Concrete Presents Continuing Construction Delays Both of Which Involve Reducing the Number of Exam Days

ce Thresher Vol. XCIV, Issue No. 8 SINCE 1916 Friday, October 12, 2007 New academic calendar could shorten final exam period

by Jocelyn Wright THRESHER ED1TORIA1. STAFF 1A ' A longer winter break and shorter final exam periods could come as early as the 2008-'09 academic year as part of plans to rework the academic calendar. Driven by the concern that the current spring calendar led to discrepancies in grading J" * criteria for seniors and non-seniors, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Evan Sie- &•*. 1 . *" . „ mann is working with Registrar David Tenney (Sid '87) and Associate Dean of Architecture John Casbarian to create a new academic. r* ^ ^ • "V ** ^ Siemann's calendar plan was created without * i student input and were presented to students * for the first time at the Student Association meeting Monday. 'Hie 2(X)8-'()9 calendar should be finalized by Nov. 14. Siemann said the Faculty Senate islikely to vote on the final calendar at this time before sending it to the administration for approval. Changes to the calendar would be most noticeable in the spring semester. The spring calendar has always had separate exam days for seniors and non-seniors, which Siemann said can lead to differences in grading criteria

for the two groups. JOHN SANDERS/THRESHER Since professors must assign grades to seniors before non-seniors have taken the final, Siemann said they sometimes use different Getting more with your coffee grading standards for seniors and non-seniors Audiences look on at Black Gold, a documentary/expose on the coffee production industry, Wednesday night in the RMC's Farnsworth Pavilion. or fix a curve based on senior grades only, The showing was sponsored by Rice Coffeehouse as a part of their Fair Trade month activites. - which can cause a higher inter-year variance in grades. Siemann, Tenney and Casbarian have currently proposed two solutions to this problem, Concrete presents continuing construction delays both of which involve reducing the number of exam days. 'Hie current calendar has seven by Catherine Bratic to provide the concrete for approximately seven Mattinson said the new supplier would be exam days in the fall and 10 in the spring. In yards of the re-poured walkway. more successful because its concrete is mixed FOR THE THRESHER order for a reduction of exam days to be feasible, Custom-Crete will be working with Barziza on- site in a volumized mixer, eliminating 20 Siemann said an Honor Code rule that prevents As the saying goes for campus construction, in the upcoming re-pour. See DELAY, page 12 students from taking more than two exams "Do it for Rice, do it twice." But for the water- every two days would need to be changed. permeable sidewalk near Hanszen College, it "No other university has a rule like this," seems like the third time will be the charm, £ Siemann said. as the cracking sidewalk is being rebuilt yet One proposed calendar for the fall '08 would again. The sidewalk is expected to be open to reduce fall exam days to five, which would ex- students next weekend. tend winter break by four days. In spring '09, the Max Amery, Senior Project Manager mid-term recess would be eliminated to allow for Facilities, Engineering and Planning, for a common three-day study period day and ordered Barziza Concrete contractors to five-day final exam period for all students. replace the concrete again because he was Senators and students at the Student Asso- unhappy with its poor quality and is turning ciation meeting were not pleased with plans to to a new concrete supplier to redo the work. eliminate the spring mid-term recess. Brent Mattinson, vice president of Barziza "It comes after a long portion of the semes- Concrete, said the original supplier, Cemex, ter and a very stressful time of the year," SA twice failed to produce quality material. Director of Communication Stephen Rooke In the first two pours, theconcrete had already said. "It's a great opportunity for seniors to get partially hardened by the time it arrived at Rice, caught up on work. It's an opportunity to really compromising construction of the sidewalk. take a break." Mattinson said the lifespan of wet permeable Brown College sophomore Peter Steffensen concrete is about 40 minutes. After that time, the said the break was especially important to Rice material dries and becomes unusable. students since they do not get the two week- Dining the first and second pours, the mate-

long spring break that students at many other rial Cemex provided was already d riedand could TAYLOR JOHNSON THRESHER colleges do. not be removed from the trucks. However, after Construction crews work to remove concrete from the water-permeable sidewalk near Hanszen College. see EXAMS, page 7 a one-week delay, Custom-C rete was contracted For the third time this year, the sidewalk will be rebuilt because of reported cracks in the concrete

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OPINION Page 3 Scoreboard 7 quit!' Here comes the 'rents! Meditation Mondays: worst pub ever Soccer The Thresher design staff wants bet- If you didn't get enough of the rents over A&E Page 14 Rice 2, Texas 0 Volleyball ter hours, better pay! (Health insurance Midterm Break, make sure to prompt them to Sean Penn in to the wild feature benefits would be nice too, while we're at come visit next weekend for a number of events SMU 3, Rice 1 Tulsa 3, Rice 0 it.) As consolation we will be takingabreak for Families Weekend scheduled the evening of SPORTS Page 16 Thursday, Oct IX through Sunday, Oct 21. Owls eat Cougars this upcoming week for Midterm Break. Weekend Weather Keep an eye out for the next issue of the Friday Thresher to be distributed Oct. 26. Hope If it ain 'tgot that swing... was only taking 15 hours, and a lot of people Sunny, 64-85 degrees you enjoy the time off and stay safe this take a heavier course load, so I don't think it's Saturday weekend. Classes normally held Monday Drop by Baker next Friday for a taste of the going to be feasible to get away with five days Sunny, 65-86 degrees will meet next Wednesday, and Wednesday blues and why not bring your p;irents and show of exams." Sunday classes are cancelled. them what college parties are all about. — Wiess College President Jon Harris Maurer Partly Cloudy. 70-86 degrees • • £ < P^8s|p*~ ' Sf • I TOE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12,2007

