JS : OP-ED A&E P. 8 SPORTS P. 10 Graduate grief So long, Paul Newmann Soccer rocks your (soccer) socks Lack of information and resources during Hurricane Ike Paul Newman is remembered for his acting talent and After last weekend's Conference USA match, the Rice soccer reveals second-class status of graduate students. entrepreneurial spirit. team is in a 10-way tie for second. Confused? Read on...

VOLUME XCVII, ISSUE NO. 7 STUDENT-RUN SINCE 1916 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008 More money, more problems Football Upcoming account restructuring could restrict club financial autonomy beats UNT BY KERN VIIAYVARGIYA laK.- AND CATHERINE BRATIC THRESHER STAFF fP%PJI Clement, Dillard go Collegesandclubs down in the books at Rice will soon find their finances ex- BY BRODY ROLLINS tensively restructured THRESHER STAFF under a new proposal that will move all ex- Turn the page on Tim Rattay and ternal accounts on- Troy Edwards. Forget about Colt campus and impose Brennan and Davone Bess. Last new restrictions on Saturday afternoon, senior quar- check-writing and terback Chase Clement and senior tax records, according wide receiver Jarett Dillard became to Vice President for the most prolific scoring duo in Finance Kathy Collins. college football history. To put it in While the details of the perspective, there has not been a plan, from specific proposals l diad this hot since Carrie Bradshaw to the date when transitions will set her sights on Mr. Big in episode begin, are not yet finalized beyond one of Sex and the City. the closure of the accounts, many orga- nizations are already dreading its poten tial consequences.

The proposed plan The plan would create a separate fund for each stu dent organization in the BANNER financial system, a bank- ing service offered by an external vendor which was established at Rice in the 1980s. The new system would move student funds from Osee MONEY, page 6 * PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY IAN WHITE Chase Clement Jarett Dillard » Quarterback Wide Receiver

Add/drop deadlines Faculty Senate to assist By connecting on three touch- downs in a 77-20 wipeout of the Uni- versity of North Texas, Clement and to change next year overwhelmed Honor Council Dillard broke the NCAA all-time re- or distrust of the Honor Council. cord for most touchdowns between BY CATHERINE BRATIC fall, most of the concerns that were BY JOCELYN WRIGHT "We have 100 percent support a receiver and quarterback pair. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF voiced centered on the possible THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF elimination of the spring recess, for and belief in the Honor Coun- The three touchdown^ gave rhem a Starting next fall, add/drop Evan Siemann, the director of the Feeling that the Honor Council cil," Harter said. total of 41 and set them two ahead deadlines will be moved up, giving Faculty Senate's academic calendar may be overwhelmed with student In ;< joint proposal to the Fac- of the previous record holders. students half as much time to make committee, said. judicial matters, the Faculty Senate ulty senate, Cox and Siemann ex- "You really don't recognize what decisions about whether or not to "Students were so intent on that plans to form a working group to pressed their concerns that the it is until it's broken," Dillard said. ! t add or keep a course compared to particular feature of the calendar assess whether the system is func- current Honor Council was not "I really didn't recognize it until the current schedule. that this didn't get thought about as tioning optimally. Ecology and Evo- functioning at its prime. They said our equipment manager came to me and said she was sending the Currently, students have four much," Siemann said. lutionary Biology Professor Evan a growing number of cases were be- ball to the College Football Hall of weeks to add a course. During the Siemann said the Faculty Senate ing referred to the Honor Council, Fame. That brought my jaw down. first two weeks, students can do so wants to assess the reasons for an resulting in a very high work load I'm just in a state of shock." without a fee. Next year, however, increased number of Honor Council for Honor Council members. This students will have one week to add 2009-'10 cases, since at its busiest times the heavy workload leads to long de- Dillard added one more score a course without a fee followed by CALENDAR council can expect a case per day. lays between when cases are sent when he jumped over the top of a two weeks to add with a fee. The working group, which is not to the Honor Council and when UNT defensive back and hauled in a 30-yard pass from junior running The current deadline for drop- The following are the add/ yet fully formed, will be headed they are tried. Siemann said when he referred a student to the Honor back Jeramy Goodson. Dillard's ping a course is in the 10th week of drop deadlines for the 2009- by Siemann and History Profes- Council last year, the student was four receptions for touchdowns in classes, around most courses' mid- '10 academic calendar. sor Edward Cox and will include the game broke the Rice record and terms. Next year's academic calen- Mathematics Professor John Hemp- not notified until 8 weeks later. Siemann said many faculty mem- landed him in a tie for most career dar moves that deadline up to the • Mon. Aug. 24: First day of el, Management Professor Duane receiving touchdowns in NCAA his- fifth week of school. Windsor, Physics and Astronomy bers were also choosing to handle classes. tory with 50. While the 2oo9-'io academic Professor Thomas Killian and some Honor Code violations on their own, Dillard and Clement received calendar was approved in January, students from the Honor Council. which was leading to a huge discrep- • Friday, Aug. 28: Deadline conference-wide and national rec- this issue has not been brought up Honor Council President Jackie ancy between the punishments for to add without a fee. ognition this week for their record- until recently, Registrar David Ten- Ammons said the Honor Council students given by individual profes- setting performance when they ney (Sid Rich '87) said. had sent a suggested list of people sors and the punishments decided • Friday, Sept. A: Deadline to were named the Conference USA "Realistically, nobody has been to the task force but that, currently, on by the Honor Council. add with a fee, drop with- Co-Offensive Players of the Week thinking that far ahead," Tenney said. no meetings had been set up. Sie- "The normal penalty structure [for out a fee. and the Walter Camp Football Foun- Student Association Academics mann said the final group would the Honor Council] is a one- to two- dation Bowl Subdivision National Committee co-chair Jasdeep Man- probably have one or two addition- semester suspension and an F in the • Friday, Sept. 5: Deadline to Offensive Players of the Week. gat brought the shortened add/ al faculty members so thav ull the course," Siemann said. "If a faculty drop deadlines to the attention of drop with a fee. disciplines would be more equally member handles the case it could Tomorrow Dillard. Clement and the student senate at this Monday's represented. This group plans to range from a stern warning to an F in the rest of the Owls will have their meeting. Mangat, a Brown College observe whether the Honor Coun- the class. If the faculty is involved it's hands full when they face the Uni- versity of Tulsa in a nationally tele- senior, said these deadlines were Siemann said the change was cil system is functioning optimally, on a totally different scale." vised game on the CBS Sports Net- largely overlooked by students as motivated by professors' desires to Siemann said. Siemann and Cox also expressed work at 7 p.m. well as faculty because of larger is- solidify their class rosters earlier Faculty Senate Speaker Debo- their concern in their statement Under former Rice head coach sues with the calendar at the time. in the semester. Under the current rah Harter said the working group that there was a large difference be- tween undergraduate and graduate When the academic calendar for schedule, students can theoretically should not be seen as an indication Todd Graham, the Golden Hurricane O see HONOR, page 7 next year was being discussed last S3 see ADD, page 7 of any Faculty Senate disapproval O see RECORD, page 7

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THE RICE THRESHER the Rice Qhresher Financial changes require student input At Monday's Student Association meeting in Farnsworth Pavil- wf ion, Vice President for Finance Kathy Collins will speak to those in attendance about a goal that has been set forth to change the way Rice undergraduate organization finances work (see story, page l). Instead of being able to use external, public banks to house funds, clubs and colleges would be required to transfer their money to in- ternal Rice accounts, for which the university would act as banker. Any plan leading to this goal has the possibility of drastically vjeuu changing how colleges and undergraduate clubs function. The role THIEVE-S of the treasurer, methods of withdrawing funds and writing checks THRO LOCKS and the ability for any student to be reimbursed would all be al- tered. The greatest issue at hand is that with this proposed finan- it cial plan, clubs could lose a great deal of autonomy and freedom. RIGHT & The fact that the information relating to this possible change AGO! has not been well publicized is another cause for concern. Col- 9 lins stated that she has been working on the proposal since the summer months, and the college presidents have been in contact with Dean of Undergraduates Robin Forman about the matter, but Monday at 10 p.m. will be the first time the rest of the student body will have the opportunity to address these issues via question- and-answer with those with the power to shape the policy. Because of the proposal's preliminary nature, we have re- frained from iterating any specific grievances in this column. In- V stead, we strongly encourage all members of the student body, and especially club presidents, to attend Collins' talk in order to better understand how any change along these lines could , (A ^ affect student life. Students should voice concerns, ask ques- tions, get information and then provide feedback, because there is no easier way for the administration to hear undergraduate LETTERS TO THE EDITOR thresher-ops@rice. edu concerns than to tell them directly. The final decision should be well informed, with input from both students and administra- Additionally, it has made my job the actions of a few. 1 am shocked Valhalla closing harder as a member of the univer- that it appears as though he is po- tors taken into account. unfair measure sity trying to promote the school to tentially utilizing a hurricane to the business community. Valhalla exercise a personal agenda. I am To the editor: served as the conduit for alcohol that shocked, and I am saddened. Why is Valhalla closed? 1 have was used during various recruiting Faculty Senate should heard many rumors. 1 read some- events. Now it has become more ex- Patrick Porter thing about a violation by students pensive and inconvenient to try and Brown '01 of a dry campus policy during Hur- maintain the same level of service to revise add/drop deadlines ricane Ike ("News in brief: Valhalla those firms recruiting here at Rice. closed indefinitely" Sept. 19) in the Is this really the message we want MSA an unneeded Back in January, when the Faculty Senate was in the process Thresher last week. So why is the to send given the state of the econo- conduit for tetras of approving the 2009-'i0 academic calendar, the main concern bar closed? Why has the graduate my? The closing of Valhalla does not of most students was that the senate kept spring recess on the student social hub been unfairly simply punish those individuals in- To the editor: volved, but the campus and commu- books. What went relatively unnoticed by both students and targeted? As a graduate student, I I was outraged by the Thresher's was not informed of the dry-cam- nity as a whole. Valhalla provides a article about Housing and Din- some faculty, however, was that the add/drop periods starting pus policy. Should 1 have decided valuable service to the graduate stu- ing's decision to give members of in fall '09 had been cut in half (see story, page 1). to avail myself of electricity and a dents and faculty at Rice University. the Muslim Student Association 15 This change, if kept, would be a serious detriment to the re- shower on campus, and decided It is a source of pride for me to be able extra tetra points in order to ac- cent progress made towards giving students greater autonomy to bring one of my rapidly warm- to describe this unique place on Rice commodate students observing campus to those that who cannot Ramadan ("MSA petitions for more in the class registration process. The recent elimination of reg- ing beers, would I also have been subjected to the same degree of fathom the kind of environment that tetra points," Sept. 19). From the ar- istration PINs means that students are now free take advantage administrative excess? it engenders. ticle, H&D decided to give only MSA of Rice's flexible shopping periods, which allow students to op- I can certainly understand Presi- As an alumnus, this gives me members tetra points because of timize their schedules with the most information possible about dent David Leebron being upset if great reserve and distrust about fears that non-Muslims would take a particular course or professor. Of course, this benefit will be rules were violated. I can see him donating to a university that might advantage of the free tetra points. short lived if the newly accepted deadlines have the effect of wishing to exert certain amounts of punitively and indiscriminately at- The decision is insulting to all authority should rules have been tempt to change the culture of Rice students. This policy sends the rep- forcing students into hasty decisions. broken. I fail to see how the clos- University in an inorganic manner. rehensible message that only mem- We understand certain faculty members' concerns that, un- ing of Valhalla accomplishes either. I am shocked that the president of bers of campus groups are truly der the current system, a student could theoretically walk into a I'm not advocating that the stu- the university has failed to fully religious. Religion is a private mat- class for the first time on the fifth week of the course. However, dents be punished. In my opinion think through the ramifications of ter, and everyone worships in his or we feel that the administration should trust that the vast major- as both a student and as an alum- these actions. I am shocked that he her own way. Just as many devout nus, their actions do not merit the har. decided to punish the graduate Christians choose not to join the ity of undergraduates have more respect for their professors and response generated. students, faculty and community for numerous Christian organizations their own educations than that scenario would indicate. While there will inevitably be the odd student who walks in after miss- S3 see LETTERS, page 3 ing a full 12 classes, we feel that those exceptional occurrences should be handled by the individual professor. There is no rea- Lily Chun & Dylan Farmer The Rice Thresher, the official student news- son to put in place an overarching policy to limit a phenomenon Editors in Chief paper at Rice University since 1916, is pub- lished each Friday during the school year, that happens rarely at best, especially when the same policy except during examination periods and holi- could restrict the decision-making abilities of the vast majority NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY days, by the students of Rice University. Sarah Rutledge Editor David Rosales Editor of students who do not abuse the system. Catherine Bratic Asst. Editor Ariel Schnitzer Asst. Editor Letters to the Editor must be received by We strongly encourage the Faculty Senate to revise its calen- Rachel Carlson Asst. Editor Lauren Schoefflerdssf. Editor 5 p.m. the Monday prior to publication and Cindy Dinh Asst. Editor must be signed, including college and year if the writer is a Rice student. Letters should not dar decision in time for the next school year. Jocelyn Wright dssf. Editor WEB Kylie Klein Designer exceed 250 words in length. The Thresher re- John Michael Cuccia Editor serves the rights to edit letters for content and Tiffany Kuo Designer Stephen Wang Asst. Editor length and to place letters on our Web site.

