Touch the art An unfortunate Well deserved incident INSIDE Matchbox Gallery exhibit challenges Recent alum questions if the National College Hall of Fame SA begins visitors’ notions of inside, outside, McMurtry stripper incident really grants former Owl Lance Berkman place planning for welcomes selfe-takers constitutes unsafe environment among other decorated players new Survey of All Students see A&E p. 4 see Ops p. 3 See Sports p. 6 See P. 2

Volume 99, issue no. 23 student- since 1916 wednesday, march 25, 2015 Alumni to skip colleges on Beer Bike by Drew Keller Assistant News Editor

The Association of Rice Alumni has asked alumni not to participate in Saturday morning activities at their residential colleges during this year’s Beer Bike; instead, ac- cording to the ASA, the alumni tent will open earlier and ofer expand- ed amenities. Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations Marthe Golden said the goals of the changes are to not only enhance the alumni expe- rience, but also to give undergradu- ates the opportunity to have their own unique Beer Bike experiences in the residential colleges on Sat- urday morning. Student safety has also previously been an issue with alumni on Beer Bike. “We are sensitive to concerns in the colleges regarding having alum- ni present in the students’ residen- Marcel Merwin/thresher tial and private areas, and in some Martel College junior Justin Cho constructs the college’s annual Beer Bike structure. Last year, Martel built cases, creating a potentially unsafe environment for students,” Golden Crafty a life-size replica of Candy Land on their sundeck, and they plan to build a Pokemon center this year. said. “We are committed to support- ing the well-being of our students and alumni, in order to make Beer Bike the best possible event it can be. Sid Rich party theme change unrelated