SO n't DZCIOEO- ZIMRR! IT'S RUE OVLY BUT UA'T... SUOULP.V'T i/Jooco. seeiouiLY; oQPCtTc meer WAY rt> SYMC UP Ute 7UbvUH, CM rtAAC." RD FACULTY PETV>A*K>$,FUCE SEWOA EXM* SCHEDULES, srupewrs' veevs ^ 33 &e A SCHOOL the Rice Thresher MS TO WITCH r° * ATifAiTA HOUDAY ? ptY WMCfHTM weT«tc cal€HT>ar! LITTLE.? HAS A MUFF S£OTAL. VOA'T FOTBE7 ro tau -THE 1 ex"*- 2 T>AY r?UL£. 4 Calendar conversation .... -i... t •. r ~ \ It may be cliche at this point, but the theme of recent campus development has been conversation. If there are going to be major changes at Rice — whether new buildings, new students or new policy — students, faculty, administrators and everyone affected need to discuss the issues and find a solution agreeable to all parties. Which is why we are very disappointed with the calendar that Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Evan Siemann, who has been spearheading calendar changes, presented LETTERS TO THE EDITOR to the Student Association last Monday (see story, page 1). His dismissive attitude toward student concerns bordered on insulting and the proposed port his argument, the blood centers ugly. Considering Rice's place as a calendar changes seemed specified to fix a few unimportant issues with no '80s fallout shows have been most affected by the CJD premiere research university, this regard for effects potentially detrimental towards students. deferrals (mad cow disease). In this was a pitiable showing. The calendar certainly needs a change, and we recognize the current need for conversation case, anyone who traveled to Europe But if you have not yet visited the proposal is nowhere near permanent. But considering that students are and stayed for various amounts of site in the last few weeks, you are in the group most affected by the academic calendar, we feel that student To the editor: time are also permanently deferred. for pleasant surprise. As the Th resher concerns should be taken very seriously. With that in mind, we would like I reread Julia Lukomnik's col- This is for a disease that might be reported, Fondren's Web site has to comment directly on some of the proposed changes and propose our umn ("Sid socials overlook Jewish transmitted by blood as opposed just received a major makeover. own calendar. students," Sept. 21, 2007) and the to HIV, that is certainly transmitted It is a whole new animal: logically accompanying Thresher editorial by blood. organized and neatly displayed. Concerning seniors ("Socials: Party on Purim," Sept. 'Hie whole thing boils down to the That is not to say there are not One of the key issues Siemann addressed was the fact that graduating 21) in view of a sarcastic letter by patient who is to receive the blood. further improvements to be made. In seniors have different exam dates than other students. Siemann stated that Mithun Mansinghani ("Parties must The FDA has mandated, correctly I tlie world of Google, the Rice catalogue this was a problem because it meant seniors in a class could potentially yield to all religions," Sept. 28,2007) think, that the patient has a right to search engine is a broken relic of the be graded on a different curve than their peers. We do not view this as a and an angry response by Daniel receive blood that is as risk-free as pos- past. More archived jour nals made digi- problem nor do we see any reason why it should be changed. Abrahamson ("Anger at party date sible, but no one has a constitutional tally available could not hurt either. We assume that professors can use their own judgment to standardize pretentious, unfair," Oct. 5, 2007). right to donate blood. Blood donation But overall, the long-needed im- grades. If seniors receive higher grades because of a scheduling discrep- Lukomnik and the Thresher edi- is supposed to be for the patients, and provements are appreciable. Hats off ancy, which Siemann said was the usual problem, then so be it. They have tors simply asked for religious and it is not the time nor the place to make to the Fondren staff, IT and the admin- worked hard enough and probably deserve some eased treatment in their cultural sensitivity in the scheduling a social statement. istration .Our days of researching will final semester. of parties. Mansinghani mocked no longer be quite so frustrating. The actual reason behind senior final-date discrepancy, however, seems this idea by taking it to an absurd Emmett Jones rather silly. According to the Faculty Senate constitution, students have to extreme. Abrahamson lashed out Dana Hoffman be officially approved before graduation. This means that there has to be against Lukomnik and the Thresher Will Rice junior a significant gap between the end of senior finals and commencement. We editors for daring to suggest any find this rule to be an unnecessary relic — the only people who benefit from accommodation to Jewish stu- Course evals fail to the cum laude announcement at commencement are overachieving parents. dents on Yom Kippur. Phrases like FE&P committed to Besides, the growing student body will probably make this rule impossible "pious sense of entitlement" and include department to follow in a few years, as the senior class will become too large for the "overblown persecution complex" registrar's office to approve in time for commencement. reflect the tone of this letter. The To the editor: campus sustaimbilit)• message I got was that members of While perusing through the paper The required gap is needless regulation that takes up time on the calen- To the editor: minority religious "sects" like Jews today, I noticed that the CAAM (Com- dar. In fact, the proposed plan to synchronize senior finals by pushing finals My sincere apology for not provid- and Muslims had better keep quiet putational and Applied M at hematics) back by a week reduces the number of days that could be added to winter ing recycling containers as requested and stay in their place. I grew up department was left out entirely break or test days. On the other hand, if the rule were changed, senior for the Sammy's Picnic ("SA urges in the South 50 years ago and recall from the Course Evaluation sec- finals could be synchronized by moving them later, actually increasing the students to support sustainability," vividly how this same message was tion of last issue ("Course Evals 2," number of days that could be applied to breaks or finals. Sept. 7, 2007). This was our first conveyed to any blacks or J ews who Sept. 28, 2007). request for containers for an outdoor Concerning finals were getting "uppity." 1 am not sure if this was an error in layout or if something was miss- event and we did not have any. I have Ideally, the faculty would show their support for the Honor Code and A decade ago (Nov. 21, 1997), placed an initial order for ten contain- eliminate all scheduled exams in favor of take-home exams. We have encour- the Thresher innocently published ing from the original information the Registrar provided. Either way, ers to use at future events. aged this plan before, arguing that it would grant students the flexibility to an advertisement by Holocaust Requests for recycling units at set their own schedule while circumventing any problems concerning room I wanted to bring my concerns to the deniers. The editors and others in outdoor events should be made space ("Exam proposal snubs students," Dec. 3, 2004). involved parties' attention. the Rice community did not initially through our Facilities Service Cen- However, if professors do not believe in the Honor Code, then the finals understand why the advertisement Ivy Gonzalez ter. Please allow 48 hours for us to be period should still work for students. We recognize that room space gets was so offensive, and the ensuing sure we have the units available. tight during finals, but eliminating the rule that set a maximum of two finals discussion was edifying. Perhaps CAAM Academic and FE&P is committed to sustain- per two days is unacceptable. Students need time to study and to recover the recent offensive letters can have Web Coordinator ability and I welcome input from our between exams. We feel it is very possible to maintain the number of exam a similar positive effect. students and the Rice community. days while keeping the two exam per two days rule, even with the expanding student body — especially given the elimination of the limited seating Bill Wilson Evaluations helpful, Eusebio Franco rule for finals seating. Biochemistry and Cell Biology Director of Custodial and Grounds Research Scientist require correction Facilities Engineering & Planning Concerning faculty When explaining the reasons behind the calendar changes, Siemann To the editor: expressed a desire to match Rice's calendar with that of Houston public Red Cross column I certainly endorse the effort by schools so that faculty would have the same breaks as their children. While the Thresher to bring faculty evalua- we sympathize with family issues, being a professor is a job. Doctors, law- missing information tions into the open. The evaluations yers and managers all seem to deal with not having the same vacations as are very useful for faculty as they CONTACTING THE their children — or not having any vacations at all. Faculty should look at To the editor: allow us to make adjusUnents in the THRESHER the calendar primarily as it affects campus issues. And if starting classes I just read your column by Brett way we teach and the material we earlier or ending later can fix calendar problems, then the faculty should Snider in a news brief prepared by offer. Hopefully the evaluations will Letters fully embrace such a plan. America's Blood Centers, a coopera- be helpful to students as well. m Letters to the editor The overall problem with the current proposed calendar stems from the tive professional association created With an undertaking this large, should be sent to the Thresher fact that — Registrar David Tenney (Sid '87) excluded — the professors by almost all of the blood centers in some errors creep in. In Political bye-mail to [email protected]. drawing up the calendar seem to have very little insight into students' con- the United States ("Red Cross blood Science, the Thresher incorrectly letters must be received by cerns. In this light, college masters are the faculty best suited to head up drives homophobic," Sept. 28,2(X)7). reported that Professor Marschall 5 p.m. on the Monday prior to calendar changes. Masters are familiar with both worlds and would be able I am employed by a blood center in taught POLI 395: Introduction to a Friday publication date. to bridge the gap between the needs of faculty and students. We know that Louisiana in the area of compliance Statistics. She did not. The two sec- • All letters to the editor masters are very busy and probably do not have time to attend all Faculty and regulatory affairs and feel that tions of POLI 395 were taught by must be signed and include Senate and committee meetings, but we believe that they would be the best I have some knowledge to speak to graduate students. college and year if the writer professors for the job. Snider's comments. I am very disap- is a Rice student. pointed that some of the comments Rick K. Wilson • letters should be no lon- Thresher's calendar he made are simply wrong. Political Science Chair ger than 250 words in length. For our proposed 2008-'09 calendar, classes would start on Aug. 24, with The most grievous error is to The Thresher reserves the Dec. 6 through Dec. 8 as study days and exams ending Dec. 15, granting attribute the deferral of homosexual right to edit letters for both three study days and seven exam days. Finals would remain the same, with men to the Red Cross or to Gulf Coast Fondren Web site content and length. the "two finals for every two days" rule enforced. Blood Center. This is a regulation that For the spring calendar, classes would start on Jan. 7. The long spring has been implemented by the FDA revamp earns praise Subscribing break would remain the same, with the shorter one moved to after Beer- As a matter of fact, the blood centers • Annual subscriptions are Bike weekend. Study days would be from April 25 through April 28 and represented by ABC and the Red Cross To the editor: available for $60 domestic exams would end May 6, with commencement remaining on May 9. This both petitioned the FDA to remove These letters are often, with and $125 international via calendar would extend winter break to a proper length while maintaining that requirement this year. Hie FDA reason, a forum for lambasting the first class mail. the current finals arrangement, spring breaks and other holidays. All that specifically refused and gave their University on issues in which it has professors need to do is eliminate the antiquated rule that seniors must be rationale in a guidance document that failed. Every now and then, however, Advertising directly approved by faculty before commencement — a rule that many can be found on the FDA Web site. Rice deserves getting credit for what • We accept display and other universities have already abandoned. Another senous error in his com- it has done well. I am proud to say classified advertisements. This plan would create more break time for students and professors ments is with the statement that an that they finally got it right on the Advertisements must be alike, give the registrar's office more flexibility at the end of the year, and intravenous drug user can give in a Fondren Library Web site. received by 5 p.m. on the synchronize senior examinations with the rest of campus. We hope the Monday prior to a Friday year The actual regulation states that Those of you who have used the li- faculty will consider it. publication date. Please con- anyone who took any drug by needle brary — for research—will undoubt- tact our advertising man- that was not prescribed by a physi- edly be aware of how frustrating ager at (713)348-3967 or cian is permanently deferred. and inadequate Fondren's Web site Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of the Thresher [email protected] for Although he didn't mention it, once was. It was difficult to navigate, editorial staff. more information. probably because it wouldn't sup- poorly organized, slow and just plain •*

THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2007 Guest column Guest column Pub meant for football, not meditation Foot-and-mouth disease part As someone who has spent a lot bar at prime time. Managementhasits looking back on the successful of time in Willy's Pub over the last eyes closed, lost too deep in thought promotions Pub has sponsored, I four years, I was truly disappointed to realize what it has done. see Wednesday night trivia as a great of larger global conspiracy when I rolled in last Monday to watch If the Pub managers want to draw example. It is interactive, fun and gets the second half of Monday in a crowd that will actually people excited to come out to Pub on What dangers lurk beyond the little beyond the range of animal Night Football, but was buy food or drinks, they a non-traditional night. A similar ap- walls of our safely surveilled cities? rights activists. Meanwhile, the unable to do so. need to open their eyes. proach should be taken for all events Maybe it is a clan of redneck mass whereabouts of this vial remain Pub is normally a great During football season, at Pub, especially for Monday nights. murderers or a pedophile hiding an unsolved mystery. location for folks to have Monday Night Football Create a list of 20 over-unders as a in the forest. Maybe you In Aug. 2001 the Unit- a beer and watch a game. has the potential to make a competition, make a football squares will freeze to death on a ed Kingdom government mountaintop or perish But that night, Pub was big night for Pub business. grid or separate seating for each team's initiated three inquiries in a forest fire. I am silent, the music was off, Besides, there are plenty of fans. If Pub does not want to put in that into the foot-and-mouth sure the government the televisions were off, other locations on campus much effort, just turn on the televisions crisis. Although the re would love for you to ports were made public, and the bartender whis- where meditating would be and let the music play—it will certainly remain safe and sound the inquiries themselves pered to take my order. Lucas more suitable. The library be better than Meditation Monday. and watched in the took place entirely in A group of maybe ten never closes and is already After football season, Pub should Marr city, instead of risking private. The lack of a full people sat in a circle on quiet. Meditate there, and look for another promotion that will your life — and risk public inquiry so angered the couches, not drinking you will not have to deal keep people excited about coming out. running a red light not lan fanners, business lead- or hanging out, but meditating. with assholes like me who just want Basketball is coming soon. Pub should equipped with a surveil- ers and media that they After a quarter or more of silent to have a beer and watch a game. be used to its fullest potential and Ragsdale lance camera — out in lodged an appeal to the football, the leader of the meditation Had Pub management shot down management needs to take advantage the countryside. High Court in response finally called it quits. 'Hie group filed the idea of Meditation Monday and of sporting events. This does not mean Horror movies and lost Boy to the government's failure to hold out of Pub, giving me dirty looks as created a Monday Night Football there is no time for mediation or other Scouts on the news notwith standing, such an inquiry. I watched the game. Hie entire time promotion instead, the activity and quiet activities, but these should not be America has got nothing on Britain I was there, the only sales to justify revenue in Pub on Mondays would the focus of a night time promotion. when it comes to rural disaster. the two bartenders working were surely grow. Pub would not have to If Pub managers continue to After all, Britain has the wonderful the four or five beers my buddy and give away free beer or slash prices, ignore the huge mistake they have America has nothing horror known as foot-and-mouth 1 had. Meditation Monday, the new just advertise like they normally approved for their Monday promo- disease — often called hoof-and- Monday (un) attraction, has taken the do for any other event. People all tion, you can be assured that this on Britain when mouth in the United States. cake for worst Pub promotion ever. over campus watch Monday Night Pub Rat will not be there. And in the it comes to rural While Mondays are traditionally Football — why not bring them meantime, if you do go to meditate, I>et me say right here that foot- pretty quiet nights in the student center together, play up the rivalries and show your support for Pub and please and-mouth is not a faked epidemic. disaster. basement, people meditating in a circle get fans excited? Pub needs to focus buy a beer. I usually buy three. It is an old disease and it occurs is a little too quiet for Pub's sports bar on getting people to use Pub as a across the globe. In some countries atmosphere. Meditation is not a bad pub. Do not turn it into a center for Lucas Marr is a Lovett College it is far more endemic than it is in tiling at all, but it does not belong in a cosmic enlightenment. senior. Britain. But it does seem to have a This summer, foot-and-mouth massive effect on British govern- cameback.Theculprit? Again, itgoes ment which has nearly all of its four back to a laboratory. Although the million-plus surveillance cameras laboratory—the Institute for Animal Self-proclaimed gadfly aimed on Ixmdon streets. Health — denies any responsibility In 2001, an outbreak of foot- for the outbreak, the strain of foot- and-mouth spread rapidly across and-mouth was the same strain that Post modern judgment vs. Dada activism England, Scotland and Wales, was being stored in the lab. forcing a delay in parliamentary It might be hard to blame LAH N ews headlines have been all over Whether or not the event was an past, notably the Allison Fine scandal elections. The election delay was for its shortcomings. Funding for the place lately, from Blackwater's official school activity is an arguable and KTRU shutdown. But while Rice due to travel restrictions in rural the lab fell from £9.1 million to £7.6 killings to Britney Spears' kids. But point. Nevertheless, judicial precedent is a private institution, its recent ad- areas, which are mandatory during million between2004-'06. In the pa'jt for student journalism, four words states that students do not shed their ministrators have made it clear that foot-and-mouth epidemics. Large five years, the lab has lost 22 per- have dominated the recent constitutional rights at the they do not want to have to police stu- red signs posted along the highway cent of its workers. last year. 1AH news cycle: "Taser This... schoolhouse gate. Schools dent issues—it is not their job to hunt warned drivers that they should wrote to Parliament that its equip- Fuck Bush!" do have the power, how- the obscene boogeymen that lurk on not get out of their cars. Farm ment was "in desperate need of On Sept. 21, The Rocky ever, to prevent students campus. Instead, students have to file visits, horseback riding, hiking and investment." All this, even though Mountain Collegian, the from disrupting the school complaints to start the process, with other natural entertainments were a report from back in 2002 had Colorado State Univer- environment — say, by administrators merely acting as ves- temporarily abolished. already made serious criticisms of sity's student newspaper, encouraging drug use in a sels for students' desires. What caused the outbreak?That the state of the institute, which had ran an editorial that simply mannerthat isnot protected So the real question is whether stu- is unknown, but earlier that year a prompted environment secretary read those four nonsensi- political activism. dents push for censorship. Students vial containing the foot-and-mouth Hilary Benn to state that the facili- cal words. The editorial But as the student ar- certainly have pushed regulation to disease had been removed from a ties were being redeveloped. came on the heels of the Evan gued, the sign was neither prevent the creation of a hostile cam- government lab, never to be seen It is odd that a lab dealing with incident at the University Mintz political nor encouraging pus — such as with Jones College's again and presumed stolen. The deadly biological elements was of Florida where a student drug use. It was Dadaist Hustle and Mo Week or Baker Col- government's line on the missing so shockingly under funded. It is was tasered after barging nonsense, an experiment lege's What Would Jesus Brew—and vial was that it was stolen by animal also curious that the lab is located to the head of the line at a ques- in the First Amendment. Someone re- sometimes deservedly so. But the line rightsactivists. Surely, they must be in the county of Surrey, one of tion and answer session with John ally should make MSDS guidelines for is hazy between creating a better cam- kidding. The last thing an animal the most popular destinations in Kerry, refusing to leave. And while these experiments, as the Supreme pus and putting a clamp on student rights activist would do is steal a Southern England for outdoor I personally believe anyone who ut- Court overturned the Ninth Circuit speech, especially considering the biological weapon and use it to harm leisure activities. ters the phrase "don't tase me, bro," Court and ruled that the student prospect of meaningless expression. human and animal life. However, what is most curious even ironically, deserves a good was not protected in the matter. The So while administrators may be the Morals aside, foot-and-mouth is that Surrey borders the famous beating, the event did bring up the sign was essentially gibberish, and as primary target for attacks should a disease is a highly-dangerous county ofLondon, where most of its question of freedom of speech. Justice Souter put it, "just a kid's pro- Dadaist expression on campus go biological agent. This vial in tourists originate. So when foot-and- The editorial was not meant as an vocative statement." But in an ironic- misconstrued, remember, students particular was stolen from a mouth breaks out, Londoners have attack on Bush, but merely to rouse twist, self-proclaimed originalist Chief are the ones must look at the urinal on lab containing many extremely to stay home — and stay watched. students around the issue of the First Justice John Roberts found meaning the wall mid accuse it as obscene. dangerous biological agents, Amendment. Indeed, if written two where the original author said there and therefore was under military Ian Ragsdale is Hanszen College years from now, it probably would was none, insisting that the sign was Evan Mintz is a Hanszen College guard. We are now getting a senior. read "Fuck Obama." It was Dada "promoting illegal drug use." senior and the Executive Editor. ineaninglessness, an experiment in Both the Bong Hits and Fuck Bush the First Amendment — an experi- cases were the equivalent of hanging a literary urinal on the wall and hav- ment that blew up in the editor in The Rice Thresher, the official student chief's face as he was faced with ing it called obscene. Both sayings newspaper at Rice University since 1916, is threats of being forced off the news- were supposed to force people to the Rice Thresher published each Friday during the school year, paper and even suspension while the think about the first amendment in exceptduring examination periods and holidays, self-funded newspaper lost $50,000 an exploration of our constitutional by the students of Rice University. in advertising revenue. freedoms. They had no actual mean- Stephen Whitfield ing, but in this post modern world Editor in Chief Editorial and business offices are located This experiment turned out on the second floor of the Ley Student Center, to be more like a Rorschach test, everything has meaning, even Dada Evan Mintz 6100 Main SL, MS-524, Houston. TX 77005- with administrators, students and activism. But apparently, anything Executive Editor 1892. Phone (713) 34&4801. Fax (713) 348-5238. political activists nation-wide giving can be censored, even something that E-mail: [email protected]. Web page: www. ricethresher.org. their own views of what the editorial is not supposed to be anything. NEWS COPY meant. They saw a specific meaning So what does this have to do with lily Chun, Editor Nick Schlossman, Editor in the nonsense that was freedom of our own university? Recently, the Sarah Rutledge, Assf. Editor Ryan Stickney, Editor Annual subscription rate: $60 domestic, $125 international. Nonsubscription rate: first copy speech, and demanded response to Foundation for Individual Rights in Jocetyn Wright, Assf. Editor liang Liu, Designer BUSINESS free, second copy $5. the imposed meaning. Education lowered Rice's rating from Yuekai Sun, Designer Adam Benaroya, Manager It was like deja vu all over again. Yellow to Red, claiming that Rice's Sean McBeath, Designer Rob McAuliffe, Asst. Manager The Thresher reserves the right to refuse Over the summer, this same sort of policies violate and restrict freedom Jessie Huang, Subscriptions Manager any advertising for any reason. Additionally, the OPINION Sarah Mitchell, Payroll and Office Manager Thresherdoesnot take responsibility for the factual event made it to the Supreme Court of speech. However, the rating seems Amanda Melchor, Editor Joe Passaro, Distribution Manager in Morse v. Frederick — also known off. During my time at the Thresher, I Dan Derozier, Cartoonist Sean Monks, Distribution Manager content ofany ad. Printing an advertisement does as the Bong Hits 4 Jesus trial. In the have wifiiessed—and been the cause Rachel Kinney, Office Manager not constitute an endorsement by the Thresher of — several columns and Backpages SPORTS case, an Alaskan high school student Casey Michel, Editor ADVERTISING Unsigned editorials represent the majority asserted that his First Amendment that could easily be construed as Joseph Ramirez, Ads Manager opinion of the Thresher editorial staff. All other rights were violated when the school violating Rice's policies prohibiting ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Thomas Yeh, Asst. Ads Manager opinion pieces represent solely the opinion of the principal forced him to take down a sexual harassment, unwelcome ob- Matthew McKee, Editor Sarah Mitchell, Classified Ads Manager author. The Backpage is satire. scenities and disruption of campus Nikki Metzgar, Assf Editor banner stating "Bong Hits 4 Jesus." CALENDAR Hit' Ttiresher is a member of the Associated The student had erected the banner activities, all without any official PHOTOGRAPHY Sean McBeath, Editor across from the school when classes repercussions. (Thank you.) Taylor Johnson, Editor Collegiate lYess. Four-day weekend. WooL were let out for the arrival of the Undeniably, the Rice administra- Marcus Roman, Assignments Editor Julia Bursten, Staff Coordinator lan White, Asst. Editor © COPYRIGHT 2007. 200H Winter Olympic torch. tion has had censorship issues in the THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12,2007

