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thVOLUME XCVIIe, ISSUE NO. 2Ric7 STUDENT-RUe N SINCE 1916 FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010 On-campus housing numbers drop selected Martel finds itself Stacking with empty beds Current Duke dean freshman bed to take over in July BY HALLIE JORDAN THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF 89 at the colle BY JOCELYN WRIGHT Extra space — previously a rare THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF phenomenon in terms of on cam- pus housing — is apparently abun- 80 Only July l, George McLendon, cur- dant for the fall of 2010. -i: rent dean of Trinity of Arts and McMurtry College and Duncan 79 76 Sciences at , will replace College are still not filled to ca- s Provost Eugene Levy, who announced pacity, even with a high number he was stepping down from his position of freshmen assigned to them for last September. next year, Associate Dean of Un- dergraduates Matt Taylor said. The should be fully occu- pied for the fall of 2012, he said. Baker Will Rice Hanszen Wiess Jones Brown Lovett Sid Rich Martel McMurtry Duncan GRAPHIC BY DAVE ROSALES "There is some benefit to mov- ing McMurtry and Duncan toward be waning. invitation but turned it down and they transfer their college member- capacity," Taylor said. "From a fi- Taylor estimates he receives one reconsidered, students who were ship," Taylor said. "This is not a nancial point of view, we want to transfer request per day since the bumped off campus at other col- hotel opportunity. There is strong fill as many beds as possible while round of invites to freshmen went leges and those who would like to opinion at both colleges that this relieving the sense around campus out last fall, he said. There have transfer because their friends are next year is really important for that beds are not available. As a now been 28 approved transfers, transferring, Taylor said. them to have those buildings as university community we want to representing almost every college, However, off-campus students their own." give students on-campus housing." Taylor said. hoping to gain housing at the new Taylor described the first round Interest in transferring to the Students requesting transfers colleges will not just be stopping by. of invitations to the new colleges to George McLendon two new colleges does not seem to include those who got an original "So far, we are requiring that D see HOUSING, page 4

The provost is essentially the vice president for academic affairs, Chair of the Provost Search Committee Kathleen Common reading brings focus to Matthews said. All of the deans from each school, as well as the vice provosts BY JACLYN YOUNGBLOOD summer. The book follows the story of Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a them there are very interesting things for research, information technology THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF two college graduates as they partici- War-torn Village by Dr. James Maska- about this city," he said. and university librarian report to the pate in the Teach for America program lyk. Taylor said Work Hard. Be Nice. Alayne Potter, one of three un- provost. Additionally, the provost is For next year's incoming class, and ultimately create the Knowledge fit the general criteria the committee dergraduate members on the com- responsible for overseeing the assess- summer nights might be less about is Power Program in Houston. aims to meet — it is under 400 pages, mittee, said the book told a unique ment process the Southern Association strolling through an arcade and more On March 4, Dean of Undergradu- has paperback availability and rel- story about taking initiative for a of Colleges and Schools. about turning the pages of a book. ates Robin Forman and Associate evant subject matter — but had the cause one is passionate about, some- "The provost is the chief academic This year's common reading, Work Dean of Undergraduates Matt Taylor added benefit of featuring the city thing first-year students might find officer, sort of like the chief operating Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired selected Work Hard. Be Nice, from two of Houston. inspirational. officer for an academic institution," Teachers Created the Most Promising suggestions made by the Common "[It is a way] to welcome students "Even though they're coming in McLendon said. Schools in America, by Jay Mathews, Reading Program Selection Com- who come from around the world and as freshmen, it's always good to ask, will be sent to new students over the mittee. The other suggestion was Six across the country to Rice, to show O see READING, page 5

a I want to invest in Buckyball discovery room named national chemical landmark things where we won't just be good, we will BY HALLIE JORDAN to install two plaques in the Space exist in this form. It was so elegant, be the best. We will THRESHER STAFF Science building: one in room 337, a simply, it had to be true, but it was be one of the places lab-turned-classroom, and another such a radical thing." The success of the buckyball at outside the building. The buckyball and the nano- where you have to go if Rice 25 years ago has earned its place Every year, the American Chemi- tube, an elongated version of the this is what you want of discovery, room 337 in the Space cal Society bestows the national his- buckyball, have potential uses in to learn. Science Building, renown as a na- toric chemical landmark award on fields such as medicine, aerospace, tional historic chemical landmark. two chemical discoveries through- architecture, energy, computing The buckyball, a 6o-carbon out the world. and electronics, Adams said. George McLendon structure in the shape of a soccer The American Chemical Society "The buckyball really helped newly selected provost ball which was initially observed in requires that chemical applicants spearhead the rev- outer space, was recreated at Rice for yearly landmark awards have olution as a field of study," Adams W in 1985 by Nobel Laureate and late been distinguished for at least 25 said. "It is kind of a building-block physics professor years, have been continuously de- molecule; you can make them act Matthews, Stewart Memorial Profes- and colleagues Professors Robert veloping and have great scientific like anything because you can func- sor of biochemistry and cell biology and Curl () and Harold significance, Adams said.The land- tionalize it so easily. So it had al- fornier dean of natural sciences, said the Kroto (University of ), who mark designation is always given to most magical powers in chemistry." committee was looking for a candidate won the 1996 in chem- the place where the chemical was The buckyball's multiple appli- with a deep knowledge of the university istry for their work. Buckyballs discovered or developed. cations stem from its unique struc- enterprise. With his background at Duke were named after the famous archi- "This award is extremely impor- ture. Each carbon is bonded with and , McLendon fit tect Richard Buckminster Fuller, tant to the chemistry community," exactly three other carbon atoms, these criteria well, Matthews said. who helped popularize the geode- Wade Adams, director of Rice's a structure not found in any other McLendon said he was drawn to sic dome to which buckyballs bear Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Sci- carbon molecules, Adams said. Rice for three reasons: the high quality a resemblance. ence and Technology, said. "The "It took a while to extrapolate more and talent of students, the leadership at Rice will officially receive the buckyball was revolutionary, it was broadly that at this scale, matter acts Rice and the opportunity to return to his Wade Adams Director of R.E. designation on Oct. ti, the 25th an- contentious; there were a lot of peo- differently than it does at a human-sized Osee PROVOST, page 6 Smalley Instititute niversary of the discovery, and plans ple that thought carbon could not Osee BUCKY, page 5

Big beach balls The calm before the storm Last Thresher until after Commencement INDEX Opinion Head over to Martel tonight from 10 p.m. to Today is the last day of class, so you can use the Sony, but this penultimate issue will not be succeeded 3 News 2 a.m. for Martel Beach, the year's last public long weekend to prep for finals... Or get wasted until May 18. We're sure you'll be watching your mail- 4 Arts & Entertainment 11 party. Don't forget your swimsuit, but we every night and start panicking as Wednesday box like a hawk awaiting its arrival. Just dont scare the Sports 15 suspect you'll be all right if you forgo the sun fast approaches. Seniors, we know you don't care mailman too much - we've heard some of them are a Calendar 19 screen this once. anymore, anyway. bit on edge. Backpage 20 THRESHER FRIDAY, APRIL 23,2010 2 MEDITORIA L CANW&uRL*U Should. the Rice (Ihresher ++lu UHgA, New provost excellent XT$ LIKE A\ LoU SKfflE, $trr fit for Rice

On Wednesday, President announced that George McLendon, currently the dean of the Trinity College of SA£$ OP Arts and Sciences at Duke University, will become Rice's new rr, ST provost on July l (see story, page l). TUIU, First, we'd like to express our gratitude to the administration biADLY T*Y for securing Rice a distinguished academic and leader from one U>OU. of our peer universities. In addition, McLendon went to the Uni- versity of -El Paso and Texas A&M University for his under- SrRAtJbeR I graduate and graduate degrees, respectively, and is originally from the great city of Fort Worth, so he knows Texas. And, there- fore, he is likely already familiar with Rice and the prestigious reputation that the university maintains in this state. When McLendon begins to oversee academic affairs in a couple THAT of months, we recommend that he continue to support many of the initiatives current Provost Eugene Levy has headed during ot. 13 rl his tenure. Levy helped start the Passport to Houston program; 0?o WTH Sma supported Leebron's Vision for the Second Century tenets, with the -jHii OH6. HOT PO Pi opening of the two newest residential colleges; and helped drive the creation of Rice's first minors. With our student body rapidly olnmP. expanding, forcing the university to make unparalleled changes that will drastically impact the school for years to come, we need a provost who will keep both Rice's history and aspirations constantly in mind. And having had experience at one of our peer universities will undoubtedly serve McLendon well, though this might not have served him as well in Rice's recently vacated CulOfc position of dean of undergraduates, where we encouraged appointing someone experienced with Rice student life C-I-Ic., ("Dean Forman a unique character, devoted leader," April 16). Lastly, though McLendon brings with him a wealth of scien- tific accomplishments as a noted biochemist, we hope he takes a comprehensive look at the Rice student experience, particu- LETTERS TO TH E EDITOR [email protected], twitter.com/TheRiceThresher larly in the area of humanities. Long the neglected childen^ of a university that claims a commitment to letters, arts and science, much meat three meals a day, sev- erate on tight profit margins, es- the School of Humanities and the School of Social Sciences are Online Comment en days a week?). I think there is a pecially in the food industry. But I often overlooked in favor of the smaller but vastly more flashy, of the Week huge gap in the amount of student think that there needs to be room involvement, empowerment and for change if we are to be true to vastly more funded engineering and science schools. We have In response to "Going green requires new purchasing power we have as indi- our commitment to be environ- high hopes for McLendon and hope he keeps this in mind as he sustainable dining options, "April 16: viduals to help effect the change we mentally conscious. settles into his position. After all, a university is only the sum of want. I understand that H&D has a its parts. I'm interested in whether the business to run, and businesses op- Rachel dismissal of sustainable-minded changes as "cultural resistance" is Last week's online poll results: based in the Housing and Dining Serveries enact welcome assumptions of the Rice student's Do you agree with Rice's ranking as opinions or of some evidence- the 22nd most stressful college? new focus on health based survey that H&D or a stu- 84 RESPONSES RECEIVED dent group has run. As engaged •• Yeah, Rice is moderately stressful, citizens, many Rice students want but it could be worse. Rice Dining Services has slowly but steadily been reducing to do their part to help improve the salt, saturated fat and added sugar in our servery food for the environmental impact of our din- r—1 Nah, my high school was so much more hardcore. last half of the semester (see story, page 10). Although the shift ing options, but to my knowledge, there haven't been any choices of- I—I Uh, are there really 21 other has been all but imperceptible in terms of taste, it represents a fered to us to help us feel we can — institutions that are more drastic change for student health. make an impact (i.e., If we choose stressful than this?! We at the Thresher will readily admit that as students, we all to lower our consumption of meat, This week's poll: eat poorly. We drink too much, snack too much and gorge our- what impact does that have if the What has been your experience in using Chatroulette? servery is still providing just as selves late at night on junk food. Although we all know we should Cast your vote at www.ricethresher.org eat better, our general eating habits are not likely to change any time soon. Anna Wilde The change in the composition of servery food, however, tar- Editor in Chief gets what should be the base of the student diet. Servery food Catherine Bratic is the closest thing we have to home-cooked meals in our diets, Sarah Rutledge , the official student news Senior Editors paper at Rice University since 1916, is pub- and we are pleased to know that its nutritional content is be- lished each Friday during the school yeat, NEWS ART except during examination periods and holi- ginning to resemble Mom's cooking more than Chef Boyardee's. Josh Rutenberg Editor Eric Doctor Design Director days, by the students of Rice University. Less sugar, less salt, less fat and less processing are something Jocelyn Wright Editor David Rosales Creative Director Jaclyn Youngblood Editor Zach Castle Head News Designer Letters to the Editor must be received by parents everywhere strive for. Seth Brown Asst. Editor Lauren Schoeffler Photo Editor 5 p.m. the Monday prior to publication and must be signed, including college and year if However, we're concerned about some of the changes most Hallie Jordan Asst. Editor Ariel Shnitzer Asst. Photo Editor the writer is a Rice student. Letters should not James Liu Asst. Photo Editor parents would recoil at, such as the use of artificial sweeten- exceed 250 words in length. The Thresher re- OP-ED serves the rights to edit letters for content and ers. Although the new sugar substitute that will soon appear in Christine Pao Editor COPY length and to place letters on our Web site. Ryan Gupta Asst. 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O HOUSING yl STUDENT ASSOCIATION MINUTES FROM PAGE 1 * m The following were noted at the most recent meeting of the Student Association April 19. be a sort of "golden ticket" process, intended to help spike interest. "1 expected the first round to • SA President Selim Sheikh presented the SA's goals for the summer, produce more transfers than it which include compiling historical archives for an online database, did," Taylor said. "[However,] I updating the SA's website and meeting with various organizational believe there really was sort of leaders and administrators to generate ideas for next year. genuine and friendly interest in the new colleges." • Sheikh, a Martel College junior, introduced the Graduate Student Though previously the college Association E-mail Policy survey, which explores various options with the highest number of transfer to extend the life of Rice e-mail addresses. Rice graduates can acceptances, Taylor said that Jones secure an alumni.rice.edu e-mail address, but they must manu- has been quiet. ally forward e-mails from their rice.edu address, which expires "I think the message got through six months after graduation. The survey can be found at gsa.rice. to Jones that they have reached edu/webform/post-graduation-e-mail-options-survey. their cap," he said. Martel College also currently • Sheikh gave an update on the Coffeehouse resolution. has an excess of seven beds. Af- ter assigning too many freshmen to Martel in the past, the planned • Internal Vice President Ryan Fleming introduced nominations for SA Martel juniors Page Robinson and Erik Tan- number of incoming first-year Executive Appointments, which were approved by a vote from SA Green eggs members in attendance. ner and Brown College junior Austin Edwards students assigned to the college take the stage at Wiess's Jamfest Friday. was lowered to 76 from about and jam 93 for the matriculating class of • Fleming, a Sid Richardson College junior, gave an update on last Wednes- 2014, Taylor said. day's SA spring workshop. As a result, Martel was left with 15 empty beds. McMurtry and » The SA committees presented reports on what they plan to accomplish Duncan Colleges said they felt in the coming year. FACULTY SENATE MINUTES they were given too many fresh- The following were noted at the most recent meeting of men, so their numbers had to be • External Vice President Carl Nelson presented recommendations for the the Faculty Senate April 21. reduced by four each. Subsequent- University Standing Committees. ly these eight freshmen have been • President David Leebron introduced newly selected Provost George reassigned to Martel, giving them • Nelson, a Brown College junior, introduced a charter for the newly formed McLendon in his first official Rice University appearance. a planned total of 84 freshmen, Rice Endowment for Sustainable Energy Technology. The motion passed. and leaving seven empty beds, • Leebron gave a brief report on the university's finances and budget. Taylor said. • Rice Health Advisers Coordinators John Berens, Noemie Levy and Shea The budget has been cut by $24 million over the past two years, but "It is up to Martel if they fill Kearney gave an update on the program. Leebron said there are no further cuts planned — barring further those with students off of their negative economic developments. Leebron said future budgets will waitlist or fill them with new trans- • Treasurer Lemuel Soh gave an update on the Budget Planning Commit- fer students who are assigned to depend on returns from the endowment. He also said the capital tee Action Plan. campaign is slightly brie AI target. Martel," Taylor said. The current plan is to reserve all • Sheikh discussed the timeline and guidelines for the search com- Martel beds for Martel students only. • The Senate election results were announced. Professors Danijela mittee to find a replacement for Dean of Undergraduates Robin Damjanovic, john Hutchinson, , Shirine Hamadeh, Mat- "This is the number [84] that the Martel Coordinator was com- Forman, who will be leaving over the summer to take a position at thias Henze and Ramon Gonzalez will join the Faculty Senate, and fortable with," Taylor said. "We . Sheikh sought suggestions from members in at- Professors Tom Killian, Matteo Pasquali, Mark Kulstad, Meredith could have taken more freshmen tendance for qualities to look for in candidates for the dean's posi- Skura and Randy Batselt were reelected. Two non-tenure faculty po- from Baker and Lovett, but they tion. The old college presidents recommended Associate Dean of sitions and a presidential appointee position remain open. thought having three years of the Undergraduates Matthew Taylor. bowling ball going through the • Following discussion, a motion to create a doctorate program in soci- snake was not healthy for them." • Will Rice College Senator Renee Dudley reminded students to take the ology was unanimously passed. One-third of each college's beds late-night food survey, which can be found at http://bit.ly/930t1A. are normally held for incoming • Anthropology Professor Susan Mcintosh, the only nomine? for the freshmen, Taylor said. • Martel President Kevin Tran reminded students that Martel's Beach Party position, was elected speaker of the Senate for 2010-11. Martel College Coordinator Ma- will take place tonight. ria Byrne, Vice President Erik Tan- • Killian, also the only nominee for his position, was elected deputy ner and President Kevin Tran de- The SA wilt reconvene next fall. speaker of the senate for 2010-11. The newly elected senators and clined to comment. speakers will take their positions following the May 14 meeting of the Senate.