We are being asked to respect that many of to Title IX talks, ‘not a new problem’ the Saturday morning Andrew Ligeralde “Since its conception, every of negative emotions should the Schmidt said she views the activites are intended Thresher Staff year Sidizens have come forward person have experience with some change as positive regardless. for the current under- and either talked to [resident as- sort of rape in high school.” “[Some] people were saddened grads. A varied crowd of flower chil- sociates] or masters about how un- Schmidt said the college’s to see [the schoolgirls theme] go, dren and prep school students filled comfortable the theme makes them executive council met this past but there were definitely people Sid Richardson College this past feel,” Schmidt, a junior, said. September to gauge student opinion excited to see it go,” Schmidt Rachel Mis Saturday for their annual spring According to Schmidt, this is not in response to the controversy said. “I think the change was Alumni Host Committee semester public party. In previous the first time the college changed surrounding the party. The council positive because I firmly believe years, “Sid Schoolgirls” accumu- the theme of the public. initiated an open forum for Sidizens that if something makes people lated a wide following of students “The opposition to the to voice their concerns in addition uncomfortable, then it should dressed in button-down shirts, ties schoolgirls theme is definitely not a to releasing an anonymous survey change. And the minority opinion and skirts. This year, however, the new problem,” Schmidt said. “Last containing questions like, “What is very important to me.” According to Rachel Mis (Will new theme, “Sidstock,” marked a year, the theme was [discussed] offends you about the theme?” According to Schmidt, the open Rice ’10), a member of the alumni change in tradition that, according too late to change it. So the and “What would you like to see forum talks were successful in cre- Beer Bike host committee, alumni to Sid Richardson President Lauren socials changed the name to ‘The changed about the party?” ating a safe environment for stu- will still be able to take part in other Schmidt, was only a matter of time Academy’ to diffuse the schoolgirls “We looked at the feedback and dents to vocalize their opinions. activities at their residential colleges and was unrelated to Title IX. connotation, which elicits a lot it was clear we needed to change the “I [would say] that you could before Beer Bike. theme because it did elicit negative use the discussion at Sid as a mod- “There are various events emotions from a lot of people,” el for how people should go about throughout Willy Week that the resi- Schmidt said. “Whether or not they discussing things in the college dential colleges are inviting alumni attended the party wasn’t the issue. that make them uncomfortable,” to attend, but we are being asked to It was more that, as a college, Schmidt said. respect that many of the Saturday we were institutionalizing the Despite rumors, the name morning activities are intended for sexualization of underage women, change is unrelated to recent the current undergrads,” Mis said. and that was unacceptable.” events and controversies surround- Each residential college will hold As a result, Sid Richardson’s ing Title IX, federal legislation that an alumni tailgate on Friday, accord- election process for socials this prohibits discrimination in educa- ing to the ASA. The alumni tent will year happened earlier than usual to tion on the basis of sex, according open at 9 a.m. Saturday morning, ensure that the socials could lead to Schmidt. earlier than in past years, and will the selection of the new theme. “We started the discussion last have more food and drinks as well as According to Schmidt, however, year, so it’s totally unrelated,” a disc jockey. However, alumni will the theme change was not popular Schmidt said. “It just happened also have to pay a $10 admission fee with everyone. that the timing of our party hap- to make up for the added costs. “Some people liked the classy attire pened after the events.” According to Mis, the ASA de- of schoolgirls, but we couldn’t come Schmidt also said the college veloped this year’s changes due to up with a theme that embodied that did not change the name under any several factors, including feedback without objectifying women,” Schmidt pressure from the administration. gathered by the alumni ofce. Mis said. “There were a lot of schoolgirls at “The perception I’ve been feel- said the 2.0 Group, made helen wei/thresher Sidstock. I don’t know if that’s a protest ing from [the] campus in general up of alumni who graduated more DJ Masimore prepares for the Sid Richardson College public party “Sidstock.” of the theme change, or people just try- is that a lot of people think the ad- 0see ALUMNI, page 2 The theme has changed from ‘Schoolgirls,’ to ‘Academy,’ to its current name. ing to have some fun.” 0see SID, page 2 2 NEWS the Rice Thresher Wednesday, March 25, 2015 SA developing NEWS IN BRIEF Survey of All Nick Thorpe chosen for Luce Scholars Fellowship Rice Engineering joins Grand Challenges Initiative According to a press release After orientation and language In a public letter to President successfully educate engineering from , the Henry study over the summer, the web- , Rice University students. Students Luce Foundation has chosen site said an associated organiza- joined 121 other American According to the website of the Lovett College senior Nick Thorpe tion, the Asia Foundation, will engineering schools Monday in National Academy of Engineering, Drew Keller as one of 18 nationwide Luce place candidates in professional committing to prepare engineers which coordinated the Grand Assistant News Editor Scholars for 2015-16 who will be positions in Asia. Thorpe will con- to address a number of “Grand Challenges initiative, the initiative placed in a professional setting in clude his fellowship in July 2016. Challenges” facing modern society. targets a set of 14 challenges The Student Association is developing an Asian country for 10 months. “My year as a Luce Scholar will The letter, signed by Dean developed with the White House questions to ask the student body through The Foundation chose Thorpe be the most challenging and trans- of Engineering Edwin Thomas, Strategy for American Innovation the mandatory Survey of All Students, for the fellowship after a long se- formative experience that I have mentioned Introduction to and the United Nations Millenium which students will complete during course lection process, according to the ever encountered,” Thorpe said. Engineering Design (ENGI 120), Development Goals. Each of registration later in the semester. Foundation’s website. The fellow- “Through this scholarship, I hope Senior Capstone Design, the Rice the committed schools plans to According to Lovett College President ship is open to graduates and grad- to gain a better understanding of Center for Engineering Leadership graduate at least 20 students each Grifn Thomas, the purpose of the SAS is to uating seniors who do not have ex- [the] communities and govern- and Engineers Without Borders year who are prepared to work collect information from the student body tensive experience with Asia. ments in the Asian region.” as examples of Rice’s ability to toward solving these issues. about both academic and non-academic issues. Thomas said the compulsory, biannual format of the survey is an improvement on the SA’s past system of collecting information. Coadvisor apps increase to more than “The SA used to send out more surveys,” Thomas, a sophomore, said. “However, because they were not required, participation was not high or necessarily 400, acceptance rate at 25 percent representative of the entire student body.” While the university administration creates most of the survey each semester, Jieya Wen interviews,” Kassim, a Martel College junior, easier for people who are abroad to access all Thomas said the SA also proposes questions Thresher Staff said. “You have a bigger pool now, so it’s hard the applications.” to be included on a variety of subjects. to cut people. Especially when you have only The online application additionally “There is not any one issue area that the Orientation Week 2015 received more than 12 [available positions], you want to get the provided every college’s mission statement survey is trying to address,” Thomas said. 400 co-advisor applications campus-wide, an best of the best.” for O-Week, a factor that may have made “It is rather used to identify trends across increase from 375 in 2014. Colleges received Bridget Schilling, a Lovett College O-Week students consider more options when multiple topics related student life.” 90 to 140 applicants each, according to coordinator, said Lovett received more ap- applying to co-advise, Schilling said. Weiss College President Alex Tran said Chris Landry, assistant director of First Year plications than last year too but declined to “Being able to have listed our mission the SA hopes to measure student opinion on Programs. reveal the number of applications. statement, versus having to pick up the a number of diferent issues. Landry said each college has 10 to 13 “There was a lot of crossover this year,” application, [gave] people who would “The SA portion of the SAS will poll spots, so about a quarter of the applicants are Schilling, a Lovett junior, said. “A lot of otherwise not consider Lovett a platform to students on their priority and preference of offered a position. people applied to multiple colleges. [Many] look at our mission statement and think, ‘I use of resources for topics such as parking, Mohammad Kassim, a Martel College O- got up to second round for multiple colleges can relate to that and I might want to be a campus wide spirit, grade infation and Week coordinator, said his college received too.” part of this O-Week,’” Schilling said. student activism,” Tran, a junior, said. approximately 95 co-advisor applications. Schilling said she thinks the online Both Schilling and Kassim said the pool of According to the minutes of the SA Sen- Around 60 students applied to co-advise at common application for co-advising applicants was more diverse this year. ate meeting on March 18, the SA is also Martel in 2014, according to Thomas Plack- contributed to the increase. “I thought we got a good number of considering topics including athlete rep- emeier, a junior and former Martel O-Week “[The common application] makes it international students, a number of typically resentation in student government, activ- coordinator. easier for people to apply,” Schilling said. less-represented Rice population applying,” ism on campus, graduate-undergraduate “We initially did some paper cuts, and “The paper application was a little bit harder. Schilling said. “That could be through a interaction, campus mentorship programs then we offered around 60 first-round [It] took more effort to fill out. It did make it combination of outreach and accessibility.” and communication between students and student resources. Thomas said he plans to use the results of the survey to help determine his actions 0SID as a student leader. from page 1 “This survey will defnitely help to inform my campus wide priorities moving into next year, and I hope that it will help ministration made us change the name, direct the agenda of the SA as [a] whole,” which is not the case,” Schmidt said. “It Thomas said. was an initiative started by a few Sidizens in the spring and our outgoing president Nick Cornell, who really pushed to have a safe discussion about it [and] see how peo- 0ALUMNI ple felt about the party and what needed to from page 1 change so that we could have a safe envi- ronment.” Schmidt said she is confdent the change than 10 years ago, showed particular interest in will proceed smoothly in coming years. adding alumni Beer Bike activities. “Sid will decide in the fall whether or not “When you’re only one or two years out, it’s we like Sidstock and want it to be a continu- very easy to return to Rice for Beer Bike because ing theme or whether we want to [change] ev- you still know a lot of current students,” Mis ery year,” Schmidt said. “As far as schoolgirls said. “But once you’re fve, 10, 20 or more years showing up to Sidstock, institutional memo- out, there’s not much for you to do. We hope ry is only four years. So four years down the some of these alumni tent improvements will road, I bet there’ll be much fewer schoolgirls meet this need.” at Sidstock.” Mis said she hopes the changes will in- Ana Gonzalez, a Sid Richardson College crease alumni participation in Beer Bike. freshman, said the theme change was well “With these changes, I think we have supported among the college community. a chance to make Beer Bike an all-around “We as freshmen didn’t really know about better experience for alumni,” Mis said. “If the Schoolgirls party to begin with,” Gonza- we can build up the number and quality of lez said. “But we all worked hard to give Sid- alumni-focused events during Beer Bike, stock a positive image.” then alumni will be more likely to return year Akeem Ogunkeye, a Jones College sopho- after year.” more who attended the party last year, said According to Mis, the ASA will continue he enjoyed Sidstock just as much. to look for ways to improve the way alumni “It was generally the same this year participate in Beer Bike. marcel merwin/thresher as it was last year,” Ogunkeye said. “At “We’ve implemented some experimental the time I hadn’t even thought about [the Martel College junior Thomas Plackmeier, senior Kelsey Hey- changes this year, and we’re going to have to theme], but if anyone complained I under- see what works best and what doesn’t so that son and freshman Sapna Suresh fll balloons for the annual stand why it was changed. I’m okay with it. Beer Bike can continue to be the amazing ex- Fill ‘em up water balloon fght on Beer Bike morning. Plackemeier said I know a lot of people who miss the theme, perience that we all love,” Mis said. Martel hopes to have a record number of balloons this year. but it is what it is.” 3

