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Once a follow-up has been pursued this year. amount of $1.25 per student per year sidering a bill that will create a tax has been voted on, the organization undergoes an annual review process As a blanket tax organization, would be sufficient for the Honor Coun- task force to examine the future of to make sure the funding and spending levels are appropriate. education at Rice University. Honor Council receives a blanket tax cil to function from year to year while Trent Navran, the SA Executive of $2.00 per student. All blanket tax making adequate savings,” the report Vice President, introduced the bill organizations must submit a budget in states. “However, the Honor Council All blanket tax organizations to create the Rice Education of the the fall to the SA’s Blanket Tax Stand- declined to voluntarily request a de- $ submit a budget to the SA $ $ Future task force at the Sept. 24 ing Committee for review. However, last crease in funding.” $ Blanket Tax Standing Committee $ $ student senate meeting; the bill fall, Honor Council declined to submit In the Annual Review Form submit- $ in the fall as part of the annual $ $ will be put up for vote at the senate a budget for the 2013-14 year in a letter ted by Honor Council, the organization $ review. $ meeting today, Wednesday, Oct. 1. from former Internal Vice Chair Isa- stated that it received a blanket tax of Navran said the idea to form belle Lelogeais that outlined the orga- $1.00 per student, which is half of the If the Standing Commitee finds and chair the REF task force arose nization’s expense report. actual value. According to the Annual a cause for concern, the organi- from discussions about the Rice “It is not possible for us to create a Review Report, Honor Council leader- zation is referred to the Blanket experience that occurred during proposed budget, as our expenses are ship did not know their organization’s Tax Contingency Committee. the centennial, such as the Student entirely dependent on factors beyond actual blanket tax amount. If the Contingency Commit- Vision for the Second Century. our control, such as the volume of cas- “The Council acknowledged that tee finds the organization in “Going as far back as the cen- es we receive,” Lelogeais, a Jones Col- past leadership has been unaware of its violation three out of four years, tennial ... one of the key priorities lege senior, said in the letter. level of blanket tax funding,” the report funding may be decreased. we wanted to emphasize [was] The only fixed annual expense that states. “There has apparently been con- advancing the Rice education,” Honor Council incurs, Lelogeais writes, fusion as to whether the amount was it is unclear if the three-year vio- Navran, a McMurtry College se- is a changeover dinner that is a tradi- $1.00 or $2.00 per student per year.” lation requirement is feasible, nior, said. “[Students] came up tion for the organization. Honor Council released a projected and the SA pod on the blanket with really neat ideas that weren’t Despite admitting that the change- budget for 2013-14 after its meeting tax process is currently consid- really acted upon ... so we were over dinner is an annual tradition, with the Standing Committee. Of the ering potential reforms. kind of thinking about how we Honor Council did not include this $12,448.35 projected expenses, $9,291 ? want to spend the year as a stu- expense in any of their reports since was allocated for one-time expenses dent association and … came to 2008 save one. The receipt for the 2013 such as computers, tablets, a printer the conclusion that we could really changeover dinner indicates that Hon- and a scanner. As per previous years, benefit from focusing on the Rice or Council spent $1,400 on a meal for $1,500 was allocated for the change- experience, how we as a student 30 people, which amounts to around over dinner (at $50 per person), as well government could advance it.” $50 a person. In Lelogeais’ letter, how- as $250 worth of gifts from the Rice Honor Council’s expenses fall well below the The task force plans to discuss ever, she said the dinner is an impor- Bookstore for members. The budget revenue they receive from their blanket tax. integrating co- and extracurricular tant function for Honor Council. also allocated $815.35 for sales tax on The expenses for !"##-#$ do not include spring, opportunities into the curriculum, “While the price on this meal might purchases, despite the fact that Rice is because that information was not provided. promoting social impact, connecting seem very high ... it is a large number of a tax-exempt organization. Rice with the Houston community people and it is essential for the organi- In a letter to the Standing Commit- and adding value to the Rice educa- zation,” Lelogeais writes. tee, Associate Dean of Undergraduates tion in the face of changes in digital In the Blanket Tax Standing Com- Donald Ostdiek said he supports Honor education, among other topics. mittee meeting held last February, Council’s blanket tax level. Navran began the process by Honor Council maintained that its ““I consider [Honor Council’s] use collecting opinions on the Rice $29,000 in accumulated surplus and of its blanket tax funding to be ap- education from graduating seniors unspent revenue was necessary to propriate, relevant to its purposes and at the end of last year. He said the cover unexpected costs, but it did not consistent with its mission statement,” importance of co- and extracurric- believe that a decrease in the blanket Ostdiek said in the letter. ular activities emerged as a theme tax amount was needed, according to 0see HONOR, page 2 during those discussions. “A lot of people remark that they did all these cool things out- side of the classroom despite their Rice courseload,” Navran said. “At Forum on Ferguson draws large crowd some point, I think it would be fantastic to see things a lot more in 43 A*',2 A#&% inspire you all to challenge your own now,” Byrd said. “I don’t think that he encourages students to know their alignment, that the things you’re A))'),2*, N&1) E-',". assumptions and the assumptions that 2014, in this context, is a new era.” rights during police encounters. learning in class are related to the your peers might have about some of Associate professor of Spanish and “There are some things that we can questions you’re asking and shar- A panel of faculty, staff and stu- these issues,” Martin said. Portuguese Luis Duno-Guttberg dis- do when we have an encounter with a ing with your friends at lunch, dents held a town hall discussion en- Donald Bowers II (Hanszen ‘91), As- cussed criminalization of minorities police officer, in terms of how we re- which is related to the extracur- titled “Mobilizing Student Dialogue: sociation of Rice Alumni Board Presi- and mass incarceration, as well as ra- act,” Whitehead said. “Make sure that riculars you’re taking on and the 0 What happened in Ferguson? Could it dent, served as the moderator for the cial profiling. you’re doing everything to keep the en- see EDUCATION, page 3 happen here?” to address the shooting conversation. The event was divided “Racial profiling rests in a visual counter safe as well.” of Michael Brown. The event, spon- into two parts; in the first, panelists regime, [fed] by a series of cultural dis- The three student panelists includ- sored by the Office of Multicultural presented on police brutality against courses that fit into seeing the other ed Rice Democrats Outreach Co-Chair Affairs and the Center for Civic Leader- people of color and, in the second, pan- as the criminal,” Duno-Guttberg said. James Carter, Women’s Resource Center ship, had more people in attendance elists answered audience questions. “This is not connected to a single po- Wellness Coordinator Michelle Pham than could be seated at Farnsworth Associate professor of history Al- liceman who is racist. There is a whole and Will Rice College junior Abraham Pavillion. exander Byrd discussed the history of history that constructs that whole vi- Younes. Brown, an unarmed black teenager, the killing of African-American youth sual regime.” “I’m proud to be black, but in recent was shot by Darren Wilson in Ferguson, in American history, according to Bow- Rice University Police Department years, being black has been something Missouri, on Aug. 9. His death led to ers. Byrd said students should educate Chief Johnny Whitehead said there are that has scared me a lot,” Carter said. protests and continued unrest. themselves as scholar-activists. reasons other than bias to explain why “With what happened to Trayvon Mar- According to Felicia Martin, Associ- “The methods of social control and events such as the Ferguson shooting tin and Michael Brown, it scares me ate Director of the CCL, the purpose of the violence meted out to so-called New occur, including poor training, lack of that I can step outside my home and the town hall was to create a safe space Negroes in the late 19th century is of a equipment, poor recruitment processes not come back because of some mis- for diverse perspectives and inquiry. kind of similar type of violence that is and lack of accountability when these communication, whether I made it or “We hope that this conversation will often meted out to African-Americans events do occur. Whitehead also said 0see FERGUSON, page 2 ! 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0 Polk said. 0 before a change in the blanket tax level can be FERGUSON Batter responded to Polk with a discussion on HONOR implemented. Cornell, who currently serves on !"#$ %&'( 1 how men of color may behave a certain way in the !"