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by David Brown about the fact that there had been no formal that the dean organize an external review, THRESHER EDITORIAL STAKE process of consultation, neither about the which would be completed by a commit- awarded Fondren proposed merger nor the selection of the tee of non-Rice-affiliated academics in the Dean of Humanities Gary Wihl has asked department chair." related fields. the Classical Studies, French Studies, Ger- Van Delden said that he had heard Speaker of the Faculty Marj Corcoran Pavilion contract man and Slavic Studies, and Hispanic Stud- rumors about a possible merger for sev- said deans have the authority to organize ies Departments to propose a procedure eral years but that Wihl never asked him departments but the Faculty Senate must to consider changes to the departments, for input. approve any curricular changes, such as the by Alex Dinur including possibly merging them. Wihl, Yunis and Provost Eugene Levy addition or removal of a doctoral program. THRESHER STAFF Wihl made the request at a meeting with declined to comment. Corcoran, a physics and astronomy Students, faculty and staff looking for the departments' faculty Nov. 1, Hispanic In the meeting, van Delden said, Wihl professor, said when the Physics Depart- a caffeine fix will have a new option when Studies Department Chair Maarten van acknowledged and listened to faculty con- ment merged with the Space Physics and the new Fondren Pavilion opens in January Delden said. The meeting came in response cerns. Van Delden, who is leaving Rice to Astronomy Department in 2000, there were 2008. Rice recently signed a contract with to faculty complaints following an e-mail take a position at the University of Southern many discussions between the dean and California-based Diedrich Coffee to serve sent by Classical Studies Department California following the spring semester, faculty — and an external review — before food and beverages in a kiosk in the pavilion, Chair Harvey Yunis to the faculty of the said the entire Hispanic Studies Depart- the decision was made. to be located behind Fondren Library in the four departments. The e-mail stated Wihl ment is opposed to a merger. central quad. had asked Yunis to chair a new depart- "There has been some backtracking, The Process Director of Housing and Dining Mark ment joining the four departments, van so now things are up in the air ... but it's In addition to opposing the merger, van Ditman said Rice selected Diedrich, which Delden said. pretty clear [Wihl | would like to see such Delden said he was disappointed in the way has locations on Westheimer Road, Montrose "The e-mail provoked an immediate a merger," van Delden said. the idea was raised. There was no official Boulevard and Bay Area Boulevard, after response," he said. "There were objections Van Delden said some faculty in the announcement of the idea prior to Yunis' hiring a team of consultants to analyze coffee about the procedure that had been followed, involved departments have suggested see HUMANITIES, Page 5 companies and conducting taste tests with students and faculty. After several rounds of elimination, Died- rich Coffee's business plans and products were the best fit for the new building project, Ditman said. In September, Starbucks Coffee bought Diedrich cafes, but Diedrich will remain a wholesale supplier of coffee products. Coffeehouse General Manager Mara Courtney said she first heard about a bidding process for a space in the pavilion in September when Student Center Associate Director Pamelyn Shefman told her Rice had begun negotiations with Diedrich. "We were not asked to make a bid (to be in the pavilion] nor made aware of the bidding process," Courtney, a Baker College junior, said. Dirk Smith, president of the Dn l.ich Coffee franchise in Houston, said the kiosk will not be called "Diedrich Coffee" and will not carry the Diedrich logo. However, it will serve Diedrich Coffee products. Diedrich is aiming to make the kiosk at Rice one of many college campus fran- chises, Smith said. The Rice location will be independent from the main franchise in MARSHALL ROBINSON THRESHER | California. Director of Housing and Dining Mark Dit- Traveling troubadours man said Diedrich is working with architects to design the coffee house. Rice band Moxie, which just released the EP Fight the Monochrome, perform at last year's 91.7 KTRU Battle of the Bands. From left, Brown "We're working very well together on mak- College senior Andy Whitten, Brown junior Evan Davies, Sid Richardson College junior Jordan Allen and Sid junior Aaron Taffet piay original indie rock ing | Diedrich | compatible with the overall with an emphasis on eclectic rhythmic influences and insightful, off-the-beaten-path lyrics. pavilion," Ditman said. "For example, the See story, Page 12 see COFEEHOl SE Page 5 Rice Election Day turnout 32 percent

past county, state and national "Something is changing at by Gary Johnson turnout averages. In the most Rice," Stallcup said. "I think we I'jRIHI I'llRKsHkR recent midterm elections ot are seeing a lot more people Rice students and faculty went 2002, 34.1 percent of Harris who want to get involved in the to the Rice Memorial Center's County voters, 32.8 percent ol political process." Grand Hall Tuesday to vote on city Texas voters and 39.7 percent of In last year's November propositions and for national, state U.S. voters went to the polls. election, the Rice turnout was and county officials in the general Rice College Republicans 19 percent. midterm elections. chairman John Stallcup said Claire Randall, the Precinct In Precinct 361, where Rice the turnout was normal. 361 election judge and president staff and students who used their "418 [voters] is a very of the Rice Vote Coalition, said college mailbox address when acceptable number at Rice," turnout increased this year but registering to vote cast their bal- Stallcup, a Brown College did not reach the turnout level lots, 418 people voted between junior, said. of 2004 — 64 percent. Randall, 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Election Day. Stallcup said although Rice a Brown College junior, said Since approximately 1,300 voters turnout is comparable to the na- students vote more in years are eligible at the precinct, turnout tional average, there has been with major issues at stake and was roughly 32 percent. an increase in political activity showed more interest this year Students vote Tuesday in the Grand Hall of the Rice Memorial Center. 418 of about This figure is comparable to on campus since last year. seeTlRNOlT Page 5 1,300 eligible voters cast ballots at the Rice precinct.

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Peu>$( AND HER l¥Wr$1 $0*6 p€0pt£ SAY THAT Ptrrr/VOr the Rice Thresher a viertrcH COF&E If F<*xxa/ UUiLL Zu# &tee COffGGHOUSe Q OUT of Business' Fix Humanities misstep HOUSS To COM term ' Classics Department Chair Harvey Yunis' e-mail announcement of Dean of Humanities Gary Wihl's plan to merge four departments V/ROMC in that school was shocking. (See story, page 1.) That the announce- ment was not preceded by so much as a token consultation of the affected faculty is as puzzling as it is inappropriate. Thankfully, Wihl is now seeking input into the potential merger rue TfiVTH IS, A/M/CY PELOSi of Hispanic Studies, German and Slavic Studies, French Studies ^Aa/P H&z pe/H0C£AT MAJORITY % and Classics. But his response is too little and too late to convince HILL PO IT FiASr/ us that he genuinely intended to consult faculty before taking this &UT WA/T/ THE Dt/HOCPittsburgh States is still subject to the Geneva ers to the contrary saying the Professor Donald Goldstein and Conventions. president is not bound by the laws University of Houston Law Center "The Geneva Conventions pro- of war," Paust said. "I would prefer Professor Jordan Paust. Earth Sci- hibit certain types of inhumane the president still be bound by the ence graduate student Mark Little, treatment with respect to any law. No one is above the law." who is a member of the student person who is no longer taking an TIANNE YANG/THRESHER Yoo responded by saying no one forum, moderated the discussion, active part in any conflict," Paust University of Houston Law Center Professor Jordan Paust, University of is arguing the president is above which was held in the International said. "Any detainee is entitled to Pittsburg Professor Donald Goldstein, and former United States Deputy the law. Conference facility at Baker Hall. basic human treatment." Assistant Attorney General John Yoo sat on a Baker Institute Student Forum "There are lots of different Yoo is well known for his contro- Little first asked panelists to ad- panel on interrogation policy. kinds of law," Yoo said. "The versial memos on the expansion of dress Vice President Dick Cheney's Constititution is the highest power. executive power and advocacy for recent remark that dunking some- President George W. Bush's secret meaning there is no need for a It gives power to the president, harsh interrogation techniques one in water is a "no brainer" if detainee program is a clear viola- separate system to handle them. Congress and the judiciary. I on detainees. From 2001-'03, he it would save lives. Some have tion of the Geneva Conventions. History Professor Thomas don't think international law can worked in the U.S. Justice Depart- interpreted the comment to refer Paust said withholding detainees' Haskell asked the panel what rearrange those powers." ment's Office of Legal Counsel. In to waterboarding, an interroga- names and whereabouts is a makes current events different In his concluding remarks, Paust his opening statement, Yoo advo- tion tactic in which detainees are "forced disappearance," a practice from the Vietnam War, in which the said the actions of the president cated the need for a new approach subjected to simulated drowning. also conducted during Argentina's United States also faced an actor and Congress will have serious to terrorism after 9/11. Cheney has denied that he was Dirty War. that had not signed the Geneva consequences for the future of the "Before 9/11, we thought of ter- referring to waterboarding. "[The] CIA program involving Convention. U nited States, including a decreased rorism as a criminal justice matter," Goldstein said there have been secret renditions and secret Yoo said he does not support an willingness of other nations to coop- Yoo said. "What makes it difficult illegal interrogations at Abu Ghraib detention of detainees ... is a crime end to the rules of war but does sup- erate in the war on terror. for us to accept that we are at war and Guantanamo Bay, but the situ- against humanity under customary port adapting to a new enemy. Yoo closed by saying the current is the fact that now we're fighting ation is improving. international law," Paust said. "We are fighting an enemy that system is the right way to deal with a non-state actor." 'TTiey're not doing it anymore — 1 Yoo questioned P a u s t' s is not interested in reciprocity," he suspected and confirmed terrorists. Yoo said new interrogation tech- can tell you that now — because interpretation of the program said. "I'm not calling for the laws of He said terrorists should not be niques — which could save lives they know better," Goldstein said. and said Congress had affirmed war to be thrown out when we fight tried through the criminal justice and prevent future attacks — are Yoo said illegal interrogations the president's interpretation of nation-states." system. necessary because terrorists are were conducted on prisoners of war the Geneva Conventions with When asked about the morality "The fact that there might be trained to resist interrogations. captured in Iraq and Afghanistan. the Military Commissions Act of of interrogation techniques that can errors — I'm not denying there are The forum, which was attended In contrast, terrorists are illegal 2006. have lasting effects on detainees, —that doesn't mean we shouldn't hold by about 90 people, was not without enemy combatants, he said. Paust said Yoo missed the key Yoo said war affects everyone them at all," Yoo said. "It just means we protests. During Yoo's opening 'There is a difference between conflict between the Geneva Con- involved. He pointed out that have to be more careful about it." remarks, two students stood in an a regime in Iraq and regimes that ventions and the Military Commis- aisle and held a banner that read apply to al-Qaeda," Yoo said. "They sions Act — the part that defines "Yoo can never justify torture." They are not a party to the [Geneva Con- prisoners of war. Paust said illegal POLICE BLOTTER held the banner for the duration of ventions because] they don't want to enemy combatants defined by the the program. Also, several students follow any of the laws of war." Act are considered prisoners of war The following items were reported to the Rice University Police handed out fliers and held banners Paust disagreed and said that under the Geneva Conventions, Department for the period Oct. 28-Nov. 5

Residential Colleges Brown College Oct. 28 Student reported video camera in room vent. Investigating officers did not find a camera and determined vent was not accessible from other locations. Case unfounded. Brown College Oct. 30 Officer struck by water balloon. Jones College Nov. 1 Student shot with rubber pellet from air pistol during Baker 13 run. it I Lovett College Nov. 2 Student reported suspicions that I i 1 her boyfriend is posingas a University of Houston student. Subject was contract worker at the Rice Campus Store and was arrested and remanded to Harris County Jail for outstanding warrants for parole violation. Brown College Nov. 3 Students reported playing Beer * Pong. Student referred to Student Judicial Programs for urinating on complainant's doorway. Brown College Nov. 4 Underage intoxicated student fell down stairs and was transported to hospital by ambulance. Host of party and alcohol servers located and referred to Student Judicial 1 XLarge 2-Topping Pizza S Programs. Sid Richardson College Nov. 5 Intoxicated patient admitted to four 20 oz. Coca-Cola products hospital. Academic Buildings Dell Butcher Hall Nov. 3 Bicycle stolen. 9 Parking Lots $ Greenbriar Lot Nov. 5 Vehicle window broken and purse stolen.

Other Areas 18.99 Off Campus Oct. 29 Student reported an alleged sexual assault at Chaucer House during Sept. 2005. Student declined to press charges. Willy's Pub Nov. 3 Underage students referred to Student Judicial Programs for minors in consumption and minors in Valid only at Kirby location. possession. Pelivery charges may apply. Willy's Pub Nov. 3 Underage student found consuming alcohol evaded officer. Student referred to Student Judicial Programs for minor in consumption and minor in possession. Entrance 3 Nov. 5 Vehicle operated recklessly. Driver (713)432-7272 apprehended by Houston Police Department after short pursuit, charged with evading arrest and Expires 3/31/07 detention and remanded to Harris County Jail. THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,2006