Letter to the Editor: ASK THE STAFF Dear Readers, McMurtry resignation unfortunate Whom will you target This will be my last issue as editor in chief. Beginning next week, current news editors After reading “Strippers, Title IX and a pres- by the presence of a male stripper on campus. at the water balloon Andrew Ta and Yasna Haghdoost will lead the ident-elect,” my initial reaction was one of sym- So is that why the administration allowed Thresher as editor in chief and managing edi- pathy for the former McMurtry College president- Baker College to hire a male stripper during Willy fght? tor, respectively. elect. He is the victim here (and I’m aware how Week? Because there was little threat of lawsuit? Being editor in chief has been simultane- touchy that word is in a feminist debate). His I could believe it. But that does not answer why “The photographers and Claire.” ously rewarding and frustrating. It would be friends took him by surprise by hiring a stripper, it is generally considered humorous and good Marcel Merwin, Photo Editor dishonest to say that I have accomplished the and he consequently found that he is the wrong fun to hire a male stripper to perform at Rice, but – goals I set for the Thresher this year. I realize gender to make a stand in an uncomfortable spot. inappropriate to hire a female stripper to do so now that change sometimes requires more time Whether because he was hugely embarrassed by (and a punishable ofense just to watch). Where “My awful boyfriend.” and resources than initially imagined. I have the situation or because he felt pressure from the is the equal treatment of the sexes there? Did – Claire Elestwani, Creative Director also learned that insurmountable limitations university to quietly step down, he declined to both strippers not perform willingly? Were both sometimes render even the most modest plans defend himself. Because I am disturbed by this strippers not paid for their work? impossibilities. situation and because I feel a duty to express I fnd it funny that I feel compelled to defend “Promiscuously dressed men.” But it’s easy to dwell on failures. At the be- my concerns to my alma mater, I will take up his this McMurtry student. I almost defnitely would – Yasna Haghdoost, News Editor ginning of the year (to the chagrin of the edito- cause. feel awkward at a party where a stripper was per- rial staf), I borrowed a rhetorical device from While I, of course, have not seen the images forming. But I think that points exactly to why I “Only Andrew Ta.” Dean Hutch to communicate the overarch- or videos from the party in question, I fnd it am so bothered by the administration’s handling – Julianne Wey, Copy Editor ing objectives for the year: the three Rs of rel- difcult to believe a “hostile environment that of this incident. I became the critically minded evance, reporting and reputation (and ramen, denies [students] access to education” was cre- adult I am today largely because of my wonder- Rachel, rotunda, rickshaw, rectifcation, Ron- ated there. When I attended Rice (not long ago), ful education at Rice. I encountered many things “The assholes that yell outside my delet, etc.). If nothing else, I think the Thresher if someone was uncomfortable at a party, he or that made me uncomfortable, but I knew I was window at four in the morning.” has consistently worked to report on issues that she was free to leave. Have parties changed so free to walk away or confront an issue myself, – Miles Kruppa, Editor in Chief are necessary for cultivating an informed com- drastically in four years that this was somehow and would be respected no matter my decision. munity. From student judicial processes to sex- not possible? How exactly was the supposed I resent an administration that, under the guise ual assault to the blanket tax to strippers, the hostility of the situation transmuted to students of treating men and women equally, insults the “Anyone with a mohawk.” Thresher has sought out the important, often not in attendance at the party? Will all parties on intelligence and good judgment of its students. – Sarah Nyquist, Sports Designer controversial, topics and treated them fairly. campus need to pass muster with each student’s I understand and appreciate the desire to For that, I am proud. comfort level? Such a quest for the lowest com- make Rice a welcoming place for every student. “My editors.” I am indebted to the amazing team of edi- mon denominator of social comfort can hardly The university cannot, however, accomplish – Drew Keller, News Editor tors that have accompanied me on this crazy create an environment that challenges students this goal by suppressing students’ rights. When ride. Without them, none of this would have to become discerning adults. a student is severely punished for doing some- been possible. They made me look good every But I’m not sure that is the priority of the Rice thing that is not wrong or against any enumer- “The tree rats.” week, but more importantly, they kept me sane administration. It seems it is easier to make a ated rules, but that just makes other students feel – Sophie Newman, A&E Editor with their humor and camaraderie. I am lucky show of force against an innocent student and uncomfortable, the pendulum has swung too far to count them all among my closest friends. nip a possible Title IX lawsuit in the bud than away from common sense. The treatment of this “El Pound, the Citas, P-suite, Claire, The Thresher will be in good hands mov- to stand frm against a lawsuit-happy world. A incident sets a dangerous precedent for Rice — ing forward. Andrew and Yasna’s ideas for the female college president-elect likely would not one that has potential to stife students’ freedom Thresher, my polo team.” Thresher will only enhance its impact and ser- have been so unfairly punished had all genders and sterilize their college experience. – Dante Zhakidov, Photo Editor Emeritus vice to the community. I cannot wait to work in this situation been reversed. But then, the under their leadership and see what they ac- National Organization for Women historically Claire O’Connor “Photo Editor Emeritus.” complish in the coming year. doesn’t represent college guys who feel ofended Hanszen College ‘11, ‘13 – Reed Thornburg, Backpage Editor

Miles Kruppa “The ground. You must think I’m a joke. I ain’t gonna be part of this is a Hanszen system, man.” College junior – Carrie Jiang, A&E Designer

“Al Deliallisi because fuck Will Rice.” – Maddy Adams, Sports Editor Errata “The patriarchy.” – Anita Alem, Assistant News Editor John Maeda sent a quote correction for the article “Maeda presents design’s emerg- ing role in tech” in the March 18 issue of the “Willy’s Statue with the aid of two Thresher: “Take Rochelle King, the vice presi- friends and a Gizilcher.” dent of design at Spotify, an art history major – Mitch Mackowiak, Opinions Editor who earned graduate degrees in engineering, worked in semiconductors and structural engi- “Fuckbois.” neering and later on become a head designer.” Additionally, the article “Code of Conduct – Jasmine Lin, Copy Editor outlines new rustication policies” incorrectly states, “ Rather than going on a case-by-case “Whoever designed the Rice Ofcial basis, SJP and University Court jointly de- Website.” termined a standard set of sanctions to be – Justin Park, News Editor imposed on students who received diferent levels of rustication.” Sanctions are still con- sidered on a case-by-case basis, and while “You.” University Court ofcers were consulted on the – Evan Neustater, Sports Editor revised Code, SJP ultimately had authority over the revisions.