#$ %&'( 1 the SA’s blanket tax pod, said this system is not presence of authority, and how social rules are feasible. whether someone else [mis]understood it.” taught to children. According to Batter, the way According to Sid Richardson College President “In practice this doesn’t work, because we are Younes said a night when he was jaywalking people of color must be aware of their behaviors Nick Cornell, the Honor Council’s budget present- students and we only have a four year lifespan at and was passed by police caused him to draw par- from an early age indicates it has become their ed concerns over the amount of blanket tax fund- Rice,” Cornell said. “Finding a group in violation allels between his life and Brown’s. Brown had responsibility to respond to prejudice. ing the organization received. three years across administration when we’re been walking in the the street when he was shot. “Quite frankly, although I appreciate the com- “Their operation expenditures are not re- only here for like four years overall is just incred- “How many more black boys and brown boys ments about ‘This is what I have to do when I ally that high. In any given year, they do not have ibly challenging to do.” have to die before we realize that this is not about walk into a store,’ you shouldn’t have to do those substantial fixed costs... most of it’s just variable one cop?” Younes said. things,” Batter said. “Nobody should have to do costs, [such as] pens and [paper],” Cornell, a Sid Several audience members contributed to the those things. If men are being told you have to do Richardson College senior, said. “There was a discussion, causing the event to run longer than this so you don’t get killed, know that it’s your re- concern that they were getting a fairly large blan- its planned 90 minutes. sponsibility, that’s unconscionable. ” ket tax that can not possibly be spent on that Paige Polk, a Martel College senior, said she Carter spoke after the event about engaging much paper.” The blanket tax is a grew up surrounded by black males who were students who do not feel involved in issues such The Standing Committee referred Honor taught to regulate their behavior around authority as Brown’s shooting. Council to a Blanket Tax Contingency Commit- draconian process for figures and assumed that females were immune “While you might look at a situation and say tee to further look into the organization’s fund- to discrimination. Polk said the discussion had this has nothing to do with me, I’m not a black, ing. The purpose of the Contingency Committee, all parties involved. been geared toward black and Latino men. young male in Missouri, that doesn’t mean that whose members were chosen last April, is to “Are the conversations we’re having about you or the people you care about are not af- “conduct an in-depth review of Honor Council’s black and brown men because they do face more fected,” Carter said. “Everyone is affected when use of its blanket-tax funding,” according to an Nick Cornell targeted oppression, or is it implicit of sexism?” things like this happen.” Executive Memorandum sent by SA President Sid Richardson College Ravi Sheth. President “The end goal of the Contingency Committee is to determine Honor Council’s standing with regard to the blanket tax review criteria and...sug- gest a more appropriate level of funding,” Sheth, a Martel College senior, wrote in the memorandum. The Contingency Committee did not meet last year. The first meeting took place this September, Cornell said one the issues that the pod is but this meeting was invalidated because it wasn’t looking into is potential reforms to the process so publicly announced and therefore violated the SA that is easier for students to implement changes Constitution. Contingency Committee member to the blanket tax levels that they voted on. Anastasia Bolshakov said she feels that a decision “The blanket tax is a draconian process for should have already been reached by now. all parties involved,” Cornell said. “It involves a “I think we should probably have already had ridiculous amount of paper work and a ridicu- a decision by this point, since the blanket tax pro- lous amount of work reviewing the paperwork cess has started all over again,” Bolshakov said. and numbers year after and year only to arrive at “I think there are still a lot of questions about the results that don’t mean anything.” [SA] Constitution. How we’re supposed to proceed According to University Court Chair Brian is unclear.” Baran, te blanket tax review process as a form of A contingency committee has neverbeen student oversight is essential. formed under the current blanket tax review pro- “The SA leadership has been very good at cess. advocating for its role in oversight of the blanket “It’s a really hard process to go through, be- tax, but that needs to be accompanied by better cause there’s never been a contingency commit- following through on that oversight,” Baran said. !"!#$"! %&'!#/(&)'*&') tee before,” Bolshakov said. “What’s the point of having an annual review if Undergraduate students play traditional Korean instru- According to the SA Constitution, a blanket we don’t follow up on problems that it identifies?” A Night of ments as a part of Korean Culture Night. The event, held last tax organization needs to be found in violation by Honor Council could not be reached for com- Culture Saturday, also featured dance and music performances. the Contingency Committee three years in a row ment. W#()#'(*+, O%!,-#& ., /0.1 !"# R$%# T"&#'"#& NEWS !

the essential pieces [of a Rice education].” laboratory experience, the immediate live con- 0EDUCATION Whitaker said MOOCs have the potential to versation, the non-verbal, the connections, the !"#$ %&'( 1 increase the academic breadth of a Rice educa- experience of college,” Whitaker said. “That New cloud-based tion through facilitating interaction with other can never be replaced by a MOOC, and it can universities. never get to that level.” problems you want to solve.” “What’s inside the hedges is the best, but CampusPress to The task force will include 11 members: four reaching out there and connecting with other Moving Forward at-large undergraduate representatives, one professors, other students at other universi- Baran said he believes the bill should be senator, one college president, four new stu- ties ... can really enhance the experience for all reworded to make it clear that the task force host Rice blogs dent representatives and Navran. Navran said students,” Whitaker said. “While we may have does not presuppose specific changes should he wants to include students with different aca- some limitations with Rice in terms of some co- be made to the Rice education. -+ N*,4$ S"$-* demic interests on the task force. curricular activities, MOOCs can provide an op- “We should first be asking whether we need T"&#'"#& S!*55 “Whether it’s advancing entrepreneurship, portunity to research about all sorts of things.” to fundamentally change the way we approach changing physical spaces on campus to enhance According to Duncan College senior Brian higher education, because the answer to that The IT department has signed the contract collaboration, or changing degree requirements Baran, MOOCs will not fundamentally affect question determines the type of adaptations to switch from WordPress to CampusPress, a to emphasize a more experiential learning pro- the education Rice currently offers. that we should be making to new technolo- specialized blogging platform designed for cess, it would be ideal to grow our team’s inter- gies and opportunities,” Baran said. “I think schools, this month. According to Rice Univer- ests and abilities by finding people on campus the language of the bill implies that we have sity Director of Enterprise Application Andrea who are plugged into different academic areas,” already determined that major changes need Martin, the switch was discussed in October Navran said. to be made, and that’s a question that the task 2013, and will be made later this year. Mar- force should first be asking and considering.” tin said CampusPress will address student Online Education We should first be Jones College senior Lillian Seidel teaches demand for additional plug-ins and custom The first line of the bill states: “Whereas, the a section of UNIV 110: First Year Foundations. themes and provide for greater storage and un- proliferation of digital technologies and Mas- asking whether we She said Rice should try to incorporate leader- limited blogs, users and bandwidth since it’s sive Open Online Courses has caused higher ship and extracurricular commitments into its hosted online instead of Rice’s servers. education institutions to continually rethink need to fundamen- curriculum, citing the Certificate in Civic Lead- “It’s a very good deal for the campus,” their value proposition regarding their offerings tally change the way ership as an example. Martin said. “[Bloggers] will be getting much to students and communities.” “[Education should be] about personal more functionality through the cloud offering Navran said the increasing relevance of we approach higher development, and that was mentioned in Le- compared to what we were able to provide on Massive Open Online Courses, or ‘MOOCs,’ ebron’s Vision for the Second Century,” Seidel campus.” such as Coursera and edX, both of which Rice education... said. “That is something important to consider, In addition to the new features that Cam- participate in, has forced colleges to reevaluate especially when moving forward and planning pusPress will make available, Martin said using their value to students. the next century of what a Rice education is go- CampusPress’ cloud offering will be less expen- “There’s a threatening aspect of MOOCs, Brian Baran ing to look like.” sive than providing the blog services through which is you no longer need to go to a place like Duncan College senior The bill states the REF task force will submit Rice. Martin said the change will occur seam- Rice for a quality computer science class or go its members for approval on Oct. 8, hold town lessly by December, after a short three-month to Princeton for a high quality history class; you hall meetings and conversations in October and test period done by the CampusPress company. can take them from those institutions for free November, present progress updates on the “The names of [all the existing blogs] will re- on Coursera,” Navran said. “What that means Oct. 15, Nov. 5 and Nov. 9 senate meetings, pres- main the same and you won’t really know that for institutions like Rice is they can no longer “I think there’s a reasonable case to be ent a document of findings at the Nov. 29 sen- it is hosted on the cloud versus here at Rice,” say they’re offering an amazing academic expe- made that higher education on the level that ate meeting, and submit the document to the Martin said. “We will also keep our old server rience; the value proposition has to shift.” Rice is providing is about a lot more than the administration’s Quality Education Task Force for a while, so there will be opportunity and Reid Whitaker, Executive Director of the classroom experience and that the classroom and Office of the President before Dec. 5. time [to fix] any issues that are to come up.” Center for Digital Learning and Scholarship at experience is about much more than the lec- Navran said he hopes the conversations Martin said she will send out notifications Rice University, said he views MOOCs as sup- tures and assignments,” Baran said. “It’s also leading up to the creation of the document will to administrators of any blog.rice.edu site and plements to the Rice education in the future, about being in the classroom with people from be fruitful. ask them for their feedback. She said she hopes though not replacing it entirely. a variety of backgrounds and having quality “There are a lot of points where there is a lot CampusPress can be integrated with OwlSpace “Rice is an institution that prides itself on discussions that can’t yet really take place in an of constructive data coming in, and this docu- course blogs to improve learning experiences. small classrooms and interactions, especially online environment.” ment will hopefully be the culmination of all of “They have a module that we are going to the relationship between teacher and student,” Whitaker said he also thought MOOCs will that,” Navran said. “I’m hoping that, along the try once we go into production and see whether Whitaker said. “What I do think that will hap- not be able to replace the core Rice classroom way, there will be a lot of things that can inform it will work with Owlspace,” Martin said. “We pen is we will see more ways in which students experience. faculty [and] administrators about what really are hoping that is the case, but that is some- can complete different courses that may not be “I think that MOOCs will never replace that does matter most to students.” thing that we will consider in the future.” ! 