
-Share your Screw stories, get FREE FOOD, and end your evening the right way.
Shirts:
There is a new shirt design this year! Rice Program Council will start selling shirts next week for $8.00. There's a limited supply so make sure you have the money handy and check with your RPC reps soon.
Join:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=151982667173
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=2210292337
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Are you looking for an on-campus job in a fun and exciting environment and with flexible hours? Then why not check out the jobs available in the brand new Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center? The new facility is opening on the 25th of September, and will vastly increase the space and amenities offered by the current Recreation Center. These increases mean program and service expansion, which means increased employment opportunities for you! We are looking for interested individuals to fill the following positions: sports officials for intramurals, lifeguards, swim instructors, group fitness leaders, weight room attendants, outdoor equipment rental managers, and operations assistants.
To find out more information about the positions available, apply for job and schedule interviews, come by our informational session on Thursday, September 10, 2009 in the Trauber Suite of the Tudor Field House from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. or come visit us outside of the Grand Hall in the Student Center tomorrow (9/9) from 11-2.
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Does building houses for people in need sound like fun to you?
Have you ever wanted to learn more about Rice Habitat?
Then come join us for:
HABITAT'S FIRST GENERAL MEETING
THIS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9 at 8:00 pm in HUMA 226.
Find out how you get involved in a Habitat build and other programs, join a committee, meet the officer candidates and more! Feel free to bring along any friends who might be interested.
Hope to see you there!
The Habitat Leadership Committee
Ray Verm, Tawfik Jarjour, Taylor Hall & Lu Yang
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The Nirvana Sessions return this week and you have a new opportunity to make regular meditation and relaxation a part of your routine! Join Club Nirvana, an incentive program designed to help Nirvana participants remain accountable to their personal goal of practicing stress-reducing techniques on a regular basis. For each Nirvana Session you attend (over the course of the academic year), you earn a point. As you accumulate these points, you can redeem them for really cool stuff - like t-shirts, free massage therapy or gift cards! To register for Club Nirvana or to learn more about The Nirvana Sessions, go to http://wellness.rice.edu/nirvana.html.
The Nirvana Sessions in the Rice Memorial Chapel
September 8th - December 3rd
Evening Nirvana (Guided Imagery) - Tuesdays: 5:00 - 5:20 pm
Noontime Nirvana (Mindfulness with Micki Fine) - Wednesdays: 12:30 - 12:50 pm
Afternoon Nirvana (Guided Imagery) - Thursdays: 3:30 - 3:50 pm
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Hey you! Do you like fun? What about being attractive?
Then you should try out for Spontaneous Combustion! We’re Rice’s only three-time award winning improv comedy troupe, and we’d love to see all of you at tryouts.
Auditions are this Thursday the 10th at 9 pm or Saturday the 12th at 2 pm in the RMC behind Coffeehouse. Come to whichever time you can. If you can’t make it to either audition or have any questions about SpoCo or life, email dsn1@rice.edu.
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This Thursday night Willy's Pub is having TWO big events:
From 7-9:30 we will be giving away 100 free sliders and $1 nachos and $1 pizza slices all night long as part of the Student Center's "Owl Give Ya Week"!
And at 11 we will be hosting the first RPC Concert series performance of the year. The artist is Kenneth Scott, a Houston based guitarist. Check him out online: http://www.myspace.com/kennethscottmusic. And then come check him out in person at Pub at 11 on Thursday night!
Love,
Willy's Pub
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Hello Friends,
Get a groove in your week! Dance Dance Dance ! Exercise keeps your immune system strong and puts a smile on your face! For class costs and details, check the Recreation Center Dance Website. Pay for classes at the Operations Desk in the Recreation Center. Dancing makes you healthy!
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/dance/index.html
DROP IN DANCE CLASSES:
Keep on Dancing ~ Wednesday, Sept. 9 / Friday, Sept. 11 / 12-1 pm / Dance Studio. A fun combination of Jazz and Modern Dance for all levels of experience. Taught by Leslie Scates and Jackie Nalett
Latin Lunch Moves ~ Thursday, Sept. 10 / 12-1pm / Dance Studio. Using moves from Latin Dances, this class tones your muscles and improves coordination. Beginning level, moderate workout. Taught by Jill Banta.
Enjoy!
Leslie Scates
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Hey college secretaries, if you could send this out in your announcements this week, that would be great:
-Want to be involved in the Honor Council?
-Interested in being an ombuds?
-Want to help preserve our academic enviornment?
This Saturday, September 10th, the Honor Council is holding interviews for ombuds! If you are interested in interviewing, send your availability on that Saturday to Austin Edwards (awedwards@rice.edu). Please schedule a time by Thursday, September 7th.
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The Student Center will be hosting "Owl Give Ya" Week, September 8th - 11th.
9/10 Willy's Pub will be offering free sliders and $1 nachos and $1 pizza by the slice from 7- 9:30 p.m.
9/11 The Bookstore will be having a one day sale & raffle from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
All offers are while supplies last.
See you there!
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Looking to get involved in the Houston community? Unsure of what volunteer opportunity will be the right fit? Come to the Volunteer Opportunities Fair to visit with and learn about more than 40 agencies in the Houston area! The Volunteer Opportunities Fair will be held on Monday, September 14 from 2:00-5:00pm in the Grand Hall of the RMC. For more information about the agencies and their available opportunities, please visit the Community Involvement Center's website (http://cic.rice.edu) and click on the link for "Volunteer Opportunities Fair."
If you have any questions, please contact Christa Leimbach (leimbach@rice.edu / 713-348-6044).
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As you may be aware that the North College Theatre Association is putting on Rent, the musical, this semester. I am the music director and am in need of one more person. I need someone who plays both guitar and keyboard. If you are interested or know anyone who is, please let me know at peterd@rice.edu
-Peter Denton
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The Shell Center for Sustainability invites you to join us for Water in the Houston Metabolism:
Will there be enough water for all of us in the next 100 years? What is the current quality of our waterways? How can it improve and why? The Shell Center for Sustainability at Rice University considers these and other questions on water in the upcoming conference “Water in the Houston Metabolism – Houston’s Water Needs and Water Quality for this Century”. National and local experts come together to address questions about water, one of our vital resources, and Houston’s sustainable development, growth, natural environment, water, health, and the policies that can make a difference.
The Shell Center for Sustainability in partnership with the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy’s Science and Technology Program and the Health Policy Forum will host this second annual conference on sustainability in Houston series.
The all-day event will take place at Baker Hall on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.
To find out more and to register visit: http://shellcenter.rice.edu
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Hi From the Librarians at Fondren!
http:// library.rice.edu
Do you need help NAVIGATING THE LIBRARY WEBSITE? We can help!
WANT to LEARN more about WHAT THE LIBRARY HAS FOR YOU?
We will have a table and a laptop by the front door in the Student Center almost every Thursday this semester from 2:30-3:30.
HELP is here for you!
NO SIGN UP NECESSARY – just pop by the TABLE and SAY HI!
Can’t make this time? Then shoot me an e-mail, and we can arrange for a one-on-one librarian consultation some other time.
CAN'T WAIT to meet you!
Cheers,
Debra
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