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thVOLUME XCVIIIe, ISSUE NO. Ric26 STUDENT-RUe N SINCE 1916 FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2011 Hoot ready to expand into South next year
BY CHARLES WALPER FOR THE THRESHER
Rice students from the South Colleges can rejoice! No longer will the long walk during Hous- ton's humid nights be necessary for Chick-fil-A sandwiches or Papa John's pizza. Starting in Fall 2oii, the Hoot will open a new location at South Servery. "Over the summer [Housing & Dining] will conduct renova- tions throughout South Servery, and has generously offered to in- clude space for the Hoot in their plans," Hoot General Manager Justin Sable said. There is no official opening date for the new location, but the plan is to open within the Not working the banana stand Nicolas Thorburn (left) plays guitar and Joe Plummer (center) plays drums for Mister Heav- first month of school along with enly at KTRU's Outdoor Show, with Michael Cera (right) joining the group as touring bass- a potential preview during one anymore ist. Honus Honus (not pictured) of Man Man played keyboard. night of 0-Week. The Hoot South will occupy a space located on the right side of South servery when approaching f from the Hanszen Commons. This space will serve a dual purpose, 0 Japanese int'l study acting as the location of Hoot Rice hosts conference South at night with a project by Student-taught course programs discussed H&D operating during the day. on indefinite hiatus a BY BROOKE BULLOCK the student-taught programs were THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF beginning, the style and age of pro- BY ELLEN LIU For students currently in Japan, grams vary greatly. Tufts University It's a win for everyone THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Loch said that due to the differ- Nine universities came together began its Experimental College — ences in academic calendars, they at Rice's Dell Butcher Hall for the their name for the student-taught because it'll be more Rice suspended student par- would be on break between semes- National Conference on Student- program that houses a couple of ticipation in study-abroad and ters and wouldn't have to leave on- convenient for people Taught Courses on April 8 and 9, the non-student led programs as well — exchange programs in Japan until going programs. first conference of its kind. Though in 1964. James Madison University, wanting food and it'll further notice, Assistant Dean for Rice International Programs Ad- all nine universities house a form of on the other hand, will run its first Student Judicial Programs Donald visor Tracy Kimutis said Rice could L l bring in customers. student-taught courses, they have round of pilot student-taught cours- Ostdiek announced. This decision not release the names of the three formed independently and without es this coming fall. Edward Tian affects the summer plans of three students but that they were all ma- much communication between the Hanszen '14 After lunch, Keynote Speaker Rob- students who signed up for Japa- ture and understanding during the institutions. The NCSTC was the first ert Lundin, Vice President of Univer- nese programs administered by Rice decision process and afterward. chance the universities had to see ty sity Partnerships at Teach for Amer- International Programs. "No student complaints [were] how other schools developed — or are ica, spoke to the attendees about the The suspended programs were directed to us," Kimutis said. "I am still developing — a student-taught importance of inspiring change on "Without H&D's generous sup- the Rice exchange program with sure they were very disappointed, course program. campus. port, [Hoot South] wouldn't have Keio University in Tokyo, which but they handled themselves very "The most interesting or strongest been possible," Hoot Inventory "I thought it was really interest- involved two students, and a third well, I feel, and seemed to realize challenge was that he challenged Manager Helene Dick said. ing and exciting to see how Rice party program in Beppu that in- the decisions were of course being compared to our peers who are ex- these particular student leaders and A feature of Hoot South will volved one student. made with their best interest and perimenting with similar kinds of staff to create a particular conduit be the ability for students to Ostdiek said he made the deci- safety in mind." programs and, in particular, how through which change can happen," pay for food with debit or credit sion to suspend the programs in Study abroad programs in Japan we compared with much older pro- Brown College Master Steve Cox said. cards in addition to cash and the interest of student safety after that are not through the university's grams like Tufts and Oberlin," Dean "He gave the impression that he Tetra points. careful evaluation and collabora- International Programs office were of Undergraduates John Hutchinson thought we had a greater capacity to "Accepting debit cards is more tion with the Office of the Dean of also affected. One of them, Nano- said. "I was very impressed that I felt effect change." suitable to this generation," Undergraduates, the President's Of- Japan, intended to allow its partici- like we were favorably aligned with Hanszen College freshman Ed- Martel College junior Tatiana Fo- fice, Risk Management and the Gen- pants to conduct nanotechnology some longstanding and successful ward Tian said. "It's a win for ev- fanova said that the speech showed eral Counsel. He added that he was research in Japan. This summer, it programs." eryone because it'll be more con- her that student taught courses can following U.S. Department of State proposed an alternate activity, Re- venient for people wanting food, After guests arrived Friday night be an avenue for change both within guidance and standards of best verse Nanojapan - the opportunity and it'll bring in customers." the bulk of the conference began Sat- Rice and the Houston community. practice in the foreign education to work on nanotechnology projects urday morning, with presentations Following the call for change from Tian said he did not typically field but was not actually cancelling at Rice with graduate students from from each university beginning at 9 Lundin, conference attendees split carry cash and was often unable any programs. Japan. These graduate students are a.m. A representative from each insti- into four task forces to discuss im- to purchase food from the Hoot. Office of International Programs from universities affected by the tution was asked to make a 10-minute portant issues and facets of student- Hoot South will maintain the Associate Director Beata Loch said disaster and will stay at Rice as re- presentation about the implementa- taught programs: interfacing with same operating hours of 10 p.m. to other U.S. colleges and universities search mentors, allowing the pro- tion or structure of his/her univer- administration, publicity and recruit- 2 a.m. and the same menu as Hoot are also discontinuing their study gram to keep its objective of interna- sity's student-taught program. ing, course preparation and develop- North. The Hoot staff is currently abroad programs in Japan because tional collaboration. Because very limited connec- ment and meeting campus needs. planning for the necessary equip- of concerns about student safety. O see ABROAD, page 4 ment for the new location. tion existed between universities as • see CLASS, page 6
April 15,1991 Visions of dancing students 'Rangeela' heisst 'lebhaft und bunt' IWPEX Opinion 3 Let's be honest, the class of 2011 didn't get Did you miss Rice Dance Theater's spring The South Asian Society's spring show, Ran News 4 1 out of 5th grade until 2000, so for Baker's '90s concert, "More than Movement," last night? geela, is Saturday in the RMC Grand Hall, with Arts & Entertainment 9 party tonight at 10, dress like an elementary Don't worry, they have another one tonight at doors opening at 5 p.m. and the show starting at Sports 12 schooler. Also, if today is your birthday, you 8 and two tomorrow at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., all 5:30. Student tickets are $6 and there will be a Calendar 15 are probably awesome. Happy birthday! It is in the Rec Center's Dance Studio, and all $5 catered dinner afterward, so check it out if you Backpage 16 also tax day. for students. get the chance! EDITORIAL THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, APRIL 15,2011 the Rice (Ihresher Spring 2011: The Great South College hamine n. Hoot's success and expansion paves way for 5? more entrepreneurial endeavors at Rice m While the entrepreneurial spirit of Rice University may not be THE HOOT amongst the country's greateast — certainly not in comparison to Stanford's, whose students have contributed to little start-ups you may have heard of such as Google, Yahoo and Cisco — we are defi- s nitely making strides as a University towards fostering student en- trepreneurship (See story, pg. 1). Coffeehouse is Rice's longest standing student-run business, and its longevity is being rewarded by an upgraded location in the Ley Student Center. Coffeehouse's success paved the way for Rice's newest student business — the Hoot The Hoot developed as a stu- dent-run solution to die lack erf late-night food on campus. Since its inception a little over a year ago, the Hoot has achieved astounding success. Its selection, promotions, price points and marketing have <* resonated well with students, and as a result, has netted enough rash to warrant an expansion to a second location in South Servery. & The fact that the Hoot has responded to student needs and implemented such a successful business plan in only a year's time This week's comic is brought to vou by is noteworthy. Entrepreneurs hip should follow this model, and stu- dents should continue to seize initiatives to address student needs on campus. This university is a market, and if s refreshing to see C° A3 High: students take advantage, of this fact. As several contingents of stu- dents are on the verge of initiating smaller-scale operations, such as room-service, laundry service or Chipotle room delivery, it would ISU3na be great to see administration back these and other new efforts go- A*^ ^ WW, ing into the future with potential grants. FOOLS' Once again, the Thresher congratulates Coffeehouse and the Hoot on their upcoming, well-deserved expansions and encourages all students to draw inspiration from their initiative and entrepre- neurship. ""•>0
From the people who brought you f Student taught course "Dog Sees Hamlet"
Have you not been able to make it to the inordinate amount of plays and musicals going on this semester? Never fear, f program at Rice is Putnar- County High is your one-stop solution! On the verandah of a pyramid, a nerdy computer programmer falls in love with an artsy princess. But their romance is challenged by a cast of quirky fools who, despite their desire to win cutting-edge a spelling bee, cannot be educated. Moreover, their love seems doomed from the start by the programmer's madness, induced by a traumatic experience with fecal incontinence. You'll sing, you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll gag!