Editorial Staff copy The Rice Thresher, the ofcial student newspaper Editorial and business ofces are located on the sports Jasmine Lin Editor at Rice University since 1916, is published each second foor of the Ley Student Center: Miles Kruppa* Maddy Adams Editor Julianne Wey Editor Wednesday during the school year, except during 6100 Main St., MS-524 Editor in Chief Evan Neustater Editor examination periods and holidays, by the students Houston, TX 77005-1892 Sarah Nyquist Designer backpage of Rice University. Phone (713) 348-4801 news Reed Thornburg Editor Andrew Ta* Editor Email: [email protected] art Yasna Haghdoost* Editor Letters to the Editor must be received by 5 p.m. Website: www.ricethresher.org Claire Elestwani Art Director business Anita Alem* Editor the Friday prior to publication and must be Marcel Merwin Photo Editor William Byers Manager Drew Keller Assistant Editor signed, including college and year if the writer is Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of Justin Park Designer arts & entertainment advertising a Rice student. The Thresher reserves the rights the Thresher editorial staf. All other opinion pieces Sophie Newman Editor Cynthia Bau Manager to edit letters for content and length and to place represent solely the opinion of the piece’s author. opinions Kaylen Strench Editor letters on its website. Mitch Mackowiak* Editor Carrie Jiang Designer * indicates member of the The Thresher is a member of the ACP, TIPA and Editorial Board CNBAM © Copyright 2014 arts ENTERTAINMENT 4 English professor Tim Morton talks to Bjork Kaylen Strench INFINITY A&E Editor The Museum of Modern Art in New York City (known to most as MoMA) is showcasing a ret- rospective of Bjork, a world-renowned Icelandic composer and musician, March 8-June 7. The three-story exhibit celebrates various elements of Bjork’s work over the past 20 years, using SPACE various auditory and visual mediums. Though perhaps not a complete critical success (The Atlantic’s Kriston Capps recently referred to as “slight on substance and nuance”), the exhibit is nonetheless impressive. In one section, visi- tors watch a strange, powerful music video in a dark room features the singer running around a volcanic cave, crying out in heartbreak. In another, attendees walk through a winding hall lined with artifacts from the artist’s career, ac- companied by music and narration.

Dr. Timothy Morton is an English professor and Rita Shea Gufey Chair at Rice University.

Perhaps most notable to Rice University students and faculty, however, is the univer- sity’s own mark on the exhibit. Rice’s Rita Shea Gufey Chair in English, Dr. Timothy Morton, collaborated with Bjork on a visual book cre- ated to accompany the MoMA exhibition. The fve-part work, Bjork: Archives, is an amalgam of art forms, including photographs of the art- ist’s fashion over the years, album artwork, il- lustrated text and poetry. Morton’s connection to the project can be traced back to July 2014, when he received an geneva vest/thresher email from the singer praising his 2013 book, Student artists June Deng, He Yutian and Sara Rodriguez put the finishing touches on their project “Bitter Salt.” The installation, which is Realist Magic: Objects, Ontology and Causality. crafted entirely from aluminum and emergency blankets, will be on display in the Matchbox Gallery until April 11. Morton responded by initiating a philosophical dialogue, and the two carried on a sprawling intellectual conversation for three months, de- spite never having met in person. During their ‘Bitter Salt’ exhibit debuts at Matchbox Gallery correspondence, they decided to collaborate on a project and soon realized that their 150-page Sophie Newman “Something we were interested in was distort- “We wanted to create a kind of cavern,” He said. email chain was a piece of collaborative art in A&E Editor ing the perception of space on the interior, as well “When you think of a cave, you think of something itself. The text was bound into one of the vol- as blurring the boundaries between the interior very natural, but we’re working with this space-age umes of Archives and sold alongside four other Bring your sunglasses: The Matchbox Gallery space and the exterior space,” Deng said. material that is totally man-made. We thought that booklets, which each strives to interpret and re- has been temporarily transformed into a very According to Deng, the idea of “infnity space,” contrast would be very interesting.” fect upon Bjork’s career in distinct ways. Other shiny cave thanks to the work of artist trio June or a distorted sense of depth, also helped shape According to He, part of the purpose of “Bit- contributors include MoMA curator Klaus Bie- Deng, He Yutian and Sara Rodriguez. Their new the creative process. ter Salt” is to provide visitors with a very hands- senbach, critic Alex Ross, musicology professor project, dubbed “Bitter Salt” (after the etymology “We wanted to experiment a little bit with the on experience, inviting them to step into, on and Nicole Dibben and poet Sjon. of the word “aluminium”), attempts to distort time idea of creating infnity space, so we started of around the art. Morton said in an interview with Houstonia and space through the use of refective materials. with covering the walls with emergency blankets “When we were making this, we were already magazine that he has been a fan of Bjork’s mu- Sheets of emergency blankets and aluminum foil and then adding these diferent pieces on top of it anticipating ... how people were going to walk in sic for decades, even before she had started her cover the gallery walls, and silvery sculptures pro- as accents and moments,” Deng said. “Decisions this space, hear the crinkles and experience the solo career and was moving between various trude into the space itself, making the dimensions on where [the protrusions] were came as we were materiality,” He said. “A lot of times when [people] bands. He described her as “futuristic” and “a of the room nearly imperceptible. building the space.” make artwork, it seems to be very sacred, but by leader in how to inhabit the new era.” Fittingly, The artist trio, also known as “HDR,” has been Lighting projections also add to the distortive allowing [audiences] to step in, I think we are ex- Bjork also said she’s long been a fan of Morton’s together since 2011. According to He, a Martel Col- efects of the refective materials, Deng said. tending the realm of the artist. We hope [the exhi- work, which focuses on object-oriented ontol- lege senior, “Bitter Salt” represents a collaborative “The projections that we have are actually im- bition] feels accessible and friendly.” ogy, a branch of metaphysics that considers ob- efort rather than a sum of individual pursuits. ages of salt dissolving,” Deng said. “But because For those planning to take selfes at the exhib- jects outside of their relation to human beings. “Even the process of putting things up was the space is very fragmented and the way the frag- it, there’s no need to be secret about it. According Rice reported that the two met late last year very symbiotic,” He said. “Everyone brought their ments are composed, you can’t really tell what’s to Deng, watching visitors take selfes helps fulfll when Morton few to Iceland to wrap up Ar- own innovations to the table.” actually being projected, so it just becomes this the artists’ vision. chives, and Morton has said that during his visit Before starting their project, the artists strange array of colors that’s constantly moving “Another exciting part is seeing people photo- he met Bjork’s friends, watched her record mu- worked with a shoebox model to see how they and changing.” graph themselves in the space, especially with the sic and ate the artist’s own home-cooked meals. could best utilize the small gallery space. Deng, a He said the protrusions and refective materi- projections on their faces,” Deng said. “It makes it MoMA’s Bjork exhibition will be on display Duncan College senior, said the gallery’s intimacy als have the combined efect of creating an unusu- seem very seamless — like the person is a part of until June 7. Bjork: Archives can be purchased for inspired them. al cave-like space. the piece as well.” £40.00 at thamesandhudson.com.

