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by Amber Obermeyer "There are some people who think because we are a high- THRESHER EDrTORIAL STAFF quality institution, we ought to TUITION & FEES New-student tuition and fees will be priced with other high-quality be $26,974 next year, a 13.6 percent institutions," Leebron said. 'That Seniors $21,474 increase from what this year's fresh- is not the present goal — it's just Juniors 23,504 men paid. Returning students will that giving everybody a one-third Sophomores 25,074 pay about 4-6 percent more than discount in today's competitive Entering students 26,974 26,100 what they paid this year. Room and environment didn't quite seem the Graduate students board for all students will be $9,590 right way to go." Professional 23,400 masters students next year, a seven-percent change Leebron said that in the future, Continuing grad 23.950 that is similar to past increases. returning students' tuition will students Tuition, fees and room and board probably increase by about 5 M.B.A. students 32,150 rates were approved at the March percent annually 8-9 Board of Trustees meeting and Rice's financial aid budget will Figures are for 2006 07. announced by President David expand to cover the increased cost Leebron Tuesday. of attending, Vice President for Fi- Freshman tuition will probably nance Kathy Collins said. Student Fi- matriculate will not change sub- increase by a similar amount next nancial Services Director Julia Benz stantially because of recent tuition TAYLOR JOHNSON/THRESHER year before leveling off, Leebron said Rice's method for calculating a increases. Rice received about 12 said. leebron said he expects family's expected contribution will percent more applications this year Hail poetry Rice's tuition to be $5,000-6,000 not change, so students currently despite last year's 12 percent tuition Hanszen College junior Andrew Reich (left), Sid Richardson College less than peer schools' in the long receiving need-based linancial aid increase, Leebron said. senior Lauren Bertanzetti (middle) and Hanszen senior Bob Billing- run. Next year's freshman tuition will not pay more. "What we're learning is that the sley (right) act in the Rice Light Opera Society's Ruddlgore, one of will be about $7,000 less than other I>eebron said he thinks the per- biggest need is to get out there and five shows opening on campus this week. (See review, page 12.) elite private universities'. centage of accepted students who See TUITION, page 9 Faculty Senate approves take-home final exam policy

by Risa Gordon Take-home exams — which the policy defines as including final papers and proj- FHRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF ects — will be automatically assigned a Starting in Fall 2006, final papers, final due date by the Registrar's Office based projects and take-home final exams can be on course meeting time. The take-home assigned a due date earlier than the last exam may be due no earlier than the end day of the final-exam period. The Faculty of the specified examination period — for Senate voted unanimously to approve these example. 12 p.m. for a 9 a.m.-12 p.m. exam changes to the General Announcements slot. However, professors may set a due date at its meeting Wednesday. Restrictions on later than the assigned time slot. the number of exams allowed in one- and Under the new policy, students who have two-day periods were also altered. three or more scheduled final examinations In the fall, the senate eliminated self- in two consecutive calendar days can ar- scheduled final exams and abolished the range to reschedule exams, as has been minimum class size required to schedule a the case this year and in the past. But in final exam. The senate did not change rules a new policy, the third exam's instructor IAN WHITE/THRESHER about due dates for Spring 2006 take-home must allow the student to take the exam U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Huchlnson speaks at a memorial service for Nobel Prize exams because members did not want to at a different time if an agreement cannot winner Richard Smalley in the Grand Hall Tuesday. alter the General Announcements in the otherwise be reached. middle of the year. See EXAMS, page 6 Smalley honored at service INSIDE

by Sarah Taylor National Science Foundation director, spoke about Smalley's public advocacy for THRESHER STAEF Page 3 nanotechnology. Lane said many policies Free Your Willy Week OPINION A model of a buckyball sat on the resulted from Smalley's efforts. Monday: Owl Fgg Hunt, Academic Activism on the rise Quad, early morning; Tuesday: Beer podium as colleagues, students, friends "Rick was the model of a civic sci- A&E Page 13 and family of Richard Smalley spoke entist," lane said. "He went out to the Debates, Willy's Pub, 9:30 p.m.; Wednes- Paleohipsterdom about his influence on Rice and the day: picnic, Academic Quad, 5:30 p.m.; public in an effort to solve the world's SPORTS Page 16 world at a memorial service Tuesday. problems." Thursday: International Beer Night, Men's tennis pulls two upsets About 150 people attended the service Richard F. Smalley Institute for Willy's Pub, 10 p.m. held in the Grand Hall. Nanoscale Science and Technology Direc- Quote of the Week Smalley, a physics and university tor Wade Adams praised Smalley's effect SA petitions: the sequel "When you work in Career Services, you have professor who died in October 2005, was on the academic environment at Rice, to be able to recognize when a good career awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in which he said Smalley loved. Adams said Petitions are due today at 1 p.m. for the move comes along." 1996 for discovering buckminsterfuller- Smalley cared about other faculty mem- SA Spring Elections. Four Honor Council — Career Services Director Cheryl Matherly enes, now known as buckyballs. Smalley bers at Rice and was determined that his at-large positions, one University Court on leaving Rice. See Story, Page 5. at-large position and RSVP treasurer are came to Rice in 1976and invented fournew dreams be carried out after his death. Scoreboard fields of chemical research while here. "What we're left with from Rick's great available. Women's Basketball President David Leebron opened career is his vision," Adams said. "He was Rice 57. Indiana 67 the service by praising Smalley's a pied piper, and many of us answered Senior interviewer Baseball contributions. his call." Rice 2, Texas 3 "Rick was much more to Rice than a Nobel Prize winner and former chem- applications due Weekend Weather successful scientist and teacher," leebron istry professor Robert Curl ('54) worked Applications for rising seniors inter- Friday said. "He embodied the spirit of our uni- with Smalley for 10 years. During that ested in conducting on-campus inter- time, Smalley, Curl and University of Sus- Sunny, 40 66 degrees versity and the great desire to serve." views with high school seniors in the fall After Leebron's opening, eight speak- sex professor Harold Kroto discovered Saturday are due Friday at 5 p.m. at the Admissions Partly cloudy, 48-69 degrees ers followed with memories, insights and buckyballs. Office. Forms are available at the Admis- Sunday anecdotes. Curl said Smalley was remarkably sions Office and in the colleges. Mostly sunny. 61-74 degrees Physics Professor Neal lane, a former See SMAI.I .KY. page 7 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, MARCH 24,2006 the Rice Thresher

Thition effects should be monitored Most of us visited other top private universities before choosing Rice, and we think Rice's middle-class feel makes it unique among these schools. It would not be to Rice's benefit if it were to become more stratified between high-income and low-income students, like many other top-tier private schools — the university would become less inviting to students of all income levels. Hie tuition increases announced by President David Leebron have the potential to stratify the student body in this way. (See story, page 1.) Tuition hikes do not affect students with substantial financial aid or the very wealthy, so increases can only discourage students in the middle from coming to Rice. We do not think the current or proposed increases are dramatic enough to have this negative effect, since Rice will still be markedly cheaper than its competitors. But we don't really know for certain — and neither does anybody else. That is why the President's Office should watch student demographics carefully over the next few years and correct any growing socioeconomic stratification with changes in tuition. About 55 percent of students apply for need-based financial aid, so the university knows little about the family finances of the other 45 percent. Since nobody knows the breakdown between the wealthy and the upper-middle-class, nobody can predict exactly what will happen when tuition rises or falls. So the President's Office should monitor the "decline cards" admitted students send when they decide not to come to Rice. If students are choosing lower-cost universities more frequently than in the past, and if there are other signs of a growing income gap among undergraduates, then the tuition increases should be reversed. It is not just the culture of Rice we are trying to preserve — after all, one could argue we only like Rice's culture because we are part of it. Student Financial Services Director Julia Benz said low-income students graduate from Rice at the same rate as other students, and that this is not true at other universities. We •i think that has something to do with the relatively down-to-earth, snob-free atmosphere for undergraduates — that is something worth preserving. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Final exam system Shell Exploration and Production overlooked. The Thresherstaii'itseM Rice Web site coated Company — unbiased, for sure. is quite active throughout the uni- I love Rice and would not have versity and that has enhanced the still needs reforms with crude bias wished to complete my education outlook and quality of coverage. The new final exams proposal will probably not be as bad as anywhere else, but had I been a pro- The editorial staff's new ap- To the editor: spective student today and read that proach to staff editorials — a focus we thought — that's the good news. (See story, page 1.) Profes- As a new alumna, I was outraged headline, I would have written Rice on in-depth analysis of current sors are requiring fewer scheduled exams than in previous years, to find the headline "Save our lands off as a biased, backwards breeding topics — has yielded very insight- making the finals period more flexible and therefore less stressful and drill too" as one of a handful ground for future oil executives. ful pieces. This in-depth approach for students. We thank these professors. of rotating headlines on my alma Please prove me wrong. is an effective improvement to But the exam system for next year, approved by the Faculty mater's homepage. At a time when more shorthand suggestion-style public opinion is finally catching Kirsten Schatz editorials of the past. I am also Senate this week, still has the potential to stress students. More on to all the scientific evidence sur- WiVss '03 impressed by the high quality of can and should be done to make the new setup work for every- rounding global warming and the news reporting, which reflects one involved. need to reduce our dependence on a fair and evenhanded approach First, it makes no sense to require faculty to distribute exams the fossil fuels that are causing the Thanks to Thresher to coverage while maintaining a by the first business day after the last day of classes. It doesn't problem. I wonder why Rice would certain investigative quality. throw such a clearly biased and matter in the spring — the first business day is the Thursday fol- for year well done And the new emphasis on special misleading headline right there on features has been a welcome addi- lowing the Wednesday end of classes — but in the fall, the policy the university's homepage. To the editor: tion. providing astute pieces such as means students might not be able to work on their exams during Hie headline iseven completely I would like to highlight the the ones on university disciplinary the first weekend after the end of classes, since the first business misleading regarding the nature of outstanding job that this year's programs and Rice baseball. The day is not until Monday. the article it describes: "However, Thresher staff has done to bring new Lifestyles section, reporting on when asked about energy develop- about well-rounded coverage of things to do in Houston, has been a That is unfair, especially since students are likely to be swamped ment, national respondents were the news and issues at Rice. I am great addition as well. with work during that first week of finals under the new system. more committed to preserving consistently impressed by the work Congratulations to the 2005-'06 Exams should instead be distributed at each class' last regular wildlife, even at a cost to energy of this year's staff. Thresher staff and best of luck to meeting — when, after all, students are in class. development," does not say "save The spread of new stories that next year's staff. In addition, the maximums currently set — and not set — for our lands and drill too" to me. the Thresher has chosen to cover While some funding for this study numbers of exams and take-homes in short time periods are reflects a broad array of campus James IJoyd came from the Shell Center for issues, including academic de- Student Association president misguided. Under the system approved this week, students Sustainability, the rest was from the velopments that could easily be Brown senior could have two exams to take and two take-homes due within 48 hours. The total number of exams of any kind that can be due in a two-day period should be capped at three. CONTACTING THE THRESHER Finally, we hope professors do not take undue advantage of the perks they get under this staggered exam setup. It would be Letters • Letters should be no Advertising longer than 250 words tremendously stressful for students if all professors chose to make • letters to the editor m We accept display and in length. The Thresher should be sent to the Thresh- classified advertisements. their exams and take-homes due on the first possible dates, and reserves the right to edit erhy e-mail to thresherfilrice. Advertisements must be the quality of student work would probably diminish. Flexibility letters for both content and edu. Letters must be re- received by 5 p.m. on the length. is built into the new system, and we hope professors let some of ceived by 5 p.m. on the Monday prior to a Friday that flexibility work for students — rather than against them — by Monday prior to a Friday publication date. Please making assignments due later in the exam period or, even better, publication date. Subscribing contact our advertising moving them to the end of finals. • All letters to the edi- • Annual subscriptions manager at (713)348-3967 tor must be signed and are available for $50 domes- or [email protected] for Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of the Thresher include college and year if tic and $125 international more information. editorial staff. the writer is a Rice student. via first class mail. THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, MARCH 24,2006 Guest column Student Association needs serious reform Self-proclaimed gadfly We are living in an age of reform. the SA. There is the Thresher's tabulate votes, and it should use Spring vacation merits .The United Nations recently cre- SA Box, but it gives little detail that system to conduct informal ated the Human Rights Council, on the how and why of what polls throughout the year. which will replace the questionable happens at the meetings. There Finally, there is little to no ac- break from parking rules Human Rights Commis- is no reason students countability within the SA. If stu- sion. The Jack Abramoff should have to seek this dents manage to find out what the Ah, spring break. Wet college lots move to the stadium scandals will hopefully information out. The SA SA has spent its budget and time T-shirts, sunny beaches and when they leave during spring prompt legislation on does not have secret on, we cannot use the ballot box as hot girls. Or for those who stay break, that would provide even lobbying practices in prisons or wiretaps, our voice. The president is usually at Rice, free T-shirts, sunbath- more parking. Washington, D.C. If we but apparently we have a senior and leaving anyway. ing in the quad and Besides, universi- can hold the corrupt to go through lengths Instead of a solitary "state your smelly suit- ty rules shou Id be first and inhumane account- akin to the Freedom of the university" address to- emate. Because of and foremost about able, surely we can do of Information Act to ward the end of the president's Rice's academic cal- the students. A small the same for the Student find out what the SA term, we should mirror parlia- endar and academic gesture — granting Association. is up to. Kirti mentary governments around rigor, many students a spring-break pass During the weeks Datla As students, we the world. The SA president seem to spend what and letting sweaty surrounding the recent should demand SA should, for half an hour twice per should be a week stadium cars vaca- General Elections, theo- senators report to their semester — preferably during of drunken revelry tion in the nice Sid ries explaining the ineffectual colleges. SA senator should be a lunch at a college — take ques- plowing through pa- shadow — would nature of the SA abounded. To me, position for students who wish to tions from students. These would pers and projects. Evan improve student life that's proof positive that students be involved in the SA and can ex- mirror the "prime minister's ques- Then again, there Mintz on campus. realize the SA exists, as well as what press the wants and needs of their tions," which those of you who IS something to be In addition to it should be doing and the ways it college. And if a college president watch C-SPAN should be familiar said about relaxing working for students, has failed. does not show up to SA meetings, with. It would allow students to at Rice. Most students don't this change in parking policy I suggest wp ,top blaming the students should go to their next ask, "Why aren't you doing this?" have time during the year to would further President David entire undergraduate population cabinet meeting and publicly berate It would also allow the president explore Houston. Leebron's plan of increasing for its apathy and slothfulness, him or her. to explain himself or herself and interaction between Rice and because the reasons why students In addition, the SAaccepts a lack in turn question why students are Houston. With easy access do not feel engaged by the SA are of student input as inevitable and not more involved. Frequent citations to cars, students would have more systemic. incurable. Defying the inevitable Under this system, instead of less trouble exploring the wild Presidential candidate Andrew is an American tradition, and we complaining about each other, the in college lots whimsy of Westheimer, the Chifari, despite his Napoleon Dyna- should continue it. President-elect student body and the SA could Heights' hidden restaurants mite-esque grumbling, got it right Althea Tupper said during her come to a consensus about how during the break and concert venues or Texas' when he poked fun at the SA's polo campaign that student input is one they should interact. great state parks. Currently, shirts. His complaints speak to the of her goals, and we should hold We are in college now, all grown almost seem when you want to spend spring SA's exclusiveness and somewhat her to that. up — those we elect should be break having fun, a yellow $25 inflated self-importance. A small During O-Week, when incom- forced to justify their actions or lack designed to trap ticket can be a one-way pass to group of students has the power ing freshmen register for e-mail thereof. As their constituents, we students within Outofspendingmoneyville. to bring clubs into existence, start accounts, they should be given should demand that we be included If Leebron really wants stu- programs intended to benefit us, information about how to create and then justify our inclusion with the hedges. dents to explore our freewayed negotiate with the administration an account on the SA Web site, participation. More simply, we metropolis, he needs to help us on our behalf and more. In return, since one is necessary for voting should stop claiming the system is jump the hedges — because we are given an e-mail address to in elections. The SA should post inherently flawed and work within With Houston's sun-belt Houston doesn't end at Main write to and the option of attending a platform on its Web site with it to improve it. sprawl, it is obviously hard to get Street. Diverting some funds a weekly meeting. defined, concrete goals so students from point A to B without a car, from those new campus signs The student body is not kept with an interest can comment. The Kirti Datla is a Sid Richardson I unless you are looking for some- to reimburse those spring break up-to-date on the activities of SA obviously has the ability to College sophomore. thing along the METRO Rail. So parking tickets would be a nice it is always nice to see students' gesture, but that's probably cars in the college lots during asking too much. breaks — you know that these Rice Voices people are ready to go out and be kings of the town. University rules But that yellow checker- Blanket of apathy stifles Rice's silent majority board of park ing tickets appears should be first and On November 3,1969, President producing Peace Corps volunteers. Soon, Rice will debut the to encourage otherwise. Instead Richard Nixon asked Americans These are not signs of a Rice culture Center for Civic Engagement, in- of promoting spring-break ex- foremost about who were not politically active of apathy. tended to empower and mobilize ploration of Houston, frequent citations in college lots during the students. and did not regularly engage in Three weeks ago, 14 Rice stu- students in their quest for a better the break almost seem designed public discourse to join dents attended a national local and global community. But to trap students within the hedg- together and support conference on campus the center will not do this alone. es. As if it is not bad enough that While Rice's spring break- the U.S. cause in the outreach and activism. We must take the initiative and students have to spend spring ers could make that annoying Vietnam War. Nixon Surrounded by 1,500 of rise up. break in Houston, they have to walk to the stadium, it would called them the silent the most socially and So today, more than 35 years pay $25 to park anywhere near be very nice, and very useful, majority — the con- politically active students after Nixon's famous speech, I ask their college. Come on, it is if we were cut a little slack and servative, blue-col- in the country, we saw you, the great silent majority at supposed to be a break. granted a vacation from the lar backbone of the that people our age do Rice, for your support. Our beliefs usual parking rules. Besides, I United States. have the ability to change may differ and our opinions clash, Granted, professors are still here during the break just remembered that I need to Today on the Rice the world. We went so but we will not resort to compla- and still need places to park. move my car. campus, there is a new Apoorva we could learn how to cency. We will speak up, we will act But there are not enough silent majority — and begin the change on our and we will change the world. We Shah students left on campus to Evan Mintz is a Hanszen ironically, its attitudes own campus. are silent no more. crowd employees out. Plus, if College sophomore and opinion are the opposite of But 14 is not enough. students who normally park in and backpage editor. Nixon's version. This silent We need fellow students, faculty Apoorva Shah is a Sid Richardson majority wants to be socially and staff to join us as we stand, College sophomore. and politically active. We are a declare and act on our commit- group of students who believe ment for change. It requires we can create deep and positive time and plenty of effort to go The Rice Thresher, the official student change, not only in our own com- from heated late-night debates newspaper at Rice University since 1916, munity but in the world. And we in college rooms to debates that is published each Friday during the school the Rice Thresher year, except luring examination periods are not afraid to stand up for our will actually have an effect, but and holidays, by the students of Rice beliefs. We may be conservative we must take our words and cre- Amber Obermeyer University. ate action. or liberal, pro-life or pro-choice, Editor in Chief doves or hawks — the dichotomy Professors, as you deliver your Editorial and business offices are located on the second floor of the Ley Student does not matter. But be assured, next lecture, remember that in Nathan Black Center, 6100 Main St., MS-524, Houston, we are not apathetic. front of you there is a silent ma- Senior Editor TX 77005-1892. 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I attest to this Unsigned editorials represent the belief that political and social apa- PHOTOGRAPHY Brian Wotf, Distribution Manager majority opinion of the Thresher editorial because 1 am one of those regular r thy is ingrained in the Rice culture. Diana Yen, Editor staff. All other opinion pieces represent solely That idea could not be further from rant-writers. But this time you will Taylor Johnson, Editor ADVERTISING the opinion of the author. The Backpage is see action complementing the Marcus Roman, Asst. Editor Matt Osher, Ads Manager the truth. All it takes is a quick look Joseph Ramirez, Asst. Ads Manager satire. at some history and statistics. column. In the next weeks and LIFESTYLES Sarah Mitchell, Classified Ads Manager In 1961, Rice undergraduates par- months, look out for new initia- Julia Bursten, Editor The Thresher is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press. All hail David ticipated in a sit-in at Houston'sllnion tives and projects on campus. If Marshall Robinson, Designer BACKPAGE you want to join, talk to me or Fvan Mintz, Editor Brown's bloody coup. Station to protest a segregated lunch CALENDAR counter. In 2005, Rice ranked in the top anyone wearing an orange band. Nathan Bledsoe, Editor Stephanie Zimmerman, Cartoonist © COPYRIGHT 2006. 25 of small colleges and universities Ask us what it is. THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 24,2006 Connors, Swanson, Wright win travel fellowships

