FRIDAY, JAN. 31 THROUGH THURSDAY, FEB. 6

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* Enjoy free food and drinks at RSVP's TG this afternoon from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Ray Courtyard at the Student Center. The event is the last chance for students to sign up for Outreach Day, which is the RSVP-sponsored day for Rice students to work at various volunteering locations throughout the Houston area.

* Reveal your inner child at University Blue 's "Blue Ink," a creative writing workshop for students. Sessions are open to everybody. Bring poetry and prose to the CoffeeHouse in the Student Center at 9 p.m. Free.

* Start your weekend with the Hundred Days Party. The party for Rice seniors is open to all students and begins at 8 p.m. at City Streets. Buses from the Sallyport to City Streets will run from 7 p.m. until 2 a.m. The party is for 18 and up, 21 to drink. The $8.50 charge includes two free drinks.

* The Houston Symphony Orchestra continues its Compaq Casual Classics series with a program featuring Beethoven's "Overture to the Creatures of Prometheus" and Brahms' "Symphony No. 1." The concert begins at 6:30 p.m. at Jones Hall in downtown Houston. Ticket prices range from $13 to $59. For tickets and further information, call 227-ARTS.

* For opera enthusiasts, the Shepherd School Opera presents an evening of scenes from opera and musical theater, featuring excerpts from Falstaff , The Marriage of Figaro , Susanna , Carmen , Carousel and West Side Story at the Wortham Opera Theatre. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m.

* The Rice Media Center shows Marriage Italian Style at 7:30 p.m. Stay for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow at 9:20 p.m. Both films feature Italian film stars Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren. Tickets for the double feature are $4.50. Get a $1 discount with student ID.

SATURDAY, FEB. 1

* Campus environmentalists will want to be sure to attend the fifth annual Rice Environmental Conference in the Rice Memorial Center. Registration for the event begins at 8:30 a.m. in Kelley Lounge, and the conference will last until 4:30 p.m.

* See if you can make it big at the Lovett College Prehistoric Casino Party. Get rich quick when the fun and games begin at 10 p.m. and run until 2 a.m. Free.

* The Shepherd School Opera performs selections from various operas tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Wortham Opera Theatre.

* The Rice Media Center is premiering Bryan Springer's Public Access at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The film won "Best Feature" at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. Tickets are $5. Get a $1 discount with a student ID.

* Come and see the men's basketball team take on Southern Methodist University at 7:35 p.m. at Autry Court.

SUNDAY, FEB. 2

* A junior recital features Jeffrey Rogers at 5 p.m. at Duncan Recital Hall. Free.

* The Rice Media Center's premiere of director Bryan Springer's Public Access continues tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5. Get a $1 discount with a student ID.

MONDAY, FEB. 3

* The College Review Committee is reviewing the college system at Rice and will be hosting an open forum tonight to discuss the status of the college system. The meeting is open to all members of the Rice community, including faculty and students, and will be held in the Baker College Private Dining Room from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

* The RSVP meeting starts at 9 p.m. in Miner Lounge in the Student Center.

* See democracy in action at the weekly SA meeting beginning at 10 p.m. in Kelley Lounge in the Student Center.

* The Houston Talks lecture series presents a lecture by British architect David Chipperfield of Chipperfield Architects in London. The series features international architects and is sponsored by the Rice Design Alliance, the Rice University School of Architecture and the University of Houston College of Architecture. Chipperfield speaks at 8 p.m. in the Grand Hall in the Student Center. All of the lectures in the series are free and open to the public.

TUESDAY, FEB. 4

* The Musicology Colloquium at the Shepherd School of Music presents the program "Folklore: Music in the Hungarian Self-Determination Movement" at 4:15 p.m. in Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Room 1403. Free.

* A faculty recital featuring soprano Andrea Jaber and pianist Thomas Jaber begins in Duncan Recital Hall at 8 p.m. Free.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5

* Watch your fellow students get to first base ... check out the baseball team's double-header as they take on Southwest Texas State University. The action begins at 1 p.m. at Cameron Field.

* A master's recital program featuring mezzo-soprano Mary Cowart starts at 5:45 p.m. in Duncan Recital Hall.

THURSDAY, FEB. 6

* Watch the men's basketball team take the University of Tulsa to school when they play at 7:35 p.m. at Autry Court.

* An advanced recital featuring violinist David Fuller starts at 6 p.m. in Duncan Recital Hall. Free.

* Students of the Shepherd School of Music present a concert of chamber music for winds at 8 p.m. in Duncan Recital Hall. Free.

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This item appeared in the Calendar section of the January 31, 1997 issue.

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