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COPY ity opinion of the Thresher editorial staff. Nick Schlossman Editor BACKPAGE All other opinion pieces represent solely For the past three years, both as fans and fellow students, we the opinion of the piece's author. Ryan Stickney Editor Timothy Faust Editor have enjoyed watching them play, and they have approached their Anna Wilde Editor The Thresher is a member of the game and their records with commendable class. We are looking Associated Collegiate Press. Boo school. CALENDAR forward to the rest of the season, and we hope that their last season Sean McBeath Editor O Copyright 2008 at Rice culminates with a bowl victory. Op-Ed Ike aftermath reveals lack ofvolunteerismGraduate student concerns NERVOUSLY SLIPPING IN and out the real world, not just within our I'm not suggesting that the ad- of dreams and waking nightmares, hedges? While the majority of Hous- ministration should have given us omitted from hurricane plan I literally jumped off my bed when ton was suffering from power out- the whole week off, but I know that my floor rep pounded on the door. ages, food and gas shortages and I didn't accomplish anything worth- WHILE I AM grateful that all faculty, President David Leebron stated My off campus refugee and I quickly wreckage, we were comfortably at- while in my afternoon classes on the staff and students pulled through on the Rice Web site that he opened grabbed our stuff and headed down- tending our classes when we could first Tuesday back. I also know that the recent storm without injury, I Rice for all off-campus undergradu- stairs to the shelter. Hurricane Ike have been gaining real life experi- I gave up the chance to serve that must comment on the disquieting ate students "because much of was making his grand entrance. ence by serving others. day with another organization that attitude of the administration both Houston remains without power, Many of our teachers and work asked for volunteers because I was before and just after what remains and in some cases without ad- crews were among the innumerable concerned with attending important one of the worst natural disasters equate water pressure, [therefore] Houstonians juggling their obliga- lectures. Perhaps I should just be we have been sheltering our off- tions on our campus with their re- ashamed of myself for not skipping campus students in the residential sponsibilities of restoring sanity to class on Tuesday, but I quickly made colleges. Because Rice has water their overturned homes, families and up for it and spent my birthday that and power, we are offering to con- lives. The university commendably Saturday having the time of my life tinue to house all off-campus un- extended use of our facilities to these raking leaves, cutting branches, tap- dergraduate students who do not Natalie Larsen staff members, allowed the Texas ing up windows and offering smiles have power at their apartments." Medical Center to use our parking to those who lost so much. Further he adds, "we are doing ev- 1 slept decently, but I loathed lot as a helipad, and organized vol- Service isn't about convenience. erything we can to assist students the fact that Ike was an unknown. unteer groups through the Commu- It may not be convenient to miss Eileen Meyer who are living off campus. Before I couldn't see him or face him, and nity Involvement Center. However, yet another day on the syllabus. It in Texas history - an attitude that the storm struck, all off-campus the foreign concept of a hurricane I feel ashamed that as students we may not be convenient to organize has severely injured the relation- students who were in Houston was both exhilarating and terrifying. did nothing to help the members of hundreds of 18-21 year-old college ship between the administration and not staying with their fami- When I woke up the next morning our larger Houston community cope students into a service group. It and graduate students. lies were asked to shelter in the with this disaster because we were and went to check the news, I saw the certainly wasn't convenient to have As I have spent four years as an colleges. After the storm, those expected to go to class. devastation Ike had inflicted upon the Hurricane Ike barrel into our city undergraduate at Rice, followed students and others who returned greater Houston area. I didn't ques- I lament our administration's three weeks ago. So many things by several more as a graduate stu- were invited to remain on cam- tion how the mess would disappear missed opportunity to teach us may not be convenient, but working dent, I can personally attest to a pus if they had no electricity or because I assumed that the commu- through their response to Hurricane alongside my fellow Houstonians to different standard of treatment of their apartments were damaged. nity at large would work together to Ike. I feel that they greatly underes- repair our neighbors' homes taught undergraduate versus graduate We also provided free meals to restore our city. However, I soon dis- timated the quality of people they me more than my classes could have students. Most recently, even as our temporary residents." "Stu- covered that the community at large admit as students. Many students and prepared me to be the kind of undergraduates and parents were dents" in this case do not include included everyone but me. I've spoken with have welcomed person I want to be today and tomor- being soothed and reassured in the graduate students. Rice University's mission state- the idea of organizing our numbers row. While disasters often trigger our face of the hurricane, faculty and ment claims that through their com- into relief groups and have also felt sense of service into action, we need graduate students were told they U mitment to our education they hope the need to serve. After all, did we to serve everyday. I invite everyone were "nonessential" personnel, to cultivate "a diverse community not all relentlessly engage in ser- to serve now. If you wait for a con- and were banned from campus un- of learning and discovery that pro- vice projects and extracurricular venient time to help others, you will less they were in Rice housing. Graduate students miss out on the great and endless re- duces leaders across the spectrum activities in high school? I recall Undergraduates and the few wards of service. are second class of human endeavor." But what kind that the Admission Council thought graduate students in university of leaders are we to be if we never our service experience was impor- housing received timely and in- citizens on cam- learn how to serve our neighbors tant enough to include in our appli- Natalie Larsen is a Sid Richardson formative updates throughout the and unite with our community in cations to Rice. College sophomore. storm. Outside of a single e-mail pus and actions from Dean of Graduate and Post- by the administra- doctoral Studies Paula Sanders • • LETTERS stating Rice's upcoming closure tion further sup- late on Thursday before the storm, port this feeling. on campus, many Muslims are not padlock was defeated in 6 seconds; says: Chapter^, Article XII, Division 1, not a single e-mail was sent to in MSA. Muslims who do not want to the 1/4" diameter twisted cable was Section 45-302. Riding on sidewalks. graduate students for five days af- n starve during Ramadan should not defeated in 12 seconds; and the 1/8" (a) No person shall ride a bicycle ter, leaving many in the dark about feel obligated to prove themselves diameter link chain was defeated in upon a sidewalk within a business classes being held, or even the fact to be religious by joining MSA. 4 seconds. All of these were cut with district. that the campus was dry. Sanders The uncaring attitude and utter The logical alternative to this a dull set of small bolt cutters mea- (b) The traffic engineer is autho- made it very clear in her e-mail on lack of communication was a total policy would have been to use the suring 14" in length. rized to erect signs on any sidewalk Thursday that graduate students failure on the part of the adminis- Honor Code. Rice places a sincere So knowing this, what can be outside a business district prohibit- were on their own — "We do not tration toward an important but trust in the Honor Code, and every- done to secure our bikes? The U- ing the riding of bicycles thereon by have the facilities to offer shelter often neglected population at Rice: one enjoys the resulting benefits. Bolt lock is the most preferred and any person and, when such signs to all graduate students, but those the graduate students. To H&D, however, students can not is most difficult to defeat. In fact, are in place, no person shall dis- in Rice Graduate Apartments and It is sad that it often takes a nat- be trusted. It seems to believe that typical bolt cutters will not defeat obey the same. the Morningside Apartments, as ural disaster to bring out the best students will lie about their faith, this type of lock. A twisted cable or (c) Whenever any person is rid- well as graduate students who live in our natures — the helping hand disrespect Islam and its followers case hardened steel padlock with a ing a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such in designated mandatory evacu- and understanding ear that neigh- and steal money from their fellow minimum 3/8" diameter will create person shall yield the right-of-way to ation zones (you can check these bors and colleagues might find oth- students' tuition in order to eat additional deterrence to the typical any pedestrian and shall give audible by zip code) may take shelter in erwise unavailable. It is sadder still servery food. bike thief and can be used to secure signal before overtaking and passing McNair Hall." when our community completely the tires and rims. any pedestrian. During Hurricane Rita, all fails an entire segment of the popu- Michael Lee So, how fast could you steal a My interpretation is that if the graduate students were welcome lation, seemingly without noticing. Brown junior bike? It all depends on how much sidewalk is in a business district, on campus. During Hurricane Ike, My three years as a graduate stu- time a thief is allowed and what is then bicycles are not allowed. The even though communities known dent and also serving the Graduate Editor's note: Housing and Dining being used to secure the bike. Keep in fact that clause (c) exists means to house many graduate students Student Association as department decided to work with the MSA to con- mind, many bike thieves do not carry that bicycles must be allowed on and faculty were hard hit, leaving representative have resulted in a tact students hut did not decide to give dull cutters, cutters; theirs are newer the sidewalks in some places, members of our community with pervasive feeling that graduate only MSA members tetra points out and can cut much more quickly. namely non-business locations and no power or usable water, water- students are second class citizens of the fear that non-Muslim students Many of the bike thieves we have other places where signs do not in- logged homes and children home on campus and the actions by the would take advantage of free tetra apprehended have their tools in a dicate otherwise. from school, an administration administration further support this points. In the article, Martel College backpack. Knowing that, how many Given the non-profit status of Rice which denied taking any responsi- feeling. Is it too difficult to ask that Senator Selim Sheikh made the state- bike thieves have you passed on University, I would contend that it bility for us demanded our prompt graduate students be carbon cop- ment that the MSA would help hinder campus? They blend in; they look cannot be deemed a business. If Rice return, as classes were held as early ied on e-mails to undergraduates non-Muslim students from trying to like us. We need to make it harder were to be categorized as a business, as Tuesday. Graduate students with so that they are at least as prepared take advantage of the plan. for them to take what we have so Ihey would be expected to pay mil- no place to stay during and after and informed in times of difficulty? they move on without our property. lions of dollars in back taxes. This is the storm were turned away from On behalf of all graduate stu- Bike theft speedy not a loophole, but common sense. shelters on campus and kicked dents, I implore Sanders and the jim Baylor Rice is a small secluded cam- out of their offices. The negligence Rice administration to create bet- but preventable RUPD Sergeant pus which is clearly separated from toward the graduate community, ter policies to deal with graduate the urban environment of Houston. particularly in relaying basic infor- students in as fair and consistent a To the editor: Campus bike laws The small student population also mation, was neglectful, shameful manner as are the undergraduates. "How fast could you steal a bike?" means that, relative to other univer- and was certainly felt. In addition, If Rice is to reach the Vision for the This question was posed to the need clarification sities, the pedestrian traffic is quite by Thursday evening all the hotels Second Century and strengthen many students, faculty and staff manageable. Therefore, the threat that were accepting guests in Hous- its graduate and postdoctoral pro- who passed through the Rice Me- To the editor: to personal safety when bicyclists ton were booked, and it was too grams by attracting and recruiting morial Center last week to visit the I would be pleased to obtain ride responsibly on the sidewalks is late for students to find alternative high-caliber students and young Rice University Police Department clarification from the Rice Univer- rather low. housing especially those that did researchers, it needs a better ap- Bike Security display. I had several sity Police Department concerning I understand that the sight of bi not feel safe in their current place proach to making graduate stu- cables and chains which had been the acceptable areas where people cyclists breaking the law has become of residence. dents feel welcome and happy to be defeated by previous thieves on may ride their bicycles. On separate a bit of a pet peeve for law enforce- While Rice was congratulating it- at Rice University. That feeling does campus to use as demonstrators for occasions, and by different officers, ment officers; however, I believe self on a job well done for keeping the not exist today for many graduate this event. As people came to the I have been told that I am not al- they can put their minds at ease with undergraduate population safe and students who are still dealing with table, I asked them to choose be- lowed to bike on the road, sidewalk the knowledge that riding responsi- comfortable during a natural disaster, the aftermath of Ike. tween chain link, twisted cable or or grass. One officer cited a city or- bly on the sidewalk is in fact in con there was no concern for the suffering case hardened steel padlock. dinance banning the use of bicycles sonance with both city law and good of graduate students who had been Eileen Meyer is a physics and astron- Of those who made the attempt, on any sidewalks. common sense. severely impacted by the hurricane. omy graduate student. Roman Natoli, the results were surprising. The 1//)" I looked the city ordinance up on Seiji Yamamoto Many of us have damage to our homes a bioengineering graduate student, diameter case hardened steel shackle municode.com, and this is what it Physics graduate student and had no power for many days. contributed to this column. 4 NEWS THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3,2008 IT makes IPs private to GEORGETOWN I JNIVERSITY study , intern . scs.georgetown.edu/washmgto prevent phishing, hacking

