FRIDAY, FEB. 7 THROUGH THURSDAY, FEB. 13

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* Yes, the semester is in full swing. Today is the deadline for late registration, adding courses and designating courses pass/fail.

* Reach out and touch someone at RSVP's Outreach Day. Community service activities are going on throughout the day for those students who signed up last week.

* The highest-ranking woman in the history of the federal government will be on campus today. See Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speak at 3 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Rice Memorial Center. Come early or you'll have to watch it on closed-circuit television. Free.

* Check out Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire at the Rice Media Center. The film plays at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets are $4.50. Get a $1 discount with a student ID.

SATURDAY, FEB. 8

* Buy some peanuts and cracker jacks when the baseball team takes on crosstown rivals from the University of Houston at 2 p.m. at Cameron Field.

* The women's basketball team will strut its stuff against Fresno State University at 2 p.m. at Autry Court.

* Follow the bouncing balls as the men's tennis team takes on Southwest Texas State University at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.

* Watch the men's and women's swimming teams make a splash against Texas A&M University at the Rice Pool. Times to be announced.

* When someone asks if you love movies starring Marcello Mastroianni, do you say yes? If you do, then check him out in 8 1/2 at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. at the Rice Media Center. Tickets are $4.50. Get a $1 discount with a student ID.

SUNDAY, FEB. 9

* Come and see the men's tennis team as they take a swing at Lamar University at 1:30 p.m. at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.

* The Houston Concert Band will perform a Young Texans Rodeo Concert at 3 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Student Center. Free.

* The Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra performs a program featuring Penderecki's "Viola Concerto" and Brahms' "Serenade No. 1 in D Major" beginning at 8 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall. Free.

* Filmmaker Nata Duvvury will appear in person at the Rice Media Center for a screening of her movie When Women Unite: The Story of an Uprising . The film recounts a movement of women in India against "arrack" (a state-supplied distilled liquor). The film screening starts at 7:30 p.m., and Duvvury will answer questions following the screening. Tickets are $5. Get a $1 discount with a student ID.

MONDAY, FEB. 10

* Looking for ways to get involved in the community? Check out the RSVP meeting at 9 p.m. in Miner Lounge in the Student Center.

* The weekly SA meeting begins at 10 p.m. in Kelley Lounge in the Student Center.

* Baker College senior Georgi Slavchev presents a solo piano recital featuring the works of Chopin, Bach and Beethoven at 5:30 p.m. at Duncan Recital Hall. Free.

* The Houston Chapter of the Association for Women in Communication presents a Diversity Forum. The event will focus on the importance of the communication process in dealing with cultural differences. Sociology Professor Stephen Klineberg will discuss the findings of his third annual "Houston Ethnic Communities" survey. Advance tickets can be purchased before noon on Feb. 7 by calling (281) 486-6149. Prices are $16 for students and $24 for adults who are not WIC members. Tickets purchased at the door are $26. Registration for the event begins at the Houstonian Hotel at 11 a.m., and the program lasts until 12:45 p.m.

TUESDAY, FEB. 11

* The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt is on display in the Grand Hall of the Student Center. The quilt can be viewed through Feb. 13. Free.

* Baker College presents Patricia Smith Prather, executive director of the Texas Trailblazer Preservation Association. Prather will present a program on "African-American Heritage in Texas and Houston" at 8:30 p.m. in Farnsworth Pavilion in the Student Center. Refreshments will be served. Free and open to the general public.

* The women's tennis team faces Northeast Louisiana University at 1:30 p.m. at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.

* Ronald Barron, principal trombone player for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will present a program at 6 p.m. in Duncan Recital Hall. Free.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12

* Faculty members of the Shepherd School will present a concert in memory of Benjamin Michael Hammond. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall. Free.

THURSDAY, FEB. 13

* The women's tennis team takes on Louisiana State University at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium. The time of the matches is to be announced.

* The women's basketball team will shoot and score against the University of New Mexico at 7 p.m. at Autry Court.

* Discover what a "rafale" is as the Houston Aeros take on the Quebec Rafales at 7 p.m. at the Summit.

* The Houston Talks lecture series presents architect Will Bruder. The series is sponsored by the Rice Design Alliance, the Rice University School of Architecture and the University of Houston College of Architecture. Bruder's lecture will begin at 8 p.m. at the University of Houston College of Architecture atrium.

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This item appeared in the Calendar section of the February 7, 1997 issue.

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