Student-Student-taught courses have become quite popular at Rice, and we're not alone in our affinity for them (See story, pg. 1). An interest in student-taught courses is sweeping across «. RECEIVE the country with Rice at the very forefront of the movement. T Last week's online poll results: This past weekend two Rice students hosted a conference about student-taught courses which was attended by a na- How do you lock up your bike? tional audience. Student-taught courses provide students the H U-lock around the frame and rack unique opportunity to cultivate a personal passion and share HI U-lock around there somewhere it with their peers. This program is beneficial to a great portion I I Cable lock O Don't have one (anymore) of the student body and gives students a way to refocus their 57% education on learning instead of making the grades. EZ3 Put it on the rack and hope no one notices Granted the recent national growth in student-taught cours- What do you think of the Hoot's plans to open es, in addition to our own past success with them, it is regret- a second location for the South colleges? This week's poll: Cast your vote online at • - table that Rice would consider cutting funding to this program. Student-taught courses are already a well-ingrained tradition in Rice culture, whereas other colleges are just now trying to incorporate the program in their curriculums. We are a pioneer Josh Rutenberg in this field and we should seek to stay ahead instead of falling Editor in Chief behind. ALFA recommendations included a budget for student- taught courses and the Thresher challenges the administration
to match this allocation. NEWS ART I'he Rice Thresher, the official student news- The Thresher hopes that the recent convention serves as a Seth Brown Editor Dave Rosales Director paper at Rice University since 1916, is pub- Hallie Jordan Editor wake-up call for the administration: Student-taught courses Rachel Marcus News Designer lished each Friday during the school year, Brooke Bullock Asst. Editor Alexandra Moharam Sr. Photo Editor except (hiring examination periods and holi days, hy the students of Ru e University. are not to be neglected. While Rice is at the cutting edge of Ruby Gee Asst. Editor Nick Ingham Jr. Photo Editor Ellen Liu <4ssf. Editor this national movement, it is imperative that we ensure our letters to the Editor must be received by BACKPAGE '< p.in the Monday prior to publication and student-taught courses program has the resources it needs to OP-ED must be signed, iik Imting college and year if Zach Casias Editor thrive if we mean to stay there. Ryan Gupta Editor the writer is ,i Rice student. Letters should not Anthony Lauriello Editor exceed /so words In length. The thresher re Courtney Svatek Cartoonist Alex Weinheimer Editor .fives the rights to edit letters for content and length and to place letters on our Web site. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WEB Emily Nichol Editor I.ditorial and business offices are Stephen Wang Web Editor located on the second floor of the Ley Student Center Erratum SPORTS Dennis Qian <4ssf. Web tditor Jonathan Myers Editor Tyler Siegert Asst. Web Editor M 6100 Main St., MS S24 In the article RMC convenience store to open next fall" in Dan Elledge Asst. Editor Houston, TX 77005 189: BUSINESS I'hoiw ('/I)) Vi8 4801 the April 8 issue, the Thresher reported that Florida Interna- CALENDAR Julian Yao Manager Fax (711) W8 V'W I mail: thteshery^ritv i\tu tional University's REcharge store sold energy drinks for "44" Devin Glick Editor Sean Kim Distribution Manager Wei) site; www rhtthrrsher c»ry Instead, the store sells energy drinks for "$4" each. Murtuza Martani Distribution Managei COPY Unsigned editorials ivpietent the majority The Thresher regrets this error. opinion ill the Thresher editorial staff All Johanna Ohm Editor ADVERTISING other opinion piece* repn'sent solely the Gracetyn Tan Editor Cathleen Chang Ads Manager opinion i if I lie rs ,ii it tii >i Rick Song Ads Manager The Thresher Is a member of the ACP, T1PA FEATURES audi NIIAM noimioigo Tiffany Kuo Classified Ads Manager OCopyright .Mill Connor Hayes Editor .. wiiiiMiii'riiiiiiKMii'r mm
Baker Institute Student Forum debate: Budget debate lasts til deadline Obama's budget a defining moment Viable budget takes bipartisanship
For a few minutes, it looked like we might Medicaid, and Social Security. While they Political capital is like the love of a beauti- has outlined a "Path to Prosperity" that ad- have actually had a partial government shut are politically charged issues, not address- ful woman. With it you feel great and powerful dresses the true problems of current govern- down last week. ing them will be construed but one small misstep and ment spending, Medicare But, thanks to some as weakness. The political it is gone before you know and Medicaid. Another * last minute legislation, window is open for him to it. The recent budged show- admirable aspect is that it a less sexy sequel to the work with Republicans to down demonstrated the vast simplifies our Byzantine Clinton-Gingrich saga of mend these struggling en- political capital that the 84 tax code. Unfortunately, the mid "90s resulted. titlements. Republican freshmen have it also lowers taxes for But with Speaker of *-#*•'•/ - 4- •••••'. ,>.:. : His budget must also in Congress. Many of these jt.. those with the highest the House Jim Boehner GabeCuadra balance spending cuts new timers rode to Washing- Anthony Lauriello incomes in America. Rais- promising the next bud- with prudent investment. ton on a wave of grassroots ing government revenue get battle to be over trillions, not billions, In this economic climate, perception is po- conservative Tea Party support and vowed to is as much a part of fiscal austerity as cut- and the debt ceiling debate on the horizon, tent. The next government budget must be cut government spending and adopt a strict ting spending. By forcing America's most it is clear that the decisive battles are still to seen not as a panicked downsize, but as a adherence to the Constitution. In negotiations vulnerable to shoulder all the burden of come. trimming of excess that will encourage con- for the upcoming budget these freshmen ap- our future difficult decisions, Ryan under- President Obama's adeptness in the up- sumer and business confidence. plied pressure not only to the Democrats to cut mines his laudable argument for a fiscally coming political clashes with House Repub- And his budget should challenge the spending, but also to Republican Speaker of responsible government. licans will be key to setting the stage for the Republicans on the Bush tax cuts. Even if the House John Boehner to play hardball when The only tax that should be reduced is our 2012 election. the tax cuts are put into place in some re- negotiating with the Democratically controlled insanely high corporate tax. The tax rate of First, he must recognize and be ready to duced form, it gives him a bargaining chip Senate and White House. The result was over 35 percent simply makes America uncompeti- exploit the chinks found this week in the and forces the GOP to take a firm stand $38 billion in spending and the beginning of tive. Yet, this reduction in rates should come Republican armor. To begin with, this week on whether lowering the debt is their an unprecedented political climate where poli- with a drastic increase of enforcement and reiterated the fact that the Republicans face top priority. ticians are truly considering the hard choices loophole cutting. Currently, few corporations difficulties keeping distracting special in- Finally, the President must turn his pro- they must face to bring the budget in line. pay the tax at all, the most salient of these terests out of legislation. This is simply one growth rhetoric into tangible action. While this is welcome news, these new being General Electric, which paid no taxes of the challenges of writing legislation in a The current power dynamics allow him to Republicans also demonstrated some un- this year. By lowering the tax but forcing 435 member body. But it was on full display tackle issues that he has touted, but couldn't welcome characteristics. While fighting the companies to pay it, the government can in last week when abortion made its way into take on with a Democratic house. For two current fiscal irresponsibility is important, fact increase revenue. This is one of the most the budget negotiations. Anytime the pub- years, he did pass some groundbreaking leg- some of the Republicans have demonstrat- praiseworthy aspects of Mr. Ryan's plan. lic feels that non-related issues are being islation but had his image hurt by politics ed no willingness to compromise with their On a final note, many of the Republicans dragged in, it's advantage Obama. within his party. Now having a foil will play democratic counterparts. If Capitol Hill is to wish to make the raising of the debt ceiling Moreover, the Republican proposal in- to his advantage. trim the budget, it must be made a biparti- into a political fight. If we don't raise the ceil- cludes cutting services for the poor and cut- So let's see a comprehensive tax reform. san issue. Secondly, the Republican House ing the government will default and p lunge ting taxes for the wealthy, therefore provid- Let's see tort reform. Let's see a reorganiza- attached riders to the bill that cut funding to the world into a fiscal crisis that made the ing a political target that will resonate with tion of government that saves money and Planned Parenthood and public broadcast- credit crunch look appealing. Republicans # independent voters. Whether their true goal cuts down on red tape. It's the right thing ing. These cuts had an almost negligible af- should adhere to the promises and provide * is smaller government overall or trying to to do politically, and more importantly, the fect fiscally, but ignited the always-latent the fiscal austerity we nseed, but they should stimulate business, the Republicans will right thing to do for our country. cultural wars on social issues. If Tea Party do it by reaching across the aisle and work- lose support if they are seen as further deep- Soon, the President will be challenged to members truly want to fix the problem of the ing with the Democrats not holding the entire ening the class divide. show the change he promised four years ago. ballooning national debt, they can't fight and country's economic health hostage. Second, the President must counter with a Now is the opportunity for him to show that argue polemic and extraneous battles that budget that balances appearing tough on the his leadership is worth believing in. have little to nothing to do with the economy. debt, and also being more centrist than the The fight over this year's budget is sim- Anthony Lauriello is a Republican Plan for Prosperity. Any serious Gabe Cuadra is a ply the beginning of this year's battles over Wiess College sophomore proposal should directly address Medicare, Will Rice College Junior. the budget. Sen. Paul Ryan from Wisconsin and Backpage editor
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Looking for a quick, simple way to express Annual Outdoor Show represents KTRU's relevance your opinion on a variety of university issues?