BY CINDY DINH people aren't requesting." THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF He likens the security change to a A II r I blocked outgoing number that shows II After navigating through a storm up as an anonymous number on a of phishing e-mail scams, network vi- caller ID. ruses and potential hackers through- "You can call someone, have a con- out the past year, Information Tech- versation and hang up," Deigaard said. nology is taking defensive measures "But if people try to call you back they to increase the security level on cam- can't do it because they don't know your pus networks. IT is making the Rice phone number." student network more secure by keep- With differentiated security levels, ing each individual computer's IP ad- Deigaard said the student network will dress private on the Internet. be more secure than the Internet would Every week Rice's network process- otherwise be. He said the current secu- Semester in f • es hundreds of thousands of threats, rity measure that prevents others from Washington Program •> w scams, and hacking attempts which accessing one's computer is similar to IK,,,', makes the system unstable, William the security measures in the dorms. Get Washington internship experience and study at Georgetown. Deigaard, director of Networking, Tele- With a public IP address, a single door communications and Data Center. He stands between the outdoors and the pend an exciting semester as an intern in the nation's capital white living and compared the amount of incoming traf- student dorm room, he said. studying with achievers from around the world at Georgetown University. fic from the Internet to the magnitude of "If that one door isn't locked, you S I t Make invaluable connections and get internship experience in a Washington, a natural disaster. are exposed," Deigaard said. DC, area corporation, firm, government agency, nonprofit organization, or "It's like standing outside during IT is moving to a more secure model, Hurricane Ike," Deigaard said. "It just similar to having two doors between the congressional office. You can earn up to 15 academic credits in the spring happens to be wind and rain that's outdoors and the dorm room. program, or 6 credits in the summer program. blowing a lot harder and a lot faster. "Right now we're implementing that Study and intern in one of six academic programs: The weather has gotten worse on the door between us and outside," he said. Internet for Rice." The security change will be enacted * American Politics and Public Affairs IT will be making IF addresses pri- for the student network, primarily be- # # * Community Development and Social Change vate for users on the Rice student net- cause undergraduates live on campus, * Health Care Administration and Policy work accessing the Internet. he said. Students who surf the web on * International Affairs This one-way access will ensure laptops will also be covered if they are * Law and Society that no unwanted data can be trans- logged onto the Rice network. Owlspace Religion and Politics mitted back to the user's computer, and Webmail programs should be large- immerse yourself in Washington, learn from expert Georgetown faculty, and empower yourself for Deigaard said. ly unaffected by this change, as it only academic and professional success. "We're going to be blocking a certain affects the Rice Students network. #

BY JULIANA SERRANO students in getting everything back to FOR THE THRESHER normal," Muscara said. Director of Reunion Programs and « Unwilling to let Hurricane Ike pre- Special Events Jennifer Harding said vent them from seeing their children, good planning by students was re- almost 1,975 parents flocked to Rice sponsible for the smoothness of this Got your for last week's Families Weekend. year's Families Weekend. Student Association External Vice "I think the students on the com- President Nicholas Muscara, who mittee did an outstanding job," helped organize the event, said this Harding said. "Everyone got in- number was consistent with turn- volved. The colleges got involved out in previous years. Parents and and took care of their individual re- HedgeHopper students participated in a variety of sponsibilities within the framework activities, which included walking of the weekend planning." tours, coffee with President David Muscara said there were no com- Leebron, speeches, a football game plaints, and the new activities that and Baker Blues last weekend during the SA added this year, such as per- Card? Families Weekend. formances by the Philharmonics and The number of participants was Spontaneous Combustion, were well- probably higher because 1,975 only attended. Harding said about 1,200 reflects the number of parents and people attended the barbecue and Bring your Rice University HedgeHopper card by the guests who registered over the week- football game on Saturday. end. Muscara, a Martel College sopho- Jones College freshman Rebba new Mission Burrito in Rice Village anytime from more, said the turnout was especially Moore said her parents particularly impressive considering that Families appreciated the variety of events tak- now thru the Spring 2009 semester and receive Weekend took place just two weeks af- ing place throughout the weekend. ter Hurricane Ike. There were concerns "My parents really enjoyed the that factors such as high gas prices game and the barbecue," Moore said. and lack of electricity in some parts "It was really good to have options. 25% OFF YOUR of Houston would keep many parents For example, we went to a lecture on from making the trip. Friday about the environment and the Muscara said he was impressed current presidential election." ENTIRE PURCHASE! that none of these concerns were an (Alcohol excluded of course) issue during Families Weekend. locelyn Wright contributed to this "This shows the resiliency of the article. HAPPY HOUR! $2.00 domestic • $2.50 premium • $3.00 margaritas _ riji^iriri 11 „ Everyday 4pm to 7pm

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University Blvd. RICE VILLAGE • 5510 Morningside • Suite 120 Houston, TX 77005 • 713.520.7240 phone • 713.807.0496 fax We Validate Parking! Great indoors Spectators visit "The Great Indoors" at the Rice Art Gallery in Sewall Hall Sun- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3,2008 THE RICE THRESHER NEWS Rice receives B- for sustainability, highest in Texas BY JACLYN YOUNGBLOOD 95 percent of the building waste FOR THE THRESHER from Duncan and McMurtry col- leges. So far, the total amount of Rice received a B-, just above the construction waste produced by the national average of C+ last month two colleges would be 17 feet high, for its sustainability efforts from enough to fill the Allen Center for v the Sustainable Endowments Insti- Business Activities to the top of its v(l «>' Unt ers.tyj^vcy tute. The rating, which has been in first floor. existence since 2005, is based on Other sustainability efforts Rice A / I. colleges' efforts in nine categories: has undertaken in recent years r. i! A iv? y administration, climate change and include providing students with K't* energy, food and recycling, green transportation alternatives, such Vil <»<.' , ,eh«or* li«h« bu,hS are building, student involvement, as the ZipCar program, the METRO "* = MC1, dude. - transportation, endowment trans- Light Rail, and the shuttle system. . \\h*< I" |i v «>*" ' rc Ml ,hal WC use ooi> parency, investment priorities and Johnson said Rice is ultimately vVc shareholder engagement. „ >W*» \ trying to become net carbon neu- •mivrnltv use renewable energy? (Mark all tha» ^ Rice received A's in categories tral, meaning that Rice will have VV d! V lXeMrtl such as Green Building and Invest- no net impact on global warming. X " "' ° ^ ment Priorities, but received an President David Leebron signed the F and a D in Shareholder Engage- Presidents' Climate Commitment on roofs: what do you think? ?J*ph " „ idea C. Whv not in the basements instead""" ment and Endowment Transparen- last fall, adding Rice University to a )'ni for 'fi cy, respectively. Director of Sustain- list of 582 colleges and universities ability Richard Johnson said Rice's pursuing this goal around the U.S. 4 \\ hich green sat cs the most energyi grade, the highest in Texas, was ad- Johnson said students can also ' V K>m< green B. I ime green C. Radioactive green D. M««> mirable, considering the best grade help on a much smaller scale by in the country was an A-. keeping room thermostats at 76 de- Johnson (Will Rice '92) said grees. It costs Rice and, in turn, the 5 With regards to trees, what should be done? Rice's A in the green building cat- students, 4 percent more for each A. ( hop (hem down ($>!»"! more egory was a testament to the efforts degree the thermostat is turned E.Blocker <•><>«"" of students and administration down below 76 degrees, he said. alike. Calling for future Rice build- "If you crank it [the thermostat) ings to be at least silver certified for down to 70 degrees, it costs 24 per- -6. Which way is the best way? C. Your way Leadership in Energy and Environ- cent more than keeping the room at , (J) My way tLThdr " ay mental Design by Green Building 76 degrees," Johnson said. J^Jhc highway old way Rating, both the students and the Johnson said he has initiated administration have worked active- discussions on an energy master / oodchucK c<>u,v * ly to get people excited about green plan that will encourage a standard J. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if ^ \ 1 building. Johnson said Duncan Col- campus-wide temperature policy. a f|vc ,w ki|,,Bram5 lege will be LEED Gold certified, This policy will schedule cooling - i"""' ° "• making it the only such certified systems, ensuring that buildings (1J Four-hundred sixteen bushels building in Houston. only open for part of the day will not continue to be cooled even U , for a carbon when they are not in use. 'V Which is the best number to have ^ (3/4)'(% Johnson said there are multiple GREEN ways students can become involved A A. (1/2)' B. 1 - (1/2)' COLLEGE with sustainability efforts. Organi- zations and initiatives already in REPORTS place include the EcoReps, the En- Rice did pretty well in Texas, vironmental Club, the Student As- # but how did we compare with sociation Environmental Commit- our peer institutions? tee, the Green Building Initiative, Solar Decathlon, Biodiesel Initia- a tive and the Wiess College Commu- • Harvard, Dartmouth, Ober- °4 nity Garden. lin, Penn, Columbia, Brown, Johnson said the future at Rice, Stanford: A- in terms of sustainability, is bright. With the Report Card grades im- • Yale* B+ proving over the last few years, he • • expects those increases to continue, • Princeton: B especially in the Climate Change and Energy category. • Washington University in "I have seen just a fantastic ex- Protact St. Louis: C+ plosion of accomplishments [and] interest in activity all across the c/- • • United States," Johnson said. "It's Last year, 97 percent of colleges a sign of hope." your Systems* and universities responded to at least Rice's long term sustainability one of the Report Card surveys, Lisa goals are to turn Rice into an environ- Chase, senior communications fellow mentally restorative institution. Ide- for the SEI, said. The Report Card not- ally, Johnson said the actions of the ed a 27 percent recycling of univer- university would contribute to the • • sity waste, a figure Johnson said he regeneration of natural systems. would like to see increase in the fu- Johnson said the issue was no lon- • Turn On Automatic Updates ture. Johnson's class, Sustainability: ger one of minimizing impact on the Rice into the Future, accompanied by environment, but rather one of creat- each college's EcoReps, are working ing facilities that enhance the envi- to initiate recycling kitchen waste, in- ronment because of their presence. • Install Antivirus Software stitute aluminum can recycling com- "This is where the cutting edge of petitions and add recycling devices to thinking in green design is going," • • the Brochstein Pavilion. Johnson said. "How do you design a Johnson said providing ade- building that cleans air and water, • Schedule Antivirus Scans quate recycling receptacles would that provides habitat, that contrib- help increase this figure. utes to health, while also enabling "We're making sure the infrastruc- its occupants to flourish?" ture is in place," Johnson said. Rice's full Report Card is avail- • Use the Computer's Firewall • • Johnson said Rice was recycling able at greenreportcard.org.