a A request by Jones College junior Nazish Malik, Sid Richaidson Col- lege junior Annie Kuntz and Sid Richardson College junior Howard Shao-bo Li that the Faculty Senate send out a survey concerning the creation of a business major, which the three had created as part of a project for their marketing course, BUSI 380, was discussed. Speak- er Duane Windsor said he was against this because of the precedent High prices paid it might set of sending out e-mails unrelated to the Senate itself and because he did not want faculty to mistake the survey for an implica- tion that a business major was under consideration. • Windsor announced that the third part of the report of the Commit- for used textbooks tee on the Rice Undergraduate Program will likely be delayed due to Dean of Undergraduates Robin Forman's departure, as Forman was a driving force behind the reports.

• Windsor said that a working group will be formed to work with Vice Provost of Research Jim Coleman to develop recommendations con- cerning the research misconduct policy, the conflict of interest policy and a possible data retention policy. X cliclv Go to amazon.com/buyback • Windsor said that revised wording for the Faculty Senate Oversight of the General Announcements was created to clarify the role of the Senate in reviewing changes made to the General Announcements. Send us your used textbooks Leebron said he found the new wording acceptable. ^ ship ait nso cos t to you • The question of departmental responsibility for students in interde- partmental programs and the existence of majors that only exist as double majors were discussed as part of a proposal in progress on majors and minors. Millions of items to choose from at amazon.com • The trend of grade inflation, variation in grading across various de- #- spend partments and how they should be studied and addressed in the fu- ture was discussed.

• Windsor said a working group on the process of appeals and griev- ances will be formed.

• Windsor said a working group on enhancing faculty input to curricu- lum changes will be formed. amazon.com/buyback • Windsor said a working group on Senate governance will be formed to re- flect on past experience of and possible changes in form to the Senate.

• A request was made by the humanities senators that writing at Rice be put on the Senate docket for consideration next year. Buyback titles are purchased by a third party merchant FRIDAY, APRIL 23,2010 THE RICE THRESHER NEWS

at the . Taylor said the Common Read- Obama administration has placed • READING However, he said the logistics for ing Program also aims to offer the on education. O BUCKY FROM PAGE 1 such large-scale events could not new students a shared intellec- Beyond 0-Week, associated FROM PAGE 1 be organized for this year. In the tual experience as a way to orient events aim to continue the intel- 'What can you start? What can you future, Taylor said he would like to themselves to the scholarly com- lectual discussion prompted by the scale," Adviser to the Dean of Natural create? What resources do you have see the program expand to include munity at Rice. The program also common reading. In the past two Sciences Kathleen Matthews said. to start something new?'" Potter, a media beyond print. aims to stimulate conversation years, the authors of the Common After observing a chemical in stellar Jones College junior, said. The Common Reading Program, among first-year students, upper- Reading book — Greg Mortenson in dust in space, Kroto came to Houston The service aspect of the book was now in its fifth year, has become an classmen and faculty beyond the 2008 and Helene Cooper last year to work with Smalley to reproduce the appealing to the committee as well, integral part of Orientation Week. context of 0-Week. — came to speak on campus. Taylor substance. The scientists took graphite Taylor said. Incoming students receive a copy Forman, who considers himself a said this year, the plan is to bring and bombarded it with a high-energy "We know Rice students are inter- of the selected book to read during cheerleader for the Common Reading the two men about whom the book ion beam until it formed the 6o-atom ested in service and we could easily the summer as a means of facilitat- program, echoed Taylor's sentiments. is written to campus. buckyball, Matthews said. see all sorts of interactions between ing discussion when they arrive at He said the book offers substan- Martel College 0-Week Coordi- Nanotubes and buckyballs are Rice and [the Knowledge is Power Rice in the fall. The main feature tive subject material for students to nator Rhae Adams said he hoped not only found in space. They can Program]," he said. during the week has typically been discuss, besides the typical 0-Week the book's message would encour- be found in carbon deposits in Taylor said students will find it the student-led discussions held questions like "Which residential col- age new students to get involved in smoke from fire burning, Adams easier to relate to authors Levin and by the advisers at each of the resi- lege are you from?" something that interests them. said. Nanotubes are the strongest Feinberg. dential colleges. Taylor the student The local topic of the book will "These guys were really pas- material on Earth, he said. "You could take just about any ma- leadership aspect of the program lend itself to a host of opportunities sionate about [education]," Ad- Discoveries that have received triculant to Rice and say, 'This could makes it unique. during 0-Week, Taylor said. Because ams, a Martel sophomore, said. this award include penicillin, be you,'" Taylor said. "[The authors] "More than any other campus the first KIPP academies were found- "Now, it's time to find your Kevlar, transparent scotch tape, have backgrounds like you; they have around the country, we really entrust ed in Houston, Taylor said he is work- thing at Rice that you're just as nylon and the deciphering of the intellects like you; their worldview is our students to lead on important ing on incorporating a KIPP school passionate about." genetic code. not unlike yours. Let's pay attention programs like this," he said. "It's as an Outreach Day site. This would to what they were able to do and may- good for our advisers to take respon- enable first-year students to interact be learn something from it." sibility and see themselves in the role with KIPP students and experience NEWS IN BRIEF Potter said the continued in- of gatekeepers to the intellectual cul- the book's message, he said. clusion of undergraduates on the ture at Rice." Other programming possibili- selection committee guaranteed CRP committee member Alex ties include bringing KIPP students this policy is not automatically student interest would be repre- Wyatt said the common reading fills and teachers to Rice and hosting Honor Council enacted. Underwood, a Jones sented, to ensure the subject mat- an important academic niche dur- Rice alumni who became involved makes changes to College sophomore, said each ter of the common reading book ing 0-Week. with Teach For America after grad- member serves on an average of would be accessible and relevant "One of the things the common uation to speak to students. Book 12 panels each semester. to all students. reading does for us is that is brings Communication is the key for "We wanted to add [the ar- Other books considered were This us all together on an intellectual level making the common reading program The Blue Book Revisions Com- ticle] to show that service is very 1 Believe, a collection of essays from across the university," Wyatt, a Lovett a success, Wyatt, a Lovett 0-Week co- mittee has been created in order serious, and to promote cohe- various authors; Mountains Beyond College junior, said. "The way the ordinator, said. to clarify and update the Honor siveness and consistency," Un- Mountains by Tracy Kidder; and Out- discussions are facilitated, it serves "People should not be afraid to Council's Blue Book and by-laws. derwood said. liers by Malcolm Gladwell. as an academic icebreaker. We really suggest things to their coordina- Committee Chair Kaleb Un- Underwood said the com- Taylor said the committee was don't have anything else that anchors tors about how the common reading derwood said he approached mittee will continue meeting also interested in The Blind Side by itself in academics so much." could be done differently or better," former Honor Council Chair Lind- next year to consider possible Michael Lewis, until they found out it Forman added that the investment Wyatt said. say Kirton about forming the changes, including changes to was a feature film. made by the advisers has increased Wyatt said he encourages even committee after reading through the constitution as it concerns "We'd love to trust our new stu- each year, a trend he said he is confi- those not involved in 0-Week to read the Rice University Honor Code the Honor Council. Any change dents to be readers, but the tempta- dent will continue. the book. guide, known simply as the involving students or the honor tion to see the movie was probably "[The advisers] have been the "The book is so well-written you "Blue Book." system would be brought to stu- too strong," he said. real leaders of the program ... and can fall right into it," he said. "Looking through the Blue dent attention and eventually a This year, the committee also they have become, every year, bet- Forman said bringing students' Book, I noticed some outdated student vote. considered selecting something in ter equipped to lead conversations attention to a public policy issue language," Underwood, the Hon- "I don't know if huge changes addition to a book for the Common about the subject in ways that en- such as education reform will en- or Council's External Vice Chair, are on the horizon, but anything Reading Program. Taylor said they hance not just our orientation, but able the students to engage in the said. "It got me looking — it was big would involve a student vote," i considered an event at The Menil the overall student experience," national conversation on the sub- updated fairly recently, but I Underwood said. Collection or a musical performance he said. ject, heightened by the focus the thought it would be really great Underwood said he also want- to be able to do some of this clar- ed to review the supplementary ification and make the council documents and the overview of OK, SO MY SUES REALLY AREN'T GOURMET ,AND better understood." the Blue Book for necessary UTABIIMED M CHARLESTON, H. WE'RE NOT FRENCH EITHER. MY SUBS JUST TASTE IN 1983 TO ADD TO STUDENTS GPA A LITTLE BETTER, THAT'S ALL! I WANTED TO About 20 sections of the Blue revisions. CALL IT JMMY JOHNS TASTY SANDWICHES, BUT AND (SENEGAL DATING ABILITY. .ttrtWIY lOffjv MY MOM TOLD ME TO STICK WITH GOURMET. Book and by-laws were edited in The revisions the commit- SHE THINKS VH4ATEVER I DO IS GOURMET. BUT I DON'T THINK EITHER OF US KNOWS WHAT IT the process. The changes include tee has made so far must be MEANS. SO LETS STICK WITH TASTY! the removal of a reference to the approved by Dean of Student Since W• W• 19H3 now-defunct Student Association Judicial Affairs Don Ostdiek be- Elections Rally, the addition of a fore they are included in the

