====================================================== Tsinghua 90 Anniversary Celebration and Spring Picnic ====================================================== Dear TAA members, This year marks the 90th founding anniversary of Tsinghua University. We, the new TAA Committee, would like to invite you to the belated celebration of this great occasion and our annual Spring Picnic. There will be sports, tasty barbeque food, ballroom dancing and "Tsinghua Story" VCD. We are honored to have the priviliege to organize this exciting gathering and encourage everyone to come and join us. Bring your friends and family too. Don't miss the fun. Be sure to mark your calendar and plan to come. Please reply this email indicating the number of people coming with you. This will help us to prepare food for the event. Thank you! Date: May 26th (Saturday) , 2001 Activity: >>Sports: soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis, frisbee, etc. Time: 4:00-6:30PM Location: If you know the locations of the outdoor fields on Rice campus, you can go directly there with your rackets and balls. If you need someone to show you the way, please come to Rice Student Center, we will have members to help you. >>Barbeque: hamburgers, hotdogs, fruits, cookies and beverage Time: 6:30-8:00pm Place: the lawn next to Rice Student Center >>Ballroom dancing: Time: 8:00-11:00pm Place: Farnsworth Pavilion, Rice Student Center >>VCD: Tsinghua Story Time: 8:00-11:00pm Place: Kelley Lounge, Rice Student Center Charges: $4 will be charged per person at check-in for the barbeque. $3 for senior and children under 13. Children under 5 are free. Donations are welcome. Parking: Rice Stadium Guest Parking (free). Contacts: For more information, please visit TAA webpage , or call (713)348-3349. +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Send your comments or inquiries about the TAA Newsletter | | to: kunlu@rice.edu | +-----------------------------------------------------------+