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The IT department is making provi- sions for visiting undergraduate students to have Rice Gmail accounts, according to Barry Ribbeck, Director of Systems, Archi- tecture, Infrastructure, Cloud Strategies and Initiatives at Rice University. Visiting students are those enrolled at another col- lege or university, but are approved, en- rolled and classified as a non-matriculated Rice student. Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchin- son said visiting students should have the same access to Gmail as other Rice students. The decision to switch visiting students from RiceMail to Rice Gmail was collectively made by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduates, the Office of the Regis- trar, the IT department and the Adminis- trative Department. !"#$"% %""/&'("#'"( “The Student Association Senators (Left to Right) Panelists Jonathan Ludwig and Joe Barnes discuss their perspectives on the implications on World War I. They were joined by Pro- brought this issue to me, explaining that fessors Robert Zaretsky, Carl Caldwell and Adam Seipp in a panel discussion. The event, titled “Causes and Consequences of World War I: Can the our visiting students were not able to have Past Speak to the Present?” was held at the James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy. the same access to Gmail as all other stu- dents,” Hutchinson said. “We agreed that this was not appropriate. In the interest of fairness to all students, we wished to ex- Baker Institute hosts panel discussing tend Gmail access to the visiting students.” Google Student Ambassador Julia Hos- su said Gmail, unlike RiceMail, is part of Google Apps for Education, which pro- lessons and applications of World War I vides educational organizations features including email, online storage, calendars and file sharing within the university. -+ T$)* N*2#&$*) plomacy. They had been resolved peacefully lawyer-turned-politician-turned-President of “Currently, visiting students, facul- A''$'!*)! N#3' E($!,& or contained locally.” Czechoslovakia Edvard Benes — derived. ty and graduate students do not have a Zaretsky said it was this past, marked “In these three very brief examples, what Google account due to a variety of intel- The James A. Baker III Institute for Pub- by diplomatic scrambling and muddling we see is a bright, flashing cautionary tale lectual property and privacy reasons,” lic Policy hosted a panel discussion titled through, that political leaders in Europe re- about the so-called lessons of history,” Seipp Hossu, a Martel College senior, said. “The “Causes and Consequences of World War I: membered in 1914. said. “These were men who watched the same main issue that pops up is they are not of- Can the Past Speak to the Present?” on Thurs- “20,000,000 casualties, immeasurable war from different vantage points and who ficially part of the Rice University Google day, Sept. 29, featuring University of Houston horrors and hardship later, the world learned derived completely different lessons from it.” community, so any documents, surveys, Honors College Professor Robert Zaretsky, its lesson,” Zaretsky said. “We learn from past Those lessons were mutually contradic- etc. shared publicly to only members of the Associate Professor and Director of Graduate mistakes only to make new ones.” tory, Seipp said. Rice community will not be accessible to Studies Adam R. Seipp, Samuel McCann Pro- “In some cases, those lessons would lead them.” fessor of History Peter C. Caldwell and com- Carl Caldwell directly to state policies that, in part because According to Ribbeck, the IT depart- mentary by Bonner Means Baker Fellow Joe Caldwell said history seldom offers les- of what happened in the second World War, ment is modifying existing account-man- Barnes. sons, and it is important to analyze it at a spe- seem to us to be morally dubious or atro- agement software to automatically provide cific level, not a general one. cious,” Seipp said. “It was the lessons of visiting students with Rice Gmail accounts. Robert Zaretsky “[History] offers complex circumstances World War I, as absorbed by this cohort, that “There are two pieces to the process,” According to Zaretsky, the past itself does and unforeseen outcomes,” Caldwell said. would help to fundamentally shape the far Ribbeck said. “One is to ensure that any not speak. Rather, the interpreters — the his- “Historical actors are only ever partly aware bloodier war of the 1940s.” new incoming students who are marked as torians — try to make it speak, and when they of what’s going on around them; often, maybe Seipp said, if we want to understand Eu- visitors get a Gmail account. And then we ask if the past speaks to the present, they need usually, they’re surprised by outcomes. If we rope’s disaster fully, we need to see that the have to take care of migrating all of the ex- to specify which past, and which present. abstract from the specifics of an event to find two World Wars were fundamentally inter- isting visitors from the current mail system “The events of June, July and August of a general lesson, to try to utter a scientific ver- twined. to Google.” 1914 were not the beginning of the war,” Za- dict about the causes of war, we risk losing the “We have to look to a generation that was According to Manager of Rice IT Techni- retsky said. “Instead they were the beginning real dilemmas that historical actors actually not just butchered, that was not just slaugh- cal Communications Carlyn Chatfield, the of the end to a story that had begun years be- faced. In other words, the search for the les- tered, that was not just a lost generation,” IT department will migrate visiting stu- fore. But when it exactly did it begin? Did it son can actually obscure the history.” Seipp said. “It was a generation that absorbed dents’ RiceMail accounts to Gmail on Sept. begin in 1903, with the assassination of King Caldwell said the two World Wars seem to the lessons it had been taught in Flanders, on 30. Alexander and Queen Draga of Serbia? Or offer two big, general lessons about the origin the Isonzo River, in the forteresses in Galicia. “During the migration process, [visiting did it begin in the 1890s, Alfred von Schlief- of war. A generation that absorbed those lessons all students] will have access to new messages fen’s plans for a war fought on two fronts by “1914 seems to offer a lesson about what too well, even when those lessons were fun- immediately and [their] old messages will Germany, or did it begin with the so called happens when diplomacy fails and military damentally opposed to the lessons learned by be transferred at a rate of 1 message/sec- German War Council of 1912? Does this mean planning takes over — one must keep diplo- someone living across an international bor- ond until they have all been migrated,” we should forget 1892 and the Franco-Russian macy open to preserve the peace, right?” der.” Chatfield said in an email to affected stu- Entente?” Caldwell said. “When military plans are ac- dents. Zaretsky said where a historian decides tivated, all the good intentions of diplomats Joe Barnes Ribbeck said visiting undergraduate to enter a story is just as crucial as where she become useless with horrendous outcomes. Barnes said the question of when World students, like any other Rice student, will chooses to start her story. 1938, however, seems to offer the opposite War I begins and ends can be applied to the retain access to their email accounts for “It goes without saying that these deci- lesson — diplomatic efforts to preserve the current situation in Ukraine. eight months after they leave Rice. sions are made by the historian’s particular peace at all costs can lead to disastrous con- “You could quite plausibly say the crisis in “[Three months after they leave Rice], present, namely the way her own time and sequences.” the Ukraine is a mopping up operation at the we remove the ability for the students to be her own place have shaped the questions she According to Caldwell, underneath these end of a century-long struggle for mastery in able to change their passwords,” Ribbeck poses to the past,” Zaretsky said. lessons is also an interpretation of the event Europe, the first armed portion of which end- said. “All the services still work. Sometime People need to be careful about equating itself, as well as the interpretation of the event ed in essentially an armistice and a stalemate, in the fall, we start a cleanup process. We history with learning lessons, Zaretsky said. now that is compared to the past. the second portion of which ended in defeat of start doing communications with them, for “All of us, I suspect, know that famous “To declare, as some of our politicians Germany, the third portion of which ended in about two to three months. Generally in [quote] of George Santayana’s — those who have, that the situation in Syria today is like the defeat of the Soviet Union,” Barnes said. December or January, all the [graduated] cannot remember the past are doomed to re- 1938, is to make an assumption that something Barnes said he found all of the presenta- students are purged from the system. All peat it,” Zaretsky said. “But we forget that in Syria is like Nazi Germany,” Caldwell said. tions interesting. [their data] are gone.” Santayana was a philosopher and a poet. He “I’m not sure what — whether it’s [Bashar al-] “They gave us a small taste of how com- Bela Kelbecheva, a visiting student was not a practicing historian. In fact, is it not Assad’s regime, or whether it’s ISIS. The com- plex and contentious this issue remains after from Paris, said she is happy about this equally likely that those who do remember plexity makes it really hard to make a judge- a full century,” Barnes said. change because with her RiceMail account, the past are doomed either to repeat it, or to ment on the case at hand.” McMurtry College sophomore Ruby San- she has no access to other Google Apps re- make equally appalling mistakes? Consider chez said she particularly liked Caldwell and sources. the actions of the European leaders during the Adam Seipp Seipp’s speech for how they animatedly wove “[RiceMail] was OK to write emails,” summer of 1914. They were persuaded that the Seipp explored the question of what les- a narrative about the figures, governments Kelbecheva said. “But it’s impossible to de- July crisis of that year, sparked by the assas- sons those who participated in the first and conflicts that started the war and how lete mails on [RiceMail]. If you delete it, it sination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was World War, and later participated in the they lingered into the next one. still stays there, just crossed out. [RiceMail no different than the earlier crises that had second World War — namely French mili- “As a whole I thought [the discussion] was is] a bit inefficient overall, [and it is] hard traversed the continent, and that all of these tary commander Maurice Gamelin, German very interesting and well worth going to,” to find old emails. I’m happy that commu- crises had been surmounted by European di- Chancellor and war leader Adolf Hitler, and Sanchez said. nication within Rice is facilitated for me.” !