NEWS IN BRIEF ers after Deidrich is open. "We're going to keep working delegation will meet with university COFFEEHOUSE really hard to provide the best 2007 Beer-Bike students and leaders, business lead- From page 1 product and customer service," ers, government officials and alumni Courtney said. "These are things kiosk is going to be built as low Coordinators named of American universities in China, Executive Chef Roger Elkhouri we would do no matter what, even if to the ground as possible so that TV Office of Student Activities Japan and Korea during International said he thinks the two coffee houses there weren't another coffee house someone can stand at the door se lect d Jones College junior Teddy Education Week to promote higher can coexist by finding their own on campus." of the pavilion and see over the Bucher and Brown College junior education in the U.S. niches. The student-run coffee Wiess College freshman Becky kiosk and through the library all house could sell more desserts Sanya Desai us Campus-Wide Beer- leebron has identified increasing Leven said she thinks Diedrich will the way to the sallyport." and other foods like frozen gelatos, Bike Coordinators for Beer-Bike 2007, the representation of international be a good addition. Ditman said the addition of he said. the event's 50th anniversary. students at Rice as one of his goals in "The new coffee house will cre- Diedrich will create jobs for Courtney said the way the Assistant Director of Student the Vision for the Second Century. The ate more jobs, more options and students, take tetra points and Coffeehouse is run allows it to find Activities Holly Williams said Bucher number of international studen ts in hopefully will cause the quality of be otherwise as accommodating its own niche. and Desai — who were the only ap- the freshman class more than doubled both coffee houses to go up due to as possible. plicants — applied as a team. She this year, to 49 from last year's 19, and The Coffeehouse, which sells or- competition," Leven said. Smith addressed concerns said they are well-qualified and have the five Chinese students in the Class ganic, fair-trade coffee, barely makes Will Rice College freshman Randy that Diedrich could put the a passion for Beer-Bike. of 2010 are the most from one foreign enough money to pay its employees Baldassarre said he prefers the idea student-run coffee house out of and operating costs, Courtney said. "If we weren't happy with the country. of a student-run coffee house. business by opening nearby. But everyone is happy because they "It's a good thing that we are quantity or quality of the applicants, In 2004-'05, 58 percent of interna- "My belief is that they both want to keep offering students high- going to get more options from the we would have reopened the applicant tional students studying in the United can be viable if [Coffeehouse] quality products at low prices. new coffee house," Baldassarre said. process as we've done in previous States were from Asia. can get other stuff like desserts," Courtney said Coffeehouse will "But I'd still rather have my money... searches," Williams said. Leebron has traveled extensively Smith said. continue to focus on student consum- not go to a private company." She said Bucher and Desai comple- throughout Asia in the past, and ment each other well. China's Vice Minister of Education "They both have a solid, working and Chinese university presidents Vote Coalition. Goodland, a Lovett knowledge of the event," Williams have visited Rice. College senior, said the Young said. The other members of the delega- TURNOUT Democrats also registered students tion are the chancellor of the Univer- From page 1 to vote at their meetings. As the sity of California, Santa Barbara; the turnout indicates, many people who presidents of Indiana University, because Brown College junior decrease the percent turnout figure registered did not actually vote. Johns Hopkins University, Piedmont Mhair Dekmezian ran as a Lib- and make it seem like Rice students "Registering to vote and actually Community College, the University at ertarian for the Texas House of are apathetic, Randall said. voting are two different ballgames," Buffalo, SUNY, Ohio State University, Representatives. In the November 2002 midterm Goodland said. University of Tulsa, the Community Alice Townes, co-president election, 436 of 1284 registered Rice Vote Coalition, which has College of Philadelphia, Seattle Pacific of the College Libertarians, said voters at Rice cast ballots, yield- about 20 active members after University; Rensselaer Polytechnic she was disappointed that there ing a 33.96 percent turnout. Rice's restarting this year, also held reg- Institute and the University of Florida; was little support for Dekmezian average in 2002 was slightly lower istration drives and helped people Assistant Secretary of State for Educa- — who took only two percent of than the Harris County turnout of to register at their residential col- tional and Cultural Affairs Dina Habib the votes in District 134. 34.1 percent. leges. Powell; Assistant Secretary of Educa- The College Libertarians Randall said the Rice Vote Coali- Randall said many students did tion Lauren Maddox; Deputy Assistant expected more Rice students tion encouraged voting this year not know they needed to change Secretary of State Thomas Farrell and to support one of their own, by helping incoming freshmen their voter registration when they Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary Townes, a Will Rice College register to vote during Orienta- moved to Rice, which created a of Education Robin Gilchrist. sophomore, said. tion Week. Campus-wide Beer-Bike Coordinators problem when students turned out Teddy Bucher and Sanya Desai — Risa Gordon Randall said the percentage of Many of the students she but could not vote. registered Rice voters who voted registered during O-Week voted, "We had to turn a lot of people Bucher was one of two publicity on Tuesday was lower than in 2004 Randall said. away because they were not reg- coordinators for Beer-Bike lastyear. He partially because many of the 2004 Stallcup and Rice Young Demo- istered in our precinct," Randall was also a member of the Jones men's Servery menus win election voters have graduated crats president Ryan Goodland both said. "If you want to vote in our chug team for the past two years and and moved away but are still on said many of their organization's precinct, you have to use your was captain last year. culinary award the precinct's roster. voter registration efforts were chan- college mailbox address as your Bucher said he applied to coordi- Housing find I )ining was one of only The registered graduates neled through the non-partisan Rice residence address." nate because he wanted to deepen his two non-commercial dining establish- involvement in Beer-Bike. ments given a 2(X)6 Achievement of "After our experience working on Excellence Award by the American [Beer-Bike] last year, we had a blast Culinary Federation. Every year, the and wanted to have a similar experience ACF honors up to 21 dining establish- this year," Bucher said. "[Becoming ments nationwide in various categories campus-wide coordinators] was the including fine dining, casual dining and next logical step." private clubs/resorts. Desai, who was the judges coordi- Residential Dining Director Angela nator last year, said she likes the college Riggs said it is unusual for a college to Picture unity Beer-Bike brings. receive the award and that die award "Beer-Bike is very special because reflects the improvement of H&D's it's the only time the colleges get food service since it converted from together aside from O-Week," Desai a central kitchen format to a servery said. "It's just so unique to Rice, and and college kitchen format. Riggs said I don't think there's anything like it it also reflects H&D's ability to listen to that brings the colleges together the students and provide them with what way it does." they want. Yourself Bucher said he and Desai do not "It shows diat Rice has come a plan to make any major changes for long way," Riggs said. "I'm not say- this year's Beer-Bike. ing we're going to stop [improving] "Beer-Bike went really well last because we won this, because we're the year, and there's nothing that needs definitely not." in ;iny major overhauling," Bucher said. Riggs traveled to Philadelphia July "The coordinators did a fantastic job 22 to receive the award. At die event, last year, and we hope to continue that other chefs were impressed that Rice this year." serves fresh rather than frozen food, Desai said the only challenges she she said. anticipates are organizing the indi- '"Iliey were quite taken aback by 2007 Campanile vidual colleges and getting the college that because it's not what the usual coordinators to work together. school fare is," Riggs said. "There were a few glitches last ()ther establishments awarded year, such as the truck companies include Gaylord Opryland Resort canceling right before the parade, but and Convention Center in Nashville, Thursday, November 16th 1 don't anticipate any huge challenges Tenn., Cameron Park Country Club this year," she said. in Cameron Park, Calif, and Yono's in the Grand Hall Bucher said he and Desai will Restaurant in Albany, N.Y. The other incorporate the 50th anniversary of non-commercial dining establishment Beer-Bike into this year's plans. selected was Ross School, a private 5-12 midnight "We're still not entirely sure what primary and secondary school in East we want to do since well be working Hampton, N.Y. in conjunction with the Willy Week The award application required coordinator and the 50th Anniversary biographies of the chef and manager, There is only one way to GUARANTEE committees," Bucher said. "We'd like to copies of current menus, a mission do something toward the end of Willy statement and list of awards. Riggs Week when .ill the alumni are back." included biographies of Executive Chef that you get into the 2007 Campanile and Bucher said he and Desai will select Roger Elkhouri and herself. areacoordinators next and begin meet- Riggs said she did not expect to this is to come to Picture Yourself. Bring friends, ing with them later this month. win die prestigious award die first year she applied. bring props, and be in your yearbook! "It was a very nice phone call to Leebron to tour Asia receive," Riggs said. "I was very happy because I entered it and didn't tell with delegation anyone except [Elkhouri]. We didn't President David Leebron will expect to win it because it was our Club pictures will also be taken! tour Asia with Secretary of Educa- first time... and when we did, it was a tion Margaret Spellings and other wonderful feeling." university leaders Nov. 10-18. Hie — Risa Gordon THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10.2006 Reasons for merging Universities around the country HUMANITIES organize language and cultural From page 1 studies departments in a variety of ways. Organizations range from e-mail, van Delden said. number of faculty of history and each language having its own "I think the way in which the English. He said that trend is partly department to clusters of language- i, 1 process got started was unfortu- due to the increasing number of sharing departments — such as nate," van Delden said. "It was a Latino undergraduates. "romance languages" — to all lan- mistake. The good thing is that "About half of Spanish majors guages sharing a department. [Wihl] has acknowledged that, are Hispanic, and the department Rosemary Feal is the executive and the situation now is that he is responding to a general interest director of the Modern Language has asked us — the faculty in the in the field, but most specifically Association of America, a national affected departments — to put to an interest on the part of His- organization focused on language forward a proposal for a process panic students on campus who are scholarship and teaching, and that would have to be followed to growing in number," van Delden she has experience working with examine and study this issue." said. "That in itself would argue language department chairs on French Studies Professor Debo- against making a Hispanic stud- organizational matters. rah Nelson-Campbell, who favors ies department disappear in some Feal said an obvious common discussion about restructuring lan- larger entity. We're a strong and determinant of how universities guage departments, said she thinks thriving field." organize their languages is size. there has been nothing unusual In 2005, 26 students graduted "The larger the faculty and the about the discussion so far. with a major in Hispanic studies. students, the more it makes sense "It has followed normal lines — The same year, 13 students earned to have an administrative unit for a professors like to talk a lot and French studies degrees, 4 students smaller piece of the curriculum," expound on various ideas, and graduated with a degree in German Feal said. "If a Ph.D is offered, it it takes a long time to get to the and 2 received a classical studies allows for a curricular structure meat of what you're doing," Nelson- degree. that is deeper than it is broader." Campbell, who is also the director Van Delden said losing an Feal said universities often see of the Center for the Study of Lan- independent Hispanic studies de- benefits in multi-language depart- guages, said. "It's just kind of par partment would be harmful in two ments because the pedagogy of for the course." ways: It would send a bad message teaching French, Spanish and However, Nelson-Campbell about Rice's commitment to the German has a lot in common, and field, and it would decrease the joining departments allows for MARSHALL ROBINSON/THRESHER Hispanic Studies faculty's input more collaboration. ' There has been some on curricula and personnel. In a Another reason universities Going once, going twice merged department, each profes- merge language departments, she sor would likely vote on the hiring Hanszen College sophomore Andrew Chiu and Lovett College backtracking so now said, is to make funding more flex- sophomore Peony Kim sell themselves at Tuesday's Chinese Student and promotion of faculty in all ible. Feal said universities often see Association Date Auction to raise money for charity. things are up in the air languages, he said. an obligation to teach certain fields Van Delden also worries that the regardless of low enrollments—and ... but it's pretty clear end of the Hispanic Studies Depart- that coupling those fields with more [Wihl] would like to ment would preclude the possibility popular ones allows department of adding a Ph.D. program to the chairs to spread resources. STUDENT ASSOCIATION see such a merger.' department, which currently offers a "When Spanish is in its own master's degree but not a doctorate. department, it usually thrives The Student Association met Monday. The following were discussed. — Maarter van Delden Van Delden said Rice should have and has lots of students, Feal a Hispanic Studies Ph.D program said. "When it's in a department Hispanic Studies Department because half of all foreign language with other languages, the higher • SA Internal Vice President Laura Kelley announced the Senior Com- Chair faculty positions in the United States enrollments of Spanish very often mittee will hold an event for seniors at the Marquis Nov. 14 at 10 are for Spanish. help the lesser-taught or the lesser- p.m. The first 100 guests will get discounts on drinks. French Studies is the only enrolled languages to be strong • Kelley, a Brown College junior, also announced the committee said she also supports an external language department at Rice that as well." for the 50th anniversary of the college system is looking for review and that she expects Wihl offers a Ph.D., and French Studies In some cases, however, univer- volunteers to work on video editing, merchandise, Beer-Bike to pursue one. Professor Deborah Harter said sities restructure their language and several other areas. Interested students should send an "What I think is a realistic she is concerned that a merged departments to save money, Feal e-mail to Kelley at [email protected] or Assistant to the Dean approach to this whole issue is to department could lead to that said. Such a change could come of Undergraduates Matt Taylor (Ph.D. '92) at [email protected]. get some fresh eyes on it to see program's end. in tandem with the hiring of fewer n Kelley said the Academics Committee is preparing to pass resolu- what options might be there that we Harter said she is interested in faculty members or department tions regarding academic minors and is coordinating with the Faculty haven't explored," Nelson-Camp- considering collaborative gradu- administrators, and the university Senate's schedule. bell said. "We are in the process ate and undergraduate programs would undoubtedly have to pay for of suggesting people who would be across departments, such as fewer department chairs. • External Vice President Ceci Mesta announced she is still seeking appropriate for the committee." comparative literature. However, T-shirt designs for Homecoming T-shirts. Students with submissions she said she does not want such a or ideas should send e-mails to Mesta at [email protected]. Department positions program to come at the cost of the 'What I think is a The SA Homecoming Committee will give away 250 free T-shirts and Hispanic Studies faculty oppose French Studies Ph.D. program. will host a tailgate at Rice Stadium before the Homecoming football a merger because they view it as an Harter said she thinks collab- realistic approach to game Nov. 18. attempt to limit the size and scope of orative literature programs work their department, van Delden said. best between departments — not this whole issue is to Housing and Dining will provide food, and the serveries will be closed With the field of Hispanic studies within them. for brunch — although they will be open for continental breakfast growing in the United States and "I'm a little bit fearful of what get some fresh eyes on until 10:30 a.m. and will reopen for dinner at 4 p.m. There will also with President David Leebron's I've seen in programs throughout be free beer at the tailgate for students 21 and older. The SA is also Vision for the Second Century goal the nation where multiple foreign it so see what options looking for students to volunteer to work half-hour security shifts at to expand Latin American studies literature departments are con- might be there that we the tailgate. at Rice, Hispanic Studies should solidated," Harter said. "What I've • The senate approved eight new clubs: continue to have its own depart- seen in many of those has been haven't explored.' ment, van Delden said. tremendous disagreements among The Rice University Cycling Team will train and race in national competitions. For more information, contact Baker College senior Van Delden said some may faculty. ... Faculty that are placed Joseph Bylund at [email protected]. argue an interdisciplinary Latin in close proximity have to share — Deborah Nelson-Campbell American studies initiative can in the housekeeping — the family French Studies Professor Rice Youth Basketball will run volunteer coaching clinics for children thrive without a strong Hispanic life of the department: That's not at the Recreation Center. For more information, contact Wiess Col- studies department. The depart- always an easy situation." lege sophomore Chris Holmes at [email protected]. ment is broader than Latin Ameri- Nelson-Campbell is more opti- " I )epending on how t hey choose The Rice WrestlingClub will provide instruction for beginning wrestlers can studies because it also includes mistic about the possible change. to do it, there are a lot of advan- and a safe, monitored practice space for experienced wrestlers. For the study of Spain — and, to an Nelson-Campbell, who joined the tages to joining as long as it's not more information, contact philosophy graduate student Justin Ho at extent, U.S.-Latino literature. In French Studies Department in seen as a cost-cutting measure and [email protected]. Rice's Hispanic Studies Depart- 1974, said she has seen changes the resources of the departments ment, three faculty positions are in the needs of language instruc- are not slashed when they join," Rice Solar Decathalon will compete in a Department of Energy con- designated for the study of Spain tion at Rice. Feal said. test to design an energy-independent house that uses solar panels. and three for Latin America, al- Nelson-Campbell said leebron's Nelson-Campbell said she is con- There will also be a class next semester for the competition. For more though one of the Latin American initiatives with Latin American and fident that intellectual ideas—rather information, contact Wiess sophomore Roque Sanchez at Roque. slots is currently vacant, and two Asian studies require a broader than budgetary ones — are behind [email protected]. will be once van Delden leaves. study of language, literature and the merger idea. Rice Investment Group, formerly a part of Ideas to Action, will compete Latin American Studies can in- culture than has been traditionally "It's not to save money or cut in investment competitions. For more information, contact Baker clude faculty in other fields, such done in the language departments. back on staff," she said. "That's not senior Cleo Sham at [email protected]. as English, history and sociology, Studentsaregoing abroad more and part of the discussion. It's an effort but van Delden said studying Latin are interested in language courses to create a new kind of graduate Eonfire at Rice will be the Rice affiliate of a national club devoted to America in the Spanish language that go beyond literature and relate program, and it's a desire to have a helping social entrepreneurs. It will provide education and consult- is essential. in other ways to the countries they stronger language program—that's ing to other clubs at Rice. For more information, contact Will Rice College junior Lauren Wolf at [email protected] or Wiess sophomore "You need to have strength are studying, she said. the whole point of this." Meltem Demirors at [email protected]. across the board," van Delden said. "Students are interested in more Nelson-Campbell said there are "You need to have a strong Spanish than just the traditional literature definite connections in the content Rice University Bhangra Team will perform the northern Indian cultural department with strong faculty in courses we teach in this depart- of French, German and Spanish dance at Rice and at national competitions. For more information, Latin American literature and cul- ment —like immigration and diver- courses. Having a merged depart- contact Wiess freshman Sukhdeep Aneja at [email protected]. ture if you want to have a strong sity in France," Nelson-Campbell ment, while not imperative — fac- The Rice University Green Building Initiative will organize tours of local Latin America initiative." said. "It's not just Moliere anymore. ulty can work together regardless green buildings. 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THE RICE THRESHER ARTS * ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,2006 w e e k 1 v Off-kilter humor dominates almost SCENE Thresher editors' charming Running With Scissors recommendations for Elf' arts and entertainment by Tasha Chemplavil THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFE around Houston through Based on the best-selling memoir November 17, 2006 of Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors chronicles Burroughs' adolescence after his family falls MUSIC apart and he is sent to live with his mother's eccentric therapist.

