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Student email set to switch to Gmail I# SA reconsiders LPAPs BY HALLIE JORDAN calendar are a real benefit for stu- more than just one university at a time, THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF dents," Director of Systems, Infrastruc- Davidson said. BY MOLLY CHIU ment changes to the program. I# ture and Architecture Barry Ribbeck "It's important that students feel THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Hutchinson said that the univer- More than a year after Rice and said. "We had to address each element their communication is confidential," sity needed to determine whether the Google began conversations about in the contract separately. Rice needed Davidson said. The Lifetime Physical Activity Pro- LPAP requirement is fitting the needs a potential switch from Rice Web- the right verbage in the contract." That student email will not be di- gram graduation requirement may of undergraduates. mail to Gmail, the university signed When a person makes a Gmail ac- rectiy under the control of Rice admin- soon be changing. In response to stu- an official contract with Google on count, he or she must agree to terms istrators was another concern about the dent concerns about wait-listing and Feb. 1 allowing student email ac- and conditions that essentially say switch, Ribbeck said. If Google servers difficulties registering for LPAP class- counts hosted by Google. The switch Google has the rights to the contents of are down, for instance, he said Rice will es, the Student Association is evalu- was approved by the Student Asso- all emails, Ribbeck said. As a univer- not have any control over the email. ating the current LPAP requirement Many people put off ciation Monday and will be imple- sity, Rice does not feel comfortable with However, Ribbeck said he felt the and considering changes to improve taking [LPAPs] until mented over the summer. that policy and has worked to make the benefits outweigh the potential risks. the program. Rice had been posed to sign a con- deal with Google match that of Rice's Before officially deciding on the At the SA meeting on Jan. 30, four senior year because tract with the company last May, but own email policy. Senior Associate of deal, Information Technology asked options for requirement changes they can't get into the contract fell through, and Rice has General Counsel Joe Davidson said. the SA to vote on whether or not stu- were proposed: keep the require- since been working with Google to Though less than 15 percent of stu- dents still wanted to make wanted the ment the same, reduce the require- classes, which seems come up with an agreement crafted to dents currently forward their Rice Web- change. The SA unanimously passed ment to one LPAP, allow participa- to take away the fully protect students' rights. mail to Gmail, Ribbeck and the SA felt a resolution supporting the switch at tion in varsity and club sports to benefit. Students will be the only ones to that all students would be able to ben- Monday's meeting. count for the requirement, or remove make the switch. Faculty and staff efit from what Google has to offer. "We were excited, and it was great the LPAP requirement entirely while John Hutchinson email accounts will continue to be host- A part of what took so long for the because Ribbeck wanted students to still allowing students to take LPAPs Dean of Undergraduates ed by Rice Webmail. two institutions to work out a deal is have a voice in the transition and ap- for credit. According to SA External "All of the applications that come that Google was simultaneously work prove it or disapprove it while voicing Vice President Sanjula Jain, these W with Google, such as the documents, ing with several other universities to concerns," SA President Georgia La- options are not conclusive, but picture editor Picasa, contact list and make a contract that would please goudas said. are simply an attempt by the SA to cover a broad spectrum of possibili- "This semester, we had a large ties. After reviewing feedback from number of seniors who still need- Students design portable health-care clinic students, options may be edited or ed the requirement to graduate," combined. Hutchinson said. "Many people put BY ELLEN LIU SA senators have collected feed- off taking it until senior year because THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF back on the possible changes through they can't get into classes, which surveys and discussions at college gov- seems to take away from the benefit. Rice students created a portable health-care structure that can fit into a ernment meetings. The SA is currently It becomes a self-fulfilling cycle be backpack. This proposed structure, dubbed the "Accordion Clin- working to analyze that feedback to get cause freshmen can't get in because ic," won first prize at the School of Architecture's third semian- a comprehensive idea of which options the courses are filled by seniors." nual spring charrette. The creators are now working toward students prefer, Jain said. designing a prototype for use in the field. According to Hutchinson, for "This is a big priority for the SA, changes to the LPAP curriculum to A charrette is an architectural design contest, and the ob and we are definitely working to see take place, the SA will need to pres- jective of this one was to design a health-care structure that something happen," Jain said. "We ent its findings to the Committee on health surveillance assistants in Malawi could use for Rice's are trying to reach out to as many stu- Undergraduate Curriculum. The CUC Beyond Traditional Borders program. In total, there were dents as possible, especially athletes, would then research and debate the three entries. The second-place winner was "Under the to really make sure we get a complete issue and make a recommendation Wing" - a tent with a square footprint and a gullwing picture of the issue." to the Faculty Senate. Any changes to door and a second layer around the clinic space. The SA is working with Dean of the curriculum would then need to be The "Vertical Tent" - a tent with an inflatable Undergraduates John Hutchinson approved by the Faculty Senate. frame - finished third. COURTESY SAMUEL BiROSCAK and Registrar David Tenney to imple- O see HEALTH, page 5 O see LPAP, page 5
Just showing for three nights Like visiting Taiwan Bakunin's Bauhaus party INDEX The Actors from the London Stage will be Rice Taiwanese Association will be hosting Archi-Arts' spring party, Anarchi, is tomor- Opinion 2 + presenting Shakespeare's Twelfth Night a night market tomorrow night from row night at 8 p.m. at the Caroline Collective. News 4 tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in 6 to 9 p.m. in the McMurtry College com- Buses leaving every 30 minutes from the Features 8 Hamman Hall. Tickets are $15 with a mons featuring food from the various East Sallyport will provide transportation to the Arts & Entertainment 9 student ID, but you can probably trick the Asian student associations and games. Tick- event, but we recommend building your own Sports 12 Calendar 15 1 box office into thinking you're one of the ets will be $5 at the door, so get two and eat car and off-roading it over. Don't forget to PLEASE RECYCLE actors — just say you do it more natural. twice as much if your date stands you up. laugh at all those suckers wearing seatbelts! Backpage 16 AFTER READING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 2 EDITORIAL THE RICE THRESHER
the Rice (Ihresher WHEN MY FACEBOOK IS FILLED WITH UMEMES" LPAP program in need of addressing How my friends think I react overcrowding issues The Lifetime Physical Participation Activity Program has proved itself to be about as inefficient as its burdensome name. Fortunately, some much-needed change is forthcom- IT'S SO TKUt ing to the program (See story, pg. 1). Four proposals have been offered to the student body to vote upon, and these ideas range from abolishing the program to maintaining the status quo. The Thresher believes that the goals of the program are worthwhile, and the program serves an important purpose. However, LPAP overcrowding needs to be addressed in How I really react several ways. Primarily, the LPAP requirement for athletes needs to be lifted. Overexerting varsity athletes and placing them at risk of injury off the field is simply unacceptable, and this mandate should be lifted. The same logic can be applied to club athletes; however, verification of student participation and activity in club sports could be difficult. If the LPAP requirement for club athletes is lifted, there should be a system implemented in which faculty affiliates or team captains must track the participation of students who opt to participate in club sports for LPAP credit. This change to the LPAP program would not only give our athletes a bit of much-needed rest, but also decrease the number of students attempting to enroll in an LPAP by more than 10 percent. The administration should also consider expanding the How I react when I realize I just made one number of available LPAP classes. While hiring new in- structors is not fiscally reasonable, the university could al- low student-taught LPAPs and S.W.E.A.T. classes to count toward LPAP credit. This would help to decrease the num- a V ber of overfilled LPAP classes, and it would give students an even more diverse array of options for LPAP courses. As a result of the increased supply of classes, each LPAP class could have slotted spots for each grade. This would ensure that each student's LPAP experience is integrated with the whole undergraduate community. The LPAP program is an important part of the curricu- lum which encourages students to stay fit and explore new avenues of physical activity. However, the current program places an unnecessary burden on athletes and is too crowd- ed to be effective. By relieving athletes of LPAP requirements and expanding LPAP offerings, this program can return to a high level of functionality. ^ Last Week's Online Poll Results: Slow Gmail switch ^ Do you think students should be allowed to live ^ in co-ed rooms without any outside permission? protects best interests | Yes, college students are adults of students in long term I I No, it will create too much strife if a couple rooming together breaks up After more than a year-long attempt to switch from Rice Webmail to Gmail, Information Technology and Google have fi- C] No, but it should be allowed in special instances nally signed a contract, meaning Rice students will begin using Gmail next semester (See story, pg. 1). University administrators | Yes, the current policy ignores the fact Total number of responses: 118 decided to switch to Gmail because of student interest and the that same-sex couples can room together perceived usefulness of the Google applications associated with Gmail, such as Google Documents. Josh Rutenberg The success of this switch depended on Rice's ability to nego- Editor in Chief
tiate a deal with Google that would protect students' intellectual Hallie Jordan property rights. The length of time Rice took to sign with Google Senior Editor shows the university's commitment to keep students' best inter- NEWS ests in mind. Under the terms and services that normal Gmail The Rice Thresher, the official student news users accept when they make an account, users give Google the Seth Brown Editor Zach Castle Design Director paper at Rice University since 1916, is pub Ellen Liu Asst. Editor Rachel Marcus News Designer lished each Friday during the school year, except during examination periods and holi rights to everything that is sent through their emails. The year- Molly Chiu Asst. Editor Alexandra Moharam Photo Editor Editor days, by the students of Rice University. long wait for Google services is worth it if it has ensured the Nicole Zhao >4s5f. Mathison Ingham Photo Editor Letters to the Editor must be received by safety of student's work. OP-ED BACKPAGE 5 p.m. the Monday prior to publication and Another issue with the switch to Gmail is that Google is, of Ryan Gupta Editor must be signed, including college and year if Zach Casias Editor Theresa Masciale Asst. Editor the writer is a Rice student. Letters should not course, in charge of running the servers. This means that at Anthony Lauriello Editor exceed 250 words in length. The Thresher re- Courtney Svatek Cartoonist if Google crashes or if students need to access archives that Alex Weinheimer Editor serves the rights to edit letters for content and length and to place letters on our Web site. Rice no longer has the power to troubleshoot these situations. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Though the switch is a trade-off between complete email control Farrah Madanay Editor WEB Editorial and business offices are Dennis Qian Web Editor located on the second floor of the Ley Student Center: and security, as email could be kept in servers in other countries SPORTS Tyler Siegert Asst. Web Editor across the world instead of on campus, the benefits and conve- 6100 Main St., MS-524 Dan Elledge Editor nience of using Gmail campus-wide should definitely outweigh BUSINESS Houston, TX 77005 1892 Julian Yao Manager Phone (713) 348-4801 the small amount of potential risk, especially as the university CALENDAR Fax (713) 348-5238 Sean Kim Distribution Manager Devin Glick Editor Email: [email protected] seems to have taken every measure to ensure that Rice keeps all Murtuza Martani Distribution Manager Website: www.ricethresher.org of its intellectual property rights. COPY Johanna Ohm Editor ADVERTISING Unsized editorials represent the majority Furthermore, IT worked with the Student Association, which Alissa Hart Editor opinion of the Thresher editorial staff. All Rick Song Ads Manager other opinion pieces represent solely the voted for the switch, making Rice one of the only universities in Heaven Chen Classified Ads Manager opinion of the piece's author. the nation to involve student input in the decision. FEATURES The Thresher is a member of the ACP, TIPA Reed Thornburg Editor and CNBAM © It's been a great ride as EIC. rhanks for all the Whursdays. Josh. Copyright 2012 Op-Ed No lovefor Lovetf s Gotham Casino Party older colleges not meeting Rice's standard of living PARTY PATROL: Rice University is known for offer- pings in and around our beds. Last ing the best quality of life to its under- year, two students at Hanszen had LOVETT CASINO PARTY: GOTHAM CITY graduate students. Students admitted to find alternative sleeping arrange- to Rice pay up to $3/4,900 on tuition ments by sleeping in a friend's dorm CATEGORIES ALEXM. THERESA M. ANTHONY L. ALEXW. and about $12,000 on room and board or on a random couch, to avoid annually. While Rice has upheld its the rats that kept finding their way ART OPS BACKPAGE BACKPAGE standard of living in most colleges into their rooms. The rat problems across campus, some of the older col- made living conditions dangerous to leges are severely lacking, namely the students' health. B+ C+ B B+ Hanszen College. H&D tried to terminate the rats, "Empty at first "Not heavily "Ozone level's a "Enjoyed the but they still appeared in our stair- ATMOSPHERE but filled up by attended. Guy little low." casino floor." wells. Just a couple of weeks ago, a COSTUME PARTICIPATION, the end." to girl ratio was student was climbing up the stairs in ATTENDANCE,OVERALL FEEL four to one." Hanszen new section's tower, and a rat flung itself at her face from the landing above. Rats carry a number of diseases and are a harm to students, yet we are forced to face them all too frequendy. B B+ F- c Theresa Masciale H&D has done all it can do, but THEME "Great movie, "Theme was "Cardboards "Wanted to go most of the fixes are temporary. They bad theme." random, but COLLEGE'S TAKE ON THEME, felt like Gotham Godzilla on the The dorms at Hanszen are argu- tried leaving mousetraps and clean- the character DECORATION City, if Gotham crappy props." ably some of the worse on campus. ing the mold. They have also allowed cutouts were was a cut up The doors and walls are warped. The students to start painting their rooms cool." fridge box." air conditioning vents in new section to try and liven up the space. However, only have two settings: off or on, with no matter how much lipstick you put no control over the actual tempera- on a pig, it will still be a pig. B+ B ture of the room. There are constant It is an honor to be part of the set roaches crawling into the rooms and of traditions the college offers, but stu- "No problems "Not enough "The DJ did a "Hard to follow mold has made its face known. Last dents living in the older dorms are at a Music/ DANCING with music. Top PEOPLE GET FREAKY? great job." Far East Duncan's White- semester, students living in new sec- disadvantage, especially when they are AO is always Movement." out." tion had a damaged door and could paying the same room fees as students fun." see inside the doorframe. What they in better-maintained colleges such as saw was a blanket of mold spread Martel College or Wiess College. throughout the inside of structure. Al- The housing problems do not stop though Housing and Dining is great at Hanszen; there have been reports B+ A+ A- about fixing small problems, the num- of possums finding their way into the ber of problems reported causes a lag Lovett College rooms. The living con- INTANGIBLES "The commons "Security did a "Good thing "Lots of food. in the time it lakes to care for the big- ditions are grotesque in the older col- was super hot, good job." The Dark Knight Everything was ger problems. Thus, in September of PERCEIVED SECURITY, leges and need to be taken care of. Rice per usual." was playing under control." 