Last weekend's annual Outdoor Show was themselves to plan what ended up being the weren't just interested in keeping the ship Want to ensure that your stance counts a complete success, and members of the Rice most successful on-campus concert event in afloat after the sale. Instead, they dedicated instead of becoming lost in a sea of online community have only KTRU to thank for a full recent memory. Instead of shelling out money themselves to improving their brand and ap- comments on articles more than a week old? day of engaging festivities and excellent music to musicians with minimal student interest and pealing to the interests of Rice students. While that went off without a hitch. Having been in at- even less relevance, KTRU included local acts many of these developments quietly took place tendance for previous on-campus concert flops, such as Fat Tony and the Ton Tons while also without the grandeur of an all-day concert, the KTRU was able to provide a completely new providing the big-name draw of groups like Outdoor Show was a perfect opportunity to re- and different experience by organizing an event Mister Heavenly (with Michael Cera on bass) flect on how far KTRU has come since that fate- that centered on enjoying great music and dis- and Washed Out. The mission was to bring in ful day last August. covering new local bands - two of the station's bands that the average student might not have I truly hope that in years to come more stu- principle missions. heard of, but was sure to enjoy. Well, KTRU, dents will be motivated to get involved with While president David Leebron constantly mission accomplished. KTRU and continue this trend toward student- stresses the need for Rice to connect with the The sale of KTRU's FM frequency last August driven improvement. I am not and have not Houston community and become more active certainly wasn't looked at as a step forward for been a part of KTRU whatsoever, partly be- "outside the hedges," KTRU did exactly that by the station, yet the student leaders who have cause of time constraints and partly because u bringing in local bands and opening the event stepped up for Rice radio in the past eight the job of a DJ was slightly different when I ar- to Houston residents. The crowd on Saturday months have transformed the group's mis- rived at Rice. Since then, however, things have was not completely comprised of Rice students, sion to one that truly works to engage the Rice changed. Now, without the required graveyard , community. Rice students and affiliates owe shifts for new DJs and heavy limitations on as mem- aaanHMaMM___--~~E- INTRODUCING ... bers of the thanks to former and current station manag- library inclusions, the job has become much / Houston ers Lovett Junior Joey Yang Lovett junior and more desirable. commu- Duncan senio Kevin Bush, as well as the rest Students with a passion for sharing great Thresher nity were of the KTRU board of directors, for their hard music should reach out to KTRU and help make work and dedication to reshaping the sta- + able to at- , Rice a bigger part of Houston's vast and growing tend and n 111 tion's relevance while maintaining its histori- cultural scene. It seems that in the past KTRU leave with ConnorHayes cal identity. was more relevant outside the hedges than in. a positive impression of wnat Rice students can Recent developments such as ticket give- With more active involvement from students who truly care about making Rice radio matter, NatSent do when they commit themselves to something aways to students over KTRU's Facebook page, they truly believe in. the redesign of the station's website, a partner- why can't it be relevant to everyone? ... a new partnership with a company founded When initial plans to co-host the event with ship with KPFT for HD radio transmission and by a Rice alumnus. Check it out and vote at: the Rice Program Council fell through, Out- the wildly successful Outdoor Show have all Connor Hayes is a door Show directors and Baker College juniors been signs that KTRU is moving forward. 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FRIDAY, APRIL 15,2011 THE RICE THRESHER NEWS SA Academics Committee projects near completion BY TINA OU credit for students transferring to Rice as well as the School of Humanities to THRESHER STAFF to ease the transfer process. She had seek ways to improve intro language CURRENT COMMITTEE PROJECTS originally planned to put the list online, classes at Rice University," Mullick said. During the course of the school but because of legal issues it will in- Liu said the Academics Committee 0 Project: TRANSFER STUDENT COURSE DATABASE year, the Student Association Academ- stead take the form of a book of courses plans on strengthening writing courses Description: Create a public database with all previously approved courses for ics Committee has been working on in the registrar's office. at Rice by replacing COMM103, an Eng- transfer credit. projects targeting aspects of student "Coming as a transfer student, lish writing class required for credit but Status: Working on a book of approved courses to be placed in the registrar's academic life, including a transfer stu- I noticed that the process of getting which students do not have to take if dent courses database of previously your credits approved to Rice was very they pass the COMM 103 writing exam office. The book will be available for transfer students matriculating this Fall. approved courses, the creation of more difficult because you had to meet the before matriculation, with more topic- M Pro|ect: CREATION OF MINORS BASED ON CURRENT MAJORS minors, improving publicity and re- department chairs to approve each focused freshman seminars. Liu said Description: Create new minors that have been determined through student sources of pre-professional advising course," Liu said. the committee is also considering a surveys as the most desired new minors that are already existing majors. resources, revamping the Esther course writing center in the library where stu- Status: In progress. The SA is working with departments to establish the new evaluation system and creating a Syl- dents can go for help in writing assign- minors. Student surveys showed that the most desired minors are Psychology, labi Archive available during registra- a ments and a study abroad major, which Hispanic Studies, Economics, Visual and Dramatic Arts and Cognitive Science. tion. The Academics Committee was she said was an idea of Dean of Human- Coming as a transfer 0 Project: PRE-LAW PUBLICITY also involved in communications with ities Nicolas Shumway. IT regarding the move from Rice E-mail Description: Increase publicity of the pre law program. student, I noticed [...] Liu said the committee also plans to Gmail. Status: In progress. The Academic Advising website has been revised to in- getting your credits ap- to create more accessible ways for stu- clude a section specifically for pre-law students. There are plans to hold a work- The projects were initiated by the proved [...] was difficult. dents to voice their opinions and ideas committee members — mostly New with regards to academics, for instance shop to discuss the LSAT and law schools in the fall of 2011 and to hold a Pub Student Representatives and senators Dandan Liu through study breaks, progress updates Night with Rice alumni in the legal field. — who identified areas in which they Brown *13 and an open-forum box on the Academ- K Project: PRE-BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTRALIZATION felt changes could be made and imple- ics page of the SA website. Description: Centralize Rice's pre-business resources on the Academic Advis- mented projects in those specific areas, 9f Jain, a Brown sophomore, said the ing website and add more resources and business-relevant links on the busi- according to SA External Vice-President administration was receptive of the ness minor webpage. and former Academics Committee ideas presented by the committee and Status: In progress — the two websites have been linked, but more is to come. Chair Sanjula Jain. According to Academics Commit- that she encourages all students to ad- n Project: REVAMPING OF ESTHER COURSE EVALUATIONS Some projects were the result of tee Co-Chair Sid Mullick, Jones College dress their concerns with the Academ- Description: Investigate student usage of the Esther evaluations and re-design personal experience, such as in the freshman, the committee has already ics Committee. the Esther course and instructor evaluations to give better feedback to instruc- case of Academics Committee Chair made some plans for future projects "I hope that more students will Dandan Liu. Liu, a transfer student and and will be working with administra- take advantage of this and come forth tors on ways to develop their teaching and courses. Brown College sophomore, came up tors, faculty and other committees to with their ideas because it really is Status: In progress. A survey to gauge student usage and opinion of Esther with the idea of keeping a list of courses implement their projects. easy to make changes around cam- evaluations is in progress. that have previously been approved for "We will work with administrators pus," Jain said. BEYOND THE HEDGES Hungerin' for even more news? sary, rather than stick to their guns NATIONAL so much just to prove that they have strong opinions. Also, weren't they Musivisitc Worl ourd Entertainmen websitet CE forO Mathe thesew Th e additionalStudent Associatio n stories:had its usual US Government narrow- supposed to pass this budget like 6 Knowles, Beyonce's father, and computer meeting Monday evening and months ago?" security expert Ankit Fadia each spoke at discussed the results of the Drinking ly avoids shut down — Fran Iyer McMurtry College sophomore the Jones School on Tuesday. 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S/TU DIES • ins mi mi ;aar tin jiaeaai jawn s faawcaisr tic «u Hints IISIMII •• inim t»« I.FIT i. am IN etna ltin|i SMSH FRIDAY, APRIL 15,2011 O CLASS Students organize fundraiser for 'quake victims FRQMPAGE1 Attendees donate $734 to Japanese knew that was a little late to do it." c Fcfaiwra said, because "We are proud of our students' we doc"t have that puhbc interface, we Parsekian said that they did not BY HALLIE JORDAN intelligence, proud of their initia- dact hawthat iewi of jesped.* start contacting other institutions until THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF rKa« MH A n i ^rii'iir^ tives but most proud of our students Brown College seniors Ara February. They contacted 13 schools, Inspired by Duncan College's when those two things combine into a Parsefaan and Pierre Ehas organized anH eight were able to attend- Bias said effort to raise money for Haiti last a third attribute — compassion," Le to typica&r have a saf member m the cxmfeaence using money from the institutions who could not attend year, sophomore Tiffany Chen ebron said. dsarge ai general operaacots. Gusto the Envision Grant they received this lacked strong enough structures to be Rice's history with Japan includes said this persac's >ob is tr supjxm feat Pierre said the idea for the con- ahlp to send someone away few the con- decided to create an event held Rice students studying there, Japa- sruiesr-auen: courses m mam ways; ference came out of frustration with ference or, in cases like California Insti- Wednesday night to help raise nese students at Rice and many re- howeve. he sand that tbev should not Rice student-taught courses. tute of Technology, had their student- awareness about the disaster in Ja- ' search projects, Leebron said. be the ones to publicize them, an issue "Honestly, we jAra and I] had done taught program put on hiatus. pan. She raised $734- "It is important for our students that woukl pertain to the task force cm a lot of student-taught course stuff, and The conference hosted 12 out-of- "I wanted to help educate people to understand that humanity is one puhhrity and recruiting. 