Deftones ing with scissors'

The Deftones bring their ••• 1/2 of five now playing at brand of experimental rock to the Angelika Houston Thursday. The band performs at Warehouse Live. It sounds like a bizarre premise because it is. Doors open at 8 p.m. and Ryan Murphy, the film's director tickets cost $27 at and screenwriter, is no stranger to www. ticketmas ter. com. bizarre storylines — he created the unpredictable television show Nip/Tuck. But while Running Warehouse Live with Scissors' various oddities are entertaining, they lack the cohesive 813 St. Emanuel St. ness necessary to keep the viewer engaged. Moviegoers are left floun- dering to make sense of the string of inane situations. COURTESY SONY PICTURES ART Augusten (Strangers with Candy's Joseph Cross) moves in with his mother's psycologist after his parents' divorce. Bening's turn as There he must put up with Agnes (Valien's Jill Ciayburgh), the psycologist's dog food-eating wife, and a host of other interesting characters. Rice Night Event the lesbian narcis- than her scotch-swilling husband brother" Neil (The Merchant of sion, is an intriguing spectacle. She Tonight at 7 p.m. the sist Dierdre and (The Departeds Alec Baldwin), the Venice's Joseph Fiennes), a thirty- induces empathy despite her incom- couple splits, leaving Augusten in something schizophrenic who petence. And Cox's no-holds-barred Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Cox's take on the the hands of Dierdre. embarks on an affair with the commitment to Finch's various ob- is throwing a Rice Night Event. Dierdre turns out to be completely adolescent Augusten. sessions—his dilapidated house, his oddball patriarch heaven-sent bowel movements and Besides the free food, both insane. She decides she cannot Thrown into this freak show, Dr. Finch are the handle raising her son anymore, Augusten is doomed to a life of mal- his sacred masturbatorium — make the galleries and gift shop will so she sends him to live with her adjustment. As he gets accustomed one question who really belongs on be open late. Admission is REAL REASONS therapist. Dr. Finch (Match Point's to the dishevelment and absurdity the therapist's couch. Brian Cox) and an unorthodox of the Finch household, Augusten Running with Scissors is not for ev- free for Rice students. to indulge in this clan of crazies. Finch's wife Agnes becomes close with Natalie and eryone. The string of zany incidents carnival of inanity. (Vallert's Jill Ciayburgh) eats dog Agnes, looking to them for some is far from being mainstream, and the humor is more off kilter like / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston kibbles; his favorite daughter Hope semblance of familial stability Augusten (Strangers with Candy's (Infamous's Gwyneth Paltrow) se- amidst the madness. Heart Huckabees than the accessibly 1001 Bissonnet St. Joseph Cross) serves as his mother lects random words from the Bible in Bening's turn as the lesbian nar- quirky The Royal Tenenbaums — www.mfah.org Dierdre's (Being Julia's Annette order to make life decisions, and his cissist Dierdre and Cox's take on the uncomfortable and disturbing at Bening) sole confidante, egging other daughter Natalie (The Upside oddball patriarch Dr. Finch are the times but genuinely funny. At the her on in her narcissistic dreams of of Angers Evan Rachel Wood) is real reasons to indulge in this car- very least, the film manages to poetry-writing fame. Tlie problem is always dressed for a disco-dancing nival of inanity. Their performances provide an escape from the aver- that Dierdre is not a good poet. So hooker convention. almost make the strange situations age person's reality while offering ERRATUM when her literary aspirations start Natalie befriends Augusten, believable. Dierdre's descent into a cautionary tale about the evils to become more important to her introducing him to her "adopted madness, expressed as sexual confu- of poetry. In the review of the Houston Grand Opera's Don Giovanni in the Nov. 3 issue, this j Campy Death by Disco full of laughs, flashbacks production of Don Giovanni was identified as Alexandra by Matthew McKee Death by Disco's hilarious writing ef fectively delivers a murder with a lot lines have nearly perfect placement. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF is more than enough to hold the of comedy. Most of the comedy rests Because this is a dinner theatre pro- Deshorties' second None of Generation Y experi- viewer's interest. The quick rep- on the shoulders of the actors, who, duction, the transition between acts performance of the role of enced the real disco inferno, but that artees and wit of the characters for the most part, rely on the humor is coupled with food serving, which draw lots of laughs and keep the of the script. It feels like Baker's Donna Anna. This was not her will not prevent indulgent revivals. allows for dinner conversation to go Disco fever has hit Baker College, play going. troupe has spent a lot of time getting with the play. The transitions felt second performance: She has and next week Baker College The- And while some theater loses the comedic timing just right. Hie seamless and appropriate. performed the role of Donna atre will per form James Daab's Death steam with stale jokes, Death by Disco cast's hard work pays off: A lot of the See DISCO, page 11 by Disco in a dinner-theater setting. Anna many times in her career. 'death by disco' *•••• of five Baker College 5:30 p.m. Nov. 16 and 17 $3 - Baker $5 - student w/ meal plan $10 - w/ out mean plan Death by Disco has an enjoyably shallow plot. The premise is simple: Every character is obsessed over the Discoteria dance championship — obsessed so deeply that the death of Tony Moroni, the defending disco champion, has no effect on the raging disco fever. Death by Disco's self-absorbed characters care more about their hair than their health. Dance partnerships override ro- mances, as disco skills determine a man's worth. Still, audiences do not go see a play like this for the story. That would be like going to see Borat for serious political commen- tary — it is there,

but only pretending MARSHAL! ROBINSON/ T HRf SHtR to want attention. The cast of Baker College's Death by Disco features more velour and sequins than most audiences members will be used to. THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,2006 Polish Joke proves value of comedic timing by Tiffany Siu him a single sunflower. However, THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF when an Irish sanitation worker— Did you hear about the Pole who played by Schumann — walks locked his keys in the car? It took in, Heg does not seem to have him an hour to get the keys and his any problem concentrating and family out. The Polish joke, once gives an overflowing bouquet to a stalwart of ethnically-charged Schumann that he trades for only comedy, has long since fallen out one sneaker. of favor. That did not keep Weiss Mainor, frustrated with the College from selecting David Ives' waste of time, calls 911 in a Polish Joke as their fall play. rage. The policeman, recogniz- ing Mainor as a Pole, writes up 'polish joke' Mainor for pretending to be an Irishman. • 1/2 of five The absurdity of the situation Wiess College makes for a very funny scene, with 8 p.m. effective staging and clear chem- Nov. 9-11 and 16-18 istry between the actors. $4 Rice Unfortunately, about half the $6 non-Rice scenes lack this same sense of movement: For much of Polish Polish Joke, directed by Wiess Joke the characters stay locked in sophomore Adam Ellsworth and place on stage. The actors do not Wiess junior Sarah Wulf, is a successfully engage the audience; tongue-in-cheek comedy about they appear too focused on deliver- a Polish immigrant named Jasiu ing dialogue to their cast-mates. (Wiess sophomore Alex Mainor). As a result, parts of the play are Jaisu struggles with his identity af- difficult to sit through. Overall, ter his uncle, Roman (Wiess fresh- the play entertains, although it man Matt Schumann), advises him will only be truly accessible to to cast off all ties to Poland in order the few members of the audience to succeed in life. Jasiu travels to who can take a few too many MICHAEL ROG/THRESHER America where he runs into all Polish jokes. Roman (Wiess College freshman Matt Schumann) gives sage advice to Jasiu (Wiess sophomore Alex Mainor). sorts of problems pretending to be Irish. The play's jokes mostly concern race, and non-Polish au- dience members may struggle to understand the humor. However, plenty of the one-liners tap into a more universal comedy. Polish Joke features 24 char- MEDICAL HUMANITIES COURSES acters played by only six actors. However, a combination of success- Spring 2007 ful acting and blunt introductions wedged into the dialogue makes differentiating the characters simple. 'Hie costumes in Polish Joke are simple, but they also help the HUM A 260 Genomics and Social Transformation audience quickly identify which character each actor is playing. Instructors: Richard Sharp and Mary Majumder Meeting: 2:30pm- 3:50pm TR TBA Completely This course will critically examine the transformative potential attributed to emergent genomic immersed in technologies in medicine and biomedical research. The course is intended for students in the humanities her characters, and natural sciences who want to learn more about the social and cultural meanings attributed to Permenter genomics. delivered her PHIL 314 The Philosophy of Medicine puns and Instructor: H. Engelhardt one-liners Meeting: 9:25am- 10:40am TR TBA with a The biomedical sciences, the practice of medicine, and healthcare policy employ concepts of health, SIDE-SPLITTING disease, disability, and defect in explanatory accounts, intermixing factual claims with moral and other deadpan. evaluations. This course explores the interplay of evaluation and explanation in medicine's models of disease and health. All the actors and actresses work together well, giving the play a natural feel and avoiding the RE LI 370 Medicine, Meaning, and Morality brand of straight-line recitation. Mainor, the only actor who does Instructor: Thomas Cole not play multiple characters, has Meeting: 2:30pm- 3:50pm TR TBA a forte for slapstick. His comical facial expressions and frequent voice cracks accent his physical This course will introduce students to the medical humanities -- a relatively new field which addresses comedy, and he managed to keep moral, legal, spiritual and religious problems spawned by the rise of high-tech medicine and high his energy up throughout the entire two-hour production. Perhaps the stakes biomedical research. Materials include clinical case studies, film, and reader's theatre as well as most engaging actor is Schumann, historical, philosophical, literary, and theological writings. who played a wide variety of char- acters believably and displayed a wide repertoire of entertaining ENGL 488 Medicine and Media foreign accents. However, the most convincing acting came from Instructor: Kirsten Ostherr Baker College freshman Linda Permenter. Completely immersed Meeting: 1:00pm- 2:20pm TR TBA in her characters, Permenter deliv- ered her puns and one-liners with a This interdisciplinary course explores the role of imaging technologies in the practice of medicine, and the side-splitting deadpan. role of mass media in shaping our understandings of the body, health, and disease. Examination of how Some of the play's scenes feel bloated with monologues, while oth- visual media structure "ways of seeing" for physicians and public. Emphasis on developing media literacy ers have a lot of energy and humor. skills. In the best scene, Mainor attempts to buy a bouquet of flowers tor his girlfriend from a scatterbrained For more information please contact Baruch Brody, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Humanities, at and short-sighted flower vendor— 713-348-2721 or bbrodv tf bcm.tmc.edu skillfully played by Martel Col- lege sophomore Maria-Elisa Heg. Unfortunately, the flowervendorhas trouble paying attention to or even seeing Mainor: For $50 she gives •*« FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,2006 - y • « .-i" \ • • ' . • THE RICE THRESHER ARTS ft

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About 30 years before Sound When Brennan and Kevin Exchange moved into its current Bakos, who is the store's other location — what looks like a resi- owner, bought Sound Exchange • dential building on the northeast from Austin-based Mark Alman, corner of Richmond Avenue and they knew they would have to Hazard Street — a stereotypical make some adjustments. western saloon called "El Dia- They signed a lease for a blo," with gambling upstairs and smaller location and decided to drinking downstairs, occupied focus solely on music. the building. The owners realized "We occasionally that about 80 percent get people who used of their business came to work there who from customers who say, 'We can show you came at least once a where all the bullet month, so they stocked holes are upstairs,"' up on what their regu- said Kurt Brennan, lar customers liked. who has co-owned Sound Exchange fo- Sound Exchange since cused on vinyl, un- it moved to Richmond Burton derground/indepen- in 1998. DeWitt dent music, metal and The move was a death metal. deliberate one. Sound Other places have Exchange, like independent managed to survive and even music stores across the country, thrive after diversifying their COURTESY TV ON THE RADIO has been forced to evolve in order business, such as Soundwaves on TV on the Radio made a smooth transition to major label Interscope before releaseing Return to Cookie Mountain. to compete in an increasingly Montrose, which added in a surf difficult market. shop and a coffee house in order Sound Exchange is among a to stay competitive. Sig's Lagoon TV on the Radio's Return to Cookie rare group of music stores that in midtown opened less than two consistently makes money. Since years ago, bucking the national tiie growth of the Internet and the trend of music store closures. ability to share music online, many Sig's also houses a small art gal- Mountain refuses to be ignored independent record stores have lery in addition to a collection been run into the ground. of old country, modern alterna- by Bryce Gray tions while maintaining IV on the comparison to the monotony and Cactus Music & Video closed tive-country and more popular THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Radio's unique sound. shallowness found in most of today's after more than 30 years at the independent music. Music is everywhere, bombard- There was no reason to fear: Re- popular music. end of March due to lagging sales, But more often that not, inde- ing us from TV screens, creepingqui- turn to Cookie Mountain features a One of Return to Cookie Moun- unable to complete in either music pendent record stores are simply etly out of the cor ners of elevators — clearer, more mature-sounding TV on tain 's strongest songs, "Dirtywhirl," or video. closing, forcing consumers to turn and of course, attacking us from the Radio. Vocalist Tunde Adebimpe starts at a murmur, with a Rhodes Even mainstream chains have to the Internet or big retailers — the radio. It is easy to ignore this sings, shouts and warbles his lyrics— electronic piano tentatively plucking struggled. Tower Records has had or to big Internet retailers, such constant aural assault; most music nearly screaming the chorus on out chords. Before long Adebimpe to file for bankruptcy protection as Amazon.com. "Let the Devil In" and gently singing is chanting ou* * song's lyrics hardly merits a second listen. Some is r twice, most recently in August Sound Exchange is an excep- harder to overlook. Brooklyn-based the horn-anchored "I Was a Lover" over a steady e. onic guitar and after distributors refused to send tion to the rule: In 2005 the store experimental-rock group TV on the with a delicate falsetto. Guitarist and driving drums. new stock to Tower outlets since enjoyed its most profitable year Radio's latest release, Return to vocalist Kyp Malone harmonizes The lyrics stand on their own it had not been paid for. since 1994, showing that record Cookie Mountain, is haunting, lus- with Adebimpe, giving many of the as avant-garde poetry. Adebimpe The situation is dire. I have stores can still make money if cious and impossible to ignore. songs a full-bodied echo. cries out, "Dirty little whirl wind / struggled to find places where they find their niche. TV on the Radio gained notoriety TV on the Radio has a remark- Descender, destroyer, 1 've found you / I can trust the staff. But when "We are geared towards the for its excellent second full-length ably original sound. Guitars echo Dirty little whirl wind / Tangled up I go to Sound Exchange, 1 can people who spend their money release in 2004, Desperate Youth, and clash while solid drum lines in the flesh of a girl." ask the owner or any employee here," Brennan says. Bloodthirsty Babes — an album compete with samples and the As the vocals end the guitar and for suggestions on what to buy. "We are not here to create a characterized by feedback, muffled occasional organ. The band's songs drums fade into the distance, and Large chain stores seem primarily demand — we are here to meet harmonies and clashing guitars. are nearly always serious and often the only thing left is the murmur of concerned with pushing product, a demand." Desperate Youth, combined with the very dense. Return to Cuokit Moun- the electronic piano. but independent retailers can I only hope stores like Sound band's powerful live shows, earned tain is immediately striking, but it It is a perfect IV on the Radio focus more on building relation- Exchange hold on to enough TV on the Radio the attention of the will take most fans a few listens to moment. The listener is left clutching ships with their customers. These business to stay open. It might be major label Interscope. The advan- penetratethe surface. With repeated atthebeautifulcrumbsof'Dirtywhirl" kinds of stores are slowly dying easy and cheap to buy music over tages of major label-level exposure exposure, the album becomes long after the song has faded into or having to change the way they iTunes, but browsing through and money are often gained at the more accessible. silence. Fans of indie and experimen- sell music. stacks of vinyl in person can sacrifice of artistic integrity, and Songs grow slowly, swell to tal rock should find a copy of Return "As popular tastes in music be good for the soul as well as fans were rightfully worried about a climax and burst like overripe to Cookie Mountian as quickly as they change from the LP. to C.D. to the ears. whether or not Return to Cookie fruit. Hie great variety of tone and can, before its rare beauty is lost files from the computer, there are Mountain would live up to expecta- intensity is especially refreshing in among the clamor of pop-radio. going to be changes in the way we Burton DeWitt is a Baker sell," Brennan said. College freshman. Free Laser Treatment Males over 18 years old, in good health, with oily facial and forehead skin.