Examining Rice’s neglected outdoor spaces Honor Council Blanket Tax Hi, my name is Mitch, and I’ll be your guide is Founder’s Court. Home to the annual cam- movies or lawn games propagating. Rice bocce Contingency Committee for the Rice University Tour of Publically Ne- pus-wide water balloon fight during Beer Bike, league, anyone? should become priority glected Outdoor Spaces. Many outdoor spaces this grassy island exists to allow a wide vista of For some reason, movable furniture has not on campus exceed in beauty, like the grove out- Lovett Hall. It is empty due to its isolation from migrated to the academic quad. I saw a chair and side Brochstein Pavilion, the courtyards abut- campus, but it could accommodate impromptu table under the live oak in front of Fondren once The Student Association Blanket Tax Con- ting Anderson Hall and the Humanities Build- sporting events. and silently applauded them. With some tempo- tingency Committee has not yet convened an ing, and the engineering quad. As we shall see, As we pass through the Sallyport, you will see rary shade structure, the small lawns flanking official meeting to investigate Honor Council’s some spaces are equal in beauty and opposite in our next stop, the academic quad. The contrast Willy’s statue could become ideal work spaces finances after their SA Blanket Tax Standing utility. in foot traffic is extreme. The paved paths bear that maximize the chance for happenstance Committee referral last year. Honor Council Any good tour begins at the entrance. You see thousands of steps per day, while the hedged meetings between commuting friends. receives $2.00 in blanket tax money per student that we have walked little more than ten paces lawns sit pristine. You can see--oh, you have a Hope that answers your question. per year for a total of $7,900 (see p.1). before reaching our first stop, the main entrance question? How do I think the spaces could at- You may wonder why we have stopped in an The Thresher believes the SA should more groves. Here they lie, two flora-filled triangles tract more usage? Good question. First you need oft-used space, the Jamail Courtyard bounded highly prioritize the Honor Council’s blanket flanking the drive up to Lovett Hall. They are not awareness. Many folks don’t immediately think by the Humanities Building. But the next stop is tax review process. If the Standing Commit- forests but lawns liberally sprinkled with oaks, of these places as somewhere to gather or work the undeveloped area across from it. With a little tee does not make a decision soon, the entire pines, a few hollies, and the Huff House on the because they aren’t welcoming. The only bench love and paving, this unnamed square could 2014-15 blanket tax process could potentially be right. Their names are not widely known, if they in the quad wraps around the base of Willy’s stat- mirror the beautiful space in which we stand, affected, creating repercussions for all blanket exist, a clear clue to their minimal use. You may ue. With some chairs and tables, that changes. complete with its own gnarly oak. tax organizations. pass them on your way to the light rail stop or the But these changes need not be permanent. Our tour ends with the most neglected space. The Contingency Committee’s inaction in museum district and not acknowledge their exis- I actively support ethereal occupation. The ar- We approach it now. The engineering quad is response to the Honor Council’s referral reflects tence, as I have done a few times. If you do notice chitecture students hold their informal soccer to your right, and the mechanical engineering poorly on the SA’s organizational structure. If them, do you think to enter them? I have not set a league on the lawns in the fall, using the notched building to your left. As you pass the mechanical the SA cannot properly handle a procedure that foot in them. They feel like sacred groves, perpet- hedge design as goals, and ultimate frisbee engineering building, look right. so directly and causally affects other student ually deserted for a reason, a nonexistent reason. players have been known to toss the disc over Here it is. All I see are two huge, live oaks organizations, their institutional effectiveness Our next stop, conveniently straight ahead, the hedges. One could easily imagine outdoor stretching a veritable ceiling over the space and should, as a whole, be called into question. graciously tapering down the open side of the Additionally, Honor Council should re- courtyard to create a permeable fourth wall. It evaluate their ethics in the face of their referral. is not so much a courtyard as a courtroom. They Blanket tax organizations should never spend are the most considerate trees on campus. This $50 a person on a changeover dinner; doing so place begs to be inhabited, begs! Yet no one constitutes a blatant misuse of student funds. obliges because poor drainage often muddies Hopefully, public knowledge of this practice the ground. The tragedy is palpable. A little seat- will curb its excess. ing, a little firm ground is all you need. As organizations that receive student Any questions? You in the back? Ah, yes, why money, blanket tax organizations such as the do I give this tour. Because every photograph Thresher and Honor Council have a duty to of the academic quad is the same photograph. responsibly spend that money. When Honor And when I see a healthy old tree, I want to stick Council found that it rarely used all of its yearly a bench under it and sit for a while, and other budget, it should have accepted the decrease in people might like that too. blanket tax funding that was proposed in the Standing Committee proceedings, instead of maintaining a large surplus. No organization needs $29,000 in reserve funds for emergencies Mitch Mackowiak — that money could be used for many initia- is a Lovett College tives more important to the student body. sophomore The newly formed SA blanket tax pod should seriously consider how the review and and the contingency committees function. The current Thresher requirement of finding an organization in viola- opinions tion three out of four years makes it borderline impossible to effect changes in blanket tax editor funding. Student oversight over student money is absolutely imperative, and the process should reflect students’ abilities to create changes when necessary. The pod should work to ensure that something similar to Honor Council’s case does not happen in the future. Letter to the Editor: Honor Council’s case serves as a lesson There are three little things that annoy me to indicate official institutional pages, and thus, book page. Waseem Ahmad, a recent Rice grad- in student organizational ineffectiveness, not quite a bit: when people don’t say “thank you”; “Official Page” is redundant. Before this check uate who now works for Facebook, states that only for Honor Council, but also for the SA. It when people don’t hold the door open for you mark existed, the “Official Page” was necessary, though the process requires some verification, it begs the question, “How did Honor Council’s when you’re walking into a building right after but now, as Facebook has been updated, Rice is not complicated, and even says that he may be continual misuse of student money continue them; and the fact that our university Facebook needs to update its own page as well, like nearly able to waive the verification step if Rice’s page unabated?” page is named “Rice University Official Page” as every other university has done. Frankly, I’m em- administrator initiates a name-change request. Unsigned editorials represent the majority opposed to “Rice University.” barrassed that our social media department does In fact, Waseem and I have both emailed Rice’s opinion of the Thresher editorial staff. All other While Rice does pride itself on being uncon- not stay up to date on changes like this, especially Web and Social Media Specialist mentioning this opinion pieces represent solely the opinion of ventional, this is one instance in which I would fa- since our campus has thousands of college stu- change and offering our assistance, but to this the piece’s author. vor mirroring our “peer institutions.” In fact, Rice dents with extensive — perhaps too much — Face- date, neither of us has received any reply. is the only university listed in the top 50 of the U.S. book experience. Other Rice students and faculty have a News & World Report National University rank- Additionally, changing the page name would strong interest in this name change as well. Errata ings to have “Official Page” as part of their Face- make Rice more searchable, allow people to list While it may not seem significant, it would book name... Unconventional indeed. “Rice University Class of 2016” on their Facebook give our university a stronger Facebook pres- In the Sept. () issue of the Thresher, the The “peer institutions” argument aside, a profile (instead of “Rice University Official Page ence and look more competent in a social me- author of the article entitled “Jones School name change makes sense for several other rea- Class of 2016”), and have a more elegant and pres- dia setting. of Business develops Masters of Accounting sons. First and foremost, this page name makes it tigious feel, befitting a university of Rice’s stature. Program” is listed as Hannah Todd. The ac- appear that Rice does not know how to use social So is such a change even possible? Indeed Spencer Seballos tual author is Tessa Fries. media. Facebook already uses a blue check mark it is, by going into the page settings of the Face- Brown College junior