2011, the students called in the Bureau ALCOHOL SAFETY plans on reconstructing Har. "zen's on a projector of Pollution Control and Prevention to OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT new section in the next five or seven outside." step in. The bureau couldn't help the AFFECTED THE NIGHT years, but what until then? Students students because there weren't enough are paying thousands of dollars to live complaints. The students were forced on campus, but are short changed if A- B- B to move to Duncan College (last semes- they live in Hanszen, or any of the older c- ter). I'm curious about how much mold colleges that have not been cared for in "Meh." "Fell a little "Come on "Bring back is actually growing, hidden within our far too long. Rice housing should set a OVERALL GRADE short." Lovett; stop Eurotrash." walls and floors of Hanszen. standard for the quality of its colleges; trying to be cre- The worst problem that Hanszen right now, Hanszen is far from meet- ative and pick a students have to face is the threat of ing that standard. good theme." rats and mice finding their way into Theresa Masciale is a our rooms and leaving their drop- Hanszen College sophomore. Rice Quidditch: Not just a dream anymore The player rushes forward, the ditch Association and the formation supporters have never even finished ball tucked securely under his arm of over 500 teams in 26 countries. the series. Nevertheless, Quidditch as he bolts towards the hoop, seeing The IQA's next big projects include has not forgotten where it comes an opening. The opposing team is moving the World Cup out of New from, and Harry Potter terms and catching up with him, and he barely York City, where it has been held for references are constantly thrown manages to avoid a tackle when out the past two years, and planning an around on and off of the pitch. of nowhere, another ball comes fly- exhibition match during the 2012 The game, like in the series, is ing toward him. It hits him squarely Summer Olympics in London. made up of four positions: chasers, in the arm and he skids to a stop, Despite all the fanfare, however, keepers, beaters and seekers. We groaning as he is forced to drop the Quidditch still gets a bad name. also have a snitch, which is actually ball and go back to his own goal to Why? Ask the naysayers, and they a person. I have seen snitches climb tag back in; luckily, his teammate will all tell you similar things: Quid- trees, get into cars, ride on bikes, is ready, and she scoops the ball ditch is silly. It's embarrassing, it's pull down the seekers' shorts, trap up before the goalkeeper can get not a real sport. Do you seriously them in goal hoops, steal broom- his hands on it. All that's left now run around on brooms? Aren't Harry sticks, and even run into water. They is a clever spin out and a good arm Potter fans going just a little bit too are generally an audience favorite to get the ball in the hoop, scoring far this time? Why can't you just and love coming up with ways to her team 10 points before a yellow- play something like basketball, be as difficult as possible. All of the clad player comes cartwheeling onto lacrosse or soccer? It's enough to players, save the snitch, are required the pitch. shame interested talent away from to do everything with a broom be- trying, and has new players wor- tween their legs, and suffer a mild ried about what might happen to penalty should they ever "fall off." their reputations. Almost every undergraduate at As the founder of the Rice Quid- Rice has described the school as ditch Team, I obviously find these Hogwarts due to the college system's allegations to be even sillier than legacy of creating tight-knit commu- the game itself. Even the most sea- nities united under a crest. It wasn't soned player will admit that the until this year, however, that we can broomsticks add a level of quirki- truly claim that title; after all, what Sophie Bonifaz ness unmatched by other sports, is Hogwarts without Quidditch? Rice but that is what gives an otherwise has been a bit slow on the uptake "What game is this?" you may intense game its charm. Quidditch is Texas A&M University has had a ask. It sounds familiar, and yet a co-ed full contact sport that mixes team since 2008, Harvard University it's hard to put your finger on it. elements of lacrosse, basketball, since 2009, and The University of Well, if you've ever read or seen a dodgeball, capture the flag, rugby, Texas since 2010 — but we're going Harry Potter installment, you've al- tag, baseball, football, soccer and to the Mardi Gras Cup in Baton Rouge ready got some experience with it: wrestling, and has no qualms about this week, facing off 17 teams from It's Quidditch. Muggle Quidditch, showing it. Players come from all around the region. Rice has finally that is. walks of life: Half of them have nev- caught up and made a good team of Quidditch as a collegiate sport er played a sport in their lives, while our own, and we're proud to mount began in 2005 at Middlebury College the other half is made up of natural our brooms to represent not just the THRE in Vermont. The first World Cup was athletes eager to put their skills to university but the city of Houston. held there in 2007, and since then the the test. A love of Harry Potter isn't pastime has exploded, leading to the necessary to enjoy the game, either; Sophie Bonifaz is a creation of the International Quid- some of Quidditch's most fervent Brown College senior. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 A NEWS THE RICE THRESHER Student Association Results ofSA General Election Honor Council Thresher RSVP Executive Board 12-13 Representatives Editors in Chief Chair Shep Patterson Senior Representatives Seth Brown Ryan Gupta Trey Burns External Vice Chair David French Campanile Dorothy Chou Junior Representatives Editors in Chief Internal Vice Chair SANfULA JAIN Beth Herlin Will Banks Kyle Kurihana Shaan Patel Adriana Bracho PRESIDENT EXTERNAL Treasurer John Cavallo RTV; "I was impressed to see how interested Grace Ge and engaged the entire campus was VP Abby Endler with the elections. Students really took Station Manager time to learn about all the issues, and I "As External Vice President, I aim to Secretary haven't seen that much excitement to- foster alumni relationships, reach out Sophomore Mark Dudley ward SA elections in all my time here. to more departments, get University Representative I want to see that momentum carry standing committees more involved lyra Bickham forward and have a few key initiatives and show what our desires are as a stu- Program Director in mind, including taking the time to dent body in line with the Vision for the Katie Stewart meeting other college presidents and Second Century." Alex Yang Rice Program campus leadership to see what their priorities are and find way we can all University Council Council work together." KTRU RUNNERS UP Representative Station Manager President Emily Robinson Mark Dudley Catherine Yuh BEN CHOU "I am meeting with Georgia and Kate Abad to discuss the possibility of ere ating a new standing committee that STUDENT ASSOCIATION MINUTES will focus on finances at Rice, such as The following were noted at the most recent meeting of the Student tuition and financial aid, and govern- Association on Feb. 13. ment and student relations. People I've talked to think this is a great • SA President Georgia Lagoudas presented a letter from the student government at Northwestern University idea to pursue, and I promised them urging university administrations to avoid the use of force in dealing with non-violent protests in response to I would work on this issue regardless INTERNAL an incident at the University of California at Berkeley. Northwestern seeks the signature support of Rice's SA. of the election result. I am working to It was motioned to table the issue until next week after representatives have discussed it with their colleges. fulfill this promise." VP # • SA External Vice President Sanjula lain presented a resolution stating that the student body supports the "As SA Internal Vice President, 1 BEN HAWRILUK switch from Rice Webmailtc Gmail services because many students found that Webmail does not adequately aim to make the standing commit- "I would love to get involved with one tees more effective, get more of the suit their needs. The resolution passed unanimously. of committees so that I can work out ef- student body involved, improve fecting some of the changes I would've upon success of the best practices • Lagoudas introduced a bill to create a student advisory board for writing and communication. The board will done as president, particularly regard- program, and communicate with represent student interests in the creation of the new writing and communication program. ing LPAPs, waitlisting, the foreign lan- colleges to increase the visibility guage program and job opportunities and effectiveness of SA. I can't wait • Brown College Senator Shaurya Agarwal presented an edited resolution supporting changes to the for- offered by the Center for Career Devel- to serve!" eign language program at Rice. The resolution stated that because the Rice foreign language program was opment. Running again is definitely found to be behind peer institutions, the SA supports the increase of introductory course requirements. It something I will keep in mind, espe- cially if I feel that I still could be appli- was added that the SA supports the hiring of new language instructors and the continuation of less popular cable in serving this community." languages. The motion to approve the changes passed. Students discussed concerns about student-athlete interactions and generally agreed that many athletes seem disconnected from the rest of the student body. Participation at athletic events is low, and some argued it is because other events are often held at the same time as athletic events. Others argued that low participation is caused by lack of school pride, which could be TREASURER solved by making going to games the "cool" thing to do. HERSH AGRAWAL • Students discussed the university response to issues caused by increased enrollment such as an increase in the number of classes and finding new classroom space. One said that faculty do not seem accessible. Oth- "My vision for next year is to use my position as Treasurer to shift budget ers argued that they found professors to be readily available if students made an effort. Many suggested that allocation away from food and small publicizing a master list of each advisor's subject area and office hours could help, and advising opportuni- activities and toward encouraging ties could be presented through the faculty mentor program during C Week. new initiatives and helping fund new Student Association programs. I hope • Lagoudas announced that President David Leebron will attend the next Senate meeting for discussion with to increase the Student Association's SECRETARY students. Lagoudas proposed readdressing Leebron's Vision for the Second Century, a 10 point mission visibility through better marketing and statement for Rice, in light of the upcoming Centennial. Lagoudas urged representatives to discuss whether stronger branding and will ensure the "Moving into the future as SA Secre- Rice is meeting the goals of the mission statement with their colleges. blanket tax committee continues to tary, 1 hope to become a fitting and re- allocate funds to items that benefit all liable conduit between the SA council The SA will next meet on Monday, Feb. 20 at 9 p.m. in Farnsworth Pavilion. undergraduates." and Rice student body."
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said he would like to see varsity sports count for of set-up. The clinic will contain a series of tent ^ W PA P the LPAP credit or the requirement removed for • HEALTH poles that can be snapped into place to erect varsity athletes. FROM PAGE 1 M*Mm. A il the structure. Douglas said the team empha- FROM PAGE 1 "Most LPAPs are in the early afternoon, and sized the importance of having a large opening that's when we practice," Oraby, a McMurtry The makers of the winning design in the to welcome people in. "To take effect next year, the Senate would College sophomore, said. "It makes it difficult charrette are architecture graduate students "Regardless of whether you're working in need to decide by April," Hutchinson said. to sign up for LPAPs, so most basketball players Tucker Douglas, Vy Drouin-Le and Samuel Bi- "However, the CUC and the Faculty Senate are take LPAPs in the summer." a humanitarian design capacity or in design currently heavily investing their time in the new roscak and Jones College senior Michael Mat- Baker College junior Claire Garney said that architecture, the image a structure will project writing and communication program. It's en- she liked the LPAP that she took, but there was thews. Douglas said the team had two days to when it is used by the community is very im- tirely possible that the CUC will have little time room for improvement. complete its objective. portant," Douglas noted. to have discussion about [LPAPs] this semester." "I took Cardio Kickboxing last semester, and The structure needed to be easily deploy- Cardio Kickboxing instructor Larry Martinez I enjoyed it a lot, but it was a little crowded," able in the field and meet other requirements. (Baker '07) said that he thought the graduation Garney said. "If Rice wanted a way to improve, Specifically, it needed to fold up into a back- €€ requirement should not be changed. I would have to say open more sessions rather pack that health-service workers can carry. "The purpose of the LPAP program is to teach than create a waiting list." Once erected, it needed to be capable of hold- students skills and knowledge that they can use Duncan College senior Justin Yun said he ing an examination table, preparation area and We focused on designing some- for the rest of their lives, hence the name," Mar- thinks LPAPs are a great way to stay active. Yun tinez said. "I think that exposing students to has taken two LPAPs, Samba & Merengue and stool while costing no more than $250. Overall, thing different from a regular physical activities is extremely valuable." Team Sports, and said he would take more if the structure needed to create a