RUPD POLICE BLOTTER • Use Strong Passwords The following items were reported to the Rice Univer- sity Police Department for the period Sept. 25-Oct. 1

COLLEGES • Not Using It? Turn It Off m • Jones College Sept. 27 Theft Theft Hanszen College Sept. 28 For more information on these tips and instructions ACADEMIC BUILDINGS 011 implementing them, visit the IT Security website: Duncan Hall Sept. 25 Theft Theft • « Duncan Hall Sept. 26 http:// www. rice, edit/i t/secu rity OTHER LOCATIONS Willy's Pub Sept. 25 Alcohol Violations Founders Court Drive Sept. 28 Felony Escape or contact the IT Help Desk: Off Campus Sept. 28 Driving While Intoxicated Off Campus Sept. 28 Alcohol Violations ™ [email protected] or 7 13-348-HELP (4357). Off Campus Sept. 28 Assault if> 1R1CR * mews THr. ftici Thresher

• —— O MONEY CHANGING msmmGE-i Proposed changes outside banking and checking ar average £4,0110 a month. lot uf confidence in doing hUBines; -counts into ithis in-house system ir addition, the financial activ with us." * Accounts at 8km managed m ity of student organizations is nut m Lxturmi! accounts f-Chase. anti wuuki ullaw urbanizations* to by BANNER system maintain multiple accounts for dii reflected in Rice Limversm financial Student responses WnMU) fetent purposes. statements or tax returns, Collins However, despite the claims to * No physical checkbooks for In the current arrangement, stu said. Tins may result 111 inaccurate the merits of the proposed system, * One or two signatures for students tient organizations -haw their own financial statements and understated club and college leaders are con most chocks accounts at outside banks. These expenses. There is also a risk that ap- cerneti about how the control given « Checks are printed and is- organizations include buth graduate propriate tax reporting is not occui to the University under the new sys * Checks are issued by the and undergraduate student groups ring For instance, the IKS requires tem could detract from their fman Specific club/ college sued by Rice University as weli as each of the residential col- kirm 1099 for vendor payments in cial autonomy. leges. As of lune, there were lHB of excess of $600 and a W-2 tot all sal Shamoor Anis, Muslim Student » Clubs have instant access to • 2-3 day delay for checks, reim- these accounts a' JPMorgan Chase an payments. Under the new system, Association President, said that he money bursments to process, print with a total balance of $580,720. This all IRS reporting would be handled is concerned this new financial sys does not include the value of student by the Controller's Office. ten would harm clubs' freedom to * Students manage tax records • Rice manages tax records organization accounts at other banks Furthermore gifts received in sup spend their own money. in the area. port of student activities niav not be "Financial independence is very » Students invest excess • Rice finance division invests bach residential college handles its acknowledged appropriated. important," Anis said, "because we money excess money funds differently For example, checks Collins said that the new system want to make sure that if something paid out of the Hanszen College fund would be beneficial tor students. does not si? well with the adminis * Keep interest • No interest paid need two signatures, whereas the First. BANNEfc would provide a finan tration, that they cannot control the Jones College turid oniv requires one cial history from vear to year. Collin: money that we have raised." signature. Under the pian. college said this would be useful tor student According to Santa Panchang, treasurers and ciub leaders would still groups during leadership transitions. the co-President of the Partnership work in progress," Collins said. "We more about the policy and make sure be responsible lor accounting for all Treasurers would have viewing ac- for the Advancement and Immer- do want to hear the concerns, and 1 that their concerns are heard. financial transactions. cess on BANNER to monitor whether sion of Refuge.es ciub, the new sys- am happy to meet with students." The lesse H. Jones Graduate In the past, the Office of Internal checks cleared, and the amoutr of tem may pose an undue burden on The new system will not be imple School of Management's student Audi' has looked into improving the available funds. new student organizations because merited immediately. According to clubs will be the first organizations to financial system. Over the summer Another advantage that the svs of the added recordkeeping. Collins, there needs to be a transi- transition into the new BANNER sys- Collins talked with President David ten may provide is legitimacy to stu "It makes handling financial af- tion process to allow written checks tem. Their finances will be handled Leebior and researched the hnancia dent organizations, Will Rice Collect fairs a io* more bureaucratic and to clear and for certificates of deposit by the Jones School's Business Offi- • • systems ar other schools, comparing Treasurer Michael Rog said. involves a lot more paperwork," to mature under the old system. In cer. Collins said that this would serve them to Rice's current arrangement. "if I go to a company as a ciub Panchang said "That is a problem addition, the process for closing the as a test case. During the transition Collins cited several concerns with and try to do business with them, because we are a new organization current bank accounts requires a period for the rest of the university, the present arrangement. Currently, I don't have the reputation of the at Pace with a large outreach but a letter from Rice indicating a date to each club and college would be as- student organizations typically as university behind me." Rog said, developing volunteer base and lim close specific accounts. signed a staff adviser to help them sociaie Rice's taxpavei identification "if 1 go to them and say 1 am Rice ued funding. We want to use these Lovett College Senator Alexan- through the changeover. number with their external accounts. University, and 1 can give you a funds to develop the program and der Wyatt said the lack of a con- Jones College President Dan- This system leaves the university li check from a Rice University at don't have the resources or volun- crete plan was the most frustrating iel Hodges-Copple said that saw able for overdrafts. Maso, bank tees count, there's an implied legiti- teer base for enough people to man- part of the process. merit in the new system despite his to maintain these outside accounts macy to that. It gives companies i age all our financial affairs as that "Kathy Collins seems to have a reservations. would require." complete disconnect with the stu- "I think that there is some real One oi Rog's reservations about dent body," Wyatt said. "She's un- benefit to consolidating the college the new system is a ieai that the aware of the concerns that we have accounts," Hodges-Copple said. "I new system could cause delays in presented to her. I'm not sure if this think it has the potential to make it accessing student mone\. is because she doesn't have the time a lot easier for everyone. I just want "If 20 people sign up for an to listen to these concerns or rather to make sure that they are mindful event, and then two more show- up that it is her position of power and of all the challenges we face." at the last minute, how do you pav prerogative to make these changes The presidents of the other eight for the extra two?" Rog said. without our input." colleges declined to comment indi- Collins said it is important to under- Wyatt encouraged all students who vidually on the new financial plan stand thai the details of the plan are still might be affected bv the policy to at- to the Thresher, instead issuing a under discussion and development tend the Student Association meeting statement on their views, which is "1 want to stress that this is o at 10 p.m. on Monday night to learn published alongside this story.

LETTER FROM THE COLLEGE PRESIDENTS • I • Dear Thresher, investment , be it in the form of mu- outside of direct University control. We would like to take this op- tual funds, savings accounts, or CDs. This genuine autonomy is one of 1 portunity to address the discus- We want to ensure that these orga- Rice's greatest strengths. While sion over changes to the current nizations can maintain accounts administrative financia: oversight financial structure of student-run in which their money will continue has always been a part of the wa> in organizations and residential col- to accrue interest. Vie believe that which colleges and clubs operate, • « leges. When this idea was initialh the financial prudence and fore- we are wan of complicating this presented to us. we were naturalh sight shown by these colleges and procedure. This is especially perti- concerned about the implications clubs should not go unrewarded be- nent to organizations that draw sig- Pl3HO Gustavo Romero played Beethoven's Sonatas Sunday of such a plan on the autonomy cause of changes to the structure of nificant funding from sources out- in the Shepherd School of Music's Duncan Recital Hall of the colleges that we work so their accounts. side of the University. Furtherm ,">re. man The even? was on the scheauie for families Weekend. closely with and the independent Thirdly, while the adoption of consolidating funds under the Rice student organizations that make BANNER by colleges and clubs of- financial system may present a con- Rice unique. Upon reflection, we fers several advantages, we want flict of interest foi media organiza- were able to acknowledge that to make sure that organizational tions responsible for commenting some aspects of financial restruc- accounting does not become overh on the University. LSAT turing may be beneficial to many burdensome to treasurers, issues As a proposal takes shape, we organizations. For instance, we such as the amount of access stu- are confident that the administra- GMAT think that access to BANNER. Ric e's dent treasurers have to BANNER tion, in association with leaders FREE. financial accounting software, must be addressed so that account- from colleges, clubs and student GRE could enhance institutional mem- ing remains smooth and easy for organizations, mil address the ory of how money is spent within students. We would also like to MCAT above issues while ensunng that organizations. Furthermore, the see any increase in papenvork for student organizations continue to practice ability to make deposits to our ac- student-run organizations kept to flourish. For anyone interested in DAT counts here on campus will allow a minimum. this issue, there are multiple ways for easier transactions by club and OAT Fourthly, any change from the to express your opinions and con- college treasurers. current accounting procedures to cerns. We encourage you to attend However, as the proposal for Test TOEFL a more consolidated system must the Student Association meeting on this restructuring is developed, we address issues associated with the Monday. Oct. 6 at 10 p.m. in Farns- would like to note some points that PCAT transition period. Clubs and col- worth Pavilion, kathv Collins. \ ice warrant careful consideration. We leges need access to their bank President of Finance, will be speak realize this plan is far from being accounts daily and unforeseen ex- 4 ing on this matter and answering 2 FREE practice *es* > event and formalized and expect that the Di- penses are common. In addition, questions. If you have any ques- r r<< ! r c r t vision of Finance will take our con- closing accounts involves fees that fj > "eie »'