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Students can expect to find organic vegetables and herbs in their serveries from the Rice Com- munity Garden as early as January. Hie groundbreaking event for the garden was held Sunday at thesouth- west corner of Wiess College. But the community garden is nothing new to Rice. When it was created in 1999, the garden was located behind the Mudd laboratory in front of Hicks Kitchen. The garden had to be moved to a 375-square-foot plot of land at Wi- ess this year because the kitchen is undergoing renovations. 'Hie community garden is being tended to primarily by students in BIOS 204: Environmental Sustain- ability: Hie Design & Practice of Community Agriculture — a one- credit hour class newly offered this semester. Students in the class are required to volunteer at the garden each week. Faculty Club Director Ann Swain — who teaches BIOS 204 Top: Student volunteers show their commitment and their handiwork at the Green Rice along with Ecology and Evolution- Community Garden planting outside Wiess College on Sunday. Oct. 7. Above: Wiess sophomore ary Biology professor Jennifer Joel Khan digs into a pile of dirt to fill the new 375-square foot space while other student volun- Rudgers — said students in the teers help move the dirt in wheelbarrows. Right: Wiess sophomore Rachel Solnick puts some class will learn basic elements of finishing touches on a soilbed in the new garden. (Photos by Ariel Shnitzer) gardening design, soil types and i composting systems. Swain started the Farmer's Market at Rice, which brings local farmers to the Rice campus every Tuesday. She said the Farmer's Market helped her realize that Rice needed to grow its own organic produce, too. "I was so spoiled from eating things that literally had just come out of the ground," Swain said. "I thought, 'We need to do this ourselves, right here.' So after EASY ON THE that I got together with [Director of Sustainability] Richard Johnson and a couple other people, and it WORLD got started that way." EASY ON YOUR Swain said she was surprised at the number of students who showed motor scooters WALLET up to the first class of BIOS 204. H "At the first meeting, we had 40 kids there: a huge turnout," Swain said. "We weren't listed in any cata- logues [like ESTHER], It was just Full line of 50cc word of mouth and on the Web." Jeremy Caves, who is co-student and loOcc scooters coordinator of the garden along with Wiess junior Roque Sanchez, said the club was popular during its first two years, but in recent years, there Clean and efficient have been fewer volunteers. "Since I got involved my fresh- 4-stroke engines man year, there haven't been a whole lot of active volunteers, maybe five,'' Caves, a Wiess junior, said. But Caves said he believes the decline in volunteers was due to 100+ MPG poor advertising. Having more volunteers will allow garden volunteers to communicate with the serveries to find Check the out what organic foods people want. Additionally, volunteers will be able student special! to expand the garden to different parts of the campus. There are already plans to break ground for a 200-square-foot garden near Sid Richardson College. DISCOUNT ON ANY At the moment, carrots, onions, bok choy, charred lettuce, beets, ba- South Houston, Texas- ? *100 SCHWINN SCOOTER sil and garlic are being grown in the AND ONLY AT garden. Caves said students recently 713-944-7951 discussed what other vegetables and OF ACCESSORIES 1210 College Avenue herbs to grow in the garden. OR SERVICE "Hopefully we'll plant within *00 S. Houston, TX 77587 the week so by next semester, stuff should start appearing [in the www.gulfcoastmotorcycle.com serveries]," Caves said. "And it'll be a heck of a lot tastier." • .. , • ~ ~ "

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Senate proposing changes to the 17 winter break academic calendar that would affect the upcoming school year. Seimann April Week Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. M ' -rtfa WW •: 9. MNRMnNMMSMiWK •• reported on the current thinking 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 of a faculty senate working group 16 Final exams 0> which includes Registrar David Ten- Week Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 26 27 28 May 1 ney and Architecture Professor John 17 Readinnig day < Fina'l exams Break Casbarian. Proposed changes in- o Week Sun. Mon 6 cluded modifying final exam days and 18 Break ->- Commencement eliminating 'mini-spring break.' exams <- Summer vacation •o Week Sun. Mon. Tue. 20 21 22 23 m -> •*— O Class - Reading days o 16 — Reading days Seniors Only O Week Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 3 27 28 29 30 May 1

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"I think a lot of us look forward to all Maurer said. "You could conceivably the three-day and four-day weekends have two sets of 15-page papers [due we can get," Steffensen said. "A long in addition to the exams]." span from break to break without any Steffensen said the longer exam kind of short period where we can take period would make final exams even a few days and relax might cause a few more stressful. problems." "It's a period where everyone gets An alternate spring '09 calendar stressed out even with seven to ten would keep the spring break, shorten days," he said. "Having gone through the study period and reduce Monday, a couple of exam periods, I personally Wednesday and Friday class instruc- definitely enjoy having time between tional days by one. To accommodate exams to gather myself and recuperate the needs of architecture students, from the previous exam before I try classes would end on a Friday. to tackle another one." In both cases, dates for Orientation Some students, like Hanszen Week, commencement, the first day sophomore Emma Bauer, did not think of classes, Martin Luther King Day, shortening the exam period would be fall break and Thanksgiving would problematic. remain unchanged, although these "If it's going to extend winter break, dates would be more flexible in future why not?" she said. " I feel there's calendars. enough faculty respect for students that they will accommodate student needs with take-home exams and flexible due dates." '/ think a lot of us At the SA meeting, Director of look forward to all the Elections Andrew Bowen suggested starting classes a week earlier in fall to three-day and four-day lengthen winter break while keeping the longer exam period. weekends we can get. A Siemann said this would be difficult for professors with school-aged long span from break to children, since the Houston Indepen- •a at t dent School District must follow a law PJCf; break without any kind that public schools start on the fourth of short period where Monday in August. "If we moved Rice's calendar up, r>r f? we can take a few days I would have to be here teaching a R! s\W week before my kids have to get back > and relax might cause a in school," Siemann said. "We already

get out before our kids and spring ' ^ r —*1" fiiT few problems.' break never matches, so from a faculty TAYLOR JOHNSON/THHtSHER Peter Steffensen, perspective, starting earlier is bad." Brown College sophomore Further scheduling difficulties for You cannot pass the springcalendarcome from Section Barricades block the path between Hanszen College and College Way as construction workers continue their Five of the Faculty Senate Constitu- efforts to complete this section of walkway. The special semipermeable concrete that is being installed has Since the major dates for the tion, which requires the faculty to presented numerous problems in the past weeks. (See story, page 1) 2008-'09 calendar— such as com- meet and approve the candidates for mencement and O-Week—are already graduation on the day prior to spring set, it would be difficult to make any commencement. This allows aca- majoradjustmentstothecalendar until demic designations such as Summa fall '09, Siemann said. Cum Ixiude or Magna Cum I^aude * i w— i a f m n r— f" i-* At the Student Association meeting to be announced at commencement. where Siemann presented these op- Since the proposed spring calendars tions, senators and students stressed were designed with this in mind, they r- , NE'5 > W CAREEP St??',Mr R the importance of preserving a longer created a week-and-a-half-long gap exam period. between the end of classes and com- OPTIONS FOR "My main concern is that a lot of mencement. Normally, commence- this seems to be done without a lot of ment takes place a couple of days after consideration of the mental health of final exams finish. SCIENCE STUDENTS! students," Rooke, a Hanszen College Jones College President Teddy senior, said. Bucher said he did not like thischange WiessCollege Presidentjon Harris to the calendar. Maurerrecalledaparticularly stressful "Having extra exam days is an final exam period where he had four incentive to stay a few extra days and exams on four consecutive days. see your friends graduate," Bucher, a The Professional Science Master's offers "I was only taking 15 hours and a senior, said. "If there was a week and lot of people take a heavier course load, a half [between final exams and com- cutting-edge science education, so 1 don't think it's going to be feasible mencement ], a lot of people might not to get away with five days of exams," stay and would just go home." management skills, and work experience ...... in less than 2 years.

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The Student Association met Monday. The following were discussed:

Director of Technology J.D. Leonard announced that the Student Association Academics & Student Life Poll was posted and encouraged people to voice their opinions, particularly on the question dealing with propositions for new minors. / V. I The Art Committee was formed and has seven members who are currently writing a proposal to paint construction fences. The committee will meet with the university curator to discuss when they can start painting.

I The Commencement Speaker Committee will form shortly and will work with Assistant to the President Mark Davis to select someone for this spring.

I Director of Communications Stephen Rooke and Brown College Senator Patrick McAnaney announced that there will be an anti- Todd Graham T-shirt design contest for the Rice-Tulsa football game. Designs are due next Friday.

I It was announced that Spirit Week will take place the week before Homecoming weekend which begins Friday, Nov. 2, and will have differently themed days: Monday will be pajama day, Tuesday will be twin day, Wednesday will be trick-or-treat day, Transvestite Thursday will follow and Friday will be Spirit Day.

I It was also announced that a New Student Representa- tive project will be starting an academic bowl competition between colleges.

Linguistics Graduate Student Sarah Lee proposed an Objectivism -r Club for persons interested in studying Ayn Rand's philosophy. Approximately 40 students have expressed an interest in par- ticipating in meetings, and six students are interested in being V officers. In response to questions from senators, the club will not be affiliated with a larger national club and does not wish to be a part of the philosophy club because the club will focus on Ayn Rand. The club was approved.

Baker College sophomore Bradley Houston was approved as the Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Representative.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology professor Evan Siemann pre- ,v •w WfmWk. sented several proposals for a new academic calendar, (see RBI story page 1) ARIEL SHNITZER/THRESHER

The SA will not meet next Monday. Voting on the SA Environmental Sing like everyone's listening Resolution will take place the following Monday, Oct. 22 at 10 p.m. Will Rice sophomore Kyle Clark sings with the Phils at the Spontaneous Combustion/Phils Extravaganza, last in the Farnsworth Pavillion. Friday in the Lovett Undergrounds. I Leebron presents State of the University address

by Sarah Rutledge and 153 this year. The number of African-American students in the THKKSHER EDITORIAL STAFF entering freshman class increased In his annual State of the Univer- from 32 last fall to 58 this year. sity Address Oct. 4, President David Total undergraduate enrollment Leebron spoke about this year's this year is 3,002, up from 2,933 in funding, faculty recruitment and 2004, 2,988 in 2005 and 2,995 last student statistics. He emphasized fall. Entering freshmen number his Vision for the Second Century 742, compared to last fall's 713. to make Rice more nationally rec- This year, 235 freshmen entered ognized by increasing the student the Engineering School and 205 population and number of faculty. entered the School of Natural This year, Leebron said he plans Sciences. to increase diversity, fundraising Leebron pointed out that during and visibility in addition to enhanc- their time at Rice, some students ing research and creat ing a larger in the engineering and natural faculty with 51 tenure and tenure- science schools change majors 1 Xlarge 2-Topping Pizza 6 track recruitments. and the number of students in the Leebron was unavailable humanities and social sciences for comment. schools increases. Leebron spoke first about the Increasing graduate student four 20oz. Coca-Cola products new faculty appointments. Last enrollment remains a critical part ycir, 22 members of the faculty of Leebron's agenda. This year resigned or retired, and this year saw an 8.2 percent increase to 384 « 33 new faculty members were entering graduate students. Of the hired. Seven of these hires are entering graduate students, 57 per- S Asian/Pacific Islander, up from cent are science and engineering. five over the last fiscal year, one International student enrollment is African American, a decrease has also been on the rise since 18.99 from the two hired last year, and fall 2004. 25 are Caucasian. This year, there Hie Annual Fund has increased were no Hispanic members added from $4.07 million in 2004 to $5.51 to the faculty. million this year. Leebron plans to The number of Asian students reach $8.2 million by the 2011 fiscal rose from 84 in 2000 to 171 last fall see STATE, page 12