Study involves 6 visits over 6 - 8 months. , i You will receive a stipend for participating in the study Call Sarah at Into the Woods The Baker (Lovett College sophomore Trevor Pittinger) and the Witch (Hanszen College senior Nicola Logosch), share a moment during rehearsal for the Rice Players' production of Into the Woods. The show opens this week- end, with performances tonight, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. If you miss the musical this weekend do not 713-791-9966 worry: The show also runs next Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for Rice students. THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,2006 11

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For more information contact the Medieval Studies Program Director: Professor Jane Chance, jchance(5)rice.edu, 713-348-2625 or the Medieval Studies Website: www.medieval.rice.edu -ft

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Stories and design by Julia Bursten Brown College senior Andy Whitten picks at an electric guitar as he talks,

letting half-composed melodies drift over descriptions of his first Whitten and the band's other three members, Brown junior time in a recording studio. The guitar, unplugged and singing only Evan Davies, Sid Richardson College junior Jordan Allen and faintly despite the close walls of the Brown single, is covered in Sid senior Aaron Taffet, have acquired a sizeable following on 91.7 KTRU bumper stickers. It was awarded to the winners of the campus. For a little over a year now, they have performed at radio station's Battle of the Bands last year. Wiess College's Jamfest, Willy's Pub and anywhere else they can Whitten never played guitar at the Battle of the Bands, although set up a drum kit. his absent-minded strumming attests to his comfort with the instru- This summer, the quartet traveled to Austin for two days to ment. But Whitten is Moxie's drummer. He joined the band in large record Fight the Monochrome, Moxie's fi rst EP, which was released partbecauseMoxie's songwriters agreed tocomposerhythmsoutside two weeks ago. Now the musicians are trying to expand their of 4/4 time. They did, and the results are innovative and eclectic — fan base outside the hedges while keeping up with the demands and good enough to win Moxie that guitar. of life as Rice students.

Scrumptu lescent rocavlek s said some practices begin with down/Expecting only satiation/Ashed out, Davies ancfAMn bothi play guitar., Theyootiheyt h Davn write music. But they may never have started "turning off the lights and changing instru- vacant crown/Empty bottle inspiration," to fit a doing so together if it weren't for Facebook. ments while the lights are song called "Inspired." Davies, relaxed at a desk lined with bottles off," adding with a laugh You could imagine Davies and Allen write of Moxie — the United States' first commer- that while their meetings most of t heir songs togeth- cially produced soda — vinyl and lava lamps, are pretty informal now, a word existing er, one proposing a riff and explained how the foursome assembled itself he wants to have more a clip of lyric and the other into a band. structure to each practice that would describe playing with variations on After finding Allen in Fall 2005 through in the future the theme. their common, Facebook-listed interest of "The first 45 minutes Moxie, but right "I focus more on me- wanting to start a band, Davies headed over of any practice is ... just now there is no lodic stuff," Davies said. to Sid to jam. Allen's roommate, Taffet, joined setting up and being stu- "Jordan's much more in on bass and the band was born — minus pid," Whitten said. "We word. I mean, we comfortable on guitar — one percussionist. Whitten had drummed for throw a lot of things at he's really, really good at Signal Ridge, another campus band whose each other." could make one up. it — so a lot of his stuff is primary members graduated in Spring 2005. Whitten picked out a really guitar-focused." Davies met Whitten at a party, brought up suitable harmony for his Moxie drum Davies explained the music, and the band was complete. next confession. A minor band's typical songwriting "The rest is just Moxie," Davies said. twang of Dylan-esque blues rang out. "And we process, using "Inspired" as his example. The four started practicing together, meet- drink. Heavily," he said with a grin. "'Inspired' has this one pretty simple guitar ing once a week to play covers and dream up Which might help to explain how Moxie line that goes through the beginning of the original sounds — and goof off. dreams up lyrics like, "We stare the glass box See MOXIE, page 15

Fight the Monochrome is available for $5 by sending e-mail to [email protected]. The disc will be sold at Brown senior"BraiTdTBurns saifl^sh^^m!\' |we s in- mealtimes in serveries beginning next week. novation originates in its lyrics. "It's not like the average love ballad or that kind of thing," Burns said. "It's stuff that definitely has not been said yet." Burns has been to most of Moxie's live performances and ci . . , has already purchased Fight the Monochrome. She said she ii A quad at Brown currently the , • r , rpl likes how fresh the band sounds and appreciates how different only establishment selling Moxie Unless we submit |the LP] to a the recording is from Moxie's live shows. merchandise full-time. Davies has a major label and they say, 'You guys "I don't think 1 can narrow it down to one thing," she said, box full of CDs in his room, available are amazing.' and sign us immedi- trying to describe what makes the band unique. "They've got for $5 apiece, and he and Whitten ately, then the positive feedback moxie. Just a bunch of moxie." are making plans to distribute them doesn't really help us get better," Afew others outside the band have Moxie, too. Brown junior I'JHF in the serveries during meals. ITie he said. Marshall Sosland, Davies' roommate, described the experience USjSM EP is currently in the queue in of living with the band — with only a hint of hyperbole. KTRU's stash — a collection of It's about getting "I come walking back from class and the day's not going albums that have been positively so well, and then I open the door and Moxie's there," he said. reviewed but not yet added to the the music to the "Moxie makes me feel better. It can be like medicine ... I've radio station's playlist—and Davies sung Troubadour' in the shower on multiple occasions." hopes the air time will improve sales people, not Sosland had a slightly more concrete take on what makes both on and off campus. getting the cash Moxie different, though. "We're planning a whole cam- "My roommate's in it, and he's not in any other band," paign," he said. "We really just want into our pockets. Sosland said. to get our stuff out there, even if it Davies, an electrical engineering major, spends a lot of time Moxie guitarist Evan Davies means going to downtown Houston in his room composing and recording fragments of melodies, so to places where we don't even know Moxie has become an inescapable part of his roommates' and the people and just giving out CDs— For now, Whitten and Davies study partners' routines. But Davies is also going through the people don't know who we are are simply trying to expand their same academic struggles as other Rice students, and he said bal- yet, so I think we're OK with that. fan base beyond friends and fam- ancing music with school is becoming increasingly difficult. It's about getting the music to the ily. Until they can start performing "It's a conflict of interest," he said. "There's so much focus people, not getting the cash into again, they have been taking CD on academics here that it's hard to focus on any music." our pockets." samples to music-friendly estab- Davies said he and _ ITie band needs to sell 600 lishments around town and are Allen, who is spending I've sung discs for the $5 retail to break even being featured in the next edition of this semester in Se- _// financially, but Whitten and Davies Free Press Houston. With any luck, villa, Spain, have often "Troubadour in are already setting a timeline for Fight the Monochrome will find a lamented the dilemma, their next album. They want to home among the local artist files but that they are not let- the shower on have 10-15 new songs ready to put in music stores by the end of the ting classes overshadow on wax at the end of the academic calendar year. their hopes of making it multiple occasions. year and are looking for ways to "Houston has a pretty cool music big. The band is planning Brown junior Marshall Sosland improve their composition and scene, but it's not really intense to settle into a more de- recording processes. enough," Davies, a New York City manding routine when "I'm looking forward a lot to the native, said. "I think we'll get a lot Allen and Taffet, also abroad in Spain, return next semester. first negative feedback," Whitten of visibility, but I don't think that In the meantime, Davies and Whitten have passed the y H^Andy Whitten said. "Iliterally have gotten no nega- we're necessarily in the best start- agonizing months of production between recording the tracks I Drums' tive feedback and I really want to ing location." of Fight the Monochrome and being handed a box of mixed, know what I can do different Then "I'm just really interested in hear- mastered, art-laden CDs by planning gigs and learning how ; Brovyn senior everything will feel more legit." ing what strangers think of Moxie," to handle the self-promotional aspects of life as aspiring pro- Davies agreed. Whitten said. fessional musicians. 13 THE RICE THRESHER LIFESTYLES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2006

A look at the past, present and future of Willy's Pub Story by Eric Doctor | Graphics by Dan Derozier n April 6,1995, Alberto Youngblood, then a Will ORice College junior, felt so disillusioned with Rice University that he found it necessary to commit an ultimate act of rebellion against the school. He felt as though the university community had nottreated him like he should have been treated, and he set fire to the one institution he felt best represented Rice: Willy's Pub. / The only thing that was recovered from the fire was the original Pub sign, which now hangs framed above the stair- well leading to the basement of the Rice Memorial Center. Today, students can still find relaxation, food, entertainment and alcohol all in one place. But how closely does the Pub of the present tap into the Pub of the past?

Today's specials It's 11:30 p.m., and Pub is packed. Shouting is the only viable method of conversation. Every table is filled with people, and nearly every hand is holding a beer. Tonight is Brown College pub night, and it would seem as though Pub is a center of campus social activity. In the heart of the melee, it is hard to think that two hours ago, the place was all but empty. Pub General Manager Dan Adler, a Jones Col- lege senior, sat behind the bar, tapping away on an Apple laptop, glancing up at a college basketball game every few seconds. A hand- c CO ful of customers walked in intermittently, but nobody long. This atmosphere stands in sharp contrast to the heyday of the early 1980s, when Willy's was the number-two server of beer in Harris County, tapping fewer kegs than only the Astrodome. The raising of the drinking age to 21 in 1986 certainly did not help Willy's, but the empti- E m?.rR ness of Pub on off-nights brings into question a: en how effectively the Pub staff's past and pres- ent efforts to make Pub open to drinkers and non-drinkers alike has worked. Adler said there is usually a decent crowd at lunch, mostly faculty and grad students, but only a core group of undergraduates — the ones best known as the Pub Rats — comes to Pub simply to hang out. Among those are Sid Richardson College freshmen Jenna Cronin and Henrik Heide, who said that they go to Pub almost every day of the week. "We love meeting new people," Cronin said. However, Heide added that most of the people he hangs out with at Pub are from his own college. And Baker College sophomore

Sohum Misra echoed the sentiment. He said cy a? Pub's appeal is no longer as universal as it once seemed. " M y friend s don't really go there that often— I find other ways to entertain myself," Misra said. "If you like Pub you go there. If you don't like it, you don't go there." This year, Willy's has actively tried to ap- peal to non-regulars by adding a number of new events. The introduction of Club Willy, in which Willy's is turned into a dance club for one night, has been one of the biggest undertakings, Adler said. "We really wanted it to seem different and cool and unique, not just another night at Pub where you get to dance this time," he said. "We NEW 2007 CHEVY AVEO With 37 EPA estimated highway MPG! A standard iPod* input jack. And room to seat _ . spent a lot of time meeting and planning the five comfortably. The Chevy " Aveo® LS Sedan is one surprisingly big car. 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I am not sure if I and nibbling at a will get it again, but investigational birth control therapy. potato while my it was definitely an experience. friends go carnal Bombay Sweets on chunks of meat But the real meat is something I sim- Vegetarian of this meat-free ply got used to. But place is the buffet. then there are al- Indian Buffet For $6.50, hungry • Healthy women, 18-45 yrs. ways those annoy- •••• of 5 college students ing questions that get all-they-can-eat everyone seems to 5827 Hillcroft St. vegetarian Indian • Regular menstrual cycles. ask the vegetarian (713) 780-4453 food and a generous at the table: "Is it portion of naan. The a moral thing, or Open 11 a.m. - 9 p.m procedure is a little do you just not Sunday - Thursday idiosyncratic, but like meat?" "So 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. the buffet is more what do you eat, Friday and Saturday than worth it. The exactly?" And my first step is to go Compensation for time and travel. No personal favorite, to the counter and usually asked when 1 have a plate full ask for naan, which is brought out insurance required. Study - related drug, of cheese pizza, "Are you on some through a washcloth divider that kind of diet?" separates the restaurant from the kitchen. Then the cashier rings a Although I won't answer any of bell and shouts "Naan ready!" repeat- these questions here, I will admit exams, and labs are provided at no cost. edly, indicating that the naan is, well, that there is one place in Houston ready. As for the rest of the food, a that makes me feel comfortable at hot buffet and plates are all located the table no matter what 1 have on on one side of the restaurant. my plate, and it never inspires anyone <$> to ask those pesky questions. The The fare includes standard Indian restaurant is an Indian buffet called favorites and a few chef's specials, so ADVANCES IN HEALTH, INC. Bombay Sweets. And after Dhamaka palette-popping surprises are always offers a sampling of southeast Asian on hand. Of the regular dishes, the dining on campus this weekend, saag paneer is always wonderfully students who fall in love with the mild and refreshing. Aid Bombay scents and flavors of India deserve Sweets' chana masala is always a treat themselves to an authentic perfect mix of spice and texture. buffet that is as full of atmosphere But the Kheer is my favorite and a 713-795-5964 as it is taste. great way to end your meal. Best of When entering this wonderful all, every entree is vegetarian. And establishment, I tend to experience don't worry, meat eaters, I have sensory overload. Green plastic- brought many of my carnivorous plants hang from the ceilings and friends to this flesh-free buffet. Rice University Medieval Studies Program furniture, turning the place into an They have never complained and Indian pseudo-rainforest. Salmon- have always left with full bellies and Undergraduate Symposium colored booths and red tablecloths plenty of stories. March 15-16, 2007 add warmth to the brilliantly tropical Whenever I sit in Bombay Sweets atmosphere, and in the middle of the with a plate full of vibrantly colored restaurant rests a dining room-length and scented foods, my body instinctu- flowerbed full of plastic orange, yel- ally moving to the bass lines of music low and red carnations. playing overhead, I cannot help but Indian pop music is always on — observe the families, med students sometimes a bit too loud, but never and couples happily eating. 1 have finally found a gustatory home here lit «'''*$*, 'dii unpleasant. And the "Paan Shop," full of the Indian after-meal snack by the in Houston. Yes the place is quirky,

' • • « same name, gets bonus points for and yes, the yells of "Naan ready!' get » » r f « n « e being a multilingual pun. distracting, but this establishment is more than just an Indian buffet. It is mftij f t f Taking up most of the front por- tion of the restaurant are shelves a warp into another world, a world and shelves lined with hundreds of where vegetarians and meat eaters "What is Literary History and Why Aren't We Doing It" Indian baked goods and desserts. A can live in a colorful harmony.

