Radio After KTRU Ticular Social Issues

OP-ED P. 3 FEATURES P. 10 SPORTS P. 15 Post-publication changes Students remember 9/11 Volleyball triumphs at invitational News sources adjusting articles after publication online lead to With its 10th anniversary on Sunday, students reflect on the Rice women's volleyball went undefeated In the Rice Invita- changed points of views and story variations. 9/11 tragedy. tional II over three other universities. thVOLUME XCVIIIe, ISSUE NO. Ric4 STUDENT-RUe N SINCE 1916 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 September 11 vigil promotes community BY ELLEN LIU THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF There will be a campus-wide can- dlelight vigil on Sunday, September 11, at 8 p.m. in the Central Quad com memorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. This vigil will begin with a reading of Tony Kushner's "A Prayer for New York," include prayers from a variety of religious organizations, and close with the Phils singing the National Anthem. The vigil stemmed from a proposal Rice submitted to President Obama's Interfaith and Commu- I * Li nity Service Campus Challenge, a national program that encourages cross-campus organizations to work together in year-long service projects that strengthen the community and unite people across religious and cultural lines, President's Challenge Co- . „ Rice football players tackle an opposing team member holding strong through the first coordinator Lawrence Lin said. Rice fights to the fourth quarter three quarters against the University of Texas before being finally defeated in the fourth. U We chose these par- UH models online radio after KTRU ticular social issues BY HALLIE JORDAN Station Director and Founder Clif- listeners, Clifton said. and hope they love us back." due to an already es- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF ton said. "KUHF bought 91.7 and a The station currently has 40 DJs Current COOG Radio DJ Josue tablished capacity for lot of people think students are af- who are working to promote their own Garcia, who DJs electronic, hip hop Following suite of KTRU, the Uni- filiated with that but we aren't." shows and create a persona, he said. and R&B, said he hopes the station Rice to pursue these versity of Houston has a new online- COOG Radio, which started air- "We are using this as a way for will help students get their voice out social issues. only radio station, COOG Radio. ing on Aug. 29, is open to playing students who are interested in pur- to the Houston area as well. Lawrence Lin Though UH has two large scale any type of music as long as it is not suing specialty radio to express "It's a chance for the DJs to get ex- Duncan '13 radio stations, COOG Radio will be mainstream or overly popular. themselves and be heard by other posure, be a part of a brand new stu- the university's first and only stu- "If you have heard it on the radio UH students," Clifton said. dent organization and an outlet for dent run station. in the past five years we won't play Clifton, who grew up in Houston them to have a voice," Garcia said. UH senior Conner Clifton had it," Clifton said. listening to KTRU said the station KTRU Station Manager Joey Yang ft the idea to create the radio station Some of their genres will include has been influenced by it. said he does not see the COOG Radio two years ago after watching the electronic dance music, African tribal, "We really, really like [KTRU] to be competition but rather a way for movie Pirate Radio. local bands, oldies and some film scores and look to it as a model," he said. more people to get interested in the The proposal is broken down "KUHF is an NPR station and not including Harry Potter, Clifton said. So "We want everyone to know that music scene. into service initiatives, interfaith really with UH but its own entity," far, the station has had about 2,000 we do not hate KTRU but love them S3 see RADIO, page 6 engagement initiatives, and docu- mentation techniques and future vision, Lin - a Duncan College ju- nior - said. The service initiatives section . ALFA money spending determined describes the social issues Rice wishes to tackle, namely domestic poverty and educational opportuni- BY ELLEN LIU proposals, it chose 16 of them and ties, health services and healthy liv- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF met monthly over the summer with Breakdown of ALFA funds administrators to estimate cost and ing, and education, Lin said. "We chose these particular so- After a summer of deliberation, feasibility, ALFA Committee mem- cial issues due to an already estab- grant and endowment proposals ber Lagoudas said. Of the nearly $3 million in ALFA lished capacity for Rice to pursue totaling nearly $3 million from the In the end, the committee decid- funds allocated so far, 53 per- these social issues by the number KTRU radio tower