safe environ- tent, since lots of inflatable Martinez said that he did not see a problem he could. ment for treatment. with the number of sections of each LPAP offered. "[At first,] I was bothered by LPAPs because "Health-care workers in Malawi currently projects have been done. "In my experience, there has always been most of them were dancing ones," Yun said. do most of their work in the field unless some- Tucker Douglas space for students who wish to take LPAP class- "But I grew to like them, even the Samba one. one invites them into their home, and if they Graduate student es," Martinez said. "Although 1 am not teaching It was a good time bonding with people that I don't have privacy or basic protection from the two sections this semester, the cap on my class didn't know before, and it also helps you take a elements, less people are prone to come forth was raised to accommodate more students." break from studying. Just staying active makes Men's basketball team member Omar Oraby you a little happier." for treatment," Douglas said. ff Douglas said these restrictions inspired the creation of the Accordion Clinic, a struc- Douglas said the material cost of the project ture which will unfold and use locking hinges was just under $250, and the team plans to re- called Simplinges as an integral part of the design the clinic and provide a more accurate construction. cost estimate before entering the prototype "We focused on designing something differ- phase. While prototyping the structure, the ent from a regular tent, since lots of inflatable team will test different materials and connec- projects have been done before, and became tions to determine whether any other serious interested in a structure that pops open and changes are necessary. expands and contracts, like an accordion," Douglas said the BTB program has expressed Douglas said. interest in their project, and they are working to Global Health Program Associate Matthew determine funding and the next steps. Amdahl (Brown '11), one of five judges who Baker College senior Kyle Byrne organized picked the winning entry of the spring char- the spring charrette and helped select the judg- rette, said that of all the entries in the char- es. The competition aims to increase the inter- rette, the "Accordion Clinic" fulfilled the crite- action between architecture students and Rice ria most effectively. at large, Byrne said. "The design would be instantly recogniz- Charrette judge Neeraj Bhatia, a Visiting able and has a very unique, striking appear- Wortham Fellow at the School of Architecture, ance, and the team did very well convincing said he appreciated the Accordion Clinic's use of us that the design was feasible," Amdahl a simple system to represent a complex form and said. "While I think all three designs could spatial enclosure. He said the structure had the work, the Accordion Clinic team seemed to ability to create a mobile health infrastructure by already have a plan about how to do it, which "packing up architecture" to provide basic ame- nities in underprivileged zones of the globe. was impressive." Brown College senior Joey Spinella, Brown freshman Nathan Douglas said the cost restrictions helped the "The [Accordion Clinic's] scheme married Better than a Bonnes and McMurtry College sophomore Mason Sanders • team eliminate certain materials immediately elegance and enclosure with practicality and while they focused on visual appeal and ease durability," Bhatia said. triple espresso perform Feb. 9 at a Coffeehouse Goes Acoustic event.
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NATIONAL NEWS And making sure loopholes aren't Thresher Staff One change the new plans offer is that meals so lax will not expire until the end of the semester. An- Off-campus students will have more meal other change is the number of meals available It does not touch programs of Iran threatens oil embargo plan options to choose from starting next semes- for purchase. In addition to the 85 meals per se- entitlement ter due to the development of a new graduate mester plan currently offered, students will now But just because to Congress his student meal plan. have the option to purchase 50 or 25 meals. There once was a country named Iran proposal is sent The plan provides graduate students with the Graduate students on the 25/50/85 meal That was more of a pariah than Sudan Does not mean it will go very far option to eat lunch in the college serveries. Hous- plans will be assigned to a specific servery. Ap- Ruled by an ayatollah Because stiff opposition the Republi- ing and Dining has decided to offer these meal plicants will be asked to rank their top three And Ahmadinejad cans are plans to off-campus students as well. serveries in order of preference, and assign- According to Graduate Student Association ments will be made on a first-come, first-served They made a threat So Obama should hold off on the champagne President Sumedh Warudkar, many graduate basis. All serveries except the Baker servery will To make Europe fret students wish to eat lunch in the serveries. be offered to graduate students, while off-cam- But most think he doesn't care be- Those European oil sales they "The options available for graduate students pus undergraduates will be free to eat at any cause it's just for the campaign would ban ... are either on the slightly expensive side or servery on campus. provide you [with] a limited number of options," This semester, only 125 spots are available Obama submitted his budget pro- Warudkar said. "The serveries offer a one-stop Due to rising tensions and increas- for graduate students to purchase meal plans. posal to Congress, which Republi- shop for a large variety of healthy and fresh food According to H81D, more than 80 students have ing embargos, Iran has threatened cans allege is merely a campaign at very affordable prices." signed up already. to cut oil exports to six European document. Through discussions with H&D, Dean of Un- Wiess College sophomore Jim Sheng, who countries. dergraduates John Hutchinson, Student Asso- currently lives off-campus, said he would have ciation President Georgia Lagoudas, and college liked the option to choose one of the new plans. presidents and masters, Warudkar was able to "I would have purchased the 50-meal plan Obama submits 2013 budget create a graduate meal plan. just because there are other free sources for food proposal "(The goal was to] ensure that all off-campus on campus," Sheng said. "I think this plan will students had the ability to choose from more be more popular because it doesn't restrict the Obama's administration has been all than one plan to best fit their schedules and number of meals an off-campus student must about money - ANTHONY LAURIELLO other needs," H&D Manager of Communications have on campus in a week." Because our budget is so large it's not even funny It includes goals like the payroll tax IMC NOT RUPD POLICE BLOTTER WHAT The following items were reported to the Rice University Police Depart- ment for the period of Feb. 10-15. can do for you, RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES Hanszen College Feb. 13 Theft butWHATYOUCANDO Will Rice College Feb.13 Theft Will Rice College Feb. 14 Theft Lovett College Feb.14 Theft Wiess College Feb.15 Theft •) •) k il :1k m Rice Business Collaborative presents... H9K Rice Undergraduate Venture Challenge Thursday, May 3rd Develop and present a commercialization plan for a idea/venture developed by Rice undergraduates Criteria for entering the Venture Challenge • Teams of Rice undergraduate students (maximum 5 per team) from any major I Idea/Venture must be developed by Rice undergraduates • Idea/Venture must not yet be earning revenue • Business plan must account for remaining idea/venture development, revenue models and expectations, and medium-term business strategy • Entries will be judged on both feasibility and commercialization potential For more details, go to: oedk.rice.edu/RUVC Registration Deadline: Friday, March 16,2012 Thousands in cash prizes! This event is sponsored by the Rice Business Collaborative, Rice Center for Engineering Leadership, Rice Alliance for Technology and Entreprpneurship and the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen. 1 8 trends.reflections.human interest. Guest Creation: ^ Rice Project Spotlight^ Bhagwat's Manliest Salad Campuswide art initiative encourages student art appreciation BY BHAGWAT KUMAR THRESHER STAFF of $1,600 for their upstart. "Ideally, we want to see more BY FARRAH MADANAY "We are working very hard to en- creative collaborations, including For years, men have been laced with a Vexing paradox: We re biologically THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF sure that this is sustainable and want more a capella groups, performance driven to eat healthily, and thereby prolong our lives, but we dread the emas- Art has pervaded the bottom floor to place heavy focus o\ ensuring the groups, group art exhibitions, group culation that proceeds when we are caught "watching our weight. It only there were a solution to this dilemma. If only there were a dish that, while hallway of Fondren Library in the festival can be funded and organized installations around campus, and at still healthful, is actually enjoyable and, more importantly, not embarrassing form of multi-colored post-it notes. each year for years to come," Perez, the very least, better designed post- to consume in public. I believe that I've found such a solution. These post-it notes mark an interac- knowing the Envision Grant is only a ers," Teng said. tive publicity campaign for a call to one time allocation, said. The festival will include both jur- submit art of all forms — stu- ied and non-juried exhib- dio art, film, photography, its, with the juried exhibits sculpture, performance, and offering cash prizes for the fashion — to the upcoming "Best of" winners. Though celebrateART festival, which Teng and Perez encourage will take place on March 9. VADA and Architecture ma- The prompts, first "How are jors to submit their work, you feeling today?" and now they said they want to em- "What does the world need phasize that all students, more of?" have invited post-it regardless of major, can note responses varying from a participate. The pair plan drawing of a gorilla to a witty for March 9 to be a day that cartoon of Homer Simpson. music and theater acts take • • These responses support ex- over the central quad, stu- actly why Martel College ju- dio art decorates the walls nior Melissa Teng and Brown of the RMC, a fashion show College junior Raquel Perez invades Willy's pub and an art market showcases large The Masculine Salad use a knife to slice the chicken have applied for an Envision into small, edible chunks, and' bodies of student artwork. Grant to host a campus-wide Items Needed: set it aside in a bowl. Then, mix arts festival: Rice University Teng and Perez welcome • 1 or 2 whole chicken breasts together the barbecue sauce and students are creative, they just both undergraduate and • Spinach honey mustard dressing, with a • • lack a means of expression. graduate participation in • Iceberg or shredded lettuce ratio at your choosing, before add- ing this sauce to the sliced chicken. "We want celebrateART to order to create a holistical- • Sliced cucumbers ly creative atmosphere on This step must be performed with be an outlet for all majors, • Cherry tomatoes campus. Rice alumni and caution, as too much sauce will like the bioengineer who • Jalapenos (optional) paints in between problem students alike are invited neutralize the healthful nature of • Feta cheese sets, the econ major who to participate in student- the salad, which was the original • Barbecue sauce impetus for making one. Mix the shoots short films during celebrateART invades Fondren Library to help led tours of Rice public art weekends, or the pre-med and engage in interactive • Honey mustard dressing sauce thoroughly with the chick- publicize a new campus wide art initiative. en, and then add it to the salad who took AP Studio Art in art contests. Today is the • 1/2 baked sweet potato bed. Finally, remove the skin from high school," Teng, a Visual last day to submit art to Preparation: the baked potato and place it onto the celebrateART festival. To learn and Dramatic Arts major, said. The eight celebrateART commit- The first step is to prepare the the salad.Next, sprinkle some feta more about the festival, follow the Teng and Perez, an Art History tees have been planning the festival bed of the salad, which will con- cheese onto the salad. Finally, add major, have recruited a team of over for months, collaborating with stu- Facebook page "CelebrateART Festi- sist primarily of spinach. Place a few jalapenos to the salad to re- 50 art enthusiasts to help them real- dent businesses and organizations to val" or join "celebrateART 2012" on spinach, at your discretion, onto ally spice it up. ize their vision of a student-led art make March 9 a huge, all-day event. OWL-Space. a plate to form the salad base. « festival that will reinvigorate artistic Under the guidance of University Art Mix in the lettuce, ideally shred- Project Spotlight highlights the creativity on campus and restore the Director Molly Hubbard, Teng and ded. although iceberg will do. various projects and passions of balance of science, letters and art, as Perez envision the festival to function and add in cucumbers and toma- TnWLT^iiioii'JZT'MltWiiinnoEH Rice students. To suggest email articulated on the Rice seal. The two toes until you're satisfied. Next, as a catalyst to raise awareness for Farrah [email protected]. have been awarded an Envision Grant the arts on campus. Rice Cribs nails the gentlemen's shot BY ALEX BISBERG THRESHER STAFF A clever living arrangement and a lot A. of Duncan College charisma has gone m into this next crib, or should 1 say the next three? The social sophomores of Room 421 1 u transformed two fifth-floor doubles into triples this year, leaving the room Ts± — downstairs cleared of all the usual ac- coutrements. In the place of beds and !|«P1 desks are two portable couches, a small mm it 11 n nil. t ••Ml II Ml ill If; * Wl 111 II III II! TV, a bar and possibly one of the most V® M f v 1 ? v 3 s v * —*• ?