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contribute toward the fulfilling of paid to do this, so sustaining a bigger sity of Virginia offers 10-15 student- history of the music such as artists by Joyce Yao taught courses a semester. and styles of jazz." THRESHKR STAFF university requirements. program may get tricky." The courses were initially re- Gustin said other colleges "I thought it was a great idea," Although Schumann admits that he The old saying goes that students stricted to Wiess students, but were should start their oarn student- Gustin said. "My impression is that does not see himself as an authority learn the most from their peers. opened up to the rest of campus instructor programs if enough undergraduates are amazing teach- on jazz history, he said he is still really Wiess College has taken this idea to after the first week of school, junior interest is generated. ers, and teaching is also a great way enjoying the teaching experience. 1 a whole new level, offering student- Patricia Ladd said. Currently, only Gustin, who often has his under- to learn." "I don't want people to think of taught college courses. The first of Wiess students can propose courses, graduate biology students hold their When Gustin proposed the idea me as on a pedestal," he said. "1 try to n* their kind at Rice, the three one-hour but there is a possibility that this own recitation and review sessions, at a Wiess cabinet meeting, students create a relaxed environment while credit Wiess College courses offered program will be expanded to enable said he saw student-taught courses as showed a lot of interest. Those staying within the requirements. this fall are Mathematics of Aesthetics, students from other colleges to teach, a good way for like-minded students who wished to teach a course were This way the students can voice their Zombies in Fiction and Film and The Wiess Master Mike Gustin said. How- to meet each other. required to give a 15-minute presen- fundamental reaction to music." History of Jazz. ever, expanding the program could "We had been looking to see activi- tation to a committee of students and Ladd said her course, Zombies in The student teachers receive present financial difficulties. ties within the college that promoted faculty members, present a syllabus Fiction and Film, is also very relaxed course practicum credit for teach- "The committee [that mentors and non-academic yet intellectual activities, and explain why they were interested and discussion-based. ing the course. The courses are selects student teachers] consists of as an alternative to parties," he said. in teaching. Students must have at- "People usually establish a graded on the basis of satisfac- people that volunteer to look at propos- The idea first came to Gustin tended Rice for at least one semester distance between them and the tory/unsatisfactory, and do not als," Gustin said. "Nobody is getting when he discovered that the Univer- before proposing a course and must professor, but when the instructor meet regularly with Gustin and a is someone your age it's not as big a faculty sponsor. deal to talk in class," she said. "1 feel Matt Schumann, a sophomore like my class has a lot more dynamic- The search for campus-wide Beer Bik^ who is teaching The History of Jazz, discussion than other classes do." said he wanted to teach this course Ladd's course involves viewing because he wanted to explain a zombie films and discussing the coordinators has been reopened^ genre of music he did not think many general trends and changes of zombie people understood. movies over time. An English major, If you are interested in taking charge of Rice's biggest campus-wide activity, "I love jazz music, and I took the Ladd employs skills typically used in opportunity to be able to teach," an English class to analyze the course's Schumann said. "I wanted to impart movies, which allows her students, stop by the Student Activities Office to pick up an application. the passion I have for jazz music to who are mainly not English majors, to others, and to help others make a develop their own analytical skills. connection with the music." She said that the workload in the His class is mainly discussion- course is light, entailing three response oriented, focusing on short reading papers covering any three films and a assignments about the history of jazz final creative assignment on how to and the music that students listen to in survive a zombie attack at Rice. class. Grades are based on participa- Ladd said she realized it was tion, including attendance and in-class much harder being a professor than discussions, discussion papers and a it initially seems. short final paper. "Just writing the syllabus was dif- Wiess junior Sam Chang, who is in ficult," she said. "It requires you to The History of Jazz, said he enjoyed plan ahead. I had to examine other the laid-back class atmosphere. professors' syllabi to write mine. You 'The workload is light, and the have to know exactly what you think class is fun," Chang said. "All we do about things, and you can't just go to Applications are available today. Teams are encouraged to is listen to music and discuss the class and wing it." apply together. The deadline for submitting an application is Wednesday, October 24th by 5pm. WIESS COLLEGE COURSES

Additional information can he obtained by contacting Heather Masden, WIES 100: Mathematics of Aesthetics, Sean Wilkinson Director of Student Activities, at x-4097 or [email protected] WIES 101: Zombies in Fiction and Film, Patricia Ladd WIES 102: The History of Jazz, Matt Schumann Interviews will be scheduled upon receipt of application. iVE YSUit !FE AT THE i AC L?J 1 i

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THRESHER STAFF Rice, and it is our job to represent the University." Ray Martinez began work as Martinez said he is enthusiastic Director of Government Relations about getting involved with the in Rice's Office of Public Affairs community and listening to ideas, Oct. 8. suggestions and concerns. Despite Martinez will work to increase his position as an administrator, m I <: hi the financial resources available Martinez said he does have plans to Rice by accumulating grants to frequent residential college from state, federal and private dining halls and become familiar entities. with students. "I want to focus on establishing a more coordinated effort with regard to how we deal with public officials," Martinez said. "We need an effective and organized approach toward seeking funds from all areas." Martinez said he will act as an ambassador for Rice, raising and maintaining the school's status and reputation in the public and private sectors. Dividing his time between Houston, Austin and Washington, D.C., Martinezwillactasavoicefor Rice's interests at both the federal and state levels. Prior to his position at Rice, Martinez ran a government affairs business in Austin. COURTESr OF RICE NEWS Director of Government Relations "Rice has asked me to take my Ray Martinez experience on the state and federal level and use that knowledge Martinez has had experience to achieve an ambitious agenda in government relations ranging aimed at increasing the school's from the state to federal level. portfolio," he said. He is a lawyer by training, with a Martinez said his first task will be law degree from the University of to familiarize himself with Rice. Houston. He worked for Bill Clin- Building relationships through ton's presidential campaigns and ARIEL SHMTZER THRESHER the community and through all served on Clinton's White House ranks of government will be vital Staff twice. He's like Paul Bunyan to enacting Rice's visions for the fu- While under Clinton, Martinez Except that he's not thirty feet tall. Chris from The Blades works his axe at KTRU's free concert, Saturday ture. Martinez said that networking worked with Donna Shalala, Sec- Oct. 6 in Farnsworth Pavilion. The Gowns also played, but A Pink Cloud — though scheduled — did not appear. and communication are essential retary of the U.S. Department of to that end. Health and Human Services. His "I am concerned with more than earlier jobs include working for just funding," Martinez said. "We Texas State Representative Sylves- need to make sure key officials, ter Turner and the Texas Attorney federal, state and philanthropic General Greg Abbott. grant-making bodies get to know Win an iPod touch! Rice and our capabilities. The

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year. Leebron spoke about expanding the student body, faculty and residential colleges in his Vision for the Second Century. In the next few years, he said he hopes to see a larger applicant pool while retain- ing a small student-to-faculty ratio. Last year, 8,974 students applied to Rice. By 2012, Leebron hopes to see 14,040 applicants and an increased undergraduate population from this year's 3,002 to 3,770. Renovation of older colleges and addition of new ones will provide housing for the larger student population. From 2008 to 2011, Leebron predicts an increase in graduate enrollment from 3,035 to 3,510. mim ' %r • Rice is currently tied with Princeton University for the U* fl|!3 second-lowest student-to-faculty BSaM ratio nationally, at five students for every professor. Leebron plans to increase faculty size starting this year to accommodate the increas- Maaa -.%•••-. .w"; " ing student body. Leebron plans to focus on JOHN SANDERS/THRESHER internationalization and will seek collaborative relationships with Pull the plug China, Indian, Latin American, Mexico, Israel and Britain in the Construction workers look on as a crane lifts a 100,000 pound tree free from its earthly bonds outside Autry Court. The relocation process cost $50,000. future. Currently, the Chao Center for Asian Studies and the Americas Research Center are in the planning stage but will be part of this international collaboration. Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is a leading worldwide geophysical company. PGS provides an extensive Leebron said the Vision for range of seismic services and products for the petroleum industry, including data acquisition, processing, the Second Century will make reservoir analysis and interpretation. The company also possesses the world's most extensive multi-client Rice's research more global and far-reaching and will make the uni- data library. versity the top-choice for students, faculty and staff. With its headquarters in Oslo, Norway, the company has offices in 22 different countries with larger regional Faculty Senate Speaker Debo- offices in London, Houston and Singapore. The company is listed on the Oslo stock exchange (OSE). rah Harter said Leebron presented detailed information and the faculty was generally concerned with plans for the endowment A Clearer Image - of Your Future and diversity but asked questions primarily for clarification. She said this year's address We Don't Wear Ties! differed from Leebron's two previous addresses by focusing on more issues. but we did $1.3 billion last year. "1 think what this sort of event does is lay a groundwork," Harter said. "I also think that his presenta- Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is now interviewing tion may reflect his sense that there are lots of good things happening upperclassmen in the following majors: with the university and that he's excited to talk about those. Of course, whenever information is presented in a very condensed • Electrical engineering way, that kind of presentation can • Mechanical engineering also have its drawbacks." • Optical engineering DELAY • Mathematics From page 1 minutes of travel time and allow- • Physics ing the crews more time to pour before the material hardens. "I'm very confident that once • Geophysics this is done right, it will exceed everyone's expectations," said • Geology Mattinson. "This was nothing that me or my company could prevent." JOIN US!! Amery said he was happy with the work that Barziza had done, Thursday; October 18, 2007 but disappointed with Cemex's Space Science Room 106 quality. Rice has done most of its past concrete business with 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Information session presentation Barziza. Friday, October 19, 2007 Students expressed patience with the procedure. Rice Memorial Center - Blair Lounge "It's worth the hassle," Baker 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Interviews College freshman Cindy Dinh said. "The original environmental purpose is worth all the trouble PGS' value is our people. Start your career where YOU count. We offer competitive benefits, technical and commercial that it's caused us." training, as well as challenging careers and development opportunities worldwide. Amery said Rice has plans to implement permeable concrete in its parking lots. He also said For details and application to any current vacancies, please visit www.pgs.com/careers/graduate_opportunities FE&P is open to student suggestions for how to better implement the project in the future. A Clearer Image "We're committed to doing www.pgs.com more of this because it's environ- mentally friendly," Amery said. "I'm confident in this, but I want to apologize to the students for the inconvenience that all of this has caused." + Sfll lifiS

