---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rains E-Drops: Friday, March 14, 2008
Online version at http://rains.stanford.edu
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CONTENTS

RAINS EVENTS

1. Elisa Monte Dance Company at Lively Arts - Friday 03/14/2008
Friday March 14th @ 8 pm, meet at Willis Lounge at 7:30
Superb dancing - what else can we say?

2. Dish Run & Jamba - Saturday 03/15/2008
bring your running shoes to Willis at 11 AM on Saturday
Calorie burning and healthy calories

3. Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drive - Sunday 03/16/2008
2600 N. Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, 8 AM to 12 PM
Join the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Registry!

4. MRains March Madness Mayhem & Mania - Sunday 03/16/2008
Signup online March 16-20th
Because you're probably lucky

5. Rains Study Break: Krisy Kreme Donuts! - Sunday 03/16/2008
Sunday 9pm at Willis Lounge 
Rains Study Break: Krisy Kreme Donuts!

6. Celebrity Fantasy Brackets - A Different Type of March Madness - Monday 03/17/2008
Sign up by Monday March 17th at 8:59PM!
Love tabloids and celebrity gossip? Don't care about basketball? 

7. Rains Study Break: Pizza! - Monday 03/17/2008
Willis Lounge 9:00PM
Because pizza is always better than studying

8. Mrs. Field's Cookies and Milk - Tuesday 03/18/2008
9PM, Willis Lounge


9. Rains Study Break: Bagels - Wednesday 03/19/2008
Willis Lounge, 9pm
Free food to keep your brain running for a few more hours

10. Rains Study Break: Smoothies - Thursday 03/20/2008
8:30pm in the Buttery
Recharge your brain with a handmade smoothie

11. Habitat for Humanity - Saturday 04/05/2008
Saturday, April 5th, 8 AM - 5 PM, RSVP to jlitze@stanford.edu
Come volunteer with Peninsula Habitat!

12. CA online application! - Monday 04/07/2008
Application due April 7th
Enjoy Rains events?  Want to get more involved?

13. Rains Relay For Life Team - Friday 04/11/2008
4/11/08 5:00 PM to 4/12/08 5:00 PM at Roble Field
Be a Part of the Rains Relay for Life Team!!!!

14. Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk - Sunday 04/27/2008
Meet at 9am at Willis Lounge
come out and have a great time!

15. Bay to Breakers! - Sunday 05/18/2008
Sunday May 18th, 2008
Famous 12K race in San Francisco!

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

16.GSPB Events Announcements
More fun stuff to do!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
RAINS EVENTS:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Elisa Monte Dance Company at Lively Arts
Friday 03/14/2008 at 7:30pm
CA Contact: Jen (jerhart@stanford.edu)

What: Elisa Monte Dance Company at Lively Arts
When: Friday March 14th @ 8 pm, meet at Willis Lounge at 7:30
Where: Memorial Auditorium
 
Come join us to watch \"...superb dancers whose legs shoot high and 
whose bodies arch until you think they might crack...\" -Deborah 
Jowitt, Village Voice.  We\'ll be heading over to Memorial Auditorium 
tomorrow night, Friday, for the 8 pm showing of the Elisa Monte Dance 
Company. Rains will subsidize $10 of your ticket.  Since the show is 
tomorrow night and there isn\'t time to get RSVP\'s, please either 
buy 
your ticket at the Stanford ticket office (at Tresidder) or buy it 
tomorrow night at the show.  The plan is to buy the $17 \"B seating\" 
tickets, making tickets for you only $7.  For more information on the 
dance group, see the blurb below.  Hope to see you there!


\"Elaborate lifts and athletic leaps interwoven with complex patterns 
and knotty groupings of bodies are hallmarks of celebrated 
choreographer Elisa Monte\'s dynamic dance company, which makes its 
Bay Area debut at Lively Arts this season. A former principal of both 
the Martha Graham Dance Company and Pilobolus, Monte filters classic 
modern dance styles through her unique lens, combining imaginative 
forms with innovative contemporary music.\"



See http://livelyarts.stanford.edu/event.php?code=ELIS

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. Dish Run & Jamba
Saturday 03/15/2008 at 11:00am
CA Contact: Fraser (fraser@stanford.edu)

Come out and join other fitness minded residents for a run around the
dish in preparation for and a relaxing smoothy from Jamba Juice. They,
and by that I mean me, say that food tastes better after excercise.
That will make this one of the better smoothies you will ever have.

questions: fraser@stanford.edu


---------------------------------------------------------------------------

3. Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drive
Sunday 03/16/2008 at 8:00am
CA Contact: Julie (jlitze@stanford.edu)

On Sunday, March 16, you have an opportunity to register as a bone 
marrow donor. The procedure involves giving either a swab of cheek 
cells (yes, q-tip in the mouth), or a tiny bit of blood.