by Kirti Datla universities and liberal arts col- income people who are excluded from other financial services THRESHER STAFF leges, can nominate up to four graduating seniors. The Zeff based on their income. Swanson In the fall, three recent gradu- Fellowship was endowed by Ac- said she developed her idea ates will begin year-long research counting Professor Stephen Zeff through coursework in her major, projects in multiple countries and is an award equivalent to the mathematical economic analysis, after receiving $25,000 grants. Watson Fellowship, given by Rice and through past internships. Last week, Sid Richardson Col- to its highest-ranked applicant "My sophomore year, I in- lege senior Kim Swanson and who does not win the Watson. terned with the United Nations Wiess College senior Ellen Con- Swanson will travel to Ma- Population Fund and did a project nors were named 2006-'07 Watson lawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and on female condom distribution Fellows, and December graduate Uganda for her project, "Women, in West Africa," Swanson said. Kelly Wright (Brown '05) was micro-finance and the division "I came up with an idea to link named a Zeff Fellow. of labor within the household." condom distribution with micro- The Watson Fellowship re- Swanson said her project is finance programs, which are wards 50 applicants who develop unique in that her study will directed towards women. That's creative and independent proj- be qualitative, unlike most past where my interest in micro-fi- Wiess College senior Ellen Con- Sid Richardson College senior Kim ects. Each of the 48 participating research in micro-finance, which nance and women started." nors will travel to Canada, China, Swanson will go to Malawi, Mozam- provides financial services to low- Connors, a music major and schools, most of which are small Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and bique, Tanzania and Uganda. bassoonist, will travel to Canada, Norway. China, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Norway to gain will be occurring," Wright said. exposure to and training in the "I'm going to visit galleries in the Learning folk song traditions of the cir- meantime and talk to curators and cumpolar North. hopefully artists as well." Chinese or Japanese? "I've always been attracted Wright said two of her courses to folk song," Connors said. — HIST 342: Modern China and Hindi or Korean? "My bassoon teacher has been ASIA 470: Visual Culture in Revo- incorporating song into the cur- lutionary and Post-revolutionary riculum. We study it because it is China — piqued her interest in Sanskrit or Tibetan? expressive and human — things the Chinese diaspora and that that we strive for as instrumen- she thought the fellowship would If so, or if you are already fluent in an talists. I'M interested in using be an ideal way to explore that Asian language, you may want to major in song to become a better bassoon interest. player." "It sounded like something Asian Studies. Wright will research "Con- that was so amazing — giving temporary art in the Chinese you free license to go around the Take four semesters of an Asian language diaspora." Her project will focus world to fulfill personal dreams on the changing cultures of with someone else's money," and our core course, ASIA 211/HIST 206, Kelly Wright (Brown '05) will travel transplanted Chinese people as Wright said. to Australia, England, France, Hong and you will be halfway there! reflected in their art. Scholarships and Fellowships Kong, Italy, Singapore and Taiwan. With a degree in political sci- Director Mauro De Lorenzo said ence and Asian studies, Wright he was not surprised when Swan- interested in the Watson and Zeff Check it out at will visit Australia, England, son and Connors won. fellowships later this semester. asia.rice.edu/major.cfm France, Hong Kong, Italy, Sin- "I think Rice students are very "Anyone with a 3.0 should con- gapore and Taiwan following creative, and after four years they sider themselves competitive," he biennales, which are biannual are looking to do something more said. "Especially with the Watson, contemporary art festivals. creative," he said. a student's GPA is less important "I planned my route around De Lorenzo said he will hold than how innovative and appropri- the festivals and what times thev a workshop for current juniors ate the application is." i

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Career Services Director Fondren to archive Thresher online by Amber Obermeyer The Dallas Morning News, the said. "OCR ... is not 100 percent THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF' University of Utah and Brigham accurate, but by and large, the Matherly takes Thlsa job Young University, to implement print in the Thresher is pretty About 10 years of the Thresher the project. clear, so we think that the results will be available in a searchable students at Tulsa. The company uses "optical are going to be good." by Beko Binder online archive in the fall, and almost "Tulsa has looked at some character recognition" to inter- Images of each page will also THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF all years of the Ihresher should be of the things Rice has been able pret a digital image of a page be available in the archive, and available by Spring 2007. Career Services Director to do successfully," Matherly and guess which characters are they will have a high resolution, Cheryl Matherly will leave Rice said. "Since 2000, we went The Fondren Library project used, similar to when a document allowing users to zoom in on dif- at the end of the semester to take from about 100 to almost 300 began in 2000, when all issues is scanned into a computer and ferent sections of the page. a senior position with the Uni- students studying abroad [an- of the Thresher were converted then read by a word processing The archive will be available versity of Tulsa's international nually]. That's the kind of mo- to microfilm. However, the program. However, Spiro said iAr- to the general public, Spiro said, education program. mentum they want to build." project stalled because at that chives has software to make the and it will adhere to standards time, there were no standards While at Rice, Matherly results more accurate than they developed by the National Digital for online newspaper archives also developed courses such would be in a normal scan. Newspaper Program. and because Rice did not have as HUMA 212: Career and life Using this OCR technique Spiro said the archive will in- 'When you work in the infrastructure and personnel Options. and various correction software clude a link to the Thresher's cur- to build the archive, Electronic Matherly said that when she is much cheaper than having rent Web site, and 77j res/ier Editor Career Services, Resources Center Director Lisa was first hired by Rice in 1991, individual articles typed into a in Chief-elect David Brown, a Spiro said. she did not intend to stay for computer, Spiro said. Brown College junior, said the you have to be able "We have a growing number more than a few years. But pro- "[Typing] turned out to be Thresher's Web site will also link of people on the staff at Fondren to recognize when motions and other opportunities prohibitively expensive," Spiro to the online archive. with an interest and expertise in kept her from leaving. digital images," Spiro said. "Now, good career moves "It just seemed that every we have a critical mass of people time I got to the point that it was come along.' and technologies available to maybe a time to think about a make it happen." — Cheryl Matherly new professional challenge, A pilot program consisting Career Services director there was an interesting op- STUDENT of the 1958-'67 Threshers should portunity that came along here be available online this fall. Cur- at Rice," Matherly said. rently, the project calls for the Matherly, who is also the Matherly said her decision to Threshers from 1916-2000 to be PUBLICATIONS international opportunities leave was a difficult one. put online, but Spiro said more director, has worked at Rice "I've stayed at Rice for as long recent Threshers may also be for 15 years. as I have because it's a place added. Dean of Undergraduates Rob- that I feel very happy at and INTERNSHIP Putting the 1916-2000 Thresh- in Forman said a job description affectionate toward," she said. ers online will cost $50-60,000, for career services director was "But when you work in Career SUMMER 2006 Spiro said. posted on the Rice Web site and Services, you have to be able Spiro said one reason to put national Web sites last week. For- to recognize when good career the archive online was in prepa- man said he hopes to hire a new moves come along." The Rice publications intern works on the Newcomer's ration for the Rice centennial in career services director within Forman said losing Mather- Guide, the Beyond the Hedges guide to Houston, the student 2012 but that she expects it to two months. He said a committee ly will be difficult but that he be useful to alumni and current handbook and the campus directory. This on-campus of faculty and students will help is glad for her new job. students also. him select a candidate. "If you have to lose some- summer position offers hourly compensation tor twelve "The Thresher is where we "[We're looking for] someone this is really the way to do weeks maximum, up to 40 hours per week. can find out about student life ... one who can effectively inte- it — to see her go on to take and about what the hot topics of grate Career Services with advantage of an opportunity the day were," Spiro said. "The some of the other initiatives that is so exciting and for which Applications are available online at www.ruf.rice.edu/~stumedia people at the Woodson Research around campus and also work she is so uniquely qualified," and in the Office of Student Media in the Student Center. Center who have the paper copies creatively to increase the num- Forman said. of the Thresher see a fair amount Contact keepeK" rice.edu for information. ber of employers that express an Matherly said she will miss of research using the Thresher, interest in hiring our students," watching students discover op- and that research would be so Forman said. portunities after college. much easier if you had a fully APPLICATION DEADLINE IS Matherly said her new job, "[Rice has] people who are searchable archive." dean of global education and these amazing individuals who I Rice has hired iArchives, FRIDAY, MARCH 31. assistant professor of educa- th ink are really going to be mak- which has previously worked tion, will focus on increasing ing a difference in the world." with the Library of Congress, international opportunities for Matherly said.

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And at the University of one day, he or she can reschedule scheduled exam, the number of THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF employers sometimes view applicants' profiles before making of- Colorado, campus police issued one exam. Again, a student's third scheduled exams will decrease this The Rice Athletic Department fers — and that at other schools, harassment tickets to two athletes exam must be rescheduled if an semester, from 138exams in Spring joined others around the country officials have found evidence of for sending a racially threatening agreement cannot otherwise be 2004 to 115 exams in Spring 2005 when Athletic Director Bobby recruiting or code of conduct Facebook message. reached. to 88 exams this spring. May (Will Rice *65) asked varsity violations on the Facebook, May said there has been no Speaker of the Faculty Marj Niedzielski said students were athletes to review their Facebook which have led to expulsions or such Facebook incident involving Corcoran said students should talk concerned that they would have profiles this week. scholarships being revoked. Rice athletes but that he thought to Dean of Undergraduates Robin less time to study for exams and In an e-mail sent to all athletes, Gray said Athletic Depart- the issue warranted attention. Forman if they have problems less time to work on final papers and May recommended removing ment staff decided to raise the "The best way to put it is it's just rescheduling exams. projects. Graduate students said information and pictures from issue after USA Today published a heads-up," May said. "It has been Student Association President professors have not always followed personal profiles on Facebook. com an article about Facebook use impactful for some people across James Lloyd said placing a limit guidelines, Niedzielski said. that might jeopardize students' by athletes and about how some the country, and we want to try to on the number of exams a student Niedzielski said one concern security or potential employment schools are responding to Face- avoid any sort of negatives that could have to take in a short amount faculty members raised was the —or reveal conduct or recruiting book-related incidents. might arise from this Web site." of time was an important issue he potential for unequal distribution violations. "The USA Today article was Jones College junior Susie Bar- addressed with Corcoran. of late and early exam dates. "We suggest that if you have the first big one that opened our rows, a member of the women's 'Take-homes can be just as At the meeting, senators said a profile on Facebook.com, or eyes," Gray said. "After reading track and field team, said she has difficult and time-consuming as they need to further discuss how another like site, that you take a some other stories, we figured not altered her profile yet, but scheduled exams," Lloyd, a Brown to apply requirements to graduate moment to review what informa- we wanted our athletes to know that she will consider removing College senior, said. "Therefore, courses. Management Professor tion and pictures you have listed there are issues out there." her name from pictures taken at they deserve just as much attention Randy Batsell said the Jesse H. to be sure that they are appropri- The USA Today article Wiess College's Night of Deca- as in-class exams." Jones Graduate School of Manage- ate," May wrote in the e-mail. ("Alarms sound over athletes' dence party. Barrows said she Professors must make take- ment should be treated differently, Some coaches have met Facebook time," March 8) de- thinks May's e-mail was reason- home exams available to students because the school uses a different with students about the matter, tails athletic departments' ac- able. by the end of the first business day academic calendar. Assistant Athletic Director for tions at different universities. At "Nobody has banned iny- after the last day of classes. In Fall Compliance Jason Gray said. Florida State University, Baylor thing," she said. "They're just 2006, the last day of classes is a "Each coach will take it upon University and the University of looking out for us so that in gen- Friday, so take-home exams must The main reason [for themselves to meet with their Kentucky, athletic directors told eral, future employees won't see be available to students by 5 p.m. team and discuss the issue," athletes to clean up their profiles, shady things that would reflect the next Monday. The first day of scheduling due dates Gray said. "[Athletics] hasn't and at Loyola University-Chicago, poorly on us." final exams is that Wednesday. In developed a policy. We just athletes have been banned from May said he thinks the Spring 2007, the last day of classes for take-home exams] wanted to make sure our kids are the site. advice in his e-mail is equally is Wednesday, so take-home exams well-informed and that they know The article also mentions applicable to non-athletes. must be available by Thursday at is to give professors possible ramifications." intances in which the Facebook "It's just important that every- 5 p.m. The first day of final exams Some of those potential con- has gotten athletes in trouble. At body be aware at all times of what is the following Monday. more time to grade. sequences are listed in May's Louisiana State University, two they say and do, because the In- Corcoran said she does not think In humanities classes, e-mail. First, May suggested swimmers were kicked off their ternet does go everywhere," May this policy will create difficulties that listing contact information is team because they belonged to said. "If you're not aware of it, you for students. Corcoran said she I the old system ] was dangerous since it can be viewed a Facebook group that contained can be caught off guard." thinks many professors hand out take-home exams on the last day really changing how of classes and that many professors will make exams due later in the professors teach exam period. She said she thinks it is unlikely that many students will classes." Got Wanderlust? have multiple take-home exams — Marj Corcoran due in the first few days of the final Speaker of the faculty exam period. Physics and astronomy Lloyd said he hopes professors professor Goliard Scholarship will remember that they can require take-home exams to be due after 2006 the specified due date. "Fortunately, the [scheduled] Some faculty members pro- due date is the earliest due date posed allowing departments to Promoting World Travel and possible, so we hope that profes- set their own guidelines for final International Understanding sors will recognize that and work exams in graduate classes. How- with students to find a solution," ever, Provost Eugene Levy said Lloyd said. he was uncomfortable completely A Unique Travel Opportunity Corcoran said staggered due separating undergraduate and Open To Every Rice Undergrad dates for take-home exams will alle- graduate final exam guidelines viate the pressure on professors to because undergraduates enroll in grade final papers and projects. graduate classes and vice versa. "The main reason [for schedul- Electrical and Computer Applications due: Wednesday, March 29 12:16 PM ing due dates for take-home exams ] Engineering Professor Jim Young Finalist Interviews: After Beer-Bike Saturday, April 1 is to give professors more time proposed that graduate courses 2006 Goliard Stipend: $2,000 to grade," Corcoran said. "In hu- with many undergraduates follow manities classes, [the old system] the undergraduate guidelines, is really changing how professors but that graduate departments Application Details t^ach classes. We're trying to al- ultimately be able to set their own leviate that." rules. Corcoran will distribute Liguistics Professor Nancy the proposal to senate members, • Interested students should submit a 2 to 5 page proposal describing Niedzielski, who spoke about and the senate will consider plans for use of the funds, (pdf or doc files only) the senate's working group on the proposal before the 2006-'07 • A cover page should indicate your name, Saturday morning and final exams at the meeting, said General Announcements are afternoon phone number(s) and college. the committee gathered opinion drafted April 7. from masters, faculty, graduate • Submission of relevant portfolios, documents, and letters of Aside from discussion about students, Room Reservations graduate courses, Corcoran said recommendation is optional; transcripts are discouraged. Ingenuity Assistant Alicia Bradley, Enroll- she does not anticipate further and creativity will be crucial to the Selection Committee. 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of understanding and insight," Gil- SMALLEY lis, an economics and university professor, said. "His interests could From page 1 never be confined to any disciplinary boundaries." flexible and was never discouraged students coming out of Rice are on U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchin- by an unsuccessful experiment Curl a mission." son, who worked with Smalley to also said Smalley had tremendous Baker College senior Erica Flor, start a collaborating group of sci- personal charisma, which he used another of Smalley's students, said entists across Texas, said Smalley's to persuade the U.S. government to Smalley's presence was influential contributions were innumerable. support nanotechnology. in her decision to come to Rice. "Rick always wanted to make She took a class with Smalley as an impact," Curl said. "He was a freshman and decided to work enormously creative, unpredict- in his lab. Flor said she has never 'What we're left with able, scheming, persuasive and met a scientist with such charm tenderhearted. I will miss him." and promise. from Rick's great Chemistry graduate student "No one has ever been a better career is his vision. Paul Cherukuri, one of Smalley's candidate for solving the world's students, spoke about visiting problems," Flor said. He was a pied piper; Smalley in the hospital during the Former Rice president Malcolm last few weeks of Smalley's life. Gillis, like Cherukuri, said Smalley and many of us Cherukuri said that even as Smalley was his mentor. Gillis said Smal- was dying, Smalley talked to him ley contributed greatly to Rice by answered his call.' about career options. teaching undergraduates as well as — Wade Adams "He cared about each and every doing research. Richard E. Smalley Institute one of his students," Cherukuri "Over the years, I came to regard for Nanoscale Science and said. "He inspired us. Each of his Rick as one of the world's paragons Technology director POLICE BLOTTER "This great man who touched so The following items were reported to the Rice University Police many will never die," Hutchinson Department for the period March 7-19. said. "When a soldier's life is saved because better, stronger, lighter Residential Colleges armor is on him; when a lighter, Jones College March 10 Window broken. stronger airplane flies in the sky; or when a particle in a bloodstream Brown College March 11 Bicycle stolen. protects against a disease, Richard Smalley lives." Sid Richardson College March 11 Internal parts from two Debbie Smalley, his widow, computers stolen. concluded the service by presenting Smalley's Nobel Prize to the Sid Richardson College March 19 Laptop stolen. university and by thanking Rice for its outpouring of love and Academic Buildings support. Herman Brown Hall March 7 Laptop stolen. "Rick was true to Rice, and you were true to him," she said. "Rice, IAN WHITE/THRESHER Mechanical Engineering March 10 Drafting tools stolen. you are the rightful heirs to Rick's University Professor Neal Lane speaks at Nobel Prize winner Richard Laboratory mission." Smalley's memorial service in the Grand Hall Tuesday.

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Willy's Pub March 8 Five students removed for Alcohol Policy violations. One RICE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS PROGRAM (RUSP) students issued verbal (HONS47Q/471) warning, one student referred to Student Judicial Programs and three students issued Applications are now being taken for the Rice Undergraduate city citations. Scholars Program (RUSP) for the 2(X)6-2(X)7 academic year.