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In retrospect, it’s easy to label what each year sounded like in music. 1969 was psychedelic rock music; 1977 was disco; 1985 was new wave (and Bruce Springsteen); 1991 was grunge; 1999 was teen pop stars; 2012 was dubstep. It’s much "#$%&'() +'#%+' -'./&& more difficult to describe what the Fifth-year architecture student Nathan Keibler and junior architecture students Monica Burckhardt and George Hewitt construct Soundworm out- “sound of today” is. For one thing, side of Fondren Library. The project emerged from the Rice School of Architecture’s Spring Charette and will open Friday, Oct. 3. each year brings more genre cross- over than the year before it, from Taylor Swift featuring dubstep pro- duction to Avicii featuring a folk bal- Interdisciplinary team creates public art installation lad. Additionally, as streaming and MP3 downloading become more and !" K&"/#$ S0*#$12 hooked up to microphones in various places donors and the electrical engineering department. more popular, to the point where far A"%$ & E(%#"%&)(1#(% E/)%+" around campus. The microphones will stream “It’s so nice to be a student, because people more students listen to Spotify than sounds live to the sculpture so students can en- want to support you,” Eichner said. “That’s some- the radio, popular taste becomes di- If you’ve been a good student this semester counter multiple parts of campus at once. thing I wish more students realized — now’s the vergent as individuals develop keen, and have been hanging in Fondren Library a lot, “We knew we wanted to do something with time to push and experiment, because people in eclectic tastes. So that’s why listen- you’re bound to have noticed the giant, bright-yel- sound, rather than focusing on a visual element,” the community want to help you. It still won’t be ing to the excellent second album, low pipe situated to its right. While Soundworm, Hewitt said. “You get enough of that with cell easy, but at least you’re not doing it on your own.” Wonder Where We Land, by British as it’s called, may appear delightfully minimal- phones and computers, and we wanted to go with Eichner and Hewitt said they want the piece to electronic musician SBTRKT should istic, there is more than meets the eye. In fact, a different medium. And we thought a sound fo- express the concept of multiple points being ac- both amaze and confound listeners; Soundworm is Rice University’s first ever student- cus was intriguing —we imagined that sensation cessed in one space. it’s composed of everything popular created public art installation. of curiosity you experience when you hear noises “We want students to just walk by and hear now but still carves out its space as The project was the winning entry in the Rice in the grass and want to discover what’s there.” these sounds out of context,” Hewitt said. “So an album unlike any other released School of Architecture’s Spring Charette, a design The project took nine months and involved at one point of the structure you might hear a this year. competition in which architecture students must collaboration from numerous people and depart- weightlifter groan, while at another point you’ll SBTRKT, also known as Aaron conceptualize and complete a design in a limited ments at Rice. At least six electrical engineering hear a coffee machine whistle. We’ll keep chang- Jerome, released a couple of EPs in amount of time. This past year, six teams compet- students helped out, as well as local art aficiona- ing locations as frequently possible, searching for 2010 before dropping his self-titled ed, each of which was required to include a team dos, Rice Public Art and the IT Department. different ways to curate space, so it can always be debut album in 2011, bringing him member of another academic discipline. “It really shocked me how many different de- evolving.” to the center of the electronic music Sophie Eichner, a Lovett College junior, helped partments you have to deal with to be sure you’re Eichner and Hewitt also said they hope stu- scene as well as some radio play in organize the project with Austin Jarvis, a fifth-year respecting everyone’s space with a project like dents won’t view the work passively. the form of the single “Wildfire,” architecture student. this,” Hewitt said. “For instance, clearly we’re “Feel free to climb on it!” Eichner said. “Don’t featuring Little Dragon (and later “We were interested in this relationship be- right next to Fondren, so there was some concern be afraid of playing around.” remixed by Drake). That album was tween digital and physical public spaces and how about the noise. The project’s sitting on perfectly- Eichner said she also hopes the project will an up-tempo, dance-focused elec- this could be manifested,” Eichner said. “That manicured grass, we’re using power, we’re using give other students the confidence to pursue their tronic collection heavily featuring was the theme we wanted to push.” Ethernet cables… the list goes on.” own large-scale initiatives. frequent collaborator Sampha on Eichner and Jarvis identified electrical engi- Eichner began helping with the project shortly “We’re truly in unchartered territory, and I vocals. With fast-paced, vocal-heavy neering students from the EtherNest collective to after Hewitt’s win. hope it sets a precedent,” Eichner said. “I hope tracks, it arrived perfectly at the cen- join teams. The students prepared a prompt, pre- “I definitely didn’t intend to get as involved as students see this and think, ‘If they can do it, we ter of a summer full of electronic pop sented their ideas and then had two days to design I did,” Eichner said. “But I ended up doing a lot can,’ and also that the administration can feel music dominated by Rihanna, David the project and make a presentation. The designs of the interfacing with the administration. These confident helping students construct even bigger Guetta and Calvin Harris. were judged by a jury panel that included archi- kinds of projects just require a lot of different skills and better projects.” In the three years since then, tecture and visual arts faculty and a few notable and resources, so everyone on the team has a big The public reception for Soundworm will be we’ve seen a delicate movement to- figures from the Houston art scene. The winning role to play.” Friday, Oct. 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the Smith Courtyard ward slower, more abstract, R&B- team had six members: Rice 2014 alums Adelina One challenge Eichner and Hewitt faced was outside the Anderson building. Hewitt and Eich- focused projects. Newcomers James Koleva and Juan Borbon, fifth-year architecture raising enough money to complete the project. ner also encourage students to check the project Blake and Frank Ocean rewrote the students Juncheng Yang and Nathan Keibler, Dun- “That’s what you learn about construction,” out online at soundworm.wordpress.com. book on what R&B could sound like can College senior Lydia Smith and Duncan junior Hewitt said. “It’s always more expensive and takes “I’m just so excited for it to be done,” Hewitt and what stories it could tell, while George Hewitt. They were awarded $6,000 to turn longer than you think it will.” said. “Once we hear noises coming out of those pop musicians and rappers alike their design into a reality. Eventually, they were able to secure donations pipes we’ve been staring at for months and 0see SBTRKT, page 7 The result is Soundworm, a 26-foot pipe from groups such as Rice Public Art, individual months, we’ll be flying high.”

THE GANDHI OPA! PAGANINI IGGY BABY WEEKLY With 130 works including paintings, Live out your Mediterranean fantasy Turns out you don’t even have to leave Yeah, you read that right — world- drawings, photographs, prints, sculp- at the 48th Annual Greek Festival this campus this weekend for a fun, so- famous Australian rapper Iggy SCENE tures and rare books, the Menil’s latest Thursday, Oct. 2 through Sunday, Oct. phisticated evening. Just strut down to Azalea is coming to Houston Oct. Hamman Hall this Oct. 2-4 to watch the The editors’ picks exhibition is the first international proj- 5. This four-day fest boasts authentic 3. Gaining international recogni- Rice Players. Paganini tells the story of for this week’s ect to explore the diverse contributions food, folk dancing and live music. The tion for her eclectic and sometimes a mad genius violinist in a dream-like best events. Time and ideas put forth by the image of non- Greeks are famous for their celebra- controversial music, Iggy is also the fashion, accompanied by beautiful, ee- fourth solo female rapper ever to to explore the violence himself, Gandhi. The installa- tions — you won’t want to miss this. top the Hot 100. Tickets are $39.50. wonderful world tion is on display Oct. 2 through Feb. 1. rie music. Tickets are $15 for students. of Houston. A((-(,)&%)+( G"##. O"%!+/+0 M#()* C+**#,%)+( C&%!#/"&* R),# U()2#"$)%3 B&3+- M-$), C#(%#" 1515 S-* R+$$ S%. 3511 Y+&.-1 B*2/. H&11&( H&** 520 T#0&$ A2#. !"#$%.&'( ('"")*"+,$-.%.&'( 3%.0"'+./%&(.'$2"."41 /.0&1!1+$22"#,"'.2&! W#()#'(*+, O%!,-#& ., /0.1 !"# R$%# T"&#'"#& A&E !