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No Rice swimmers placed at the NCAA Championships in Greensboro, North Caro- lina this past weekend. The meet featured the top women’s swim- mers in the country. Senior Casey Clark, the lone individual swimmer for the Owls, com- peted in three individual events — the 100 butterfy, the 100 freestyle and the 50 freestyle. Clark, along with freshman Alicia Caldwell and seniors Marissa Konicke and Rachel Moody also competed in the 200 medley relay. In preparation for the meet, Clark said their training was slightly adjusted to maxi- mize their potential at the meet. Because Caldwell, Konicke and Moody were swimming only a short sprint in the meet, they could fo- cus on their specifc event. “We dropped the yardage that we were swimming every day,” Clark said. “Because we were swimming shorter races, we didn’t need as much aerobic training and just need- ed more speed and power work. My team- mates were only racing a 50[-yard] so they did more sprint work whereas I did longer sets Thresher Archives and had to try to maintain my ftness a little Lance Berkman slides into home during his freshman year in the 1995 season. Berkman, who recorded a .385 batting average, 67 home runs and 272 bit more so.” The Rice relay marked the frst time in 14 runs during his Rice career, was named to the College Baseball Hall of Fame on March 4. Berkman, widely considered to be one of Rice’s most-succes- years that Rice managed to qualify a relay to ful athletes, will be inducted into the Hall along with seven other former players. The induction ceremony will take place June 28-29 in Lubbock, Texas. the meet. The relay qualifed for the NCAAs with a record-setting performance at the Con- ference USA Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee last month. The group won the re- Former Owl named to College Hall of Fame lay with a time of 1:38.11 but participated in a time-trial the next day to break their own re- Aniket Tolpadi age. Berkman also returned to Rice this year to runs batted in per season. cord at 1:37.04 and enter the NCAA Champion- Thresher Staff work toward fnishing his degree. During his time with the , ships as the 11th national seed. A legitimate argument can be made that Berkman played a large role in the team’s suc- Clark said Coach Seth Huston tried difer- 18 years after his fnal season as an Owl, Berkman, along with Coach , cess. The franchise, which hadn’t qualifed for ent combinations of the relay throughout the Lance Berkman has been elected for induc- are the primary reasons Rice baseball has the postseason since the 1986 season, became relay until settling on this foursome. tion into the National College Baseball Hall of emerged as a perennial national powerhouse. a perennial contender in the “Throughout the season we tried out sev- Fame. One of eight players inducted this year, The success seen by the program during Berk- during Berkman’s tenure. In 2005, Berkman, eral diferent combinations of four swimmers Berkman was recognized for his outstanding man’s time and immediately afterwards helped along with and Jef Bagwell as for the relay,” Clark said. “Because Alicia contributions to Rice baseball and college convince the Rice administration to build a well as star pitchers , Roger Cle- [Caldwell] came in at semester we had never baseball as a whole. new ballpark; just three years after Berkman’s mens and Andy Pettite, would win the fran- actually swam this combination before Con- Though he played for only three seasons at departure from Rice in 1997, Rice opened the chise’s only pennant in 2005, though that team ference when we qualifed.” Rice, Berkman has made a signifcant impact Owls’ new stadium, Reckling Park. Prior to lost to the Chicago White Sox in the World Se- The 200 medley relay consists of a 50-yard on Rice baseball. In Berkman’s freshman year, Berkman’s arrival, Rice had never been to an ries. Though Berkman was unable to capture a leg of each individual stroke. Caldwell swam he recorded a .322 batting average en route to NCAA tournament. After his arrival, they have title in Houston, he was able to in the backstroke, Moody the breaststroke, Clark leading the Owls to their frst-ever appearance never missed one. 2011 during a resurgent year with the St. Louis the butterfy and Konicke the freestyle. The re- in the NCAA baseball tournament. In the two After leaving Rice following his junior sea- Cardinals. lay fnally got their chance to compete at the years that followed, Berkman developed his son, Berkman was selected by the Houston Berkman’s accomplishments have made national stage on Friday night. They clocked power, culminating in a junior season where Astros with the 16th overall pick in the 1997 him one of the most-decorated athletes from in at 1:40.32, which placed them at the bottom he recorded a .431 batting average with 41 MLB draft. After spending parts of the next Rice: He was named the 1997 College Player of of the standings. The relay swam 3.28 seconds home runs in 255 at bats and was named the three seasons in the minor leagues, Berkman the Year, is a six-time All-Star and is universal- slower than their previous time at the con- National College Baseball Writers Associa- emerged as a star outfelder for the Astros. ly recognized as one of the game’s great hitters ference championship, with each leg being tion’s Player of the Year. In Berkman’s junior After a strong rookie season in which he fn- from the 2000s. slightly slower than their seed time. and fnal season, Rice qualifed for the College ished sixth in National League Rookie of the Berkman and the rest of this year’s Hall of In addition to the relay, Clark competed in World Series for the frst time. Throughout his Year voting, Berkman became one of the most Fame class will be inducted June 28-29 at the three individual events. She began with the Rice career, Berkman hit 67 home runs, drove feared switch hitters in the game. From 2001 to College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, 50-yard freestyle on Thursday morning, where in 272 runs and recorded a .385 batting aver- 2008, Berkman averaged 33 home runs and 110 Texas. she fnished 52nd in the nation with a time of 22.95, just shy of her personal best of 22.73. On Friday morning, almost immediately after the relay swim, she competed in her strongest and preferred event — the 100-yard butterfy. Seed- Williams steps down from basketball program ed 15th, she fnished 25th with a time of 52.17. Clark concluded her record-setting career as Evan Neustater will always be indebted to this fantastic in- a Rice swimmer with a swim in the 100 free- Sports Editor stitution.” style, where she managed to fnish under 50 The 68-year-old Williams posted a 141- seconds by placing 54th with a time of 49.61. Rice University women’s basketball Head 170 record in 10 seasons at Rice while lead- Clark, who has qualifed for the Olympic Coach Greg Williams announced his retire- ing four teams to postseason action in the Trials in 2016, fnished her time at Rice with ment on March 17 after 10 seasons of coach- Women’s National Invitational Tournament. fve individual records in addition to being ing at Rice. Williams also guided two teams to a pair of part of all four Rice relay records. Despite Williams’ resignation comes after a sea- appearances in the Conference USA Champi- qualifying for the Olympic Trials, Clark will son in which he guided his alma mater to a onship game in 2006 and 2007. not continue swimming competitively. 9-21 overall record, including a 4-14 record Williams compiled an overall record of According to Clark, competing in her fnal in Conference USA play. The women’s bas- 342-309 during his collegiate coaching ca- events was a bittersweet moment. ketball team ended their season with a 62-57 reer, including tenures at the University of “Swimming my fnal race was an extreme- loss to Old Dominion University in the open- Houston, Colorado State University and Rice. ly emotional experience for me,” Clark said. ing round of the C-USA tournament. Williams played basketball at Rice for “I have been swimming competitively for 15 In his press release, Williams said he was three years from 1967 to 1969 where he years. I feel sad that it’s all over but proud in thankful to all involved with the program and earned All-Southwest Conference Honors all that my team and I have accomplished.” said he will remain loyal to the Rice athletics and shared the league’s MVP award in 1969. The Owls did not achieve their goal of plac- program. After graduating in 1970, he immediately ing in the top 16 teams in the meet. The Uni- “I want to sincerely thank all the past joined the men’s coaching staff, helping the versity of California, Berkeley dominated the and current players for their hard work and Owls to the 1970 SWC championship as a stu- meet and won with 513 points — 51 more than the dedication they displayed both on the dent coach. He was inducted into the Rice the runner-up University of Georgia. Missy court and in the classroom representing Rice Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011. Franklin, a four-time Olympic gold medalist women’s basketball,” Williams said. “I have Director of Athletics Joe Karlgaard could who swam the fnal meet of her college career often said I was both honored and blessed to not be reached for comment. The timetable for before deciding to turn pro on Monday, helped Greg Williams be the women’s basketball coach at Rice and selecting a new head coach remains unclear. lead the Bears to the victory. Wednesday, March 25, 2015 the Rice Thresher SPORTS 7 Women’s tennis continues fve-match winning streak