Steven Justice A guide to common Indian dishes Associate Professor of English University of California at Berkeley by Julia Bursten Keynote Speaker Paan:a snack made by wrapping a combination of spices, fruits or tobacco in the leaves of a Betel pepper. The triangular packages are chewed to cleanse the palate and eliminate curry breath. Thursday, March 15 - 7:30 pm - Location TBA Naan: Soft rounds of bread akin to pitas or tortillas, served with The best Houston undergraduate papers from medieval courses will be presented most meals to help absorb spice. Friday, March 16, 2007, 12:00pm - 5:00pm, Farnsworth Pavilion *i Saag Panaar: An entree made of greens (saag) such as spinach or mustard, fresh-cheese cubes (paneer), cream and spices. When How to Submit a Paper: made with spinach exclusively, it is also known as palak paneer in some regions. • Submission Deadline: Friday, November 17, 2006 by 5:00pm Chana Masala: A garbanzo bean-based stew with tomatoes, • The Medieval Studies Undergraduate Committee is soliciting papers for the symposium from savory spices and, often, a hint of citrus. Rice and local universities. Interested undergraduate students are invited to submit papers 7- 10 pages in length (15-20 minutes long), double-spaced Only the title (no mention of the Khaar: A thin, sweet rice pudding. author's name) should appear on the essay. Please place a page with college affiliation/ address and phone number/e-mail address in a sealed envelope with the paper's title and, Samota: A fried pastry shell filled with potatoes and peas. along with the essay, bring it to Dr. Jane Chance, 235 Herring Hall (or e-mail both to jchance@rice edu). Pakora: Battered fried vegetables. • There will be two best paper awards for Rice students totaling $1000 to enable the Ralta: A cooling dish of yogurt, cumin, mint, powdered mustard and winners to attend a conference outside Rice. The keynote speaker will adjudicate the vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes or onions. competition. Laul: A yogurt smoothie served either sweet or savory. Savory • For further information, please contact the chair of the Medieval Studies Undergraduate lassis, sometimes flavored with cumin orturmeric. are more traditional Committee-Elizabeth Cooper, at eacoop'jr@riw edu-or the Director of the Medieval Studies although sweet onesare morecommon. Sweet lassis can also In- served Program~Dr. Chance, at 713-348-2625 or ichance@rice odu. with flavoring, most often in mango, rosewater or strawberry. 15 THE RICE THRESHER LIFESTYLES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,2006

Soliciting sober sex SPRING 2007 REGISTRATION CALENDAR Monday, November 13, 2006 Registration Begins: Spring 2007 From what I can tell so far, being a relationships — involves alcohol. @ 8:00a.m. registration begins and continues for all Rice student does not mean settling. Using the social lubricant is not graduate students, seniors, and all other We don't settle for the sub par in our inherently a problem, but getting academics or the mundane in our drunk in order to do things you are students who have 90 credit hours or extracurriculars, not comfortable more. This includes in progress Fall 2006 and with college doing sober is. credit hours. nights and parties Whitney Besides the in- like NOD, we cer- AISUp creased risks of PIN Activation: The 1st Registration, tainly don't settle MARTEL COLLEGE contracting an STI, I for normal parties. FRESHMAN the risks of preg- Add/Drop (RDA) PIN for Spring 2007 is I So I am perplexed nancy and vulner- activated for all undergraduate students. as to why such an ability to sexual intelligent group of men and women assault, hooking up drunk just kind Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Registration Begins: Spring 2007 seem to have settled for a college of sucks. As a central nervous system (§) 8:00a.m. registration begins and continues for career of bad sex when they could depressant, alcohol decreases your do oh! oh! so much better. sensitivity to external stimuli and, in juniors and all other students who have large quantities, it inhibits your ability 60 credit hours or more. This includes in to remember who and what you did. progress Fall 2006 credit hours. As a personal rule As a personal rule of thumb, I like be- of thumb, I like ing able to savor my sex—something Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Registration Begins: Spring 2007 being able to I just cannot do drunk. @ 8:00a.m. registration begins and continues for A wise friend of mine once said, sophomores and all other students who SAVOR my sex — "You're turning me on tremendously, but I won't have sex with you until have 30 credit hours or more. This something I just you're sober." Although he probably includes in progress Fall 2006 credit only seemed wise because I was hours. cannot do drunk. drunk and he was not, I feel like his statement encompasses a mantra the Thursday, November 16, 2006 Registration Begins: Spring 2007 Before joining the Rice commu- Rice hook-up commu nity has failed to @ 8:00a.m. registration begins and continues for nity, I had heard about how hook-up grasp: Better communication makes oriented the Rice "dating" scene was, for better sex, and inebriation usually freshman and all other students who and my first two months here have precludes such conversations. have less than 30 credits hours. This only confirmed that claim. As my So, if you can bear to take some includes in progress Fall 2006 credit friends and I stumble from party to advice from a freshman girl concern- hours. party in search of entertainment and ing sex, continue reading for a few refreshment, it is becoming fuzzily suggestions. If you must have drunk Friday, November 17, 2006 Deadline: Last day to register for Spring clear that alcohol plays an essential sex, try to avoid doing it with new 2007 without a "Failure to Register On- role in sex and what has been deemed friends — at least wait until you have appropriate sexuality at Rice. Look- built up a communicative base to your Time" fee. ing around at any party, usually a "relationship" so the morning-after little intoxicated myself, I am always talk isn't full of stilted observations surprised to see how differently the about the weather. Don't have sex uninhibited Rice student behaves. with people you wouldn't want to The transformation from nerd do the dirty with sober: You will to party animal is absolut(e) —just regret it in the morning, no matter Top 10 Rice Experiences add alcohol. how perceptive you think your beer It seems that Rice students have goggles are. become dependent on alcohol to My intention is not to eliminate #8 Gaining 15 lbs* solely from study breaks* loosen their inhibitions, escape the drunken hook-up entirely from from social responsibility and give Rice's sex culture, but I do want in to their raging hormones. I am to question the motives behind its Your Rice experience not suggesting that Rice students prominence. Our community needs don't get any outside of drunken to find alternative routes to overcom- is unique because hookups, but it seems that an ing the extreme social awkwardness overwhelming amount of the sexual that fuels alcohol consumption in of the academic and activity (hat takes place outside of excess — we shouldn't have to get committed relationships—and, un- drunk to take off our clothes and social community fortunately, inside some committed have a good time. of residential college life. What's not to like MOXIE about taking a much- From page 12 needed break from song, and [Allen] is playing this reaction when he was asked to join thing over it that makes it sound the band. studying to eat free, 10 times cooler," he said. "I didn't "I explicitly stated that I would have anything besides the guitar like to make songs that are not in non-CK food and to part and part of the lyrics when 1 4/4 time," he said. first posed the question. I didn't So the real question is what kind hang out with folks from your college? Few things bring Rice students even think it was a good song to of sound comes out of African drums, begin with, but I explained what I funky electric guitar, RHCP, Dis- together the way food and the residential college system does. Over envisioned for it, focusing on more patch, Led Zeppelin, Jack Johnson offbeat drums and bass. Andy just and Rusted Root. It's definitely inde- 90% of alumni who give back to Rice are providing current students sort of came up with his really awe- pendent , because Moxie is paying for some drum part, and Aaron started and producing Fight the Monochrome the opportunity to play intramural sports, attend a residential college playing over it.... It came together without the help of a label. And it's in one practice." definitely rock—two guitars, a bass, course, and satisfy your snack attack as a benefit of their gifts to the Hie method works in part be- a drum kit and occasional keyboard cause of the band's diverse musical cameos pretty much preclude any Rice Annual Fund for Student Life and Learning. backgrounds: Whitten said all the arguments to the contrary. But call- band members like the Red Hot ing Moxie indie rock doesn't say Chili Peppersandthe"NBAonNBC" much about what comes out of a song, but their tastes quickly diverge speaker when it plays "Inspired" or WWW.G1VING.R1CE.EDU/GIV1NG/ANNUAL.ASP after that. "Existential Funk." "Jordan and I are both really into "You could imagine a word exist- African drums," he said. " Jordan ing that would describe Moxie, but Powered by: actually went to Ghana and studied right now there is no word," Whit- Share your Rice Experience with the rhythm over there." ten said. "I mean, we could make Davies plays with rhythm, too, one up." Rice Annual Fund for Student Life but draws inspiration from more And so they did. Davies deemed RICE mainstream musical sources. He said the music "scrumptulescent," de- and Learning. It could end up in the Radiohead's beats really move him. scribing Moxie as a fusion of ANNUAL "I'm all about experimenting with "scrumptious rock" and "tulescent top 10! Email [email protected]. different time signatures," Davies rock." Which, if it is not any more FUND said. "I can't stand music that's just descriptive, at least sheds a little light boom-tick-boom-tick." on the idiosyncratic minds behind For Student Life and Ltarning_ Whitten agreed, recalling his the band. (No, not the cereal). Life. [email protected] 16 THE RICE THRESHER LIFESTYLES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,2006 PUB From page 13

The first Club Willy was a great success borne out of great effort, bringing more than 400people to the RMC on Sept. 29. Adler said the staff spent more than four hours preparing the space the day of Club Willy, and he hopes to improve on the budding tradition by adding a live DJ. Club Willy is scheduled to happen twice every semester, and the next planned date is Dec. 4. Another big change this year made the set-up for Club Willy a little more cumbersome, but it improved Pub's everyday atmosphere tre- mendously: the Student Center purchased new furniture and games, giving patrons beer-side entertainment besides quarters and kings. "We purchased a foosball table, a ping-pong table, and stuff like that to just sort of fill the space out," Adler said, "We felt like we were missing some of those things that would attract people during the daytime. And we feel like we've really gotten that." And thanks to bartender Phil Szajda, a Wiess College senior, a new crowd is enjoying the new accoutrements. Szajda introduced an MARSHALL ROBINSON/THRESHER official Happy Hour last Friday from 4-6 p.m., Bartenders Lyssa Allen, left, a Sid Rich senior, and Jones sophomore Esha Mankodi keep the beer flowing at Brown College Pub night Tuesday. advertisingthrough word-of-mouth, Facebook and the Thresher calendar. There are new drink Sober Beginnings, 1973-75 The student body and bartenders handled the change with a great specials every week, and on average a little In 1973, the dangers of drunk driving were not at the forefront in most deal of irreverence—a Feb. 4,1994 issue of the Thresher tells the story of under 100 people come each week. people's minds. The idea of a designated driver was not common until students' attitude toward the new law: "One minor stepped up to the bar "It falls at the perfect time," Adler said. the formation of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 1980. But following in 1986 to order a beer and was asked to show ID. He held up a banana I] "Everyone's out of classes [and wanting to] several drunk driving-related deaths to Rice undergraduates, the Student and presented it to the bartender. The bartender took it and examined get the night started right, so they come down Association discussed ways to decrease the risks associated with driv- the fruit before nodding and getting the student his beer. 11 le student here for some dinner and some drinks." ing back to campus after spending a night partying off-campus. The SA took his beer and handed the banana to the girl he was with. When asked And while Happy Hour consumers may not concluded that offering students an on-campus alternative would help for her II) the girl also presented the fruit to the bartender. But he shook be able to get pitchers for the moment, they have and appointed a committee of 10 members to investigate the possibility his head and said, 'I'm sorry. I can't accept that. That's his ID.'" more food and beverage options to look forward of an undergraduate-focused, on-campus bar. Hie raising of the drinking age certainly affected the financial fate to than in past years. In the way of food items, Then-President Norman Hackerman supported the idea of an on- of Willy's Pub. The Board of Control estimated that alcohol sales would the Pub has experimented with hot wings and campus pub, but he stipulated that it would need a governing body, be reduced by two-thirds. Because Pub is a self-supporting entity, the burritos. And at the beginning of the semester, which eventually became the Pub Board of Control. The Board, originally resulting deficit was crippling. To make up for the losses, managers Pub started stocking bottles of Blue Moon and composed of one member from each residential college, staff advisers raised prices and added new, non-alcoholic products to maintain acrowd. Grolsch. as well as tapping Rolling Rock. and the managers of Willy's, would oversee Pub operations. College nights were introduced out of this attempt to diversify. Although customers can still purchase pony The Board held a campus-wide contest to name the new establish- However, even these efforts could not make up for the financial dev- bottles as an alternative to 'Rock from the keg, ment. Some of the suggestions included such gems as Xanadu, The astation. By 1993-94, Willy's owed the university $13,221 in distributive filling a pitcher and grabbing a stack of cups Horny Owl, Brewhaha, The Cellar of Sisyphus, The Doppler Shift and charges for use of the space in the Rice Memorial Center. for the table is not currently an option — Pub The Rice Paddy, but simplicity won out when Willy's Pub opened to a The Board of Control petitioned then-President Malcolm Gillis to eliminated pitcher service at the end of last crowd of about 1,700 on April 11, 1975. waive the distributive charges, and if that were impossible, to restrict semester in response to concerns from the the amount of space that technically constituted "Willy's Pub" so fees administration that students were takingTexas Beer Bureaucracy, 1990-1992 could be reduced — the fees are based on floor space. Because the drinking laws too lightly, Adler said. From 1975 to the end of his career at Rice, University Proctor Edward space not actually occupied by the bar and cooler was used for auxil- Lovett College junior Adam Williams said those Holt held Pub's alcohol license of proprietorship, which permits the bar iary purposes, the Board of Control suggested that the space defined concerns are legitimate, but he also thinks that the to serve alcohol. Holt would renew the license each year without bureau- as "Willy's Pub" be reduced to only the area occupied by the bar and removal of pitchers has hurt Pub attendance. cratic tangles because Texas state law made permit renewal simple. But walk-in cooler — allowing a reduction in floor space, and thus fees, "There seem to be fewer people in general Holt retired in 1990, which meant Pub had to apply for a new permit. by roughly 80 percent. Today, thanks in large part to this reduction, hanging out at Pub," Williams said. Texas state law changed restrictions on license holders since 1975, Willy's is able to keep its head safely above water. Adler said the Board discussed reintroducing and in 1990 only a person making profits from the organization could pitcher service, but nothing is certain now. The hold the permit. Thus, no member of the university administration Alcohol Is Flammable, 1995 Board is now composed of 12 members, includ- could hold the permit, since no single member was sole proprietor of After the arson and in light of financial difficulties, it was unclear ing Adler, the Valhalla general manager, Student the Pub. In order to remain open, Willy's had to change the status of whether Pub would be able to reopen. But the student support thrown Center Director Boyd Beckwith and Student its license and become a corporation. behind Pub was tremendous, and Willy's was rebuilt and reopened at Center Assistant Director Pam Shefman, as well In 1992, Willy's and the graduate student pub Valhalla established the beginning of the Fall 1995 semester. as other Rice and non-Rice members. a corporation to legally separate the pubs from Rice University. V&W 'Hie group behind the rebuilding of Willy's saw this as an oppor- Adler said that the Board generally stays Permits, Inc. — named for Valhalla and Willy's — was created from the tunity to make all the changes to the Pub atmosphere that had been out of day-to-day operations of Pub; he said original Pub Board of Control. However, people still refer to V&W as the suggested. They made Willy's more of a sports bar-style pub, rather that the five managers and Shefman usually Board of Control. In addition to holding the bars' alcohol licenses, V&W than a Valhalla-esque dark and dank hole-in-the-wall. handle the internal operations. Permits still primarily oversees financial and corporate operations of Then-SA President Maryana Iskander said, "While the pub has Today, it's a bit of a stretch to consider Pub such the Pub, whereas the managers run the daily operations, Adler said. many of the same things from before the fire, the new operation will a symbol of Rice that a person would burn it in ef- be more conducive to socializing, shooting pool, watching television or figy, but it certainly still has a niche on campus. Bailing Out Pub, 1994 for using the space whether a person drinks [alcohol] or not." "Pub's not a symbol of Rice, but it has the Before 1986, Willy's Pub ran on an enormous surplus. Pub was a social Adler said, "I think the way it is now is much more open. It gives a potential to be a center of Rice social life," center of campus, enjoyed by a large portion of the student body. However, lot more types of people a chance to come and have a good time. It's Williams said. on Sept. 1,1986, the state of Texas raised its drinking age from 19 to 21. a lounge; it's not just a bar."