Rice Memorial Center March 10 Officer observed subject urinatingontree.Officerexited For further information and an application form, please consult the patrol car and subject ran. RUSP web page: http:/Av\vw.owlnet.rice.edu/~hons470/ Student arrested for evading arrest and remanded to Harris RUSP is designed for juniors or seniors from any department who County Jail. Student also are considering graduate school and/or academic careers. Each referred to Student Judicial Programs for public student accepted into the program undertakes an independent intoxication and urinating in research project mentored by a faculty member chosen b\ the public. student. Research grants in the range $250-$ 1,700 per year are awarded to help pay the costs of RUSP projects. Many students Autry Court March 14 iPod stolen. attend a professional conference and present a paper.

Other Areas Rice Track/Soccer March 7 Scrap materials, antique light During the first semester (3 credits), each student writes a funding Stadium poles and light hats stolen. proposal, prepares oral and written progress reports and begins work on the research project. Weekly class meetings deal with a variety of Rice University March 10 Staff member reported topics related to research and scholarship. In the second semester, assault by family member. (variable credit, usually 3-6 credits), students focus on Rice University March 14 Vehicle hubcap missing. research/writing and present their results orally and in the form of a scholarly paper. Entrance 8 March 15 Vehicle stopped for defective license plate light. Prescription The RUSP faculty coordinators for 2006-2007 are: pills found during consented vehicie search. Driver did not Don Johnson It K (dhj<« rice.edu) \4956 have prescription for Michael Watkins l'svihnlo^v (\\atkins(o rice.edu) \3416 medication. Driver arrested I ora Wildenthal !Iistor\ |v\ildenth<" rice.edu) \J526 for possession of dangerous drug and remanded to Harris County Jail. The RUSP web site includes information about applying for the 2006-2007 program. It also contains a FAQ list and the names and Morningside Drive at March 16 Rice bus involved in two-car email addresses of current RUSP students. Please feci free to contact University Boulevard minor accident. any of the faculty coordinators or current students.

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The Faculty Senate met Wednesday. The following were discussed. • Psychology Professor David Schneider said the working group on standing committees will not be able to make changes to standing committees before nomination ballots are distributed to faculty. He said the working group would eventually like to create new standing committees and eliminate 5-6 inactive committees. • Deputy Speaker Deborah Harter, a French Studies professor, said nominations for next year's new senate seats have been completed, with all but one engineering seat filled. Ballots were distributed Thursday, and Harter said the Nominations and Elec- tions Committee will next seek nominations for University Council and Executive Committee positions. Harter said the senate will need to address faculty voting guidelines, informing faculty who is allowed to vote and ensunng faculty members are on appropriate listservs. • Linguistics Professor Nancy Niedzielski, who worked with Speaker of the Faculty Marj Corcoran on the working group on final exams, introduced several changes to final exam guidelines that will be included in the 2006-'07 General Announcements. The changes were unanimously approved. (See story, page 1.) • Management Professor Duane Windsor (Wiess '69) discussed a proposal from the working group on university-sponsored events during the last week of classes and final exam period. The proposal altered the General Announcements language about prohibitions on student participation in non-academic university-sponsored events those times. The proposal was approved by a 13-3 vote. (See box, below.) The next Faculty Senate meeting will be April 12 in McMurtry Auditorium. ROSS TOMSON/THRESHER The Student Association senate did not meet this week. Its next meeting will be Monday at 10 p.m. in Farnsworth Pavilion. Harmonious The Rice Philharmonics perform Wednesday night at a joint concert with a cappella groups from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Illinois.

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS CHANGES The Faculty Senate amended the policy, as defined in the General Engineering professor Houchens Announcements, prohibiting student participation in mandatory university-sponsored events during the last week of classes and final examination period. Activities such as club sports and debate are not considered mandatory. The old and new policies are shown below. selected to be new Wiess RA The new policies will take effect in the 2006-'07 academic year. by Ted Wieber as Wiess masters this summer. Current policy, from the General Announcements: Wiess College freshman THRESHER STAFF During the last week of classes, from Monday through Saturday, Bo Qiu, who was also on the university-sponsored events at which student attendance is Mechanical Engineering and search committee, said he hopes required may be rescheduled in or outside of Houston as long as no Materials Science Professor Brent Houchens will increase intra-col- more than one day of classes and one night would be spent out of Houchens will become Wiess lege interac tion. Houston from the previous Sunday night through Friday afternoon. College's newest resident associ- "The way Wiess is set up. it's Events scheduled on Saturday may involve travel on Friday evening ate. Houchens, who is currently hard to get a lot of people together and on Sunday. However, no event may be scheduled on Sunday a faculty associate at Wiess, will at the same time," Qiu said. "We feel and thereafter until the conclusion of the final examination period. take the place of Electrical and that Brent will be able to bring the Exceptions may be authorized only by the Committee on Examina- Computer Engineering Professor college together more." tions and Standing. Bill Wilson, who will retire at the Houchens said that as an RA, end of the academic year after 28 he plans to promote off-campus Policy for next year's General Announcements: years as an RA. activities. Search Committee Chair "Houston is a very under-uti- No non-academic university-sponsored event at which student at- Sarah Wulf, a Wiess sophomore, lized city — it's so easy to do stuff tendance is required may be scheduled or rescheduled for any date said Houchens was selected from here," Houchens said. "Coming after the day following the last day of classes. Exceptions may be seven applicants. Wulf said the Mechanical Engineering and Material from outside of Chicago where granted by a quorum of the Committee on Examinations and Stand- committee chose Houchens for Science Professor Brent Houchens it's very difficult to do anything ing only for events where scheduling is not under the control of the his energy and his involvement students at Wiess. without six months of planning, I university. On the class days falling during the last calendar week with Wiess. "I was really impressed with hope to encourage students to go of classes, an individual student may participate in only one univer- "He was very engaging with the amount of time the students to Rockets | basketball | games, sity-sponsored event, which may be scheduled or rescheduled, so the students during the interview on the search committee put in the symphony and restaurants in long as no more than one night would be spent outside of Houston process — coming to meals, to make their college be what Rice Village." for travel. For events during the last week of classes, the reading Wiess Cabinet and associates' they want it to be," Houchens Houchens said he is excited period, and the final examination period, a quorum of the Committee barbecues," Wulf said. "He also said. "And both the new and old about being a bigger part of the on Examinations and Standing must be satisfied that each student understands students well and masters are really phenomenal students' lives. is in satisfactory academic standing to participate in an event. If will be a really solid guy to go to people. When you meet nothing "I am really looking forward to a quorum of the Committee on Examinations and Standing cannot for advice." but good people, it gives you a spending time with such a diverse meet in a timely fashion, then the Executive Committee of the Faculty Houchens said he decided to really good feeling." group of people who are at the Senate will handle exception requests. accept the RA position in part be- Michael Gustin, a biochemistry age when anything is possible," cause he enjoyed interacting with professor, and his wife Denise Klein Houchens said. will take over for Katherine 1 )onato, Houchens said he will move to I a sociology professor, and Dan Kalb Wiess in late July or early August. Undergraduate Prizes in English

The English Department would like to invite submissions for two of its annual prizes:

Submissions are due by Friday, April 7 for The Lady Geddes Essay Prize for the best academic paper written by a freshman or sophomore at Rice. Papers must not exceed 5000 words in length. First pri/e is summer $500. Second prize is $300. SCHOOL

EARLY The Department also welcomes submissions for this year's Academy of SESSION American Poet's Prize for the best poem written by a currently enrolled GENERAL Rice undergraduate. Students may submit up to five poems. First prize SESSION is $100. and deadline for submissions is Monday, April 3. EARLY APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR BOTH SESSIONS IS 2:30 P.M. , APRIL 19 Please Note: Interested students should comply with all formal foi mtarolion on cms. tlales. tuition. ar«! lets see requirements specified on the English department's weh page under www.scs.rice.edu/summercredit "Fellowships and Awards" in the Undergraduate program section.

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"The lower-income students hang in there TUITION and graduate at the same rate as everybody From page 1 else, and that's not true at other universities," Benz said. "We can open the door and give TUITION AND FEES BY MATRICULATION YEAR them cash, but it's what the community does market the school," Leebron said. "We hear that gets them through." The table below gives information about how much different classes paid in tuition and over and over again that the sticker price is not Leebron said Rice's demographics are a predominant influence on people's choice, fees this year and how much they will pay next year. Tuition increases for students who similar to those at other private schools. matriculated in 2003 and earlier cannot exceed the inflation rate. The Board of Trustees partly because they want the best quality "The makeup of our student population they can get and partly because it's the after- voted to stop indexing returning students' tuition to inflation in December 2002, and the actually is not different than our peers'," change took effect with the class that matriculated in Fall 2004. financial-aid cost that drives decisions." Leebron said. "People think we have this Collins said tuition must increase because very different student population because of Rice's costs rise every year. the lower nominal price of our tuition, but it's The per-student, per-year cost of education just not borne out by the facts. There's some Matriculation year 2005-06 2006-07 Percent increase is at least $60,000, Leebron said. difference among the top schools, but it's not 2002 $19,736 $20,474 3.7 "Students pay less than half of that cost," as though the Rice population looks different 2003 $20,686 $21,474 3.8 Leebron said. "TTiat's not to say that you want than everybody else's." 2004 $22,206 $23,504 5.8 them to pay much more, but only to say that About 45 percent of incoming students 2005 $23,746 $25,074 5.6 for the students who can afford the education, do not apply for financial aid, Benz said. 2006 $26,974 it's not unfair to ask them to pay a little more Among these students, who do not report of the burden." their families' incomes to Rice, Leebron said it is possible that there are differences NEW-STUDENT TUITION AND FEES OVER TIME Financial aid and scholarships between Rice's demographics and those of Because of the tuition increase, about 38 other schools. $30000 percent of undergraduates received need- "There could be [differences], but people r based financial aid this year—up from about tend to over-file [for financial aid]," Leebron 33 percent the previous four years, Benz said. said. "Our view is that if our education is About 78 percent of students receive some priced, over the course of the four years, form of financial aid, including merit-based $25,000 less than the competition, that's a scholarships, athletic scholarships, student significant difference." loans and outside scholarships, Benz said. In February, Rice began a $100-million, I^ast year, Rice changed its financial aid six-year fundraising campaign for need- and policy, replacing all loans with grants for merit-based scholarships. Benz said she $20000 students with family incomes of less than expects tuition to rise faster than family in- $30,000 annually. Leebron said the $30,000 comes nationwide and that the scholarship cap may be increased in future years. campaign will allow Rice to continue to meet "Over the next five years, we are going to students' need. The campaign will also allow have to move the aggressiveness of our aid Rice to keep offering competitive merit-based package further up the income spectrum," scholarships, she said. Leebron said. "Our price is pretty low for Leebron said the value of Rice's largest people in the $30-50,000 bracket, but I think in scholarships has and will increase with tuition the $50-100,000 income bracket, we're going in order to maintain the same net cost for $10000 to need to be more competitive." students receiving those awards. In past years, about 9-10 percent of undergraduates had family incomes of less than Room and board $45,000 per year, but that number increased Housing and Dining Director Mark to 14 percent this year after Rice's financial Ditman said higher energy costs, especially aid policy for low-income students changed, a 40 percent increase in the cost of natural Benz said. gas, led to the higher room and board rates "We wanted to make sure that the mes- for next year. $0 sage was clear that even if you have a very "You always have escalation in cost," low income, Rice is affordable for you," Benz Ditman said. "It just is not viable to hold £ said. "I think the message got out." rates static. At times when people try to do £ i i s Benz said she thinks Rice's culture that, instead of having small, incremental is friendly to students from all income increases, they set themselves up for huge backgrounds. increases."

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Vol. 1 RICE INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, JANUARY 15, 1916 No. 1 90 years of Baseball wins Rice's first team national title the Thresher by Jonathan Yardley 2003 STAFF WRITER Nine decades, nine stories It is no longer groundbreaking news, but it is still the biggest news about events that changed Rice of the summer: the Rice baseball team won the NCAA tournament on It's hard to work at the and school |>ride. They help us June 23 to capture Rice's first-ever Thresher for long without pick- understand what Rice is and how team national title. ing up a sense of history. Bound it got there. volumes of past Threshers As we read the stories, the Rice Thresher k clutter the office, and the staff we find it interesting to put AUG. 22, knows the most recent contro- ourselves in the shoes of the versies by name. Thresher writers and editors of We're not as familiar with the time. We ask how we might the big stories from decades have covered these stories dif- 2003 ago, because like all students, ferently. More often than not, COURTESY RICE NEWS we were not around for them. though, we are impressed by Rice advanced to the College Chris Kolkhorst (Brown '04) scores the game-winning run in Game 1 of To celebrate the Threshers the depth of the old newspapers, World Series at Rosenblatt Stadium the 2003 NCAA championship series against Stanford University. 90th anniversary, we cre- especially considering all of the in Omaha, Neb., by winning ated this four-page pullout to technology they lacked. the Houston regional, featuring Texas twice, 12-2 and 54. Those a school of Rice's size can win in jog everyone's institutional We hope that as you read Mississippi, Wichita State and wins propelled Rice to the best-of- baseball with enough local talent memory. the stories, you will try a simi- McNeese State, and the Houston three CWS final against Stanford and great coaching, and the entire We have reprinted uned- lar exercise: putting yourself super regional against the University University. Rice won the opener in program reveled in the victories. ited what we consider the most in the shoes of the students, of Houston. In Omaha for the fourth another dramatic thriller, taking a "We're only a step away from notable story from each "de- faculty or staff who were on- time in seven years. Rice finally won 4-3, 10-inning decision. Stanford being the capital city of the capital cade" of the Thresher s life: campus when these Threshers the opening game with a 4-2 victory won Game 2 by an 8-3 score, but the state of the baseball world," Graham 1916-'26, 1926-'36 and so on. hit the newsstands. The people over Southwest Missouri State. Owls pulled away in the deciding said. 'This is going to be the greatest The stories capture moments probably weren'; that different Playing like a team of destiny, third game for a 14-2 triumph. baseball city in the country and the of outrage, activism, innovation from you. the Owls beat rival and defending Head coach Wayne Graham world ... I want Rice University to national champion University of has proved many times over that be Houston's team."