You can save a life. It's that simple. More details here: 
http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Join_the_Donor_Registry/FAQs_about_Joining
_the_Registry/index.html

Getting registered usually costs between $25-$52, but on March 16th 
you get to do it for free (although they'll be happy to receive your 
tax-deductible donations!). The drive will take place between 8am-
12pm in Mountain View, at 2600 N. Shoreline Blvd. More details here: 
http://www.marrow.org/HELP/Join_the_Donor_Registry/Join_in_Person/dri
ve_details.pl?drive_key=066-4-01258

Registering is easy, You can save a life, and ice-cream is allowed 
(heck, *encouraged*) following registration. This will not be a 
Rains event, but feel free to check it out on your own!

Thanks to Eran for details!


See http://www.marrow.org/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

4. MRains March Madness Mayhem & Mania
Sunday 03/16/2008 at 8:00am
CA Contact: Nate (nan4@stanford.edu)

Have you ever wanted to march in madness?  I mean, have you ever
wanted to win a March Madness pool?  We've finally reached the best
month of the year and it's time to get a piece of all the action. This
is your chance to take home the grand prize (1st prize - a new
basketball, prizes for 2nd and 3rd place as well!) and win bragging
rights over all of your sports enthusiast friends that finish below
you.  Best of all, it's free and easy.  All it requires is for you to
spend a few minutes filling out a simple bracket at the link below
when they become available on the evening of Sunday, March 16th and
before the games start on Thursday, March 20th.  Check below for the
scoring system and the link to join.  Also, be sure to check out the
concurrent Celebrity Fantasy Brackets for your fix of non-basketball
madness.

The rules are simple. For each game you pick correctly you will get a
round score multiplied by the seed as follows:

Round 1: 1
Round 2: 2
Round 3: 4
Round 4: 8
Round 5: 16
Championship: 32

Thus if you pick a 12 seed to win in the first round, you get 12
points but if you pick them to win in the second round, you get 24 points.

http://www.sportsline.com/fantasy/universal
Fillout the following:
Sport: mayhem
League abbreviation: rains2008
Password: stanford

Please email Nate (nan4@stanford.edu) if you have any questions.



See http://www.sportsline.com/fantasy/universal

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

5. Rains Study Break: Krisy Kreme Donuts!
Sunday 03/16/2008 at 9:00pm
CA Contact: Shaddin (shaddin@stanford.edu)

Forget about finals and treat yourself to some delicious Krispy Kreme
donuts. We will of course have milk for the dippers among you.


---------------------------------------------------------------------------

6. Celebrity Fantasy Brackets - A Different Type of March Madness
Monday 03/17/2008 at 8:00pm
CA Contact: Alexia (lea210@stanford.edu)

So you read "People Magazine" and "Us Weekly" religiously. You can't
go a day without checking the Superficial and Perez Hilton. You're
either on Team Aniston or Jolie. Have we got the game for you!  In
response to the Basketball March Madness, we're hosting Celebrity
Fantasy Brackets.  Its similar to Basketball brackets where teams are
pitted against each other every few days elimination style - except
here you pick celebrities based on how much news coverage you think
they're going to get! (A celebrity gets one point for each news story
written about them - more details here:
http://www.fafarazzi.com/about_scoring.php.)  Best of all, its all
online so you can sign up at home and check your scores daily (and
read some gossip while you're at it!)  The winner will get bragging
rights and fabulous prizes in the form of movie tickets and of course,
some tabloid magazines! Second and third place finishers will get
prizes too! We also have a traditional March Madness bracket event
going on, so be sure to check that out too!

Check out http://www.fafarazzi.com/bracket to sign up for an account,
and email Alexia (lea210@stanford.edu) to get the name and password of
the league. Sign up soon as brackets start on March 17th at 8:59pm!



See http://www.fafarazzi.com/bracket

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

7. Rains Study Break: Pizza!
Monday 03/17/2008 at 9:00pm
CA Contact: Nate (nan4@stanford.edu)

It's that time of year again.  The week before spring break.  Get
those bodies ready for the beach by eating some pizza instead of
studying for those pesky finals.  We'll see you at Willis.


---------------------------------------------------------------------------

8. Mrs. Field's Cookies and Milk
Tuesday 03/18/2008 at 9:00pm
CA Contact: Kiran (kmurthy@stanford.edu)

Not just any ordinary cookie, we're bringing a full assortment of Mrs.
Field's cookies and milk to Willis Lounge to carb-load your brain!
Take a break, head down to the Lounge, and partake in consuming what
could be the world's best cookies.


---------------------------------------------------------------------------

9. Rains Study Break: Bagels
Wednesday 03/19/2008 at 8:00pm
CA Contact: Christina (cmester@stanford.edu)

Come out to Willis Lounge to grab some bagels from Izzy's between 8pm
and 9pm on Wednesday, March 19th. We'll also have cream cheese and a
variety of drinks. If you're done with finals or need a longer study
break stay for movie night afterwards.