1 was getting realh frustrated with how- town attendees from the eight institu- about Japan," Chen said. "Lots of thing," Leebron said. "Whenever "h would be better to have stu- hard it was to get collective movement tions, which included Tufts University, people are fundraising, and I think something happens around the world dents advertise because they are or discussion going on our own cam- lames Madison University, Brown Uni- an understanding of what is going on and people are coping with disaster more famihar with soaa) media that pus." Eton. said, "h literalh popped versity, University of Pittsburgh, Univer- is also important." that we really have a duty of com- works." Gustin said. into my head, and I emailed Steve iCax] sity of California Los Angeles, Univer- Chen and Melody Tan, Brown passion and empathy, and if there is Gustm, who helped start the STC and said. 'What do you think?' It was sity of California Berkeley' and Oberlin College freshman, organized the something to be done, we try to to do prograiL in 2007 at Wiess. said that something unique and different where College. University of Virginia could not talk together, calling it Makeruna something about it." other points of interest for hue in- we could continue to enhance the stu- send attendees but did send a recorded Japan. Four panelists spoke about cluded the idea of a pedaeoev class for dent-taught courses on our own." dialogue and PowerPoint presenta- different effects of the earthquake Though Chen wishes more stu student teachers. tion to the conference. Elias said that, following a Japanese drumming dents would have been able to at- "There seem to be two different ft including Rice attendees, there were performance by a group called Ka- tend, she was happy with the event models." Gustin said. "One is to provide around 20 to 25 students and faculty. minari Taiko. overall. "I think it it was good how many resources for now tc benHt discussion [The conference] Now that the conference has ended, First, President David Leebron and oSer: worishops. Trie other mode, Parsekian and Elias are working on the opened with a speech explaining the people were eager to participate and is: *We don't rust vou to teacr. uniess showed the capac- next step of their Envision proposal - a ties Rice has with Japan and the im- collaborate," Chen said. "I feel really vou take this course."" ity of students to be white paper that will outline the find- portance of student undertakings. gratified for their support." Fofanovs said that she would be in ings of the conference. Parsekian said ravx of some sort of instruction for stu- able to create and run that the document will be drafted at dent teachecs. their own courses in Rice, sent out to the institutions who ""Personalty. as a Pace student and a much more potent attended the conference for revision an instructor. 3 would verv much appre- and then brought back to Rice to be pol- efflte a guiding hand because I land of way than we [ha\'e]. ished up and finished. Tust tumped into n without am' previous "In the process, we're going to be Tatiana Fofanova experience." Fofanova sakl corresponding with other Rice volun- Martel '12 Cox said that coming out of the con- teers and getting them informed for the ference. he saw a lot of potential for Rice conference next year." Parsekian said. student-taught programs. He said the 99 "We have a couple people we think can Rice program is already solid, but that head this up next year." there needs to be more contact between Cox said that the fact that the Envi- Gustin said he was really impressed the adrnimstranon and students to re- sion Grant was there also gave them with the conference, but that what alh put Rice student-taught courses motivation because it was something happens with the Rice student-taught on the map. Fofanova agreed and said to work towards. Once they received courses will depend on who gets in- there needs to be greater acknowledge the grant, they had lust a few months to volved in the future. ment of the program to make it stronger. plan the conference. "Keeping the freshness and a low * t "I think [the conference] showed the "We wrote up the proposal and re- bamer of getting involved is impor- capacity of students to be able to create ceived confirmation from the Envision tant," Gustin said. "It will be a matter of and run their own courses in a much Grant in December." Parsekian said. balancing management issues with the more potent way than we've been run- "We started planning in January. We excitement of doing something new." Ml 0 RICE UNIVERSITY Space FrontiersLectur e Series 4 # A Japanese drum group performs at an educational event about Japan called Makeruna Japan. The lecture, given by two Rice professors and 50 Years of Humans in Space: two community members, raised over $700 for Japan. The Biological Impact Bobby R. Alford, MD Rice Students: Distinguished Service Professor April 21, 2011 Baylor College of Medicine Register now for 7:00 pm Humans are not built to survive in the Summer School McMurtry Aud. atmosphere-less, microgravity, high-radiation, Duncan Hall environment of space. 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"No matter how many forms you efforts to build an energy-efficient so- In addition to Mechanical Engi- The dating site pplscroll, launched by fill out and how many hours you lar car that can sufficiently compete neering Assistant Professor Andrew Jones College sophomores Gabriel Da- spend on the web, your carefully se- in a race against solar cars from other Dick, who is serving as their primary vid and Eirik Vaagenes on March 19, lected partner's looks are going to universities, which have multi-million faculty advisor, the Rice Solar Car team allows you to do just that. Still in its matter," David said. "So why not do it dollar budgets. They will compete for is aided by an advisory board of four beta phase, pplscroll creates a simple like they do it in bars - start on the «) • the first time in Spring 2012 in the Shell Rice faculty members and a profes- way of meeting potential dates solely other end and go by looks first?" Eco-Marathon. sional engineer. based on looks, a way David and Vaa- In response to the concern of Headed by Sid Richardson college "Although I worked on a smaller genes believe more closely resembles people uploading false pictures, Vaa- juniors Andrew Owens and Robert scale design project when I was a real life. genes said they are considering hav- Wilson, the solar car team was first student, I have not had any direct ex- "You're never going to go up to ing users renew their pictures once discussed Fall 2009, when the two perience with a Solar Car team in the Jones junior Ethan Wagner, Bak- someone you're not attracted to every few weeks or upload animated mechanical engineers were studying past," Dick said. "However, I feel that er junior Mike Zylberman and Sid and say, 'Hey, you wanna go out?'" pictures such as video clips. the team has made significant prog- (I) • abroad in Australia. Owens said that Rich junior Elaine Wong working. David said. "It always starts with Vaagenes said they have been they initially took the idea to Ameri- ress in the last three months." looks, so basically we're just giving advertising for pplscroll through can Society of Mechanical Engineers According to Brown College junior everyone the looks, and they can do existing social networks, such as because they weren't really sure Kensey King, who is the team's histo- what they want." Facebook, Twitter and Reddit, since rian and publicity chair, a predecessor cy vehicles and other solar cars in an where to go. Vaagenes said that what distin- he said they are effective, free and to the current solar car team, headed efficiency race. We're competing with "There was a lot of help from guishes pplscroll from other social or influential. David said they have re- by Ben Harper (Jones '04), was unsuc- other cars with budgets in the mil- ASME in getting this off of the dating websites are the users' ability ceived an overall positive response cessful partially due to low active stu- lions and [that] have been established ground," Owens said. "It turned into to share a minimal amount of infor- for the website, including sugges- dent membership. for two decades," Wilson said. "Once this larger-scale interdisciplinary mation and its ease of access. Accord- tions and around 600 followers on "I actually talked to [Harper] when that's completed, we plan to repeat the project, and that's when we decided ing to David, signing up for pplscroll Twitter. Over 1,300 viewers check we first started out this semester about cycle every two years." to separate from ASME and become only takes about 90 seconds. out the website every day. our own club." his plans," King said. "His first recom- A big challenge the Solar Car team When signing up, the only pieces David said pplscroll has accu- mendation was to try to make this proj- has faced is the cost of their project. Confirmed March 28 as an official of personal information required are mulated almost 1,500 members as of Rice organization, the solar car team ect a class, [which] we already did." With the project initially estimated to an email address, a picture, gender, April 12th, with a 65-35 male-female consists of approximately 50 stu- The solar car project is connected cost around $100,000, the team has sexual orientation, college and state. ratio. They had to switch to a new dents, about half of whom are juniors to Mech 404, a design-centered project been seeking funding from corporate Users can scroll through pictures of server from a Houston-based com- and two-thirds of whom are mechani- taught by Dick. King said that benefits sources with Rice's Office of Resource people, matched by sexual prefer- pany at a cost of about $200 a month cal engineers. According to Jones to this set-up include technical elective Development as well as doing grass- ence and geography, in a random or- because the last server they had could College freshman Amiri Boykin, one credit satisfaction for mechanical engi- roots fundraising through bake sales. der. If a user finds another user's pic- not handle the amount of data trans- of the team's main goals is to recruit neering students and constant motiva- "People aren't just going to give ture attractive, he can click a button fer on pplscroll, Vaagenes said. more freshmen because underclass- tion for students since their grades are you any money, so we had to generate that says "yes" to the desired target. David and Vaagenes currently men are necessary for the survival of tied to the project. something that proves to them we're fund the website themselves and are the team. According to Wilson, the team worth giving money to, but in order This decision will remain confi- dential unless the desired target also not yet considering putting up ads "It was pretty cool because I got to will begin the construction phase of to generate that sometimes you need or making money from the site. Vaa- give insight and represent people that their project next year with the antici- some money," Owens said. says "yes" to the user, in which case genes said they currently want to fo- weren't really represented in the club," pation that they will compete in the The team is currently accepting they will be able to view each other's cus on developing the website since it Boykin said. "I would love to see more April 2012 Shell Eco-Marathon and donations via PayPal on their web- profile and send messages to each is only in its beta phase, and they do freshmen on the team." eventually the world competition in site, solarcar.rice.edu. To stay updated other on pplscroll. A number reflect- not want ads to become a distraction. According to Owens, even though Australia by 2014. with the latest endeavors of the Solar ing how many times a person has a majority of the students on the team "There, we'll be competing with Car Team, visit their Facebook page or been said "yes" to is also displayed David said that any input or sug- « * are engineering majors, they are look- hydrogen-powered cars, high-efficien- ricesolarcar.tumblr.com. alongside his picture. gestion can be sent to Contact@ David said that viewing pictures pplscroil.com. * # • f Confidence in the world of finance. H * Change your world. 