News Briefs

Video editing, authoring classes offered through short courses

The Rice Digital Media Center is offering free instructor-led computer short courses this semester.

The available courses include video editing with Final Cut Pro, DVD authoring using DVD Studio Pro and an introduction to podcasting.

The classes will be in Herring Hall and enrollment is limited to 10 people per class. Registration is required. For more information, visit <http://is.rice.edu/~training/fall2006_
shortcourses.html>.

New vending options available online

The Housing and Dining Department has opened an online vending store.

Rice departments can order drinks, snacks and disposable items for delivery to their offices on campus.

Visit the store at <http://food.rice.edu/vend/>.

Student discounts for Houston Grand Opera

The Houston Grand Opera is offering student ticket packages for as low as $10 a performance. Faculty and staff can buy tickets to any three operas for $99.

For more information, call Kori Gould, Houston Grand Opera promotions coordinator, at 713-228-6737.

This weekend at Rice Cinema

This weekend Rice Cinema will feature the Houston premiere of “Lunacy” (“Sileni”), a “philosophical horror film” in which director Jan Svankmajer adapts two stories by Edgar Allen Poe and mixes them with a little Marquis de Sade.

Movie time is at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, through Sunday, Oct. 1. General admission is $6. Faculty, staff and all full-time students with a college I.D. and senior citizens can get $1 off the admission price when they show their I.D. at the door.

For more information, visit <http://ricecinema.rice.edu>.

‘Stress eaters’ can get coping tips from Methodist Hospital

Why do some people lose control of their eating habits when they are stressed? The Methodist Hospital will be on campus Friday, Oct. 6, for a lunchtime discussion of mindless munching.

Employees can bring their healthy lunch to 307 Sewall Hall for a noontime talk about the dangers of eating when the body is stressed and learn coping secrets from the pros at Methodist.

Mark your calendars to get a free flu shot

Rice Human Resources is again providing free flu shots for benefits-eligible faculty, staff and Rice retirees.

Flu shot administration is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, and Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the Kelley Lounge of Rice Memorial Center.

Nonbenefits-eligible faculty and staff and all spouses or domestic partners can also get flu shots at cost — $22 per shot — by paying for the injection at the time of service. Shots are provided on a first-come, first-served basis. =

For more information, visit <http://people.rice.edu/benefits.cfm>.