by Raury and is chock full of lush synth pro- theme and story to tell, that being old money album and serves as a breakthrough in style 0 duction, but the slow boom-bap of the bass in the neo-gothic New York City, with Koe- for SBTRKT. SBTRKT and snare never breaks tempo, with SBTRKT nig’s smooth delivery perfectly enunciating Other highlights include the emotion- !"#$ %&'( 6 instead choosing to increase volume on the playful alliterations and assonance in lines drenched piano and vocal crooner “If It Hap- high-pitched, scream-like synths, creating pens,” as well as the intriguing closing track made a collective move toward the smooth- the song’s climax. The track also features “Voices In My Head,” which takes a dark, er, slower, sultrier side of music (see Drake, descriptive lyrics with clever wordplay, a noir jazz band through the electronic wash- Lorde and Pharrell, who were featured every- treat in the oft-overlooked lyric sheet of the Notable tracks: ing machine into the future and features no- where). SBTRKT’s new album is an exercise electronic music genre: “Use a fake ID to buy table New York rapper A$AP Ferg as he eerily in electronic abstraction. It is most certainly some cigarettes from the bodega / ate a pack 2. “Wonder Where We Land” brings the song to coda with the repetition of not a dancey album, the trait that made his of bad karma didn’t pay for now and laters / 6. “Look Away” “Voices in my head, voices in my head.” The debut so irresistible to begin with. Such a but my life is full of sufferings that happen 9. “New Dorp. New York.” dense texture of the tracklist and numerous drastic change in style could spell doom for now and later.” 12. “If It Happens” guest vocalists (including Jessie Ware, among many musicians, but luckily SBTRKT has “Look Away” combines all the tricks of 15. “Voices In My Head” others) make this an album ripe for repeated moved in the exact direction the rest of the the modern sample-heavy electronic game, listening. While nearly none of the songs are world has. with soaring, zithering theremin-like synths, Album available for $9.99 on simple, the mood is: swanky R&B brought to The opener and title track “Wonder Where blaring siren horns, backwards drums and iTunes. life with spooky synths, either very high or We Land” features Sampha once again, but haunting, tinkling pianos all graced by the low in the register, and spacious, unpredict- rather than pitting him against a flurry of soprano vocals of Caroline Polachek. All this able rhythmic patterns. That SBTRKT was breakbeats, he is instead backed by sparse building and climaxing in the first half of the able to take components from all faces of bass notes and bright piano chords before a album leads to an unexpected drop in energy like “Flags flappin’ in Manhattan” and “Gar- current pop music and still create something flurry of falsetto voices, sped up and played on the standout track “New Dorp. New York.” goyles garglin’ oil.” The downtempo track, that sounds both surprising and infective is backwards, breaking the minimalism of the Featuring Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig nearly all drum and shaker, stands against a testament to his ability not just as a DJ and song wide open. “Higher” features rapping on vocals, this is a song with a distinctive the lavish production found throughout the producer, but as a songwriter. ! A&E !"# R$%# T"&#'"#& W#()#'(*+, O%!,-#& ., /0.1

Menil Collection to launch This Week in Entertainment!" L#$%& L'&&'( Bistro Menil with cask wine #$ W%&'() P()*%)+&( preserve the remaining wine’s freshness. Because T,-(.,(- S+%// the steel casks maximize crisp characteristics in wine, the wines will be mineral, fruit-driven and The Menil Collection will open its namesake receive no oak aging. restaurant, Bistro Menil, just north of Richmond The bistro will feature a daily happy hour Avenue by the end of this month. The bistro aims named “This is not a happy hour,” a nod to the to be Houston’s first large-scale cask wine bar famous René Magritte painting, The Treachery of and will also serve craft beer, along with a range Images, formerly housed in the gallery. Martin ex- of familiar European and American dishes. Greg plained that, since high-profile museums like the Martin, former chef of Café Annie and Taco Mila- Prado, Centre Pompidou and Museum of Modern gro, will lead the kitchen, while Sean Essex, who Art began adding restaurants to their campuses, previously worked with Jackson and Company museum bistros have become a worldwide trend Catering and City Kitchen Catering, will head the benefiting both restaurateurs and museum direc- )#$(*'&" !+$' ),-%( craft beer and cask wine programs. tors. B!"#$"#$ B%&' T() S*#+("#) – B,%') S(),-.# The beer program will focus on local Texan “We have a unique location in a park-like set- microbrews, while the wine list will center on ting, and there’s not a whole lot being offered [in ALBUM classic European and Western American regions, that area] right now,” Martin said. Since appearing on NBC’s The Voice, Blake Shelton has seen his fan base reach into the which will showcase the strengths of the cask To fill that void, Bistro Menil plans to offer en- mainstream and has become one of the more well-known country stars in the nation. His last storage method. trees ranging in price to accommodate multiple album, Based on a True Story… gave him his highest first-week sales yet, and his newest release “We had to pick something at some point,” types of dining experiences. gives him a chance to top that. His ninth studio album features his lead single “Neon Light,” Martin said. “Sean’s developed a really elegant “We want something that’s really approach- which has charted in the top 10 on the Billboard Country charts, as well as 11 other new tracks. wine list, focusing on Italy, France, Spain, a little able for the casual diner, so on our lunch menu Germany, California, Washington and Oregon.” we wanted to have sandwiches, flatbreads and Cask wine, also referred to as “wine on tap,” salads — very approachable, more economic is simply wine stored in metal kegs. Although, in fare,” Martin said. “At dinner, we expect people the past, cask wine has been likened to keg beer will have more of an entree driven experience, and box wine as a low quality and unfashionable you can come in with that someone special and beverage, interest has surged recently due to its split a half bottle of the house rose with a Caesar low environmental impact. salad and a pizza and be out for under $40, or “The movement in Western Europe and the you can come in for a special occasion and have a United States for the last 20 years has been to much bigger experience.” make all wineries biodynamically sustainable, As opening day approaches, Martin said he and in California, Washington and Oregon there’s remains confident that the restaurant and its cask been a real boom focusing on how we can make wine system will become important fixtures in the the greenest product possible, and the greenest Houston restaurant scene. way to get the product to the guest is in casks,” “I think Houstonians are suffering from some- Martin said. thing I call $12-a-glass Chardonnay fatigue, and The casks are made of steel similar to the tanks I think they want a break from it,” Martin said. that many wines are conditioned in and hold 26 “They want to be able to go some place and get a bottles worth of wine for up to 60 days, insert- good six, seven or eight dollar glass of wine, and )#$(*'&" $.%1'(&-+ ing nitrogen into the cask as wine is removed to this is the way to do it.” C()/ BLU!RAY, STREAMING & DVD This indie hit written by, directed by and starring Jim Favreau (Swingers) tells the story of a professional chef who leaves his career at an established Los Angeles restau- Should you judge your rommie rant to start a food truck in Miami. Featuring a strong supporting cast, including Sofia Vergara (Modern Family), Dustin Hoffman (Quartet) and Favreau’s Iron Man co-star Rob- for consuming an entire pizza? ert Downey, Jr., this critical favorite should find a large audience in home entertainment. "# K$#%&' S()&'*+ ceptable form of entertainment and an essential A-+. & E)+(-+%0)*()+ E'0+1- medium for social connection. Alternatively, we also commonly fetishize A quick disclaimer: I almost didn’t write this food in a health context. In this regard, which article. Though I had some ideas milling around is notably leveraged by the diet industry, food in my head for a while, I also know that writers is a device for achieving physical attractiveness far more astute than I have covered nearly ev- and vitality, and thus (read between the lines), erything that could ever be written about food. sex. If I eat this really expensive kale, I will However, after some deliberation, I decided this eventually be able to woo the girl down the hall. phenomenon in itself is probably a good starting Through this lens, food may also take on a point. Where do our ideas about food come from? very negative connotation: as a dangerous Let’s start with a quick and quite incom- indulgence, jeopardizing one’s happiness plete refresher on the Marxist concept of and goals, that must be controlled, man- “commodity-exchange values.” Marx claims aged and restricted. capitalism leads consumers and producers These constructs work against each other to stop evaluating the worth of items based to create a profound sense of anxiety in both on their “use-value,” that is, the value that guys and girls. If I indulge myself, I am di- reflects their ability to fulfill people’s needs recting myself toward the carefree, social )#$(*'&" 20*, )'.