OP-ED M A&E P. 9 SPORTS P. 12 Going green to get green Super Bowl commerical favorites Record-breaking run Christina Hughes challenges students to reduce their energy Anthony Lauriello reviews notable commercials and the Senior Becky Wade breaks a Rice record in the 3,000 meter usage in order to save money in the Green Dorm Initiative. half-time show from Sunday's Super Bowl telecast. run during at the women's track meet at Notre Dame. thVOLUME XCVIIIe, ISSUE NO. Ric19 STUDENT-RUe N SINCE 1916 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012 Seniors celebrate last *100 Days' before graduation Clockwise from above: l) Hanszen College senior Sam Hile shows his excitement for the last 100 days before commencement. 2) Senior girls tire all smiles at the celebra- tion on Feb. 2.3) Students dance at Red Door and Wonder Bar for the "100 Days" event. BY ELLEN LIU asked to remain anonymous, was The witness said he attributed the none of her bones were broken. The Director Megan Peet, the staff liaison THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF knocked down by the crowd while accident to poorly organized trans- injured student declined to comment. for 100 Days, said. This may include trying to get on an approaching bus portation and student intoxication. The witness said he believed that having RUPD at the loading zone or Around 800 people poured into and could not get up before the bus "They had buses for 50 people, the organizers should have asked more line-up areas for each bus. Red Door and Wonder Bar during 100 drove over her foot. but there were over 100 trying to get people to take the METRORail because According to Peet, the cost of trans- Days on Feb. 2 in celebration of the "Some people pushed [the injured in because they didn't want to wait it was a quick commute and only a portation increased from last yer | be- upcoming commencement. student] too close, and her foot got 15 minutes for another bus," he said. four- to five-block walk. He said that cause the committee wanted as many One student, however, was in- hit," another student, who witnessed "To be honest, everybody was pretty more buses could have helped as well. people as possible to attend. Conse- jured before she even left campus. the incident and also asked to re- drunk and acting irrationally." The committee is addressing the quently, shuttle buses were hired to During a shuttle pick-up around main anonymous, said. "Then, they According to the witness, the in- transportation concerns for next drive students back and forth from the 10:45 p.m., the student, who de- stepped over her to continue board- jured student's foot was very swollen year by creating a more formalized event around every 15 minutes. clined to comment for this story and ing the bus." immediately after the incident, but process. Rice Annual Fund Assistant S3 see 100 DAYS, page 7 Rice to host conference with Envision grants aid student initiatives focus on US-China relations BY FARRAH MADANAY projects have proved not only visionary on March 9 called celebrateART, which THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF but also self-sustaining. Envision Grant will showcase various genres of art. AND Mentor Michael Domeracki, said. "We're collaborating with many BY JENNIFER DING The conference will feature BY BEN HAWRILUK celebrateART student organizations and business- THRESHER STAFF three keynote speakers and two FOR THE THRESHER professional panels composed of Visual and dramatic arts major Me- es on campus to make this a huge, lissa Teng and art history major Raquel all-inclusive arts event for the whole The Global China Connection professionals who have had work Leadership Rice's Envision Grants Perez are leading a campaign to return Rice community," Teng, a Martel Col- group is hosting its inaugural experience in the U.S. and China. award students the capital to effect the balance between art, letters and lege junior, said. conference on U.S.-Chinese re- The two panels will focus on change on campus. This year, five science at Rice University. The pair The Envision Grant was originally lations with a focus on energy, academics, specifically energy re- grants have been awarded, up from said that they want to impress upon written by Teng and fellow LEAD 311: economics, and technology on search, and business. The last seg- four last year, to help start up new students that Rice, though known as a Entrepreneurial Leadership class- Feb. 18 in the McMurtry Audito- ment of the conference provides a projects: Karma Patrol, Rice University leading research university, is a hub of mates Veronica Rae Saron, a Will Rice rium in Duncan Hall. chance to meet with the speakers. Women in Science and Engineering, artistic creativity as well. College sophomore; Tony Mulenga, a According to GCC