Friday, Feb. 2 through Thursday, Feb. 8

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2

* Would you like to earn a good salary while helping to protect Mother Nature? Sit in on the Environmental Career Fair which will take place in the Grand Hall of the Student Center from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Representatives from local industries, consulting firms, government agencies and non-profit organizations will be there to discuss job opportunities and offer their advice.

* If you like ice cream, you'll want to visit the TG held from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the courtyard of the Student Center. There will be free Ben and Jerry's ice cream and free beer.

* Watch the Houston Aeros fight the Fort Wayne Komets at 7 p.m. at the Summit. Our very own MOB will be performing on the ice during the first intermission. Tickets available through Ticketmaster at 629-3700.

* Looking for a good movie? How about three of them? Will Rice College Films is sponsoring "Movie! Movie! Movie!" in the Chemistry Lecture Hall. Groundhog Day (in honor of the holiday) shows at 7:30 p.m., Dr. Strangelov e at 9:30 p.m. and Shallow Grave at 11:30 p.m. Stay in between and watch Muppets clips and win door prizes. Free.

* As a tribute to Dean Martin, the Rice Media Center is showing a double feature of two of his best films. Hollywood or Bust begins at 7:30 p.m., and Ocean's Eleven starts at 9:15 p.m. $3.50 for one or both films with a student ID.

* Rice President Malcolm Gillis presents a lecture, "Tropical Deforestation," as part of the Environmental Conference. 4:30 p.m. in Herring Hall room 124.

* University of Virginia Assistant Professor Sharon Hays will investigate why, in an increasingly market-dominated society where more and more mothers are working outside the home, an ideology of "intensive mothering" has persisted so tenaciously. At 4 p.m. in Miner Lounge in the Student Center. Refreshments will be served.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3

* Friends of Fondren Library will hold a book sale in the Grand Hall of the Student Center. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more info., call 285-5157.

* Enter the Houston BMW Group Fine Arts 5K Run and Walk. 8 a.m. Proceeds benefit the Museum of Fine Arts. Race day registration is $25. For more info., call 639-7585.

* Come see the Houston Rockets battle the Seattle Supersonics at the Summit at 7:30 p.m. For more info., call 629-3700.

* Shepherd School Opera presents an evening of scenes from opera and musical comedy. It's free and begins at 7:30 p.m. in Wortham Opera Theatre.

* Hugh Grant premieres at the Rice Media Center in An Awfully Big Adventure , a coming-of-age drama set in bombed-out post-World War II Britain. $4 with a student ID. Shown at 7:30 p.m. and again at 9:30 p.m.

* Immaculate and achingly romantic, Summer Interlude is regarded as Ingmar Bergman's first mature work. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Museum of Fine Arts. Stay for another Bergman film, Sawdust and Tinsel , a commentary on the themes of humiliation and survival. It begins at 9:15 p.m. $5 for both films, $4 for one with a student ID.

* The Rice Environmental Conference starts at 8:30 a.m. and goes on for most of the day. For more info., see the article on page eight of this issue or call 957-2223.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4

* The Friends of Fondren Library book sale wraps up in the Grand Hall of the Ley Student Center. 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

* If you missed Hugh Grant's performance in An Awfully Big Adventure , tonight is your last chance to see it at the Rice Media Center. It starts at 7:30 p.m. and costs $4 with a student ID.

* Miss Julie , a Freudian analysis of the sadomasochistic affair between the neurotic daughter of a count and one of her servants, shows at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Fine Arts. $4 with a student ID.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5

* William Ver Muelen performs in a Shepherd School faculty recital, accompanied by horn players from the Houston Symphony. The performance begins in Duncan Recital Hall at 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6

* "Why Hire a Liberal Arts Major?" Find out what special skills a liberal arts major can get paid for. 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. in Sewall Hall room 303.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

* Before her death, Barbara Jordan had agreed to give the Sociology Department's annual Walter and Helen Hall lecture tonight. After publicizing the event, Rice learned of Jordan's death the day after she passed away. Rice has therefore decided to honor her life on the same day she had been scheduled to speak. Extraordinary people, black and white -- all of whom knew her -- will give encomiums, and a choir will perform. The Sociology Department asks you to honor Jordan not only because she was a great American, but to say to the Houston community that Rice -- which would have barred her entry had she applied for admission in 1954 -- is now a university that wants to reach out beyond the hedges and be a university for all people. A large audience is necessary to make that message clear. 8 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Student Center.

* In Stude Concert Hall, the Shepherd School Brass Ensemble performs, conducted by David Kirk. 8 p.m. Free.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

* It's Mock Interview Day. Test your interviewing skills at Career Services before the real thing. Seniors and juniors have priority.

* Fill up at the BBQ All-You-Can-EatBuffet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Student Center. The $4 is payable with cash or student ID.

* Blue Ink meets in front of the CoffeeHouse every Thursday at 9 p.m. University Blue offers this creative writing workshop to everyone. Bring creative stories, poetry, prose -- anything literary.

* Come support the men's basketball team as they take on Houston. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Hofheinz Pavilion.

* SYZYGY, New Music at Rice begins at 8 p.m. at Duncan Recital Hall. Free.

* As part of Rice's Scientia Colloquia series, Professor Gale Stokes lectures on "Doing Something About Nationalism." At 4 p.m. in the Kyle Morrow Room in Fondren Library.

This item appeared in the Calendar section of the February 2, 1996 issue.

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