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"As RPC is playing a stronger Study break regulars Sponta- role in leading this event and McLendon plans to collaborate with and he cited energy as a field that, in addition to its scientific components, As a reward for students who neous Combustion and the Rice bringing in more games which the faculty, students, alumni and stake- provides many opportunities for cross- have worked tirelessly this se- Philharmonics will be joined by cost much less than food, fu- holders to select around three projects on disciplinary collaboration. mester, the President and Dean's newcomer magicians Tricks are for ture President and Dean's Study which to focus. Although all academic Study Break will offer an oppor- Kids. Originally formed to inspire Breaks will be as effective in re- institutions are suffering financially, "I don't think you can do anything re- tunity to relax this Sunday from and empower children and teens lieving stress as before," Beck- McLendon said Rice is doing better than ally, really interesting in a place the scale 9-11 p.m. The study break will in Houston-area hospitals through with said. many of its peers. of Duke or Rice unless you bring in more be held at the Rice Memorial close-up magic, Jones College ju- Beckwith said planning for this "I want to invest in things where we than one perspective," McLendon said. Center, the Barbara and David nior Alex Young said the show will year's event has been in progress won't just be good, we will be the best," To balance his intellectual work, Gibbs Recreation and Wellness bring the relaxing power of magic since January. McLendon said. "We will be one of the McLendon collects Native American art Center and the Raymond and Su- to Rice. In addition to a scheduled "Our intention is to provide the places where you have to go if this is from the pre-Colombian era through san Brochstein Pavilion and will stage performance, the magicians students with a campus-wide get- what you want to learn." the early 20th century and plays classi- feature breakfast food and stress- will be performing around the together, so they can see friends Matthews said McLendon was in a cal guitar. relief games. RMC throughout the study break. that they haven't seen for a long unique position to leave a lasting legacy. "I do biotechnology to support my Attendees can expect free "Right now, we're trying to time there and find things to do to- "Opportunities often come at times art addiction," he said. drinks from Coffeehouse and raise awareness for our cause by gether," Beckwith said about hold- of challenge and so I think the financial When searching for a person to Dirk's Coffee, ice cream sundaes, performing for Rice students dur- ing the event. environment creates a certain kind of replace a position, like the provost or fresh fruits and cookies at the ing lunch and special events like The tradition of president-host- challenge which also creates different a dean, Matthews said the university RMC, free massages at the Well- the President and Dean's Study ed study breaks originated under kinds of opportunities," she said. typically looks at between 150 and 300 ness Center and breakfast food Break," Young said. "We want President Malcolm Gillis in the McLendon, who started a renewable candidates, who they find through from Sammy's Cafe. Sponsored to generate interest for a college mid-1990s. energy company that works in develop- nominations from Rice faculty and with by the Office of the Dean of Un- course in the spring, where stu- RPC Traditions Committee ing countries, would also like to teach a the assistance of an international search dergraduates and planned pri- dents can learn how to perform Chair Tammy Hsu said the stu- course on energy and society this fall. firm, such as Spencer Stuart. The com- marily by Rice Program Council, magic and use it to encourage dents' involvement in planning "Often teachers and scholars think mittee reviews all resumes to narrow this year's theme is inspired by and inspire kids at Texas Chil- this semester's event, from brain- that the most important thing that down the pool to between eight and Food Network's TV show "Diners, dren's Hospital." storming the theme to selecting we produce is our research, but that's 20 candidates to interview. Finally, the Drive-ins, and Dives." Due to the estimated $i billion the food, could not be overem- never true," McLendon said. "The most commitee sends between three and six Dean of Undergraduates Robin endowment losses and university- phasized. She said she is confi- important thing you produce is your names to President David Leebron, who Forman will be making and serv- wide budget cuts, Beckwith said dent that "Diners, Drive-Ins, and students, and I'm extraordinarily proud makes the final decision. ing pancakes for students at a that starting next year, the fund- Study Breaks" will have a record of the students that have worked in my Matthews said she was confident in separate station inside Sammy's. ing for the event from the Office high turnout. labs over the years." McLendon's ability to guide the univer- "Don't be surprised if you get of the Dean of Undergraduates "Facebook says around 800 Claire Shorall, the undergraduate rep- sity forward in light of the financial limita- pancakes flipped by Dean For- will be cut in half, from $9,500 people will show up," Hsu, a resentative on the Provost Search Commit- tions, student expansion and end of merg- man," Boyd Beckwith, Assistant to $4,750. In order to deal with Brown College freshman, said. tee, said she was impressed by McLendon er talks with Baylor College of Medicine. Dean of Students said. the cut, RPC has decided to allo- "But I'm guessing that means because after his official interview, he "It will be important for us to think Scheduled during the reading pe- cate $2,000 of its newly increased 900, because there are people requested to have lunch at the residential very carefully about directions and ini- riod, this semester's event is geared blanket tax to the event every se- who don't use Facebook, as well colleges and be shown around campus. tiatives for the future and [McLendon] especially toward stress relief, with mester starting next fall. $2,000 as people who think they won't go "He was delightful, very insightful will be a bold thinker and will engage crayons and butcher paper, hula of this semester's study break because they'll be studying, but and asked amazing questions and was the faculty in determining how we move hoops and a game involving the budget has also been allocated will go anyway." really impressed by the beauty of the forward," Matthews said.

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Frum Truman Scholar Fulbright Scholar To find and recognize college ju- is the largest U.S. international niors with exceptional leadership po- exchange program offering opportu- tential who are committed to careers nities for students to undertake in- in government, the nonprofit or advo- ternational graduate study, advanced cacy sectors, education or elsewhere research and teaching assistantships in the public service; and in elementary and secondary schools To provide them with financial worldwide. The program was estab- support for graduate study, leader- lished in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to ship training, and fellowship with Cindy Dinh "enable the government of the United Jasmine Bright Amanda Hu other students who are committed to States to increase mutual under- After I graduate Rice I'll be in 1 will be in Kingston, Jamaica un- 1 will be doing anthropological making a difference through public standing between the people of the Washington, DC for an internship der a Fulbright Scholarship doing research with orphans and other service. United States and the people of other with a federal agency and will ap- ethnographic research on sex tour- vulnerable children in Botswana, a countries." ply the $30,000 scholarship to law ism and analyzing the many effects it country with the second-highest rate school. A career in public service has on Jamaican society. of HIV in the world. aligns with my values of teamwork, leadership and empowerment. Roy and Hazel Zeff Zeff Scholar is awarded to the candidate ' '• i-tfi f-i> Michael Contreras Kendall Toarmina Esei Murakishi ranked highest by the Rice Commit- tee on Fellowships and Awards for '\u-' .h My research plan will involve op- I'll be traveling to Argentina to I'll spend nine months teaching the Watson Fellowship competition timizing the energy storage capabili- teach English as a second language. English in Germany. who does not receive the award. This ties of newly developed piezo-electric person automatically receives the small scale windmills in Mexico. Patrick McAnaney Matthew Wesley Zeff Fellowship. The Zeff Fellowship I will be traveling to Belo Hori- I will be traveling to Nicaragua to was a gift of Stephen A. Zeff, Herbert Alex Gorischek zonte, Brazil to research the internal research global health. S. Autrey Professor of Accounting at Shelley Cantrick Alex Gorischek received the Ful- structures of waste-picker coopera- the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of I have selected various classical bright scholarship, but declined it. tives and associations. Management at Rice. The fellowship composers that look to their national honors Professor Zeff's parents, Roy folksong heritage and employ those and Hazel Zeff. The award allows the melodies or themes in their classical recipient to travel outside the Unit- folk songs. The music I have chosen ed States "to live out a dream, from is a compass that will guide me as i studying butterflies in the rainforest Wagoner Foreign Study travel to Ireland, , Germany, to learning acupuncture in China," Austria, Czech Republic and Scan- as Professor Zeff explained. "There dinavia. I am interested in finding are so many meritorious propos- the link between classical art song als that are submitted each year [for Wagoner Scholar and folk song in order to be a more the Watson]. This scholarship gives funds study abroad for Rice under- informed performer myself and offer another Rice student the opportu- graduates, alumni, and graduate stu- my audience with a more authentic nity to go abroad. It's as if Rice has dents. The scholarship may be held performance of this repertoire. an additional student who received for a year, a semester, or a summer. the Watson." Wagoner Foreign Study Scholars are normally expected to be enrolled in a foreign university. However in exceptional circumstances where the committee agrees that it would Natnael Behabtu Katy Miller substantially benefit the applicant, My group is going to start a col- I will be using my Wagoner Award Watson Scholar a Scholarship may be used to fund laboration with a major fiber spin- to pursue a MSc. degree in Gender foreign travel without university en- ning company interested in the li- and Development Studies at the Uni- rollment. This provision might apply censing of our patents. I will work for versity of the West Indies' Mona cam in particular to students undertaking the initial phase of this collaboration pus in Jamaica. Watson Scholar research fieldwork abroad. and graduate soon after. is unique among major scholar- ships in that it has no institutional academic component — students don't go to some university to study. Instead it requires that students are self-starters and able to take care of themselves, and really interested in some independent investigations abroad. The award is for $25,000 for Carina Baskett a full year abroad. I will spend a year studying natu- ral history (that is, observing nature without experimenting on it) in sev- Sarita Panchang Brian Reinhart Alex Tseng eral different ecosystems in Ecuador, I'll be studying in Brazil at the I will be attending Queen Mary, I will be traveling to five cities in Chile, Panama and Spain, and creat- University of Campinas, around University of London this fall to pur- China to research mass communica- ing an English and Spanish version of 50 miles from Sao Paulo. sue a 's in Research (MRes) in tions strategies used in creating soft a podcast about my adventures. British history. infrastructures (social, economic and political systems) that enable the emergence of spaces of collectivity. Nichole Payne Shani Roper javits Fellowship I plan to research beauty and citi- Shani Roper received the Wagoner zenship in the Dominican Republic. Foreign Study scholarship. Javits Fellowship Ata Anzali Emily Braid I will be traveling to Iran and Tur- I will continue my studies at the provides fellowships to students of Vicki Hsu key to do archival and ethnographic University of Oxford in International superior academic ability — selected 1 am very thankful for the Javits research for the contemporary seg- Development with a focus on transi- on the basis of demonstrated achieve- Fellowship, which will enable me to ment of my dissertation. tional justice issues in Guatemala. ment, financial need and exceptional attend the MFA Program in Creative Katie Regan Paul Cannon Matthew Wesley promise — to undertake study at the Writing at the Penn State University I will be studying the regeneration I am using my Wagoner award to doctoral and master of fine arts level this coming fall. Matt Wesley received the Wagoner in selected fields of arts, humanities of damaged dental tissue at the Uni- live in Paris, France for nine months Foreign Study scholarship. and social sciences. versity of Regensburg in Germany. to study Double Bass. FRIDAY, APRIL 23,2010 THE RICE THRESHER NEWS 9 and Rke University Award Winners j Goldwater Scholars Trinity Exchange

Michael Eastman Barry Goldwater Michael Eastman received a Barry Trinity Exchange M. Goldwater scholarship. was established by Congress in is a scholarship that supports 1986 to honor Barry M. Goldwater, • iiftfii a one-year exchange between stu- who served his country for 56 years dents at Trinity College, Cambridge as a soldier and statesman, including and Rice University. It dates to the 30 years of service in the U. S. Senate. Tal Einav 1960s, and is the oldest study abroad The purpose of the foundation is to Tal Einav received a Barry M. scholarship at Rice. This award was a provide a continuing source of highly Goldwater scholarship. gift of Frank Abraham and Professor qualified scientists, mathematicians Broad of Trinity College, Cambridge. and engineers by awarding scholar- Cindy Sung One student is selected each year for Harry Han ships to college students who intend this exchange. In the future, I plan to pursue a to pursue careers in these fields. Ph.D. I will be studying at the University and conduct research in robotics. David Sing Sophomores and juniors apply for up of Cambridge for the 2010-2011 Aca- to $7500 annually for the junior and/ David Sing received a Barry M. demic Year. or senior year. Goldwater scholarship. Summer Awards Presidential Fellow Leebron Smyth Brotzen Travel Presidential Fellow provides support for an under- is a unique opportunity to inves- is a unique non-resident educa- graduate student to participate in an tigate a personal passion in an inter- tional initiative that offers 85 select international internship, internation- national setting. The Rice University undergraduate and graduate stu- al travel, study or research abroad, or Fellowships and Awards Committee dents a year-long opportunity to other international programs. $2000 seeks creative, independently-spirit- study the U.S. Presidency, the public is awarded to one Rice undergradu- ed proposals that need not be related policymaking process, and our Chief ate each year. This award was a gift to the applicant's major field of study. Executive's relations with Congress, of President David Leebron and his Applicants interested in countries off allies, the media, and the American public. Fellows attend two confer- wife, Y. Ping Sun. the beaten path are given preference. Gabi Chennisi Ye jin Kang This award is based on merit rather ences each academic year during As a 2010-2011 Presidential Fel- than need. This award was a gift of I will be using my fellowships to the fall and spring. This unique fel- Shaina Rasmussen low for the Center for the Study of the travel to Kazakhstan and produce a lowship requires that each student This summer I will be studying the Professor Franz R. Brotzen, professor Presidency, 1 will generate a research documentary about the babushkas. research, write, and present an origi- effects of fragmentation on bird pop- emeritus in Mechanical Engineering report on how the modern Presidency nal paper on an issue of the modern ulations in the Amazon in Brazil. & Materials Science. can improve the U.S. response to re- Presidency. ducing the prevalence of infectious disease. National Science Foundation Physical Science NSF Fellowship Physical Science helps ensure the vitality of the The National Physical Science human resource base of science and Consortium has one primary objec- engineering. The program recognizes tive: Increase the number of qualified and supports outstanding graduate U.S.-citizen Ph.D.'s in the physical sci- students in NSF-supported science, ences and related engineering fields, technology, engineering and math- emphasizing recruitment of a diverse ematics disciplines who are pursuing applicant pool of women and histori- research-based master's and doctoral cally underrepresented minorities. degrees in the U.S. and abroad. NSF- Celine Santiago Joseph Rosenthal NPSC accomplishes this objective by Chris Fraser GRF provides three years of support. assisting corporations and govern- I received the National Science I will be using the NSF Gradu- I will be attending University ment agencies and laboratories in Foundation graduate research fel- ate Research Fellowship I have been of Michigan next year to receive a Candase Arnold awarding doctoral fellowships to out- lowship, and will be attending the awarded to pursue graduate studies math PhD. standing U.S. students. Candase Arnold received the Na- University of Pennsylvania next year at where I will work tional Science Foundation Research to pursue graduate studies in Cell to get my PhD in biomedical engineer- Fellowship. and Molecular Biology. ing. I also won the Hertz award. How to apply

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FRIDAY, APRIL 23,2010 10 NEWS THE RICE THRESHER Eat fresh: Serveries reduce salt, sugar, saturated fat

