ce Thresher Vol. XCIII, Issue No. 4 SINCE 1916 Friday, September 9, 2005 Students volunteer at dome, food bank by David Brown volunteering efforts and ways THRESHER EDrroKlAL STAFF to continue to help hurricane victims. Hundreds of Rice students were Griswold encouraged students to among the thousands of Houston visit the CIC Web site, http://www. volunteers who went to Reliant Park, rice.edu/service, for information the George R. Brown Convention about how to volunteer, donate goods Center and other service agencies and make monetary contributions for looking to help victims of Hurricane the relief effort. Students should also Katrina last weekend. attend a training session Monday, Community Involvement Center Griswold said. The training, from Director Mac Griswold said more 12-1 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the than 100 students volunteered RMC, is being held to prepare stu- for CIC-organized trips to the dents for interacting with evacuees Houston Food Bank, and others directly, Griswold said. went on their own or in groups to "Some volunteers may not be evacuee shelters. ready for what they're going to see," "What I saw in the first 72 hours Griswold said. "There are a lot of very after the evacuees arrived was just emotional people [at the shelters]." amazing," Griswold said at a Stu- But with evacuees arriving by MARSHALL ROBINSON/THRESHER dent Association forum Wednesday. the thousands late last week, many "There has been a flood of phone students went straight to Reliant calls and e-mails from people asking Park Friday when the American Red Relieving pressure how to help." Cross waived the requirement that Sid Richardson College freshman Simon Tong (left) and Jones College sophomore Chris Conner help a hurricane About 30 students attended the volunteers be trained. evacuee at the Reliant Astrodome Sept. 1. (See story, page 9.) forum and discussed last week's .See VOLUNTEERS, page 4 About 100 Tulane students expected Monday by Risa Gordon of determining which classes still had this, and Rice is a first-choice institu- enrollment and classroom space for tion," Wright said. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF the students, and would have a list of At a Student Association forum An estimated 80-120 Houston- available classes by Thursday. Wednesday, Dean of Undergraduates area students from Tulane University He said the Registrar's Office Robin Forman said Rice's size forced 1 T'd fUvsa will enroll at Rice this semester, had heard from several depart- the enrollment limitations. mmw Vice President for Enrollment Ann ments — mostly in the science and "1 know there are frustrations Wright said. engineering schools — that would we can't do more, but we're a small As of Wednesday afternoon, the not allow students to enroll in spe- school with limited resources," For- Admissions Office had received cific classes next week because it man said. about 200 applications, of which 134 will be too late in the semester. Students from Tulane will be as- had been approved. Students who are admitted as signed colleges on Friday afternoon, Students from other New Orleans- visiting students are required to have Forman said. area universities will not be admitted, permanent addresses in a ZIP code Visiting students are normally a policy shift from last week that was range of 77000-77599 and provide assigned colleges. However, the result of space constraints. proof they are Tulane students. students from Tulane will not be The admitted students who decide The Admissions Office had offered housing on campus. to enroll at Rice will attend orienta- planned last week to consider admit- Although Tulane students are tion Saturday in the Student Center, tingstudents from other universities expected to pay Rice tuition and fees at which they will receive academic on a case-by-case basis. Wright said if they have not already paid theirTu- advising and enroll for courses. As the number of inquiries the Admis- lane tuition, Rice will give the tuition of Wednesday afternoon, 60 students sions Office received — more than money to Tulane, Wright said. had confirmed they would attend 1,0()0 — led them to limit the enroll- Rice will also honor any financial Saturday's orientation. ment offer to Tulane students. aid packages Tulane has awarded The majority of the students are Wright said Tulane's affilia- students. Tulane costs about $7,500 freshmen and sophomores, Wright tions with Rice in the Association per year more than Rice in tuition said. Students were being offered of American Universities and and fees. IAN WHITE/THRESHER admission on a rolling basis. Conference USA led to the deci- "We have made the com m itment to Applications were due Thursday sion to offer admission to Tulane give back any tuition collected [from Over our