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In general, however, it's travelled an overambitious first attempt, never quite achieving what it so grandiosely sets out to Directed By: Courtney and coming across as Svatek hoity-toity as a few of its Playing: Tonight and characters. tomorrow, 8 p.m. Price: $3 for students, The play starts off $5 for faculty and staff, swimmingly enough, in- $8 general troducing Lucy, played by Duncan College fresh- Computer programmer Noah becomes an unlikely artistic subject, and an even unlikelier lover, in somewhere never travelled. man Megan Troxell, the artist and Noah, played by Martel freshman Chase Sandmann, the boy she decides to photograph for her show after stumbling across him studying in the park. Like in a typical young adult at one point, a single wooden chair in the middle of a space that's who only mixes her drinks" is genius. His edginess is what makes novel, they invariably manage to grow closer despite their differ- understood to be a studio. him intriguing and sets him apart from the rest of the cast. Like- ences — which, by the way, are huge, ranging from Lucy's daunt- Despite the details that drag somewhere never travelled down, wise, Heiblum delivers his lines, some of the funniest in the play, ing experience in both nightlife and relationships to Noah's down- there are also truly great characteristics that give Lucy and Noah with a straight-faced and wry sort of inflection. He seems like he's right awkwardness — and become an official couple. After weeks the nuances to become more than a jumble of lines in a script or not afraid to laugh at himself, and that type of freedom in his act- of bliss, unfortunately, things start to come apart in a way that's a mishmash of storybook-like inflections in front of an audience. ing is perceptible. It's refreshing, a real gift to the audience. even more forced than their romantic connection to begin with. Lucy isn't perfect, but she does have some unabashedly realistic My biggest problem with somewhere never travelled is its de- One scene in particular, during an open mic night that's ripe with gestures, like when she unplugs a computer full of Noah's work pendence on stock characters to propel the story toward its some- possibility and suggestion seen a mile away, serves to underline to get him to go sightseeing. Her eccentricity almost stresses the what contrived, predictable ending. Although I'm sure they aren't their differences and undermine their relationship. He's just a sense that she's a concept, not a character. Meanwhile, Noah's written with the intention of being derivative or stereotypical, it's "computer geek," he can't compare to the hunky artists vying for startle reflex is a running gag throughout the play, and coupled very hard for me to believe that the love interest Lucy is anything her attention, he doesn't fit in with her friends: Despite Noah's ap- with the fact that he's a hilarious drunk, slurring and stumbling more than the quintessential manic pixie dream girl or that, by parent consciousness of his inferiority, the ending is so drawn out his way through segments that might otherwise just be studies in default, Noah exists for any other reason than to act as a vehicle and cliche that it's laughable. lost momentum, he's a pleasure to watch. One scene in particular for embracing life and its infinite adventures. Add the fact that the involves the alcoholic content of mouthwash, and has the audi- Not performed on a stage, somewhere never travelled is a dif- two leads have no romantic chemistry whatsoever, and somewhere ence in fits of giggles. ferent experience because problems like bumping into props or never travelled becomes a disappointment. For every gem in the forgetting lines are more noticeable than usual. One of the first The two performances that steal the show are those of Lucy's script — "It seemed like a dating algorithm!" — there were also bartender Harry, played by Hanszen College sophomore Michael lines that fell terribly flat such as, "I saw [your] wall, but I saw it * scenes, where Lucy drags Noah to a tea house to quote poetry at Cheng, and Noah's best friend Dwayne, played by Martel sopho- as a challenge." This is a play that wants to pack insight and verve 1 him, is disappointing in that the audience can rather obviously tell their cups are empty, the pot is empty, they aren't drinking any- more Ariel Heiblum. The certain blunt wisdom that Cheng brings into its overdone love story a la Annie Hall or 500 Days of Summer, thing at all the whole time! The set is sparse and Victorian with, to his role of "another guy totally in love with the resident cutie but but it just ends up feeling stagnant and stilted. EUPHORIC HI HEARTBREAK \\\ a stellar sophomore LP from Glasvegas BY GABRIELLE REYES lungs to his beloved. With his ach- bly in the title of the gorgeous Everly "Twinkle ..." (albeit less directly) on With an uneasy trepidation and a THRESHER STAFF ingly honest lilt, Allan declares his Brothers tribute song, "Dream Dream "Euphoria Take My Hand" with the determined resignation, "Whatever devotion to a lover in a grandiose yet Dreaming." 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Reminiscent of Glasvegas prove that they are much ing even the the songs that he album, and his fascination with the an '80s love ballad, this song delves more than the "working class slightest of hints grew up listening nocturnal dreamscape of the dark into the murky depths of heartache, Glasewegian heroes" they were so at sappy melo- to, continually heavens proves to be the central expertly capturing the violent throes often patronizingly referred to upon drama. referencing his and uniting theme of EUPHORIC /// of despair, while somehow reemerg- their arrival on the music scene two True to their EUPHORIC /// HEART obsession with HEARTBREAK \\\. ing with an edgy hope by the end. years ago. Presenting their fans with roots despite BREAK \\\ children's lulla- On "Lots Sometimes," Allan Utilizing an altogether differ- a major departure from the grungy their popular- bies and nursery again teases his listeners with the ent approach than that used on doo-wop rock of their 2008 self- ity, Glasvegas rhymes in partic- misleadingly simplistic repetition " ... Through The Night," "Shine Like titled debut, their sophomore effort maintain sev- ular, something which he introduced on 2008's "Go Stars" stands as a major beacon of sees Glasvegas boldy venturing into eral themes from Artist: Glasvegas he was fond of Square Go." A deceivingly modest expectation on the album. Unapolo- novel sonic territory. With the ad- their first album. Label: Columbia doing on Glasve- track, "Lots Sometimes" shows off getically optimistic, this synth-laden dition of a new drummer, Swede In particular, the Released: April 4 gas. Where Allan Allan's affinity as a songwriter for track marks Glasvegas' first official, Jonna Lofgren, who replaced origi- '60s girl-group referenced "You brilliant lyrical straightforwardness. and successful, mainstream pop- nal drummer Caroline McKay after coos of "ooh ooh Are My Sun- Furthermore, it reinforces the al- rock gem. her departure from the band in early ooh" can be still shine" on "Flow- bum's overall fixation with the night Filled with songs of pleasure and 2010, Glasvegas have gained not be heard on such ers and Football sky when Allan sings, "I dot to dot of anguish, this album witnesses only fresh artistic talent, but a sig- tracks as "Lots Sometimes." Addi- Tops," and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little with the stars to spell your name Glasvegas straddle the line between nificantly greater ambition in terms tionally, Allan strives to hold onto Star" on "S.A.D. Light," (both off at night." misery and bliss with a savvy attain- of their musical daring. the motifs of yesteryear, most nota- of 2008's Glasvegas) he returns to able only through true authenticity, A blatantly romantic love song, affirming their place as one of the "The World Is Yours" finds lead most promising and praiseworthy singer and songwriter James Al- VADA rock bands of this generation. lan wailing, "You don't need me as RICK much as I need you" at the top of his WAYNE The 48th Annual Visual and I know it has always been Dramatic Arts Student Exhibi- your dream to meet William Get your lollipops, your rost tion is next Thursday! Check out RDT Leonard Roberts II, aka Rick and your meatloaf, because the Undergraduate Exhibition, Ross, aka the rapper behind Lil Wayne, Nicky Mina), Rick Awards Ceremony, and Recep- Check out Rice Dance Theater's hit "Hustlin'." Well, you can Ross, Travis Barker and Mix tion from 6-t pua. and the Film spring performance. More tomorrow! Ross will be sign- Master Mike are all perform- Flicks from T-fcjo |MR. at the Than Movement, tou%M at • THE ing autographs at 3 p.«. with ing tomorrow at • p.m. at the Media Center, the Senior Exhibi- pji. and tooMrraw at a pun. fellow rapper Meek Mill at the Toyota Center. Tickets are tion TENACIOUS! from fr-10 p.m. and • pjm. Choreographed and WEEKLY Music Depot at Greens point between $49-75 and $99*75* at the 4th and 5th floor studios danced by Rke students, this SCENE Mall. Maybe they'll rap "Play If only Kanye West was per- in Seweil, and the Matchbox Gal- show promises to be incredible! your Part" for you, forming too... lery show from so pja.-ia 1 $5 for students, $7 general +i Emily's picks for events outside the hedges, both GREENSPOINT MALL TOYATA CENTER RICE MEOIA CENTER AND RICE UNIVERSITY REC around Rice and in the 12300 NORTH FREEWAY 1510 POLK SEWELLHALL CENTER DANCE TNEATER Houston area, for this week. mrsma.com/maat05s wwwjJVKMAnoti.com VAOA.MKE.eOU RUf.RICt.eOU/~OAIia/tG '» FRIDAY, APRIL 15,2011 F PI 10 A&E THE RICE THRESHER Who is Mister Heavenly? BY EMILY NICHOL want to get into it. (0 THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF HH: Yes it might crack. NT and HH: Might crack. Mike Crack, We at the Rice Thresher love KTRU's that's his name. Mike Crack. yearly Outdoor Show: Not only is there RT: I'm not going to ask questions about free beer, tasty food and mind blowing the "Arrested Development" movie that music, but it gives us the chance to in- is supposedly coming out soon. terview killer bands. After several hours MC: Well you don't need to, I'll just of hyperventilation and a minor drool- talk about my career. All the various ing incident, the Thresher got to hang facets... out with Mister Heavenly, one of the HH: You know this is our last show with Outdoor Show's headliners. We chat- Michael right? He's quitting. ted about many profound topics, like RT: Why are you quitting? music licensing, Abbie Hoffman, rural NT: We firing him let's be real. western Canada and shooting rats. MC: I don't like these types of inter- views, I don't like this vibe. » Rice Thresher: So Mister Heavenly, the HH: You guys got the last taste. band, how did you guys meet? MC: Personality clash, I have to hide be- Nicholas Thorbum: You said Mister hind eyeglasses. Heavenly, which one is it, the person or NT: You guys should check out Steal the band? This Movie. RT:The band. MC: Steal This Movie ... does that an- NT: How we always meet? I've swer your question? They just asked my been asked that question too many to play with them because the three of times today. them recorded without a bass player so Honus Honus: No no no, we answered they someone to play bass when they one of those tear ads in a coffee shop. played live. Things got intimate after Mister Heavenly's fantastic performance at this year's KTRU Outdoor Show. NT: It was terrible. RT: You guys all have other projects and Michael Cera: They were tear-orrists. bands you worked on before this, can NT: I want to get back to the idea of Joe Plummer: They answered a tear ad, you talk about... Joseph, because he kind of reminded RT: Do you know her? I knew Ryan because I've known his sis- NT: Cornwall? Just giving a shout out. me of a WWI trench hero. HH: Yeah, no, I wish I did. licensing songs. I mean Will Oldham ter, I went to high school with his sister. JP: I sometimes play for Modest Mouse, MC: You were googling WWI lookalikes. MC: Is that the actress from Uncle Buck? had an interview where he said he re- NT: He dated my and I have a band HH: Yeah yeah yeah, and I saw a photo- HH: Yeah she was very small in that ally hates the movies of Wes Anderson, ex-girlfriend. called Robot graph of Joseph. movie. She was also in Now and Then. because he said it's almost like a crutch HH: I dated his Horse, and that's NT: And we met actually at the Roto- MC: I actually worked with to go to like the Kinks, like really good ex-girlfriend so it. Mister Heaven- router convention, who are number one Gaby Hoffman. songs of the '6os, but just kind of smear- we didn't like Well I just love ly. I think that's it in the number two business, that's our NT: Did you see her naked? ing them over montages or scenes. Will each other. having a good for now. On paper. slogan. MC: I didn't see her fully naked. Oldham had grief with that. And I kind NT: Who was, NT: But in the MC: The brown sound. HH: She seems very free. of agree, that it has kind of gotten out of not to get weird, time. cloud, you're big HH: Rudy - MC: She is very free, that's a good way hand, the constant licensing and sync- Joe's sister. on the cloud com- NT: Can't fail. to put it. She's a gTeat actress. ing of prerecorded songs. I like the idea HH: I didn't -Michael Cera puting. MC: Well I just love having a good time. HH: Yeah Gaby Hoffman, I like her. We of scoring specifically for a movie. want to drop JP: I do work with NT: Which is a lie. He's miserable. all like her, Mister Heavenly consensus. HH: I disagree. I don't know who this that nugget. 