it Can't Happen Here' Mass meeting held to tell The creation of a 'community' the trustees about troubles and unmaking of a president The Presidential Selection by Dennis Bahler Committee, composed of six First time in Rice's history trustees have met students in such a 1969 STAFT WRITER faculty, two undergraduates, and get-together meeting — frankness keynote of the affair When Dr. William Masterson one graduate student, had been resigned as president of Rice established at the request of the Tuesday after five days of vigor- Board in October. The commit- Talks made to Board by many cadets and co-eds, giving students' opinions of how ous controversy, uninterrupted tee had corresponded with the Board's selection committee Institute has been mismanaged — resolutions are passed and petition is bustling activity, and moral soul- searching by nearly everyone throughout the fall, seeking to drawn up for trustees' consideration. involved in the controversy, he establish the relationship of the brought to a close one of the most student-faculty committee to the Board, but according to one of The students of Rice have laid them. They also said they regretted of conditions at the Rice Institute significant episodes in the history the undergraduate members, their grievances before the Board that this was the first time they had before and after the introduction of the University. His action has Ms. Bari Kaplan, they failed to of Trustees and are now awaiting looked into affairs at the Institute. of the military regime. also opened the gates to a broader reach any kind of understand- the action of this board. On Monday, The board has a meeting on In part he said: "The cause of the examination in some quarters of ing. She said two joint meetings, February 28, the student body in Wednesday, February 6, and it is ex- present controversy lies further back the relationship of students and scheduled for December and a mass meeting met a committee pected that the petition, presented than in September. It lies further faculty to the Board of Trustees January, were cancelled because from the trustees and for three to the trustees a day or two after back than last year. It lies as far back and the community. of the illness of one or another hours told the trustees how they the mass meeting, will be acted on as the beginning of the Institute in of the Board members. "They thought their university was being at that time. 1912, when the spirit was inculcated the rice thresher apologized for this omission," mismanaged. in the first body of students that has FEB. 28, Major Duggan Makes First persisted to this day, and that is the she said later, "but said they were THE THRESHER Speech cause of all the minor clashes that such busy men it was difficult to Cadet Major Duggan started occurred at any time. This time it is a get them all together in the same FEB. 2, for the students in a talk where he feeling of fear for t he administration, 1969plac e at the same time." made a resume of the affairs from and a belief that nothing is to be Asked by members of the the issuance of an anonymous paper gained by an attempt to confer with The appointment of Master- student-faculty committee at 1918 "Tape" until the present date. the authorities concerning students' son which had been unanimous- the Thursday meeting why the committee had not been asked "We are not insurrectionists," ills, real or fancied." ly agreed upon by the Board to give their opinions before a said Major Duggan. "We are at their meeting on Feb. 14, The meeting was frank and decision was reached by the students who are working for the Food Conditions Bad was announced to the student- open, and the students who made Board, Allen replied that "the bettering of Rice Institute and for Alexander is a junior at Rice, and faculty Presidential Selection talks did not mince words in speak- rush of events" had prevented the perpetuation of an Institution he made the statement that in all his Committee on Thursday, Feb. ing of how things are being run at such action. Questioned further that has had five years of almost residence at the Institute that he has 20. at a hastily-called emergency the Institute. about "the rush of events," Allen phenomenal success." been called to personally interview meeting. Board members Her- The seriousness of the situation admitted that he had "no satisfac- Going on, he recited how, after Dr. l,ovett but once. Afterward he bert Allen and James Teague may be understood when it is said tory answer to that question." the appearance of "Tape," there went on to cite instances where attended; Board Chairman H. that this had occasion to investigate The official announcement had been some slight disturbances the students had made applica- Malcolm Ixwett was confined affairs at Rice. was originally scheduled to be in the dormitories when lights had tion to the administration for the to Methodist Hospital after an Captain J.A Baker, chairman made Saturday afternoon (the gone out. "This," he said, "was not correcting of certain wrongs. He operation for a slipped disc. of the board, presided over the press was reportedly to have an instance of rebellion but a mere mentioned particularly the food Announcing the choice, Al- meeting, and there was full ac- been notified of Masterson's outbreak of youthful spirits follow- question, saying that many times in len voiced the opinion that the cord between the students and the scheduled press conference . ing the plunging of the dormitories past years had committees visited University needed "a firm hand trustees. Several cadets made short on the tiller in these troubled about an hour before he was speeches, and the coeds presented into total darkness." Continuing, the administration office to formally protest against the quality of food times." Both Board members to arrive in Houston), but word their case through the agency of he told how the trustees had been being served in the dormitories. expressed surprise when nine of the appointment leaked out, Miss Camille Waggaman and Miss called on Friday, that this board "At one time," he declared, "a members of the committee and by noon Friday the campus Elsbeth Rowt*. met the cadet officers on Saturday plate of specimens of dormitory each expressed varying degrees was alive with rumors. The cadets who spoke were Jay and how it was thought best to let food was taken to Mr. McCants, of disapproval that the Board Separate emergency meet- Alexander. Alston Duggan, James the entire student body go before the trustees in a meeting where the the secretary to the president, and had never consulted with the ings of both the faculty and Stu- Markham, Pickens Coleman and matter would be threshed out. Mr. McCants refused to look at it, committee they themselves dent Association were called for Emmet Niland. requested to "assist and advise" Friday afternoon, and a petition Jay Alexander followed with saying that he did not 'wish to be After the meeting the trustees made sick.' them in their choice. See MASTERSON. page A3 I expressed surprise that conditions the big speech of the day, wherein were as the students had pictured he drew a picture for the trustees See BOARD, page A4 A2 THE RICE THRESHER ANNIVERSARY ISSUE FRIDAY. MARCH 24,2006 Masters Thanked, Colleges Organize President, Councilman, Secretary, announced as follows: Monday, lege will be on the 12th of March, Don Payne the Masters a token of thanks and Wiess College members are for preparing so well the College Treasurer, and two representatives noon, March 4 — Nominations of 1957 STAFF WRTTER all expected to be moved in by rosters. from each class. All candidates Officers must be in the Masters office; Friday, March 8 — Elec- April 1. After the release of the College From now on the Colleges will for office must have at least a "3" not be considered as a group, but average. tion of Officers; Sunday, March Assignments last Friday in The Will Rice College Thresher, approximately 1300 they now become individual organi- 10 — First meeting of the College Council. On Tuesday, March 12, Members of Will Rice College male students of the Rice Institute zations completely independent of Qualifications Wiess College will hold its second hold their first election this morn- were questioning all their friends each other. Their only connection The President and the Vice- meeting at which time the Officers ing. The Election Committee ofWill with a familiar song: "What College will be working together on the President and Councilman must will be installed and an open discus- Rice maintain polling places near are you in?" Inter-College Committee of the be a resident Junior or Senior, the front of the library from 8-12. Student Association. while the Secretary must be sion will be held on the problems either a resident or non-resident facing the College. At this election members of the Will Rice College will elect an Hanszen College Sophomore, Junior or Senior. Ihe Ru e ~ Executive Committee to supervise Hanszen College held its initial To serve on the College Cabinet Unique Plan the transition into College life and to meeting last Saturday at which there will be also one resident A unique plan for the election of THRESHER administer the College affairs until time Dr. Masterson announced and one non-resident member the Pro-Tern Officers and Cabinet MARCH 1, the regular election of the regular a plan for the organization of from each class. will work as follows: The Senior or the College. Approximately 300 Petitions for all offices are due Class B Grad receiving the most officers in April. Hanszanians sat on the floor of in the Office of the Masters by 9:00 votes will be the President, while 1957 the F.L.L.L. while the following a.m. on Saturday, March 2, and the the Senior or Class B Grad receiv- Nominees plan for the election of officers election will be held on Saturday, ing the second number of votes will Nominees for the Executive Committee are as follows: Chair- Almost everyone was pleased was announced. March 9. be the Vice-President. All must be with his College assignment and The following officers will be The next meeting of Hanszen resident members. man: Douglas Byrd, George Mc- his College-mates, and the general elected now to serve the remaining College will be on Saturday, March The Junior with the most votes Mcllheran, Jr., Richard Stanford: opinion on the campus was to vote part of the year: A President, Vice- 9, in the Fondren Library Lecture will be Second Vice-President, and Vice-Chairman: Jay Elston, Kip Lounge. Hanszen College mem- the Junior runner-up will be the Murray, Ben Orman; Secretary, bers will probably move in around Secretary. Two sophomores will Calton Barnes; Member-At-I^irge; the 20th of March. be elected to the Cabinet and also Harrington Wagner, Timothy W. Campus Life Adjusted two Freshmen. These, too, must all Watson. Baker College be resident members. Senior Representative: John N. Baker College planned to hold Two non-resident member will Chambless, Ben Harvey; Junior Rapidly to War Basis; its initial meeting 6:30 Thursday also be elected to the Cabinet, and Representative: Elmo M.Johnson, night. At the time the Thresher they may be from any class. Flem Smith; Sophomore Repre- went to press the plans had not sentative: Bill Buttelmann, Meyer been announced. Committees Formed Nathan, Grover A Zinn; Freshman Decision on Degrees Due Committees will be formed to Representative: Nowton Burkett, Wiess College work on the problems of the Col- Jr.,Tim Hower, Charles Lewis Hull, Administration Issues No Statement; At the time the Thresher went to lege. They are as follows: Athletic and Paige West. press Wiess College had not held Committee, Constitution Commit- Members will also express Selective Service Cards Filed; its first meeting, but the plans for tee, Dining Room Committee, today when they vote their prefer- the organization of the College had Election Committee, Faculty Par- ence of rooms, room-mates, and Dances May Be Barred been announced by the Master, ticipation Committee, Freshman suite-mates, and the Executive Dr. Talmadge. Their first sched- Integration Committee, Housing Committee will try in every way to The Institute moved to a war stream of undergraduates headed uled meeting was to have been on Committee, Non-Resident Partici- satisfy all room requests. footing for the second time in its toward the office of the registrar Thursday night. pation Committee, and the Social The next meeting of Will Rice for advice on enlistment in the history this week, and outright dec- Committee. College has not been announced larations of hostilities on Monday armed forces. A schedule of Inauguration The next meeting of Wiess Col- as the Thresher goes to press. Will and Thursday brought little evident Only one withdrawal for en- Activities for Wiess College was reaction among a student body that listment was reported through had apparently not yet realized the Thursday at 5 p.m. import of what had occurred in the space of a few hours. Formal Dances Blanket Tax Vote Monday Representatives of the three literary societies conferred with Compulsory $8 Charge Is Proposed an administration spokesman DEC. 12, Tuesday, about the possible cancel- lation of remaining formal dances, Students To Ballot on New Plan in Election Monday and indications from preliminary 1941discussio n were that formals Shall the Blanket Tax at Rice favorable to the compulsory tax, it figures with those based on an $18 would be banned after this week Institute be reduced to $8 or $8.40 will serve as a petition to the Board charge may be found on Page 3. There was no administrative by mutual consent of the societies and made compulsory? This is the of Tr ustees. Officials believe that if Provided the reduced tax is comment, although it was under- and administration. question which will be submitted the students show they are heartily adopted, it will be necessary to stood that officials would meet dur- Unofficially, it was learned that to the students Monday in which in favor of the new plan, the petition provide POO additional seats for ing the coming week for a definite the administration would favor every student in school will be will have considerable weight with students at important (or sell-out) decision on whether or not seniors retaining any activity not actually eligible to vote. the board. games. These seats could be sold forced to leave school for military inimical to the defense effort, and i he compulsory $8 or $8.40 tax at $2 cash, making the association duty will receive degrees. that the initiative for any radical THE TH|ESHER would include everything which take a loss of $1600 per sell-out changes in campus life would con- the present $18 fee covers. This game. The association, however, Questionnaires tinue to come from the students includes admission to all home believes in the new low tax and is Students who reached the age themselves. athletic contests; subscription willing to take the losses. of 21 on or prior to July 1, 1941, to the campus publications, ITie If Die Owl should be voted down filled out questionnaires sponsored Classes Suspended "1933 Thresher, Campanile and Owl; the and is left off it will continue on a by the national selective service Principal excitement was con- right to vote in any and all elections, subscription basis. headquarters and cooperating fined to the dormitories, where Two questions which will be and to hold office. Part of it also goes The tax will have practically no educational agencies Wednesday sudden open warfare precipitated asked the students on the ballot to support the student government effect on The Thresher since it and Thursday as an increasing See WAR. page A4 are: and campus organizations such as already prints 1350 copies or over (1). Are you in favor of a com- the Band, Woman's council. Engi- on each issue. pulsory blanket tax of $8.00 to be neering show. etc. It will be necessary to print paid by every student instead of Originators of the compulsory 1350 copies of the Hie Campanile A WORLD AT WAR the present optional blanket tax tax point out that the greatly re- whereas only 6(X) have been printed of $18.00? duced price is made possible by the this year. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox arrives in Hawaii by plane. (2). If a compulsory blanket increased number of taxes sold. Should the new tax be adopted, Complete reports expected. tax should go into effect, do you The apportionment of the $8 (or all students in school will have the U.S. Army reports Hawaiian situation "well in hand" at all want to add 40 cents to the $8.00 $8.40 with The Owl) of the new tax right to elect student association, points. to provide for The Owl, making is as follows: publication and class officers and to Japanese position indicated stronger in North Luzon, no the tax $8.40? Athletic association, $4.20; vote in the May Fete elections. This change otherwise. Jap landing party establishes new bridge- The results of the election will Campanile, $2.50; Thresher, 65c; would be the first time in the history head 250 miles southeast of Manila; no progress inland at any not be mandatory but will merely Owl, 40c; F)ngineering show, 10c; of the school that all students have point. show the attitude of the student Woman's council, 10c; and Inci- been able to express their opinions New assaults on Wake Island repulsed by navy with reported body. If, however, the result is dentals, 5c. A comparison of these on important questions. loss of one Jap light cruiser, one destroyer, damage to another battleship of the 29,000-ton class, sister ship to "Haruna," sunk by army planes in engagement Thursday. Russian emissary Litvinov confers with Cordell Hull, who expressed confidence Russians "would do their share." BLANKET TAX FIGURES Litvinov reported to have explained that Soviet declaration of Existing Proposed Existing total Proposed total war against Japs would weaken Russian position both in Far apportionment apportionment (550 blanket 1350 students East and in Europe after asserting his belief that Stalin "will per blanket tax per blanket tax tax) continue against Hitler to total victory." Dominican Republic declares war on Germany and Italy, fol- Athletic Association $8.00 4.20 4,400 5,670 lowing Costa Rica and Guatemala. Mexico breaks off diplomat- Campanile 5.65 2.50 3,107 3,375 ic relations with both nations. Thresher 1.50 .65 825 877.50 America First Committee will be dissolved "as soon as nec- Owl 1.00 — 550 — essary legal steps are taken." Band 1,00 .40 550 540 Blackouts continue on West Coast. Eng'g. Show .25 .10 137.50 135 Congress takes only 75 minutes for unanimous declaration Woman's Council .20 .10 110 135 of war against Germany, Italy, FDR's message only 133 words. Incidentals .40 .05 220 67.50 Hitler speaks for 90 minutes before Reichstag. 18.00 8.00 9,900 10,800 THE RICE THRESHER ANNIVERSARY ISSUE FRIDAY, MARCH 24,2006 A3 Rice microcomputers to be linked in Owlnet

Robert Hess should prove a useful alternative to campus the current release of Owlnet: "People who network. Rosene's group developed the 1984 STAFF WRTTF.R mail and even the telephone, providing a get software are not going to have a perfect programs for the IBM 4341 (the "post-of- valuable facility for collecting messages for system. They're expected to find bugs."The fice" for the mail network) and for the IBM This summer, the Institute of Computer individuals without answering machines or discovery of these problems will enable personal computers. Services and Applications and the Computer secretaries. the developers to make improvements and Undergraduate KimTaylor led the second Science Department directed the develop- Though the capability will exist for enter- corrections. Said Rosene, "Service will be group , which wrote the software for the ment of a campus wide mail network for ing text while logged onto Owlnet, the use changing, even on a weekly basis." Until Apple Macintosh. Dr. Ken Kennedy, chair- microcomputers. The software required of this facility is encouraged for all but the the binary file transfer utility is functional, man of computer science, supervised the to use the network, dubbed "Owlnet," will shortest of messages. The number of lines however, users will have to go back and copy IBM group, while Professor Don Johnson of be distributed free to members of the Rice that can be connected to the central main- the new versions instead of receiving them electrical engineering, who is faculty liaison community after a demonstration today at frame computer at any one moment is so conveniently over the network. to the Apple University Consortium, oversaw 4 p.m. in Herman Brown 227. small, so users are encouraged to compose Owlnet is currently available only the Macintosh programmers. messages with their own editing programs through a DTI (Data Terminal Interface) A third set of students, working di- before connecting to the network. connected to a data line leading directly to rectly for ICSA, is writing software to anigf FRESHER ICSAs and computer science are provid- Rice's ROLM telephone switching system. convert word-processing files between OCT. 5, ing Owlnet as a free service to the Rice Unfortunately, the number of the expensive three formats: Wordstar of the IBM PC, community, an arrangement that is not ex- ($500) DTIs is currently limited, with two be- MacWriteforthe Macintosh, and Script for pected to change in the foreseeable future. ing allocated to each college, and four each ICSA's AS/9000. The ICSA mainframe is 1984 Test versions of the Owlnet software will for Macintoshes and IBM PCs in the Mudd connected to a laser printer, so this utility be distributed after the demonstration; Ma- building. Those with modems should soon should eventually allow users of Owlnet to According to graduate student Carl cintosh users desiring copies should bring be able to call in and log on throughout the obtain far higher quality than that available Rosene, who led the development team for a blank diskette. The programs necessary ROLM switch as well. The benefits of the on inexpensive personal printers. The the IBM 4341 and PC Owlnet software, the to communicate with Owlnet are currently DTI arrangement are a high data transfer development of this feature is expected to procedure for acquiring an Owlnet account implemented for the IBM PC and the Apple rate — 9600 baud, as compared with 300 be complete by the end of this semester, is quite simple. Persons wishing to use the Macintosh, but Rosene noted, "We hope and or 1200 baud for most modems — and a said Rosene. system simply create their own accounts in assume that programmers from the student more secure communications link less The IBM 4341 on which Owlnet is being what Rosene called a "self-log-on procedure." body will write software that will link their subject to static. created came to Rice as part of a research After creating the account, they can send type of computer to the system." This way, The lack of DTIs is a major limitation for agreement between IBM and a computer and receive mail via any properly-connected sophisticated users could remove the bur- Owlnet at the moment. For their two DTIs, science research group led by Kennedy. microcomputer on campus. den of writing software for every possible each college is supposed to have a hundred As such, it will not be able to handle a very At first, mail will be limited to normal text, computer from ICSA and computer-science data lines connected to the switch, each of large network. ICSA plans to move Owlnet but the ability to send executable programs researchers and could then distribute the which could be hooked up to a DTI. onto the AS/9000 at some point; however, and other binary files should be available software to owners of similar computers. Rice undergraduate and graduate stu- the exact stage at which the transfer will soon. Though limited, this mail utility Rosene stressed the "testing" aspect of dents wrote most of the software for the take place has not been decided.