sale have been ed to set aside $25,000 for the Wel- cent is going to grants and 47 of community partners we have that approved by the Asset Liquidation come Back Concert and passed four percent to endowments. The deal in these areas," Lin said. "We Funds Appropriation Committee one-time grants and four endow- original ALFA fund had about also chose these issues due to our and President David Leebron. The ment proposals, which were also 47% 53% knowledge of students' interests." grants that were supported will go approved by President Leebron, La- $6 million, so this represents into effect this year while the en- goudas said. roughly half the funds. Where The interfaith engagement initiatives section describes how dowments await approval by the The grants include $1 million the other half goes will be de- Rice plans to advance interfaith Board of Trustees at their upcoming dollars for the Visual and Dra- termined later in the semester. September meeting. matic Arts Building and Programs, engagement on campus, Lin said. They have chosen to build an in- The majority of the KTRU sale $35,000 for an EMS cardiac moni- frastructure for education and ca- funds were to be used for endow tor, $50,000 for an EMS emergency Grants Endowments pacity building because Rice has ments, while a smaller portion response vehicle and $420,000 for well-established educational op- was designated for short-term pur- new intramural field lighting, La- 52% 1% 47% portunities and resources in re- poses, SA President Georgia La- goudas said. She said Rice will start Welcome Back Concert Alternative Spring Break • Alternative Spring Break ligious and spiritual life to build goudas said. The ALFA Committee implementing these initiatives this EMS Cardiac Monitor ^Architecture Society • Architecture Society capacity within faith and non-faith was charged with gathering both year, and that students should ex- EMS Emergency Vehicle •Cultural Programming • Cultural Programming Library groups, Lin said. undergraduate and graduate stu- pect changes soon. Lighting Intramural Fields Visual Arts Building and Programs GRAPHIC BY ZACH CASTLE Source: ALFA Committee dent input, and after receiving the B see ALFA, page 5 S3 see SEPTEMBER it, page 5 What to do with your life... Paint, Play, Sing Futuristic lovers ready for abduction INDEX Opinion Don't know? Or do know but want more Rice Media Center's Main Galiery is hosting Get ready for abduction at Lovett's Getcheroxoff: News information? Check out the Center for Career Musical Moves, an exhibition about German Extra-Terrestrial party on Saturday, Sept. 10. If Features * .* Development's Career Expo on Monday, Sept. painter Albert Oehlen and American painter you haven't heard the Katy Perry song enough Arts & Entertainment 12 12 in the Grand Mall from ti a.m. - 4 p.m. Get a Christopher Wool. The exhibit showcasing on the radio get ready — this party is all about Sports 15 leg up on the competition and start networking their art and music opened yesterday and infecting each other with your poison because boy, PLEASE RECYCLE Calendar 1 AFTER REAOING will remain open to the public until Oct. 14. you're an alien. 9 and looking at possibilites for your future. Backpage 20 ' v f V • -V i FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,2011 EDITORIAL THE RICE THRESHER m.I t.t - the Rice ^Ihresher At tke &rown/Jon*£ complex Idee needs to move to more prestigious conference Currently, the NCAA football conference landscape is in upheav- al. Universities such as Colorado and Utah have already shifted conferences and Texas A&M is in the process of moving to the SEC. Heg ev«rgone Rice should actively pursue a similar motion. birtMoa Rice seeks excellence in most everything it does. Rice provides the best for its students and seeks to constantly improve in ev- ery way possible. Ideally, this philosophy would fully extend to the Rice Owls athletics department, but in placing academics as priority, it becomes difficult for the university to give athletics all the resources it needs to flourish. However, by moving to a more prestigious conference, Rice could increase athletic monetary resources, recruit better athletes, and have Rice athletics increase the university's visibility. Rice could reap these benefits by moving to a more prominent conference. This decision would, of course, not be an easy one, and it would likely be met by internal friction. Currently, the Rice community is less than enamored with many of its athletics teams because of lackluster performances across numerous sports. Because of this, a pervasive sentiment is to have Rice drop down to Division II. However, according to a 2004 review of intercollegiate athletics at Rice University, dropping to a lower division is categorized as a n relatively undesirable option for the future of Rice athletics.

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