Romil Patel the weekend action ranked No. 6 in the coun- Thresher Staff try. The two met earlier in Houston when Baylor shut out the Owls 4-0. Schmidt said their earlier loss to Baylor may Rice vs. William and Mary have been the pivotal moment in the season for the Owls. “I thought the last match we played against 5-2 Baylor was a bit of a turning point in our season,” Schmidt said. “Even though we didn’t win the match, we seemed to fnd our footing Despite winning only four of their frst 11 that day, and we built on some of the things we matches, the Rice women’s tennis team has been learned that day.” on a winning streak recently, having won their ffth straight match. The Owls knocked of the No. 34 College of William and Mary 5-2 on Sunday. The action started with Rice’s doubles pair, freshman Lindsey Hodge and sophomore Alison We did a really good job Ho, winning their set by taking the last two games for a 7-5 fnish. The win gave the Owls keeping our composure the doubles point. When action moved to singles, sophomore when things got a little Katherine Ip and junior Solomiya Zinko took their matches in straight sets. However, William bit tight. and Mary charged back to take a 3-2 lead with wins on courts three and four. Elizabeth Schmidt The team continued to thrive on the Head Coach momentum of senior Natalie Beazant, who won her ninth-consecutive match of the season. Beazant beat junior Leeza Nemchinov, coming back from losing the frst set 6-7 (5-7) to take the last two sets 6-3, 6-4. According to Schmidt, Baylor presents a dif- Head Coach Elizabeth Schmidt said the fcult home-court advantage but said the team is team competed in all situations and was able to ready to compete with their in-state rival. emerge from close games and sets. ”[Baylor] is always a tough place to play,” “We competed hard on every court, and Schmidt said. “We’ve lost a few matches to them when you do that, you put yourself in a really over the past several years, but I know we’re good position,” Schmidt said. “We did a really excited about the opportunity to get out on the good job keeping our composure when things court with them again.” got a little bit tight. That happens in sports, but The Owls hope to ride the momentum of we did a really good job rebounding.” the past few weeks and look to even the season The Owls will head to Waco, Texas on series with Baylor this weekend. The match will Courtesy riCe AthletiC CommuniCAtions Wednesday for their second regular-season begin Wednesday, March 25 at 5 p.m. in Waco, Senior Liat Zimmerman prepares for a slice backhand in a 5-2 win against William and Mary. matchup with Baylor University, who will enter Texas. Baseball sufers frst conference series loss of season Michael Kidd used seven pitchers and, despite recording 13 hits, 4-4 ballgame, the Owls regained the lead in the top injury. He said he embraces the opportunity to be Thresher Staff the ofense left 15 runners on base. The fnal score of the eighth inning after doubles by sophomore called upon now after being sidelined nearly all of for the opener was 12-4 in favor of ODU. Charlie Warren and freshman Tristan Grey. Matt last season. The Rice baseball team experienced their In Saturday’s game, Rice got of to a fast start, Ditman, on the mound for his second consecutive “When I get called into the game, I’m just ready frst losing week on the season, going 1-3 in four scoring three runs in the top of the frst before day, pitched out of trouble in the ninth to secure to do my job,” Stephens said. “I knew that we were road games. the frst out of the game was recorded. A two-run the save. struggling to make them actually promote their Beginning on Tuesday night, the Owls lost by junior shortstop Leon Byrd then brought Chandler recorded an on-base percentage of own ofense and instead, we handed them runs. to longtime rival the University of Houston by a in both outfelder Ryan Chandler and infelder .533 this past weekend. Chandler said his .349 Coach Hallmark made it clear prior to the game fnal score of 8-3. In an attempt to bounce back Ford Stainback. With a 5-1 lead through four batting average is a result of his plate discipline that walks and getting behind in the count was our during the weekend series against Old Dominion innings, Rice committed three errors in the fourth and approach. main issue. [I agree because] every pitcher on our University, the Owls dropped their frst two games and a bases-clearing RBI-double of of junior “[My strategy] is really trusting my approach staf has the stuf to get out any hitter we will face on the weekend but managed to respond and win pitcher Blake Fox saw the game dramatically turn and sticking with it all season while listening to this season.” Sunday’s matchup by a score of 6-5. Rice is now as ODU put up six runs in the frame to take a 7-5 our coaches,” Chandler said. “Coach Van Hook Rice will play seven of their next nine games at 16-9 overall through 25 games this season and 7-2 advantage. Headed into the ninth inning down taught us the importance of preparing a mentality home. Stephens said playing at home at Reckling in Conference USA play. 9-7, the Owls came up short after a bases-loaded [to hit the] middle of the feld all the time and try to Park will hopefully give the Owls an added burst of On Friday night, the Owls could not gain mo- fyout by junior frst baseman Connor Teykl ended compete and put the ball in play.” energy that translates into wins. mentum on a night with temperatures in the low the game at 9-8. Previously, Chandler and the Owls had not lost Playing at home is always a good thing when 40s and heavy wind. Rice starter Kevin McCanna Looking to avoid the series sweep, Rice jumped a weekend series all year. Chandler said the team you’re getting into a high volume of games,” struggled early on, allowing eight hits and four out to an early lead on Sunday after Byrd hit a two- has its sights set on winning their next fve games. Stephens said. “Playing in front of people you runs in just over two innings. Through the frst fve run single down the third base line to put Rice “We respond by winning all fve,” Chandler know always boosts morale, so I expect to see innings, ODU opened up a 6-0 advantage, but the ahead 2-0 in the third inning. Shortly after, Chan- said. “This past week we didn’t do a very good some fre out of our team this week. … We’re ready Owls responded shortly after. Senior outfelder dler hit a to the right feld wall for two RBIs job of picking each other up when we made mis- to turn the ship back around.” John Williamson hit a line drive down the right to put Rice up 4-0. ODU then battled back in the takes, so as the team moves forward we need to The Owls return home to Reckling Park for feld side for two RBIs but was thrown out at third bottom of the fourth. Rice redshirt junior reliever achieve excellence in all we do and have a goal fve games on the week. A weekend series against base on the play, stopping any further momentum. Jordan Stephens came in with the bases loaded to to win all fve.” the University of Southern Mississippi will begin Rice tacked on two more runs late in the game, but control the threat and secured a strikeout with the Jordan Stephens, a former Friday-night starter on Friday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for by the then the game was out of reach. The Owls bases loaded to limit the damage to two runs. In a for the Owls, has made substantial progress from 6:30 p.m.