heads at 5 p.m., and final notifications were undergraduates. Tulane students]." Wright said. Hanszen College senior Olaya Pazo (right) spikes the ball against Sacra- sent this morning. "Part of (the reason Rice received Forman said Rice expects the mento State in Rice's 3-2 win Sunday. (See story, page 14.) Registrar David Tenney (Sid '87) so many applications] was that Rice students to return to Tulane for the said Wednesday he was in the process was the first institution to talk about spring semester. Off-campus students worry INSIDE Career fair OPINION Page 2 If you're graduating sometime this year, Is Rice doing enough after Katrina? about safety, change routines bring your Rice ID, resume and fervent A&E Page 12 desire not to move back in with Mom Not too hip for Tori Amos and Dad after graduation to the Rice Ca- Apartment complexes increase security as evacuees move nearby SPORTS Pages 16-17 reer Expo, from 1-5 p.m. today at Autry Football preview Court. by Lauren Murphy about the influx of evacuees. Candia said she was unaware of any seri- FOR THE THRESHER ous crimes at her apartment complex, but Quote of the Week Although the arrival of thousands of hurri- said Harvest Hills management had distrib- Do I know you? "I felt like I was walking around, collecting these cane evacuees in I louston has not dramatically uted a flier notifying residents of several car Houston-area Tulane University heart-wrenching images that I would have to process later." increased crime in the city, some off-campus vandalisms. students who were displaced by Hur- ricane Katrina and and have been ac- — Martel College junior Jon Avalos, on volunteer- students have safety concerns. Nancy Lin, a Hanszen College junior, said ing at the Astrodome. See story, page 9. Rice University Police Chief Bill Taylor the change to the area around her apartment cepted to Rice as visiting students will said crime in the area and at Rice has not at Archstone Medical Center — which is lo- begin classes Monday. Tulane students: Scoreboard increased significantly since the evacuees cated across Fannin Street from Reliant Park Welcome to a smaller and nerdier version Volleyball arrived in Houston. — occurred rapidly. of your school. Texas Tech 3, Rice 2 Taylor said some RUPD officers have been Lin said she noticed a dramatic increase in Sacramento State 2, Rice 3 reassigned to patrol more closely locations the number of pedestrians on the street and along the perimeter of campus, including around the METRO Rail stop. Soccer game tonight Weekend Weather the college lots and Greenbriar Lot, as a News crews and filmmakers also inter- The soccer team will play the final Friday preventative measure. viewed people outside, and voices from people game of its five-match homestand tonight Sunny. 70-93 degrees Martel College senior Lauren Candia in the streets were audible throughout the at 7 p.m. against Stephen F. Austin State Saturday moved out of her Harvest Hills apartment day, Lin said. University at the Rice Track/Soccer Partly Cloudy. 71 94 degrees Sunday about two blocks away from Reliant Park the "It's changed the dynamic of our apart- stadium. The Owls are currently 3-1 on Partly Cloudy, 73-93 degrees day after the evacuees arrived. ment complex," Lin said. "Driving toward the season. Candia said her parents were concerned See OFF-CAMPUS, page 6 i \ ' ' - ••• Z£* - •' ' : • 1 • - THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,2005 the Rice Thresher LETTERS TO THE EDITOR fine. Their families have homes and have capped their assistance at 25 or Columnist mistaken money and the worst that will happen 50 students. We opened our doors to to them is they will miss a semester all Tulane students from Houston, on oil supply, demand of school. Everyone in New Orleans and we could have up to 400 addi- should be so lucky. tional students. Your conclusion about Maintain week's To the editor: I am now living in New York Ciiy Columbia's response comparing so 1 laud Amber Obermeyer's effort to with my wife Kiyom' Tj oemner favorably to Rice's is simply false and integrate learning into opinion ("Oil's (Hanszen '00). Leebron was once unsupported by any announcement laudable volunteering macro-problems do not have easy mi- here as dean of the Columbia Uni- on their Web site. They opened ap- cro-solutions,"Sept 2) .Two mistakes, versity School of Law. Columbia, plications to their school of continuing Rice did a spectacular job this week of rising to Hurricane Katrina's however, cannot go unnoticed. thousands of miles away, is doing studies—and notfor "free." Ourstaff challenge. Despite our small student body, hundreds volunteered. The oil stashes of Iraq, Iran and more than Rice. It is offering free is working very hard to accommodate (See Story, Page 1.) And Houston has been right in step.