_v« rj elegant beer pong tables ever created. The sounds of tapping on Nintendo 64 controller buttons filled the air as itiiiilp I pushed the door to Room 421 open. 1 A few of the room's overseers sat on " inMll mi mi i n .HI i packaged beans brought from the quent. The French-pressed Peru Ama- Metro Meals: Barnaby's Cafe factory the previous day are available zonas coffee is mild and smooth, with O CATALINA hints of citrus and a bit on the acidic FROM PAGE 9 for purchase. If you're looking for a delicious, came on the side, so we could decide side. It might have tasted acidic taste The service was surprisingly hearty meal, Barnaby's Cafe is the how much we wanted. The extra bar- because I took my time in drinking it. at local coffee shops, including slow- prompt, considering there were only place to go. With five locations becue sauce especially complement- For future reference, the trick to en- drip coffee machines, mills, teapots, two baristas attending to such a large throughout Houston, there is always ed the taste of the sweet potato fries. joying Frei.ch press: drink it quickly. French presses, V6o pour-over cups volume of customers. Upon receiv- the likelihood of a Barnaby's being Catalina is a bit of a drive from and teakettles. All of the fancy appli- ing my cappuccino, I noticed the nearby. They are conveniently open Rice University, but it is worthwhile ances sold there are the same ones foam was carefully steamed to form a for breakfast, lunch and dinner and to stop in and try a cortado, a person- that the baristas use at the bar. multi-leaf flowered plant. serve mainly classic American cui- alized pour-over coffee or a master- For the more particular custom- The espresso, Catalina's Brasil sine. Its prices are very reasonable, fully crafted cappuccino. ers, Catalina sells whole-bean bags Blend, had a very prominent smoky especially for the quality and amount Barnaby's Cafe of all of the coffees the baristas use flavor with subtly sweeter tones of at the bar, which consist of a vari- chocolate. The flavor was intense, Amanda Gutierrez is a Hanszen ety of Organic Fair Trade beans. The heavy and a bit overpowering. I then College junior. Roasted is a column Amaya Roasting Company roasts tried the French-pressed coffee, since that examines the coffee culture in and all the beans locally and the freshly it is rarely offered at the shops I fre- around Houston. A Location: 1701S. Shepherd Dr. (I Phone Number: 713-520-5131 Price Range: $ Sasha Schoch and Recommended menu items: Hickory BBQ burger, Allie Schaich freshly squeezed lemonade of food that you receive. The review rundown: We visited the Barnaby's in River Barnaby's Cafe offers casual Oaks. This Barnaby's offers both in- dining at affordable prices. side and outside patio seating. For Eat inside or outside; bring patrons who want to bring their dogs your dog or your date; enjoy and do not mind sitting outside, the well-portioned, American Barnaby's staff will even offer dogs a classics. bowl of water for free. One of the meals we ordered was the spinach and feta burger. It is lay- We also ordered Barnaby's freshly « X* ered with fresh spinach leaves and squeezed lemonade. Unlike some the perfect amount of feta cheese. restaurants, where free refills are The burger was cooked well-done but only available for fountain drinks, still juicy. The burger had a very fresh Barnaby's provided us with an entire taste and was not greasy at all. pitcher of the tangy lemonade. The meal also comes with the op- tion of either sweet potato or normal Sasha Schoch and Allie Schaich • • fries, and we asked for half of each. are Wiess College freshmen. Metro Ordering the two flavors of fries gives Meals explores the restaurants along both a sweet and salty option as a Houston's METRORail. side for your meal. We also tried the Hickory BBQ burger for some Texas-style flavor. Price Symbols Key: The burger was topped with cheese, $ - Under $10 per entree • !• bacon and barbecue sauce. The $$ - $10-$15 per entree Lovett College junior Avery K. Twitchell-Heyne and Martel College senior Elena White play cheese and bacon added to the al- $$$ - $15-$25 per entree ready amazing flavor, making the • • Melissa and Marnie, respectively, in director Adam Bock's production of The Drunken City. perfect burger. The barbecue sauce $$$$ - Over $25 per entree 0 • 0 I PURE With the Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program, get 100% of your medical school tuition paid for. Along with a generous monthly stipend of $2,088 to help cover living expenses as a medical student. Plus a sign-on bonus of up to $20,000.* And after taking advantage of all that? Look forward to stepping right into an established, thriving global practice - where the focus is all about your patients, not business. WANT TO LEARN MORE? CONTACT YOUR NAVY MEDICAL OFFICER RECRUITER TODAY. (800) 853-6600 | [email protected] 'Contact a Navy Medical Officer Recruiter for details. ©2010 Paid tor by the U.S. Navy. All rights reserved. A GLOBAL FORCE FOR GOOD: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 THE RICE THRESHER A&E 11 Remembering500 Episodes of'The Simpsons' «E2 X nX > M ^ / * * \ ydOUr^lSYjzoTH TIUVIifcloiK Life on the Fast Lane Bart the Daredevil Deep Space Homer Treehouse cf Horror V El Viaje Misterioso de Aired: March i8,1990 Aired: Dec. 6, i990 Aired: Feb.24,1994 Aired: Oct. 30,1994 Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) BRIAN BIEKMAN The shorts were clever - worth a smile that we needed families "a lot more the rebel was still prominent. In fact, he Aired: Jail. 5,1997 THRESHER STAFF and a few chuckles - but not hilarious. like the Waltons and a lot less like became more rebellious over the years, In 1989, Fox signed "The Simpsons" the Simpsons." but the show started to focus more on This Sunday will mark a major onto a contract for 13 episodes. The first However, the controversy only Homer. He is an idiot and often an in- his ideas have already appeared on milestone in American television his- season was a huge commercial and helped the program's ratings and considerate slob, but somehow we love "The Simpsons." tory: "The Simpsons," the greatest TV critical success. "The Simpsons" was kept bratty Bart on the air. While most him. He makes us laugh more than any Ultimately, "Simpsons" fans will re- program of all time, will air its 500th the first Fox program to break into the shows would have stuck with Bart character on the show, and he is so stu- member the show for its overt physical episode. What began in 1987 as a series top 30 in the Nielsen ratings of audi- the rebel until all the ideas dried up, pid that we can't blame him completely humor, deceptive wit and emotional of one-minute shorts on The Tracey ence viewership, and the show earned "The Simpsons" evolved. It introduced for his actions. When Homer tries to be power. Watching Homer fall down Ullman Show has become a multibil- its first of 27 Emmys in 1990. and developed characters outside the a good person, whether he succeeds or Springfield Gorge was the hardest I lion dollar franchise of clothing, action In its first few years, "The Simp- Simpson family. Moe's, Springfield El- not, he warms our hearts. have ever laughed in my life. The epi- figures, board games, comic books, al- sons" was constantly the center of ementary and the Nuclear Power Plant In recent years, more vulgar car- sode "Life on the Fast Lane" - in which bums, video games, a feature film and controversy. America had never seen became as familiar as the Simpsons' toons like "South Park" and "Family Marge is seconds away from cheating a ride at Universal Studios. "D'oh!" is a child on a TV program who openly home. Secondary characters like Mr. Guy" have challenged the popularity on Homer before she has a change of now an official English word. To com- disrespected authority, didn't obey Burns, Ned Flanders and Grampa be- of "The Simpsons." Even the creators heart - is one of the most emotional memorate the show's 20th anniversary, his parents and got away with it. Bart came the main focus of episodes. By of these shows acknowledge how "The episodes of any TV show. When I vis- the U.S. Postal Service released a series Simpson embodied these traits and, its 10th year. The Simpsons could air Simpsons" pioneered the adult car- ited my ex-neighbor for the first time of "The Simpsons" postage stamps. Its worst of all, was a likable character. a superb 20-episode season focusing toon genre. South Park creators Matt in five years, we overcame the initial effect on American culture is unprec- He was the bad boy we all wished on a different character each episode. Stone and Trey Parker admit that they awkwardness by bonding over our edented for a TV show and will not be we could be. The show received a lot It added hundreds of auxiliary charac- would probably be unemployed with- childhood love of "The Simpsons." Un- matched for a long time, if ever. of backlash from angry parents who ters whose only purpose was to make out "The Simpsons." They even made doubtedly, the show has been declin- When the shorts first aired, nobody viewed Bart as a bad role model. Dur- us laugh, and they all worked. an episode called "The Simpsons Al- ing steadily over the last 10 years, but could have expected them to develop ing George H.W. Bush's 1992 re-elec- "The Simpsons'" greatest change ready Did It" in which the character when I tune in this Sunday, I won't be . into "The Simpsons" we know today. tion campaign, he said in a speech occurred in its central character. Bart Butters is frustrated because all of thinking about that. ENGAGEMENT! 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Get the scoop at twitter.com/ThresherSports Men's basketball goes over .500 in C-USA play Rice wins shootout at Houston, survives defensive struggle at home against SMU by Ryan Glassman falling. I didn't give up. I practiced with the THRESHER STAFF team pretty hard and tried to just get back on track and be patient. I think that's what hap- The men's basketball team defeated pened tonight." Southern Methodist University (11-15. 2-9 TULSA Despite its poor offensive pioduction C-USA) on Saturday evening, moving to down the stretch, Rice held SMU without a basket on its next four attempts before 15-11 overall and 6-5 in the conference, WHEN a jumper with 23 seconds left made it a clinching the highest overall and confer- Tomorrow, 7 p.m. ence win totals for the program since the 42-39 game. After then going one of two 2006-07 season. WHERE from the line to push the lead to four, Jack- Tulsa, Okla. For all of the offensive purists, stop son stole the ball with eight seconds left reading here. PREVIEW before leading a fast break that led to an In spite of going without a bucket in the The Owls have been elimi- offensive foul. Trailing by two possessions, game's final 9:48, the team played stingy nated from the C-USA Tour- the Mustangs missed on a three with one defense throughout the game and held the nament by the Golden Hur- second left, giving the ball back to the Owls ricane each of the last three Mustangs to just 32.5 percent shooting, which and securing the 43-39 victory. seasons and have not defeat- earned Rice a 43-39 win at Tudor Fieldhouse. "This was a game that we had to perform ed Tulsa since joining C-USA. To find the last time that Rice won a game in defensively, and the difference for us was which it scored 43 points or fewer, one would that we did a good job with [SMU leading have to go back to its 43-42 win over Texas scorer Robert] Nyakundi," Coach Braun A&M in February 1984. said after his Owls held the conference's For a game in which Coach Ben Braun away at its deficit in the game's final min- leading three-point shooter to just nine surpassed the mark for most wins in a sea- utes. The Mustangs hit a deep ball at the points after he burned Rice with 29 and son during his tenure at Rice, it was only 5:37 mark to pull within three points, 26 in two regular season games last year. appropriate that the gems of Braun's first prompting a response from another Owls "[The Mustangs] were taking away a lot of recruiting classes led the team to victory. vet, the recently embattled junior forward things that we normally get on teams. They Back in the starting lineup for the third time Arsalan Kazemi. did a really good job. Arsalan made some in four games, junior guard Tamir Jackson led the After a pass from Jackson following an offen- really big plays down the stretch, got to the game with 12 points and four assists. sive rebound, Kazemi was fouled on a drive to the line and scored. That to me was a huge key "It always feels good to get a win," said hoop; he drained both free throws to put Rice up of the game." Jackson after the game, a victory that puts 42-37 with 4:40 to go. Kazemi finished the evening With wins in four of its last five games, VIOLETTA KROL / THRESHER Rice in sixth place in the conference with with 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds, ty- Rice now sits just a game away from the cov- just five games remaining in the regular ing the all-time C-USA record with his 42nd career eted fourth-place slot and the bye in the first season. "For the older guys, we've won double-double. round of the C-USA tournament that comes Senior guard Connor Frizzelle drains a more games than we did last year, so that's "I was going through a really tough with it. The next three games for the Owls will three against SMU as senior forward Lucas be played against teams in the top four in the a big thing. To go into the next game with a time," said Kazemi of his previous six-game Kuipers looks on. The Owls head to Tulsa week off, over .500, that's big for us." stretch in which, hobbled by a knee injury, conference, including a game tomorrow night to play tomorrow night at 7 p.m. Frizzelle Jackson's three with under 10 minutes he has averaged a shade under eight points at the University of Tulsa (15-11, 8-4 C-USA), is third on the team in points per game. to play put Rice up 39-30 after the Owls and eight rebounds per game. "Sometimes looking to avenge a 70-46 drubbing at Tudor led by six at the break, but SMU chipped you don't get a call or your shot is just not Fieldhouse on Jan. 21. Men's track rolls past big teams at A&M Continuing with the sprinting events, ju- in the high jump and will look to improve nior Sam McGuffie led Rice in the 60-meter more in the Conference USA Indoor Champi- dash, placing 13th in the preliminaries, while onship next weekend. Pressley, McGuffie and freshman Chris Sanders and redshirt junior freshman J.J. Walker gave great efforts in the Jack Spinks were 19th and 20th, respectively. long jump with both Pressley and McGuffie Coming in 17th in the 200-meter dash was ju- coming in the top 10 and Pressley jumping a nior Dylan Bradley, with a personal best time personal-best distance. of 22.44 seconds. Bradley also clocked a per- In the relay events, Troop, Pressley, Sloat sonal best in the 400-meter dash with a time and freshman Will Firth had a great perfor- of 50.88 seconds, but senior Collin Shurbet mance in the distance medley relay; they was impressive as well, finishing 12th in the came in third, eight seconds behind Texas race, while Johnson was 17th. A&M University. Shurbet, Chaney, Johnson Senior Dan Sloat set a personal best for and freshman Kyle Denny took eighth place the second straight week, dropping his time in the 4-X-400 relay with a time of 3:18.79, in the 800-meter run to 1:52.50 and finishing nearly identical to their time last week. in eighth place. Senior Jordan Hmaidan and Overall, Warren was impressed with his junior Mike Troop ran in 15th and 16th place, team's fifth-place finish out of nine teams, respectively. The mile race was less eventful, ahead of schools like the University of Ala- with only junior James Llamas running in the bama, the University of Southern California event and taking 17th place. Sophomore John and Texas Christian University. Cavallo starred in the 3,000-meter run, tak- "This meet was filled with great results for ing second and losing by just three-tenths of us, especially considering that the field was ANTHONY VASSER/ RICE.SPORTS INFORMAT1C a second. Senior Michael Trejo, junior Gabe filled with some of the nation's top teams," Cuadra and sophomore Travis Roberts also Warren said. "Clayton Chaney's hurdle vic- Freshman Chris Pillow vaults over the bar during the Texas A&M Invitational held at Gilliam finished in the top 10 to make it Rice's best tory led us, but top finishes by John Cavallo Indoor Track Stadium in College Station. Pillow finished fourth overall and the Owls were fifth. event of the meet. in the 3.000, Alex Zinchenko's shot put, Chris The field events had typical results, with Pillow's pole vault and many others high- freshman Chris Pillow continuing to im- lighted a great meet." prove in the pole vault by posting a personal Thresher Staff Reports With the regular indoor season wrapped Jon Warren (Jones '88), has made forays into best vault of 4.81 meters, giving him fourth up, the Owls will not have a meet this week- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF the heptathlon, hurdles and long jump over place overall. The other top finisher for Rice end before traveling across town to the Univer- the years and finished seven-hundredths of was senior Alex Zinchenko in the shot put, sity of Houston and Yeoman Fieldhouse for the Like so many track meets in the last few a second off of his best time in the 60-meter who was eight centimeters short of his best Conference USA Indoor Championship. With a years, the Texas A&M Invitational saw red- hurdles on Saturday. Senior Lee Johnson took indoor mark. Sophomore Nick Williams did solid foundation in the middle-distance events, shirt junior Clayton Chaney