BY CATHERINE BRATIC "A lot of times students tell me 'Oh, THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF I don't eat salt; I never put salt on my The Plate method food," Powell said. "But 80 percent of it French fries may not be off the is already in our foods." David McDonald: Stick to least five servings per day. menu, but they are certainly on notice. Elkhouri said the human palate has three meals and two snacks. Elkhouri: Don't eat any- With nutrition in mind, Housing and a large window of acceptable salt levels, The servery provides yogurt thing bigger than your head. and the serveries are trying to come in at Dining staff at serveries across campus and whole fruit to help out Powell: Try to replace des- are working to reduce nutrients that are the bottom of it. seen as posing the greatest health risks "Let's take all the salt out for flavor, between meals. serts with fruit or yogurt. I in order to improve student health. and people can add it back in if they Roger Elkhouri: You can't would never say don't eat an- Under fire are what Director of Resi- want," Powell said. eat French fries every day. other cookie again, but it's all dential Dining David McDonald calls the Other flavors can also replace that of Brandi Powell: Try to eat in moderation. 3 S's: salt, sugar and saturated fat. All of saltiness, according to McDonald. The these elements are over-represented in servery is currently developing a pro- more fruits and vegetables; at most American diets, and they are con- prietary spice blend called "Owlspice," tributing to a growing obesity epidemic. which will be sodium-free. McDonald said the goal is to lower these The servery is also taking aim at sug- unhealthy elements, which are om- ar, a staple of the student diet. MAN ON THE STREET nipresent in prepared and processed "We hear a lot about how Americans -6 foods, by 50 percent. The shift began eat too much sugar," Powell said. "We For the past three weeks the servery has been reducing the amount earlier this semester and has been a can't really deny that, and Rice students gradual progression. So far, McDonald aren't excluded." of sugar, saturated fat, and salt in the food. Have you noticed, and do said he has heard no complaints. Powell emphasized that the worry The impetus for the change was the was about added sugars, usually in des- yea care? belief that servery cooking should repre- serts, and not natural sugars found in sent home cooking for the students who items such as fruit. consume it daily and the realization that it "Sugar is high-calorie, and it's all was not measuring up to those standards. empty calories," she said. "Why don't we cook like we're cook- As with fat and salt, reducing sugar ing at home for our children?" McDon- requires a multifaceted approach. On ald said. "Because we care about you the supply side, Residential Dining has guys, and we want you to eat well." stopped buying prepared pie fillings, However, McDonald — and Chef opting to make their own instead so Roger Elkhouri, who is helping with this that they can regulate the sugar content. endeavor — say they know that above Dining has also stopped buying sand- all, servery food must taste good. wich bread that contains high fructose "We're not trying to be a hospital corn syrup. Although the new bread is here," McDonald said. "The key is to more expensive than what was previ- make the food more nutritious and yet ously offered, McDonald said energy still taste great." savings from new cooking methods as The first challenge for the serveries well as the reduced costs of cooking pie "I haven't really tasted any "It's a good thing and I "No way! I guess they did a to meet has been to reduce the satu- filling from scratch will more than make difference but I appreci- didn't really notice because pretty sneaky job of it. Yeah, rated fat content of the food they serve. up the difference. ate the effort. I'm actually I couldn't really tell in the guess it's a good thing." The serveries have used no trans fats And although it has not become of- concerned about my sodium taste." for many years, McDonald said, but ficial policy yet, chefs are also experi- intake when I eat off campus, saturated fat unfortunately remained menting with a calorie-free, all-natural so that's great." prevalent. sweetener called stevia that was recent- Andrea Ulrich Dorian Hicks Michael Nguyen Saturated fats are widely regarded ly approved by the FDA and is reguarly Wiess College sophomore Will Rice College sophomore Wiess College sophomore as a "bad fat" because their over-con- used in other parts of the world. sumption can lead to heart disease and However, Elkhouri admitted that increased risks of developing certain changing servery food composition was am MMKH cancers, according to Brandi Powell, the only half of the battle in improving cam- Wellness Center's dietitian. pus nutrition. The rest must come from In order to reduce these fats, Elk- the students, he said. houri and McDonald have taken a va- Powell said for better or for riety of both simple and drastic mea- worse, the serveries give students a sures, they said. lot of options. CONGRATULATIONS! One approach they have taken is "A student can go to a servery and shifting servery offerings, putting out walk away with a really healthy bal- fewer fried foods and substituting lean- anced meal on any given day, or they er cuts of meat. can walk away with a really unhealthy McDonald was quick to qualify meal," Powell said. that French fries will not be eliminat- Elkhouri encouraged students to be ed any time soon. But the key, he said, willing to try new foods in the server- is moderation. ies' main offerings and to use the plate Elkhouri agreed, saying fried foods method when selecting their meals (see are a universal temptation. above graphic). "Look, onion rings are my favorite "A misconception students have is fried food of all time," he said. "If I see you don't have to eat all three groups: it, I'm going to eat it. But it kills you." starch, protein, and fruits and vegeta- With this acceptance that certain bles," Elkhouri said. "You have to eat all foods are too good to give up, Elkhouri three at every meal." said the servery is also trying to refor- Powell also encouraged students not mulate classic recipes to make them less to skip meals. fatty. He pointed to the West Servery's "If we don't feed our bodies well Offer good through August 31, 2010 new alfredo sauce, which boasts a fat early in the day, then we're going to feel content down from 48 grams per serv- it late at night," Powell said. ing to just eight, by consisting of less He said this normally results in stu- Our expert framers will preserve your sheepskin diploma heavy cream. dents eating the most convenient food out "You don't even sense that because of hunger, ending in unhealthy choices. in a beautifully crafted frame selected by you and our talented designers. it's the same flavor and consistency," Seemingly innocuous treats now can Elkhouri said. cause trouble later, McDonald added. In many areas, campus chefs and "When you're 18, you're invincible," kitchen equipment are skilled enough McDonald said. "We've been there; we to produce nearly identically tasting know that. But poor eating habits can dishes with vastly different nutritional catch up with you decades later. If you contents, Elkhouri said. have a healthy body, you need to main- t "We have the knowledge and the tain it." technology to make awesome food with- McDonald, Powell and Elkhouri all out a lot of fat," he said. agreed that in the end, all of the nutri- yiLLAGE J?RAME QALLERY The keys are roasting and baking tional changes come down to preparing rather than frying and using healthier students to succeed in life. 2708 Bissonnet St. - Houston, TX 77005 - 713.528.2288 oils, such as canola, olive and soy. Chefs "All these habits are forming our will also be calling on a wider variety of bodies for later in life," Powell said. flavors — such as lemon, garlic and herbs "Rice students are so bright and they — to create complex flavor profiles. work so hard, so I want to see them be * Labor not included - Not valid with any other offer Seasoning substitution will also be successful in their careers and lives for the key to reducing salt in servery foods, a long time and not have to worry about O 2 McDonald said. heart disease when they're 50, 40 or r S 5 Americans get many times the rec- even 30." 5 2 ommended maximum daily value of And "Chef Roger," as he's known WE'VE MOVED 2,300 mg of sodium — about a teaspoon around campus, is more than happy to 2708• BISSONNE T ST. of salt — in their diets, Elkhouri said, help students eat healthier. which can lead to high blood pressure "It's a crime for a chef not to take to 2708 Bissonnet St. (at Dincans) and heart disease. 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BY BRIAN REINHART And there are an incredible number THRESHER STAFF of tasks to carry out, from promot- Vi, ing and demoting players, to setting j Out of the Park Baseball 11 is the the pitching rotation, to deciding Rice University of baseball video ticket prices, to negotiating with J V games. It's geeky and obsessed with amateur draft picks. The game has statistics, and it lets you do nearly video tutorials and a helpful manu- everything short al, but learning of taking a swing how to grasp all •..Tr ;... •-•-k'ygggaffl yourself. the options at OOTP 11 is hand still takes a simulation a lot of time. game that puts I started two the player in the Out of the Park games in OOTP position of gen- Baseball 11 11, taking ad- eral manager of vantage of the a baseball team. * ic ir • simulation's As GM, you do versatility. In not step into the Platform: PC, Mac, the first game, batter's box and Developer: OOTP I created a fic- swing for the Developments tional league, fences. Instead, Released: April 14 League Canada, the game focuses and became GM on managing the of the Vancou- BY MICHAEL ROG set to Philip Glass's "In the Upper ematics graduate student, Emily Ja- team, negotiat- ver Canucks. FOR THE THRESHER Room," a stirring minimalist ballet cob and Rachel Mercer-Smith, both ing trades, promoting minor leagu- The league creation wizard allowed on piano and strings, providing a Sid Richardson College seniors, per- ers and building a playoff dynasty. me all sorts of room for creativity, Rice Dance Theatre's spring welcome departure from the lyric- formed with captivating grace, both Beginners will most likely find from team names and locations to performance, Body Songs, was saturated pop that swallowed most in this piece and every other time OOTP 11's multitude of options the percentage of foreign players. a decent showcase, but the pro- of the rest of the show. Koo man- they took the stage. Their technique overwhelming. Tooltips are unre- OOTP automatically generated gram struggled — and failed — to was near-flawless; every motion liable, so gamers may be puzzled an entire database of fictional live up to the quality of RDT's was clean, intentional and com- unless they click on those buttons. O see PARK, page 12 past performances. pletely controlled. The three made Mostly, the show suffered from up a veritable dream team: Each i" nil win imiwriin ~ ~ iniiiniriiniiniiaiiiiiii ~ Af a lack of innovation. Choreography boasts years of dance experience, ^ ftfifauBaaHasai seemed mostly drawn from a shal- and it definitely showed. Hermione low collection of movements, musi- Body Songs Gilpin's simple, thoughtful lighting Aurot Om**ri cal selections offered little variety design perfectly accentuated the and visual designs lacked inten- * * • • • choreography and musical motifs. tionally and coherence. Further- "Portraits of a Princess" was more, the company's technique left The RDT 2010 Spring uncomplicated, unique and quite much to be desired — movements Performance occurred polished. Set to music by Two Star in most of the dances were unpol- from April 16-17 in Symphony and Michelle Shocked, ished, and the ensembles were fre- Hamman Hall. RDT Artistic Director Rosie Trump's quently far out of sync. choreography incorporated a pleas- The show was not without its ing variety of unique movements, saving moments, however. aged to breathe meaning into every audible squeals, gasps and giggles "Balanchinian Cascades," cho- movement, and the dance flowed and even simple props — apples reographed by Baker College junior from each moment to the next with and small tin pails balanced on the and RDT veteran Hilary Koo, was a utmost musicality. dancers' heads and arms through- COURTESY BRIAN REINHART pure joy to watch. The dance was Dancers Taylor Coon, a math- • see RDT, page 13 m.,*. On the Animal that is Ke$ha When unmarried 40-year-old through Ke$ha's first album Ani- "Imma Star" as the best song of the hip-hop mogul Sean "P. Diddy" mal, and I can safely say that it is by past decade and that my iTunes tells Combs gets out of bed every morn- far the worst piece of music I have me I have listened to "You're a Jerk" ing, he probably doesn't have much by tne New Boyz more than 85 times to worry about. After all, Combs since its release last spring. Yet with made over $30 million last year Ke$ha, every song seems to be pre- and employs a staff to take care of fabricated, overproduced, riddled his six children, make him break- with repetition and concerned with fast, dress him and most likely the same subject matter — a con- stant rotation of "I'm partying," > SandovaMf M ttm pw* bathe him. Nttinq .347 this year 23-year-old Kesha Rose Sebert, "This guy likes me" and "I'm too hot 15 heme runs and 47 rv»r5 battle more commonly known by her stage Connor Hayes for this guy!" name, Ke$ha, probably has more Speaking of subject matter, I difficult mornings. Yet, when she was inspired to compose this col- umn when 1 woke up last Thurs- uttered the words "Wake up in the ever listened to. Don't get me wrong Beneath OOTP's complex exterior and steep learning curve is an mornin'/ Feelin' like P. Diddy," she — I'm not a snob who simply writes day feeling more like Sean Con- infinitely deep and addictive baseball experience. used Combs' sunrise routine as a off anything that is played over the nery than Sean Combs. I went to muse for her hit single "TiK ToK." radio or at a Martel party. One must the bathroom on my way to class The subsequent Facebook status- remember that 1 regard Jeremih's B see KESHA, page 13 es and tweets from "look at me, I drink!" females around the world were soon to follow. SUMMER FEST I somehow managed my way ASTROS CHAMILUONA1RE Wait! Just because school's out The have re- doesn't mean there isn't cool turned to Minute Maid to dig The Mixtape Messiah and The stuff left to do over the sum- ST. ARNOLD'S in for a nine-game home- People's Champ, more com- mer. For example, on Juno 5-6 stand. What better way to en- monly known as Chamillion- The Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Beer is awesome, and the only joy a game than with an All aire and Paul Wall, will be Slim Thug and more will be thing more awesome than You Can Eat ticket and seats hip-hoppin' it up downtown at tearing it up over at Eleanor drinking beer is going to plac- THE in the Mezzanine level for House of tonight. Tickets Tinsley Park as part of Free es where they make beer. St. WEEKLY only $25? It's all the hot dogs, will run you a cool $30 the night Press Summer Fest 2010. Last Arnold Brewing Company of- nachos, popcorn, peanuts, of the show and doors open at year's Summer Fest was a hot, fers tours for $7, followed by SCENE soda and water you can han- 10:30 p.m. with the Ridin' Dirty sweaty success, so this year a beer tasting. Hell, they even dle for seven straight innings. commencing at 11 p.m. should be even better. Hit up throw in a free mug. Joe's picks for events th<»website for tickets. outside the hedges, both HOUSE OF BLUES ST. ARNOLD BREWING COMPANY around Rice and in the 501 CRAWFORD 1204 CAROLINE WWW. FREEPRE5S 2000 LYONS Houston area, for this week. WWW.A5TROS.COM WWW. HOUSEOFBLUES. COM 5UMMERFEST.COM WWW.5AINTARNOLD.COM FRIDAY, APRIL 23,2010 12 A&E THE RICE THRESHER • PARK Relish: A convenient contingency FROM PAGE 11 overpaid veterans. Eventually I had You score a dinner date with that an updated Spanish-missionary style The whole thing dripped with a run- players, including full minor- to launch the Brew Crew into full hottie from your D-II psych class, but inside, with a touch of Pueblo influ- ny red grease, painting unequivocal league systems for every team. rebuilding mode, trading away al- when you slide into your 1989 Dodge ence. Brassy music plays happily from delight in the meal all over his face. Every player in the system has rat- most half of the roster in exchange Diplomat, the damned thing doesn't a well-distributed and unobtrusive Not usually a fan of corn tortillas, he ings for individual skills, ranging for prospects like Blue Jays minor start. It's damage-control time: Din- speaker system, and outdoor diners are got them anyway and found them from defense and power hitting to leaguer Kyle Drabek and Astros ner's gotta be special but not overbear- treated to the company of little bird- to be soft, warm and generally bet- endurance and even loyalty to his Jason Castro and Bud Norris. The ingly so. You wiait to keep it private, so ies who stop at nothing to try to glean ter than any others he's had. While team. Luckily, my Canucks had next few seasons should be fine (in the is out. Think fast! What some chip crumbs. not spicy, pepper flavors comple- some of the league's biggest su- OOTP you can theoretically manage do you do? mented the overall savoriness of the perstars, including an outfielder cheese and pork. nicknamed "Kicks." a team forever), but my 2010 Brew- Emily got the chicken fajitas as a But I was not content just to ers are on the road to 100 losses. main dish. Like every other restaurant watch the team play. Before the There are a few bugs to be in town, the sour cream, pico de gallo season began, I conducted numer- worked out in the game, with some and guacamole were all served on a ous trades and signed a free-agent clicks accidentally taking you to Maria Selma large lettuce leaf. The rest of the dish third baseman and a hotshot young the wrong pages. I would like to see was only average; definitely go for starting pitcher. When I traded the artificial intelligence general • • * ir • something a bit more interesting, such away a star player for minor-league managers have personalities, too, Drew Bereer as La gringa, if you want your meal to prospects, fans started grumbling to indicate the kinds of players they and Emily Salomon Starring: Chile con be more exciting. Thankfully the chile about my performance. like best. But, for a text-based sim- queso, La gringa Take charge and suggest a relaxing con queso made up for what the fajitas Luckily, the grumbling stopped ulator of the team management ex- Location: 1617 Richmond walk up the beautifully shaded and lacked in flavor. during the regular season, after my perience, Out of the Park Baseball Ave. opulendy appointed Mandell Street. Come dessert, we decided serving team got off to a 15-2 start. But suc- 11 cannot be beat. If real general www. mariaselma. com Prepare to impress with your knowl- the sopapillas with maple syrup was an cess does not mean less work: Oth- managers can do it, so can you. 713-528-4920 edge of architecture as you pass by the interesting choice. Sopapillas are fried er teams constantly offer trades, Indeed, OOTP's biggest weak- big houses, discuss how eco-friendly it dough topped with powdered sugar scouts report on the progress of mi- ness is the overwhelming feeling a is to walk to dinner and watch the ap- and traditionally served drizzled with nor leaguers and players often get beginner faces looking at all of the prehension on your date's face build Emily's favorite dish was the chile honey. Clearly, this is not a combina- injured. In fact, my players got hurt possibilities. Well, that and the fact as the greasy Lucky Burger comes into con queso, which she found creamy tion that lends itself to failure, but bet- a little too often in OOTP, even in that the game is ridiculously addic- view, only to be replaced by grateful re- and cheesy while not greasy or chunky. ter sopapillas are not hard to find. spring training, so I just turned the tive. Thanks to OOTP 11, my time- lief as you approach and enter the giant The delicately blended Monterey Jack In terms of the service, the wait- injury rate down to a lower level on management skills have gone down palapa-styled patio of Maria Selma. and cheddar cheeses were a welcome ers were attentive enough. There was the game options menu. the tubes. Maria Selma is a restaurant that change from the Velveeta-Rotel queso a little mix-up on the bill, but it was In my second game, I played One final note: OOTP's powerful claims to practice "the real Mexican all too commonly found in American taken care of with alacrity and apolo- as this season's actual Milwau- simulation software can attempt to culinary arts," Mexico City-style. The kitchens. Freshly sliced jalapeno fin- gies. Our chip baskets empty for kee Brewers. OOTP 11 put me in predict the actual results of base- menu boasts cactus, ceviche, totopos ished the dish, which was large enough three minutes of eternity as our queso charge of the Brew Crew starting ball seasons. I ran the year 2010 in de frijol con chorizo and a whole host of to share with six people. Emily was im- glared longingly up at us. This was par- April 3, with the team's real opening hands-off mode three times, watch- other familiar and pronounceable fare. pressed both with the quality of the ticularly disappointing considering we day roster. Before the first game, I ing the real major league teams play Wear a collar or at least a nice T-shirt to cheeses and the consistency of the dip. were the largest of only four parties on signed a deal with Pedro Martinez simulated seasons. The three simu- fit in and bring a few friends if you've The homemade tortilla chips were the generous patio. to join the Brewers' starting rota- lated World Series champions were got them — sharing appetizers and des- well-suited to the queso. The chips The food was tasty and the atmo- tion. Then I settled down and dis- the , the St. Louis serts is an appealing option here, since were crunchy and crispy; their thick- sphere pleasant. The cost was reason- covered that, well, the Brewers are Cardinals and, weirdly, the Kansas the entrees are not enormous. ness and the slight presence of sea able: $9 appetizers, $io-$i4 entrees really not that great of a team. City Royals, behind career years The ambiance outside brings back salt made them flavorful but not over- and $5 sopapillas. We will go back, es- Running a mediocre team might from Gil Meche and Billy Butler. feelings of spring breaks past, with the whelmingly salty. We cruelly ignored pecially for the chips, queso and breezy be the best way to appreciate the In OOTP 11, then, anything oversized palm-frond dwelling con- the standard red salsa; its smoky flavor environment on a sunny day. realism of the game. I had to deal can happen, just like in the real ma- taining woven-basket lamps and col- just couldn't cut the cheese. with an injury to Ryan Braun, an jor leagues. Now about those Cubs orful lizard decorations. A peek inside Drew smartly ordered La gringa, Drew Berger is a Lovett College junior angry owner complaining about and their 102-year drought ... think the building reveals that the restaurant a dish of marinated pork with grilled and Emily Salomon is a Wiess College my performance and the harsh re- you've got what it takes to reverse is very large and that they've espoused pineapple, onions and melted cheese. junior. ality of being unable to trade away the Curse of the Billy Goat? The Sammy• < s