Laser Treatment Bartender Profile: Head Bartender Amber Feight for Acne Most ridiculous request from What Is a Pub Rat? Are a patron? they a problem? What do Research Study People continually ask for free you do to get rid of them? beer. Do they think we just generate A Pub Rat is someone who is it in the back, (that we] have a here as much as I am. That is a Looking for patients 18 and older factory? You have to pay; it is not little sad, since I get paid to be that expensive. here. But we don't want to get with moderate to severe facial acne What do I have to do to get rid of them; they're our bread a free beer? and butter. We appreciate them. How long havo you At the end of the night it is hard We don't give away free beer. (approximately 20 lesions) willing to get some of them to leave; it worked at Pub? But if I were to give away a free is their home, too. to participate in our research study. Two years, since the spring of beer, it would be I for) a compli- my sophomore year. ment to me. Just a simple "You Favorite moment at Pub? Why dtd you bocomo a look pretty today" — something List month's Club Willy. It was Treatment for research related sweet...if I were to give away cool to see everyone doing bartender? free beer. something other than just Initially it was a favor to a Lamest attempt by a minor drinking. The amount of people procedures will be offered at friend. When it came time to ai>- was crazy, just dancing away on ply to be a nighttime bartender, to get alcohol? the dance floor. I can't wait for They walk up looking 12 years old no charge to you. it just felt natural. Once you the next one. start working at Pub you feel and they ask for "some beer" — no like you are part of a family. particular type, just "some beer." Do you feel like you are Seriously, the attempts get lamer cheating on Pub when you For further information, if you woro a boor, what as time goes on. Idnd would you be? go to otner bars? I don t feel like I am cheating, Amber! What do you do when you call Sarah at are not at Pub? but it doesn't feel like home. Rugby, Lax, or ultimata? Think about Pub. Being a manager Iliis place is such a part of me. 713-791-9966 All three — a triple threat! is a full-time job. -Compiled by Marshall Robinson Thresher Sports Page 17 THE RICE THRESHER FridayFrk , November 10, 2006 Swimming finishes 3-2 at Phill Hansel Duals Weekend meet by Taylor Johnson The three wins and two losses put respectively in the 50-yard and 100- Rice's dual-meet record for the season yard races, with Miller trailing Gu THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF at 4-3 overall and 0-2 in Conference by just hundredths of seconds. Gu 'Hie swim team finished in the USA Rice's last conference loss was a finished the 50-free in 23.91seconds, middle of the pack at the University 178-83 trouncing at by Southern Meth- and the 100-free in 51.81. Miller then of Houston's Campus Recreation and odist University Oct. 27. However, won the overall 200-yard freestyle Wellness Center Natatorium in the despite the subdued start, the Owls in 1:50.95, three seconds faster Phill Hansel Duals Weekend meet. have been making steady progress. than third-place teammate junior 'Hie meet, held last Friday and Sat- "At the [Houston] meet, you could Brittany Massengale. urday, consisted of 19 events, the see we have depth," sophomore Nata- The Owls also showed strong results of which were tallied to give lie Kirchhoff said. "Some of those other performances in the relay events. each of the six participating schools an teams were getting first, but we were Miller, Gu, sophomore Skylar Craig, overall record for the weekend. The going second, third and fourth." and senior Andrea Hurn won the 200- participants were Rice, the University The Owls' depth contributed to yard freestyle relay, and Gu and Craig of New Orleans, Trinity University, their six second places, nine third teamed with freshman Pam Zelnick Mesa State College, Houston and the place finishes and five fourth place and sophomore Keri Hyde to take University of Nevada-Reno. finishes in the 19 events. The Owls third in the 200-yard medley relay. Nevada finished with a 5-0 record, even won five of the events. Sopho- Gu, Miller, Zelnick and freshman followed by the 4-1 Cougars, who mores Diane Gu and Carlyann Mill- Erin Mathson also won the 400-yard beat the third place Owls by a small er dominated the freestyle sprints, freestyle relay. head-to-head margin of 176-171. winning first and second overall See SWIMs, page 22

COURTESY WWW RICEFOOTBAI L.NET Sophomore wide receiver Tommy Henderson celebrates his touchdown catch with junior offensive lineman Lute Barber. Henderson had a season high six receptions for 51 yards on the night. Football downs UTEP for third straight win

by Nathan Bledsoe are currently fourth in the C-USA A West, behind Houston (7-3, 5-1), THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Tulsa (7-2, 4-1) and Southern M After spoiling the University Methodist University (5-4, 3-2). of Texas-El Paso's homecoming However, Rice has a realistic with a 37-31 win Saturday night chance of becoming bowl-eligible in El Paso, the Owls head to and even has a slight outside 1 Tulsa, Okla. tomorrow to take on chance at finding itself in the the defending Conference USA C-USA championship game. If champion University of Tulsa at they win two of their last three 2:00 p.m. The Golden Hurricane regular-season games (against suffered a 27-10 setback to the Tulsa, East Carolina and SMU), University of Houston last week, the Owls will finish the season at which ended a six-game winning 6-6 and will likely win one of the streak and knocked them from conference's live bowl births. Sophomore Skylar Craig swims in the 200-yard backstroke at the Phill Hansel Duals Weekend meet. She finished third in the the top of the C-USA standings. Head coach Todd Graham event behind freshman Justine Lin and UH's Andrea Pa'lmai. Rice next competes at the Indiana Invitational Nov. 17 said his team is aiming for its first conference title in 12 years. "Our kids are very excited, 0WL00K - THE WEEK IN SPORTS THIS WEEKEND and we're focused on one goal," Graham said. "That's to win our Saturday, November 11 Rice (4-5, 3-2) vs. final three games and hope- fully have an opportunity at the •Men's Basketball vs. Paul Quinn (season opener) Tulsa (7-2, 4-1) championship game. 1 definitely f:05 p.m. — Autry Court When: Sat. at 2 p.m. know we'll have an opportunity at a bowl game, and the next step Sunday, November 12 Where: Tulsa, Okla. towards that is Tulsa." •Powderpuff Semifinals Last year: Tulsa easily A year ago, when Todd 1:00 p.m. —- Intermural Field 1 handled the Owls 41-21 Graham was Tulsa's defensive Martel vs. Hanszen starts at 1:00 p.m.; Jones vs. Sid Rich will be played either on Monday, Nov. 13 or Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Rice Stadium, taking coordinator, he helped the a 21-0 lead into halftime Golden Hurricane to the C-USA and crushing several Rice championship and a 31-24 vic- second-half comeback tory over Fresno State in the FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK attempts. Liberty Bowl. The Tulsa team Rice will face tomorrow is a Sophomore receiver Jarett Dillard extended his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown catch to 11 in the This situation is becoming very talented team as well, and football team's 37-31 win over UTEP last Saturday. Here are his stats during that 11-game streak: familiar to the Owls (4-5, 3-2 C- it has C-USA's highest ranked USA), whose last two opponents, defense, allowing only 17.7 points Receptions Yards Touchdowns Team record UTEP (4-5, 2-3) and the Univer- and 286.3 yards per game. sity of Central Florida (2-7, 1-4), Led by quarterback Paul 72 965 15 4-7 were also trying to rebound from Smith's 201.8 yards-per-game previous-week losses. passing, the Golden Hurricane Pitt's Larry Fitzgerald currently holds the NCAA record for most consecutive games with a touchdown catch. Now "We've been here before," claim a powerful offense — all with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. Fitzgerald had a receiving touchdown in 18 straight games during the 2002 and redshirt sophomore Brandon but one of their victories (a 24-23 2003 seasons. Here are his stats through the first 11 games of his record-setting streak: King said. "We've played a couple overtime win over Navy Sept. of teams coming off big losses in 23) have been by at least 10 Receptions Yards Touchdowns Team record conference play." points, and their average margin With the C-IJSA standings of victory is 18.6 points-per-con- 76 1,210 20 7-4 shuffling from week to week, test. Rice will be hard-pressed to Rice now finds itself in the midst contain Tulsa's attack, especially In the 12th game of his streak, a 42-32 win at Rutgers on Oct. 18. 2003. Fitzgerald caught eight passes for 207 of a divisional struggle. The Owls See FOOTBALL, page 19 yards and two touchdowns. Dillard and the Owls are on the road to face Tulsa tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. 18 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,2006 FINAL POWDERPUFF STANDINGS Martel rolls to undefeated regular season Rank Team Record Point Dlff. 151 Top-seeded team wins 19-0 over Jones, will face Hanszen in semifinals Jones mm sw 6-2 68 Starting from midfield, senior quar- advantage of its good fortune. Two by Stephen Whitfield terback Dina Abdelsamad led her plays into the drive, Abdelsamad Hanszen* THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF unit down the field with a series of completed a 32-yard pass to fresh- man receiver Lauren McCauley. yv Martel cruised to its first-ever five- and six-yard gains. However, On the very next play, Abdelsamad undefeated regular season, easily the drive stalled after Abdelsamad Brown 4-4 -28 overthrew receivers on third and connected again, this time to wide- beating north-college rival Jones -17 fourth down at Jones' 35. open senior receiver Emma Johns for Will Rice 3-5 19-0 in the Powderpuff Game of a nine-yard touchdown. After a failed the Week. Jones was able to advance to its 8 Lovett 1-7 -72 own 46 thanks to a six-yard run by point-after attempt, Martel led 6-0. junior halfback Theresa Ring on Spence gambled again on Jones' 9 Baker 0-8 -128 POWDERPUFF GAME OF third-and-five, but three plays later next possession, when his offense its offense had not moved any closer again faced fourth down, this time * — Hanszen clinched the final playoff berth due to a greater point THE WEEK to the end zone. Facing fourth-and- from its own 43. He called the differential in common meetings between Wiess and Brown (Hanszen 10 against a defense that had held reverse pass again, and junior half- outscored Wiess and Brown by a combined seven points) back Caitlin Goodrich connected Early on, the game did not look the team in check up to that point, with sophomore receiver Nicole •M- as if it would be a blowout. In fact, Jones offensive coach Kendall Week 1 Scores Week 2 Scores Justice for a nine-yard gain and a first the two teams played a close defen- Spence elected to go for the first Hanszen 7, Will Rice 6 Hanszen 12, Baker 0 down at Martel's 48. The next play. sive struggle well into the second down, opting to run another reverse Jones 20, Brown 7 Martel 25, Hanszen 0 Ring faked a reverse and completed quarter. Jones (6-2) had the upper pass that was well off the mark. For Martel 20, Will Rice 0 Sid 28, Will Rice 6 a 21-yard pass to Justice. Two plays hand to start the game, as senior the third time, Martel would start Sid 9, Baker 0 Brown 6, Wiess 0 later, Jones had the ball at Martel's quarterback Katie Chang caught an offensive possession with excel- Wiess 18, Lovett 6 Jones 6, Lovett 0 18 and looked poised to even the a 20-yard pass on a reverse on the lent field position with just over two score. Martel's defense ended those second play of the game. Even minutes remaining in the half. Week 3 Scores Week 4 Scores hopes, though, when McCauley, who though they were eventually forced "It was the heat of the moment," Will Rice 19, Lovett 12 Sid 28, Lovett 6 was playing cornerback on the play, to punt on that drive, J ones soon got Spence, a senior, said. "We definitely Wiess 20, Baker 7 intercepted a pass in the end zone Sid 20, Brown 0 the ball on its own 32-yard line after wanted to get the first score on the Jones 14, Will Rice 6 and returned it to the 11-yard line Jones 20, Baker 6 stopping Martel (8-0) onfourth-and- board, because we figured if we Martel 13, Brown 0 with four seconds left. Martel senior Martel .19, Wiess 6 three. Martel's defense held firm, did that, it'd get our defense really Wiess 6, Hanszen 0 halfback Abby Smith broke a 50-yard Hanszen 6, Lovett 0 though, forcing a three-and-out to pumped up. ... It could've been a run on the final play of the half, but end the first quarter. really big, game-changing moment, it was not enough. Martel went into Week 5 Scores Week 6 Scores On its second possession, Martel but instead it [was not]." the half with a 6-0 lead. Jones 12, Sid 7 Brown 26, Will Rice 20 seemed to find an offensive rhythm. Martel wasted no time taking Will Rice 12, Wiess 6 Martel 33, Baker 0 Smith's big run to end the first half Brown 13, Baker 6 Wiess 6, Jones 0 caused Martel coach Brian Gibson Lovett 20, Baker 7 Sid 7, Hanszen 6 to alter his game plan. Recognizing Martel 14, Sid 6 Martel 20, Lovett 0 the difficulty Jones' defense had Jones 6, Hanszen 0 containing Smith, Gibson, a resident associate, opted to use her on almost Principles Week 7 Scores every play in the beginning of the Hanszen 13, Brown 0 second half. On the first play of the Martel 19, Jones 0 third quarter, Smith breezed past Jones' defenders for an easy 65-yard Brown 12, Lovett 0 of Typography touchdown. The extra point failed Sid 13. Wiess 6 again, so Martel only led 12-0. Semifinals "We definitely were testing the Sunday, Nov. 12 waters," Gibson said. "We didn't Martel vs. Hanszen — 1 p.m., IM Field 7 & Design know what would happen if we tried to go with a primarily run-based of- Monday. Nov. 13 or Tuesday, Nov. 14 fense. We want to stay balanced ... Jones vs. Sid — TBA but when I know that someone like Abby or any person on our team can Spring 2007 run effectively and consistently, it Tue/Thu 10:50 am - 12:05 pm makes a huge difference, and I do a 14-play, 80-yard drive that ended in executed better than we did. ... If lean that way [in my play calling]." a 19-yard touchdown run by Smith to we want to make it to the champion- LIMITED TO 24 Jones had a golden opportunity put them up 190. Of those 14 plays, 12 ship, we're going to have to practice to cut into Martel's lead and make were runs, allowing Martel to run out hard and give everything we've got the game competitive late in the third most of the clock. Jones did not have so that that doesn't happen again. It Syllabus & other details at quarter. An interception by senior line- enough time to mount a comeback. was pretty embarrassing." WWW.RUF.RICE.EDU/~STUMEDIA backei Bern Turegano gave them the With the victory, Martel clinched Once one of the worst teams in ball at their own 18 witli just under five its first-ever undefeated regular Powderpuff, Martel will now make minutes left. Thanks in part to a couple season and the top seed in this its third-consecutive appearance in of timely 11-yard runs and a 24-yard year's playoffs. They will face a the postseason. The last two years defensive pass interference penalty, Hanszen (4-4) team that got into the ended in disappointmenL as Martel J ones manufactured a seven-play drive playoffs thanks to help from other lost both semifinal games by a touch- all the way to Martel's 36. From there, teams. After beating Brown (4-4) down. This year, Martel was by far on a second-down play, Chang threw a by a 13-0 score, Hanszen watched the most dominant team — seven HUMA 251 deep pass that was picked off by Smith as Brown won 6-0 over Ixjvett (1-7) of its eight wins came by more than and returned to Martel's 20. Martel and Wiess (4-4) lost 13-7 to Sid (6-2). lOpoints—and is the favorite to win the put the game away after that, running That forced a three-way tie between title. However, Gibson said he refuses Hanszen, Wiess and Brown that to take anything for granted. Hanszen won because of the point "The regular season and playoffs Love is the most wonderful thing in the world. differential. Jones will play Sid in the are two different things," Gibson other semifinal game in what should said. "You lose a game in the regular We just want to help keep it that way. be a close matchup. Jones ended season, you can still make the play- Sid's 34-game winning streak with a offs, I but] if you lose a game in the 12-7 win Oct. 22. playoffs, it's all over. It's not always • Birth control Spence said his team will need to the team that's the best or expected put forth a greater effort if it wants to win. It's the team that plays the • Emergency contraception to advance to its second-straight best on that particular day [that championship game. wins].... I think we have the talent, "We've gotten too lax in practice," but it remains to be seen what will • Tests & treatments for sexually Spence said. "(Martel] looked like happen on those days." transmitted infections they worked harder. They looked Next week's Powderpuff article like they wanted it more, and they will feature both semifinal games. • Pregnancy tests PAST POWDERPUFF SEMIS • Well-woman exams 2005 Sid 27, Wiess 20 P Planned Parenthood Jones 12, Martel 6 (4 OT) of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc. 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FOOTBALL BY THE NUMBERS: SEASON STATS RICE 37 UTEP 31 From page 17 Nov. 4, 2006 — Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, Tex. Season Statistics Rice Opponents Scoring 243 309 Rice 14 16 7 0 37 after redshirt sophomore Ja'Corey defensive attention to open opportuni- Points per game 27.0 34.3 UTEP 3 7 14 7 31 Shepherd, a starting defensive ties elsewhere. Redshirt sophomore First downs 178 187 UTEP — Schneider 49 field goal back, injured himself in the game Tommy Henderson had his best RU — Henderson 17 pass from Clement (Fangmeier) against UTEP. Shepherd is more game of the year, with 6 catches for Rushing yards 1260 1676 RU — Dillard 34 pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick; than likely out for the remainder UTEP — Thomas 25 pass from Palmer (Schneider) 51 yards and a touchdown, including Rushing attempts 305 605 RU — Smith 1 run (Fangmeier kick) of the season, and redshirt senior a 17-yard score on Rice's first drive Average per rush 4.1 5.5 RU — Smith 64 pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick) Lance Byrd will be one of several of the game. Average rushing yards/game 140.0 186.2 RU — Team Safety Owls filling the gap. UTEP — Robinson 28 pass from Palmer (Schneider) Graham said Rice's opponents Rushing TDs 11 12 RU — Smith 21 run (Fangmeier kick) 'Tulsa has tremendous athletes." tend to underestimate Henderson's UTEP — Higgins 22 pass from Palmer (Schneider) UTEP — Robinson 26 pass from Palmer (Schneider) senior running back Quinton Smith offensive abilities. Passing yards 1785 2190 said. "They're just coming of f a loss to "Tommy Henderson ... is a Comp.-att.-int. 278-163-5 264-152-5 Final Stats Rice UTEP Houston, so they're going to be ready relentless blocker," he said. "He's Average per completion 11.0 14.4 First Downs 30 17 and hungry to get the win." Rushing Yards (net) 238 73 a guy that is maybe two steps slow Average passing yards/game 198.3 243.3 Passing Yards (net) 233 315 Smith, the Owls' top running and definitely too short, but he's Passing TDs 20 25 Total Yards 471 388 threat, is coming of f a 243-yard, three- just got too good of a character and Return Yards 107 83 Punts Avg, 3 35.7 4-22.2 touchdown performance against (works] too hard not to play. He's Total offense 3045 3866 Time of Possession 36:51 23:09 UTEP that earned him C-USA quietly having an unbelievable year Total plays 583 569 Offensive Player of the Week honors. behind a spectacular player. Nobody Average per play 5.1 6.8 Individual Stats Rushing He is the third Rice player in five notices Tommy." Average yards/game 338.3 429.6 RU — Smith 31-171, Clement 9-46, Ugokwe 1-12, weeks to earn the honor, joining In addition to its outstanding Falco 3-10. sophomore quarterback Chase UTEP — M. Thomas 11-77, J. Thomas 3-5. offensive performance, the Rice Kick returns-yards 43-792 34-714 Passing Clement and sophomore wide defense had a decent performance, Punt returns-yards 19-119 14-175 RU — Clement 19-26-0-233. receiver Jarett Dillard. holding the Miners to 88 yards Penalties-yards 55-425 82-697 UTEP — Palmer 16-33-0-315, J. Thomas 0-1-1. Receiving 'ITie Owls will have to continue on the ground and forcing UTEP Time of possession/game 31:04 28:55 RU—Henderson 6-51, Smith 4-72, Dillard 3-52, Armstrong to improve on both sides of the ball quarterback Jordan Palmer to play 3-19, Falco 1-14, Wardlow 1-14. Dixon 1-11. to beat Tulsa this weekend, utiliz- Third-down conversions UTEP — Robinson 4-97, M. Thomas 4-74, West 3-81, a virtually perfect game. Palmer 43/118 45/107 Marrow 3-81, Higgins 2-32. ing Graham's knowledge of Tulsa's finished an impressive 16-33 for 315 Third-down pet. 36% 42% offensive and defensive tendencies. yards and four touchdowns, but his Fourth-down conversions 5/10 5/10 Attendance — 42,685