99 the Silver Wizard. MC: And Rice College, is where I was go- NT: We had to find a common meet- Will Oldham person is and I don't know MC: And your RT: What is the ing if I was at the right age. ing place. We couldn't decide on Abbie who this Wes Anderson person is, but I sister's my Silver Wizard? NT: We're playing the Rice bowl tomor- Hoffman so we settled on Gaby Hoff- like the Kinks. And it's cool if he's carv- current girlfriend. JP: This guy named John Goff? Who row I think, am 1 right? man. Some of the aspects of the Demo- ing out memories. HH: Yeah and three-fourths of us are plays with neurosis and he's a synth MC: No, we're eating a bowl of cratic Convention in 1968 in Chicago MC: I like Will Oldham and Wes An- Canadian. weirdo. And we play together. rice tomorrow. with Gaby Hoffman and the Yippies, derson, I don't know about these Kinks RT: I'm Canadian! RT: And how does it relate to cloud NT: Oh I always get that confused, on we couldn't really come to a full agree- that you're talking about. > HH: Oh yeah, where are you from? computing? the call sheet. ment ... HH: We'll sort them out. ft RT: I'm from Ontario. JP: He just sent me something to listen RT: Out of all of your other projects, HH: Uncle Buck, that was our common MC: We'll educate each other. HH: Oh that sucks. to this morning. which is your favorite, collectively? ground. HH: What happened with the Tron? MC: Where in Ontario? NT: I'm playing with the Philosopher NT: Mine. My personal projects. 1 al- RT: How much do you think the direc- RT: They didn't even get nominated for RT: Like an hour west of Montreal, a Kings, doing an upcoming tour in May. ways keep a special spot reserved for tion of music with respect to movie the Oscars. small mill town. It's called Cornwall. And then in April, I've got an Our Lady my own projects where I favor them soundtracks interacts these days? Daft MC: Was that an amazing score NT: I SAID Cornwall did you not hear Peace mini tour, we're just doing the over the others. Punk, for instance, got a lot of hype for Tronl that? We have documentation. I said east coast of the Mediterranean. And JP: Alright, my favorite project is Man about their Tron: Legacy sound track, HH: Hustle and Flow, that was amazing. that twice but it's OK, you were in a then in June, I'm going to be doing a Man. I did the strings and stuff for but they were snubbed in the Oscars. Three 6 Mafia? That was a real stride for weird trance. Tragically Hip kind of opening slot. Man Man. HH: To cut you off, 1 mean the great- the Oscars. RT: What is your spirit animal? MC: It's been so long since you've NT: I think mine is Steal This Mov- est thing about this record is that every RT: What do you guys think about the HH: Mine is a — done that. ie. Abbie Hoffman, Gaby Hoffman, song could be licensed to like... tension between corporate profitability NT: Don't say it. HH: I was a big WWI fan, just like histo- his daughter. JP: A major motion picture. and indie rock? HH: Drunk lima bean. rian style. That's how I first came across HH: Gaby Hoffman's awesome. MC: Or a minor motion picture. Osee MISTER, page 11 RT: Can you tell us why? HH: No. JP: Mine's a domesticated dog. Now you can also buy your student tickets in advance for NT: Mine's the organ player from the Animals. select concerts. Go to houstonsymphony.org and enter MC: You mean Alan Price? offer code "school" when logging in. And don't forget to NT: Yeah! HH: And what's yours. Rudy (to MC)? grab a Student Rewards Card at the box office and save MC: Mine's a domesticated Alan Price. even more! Follow @HouSymphony on Twitter to get NT: That's the Alan Price you pay. RT: Who is your greatest influence more deals. as a band? NT: Roy Orbison. Scheherazade Rogers & Hammerstein JP: I concur. April 8, 9, 10, 2011 NT: Sam Cooke. and More HH: And Glen Danzig. Relive the exotic legend of the with Ashley Biown young entrancing temptress, NT: And Glen Gould. April 21. 22, 23, 2011 MC: Eric Burton. Scheherazade, and her tales told Broadway blockbuster star Ashley HH: And Elliot Gould. Have you seen over 1,001 nights The Long Goodbye? The opening scene. Brown returns to Houston to MC: The catfood scene? perform R&H songs plus from her HH: That's probably the biggest Mendelssohn's Scottish roles in Mary Poppins and Beauty influence. Plus Josefowicz and the Beast. JP: What a great apartment. NT: And Cats the musical, and "Dr. April 14,16,17, 2011 Cats" the cartoon. Mendelssohn's travels to Scotland Alexandei Nevsky HH: Dr. Zhivago, not "Dr. Who", that inspired this dramatic symphony, April 29, 30, May 1,2011 confuses me. which ranges from hushed to Prokofiev transports you to the 3th NT: And not the Who. majestic. RT: Studio performance vs. performing century for a tale of war. live? What's the difference? HH: Clothing and happies. NT: Temperature and applause. RT: Speaking of temperature how do houstonsymphony.org you like Houston/Texas/Rice? JP: It's very humid here. HH: I wanna go to the death museum. Them (irkcls arc cheap. NT: It is hot here. Two-fourths of us \ JOL IS I ON were in Toronto, or four-eighths of us Houston Symphony Student Rush SYMPHONY Mans 1»HA f were in Toronto, I should say. MI r )|RK MC: Or... one-half of us. Only $12 for all HH: Oh. Einstein. Break it down. Super Classical and Pops series concerts. "atron Services Center open Monday Saturday 10 AW-6 m. call (713) 224 75 simple. NT: He has a beautiful mind, we don't iiilk FRIDAY, APRIL 15,2011 THE RICE THRESHER A&E 11 Late Lumet's 12 Angry Men Running Water takes festival by storm Reservoir Dogs). The first Rice Student Film Festival The following camera angle, which fo- dinner. The music is especially appro- The story of 12 Angry Men is de- was a surprising success. Of the 35 sub- cuses on his expression and then her priate and jaunty, as the camera follows rived from the play of the same name missions to the contest, 12 were chosen cleavage in one L.hot, is great. him in the short's strongest moments by Reginald Rose. A jury of 12 mem- to be slated amongst four categories Continuous Postcard (Best Short Film) - ,and everyone in the theater is privy to bers retires to the jury room after — short film, animation, fiction and Brantley Highfill his meticulous preparations, such as hearing the closing arguments of a documentary. The best in each category This entry is composed of 2,467 shaving in the public fountain. Joseph Allencherril case involving a father's murder by won $500, and the best of the night photographs strung together to mimic Ivan Ivanovich (Runner Up) - Joe Dwyer a teenage slum boy. The decision to won $1,000, as judged by a panel that the effect of stop motion animation. In this entry, the character Alan, Last Saturday, Sidney Lumet died charge the defendant as guilty seems included Crystal Sanchez Benavides I would call it more of a mood piece for reasons not really explained, has at 86. Who knew that Sidney Lumet obvious to all the jurors. But in a from the Houston Arts Alliance, Mar- than anything else, with the camera decided to start spying on American was alive all these years anyway? The preliminary vote, a lone juror - Ju- ian Luntz from the Houston Museum following a stylishly outfitted man as radio correspondence during the Cold name Sidney Lumet may not be as ror Number Eight (Henry Fonda, The of Fine Arts, past Student Association he embarks on his day, ending in a his- War. He uncovers a massive secret that commonplace as other directors like Grapes of Wrath) — stands up for the President Selim Sheikh, past Graduate toric-looking locale the likes of Greece they've been hiding — what they've Martin Scorsese or Spike Lee. Never- defendant's innocence. Of course, Student Association President Corrine or Rome. "Memory isn't what was but been intercepting from Sputnik is ac- theless, Lumet's films are as much our American legal system requires Allen and Vice President of Public Af- what continues to be," he writes, and tually proof that the Russians sent a a part of our film consciousness as that a jury reach a unanimous ver- fairs Linda Thrane. There were also I agree — the glorious thing about this woman into space first. For such an • • any of theirs. Lumet's 43 films have dict, so what follows is a 90-minute $500 awards for Best Rice Related Film short is definitely its transportative ambitious idea, Ivan Ivanovich is mas- garnered over 50 Oscar nominations study of human nature and law that and People's Choice. quality, the pull that everyone in the terfully shot and directed and also man- in total. Some of his notable films should seem surprisingly fresh and "[All the entries] had something theater experiences to conquer "what ages to stay accurate as a piece of work include Serpico (1973), Dog Day Af- relevant to the modern viewer. special," Thrane said, "[like] a great continues to be." set decades ago. ternoon (1975), The Verdict (1982) and 12 Angry Men is really a court- story, great acting, great technique, Animation Category Oh My God (Best Fiction) - Adrien Pel- his last film, Before the Devil Knows room drama, and it is one of the great music, a salute to Rice or humor." A Nutty Little Love Story (Honorable lerin and Gabi Chennisi You're Dead (2007); his first and prob- first films to set a standard for the Several students participated in Mention) - Sara Hieb This entry is a very wry look at re- ably most significant feature film, 12 genre. What should strike even the multiple entries, such as powerhouses Stop motion animation is used in ligion and how far one set of parents Angry Men, was released in 1957. If least acute viewers is that all of the Adrien Pellerin, Austin Lipinski, Ed- this entry to tell the story of how Stacy will go in order to make sure their son you've never heard of the film, it is character's' actions and every word ward Tung and Gabi Chennisi. Students Stachio and Wally Nut first met and keeps with the family's view on Chris- quite likely that of important of all disciplines participated, be it ar- fell in love. Hieb manages to accurately tianity. The parents begin sending their you've at least seen dialogue re- chitecture, engineering, computer sci- convey emotions such as shyness and doubtful son emails signed "Heavenly some manifesta- main confined ence or linguistics. It was pleasantly yearning amongst her nut population Father" ranging in importance, with tion or reference to to one room — surprising when Lipinski, a chemical by having them fidget in a way that's the occasional reminder about the the film on televi- the jury delib- engineering major, took home $2,500 in both familiar and human. Their ges- mother's birthday but also a warning • • sion at some