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• KE$HA ORDT KUtU TOP 35: WEEK OF APRIL 18,2010 FROM PAGE 11 FROM PAGE 11 Tune in anytime, anywhere ktru.org and, just as I prepared to defecate Cash, Bob Dylan and Aaron Neville out the piece. artist album label away my stomach's sorrows, a among her influences. With an ex- Lastly, the dance that most familiar whining, almost moan- tensive background in songwriting people will remember and talk various pomegranates finders keepers ing, note came over my iPod's and musical production, Ke$ha about for weeks is "Fab Four/Fierce •spars iii drag city headphones. It was Ke$ha. and other similar artists seem to Five," choreographed by Wiess Col- cats cats & kittens: natural sounds our world's sounds Something funny happened be just poking fun at the ease with lege sophomore Stephanie Dunlop. shall i download a blackhole blast first (petite) pan sonic ft keifl haino and offer it to you when my iPod arbitrarily decided which they can dominate the charts It's unusual to see hip-hop in RDT to subject me to her song "Blah through cookie-cutter media. Much various miami sound: rare funk and soul soul jazz shows, and this was a case of hip- from miami Blah Blah" while 1 took a hungover like the rise of reality television, hop done very, very well. Dunlop's various the minimal wave tapes volume stones throw crap: I couldn't stop listening. Not America knows the music industry choreography was funky, energetic, one to say that 1 was physically unable is becoming a dumbed-down ring- never repetitive and extremely en- Slavic soul party taketron barbes to change the tone metropo- joyable. RDT newcomer Lena Silva, dam funk toeachizown stones throw song, I just had lis. And nobody a McMurtry College freshman, re- rita j artist workshop all natural every desire in €i seems to mind. ally sparkled in this one — figura- various legends of benin analog africa the world to 1 wanted to tively and literally — bringing an various fire in my bones tompkins square listen to "Blah Something funny try to solve this energy and attitude to the perfor- bird show band bird show band amish records Blah Blah" in its problem while mance that was clearly contagious evangelista prince of truth constellation entirety. For the happened when I sat on the pot both to her fellow dancers and to lightning bolt earthly delights load same reasons 1 my iPod arbitrarily that morning. the audience. The whole ensemble various Singapore a-go-go sublime frequencies had locked my I hated myself was sexy and crisp, and the audi- brother all us rhymesayers door each time decided to subject for humming ence was sure to find itself groov- dokaka human interface dual plover I had scoured me to [Ke$ha's] along to "Blah ing along and having a blast. buckethead & viggo pandemoniumfromamerica perceval press the Internet in Blah Blah" and There were great moments in the acid mothers temple weeks prior, song... I couldn't its exceptionally other pieces, too. The opening look & the melting paraiso are we experimental? prophase trying to find terrible lyrics. It of "Going Nowhere" was stunning, u.f.o. remixes of "Tik stop listening. was then that I and the solo choreography in the new yorker art quartet old stuff cuneiform Tok"that I could had an epipha- middle of "Reverie" was thought- black man's cry-the influence of I just had every various fela kuti now again listen to without ny. Is this even ful and effortlessly executed with monks black light in the attic being chastised, desire in the world a problem? Can believable emotion. Indeed, the golden golden tsurumi records I was overcome we not just put whole evening was dotted with a to listen to "Blah husayn, shafiq shafiq en'a-free-ka plug research with an over- aside our pre- few measures here and there where breakestra dusk till dawn strut whelming sense Blah Blah" in its tentious precon- the technique was strong, the ener- various heavy jelly sub rosa of emotion. I ceived notion of gy was high and the choreography hated her, and entirety. what good mu- thee silver mt. zion kollaps tradixionales constellation was engaging. But, sadly, these mo- memorial orchestra didn't, at the sic or good tele- ments were too few and far between poptards don't be scared self-released same time. 1 99 vision is sup- to really elevate the quality of the various new thing at novara sonig records realized that posed to be? I experience. various a cleansing ascension elevator bath Ke$ha was the had a dream that Audiences would better appreci- pax nicholas and the na teef know the road of teef daptone records scum of the music world, yet 1 loved day: a dream that one day, a group ate a RDT show that is less stylisti- nettey family her... I wanted to be her. of grown men could sit together cally, musically and visually con- audiopharmacy u forgot about us audiopharmacy What are we to make of people and listen to a catchy Ke$ha song strained. I'd like to see a program prescriptions like Ke$ha who in many ways are during a commercial break while of music selections with no lyrics om god is good drag city the female answers to male musi- watching VHi's "Charm School" or to limit creativity, lighting designs hukkelberg, hanne blood from a stone nettwerk cal abominations such as Soulja "I Love New York." where pink and green never, ever sounds of liberation sounds of liberation porter Boy and T-Pain? While their mar- That dream ended when my iPod coexist and really unique choreog- ketability, social manipulation and fell in the toilet. raphy that transcends the same- solid. That means completing the There's a lot of talent in the production are near flawless, their old, same-old quasi-ballet RDT choreogiaphy far in advance, al- ranks of Rice Dance Theatre. Body talent is nonexistent. Ke$ha inex- Connor Hayes is a Baker College junior style we're so used to seeing. And, lowing ample time for cleaning the Songs was not their best e'fort; plicably lists artists such as Johnny and Thresher Backpage editor. above all, the technique must be moves and honing group unison. hopefully the best is soon to come.

