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FRIDAY, MARCH 21

* Lots of decisions to make today. It's the deadline for dropping courses.

* Get your groove on at the St. Patrick's Day Party in the Hanszen College quadrangle. Guzzle green beverages and listen to a live band.

* The Rice Women's Resource Center presents the movie Waiting to Exhale at 5 p.m. in Miner Lounge in the Student Center. Refreshments will be served at 4 p.m.

* Brown College presents The Baltimore Waltz at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow in the Kyle Morrow Room of Fondren Library.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22

* Check out Cloud Nine Ultimate as they present the third annual "Taste of Rice." The event lasts from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Sid Richardson College Commons. Bring a big appetite and $5.

* Forget about O-Week. Rice's ultimate team scavenger hunt is from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Rice Memorial Center. Be one of the first 80 to sign up and add a free T-shirt to your wardrobe.

* It's time for Baker Faire, featuring a day of mud wrestling, velcro wall- jumping and, yes, live chickens. Check out these activities and more from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Baker College quadrangle.

* See a movie for free as Rice International Students Association presents Il Postino at 7:30 p.m. in Herring Hall, Room 124.

SUNDAY, MARCH 23

* The women's tennis team faces the University of Iowa at 1 p.m. at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.

MONDAY, MARCH 24

* Join in the wild excitement at the weekly SA meeting at 10 p.m. in Kelley Lounge in the Student Center.

TUESDAY, MARCH 25

* Respect your elders and come out for Willy's Birthday in the academic quadrangle. Check out the birthday cake and climb a 25-foot rock wall. Graduate students can purchase tickets at Valhalla for $3 (before March 20), and faculty and staff can buy tickets at the event for $5. Students can charge the foodstuffs to their meal plans.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26

* Today is the last day of class before spring recess, so don't skip! (Yeah, right.)

THURSDAY, MARCH 27

* Come and see South American artist Abdel Hernandez's presentation of a Venezuelan marketplace in the Sewall Hall sculpture courtyard at 6 p.m. The exhibition runs through April 16.

FRIDAY, MARCH 28

* The baseball team faces San Jose State University at 7 p.m. at Cameron Field.

SATURDAY, MARCH 29

* The men's track team holds a "Meeting of the Minds" at the Rice Track Stadium. All day.

SUNDAY, MARCH 30

* The men's tennis team viciously swats down the unwitting visiting team from the University of Oklahoma at 1:30 p.m. at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.

MONDAY, MARCH 31

* It's another manic Monday at the weekly SA meeting at 10 p.m. in Kelley Lounge in the Student Center.

TUESDAY, APRIL 1

* Classes are cancelled today. (Yes, this is a joke. No, it's not a very good one.)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

* Attend the Legalease law forum. A panel of lawyers will discuss their legal fields and answer questions. The forum begins at 7 p.m. in Farnsworth Pavillion in the Student Center.

THURSDAY, APRIL 3

* Check out the 40th anniversary celebration of the college system at Rice from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Rice Memorial Center.

This item appeared in the Calendar section of the March 21, 1997 issue.