point. eration room. prizes for Running Water, a documen- tures might be small, but they suggest to the son to stop putting his cross un- Like many bril- 12 Angry Men We do not tary about Rice alumnus Robert Flatt. a deep range of emotions. der his bed. However, a mysterious dis- liant but under- even know the Now, to be sure, I'm no film expert. I Photoshop Creator (Runner Up) - crepancy has them reconsidering their jurors' names don't always know what's best, despite Edward Tung own beliefs. appreciated films, Director: Sidney Lumet until the end how much I might think I do. (This is My personal favorite out of the cat- Documentary Category Lumet's debut fea- Released: April 13,1957 ture film 12 Angry of the movie. evidenced by the fact that I still enjoy egory, this entry follows the creation of Rice Rugby (Honorable Mention) - Aus- • • Men met with little Details like meaningless fluff like A Walk to Remem- Tung himself if he were to be uploaded tin Lipinski success at the box this are what ber. What can I say?) So stay turned for onto Photoshop. The sound effects are This entry follows the rugby team at office, partly be- make 12 Angry some thoughts on all the entries, kick particularly spot on, as he clicks back the height of its season. It was definitely cause Lumet shot a black-and-white Men great; the film works without back, and enjoy the free popcorn — and forth in the program to explore op- refreshing to see a lower profile sport film at a time when cinematic worlds any special effects, without any vi- yeah, the Rice Student Film Festival tions ranging from his hair (with just featured in a documentary. Lipinski did of Technicolor were burgeoning. sual tricks, even without color pho- gave away free popcorn. Don't you wish the right ratio of length on the sides and a beautiful job with his camerawork, Fortunately, the film did have criti- tography. Lumet had no need for you'd have come? top of his face) to his IQ (high but not capturing everything from the sweat cal success, which goes to show that these ornaments — instead, Lumet Short Film Category to the point where his virtual self needs dripping down a single player's face even critics aren't wrong all the time. focused on bringing the develop- Save the World (Honorable Mention) enormous glasses) to his profession to the blades of grass crunching under In more recent years, 12 Angry Men ment of his story and characters to - Adrien Pellerin, Austin Lipinski and (started out as a lawyer and then de- his feet. has gathered a greater following, the forefront; in this respect, Lumet Gabi Chennisi cided to go for an architect). The short Card Dog's Yard (Runner Up) - Jenna lending support to the dictum that is much like Elia Kazan {A Streetcar This entry, along with its cousin ends with him stepping out of Photo- Kripal and Ryan Oringer the best films are not always popular Named Desire). In fact, if you were Can I?, was first created for Feel Your shop and flashing a smile as if to say Although this entry would've ben- > at their release date but are timeless. to take a look at his films collec- Boobies, a breast cancer non-profit or- cheekily, "Ta-da! How do you like the efited from a better camera, the look Even then, it is rare that a director's tively, you would notice that there ganization whose mission is, according finished product?" into its subject's life, comedian John debut feature has an impact with really is no such thing as a "Lumet" to their website, "to create an annual Road Trip (Best Animation) - Edward Gard, is simply fascinating. He cleans critics (though a few famous films do look. Like a great craftsman, Lumet reminder campaign that utilizes unex- Tung and installs carpets by morning and come to mind, such as Orson Welles' makes sure that his productions are pected and unconventional methods to This entry, also submitted by Tung, then performs on a stage amidst roars Citizen Kane or Quentin Tarantino's seamless and invisible. remind young women to feel their boo- is less whimsical than his first effort but of laughter by night. bies." A lightning quick script includes just as well-constructed. He uses basic Running Water (Best Documentary, Best everything from the pronunciation of animation to chronicle his character's Rice Related Film, People's Choice, and the word Sudoku to the scraggly-voiced adventures on a cross-country road trip Grand Prize) - Austin Lipinski villain Dr. Apnralypto, all in under a to Houston. A lot of questionable things This entry swept the night's awards, minute. Wiess College sophomore Em- start to happen, including an octopus and it certainly deserved all the praise. Online! ily Nichol is especially funny as Lind- suddenly squirting out of the motorcy- According to Lipinski, he first met the sey, who demonstrates a proper breast cle's exhaust pipe and deterring a man documentary's subject, Robert Flatt, examination amidst several gawking in a ski mask — a reference to The Texas in the Wiess College commons and was Rice Dance Theater boys at the very end. Chainsaw Massacre — as his character absolutely captivated by his photog- Can I? (Runner Up) - Adrien Peller- speeds away, but it all adds to the slight- raphy. The shots that Flatt has taken in, Austin Lipinski and Gabi Chennisi • ly offbeat humor of the short. upstage a lot of the camerawork. This by Anna Wilde Although not as ambitious as its Fiction Category entry both informs and inspires. Jones predecessor, this entry is short, punchy The Spaghetto (Honorable Mention) - College sophomore Jennifer Livingstone and to the point. The lighting is pro- Gabi Chennisi is particularly notable for her narration, fessional, set up to capture everything This entry is a tongue-in-cheek portray- with her soft, composed voice that rises www.ricethresher.org about a lone couple. After a few mo- al of a homeless man who finally earns in pitch and emotion at the most beauti- ments of agony, he begs to "feel them." enough money to take himself out to ful instances in the documentary. • MISTER FROM PAGE 10 Teach and Learn in Korea http://www.talk.go.kr NT: We're not going to do your thesis for • you. HH: But the crazy thing is, you can pay a fortune to go see Woody Allen play the TalK 2 yrs or more of college education clarinet. US citizen or ethnic Korean with MC: Woody Allen plays the clarinet. To Teach and Learn in Korea answer your question. Permanent Residency (details onime) NT: The answer actually is that no £ one cares more than the artist when it comes to licensing music or "selling Educate. • KRW1,500,000 (appx. $1,200)/mo. out," and if you cease to care and real- Teach English in elementary school • round trip airfare ize that there were patrons throughout • housing or monthly rent musical history -- • health insurance HH: Or actually any sort of endeavor • cultural programs and much more! really. Explore. 0 NT: But there were always kings financ- Travel around Korea. ing composers, and there's no differ ence, nothing's changed, and if it af- Apply online: WWW.Utlk.gO.kr fords us the opportunity to keep playing music and come and play at the Rice Contact: Houston Korean Education Center University... Experience. 1990 Post Oak Blvd. Suite 750 Houston. TX /7056 HH: And also perception is a mofo. Try something new * E-mail: [email protected] NT: General Electric IS evil. Tel 713 961 <1104 JP: Except their solar work. HH: Like, some kid may see some band licensed something to something, but For Dallas area Christina Chong it's just not the same anymore, you E-mail: taiknowusa(g)gmail.com know? But basically it's like, you know, Tel 469.226.4682 we're just scraping by. Dave Rosales contributed to this article. SPORTS Sports is on Twitter. Get the scoop at twitter.com/ThresherSports 12 Simmsfans 1 1 at Reckling against fifth-ranked Aggies I Owls take two of three against ECU, freshman pitcher shuts out ASM for second time this year by Ryan Glassman a day of frustrations at the plate with with Rice down 3-1 late. In need of a ral- THRLHRESHER STAFF the biggest hit of the day. His single to ly, freshman shortstop Derek Hamilton right field plated Lewis to give Rice the led Rice off with a single before Cook's After stranding a school-record 18 2-1 lead before inning's end, leaving the base hit put two Owls on with one out. runners on base in a midweek loss to series opener in the hands of Cingrani. Up to bat was Chargois, the sophomore Louisiana-Lafayette (19-13), the Owls In relief of Kubitza, the veteran whose clutch hitting was crucial in the (24-13, 6-3 C-USA) faced another tough Cingrani was just as dominant as his sweep of Marshall two weeks ago. And task in the pitching rotation for the Pi- freshman predecessor, using a healthy once again, Chargois' delivered with a rates. Entering the weekend series, East dose of fastballs to silence the ECU bats. late game opportunistic hit, this time Carolina University (22-11, 4-5 C-USA) After a routine seventh inning, Cingrani with a double to score both Hamilton boasted the best team Earned Run Av- struck out the side in the eighth to earn a and Cook and tie the game. The Pirates erage in the conference and a top-three save situation in the bottom of the ninth would retire the next two Owls to the staff overall ERA in the country. To com- with Rice still up by a 2-1 margin. After plate, but entering the ninth the two C- ' bat the ECU arms on Friday night was retiring the first two batters in the ninth, USA rivals were deadlocked at 3-3. V. .. Austin Kubitza, the freshman whose Cingrani allowed back-to-back singles After a scoreless ninth, it was again success has begun to gamer attention to put the tying run 90 feet away with Cook reaching base to begin a Rice rally. on the national level. two outs. But true to the theme of the After he reached on an error to start the After Rice got out to a quick 1-0 game, the lefty buckled down to retire 10th inning, Chargois and Rendon both lead on an RBI single from sophomore the final batter by means of the strike- drew walks to load the bases with no second baseman Michael Ratterree, out to preserve the 2-1 victory for Head outs. Ratterree, hitting cleanup, also Kubitza took the hill with dominance Coach Wayne Graham and the Owls. worked a walk to bring in the go-ahead from the game's outset. Through just With seven strikeouts in three and one- run without the benefit of a hit. Still, the first five innings, he held ECU to a third innings, Cingrani combined with with no outs, Manuel drove a single to single hit and struck out a career-high Kubitza for a team season-high 18 Ks centerfield to put Rice up 5-3, before eleven batters to keep the Owls ahead on what was a night of superb pitching ECU worked out of the jam without Sophomore pitcher jeremy Fant pitches during one of his two score- performances. Cook and junior catcher further damage. Working in relief of in the game. But with the Rice bats frus- less innings he threw against Marshall on Apr. 2. The Owls will face trated by ECU'S Seth Maness, Kubitza Craig Manuel paced the offense with Wall, who allowed just two hits in three Tulane tonight at 6:30 for the opener of their three game series. ran into trouble in the sixth after a two- two hits apiece, leading Rice to the win innings of work, was the sophomore out single and consecutive walks were in the weekend's first game. Tyler Duffey. Duffey allowed a hit, but followed by an unearned run to tie the On Saturday afternoon it was the Pi- utilized back-to-back strikeouts to seal game, 1-1. Kubitza left after five and two- rates who struck first, getting to junior up the game and earn the win, with loaded walk in the seventh. Freshman the opening day starter back in Febru- thirds innings, allowing just two hits starter Matthew Reckling in the fourth Rice clinching the weekend series on third baseman Shane Hoelscher's solo ary, made a strong case for a weekend while recording 11 strikeouts in yet an- after three quiet innings. Reckling, who the road in North Carolina. home run would be one of the few starting spot with an absolutely stellar other eye-opening performance for the walked six in three and two-thirds in- The series finale and getaway day bright spots on the