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FRIDAY
IS
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SATURDAY
This is actually important
For those of you who are "too
cool for school" and haven't
registered for classes yet, now's
the time. The Registrar will
fine you if you haven't signed
up for the appropriate number
ofhoursby 5 p.m. today. For
full-time students, that's at least
12 hours.
Peace by Peacewest
Rice for Peace & Justice and
Amnesty International will host
an "End the Iraq Occupation!"
event during lunchtime
(12-1 p.m.) today. There will
be music and free lunch, in ad-
dition to speakers from Military
Families Speak Out, Iraq Veter-
ans for Peace and Arab History
Professor Dr. Ussama Makdisi.
Oh so SAS-y
The South Asian Society's
annual fall show, Dhamaka!,
opens tonight. A "night of
dancing, singing and South
Asian splendor" begins at
6:30 p.m. in the RMC's Grand
Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m.
— tickets cost $6 for Rice
students, faculty and staff and
$9 for non-Rice. An Indian
buffet dinner is included in
ticket price and immediately
follows the show. Dhamaka!
also shows tomorrow night
at 6:30 p.m.
ROT's "Last Call"
Rice Dance Theatre's fall
show, Last Call, will hold its
last three shows tonight at
8 p.m. and tomorrow at 2
p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Harjo
Dance Studio inside the
Rec Center. Email ricedan-
cetheatre@hotmail.com to
make reservations (be sure
to specify number of seats).
Tickets est $5 for students
and $7 general admission.
And now for The Main Event
Houston's Main Event will hap-
[x-n again tonight and tomor-
row, downtown on Main Street
between Congress and Capital.
Every weekend, outdoor cafes,
street performers (of the classy
variety), vocalists, light shows
and odier attractions set up for
your enjoyment.
Salsa Salsa Revolution!
Join the Rice Salseros for a
Salsa Social in Farnsworth
Pavilion. Don't dance? The
Salseros will teach you how,
with lessons starting at 9 p.m.
$3 for Rice students and $5 for
non-Rice.
M-E-D-l-A
It's a complicated acronym
that stands for something, as
acronyms usually do. But the
general idea is a technotronic
dance party thrown in Ander-
son by the Archis, for you! And
it's free! "Lasers, booze, sick
jams, dancing, and full on fun."
MEDIA will lie in Anderson
Hall (the Architecture build-
ing) from 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. And
wear that stuff that glows in
the dark. That's always fun.
MONDAY
Two bits
Get snazzed up before head-
ing home to see the folks.
RPC's Barber Days = cheap
haircuts. It starts at 10 a.m.
and sets up in an undisclosed
location in the RMC — usu-
ally near the front doors.
Russell Means speaks at Rice
The famous Lakota activ-
ist will visit Rice today.
Means' speech, "Colonialism
perfected on the American
Indian: now exported to the
American Citizen," will be
given from 3-4 p.m. in the
RMC's Grand Hall.
HOW TO SUBMIT
CALENDAR ITEMS
Deadline is Monday at 3 p.m.
prior to Friday publication.
Submission methods:
Fax: (713) 348-5238
E-mail: thresher-calendar@rice.edu
Campus Mail:
Calendar Editor
Thresher, MS-524
Submissions are printed on a
space available basis.
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Whitfield, Stephen. The Rice Thresher, Vol. 95, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 2007, newspaper, November 16, 2007; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth443211/m1/23/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.