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  [1] [Vote on the Constitution]
  [2] [Seniors: Keep in Touch with Your Class]
  [3] [Lost iPod]
  [4] [E-Waste recycling drive]
  [5] [Talk on Vistas in Quantum Computing]
  [6] [Women as Agents of Change in the Middle East discussion]
  [7] [Wake Up Call... For all the Cat People]

[1] ----- Vote on the Constitution -----
Vote on the ratification of the new WRC Constitution. Polls close on Wednesday, so please remember to vote by then! The link to the website has been emailed to you.

[2] ----- Seniors: Keep in Touch with Your Class -----
Hey Seniors,

I've created an online community a way to help us keep in touch after
we graduate. Checkout and join
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=93084502165 for more info. The
site is more useful as more people join so invite your Class of 2009
friends from other colleges, who aren't receiving a direct email. Hope
to see you there!

JD Leonard '09

PS - If you don't have Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/d7tdzj

[3] ----- Lost iPod -----
Hey Will Rice,

Alexandra Espinoza is missing her purple iPod nano. It's one of the new nanos and it's inscribed on the back. The message written is in Italian and it is from her "Nonna" (grandmother). If you borrowed it or have seen it please return it to her in Room 152; it means a lot to her.

Thanks,

Alexandra

[4] ----- E-Waste recycling drive -----
If you have electronics you are going to throw out, or having been trying to dispose of all year, recycle them with RSVP's E-Waste recycling drive.

There will be drop-off boxes located in each college, the library circulation desk, and in the RMC. The drive begins Friday, April 24 and ends Tuesday, April 28.

Examples of things you can recycle include:

-Computer monitors
-Laptop Batteries
-Cell Phones
-Calculators

and other old electronic items you have lying around.
If you have any questions about what can be recycled, or for further information, please contact Josh Rutenberg at jhr1@

Thanks,
~Josh Rutenberg
RSVP Environmental Co-Chair

[5] ----- Talk on Vistas in Quantum Computing -----
VISEN Pioneers Distinguished Lecture Series

Presents



Andrew C. Yao

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China



DATE: Tuesday, April 28, 2009

TIME: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

PLACE: Duncan Hall 1070



Title -- Vistas in Quantum Computing



Abstract -- With current advances in technology, it appears that computing and communication devices based on quantum principles may one day become a reality. Accompanying this anticipation is the emergence of an energetic new interdisciplinary field known as Quantum Information Processing, which involves physics, mathematics and computer science. Why is there such enthusiasm over this new field?

What makes quantum algorithms potentially much more efficient than conventional ones? In this talk, we will give an exposition of both the fundamentals and some recent progress in this area, focusing especially on algorithmic and complexity issues. Examples will be taken from the topics of quantum communication complexity and quantum cryptography, among others. The talk is for a general audience with any scientific background; no specialized knowledge of quantum theory is assumed.




Reception immediately following talk in Martel Hall

[6] ----- Women as Agents of Change in the Middle East discussion -----
The Founding Director
of the
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University

and the

Kelly Day Endowment on the Status of Women
and Human Rights in the Middle East

cordially invite you to attend
a discussion on

Women as Agents of Change
in the Middle East

with

Zainab Salbi
Founder and CEO, Women for Women International

introduction by

The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian
Founding Director, Baker Institute for Public Policy

Friday, May 8, 2009
6:30 pm

Kelly International Conference Facility
James A. Baker III Hall
Rice University

Please RSVP by fax to 713.348.5993, by e-mail to bipprsvp@rice.edu
or the Web at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/salbi
before Monday, May 4, 2009.

[7] ----- Wake Up Call... For all the Cat People -----
http://www.funnieststuff.net/viewmovie.php?ad_key=XRDBYYCOYFBG&tracking_id=890371&id=614