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by Claire Newman SCENE FOR THE THRESHER Sean Penn is a bit of a hippie. Thresher editors' So it makes sense that he wrote and directed Into the Wild, the true recommendations for story of a young man's search for arts and entertainment absolute freedom by escaping from around Houston through society. Penn's 04// the King's Men) personal investment in the message October 26. adds strength to the film, which urges viewers to step outside their comfort zones. The movie is a tale THEATER not only of a nature-lover, but of a well-coordinated effort from Penn as director and Emile Hirsch (The WiessTabletop Girl Next Door) as actor. It presents Freshman One-Acts the theme of removal from the social order through the moving w/j story of a single man who leaves Fresh Wiessmen take on everything to face nature. professional short plays Into the Wild is based on Jon Krakauer's novel about Christopher next weekend. Performances McCandless' unorthodox journey include "Witch, please!" by across continental America and Wiess alum Particia Ladd and into the Alaskan wilderness. After graduating from Emory University, "Sure Thing" by David Ives. Chris (Hirsch) opts to give his life's The fun opens Thursday, savings away to charity and venture out completely on his own. He Oct. 18 at 8 p.m., and travels across America by car, foot admission is $5. and kayak — whatever means possible — and meets many

people along the way. Chris fi- COURTESY PARAMOUNT VANTAGF Wiess College Commons nally makes his way to Alaska, and Emile Hirsch (The Girl Next Door) plays Chris McCandiess in the new film Into the Wild. Hirsch and director Sean Penn (All viewers watch as his life slowly the King's Men) joined a small crew in Alaska to put together the tale of a student who left everything for nature. disintegrates. This slow descent MUSIC into loneliness is poignant and "The love she had for him "I structured the movie around were free to indulge in exploration of well-directed, a solid example of (Chris) made me want to tell his IVedder's] songs," Penn said. "I both wilderness and themselves. character development. story," Hirsch said. wanted one voice to be the soul of "We had authentic experience Unusual Animals: Hirsch has come a long way from Emile's character musically." of being in wilderness," Penn said Houston, Our Ears Getting the crew together running naked down suburban This made him re-evaluate his own Penn worked on the project for streets with The Girl Next Door Escape to nature materialism, he said. Depend on You ten years and the reason that the co-star Elisha Cuthbert. In fact, he The abundance of criticism Viewers will sense an obvious film has only just been released is asserts that he needed this role for embedded in the movie is also call for societal reform in Into Join the hip team behind this the McCandless family's reluctance his own development, even though rather overwhelming, commenting the Wild. Although Penn read to see a movie made about Chris. it entailed hefty physical and emo- on everything from domesticity to Krakauer's book in his younger celebration of Houston's Also, as time passed, the family tional demands. His unhappiness welfare to American values. The years, he finds its activist message local bands Saturday, found more aspects of Chris' life with his own life, combined with overpowering presence of condem- advocating pure freedom increas- to focus upon. urges for adventure, led him to nation confounds the true message ingly important today. Oct. 20. Artists Moth! Fight!, "The process was like a dance personally connect with Chris' way of the film, although Penn urges "As a 47-year-old, [I have a] frus- The Wiggins, Cryptacize, between the family and [the film- of living. Penn knew that Hirsch audiences not to focus on these side tration with the growing sense of Space City Gamelan, Future makers]," Penn said in an inter- was the right man for the role after points. This aspect of the story is apathy in the youth," Penn said. view with the Thresher. "We had seeing him in an earlier role. supposed to take a back seat to the Ultimately, Penn's objective was Rapper and Hearts of Animals to balance sensitivities with the "I saw the mischief in his face theme of the search for freedom, to stay true to a story that he felt are presented by Asthmatic responsibilities of truth." in Lords ofDogtown," Penn said. "I yet this objective is not altogether called to tell in honor of a modern-day Penn emphasized the involve- thought I could relate to him." clear in the film itself. martyr for freedom. But Into the Wild Kitty, Diverseworks and Rice's ment of Chris' sister Carine (Cold Penn tried bringing in another The messages may seem didac- is more than a biography. The under- own KTRU. The show, starting Mountain's Jena Malone), whose notable name associated with the tic, but Penn was so affected by lying principle, although ambiguous, at 2 p.m., is free and letters confirmed a deep bond be- film, Eddie Vedder, lead singer of KraKauer's novel and his experience is that modern society needs a push tween the two siblings that needed Pearl Jam. Vedder composed the in Alaska that he wanted to com- in the right direction. open to all ages. to be accurately portrayed. Hirsch original music for the film, giving municate some of what he learned. "If pursuit of freedom isn't nec- credited Carine as his motivation it a grunge vibe that is fitting for Filming there involved only Penn, essary," Penn said, "I don't know for his daunting role. the gritty nature of the movie. Hirsch and a small crew, so they what is." Diverseworks Gallery 1117 East Freeway www.diverseworks.org Museum's new jewelry exhibit shows off bling, lacks shine by Rachel Green on the microcosmic world of jewelry. myriad examples. However, detailed for recollection of what was just READING THRESHER STAFF This first part of the exhibit tells the drawings showing the planning of seen. Rarely does a single object Any fan of a certain blonde tale of the correlative progression jewelry that accompany some pieces make visitors pause and wonder how bombshell will recall that dia- of jewelry and contemporary art in in the exhibit are intriguing. it might be pertinent to their own David Sedaris monds are supposedly a girl's the western world throughout the The sheer volume of objects experiences—rarely does an object best friend. But diamonds are 20th century, yet the storyline is is slightly overwhelming, dulling become committed to memory to be tossed out the window in favor of somewhat lost on the viewer. The the impact of more impressive described to a friend later. Boasts Bestselling author, and Time daring new materials and forms of West Coast "Funk" philosophy of individual pieces. The exceptions of size and variety in Drutt's collec- ornamentation in the Museum of the 1970s is manifest in the colorful to this come at the third and final tion would have certainly educed magazine's 2001 "Humorist Fine Art, Houston's new exhibit, works of Merrily Tompkins, Ken part of the exhibit, where a series the envy of her friends, but in this of the Year," David Sedaris Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Cory and J. Fred Woell, while Tone of large necklaces by various artists exhibit they overwhelm to a point puts Houston in stitches Jewelry from the Helen Williams Vigeland's silver square necklace are displayed on mannequin heads. of indifference. Drutt Collection. reveals minimalist undertones. But This forms an exploration of the Thursday. Oct. 25. The show beyond these examples, pieces fail ritualistic and humorous aspects of runs from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. 'ornament as art' to make a lasting impression. interactions between the body and The second section of the exhibit is "performance jewelry" MUSEUM OF FINE Tickets start at $22. More • •of five an examination of the impulse toward Presenting the necklaces as ARTS, HOUSTON V-- details available online at the On view at the MFAH the narrative in ornamental objects. wearable ornamentation rather than web address below. through Jan. 21 Here, the conventional figural images objects removed from their utilitarian 1001 Bissonnet and symbolic motifs range from kitsch aspect invites the viewer to explore At Museum District Made from everything from to cluttered. A few pieces, such as the ways in which jewelry responds MetroRail stop plastic and enamel to precious stones Bernhard Schobinger'sBroken Pieces to the body it adorns and how the Jones Hall (713) 639-7300 and metals, most of the jewelry in from Moritzplatz Berlin, break the body reacts to its decoration. While 615 Louisiana Ornament as Art would not be out mold of the expected, juxtaposing the first and second sections of the www.houstontheaterdistrict.org of place in an haute couture runway antique crystal beads with broken exhibit approach the objects with a Normal Hours: show, where practicality gives way to more academic mindset, this third 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. curiosity.Justasin high fashion, these section is perhaps most successful collectible pieces are not necessarily The size and because it requires the observer Tuesday through Saturday meant to be worn but variety of objects to think about the jewelry solely in Open until 9 p.m. Thursday rather to showcase relationship to himself or herself. Open until 7 p.m. Friday the extremes of a in this exhibit Ornament as Art is surely engag- and Saturday world of ornament ing for the concluding duration of 12:15 a.m. - 7 p.m. from which the rest overwhelms the observer's visit—women crowd of fashion draws its to the point of around display cases, gesturing to Sunday inspiration. each other guesses of how one might Ornament as Art INDIFFERENCE. dare to wear a certain necklace or STUDENT ADMISSION is arranged in three brooch. Observers pass quickly acts: First, a chrono- bits of a German Coke bottle, yet by from one piece to the next, amazed General admission and entry logical analysis of the this point in the exhibit it becomes at how such a large amount of beauty to Ornament as Art is free influence of 20th cen- easy to lose interest in a detailed can fit into such a small object. Yet with Rice I.D. tury art movements examination of each piece among the afterward, visitors are left grasping THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2007 15 Bleak, slow situations mar humor in King of California by Brian Reinhart a jackhammer is hilariously THRESHER STAFF funny, but for much of the audi- King of California features a ence it may come too late. Those strange family, goofy storyline and not willing to wait patiently for brilliant actors, and while it tries the laughs will greet the scene to mimic Little Miss Sunshine, it is with snores. not half as entertaining. The fdm's Charlie's quest reaches an • pace is too slow for too long and extravagantly wacky, though despite the hilarious second half, ambiguous, conclusion. 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by Bobby McFarlane Both opponents are noted for the goal. The freshman needed their speed, which will make the only a quick trap and tap to give THKKSHER STAFF transition game more difficult. the Owls a 1-0 lead that they would Every team has a defining game "Getting the ball from defense not relinquish. in its season, and for the soccer team to offense will be very important Edwards continued her im- that game was last Friday. Having this weekend against two tough pressive performance in the 64th struggled to beat teams," head minute when senior forward Clory inferior teams all coach Chris Martin spun a right corner kick into season, Rice put Huston said. traffic near the goalkeeper's box. a stranglehold on IN FOCUS: SOCCER It will be Edwards cleared through traffic, the University of tough to top made a read on the ball, and net- Houston in its first Record: 7-3-1 the display of ted a dramatic header from eight Conference USA C-USA record: 1-0 (tied-3rd) talent the Owls yards out. game of the year, showed last Fri- With that insurance goal and a allowing only four Last week: The Owls opened day against the tight performance from the defense, shots en route to up their conference schedule Cougars. Once Rice coasted to its first conference a 2-0 victory. with a 2-0 home win against again, freshman win and improved its all-time record The turn- UH. midfielder Kate against UH to 4-0-1. Sophomore f& around comes at What made the difference: Edwards sup- midfielder Shelley Wong notched an ideal time for Rice outshot the Cougars plied the scor- another strong performance in the the Owls (7-3-1, 24-4, with two shots by ing, netting both victory, placing two shots on goal 1-0 C-USA), who freshman Kate Edwards find- goals to give alongside stellar defense. For the 4, m will host defending the back of the net. her a team-high game, the Owls outshot the Cougars ing C-USA cham- eight on the sea- 24-4 and logged seven corners to Up next: The Owls face UAB -'v'- •' pions University son. Edwards is Houston's four. (8-2,1-0 C-USA) at home of Alabama- now second on Huston said she was impressed tonight at 7 p.m. The Blaz- Birmingham to- Rice's single- by the Owls' effort. ers currently have the best night at 7 p.m. season goal "We've been having trouble overall winning percentage in KBSi w v- g | and perennial scoring list. playing as a team and giving 100 the conference. conference con- The first goal percent for 90 minutes," Huston tender Univer- of the night said. "That was the first time we - T':v-:- :r . - '"Xv 4 sity of Memphis came in the 21st played up to our true potential." . • *, "•% •: pH Sunday at 1 p.m. The Owls are only minute after sophomore defender In her second shutout in a row,