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+ ;:' PORTS Sports is on Twitter. Get the scoop at twitter.com/JhresherSports COMMENTARY Baseball out-jousts Knights Thresher tenure inspired Owls grab two of three before falling to A&M Tuesday men's tennis appreciation It was late 2006, a few weeks With the team's mention in Rice's into classes at Rice, and I had no presentation, I was hooked, in- idea what I was doing. effably believing that my small- I was crisping on the metal time baseball skills augured a seats at Jake Hess Tennis Sta- big-time future. Combine that dium, the courts splayed in front with Rice's academic rigidity, of me, empty. and I was set. I was a fresh- Baseball sat man, out on as the source my first assign- of my nascent ment. Men's love for Rice. tennis beat Not ... men's reporter. Old- tennis. fashioned and I'm not go- metallic gray Casey Michel ing to say that tape recorder in THRESHER STAFF the latter has my pocket, my usurped my af- notebook on my lap and 20-odd fection for the diamond — if any- questions scribbled in the mar- thing, my love for baseball has gins: "Biggest surprise last year? been augmented by the multiple Toughest match this season? experiences I've found within and Postseason predictions?" All without the hedges. I'm merely that was missing was my fedora saying that, in covering the men's and a tweed jacket. Also missing tennis team for four years, I've was any semblance of what my been reminded time and again job entailed. that sports, often denuded by the I hadn't come to Rice to be trappings that money can bring, Sophomore Daniel Gonzales-Luna bats against TAMU-CC in Rice's April 14 23-1 rout of the Islanders. Since a sportswriter. If I'd had that can maintain its authenticity then, Rice has gone 2-2, winning a weekend series against UCF but falling to A&M Tuesday. Rice faces C-USA idea when careening through even at a high level. rival ECU this weekend at , with the first game tonight at 6:30 p.m. my high school's halls, I would Baseball still stewards the have tried to end up at Medill or athletic department, which Cronkite or Newhouse. Instead, makes sense — check the bull- by Ryan Glassman carrying momentum into the weekend inning on three hits and a few walks, I was stuck, cornered by Lovett, pen banners if you're confused. THRESHER STAFF after sweeping the University of South- giving starter Taylor Wall an early 7-0 Rayzor, Sewall. And maybe it But where the other teams flail ern Mississippi. As fate would have it, cushion to work with. and fall, there is one non-base- was all for the better — having Since dropping two of three games the Owls (23-16,8-4 C-USA) and Knights The sophomore southpaw would ball program — discounting the come in without any experience, at Memphis at the start of its Confer- (25-14, 6-6 C-USA) faced off this past not need it all, allowing just two runs women's track and cross country I probably would have found my- ence USA slate, the baseball team has weekend in Orlando for three crucial while working into the eighth inning. teams, of course — whose suc- self in a celeritous fight-or-flight gone 5-1 in consecutive series against games, as the conference schedule Wall extended his pitch count above cess remains staid. In my four situation, sinking amid all the C-USA foes to take possession of first nears its halfway point. 130 pitches to rest the bullpen, while years, the men's tennis team has otherwise-qualified applicants place in the standings. The Owls' offense got off to a quick earning his second win of the season in when the Thresher put out a call been ranked within the top 25 ev- Entering the weekend, the team start last Friday evening, scoring in the yet another masterful Friday start. for sportswriters. ery year. This year has seen them threatening Rice's position atop the second inning on a three-run home run Wall was happy to help out the team drop, relatively precipitously, Instead, with numbers dimin- conference was the University of Cen- by junior Michael Fuda. Rice added by pitching late into the game. and yet they're only at No. 41 ished on an already sports-pho- tral Florida, a dominant offensive team four more runs to their lead in the third S3 see BASEBALL, page 17 bic campus, the job was mine for in the nation. They consistently the taking. So I ran with it, burn- make the NCAA Tournament, ing up at Jake Hess, eyes slitted consistently send representa- in the heat and uncertainty. tives to the singles draw and Williams lowers 5K record again Four years later, and I'm sit- consistently find some of the ting on my balcony at Brown on best recruits in the nation. shaved eight seconds off of her own and nationals and that sort of thing, a Wednesday afternoon, febrile They also carry perhaps THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF record, finishing the 5,000 in 16:11.34. we'll be considered with higher placing and jittery as I wait for Friday to the school's most tumultuous, At this rate, there's no telling how than times. I went in saying 1 want to go come. The shakes do not come most baleful rivalry, coming For 18 years, Pam Klassen fast Williams will go in 2010, as she be- faster than I have before." from the fact that today is my against the . (Jones '88) held Rice's women's lieves she will have the opportunity to Williams' improvement exemplifies last day of classes, the end of the The Golden Hurricane has tak- track record in the 5,000-meter run at improve her time once again. what Head Coach Jim Bevan had hoped rigors of the best years of my life. en down Rice in four-straight 16:31.62. Then, in 2006, Marissa Daniels "We have a very strong conference for at the weekend's meet. Nor do they come from the an- C-USA Tournament finals, often (Jones '08) broke the record, setting a in the 5K," Williams said. "Two girls "Mount SAC was an opportunity ticipation of a weekend's worth in an aggravating and stultify- new time to beat at 16:28.87 and shav- from Tulsa have run faster than me this to run really fast because conditions of evenings spent bar-crawling ing manner. Four second-place ing almost three seconds off the previ- season. One of them has 15:58 and the are perfect, and it's the biggest long- and beer-ponging; they are but trophies line Assistant Coach ous benchmark. other has run 16:03, and one of them distance carnival," Bevan said. "So you extenuating ways to spend my Efe Ustundag's office. He doesn't Since Daniels' efforts, the record was in my actual race. just attach yourself and most of the time time. Instead, I'm looking for- shudder or cringe when you has been broken four times, most re- "It's good to know that they're prob- those fast times happen. We did get a lot ward to today because the men's bring them up — second place is cently by senior Britany Williams last ably going to be pushing strong, and I'll out of that meet." tennis Conference USA tourna- no small feat, after all — but you weekend. hopefully be right there with them." In addition to Williams' efforts, suc- ment is finally here. get the feeling that he wouldn't This time, however, Williams was Williams credits her success to her cess was widespread among the Owls at It's a stark change from mind trading them all in for breaking her own school record that race strategy at the Mt. SAC Relays. Mt. SAC. Sophomore Marie Thompson the boy who sat in the blazing that first-place hardware that she had only set 21 days ago. On March "I went in knowing that this is my earned a lifetime best in the 10,000-me- bleachers four years ago. Then, has eluded the team for so long. 27, Williams lowered the Rice time from last chance to run a really fast 5K that's ter run, placing 14th overall in 35:25.10. I'd come to Rice for baseball. O see TENURE, page 17 Callie Wells' (Sid Rich '09) 16:20.95 mark not going to be dedicated to placing That mark showed great improvement to 16:19.27. Then, on April 16, Williams well," Williams said. 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Friday, April 23 Women's Tennis vs. UAB/Tulane Women's Track at J. Fred Duckett Twilight Relays 10 a.m. — Tulsa, Okla. 6 p.m. — Rice Track Stadium Men's Tennis vs. Southern Miss Men's Tennis in C-USA Tournament 2 p.m. — Joke- He.', ferine. Stadium All Day— Jake Hess Tennis Stadium Baseball vs. Sunday, April 25 C ~irJ p " Pf-'c r.fj ','rjrlr Baseball vs. East Carolina University Saturday, April 24 1 p.m. — Reckling Park Baseball vs Eavt Carolina University Men's Tennis in C-USA Tournament '/ p.m. f*»-' < irig I'v* All Day — lake Hess Tennis Stadium Men's Track at J. Fred Duckett Twilight Relays Men's Golf in C-USA Championship 6 p.m. — Rice Track Stadium All Day — Sorrento, Fla. FRIDAY, APRIL 23,2010 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS 15 Rain takes first place in Michael Johnson Classic Sloat takes silver in 800-meter run, Moore adds a sixth-place finish in 400-meter dash

By Jonathan Myers 0.06 of a second slower this week Junior Ugo Nduaguba jumped THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF to finish in fourth, while fresh- 6.81 meters in the long jump for man Lee Johnson achieved a new a personal season-best and tenth As the men's outdoor track team personal best of 55.18 seconds and place, while freshman Ikechi Nna- attempted to compete in Waco last junior Connor Hayes finished right mani jumped 1.95 meters in the Saturday at the Michael Johnson Clas- behind Johnson for 12th place. high jump, although he was limited sic, it was clear that "outdoor" was Turning to the distance events, by the weather conditions just like the operative word for the outcome sophomore Dan Sloat turned in yet the other athletes. of the meet, as rain fell intermittently another consistent performance in Warren talked about how the throughout the day, eventually caus- the 800-meter run, finishing sec- rain affected the jumps and throw- ing the meet to be suspended with ond in 1:54.18, while freshmen Alex ing events in particular. the final heats of the 400-meter hur- Weinheimer and Sammy Abuhamra "The high jump had really poor dles, 200-meter dash, 5,000-meter took 11th and 12th places, respec- conditions, with starting and stop- run and 1,600-meter relay still to be tively, in the 1,500-meter run. Wein- ping it frequently," Warren said. run. While the conditions prevented heimer crossed the finish line at "The jumpers and throwers not do- K Head Coach Jon Warren (Jones '88) 4:01.54, while Abuhamra finished ing well was just a product of the from gleaning too much from the in 4:03.24, something that Warren rain and trying to keep the throw- meet's results, he was still pleased was ultimately excited about. ing ring dry, and that reflected on with several performances, includ- "Yeah, their race was really good; all of the results, not just ours." ing freshman Donte Moore's sixth- they raced well, even though their The throwers competed in the place finish in the 400-meter dash, heat went out really slow," Warren shot put this week, finishing 11th, clocking in at a Rice season-best of said. "They just ran with the pack 12th and 13th. Juniors Clay Baker 47.87 seconds. and then picked it up immensely, so and Will Meyers threw 14.88 and "He ran great in the 400, and the time doesn't really reflect how 14.23 meters, respectively, while his run in the 4 by 100 looked re- well they ran. If they were in another sophomore Alex Zinchenko had a ally good," Warren said. "Overall, heat that went out faster, they could throw of 14.49 meters for his far- the handoffs were clean in the relay have been a lot quicker." thest throw. and the group ran well." Sloat commented on how the The team now turns to the J. Fred That group included Moore, rain actually may have been a Duckett Twilight Meet tomorrow, start- ,, • fellow freshman Alex Francis, blessing in disguise from his point ing at 12 p.m. at Rice Track Stadium. sophomore Sam McGuffie and se- of view. Warren expects some break- nior John Welch, whose combined "1 do not think that the rain ad- through performances from Owls efforts helped Rice to achieve its versely affected my performance on in many events, as the meet is one fastest time in the event this season Saturday. I don't actually mind the of their last before the Conference at 41.59 seconds, good enough for rain because I ran some of my best USA Outdoor Championships, held ninth place. races in high school in heavy rain," May 13-15. With McGuffie's return to the Sloat said. "My biggest challenge "1 think Ikechi and Ugo are track after the conclusion of spring was that they started 14 runners in ready to jump well. Maybe [junior] football practices, the Rice sprint- my heat, which is far too many for a Shea Kearney in the pole vault or ers will gain great experience and competitive 800. 1 was pleased with the freshman, Alec Hsu. Donte's re- talent just in time for the confer- my performance, though 1 am looking ally exciting to watch and he'll just ence championship in three weeks. ahead to better weather and competi- keep getting better," Warren said. Welch and Francis competed well tion at our home meet this week." "Dan Sloat's ready to run a great in the 100-meter dash, running the Junior Michael Trejo brought a 800. [Seniors] Scott Zivick and Si- Senior Jason Colwick arches his back to clear the bar during the Tex- event in 11.03 and 11.46 seconds, re- seventh-place finish in the steeple- mon Bucknell are good to run a as A&M Challenge on Feb. 13. Colwick will return to action at 5:30 p.m. spectively. Sophomore Collin Shur- chase back to Rice, running the 1500. But we'll have to see how the today during the J. Fred Duckett Twilight Relays at Rice Track Stadium. bet, fresh off his victory last week event in 9:45.06 to finish out the events play out with this being the in the 400-meter hurdles, ran just running events. last week of school."

COMMENTARY Astros come out of the gate whiffing We knew it was going to be the Astros have just three fewer he has thrown equal numbers bad, but we did not expect this. hits than the Atlanta Braves, but of walks and strikeouts and has The Houston Astros blasted the Braves have scored 24 more been hittable so far. Last week, off with the worst start in base- runs and won three more games, rumors abounded that Rodriguez ball, going winless for their first largely because Braves batters was experiencing shoulder sore- eight games but sitting, as this walk four times as often. ness and might be hurt. newspaper went to press, at a If Wandy can regain his 2009 nicer record of 5-9. Already four form soon, the Astros' starting games behind in the National pitching will regularly give their League Central Division, the team chances to win games. If he I Astros are looking for answers. cannot, the season may be uglier What went wrong? than anyone could have predicted. There are two easy answers, What can be done? Wandy and they explain part of the team's needs to find his groove. Berkman problems. One is that star Lance Brian Reinhart needs to find his, too, now that he Berkman began the year injured, THRESHER STAFF is healthy again. Only more prac- We love Rice U. Students depriving the lineup of its best tice will improve the team's de- hitter for a dozen games. Another The second problem is de- fense. Athletic shortstop Tommy is that general manager Ed Wade fense. BaseballProspectus.com Manzella, brought in to bolster wasted the offseason and did little ranks the Astros last in the major the Houston defense, instead to make the team better. I have ar- leagues for "defensive efficien- leads the team in errors, but he gued that point in a previous col- cy," a statistic measuring what should improve with time. umn ("Ineptitude starts at top of percentage of balls in play result Most of all, though, the Astros Astros' organization", Feb. 19) and in outs. Houston has average er- need to learn how to be patient. will not do so again here, especially ror numbers, but that is because As free agent outfielder Elijah STORAGE because we can all agree that, de- some of the team's aging defend- Dukes once told the press, "A walk spite the wasteful offseason spend- ers, like Carlos Lee and Kaz Mat- is as good as a hit. ... You don't ing, the Astros really shouldn't be sui, have such limited range that always have to get a hit. You can this bad. instead of mishandling the ball, walk sometimes to beat a team, Spring is here & Summer's on its wayi I see three basic problems. they just let it go by. too." So far this year, the Hous- The first is that the Astros batters The third problem is the sudden ton Astros have not been getting have forgotten how to work the reversal of Wandy Rodriguez. This hits from players like Carlos Lee, count. The Astros have a league- year, Wandy hopes to prove that his who is batting .145. Because they What better place to store your stuff than worst 18 walks in 14 games this remarkable performance in 2009 (3.02 aren't walking either, the result year, and it's not because their ERA, 193 strikeouts) was not a fluke. is that the Astros simply do not at the storage facility closest to Rice campus? opponents are throwing nothing One-year wonders certainly do have score many runs. but strikes. Except for Michael a remarkable history in baseball: An- Patience is the key. Astros hit- Bourn and Jeff Keppinger, who thony Reyes won a brilliant World Se- ters will need patience to get on base account for two-thirds of the ries victory for the St. Louis Cardinals more. Astros management will need www.bullseyestorage.com team's walks, the Astros hitters in 2006 but has never pitched well patience as and three seem to have lost all their pa- since, and Fausto Carmona received bullpen arms recover from injuries. tience at the plate. David Wright multiple votes for the Cy Young award And Astros fans will need patience Be sure to ask for our has more walks (19) than the en- in 2007 before returning to mediocrity as their team, nevertheless, charts tire Houston roster. the next year. an unmistakable course toward last Rice student special discount! How much does this matter? After only three starts, it is too place in the National league. Impatient hitting and an inability soon to say that Wandy Rodriguez to walk rob a team of scoring op- may be meeting the same fate. But Brian Reinhart is a Wiess College portunities. To give an example, he is certainly at risk, given that senior and former calendar editor. 16 SPORTS THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, APRIL23,2010 Women close out regular season with resounding win Owls dominate UAB to finish even in conference play; look to C-USA Tournament next