pull off another sixth place in the same event to give the Owls not have a particularly notable performance long-distance events and shot put, the Owls will great performance, taking first place in the 11 points from that event alone. Sophomore Ben in the weight throw, finishing 12th overall, hope that events like the vaults and relays can 60-meter hurdles. Chaney, who has been Pressley also ran in the event but did not make well short of his personal best last year. Ju- provide an extra boost to push them into the top a jack-of-all-trades athlete for Head Coach the finals, placing nth in the preliminaries. nior Tyler Wiest maintained his performance three teams overall. Friday, Feb. 17 Baseball vs. Florida International Women's Tennis at UAB Swimming at C-USA Championship 2 p.m. — Reckling Park 11 a.m. - Birmingham, Ala. All Day — UH Rec Center Natatorium Women's Tennis at Alabama Baseball vs. Florida International 1 p.m. — Tuscaioosa, Ala. Baseball vs. Florida International Noon — Reckling Park Men's Basketball at Tulsa + 4:30 p.m. — Reckling Park Monday, Feb. 20 Saturday, Feb. 18 7p.m. — Tulsa, Okla. OWLOOK Sunday, Feb. 19 Golf at Rice Intercollegiate (thru Tuesday) This Week in Sports Swimming at C-USA Championship All Day - Westwood Golf Club All Day — UH Rec Center Natatorium FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS 13 Tennis finally loses in Lady Raider Shootout Ladies grab victory against weak FIU squad but lose to Tech by two points to end streak Beazant and Harmath were hoping to rekin- by Dan EUedge dle some of their Orlando magic as they up- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF set 45th-ranked doubles pairing Texas Tech sophomore Samantha Adams and freshman Perfection cannot last forever, and the wom- Kenna Kilgo. This time around, Texas Tech en's tennis team knew its dream start would got its revenge as Beazant and Harmath fell have to end sometime. After a thorough domi- UAB 8-4. The Red Raiders rounded up the Owls nation of its first six opponents, including a and took the doubles point as Guzman and WHEN breezy win over Florida International Univer- Sunday, 11 a.m. junior Katie Gater along with Nguyen and sity on Saturday, the Owls dropped their first sophomore Leah Fried dropped their respec- match of the year to 42nd ranked Texas Tech WHERE tive matches. University in a gut-wrenching 4-2 defeat. Birmingham, Ala. With the Red Raiders taking a 1-0 lead, the Over the weekend, Rice participated in the HISTORY Owls were in a hole and were not able to crawl Lady Raider Shootout in Lubbock where Texas The last time the Owls took out. Even with two strong victories from Beazant Tech University, Florida International Univer- on the Blazers was at the end and Harmath, the Owls were not able to mount a sity, Santa Clara University, and New Mexico of the 2010 regular season. comeback, and just like that, the winning streak State University also took part. To get to the Rice easily took care of the was over at six with a 4-2 loss. Red Raiders, the Owls had to get past FIU first. Blazers, 7-0. Rice won every Even with the loss, Beazant keeps on roll- set and lost 11 games during The Panthers were 1-6 going into the match, ing, as she has not dropped a singles match the entire match. but their record was not representative of their all season with a 10-0 record to start her Rice true talent as it had already played five ranked career. For her efforts in the upset win at opponents in the young season. Louisiana State University and in the Lady The Owls came out swinging first as zant, senior Ana Guzman and Anicete record- Raider shootout, Beazant was named Confer- they took the all-important doubles point, ed wins for the Owls to propel them to the ence USA player of the week. She is the first 1-0. Freshman sensation Natalie Beazant victory and to increase their winning streak Owl to win the honor since Julie Chao (Will and sophomore Dominique Harmath came to six straight matches. Rice '10) won it in Feb. 2010. ALEX MOHARAM / TORESI out victorious on court one 8-4, while With FIU out of the way, Rice was ready for Beazant and the rest of the Owls hope to sophomore Kimberly Anicete and freshman the real challenge of the weekend, a match continue their success this weekend as they Stephanie Nguyen finished their match in with Texas Tech on its home court. The Owls travel to Alabama for a two-match road trip. Sophomore Dominique Harmath bat- a hurry on court three where they won 8-2. had already had an encounter with the Red They play at the University of Alabama on tles against Lamar's Carolina Satas on Rice took off and never looked back in the Raiders before as they played against them Saturday and at the University of Alabama Jan. 30. The Owls won the match, 7-0. rearview mirror as it soared high in the sky in Orlando, Fla. for the University of Central at Birmingham on Sunday in the first confer- and dismissed FIU with a score of 4-1. Bea- Florida invitational earlier in the season. ence match of the season. 7TT7T V* V .liili M Ki'UMJUJ d ) YEARS Women's uieiii Rice Alumni j)imtia eauimmutu 'IHlit GR.AOUATE-DK.Rf f AiUMNI COMMITTEE basketball gets revenge against Tulsa lUUl by Teddy Grodek THRESHER STAFF Mediocrity is not what the women's basketball team was looking for this year. This past weekend, the women's basketball team (12-12, 6-5 C-USA) took on the University of Tulsa (10-12, 5-6 C-USA) at Tudor Fieldhouse, hoping to return to .500 after a tumultuous sea- r son. The Golden Hurricane, which sits right in the middle of the conference with the Owls, was also looking to return to .500 despite having a rough streak in the conference. Rice fell down 8-2 but fought back to get the score to 11-9. The slow start was odd at home, as the Owls usually start off hotter on their own court. However, one more run gave the Golden Hurri- cane the lead again, albeit for the last time, as Rice tore through the Tulsa defense to go back on top. The Owls, who regained the lead at 25-22, never re- linquished it and held a one-point lead at halftime. Rice only shot 26.5 percent in the first half, a miserable number despite holding the lead. The Owls' defensive effort managed to carry them eAea (/(ice (?eCc&icm 0 ilfliiill • • < <:* I m m I - % Deadline Nominate! Wednesday March 21, 2012 awards.rice.edu < For questions contact Student Activities [email protected] • Alan Grob Prize - undergrad, who has • Outstanding Senior Awards - graduating demonstrated service and devotion to the seniors, who have demonstrated service, economically and culturally disadvantaged dedication and character • C.M. & Demaris Hudspeth student • Rice University Service Award tour organization sponsor, who has shown great individuals, past and present, who have dedication to student life and the organizations' rendered service to the student body success • Rice Women's Resource Center- • Commencement Awards undergrad or Impact Awards - undergrad, grad, faculty/ grad - who exemplifies the values and causes ot staff -who have made a positive impact in raising the commencement speaker awareness of women's issues • Graduate Student Association (GSA) • Sallyport Award - undergrad and grad Awards - five separate awards for grad students (degree candidates) - who show great promise and faculty/staff who work with grad students in carrying forth the mission of the ARA • Morty Rich Scholarship-continuing student, • Spirit of Service Awards - undergrad or who shows a commitment to service who has grad- who has acted selflessly to bring aid implemented programs that benefit the community to those around and who continually tries to meet the needs of others FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 THE RICE THRESHER CALENDAR 15 mi and more! 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It is free to at- ond annual concert of new Rice's annual production tend and registration is avail- electronic music composed Bead it Presidential cookies of the Vagina Monologues able on their website, sinous- by Rice faculty. Plug in to Shiny purple, yellow and President David Leebron has continues tonight and bifocals.wordpress.com. Next music written by Arthur green are your style. To- office hours at 3 p.m. He pre- tomorrow night at 8 p.m. stage of U.S.-China relations: Gottschalk, Robert Yekov- night at 10 p.m., Hanszen pares the best chocolate chip in the basement of Sid transitions lenses. ich, Chapman Welch and College presents their cookies with the perfect choc- Richardson College. Tick- Kurt Stallmann at 8 p.m. annual Mardi Gras par- olate to cookie ratio. Yum. ets are $5 for students, $7 Last oboe standing in the Duncan Recital Hall. ty. This Fat Tuesday, put for faculty and staff and Discharge any static elec- your rolls on display for Mirror, mirror on the The Shepherd School Con- tricity before entering the Hanszen's stripper pole $10 for the general public. wall, who has the best I All ticket proceeds will be certo Competition will hold concert hall. The concert is competition. Last year, donated to the Houston finals for winds, brass and open to the public and free the stripper pole melted art of them all? Area Women's Center. Have percussion at 10 a.m. and of (electric) charge. from extreme hotness. for strings at 2 p.m. in the The new sculpture "Mir- you taken a good look at ror" by Jaume Plensa will your crotch recently? Stude Concert Hall. Admis- I.M. Preparing for a sion is free and open to the be dedicated on Tues- public. Prepare the timpani Mies van der Revolution SUNDAY day. Brief remarks begin at 6 p.m. at the site of the for battle; the enemy has It's Anarchi, Archi-Arts' SATURDAY l8 launched a volley of violins. sculpture in the Central spring party, hosted by the Quad just outside of Her- Rice School of Architecture Seventy-six trombones ring Hall, followed by re- What's that smell? and the Architecture Soci- is 74 trombones Building bridges across freshments inside Herring. ety at Rice, the party will too many the Pacific start at 8 p.m. at the Caro- The Rice Taiwanese Asso- line Collective. Bus trans- The Rice Symphonic Band Not as long as the The Rice University chapter ciation with a bloc of Asian portation will be provided presents their winter con- Ring Cycle I of Global China Connection clubs will set up their mar- from the Sallyport every cert on Sunday at 3 p.m. presents its inaugural na- ket stands on Saturday for 30 minutes. Anarchy can in the Grand Hall of the The Rice Medieval Film Se- tional conference focusing the Night Market. Get your lead to violence, so it's best RMC. Admission is free, ries presents Tannhauser, on international collabora- dumplings, your egg tarts, to spend this party in your and children are wel- a film of an opera com- tion in the fields of energy your spring rolls, your banh underground Le Corbunker. come. Keep the children posed by Richard Wagner on leashes, however, be- and staged by his grandson cause the flute part will be Wolfgang Wagner. It will CROSSWORD: URBAN CUISINE played by the Pied Piper. be shown in Herzstein Hall Room 212 at 7 p.m. in Ger- man with English subtitles. 67. Screen siren Gardner The film is free and open to 68. Formerly the public, and is thankful- 0 69. "Pshaw!" MONDAY 20 ly only 188 minutes long. 70. Forms a Harry Potter nemesis with basil 0 71. "Of course" MLK is HERE 72. Guess: Abbr. Houston Enriches Rice Ed- WEDNESDAY 22 ucation presents a lecture Down by Virgil A. Wood on "Mar- 1. On equal footing (with) tin Luther King Jr., The Or- Please only use 2. A chunky baby in art often ganic Scholar: Engagement temporary tattoos 3. Saturated hydrocarbon at the Intersection of The- 4. Dudes ory and Practice." Wood As a final installment of 5. A fraction of work is a church leader, educa- Love Your Body Month, 6. Small amount tor and civil rights activ- you are invited to Heart 7. Henry , founder of ist who has committed his Your Parts, all day long. It Time, Fortune, Life and Sports life's work to the struggle doesn't matter where you Illustrated for economic and spiritual are or which part you love 8. Queries development among the most! Students are encour- 9. Lewd nation's disadvantaged. aged to place a temporary *56 10. Smooth American cheese tattoo or a heart-shaped with an orange rind sticker on the parts of 60 11. Pre-owned You can love my body if their body they love the 12. Staffs you let me love yours most. Even if you place the 55 18. Eurasia's Mountains sticker where the sun don't 22. Major modeling agency The final week of Love Your shine, that won't diminish 69 representing Tyra Banks, Gisele Body Month is Love Your your love. Biindchen, and Kate Moss Body Week, and it all starts off with the Love Your Body 24. ET carrier Monologues at 8 p.m. in the Black History Month This crossword was created by Rebecca Jeun. 25. Country that suffered a Duncan College Commons. movie isn't really about civil war in 1990 and Join other body-lovers for Black History Month The solution (and maybe even some clues) will be posted on genocide in 1994 an evening of prose, poetry 26. Arrangements of equipment Twitter at twitter.com/threshercal. and discussion dedicated The Rice Cinema and the 29. Outback runner to body image. Body-loving Houston PBS Commu- 30. The L in 13-Across snacks will be provided. nity present More Than a Across 37. Feb. 14th companion 31. Demand forcefully Month, the story of a film- 32. Be in debt maker's tongue-in-cheek 1. Mozart's "L' del Cairo" 40. Chorus repeats in Now presenting the 4. Renowned NYC art museum Internet-famous song "Dra- 33. Novel campaign to end Black His- 7. Vietnamese neighbor gostea din tei" 37. Alt. abbr. for gigaelectronvolts president tory Month. If he succeed- 38. Brit, recording giant 10. Homecoming gift in Texas 41. Coffee, tea, or beer Monday's Student Associa- ed, there wouldn't be any and Oklahoma 42. Largest bird native to 39. Basketball coach Red reason to screen the movie. 41. Panhandle tion meeting will feature 13. Stanley Cup league: Abbr. Australia none other than President The film is free and open to 14- T'me period 43. Currently this fig. is 43. Italian potato pasta all of post-racial America. 45. Chinese bun David Leebron. Sorry San- 15. Jump or flash drive $15.02 trillion for 16-Across jula, you've already been 16. Can. neighbor 44. Get along with 47. Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" replaced. Come to the Farn- 17. Special Chinese roasts, 46. Retro cocktail party sworth Pavilion at 9 p.m. served with pancakes, spring 48. With, in Paris THURSDAY 23 staples 49. "Seinfeld" gal for food and fun. onions, and hoisin sauce 51 . de la Plata 19. Dusk, to Donne 52. Turn down 50. Women's fashions in 20. Celestial altar 53. Lake in Brittany or Savoie Mumbai Rice + jazz = razz 54. Coffee beans passed 21. Revokes 55. Type in tuna salad sand- TUESDAY 21 It's the old razzle dazzle. 23. Bleed through its digestive system wiches _ ,, are a delicacy The Rice Jazz Ensemble, un- 24. It could be Major or Minor 59. __ Ben Canaan of "Exodus der the direction of the jazz 27. Type widths 55. "Moby Dick" captain Work for good, not evil 60. Abbreviation for the sea 56. Vega's constellation great Larry Slezak, presents 28. Filet steak baked in puff serpent constellation The Good Works Internship its Black History Month pastry invented for a New 57. Resistance units Jazz Concert. At 9 p.m. in 61. Boneless chicken breast 58. Hazard and Career Fair will be in the Zealand reception wrapped around herbed Grand Hall of the RMC be- Sammy's Cafe, hear the 34- Castle protection 62. Mary cosmetics jazz greats relived through butter and later fried 63. Wall-E's love tween 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. with 35- Direction from Houston 65. Extended storyline in opportunities for you to give the horns of Rice under- to ATL 64. "If I Ruled the World" graduates and friends. episodic media rapper back to the community. 