*$(" /#0 and the labor that went into making them. In- existence I want, but I am simultaneously A##%0),,) stead, they participate in a market in which destroying my chances at achieving the at- they are required to equate certain items for tractiveness and “health” I desire. I will not IN THEATERS each other. This then leads market partici- extrapolate so far as to say that this dichoto- pants to start relying on an inaccurate “com- my is responsible for the development of eat- Following in the footsteps of the surprise 2013 box-office success horror film The Conjur- modity-exchange value,” a loose value based ing disorders, but it certainly contributes to a ing, this prequel spin-off arrives in theatres just in time for the beginning of the Halloween on personal appraisal versus facts of produc- deep, psychological tension over food. Every season. When a family acquires an antique doll, they end up getting more than they paid tion. Consumers may begin to “fetishize” decision about food is fraught with guilt and for when a supernatural, satanic cult mysteriously begins to threaten them and invade their certain items, or favor them well above their anxiety. The piece of cake is not just food any- home. R. 99 minutes. use-value for personal reasons. For example, more, it’s a dessert with many different mean- someone (ahem, me) might be willing to buy ings layered over it — many of which we can a handbag for far over its production cost just contribute to big business and media, others because of its brand name. which are just a product of our upbringings American conceptions of food are inter- and social environments. esting because they include two completely My solution to this problem is fantasti- contradictory fetishes affecting commodity- cal, and I realize that. However, perhaps at exchange value. First, there’s the “food as a the very least, it’s worth shooting for. I pro- social/entertainment” mechanism. Instead of pose we acknowledge the ideological notions tying food purely to its capacity to nourish, or we have about food and do our best to strip even its taste, we may connect food to a desir- them away at mealtime. Further, we need to able, carefree lifestyle. This is best represented stop shaming and judging others who do not by commercials portraying couples drinking comply with the particular food ideology we Coke on the beach; children swinging while hold. If your pal turns down pizza, leave him snacking on chicken nuggets; people eating alone: He’s just not hungry. Don’t construe a chips at a party. We may want to pretend we’re larger meaning from a simple choice. Similar- above these advertising ploys, but really, we’re ly, if you walk in on your roommate pounding not — especially as college students. A great down chocolate-covered peanuts like there’s )#$(*'&" $.%1'(&-+ party or night with friends requires a very dis- no tomorrow, resist forming an opinion of the tinctive selection of food: typically sugar, pizza act. She’s either A) nourishing herself or B) A!- O//"&"%, A$) – P!"#&) and other caloric bombs. And further, this does stimulating her serotonin receptors. Neither not just work in the positive. To reject unhealthy motive is your business. ALBUM foods in a social setting is often to be criticized In other words, how we eat, what we eat and The 34th studio album from the visionary R&B artist will be released on the same day for vanity or rigidity. I’ve encountered this fre- when we eat are questions that perhaps do not as Plectrumelectrum, a collaborative album with his all-female touring band 3rdEyeGirl. quently enough at Rice: If I turn down dessert or deserve the significance we place on them. The This hotly-anticipated 13-song collection includes all new tracks composed, produced and food in general in social settings, I run the risk more frequently we stop forwarding a discourse performed by Prince. The album is also notable for being released during the 30th anni- of being criticized or reprimanded. Thus, food is that places so much power in our food, the less versary of Purple Rain and as a return to Warner Bros. Records, from whom he split 18 no longer “food” in its strict definition; rather, we will beat ourselves up about how we eat. At years ago. it has taken on a new identity as a socially ac- the end of the day, it’s just a piece of cake. Sports is on Twitter. Get the scoop at twitter.com/ThresherSports ! Football earns first victory by Evan Neustater S!"#$% E&'$"# Rice vs. Southern Miss !"-"#

The Rice University football team claimed their first victory of the season on Saturday, Sept. 27 by defeating the University of South- ern Mississippi 42-23. The Owls (1-3, 1-1 C-USA) outgained the Golden Eagles 393 to 323 in yards, including a 217 to 40 advantage in rushing yards. Sopho- more running back Jowan Davis led the team in rushing for the third time this season, gain- ing 131 yards on 29 carries and adding two touchdowns. Davis now has 400 yards rush- ing on the season and 281 over the past two conference matchups. Sophomore quarterback Driphus Jackson also threw for 178 yards and two scores on the night, bringing his season total to 728 yards and six touchdowns. Up 20-16 with just over a minute remaining in the third quarter, Jack- son hit redshirt senior wide receiver Mario Hull on a 40 yard pass into the endzone, giv- "#$%&''& ($%)(*%)/+,$&),&$ ing the Owls an 11-point lead that would help Freshman forward Jessica Johnston handles the ball against Louisiana Tech University on Sept. 28. The Owls won both games last weekend, de- secure the victory. According to Jackson, the feating Southern Miss 4-0 and Louisiana Tech 6-0. Rice is now 6-1-2 on the season, including a perfect 2-0 in conference play. play was critical to the game’s outcome. “We needed those big plays,” Jackson said. “Mario [Hull] came through for us, and at the end of the day, that’s what we expect out of him. Obviously Mario is a great receiver Soccer outscores opponents !"-", for us, we just have to do a better job of capi- talizing on all the opportunities in the game.” Head Coach David Bailiff said the team’s success is a result of the trials the team has heads to road to face conference foes gone through since the season began. “We’ve hung together since the opening by Michael Kidd strike from junior forward Lauren Hughes. Hargreaves said starting conference play with game at Notre Dame, and we’ve just contin- T(#)%()# S$*++ The Owls carried Friday’s offensive produc- the success they did will give the team confidence ued to work and continued to improve,” Bai- tion into Sunday afternoon’s game against Louisi- moving forward. liff said. “Even though we were not winning, ana Tech. The Owls connected on six more goals “The dominance we as a team played with is we were getting better.” Rice vs. Southern Miss against the Bulldogs, led by Hargreaves. Her ca- so encouraging,” Hargreaves said. “Our drive and Senior defensive back Jaylon Finner said reer-day earned her the school single-game record our strength [was] incredible… [and] we are ready the team’s improvements have stemmed from for goals scored in a match and the school record to bring the intensity we brought this weekend to practice and their desire to avenge the three !-$ for goals in Rice history. Lauren Hughes added every game we play.” consecutive losses that began the season. a 75th minute goal and stretched the lead to 5-0. Hargreaves said she credits her four-goal game “We knew that we didn’t perform our best Hughes’s 23rd goal of her career leaves her two to her teammates for their passing and giving her last week against Old Dominion, so we just Rice vs. Louisiana Tech behind her current teammate, Hargreaves, who scoring opportunities. put it on ourselves,” Finner said. “We came has 25. “My game was truly owed to the people around out and practiced hard this week, put it on The steady play of the Rice defensive line me,” Hargreaves said. “The assists and combina- ourselves to perform and get turnovers this %-$ helped back the offense. Senior goalkeeper Amy tion leading up to the goals is what creates the week. That’s why we work hard to do it, so we Czyz posted back-to-back shutouts for the Owls, opportunities; I was just in the right place at the can show out on Saturday.” The Rice University soccer team (6-1-2, 2-0 C- giving her five this season. The two opposing right time.” Senior kicker James Hairston was removed USA) played at home this past weekend to open teams combined for only six shots on goal through Czyz said the team’s improvement from last of his kicking duties after beginning the sea- their 2014 Conference USA schedule. The Owls two games. year’s 7-8-3 team is owed to the team’s sense of son by making two of six field goals. Red- took two more victories to add to their streak of Head Coach Nicky Adams said she was ex- camaraderie. shirt junior kicker/punter James Farrimond, unbeaten matches, which now stands at eight tremely pleased with the way her team opened “This team has been through a lot,” Czyz said. who has only punted thus far in his career, games. Rice defeated the University of Southern Conference USA play this past weekend. “Most of us have felt what it is to be dominant and replaced Hairston for field goal duties and Mississippi 4-0 at home on Friday night. The Owls “I’m so proud of our starters for getting it done win, but also experienced what it is to struggle made both of his field goals and all five of his followed up that performance with a 6-0 defeat early [against Southern Miss],” Adams said. “This and lose. Collectively, we made a decision to get extra point attempts against Southern Miss. over Louisiana Tech University, in which junior game was extremely special because every player back to that winning mentality from our previous According to Farrimond, the new position Holly Hargreaves scored four goals. on the roster got playing time. Obviously, to follow years… and simply enjoy playing together. That’s has been a frightening but exciting transition. On Friday night, the Owls got on the board first that up with a demanding 6-0 win over [Louisi- been the difference maker for us this year.” “That was my first collegiate, actually in the 16th minute of the game. Senior midfielder ana] Tech was phenomenal.” The Owls will head out on the road this up- high school or anything, field goal, so that Gabriela Iribarne scored her first goal of the season Recognizing that the Owls have not lost since coming weekend to face two in-state Conference was pretty nerve-wracking at first,” Farri- on a header that snuck by the far post. The assist Aug. 22, Adams said she believes opposing teams USA opponents. Beginning Friday night at 7 p.m., mond said. “But once it went through [the on the goal was credited to sophomore Jenny Fich- will try to end their unbeaten streak. the Owls will take on the University of Texas, goalposts], I was just like, ‘Wow, I really can era, who, just six minutes later, put Rice up 2-0 “When we consider the way we are playing San Antonio. Following the match, the Owls will do this.’” with a penalty kick. The Owls took a season-high right now and the success we have had this sea- play again Sunday afternoon at the University of The Owls will return home next week to 24 shots on the night and produced 11 corners. The son, we know that the target on our back is only Texas, El Paso. Kickoff for the game is scheduled take on the University of Hawai’i, a non- fourth goal of the first half came on a long distance getting bigger,” Adams said. for 2 p.m. 0see !""