By Christopher Pettijohn even sixth-position singles player nament, with Southern Methodist THRESHER STAFF sophomore Alex Rasch blanked her University (22-3, 6-0 C-USA) as the opponent, winning 6-0, 6-0. No. 1 seed and the University of Tul- After navigating a season filled This match was a great way for the sa (18-5,3-1 C-USA) as the No. 2 seed. with peaks and valleys, the wom- team to get ready to head into confer- Thanks to their third-place ranking en's tennis team reached the finale ence championships, and also a great in the tournament, the Owls will of its four-month spring schedule way for seniors to finish up their Rice earn a bye in the first round and in the final week of competition tennis careers. In their final regular will not play until today. with a match against the University season matches, Chao and Lin did not Rice will face either Tulane Uni- of Alabama-Birmingham. lose a point in their doubles matches versity (12-8, 4-2 C-USA), a team they Before the matches started, Rice and only lost two points collectively defeated earlier in the year 6-1, or UAB honored its departing seniors, Julie in their singles matches. once again in their match today. Chao and Rebecca Lin. Head Coach Schmidt was more than satisfied The tournament has major Elizabeth Schmidt said a few words with her team's performance. implications for the team's about them and presented each postseason hopes. If the Owls win with a photo album chronicling the C-USA tournament, they will their years on the team. earn an automatic bid into the After that subdued start to the NCAA tournament, which would be match, the Owls transitioned easily the team's first appearance since • they won the C-USA championship into competition mode. Rice (13-8, 2-2 IN FOCUS: C-USA) dominated UAB (10-10, 2-4 C- in 2006. USA), sweeping the Blazers 7-0. WOMEN'S TENNIS Just as in college basketball, the The team began the match in im- INDIVIDUAL MATCH women's tennis tournament has 33 WINNING PERCENTAGES pressive fashion, as both the team at-large bids available in addition to of No. 45 sophomore Ana Guzman The Owls boast a winning those for the conference champions. and Chao in the top doubles posi- percentage of 58.7 percent These final bids are decided based on tion and the team of junior Rebekka in all of their matches this national rankings. As of now, Rice is on Hanle and Lin at the third position season, with freshman Dan- the bubble of receiving an at-large bid. mm swept their opponents with 8-0 iella Trigo leading the team Based on the latest national rankings, in individual percentages wins. Finishing close behind was they were No. 41, but these rankings fail by winning 68.75 percent of to take into account last Saturday's win. the team of junior Jessica Jackson her matches. and freshman Daniella Trigo, who Once Rice's defeat of UAB is factored in, defeated their opponents 8-1. they may be ranked high enough for an 1. Daniella Trigo 68.75 percent After a commanding job of tak- at-large bid. 2. Jessica Jackson 65 percent ing the doubles point, the Owls "Hopefully we will be coming —< then readied themselves for the 3. Rebecca Lin 65 percent back this weekend with a confer- tl i tl [j tt tt *** J singles matches. In similar mode to ence title," Rasch said. "We have " J c • the doubles matches, Rice disman- been working and we are prepared * J c J tled UAB with ease. "We played very solid, and we for what's to come." r A -J n •OMI The Owls won all singles match- were very happy for our seniors There is also a NCAA tournament •H *** M4 es. No Blazer won more than two that they were able to go out that for individual players based on na- 4-4 . — .£ r* h sets in any singles match and of way," Schmidt said. tional rankings. Hanle, ranked 86 Senior Julie Chao aims a return volley in her match against UAB on the 82 sets played, UAB won only The next hurdle for the Rice is at the moment, has a chance to April 17. The Owls won all seven matches against the Blazers in prepara- 10, handing Rice the team's most the Conference USA Champion- make it, and the doubles team of decisive victory of the year. Success ships, which started yesterday. The Chao and Guzman, ranked 45, has tion for the Conference USA Championships held in Tulsa, Okla. today. was widespread for the Owls, as Owls are the No. 3 seed in the tour- a shot as well.

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"The best for me was watching Jimmy "My favorite moment so far was "Mine was Jimmy Comerota sending "I loved watching Craig Manuel hit Comerota nab six RBIs against Texas when the Owls played Cal and won a shot out of Minute Maid against his first career home run for a walk- A&M Corpus-Christi." 26-11. Specifically the 45-minute TCU. The guy's not exactly known for off win in the 10th inning against bottom of the sixth when Rice went his power, but he seems to have a Houston. There's nothing better Jonathan Myers through its lineup twice and scored knack for coming through just when than a dogpile at home plate to end Assistant Sports Editor 12 runs." the team needs him most. There's a a game." reason he's called Jimmy Baseball." Meghan Hall Natalie Clericuzio Sports Staff Writer Casey Michel Sports Editor Sports Staff Writer

• TENURE O WILLIAMS FROM PAGE 14 FROM PAGE 14

This weekend will present Rice has to, right? by Thompson, who just last year was theme of the meet was poor weather set a lifetime best in the 100 hurdles, with its best chance in years, be- Now, I could be a kibitzer here, running 17:58 in the 5,000 meters, the creating adverse conditions, which pre- finishing in 13.99 even while running in ginning today at 2 p.m. against someone pounding you and hound- equivalent of a 35:56 in the 10,000. vented the team from making strides in sprinkling conditions. the University of Southern Mis- ing you with advice that you don't Bevan was particularly impressed its performances, according to Bevan. Freshman Sharae Robinson set a sissippi. The Owls took down need between your problem sets by Thompson. "We did do some good things, but it lifetime best in the discus at 135' 8" and top-seeded Tulsa in a regular-sea- and your hangovers. But I'm telling "The mark [at Mt. SAC] should get was more about competing than about placing fourth overall. son match at Jake Hess two weeks you — these guys deserve it. They her to the national meet," Bevan said. making perfect marks," Bevan said. After the two weekend meets out of ago, a contest with enough chippi- fight for you, drenched in sweat "She ran a very tough race and improved Senior Vicki Walker earned first town, the team has a home meet to look ness that a brawl didn't seem out of and wrenched in pain, with enough in the last year more than anybody." place in the 800-meter run, setting a forward to this weekend, as the Rice the question. Should Rice make it to tennis elbows and tweaked ankles Also at Mt. SAC, sophomore Halsey season-best of 2:12. Classmate Shakera Twilight J. Fred Duckett Relays will be at the finals, the team will likely meet and strained hammies to make you Fowler improved in the steeplechase Reece also found success, qualifying the Rice Track Stadium tomorrow from Tulsa, currently 36th in the nation, wonder just how far they're willing to 10:56, and sophomore Keltie John for the finals in the 100- and 200-meter 6-9 p.m. for the rematch. to push themselves. And they've got lowered her time in the 1,500-meter sprints, but Rice's coaches pulled her Bevan is happy with the status of his But will anyone see it? Besides as good of a shot this year as any of run to 4:36. To round out Rice's per- from the finals to avoid her injuring team as a whole right now, but he also the octogenarians and the athletic finally topping Tulsa's summit. formance in California, junior Alli- her already-tweaked hamstring. knows that things will calm down after department's scorekeepers, I'm I don't know; maybe I'm just son Pye improved upon her previous In the 1,500-meter run, senior Claire the next couple of weeks. typically the only one in the stadi- feeling crotchety, fed up with 5,000-meter time by 35 seconds to fin- Shorall and sophomore Addie Quinn "After the next two weeks I'll feel um. A couple stragglers fill in here this school's lack of support for ish in 16:46, good enough to get her on finished first and second, respectively. a lot better," Bevan said. "April is a and there — people on their way to its athletic teams. Maybe I've the national list. Quinn set a lifetime best with her 4:44 busy month. We've got some kinks the track, officers strolling from the just been to one-too-many empty The women's track team also sent finish, while Shorall set her best mark to work out, so we need to make it police station, freshman vagabonds student sections, one-too-many a contingent to the Michael Johnson in two years at 4:43 and her second- through the next two weeks and fo- lost on the wrong side of campus. games where the maroon or the Classic, hosted by in best time ever. cus on finishing the seasor .T with a Occasionally friends sprinkle the burnt orange drown out any blue Waco, Texas, last weekend. There, the In hurdles, junior Kimberly Stanford bang at the conference meet." stands, breaking up the monotony and gray that may venture to our of the otherwise empty seats. home contests. And that's usually it. No raucous- Or maybe I'm just feeling grate- ness, no signs, no body paint. All of • BASEBALL ful to a team, to a program, that FROM PAGE 14 which adds up to a distinct lack of helped me find what I truly love. home-court advantage, and a better Helped me find a plan post-Thresh- "When you can save the bullpen Ojala surrendered three runs in four With the win, Rice stands at 8-4 in shot for those at Tulsa to take home er, post-graduation, post-Peace and have a lot of guys that are fresh, it innings, suffering the first loss of his C-USA, tied with ECU for first place. a fifth-straight trophy. Corps. Helped me find my way. really makes it easier, and it makes it college career. The good vibes would not continue So come cheer the Owls on this For that, I will always be grateful. tougher on their hitters because we've For the rubber match on Sunday, for the Owls on Tuesday at Texas A&M week. Please. For the love of God. I For that, I will always be cheering. got a bunch of arms that we can throw Graham sent senior Abe Gonzales to University, as the squad fell 7-1 in the know it's not my job, and I know I Casey Michel is a Brown College out there," Wall said. "We should be the mound as his last-minute starter in- non-conference tilt. Rice took a 1-0 lead forfeit my objectivity when I'm try- senior and former Thresher editor fresh for Saturday and Sunday." stead of senior Jared Rogers. Gonzales into the fifth inning behind starter Boo- ing to push them on, but someone in chief. Behind the gritty effort of their ace, could not work out of the first inning gie Anagnostou before the defense im- the Owls cruised to a 9-2 win in the and was relieved by Rogers, who would ploded and the Aggies (21-14-1,6-8-1 Big opening game of the series. pitch into the sixth. 12) put up seven runs. Rice would get on the board again Both offenses were productive in the The main culprit was junior short- early on Saturday with an RBI ground- early innings, with the teams exchang- stop Rick Hague, whose defensive woes out by sophomore Jeremy Rathjen in ing runs for a 4-4 tie through three continued in what has been a challeng- the first inning. But UCF tied the game frames. Rice tacked on a run in the fifth, ing season. Hague committed four er- with a leadoff home run in the second but UCF took a 7-5 lead after scoring rors on the evening in an eventual 7-1 inning, with senior starter Mike Ojala three runs in the bottom of the sixth. loss in College Station. struggling with his command. Trailing in the late innings of a Rendon said that the Owls are doing The Owls' offense would not score pivotal conference game, the Owls re- their best to support Hague. over the next five innings, swinging sponded by scoring three runs on two "We have to keep encouraging him at pitches early in the count. wild pitches to take a slim 8-7 lead. and let him know that it's going to be all With the Rice bats quiet, UCF ex- Rice broke the game open in the eighth, right," Rendon said. "We've got to just Rent by Day, Week, Month tended their lead to 6-2 heading into mounting a two-out rally with a string tell him to keep battling, keep encour- the ninth inning. The Owls cut the lead of three hits and three walks. 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Main St. • 713-723-0973 6-4 win, splitting the series and forcing Rendon, junior Rick Hague and se- The Owls will have to put the -Private lake, walking track, a decisive game Sunday afternoon. nior Jimmy Comerota combined for nine disappointing loss behind them, Head Coach ex- of the Owls' 14 hits on the afternoon, with East Carolina University (24-14, indoor/ outdoor, Jacuzzi, NO LEASE/ NO DEPOSIT pressed disappointment in the at-bats. leading the late offensive outburst to 6-3 C-USA) coming to Houston for a "We helped [UCF] by swinging early put the game out of reach. weekend conference series beginning swimmina pool, exercise room — in the count at pitchers' pitches, pitches Freshman Tyler Duffey earned the tonight. The winner of the series will we weren't set to hit and had no reason save, pitching the last three innings take over possession of the confer- • Laundry Facility to swing at them," Graham said. 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E - Rendon. DP - UCF 2. LOB - Rice 7; UCF 9. 2B - S. BASEBALL Brown; Richardson. HR — R. Breen (5). HBP — Rendon TEXAS A&M 7 RICE 1 2; Comerota; S. Brown; A. Johnston. SH — D. Sweeney. April 20,2010 — Olsen Field SF — Mozingo. CS — Rendon. College Station, Texas RICE 9 UCF 2 Texas A&M (21-14-1) Rice (23-16) April i6, 2010 — )ay Bergman Field Rice IP H R ER BB SO BF Name (pos) AB R H Bl Name (pos) AB R H Bl Orlando, Fla. Ojala L(2-1) 4.0 4 3 3 3 6 20 Naquin rf 5111 Mozingo rf 4010 Gonzales 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 9 Rice (22-14) UCF (23-13) Greene ss 4121 Comerota ib 4110 Simmons 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Name (pos) AB R H Bl Name (pos) AB R H Bl Patterson dh 5 1 1 1 Rathjen dh 4000 Chargois 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 4 Mozingo rf 41 1 3 Brown rf 3000 Smith 2b 4100 Rendon 3b 3000 McNair 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 2 Hague ss 41 1 o Sweeneyss 1 o Jackson ib 3000 Seastrunkc 2000 UCF IP H R ER BBSO BF Rathjen If 5 1 2 2 Taylor c 2 1 Shofner ib 3101 Hague ss 3010 Dew W (5-1) 8.1 9 4 4 2 1 36 Rendon 3b 42 2 o Breen dh o o Hinojosa If 3112 Fuda If 3000 Rogers 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Seastrunkc 4 o o 1 Duffy If o 0 Alcazar c 4100 Ratterree 2b 3010 Ratterree 2b 2 1 o o Griffin ib o o Collazo cf 4020 Sultzbaugh cf 3 000 Attendance — 3309 Sultzbaugh cf 5 0 o o Taladay 3b o o Ehlert p Anagnostou p Fuda dh 32 2 4 Johnston 2b o 0 Simmons p Comerota ib 4 o 0 o Richardson cf 2 O Fant p Wall p Sedlockp RICE 13 UCF 8 McNair p Duffey p Bradford p Fazio p April 18, 2010 — Jay Bergman Field Brown p McDowell p Orlando, Fla. Adkins p Totals 35 7 7 6 Totals 30 1 4 0 Totals 35 9 9 8 Totals 31 2 5 1 Rice (2315) UCF (24-14) Name (pos) AB R H 81 Name (pos) AB R H Bl Score by inning R H E Score by inning R H E Mozingo rf 41 1 3 Brown rf 5 0 0 0 Rice 000100 200 — 144 Rice 034110 000 — 9 9 3 Ratterree 2b 1 1 Sweeney ss 230 A&M 000 070 00X — 770 UCF 000 020 000 — 252 Rathjen If 0 1 Taylorc 232 Rendon 3b 3 2 Breen dh 011 E — Hague 4 (22). LOB Rice 4; A&M 8. E — Hague (16); Ratterree (8); Comerota (3); S. Seastrunkc 1 o Duffy If 033 2B — Comerota (4). HBP — Greene; Shofner; Brown; B. Taylor. DP — Rice 3. LOB — Rice 9; UCF 9. Hague ss 3 1 Griffin lb 0 10 Hinojosa. SB — Collazo (7). 2B — Rendon (7). HR — Fuda (3). HBP — S. Brown; C. Fuda dh 1 o Taladay 3b 12 0 Taladay 2. SH —Comerota (4); A. Johnston. SF — Fuda Comerota ib 3 2 Johnston 2b 2 2 2 Rice IP H R ER BBSO BF Sultzbaugh cf 3 (1). SB — Mozingo (9); Rendon (7); Ratterree (2); Fuda 1 o Richardson cf 12 0 Anagnostou L (2-3) 4-1 3 Gonzales p (3). Reached on CI —Ratterree. Rogers p Simmons 0.1 2 Rogers p Bradford p Fant 0.0 o McNair p Rice IP H ER BBSO BF Adkins p McNair 0.2 1 Simmons p Wall W (2-4) 7-2 5 2 3 2 34 Brown p Fazio 0.2 o Duffey p Duffey 1.1 o 0024 Cicio p McDowell 2.0 1 UCF IP H ER BBSO BF Dobbins p A&M IP H R ER BBSO BF Sedlock L (2-3) 2.0 5 5 o 2 12 Manning p 9.0 4 1 o 2 8 32 Bradford 0.0 o 1303 Weech p Ehlert W (2-3) 1410 Totals Brown 4.1 4 1 3 2 21 Totals 3913 43 8 17 8 Adkins 2.2 0 0139 Attendance — 3309 Score by inning R H E Attendance —1545 Rice 031010 350 — 13 14 3 These box scores brought to you by: Seniors Rebecca Lin (left) and Julie Chao UCF 112 003 010 — 8 17 3 were honored before the team's final regu- (Throwback Edition) UCF 6 RICE K E — Ratterree (9); Hague 2 (18); C. Taladay (4); GOSSIP GIRL RULES, One Tree Hill still sucks. Ooh, pretty lar season match against UAB on Saturday, April 17, 2010 — Jay Bergman Fielo A. Johnston (10); B. Brown (3). DP — Rice 1. LOB —Rice Casey, we still blame you. which the Owls won in decisive fashion, 7-0. Orlando, Fla. 13; UCF 10.2B — Seastrunk(6); Hague (10); D. Sweeney Flo and T, thanks for getting me through hump day flowers! (8); C. Duffy (14). HR — Hague (6); A. Johnston (3). UCF (24-13) Rice (22-15) every week:) Rice will face either Tulane or UAB today in HBP — Rathjen; Fuda. SH — Ratterree (2); Comerota Name (pos) AB R H Bl Name (pos) AB R H Bl After 2.5 years of Whursdays, the main thing I've (5); Sultzbaugh (1); A. Johnston (6). SF — Mozingo (3). the C-USA tournament. Brown rf 3220 Mozingo rf 4111 learned is to save always, always, always. SB — Richardson (8). CS —D. Sweeney (5). Sweeney ss 3122 Hague ss 5000 Oh, by the way, the Yankees are the greatest.

