Campus activities abound April 20

• Faculty, staff, graduate students and their children
are invited to enjoy activities at “Family Day at the
Recreation Center.”

The day will feature volleyball, kickball, disc golf, swimming,
dancing, free food, door prizes and more, and activities
will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rice Recreation Center
and surrounding playing fields. Family Day is sponsored
by the Recreation Center staff. For more information visit
<www.ruf.rice.edu/~ricerec/family.htm>.

• A celebration of the University Place neighborhood,
its people, institutions and businesses is set for 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at Rice Stadium, south entrance off University
Boulevard between Greenbriar and Stockton.

The annual event will feature prizes, live zydeco music,
refreshments, face painting, balloons, moonwalk, performing
groups, a bicycle rodeo and more.

Children and adults can get a close-up look at the cars,
trucks and other equipment of the Houston Police Department
and the Houston Fire Department. Representatives from local
hospitals will be on hand with child care and safety information.
The Rice University Police Department will be performing
bicycle tune-ups for children who bring their bikes. And
a sumptuous variety of food will be available for purchase.

• The international humanitarian organization Doctors
Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
is bringing its Access to Essential Medicines EXPO to campus
Friday, April 19, through Sunday, April 21, from 9 a.m.
to 7 p.m.

Houston is one of the 22 U.S. cities to be visited by Access
EXPO to highlight the dearth of essential medicines in developing
countries. Experienced MSF aid workers will be on hand to
teach visitors why millions die each year from treatable
diseases like malaria, kala azar, tuberculosis, sleeping
sickness and HIV/AIDS.

Upon entering the interactive exhibit, visitors will spin
a “Wheel of Misfortune” and be assigned one of
these five diseases. They will learn about the symptoms
of the diseases and the people most afflicted by them and
be given a “diagnosis” for the disease, including
their chances of access to treatment.