36. Mama sheep 66. Ship letters FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 16 BACKPAGE THE RICE THRESHER Wt « With inclement weather pouring down on Houston this week, spring may seem farther away than ever. Yet, Quidditch fans know that only one week separates them from the be- ginning of the Quidditch season, and for the Rice Quidditch League another chance to capture the pennant. "I am literally soaking wet from excitement for the chance to see those Nimbus 3000s and for all of us to forget last year," Baker College junior Claire Garney said. The anticipation was not confined to fans. t * "I am super optimistic about this year," said Quidditch captain Kaleb Underwood. "People talk a lot about the past, but this is the present and we have a great squad." r Underwood has good reason to be so sanguine. The team returns this year with six of its seven starters including Wiess College junior Brian Biekman who walked onto the quidditch season like a propane truck in a Mir- jael Bay film after Scott Zivick's (Brown '10) bludger injury that took the rookie Biek- man from the reserve bench straight to the pitch. "I know its cliche, but Quidditch is a sport all about hard work, and I feel this year I have grown a lot as a player and a member of the team. I just can't wait to get out there and see all those early morning practices and conditioning sessions pay off," Biekman said. But it's not all roses and Bertie Bott's $ $ Every Flavor Beans, as the team faces significant challenges. "Like all teams at Rice we must face budget realities. We were really hoping for some funds to upgrade our Nimbus brooms to Firebolts but sadly the money went to the football stadium instead," redshirt sophomore Seth Brown said. Furthermore, the team must wrangle with ghosts of the past from last year's debacle. After leading by 140 points against the UH Flying Shockers, Houston Seeker Doug Kelly caught the gold- en snitch, scoring his team 150 points, ending the game and prov- ing how unpredictable a game in which one action results in a score 15 times greater than the regular action of scoring can prove. RICE STARTING LINEUP "It's just the game," Troy Kellers said. "It would be like if during football an independent player doing something un- BRIAN' BIEKMAN (Jr)- Keeper related to the rest of the game could score 105 points and end -Holds school record for most blocks in a season. the game instantly. But what are you going to do? Change the RYAN GUPTA (Jr)- Beater rules of Quidditch?" -First mudblood on team since Jav Robinson. Despite the hurdles awaiting the Rice Quiditch League, JACOB HERNANDEZ (Frj- Beater Underwood and his squad have reason to be hopeful for not -Named "Master Beater" in the U-17 leauge. just next year but future seasons as well. TROY KELLERS (So)- Beater "With C-USA and the Mountain West merging their conferenc- -Has never missed a practice. es, we really can't wait for opportunities to play Southwest power- m§ JEREMY LIN (Fr)- Beater houses such as the Phoneix Happy Endings Retirement Home." -Highest GPA on the team. said Biekman. SETH BROWN (Soj-Chaser For now, the team is mostly focused on bringing the Quid- - Has a broomless vertical of 69 Qwoggles. KALEB UNDERWOOD (Sr) -Seeker ditch Cup to Houston this season. As Garney summed it up, -Hopes to one day officiate the Quidditch World Cup. "It's collegiate Quidditch; you can't get any bigger than this. This isn't some kind of bullshit sport like Ultimate." m&m m The Backpage is satire and is written by Alex Weinheimer, Anthony Lauriello and Zach Casias. Email comments and questions to [email protected]. CLASSIFIEDS @ rice.edu JEWELRY STORE LOOKING for back office help [email protected] or Fax: 713-622-1366 errands, e-mail, and other projects, mostly in WANTED needed for retail jewelry environment. Comput- the home. No personal or medical help is re- er literate, scanning.intake,appraisals (with our LOOKING FOR RICE students to tutor local high quired. Three or more mornings a week, hours COME TEACH FOR testmasters! No experience software). 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Email resume 713-348-3967 Phone 713-348-3967 [email protected] and references to [email protected] thresher [email protected] Fax 713-348-5238 * L J FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 THE RICE THRESHER RICE BASEBALL 2012 With no players boasting College World Series experience, these seasoned Owls must find way back to Omaha on their own by Ryan Glassman "There is no need to change America, Chargois will look to uti- IHRTHRESHER STAFF Austin Kubitza from being our lise a sinking fastball and sharp starter,"Graham said of his staff curve as he transitions to an in- "What did Darwin say you have ace. "He has added experience to creased workload as a pitcher. Duf- to do to survive?" asked base- an improved command of his pitch- fey, the team's most accomplished ball Head Coach Wayne Graham es." Senior Matthew Reckling, ar- reliever, brings an electrifying to redshirt junior outfielder Jer- guably Rice's most improved player slider-fastball combination to the emy Rathjen on Friday, Jan. 27, the last year, will follow Kubitza in the pivotal closer role. The MVP of last team's first day of spring practice. rotation as the Saturday starter. Af- year's C-USA Tournament, Duffey "Adapt," Rathjen answered. ter finishing second to Kubitza for affords the Owls yet another late- Rathjen will look to regain his stat- the conference lead in strikeouts, game option in a deeply talented ure amongst the nation's top col- Reckling was selected in the 22nd bullpen. Not to be forgotten, junior legiate outfielders after tearing his round of the draft but opted to re- Tyler Spurlin provides a quality, ex- ACL last season and missing the turn for a final season. If Reckling's perienced arm that will see time in team's final 47 games. command continues to improve, middle relief. Junior righty Jeremy A year ago, Rice's former all- as it did vastly in the fall season, Fant was removed from the roster everything third baseman Anthony Rice will boast a pair of pitchers on Wednesday due to the results Rendon (Wiess '11) dominated the atop the rotation that can match of an MRI but is simply expected team's preseason headlines, seek- up with any team on the schedule. to miss the 2012 season and will re- ing to lead the Owls to their first Although the Sunday spot is less of turn to the mound for Rice in 2013. College World Series in his tenure a certainty, it appears that fresh- Veterans junior left-hander Holt at South Main. A series of early-sea- man standout Jordan Stephens will McNair and redshirt junior Andrew son setbacks got Rice off to a slow get the first crack at solidifying the Benak are likely to see their work- 10-9 start and exposed the team's job as the final weekend starter. loads increase, while newcomers relative inexperience. The talented One of Graham's prized recruits in redshirt sophomore Brad Kottman freshman class exceeded expecta- a highly-coveted freshman class, and freshman Ryan McCarthy will tions in its members' new starting Stephens has exhibited a command look to get involved in the mix. The roles, as the team caught fire with of his pitches uncanny for a fresh- only weakness in the staff is the outstanding starting pitching and man, a trait that has earned him the lack of left-handed pitchers, with a balanced lineup, winning 31 of trust of his coaches. Also in the mix only four southpaws. McNair will its last 41 games before the NCAA for a weekend is the veteran senior be sidelined for the first two weeks Tournament and clinching the pro- southpaw Taylor Wall, one of the to rest his arm after he needed an gram's 16th straight Conference most experienced pitchers on the MRI earlier this week, thus putting USA regular season or tournament staff. Wall is expected to start the more pressure on Wall and Kottman title. In the end, Rice fell to eventu- season as a midweek starter but to perform, with freshman John al College World Series participant has certainly proven over his ca- Williamson not expected to con- Sophomore Derek Hamilton fields the ball and throws it to the first base- University of California at Berkeley reer at Rice that he has the poten- tribute significantly on the mound. in the Houston Regional, and Ren- tial to contribute to the weekend man. The Owls are ranked at number six in the nation and start their don signed with the Washington rotation when called upon. Infield season today at Reckling Park against Florida International University. Nationals over the summer after be- Last year, the Owls entered the ing selected sixth overall in the Ma- season with uncertainty looking on Hamilton will likely move to the their accomplished careers. Center jor League Baseball Amateur Draft. U the left side of the infield, as Ren- leadoff spot to start the season. On field will be manned by the ever- With the first pitch of the 2012 don was limited by injury and play- the right side, junior college trans- reliable redshirt senior Michael season coming this afternoon at There is no need ing time at the shortstop position fer Christian Stringer will take over Fuda, who has started at least 40 Reckling Park, how has this year's to change Austin was an open competition between at second base as junior Michael games for Graham in each of his team adapted to the loss of the 2010 a pair of freshman. After outstand- Ratterree makes the move to left first three seasons at Rice. A superb National Player of the Year? What the Kubitza from being ing rookie campaigns in which both field. Redshirt junior Ryan Lewis defensive player with outstanding team has lost in talent from the de- our starter. He has players started more than 55 of will move from right field to first speed, Fuda will look to bounce partures of Rendon, stud closer Tony the team's 63 games, sophomores base after making a smooth transi- back from a 2011 season in which Cingrani (Martel '11), and jack-of-all- added experience to Shane Hoelscher and Derek Hamil- tion in the fall and provides an ex- a nagging hamstring injury limited trades southpaw Abe Gonzales (Sid an improved com- ton enter 2012 as one of the coun- perienced bat with some pop from his effectiveness from the plate. In '11) they have replaced this year with mand of his pitches. try's better young infield duos both the left side of the plate. Freshman right, Rathjen is back to full health experience, a veteran lineup and per- defensively and at the plate. One Skyler Ewing has displayed out- following a torn ACL that cut short haps the deepest pitching staff in the Wayne Graham of the team's top returning bats, standing power as he continues to a promising 2011 season. Lead- entire country. Head Coach Hoelscher will man the hot corner develop his defensive skillset, and ing the team in RBIs while batting Entering the season ranked sixth after finishing second on the team fellow rookie Ford Stainback has cleanup at the time of the injury, in the Baseball America preseason ft in RBls as a freshman. Hoelscher showed the coaches versatility and Rathjen provides a dangerous bat poll, Rice boasts a greater equilib- seemed to get more comfortable a patient hitting approach that will in the middle of the order along rium of experience and young tal- at the plate as the year progressed earn him playing time, perhaps with exceptional speed and defen- ent than the team from last season, Redshirt freshman Connor Ma- last season, and another year of starting as the designated hitter. sive skills in the gaps. Making the resulting in better depth and a bal- son and redshirt sophomore Chase experience should allow him to switch to the outfield is Ratterree, anced roster from top to bottom. McDowell are both coming back solidify a spot in the middle of the Outfield the team's top returning hitter and The team's propensity for pitching team's lineup. Hamilton was one from lengthy injuries, but are ex- Another positional unit packed a member of Louisville Slugger's and defense suits the modifica- pected to contribute as they return of the team's most improved bats with experience and depth across Preseason All-America team. tions made to the college baseball to full health. Freshmen Zech Lem- in the fall, as he looks to comple- the board, the Owls' outfield is led "Mike was solid when he moved landscape last season as a result ond and Trevor Simms both flashed ment a strong approach at the plate by three upperclassmen with prov- to the outfield for the first time in of the BBCOR bats, as teams saw a strong potential in fall ball, and will with his great glove work up the en track records looking to lead the the fall," said Coach Graham of Rat- decrease in offensive production be given opportunities to contribute. middle. With an improved plate team to Omaha for the first time in terree, who is expected to be the top and power at the plate. The fact discipline and patient approach, that the team returns all eight posi- Bullpen tional starters as well as its top two Not often do you see a team lose starting pitchers from a year ago one of the country's top closers to should provide enough encourage- the MLB Draft, and still return the ment for Owls fans hoping to see next season with one of the best the team return to Omaha for the bullpens in the country. The trio of first time since 2008. With an added freshman John Simms, junior J.T. element of depth that its 2011 ver- Chargois and junior Tyler Duffey sion lacked, it's the squad's ability provide Graham with three power to adapt to the potential in-season arms that will make the loss of swoons that makes this year's team Cingrani easy to cope with in 2012. all the more equipped for a postsea- After a solid freshman season both son run. as a starter and reliever, Simms had ( i • Sflfetiwi, luc AROMATICS maybe the best summer of any Owl faultyCfctn**t Starting Pitching while playing in the highly com- For the first time in a few years, petitive Cape Cod League where he Rice enters the season with a pair did not allow a single earned run of outstanding starters returning in over 2/4 innings of relief. With to the front end of the rotation. a fastball that can get up into the Sophomore Austin Kubitza was one mid 90s, Simms appears poised to make a full-time move to the bull- of the best freshman pitchers in the pen where he will be an integral country last season, and has been piece of the team's strongest unit. recognized as the C-USA Preseason After starting every game last year Pitcher of the Year. After leading at first base, Chargois also spent his the conference in strikeouts as a summer in the Cape Cod League, freshman a year ago, Kubitza once where his stock as a pitcher sky- THRESHFtU PHOTO again provides Graham with a Fri- rocketed after posting superb num day night starter that can go head- bers in relief. A top-50 prospect for The Owls pray in center field before a game last season. With its highest expectations since 2009, Rice will to-head with any starter in the the June draft according to Baseball need to rely on its core of veterans who country. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 BASEBALL 2012 SPORTS A3 RICE BASEBALL 2012 Select freshmen will contribute, but 2012 campaign is still on shoulders of draft-eligible veterans in what could be last rodeo for many run producer in a balanced veteran lineup. "He's still one of the best hitters in college baseball." A CLOSER LOOK: Senior Daniel Gonzales-Luna, EJ Schedule for the '12 season the ultimate team player, will see time at all three outfield positions Date Opponent Location Time and provides strong hitting and speed off the bench. Sophomores 2/17 Florida International University Reckling Park 4:30 p.m. Keenan Cook (53 starts in 2011) and 2/18 Florida International University Reckling Park 2 p.m. Michael Aquino (13 starts) provide outstanding depth after promising 2/19 Florida International University Reckling Park 12 p.m. freshman seasons, and are certain to be in the mix in multiple outfield 2/21 New Mexico State University Reckling Park 4:30 p.m. positions. McDowell, after a strong 2/22 New Mexico State University Reckling Park 4:30 p.m. fall at the plate, is another name with playing experience that will 2/24 Dallas Baptist University Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. find his way into the lineup. \ummm 2/25 Dallas Baptist University Reckling Park 2 p.m. 2/26 Dallas Baptist University Reckling Park 1 p.m. (4 T R I C capp^f c t r ic .com 2/28 University of Houston Cougar Field 6:30 p.m. Mike was solid when 3/2 University of Texas Minute Maid Park 7 p.m. he moved to the out- 3/3 Texas Tech University Minute Maid Park 7 p.m. field for the first time 3/4 University of Tennessee Minute Maid Park 6 p.m. in the fall. He's still " St-™-™,. mUlgg^ 3/6 Texas State University San Marcos 6:30 p.m. one of the best hitters mm§ in college baseball. 