1-1 all-time against the Blazers. Kellen Schugart blasted a free freshman goalkeeper Meghan ARIEL SCHNITZER/THRESHER However, Memphis beat Rice 4-3 kick against the top crossbar. The Erkel made a pair of saves in the Senior forward Clory Martin leaps to stop the ball in last Friday's contest with UH. in double-overtime in their first deflection found an open Edwards, game. The defense was stellar in Martin notched her team-leading seventh assist in the 64th minute when fresh- and only meeting last year. seven yards out on the left side of See EDWARDS, page 19 man Kate Edwards directed Martin's corner kick into the net.

THRESHER SPORTS/commentary Volleyball's road struggles continue Natalie Clericuzio On Sunday, Rice will continue its consecutive points — ending with a Powderpuffs profile home stand playingTulane I Jniversity service ace from freshman defensive THRKSHKRSTAFF (17-4, (3-1 C-USA) at 1 p.m. in Fox Gym. stopper Tracey I>am — gave Rice a In two hody contested matches last The Green Wave has been dominant 14-8 lead. The Mustangs (12-8,2-4 C- calls for better protection weekend, the volleyball team beat its this season, winning its first five USA) would not give in, coming within opponents in nearly every category matches in conference play before fall- three at 19-16. But the Owls held on Powderpuff? I finally went to my first Pow- except one: points. Rice came up short ing last weekend to first-place Marshall thanks to two aces from Lam and Seriously? derpuff game this year (I've only in two five-game matches on the road University (13-7,6-0 C-USA). Addition- one from junior outside hitter Jessica When 1 first saw that the just shed my high school haugh- against Southern Methodist Univer- ally, TulaneleadsC-lJSAin kills, assists Holderness, winning 30-21. Threshers sports section covered tiness). There were the dainty sity and the University of Tulsa. and hitting percentage. The Owls looked to put away powderpuff, I scoffed. What self- little ladies, all dressed up in Tonight, the Owls (8-10,1-5-3 Con- Although SMU has not had the match in game four, but SMU respecting newspaper jerseys and matching ference USA) will try to improve as much success in C-USA as the played nip-and-tuck throughout, such as this would cov- uniforms — glorified their conference record by taking Owls, Rice could not pull out the win pulling away to win 30-27, forcing er a mundane, laugh- Halloween costumes, on the University of Texas at El Paso despite winning nearly every major a deciding fifth frame. able, wholly fringe how cute, 1 thought. at 7 p.m. in Fox Gym. The last-place statistical battle. While neither team gained an early sport like powderpuf f? Again, wrong. Miners (6-12, 0-7 C-USA) struggled The Owls came bursting out edge in the final game, SMU went on How could anyone The second the last season against the Owls, losing of the gates and took an early 9-2 a decisive four-point run to take a lead possibly take this pa- whistle blew, a pall both matches. UTEP did not have lead, thanks in part to three kills by they would not relinquish lead on the per seriously? of aggression en- much more success against the rest sophomore middle blocker Natalie way to their 15-10 game five win. You see, I like compassed the entire of the conference, failing to qualify Bogan. 'Hie Mustangs never caught Against the Mustangs, four Owls to think I know a field. Eye-black re- for the C-USA tournament after go- up and Rice took the first game 30-20. had double-digits in kills, including thing or two about placed mascara, and Casey Michel ing 2-14 in conference play and 7-25 However, SMU took the second game 18 from both Bogan and sophomore sports — why else guttural grunts and on the season. Hie Miners are also to even the score. outside hitter Jennifer McClean. Rice would my bosses have growls took the place currently ranked last in assists and The third frame started out as a played defensively as well, with five hired me? I'm a power of tittering laughs. second-to-last in kills. struggle for both squads, until eight See ROAD, page 19 hitler when it comes to baseball The linemen could have made info, a sophomore sensation when a mountain lion cower in fear. it comes to hardwood acumen and With an intimidating, foreboding at least a Zamboni driver when gleam in their eyes, they made 0WL00K - THE WEEK IN SPORTS it comes to hockey knowledge. me question what femininity To me, these are the sports that truly meant. matter, because these are the Some strange sort of female Friday, Oct. 12 •Volleyball vs. Tulane sports 1 know. ferocity has replaced the play- 1 p.m. — Fox Gym But powderpuff? fulness that pervades the game • Soccer vs. UAB I actually thought I had a grasp at other institutions. These girls 7 p.m. — Rice Track/Soccer Stadium on what powderpuff entailed. hit harder than the inevitable day- Saturday, Oct. 20 Granted, I had never been to a after-NOI) hangover, and dole out • Women's Cross Country vs. HBU Invitational game before, nor had 1 ever really less mercy than Jack Nicholson in 7 p.m. — Houston • Football vs. Memphis 2 p.m. — Rice Stadium seen one played, but my glory The Departed. Some sort of rage, clays of freshman flag taught me concealed behind their sweet •Volleyball vs. UTEP • Men's Tennis — Omni Hotels Region VI a thing or two about that type of exteriors, is unleashed between All Day — Austin, Texas football. The game has as much the chalk-lines. 7 p.m. — Fox Gym contact as a croquet tournament Sunday, Oct. 21 And when talk of a Thresherpow- Saturday, Oct. 13 and the only ones who took it derpuff spread — and subsequent seriously were the senior (a.k.a. betting ring—arises, when people •Men's Tennis — Omni Hotels Region VI • Football vs. Houston washed-up) coaches living vicari- get heated over the powderpuff ously through the frosh. predictions box, or when a Brown All Day — Austin, Texas 2:30 p.m. — Robertson Stadium Powderpuff uses flags, so it coach and a certain Sid quarterback has to be the same, right? go at each other in the middle of Monday, Oct. 22 Wrong. See POWDERPUFF, page 18 Sunday, Oct. 14 •Men'sTennis — Omni Hotels Region VI •Soccer vs. Memphis All Day — Austin, Texas 1 p.m. — Rice Track/Soccer Stadium ^ '.:hy?W' .•'• £,•' 1 |

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LAYOUT BY OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE LIGHTER SIDE OF SPORTS M CASEY MICHEL What happens when Cowboys meet baguettes? I've been a Cowboys fan for the looking for a football home. So I signed decided to give at least some sort of better part of my life, with the 52-17 over my allegiance to America'sTeam, reprieve to a team they have tortured trouncing of the Buffalo Bills in Super and at the beginning, at least, it seemed for over a decade. Bowl XXVII being the first game I can that nothing could go wrong. Sure, Dallas could lose every game actually retrieve from my memory. Unfortunately, I was not prepared left this season and I still would not be I can't recall the exact date—Wikipe- for Dallas' inevitable fall. You would that surprised, but for now, the gods dia tells me it was Jan. 31, think the football gods are showing what looks like sympathy 1993—but I do remember might have some pity for the millions of fans who have been sitting • vett (0-3) and burned through the air courtesy 7-0 and Will Rice (3-1) outscored of Gascoyne and Amnions, Sid still Baker (0-5) 27-13.