"what has happened is an unfor- at this point between students and said, and Masterson was not. tunate breakdown between two or faculty on the issue of selection of "One of the things that strikes MASTERSON more elements of the University the president be continued." It was me very deeply about this situation From page A1 — the faculty, students, Board of agreed that at the meeting, attended is its depth," said Lovett freshman Trustees, and the administration. by both students and faculty, to keep Henry Holcomb. "It goes beyond began circulating among the facu lty Meanwhile, about 450 students I find myself in the middle of this the focus of the issue on the subject of the 'now.' Rice students see them- about 2 pm saying the faculty "vigor- were meeting to discuss possible situation, and it is my earnest hope presidential selection, rather than to selves today as responsible, rational ously protests the procedures used modesof action. SApresident Warren that communication between these broaden the base of complaint. adults, a situation almost unique on to select the new president" and Skaaren read a statement released elements can be restored." "The Rice SDS is in full agree- college campuses today." "emphatically requests that this earlier to the press which said, "Stu- He said he had known of the ex- ment with the actions and attitudes At a meeting of some 450 gradu- appointment be reconsidered after dent and faculty alike have long been istence of the advisory committee, of the students and faculty," an SDS ate students and faculty Monday appropriate consultation with the proud of the community that is Rice but had not inquired if the Board statement issued Saturday read. "We morning. Dean Gordon described faculty-student committee." University. It has been composed had consulted it. "This was quite an have no intention of instigating any the members of the Board as "fine At another meeting of the Presi- to students, faculty, and administra- experience," Allen said, "and we'll disruptive activity contrary to the men, dedicated men, who want Rice dential Selection Committee shortly tion, acting together in mutual trust, pay attention to it." Masterson said wishes of the students and faculty." to be an excellent University. It is before the faculty and students were honesty, and good faith ... We regret he did not see any circumstances After a conference with depart- our duty — faculty and administra- to meet, Allen said "We are sorry that that at this time our good faith and our which would force him to resign. ment heads, Skaaren and Dena Wil- tion — to help them understand you don't agree with the procedure efforts have been ignored." Masterson went from his press liam Gordon, Chief Executive Office what makes an excellent one." of the Board in the appointment, but Meetings in each of the seven conference to the front of Lovett of die University, announced Sunday Alex Moffat, grad student in we have made a commitment, and we colleges Friday night stressed disap- Hall, where some 700 students and that "to accurately assess the concern history, agreed that the issues of pro- believe we have a good man." proval of the Board's procedure in faculty applauded his arrival. of both faculty and students" in the cedure and personal qualifications "We," Allen said, "would be pretty appointing Masterson, and expressed In reply to a question, he said matter, a poll would be conducted on had become intertwined. "No matter stupid people if we did not realize that a sense of betrayal that the advisory that he did not feel that a mass both the procedure used in selection, what value Masterson once had as the students today are very dif ferent committee had been bypassed. meeting of students, faculty and and the choice made by the Board of a president, his choice is untenable from the students we once had. And Dean of Students Paul Pfeiffer the selection committee would be Trustees. They said they would con- now," Moffat said. "The results of his we are not stupid people." said Friday night that he was productive. He said, however, that vey the resultsof the poll to the Board arrival would be catastrophic." Nevertheless, he said, the Board "shocked and dumbfounded" that he intended to meet with small as soon as they were available. Dr. Allen Grob of the English alone is legally required to make the Board had not consulted with groups of students and faculty be- That evening, there were once department called the Board "inhu- the final choice on selection, and the committee before choosing fore returning to Chattanooga. again meetings in each college, man" for forcing Masterson through the decision as far as they were Masterson, but said he felt the Asked if he would resign if it attended campus-wide by about the "humiliation" of discovering how concerned was final. Board had made an "honest mis- became clear that he would do 1400 people. great the sentiment was against At the faculty meeting that after- take" caused by a lack of under- more harm to the University by It had become apparent Sunday him. He said he had faitii that once noon, Dr. Franz Brotzen, professor standing of the "genuine concern" remaining as president, Masterson that the main issue of the crisis had Masterson realized the strength of of Materials Science and chairman among faculty and students. replied, "I will take whatever action shifted somewhat from objection to the sentiment he would accept it. of the student-faculty Presidential A few members of the Rice com- which in my mind will do the least the procedure used by the Board The results of the poll, reported Selection Committee, recounted the munity found no fault with die Board harm to the University." Pressed in selecting Masterson, to ques- to be overwhelmingly against history of his committee's activities ofTrusteesin dieir selection. "Faculty further, he said, "There is no direct tions of Masterson's scholarly and Masterson, were presented to two and dealings with the Board since its discontent stems largely from the evidence of the opinion of the ma- administrative qualifications for Board members by Skaaren and formation. The advisory committee, novelty of a non-S-E president," said jority of faculty or students." the post, though the questions of Gordon Monday night. Faculty he emphasized, had heard nothing Lovett senior Paul Malloy. "In talking Masterson. along with Lee Estes procedure remained paramount. participation in the poll was said of the Board's actions, and therefore to some of these people one senses of the I )evelopment Office and Dean "Any man in this day and age who to be near 100 percent, and one assumed that it was moving very they fear their own inadequacies of Undergraduate Affairs Michael before accepting the job fails to estab- poll watcher described student par- slowly. He said the committee had more than those of Dr. Masterson." McEnany, met for several hours Sat- lish the fact that he has the support of ticipation as "astounding." Reliable requested Rice faculty, faculty and "I understand that this (the urday afternoon and evening with the faculty and students is not fit to be reports are that the Board informed administration from other universi- appointment) was done without SA officers, college presidents, and president of a great university," one Masterson of the results of the poll. ties, and foundation officials to sub- proper consultation of the commit- student members of the Presidential faculty member said Sunday. One faculty member involved in the mit suggestions both of desirable tee," said former Rice president Selection Committee. After lengthy Another urged students to judge vote counting said that the message qualities in a university president Kenneth Pitzer, now president of discussion, he agreed to go before the man objectively. Masterson's first the totals would convey to Master- and names of possible candidates. Stanford University. "If that's cor- the whole Presidential Selection encounter widi faculty and students son was "unmistakable." He said the committee had pre- rect, then this is unfortunate." Committee, but demanded that the was a "command performance," he The immediate questions of Dr. pared dossiers on about 64 names, At a teach-in Saturday morning committee have no veto power over said, "and he was on the spot." William Masterson's desirability and revealed that they had sent their on the presidential selection pro- his selection as president; he also Dr. Robert Curl, masterof Ix>vett and acceptability as president of the first five "tentative suggestions" to cess, attended by about 14(X) faculty required that he be the one to judge College, offered possible explana- University was brought to an appar- the Board in a letter received by Mal- and students, Dr. Joseph Ward, whether the committee was, in his tions for the Board's actions. "Per- ent close late Tuesday afternoon, colm Lovetton Feb. 10. Masterson's chairman of the English depart- words, "biased against me." haps they thought the administra- when H. Malcolm Lovett announced name was not one of the five. Ix >vett, ment, declared "If the appointment Masterson called Skaaren tion had gotten lenient now, and that that the Board had accepted "with Brotzen said, replied that the Board is not stopped, Rice can forget any Sunday morning to announce that Masterson would take a hard line. regret" Masterson's letter of resig- was already considering three of the pretensions to major status." he was returning to Chattanooga Perhaps they were concerned about nation. In a meeting shortly after people on the list. Dr. James Castenada, master- without meeting with the com- student unrest across the country; the announcement was made. Dean Allen mentioned that one of designate of Will Rice, said he regret- mittee. Masterson flew back to concerned that the Thresher was Gordon praised both student and the Board's criteria for a good ted the procedure used in selection, Tennessee without ever consulting publishing dirty words; concerned faculty conduct during the contro- president was previous connection but he hoped that students, while formally with any faculty, and later that Andy Warhol appeared at Rice versy, and declared, "We have a fine with the University as a faculty protesting the procedure, would that morning the students present a few months ago." University ahead of us." member or alumnus. Asked why accept the man as president. at Saturday's meetings with Mas- Other faculty questioned how Dr. Thomas Leland, head of the this was so, he declared "there was The students assembled passed terson publicly concluded, because anyone who did not know Master- Department of Chemical Engineer- no better way to say they we have the faculty statement of the previ- of his "refusal to consider the issue son could judge his credentials ad- ing, concurred. "Faculty-student 'arrived' — we've finally grown up ous afternoon by a vote of 951-7, of due process, and in view of the equately. "I think people are trying relationships are in a fluid state these to the point where we can name with 23 abstentions, and about 700 overwhelming faculty rejection of to railroad you into something you days in universities all across the one of our own as president." students and faculty marched in Dr. Masterson," that he was "unac- don't want to do," said one. country," he said. "It impresses me The faculty petition was pre- orderly fashion, dressed in coats ceptable as president." Others countered that Master- that Rice is capable of being a model sented, bearing by this time 61 and ties, from the gym to Cohen At an open meeting sponsored son's academic record could be of a new type of operation between signatures, and after much discus- House where Masterson was hold- by the SDS Sunday afternoon, a judged by other scholars; Rice has student and faculty. This may be the sion was adopted in its entirety as a ing a press conference. statement was passed asking "that a fine tradition of selecting an emi- most important contribution Rice has ever made as a University." formal resolution of the body. In Cohen House, Master said the work and cooperation existing nent scholar as its president, they A4 THE RICE THRESHER ANNIVERSARY ISSUE FRIDAY, MARCH 24,2006 Editor Score of opening: Houston's heat I, myself, believe that sep-ara- 101, ceremonies 13 minutes While the segregation issue tion of the races is necessary is of vital importance to the in my own State for the welfare ments to a short formal greeting at the last minute. Andreotti and South, anyone who is familiar of both white and colored. But Kirsten Danis lasting less than a minute, and he Kohl remained in Rome to watch with the States' Rights issue I am firmly convinced that this 1990 STAFF WRITER refused to answer any questions West Germany defeat Argentina in knowthat it is notthe fundamen- question is one for decision by Sweltering temperatures short- about agricultural trade, saying, the World Cup soccer champion- tal question which has aroused die people of the separate states, ened the opening ceremonies of "Perhaps I forgot to tell you, but I ship Sunday. the patriotism of Southern lead- and not Constitutionally under the 16th annual Economic Summit don't take questions at photo op- Kohl, who was reportedly ers. The matter of segregation is the authority of the Federal of Industrialized Nations, where portunities. My apologies." wearing a new suit for the occa- merely one of the many fields in Government. President George Bush and first Earlier in the day, Bush met sion, responded to Bush's "Hail which the State is supreme un- I hope this answers your lady Barbara Bush welcomed privately with both French Presi- the champions of football!" with der our United States Constitu- questions. seven other world leaders and of- dent Francois Mitterand and West a wide smile. tion. Among other questions are If you publish my reply, ficially opened summit talks. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. those of police power, control of please be kind enough to convey Bush and Mitterand discussed the Kurt Moeller contributed to this the ballot, and regulation of all to the people of Houston my sin- GATT Uruguay Round of global report. internal matters. cere appreciation for the confi- RideThreshef trade talks, where the issue of farm dence they showed in the cause subsidies is causing much dissen- of the States' Rights Democrats sion between the United States and AMERICAN 7NE WC£ E ZW/&SWX in their Harris County referen- European countries. prese dum on August 28th. In his remarks, Bush said, SUMMIT With kindest regards and """1990 'Together we're called upon as best wishes, allies and friends to work toward PRIORITIES Trevin Heads of government from *"7948 decisions here in Houston that will pied Very truly, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the bring a new stability and prosperity GATT and the Uruguay Viva J. STROM THURMOND United Kingdom, and West Ger- to the world by tapping the power Round. The U.S. is Opinions as to segregation many, and the President of the committed to eliminat- vary in the South as elsewhere. Governor and energy of free wills and free European Community joined Bush markets." ing the imbalances in on an air-conditioned platform Calling this time the "post-post- agricultual trade. in Rice University's Academic war era," Bush spoke confidently Aid to the Soviet Union. Quadrangle for the ceremony, about the chance for substantive The U.S. will not sup- but even the temperature control results in the summit. port aid to the Soviet BOARD could not combat the Houston heat "The economic summits have Union until the Soviets From page A1 and humidity. A 101 heat index become a framework for frank make a commitment to (the combined effect of heat and market reforms, includ- "If a student has a wrong to be re- among parents and guardians of the and constructive dialogue — a humidity) limited the ceremony ing eliminating aid to dressed,"Alexandersaid, "heistold students throughout the State, in dialogue for progress that I believe to a scant 13 minutes. Cuba and the curtailing to present it to some committee, and which complaint is made of the mili- will be advanced greatly in the next Arriving via motorcade which of defense spending. he is also told that that committee tary rules and regulations in force three days," Bush said. blocked Houston traffic for almost The environment. The will not have its next meeting until for the guidance of the students. I A banner, probably requested three hours, the leaders were President will continue some time like the fourth pleasant am sure you will be surprised to by the French delegation, was greeted by fanfare which included to be committed to the Tuesday of next week." know that no formal complaint of hung above the leaders to block a red carpet, a 21-gun salute, and environment without Delay and equivocation, he the sun's punishing rays. any of these rules or regulations seven national anthems played said, had inspired every student "Generally, we don't like to endangering "economic was made to the military commit- by United States Armed Forces with mistrust of authorities. He leave Mitterand more than 30 vitality." tee, the faculty or the trustees in bands. The group walked shoulder then made reference to an attempt minutes under the sun," said Hu- Drugs. The summit advance of the distribution of the to shoulder as they approached the last year to get the "supposed bert Vedrine, a spokesman for the heads will discuss in- v scurrilous document a week ago president and his wife. student self-government" of Rice French delegation. ternational cooperation today. Since that time the faculty Underneath the blistering af- definitely organized into a Student have been endeavoring to deal with Some of the leaders arrived in in the war on drugs, Association. Mr. Lovett absolutely ternoon sun, Bush welcomed his including an emphasis the student body until yesterday companions and thanked Houston Houston prior to today's event, but prohibited the using of any part of when the trustees of the Institute Italian President Giulio Andreotti, on money laundering. the buildings or campus of Rice for hosting the summit. were called in for counsel and The president limited his com- Mitterand and Kohl flew to Texas Institute, and, in fact, he seemed advice, because of the rebellious to stand in perfect terror of the attitude of many of the students formation of any such association," and their apparent determination With these facts before you the faculty at all," he said. "The faculty as cal exercise, and a better looking he said. In instancing the spirit of to enforce their own demands faculty and the trustees confidently a whole has nothing to do with the uniform. She asked for competent suspicion injected into the students without consultation with anyone believe you will endorse the action military department, and as a matter instructors in the physical exercise by the administration he said that and irrespective of the opinions of proposed to be taken by them, and of fact, I believe that the faculty is and complained of the attitude a great many of the cadets firmly the faculty and trustees. if so we earnestly request that you behind us almost to a man." toward the coeds displayed by believed that dictaphones were The regulations of which they wire your son immediately urging "The student body is willing the dean of women, Mrs. Sarah stationed in the dormitory rooms complain were adopted after careful him to submit cheerfully to all the to sacrifice anything for the sake Stratford. Miss Rowe then made a in order that the authorities might consideration and in the interest, of rules and regulations of the Insti- of our university," began J.P. more conservative speech, saying eavesdrop on the cadets. course, of the students themselves tute as long as they are in force. Markham. "The time has come that some of the coeds' wrongs had and are such only as are prescribed By order of the board of trust- for the trustees and the students been righted. Trouble Deeply Rooted in other universities where similar ees. to save Rice Institute. The trustees Cadet Major Duggan then "The present disturbance," regulation of which they chiefly J.T. McCants, Secretary. are going to save our university, took the floor presenting for the Alexander continued, "is not the complain is that which forbids visit- and they are going to save it re- students' consideration a couple first, nor will it be any means be ing in the city or in other rooms after No Attention Paid to Complaints gardless of the feeling of this or of resolutions, one of them repu- the last, if conditions here remain the call to studies at 7 o'clock in the "Formal complaint has been any other student body. We have diating the personalities in the the same as they have been in past evening, although this regulation made to the authorities by differ- put our case before them and we anonymous sheet "Red Tape," and years. I do not wish you gentlemen does not apply on Saturday nights. ent individuals," Coleman insisted, believe that it will receive just and delporing the fact of its anonymity; to consider this a threat, and it is not The other regulations of which they "and no attention was paid to the wise consideration and the wrongs the other a resolution agreeing to a threat. It is a statement of actual complain are of minor importance, complaints. The school paper once that we ask to be redressed will stand by the existing regulations as fact. Regardless of how the present but the faculty and trustees feel appeared with a statement of some be redressed." Then the speaker lrng as they remain in force. Both controversy turns out, sooner or that you will agree with them that evil conditions here before Christ- began a statement of the feeling of these were adopted unanimously later there will be another eruption. whatever complaints the students mas, a statement concerning some now had for Rice Institute by the by the student body. After this it Very probably it will not come this may have should be presented in of the very things which this 'scur- students and the feeling they was moved that a committe be ap- year, for we have now said what a dignified and proper petition to rilous publication,' as it is called in would have under normal condi- pointed to draw up a formal petition we wanted to; but in an inevitable the constituted authorities for relief the letter, severly criticised. What tions, making some statements of stating the students' requests. cycle things will reach another before taking rebellious action; happened then? The student paper conditions such that he said he felt This was carried and the such point in the course of time, and, pending the consideration of was threatened with suspension. justified in asking be withheld from committee was appointed. It is and there will be another outbreak. their petition they should conform Mr. McCants made the statement publication. "This is a family af fair," composed of Cadet Major Dug- The reason is deeply rooted, and it strictly to the established rules and that if any more articles of such he said, "and it will do outsiders no gan, Cadet Lieutenants Simons will take something drastic to get regulations of the Institute. a nature appeared that the paper good to know them." and Coleman, Misses Waggaman rid of it, but it must be uprooted if The authorities do not know would be summarily squelched. J.E. Niland, a post graduate stu- and Ellis, and Cadets Alexander, Rice Institute is to continue and to to what extent, if at all, your son Denied the right of organized dent at the Institute, who received Niland, Green, Taliaferro, Morgan grow as an institution of the high- is involved, but lest he may be I petition by the much discussed a degree last year, next made a talk and Markham. This committee est rank." am requested by the faculty and rule No. 24, the last resort was echoing the sentiments expressed is to draw up the petition and to J.P. Coleman, president of trustees to notify you that an appeal an anonymous publication of so by the other speakers. Following present it to the trustees for con- the senior class and chairman of will be made on Monday morning caustic a nature that notice must this the coeds presented their sideration. The students promised the Honor Council, next spoke to the offending students to cease be taken of it. Thus appeared the grievances to the trustees. Miss the trustees that, now that they concerning the special delivery their rebellious attitude and con- paper called 'Red Tape.'" Waggaman presented an informal knew they could present petitions letter sent out by the trustees to form to the rules and regulations Coleman caused some little petition begging for more scientific to the board, peitions would not be the parents of every student in the of the Institute. laughter when he called attention and efficient instruction in physi- lacking henceforth. Institute. "Parts of this letter are At the same time the present to the sentence, "The regulations absolutely false, and other parts members of the board of trustees, of which they complain were ad- are certainly misleading," declared and possibly others interested in opted after careful consideration, Coleman. "This only goes to show the student body, will endeavor to and in the interest, of course, of WAR that you trustees have been fooled show them the error of their ways the students themselves, and are From page A2 into believing that such things here and urge obedience to rules and such only as are prescribed in are not as they really are." regulations. Every student will other universities where similar an epidemic of discussion of the im- nations were postponed Monday by regulations are in force." then be called upon to state to the mediate future before students. instructors because of the crisis. The Letter Sent to Parents of trustees and the faculty whether "A careful reading of this sen- Many classes were suspended At the Navy Building, 20 engi- Students he will obey the rules and regula- tence will reveal the absurdity of it," momentarily Monday as President neering students reported Tuesday The text of the letter follows: tions of the Institute so long as said Coleman. "It says in effect that Roosevelt asked a joint session of at 9 a.m. for physical examination Your attention has been called they are in force. Those who refuse two is equal to two, but it really leaves Congress for an immediate dec- in connection with application for no doubt to an anonymous com- thus to pledge themselves will be the impression that two is equal to laration of war against Japan, but commission with the Bureau of munication circulated by a few immediately dismissed from the four." Coleman called attention to there were no reported dismissals Navigation. Complete lists of ap- the word "faculty" used in the let- members of the student body school with directions to return to Thursday as Congress met again in plicants passing the check-up were ter. "We are not arrayed against the through the Institute buildings and their homes. extraordinar y session. T wo exami- not available Thursday. THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, MARCH 24,2006 11

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Trevino-Godfrey in a selection of 'cymbeline' ,• ?' • 7- pieces by Handel, Scarlatti and •f" ' , i > • ••• of five Vivaldi Saturday at 7:30 p.m. March 23-25, 30-April 1 Tickets may be purchased at 8 p.m., Baker Commons www.mercurybaroque.org tickets cost $5/students, and cost $25-35. $10/other, $25/Bard passes

Houston Center for the I ike most Shakespearean drama, Cymbeline teems with convoluted Performing Arts subplots centered on love, honor

Zilkha Hall and inheritance. In Romeo and Juliet TAYLOR JOHNSON/THRESHER 800 Babgy St. and Hamlet all these are common Iachimo (Baker sophomore Chris Turner) steals into Princess Imogene's (Baker sophomore Michelle Moller) room knowledge, and audiences expect while she sleeps. them. Cymbeline does not have this advantage and consequently, this cadenced energy continues scripting lends itself to physical, Baker's production of Cymbeline LITERATURE the quality of a production depends throughout the play and helps to pun-filled comedy and character illustrates the merits of thoughtful heavily on its actors' abilities to con- clarify a potentially puzzling plot. development, and Turner delivers script selection and casting. The Pulitzer-winning vey the unfamiliar and complicated with beautiful posturing and stage plot can be difficult to follow be- story. Baker's actors rise to the Baker College's use. Turner, who choreographed cause it is not common knowledge, poetry reading challenge passionately. the play's light scenes with James but the production's actors engage Set in Britain and Italy, Cymbe- spring production Cooper (Brown '02), successfully the audience consistently, and the Louise Gluck and Franz Wright, line starts as a story of a wedded teases physicality out of the rest set lends visual appeal when the ac- of the cast as well. tion gets overwhelming. The play's both authors of Pulitzer couple—Princess Imogene (Baker is a refreshing College sophomore Michelle A physical play needs a set success lies in part in its relative Prize-winning poetry Moller) and Posthumus (Baker BREAK from conducive to action, and director obscurity, but the cast and crew collections, read selections senior Jared Blakely) —torn apart, Joseph Lockett (Hanszen '93) take full advantage of this asset for Shakespeare's and set designer Cat Coombes, a a thoroughly enjoyable show. from their works Monday at by oppressive royalty. King Cymbe- line (Lovett College senior Ames traditionally Baker freshman, accommodate 7:30 p.m. Doors open at Grawert) banishes his daughter's Cymbeline's unique and plentiful for more college 6:45 p.m. and the event is husband to Italy in hopes she will performed scene changes with a highly func- forget him and remarry. tional, geometric stage. theater reviews, free for students. While there, Posthumus makes literature. The stage lies in the middle of see inside a bet with Iachimo (Baker sopho- the commons with seating on each Alley Theatre more Chris Turner) that Imogene Moller pushes this tempo one side — a mock-up of the Globe 615 Texas Ave. will be unfaithful. As the results of step further. She delivers one of Theater that has become Baker the wager unfold, the play incorpo- Shakespeare's most complex ;uid Shakespeare tradition. Instead of Rice Light Opera rates epic battles, an evil queen, the respectable female roles with natu- a customary trapdoor, necessary THEATER return of the king's long-lost sons ral bluntness. The play includes a for a breaking-and-entering scene, Society's Ruddigore and the inevitable Shakespearean copious amount of characteristic the stage has a cavernous open- • •• 1/2 of five ing beneath one of its multi-level poison scene. misogyny, but Moller's Imogene page 12 Drama on campus The actors' rhythmic recitation upholds a much brighter image of risers. Not only does this inno- of Cymbeline's first lines establishes women than most Shakespeare. vation add another dimension to the characters' motion, it dou- Wiess' Baby Five shows open at Rice a welcoming, energetic tempo To counter this heartening bles as a den for an exiled trio of without detracting from the actors' persona, Tur ner's Iachimo is simul- • ••of five this weekend. Reviews and aristocracy-turned-mountain-men projection or enunciation. Except taneously egotistical, womanizing shortly after intermission. page 13 showtimes for Wiess College's for a few minor, hurried scenes, and scheming. The part's fluid Baby, Hanszen College/Rice Light Opera Society's Ruddigore and Baker Revolutionary Vendetta Shakespeare Company's Cymbeline are available proves visually stunning on pages 11-13. Rice Players' Buried Child opens Thursday Tasha Chemplavil writers Andy and Larry Wachowski THRESHER STAFF (The Matrix trilogy) create a hero at 8 p.m. in Hamman Hall, and Let the effigy-burning begin: who is every bit as engaging and student tickets cost $5. Director James McTeigue's V For thought-provoking as Neo of the cyber-centered flicks. Jones College's Closer Vendetta has just started a Guy Fawkes-like revolution in film ad- Vendetta takes place over the opens Friday at 8 p.m. in the aptations of graphic novels. course of a year in a futuristic Jones Commons, and Britain where a Big Brother-esque dictatorship controls its citizens' 'v for vendetta' student tickets cost $4. every move. Curfews are imposed, • ••• of five news is fabricated and all forms of art are banned. wSP in theaters At the beginning of the film, V, whose face is always concealed With a cast and crew brimming by a harlequin-style Guy Fawkes with Hollywood hipsters who have mask, saves Evey (Close/s Natalie led their own cinema revolts over Portman) from being raped by the the past decade, power-mad British policemen known the masked hero as Fingermen. V takes Evey under of Vendetta, V ('Die his wing, and she finds herself en- Matrix's Hugo tangled in the first part of Vs plan to Weaving), is a prod- take down Parliament: the destruc- uct of beautifully tion of the Old Bailey building. assembled creative . Viewers learn Vs motives for minds. In this mo- wanting iu destroy the institution-picture version tion through flashbacks to his of Alan Moore's stint at I^arkhill Detention Center, (league of Extraor- where prominent membersofParlia- dinary Gentlemen) ment conduct sordid business. The COURTESY WARNER BROTHERS STUDIOS graphic novel of mysterious, stylized protagonist Evey (Natalie Portman) and V (Hugo Weaving) become unlikely allies against the same name, See VENDETTA, page 14 a totalitarian society In the Wachowski Brothers' V For Vendetta. ittiiiM QHHHjjHBj