3/7 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. • 3/9 Stanford University Palo Alto, Calif. 3 p.m. Wayne Graham -I 3/10 Stanford University Palo Alto, Calif. 2 p.m. Head Coach ,1 ^ • 3/11 Stanford University Palo Alto, Calif. 2 p.m. w 3/13 University of Arizona Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. • ; .. . . ^ M •* * - * 3/14 University of Arizona Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. Catcher 3/17 Grambling State University Reckling Park 2 p.m. Back for his final season, you P& V - J *^ $0* tm* ' s will not find many more reliable '• y, -t " . 3/18 Grambling State University Reckling Park 1 ).m. ^ all-around catchers in the country University of Texas - San Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. than Rice's Craig Manuel. A mas- 3/20 Antonio ter of the intangibles, the senior's Sophomore pitcher Austin Kubitza looks to back up writers' claims 6:30 p.m. 9 handling of the pitching staff and 3/21 Lamar University Reckling Park that he is the best pitcher in C-USA and near the top in the nation. approach to specific game situa- 3/23 University of Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 6:30 p.m. tions at the plate make him one of the two or three most irreplaceable 3/24 University of Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. and will see opportunities as well pable arms. They will give Rice an players on the entire roster. advantage on the mound in almost at the catcher's position and desig 3/25 University of Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 1 p.m. 0 "Craig has improved yearly," every series they play, as can also nated hitter spot. Graham said of the senior back- be said in the later innings when 3/27 Lamar University Beaumont 6:30 p.m. stop. "1 think he's one of the top Graham calls on the bullpen. With Outlook University of Southern catchers in Division I, and he may Simms, Chargois, and Duffey all ca- Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. What they lack in star power 3/30 Mississippi be one of the best situational hit- pable of stifling the opposing bats in compared with a year ago, the University of Southern ters in college baseball." After relief duty, the Owls are equipped with 3/31 Reckling Park 3:30 p.m. 2012 Rice baseball team more than Mississippi Manuel finished in the top 10 in the an arsenal of arms that will make the makes up for in depth, outstanding University of Southern ^ conference last season in on-base team susceptible to many of the inju- 4/1 Reckling Park 1 p.m. veteran pitching and a balanced Mississippi * percentage, pinch hitting appear- ries that the team faced last year. lineup of returning starters. There ances, sacrifice bunts, and sacrifice 4/3 Sam Houston State University Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. are fewer question marks for this flies, its tough to disagree with the team than there were for a team last praise of his head coach. Backing u 4/5 Tulane University New Orleans, La. 6:30 p.m. season that still finished in the top up Manuel will be junior Geoff Per- 15 in most polls. 4/6 Tulane University New Orleans, La. 6:30 p.m. rott, a capable defensive replace- Kubitza and Reckling were two Craig has improved ment whose bat continues to im- 4/7 Tulane University New Orleans, La. 2 p.m. 0 prove. Sophomore Andrew Murphy of the very best pitchers in the con- yearly. I think he's one has been identified by coaches as ference last year, and have both of the top catchers in 4/10 Texas State University Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. one of the team's hardest workers, improved their command to lead a starting rotation packed with ca- Division I, and he may 4/13 Marshall University Huntington, West Va 1:05 p.m. be one of the best 4/14 Marshall University Huntington, West Va. 1:05 p.m. situational hitters in 4/15 Marshall University Huntington, West Va. 9:05 a.m. college baseball. 4/17 Texas A&M University College Station 6:35 p.m. Wayne Graham Head Coach 4/20 East Carolina University Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. 4/21 East Carolina University Reckling Park 2 p.m. W 4/22 East Carolina University Reckling Park 11:00 a.m. As the offense is currently con- 5/2 Texas Southern University Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. structed, the team's strength is its 5/4 University of Houston Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. N abundance of patient, experienced hitters that will wear opposing 5/5 University of Houston Reckling Park 2 p.m. pitchers down and excel late in games. Seniors Manuel, Fuda, and 5/6 University of Houston Reckling Park 1 p.m. redshirt juniors Lewis and Rathjen Stephen F. Austin State 5/8 Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. are all excellent situational hitters University that will hit for strong average and University of Alabama- produce a good amount of runs. A\n 5/11 Reckling Park 6:30 p.m. Birmingham already solid lineup will develop University of Alabama- Reckling Park 2 p.m. into a great lineup depending on a 5/12 Birmingham few factors from the team's sopho- University of Alabama- Reckling Park 1 p.m. more and junior starters. If Rathjen 5/13 Birmingham can return to his pre-injury form as 5/15 Sam Houston State University Huntsvilie 6:30 p.m. one of the better D-I middle-of-the- order bats, Ratterree can continue 5/17 University of Central Florida Orlando, Fia. 5:30 p.m. Junior first basantan J.T. Charyoisflakb a pkfcoff attampt against Loulsi- to develop into the team's top of- ana-Lafayatte tastyoar. Chargois wM mow* to the buSpm to provMa add- fensive threat, and the Hoelscher- 5/18 University of Central Florida Orlando, Fla. 5:30 p.m. ed depth, but coaMraptacatawis at first or man thoDH spot in thaofdar. Hamilton duo picks up with the bat DSN OMAHA, page AS 5/tt University of Central Florida Orlando, Fla. 12 p.m. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 M SPORTS THE RICE THRESHER NG LINEUP 2012 •Ml All eight position players return and a stable of experienced arms leaves this Owls team with its highest expectations in years DEREK MICHAEL r E CHRISTIAN HAMILTON FUDA STRINGER JEREMY np MICHAEL RATTERREE •) •) RYAN 1D LEWIS 1D \ SO 10 SHANE qp ¥** m- if HOELSCHER > SR . CRAIG r AUSTIN MANUEL I KUBITZA P ROUNDING OUT THE ROSTER BENCH PITCHERS Name Position Year B/T Hometown Name Year Throws S/R Hometown Michael Aquino Outfield Sophomore R/R The Woodlands Andrew Benak RS Junior Right Relief Houston/Langham Nick Bullington Catcher/Outfield Freshman R/R North Richland Hills J.T. Chargois Junior Right Relief Sulphur, La. Keenan Cook Infield/Outfield Sophomore L/R The Woodlands Tyler Duffey Junior RiSht Relief Houston/Bellaire Matt Ditman Catcher Freshman R/R Richmond, Texas Brad Kottman RS Sophomore Left Relief Denton, Texas Skyler Ewing Infield/Catcher Freshman R/R Arlington Zech Lemond Freshman Right Relief Houston/Waltrip Dan Gonzales-Luna Infield/Outfield Senior R/R Houston/Lamar Connor Mason RS Freshman Right starter Suwanee.Ga. Chase McDowell Outfield/Pitcher RS Sophomore L/R College Station Ryan McCarthy Freshman Right Relief Piano, Texas Andrew Murphy Catcher RS Freshman R/R Shreveport, La. Holt McNair ,unior Left Relief Austin, Texas Geoff Perrott Catcher Junior R/R Kingwood, Texas Matthew Reckling Semor R'Sht Starter Houston/Kinkaid Trevor Simms Outfield/Pitcher Freshman R/R Hurst, Texas Evan Rutter Freshman Right Relief Spring. Texas Ford Stainback Infield Freshman S/R Dallas John Simms Sophomore Right Starter The Woodlands John Williamson Outfield/Pitcher Freshman L/L Houston/Lamar Tyler Spurlin ,umor R'Sht Relief The Woodlands Jordan Stephens Freshman Right Starter Alvin, Texas Taylor Wall ^en'or Starter Houston/ Westside FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 BASEBALL 2012 SPORTS A5 PICTURE-PERFECT SEASON The Owls made their share of highlight-reel catches and other web gems last year and look to dazzle Reckling Park crowds again Sophomore shortstop Derek Hamilton throws a ball across the diamond. Hamilton finished second in the conference with 193 defensive assists along with a .309 I batting average with runners in scoring position. junior infielder Michael Ratteree throws the ball around m • the diamond after recording an out. Ratteree was voted to the Conference USA first team after tying for the best n batting average on the team with a .327 average. Sophomore third baseman Shane Hoelscher bunts the ball as he prepares to run to first. Hoelscher was voted to the C-USA Freshman First Team after having 37 RBIs, the second highest number on the team. junior first baseman J.T. Chargois gets the ball and runs to first to get the out. Chargois was one of three Owls to start all 63 games last year. He led the team with • • IV 24 multiple-hit games. Senior pitcher Matthew Reckling winds up and throws the ball to the plate. Reckling was selected by the Cleve- land Indians in the 2011 MLB Draft, but he decided to v return for his senior season to lead the Owls to Omaha. f • : 7 ' ALL PHOTOS ARE THRESHER FILE PHOTOS CAMERON •> $) simmmm _T !. »' ... . ., • m/{ . !•! HHgS m '• . •vS*- *^///. ".V "• 1 131 4s,w •*£; k i f } tji* r.-Aw i ? $§***!• 'Ilk \ ^ TO™ :*s '• • - - • "" ;•" + •» FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 A6 SPORTS THE RICE THRESHER 2012 SCHEDULE PREVIEW Longhorns back on schedule, Stanford awaits in March along with Arizona; UCF looks to challenge Rice in Conference USA Owls take on four top-15 teams, familiar regional foes Thresher Staff Reports Coach Wayne Graham looks to the 2012 campaign after tearing his THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF preserve pitchers for the weekend ACL. Still, the Longhorns feature a A CLOSER LOOK: series against Dallas Baptist Uni- bevy of young players, including Baseball America preseason top 25 While Conference USA has con- versity. The Owls have struggled in sophomore third baseman Erich SCHOOL RANK SCHOOL sistently ranked in the top five con- the past against the Patriots, going Weiss, and are expected to contend RANK ferences in terms of overall strength 0-2 against them in the last two sea- for the Big XII Conference title. and competitiveness, the sixth- sons. The Patriots are also patient The remaining tests for Rice 1 Florida 14 UCLA ranked Owls have supplemented at the plate, with 310 walks, and will come against Pac-12 teams in their eight conference series with a return a solid Friday night starting second-ranked Stanford Univer- 2 Stanford 15 Texas Christian host of highly non-conference op- pitcher in Jake Johansen as well as sity and fifth-ranked University of ponents starting this weekend with five of their eight starting position Arizona. The Owls will head to Palo South Carolina 16 Clemson their three-game matchup against players from 2011, including their Alto, Calif, to take on the Cardinal 3 two leading home-run hitters. 28th-ranked Florida International in mid-March, which features the Arizona State University. The Panthers have made Next up is the Minute Maid best left side of the infield in col- 4 Arkansas 17 the NCAA Tournament the past two Classic at Minute Maid Park, in lege baseball in shortstop Kenny years and feature preseason Ail- which the Owls will tussle against Diekroger and third baseman Ste- 5 Arizona 18 Miami American senior outfielder Pablo i3th-ranked University of Texas, phen Piscotty. Right-handed pitch- Bermudez, who is the Sun Belt Con- the University of Tennessee and er Mark Appel and left-handed 6 Rice 19 Oklahoma ference's preseason player of the Texas Tech University. While Tech pitcher Brett Mooneyham headline year. First baseman Mike Martinez features a slugger and a speedster a Stanford pitching rotation that and designated hitter Rudy Flores each in junior outfielders Barrett swept the Owls last season and is 7 Texas A&M 20 Florida State all provide power in the lineup. Barnes and Jamodrick McGruder, 1-5 against Rice the last two sea- Southpaws R.J. Fondon and Mason their pitching staff leaves nothing sons. Rice split the two-game series 8 Louisiana State 21 Central Florida McVay will provide a formidable to fear. The Volunteers will improve against the Wildcats last year, but two-thirds of the Panthers' week- with the addition of California State Arizona returns in 2012 as the na- North Carolina Mississippi end rotation. After the Panthers University at Fullerton's Coach tion's most improved team, with 9 22 come to town, New Mexico State Dave Serrano, but they are still re- sophomore right-handed pitcher University will pay a midweek visit garded as the least-talented team in Konner Wade coming off a season 10 Vanderbilt 23 Oregon State to Reckling Park, led by catcher the Southeastern Conference. The in which he set a school record for Zac Fisher. The Aggies led the na- real test will be in Texas, which was an earned run average mark by a 11 Georgia 24 Louisville tion in batting average (.377) last informed last weekend that its top freshman. Freshman catcher Riley year, were second in runs scored starting pitcher, senior Sam Staf- Moore will play the other half of the 12 Georgia Tech 25 Cal State Fullerton per game with 8.5 and ranked third ford, will undergo shoulder surgery Wildcat battery. in walks with 333. While not high- and will be out for the 2012 season. The remaining marquee game 13 Texas ly-ranked, they will test the depth Additionally, sophomore outfielder on the non-conference schedule is of the Owls' pitching staff as Head Cohl Walla was also ruled out for O see NATION, page A8 f Teams in Conference USA f Just like their first five years in Conference USA, the Owls came out on top, winning the regular season title and the conference title in 2011. This year, the Owls are coming into the season ranked number six in the nation and are again the favorites to win C-USA. Their main challenge this year is going to come from number 21 in the nation, the University of Central Florida, the only ranked team in the conference. Other than UCF, there are seven teams that are hoping to undermine Rice and take the 2012 Conference USA title. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS MARSHALL UNIVERSITY EAST CAROUNA UNIVERSITY 2011 Record: (27-32,12-12 C-USA) 2011 Record: (30-27,12-12 C-USA) 2011 Record: (20-31,7-17 C-USA) 2011 Record: (41-21,14-10 C-USA) '11 postseason: N/A 11 postseason: N/A "11 postseason: N/A 11 postseason: 2-2, lost in Virginia regional After almost participating in the NCAA The Tigers were middle of the pack last Marshall is hoping to prove all of the East Carolina is hoping to follow up its tournament last year that was thwarted by year as they finished 12-12 in conference doubters in C-USA wrong after a terrible tremendous effort last season that landed Rice in the C-USA championship game, the just like they did in 2010. Memphis hopes season in which they racked up seven wins the Pirates a postseason berth with a re- Cougars are hoping they will reverse their that it can finish above .500 this season in conference and finished in ninthplace. peat effort in 2012. The Pirates, picked to losing trend of the past three seasons and and possibly make a move into the top The Thundering Herd is picked to finish finish third in the conference this season, get back to the NCAA tournament for the four in conference. They are led by senior last again, but they are hopeful that they are led by senior starting-pitcher Kevin first time since 2008. The Cougars' stron- third-baseman Jacob Wilson, who was can get out of the cellar with junior right- Brandt and freshman right-hander De- gest asset is their starting pitching that is named to the preseason All-Conference handed pitcher Aaron Blair, who could po- shorn Lake. led by seniors fared Ray and Jordan Lewis. USA squad in late January. tentially enter the draft this year. TULANEUMVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MIS- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FUNHM 2011 Recant (31-26,10-14 C-USA) SISSIPPI -BIRMINGHAM 2011 Record: (39-23,12-12 C-USA) H postseason: N/A 2011 Record: (39-19,16-8 C-USA) 2011 Record: (29-28,9-15 C-USA) 11 postseason: 1-2, lost in Florida State m 11 postseason: 0-2, lost in Georgia Tech i H postseason: H/A regional regional The Green Wave Is hoping to find its way the Golden Eagles soared high last year UAB is hoping that this season Is the year The University of Central Florida comes back to Uie regional* after only one appear- as they tied the Owls for first place in C-USA. that they can finally make the NCAA tourna- in ranked 21st in the nation and brings in ance in the last six years. Tulane has been USM is hoping that theft stellar recruiting ment and qualify for a regional. Although high expectations fin their 2012 campaign. picked to finish fifth in the conference, but class, led by freshman shortstop Connor Bar- they had a rough 2011 conference campaign, The Golden Knights are picked to finish sec- they are hoping that they can bitrJk Into the ron and outfielder Mason Bobbins, can keep they still finished over .500 overall for (he ond to conference but are hoping to overtake : up the success and tend the Golden Eagles third straight year. They are led by senior Rke and win Conference USA outright. UCF batik to the JKIAA tournament. \ pitcher inuon Napoleon, who is led by senior outfielder Ronnie RicHaitl- Is going to be the Friday night starter fix the *» and freshman pitcher Garrett Nuas. mt FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 BASEBALL 2012 SPORTS A7 _____ RICE BATTERY CHARGED UP Austin Kubitza and Craig Manuel make up the pitcher/catcher tandem that looks to guide the Rice defensive effort this year Manuel aims to remain clutch Kubitza hopes to shine again Thresher Staff Reports early in the year, and I think Ren- weekend rotation, Kubitza rose to THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF don's injury hurt his swing, and it's the role of staff ace with his semi- just impossible to replace guys like nal moment coming in a shutout From the beginning of his base- that. But we had guys step up and of A&M at the Minute Maid Classic. ball career at Rice University, Craig fill in. We just couldn't reach our As his battery mate, Manuel talked Manuel has been known as having goals," he said. about what he saw from "Kubby" in a knack for coming through in a While Manuel's offensive prow- that game last year. tough spot. The senior catcher was ess (third on team in batting average, "His big moment was when plucked up by Rice at a baseball fourth on team in RBls, second in on- we played Texas A&M at Minute JBSKm camp in the summer of 2008 after base percentage) gave him rave reviews Maid," Manuel said. "We were kind Manuel had already committed to from writers across the nation with of giving him a hard time about be- M1 8 play junior college ball in Florida, Head Coach Wayne Graham calling ing nervous, because it was one of a fortuitous find for a team still him "the best situational hitter in the his first big starts, and there was lacking a catcher in its signing country," his experience with the pitch- a huge crowd. He just looked at us It K class. With junior Diego Seastrunk ing staff has earned him the respect and said something like 'You guys (Will Rice 'io) not used to catch- and trust of the coaches. In an era when just score one run, and we'll win.' ing after moving from third base, most college coaches call pitches exclu- And he did just that; he threw a Seastrunk moved to the designat- sively, leading the catcher to simply be shutout, and we won. He was im- ed hitter spot, and Manuel began the middleman between the coach and pressive that night for anyone, let Sophomore right-handed pitcher Austin Kubitza tosses a pitch during catching just a few weeks into his pitcher, Graham expects his pitchers to alone a freshman." last season. He posted a 2.34 ERA and 102 strikeouts, the most in C-USA. collegiate career and helping to have a reliable pitching acumen when it Given Manuel's experience with orchestrate Ryan Berry's (Hanszen comes to knowing the opposite lineup. catching Owl pitching greats like '10) two-hit shutout of Texas A&M Ryan Berry (Hanszen '10), Tony By Farrah Madanay ready for the upcoming three-game University in the 2009 Minute Maid Cingrani (Martel '11) and Mike THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF series season opener against Florida Classic. Manuel picked off 12 hit- a Ojala (Martel '10), it is high praise International University at Reckling ters that year and made just one for Kubitza when Manuel speaks to Austin Kubitza may only be a Stadium starting today. error, while hitting impressively I just wanted to do Kubitza's original pitching ability sophomore but the amount of ac- "Our pitchers are doing well and with runners in scoring position, compared to the others. colades he has garnered since post- our hitting is amazing so we're pretty batting .404 in those situations. whatever I could to "Kubby is different from any baseball season last year are enough excited," Kubitza said. Still, that last sentence describes help us win, and that guy I've ever caught," Manuel said. to confuse him with any seasoned Kubitza stayed in baseball shape a microcosm of his career: a great "Cingrani was a left-handed flame upper-classman. As a freshman, Ku- and worked on his pitches this sum- defensive asset, whose left-handed meant I needed to be thrower, and Oj had pinpoint con- bitza earned his way to the coveted mer, playing for the Santa Barbara batting stance made him a great a complete hitter, be trol with a devastating curveball. spot of the Rice University Owls' Foresters in the California Collegiate Friday-night starting pitcher. If there situational hitter but not a middle- able to bunt, hit and Kubby is different. He throws his League, alongside fellow Rice team- of-the-order type of guy. fastball in the low 90s, but it runs was any speculation regarding Coach mates Brad Kottman, Tyler Pearson and Flash forward to the 2011 sea- run. about a foot in to a righty. His slider Wayne Graham's choice to start the Michael Ratteree. Kubitza participated son with Seastrunk graduated and is in the low to mid 80s and moves right-handed rookie, Kubitza put it in the league on a suggestion from his Craig Manuel to bed by posting impressive results, older brother, Kyle Kubitza, who ijradu- Manuel in full control of the back- Sid Rich '12 a toot the other way. That combina- € stop position, junior third baseman tion is almost impossible to hit." such as the most strikeouts by an Owl ated last year from Texas State and now in four years. Regardless of his con- plays for the Minor League team the Anthony Rendon is still nagged by Other names that Manuel ex- 99 sistent pre-season performances on Atlanta Danville Braves. an ankle injury and is targeted by pects to have breakout seasons the mound, Kubitza himself was just r opposing pitchers for intentional from the mound are senior right- as surprised by his starting assign- it walks, and junior outfielder Jer- "Before last year, I'd say that I handed pitcher Matthew Reckling, ment as a freshman. emy Rathjen tears his ACL before called about 95 percent of pitches, who has improved his command the first month of the season is but last year Graham took more over the offseason, and junior "It was definitely unexpected. I We want to put our- over. Suddenly, Manuel found him- control and about half way through right-handed pitcher J.T. Chargois. was lucky enough that Coach Gra- selves in a spot at self thrust into a position to hit in last season he started calling the What he doesn't expect to change ham believed I could do it and that the five-hole on a regular basis. He game," Manuel said. "The edge is his nickname of "Bunny," ironi- I was able to produce," Kubitza said. the end of the regu- commented on what his expecta- is in the tempo; if the pitcher and cally adorned by fans in homage Though Kubitza was honored as lar season to be a tions were of his own performance I are on the same page the game to his endless hustle and lack the Conference USA 2011 Freshman and how those injuries were cata- speeds up and there isn't any down of speed in comparison with his of the Year and enters this 2012 sea- national seed... not lysts for his 35 RBls last season, time while the pitcher is shaking swifter teammates. son tabbed as the C-USA Pre-season embarrass ourselves Pitcher of the Year, he remains hum- nearly equal to his combined total me off." "Well, I've had a lot of fan- ble in light of the distinctions. at home again from 2009 to 2010. Inherent in the player/coach given nicknames over the years," "It's nice to be recognized but I "[1 did not really have) personal trust is Manuel's invitation to con- Manuel said. "First, I was the pen- Austin Kubitza still have the whole season to go," expectations; I just wanted to do sult Graham and the other coaches guin because my running style is Martel '14 Kubitza said. whatever I could to help us win, on his view of the pitching staff's more of a waddle. Then, I got a lit- and that meant I needed to be a current state. tle faster, and they started calling The Owls face a challenging 2012 99 season, especially with the loss of complete hitter, be able to bunt, "Coach usually has a good feel me cheetah. But that never stuck. infielder Anthony Rendon (Wiess '11) hit and run and swing at pitches for the pitchers. He's been coach- Now I'm Bunny, and I guess that and closing pitcher Tony Cingrani. "My brother told me a lot about it I could hit and take the ones 1 ing a long time and can see basi- one is here to stay. 1 think it's fun, Last season's early end, when the as well as some of the guys that are couldn't," Manuel said. cally everything from the dugout, and, if the fans enjoy it, that's all Owls fell 6-3 to University of Califor- Manuel also noted that the so when he comes to talk to me that matters. I'm just happy to be on the team now. It was a lot of fun, nia-Berkeley at the NCAA Regional, team never experienced any type it's to confirm what he's seeing on their good side; there is a lot the weather was nice and it was a is a bitter memory that Kubitza hopes of mental doubt, even after a poor and to get a different perspective of worse things 1 could be called." good experience," Kubitza said. will motivate him and the Owls to early-season record left the Owls on the game." Once his career, character- Though Kubitza said he did not Omaha this year, he said. think he performed at his best with scampering to try to recover their One pitcher who needed little ized by clutch offensive hitting "Last year we ended prema- the Foresters, the CCL thought oth- national seed hopes. counseling last year is sophomore and defensive near-perfection, turely so we want to put ourselves erwise. The CCL named him to the "No mental doubts, but it was righty Austin Kubitza. After be- comes to end, Manuel expects to in the spot at the end of the regular tough last year losing Rathjen so ginning as the third starter in the take his knowledge of the game league's all-star team and ranked passed on by Graham and trans- season to be a national seed and him as its top professional prospect. fer it to coaching. go further than we did last year, Kubitza is scheduled to play in the not embarrass ourselves at home "I probably won't be too far Cape Cod League in Massachusetts again," Kubitza said. from the game," Manuel said. "I next summer, he said. can see myself coaching. Baseball According to Kubitza, the Owls Kubitza chose Rice over other is what I love to do, and I couldn't are on the right track to playing well schools because he thought he would imagine what 1 would do away this season. Kubitza is confident in see the pitch a lot more during game- from the game." the preparation of the team and feels O see KUBITZA, page A8 Only 911 miles to Omaha.... ... >*"*f !*- \ Check out blogs.ricethresher.org/sports for post-game comments M ; . starting tonight. If you want, you can pretend you're still at the SwMMlR game and eat some peanuts and cracker jacks while you read. Then Senior catcher Craig Manuel swings through a pitch against Marshall last year. you can stand up and run around yourroom whe n you've read that Manuel expects to have a mix of veteran and newcoming pitchers. we've won. On second thought, don't do any of those ideas. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,2012 AS SPORTS THE RICE THRESHER • KUBITZA Q OMAHA • NATION FROM PAGE A7 FROM PAGE A3 FROM PAGE A6 time, he said. where they left off in the fall, the C-USA dominance. seventh-ranked Texas A&M Univer- em University, Stephen F. Austin State "At other schools I was looking at, team will score more than enough With the expectations at cus- sity. The Owls will travel to Olsen Field University, Sam Houston State University, I didn't think I would get the same runs to make a lengthy postseason tomarily high levels, the squad is for the first time since 2010 and the Ag- the University of Texas at San Antonio and baseball opportunities as I would trip possible. thinking about not just continu- gies will provide a big test for Rice, with Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi. here. Of course the academics are With outstanding defense up the ing a streak, but bringing one to right-handed pitcher Michael Wacha and These games can prove to be traps for middle, a bench littered with starting an end. outfielder Tyler Naquin being named to Rice, however, as the Owls only went 6-4 better here too," Kubitza said. experience, and a group of freshmen With veteran experience, depth, several pie-season Ail-American teams. in these types of regional midweek games In spite of his 6*5" frame and in- hyped as one of the strongest classes and pitching that has been compared to Right-handed pitcher Ross Stripling and last season. timidating 90 miles per hour fastball, in years, the Owls round out as one of the renowned 2003 National Champion outfielder Krey Bratsen are also all-confer- While Conference USA looks to off the pitch Kubitza is a relatable 1 the most complete teams in the NCAA. staff, the 2012 Rice Owls baseball team ence picks for Texas A&M. be competitive enough to get four Sport Management major living on- Ranked between fifth and eighth in has as strong a shot as any to make a The rest of the non-conference sched- teams into the NCAA Tournament in campus at Martel College. His plea for the nation in most of the preseason trip that no player on the current roster ule is comprised of midweek games May, the Owls will need to compile an greater student attendance at games major polls, Rice appears destined has taken: to Omaha, Neb. for the Col- against familiar regional foes, such as La- exemplary non-conference record to shows how well he really does know to continue their astounding run of lege World Series. mar University, Grambling State Univer- boost their chances for a high seed in his peers. sity, Texas State University, Texas South- the tournament. "Why not come out? It's a week- end, I know you don't do your home- work until Sunday anyway," Kubitza said, smiling. Catch the right-hander this week- end getting in the zone before every pitch with headphones on. Kubitza's song of choice? "Can't be Touched" by Roy Jones Jr. "I listen to the same song right be- fore I go out and pitch," he said. 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