P •ADD ••••••Hp FROM PAGE 1 STUDENT ASSOCIATION MINUTES The following were noted at the most recent meeting of changed the locks to Valhalla. walk into a course for the first time the Student Association on Sept. 28. Valhalla announces Rice Student Judicial Affairs is in the fifth week of school. reopening continuing its investigations re- "From a faculty perspective, garding the students responsible the thing that's difficult about the After being shut down by Stu- for misconduct, Dean of Student Ju- current add/drop deadlines is that dent Judicial Programs for violating dicial Programs Don Ostdiek said. you don't know who's in your class for • President Matt Youn announced Jones College freshman Kern Vi- a temporary dry campus policy in Graduate students contested a long period of time," Siemann said. jayvargiya and Brown College sophomore Zachary Fedorko as ap- effect during Hurricane Ike, Valhalla the closing of Valhalla, arguing Siemann also emphasized that prentices to current Director of Technology J.D. Leonard. has announced it will reopen follow- that the the policy was not com- with the growth planned for the ing the completion of renovations. municated to them. Graduate Stu- university, classroom assignments • Youn, a Brown senior, said Vice President for Finance Kathy Col- Valhalla manager John Stanley said dent Association Parliamentarian were only going to become more lins will attend the next SA meeting Oct. 6 and answer questions that he expects the pub to be able Kristjan Stone said it was unrea- difficult, and having complete class sonable to punish all the graduate about the upcoming change to the financial structures for blan- to reopen next Friday. lists earlier on would make that students for the mistakes of a few ket-tax organizations and college governments. He encouraged These renovations include the process simpler. installation of a new refrigeration during the dry campus spell by all club presidents to show up to the meeting. Questions can be Tenney said a main concern is system and the repair of a broken closing Valhalla. having students enrolled in classes emailed to [email protected]. pipe, Valhalla BartenderTim Fried- "It helps if you think of Valhalla that have already missed signifi- man said. These projects were as a department," Stone said. "If cant amounts of important material • Internal Vice President Akshay Dayal encouraged anyone interest- interrupted when Rice University a professor or a student in that de- for that class. ed in the SA to attend the SA Dinner and Workshop this Sunday, Police discovered the pub serv- partment screws up, you don't shut "Where it particularly hurts is Oct. 5 at 5.30 p.m. in the Founder's Room of Lovett Hall. The work- ing alcohol during the period of down the entire department." when they're adding on the last day shop will cover a variety of student issues, including the Oct. 6 Hurricane Ike, and subsequently —Catherine Bratic of week four and showing up for finances discussion. Dayal, a Brown senior, said attendance is class maybe possibly for the first mandatory for senators, committee chairs and SA executives. time on Monday or Tuesday of week five, with already a third of the se- • Academic Committee co-Chair Jasdeep Mangat discussed the mester complete," Tenney said. new academic calendar passed by the Faculty Senate in Janu- While Siemann stressed that ary. Mangat, a Brown senior, said concerns have recently arisen Faculty Senate members would be from the new calendar's severely shortened add/drop deadlines, very reluctant to revisit the calen- which were not discussed in last year's meetings. Anyone inter- dar, Speaker of the Faculty Senate Deborah Harter said that change ested in discussing the new calendar should e-mait Mangat at was not irreversible at this point. jsmangat@rice. edu. "If this seems like a problem, we can talk about that as a senate, and • Baker College President Chris Goldsberry complained that mem- we have plenty of time to change bers of Baker 13 were banned from leaving their imprints upon the that for next year," Harter said. pavilion glass. Tenney said he will meet with Student Association President Matt • Brown President John Land explained the creation of Varsity Sports Youn and Mangat this week to dis- Liaisons through Rice Athletics. The liaisons will be charged with cuss options for next year's add/ increasing student attendance at varsity home games with money drop deadlines. from the Athletics Department. Land explained that the proposal has already been submitted and that the SA's role will be to get Sarah Rutledge and Jocelyn the institution "up on its feet." Wright contributed to this article. • Parliamentarian Christopher Warrington requested applicants for the Committee on Constitutional Revisions, which oversees changes and updates to the SA constitution. The application is available at sa.rlce.edu. • HONOR • The senate approved the creation of the Robotics Club. FROM PAG El • The senate also approved the creation of an Adviser Selection students in terms of the severity of Committee to find a replacement adviser for former Director of different types of violations, making Student Activities Heather Masden, who left Rice Tuesday. it difficult to determine appropriate penalties for each group of students. ?AV lOfy Siemann also said Article XII of The SA will meet next Monday at 10 p.m. in the Farnsworth Pavilion. the Honor Council's constitution would be discussed. The article gives an accused student a three-day window during they can choose to withdraw from Rice for two semes- ters and forfeit credit for the course * The Center for in question if they do not wish for # c their case to go to trial or appear on Skin Research their permanent record. The student body voted to keep the loophole. Siemann said since the vote was not overwhelmingly in favor of s??? L/ i i i keeping the loophole, the provision

ought to be reconsidered. IS -tSt*vtC "There's a diversity of opinion Males anenFmales of any race, a years, within the student body," Siemann 1 with many acne blemishes on t World-Class Elegance ... In Your Own Backyard said. "There was a huge amount of (whiteheads, blackheads, small and variation over something that po- .. V ' tentially changes peoples' lives." bumps) are needed. Over the past five years, Harter said there have been occasions where 12-week study - 5 visits. members of the Honor Council have come to the senate and reported that Office visits and investigational topical study m^m they were feeling extraordinarily medication at no cost overwhelmed. Harter said the task Compensation for time and travel. force would examine whether or not there had been a increase in cases and, if so, what the reason for this To find out if you qualify, please call our research may be. Harter said Dean of Under- graduates Robin Forman and Dean personnel: of Graduate and Postdoctoral Stud- ies Paula Sanders formed a working 713-985-0210 group to investigate whether more students were plagiarizing. Suzanne Bruce and Associates, P.A. Drs. Suzanne Bruce and Miriam Hanson Amnions said from what she had 1900 St. James Place, Suite 650 seen, the number of cases sent to the i m Houston, TX 77056 Honor Council have been consistent www.sba-skincare.com with past years. She said the Honor Council had not been feeling any particular pressures so far this year. COMPROMISING QUAUTY SINCE 1978 "We're really doing a good job of keeping on top of things right v/ now," Ammons said. "At this point, we're doing great." Ammons said the Honor Council Shaftel Diamonds was looking forward to collaborat- ricethresher.org wvav. shafte1didffl6nd .com ing with the Faculty Senate. "We're really excited to help with any improvements we can with the Honor Council if they have any sug- 2376 Sice Boulevard @ Morningside gestions for us," Ammons said. arts& ^ENTERTAINMENT 8 Newman's life a unifying model for Americans

On Friday night, the presiden- aspects he left behind. tial candidates fought a rhetorical Stephen Hunter, writing in the battle of words for their respec- Washington Post, described New- tive visions of America. Sadly, man brilliantly as "an American ar- that same night, a quintessential chetype ... practical, tough, urban. American lost his fight with cancer. He figured angles, calculated odds, Surrounded by loved ones, Paul charted courses, deployed distrac- Newman, the film legend, philan- tions, maneuvered brilliantly. He thropist, war hero and family man wasn't violent, he wasn't a leader, died Friday at age 83. he wasn't Mr. Cool with the babes, he had limited gifts for comedy and highly articulate, dialogue-driven set pieces. But nobody played shrewd better than Paul Newman." While women swooned over his piercing A blue eyes, handsomely angular face and unapologetic masculinity, men admired his strength, determination Caroline May and commonsense wisdom. Film critic Pauline Kael wrote in 1964, * HI "They could cast him as a mean man The news was somewhat over- and know that the audience would shadowed this weekend by grave never believe in his meanness." financial and political matters, America loved Paul Newman. The but Newman was a man whom we humble manner in which he lived should all take pause and remem- his life merely served to underscore ber as we move forward into what his exceptional qualities. looks to be an uncertain and omi- nous era. While times are hard, But the actor who steals the politics are divisive and we struggle BYFAHEEM AHMED ning a divorce. Tilda Swinton, that show is George Clooney (Ocean's with the banalities of every day, our it THRESHER STAFF ice cold bitch from The Chronicles of Narnia, turns in a fine performance Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's memory of Paul Newman can instill in all of us a renewed faith in hu- A womanizer. Two idiotic gym as another ice cold bitch. The di- Thirteen, Ocean's 300: Attack of the While times are manity. Whoever you were cheering employees. An ex-spy. A frigid pe- vorce company raids the contents Spartans). Clooney plays a para- for in Friday's debate or however diatrician. A misplaced disc with of his computer, loads them onto a noid member of the Treasury who is hard, politics are you feel about the current financial government secrets. Anyone can compact disc and mistakenly leaves weirdly entangled in a web of ran- bailout, we can unite in a shared divisive and we • • spin a political satire out of these the disk at the local gym. The disc dom occurrences. He also happens admiration of this impressive man plot elements, but it is the super- eventually lands in the hands of to be banging every woman in the struggle with the who truly did make a difference. talented Coen brothers who have gym managers Frances McDormand movie. Clooney infuses his charac- have spinned them into a smart and {Fargo) and Brad Pitt (Fight Club). ter with smarminess, weird aller- Newman lived the American banalities of every entertaining statement. Fresh from When they decide to blackmail gies and a strange fetish for sex de- dream. Born to a middle-class family day, our memory their award-winning epic No Coun- Malkovich, hilarity ensues. vices; basically, a sleazier version in Shaker Heights, Ohio, he used his • • try for Old Men, the duo decided From the very first establishing of Bill Clinton. many talents to work his way up and of Paul Newman • • to switch it up with a dark comedy shot, the Coen brothers place their into Hollywood's upper echelon. He can instill in all of signature stamp on the film. Their was significant even before his first featuring an all-star cast. a What many casual watchers don't sweeping camera lens makes even appearance on the silver screen. In us a renewed faith realize is that the Coen brothers have a drab, colorless government of- 1944 Newman helped to defeat the released a couple of other successful fice look like a dramatic landscape. The tone is a Japanese as a radioman and gunner in humanity. comedies, such as 0 Brother, Where The film takes place in Washington, breath of fresh in World War II. After the war, he dis- • * Art Thou? and the cult classic The Big D.C., and viewers will enjoy famil- covered his love for acting as an un- 99 Lebowski. Both of these movies had iar landmarks in the background air after all the dergraduate at Kenyon College. Upon a layer of profundity under their viv- such as the Jefferson Memorial and graduating from Kenyon, the future idly unique cinematography and plot Georgetown University. slapstick bath- film legend studied his newfound Newman worked in Hollywood concept of an absurd, poorly-hatched While the film is not overtly co- room humor passion at Yale University and the Ac- but was no representation of its cul- plan that goes horribly wrong. Burn medic, the zany characters and tor's Studio. He eventually began his ture. The iconic actor avoided inter- After Reading will join their ranks as their utter incompetence drive the sported by every acting career in New York, wowing views and never read reviews, once • # another worthwhile comedy released plot. The tone is a breath of fresh "comedy" in audiences throughout the Big Apple saying, "If they're good you get a by Ethan and Joel Coen. air after all the slapstick bathroom and later impressing viewers all over fat head, and if they're bad you're humor sported by every "comedy" recent days. the country in Hollywood. depressed for three weeks." True in recent days. (The Epic Movie Having reached the pinnacle of to form and wholly devoted to his writers need to be shot immediately.) showbiz, Paul Newman exemplified family, Newman lived on the oppo- M Malkovich breaks his routine the best that Hollywood could offer. site side of the country in Westport, portrayal of cool and intelligent He had major roles in over 50 films Conn. In this less pretentious set- • # characters as the easily irascible The one role that seems unnec- including Cool Hand Luke, Exodus, ting, one of Hollywood's most dash- CIA spy; he drops the "F bomb" at essary is McDormand's. Clearly at- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance ing leading men remained married Burn After Reading least fifty times in the first thirty tempting to make her character color- Kid, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Ver- to the same woman, actress Joanne • • • • minutes and every time he does so, ful, she instead comes across as loud dict, The Sting and Absence of Mal- Woodward, for over 50 years. He is it gets funnier and funnier. and annoying and remains overshad- ice. He was nominated for count- famously remembered for saying he had no reason to stray: "Why should Starring: John Malkovich, Pitt, frosted tips and all, also owed by the other characters. less awards including ten Academy I go out for a hamburger when I have Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, has a memorable role as Chad the Overall, this film is a savvy po- Awards, finally winning the Oscar steak at home?" Working in a cul- • # Frances McDormand, personal trainer. While he may litical satire — a commentary on for The Color of Money. His impact ture in which the average lifespan of George Cooney have not been the ideal choice for how little the government cares on American cinema alone would this buffoonish character, Pitt's about us. While the ending is a bit make him worthy of our united marriages appears to be shorter than charisma and innocence win over abrupt and kind of weak, the rest of approbation, yet his acting chops baseball season, Newman's love for the audience in the end, and the the film is extremely entertaining were but one of the many positive his wife and family were a thrill to John Malkovich (Being John Mal- bad dancing really helps. and strongly recommended. behold. We should all be so skillful kovich) plays Osbourne Cox, a man at maintaining our values. • • who is having a very bad day. After MUSIC In addition to the more than 50 the federal government demotes D see NEWMAN, page 9 him, he discovers his wife is plan- FILM SYMPHONY On another note, the Greater Today at 7:30 p.m. as part of Houston Convention and Visi- Discovery Green's Art Series, After a postponement due to tors Bureau will partner with BOXES KUHF Houston Public Radio Hurricane Ike, Dvorak's New the Houston es Musica Festi- t • will screen Nosferatu, Bram World Symphony, conducted val to shower Houston with Through October 25, BOX 13 Stroker's 1922 silent film by Hans Graf and featuring Jer- the city's hottest Latin tunes ArtSpace is displaying five THE adapted from his novel about emy Denk on piano, returns in in the Music in the Parks Con exhibitions that range from Dracula. Bring a blanket to glory today at 8 p.m. and Sun- cert Series. The first show, architectural sculpture to WEEKLY this free event and listen to day at 2:30 p.m. Tickets start featuring Karina Nistal, is video and multimedia work. the Goldern Arm Trio of Austin at $27 for those who missed on Thursday from 5-7 p.m. in Admission is free for this * • SCENE play the original score live, the out on the Rice subsidy. Call Hermann Square, and like the outside-the box experience. way it was meant to be heard. 713-224-7575 for i^ore info. other three, it is free for all. Call 713-299-8582 for details. Editors' picks for events outside the hedges, t>oth DISCOVERY GREEN JONES HALI MARTHA HERMANN SQUARE BOX 13 ARTSPACE around Rice and in the 1500 MCKINNEY ST. 61s LOUISIANA ST. SMITH AND BAGBY 6700 HARRISBURG BLVD. Houston area, for this week. WWW.DISCOVERYGReEN.COM WWW. HOUSTONSYMPHONY. ORG WWW. VISITHOUSTONTEXAS. COM WWW.BOXlSARTSPACE.COM * • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3,2008 THE RICE THRESHER A&E 9