12 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS ft ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, MARCH 24,2006 Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore showcases vocal talents, set design Ruthven's secret to the baronet's a preview of the play's high-tech or the Witch's Curse is not only in the most noticeable and unique Margaret Tung cousin Despard (Alex Hemsath, backdrops. The set features a THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF English but also favors comedy over feature of Copper's performance Will Rice '01), the sailor's endear- series of stylized portraits that tragedy and acting over arias. is his voice. While his posturing is The word "opera" usually ing persona allows viewers to double as stage wings, where live Throughout the show, Sid consistently jovial and rotund, his conjures up images of overweight forgive him quickly. characters playing the paintings' Richardson College junior Geoff inflections—especially during the women in thick clown makeup Both characters, while they de- subjects appear sublimely. Copper — who plays the cursed operetta's longer songs — appeal singing melodramatic Italian. But livered captivating performances, The show's choral and brassy protagonist Baronet Ruthven to viewers' sympathies through the encountered costume difficulties at instrumental moments flow well 'ruddigore' Murgatroyd — outshines his co- ear more than the eye. times. They fought with their obvi- but do not stand out in comparison stars. Copper, who is mild-mannered To counter Copper, Hanszen ously fake moustaches in an effort with its vivacious acting. Although •••1/2 of five and shy in Act I, captivatingly junior Andrew Reich, who plays iggf to keep the whiskers, and although the majority of the play's script is set evolves into a callous and criminal Ruthven's foster brother Richard, 8/5iffaarchi 23,25,30-April 1 they were unfazed by the wardrobe to a melodic background, the cast's heir to the Murgatroyd family curse provides comic relief with his vo- 10 p.m. March 24 malfunctions, they did not, as they use of the stage and vocal inflection in Act II. Ruthven, who lives in cal stylings. A sailor who speaks 2:30 p.m. March 26 should have, improvise to improve do more to capture Gilbert and Sul- disguise as a simple farmer under almost entirely in unintelligible Hanszen Commons the situation. livan's comic brilliance. Witty and the alias Robin Oakapple, must metaphor, he skillfully keeps his $5/students, $10/others often hysterical, this production of commit a crime every day or suffer mariner's accent while singing. Luckily, the show's other His physical presence and onstage technical aspects held together Ruddigore illustrates the influence a Hanszen College and Rice Light a torturous death. confidence reflect that of his much better. Even before the creative cast and crew can have on Opera Society's production of As the foundations of his character. Even when he reveals house lights dim, audiences get an already humorous show. Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, masquerade begin to crumble,

TEST PREP AND KAPLAN ADMISSIONS We Are Scientists outmatches audience energy at Monday concert Think about law. Bryce Gray high-school girls sat by the stage band's hour-long set. He might THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF poring over U.S. history textbooks, have been looking for reassurance, FREE LAW FORUM Weeknight rock concerts make and a smattering of 20-somethings but it was obvious immediately for an interesting crowd. The usual drank Lonestar longnecks in quiet that the band needed neither con- Learn about the law school admissions process. student weekenders who come to moderation. The club was only half- fidence nor poise to overcome its Get valuable test-taking tips and strategies. blow off steam rarely make ap- full and felt more like an anemic audience's apathy. pearances, buried under academic backyard jam than a cover-charged We Are Scientists shined in Hear from experts at a panel discussion. deadlines until Friday comes. The rock 'n' roll show. the wake of several tame opening th career-driven yuppies often work acts—Los Angeles-based Foreign Tuesday, March 28 late nights Monday through It was obvious Born played a short set with a 6:00-8:00 PM Thursday or are busy wining and swaggering stage presence but dining each other in hopes of immediately that completely unintelligible vocals, University of Houston Law Center I Krost Hall another minor promotion. and England'sThe Grates pounded So the assembled leftovers the band needed quickly through a furious series of Space is limited! To register, visit us online at scattered around Walter's on neither confidence Le Tigre imitations. kaptest.com/law or call 1-800-KAP-TEST. Washington Monday night com- In comparison, We Are Sci- prised a formidably lackluster nor poise to entists stayed professional and audience for New York City-based OVERCOME its vivacious. Murray's well-timed law Forum participants: We Are Scientists. six-string riffs skidded off the walls of the club with impressive Baylor Law School; SMU Oedman School of law; South Texas College of Law; Luckily, the band shook off the audience's apathy. Texas Tech University School of Law; University of Houston Law Center; crowd's case of the Mondays and and deafening power. Bassist Chris University of Texas School of Law; Texas Wesley an University School of Law settled into a tight set worthy of a "But this is a party, isn't it?" Cain danced up and down the much more devoted fan base. Keith Murray, We Are Scientists' fret-board of his vintage Fender As the upbeat musicians saun- lead singer and guitarist, asked Thunderbird while keeping beat *AJI law ftxjrr! participants many not be '©presented at ever/ event tered into the spotlight, a few brightly before launching into the See SCIENTISTS, page 14

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Exhibit opening attracts partiers, not paleophiles It was Thursday night—time used technology of the future to suit up and party down. The to uncover the mysteries of the event: opening ceremonies past. But the crowd of young for the Houston Museum executives focused more on lost of Natural Science's cell phones than the new dinosaur exhibit, lost world. "Ancient Fossils, New I wondered how Discoveries." Like a to proceed through juvenile Tyrannosau- this Jurassic jungle of rus, this dinophile gentry. Should I intro- was going solo on that duce myself? Should hunt known as scene- I stare, perhaps inap- schmoozing. propriately, at their For once, the walk Evan nametags to see who from Rice to the mu- they are? Should I just TAYLOR JOHNSON/THRESHER seum made me feel Mintz suavely stand there The couples of Babyf an idiosyncratic musical about the joys and perils of pregnancy pair off for a dance number. like I was in a real and wait for someone urban center. I was to come up to me? I strolling through the Museum tried to remember how to become Baby sheds playful light on child bearing District on the way to a swanky, an artsy hipster without already martini-filled scene — on the having a foot in the door. Bryce Gray together just before discovering Because of the play's disjointed lookout for mass transit and I would think a dinosaur ex- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Lizzie is pregnant. structure, Baby's accompanists everything. And as I walked into hibit opening would be filled with Unexpected pregnancies, mar- While Baby has a small principal have a challenge in providing the main hallway of the natural shaggy-haired nerds like me do- riage, abortion and male impotence cast, the play's focus rarely lingers cues and timing transitions for science museum, that feeling ing their best Velociraptor impres- are all complex and challenging is- on any one of the couple's narrative the actors. Music director and grew like a plume of volcanic sions, but no. If only the Thresher sues. So what better way to confront threads for long. Occasionally the pianist Chris Burt, a Wiess junior, ash in the early Triassic period. had a wider circulation. Then I them than through ... song! Wiess whole cast shares the stage, but fearlessly leads drummer Julien Glazed over the newly-installed could have gotten "Hey, you're College's spring musical, Baby, each couple remains in an isolated Jaworski (Baker '05) and bassist skeletons and video lectures that Thresher guy\" Instead I hear, does just that, offering its audience scene; during these choreographi- Elliot Cole, a Baker junior, through were local hipsters lapping up "Excuse me, young man." a look at the difficulties and joys cally challenging ensembles, it is these rhythmic labyrinths. The the eat-and-meet, open bar and Maybe I was just not look- of three couples who experience difficult for the audience to ignore three have a simplistic and tight social scene galore. I live for this ing broadly enough. Screw concurrent conception. the characters frozen in place on sound that belies the complexity sort of schmooze and booze. 50-something — I was looking the periphery. of their music. for 65 million-something. As 'baby' The play is stronger when only A simple set aids the instru- Leave me with appealing as being the darling one pair of actors is present onstage. mental musicians and eases scene of the modern age salon scene • • • of five Each couple has a slightly different changes. The stage is bare and my social really may be, Mesozoic-age chemistry, and the variation helps black, and the same props are models installed at the museum March 23-25, 30, 31, April 2 hold the audience's attention. recycled from scene to scene, awkwardness if it were much more interesting. 8 p.m., Wiess Commons Rodin and Conroy showcase minimizing the distraction of each means I can keep The newly discovered Bam- tickets cost $4/students their vocal talents in several duets. entrance and exit. A few awkward biraptor fossil looks like Veloci- $6/others An upbeat tango number provides and unavoidable set changes plague my dinosaurs — raptor's little brother who was welcome energy early in the show the first act—as the writing tries to convinced that he was a bird. The first couple, Alan (music and is countered by a dramatic wrap up each couple's story, Rodin I do the best The computer-created alumi- graduate student Tom Conroy) song about the couple's marital cannot help accommodating the 1st num model of Apatosaurus and Arlene (Wiess College junior problems after intermission. The playwright's breaks. Il4 VELOCIRAPTOR looked like Apatosaurus' fossil and show director Nicky Rodin), actors'voices blend with virtuosic Overall, Baby successfully walks impression at had donned the metal hat from are a pair of uptight empty-nesters ease as they trade lines above a the line between serious themes Mario 64. And I looked like I was surprised by the unforeseen con- simple accompaniment. and comic scripting. There are Rice anyway. having the time of my life, once I sequences of a night of drunken Tucker and Young also work several very funny moments, from shrugged off my concerns about passion. The second, Nick (Isaac well, although their acting is Wiess freshman Jason Hawley's Or at least I wish I did. Awk- being a socialite and tore into Chua, Baker'05) and Pam (Martel slightly more convincing than cameo as a bumbling doctor to a wardness overwhelmed me as the meat of the exhibit. College senior Suzanna Attia), their duets. However, both have troupe of baby-obsessed geriatrics I stepped into the exhibit. Old Moving models ofT-rex joint are a married couple struggling little trouble taking control of cornering a very pregnant Lizzie guys with nametags were intro- biomechanics. Realistic mock- to conceive, and the third, Danny the stage during their solos, and in the park. Entertaining, heartfelt ducing old ladies in pearls to ups of late Cretaceous forests. (Will Rice College senior Diego they belt out their lines with and only occasionally preachy, Baby young ladies in Hillary Clinton And analyzing Ceratopsian Tucker) and Lizzie (Sid Richardson conviction and clarity, striking a provides an interestingly eclectic pantsuits. There was no place functionality for mating rituals College freshman Marisa Young), beautiful balance with the show's and melodic perspective on the in these VIP herds for a rogue rather than defense. are a college couple who move in musical accompaniment. prospect of birth. Triceratops enthusiast. Leave me with my social The open bar received more awkwardness if it means I can interest than the opening of new keep my dinosaurs — I do the scientific discoveries. 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wants to blow up the building to smoking gun. And although the make Britain a better place. Wachowski brothers did not direct Everything about Parliament in Vendetta, their influence on the film Vendetta reeks of Nazi Germany. is evident and welcome in the film's Scientific experiments are per- color scheme and blocking. formed on humans, creative think- Weaving nails the role of the ing is outlawed and homosexuals masked V. While Portman can make are cast out of society. Even the eloquent use ofher facial expressions High Chancellor's red and black to convey her emotional turmoil, I iconography conjures images of Weaving does not have a similar Hitler and his swastika. luxury. But he overcomes the vocal Cinematographer Adrian Biddle restrictions caused by his omnipres- (The World is Not Enough) adds to ent mask with subtle inflections and the Matrix parallels, although he cadences in his voice, creating a had no hand in those films. Ven- compelling idol and a complex and thet detta does not feature the rubbery sympathetic protagonist Athl acrobatics of Matrix fight scenes, Although Vs face is never shown, expj but Biddle makes even the most the viewer still gets to know the ketlf mundane moments visually riveting. dark hero intimately, and his story 2001 Raindrops falling on Portman's face grows more compelling with every Satif hold audiences' aesthetic attentions, scene. Vfor Vendetta isentertaining, as does a pivotal fight scene in which provocative and one of the first truly Toi Vs knives leave wispy trails like a worthwhile films of 2006. tior staij

COURTESY BECKY SHIM CHICK PICK We Are Scientists open an energetic show to a lethargic crowd Monday at Walter's On Washington. SCIENTISTS Sports fan succumbs to From page 11 her first girly TV show

in his heels to the rock-solid and Squalor, the dancy and ir- belted out lyrics about bad parties OK, I admit it. I regularly And maybe I'm just a dorky rhythms of drummer Michael reverent "Nobody Move, Nobody and hopeless relationships with an watch a show on the WB. Well, I Rice student, but the sheer num- Tapper. The three have an innate Get Hurt." If the song can secure enthusiasm that went ironically TiVo it every week, which is the ber of guys Carrie, Samantha, chemistry uncharacteristic of a a rotating slot on MTV2, then We unappreciated in the less-than- same treatment I give anything Miranda and even Charlotte band with such a small, recorded Are Scientists has a definite shot animated crowd. outside of the Masters and World slept with always seemed a bit repertoire. Despite five years play- at mainstream success. As the concert ground to a stop. Series. Maybe it was outlandish. Certainly ing together, We Are Scientists Several other songs stood We Are Scientists traded banter my childhood of play- I laughed at "Friends" only has one full-length album, out — the bouncy "This Scene is and opened up the collars of their ing baseball — and I and was empowered this year's With Love and Squalor, Dead" rocked along at an elevated sweated-through button-ups. The mean real, overhand- by "Sex and the City," creating a challenge in song ar- tempo, and the optimistically titled small but newly enthusiastic crowd throw-Little-League but my realist side rangement for a band headlining a "It's a Hit" showcased the band's slowly thinned into the humid baseball—or perhaps likes the even way "Re- national tour. On Monday the band radio potential. Houston night, sated and secure it has more to do with lated" treats issues like played nearly its entire repertoire We Are Scientists' trademark in the knowledge that this might the not-even-a-good- love — familial and but with novel arrangements and sound — characterized by fpoppy, have been their only chance to soap opera "I )awson's romantic—sex, aging song ordering. ast-paced rhythms, Murray's clear see We Are Scientists in close Creek," but something Amber and break-ups. TTie band's hopes and dreams voice and plaintive vocals—trans- quarters — even if if meant staying about my ties to the The show's dia- lie in the first track of With Love lates well to the stage. Murray out late on a Monday. WB just feels dirty. Obermever logue is well-written "Related," how- but not overdone like ever, has made me face my fears. the VVB's golden child, "Gilm- GSA AWARDS -- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The show, set in New York, fol- ore Girls" — yes, I admit my lows the lives of the four Sorelli mom and sisters conned me It is time once again to recognize those outstanding graduate students, faculty and staff who do their utmost to sisters: oldest Ginnie, a 30-year- into watching a few episodes enrich the lives of Rice graduate students by nominating them tor the 2006 Graduate Student Association old, confident-yet-neurotic at- of that one. too. And since the Awards. torney whose unexpected preg- show is on the WB, its stars are nancy with husband Bob ended not famous, although you may The GSA annually confers five awards, as described below. I HI-. DKADUNK LOR SUBMISSIONS IS in atraumatic miscarriage; Anne, recognize Lizzy Caplan, who APRIL 3. 2(M)ft I .etters of nomination describing why the individual is deserving of such recognition should be a psychologist in her late 20s who plays Marjee, from Mean Girls. submitted to the GSA at MS-527 or, preferably, via email to the current Internal VP Ler/an Celikkanat at is trying to cope with the end of The actors are not going to be Lerzanfo rice.edu. (The Sallyport Award deadline is April I. 2006 and should be submitted direct!) to Student her six-year relationship with up for Emmys anytime soon, Alumni Liaison Committee at to Iblinnfo rice.edu or hard copies to MS-520). Nominations ma) be submitted by Danny; Marjee, a mid-20s party but they are sufficiently tal- faculty, staff, graduate students, and graduate student alumni. planner with a wild side; and ented to have just the right style Rose, who has recently changed for the script's bantering repar- The GSA awards are meant to encourage and recognize outstanding service to graduate student life and majors to experimental theater at tee — and to know not to inter- education at Rice. The award criteria are intentionally kept vague in order to permit recognition of the broadest New York University. fere with its somber scenes. possible range of service to the Rice graduate community. In one memorable scene, Ginnie, Marjee and Rose head 1) h AC. I 'LTV I LACHING/.MKN I'ORIN'G AWARD: Recipients are selected based on demonstrated to Anne's apartment for an inter- OK, I admit it. I commitment to graduate education on teaching graduate students at Rice. The award consi ts of S1.500. funded vention, going to great lengths to regularly watch a through the Office of the President, and a plaque. Up to two awards may be conferred each year. coax the emotionally damaged Anne to leave her couch and her show on the WB. 2) l-'AC't LI V/M All- SLR\ ICL AU \KI> Recipients are selected in recognition of efforts beyond the call of bag of Doritos. And when Anne duty tn improve the quality of life for graduate students at Rice. The award consists of a plaque. Up to two self-loathingly refuses to move, Unfortunately, "Related" awards may be conferred each year. theother three commence hum- might soon go the way of'Sports ming until she is so annoyed that Night," the best-written and 3) ROBERT LOWRV I'ATTI N VW \RD ilQR (.RAPUA IT S I I IU N I St I lie award, named in honor of she agrees to join them. worst-handled show ever. 'Hie the GSA's faculty advisor, recognizes graduate students who may not otherwise have been honored for their Sure, the humming wasalittle WB is merging with I 'FN. cre- service and achievements on behalf of graduate students. The award consists of S400. funded by a dedicated wacky, but the sisters' genuine ating a new station called — no endowment, and a plaque. Up to four awards may be conferred each year. yet light-hearted compassion comments from the peanut gal- and dogged determination lery, please — the CW network. 41 GS \ SERVICE UVAR1) TOR (,R \I)L A I L S I I l)LN I Si Recipients are selected based on contribution struck me as the perfect treat- "Related" might not survive the of time, effort, and devoted service to the cause of improving graduate student life and education at Rice The ment for a heartbroken friend consolidation, thanks to ratings award consists of S500. funded by the GSA. and a plaque. Up to two awards may be conferred each year. —it was something I would want floundering somewhere below my sisters to do for me. And that the series finale of "Tru Calling." si LRILNI) OF Rl( T (»R M)l All Sit DENTS \\\ ARD Recipients are selected in recognition of realism is what distinguishes the The show was poorly promoted; significantly enhancing the lives of graduate students at Rice University in some way I his award is a token of show from other X-chromosome- the only reason 1 knew about it happy programs. appreciation to honor people within and beyond the Rice community who may not otherwise be recognized for was because my nifty — you guessed it — TiVo previewed in their service to graduate students. Candidates for the award may or may not be members of the Rice community, The show, which is produced back in August. but they should not he eligible for the other four awards. The award consists of a plaque. by "Friends" guru Marta Kauff- man among others, mixes some The show is already finished of the best elements of that 6) SALLYPORT AW ARD is presented by the Association of Rice Alumni to recognize a deserving graduate for the season and may move to show and "Sex and the City." degree candidate who has made contributions to the Rice community above his or her individual department and another station in the fall — I Even in its better early years, who may not otherwise be recognized. The winner will receive a silver bowl (with his/her name and year know, they said the same thing "Friends" mainly just tried, engraved on it) and a stole to wear at graduation. The winner's name will also appear on a plaque in the Rice about "Sports Night." But trust though often successfully, to Memorial Center. The Student-Alumni Liaison Committee decides the recipient of this award. Therefore, please me, if this wake-up-and-check- be funny. "Related" deals with the-boxscores former sports send a faculty letter of recommendation and a resume electronically to IblinnC" rice.edu or hard copies to MS-520 weightier issues—the Sorellis' editor can become a devotee to nominate a graduate student for this award. Students can also be nominated using an online form at mother died when Ginnie was of a chicky cable show, you www ruf.ricc.edu-'' 7Estact/awards.html. The deadline for the Sallyport Award nominations is April I. in high school — and not just can too. 2006. in a think-of-all-the-jokes-we- can-make-about-Phoebe-being- Amber Obermeyer is a Baker a-surrogate sort of way. For more information consult the GSA webpage at:http://ww w.ruf.ricc edu/~gsa College senior and editor in chief. ! 1 . ' • • . - v : •