---------------------------------------------------------------------------

10. Rains Study Break: Smoothies
Thursday 03/20/2008 at 8:30pm
CA Contact: Stephen (sprussel@stanford.edu)

We'll be blending up a variety of berries, pineapple, peaches,
bananas, fruit juice, and ice cream into tasty frozen treats starting
at 8:30pm on Thursday March 20th in the Buttery.  So whether you're
done with finals or are cramming for that last one, come chill out
(we're so punny) with your neighbors and enjoy a smoothie made right
before your eyes.


---------------------------------------------------------------------------

11. Habitat for Humanity
Saturday 04/05/2008 at 8:00am
CA Contact: Julie (jlitze@stanford.edu)

Want to get your hands dirty? Feeling like it's time you give back 
to the local community? Or just need you get your volunteering fix? 
Join us as we spend a Saturday with Peninsula Habitat, a local 
affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. We'll be working at 
their new Redwood City site, helping to construct an affordable home 
for a local low-income family. This will be a full-day, rain or 
shine, hands-on experience! 

We only have 10 spots for volunteers - RSVP to Julie 
(jlitze@stanford.edu) if you're interested. We'll leave by 8 AM on 
Saturday, April 5th, and should return to campus by 5 PM. Because of 
the limited number of spots, please only reply if you can absolutely 
commit to the whole day! 

Rains will provide a small sandwich lunch on the day of the event.

http://www.peninsulahabitat.org/
http://www.facebook.com/peninsulahabitat



---------------------------------------------------------------------------

12. CA online application!
Monday 04/07/2008 at 12:00-midnight
CA Contact: Alice (atryan@stanford.edu)

The CA application website is finally up and running! The applications  
are due by April 7th. If you have any questions and/or experience  
problems with the application (it's a new system for us this year)  
please email Marcela at chaverri@stanford.edu.  Applications can be  
accessed at the following website:

https://rescomp.stanford.edu/resjobs/applicant/grad-ca/

Any questions?  Feel free to email me or any of the other Rains CAs.   
Our email addresses (and bios) can be found at  
http://www.stanford.edu/group/rains/html/caswho.html


---------------------------------------------------------------------------

13. Rains Relay For Life Team
Friday 04/11/2008 at 5:00pm
CA Contact: John (tenhoeve@stanford.edu)

Relay for life is a fun-filled overnight activity that mobilizes
communities across the country to celebrate survivorship, as well as
to remember those who lost their lives to cancer. Through teams that
pledge to walk for 24 hours, Relay for Life raises money for the fight
against cancer.  This is an American Cancer Society signature event. 
This year, Rains will sponsor a team for the Stanford Relay For Life
event, which takes place beginning on April 11th, at 5:00 PM.  Just to
clarify, each person does not have to walk the whole 24 hours - just
one person from the team has to be walking at all times. Please email
John Ten Hoeve (tenhoeve@stanford.edu) if you are interested in being
a part of this team, or if you have any questions.

See http://www.relayforlife.org/relay/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

14. Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk
Sunday 04/27/2008 at 9:00am
CA Contact: Alice (atryan@stanford.edu)

Walks are fun and a great way to bring our community and friends
together to support a very worthwhile cause.  Rains will take care of
everything, so all you have to worry about is showing up on time. 

If you would like a shirt, please RSVP to Alice (atryan@stanford.edu)
by Sunday, April 20th. 

More details will follow as the date gets closer. 

More info on Cystic Fibrosis can be found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis


See http://www.cff.org/great_strides/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

15. Bay to Breakers!
Sunday 05/18/2008 at 8:00am
CA Contact: Jen (jerhart@stanford.edu)

Bay to Breakers
When: Sunday May 18th @ 8 am
Where: San Francisco


Bay to Breakers is here again. For those of you who did it with
Rains last year, or have done it in the past - you know what a
fun/crazy race it is. The course description is below - it's a
12k race through San Francisco. You can run it, walk it, dress up
in a costume or in nothing at all (yep there are definitely naked
people running it).

If you are interested, email Jenny by no later than WEDNESDAY MARCH
19th (jerhart@stanford.edu) to get instructions on how to register
and get some reimbursement.

Registration is $44, of which Rains will subsidize $10 each. Race
fees include race entry, chip timing with a collectible souvenir
chip (the second in a series of five leading to the 100-year
anniversary), participant T-shirt, printable on-line finishers
certificate & entrance to ING Footstock.

You will be responsible for getting yourself to San Francisco
(CalTrain is a very easy way to do this - they have special trains
that run early to get you there).

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
ING Bay to Breakers is a 12K (7.46 miles) course. From sea level at
the Embarcadero the course rises steeply along Hayes Street Hill.
Around the 2.5-mile mark runners climb an 11.15% grade between
Fillmore and Steiner, bringing them to the highest point in the
race, approximately 215 feet above sea level. The remainder of the
course gradually flows alongside the Panhandle and through Golden
Gate Park.

See http://www.ingbaytobreakers.com/main.html