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Tonight marks the opening of the The Moldau and Sinfonietta) is expert- Smetana pioneers the use of folk mu- Shepherd School Symphony Orches- ly arranged: Each work either lays the sic in a traditional orchestral piece, a rock in stormy times tra under the direction of Maestro precedents for the works that come technique few of his contemporaries Larry Rachleff. The concert features were using. For example, the famous after or conclude an idea outlined by On Saturday, Sept. 13, disaster the only place ready to satiate our an intriguing program that not only and memorable melody from The Mol- those that came before. struck our formidable city. Despite desires: House of Pies. offers exciting music for the audience, dau is related to folk songs from many Berlioz's work is an excellent living in what many have called the A sea of blue greeted our arrival. but also tells the story of a very unique regions including Italy, Romania and choice to open the concert. A boister- energy capital of the world, Hous- Always a cultural Mecca of sorts, genre of classical music. Sweden. ous concert overture, Le Corsaire is tonians found themselves plunged the Monday meal source for Student the direct ancestor of the symphonic This interest in indigenous music into darkness. Suffering through Association meetings had now be- poems that make up the second half connects The Moldau to the next piece round after round of Boggle by can- come a hideaway for the very peo- of the program. Written in 1844, it is on the program, Janacek's Sinfonietta. dlelight, undergraduates at Rice ple any sane curfew-breaker would the oldest piece on the program, and This work ties all the preceding pieces gave thanks for crowded hallways hope to avoid. Like the goo that it combines with the second piece to of tonight's concert together and is and lenient dry campus enforce- oozes out of a blueberry pie, police form a strong foundation for both a fitting conclusion to the evening's ment, dreaming of brighter nights. officers had packed themselves into Smetana and Janacek's compositions, festivities. It relates to the original the back of the restaurant, chat- Garrett Schumann passing on its cohesion and format. idea of the concert overture by be- ting vivaciously. A couple of them Its successor in the program, ing dedicated to the armed forces of even took pictures with audacious This weekend's program is an ex- Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from 1920s Czechoslovakia. It represents drunks. And none of them seemed cellent opportunity for students at "Tristan und Isolde," sets the stage the last generation of pieces influ- concerned with arresting us. enced by Wagner's musical language Rice to hear great music played at a for the musical language of the last After a delicious meal of a patty and, like The Moldau, is illustrative high level and with a clear narrative. two pieces. The harmonies used by melt, cottage fries and strawberry of geographic locations. Janacek, like It is a chance to discover how music Wagner in the Prelude were ground- rhubarb pie (all for free because Smetana, was a Czech composer and Julie Armstrong grows through time, and how no piece, breaking for their time, and were de- the waitress had served my friend continues the tradition of using folk whether written in the 16th century or signed to convey the unresolved love Another calamity, however, grilled cheese instead of BLT), I music in his classical compositions. just this summer by a Rice student, is between the opera's title characters. soon overshadowed the direct ef- couldn't leave without continuing Although there are no folk melodies in isolated in time. This concept of musical imagery, of fects of Hurricane Ike's destruction my tradition of winning at least Sinfonietta, it demonstrates the apex The four pieces being played to- representing concrete ideas, people in our lives, hemming us behind one stuffed animal from the claw of symphonic poem tradition as typi- night illustrate the growth and matu- or places in sound is at the heart of the hedges more effectively than an machine. When I could find only a fied through the previous three works ration of the symphonic poem, a piece the symphonic poems composed orgo study session and Pub com- single quarter in my bag, it was a in the concert. inspired by an extramusical element, throughout the 19th century. bined, in addition to removing our Houston police officer who provided i.e., a poem, as an art form, starting Smetana's The Moldau exemplifies Concert tickets are $8 for students. most basic comforts. That catastro- me with three more. with Hector Berlioz's Le Corsaire and the 19th century symphonic poem as Both Friday and Saturday's perfor- phe was the citywide curfew. I'm happy to say I left House of moving through 80 years of music his- it attempts, in the composer's own mances are at 8 p.m. in Stude Concert The Houston Police Department Pies that night with a sparkly, frog- tory to Leos Janacek's Sinfonietta. The words, "[to describe] the course of the Hall in the Shepherd School of Music. meant well. By sweeping Housto- headed lobster and a stuffed purple order of pieces {Le Corsaire, Richard Vltava [Moldau]," the longest river in nians off the streets at sundown hand. Yes, a hand. But more im- Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from theCzechRepublic.Althoughthemusic Garrett Schumann is a Wiess Col- and locking us into our homes like portantly, I left with renewed faith "Trisfanund/so/de, "BedrichSmetana's is not as cleverly written as Wagner's, lege junior. Jews in 1940 Berlin, they hoped to in HPD and in the illegitimacy of prevent looting, reduce car crashes inconvenient ultimatums. and otherwise protect our lives and I learned that night that Hous- property. Instituted shortly after ton really is the city of hospitality. 0 NEWMAN Ike's departure, the curfew initially And our beloved, historic House of FROM PAGE 8 restricted citizens to their houses Pies is its true standard bearer. 9 p.m.-6 a.m. Within the week, it years of joy he brought filmgoers and had been pushed back to 12 a.m., al- Julie Armstrong is a Will Rice Col- decades of devotion he gave his loved lowing many of Houston's residents lege senior and arts and entertain- ones, Paul Newman was an exception- to resume their usual dining habits, ment editor. ally generous philanthropist. In 1982 but there was one side effect of this he paired up with writer A.E. Hotchner policy that our government chose and started the food brand Newman's to overlook: Where would college Own, best know for producing salad students dine after midnight? tfltOTZSKutfaj dressing and popcorn. All the after-tax There was no Katz's, no Tapatia, proceeds from the sale of Newman's no Late Nite Pie. In my desperation, products have gone and continue to I turned to alternative forms of noc- • # go to charity. In 1988 he and Hotchner turnal sustenance, such as micro- founded the Hole in the Wall Gang waveable noodles and cinnamon Camp. Each year this endeavor pro- oatmeal squares. I even went to vides over 13,000 children with cancer Chapultepec at six in the afternoon, a priceless sleep-away camp experi- and that's just plain wrong. ence. Newman has also given millions By the following Saturday to his alma mater, Kenyon College, night, I was desperate. Still camp- and made smaller contributions to ing out at Lovett College away innumerable causes. He died having from my powerless off-campus given over $250 million to charity. home, I had exhausted my stores His unwavering selflessness, hardy of peanut butter and Annie Chun's Chips & Drink spirit and endearing demeanor will be one-minute teriyaki bowls. Unready With purchase of anv medium remembered far into the future, much for sleep and unwilling to concen- farther than ephemeral election polls, trate on a movie, close to rioting and sandwich or pizza market fluctuations or political catcalls. vaguely considering cannibalism, After 3 p.m. everyday To be sure, Newman was no political my friends and I knew late-night outsider. He was an avid liberal activ- dining was our only option. Shy* your RICE ID or Bring this ad in ist and proud Democrat. Despite what I Luckily, The Man cracked before considered to be misguided politics, he we had to. There is one late-night 8200 S.IMn 713-6864011 lived a life in full. Indeed, even a con- venue that stands above them all, f irtt d (to? i'xl 1 nfc iirti of -Mil servative Republican like me can love and that Saturday we discovered it p# KSBH 1mi St|*r a man with a spot on Nixon's enemies had received special permission to 10C> Wfuhrmirt $ list. Whatever the coming weeks may resume its 24-hours-a-day sched- bring, we can all remain grounded in ule, feeding the police force of a our shared appreciation and celebra- dark and hungry city. tion of the life Paul Newman led. Three hours past midnight, Like free swag? Actor Paul Newman, who died on Friday, leaves behind a legacy of with the possibility of a $500 fine Write for A&E. hanging over our heads and an Food. Fame. Tickets. Caroline May is a Will Rice Col- humility and integrity perhaps even more valuable than his films. [email protected] lege senior. empty gas tank, we were driving to * SPORTS 10 Owls tied for second after first C-USA matches Owls find vindication at home with offensive explosion against Marshall after dropping match against ECU