L . - . , ** • . » , * orts Page 15 THE RICE THRESHER Friday, March 24, 2006 Indiana defeats Owls in WNIT by Amber Obermeyer Greg Williams (Hanszen '70) said. had tied the game by halftime. But "But I'll certainly remember the Indiana, which had strong post play- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF way this team refused to quit and ers of its own, prevented Rice from With 12 players returning from finished the year extremely strong. making a first-half run. The Owls the team that won the 2005 Western ... I'm very proud of this team, and cut the Hoosiers' lead to six points Athletic Conference championship, I think they did a fantastic job in a twice early in the second half but jTmrrrr mv expectations for the women's bas- lot of adverse situations." could never get any closer. ^ ill ketball team were high entering the After Frazier's injury, the Owls "The Indiana game was very 2005-'06 season, which concluded — despite using just an eight- similar to our Jackson State game in Saturday with a loss to Indiana in player rotation for most of their that we came out very flat," Williams the Women's National Invitation games — won 12 of their last 15 said. "The big difference was that Tournament. But those expecta- games, advancing to the C-USA (against Indiana], we were on the tions changed in November, when championship game as well as the road and we were playing a better starting guards Maudess Fulton WNIT. Rice has now made three team. ... We came out very un- and Whitney McCauley, both consecutive postseason appear- emotional, very lethargic and very sophomores, were lost for the sea- ances and seven in the last nine tentative to start the game. When we son with knee ligament tears. years. Williams said consistency started playing with more energy, it Injuries left the Owls vulnerable is important for the program. was too big a hill to climb." to a murderous non-conference "It would have been disappoint- One highlight of the Owls' schedule that included four road ing for us not to have gotten to the WNIT run was the continued de- games against top-60 teams. Rice postseason when there were such velopment of two sophomores who went 4-7 in non-conference games high expectations for the team from played important roles in the team's overall, including three losses by the beginning," Williams said. "We late-season run. Center Valeriya less than five points. returned 12 players who went to Berezhynska averaged 10 points The beginning of the Confer- the NCAA tournament, but we've and 8 rebounds over the team's ence USA slate was no kinder to tried to stress that this is our third last 15 games, using her 6-foot-4 the Owls, as the vagaries of the year in a row in the postseason and frame to increase her aggression. conference's scheduling meant seventh in nine — that's how you Berezhynska was the team's lead- that Rice's first six C-USA games build tradition, and that will most ing scorer and rebounder against included four on the road and four certainly help in recruiting." Indiana, with 18 and 6. against the conference's top five In the WNIT, Rice defeated Point guard Kadie Riverin led teams. The Owls went just 2-4 in Jackson State University 64-48 at the team in shooting percentage that stretch, culminating in a loss to home March 15 before losing at this season — which is rare for Southern Methodist University that Indiana University 67-57 Saturday. a guard — and the Owls' short- dropped the team to 6-11 overall In both games, the Owls got off to handedness on the perimeter and that included a season-end- a slow start, trailing by at least 10 forced her to take more shots late ing Achilles tendon tear for junior points in the first 12 minutes. in the season. Riverin had her guard Krystal Frazier. Against Jackson State, Rice best offensive game of the year TAYLOR JOHNSON/THRESHER "The low point was when we answered by using its taller and against Jackson State, scoring a Junior Lauren Neaves attempts a layup against Jackson State Match 15 in were 6-11 and had just lost ourlead- superior post players to dominate career-high 20 points including two the first round of the WNIT. The Owls' postseason run ended in the second ingscorer [in Frazier]head coach the Tigers inside, and the Owls Set- BASKETBALL, page 17 rourtJ with a 67-57 loss to Indiana on Saturday. Women's tennis splits a pair After loss to Longhorns, by Adriene Giese A lineup change should also give the Owls a boost. Freshman Alanna Rodgers baseball readies for C-USA THRESHER STAFF will move down from the third position Degerman enters the game with a perfect to the fifth position. Sophomore Tiffany by Matt McCabe The women's tennis team suffered 5-0 record, a 0.86 earned run average and Lee and senior Medeja Fgic will move THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF its first home loss of the season Friday, 58 strikeouts in 41.2 innings. falling to 44th-ranked Sacramento State up a spot to No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. After succumbing to the University of With a lingering shoulder injury still University in a close 4-3 dual match a Rodgers said the lineup change will help Texas for the ninth straight time on Wednes- sidelining sophomore right-hander Bobby day after easily beating Columbia Uni- her in the coming matches. day, the baseball team will open its inaugural Bell, Degerman and sophomore left-hander versity 5-2. "I felt like I've had chances to finish season of Conference USA play tonight at Joe Savery, the Sunday starter, will have to 'TTie girls went out this past weekend the matches — I just haven't been doing 7 p.m. at Reckling Park. Rice (18-7), ranked pitch well for the Owls to be successful in C- and ... left it all out there," head coach it," Rodgers said. "I think switching the second nationally by Baseball America, will USA In addition. Rice will need its bullpen, Roger White said. "They did everything lineup will allow me to come up against host Fast Carolina University (16-7). With especially senior right-hander Bryce Cox and that I asked them to do, but that doesn't a different style of player." only 24 conference games in the nine-team sophomore left-handers Bobby Bramhall and always guarantee a win." Rice will wrap up its season-long, league — as compared to the Western Ath- Cole StClair, to be reliable in order to close six-match homestand Saturday at 3 p.m. Rice has just six dual matches re- letic Conference's 30-game slate — Rice will out tight games down the stretch. against the University of Tulsa. The Owls maining before the Conference USA have to take advantage of its home series to "We need Degerman to have a good start," beat the Golden Hurricane 5-2 last year. tournament, which will be held April win its 10th straight conference title. Graham said. "[In conference], the things 20-23 in Dallas. White said intangible Tulsa is unranked, but White said the "There is a premium on every game that win [are] executing the small game factors will be important in the confer- Golden Hurricane are capable. because there are good teams out there and and getting good starting pitching. I think ence tournament. 'Tulsa is not ranked right now, but you can't afford to slip up against the second the relief pitching is going to come into play. that isn't indicative of their level of play," "At this point of the season, it comes [tier], or you're going to end up battling," The bullpen structure for conference is really White said. "Th

Friday 3/24 all day Men's and Women's Track TSU Relays (Rice Track/Soccer Stadium) all day Men's Tennis Rice Invitational (Jake Hess Tennis Stadium) BY THE NUMBERS 3 p.m. Women's Tennis vs. SMU (Jake Hess Tennis Stadium) The women's basketball team has made 7 p.m. Baseball vs. East Carolina (Reckling Park) First C-USA game for the Owls Saturday 3/25 all day Men's and Women's Track TSU Relays (Rice Track/Soccer Stadium) all day Men's Tennis Rice Invitational (Jake Hess Tennis Stadium) 7 2 p.m. Baseball vs. East Carolina (Reckling Park) postseason appearances In the last nine years. Rice has also 3 p.m. Women's Tennis vs. Tulsa (Jake Hess Tennis Stadium) been in the postseason the last three seasons, making the WNIT in 2004 and 2006 and advancing to the NCAA Sunday 3/26 all day Men's Tennis Rice Invitational (Jake Hess Tennis Stadium) tournament last year. 1 p.m. Baseball vs. East Carolina (Reckling Park) 16 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 24,2006 SPORTS NOTEBOOK Men's tennis wins four straight matches the men's and women's track Three Owls compete teams provisionally qualified for Owls host two ranked teams at Rice Invitational this weekend nationals, but their marks were "Tech will be the team to beat," decisively at No. 1, and freshman by Dylan Farmer I! at NCAA meets not good enough for spots in the assistant coach Efe Ustundag Christoph Muller teamed with Freshman Diane Gu and NCAA field. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF (Baker '99) said. "South Florida has Knupfer to add another victory at sophomore Brittany Massen- — Brian Mothersole After suffering its fourth loss talent in their top two players, but No. 3. Searle, Haerle and Muller gale each made her debut ap- in five matches two weeks ago to other than that they've struggled. won at the first, third and fourth pearance at the NCAA Division Florida State, the men's tennis We should do all right against them spots, respectively, and junior I Swimming and Diving Cham- Golf finishes seventh team rebounded, winning four and Purdue." Jason Mok added another victory pionships, held March 16-18 in at Border Olympics straight matches to improve its Ustundag said he thinks the at No. 6. Athens, Georgia. The only Rice record to 9-5 on the year. The team will be driven by its three representatives at the meet, the The golf team finished Owls defeated 46th-ranked Uni- seniors — 35th-ranked Robert two swimmers competed in a seventh among fifteen teams versity of Minnesota at Jake Hess Searle, Tony Haerle and Rodrigo 'Since [the Florida total of four events but did not participating at the 55th-annual Tennis Stadium March 11 before Gabriel. } score in any of them. Border Olympics, held March heading to San Diego to best "I think the senior leader- State loss], everybody s Gu, who automatically quali- 16-18 in Laredo, Texas. Montana State University, Gon- ship will help tremendously," fied for the 50-yard freestyle at Rice opened the tournament zaga University and 36th-ranked Ustundag said. "It's starting to been fighting hard the ConferenceUSA Champion- with a season-low round of University of San Diego. sink in that they're nearing the ships in late February, finished 285 and added 296 and 305 in end, but I think it's affecting them through all the matches, 34th out of 76 swimmers. Gu's the second and third rounds, positively. They're taking care of time of 23.12 seconds was respectively. The team's total things both on and off the court and that's what's made three-tenths of a second away score of 886 was its second 'San Diego was the with more professionalism, and the difference.' from qualifying for the finals. lowest of the year and was that's helping the team." Gu finished the 100 freestyle in three strokes behind sixth-place first match that we We Both Searle and Haerle were — Tony Haerle 51.31, about two seconds behind University of Houston. Baylor had everyone together undefeated during the Owls' four- Senior the mark needed to qualify for University won the tournament match winning streak, and the the finals. with a score of 855. and healthy since the 50th-ranked doubles tandem they Massengale posted a time Individually for the Owls, lost only one of their four doubles The Owls returned that eve- I of 4 minutes, 49.51 seconds in senior Parker LaBarge placed season started.' matches — by a close 8-f- score to ning to sweep Gonzaga 7-0. The seventh overall with an even-par thl the 500 freestyle preliminaries — Ron Smarr San Diego's 19th-ranked Pier rick Bulldogs did not win any sets in to finish 27th of 54, missing 216,13 strokes behind the tour- either singles or doubles, and t]| Head men's tennis coach Ysern and Thomas Liversage. a spot in the finals by about nament winner. Sophomore Jeff "Rob and Tony were up 6- the highlight of the match was dil two seconds. Massengale had Krakowiak finished tied for 21 st 3 in that doubles match and Knupfer and Muller's 8-0 victory clj qualified for the 500 freestyle with a four-over 220 and sopho- just ended up losing," Ustundag at No. 3 doubles. I after swimming a Rice-record more Addison Awe's 226 placed This weekend, the 47th-ranked said. "But they didn't give it away. Two days later, the Owls I 4:46.58 at the C-USAChampion- him in a tie for 51st. Junior Heon Owls will face 37th-ranked Texas They played a solid match — the posted their biggest victory ships. She also swam the 1,650 Young Lee and freshman Kyle Tech University, 73rd-ranked other team just played a little bit of the week, upsetting San freestyle at nationals, finishing Kelley rounded out the scoring Purdue University and the Uni- better." Diego 5-2. In doubles, Knupfer 28th in 16:37.33. for the Owls, tying for 56th with versity of South Florida at the teamed with sophomore Filip Sophomore Callie Wells was 12-over 228s. Hyatt Regency Downtown/Rice Zivojinovic for a victory at No. the Owls' lone representative The team next competes Invitational, where they hope to 2 and the doubles point de- at the NCAA Indoor Track and at the Courtyard by Marriott step three wins closer to an NCAA The senior leadership spite Searle and Haerle's loss at Field Championships March 10 Intercollegiate April 7-8 in Ra- tournament berth. will help tremendously. No. 1. Searle then started off in Fayetteville, Ark. Wells' time leigh, N.C. The tournament is Texas Tech has defeated three singles with a 7-6, 6-2 victory of4:46.93 in the mile preliminar- one of two remaining events for top-60 teams en route to a 9-4 It's starting to sink in over Ysern. Knupfer, Hearle and ies was good for a 7th-place fin- the Owls before the Conference record, including a win over 38th- Zivojinovic took wins at the third, ish in her heat and 14th overall, USA Championships, which will ranked Middle Tennessee State, that they're nearing fourth and fifth spots to round out but she finished 3.37 seconds be held April 24-26 in Columbus, which defeated Rice 5-2 Feb. 25. the scoring for the Owls. behind the last qualifier for the Miss. However, the Red Raiders also lost the end, but I think Hearle attributes the team's finals. Some other members of — Dylan Farmer to the same San Diego team the its affecting them recent success to a change in Owls defeated Friday. attitude. positively.' "We started to come together — Efe Ustundag (Baker '99) when we played Florida State, even though we lost," Haerle said. "ITiey Assistant men's tennis coach went on to defeat [a top-10 team], 2006 Year-End Awards and we know we can beat those types of teams because we should Against Minnesota, the Owls have beaten them. Since then, The Office of Student Activities, the SA Awards Committee, the Association of Rice Alumni, opened the day with a quick win everybody's been fighting hard and the Community Involvement Center coordinate their respective year-end awards that at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to through all the matches, and that's recognize service by students to the Rice community. Any member of the Rice community secure the doubles point. Searle, what's made the difference." Haerle and Gabriel secured the Fielding their full roster of may submit a nomination. Qualified candidates may be considered for any of the five team victory with straight-set players also helped the Owls, awards. If you have any questions please contact the Office of Student Activities (x4097). singles wins, and sophomore Ralph something they have not been able Knupfer added a three-set victory to to do consistently throughout the give Rice the 5-2 dual match win. season. The RICE UNIVERSITY SERVICE AWARD, given in memory of Dean of Students Hugh Scott In San Diego, the Owls again "San Diego was the first match Cameron, is awarded to as many as four individuals of the Rice student population, past opened play — this time against that we've had everyone together and present, who have been most exemplary in rendering service to the student body. Montana State — with a quick and healthy since the season doubles-point victory. Searle and started," head coach Ron Smarr Haerle defeated the Bobcats' said. "And that made it a very The SALLYPORT AWARD is presented by the Association of Rice Alumni to recognize a Marek Gebicki and Kyle McDonald good win." deserving:

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THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 24,2006 17 BASKETBALL From page 15 BASEBALL From page 15 momentum changing three-point- Elder, the team's emotional ers. leader, played as many minutes as The injuries to Bell, senior right- centerfielder Drew Stubbs and to hit first in games against left- "Coach had been telling me I need her chronic knee problems would hander Ryne Tacker and junior then surrendered a double to UT handed starters. to be more aggressive, and I think that allow, settling the team down with shortstop Josh Rodriguez have leftfielder Carson Kainer. The hit "The only thing I change was the time to do it," Riverin said. her steady ball-handling and using allowed reserves to see more action plated Stubbs, who knocked the when I hit leadoff is [that] in the "No one else was really stepping up, her speed to maintain the Owls' on the mound and in the field. ball out of sophomore catcher first at bat, I'll generally take the so I felt that I had to." up-tempo game. Sometimes, after "Having a couple of injuries Danny Lehmann's glove as he first pitch every time or try to Due to the injuries, senior a Friday night game, Elder would gives guys some opportunities to scored. work the count more to get our guards Amber Cunningham and be unable to walk on Saturday step up, which I think will help in batters [a chance] to look at the Latrice Elder and junior forward but would manage to play 15 key the long run," sophomore right- ball," Friday said. "The rest of Samantha Stovall played more minutes on Sunday. hander Will McDaniel said. "It the game I'm not even thinking minutes than would have been A shoulder injury kept Jeffries gives guys more experience on 'There is a premium about being leadoff — I'm just expected entering the season. out of the team's last 13 games, but the mound. And once we get Bell, trying to hit the ball." Williams said he was pleased with the sharp-shooter contributed 11 Rodriguez and Tacker back, we'll on every game.... The UT game was McDaniel's the 6-foot Stovall's development points in just 22 minutes against have more guys with experience, You can't afford to second start in as many weeks. this year. Davidson in December. Jeffries and we'll be at full strength with McDaniel looks to see continued "When Krystal had her injury, also sank many clutch shots in her everybody going." slip up against the action in mid-week games as his we were playing Samantha on the previous three seasons with the McDaniel got the nod as the confidence increases and his perimeter and in the post," Wil- Owls, buoying them to a home win starting pitcher against defend- second tier.' endurance improves. liams said. "From that point on, she against the University of Texas-El ing national champion and 18th- — Wayne Graham "All through last year, I didn't became strictly a perimeter player. Paso in 2004 with a cool shooting ranked UT (16-10) Wednesday. Head baseball coach get a whole lot of innings, but She made some huge improve- touch off the bench. He pitched well, allowing three just being around and getting ments in that part of her game, DuPont joined the team last year hits and two runs while striking that year under your belt helps and it gives us a great dimension after four years on the volleyball out three and walking none in a lot," McDaniel said. to have someone with her size who team. She played just eightminutes 4.2 innings. After UT starter Riley Boen- McDaniel showcased a good can play on the oerimeter." last season as she got reacquainted "Will has got a lot of character, ing gave up two runs in the fastball and breaking ball against Another possible benefit from with basketball, before playing and I think that he is a pitcher sixth, the Longhorn bullpen UT, and he said he needs to be the injuries, Williams said, is that that many minutes per game this very much in the developmental was perfect, allowing no hits and able to throw his curveball for a the team now has a more equal season. Having four post players stage," Graham said. "He'sgoing striking out three in 3.1 innings. strike in order to be effective. distribution of talent between allowed Rice to often wear down to keep getting better, and he Weekend starter Adrian Alaniz Over the break, Rice played classes. Fulton and McCauley both its opponents inside, and DuPont, showed [Wednesday] thathecan pitched the ninth inning and got seven games, including four redshirted, meaning that they will at 6-foot-4, presented matchup pitch under pressure." the save to secure the 3-2 win for on the road. Last weekend, the be sophomores next year problems for other teams even But the I^onghorns took the the Longhorns. Owls hosted Texas A& M-Corpus '"Hiat balances our talent and when she did not score. early lead in the game, scoring UT has now won the teams' Christi and took both games, our class size, and down the road Williams, who was in his first a run in the bottom of the third past seven meetings in Austin, winning 17-2 on Saturday and that could really be the hidden season as coach this year, has inning and again in the bottom dating back to 1998. The Long- 3-0 Sunday. blessing for the entire program," signed three players, including two of the fifth, before sophomore horns have also won a remark- During spring break. Rice Williams said. point guards, for next year. With the shortstop Brian Friday and senior able 28 of their last 29 midweek split its two games, losing 9-8 Next year, Rice will have to do Owls' six leading scorers return- second baseman Greg Buchanan games, dating back to 2003, a at Sam Houston State March 15 without the four seniors on this ing and the team becoming more scored for Rice in the top of the tribute to their pitching depth. and winning 11-2 at home March year's roster: Cunningham, Elder, acquainted with the new coaching sixth. Friday scored when Ro- With a 1-4 night at the plate, 14 against San Diego. The Owls guard Rosyland Jeffries and center staff, Williams said he has high driguez grounded.into a double Buchanan extended his hitting also won two of three games Catherine DuPont. hopes for next year's team. play, and Buchanan scored on streak to 11 games. He had one at the Whataburger College Cunningham was a key offensive "When I took the job and started sophomore leftfielder Jordan of just three Owl hits, while Rice Classic in Corpus Christi before contributor for the Owls down the looking at our roster, I knew that Dodson's infield hit. held UT to only four hits—pitch- spring break, March 10-12. Rice stretch, scoring 12 or more points — even though this team had high The score remained tied 2-2 ing ruled the day. notched wins over TCU and five times in their last 15 games. expectations — our best team on until the bottom of the seventh, Friday batted in the leadoff A&M-Corpus Christi but lost to Cunningham played a particularly paper would be next year," Wiliams when Bramhall walked UT spot Wednesday and continues Arizona State. important role offensively in the said. "We return our top six scorers C-USA championship game, hitting along with Maudess and Whitney th ree three-pointers at critical times who would have certainly been in to keep the game close. our top-eight rotation this year." TENNIS From page 15 *1

After the Lions secured a singles a point after losing in doubles to ill point at the second position against the Hornets, Egic tied the score sophomore Christine I)ao, l>ee an- with another easv win, defeating swered with a win at No. 4. Senior Cecila Helland 6-0, 6-0 at the fifth Medeja Egic closed the dual match position. Then Sacramento State with a three-set win at the fifth spot. took a commanding 3-1 lead with Attend a Wellness Center class to learn The Owls took the doubles point victories at No. 6 and No. 1. with wins at all three positions. I^ee and Dao responded with how to relax your friends, roommates, Rice returned to the court the wins to even the score. Rodgers' de- next day against Sacramento State, ciding match went to a tiebreaker, lovers, or family with new skills and a losing in an exhausting match that which she lost 9-7, and Rice's upset lasted more than four hours. Down bid fell short. soothing touch... «Sf <•. Reiki -Ancient Japanese technique of r balancing Ki. Tue. March 28, 6-9PM $45* 77ieR I C E COFFEEHOUSE is now hiring! Backrub 101 -Upper body Utopia! Tue. April 18, 6-8PM $30*

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4. lee (RU) d. Soda (CU) 6-2,63 0 10 5 Totals 34 8 11 5 Total* 38 9157 Assists—Jackson St. 13 (Burns 4). Rice 24 (Riverin, Wall 1 1 5. Egic (RU) d. Condlt (CU) 4«, &4,6-1 Rlc* IF H ER BBSO BF Cunningham, Elder 5) R H I 6. Braid (RU) d. Varnay (CU) CO, 6-3 -r BY THE Savery W (3-1) 5 3 SCOT* by Inning Rice 021 200 102 8 111 Attendance — 328 Crow 3 2 1 0 Sam Houston St. 410 100 003 9 15 4 MEN'S TENNIS march 10-22 Bramhall S (1) BASEBALL E — Cox, Holzbach, Cox, Perry, Price; DP — Rice 2; Attendance — 2,690 LOB — Rice 13; SHSU 11; 2B — Savery, Bramhall, RICE B SAN DIEQO 2 Martin, Krailo, Trevino; HBP — Friday, Luna. Mann; March 17, 2006 — San Diego, Calif. RICE 2 TEXAS 3 AAM-CC 2 MCE 17 SH — Buchanan, Dodson, Lehmann, Perry; March 22, 2006 — DisctvFalk Field. Austin, Texas March 18, 2006 — Reckling Park SF — Cook; SB — Dodson; CS — Friday, Lembeck. 1. Ysem/Liversage (SD) d. Searle/Haerle (RU) 8€ Rice (18-7) Texas (16-10) AMMC (9-14) Rice (17-6) Rice IP H R ER BBSO BF 2. Knupfer/Ztvonjinovic (RU) d. Plotnik/Mouly (SD) AB R H Bl Name (pom) ABR H Bl Name (pot) AB R H Bl AB R H Bl Name (pos) Price .2 5 4 4 1 1 8 98 2 10 0 Friday ss 6 1 1 0 Friday ss 3 1 0 0 Peoples 3b 4 0 0 0 Galloway cf Sperring .2 3 1 1 1 1 6 3. Muller/Harknett (RU) d. Sekiguchi/Coetzee 4 0 0 0 Buchanan 2b 5 4 4 0 Buchanan 2b 4 1 1 0 Danks dh 3 0 0 0 Williams rf St.Clair 5.2 4 1 1 0 6 20 (SD) 84 Savery lb 4 0 1 0 Stubbscf 2 1 0 0 Vazquez dh 4 0 2 0 Savery lb 1 3 1 1 Cox 1 2 2 2 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 Lehmann lb 1 1 0 1 Rodriguez dh 3 0 0 0 Kainerlf 3 0 1 1 Sadler pr Pessa L (0-1) .1 0 1 1 1 0 3 Singles 2 0 0 0 Rodriguez dh 3 2 2 3 Dodson If 4 0 1 1 Wheeless lb 3 1 1 0 Mercado lb Gunderson .1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1. Searle (RU) d. Ysern (SD) 7-6, 6-2 2 0 0 0 Ford ph-dh 1 0 1 1 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Lembeck rf 2 0 0 0 Russell rf 3 0 0 0 Jordan lb Sam Houston State IP H R ER BBSO BF 2. Plotnik (USD) d. Harknett (RU) 7-6, 6-3 4 0 12 Dodson If 2 2 2 0 Reagan c 1 0 0 0 Suttle 2b 3 1 1 0 Plumaj c Adkisson 2 3 3 0 3 0 13 3. Knupfer (RU) d. Koristovic (SD) 6-1, 6-3 Lehmn ph/c 1 0 0 0 Clark c 2 0 11 Olivarez ss 4 0 10 Bramhall ph-lf 4 1 1 0 Duncan 3 3 2 0 1 3 14 2 3 4. Haerle (RU) d. Liversage (SD) 6-1,1-6, 7-6 RICE 87 INDIANA 67 Ford ph 1 0 0 0 Fuller ss 2 0 0 1 Hawpe If 2 0 0 0 Luna 3b 5 0 Price 1 1 1 1 2 1 6 0 0 0 5. Zivonjinovic (RU) d. Sekiguchi (SD) 6-4,1-6,6-4 March 18, 2006 — Assembly Hall Luna 3b 4 0 0 0 Molina ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Sprring ph-3b 1 Prihoda 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 6. Mouly (USD) d. Muller (RU) 6-1, 6-3 Bloomington, Ind., WNIT first round Henley cf 2 0 0 0 Parra 3b 3 0 0 0 Lembeck rf 1 1 Heinrich .1 1 0 0 2 0 4 Totals 292 3 1 Totals 25 3 4 3 Munoz 2b 2 10 0 Myers ph-rf 3 0 0 0 Gray 2 1 2 2 0 1 4 Rice 28 29 — 57 Reagan c 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 RICE 7 QONZAQA 0 R H E Zornes ph-c 2 0 0 0 March 15, 2006 — San Diego, Calif. Tulsa 38 29 — 67 Score by Inning Alford W (lO) Rice 000 002 000 — 2 3 1 Henley cf 3 1 1 1 W: Texas 001 010 10X — 3 4 1 Taylor ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Attendance — 721 Doubles Rice (18-14) Totals 302 4 2 Totals 41171815 1. Searle/Haerle (RU) d. Adams/Arthur (GU) 84 Stovall 2-5 OO 4, Neaves 2-6 00 4, Berezhynska E — Luna; Suttle DP — Texas 1; LOB — Rice 6; SAM DIEPO 2 RICE 11 2. Gabriel/Mok (RU) d Womack/Pineda (GU) 8-3 6-13 5-7 18. Riverin 2-6 0-0 5, Cunningham 3-7 00 Texas 1; 2B — Kainer, Suttle; HBP — Henley; Score bylnnlng R H E March 14, 2006 — Reckling Park 3. Muller/Knupfer (RU) d. Penny/Fratt (GU) 80 9, Wright 1-1 OO 2, Elder 2-6 1-2 6. DuPont 2-5 OO SH — Reagan; Clark; Fuller; SB — Dodson; Whee- A&MOC 000 000 002 — 2 4 1 4, Loggins 2-5 1-2 5 less. CS — Clark. Rice 552 203 OOX — 17 18 0 Score by Inning R H E Singles Totals: 22 54 7-11 57 San Diego Oil 000 000 — 2 11 1 1. Searle (RU) d. Arthur (GU) 6-3, 6-1 Rice IP H R ER BBSO BF E — Jordan (8); DP — Rice 1; LOB — A&MOC 4, Rice 100 003 52X — 1115 1 2. Knupfer (RU) d. Womack (GU) 6-2, 6-1 Indiana (18-13) McDaniel 4.2 3 2 2 0 3- 17 Rice 10; 2B —Olivarez (4), Friday (6), Buchanan 3. Haerle (RU) d. Pineda (GU) 6-3,6-1 Thomas 1-5 1-2 3, DeMuth 7-16 6-6 20, Hawkins Bramhall L (1-1) 1.11 1 110 5 2 (7), Savery (10), Luna 2 (3), Lembeck (5); Attendance — 2,759 4. Muller (RU) d. Fratt (GU) 60, 6-3 2-8 5-8 9, Valentin 10-17 5-7 26, Smith 0-3 1-2 1, St.Clair 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 6 3B —Henley (5); SF — Lehmann (2), Lembeck (3); 5. Gabriel (RU) d. Penny (GU) 6-4, 6-1 Boyd 0-1 OO 0, Enterline 1-3 OO 2, McKay 1-1 OO Texas IP H R ER BBSO BF SB — Rodriguez (1), Dodson (5). RICE 21 TAMU-CC 1 6. Mok (RU) d. Adams (GU) 60, 6-2 2 4 2 24 2, Roberson 0-2 2-4 2, Branson 1-3 00-2 Boening 5.2 3 2 March 12, 2006 — Whataburger Field 0 0 0 0 5 A&M-CC IP H R ER BB SO BF Totals: 23-59 20-29 67 Kasperek W (3-1) 1.10 Corpus Christi, Texas RICE S MONTANA STATE 2 Wood 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 Trager L (1-1) .2 6 5 5 11 9 March 15, 2006 — San Diego, Calif. Rebounds — Rice 44 (Berezhynska, Neaves 6), Alaniz 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 Criss 2.1 7 7 7 2 2 16 Score by Inning R H E Indiana 49 (Thomas, Hawkins 10) Thompson 3 4 5 5 4 1 18 Rice 608 133 OXX — 21 22 0 Doubles Attendance — 5,624 Nottebart 2 1 0 0 12 8 TAMUOC 001 000 OXX — 1 9 1 Assists — Rice 18 (Cunningham 4), Indiana 11 Rice IP H R ER BBSO BF 1. Searle/Haerle (RU) d. Gebicki/McDonald (MS) 17 S3 (Thomas 4) Degerman W (50) 5 1 0 0 16 Attendance — 2.930 A&M-CC 0 RICE 3 Cooper 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 2. Ueltschi/Chigateri (MS) d. Gabriel/Mok (RU) 98 March. 19. 2006 — Reckling Park 3. Muller/Knupfer (RU) d. Hauck/Berriochoa (MS) Attendance — 884 Traweek 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Cox 1 2 2 2 2 2 7 RICE S ARIZONA STATE 6 80 A&M-CC (9-15) Rice (18«) JACKSON STATE A* RICE 64 March 11, 2006 — Whataburger Field Name (pos) ABR H Bl Name (pos) R H Bl Attendance — 2,807 Corpus Christi, Texas Singles March 15, 2006 — Autry Court Galloway cf 4 0 0 0 Henley cf 112 1. Searle (RU) d. Ueltschi (MS) 6-2 (inj.) WNIT opening round Williams rf 0 0 Buchanan 2b 0 2 0 2. Gebecki (MS) d. Knupfer (RU) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 RICE a SAM HOUSTON ST. 9 Score by Inning R H E Aguayo dh 1 0 Savery p-dh 0 10 Rice 010 300 100 0 — 5 7 4 3. Haerle (RU) d. McDonald (MS) 6-2, 6-2 Jackson State 29 19 — 48 Vazquez ph 0 0 Rodriguez lb 0 0 0 March 15, 2006 — Sam Houston State Baseball Arizona St. 000 100 301 1 — 6 11 2 4. Muller (RU) d. Chigateri (MS) 7-5, 6-3 0 0 0 Complex, Huntsville, Texas Rice 29 35 — 64 Mercado lb 2 0 Dodson If 5. Dybala (MS) d. Gabriel (RU) 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 Plumaj c 1 0 Lembeck rf 0 0 0 Attendance — 3,168 6. Mok (RU) d. Huack (MS) 60, fr2 Sadler pr 0 0 Friday ss 110 Rice (16-6) Sam Houston St. (10-8) Jackson State (17-14) Olivarez ss 0 0 Lehmann c 10 0 Name (pos) ABR H Bl Name (pos) AB R H Bl Burns 4-17 2-2 10, Liddell 4-10 OO 12, Easley Hawpe If 0 0 Luna 3b 0 10 Henley cf 4 1 3 1 Holzbach cf 5 2 4 1 TCU 1 RICE 8 MINNESOTA 2 RICE 5 4-17 34 11, Stanford 1-4 OO 3, Scott 0-3 2-4 2, Parra 3b 1 0 Buchanan 2b 5 0 1 0 O'Neill ss 5 12 0 March 10, 2006 — Whataburger Field March 11, 2006 — Jake Hess Tennis Stadium George 4-14 OO 10, Gains 0-6 OO 0. Dowdy OO Munoz 2b 0 0 Savery lb 4 1 1 2 Martin rf 5 12 1 Corpus Christi, Texas OO 0, Jones 0-1 OO 0 Totals 31 0 5 0 Totals Rodriguez dh 3 1 0 0 Krailo lb 4 12 2 Doubles Totals: 17-72 7-10 48 Dodson If 3 1 0 Twardowski prO 0 0 0 Score by Inning R H E 1. Searle/Haerle (RU) d. Osorio/Wilkins (UM) 8-5 Score by Inning R H E Friday ss 4 0 Zaleski lb 0 10 0 TCU 000 000 100 — 1 6 1 2. Schwark/Dedreyne (UM) d.Mok/Knupfer (RU) S3 A&M-CC 000 000 000 — 0 5 0 Lembeck rf 2 0 Cox 3b 2 0 Rice 400 000 31X — 8 11 0 Rice (18-13) 3. Muller/Harknett (RU) d. Geatz/Kantar (UM) 8-6 Stovall 1-6 OO 2, Neaves 9-14 2 4 20, Berezhynska Rice 100 020 OOX — 3 6 0 Bramhll ph-rf 3 1 Warren 3b 0 0 Singles 3-5 0-0 6, Riverin 8-110-120, Cunningham 0-4 OO Luna 3b 2 1 Trevino If 2 1 Attendance — N/A 1. Searle (RU) d. Geatz (UM) 7-5, &3 0, Wright 0-2 OO 0, Elder 2-3 0-16, DuPont 11 OO DP — A&M-CC 1; Rice 1; LOB — A&M-CC 7, Rice 5; Lehmnn ph-c 1 0 0 Mann 2b 0 1 2. Osorio (UM) d. Harknett (RU) 6-4, 6-2 2, Loggins 4-9 0-2 8 2B — Henley (4), Luna (4); HBP — Hawpe, Henley; Reagan c-3b 3 1 0 Fry dh 0 0 3. Knupfer (RU) d. Edlefsen (UM) 6-7, 7-5, lO (6) Totals: 28-55 2-8 64 SH — Luna (1); SB — Savery (5), Friday (3). Mire dh 0 0 WOMEN'S TENNIS Cook dh 1 1 4. Haerle (RU) d. Debreyne (UM) 7-5, 6-2 5. Schwark (UM) d. Muller (RU) 7 5, 6-3 Rebounds — Jackson St. 41 (Scott 9), Rice 46 A&M-CC IP H R ER BB SO BF Perry c 0 0 SACRAMENTO STATE ABICE^ (.Neaves 13) Wilson L (1-2) 7 5 3 3 2 4 27 Gilbert ph 0 0 6. Gabriel (RU) d. Wilkins (UM) 6-4, 60 March 17. 2006 — Jake Hess Tennis Stadium

Doubles GOLF 1 Karnaukhova/Lyssenko (CSUS) d. DiSesa/Rodg ers (RU) 8 2 2. Schifris/Martinez (CSUS) d. Patenaude/Egic LOUISIANA CLASSICS March 17-18, 2006 — Laredo Country Club (RU) 8-4 Laredo, Texas 3. Lee/Dao (RU) d. Helland/Pimenova (CSUS) 8-5 Hey, Team esults (16 teams) Singles 1. Baylor 855 1. Karnaukhova (CSUS) d. DiSesa (RU) 4-6, & 2. Memphis 860 3,6 2 3. Texas Arlington 867 2. Dao (RU) d. Schifris (CSUS) 70, 3-6. &4 4. New Mexico State 869 3. Martinez (CSUS) d. Rodgers (RU) 20, 6-4, 7-6 5. Lamar University 873 4. Lee (RU) d. Jarlkaganova (CSUS) 6-4. 6 2 6. Houston 883 5. Egic (RU) d. Helland (CSUS) 60, 60 7. Rice 886 Rice 6. Pimenova (CSUS) d. Braid (RU) 6-2, 6-1 8. Notre Dame 888 9. Southeastern Louisiana 889 COLUMBIA 2 RICE 5 10. South Alabama 891

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