President According to Eric Wang, this net- celebrateART, Food for Thought and Lovett College senior; and Mingming Pin-Fang Wang, due to Rice Uni- working opportunity is one of the To bring direct exposure to the arts Acappellooza. The Envision Grant is a Jiang, a Wiess College freshman. versity's academic strengths in main missions of GCC. on campus, their Envision Grant will one-time allocation to students whose S3 see ENVISION, page 5 science and technology, the con- "The goal is to reach out to fund an all-day, campus-wide festival ference will focus on promoting students and provide them with sustainable collaboration be- the knowledge about what it's like LEADERSHIP RICE ENVISION GRANTS SUPPORT 5 PROJECTS tween the U.S. and China in these to work in China as well as job two fields. and research opportunities," Eric ART SHOWCASE According to GCC Chief Oper- Wang said. ating Officer Eric Wang, the con- Pin-Fang Wang said that the ference aims to establish connec- conference would work to benefit tions and examine solutions to other areas of the university. bridge the gap between the Unit- "In harmony with Rice's Cen- ed States and China in the fields tennial Celebration, the confer- of science and business.However, ence will also serve to highlight the conference also targets those Rice's contributions to innovation KARMA PATROL interested in international law and and research as well as its commit- policy, Eric Wang said. ment to building bridges through One of the keynote speakers, international student collabora- Houston patent lawyer Chyau tion," Pin-Fang Wang said. Liang, will speak on his work GCC holds an event every counseling in the biotechnology, month, featuring speaker panels medical and nanotechnology in- and social events. For more in- ACAPELLA JFC dustries, as well as the challenges formation on the conference visit GROUP SINGS RUWSE: WOMEN of creating a business in China. sinousbifocals.wordpress.com. IN SCIENCE Soviet realism, narrated The party Lovett needs The Decision INDEX The Shepherd Society's Family Concert, Put on your bat suit and extra deep voice for Voting in the Student Association General Opinion 2 tl featuring a performance of Prokofiev's Lovett Casino Party 2012 Presents Gotham Election closes Monday night at 11:59 p.m., News 4 Peter and the Wolf, is tomorrow from City tomorrow from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The so go to sa.rice.edu/electi0n2012 before then Features 8 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Stude Hall. Head party will feature casino games, pizza, DJ and cast your vote for your candidates of Arts & Entertainment 9 over and see if you can guess which instru Michael Nguyen, a certain film playing in choice. We once again recommend writing Sports 12 Calendar 15 ment represents which character before the the quad and a shallow moral dilemma that in "William Randolph Hearst" for Editor and PLEASE RECYCLE narrator tells you. drunken partiers will think is really deep. Chief of the Thresher. Backpage 16 AFTER READING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10,2012 # EDITORIAL THE RICE THRESHER [Rice 2012 Yeah, thejj should the Rice (Thresher get rid of »t. Ugh, I hate the LPAP requirement V Thresher endorses N Sanjula Jain for Student Association President This year's Student Association presidential debate featured a great performance by all the candidates, proving the stereotype that Rice students are engineers lacking any charisma at least partially false. However, after viewing the competitive verbal sparring, in the eyes of the Thresher editorial staff, Sanjula Jain is the clear choice for our next SA president. This is certainly not to say that the other candidates were without merits. Benjamin Chou articulated praiseworthy ideas but many of them, such as increased financial aid, are beyond the scope of the SA's power. The Thresher hates to criticize a student for dreaming too big, but acknowledgment of practical limitations is key to a leader's m success. Ben Hawriluk also had some quality ideas and handled himself well, but as a freshman, Hawriluk simply lacks the experi- ence required for the job. It was a telling moment in the debate when he could not make a substantial comment on the sale of KTRU, as he was in high school at the time. Simply because we do not sup- | Rice 2022 Yeah, they should port Hawriluk's bid for presidency does not mean he should end get rid of it. his budding political career. He has handled himself well these past Ugh, I hate wa/king. weeks and has shown a willingness to put himself in highly public V situations in his first year, and we hope to see him involved in future N endeavors involving campus issues. In contrast to Hawriluk and Chou, Jain has a wealth of experience with the SA and credible policies.