Despite that, Graham is downplaying performance was not enough to Fourth-down pet. 50% 50% This boxscore brought to you by: the significance of his return to his overcome the early Owl lead. Hi, Mom! former home stadium. "This week is about Rice playing Tulsa," he said. "It has nothing to do with me or where I come from. I've got a great deal of respect for the kids IN FOCUS: CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS that we're going to play, but there's no story there." The Owls dominated Saturday's Western Division Eastern Division contest against UTEP early and built a 30-10 haiftime lead. But the defense Conference Overall Conference Overall let up in the second half, as the Min- ers crawled back to within six points IV L W L W L W L in the middle of the fourth quarter. Houston Rice's offense silenced the comeback 5 1 7 3 East Carolina 4 2 5 4 attempt, exercising great ball control Tulsa Southern Miss 3 2 5 4 with a 14-play, 70-yard drive to run 4 1 7 2 out the last 7:30 of the game. Dillard SMU 3 2 5 4 Marshall 3 2 4 5 extended his nation-leading streak to 11 straight games with a touchdown Rice 3 2 4 5 UAB 2 3 3 6 reception when he and Clement con- nected on a 34-yard pass with 0:53 UTEP 2 3 4 5 UCF 1 4 2 7 left in the first quarter. Dillard only had three catches for 52 yards on the Tulane 1 4 3 6 Memphis 0 5 1 8 day, his smallest output of the season, but he and Smith attracted enough GET INTO w V ,,V THE GAME! STOP BY AND SEE HOW. \V CAMPUS EVENTS p- NOVEMBER 15-16 St. Team GMAC will be at Ray Courtyard (outside the student center) S|Nh k on November 15-16 from 10:00a.m. - 2:00p.m. Stop by to m H * register for the chance to take part in an event to win a Sf 2007 Chevy HHR or Chevy Cobalt, test your quarterback v« 1 arm for prizes and get some great giveaways. -V, ff- ^ [ W Sp ' N I * iv a •

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MEN'S BASKETBALL STORY BY CHRIS PASICH the Rice Thresher LAYOUT BY STEPHEN WHITFIELD 2006- 07 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Owls set to make run at NCAA tourney Non-conference schedule DATE OPPONENT TIME Almond follows record-setting season with C-USA preseason player of the year award Nov. 11 Paul Quinn 7:05 p.m. With a strong core of players conference June 16, just two days combined to start 12 consecutive 11:00 p.m Nov. 14 Gonzaga $ returning from last year's roster, the before the deadline for underclass- games in one stretch in the season, Nov. 15 Baylor/Colorado State $ TBA men's basketball team is in position to men to announce their intention to providing the Owls with a solid pres- remain in the draft. Even so, Almond ence in the middle. Junior forward Nov. 18 North Texas 7:05 p.m. challenge for the Conference USAtitle and its first N CAA tournament bid in 37 said his experience in the Orlando Paulius Packevicius started the final Nov. 20 Oregon 7:05 p.m. years. The Owls hope the experience pre-draft camp helped to take his live games of last season and chipped Nov. 25 Utah 7:00 p.m. gained from their difficult 2005-2006 game to a higher level. in with 4.5 points and 3 rebounds per game in those contests. Dec. 2 Texas-Permian Basin 7:05 p.m. season—as one of the younger squads "When I came back, it seemed like in the conference—will translate into the college game was a lot slower," Sophomore guards Cory Pflieg- Dec. 6 Lamar 7:05 p.m. success this season. Almond said. "I was able to take a er and Rodney Foster help to round Dec. 20 Prairie View A&M 7:05 p.m. lot of things I learned from the NBA out the roster. Pflieger started five games last year, averaging Dec. 28 Belmont* 7:00 p.m. game, which is a different style of THIS WEEKEND game but you can still take things 3.3 points a game and hitting 31 Dec. 29 St. Mary's/Western Carolina* TBA and apply it to the college game. And percent of his three-pointers as a Jan. 2 Vanderbilt 7:05 p.m. Season opener it gives me confidence and it gives freshman. He also started in the Owls' exhibition game against the Princeton 1:05 p.m. Men's basketball hosts my teammates confidence when I Jan. 6 University of the Incarnate Word Paul Quinn College help them out with it." Almond is already collecting last Saturday—his 16 points in that Conference USA schedule When: Tomorrow at accolades this year. He was named game were second only to Almond. Foster saw action in every contest DATE OPPONENT TIME 7:05 p.m. to the preseason C-USA first team last year as a key role player off Jan. 10 Tulane 7:05 p.m. Where: Autry Court and received preseason All-America honors from CollegeInsider.com and the bench and was second on the Radio: KSEV 700 AM Jan. 13 East Carolina 6:05 p.m. Playboy magazine. Almond is also team with 53 assists. Jan. 17 Houston 7:05 p.m. on the preseason watch list for the The Owls also feature three newcomers in freshmen guards Cliff Jan. 20 UCF 6:30 p.m. John R. Wooden Award, presented annually to the most outstanding Ghoram and Chris Hagan and junior 7:05 p.m. The Owls open up their non- Jan. 24 UTEP conference schedule Saturday with men's basketball player. forward Marius Craciun, a transfer Jan. 27 Tulane 7:00 p.m. a home game against Paul Quinn Though he may not have the who averaged 16.7 points and 7.9 Jan. 31 Houston 7:05 p.m. College, a member of the National accolades, Williams will be just as rebounds per game in two seasons important to the Owls' success this at Weather ford College. 7:05 p.m. Association of Intercollegiate Athlet- Feb. 3 East Carolina ics. The game is at Autry Court and season. He set a Rice single-season "I think we helped ourselves Feb. 7 Southern Miss 7:05 p.m. tip-off is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. record with 170 assists last year, an in a lot of areas," Wilson said. Feb. 10 SMU 7:00 p.m. Rice struggled to a 12-16 record average of 6.07 assists per game, and "Our recruiting class is a good last year, its first in C-USA play. It was third on the team in scoring with class — it's a feisty class that plays UAB 7:00 p.m. Feb. 14 was a season highlighted by several 10.7 points per game. He was also hard and competes every day, guys Feb. 17 UCF 7:05 p.m. near upsets. The Owls nearly beat the only player to start every game that I think are going to really to help Feb. 22 Memphis 6:00 p.m. then-No. 3 University of Memphis for the Owls last season. us on a day-in and day-out basis." continued on next page Feb. 24 SMU 7:05 p.m. 84-79 on Feb. 4 and lost to the Head coach Willis Wilson (Will University of Houston, one of the oth- Rice'82) hopes that Almond'sand Wil- Feb. 28 Marshall 7:00 p.m. er premier teams in the conference, liams' leadership will help the team Mar. 3 Tulsa 2:05 p.m. by three points on the road March improve on last season's record. Mar. 7-10 C-USA Tournament TBA 1. However, Rice also consistently "The most important thing that OWLS ON THE AIR played at or below the talent level they bring is experience," Wilson The following games are of weaker teams. The Owls lost to said. "They're seasoned guys who The C-USA Tournament will be held in Memphis, Tenn. Southern Methodist University, Yale know what it's like to play against scheduled to be broadcast on University and Indiana University- a high level of competition. They national TV this year: BOLD denotes a home game at Autry Court Purdue University at Indianapolis, understand what it's like to go $ denotes the NIT Season Tip-Off all by five points or fewer. Rice par- through a full season of college Nov. 14 at Gonzaga (ESPN2) * denotes the Shamrock Office Solutions Classic ticularly struggled on the road, going basketball. They're the guys who Jan. 17 vs. Houston (CSTV) 3-8 away from Autry Court. are risk takers." Feb. 22 at Memphis (ESPN) Britton is the best returning Feb. 28 at Marshall (CSTV) Roster remains intact player in the frontcourt, coming off The Owls will pretty much have a season in which he averaged 5.6 Games are subect to change. the same core group from last points and 5.5 rebounds a game and More coverage may be added year — forwards J.R. Harrison led the team with 25 blocked shots. or subtracted as the season (Lovett '06) and Jamaal Moore are Sophomore center Matt Hagen progresses. the only players of consequence gone and senior center Greg Killings from the roster. If the team is to have a successful 2005-2006 campaign, it will need consistently strong outings from a trio of upperclassmen: junior forward Patrick Britton, senior point A LOOK BACK guard Ix>renzo Williams and espe- cially senior shooting guard Morris Team statistics from the 2005-'06 season Almond, the C-USA preseason player of the year. Overall Home Away Neutral I,ast year's numbers show how Team record 12-16 9-6 3-8 0-2 much the Owls rely on Almond. He Conference record 6-8 3-4 3-4 0-0 led the team in both scoring and rebounding last season, averag- Rice Opponents ing 21.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. He also led the team in Scoring 1897 1963 three-point field goal percentage, Points per game 67.8 70.1 free throw percentage and was BfllTTOtf tied for the team lead in steals with Field goals-attempts 674-1550 711-1643 Williams. Rice won only once when Field goal percentage .435 .433 he scored fewer than 10 points in a Three-point FG-attempts 124-368 208-620 game, and that came against New Three-point FG pet. .337 Mexico Highlands, a Division II .335 school. The Owls are hoping the Free throws-attempts 425-582 333-514 extra year of experience for their Free throw percentage .730 .648 returning players will help them to be less dependent on Almond. Rebounds 948 1050 "I,ast year we felt we could have Rebounds per game 33.9 37.5 won at least 20 games, but we just had Assists 386 446 a couple things not go our way," Wil- Assists per game 13.8 liams said. "Thisyear, we think we'll 15.9 be more prepared for those situations Turnovers 428 446 Hi and pull those games out." Turnovers per game 15.3 15.9 Almond returns to Rice after test- Steals 216 239 ing the NBA draft waters and decid- Steals per game 7.7 8.5 ing to remain in school for his senior TAYLOmtLunR ;wniiauiiJOHNSON/THRESHE/ R Blocks 82 season. Almond was a projected 86 Junior forward Patrick Britton, one of the Owls' leading rebounders last sea- Blocks per game 2.9 3.1 son, will need to pose a strong presence in the frontcourt if Rice is to improve second-round pick but announced on its disappointing 12-16 record from last year. he would return to Rice at a press THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2006

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PHOTOS BY TAYLOR JOHNSON/THRESHER Senior guard Morris Almond (left) and sophomore guard Cory Pfiieger (right) should benefit in Rice's retooled offensive scheme. By placing a greater emphasis on screens and cuts, head coach Willis Wilson (Will Rice '82) hopes the two shooters will be able to break from defenders more often and find wide-open shots. The new offense paid dividends in the Owls' 64-49 preseason win over Incarnate Word, as Almond and Pfiieger combined for 44 points. The Owls open their season against Paul Quinn tomorrow at Autry Court. The game starts at 7:05 p.m.

