In the ECE program, Richard Baraniuk was good and light-hearted, very interesting lecutres. (He even gave a TED talk) Dr. Knightly was cool as well, very down to Earth. I also had an Indian professor for ELEC 326 (digital logic design) who was awesome and brilliant, I wish I could remember his name.
Here's the UofH event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184682314944539
Here's the Rice counter event thing: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207611169312370&notif_t=event_invite
According to my friend Drew, who's posted on the UofH thing, its an attempt to get a lot of Rice kids in the quad so that some more nefarious thing can happen. I don't know, all I know is that they keep deleting Rice comments about how they'll work for us in the future.
Standing fans. Go in 50/50 with your roommate on one and have it oscillate between you, or just get one yourself and aim it at your back while you hang out.
a hand warmer over the sensor might work in a pinch...
I was talking to someone from my o-week group earlier this week and she was telling me about these ear plugs she bought from amazon that shut out all noise while she slept. She really loves them as she can't hear any noises when she wears them. I asked her for the link and this is what she sent: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09899244H/ref=cm_sw_r_u_apa_glt_fabc_0Z2PZNPSHAR0E1XKWYPA?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 I've never used them myself, but from her description, I think it might be worth giving it a go!
Maybe ask for the music bass to be turned down as those are the frequencies that make it through the walls and your ear plugs. The mids and highs can remain high and support their righteous party times. If there is a subwoofer speaker, they can turn that down directly, or otherwise use the phone, computer, or amplifier EQ settings...
Also, I use earplugs a lot and these are the best I’ve found.
Good luck...and if you can’t beat ‘em, well...you know what they say...