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SPORTS NOTEB Hi won 6-1, 6-4. However, Midler's Pair of Owls notch run ended there, as he was unable to rally from an early deficit and wins at All-American lost 62,4-6, 7-5 to the University of Senior Ralph Knupfer played his Kentucky's Bruno Agostinelli. way to the main draw and junior The two also competed in Christoph Miiller qualified for the doubles, notching an 8-6 win consolation draw at last week's Polo against the University ofVirginia's Ralph Lauren 1TA Ail-American I^*e Singer and Sanam Singh Championships in Tulsa, Okla. before bowing out against Jean Knupfer, ranked 81st in the Yves Aubone and Clint Bowles of country, opened the tournament Florida State University. in the Qualifying Draw, needing Rice next competes in the three wins to make it to the main Midland Racquet Club Invita- draw. 'Hie senior easily defeated tional in Midland, Texas, today his first opponent, the Lfniversity through Sunday. of Southern California's Jason — Casey Michel McNaughten, in straight sets 6-2,6-3. He then staved off Jordan Rux of Baylor University 7-5, Golf finishes 10th 4-6, 6-2 before squaring off with Drake University's DaliborPavic. in Memphis Knupfer held fast for the 7-5, 6-4 The golf team finished 10th out win to qualify for main draw, the of 15 teams in the Memphis Intercol- first time he has done so at the legiate last Tuesday in Memphis, Ail-American Championship. Tenn. 'Hie tournament was held at Facing fifth-seeded Luke Shields the Colonial Country Club, a par 72 of Boise State University, Knupfer course of 7,334 yards. stepped up his game and won in 'Hie Owls shot 604,32 strokes three sets 6-1,4-6,6-3. But Knupfer's behind tournament champion run ended there, as he dropped a University of Mississippi. The 6-2,7-5 decision to the University of team was 11th after the opening South Alabama's Jack Baker. round but cut six strokes off of Although he did not make its first-day total to leapfrog the THE FINEST STRAIGHT-UP ROCK BAND IN AMERICA" -The Village Voice it quite as far as his teammate, University of Nebraska. No. 86 Miiller nonetheless played Rice was led by sophomore mmwmmm well in his early matches. After Christopher Brown's three-over M WllK FEELS LIKE A NATURAL PROGRESSION- 6RATIFYINGLY STRONG."- Entertainment Weekly easily winning his first match, score of 147. Brown, who shot Miiller faced Lenny (Julian of 73 on Monday and 74 on Tues- mmm the University of North Carolina. day, finished tied for 18th in the Gullan, who had beaten the No. 15 field. Fellow sophomore Michael "AN ICONIC AMERICAN SOUND" - Billboard seed the day before, was no match Buttacavoli also helped the Owls, for Miiller, who demolished the finishing tied at 34th with a six- Tar Heel 6-0, 6-0 in a match that over 150. Sophomores Zach Wil- WALK lasted only 42 minutes. son and Tim Pawul and freshman Unfortunately, Miiller fell just Michael Whitehead rounded out CLUB V, HOUSTON short of qualifying for the main the Owls' top five finishers. draw, losing a tough 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) Hie final round of the tourna- Oct 26th at 8 pm match to Baylor's Denes Lukacs. ment was canceled due to inclem- But Miiller qualified for the con- ent weather. Tickets from $27.50 # solation draw. His first opponent. The team will head to Choud- No. 14 PierreMouillonofthe Univer- ranl, La. next Monday to compete www.ticketmaster.com sity of Califc >rnia-Berkeley, dropped in the Squire Creek Invitational. quickly to the wayside as Miiller — Casev Michel HANSON.NET IN STORES NOW '

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FOR THE THRKSHER The team lost two of its top scorers ship Trials later this month. This and Erin Mattson. to a back injury. from conference: Andrea Hurn is meet will give them the opportunity Mattson, the conference champion The individual medley is by far For most swim teams, starting no longer eligible and senior Jen- to compete for a spot on the U.S. na- in the 2(X)-yard butterfly last year, will the most unpredictable event in almost every m ?et 32 points down nifer Hill redshirted after suffering tional team that will head to Beijing lead the butterfly for die Owls again terms of who will swim. Eberhardt before the meet even began would a shoulder injury. With only one for the 2008 Summer Olympics. this year. Craig, who took third in the and junior Natalie Kirchoff did well be a bit disheartening. But for other senior on the roster and five If the Owls are to make any head- 200-backstroke at the C-USA meet, is last year, but this may be an event Rice, whose lack of a diving team freshmen coming in, Rice will field way in C-USA this year, Massengale also looking to produce for Rice. where freshmen dominate — spe- will cost them those 32 points, this a very young team in 2007. and Warner will have to score big. The Owls competed well in the cifically, Chura, Korellis and Ashten disadvantage just adds fuel to its Junior Diane Ciu, one of Rice's co- But Rice is also looking to freshman backstroke last season, placing Ackerman, all of whom competed in competitive fire. captains, said she is not worried about Karen Gerken, a Texas all-state h on- four girls in the top nine of the IM in high school. llie Owls travel to their first meet the Owls' youth. Rather, she said the oree, to score in distance freestyle, 100-yard and four in the top six Considering all of the individual today in I^s Cruces, N.M. against freshmen have made a positive impres- (iu and fellow junior Carlyann Miller of the 200-yard in the conference talent, it comes as no surprise that the U niversity of Nor thern Colorado sion heading into the season. will lead the freestyle sprints and tournament. Hyde and sophomores there are great expectations for this and New Mexico Stale University "They come to practice with a may be joined by freshman Sally Angela Wo and Justine Lin will year's relay teams. Both the freestyle before swimming against five teams really positive attitude every day DeWitt. Other veteran freestylers continue to compete in this event and medley relays had good finishes at the Phill Hansel Duals at the end and oftentimes they're leading include juniors Skylar Craig and Keri in addition to freshmen Kait Chura last year and all of those swimmers of this month. However, according the lanes," Gu said. "Coming in as Hyde and sophomores Megan Land, and Sarah Korellis. Senior Amy will be returning this season. to head coach Seth Huston, the freshmen, they just want to impress toughest meets will come toward us. They want to fit in and they're the end of the season. doing just that." "Our conference meet is undoubt- Rice fans will have plenty to edly kind of big because that's typi- look out for this year. The Owls' cally where we want to, at minimum, lone senior, Brittany Massengale, is get second," Huston said. "We'd like also one of the top swimmers in the to try to narrow the gap [and] feel conference, if not the nation. One like we have a shot at winning it. If year removed from representing all goes well that's also the place the United States at the World ()pen where we expect to qualify people Water Championships, Massengale to go to NCAAs." took third in the mile and fourth in I.ast season ended on the highest both the 200-and 40((-freestyle at the of high notes as Rice finished second C-USA championships last season. at the Conference USA Swimming She will handle the long distance and Diving championships, its best freestyle events for the Owls along finish in any conference meet since with junior Caitlin Warner. 1976. This year, however, the Owls Like Massengale, Warner quali- have a long way to go if they are fied for the 10-kilometer swim at the

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22 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12. 2007 \ Digs I BY THE RU — Lam 25, McClean 20, Holderness 16 POWDERPUFF PREDICTIONS: WEEK 5 NUMBE Tulsa — Grove 36, Boyle 16, Silva 15 Oct. 5-0ct. 9 Attendance — 117 •v V,V. * •, < | - HI 1 jjg v I RICE 2 SMU 3 Oct. 5,2007 —Dallas, Texas Stephen Sarah Jocelyn Yuekal Sun Casey Michel Whitfield Rutledge Wright Too many Rice 30 28 30 27 10 SMU 20 30 21 30 15 E.I.C. News More news news people 1S! 1 I Final Stats Rice SMU Kills 77 63 Errors 30 27 Brown Attempts 203 206 IHHI! Brown Lovett Attack Percentage .232 .175 (longwinded Lovett Assists 72 57 Brown 'We're so "Because girl- story about "Make some- 1 don't know Service Aces 13 6 much better on-girl is not Digs 94 86 powderpuff his- thing up" Clocks 11.0 9.0 than anyone" OK" Oct. 5,2007 — Rice Track/Soccer Stadium tory) UH (4-5-1): Scott, Baker, Geyer, Conrad, Byrne. Cannon, Individual Stats Rathweg, Rodriguez, Echeverria, Booker. Beyelia; Kills Substitutes: Pfeiffer, Nieva, Babb. RU — Bogan 18, McClean 18. Holderness 16 SMU — Peter 16. Rainbird 15, Wilkerson 15 HanS2en Wiess Wiess Rice (6-3-1): Erkei, Conn, Schugart, Taylor, B. Martin, Ryan "We need Wiess Robbins, Ostendorf, Wong, Jaggers. C. Martin; Assists Hanszen Wiess Substitutes: Scott, Petric, Holloway. RU — Schamun 61 r ' «• upsets in "Duh" SMU — Kons 51 Dansker. Goals: Edwards 2 (7, 8). powderpuff" Digs Hanszen* V!. . Assists: Schugart, C. Martin. Yikes. Cautions: Geyer 72'. RU — Lam 23, Dennemann 21, Holderness 17 Ejections: None. SMU — Davis 30, Rainbird 17, Wilkerson 16

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Attendance — 628 1. Mississippi 572 mm * . 2. Southern Miss 580 „ . . Martel WRC 3. Memphis 583 Martel VOLLEYBALL 4. Penn State 584 "But Martel "Up is down, WRC WRC t5. Mississippi State 591 "Martel!" t5. Wisconsin 591 WRC needs better left is right" RICE 2 TULSA 3 7. Xavier 595 Oct. 7, 2007 —Tulsa. Okla. cheers" 8. South Alabama 598 9. Arkansas State 599 Rice 31 28 27 30 11 10. Rice 604 Hanszen Tulsa 29 30 30 22 15 11. Louisiana-Lafayette 608 Sid 12. South Florida 610 Hanszen "Will Sack- 13. Nebraska 611 1 don't know. "We're gonna Hanszen Final Stats Rice Tulsa 14. Tulsa 612 vs. A-Balthrop Sid Kills 72 68 get off the Again. 15. Southeastern III. 612 Sid campaign Errors 31 37 Attempts 216 221 These boxscores brought to you by: schneid" .190 continue?" Attack Percentage .140 I need to go back and watch "Heroes." 68 Assists 63 I'm pretty sure there should be a 12-step program for 8 Service Aces 7 "Heroes" addicts. Me and Mark could be buddies. Digs 109 103 However, "Heroes" isn't quite as good as "Desperate Wiess Nobody Wiess Blocks 14.0 11.0 Wiess Lily is a Housewives" yet (what's up with the new neighbors??) deserves to "Love it, hate it, Wiess Rockies-Indians World Series. Please. i ««-.•* ' h°Pe slave-driver Individual Stats At least the Yankees are out of it. Now I can make fun win burn it down." Kills of my assis'^nts/copy editor to my heart's content. L0V6tt RU — Holderness 15, Boulavsky 14, McClean 12 A-Rod: Chicago Cub 2007-2010, Boston Red Sock •denotes Thresher Game of the Week Tulsa — Nepomuceno 27, Ridley 15. Stout 11 (along with Lou Piniella) 2010-2014. They say pitching wins championships. Therefore the **The Thresher EIC would like to apologize to Baker for being so mean Assists NL does not stand a chance this year. RU — Schamun 58 Go Mariners! Tulsa — Silva 57 At least we've still got Ichiro. THE POWDERPUFF STANDINGS: WEEK 5 Rank Team Record Point Diff 1 Brown 4-1 33 2 Martel 3-1 39 V 3 Hanszen 3-1 26 FIUBU6 4 Jones 3-1 18 ^ mmm 5 Will Rice 31 17 6 Sid Rich 2-3 19 7 Wiess 1-3 -19 8 Lovett 0-3 47 9 Baker 0-3 -86

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