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Wiess Sid Rich Brown Superbeeroes: Turnt Up, Up, and Away! Team Wiess Lord of the Drinks: Return of the Keg College Coordinators: College Coordinators: College Coordinators: Matthew Avalos, Alex Dzeda, Kelsey Nanneman, Amanda Boone, Alex Cerda, Samantha May, Lucy Matveeva, Meagan Dwyer, Yasmin Khalfe, Sean Dilliard David Nichol, Janet Schwartz-Micheaux Priyanka Mehta Women’s Chug Team: Women’s Chug Team: Women’s Chug Team: Norie Guthrie, Itali Johnson, Monique Hartemink, Elizabeth Goodnight, Hayley Peoples, Danni Raven Wrencher (captain), Nkemji Nweke Karen Pan, Kiana Shin, Gretchen Oertli, Christina Gardner, Sarah Normoyle, Amanda Boone, (captain), Shelby Kuhn (captain), Olivia Tati, Shields, Samantha Guarneros, Elli Ronay, Cory Sarah Hooper, Kensey King, Maya Ramy, Lianna Brittney Brescia, Brooke Evans, Marlene Rizo, Brazile Amezaga Rachel Marzen, Andie Eikenberg, Chloe Nguyen, Maggie Warner (alternate), Sam Greivell Women’s Bike Team: Women's BikeTeam: (alternate), Morgen Smith (alternate) Ariel Penny, Bissy Michael, Connie Do, Cora Alison Lindsay, Amanda Boone, Janet Schwartz, McKenzie, Emma Gray, Julia Chavez, Kelsey Kimiko Nakajima, Francisca Acosta, Amy Ryu, Women’s Bike Team: Nanneman, Lauren Schmidt, Marie Hoeger, Kristi Fu, Elizabeth Goodnight, Shannon Lee, Maddy Bullard, Rachel Ngo, Amber Callan, Meg Brigman, Rachel Galton, Sonia Hamer Larisa LaMere Shannon Cheng, Marie Chatÿeld, Emily Liu, Malvika Govil, Laura Michel, Gee You, Molly Pit Crew: Men’s Chug Team: Cisneros, Kathy Wei Sachin Jain, Grifÿn Palmer, Blake Bourne, Sameer Adam Lewis, Eric Yin, Jackson Neagli, Trenton Allahabadi, Youssef Machkhas VanderWater, Kevin Koch, Maui Arreola-Garcia, Men’s Bike Team: Mac Lockard, Tom Carroll, Michael Dyer, Brennan Kurt Ko, Joseph Ni, Raymond Cano, Yoseph Han Maguire, Randolph Gao, Akash Ghosal, Tommy Nguyen, Mason Daumas, Abhijit Brahme Men's Bike Team: Greg Kinman, Jim Gehrig, Ben Rasich, Brian Barr, Santiago Avila, James Lee, Spencer Seballos, Adam Lewis, Sunny Sharma, Ben Jefferson, John King, Kevin Lee, Harrison Lin, Andrew Gatherer RICE UNIVERSITY, MARCH 28, 2014 Lovett Will Rice Duncan Lovett Goes to Gindergarten: Gintendo Presents: Super Smashed Bros Gintendo Presents: Super Smashed Bros Chugga Chugga Choo Choo! Now I Know My BAC College Coordinators: College Coordinators: College Coordinators Ellen Wendte, Shayak Sengupta, Sajani Patel Jane Giang, Derek Brown, Max Hasbrouck Seth Lauer, Vera Ranneft, Benjamin Huber Daniel Imas, Alexandra Mardock, Jared Schull, Annabelle McIntire-Gavlick, Bridget Schilling Women’s Chug Team: Women’s Chug Team: Linda Nguyen (captain), Monica Charletta, Emily Gina Lightner, Lydia Rose, Meredith Bouchein, Women’s Chug Team: Ackerman, Lyangela Gutierrez, Danni Vasquez, Isabella Marcotulli, Sarah Siemann, Kira Laura Blumenschein, Min Ji Kim, Manasi Joshi, Rebecca Lam, Ellen Wendte, Michelle Huang, Helen Clingen, Ali Pinero, Victoria Mota, Rachel Kendall Post, Alex Mardock, Sarah Hernandez, Wei, Karthika Senthilkumar, Heidi Kahle, Wiggans, Mehek Gagneja, Caroline Krawc- Jahnavi Jagannath, Shannon McNamara, Marcela Linda Liu, Courtney Wang zyk, Jordan Bulanda, Laura Keehan Benavides, Celia Fiallos, Bridget Schilling Women’s Bike team: Women’s Bike Team: Women’s Bike Team: Lisa Swank (Captain), Heidi Kahle (Captain), Marita Chynna Foucek (C), Amy White, Sasha Figel, Emma Livingston, Siyu Bu, Brandi Ransom, Kayla Sailor, Renee Kono, Kelly Sanders, Zoe Roberts, Morgan Glose, Alice Chen, Eve Liu, Stephanie Hatchell, Madeleine Pelzel, Amber Tong, Kalian Shi, Gabriela Zambrano, Erica Skerrett, Emily Ackerman, Padley, Isabel Alison, Shruthi Velidi, Kinsey Wynne Zhang Helen Wei, Serena Davis, Shannon Fei, Megan Moore Dittmar, Michelle Won, Sugi Panneerselvam

