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* Happy Halloween! Be on the look out for kids in costumes hunting for candy. Fill your stomach with candy corn and watch a scary movie.

* The Undergrounds opens from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Lovett basement. Interested in performing? Contact Grayson Morris at grayson@rice.edu.

* Night of Decadence -- Wiess hosts NOD from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Wiess commons. Dress scantily and enjoy this year's Circus theme.

* Brown presents the Peanuts gang in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at 8 p.m. in the Brown commons. Tickets are $4.

* Men's tennis hosts the American West Cup at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium all day.

* The Shepherd School Student Council presents P.D.Q. Bach and Friends , an evening of musical madness. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall. Tickets are $5 for students.

* The 1997 Rice Young Democrats Luncheon Series concludes with Paul Hobby, candidate for Texas State Comptroller. Hobby speaks at noon in the Meyer Conference Room in the Student Center.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1

* The Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Larry Rachleff, presents a concert. The works include Ives' Central Park in the Dark , Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major , and Elgar's Enigma Variations . The concert begins at 8 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall. Admission is free.

* Brown presents its musical for one final night. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown begins at 8 p.m. in the Brown commons. Tickets are $4.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2

* The Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra presents a concert including the works of Beethoven, Brahms, and Ratliff. The concert begins at 8 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall. Admission is free.

* The Three Point Club sponsors Hot Dogs and Hoops -- a chance to meet and mingle with members of the men's and women's basketball teams from 3:30 to 7 p.m. in Autry Court. Pay $1 for all of the hotdogs and chili you can eat. For more information, call (713) 527-4075.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3

* SCAB hosts Barber Day in the Student Center. The cuts are cheap, cheap, cheap!

* Professor Harvey Yunis gives an Ancient Mediterranean Civilization talk entitled "Politics as Literature: Demosthenes and the Burden of the Athenian Past." The speech begins at 4 p.m. in Sewall Hall, Room 305.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

* The volleyball team takes on the powerful women of Lamar University at 7:30 p.m. at Autry Court.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

* Applications for Envision Grants are due by 8 a.m. today. Envision Grants are available for selected projects that show innovation, leadership, service, and/or creativity. Applications are available online (www.rice.edu/leadership) and in the Office of Academic Advising. Call (713) 527-4717 for more information.

* The English department presents a lecture by Margaret Ezell, professor of English at Texas A&M. Her lecture is entitled "Making National Literary Histories: Gender, Genre, Geography, and the Early Modern British Author." The lecture begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Kyle Morrow Room in the Student Center. A free reception follows.

* Want to learn some new moves to impress your Esperanza date? The Rice Ballroom Dancing Society sponsors a swing workshop for beginning and intermediate swing dancers at 7 p.m. in the Student Center. The cost is $5 for students and $10 for others. For more information, call Daniel Boese at (713) 630-0115.

* The Shepherd School of Music presents a faculty and guest artist recital featuring the music of Bernstein, Muczynski, John Thow, and Daniel Dorff. The action begins at 8 p.m. in Duncan Recital Hall. Admission is free.

* Hanszen presents opening night of its musical -- City of Angels . The show begins at 8 p.m. in the Hanszen commons.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6

* Hanszen presents the musical City of Angels at 8 p.m. in the Hanszen commons.

This item appeared in the Calendar section of the October 30, 1997 issue.