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* The Career Services Center sponsors a graduate school fair in the Grand Hall of the Student Center. Representatives will be present from over 60 graduate schools.

* Come watch the Rice Players perform Translations , a play set in Ireland which explores the problems of language and translation. Curtain is at 8 p.m. at Hamman Hall. Tickets are $4 for students.

* Lovett hosts the Getcharoxoff party from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Take a load off and enjoy free food, free beer, and good conversation.

* The Media Center shows two German movies. I Only Want You to Love Me , a haunting murder mystery, begins at 7:30 p.m. Despair , a romantic thriller, begins at 9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11

* The Rice Owls football players continue their stampede through the WAC as they battle BYU at Rice Stadium. Kick-off is at 2 p.m.

* The volleyball team takes on Fresno State at Autry Court at 7:30 p.m.

* Have you screwed your roommate? Look for people doing wacky things in the academic quad as they struggle to find their blind dates. Then, come to the Screw Yer Roommate dance from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Sewall Courtyard. Provided you can untie yourself from that tree ...

* The Media Center presents two Jimmy Stewart flicks. The Shop Around the Corner costars Margaret Sullavan and is a comedy which deals with a troubled romance in Central America. It begins at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is hailed as "The first of the four-star, gold-plated no-kidding Steward classics." Stewart takes a stand against Washington at 9:15 p.m.

* It's your last chance to catch the Rice Players' performance of Translations , by Brian Friel. Showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets are $4.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12

* The Campanile Orchestra, under the direction of Alastair Willis, presents its first concert of the year at 8 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall. The program includes Strauss " Die Fledermaus" Overture , Mussorgsky Night on Bare Mountain , Saint-Saens Dance Macabre and Berlioz March to the Scaffold . Admission is free.

* The Chinese Student Association hosts the Bao Ze study break at 9 p.m. in the Baker commons. Come and alleviate some of those pre-second round midterm nerves. Free food and soda.

* The Northwoods Presbyterian Church sponsors an AIDS awareness benefit concert featuring the Rob Landes Trio, a unique group which plays music from swing to jazz to pop. The performance begins at 7 p.m. at 3320 FM 1960 West. Call (281) 444-8861 for more information.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 13

* SCAB hosts Barber Day in the Student Center. Come and get a chic, fashionable cut for only a little more money than the cost of a CK lunch.

* Amnesty International hosts a study break in Kelley Lounge of the RMC from 8 to 9 p.m. Come enjoy free food, and lots of information on Amnesty if you are interested.

* The SA meets in the Kelley Lounge of the Student Center at 10 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14

* The Ervin Frederick Kalb Lecture in History hosts a lecture by Frank J. Sulloway, Resident Scholar at MIT for the department of brain and cognitive sciences. His lecture is entitled "Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives: From Darwinian Evolution to World History" and begins at 8 p.m. in the Farnsworth Pavilion of the Student Center. A reception will follow in the Brown Garden.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15

* Did you start that underwater basket weaving club you've always dreamed of? Today is the deadline for club registrations with the Office of Student Activities.

* The Shepherd School of Music presents SYZYGY, New Music at Rice . The program includes Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King and Ellsworth Milburn's Menage . Performers include guests and Shepherd School faculty and students. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Duncan Recital Hall.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16

* Can you believe it is almost midterm already? Take a study break and start to plan your fall break activities! It is coming up soon ...

This item appeared in the Calendar section of the October 10, 1997 issue.