1 . Share Your Culture Emoji (表情符号) Designers and Win Prizes

Which symbol best represents Chinese culture in your eyes? Is it the panda, kung fu, or the Great Wall? Here’s your chance to decide what emojis best represent Chinese culture! The China Daily Design Contest of Chinese Cultural Symbols is calling for entries from all over the world! No matter the style, share your creative ideas with us! All winning designs will be shared and promoted on the China Daily app, and winning designers will receive prizes! So let your creative juices flow!

● Theme

The emojis should be centered around the subject of Chinese culture, presenting classic or popular cultural images in the form of emojis.

● Who can participate?

Professional designers

Design enthusiasts

Anybody who loves emojis

All nationalities are welcomed

● Awards

First prize: 6,000 yuan, with certificate of honor

Second prize: 3,000 yuan, with certificate of honor

Third prize: 1,000 yuan, with certificate of honor

Most popular award: prize-winner voted by online user

● When to submit?

From now till Nov. 25

Online voting: Nov. 26 to Dec. 7

● Result announcement

End of December

● Requirements

1. Work should be submitted online with required personal information. Maximum of three works can be submitted by each applicant. Only one prize will be awarded to participant even if more than one work by the same designer is selected.

2. Submitted works must be a group, with 8 to 16 emojis in each group. Formats: jpg/png/gif/jpge. Size: 240 x240px. Each picture should not exceed (超过) 100K, and the size of each group should not exceed 1.6M.

3. Work title, designing ideas and cultural meaning should be submitted as required.

● Organizer

China Daily Website

2 . Heroes Stamp Design Competition

Welcome to the Heroes Stamp Design Competition! Children aged 4-14years are invited to design a stamp. Eight designs will be chosen for this stamp series from the Royal Mail. One of the designs could be yours. There are 120 great prizes on offer for area winners and runners-up. Plus, cash prizes for the winning schools too.

Stamp Designing

The stamp design will be based on your hero or heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. The past year has been very difficult for so many people. There are countless frontline workers and volunteers who have continued to work tirelessly to keep the country moving.

Being a stamp designer is a very skilled job. One of the jobs of a stamp designer is to reduce the size of a picture to fit the stamp. When designing your stamp, have a think about what kind of image of your hero or heroes would make a good miniature (微型的) design for a stamp. The final stamps produced will be about 3.7cm wide×3.5cm high.

Things to consider

 Your stamp design must be drawn on the official competition entry form (报名表) which your teacher will give you.

 Your design must be your own original work.

 Drawings must be flat, so please don’t stick any materials or textures (纹理) to your design.

 Please use lots of colour (no black and white images) in your design.

 Please avoid using highlighter pens (荧光笔).

Good Luck

The closing date for the competition is 28th May. Please ask your teacher, or parent, for one of the official entry forms. You’re then ready to start designing! We can’t wait to see all of the amazing designs from gifted children across the country.

Good Luck!

3 . Kyle Messier, a 31-year-old bike rider, won a 100-kilometer bike race that took place in Harrington, Quebec. While this is a(n) ________ achievement on its own, what makes Kyle extraordinary is that he had already ________ more than 650 kilometers to the race site.

His ________ from Waterloo to Harrington took him 3.5 days to complete. After his win, he ________ with some pizza, slept for a few hours in his ________, and then rode another 3.5-day back home. What becomes greater is that Kyle ________ to win the race while suffering from a toothache.

So what is the ________ behind Kyle’s success? He apparently ________ a technique known as active meditation to help him. This form of thinking can be done while ________ a physical action, which makes it perfect for cycling. When done ________, the mind will only concentrate on completing that physical action and nothing else.

Kyle has also trained himself to ________ the journey into smaller sections. He tried to ________ the positives he was looking forward to rather than the negatives. ________ the race, he just thought about the pizza he was getting at the finish line. Despite his great achievement, Kyle remains ________. He claims not to know how long the course ________ him to complete, as he didn’t even bother checking his finish time. ________, he simply stayed at the finish line to cheer on other riders.

Kyle’s incredible victory shows the ________ of having the right mind. The next time you face a seemingly impossible ________, try breaking it up into smaller sections, only focusing on the ________ things you have to look forward to. You may not get results that are quite as outstanding as Kyle’s, but it will certainly ________ you!

6 . Club sports provide both a competitive and social sporting experience to any Purdue student. Whether you are looking to continue to be part of a sport you love or looking for new experiences, there is a club for you at every skill level.

The Purdue University Baseball Club

The Purdue University Baseball Club is a student-run organization that participates in intercollegiate(大学间的)athletic competition. We provide students an opportunity to continue their baseball career at a collegiate level.

President: Jack Fitzhugh

Email: jfitzhu@purdue.edu

The Purdue Gymnastics Club

The Purdue Gymnastics Club is a group of normal everyday students who, like yourself, want to stay active while at school. We practice during evening hours four times a week during the fall and spring semesters. We own and operate equipment for four women’s and six men’s events.

President: Maya MeDonald

Email: medon127@purdue.edu

The Purdue Triathlon Club

The Purdue Triathlon Club’s mission is to get together multi—sport athletes who want to train in a social environment and promote interest and participation in triathlons(铁人三项), duathlons(铁人两项), running, swimming and cycling events on the Purdue University campus. We encourage and support members while training together. We travel to races in the spring and summer together and host two races during the school year. We end our year at the Collegiate Nationals in April.

President: Katalin Kovach

Email: kovach 10@ purdue.edu

The Purdue Men’s Club

The Purdue Men’s Club Volleyball allows Purdue undergraduate and graduate students to play volleyball at a competitive, intercollegiate level. Tryouts are held at the beginning of each semester and teams are divided based on skill level. Players come from all over the country, not just the Midwest. The first and second teams travel to tournaments across the Midwest and to the NCVF National tournament each spring. The club is an NCVF and MIVA recognized program and consistently finishes in the top competitive divisions of the region and nation.

President: Ben Bednarczyk

Email: bbednarc@ purdue.edu