Men’s Chug Team: Men’s Chug Team: Men’s Chug Team: Marshall Wilson (captain), Nico Carlson, Martin Eric Miller, Jimmy Kim, Alex Heath, Zack Timmons, Massey Branscomb, Jon Erickson, Seth Lauer, Torres, Derek Brown, Al Delialisi, Mark Bavoso, Omare Kevin Gravesmill, Kevin Jiang, David Daniels, Damon Demar, Koby Kaskel, Okotie-Eboh, Clark Zha, Matthew French, Haihao Liu, Maurice Harari, Robert Guzman, Thor Walker, Peter Kulma, Yoseph Lee, Jacob Behling, Will José Onuchic, Thanasis Kouris Michael Devine, Ben Herndon-Miller Bower, Kevin King, Nen Huber Men’s Bike Team Men’s Bike Team Men’s’s Bike Team: Alex Heath, Jared Shull, Thanasis Kouris, Kevin Nathan White (captain), Carlos Hernandez (captain), Nathan Joo, Archit Chaba, Michael Pan, Joe Yan, Christopher Buck (C), David Askins-Ghast, Chang, Nathan Bucki, Jon Towne, Joshua Cohen, Yoseph Lee, Peter Tang, Philip Taffet, Samir Alex Morton, Jake Hassell Brian Brenner, Michael Zhou, Marshall Wilson, Alex Schmidt, Omare Okotie-Eboh, Matthew Saidi, Franco Bettati, Cyna Shirazinejad, Weatherman Roberto Rosas, Vinay Raghavan, Evan Flack Kevin Pang, Franklin Shen, Seth Lauer

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Baker McMurtry Hanszen Brewlander: Center for Kids Who Can't Texas Gindependence Warner Brews Presents: Space Slammed Drink Beer Good and Wanna Learn to College Coordinators: College Coordinators: Drink Other Things Good Too Katherine Van Leeuwen, Lauren Rutherford, TC Weinlandt, Kenny Groszman, Olivia Hsia, Nick College Coordinators: Elizabeth Anne Finley Fleder, Ben Baldazo Morgan Abernathy, James Long, Victoria (Te-Rue) Eng, Carolyn Cooper, Dana Glicksberg Women’s Chug Team: Women’s Chug Team: Lauren Rutherford, Katherine Van Leeuwen, Hutson T.J. Patel, Emily Johnson, Varsha Sathappan, Sarah Women's Chug Team: Chilton, Christa Nnoromele, Kai Holnes, Kubena, Jayme Smith, Laura Krannich, Elena Alexandra Kali Holmes, Elizabeth Anne Finley, Daniella Covarrubias, Maha Aziz, Gabriella Buba, Busch, Jillian Humphrey, Lauren Williams, Saumya Ari Brown, Kelsi Wicker Victoria Eng, Catherine Dunaway, Sylvia Omozee, Rajvanshi, Erika Danckers, Diana Garcia Sierra Cowan, Monica Sosa, Yusi Ou, Maria Lima Women’s Bike Team: Chinenye (Christa) Nnoromele (Captain), Andrea Women’s Bike Team: Women’s Bike Team: Kopczynski (Captain), Alison Yu, Hutson Chilton, Diana Garcia, Erika Dankers, Aruni Ranweera, Caroline Adams, Claire Bonnyman, Stephanie Rebecca Maher, Kate Nicholson, Laura Nicholson, Aurea Li, Brianna Singh, Maya Stokes, TJ Patel, Brener, Daniella Covarrubias, Alicia King, Melissa Sally Hodges-Copple, Zoe Punske, Elizabeth Finley, Kitou Zhang, Maggie Puckett, Geneva Vest Kok, Mickyle Stanbury, Kat Sofjan, Renata Wetter- Sharon Cho, Becca Buthe man Men’s Chug Team: Men’s Chug Team: Brett Leatherwood, Chandler Watkins, Billy Rogers, Spencer Kent, Will Eldridge, Charlie Greulich, James Nick Fleder, Trenton Alexander, Nick Petersen, TC Men’s Chug Team: Patrick Grifÿth, Kyle Giubbini, Sam Hooper, Garrett Chandler Burke, Logan Crowl, Joesph Holden, James, Raul Rondon, Kirk Kudelka, Stewart White Weinlandt, Esteban Serrano, Kevin Mohanram, Jack Kaplan, Jeffrey Joyce, Samuel Soyebo, Jake Silberman Jake Spisak Men’s Bike Team: Eric Staats, Bryan Bates, Gabriel Teo, Cory Black, Men’s Bike Team: Men’s Bike Team: Stephen Duke, Ricky Chen, Sawyer Knight, Jonathan Wilson, Alex Balkum, Naoki Shiba, Jahid Adam, Eric Brighton, Chandler Burke, Alex Christ Wentland, Kristofer Schrder, Juan Sebastian Dante Zakhidov, Dan Klein, David Yalacki, Roger Clouse, Raymond Fang, Vishal Gokani, Chris Cruz, Quentin Li, Angel Garces, Liang, Jacob Mansÿeld David He, Chris Chuckran, Matt McGee Retzlaff, Lucas Sanchez, Samuel Soyebo, Jake Spisak, Bryce Wiley, Randy Zhang Pit Crew: Eric Wagner, AJ Fenton RICE UNIVERSITY, MARCH 28, 2015

CAMPUS-WIDE COORDINATORS: MICHAEL HE (BAKER ‘15) ANDREW BACA (SID RICH'15)

AREA CORDINATORS: PARADE: YOON SOUNG HONG (HANSZEN ‘16) SECURITY: SHIYU FANG (WIESS ‘16) TRACK SAFETY: ERIC STAATS (MCMURTRY ‘15) CONCESSIONS: RUN JIANG (JONES ‘17) JUDGES: RADHIKA SHARMA (BROWN ‘18) RUPD, EMS & WELLNESS: SGT. GARY SPEARS, LISA BASGALL, KATHLEEN GOULD SPECIAL THANKS TO: SUSANN GLENN, MIKE MORGAN, EMILY LIU (WIESS ‘15)

ALUMNI RELATIONS: MARTHE GOLDEN, NICHOLE SCHLUND, KATHERINE KOINIS, EMILY HILBER, ALEX McNAIR

Changes to Beer Bike based on YOUR FeedBack: - Gluten Free & Vegan food at Track - MORE food at the Track - Continued Parade with Floats - Bleachers for every college - New Tent Layout at the Track - Additional Porta Potties

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