A CLOSER LOOK: J. Fred Duckett Twilight Relays Schedule of Events WWW. R1CETHRESHER. ORG

Event Start Time on 4/24 (estimated) Women's Hammer Noon WWW. RICE THRESHER. ORG Men's Hammer 1:30 p.m. Women's Discus 1:30 p.m. WWW. R1CETHRESHER. ORG Men's Discus 3:30 p.m. Women's Shot Put 3:30 p.m. 77 Men's Shot Put 5:30 p.m. WWW™™™" "*' -ORG Women's Javelin 5:30 p.m. Men's Javelin 7:30 p.m. TW4 Women's Pole Vault 3 p.m. T Men's Long Jump, Men's Triple Jump 5:30 p.m. V ,V.P ^ I J3HWI.ORG Women's Long Jump, Women's Triple 5:30 p.m. Jump J Women's High Jump, Men's High Jump 6 p.m. V W dCE I iSH RG Men's Pole Vault 5:30 p.m.

Women's 4X100 6 p.m. Men's 4X100 Wl RICE I Women's 800 6:10 p.m. Men's 800 i isk Women's 100 Hurdles 6:20 p.m. W .RICE I Men's 110 Hurldes Women's 100 6:35 p.m. W RICE I? iS/J f Men's 100

Women's 400 Hurdles 6:50 p.m. Men's 400 Hurdles m RIC^ Il ^shI Women's 400 7:05 p.m. Men's 400 n Women's 200 7:20 p.m. Vm ETHRES '^ER. ORG Men's 200

Women's 1500 7:30 p.m. Men's 1500 WWW.,. ^HER. ORG Men's 3000 Steeplechase 7:50 p.m. Women's 3000 Steeplechase 8:15 p.m. WWW. RICE THRESHER. ORG Women's 4X400 Relay Men's 4X400 Relay Men's 5000 8:30 p.m. WWW. RICE THRESHER. ORG Women's 5000 8:50 p.m. WWW. RICE THRESHER. ORG FRIDAY, APRIL 23,2010 THE RICE THRESHER CALENDAR 19

Pub, massages in the Wellness chicken. It costs $3 for a total of order to access your grades, you Center, cookie decorating con- eight dumplings. need to fill out all of your instruc- tests in Farnsworth Pavilion and tor evaluations on ESTHER first. hula hoop competitions. The Phils and Spontaneous Com- the Calendar bustion will be performing as WEDNESDAY APRIL 23-MAY17, 2010 well. Oh, and all of this is free. SATURDAY So go, have fun and don't worry; follow us 24/7 at twittef.coin/thresherc3l Club Fondren will still be there Finals = grossness Dancing with purpose J. Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet when it's over. Finals start today at 9 a.m. The Go outside the hedges to the starts at noon and goes until last day of final exams is May 5. Melody Club, located at 3027 FRIDAY 9:15 p.m. There will be events If you do not know where your Crossview Drive, for a night of going on all day, and it's all free final exam is or at what time, dancing. The cover charge will with your student ID. For a sched- MONDAY 26 Wow... that's it? go to registrar.rice.edu/final_ex- go to Emily Stonebrook and ule of events and more info, go to ams. Study hard and finish well. her biking team to help them Today is the last day of classes. flashresults.com/flashtexas. You can get through it; just Looking shaggy raise money for the Leukemia & No more waking up for those drink copious amounts of coffee Lymphoma Society. There will be pesky 8 a.m. lectures, no more Dinner with a cause As you finish up school and head and Red Bull. swing and blues music, including wolfing down your breakfast, home, a haircut might be nice. DJs Hailey Hinson and Kristina Rice Dance Marathon is hav- and no more problem sets! Cel- Today will be the last day of Bar- Arscott. Tickets for students, with ing a fundraiser today at ebrate, but not too hard; finals ber Days this semester. Stop by a valid ID, are $5 and general ad- Chipotle on Kirby Drive from FRIDAY ^ 30 are just around the corner. the Rice Memorial Center today mission is $10. For more info, goto 3-6 p.m. Whatever amount you from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. for a little pages.teamintraini-v;.org/txg/ spend at Chipotle, half of the Angelika snip-snip so that mom won't Let's dance ambbno/estonebrook. money will go to the Children's have to harass you about it later. Celebrate the last day of classes Miracle Network at the Texas CORE Performance Dance Com- at the Angelika Theater all day, Children's Hospital. No car? Clean out your closet pany is performing tonight at sponsored by Rice Program No problem; there will be rides the lo- MONDAY Council. Each college has ten from the Circle Drive at the Rice Want more reasons to procrasti- cated at 100 Concert Dr. at 8 p.m. free tickets to the Angelika. Memorial Center. nate? Then come to the Clothing The show is free for everyone Since there is a limited supply Swap sponsored by the Women's and features Rice Dance The- Change your mind of tickets, most of them will be atre and guest dancers Becky Phantastic Resource Center that will be go- If you pass/failed a class, to- taken by today, but you can still Vails and Teresa Chapman. ing on from 1:30-3 p.m. in the day is your last day to change try to get a ticket; just stop by the Tonight is the release of the Rice Farnsworth Pavilion. Bring at it to the letter grade. All you Info Desk located in the Rice Me- Philharmonics' new album, Ep- least two gently used garments, have to do is go to ESTHER at morial Center. och. To honor this occasion, the accessories or two dollars for esther.rice.edu and change it Phils will be in the Lovett College admission to the event. You can TUESDAY Commons starting at 8:30 p.m. to right there on your computer. Soak up the sun peruse through all the clothing sell their new CD as well as sing and take what you like for free. Graduation gala The final public party of the year all your song requests. As the All of the leftover items will go to is tonight, and it is going to be night crawls on, there will be a The Woman's Home. And don't Graduating seniors, come cel- SATURDAY 15 hot! The party is at the Martel release party in Lyle's, Lovett's think that this is for girls only; ebrate graduation and Cinco de Sundeck from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. basement, and all are welcome to both guys and girls are encour- Mayo early at the Senior Gala. The theme is Beach Party, so join in on the fun. Congratulations class of 2010 aged to attend. The festivities take place at Ho- come in your swim trunks and tel ZaZa located at 5701 Main Today is the 97th Commence- sundresses. There will be food, You got served ... dumplings St., from 6-10 p.m. It costs $25 ment. The graduation cer- drinks, beach balls and alcohol SUNDAY per person at the door, and the emonies begin at 8:30 a.m. in for those of age. 25f The Chinese Student Associa- party features DJs, dancing and the Academic Quad. All the tion will be delivering dump- five open bars. seniors and degree-receiving lings tonight to your door. Thp Best study break ever graduate students will be turn- SATURDAY deliveries will be made tonight ing over their tassels today as Finals are approaching: that from 10-11 p.m. To have dump- they officially graduate fr<~>m means it's time for the President lings delivered right to your Rice University. Congratulations 1 door, just e-mail Christine Sun Twilight meet and Dean's Study Break in the seniors. You shouldbe very proud Rice Memorial Center. The festiv- at cys [email protected] with your as you receive that sheepskin or Cross your fingers Go out to the Rice Track Stadium ities go from 9-11 p.m. Reasons to name, location, time prefer- parchment diploma. Now you today to watch Rice at their last go include: Coffeehouse drinks, ence and the type of dump- Today is the last day for profes- can waik through the Sallyport ling you want: veggie, pork or home meet. The Eighth Annual ice cream sundaes in Willy's sors to submit final grades. In with no fear. THRESHER CROSSWORD: SOAK UP THE SUN HOW TO SUBMIT CALENDAR ITEMS

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OBITUARIES only by its distant cousin, the Guido blowout. In lieu of flowers or donations, grow a mullet. But please don't My Desire to Drink Dies at sexually assault anyone. Six Days, Is Resurrected Boner Jokes, Known for My desire to drink, known in many circles as the driv- ing force behind my alter ego Hans and best known for Comedic Genius, Dies at 53 its soulful rendition of the song "Total Eclipse of the Many revere that Boner Jokes, Heart," died last Saturday night at approximately 3 a.m. born late in the 1950s, was the after a long bout with sobriety. Its contributions peaked urest form of comedy up until in 2008 and it will be fondly remembered as the direct Sis unfortunate death early last cause of moments such as Projectile Vomitfest '09 and Thursday morning. "I found a Regrettable Sex with a Mediocre Girl '07, '09 and '10. picture in which Dean Forman This death, its 44th this year, was followed by a mirac- was in a conga line and had ulous resurrection early Sundaiy morning. "Tnili;s time I a mysterious bulge below his truly believed my desire to drink had left forever," I told belt," recalled Backpage edi- members of the press who gathered for a press confer- tor Connor Hayes. "It quickly ence at Spec's Downtown's trauma unit. "But, just as became obvious that it was my always, it came back." duty to zoom in on his boner My desire to drink momentarily left behind three ana point it out to the world. empty tallboys and one bottle of extremely cheap and Unfortunately that wasn't al- let*s ail laugh at possibly poisonous grain alcohol (also deceased). In lowed to happen." Body of the deceased censored per graham lieu of flowers or sympathy my desire to drink requests Thresher editors quickly family request. malt liquor be sent via campus mr il. nixed Boner Jokes, which leaves available only one hi- When Graham Cannady sits larious sexual concept that can be abbreviated by the down after a long, hard day he Ben Roethlisberger's letters "BJ." reaches for one drink and one drink only: an Appletini. Coming Boner Jokes is survived by his mother Ms. Ogynistic in at a close second is Smirnoff Mullet Dead at Two Months Jokes (age 144) and father Richard "Dick" Jokes (age Ice, but Graham loves "the feeling 245). The legacy left behind is one of wisdom, knowl- of going up to the bar and order- Pittsburgh Steelers quarter- edge and hard-ons and will serve as an inspiration for ing something that ends in -tini." back Ben Roethlisberger cut his future generations who stumble upon pictures of uni- mullet last week in preparation versity administrators in a conga line. for a meeting with National Foot- 4/20 ball League Commissioner Roger Goodell regarding recent allega- Yan Digilov's Dignity Dies, Record sales for The Hoot. It sold out at 10:52 pm. tions of sexual assault. Mullets were named an endan- But it Never Really Lived gered species by the World Wild- rice hires new life Fund in late 1994 and Roeth- Yan puked all over my bathroom after Bacchanalia. provost lisberger's was widely regarded This was after he smashed a hole in my sink and pooped We honestly have no idea what as the last major mullet in Amer- on my bed. 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