Saturday, February 4, 2006

Community Calendar

Sat/Feb. 4

Hammel Museum Open, 9 a.m.-Noon — 600 Sixth St. Admission is free, donations are gratefully accepted. Barbara DuBois, (505) 835-3437.

Artist Reception and Car Show, 2-5 p.m. — Macey Center. The Route 66 Society for the Arts is holding a reception for the "Very Large Array of Art" that will be on display at Macey Center during the month of February. There will also be a car show, provided by the Socorro Old Car Club. For more info, contact Joy Miler, (505) 835-2405.

Sun/Feb. 5

Tech superbowl Party, 3:30 p.m. — Student Activity Center. Outdoor activities begin at 3:30 p.m., followed by indoor activities with free food, door prizes, games and contests. Please bring a can of soup, or other canned food item for charity and a chance to enter the trivia game. Test your cooking skills and make some chili for the chili cook-off. There will be a "best fan" contest, a nacho-eating contest and more. Sponsored by Residential Life.

Mon/Feb. 6

Hydrology Seminar, 3:30 p.m. — MSEC 103. Jan Kleissl, of NMT, speaks on "Land-atmosphere interaction: Recent advances and applications in simulation and sensing technology."

Air Rifle Practice, 5:30-7 p.m. — Tech Gym. Meets every Monday night. Free to Tech students. For more info, contact Jim, (505) 835-5409.

IEEE Meeting, 7:30 p.m. — Jones Annex 101. Tech's local student branch of IEEE, with guest speaker.

Tue/Feb. 7

MOPS Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. — Family Christian Center, located at U.S. 60 and Fowler. Mothers of Preschoolers and preschool-aged children are welcome. Come learn about the activities offered by the Socorro MOPS Group. Door prizes. Call (505) 838-0697 to reserve your seat.

Graduate Horizons Information Session, 2-2:45 p.m. — Brown Hall 210. Dr. Whitney Laughlin will be on campus to talk to Native American students about the graduate school preparation program held at Yale University on July 15-18. Funding is available. For more info, Allison Costello, Multicultural Programs, (505) 366-2560.

Rugby Practice, 4:30-6 p.m. — Tech Athletic Field. Beginners are welcome! Practices are held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. For more info, contact Rugby Director Dave Wheelock at (505) 835-5854 or dwheelock@admin.nmt.edu.

Programming with Python, 5:30 p.m. — Speare 116. "Sequence types: lists and tuples." Free.

Study Skills I Seminar, 7-9 p.m. — MSEC 101. Dr. Robert cormack talks on how to develop the study skills of an outstanding student. Refreshments.

Student Association Meeting, 9 p.m. — Workman 113. Open to all students, as well as student senators.

Wed/Feb. 8

Introduction to XML, 4 p.m. — Speare 116. "File validation and the schema; introduction to Relax NG." Free.

Rugby Practice, 4:30-6 p.m. — Tech Athletic Field. Beginners are welcome! Practices are held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. For more info, contact Rugby Director Dave Wheelock at (505) 835-5854 or dwheelock@admin.nmt.edu.

"The Prisoner," 5-6 p.m. — Jones Annex 101. The Materials Engineering Society invites you to enjoy episodes of the classic TV show, along with snacks. Every Wednesday.

Tech Club Potluck, 5-7 p.m. — Macey Center.

Drug Awareness Meeting, 6 p.m. — Socorro High School Gym. Learn the effects drugs have on the community and what you can do to help fight the war on drugs. The meeting is free and open to the public. Sponsors are the Socorro Police Department, Socorro Consolidated Schools and the Mayor's Drug Task Force. If you have any information on illegal drug activity, call the 24-hour drug awareness hotline at (505) 838-0533.

American Association of University Women Meeting, 7:30 p.m. — Skeen Library, Room 212. Award-winning Southwestern author and journalist Sharon Niederman will read from her first novel, "Return to Abo." Niederman will also sign copies of her book. Public is invited. (505) 835-0806.

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