by Yan Digilov half days for the next game, and they THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF did the right thing and came out and got the win on Sunday." A weekend split left the Owls' posi- Seeking vindication, the Owls tion in the Conference USA standings continued their offensive pressure up in the air. They find themselves in against Marshall 011 Sunday. In the a 10 way tie for second place, behind second home game of the weekend, East Carolina University, who beat the squad got on the board first with a the Owls 2-0 on Friday at the Rice goal from freshman Amy Beger in ihe Track and Soccer Stadium. 13th minute. Beger's ball came from "The thing about conference is freshman and fellow Missouri native that on any given day, anything can Chealsey Russell, who made her first happen," senior captain Christine start of the year. Petric said. "This weekend proved it. The Herd tied the game up eight This was a game we could have won if minutes later, but a pair of goals from we had played our best." junior Shelley Wong in the 29th and The Owls faced ECU with high 83rd minutes gave the Owls a com- hopes after running with eighth- manding victory. The defense, one ranked Texas A&M to a tie for 81 game older, allowed four more shots minutes the week prior. Though they than in the previous game, but a came out firing and out-shot the Pi- consistent team effort propelled the rates 15-7, a combination of poor for- squad to a l-t C-USA record. mation and mental lapses led to an Consistency has been a recurring opposing goal in the 39th minute. topic of conversation in practice over With only their second shot of the the past several weeks. Memphis and game, ECU took the 1-0 advantage the University of Central Florida are after senior Savanna Russo played a always staunch competition for the pass 18 yards from the goal. For the Owls in C-USA, but the weekend re fourth time in the season, the defense suits throughout the league paint a allowed a second goal in the 69th picture that means only one thing: minute, as the Pirates ran away with The Owls must win. the C-USA opener. The cluttered mess that has de- The team's poor form was in veloped in the C-USA as the teams part due to recent injuries that have jumped off the starting block adds forced the defensive unit lo continu pressure to an Owls squad that is al- ally adjust to new personnel, creating ready reeling to adjust after losing an a challenge for assistant coach Craig entire backline and a lop goal scorer Waibel lo prepare a backline with to injury. onlv a week's notice. "With the injuries we've caught, "The first thing was getting them the girls have to have a do or die at- lo understand that they need to com- titude." Waibel said. "They have to municate," he said. "Part of com- play with a chip on their shoulder. municating on a soccer field is not The world is against them, and they always niceties, chocolates and flow- need to come out filing on all cylin- ers. They had to learn quickly not to ders. with almost reckless abandon." lake offense to demands and to de- Wong has been one of the play- X mand more of one another." ers showing that sense of urgency The challenges to team chemistry throughout the start of the season. Her caused by injury showed as players two goals last weekend landed her co- continually found themselves scram- offensive C-USA MVP, and her leader bling to catch up with one another, ship on the field has been crucial for failing to repeat the consistent ball the squad trying make a run at a con- movement that they exhibited against ference championship despite injury. 'mmtr* .** Texas A&M. Sophomore Stephanie Crain, who "I told them that the best thing fought back from an ACL injury last Junior defender Alexa Coralli prepares for a header during last Sunday's match against Marshall University. The about college soccer is that you get year, has permanently moved from Owls defeated Marshall 3-1 after losing the conference opener on Friday to East Carolina University 2-0. Rice faces two games a weekend," Waibel said. midfield to defense and joined junior off with SMU Friday at 7 p.m. at Rice Track and Soccer Stadium to kick off the last weekend of their homestand. "They only have to wait one and a O see SOCCER, page 14 Volleyball takes one of two to open conference play by Natalie Clericuzio in EI Paso. While 1 tic first two sets THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF remained close early, the Owls used two key surges to put both sets away. Last weekend the volleyball team In the third set, UTEP mounted a began conference play against some comeback. The Miners took an early familiar opponents: the University of 6-3 lead before Rice knotted the score Texas-F.1 Paso, the team Rice eliminat- at 9. The two squads continued to ed from last season's Conference USA tiade points until UTEP pulled ahead tournament, and Tulane University, toward the end to take the set 25-20. the team that subsequently defeated Rice came out in the fourth set with the Owls in the next round. This time renewed effort, but the two teams still around, the results were the same, swapped the lead multiple times. The with Rice defeating UTEP before los- Owls finally bested the Miners 25-18 ing in four games to Tulane. to take the set and the match 3-1. This week Rice finally returns With the win, the Owls have now home from a month-long road trip defeated UTEP seven straight times. with three matches in Fox Gym. On Head coach Genny Volpe said she a Friday, the Owls play Southern Meth- saw the win over UTEP as a great way odist University at 7 p.m. Last sea to begin conference play. son. SMU swept the first meeting of "UTEP returned every single the two teams, and Rice responded starter from last year." she said. "We by sweeping the second match. The knew they were going to be much bet- Owls will lace off Sunday at 1 p.m. ter ... Our team did a really good job with the University of Tulsa, last sea- of staying composed and confident son's C USA tournament champion. when they started stressing us. Win- The Golden Hurricane defeated Rice ning in three is going to come rare t twice last season. The Owls play to anybody in this conference, so to again Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. win in four on the road, I was pleased against McNeese State University, a with thai." Sophomore middle blocker jessie Boulavsky goes up for a kill in last season's match at University of Houston non conference opponent known for Additionally, sophomore settei on Sept. 21, 2007. The Owls opened conference play last weekend defeating UTEP 3-1 and losing to Tulane 3-1. scrappy plav. Meredith Schamun and sophomore Rice started last weekend's play Osee VBALL, page 14 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3,2008 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS 11 O RECORD FROM PAGE 1

have surged to a 4-0 record this season Vizza threw for 131 yards in the first and were preseason favorites to win quarter and kept the Rice defense on the C-USA outright. its heels. Tulsa won last week against the The Owls missed 20 tackles in the University of Central Arkansas, beat- game, most in the first half. Like UNT, 1 ing them with a final score of 62-34. the Golden Hurricane also possesses a Graham has already had to field ques- quality run game that ranks 20th na- tions regarding an undefeated season tionally. Tackling is a must for the Owls and a possible berth in a BCS bowl. as it is unlikely the Golden Hurricane is The Golden Hurricane has only one re- going to turn the ball over six times. maining non-conference game against "That's what's led to a lot of [Tul- a depleted University of Arkansas sa's] production, it's just people miss- team, making this match-up of C-USA ing tackles. A little three and four-yard unbeatens all the more compelling. bubble screen all of a sudden goes 31 ^ Leading the Golden Hurricane is se- yards," said Bailiff. nior quarterback David Johnson, who Momentum swung fully in the TrfitfflHWfipril 1 _ is starting his first complete season Owls' favor in the early part of the after serving as backup to Paul Smith, second quarter when Rice recovered a muffed punt after being unable to drive now a member of the Jacksonville Jag- ARIEL SHNITZER/THRESHER uars practice squad. Despite spending the length of the field for the first time four years on the bench, Johnson has all game. Two plays later, the Owls managed to put up strong numbers punched the ball into the end zone Senior quarterback Chase Clement scrambles up the field, gaining yardage for Rice against North Texas. 9 this year. Going into last weekend's on a three yard run by junior running game, he was rated first in the NCAA back Marcus Knox, extending their for quarterback efficiency. Thus far, lead to 42-20. he has thrown for 19 touchdowns, Rice only extended their lead from four interceptions and led the offense there and the 57-point margin of vic- POWDERPUFF PREDICTIONS to an average of just over 54 points tory ended up being Rice's largest per game. since 1944 when they beat Galveston 0 The first quarter of last week's Air Force Base 57-0. The 77 points game had the makings of another scored by the Owls was the most they JULIE DOCTOR LAUREN TUM > YAN shootout as the Rice and UNT defenses have scored since 1916, when they re- A&E OFFICE GROUPIE NAT'S STAND-IN CASEY SPAWTS EDITOR combined for just one defensive stop. corded a 146-3 victory over Southern Mean Green quarterback Giovanni Methodist University.

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by Yan Digilov Since the age of four, Russell has and soccer players, questions about the first time, the friends live within circumstance of injury. Russell's ap- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF been an avid soccer player. Unfortu- college came to the forefront. five minutes of one another, Russell pearance on Friday was the first time nately, growing up in Springfield, Mo. "We both looked at completely at Brown College and Beger at Wiess she and Beger stepped foot on the It was a first for Owls Soccer, but did not provide adequate competition different schools," Russell said. College. Seeing one another on and off same field since early June 2008 after it's happened elsewhere countless for the young soccer fiend who was Even after Russell committed to the field became a scarce and comfort- an ankle injury sidelined her for most times in the past. In the 13th minute quickly progressing beyond the span Rice in January, the two had no idea ing familiarity as they adjusted to the of her senior year of high school. of the Owls' match against Marshall of the meager local opportunities. that they would spend another four rigors of an NCAA athletics schedule. After coming to Rice, she expe- University on Sunday, freshman Over 200 miles away, in St Louis, years with one another. "We both decided that our mid- rienced another setback when she Chealsey Russell spotted freshman Mo., Beger became a standout among "Our moms talk a lot," Beger said. western style is different than this suffered a concussion in an accident teammate Amy Beger making a run a pool of very talented soccer play- "When she (Russell] started looking southern style of soccer," Russell during her workouts. After playing on off the right wing. After finding its ers at a young age. Her skill led her at Rice, my parents said that Rice is a said. "The Midwest is more tactical, the same side of the field for most of way directly to the feet of Beger, the to join the nationally renowned St. good school, and I should look there." and in the South it is about strength their careers, Russell playing in the ball hit the back of the net to give the Louis Soccer Club, which over the last Though Beger was set on another and endurance." backfield and Beger at midfield wing, Owls a 1-0 advantage. 30 years has won more state champi- university, she finally took the sugges- Beger, 5-feet-6-inches, has always stepping back on the turf was a special Sunday's game marked Russell's onships and advanced more teams to tion from her mother after being en- relied upon tactical ability to make moment for Russell. first start after she made her Owl de- regional competition than any other couraged by her teammate. Beger was an impact on the field. However, her "Once you get into the game, the but only two days prior. squad in the nation. convinced, and the St. Louis Soccer strong, consistent effort and determi- intensity is high and everyone plays a "It was awesome, a big relief," she In 2002, coaches from the St. Louis Club graduated two Owls in 2008. nation has caught the attention of her little different," she said. said. "It was better to get everything Soccer Club spotted young Russell, After playing together in four re- coaches and peers. Beger, who tore her ACL in 2006, over with, because until you actually who had been making the trek in gional championships in ('03, '05, '06, "She has a relentless work ethic and Russell, with these experiences step out and play in college, you are search of stronger competition, play- '08) and winning a national title in and is tough on the ball," senior cap- behind her, bring the understanding still nervous." ing for a league in St. Louis. After '05, it should come as no surprise that tain Christine Petric said. "We always of battling through injury to a team Though Sunday was the first time Russell shone in her tryout, the young in her first start, Russell found none have an impressive freshman class, that has folded before under the pres- the two combined for a point in NCAA stars met one another for the first time, other than her teammate of six years but she has stepped up and got several sure of falling players. Russell's return Division 1 soccer, the connection be- playing U-12 soccer for one of the most for a goal in the early minutes of the goals off the bat. She is working really coincided perfectly with the numerous tween these two young Owls dates intense soccer clubs in the nation. game on Sunday. hard and doing a great job." holes that opened after the defense back far before either of them had As the girls grew up with on an- Together, the Owls have slowly ad- Both players' journeys to Rice have was dissolved due to injury. ever seen an SAT. other, developing as young adults justed to life on a college campus. For also been marked with the unfortunate Osee DUO, page 14