Wilson opens up offense "That's something we've been Wash, to face Gonzaga University in Hie ()wls also showed signs in their working on in practice, dribbling the National Invitation Tournament's exhibition game of a revamped offense it in every day. You can't stand for season tip-off. The game will air FIVE QUESTIONS FOR: CHRIS HAGAN that is much more motion-based, fea- more than two seconds, you've got on ESPN2 and is a very important turing screens and cuts. After a season to keep moving." stepping stone if the Owls hope to A former 5A all-state recruit from Westfield High School in in which the offense appeared stagnant make the NCAA tournament. 'Hie Houston, freshman guard Chris Hagan will look to make a name for for minutes and, sometimes, entire NIT will continue with a matchup himself in what figures to be a crowded Owl backcourt this season. games, the coaching staff decided to DID YOU KNOW? against either Baylor University Hagan sat down for an interview with Thresher men's basketball writer make the change. or Colorado State University. 'Hie Chris Pasich. "It's a little bit of a dif ferent system The men's basketball team's Owls will also face major confer- than we ran a year ago," Wilson said. last year with single-digit ence schools like the University of Thresher: What has been the biggest difference for you thus far be- "With any new system it takes a little losses overall was 1963-'64, Oregon, the University of Utah and tween high school and college ball? while to adjust, but 1 think the thing when the Owls went 15-9 and Vanderbilt University. that we will be able to take advantage Chris Hagan: The biggest difference probably would be the speed. ... 8-6 in SWC play. Rice will host North Texas, of is that we are able to move bodies Texas Periman-Basin, Lamar and Everyone else is just as fast or faster. It's just different. I'm not used around to different spots on the floor. Prairie View A&M and will travel to everybody being on the same level as me or being at the same We've got a lot of screening action, Fortunately for the Owls, their to Princeton and to Moraga, Calif, speed as me — in high school I was usually faster than everybody. a lot of ball reversal. It should be a roster allows them to use multiple for the Shamrock Office Solutions It's a lot faster out here, but I like it. system that's going to allow us to lineups. With depth at both guard Classic, where they open with a game play to our strengths." and forward, the Owls will be able against NCAA-tournament qualifier Thresher: Has there been anyone in particular who has helped you The remodeled offense looked to fight through injuries and produc- Belmont Dec. 28. improve since you arrived on campus? especially effective in getting Almond tion lapses from individual players. "At the end of the day, we need a and Pfiieger open looks throughout Almond, Pfiieger and Foster allow win over a good team [to build our] Hagan: Well, not anyone in particular, just collectively. The team has the game against Incarnate Word. Rice to threaten with shots outside confidence," Wilson said. "I think we brought me in pretty well, and they've accepted me, and I think I've Almond scored 28 points in spite of the perimeter, whereas Williams will gain a great deal of confidence accepted my role, which has allowed them to bring me in even poor first-half shooting, and Pfiieger and Hagan can drive to the basket. by playing those people well, but [easier] — the fact that I know my role and I try and go out there and consistently had open looks from Rice's big men are just as versatile, at some point we need to step up execute it as best I can. three-point range en route to his with Killings, Britton and Hagen able and beat the teams that are going IB-point performance. Their victory to provide a force on defense and to be NCAA [tournament 1 teams." Thresher: Give me an example of an ideal game for Chris Hagan. in the contest came despite the ab- on the boards, and Packevicius and Wee opens conference play at home sence of Williams and Foster, who Craciun bringing aggressiveness on Jan. 10 against Tulane. The Owls Hagan: Winning. I'm not used to losing; my team usually wins. Getting both got the night off to rest prior on offense. have two matchups against cross- my teammates where they need to be and just being a floor general, to the season opener. town rival Houston — Jan. 17 at being a leader, and hopefully getting my team a win. "Guys just did a good job of Tough schedule ahead Autry Court, and Jan. 31 at Hofheinz moving the ball and staying ac- After the opener against Paul Pavilion. The Owls travel to face de- Thresher. What is it like playing with Morris Almond? tive the entire time, keeping the Quinn, the Owls' season continues fending C-USA champion Memphis defense busy," Williams said. Tuesday with a trip to Spokane, on Feb. 22 on ESPN. Conference Hagan: He makes my job a lot easier. If I give him the ball in the play wraps up with a home matchup right position, I pretty much know it's a score. He just takes it from against Tulsa on March 3, and the there. He makes my job a whole lot easier, and he makes my stat Conference USA tournament begins line look a whole lot better with assists and things like that. I like IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING... on March 7 in Memphis, Tenn. playing with him. Hie Owls will have plenty of The women's basketball team begins its season in New opportunities to make a name for Thresher: How far do you think this team can go this season? Jersey this week. Tonight, Rice travels to West Long Branch, themselves this season, and the team N.J. to take on Monmouth at 6 p.m. Sunday, the Owls head believes this is their chance to take Hagan: I think we can go as far as we want to go. I'm talking about west to Lawrenceville for a game against Rider at 1 p.m. Rice back to the tournament. into the [NCAA] tournament. ... We have all the tools that we need. It's just little things like execution that we need to work on. patience The Thresher will run its annual women's "This is the year," Almond said. "We have one of the best point guards in and [building] camaraderie, playing together and things like that. I basketball preview next week, just in time for the Owls' the conference; myself, one of the best feel like we can go as far as we want to go because I feel like we home opener against Ole Miss next Friday. wings; and a host of juniors and seniors have all the tools. in the bigs, so I don't see why not." 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3) John Chin (UCI) 67 68 71 = 206 BY THE 4) Robbie Fillmore (BYU) 69 72 07 = 208 5) Jonas Hedin (UC) 71 07 71 = 209 SPORTS NOTEBOOK I K NUMBERS 6) Aaron Hobbs (CSUN) 68 70 71 = 209 T7) Ryan Keefe (UCSB) 67 70 7:? = 210 was closer, with the Owls holding off giate, held in Poplu, Hawaii. They Nov. 3-8 T7) Matthew Ryan (FSU) 70 74 66 = 210 T9) Andrew DiBitetto (UC) 72 70 69 = 211 Volleyball falls to the Cougars for a 30-27 game win. then have a break until the season T9) Erik Petersen (Rice) 69 66 76 = 211 With the match tied at one game resumes in mid-February. T24) Kaz Hoffman (Rice) 69 76 72 = 217 Houston in four sets apiece, the Cougars rallied behind In California, Rice climbed 27) Heon Young Lee (Rice) 75 71 72 = 218 T46) Kyle Kelley (Rice) 74 76 76 = 226 The volleyball team dropped a several kills and clutch serves from two spots after an 8th-place start T48) Chris Brown (Rice) 75 72 80 = 227 four-game match to the University Justine Farmer to take the game 30- in round one, thanks mostly to of Houston Nov. 2, marking the 24. And in the fourth set, Houston stellar play by Petersen, who Owls' fifth loss in their last six outplayed the Owls again, sealing the was tied for first after round two. matches. Rice (12-16,5-9 C-USA) match victory with a 30-25 game. However, Petersen was the only PHILL HANSEL DUAL MEETS finishes its Conference USAregu- Senior Tessa Kuykendall and Owl to record a three-round total Nov. 34, 2006 — University of Houston Natatorium lar season with this weekend's sophomore Karyn Morgan led Rice score below par, and after ending GOLF Rice University 268.00 —- Mesa State 36.00 road trip, starting with a match at with 14 kills apiece, followed by round two with a four-under-par Trinity University 258.00 -- Mesa State 58.00 Tulsa University at 7 p.m. tonight freshman Natalie Bogan with 12. team score, Rice fell short of fin- PACIFIC INVITATIONAL Univ. of Houston 297.00 -- Mesa State 37.00 and culminating with a match at ishing in the top five after a poor Nov. 6-8, 2006 — Brookside CC, Stockton Calif. Univ. of Nevada 300.00 - - Mesa State 36.00 Junior Yvette Kirk had 21 digs for Univ. of New Orleans 260, 00 — Mesa State 38.00 Southern Methodist University the Owls, and junior Rachel Lopez final round 296. Team Results: Rice University 268.00 - Trinity University 74.00 at 1 p.m. Sunday. had 41 assists. Brigham Young University Univ. of Nevada 191.00 - Rice University 156.00 1) Brigham Young 275 279 276 = 830 Tlie Owls faced both Tulsa — Dylan Farmer took the team title with a 34-un- 2) Univ. of Charlotte 280 279 282 = 841 Univ. of Houston 176.00 -- Rice University 171.00 3) UC-Santa Barbara 276 287 289 = 852 Rice University 264.00 —- New Orleans 51.00 (24-6, 11-3 C-USA) and SMU der-par 830 for the tournament, Univ. of Houston 281.50 -- Trinity University 66.50 4) UC-lrvine 286 279 290 = 855 and the University of Charlotte, Univ. of Nevada 300.00 - - Trinity University 48.00 (14-14, 5-9 C-USA) two weeks 5) Rhode Island 285 292 290 = 867 Univ. of New Orleans 237. 00 — Trinity Univ. 103.00 ago at Autry Court, falling to the Golf heads to Hawaii the University of California-Santa 6) Rice University 287 285 296 = 868 Univ. of Nevada 203.00 - - Univ. of Houston 150.00 7) CSU-Northridge 284 291 295 = 870 Golden Hurricane in five games Barbara, the University of Cali- Univ. of Houston 262.00 -- New Orleans 85.00 8) Fresno State 285 290 296 = 871 to finish fall season Univ. of Nevada 295.00 - - New Orleans 52.00 and defeating the Mustangs in fornia-Irvine, and Rhode Island 9) North Colorado 296 284 298 = 878 four. Since then, the two teams The golf team finished 6th out of rounded out the top five. 10) San Jose St. 292 288 301 = 881 These boxscores brought to you by: 11) Univ. of Pacific 291 297 298 = 886 have played only each other, with 12 teams at the Pacific Invitational Besides Petersen's 9th-place Brady Quinn for Heisman 12) UC-Riverside 310 302 306 = 918 Cinnamon muffins and crumbly topping Tulsa sweeping SMU 3-0. tournament in Stockton, Calif, this finish, sophomore Kaz Hoffman It's 5:29 a.m. — where would you rather be? finished tied for 24th, senior Heon Individual Results: At the Houston Alumni Center week, and sophomore Erik Petersen Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records 1) Clay Ogden (BYU) 71 66 67 = 204 last Thursday, Rice opened slug- took 9th place individually. The Owls Young Lee took 27th and sopho- Not reading my Eng 379 assignment 2) Daniel Summerhays (BYU) 66 69 70 = 205 gishly, allowing Houston a 12-3 will finish fall competition in two more Kyle Kelley tied for 46th. run to take the game. Game two weeks at the Aloha Purdue Colle- — Dylan Farmer SUBMIT TO US Upcoming R2 Events & Deadlines POWDERPUFF PREDICTIONS: SEMIFINALS Final Submissions Deadline: Dec. 1st, 2006 Stephen "News" Evan Mintz David Brown Julia Bursten R2: The Rice Review is looking for the best Whitfield a.k.a. fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and occasionals Opinion Guy E./.C. Unemployed Sports Editor Matt Youn (humor, miscellany) that Rice has to offer. Please submit hard copies to the English Dept Office, 2nd floor Herring Hall, or submit online via our website, r2mag.rice.edu. Questions can be directed to jcooley0rice.edu. 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ARCH 334 BUILDING WORKSHOP II ARCH 401 PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE IV ARCH 423 PROFESSIONALISM & MANAGEMENT IN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE BIOE 260 INTRO GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES BIOE 301 BIOENGINEERING & WORLD HEALTH BIOE 452 BIOENGINEERING DESIGN II BIOS 213 INTRO LAB MOD ECOLOGY & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY BIOS 310 INDEPENDENT STUDY FOR UNDERGRADUATES BIOS 316 LAB MODULE IN ECOLOGY BIOS 323 CONSERVATION BIOLOGY BIOS 326 INSECT BIOLOGY BIOS 337 FIELD BIRD BIOLOGY LAB CEVE412 HYDROLOGY & WATERSHED ANALYSIS CEVE 512 HYDROLOGIC DESIGN LAB CHBE 281/ENST 281 ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE. COMMUNITIES ELEC 438 DEPLOYMENT & MEASUREMENT OF WIRELESS SOCI 308 HOUSTON: THE SOCIOLOGY OF A CITY SOCI 436 ADVANCED RESEARCH SEMINAR: THE HOUSTON AREA SURVEY POLI 338/SOSC 301 POLICY ANALYSIS THE RICE THRESHER BACKPAGE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,2006 Did you know that President David Leebron drives to work? At least that's what we're told. We certainly hope that it isn't true, considering that he lives across the street and the effort that Rice is putting into sustainable development, environmentalism and interaction with the Houston community, all of which he could help accomplish if he simply walked. So lets speculate on how he gets o wor . Oil used (past 3 years): 80 gal. 7:30 a.m.: Leebron gets in car Corresponding effect on U.S. and revs engine foreign policy: Who cares, he's 7:31 a.m.: Leebron peels out and riding a limo. runs red light into Hermann Park. Pollution caused (past 3 years): 7:31:30 a.m.: Leebron chases Can't see pollution through down hobos and school children tinted windows. 7:32:43 a.m.: Leebron tears Calories burned: 20 (berating up the side of Hippy Hill before limo driver) shotgunning towards the statue of Sam Houston. 7:30 a.m.: Leebron gets in car. 7:33:52 a.m.: Two loops around 7:33:15 a.m.: Leebron arrives the circle and then jumps the light- Jones School parking garage. rail tracks and reaches 88 mph. 7:34:00 a.m.: Leebron gets in 9:32:30 a.m.: Leebron is dis- limo. tracted by the kids' train in the 7:34:35 a.m.: Leebron yells at park and veers off towards it driver for arriving late. until turning around and getting 7:35:11 a.m.: Leebron instructs back on lightrail. Realizes he is driver to hit squirrel in road. going the wrong way and turns 7:36:10 a.m.: Limo arrives at around to drive back to Rice. Allen Center. 9:36:02 a.m.: Leebron drives up to Willy's statue and out of Sal- Backpage Preferred lyport, goes wrong way around Walking Route (Sapphire) Squirrel mortality: Medium friends! Huzzah jingoism! Driving Route (Sage) Inner Loop, Tokyo drifts around P- Distance: .43 miles Oil used (past 3 years): 15 gallons Pollution caused (past 3 years): Distance: 3.62 miles Baker Institute Fountain and i Student interaction: High Corresponding effect on U.S. Cancerlicious Student interaction: Low then races Vin Diesel around Houston interaction: Medium foreign policy: It's important to Calories burned: -122 (He likes his Houston interaction: High rest of Inner Loop. Squirrel mortality: Low keep troops in the Middle East sugar with coffee and creme.) Squirrel mortality: Squirrel Stalin 9:39:43 a.m.: Leebron hits Oil used (past 3 years): None for stability. Oil used (past 3 years): 875 gal. Thresher news editor Beko Binder. Corresponding effect on U.S. Pollution caused (past 3 years): 7:30 a.m.: Leebron gets in car. Corresponding effect on U.S. 9:41:44 a.m.: Leebron drives up foreign policy: Imagine the day A soothing hazy sky 7:37:21 a.m.: Leebron arrives foreign policy: Iraq will now be the side of the Allen Center like when schools have enough money Calories burned: 4 at Diedrich. known as East Virginia. in that color ad we keep getting and the military has to hold a 7:39:32 a.m.: Leebron checks Pollution caused: Even Captain and pulls a dead squirrel pelt bake sale to buy a stealth bomber. 7:30 a.m.: Leebron gets in car. out that girl who works every Planet can't save us now. from under his tire to make a Pollution caused (past 3 years): 7:31 a.m.: Leebron enters main morning except Tuesdays and Calories burned: 142 (bloodlust) fancy new hat. None gates. weekends. Calories burned: 39 7:31:30 a.m.: Leebron smiles 7:43:51 a.m.: as NPR announces his name as Leebron spills 7:30 a.m.: Leebron walks out a Silver Circle member. coffee in lap. door. 7:32 a.m.: A squirrel has to 7:50:11 a.m.: 7:32 a.m.: Leebron enters main dodge Leebron's car. Leebron arrives gates. 7:33 a.m.: Leebron parks at at Allen Center, 7:35 a.m.: Leebron reaches Allen Center. covers stain with /IV - Sallyport. 7:42 a.m.: Leebron waits until briefcase. V • - *£T, J&m m . 7:36 a.m.: Leebron waves to "Engines of our Ingenuity" is student and makes humorous over to get out of car. Limo Route observation about previous night's Daily Show. Diedrichs Route Distance: 1.53 7:38 a.m.: Leebron enters Allen Distance: 2.96 miles miles Center. Student interaction: Low Student Houston interaction: Medium interaction: Low Assumed Driving Route Squirrel mortality: Medium Houston Oil used (past 3 years): 75 gal. interaction: Low Leebron drives to work through Hermann Park Squirrel mortality: Distance: .55 miles Corresponding effect on U.S. 3 dead and 52 wounded, and that's just from the exhaust. Oh, why doesn't he just walk? Student interaction: Very low foreign policy: Saddam was a Only if he tells Houston interaction: Very low threat and the Saudis are our the driver The Backpage is satire and is written by Evan Mintz

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