We have to pay the badminton membership fee every four months. The first time for the new semester fee is normally August. But you can join the badminton club anytime if your are a new member.

You normally have to pay a special visit to the second floor of the gym before 5.00 p.m. during one of the working days, i.e. Monday to Friday. The office is located toward at the end of the hallway on the second floor of the gym. Right now, the department coordinator, Teresa L. Tucker, is in charge of the non-rice member application. Her office number is 713-348-4058, her email is ttucker at rice. edu.

Once You have indicated that you would like to join the badminton club, you will be given a formto complete. Most of the items on the form are straight forward. One of the items that you have to complete is your health insurance. So you have to bring your insurance card with you in order to complete the form.

To complete the paper work, you will have to attach a check of $75 along with the completed form.

Once the form is accepted. You will then take a copy of the form and bring it over to police station that is located at the entrance of the Rice University complex. You can ask the students on the first floor to provide the direction.

Once you are in the police station, the police officer will pick up the form and take a picture of you and provide you a Recreation Center Usage card right away. Normally the police station closes at 5.30 p.m.