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0-1-00. Kills Receiving Rice - McCord 16, Morgan 15, Bogan 12, Gill 7, Rice — Dillard 8-114, Dixon 4-101, Casey 8-92, Holderness 6, Schamun 2. Randolph 3-21. TU - Radosevic 17, Wells 15, Djurdjevic 9, Vlask- m COMMENTARY NT — Sanders 8-121, Robinson 7-91, Beasley ovic 6, Under 4, Shepard 3. 5-34- Assists Rice - Schamun 54, McClean 1, Grigsby 1. Attendance — 16,885 TU - Rebrovic 30, Lindelow 22. Digs Rice - Lam 22, Holderness 12, Morgan 9, Scha- NFL season without Tom BY THE mun 6, McClean 6, McCord 4, Bogan 2 VOLLEYBALL TU - Miller 17, Radosevic 10, Lindelow 7, NUMBERS Rebrovic 6, Djurdjevic 4, Linder 3, Vlaskovic 3, Shepard 1, Wells 2. Brady has no meaning SEPT. 24 - OCT. 1 RICE 3 UTEP 1 Attendance - 314 When Tom Brady went down record should be asterisked, so Sept. 26, 2008 - El Paso, Texas in the first quarter against the should this NFL season, the sea- son Tom Brady did not play. RICE 25 25 20 25 Kansas City Chiefs, prematurely FOOTBALL UTEP 19 21 25 18 SOCCER ending his 2008-'09 season, I felt This season will not be the his pain because my season end- year a team goes 19-0, nor the year FINAL STATS UTEP RICE RICE 3 MARSHALL 1 ed as well. Not only did the event anyone compares a team to Mike RICE 77 NORTH TEXAS 20 Kills 44 62 Errors 16 19 Sept. 28, 2008 - Rice Track & Soccer Stadium ruin my fantasy Ditka's hal- Sept. 26, 2008 - Rice Stadium Attempts 144 134 football hopes, lowed 1985 Chi- Attack Percentage •194 .321 RICE RICE 21 7 o 77 cago Bears. This Assists 43 58 MU as Brady was my North Texas 13 35 21 20 Service Aces 6 6 first overall pick, year will not Digs 48 71 RU — Dixon 50 pass from Clement (Fangmeier Rlce{5-4-0): Erkel, Crain, Scott, Russell, but it also de- perpetuate the Blocks 12 6 kick) Schugart, Coralli, Petric, Edwards, Beger, Ward, stroyed my ap- Patriot dynasty UNT — Montgomery 1 run (PAT blocked) Wong; INDIVIDUAL STATS petite to watch but will also not RU — Dillard 3 pass from Clement (Fangmeier 5u6s//fiyfes:Fitzsimmons, Kadota, Holloway, kick) Storness, Nesbit, Ross. another NFL crumble it. Kills RU — Clement 25 run (Fangmeier kick) Prem Ramkumar Rice - Holderness 13, Morgan 13, Bogan 11, Gill game this year. With last NT — Montgomery 15 run (Knott kick) Marshall3-3-4): Orton, Snead, Berquist, John- FOR THB THRESHER 7, McCord 5 year's incred- RU — Dillard 30 pass from Gibson (Fangmeier son, Lizotte, Duncan, Harrison, Vasumma, Voss, Brady's absence UTEP - Sanders 13, Chavez 12, Mendenhall 6, kick) Blakely, Gordan has done more ible storylines Mooney 6, Blanco 4, larmoc 2, Joyce 1 NT — Dunbar 7 pass from Vizza (Knott kick) Substitutes: Ball, Kot, Holdaway, Devine, Assists than deprive the league of its that included 50 touchdown pass- RU — Clement 6 run (Fangmeier kick) Leconte. Rice - Schamun 47, McClean 4, Lam 3, Holder- reigning MVP. es, the reemergence of Randy Moss RU — Knox 3 run (Fangmeier kick) ness 2, Morgan 2 Goals: Beger (3), Snead (3), Wong (5). RU — Dillard 18 pass from Clement (Fangmeier What is the point of watching with 23 touchdown receptions and UTEP - larmoc 37, Nolasco 3, Mooney 1, Chavez kick) Assists: Scott (2), Russell, Beger. professional football when the quar- a perfect regular season, Tom Bra- 1, Joyce 1 Cautions: Beger. RU — Dillard 4 pass from Clement (Fangmeier Digs Ejections: none. terback who was featured in nearly dy and the boys in silver captured kick) Rice - Lam 24, Morgan 13, Holderness 12. Mc- RU — Randolph 7 pass from Clement (Fang- every "SportsCenter" highlight reel and held the attention of the foot- Clean 6, Schamun 5, McCord 4, Bogan 4, Gill 2, FINAL STATS MU RICE meier kick) last year is sitting on the sideline? ball world all the way to the Super White 1 Shots 18 RU — Gascon-Nadon 13 interception return 11 UTEP - Sanders 11, Langford 8, Chavez 7, Jarmoc Shots on Goal When Brady single-handedly Bowl. Had it not been for that ma- (Fangmeier kick) 6 8 6, Joyce 4, McCanelly 3, Nolasco 3, Mooney 3 Saves RU — Douglas 40 interception return (Fang- 5 5 resuscitated Randy Moss* ca- jor hiccup against the New York Gi- Corner Kicks meier kick) 0 4 reer by hooking up with him for ants, we could have witnessed the Attendance - 623 Fouls 11 15 Offsides touchdown after touchdown at an greatest football team in the his- FINAL STATS NT RICE 0 4 First downs 25 36 unbelievable pace and achieved tory of the NFL. Nope. That is not TULANE 3 RICE 1 These boxscores brought to you by: Rushing Yards (net) 30 39 perfection in the regular season, happening this year. Passing Yards (net) 257 328 Sept. 28,2008 - New Orleans, La. Your Mom. he became the poster boy of both Television ratings have never Total Yards 412 502 Punts - avg. 4-46.5 4-39 RICE 25 18 21 24 the NFL and my bedroom. been higher than when America "GOSSIP GIRL RULES. OMFG. I LURVE ED WEST- Time of possession 30:09 29:51 Tulane 21 25 25 26 waited for the former 199th pick WICK MORE THAN TRACY DOES. Psst don't tell Undeniably, a healthy Brady anyone." - Casey Jean-Claude Michel AKA Casey ranks above Roethlisberger, the out of University of Michigan to INDIVIDUAL STATS FINAL STATS TU RICE J-C, all the way from Sydney. Kills 54 58 Mannings (yes, both of them), and either continue shattering records Rushing Errors 19 33 even Brett Favre (I said it). Even or choke this past season. Con- A new Yankee Stadium is the worst idea e\'ui. It Rice — Clement 10-69, Ugokwe 7-54, Knox 10-21, Attempts 139 156 makes me cry just thinking about it. RED SOX more so: Tom Brady is the NFL; sequently, commissioner Roger Randolph 1-14, Henderson 5-11, Dupree 3-6, Attack Percentage 252 .160 SUCK. GO ANGELS! Casey 1-3, Shepherd 1- (-2). Assists 54 56 thus, when Tom Brady is injured, Goodell needs Tom Brady almost NT — Montgomery 11-76, Dunbar 7-32, Hamilton Service Aces 4 4 the NFL is injured. as bad as David Stern and the NBA Yesterday was Tracy Dansker's 21st birthday. If 1-1, Vizza 7-12, Tune 3-11, Dodge 1-7. Digs 52 61 you see her this week, make sure to congratu- Of course, people are not go- need Kobe Bryant. And just like Passing Blocks 14 8 late her for constituting a medical miracle by Rice — Clement 22-28-5-298, Goodson 1-1-1-30, ing to altogether ignore the NFL. Kobe, Brady's ability to dissect de- getting a hangover from two drinks. Shepherd 0-1-0-0. INDIVIDUAL STATS Football is still the most lucrative fenses makes him the most hated NT — Vizza 25-39-1-251, Tune 1-5-0-6, Dodge professional sport in America, but and loved figure in the game. fans will definitely not be look- Brady's fans feel for him. We ing for this year's season to stand had so much to prove to the nay- out among previous seasons. sayers this season. We needed to Brady has carried the NFL on his return to the Super Bowl but leave shoulders since the turn of the with a better outcome. We needed millennium, and as he suddenly to prove we could win honestly, dropped from the scene, fans will with the Spygate scandal only one slowly begins to realize what they year behind us. We needed to prove are missing. that our team was the last one op- We will all miss the broken re- posing teams want to see get off Call and you could save cords and amazing scrambles. We the charter bus at the stadium. will all miss someone to love and Even if Brady threw away hate for the exact same reasons. all his wonders on the field, We will all miss Tom Brady on the the NFL would still need him Class dismissed. front page of Star Magazine as we and his publicity. Brady can't wait in the checkout line. take a walk around Foxbor- Most importantly, we will all ough without making front page miss a legitimate Super Bowl of the local newspaper, only champion this season because, helping the NFL's publicity. just as Barry Bonds' home run Osee BRADY, page 14 • +

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Alexa Coralli to form the heart of ourselves to not be overlooked." Meredith Schamun and sophomore scored a kill to take it to 21-20, Tu- really played hard. We knew we were the backline. This weekend ends the Owls' libero Tracey Lam played key roles in lane responded with a five-point going to need her physicality against 1 » With a shored-up defense, the homestand with games against the match. Schamun, named C-USA run to take the set 25-21. Tulane because she's such a strong remainder of conference play will re- Southern Methodist University and setter of the week, posted 50 assists Both teams displayed intense hitter; she's got a big jump; she's got turn to the theme of consistency and University of Tulsa on Friday and and averaged 12.5 per game. Lam set play in the fourth set. Rice went a big arm [...] 1 think she's going to mental toughness. Sunday, respectively. It will be the her match-high in digs with 21. Both ahead 18-15, attempting to force a play a huge role this year and down "We have to rally behind everyone last weekend pair of the year. sophomores are earning national at- fifth game. However, despite mul- the road." who's healthy," Petric said. "What "We have a very tough road trip tention, as Schamun is third in the tiple kills from sophomore middle After the loss to Tulane, Rice is is done is done. We have to move coming up," Petric said. "It is awesome nation in assists, and Lam is seven- blocker Caroline Gill, Tulane broke 9-3 overall on the season and 1-1 in forward. We are a team that prides to be home and tough being on the teenth in digs per set. the 24-24 tie to take the set 25-24 and conference play. Volpe said she is ourselves on working hard. We may road, so we want to make sure we take Coming off the win against UTEP, the match. pleased with her team's start to the be the underdog, but we have proved care of business while we're here." Rice's confidence was at a high in After losing two close matches to conference portion of the season. preparation to face off against pre- Tulane last season, this year's loss "I think this is one of the best dicted C-USA winner Tulane. The was hard for Rice to stomach. teams I've ever coached." she said. Owls' confidence showed as Rice "We were honestly really disap- "Talent alone, we're solid, but they • DUO really play hard for each other and FROM PAGE 12 broke an early 6-6 tie in the first set pointed because we knew we were to defeat the Green Wave 25-21. right up there with them as one of the respect each other. Statistically, Now, both freshmen are being asked makes a team great." Volpe said Tulane stepped up its best teams in the league," Gill said. "It we're first in the conference in kills, to bear a large load and fill positions As the young players work on con- play in the second set of the match. was disappointing to lose but it defi- assists, and digs." that had previously been held by expe- sistency on the field, the promise of a "Tulane started attacking us more nitely lit a fire, because we want to kill According to Gill, the strong rienced long-time starters. Both cited four-year extension of their friendship aggressively, both with their serve them when they come to Houston." chemistry the team shares this year junior Shelley Wong and sophomore will continue to work as reliable sup- and with their attacking," she said. Alongside Gill and Morgan, fresh- is a product of the players spending Meghan Erkel as players that exhibit port system. "They took us out of system a little man outside hitter Ashleigh McCord time together off the court. the hardworking, consistent attitude "It's going to be fun," Beger said. bit and anytime that happens it's a contributed significantly to Rice's "I definitely think we have a lot that has become synonymous with the "We have been growing as players little bit harder to get a kill." match against the Green Wave. Volpe more chemistry than last year be- Rice brand of soccer. for the last four years. It is not really The strong attacking from Tu- said she is looking for McCord to cause we all hang out not only just Coming off a tough loss in the open- a change." lane led them to a second set 25-18 make a bigger impact as the Owls when we have to hang out, but we're ing game of conference play, the duo Though their roles on the field have win. The Green Wave continued progress through their schedule. all best friends, and we all know knows that the pressure is on. not changed, their ability and position to cause the Owls trouble, coming "She had a phenomenal match: what we're going to do," she said. "That loss was both good and as leaders on the field are constantly back from a 14-10 Rice lead in set 16 kills, no errors," Volpe said. "She "We never have any conflicts and if bad," Beger said. "It showed us that developing. With each other's help, the three to knot the score at 20. After was a little bit shaky over the last we do, they're resolved like nothing we can go off a high and start over their Midwest flair will help elevate Rice senior outside hitter Karyn Morgan couple matches. Against Tulane, she so we all get along really well." from scratch. It is consistency that Owls Soccer to new heights. •BRADY FROM PAGE 13 the morning... 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