#$%&&, page 10 Rice Rugby finds on-field success despite underdog status by Kevin Mohanram considering the relative size of other schools in schools they play. “Conditioning is the key,” Grizzaffi, a Will Rice +"# T() T(#)%()# the state. “Rice Rugby is at a severe disadvantage,” junior, said. “You have two 40-minute halves of “We finished in third place last year in con- Flores said. “We go to a school where there’s running clock, and it becomes way easier when Rice University Rugby opened its fall 2014 ference,” Flores, a Will Rice College junior, around [4,000] undergraduates, and most you’re conditioned. We try to take practices very season with a victory over Stephen F. Austin said. “We took second in the Texas cup, a 16- schools that we play have 30,000. So, for us, try- hard and motivate [the players] and push for that State University, winning 24-22. The rugby team team tournament of all the best rugby teams in ing to find 20 or 30 guys to play rugby is a tough extra conditioning, because then it’s way more is not unaccustomed to success, however. Last Texas. The previous year, we went to nation- task. The more people we have at practice, the fun when you win on game day.” season, the team finished as the runners-up in als. For the second-smallest Division I school better the practice is. Anybody who is even Flores knows the rules of rugby are difficult the state of Texas. Rice defeated Sam Houston with only [four] thousand people, I think that’s thinking about playing rugby should come out to understand for many who come out to games, State University in the semifinals of the Texas pretty good.” to a couple [of] practices. Give it a shot. Play in and he said the team is taking steps to make the Cup 53-22, and then suffered a loss to St. Ed- According to Flores, the team is actively a B side match.” game more approachable to any students who ward’s University in the championship match. recruiting members. Despite last week’s win, According to Rugby captain Alan Grizzaffi, want to come out and watch. Rugby president Greg Flores said the team’s Flores said the team needs more numbers in the athleticism required to play rugby makes it “It’s definitely a complicated game,” Flores recent success has been impressive, especially order to remain competitive with the larger one of the most intense club sports. 0see '()$* page 11 !" SPORTS !"# R$%# T"&#'"#& W#()#'(*+, O%!,-#& ., /0.1 0FOOTBALL !"#$ %&'( 9 Volleyball splits away weekend conference games conference opponent who is also currently by Julie Doar Head Coach Genny Volpe said the team’s of- was a fun and competitive match, but it definite- 1-3 on the year. Hawai’i has not lost by T!"#$!#" $%&'' fense performed well against Southern Miss. ly hurts when you are not on the winning side.” more than 12 points this season, including “I was glad to see us come out so fo- Volpe said she is pleased with how hard the one-point and eight-point losses to Pac-12 cused,” Volpe said. “We can do some impres- team fought. opponents the University of Washington Rice vs. Southern Miss sive things when we do that. Our offense was “I was proud of how the team stuck to the and Oregon State University, respectively. pretty solid all evening, and I felt like we game plan; it was a battle, and we never backed Despite defeating Southern Miss, Bailiff made some solid adjustments in set two when down,” Volpe said. said the team will have to remain focused !-" they were getting hot.” Volpe said senior Jillian Humphrey, junior on its next opponent and winning its sec- Volpe also said she felt gratitude towards Kyley Reed and sophomore Sara Blasier — who ond game of the season. The Rice University women’s volleyball team the Rice football team, who also played at is No. 38 in the country in assists per set — had “It was a big win, the first one in con- (11-5) won one game and lost another this past Southern Miss over the weekend, for attending standout performances this weekend ference,” Bailiff said. “We got Hawai’i com- weekend. The Owls gained a 3-0 victory against the game. “[Humphrey] had a great match and played ing to town, so we’ll enjoy this one on the the University of Southern Mississippi while “We also really want to thank our Rice foot- like a senior,” Volpe said. “[Reed] was key com- flight home, and then everything is about in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on Friday Sept. 26. ball team and Coach Bailiff for bringing the ing in and getting key kills at critical times. getting that winning streak at home going After the shutout victory, the team traveled to football team to support us,” Volpe said. “It was [Blasier] played solid[ly] and led the team well.” again.” Bowling Green, Kentucky, only to fall 3-2 in a awesome to have them cheering us on the road.” Volpe said, while they suffered a rough close match against Western Kentucky Univer- While she was pleased with the win against loss on Sunday, the team gained experience sity. Southern Miss, Volpe said Rice did not play as that will aid them in the upcoming matches The weekend performance stands as the first strongly in the WKU match. against the University of North Texas, UTEP two Conference USA matches of the season. The “We came out pretty flat and just didn’t pro- and Charlotte. Football team will return home to face the University of duce,” Volpe said. “Giving a team like WKU a “We now need to carry this over into next Texas, El Paso and Charlotte University this two-set lead is not something anyone wants to week,” Volpe said. “We will be tough to beat if Calendar weekend. do. In the third and fourth set, we settled in. It we take this valuable match and learn from it.”

Oct. 4 Powderpuff Standings Hawaii Oct. 11 Army Sid 4-0 GSA 2-1 Brown 1-3 Oct. 25 North Texas Lovett 3-1 Duncan 1-2 McMurtry 0-2 Nov. 1 FIU Martel 3-0 Wiess 1-2 Baker 0-2 Nov. 8 UTSA WRC 2-1 Hanszen 1-2 Jones 0-2 W#()#'(*+, O%!,-#& ., /0.1 !"# R$%# T"&#'"#& !!

said. “But we do enjoy the sense of brotherhood 0RUGBY that we bring about. We have community ser- !"#$ %&'( 9 vice; we’re not out there to just go mess around, we try to give back to the community. We hope said. “Something we get a lot is, ‘Yeah, it looked that the Rice community doesn’t just see us as great, but I wasn’t really sure what was going those frat boys out there.” on.’ This year, we’re going to get a scoreboard Flores also said the chemistry that the team out to the field. I know one of the problems with shares is a direct result of the team playing such watching rugby is that a lot of people are unfa- a violent and competitive game together. miliar with the rules, but if they can tell who’s “A lot of our best friends happen to be on the winning, it would help.” team,” Flores said. “But I think I bond a little According to Flores, rugby games are a great more with someone that’s out there, hitting form of entertainment, and he encourages stu- other guys with me, sweating and bleeding. It’s dents to come watch. definitely a brotherhood, something we take “I think [games have] a great atmosphere,” very seriously.” Flores said. “There [are] a lot of big hits. You’re The next home rugby game is on Saturday, seeing fifteen guys out there working hard, put- Oct. 18 against Texas State University. Grizzaffi ting it all on the line, and working as a team to said it could be a crucial game for the outcome try to represent our school. It’s really entertain- of the season. ing to watch.” “That could be the biggest game in terms of Off the field, the rugby team has developed who wins conference, so it would be great to a reputation as a “fraternity” due to their ca- have a huge crowd,” Grizzaffi said. “It would maraderie and team events. According to Griz- pump the players up even more. Our goal is zaffi, however, the comparison is not entirely to win conference, nothing less. [This game] accurate. could turn the tide on how the conference “I wouldn’t say it’s a fraternity,” Grizzaffi shapes out.” Rugby Calendar

Oct. 4 UH Nov. 8 Alumni Game Oct. 18 Texas State Nov.15-16 SWC Champ.

Oct. 25 UNT Jan. 17 Baylor

Nov. 1 Texas A&M Jan. 31- !"#$%&&% '#$(')$(/*+#%(+%# Texas Cup Brown College senior Maggie Colson avoids a Duncan College player during their game on Feb. 14 Sunday, Sept. 28. Brown won the contest 18-13 and next plays Martel College on Sunday, Nov. 5. Duncan next plays McMurtry College on Sunday, Nov. 5. The win gives Brown and Duncan 1-3 and 1-2 records on the season, respectively. !" BACKPAGE !"# R$%# T"&#'"#& W#()#'(*+, O%!,-#& ., /0.1

RINGS MILK One striking trend appears to be the fact that The price of the Rice Ring shocked the world this By far the greatest single contributor to campus’s Rice now has a satirical outlet that adds to campus year when it remained static for the first consecu- optimistic sentiment occurred last week when SeIbel discourse in The Rice Mockingbird. tive year. (East) servery made available, for the first time, one “It’s been a long three years with no source of “Unprecedented!” Houston-area ring specialist percent milk. satirical journalism on campus,” Reed Thornburg, a Johnny Dang said. “How am I supposed to com- “Before today I had to bring my own centrifuge to Hanszen College senior, said. “How was I supposed pete with this at my store Johnny Dang’s & Co? I lunch to meticulously combine whole and skim milks to discourse through humor with other students? It mean, it’s basically a discount considering inflation cartons and then throw half out,” Christine Jeong, a was a nightmare.” adjustment and the relatively strong international Lovett College senior and mixed martial artist, said. But seniors aren’t the only ones catching the gold market.” “Now, I don’t have to do that. I just pick up the pink funny bug. The static price of the rings, while economically one.” “The Mockingbird changed my life,” Michael mystifying, has generated quite a buzz on campus. However, while other students agreed the addition Portal, a McMurtry College sophomore, said. “It’s “Yeah I got the ring because my brother went was an incremental step in the right direction, they got jokes and pictures. And most importantly it’s a to A&M and drank his ring out of a beer, and then questioned its necessity. vehicle for change.” asked his fiancee to marry him with it,” Grant Pat- “Personally, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal, It is hard to believe that something like this has terson, a McMurtry senior, said. primarily because the set of all linear combinations of not existed since the 1980s, but it certainly is turn- But the excitement appears not to be limited to 1, 2 and 5, with real coefficients, is actually equivalent ing the tides on Rice’s perception that the school is North Campus. to the same set using only 2 and 5,” David Garner, a getting worse. “I’m just excited that the price of the ring didn’t Mathematics weiner and Hanszen senior, said. go up so I didn’t have to kill Deagol on a rowboat Aside from a few people crying over spilled milk, during a family fishing trip,” Trahald, a Jones Col- the change has largely been meet with exultation. lege senior and early Hobbit type, said. “I used the “I know in the past people leave Rice thinking the money I saved (in real terms) to get the inscription best days of the university are in the past, but I refuse I wanted: ‘Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, to cling to such petty nostalgia, Miniver Cheevy,” ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.’” Marcel Merwin, a Jones senior and highfalutin literati, said. “I was originally planning on using the money I saved (in real terms) on my Rice Ring on one percent milk, but now I don’t have to. If this new milk means anything, it’s that this university is heading in the right direction. So we beat on.”

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