afternoon as the outing in front of a near capacity crowd freshman ace. Senior Tony Cingrani, nings of work, constantly worked out was not as pretty for Rice, who fell be- Owls fell 7-3 on four unearned runs, los- at Reckling Park. the flamethrowing left-hander came in of trouble in the first three innings be- hind 3-0 in the first after two hits off ing the series' last game but still taking After one-and-a-half scoreless in- to strand three runners, recording the fore ECU scored on an error and a walk of senior pitcher Abe Gonzales and an two of three in Greenville. nings, Ratterree reached on an infield inning's final out as the game went to with the bases loaded. ECU would add error by the defense scored three un- After capturing their second straight single to start the second and advanced the seventh in a tie. another off of sophomore reliever Tyler earned runs for the Pirates. Sophomore conference series to jump to 6-3 on the a base on an A&M throwing error. Two Sophomore right fielder Ryan Lewis Spurlin in the fifth to go up 3-0 entering catcher Geoff Perrott's leadoff double year in the C-USA, the Owls played host groundballs later, Ratterree came in to led off the next inning with a single the seventh inning. Manuel opened the in the third sparked two runs for Rice, to instate rival and No. 5 Texas A&M on score the game's first run, which would and advanced to second on a sacrifice scoring for Rice in the inning, plating one unearned and one on a Rendon RBI Tuesday night. And just as one fresh- be all that Simms would need on the % I > bunt by freshman left fielder Keenan sophomore first baseman J.T. Chargois single, but ECU went up 4-2 on a run- man starter delivered for Graham with night. After the first inning, Simms If Cook. Following a strikeout and a walk after he and Ratterree scattered base scoring double in the fourth. The Rice an impeccable performance when faced the minimum 18 batters over the I 1 issued to junior designated hitter An- hits to get in scoring position. After the bats would go down quietly, delivering these two teams met at the Houston next six frames, allowing just one hit thony Rendon, who leads the NCAA in Owls were retired, junior reliever Taylor three hits over the final six innings, as College Classic in March, it was another and erasing that runner with a double the category by a sizable margin, junior Wall continued his strong relief outing Gonzales worked into the seventh be- young arm getting the call for the week- play. Keeping the Aggies out of sync center fielder Michael Fuda overcame by retiring ECU quietly in the seventh, fore the Pirates went up 5-2 with a bases day matchup. Freshman John Simms, B see SIMMS, page 14 Track gets good results in Texas, heads to EI Paso% > by Jonathan Myers "You've got him this week, then [se- Zach Casias was 13th. Warren spoke and with Wyatt being from Minnesota, ists between him, Hayes and Shurbet. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF nior] Michael [Trejo] last week and about the times turned in by Roberts that was a great performance all things "Even though I had a really strong [junior] Alex [Zinchenko] the week and Doop. considered." 110 race and an off week in the 400s, I Before the interview even started. before, and those are just the names Spinks also continued to fine-tune think I definitely have more potential • I » Head Coach Jon Warren (Jones '88) that pop out at me." his events for the decathlon, throwing in the 400 hurdles," Johnson said. stated, "Let's talk about [the] UTEP Johnson spoke about what he would the javelin 46.26 meters (151' 9") to fin- "While we do a lot of no work, Con- [Invitational]." Clearly Warren's di- need to do to keep the podium in sight ish second. Warren spoke about Spinks' nor, Collin, and I have a nice little rective nature was not coming from a at the C-USA Championship in May. potential in the event. rivalry going in the 400s that should disappointment at the way the men's "Getting a medal in either hurdle "It's just one of the 10 events [in help us run some pretty fast times." track team had performed at the 84th race would be be a huge accomplish- UTEP the decathlon], but Jack can prob- Turning to the UTEP Invitational, Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin ment for me," Johnson said. "There INVITATIONAL ably eventually throw for 60 me- the entire team save for the long dis- • b V and Trinity University's Tiger Relays is a lot of good competition in C-USA, ters," Warren said. tance runners will be present in West in San Antonio, but rather because though, and right now we have a lot Turning to the competition in Aus- WHEN Texas this weekend, with Warren there were just 14 Owls spread among of guys running fast, including some Saturday, All Day tin, it was redshirt sophomore James expecting to get a boost from having the two meets. Still, junior Lee John- of my teammates. The biggest thing at Llamas who took 12th place in the sophomore Donte Moore back from son's performances in the 110 and 400 this point is confidence. I think if I keep WHERE 3,000 meter steeplechase. The jump- spring football practice. Moore is ex- meter hurdles at the Tiger Relays were improving at meets, working on execu- El Paso ers had decent showings as well, with pected to compete alongside senior something to talk about. Johnson took tion, I'll put myself into position to do senior Ugo Nduaguba taking 10th in Jacob Owolabi, Hayes, and Shurbet in HISTORY • * 1 C first place in the 110 meter hurdles with well at conference." Last year, Collin Shurbet won the triple jump with a mark of 14.85 the 4x400 relay, as well as potentially a season-best time of 14.95 seconds, Freshman Will Beasley ran his the 400-meter hurdles and meters (48' 8.75"), while freshman with the 4x100 relay squad. currently the eighth-best time by any sprint in 11.21 seconds to take seventh. Rice finished first through Justin Gross jumping 6.75 meters "We've got to get Donte back up third in the shot put. The Conference USA runner. Additionally, Redshirt sophomore Jack Spinks round- (22* 1.75") in the long jump to grab to longer distances, as strange as Owls also had three pole Johnson's time of 55.89 seconds was ed out the Owls competitors with a 20th 15th place. Zinchenko finished ninth that sounds with the 100, 200, and vaulters in the top 10 and the good for second place in the 400 meter place finish. Junior Jordan Hmaidan ran in the shot put with a best throw of 4x100 team was fourth. 400 meter distances," Warren said. hurdles. Warren was pleased at the way the 800 meter run in 2:02 to take ninth 16.27 meters (53' 4.5"). Senior Con- "He's been training for quick 10 to I > t several different athletes have stepped place, and freshmen Travis Roberts and nor Hayes and junior Collin Shurbet 30 yard bursts in the last month, up each weekend. Wyatt Doop ran the 1,500 meter run in competed in the 400-meter hurdles and so we think that he'll be able to "Lee was really the guy that you 4:01 and 4:03, respectively. Roberts' "Those guys are just three or four as well, running 54.26 and 54.29 sec- come back pretty seamlessly. He's could point to as the guy with the most time gave him third place, while Doop seconds off of what they can run," War- onds, respectively. Johnson talked our anchor in the 4x400, so it'll be success this weekend," Warren said. ended up in fifth and redshirt freshman ren said. "It was pretty hot on Saturday, about the competitive nature that ex- good to get him back." 2 p.m. — Reckling Park • I • Friday, Apr. 15 Men's Tennis vs. UT-Arlington Women's Tennis vs. Louisville Men's and Women's Track and Field at 11 a.m. — lake Hess Tennis Stadium Noon — lake Hess Tennis Stadium UTEP Invitational/Mt. SAC Relays TBA — El Paso, Texas/Walnut, Calif. Wednesday, Apr. 20 Baseball vs. Tulane 6:30 p.m. — Reckling Park Men's Tennis vs. SMU Baseball vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 11 a.m. — fake Hess Tennis Stadium 6:30 p.m. — Reckling Park Women's Track and Field at Mt. SAC Relays »f » » OWLOOK TBA - Walnut, Calif. Sunday, Apr. 17 Thursday, Apr. 21 This Week in Sports Saturday, Apr. 16 Baseball vs. Tulane Women's Tennis at C-USA Championship 1 p.m. — Reckling Park TBA — Orlando, Fla. Baseball vs. Tulane *90 '0 FRIDAY, APRIL 15,2011 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS 13 Oklahoma proves to be noH«n land for men^ tnnis Owls drop matches to Tulsa, OU; final conference match tomorrow against SMU briWy 1131Dan1 rEUedg e alon'll< tnfgl lintVwithl Garforth-BlesDl/U> , inKwhon had an <%Mkonlyf becaus V~v M' e• h»"»e U/wa\ s aheanl«<\nd i ranked University of Oklahoma. the match. there was no other reason why they lost WHERE who will be graduating as a senior At Tulsa, the Owls played a fairly "Against Tulsa, it was just a good except that Oklahoma played better and this year. Before the match on Sun- competitive match as they lost 5-2 to the college match," Ustundag said. "If we deserved the victory. Jake Hess Stadium day against UT-Arlington, there Golden Hurricane. As usual of late, the could have won the doubles point in the "We were outperformed, as we have HISTORY will be a ceremony to commemo- Owls could not gain the doubles point, beginning, 1 really do think it could of no more excuses for our losses," Po- This will be the first time that rate Podlewski's years as an 0^1. as juniors Sam Garforth-Bles and Chris- changed everything and tilted the match dlewski said. "We could have won the the Owls have played the Podlewski has mixed feelings Mustangs in two years, as last tian Saravia were the only pair to win in our favor." doubles point, but after that, I can't even about his last match, as all he wants year's match was rained out in their doubles match, 8-3. Junior Michael is a win and to go into the conference In the Oklahoma match, it was a explain to you what happened. Every- Dallas and wasn't made up. Nuesslein and sophomore Peter Frank different story, as the Owls lost 6-1 to the thing went downhill." tournament on a high note. along with sophomore Harry Fowler and Sooners, as the stats tell the story. The The Owls are now 13-8 and 3-1 in "I am excited for the senior day, senior Oscar Podlewski dropped their only similarity from the Tulsa match was Conference USA play and are ranked but at the same time, I hope everyone respective matches to nationally-ranked that again Rice had a good opportunity 39th in the nation and are now in dan- With four losses in a row, Ustundag gives it their best and puts forth a good Tulsa double pairings. to win the doubles point, as this time ger of missing the NCAA tournament is concerned that the Owls might be effort," Podlewski said. "That would The singles matches brought drama Fowler and Podlewski won the solo dou- after eight consecutive appearances. slipping out of contention for an NCAA be their present to me." as five of the sue matches went to three bles match. Frank and Nuesslein along The Owls have two more home matches at-large berth, as he feels that Rice needs Podlewski thinks that this is no- sets. The only exception was Nuesslein, with Saravia and Garforth-Bles dropped against Southern Methodist University to have a solid stretch to make sure that where near the end for the Owls, as who dropped his match in two sets. their respective doubles matches to help tomorrow and against the University of they are in. they hope this weekend can help However, the Owls could only win two of give the Sooners a crucial 1-0 advantage. Texas-Arlington on Sunday. No. 61 SMU Ustundag believes that when it spark another run in the conference the five final sets, as Saravia and Frank The difference came in singles for the has a 16-5 record on the season, as they comes to the conference tournament, tournament, which will hopefully recorded wins. Fowler and Podlewski Owls, as only one match went to three have won their last 13 of 14 matches. UT- anyone can win, as results from the regu- be an NCAA tournament that will dropped their third sets, 6-4 respectively sets, with Podlewski recording a victory Arlington is 10-7 on the year. lar season don't apply. be worth remembering. Women's track splits up this week by Natalie Clericuzio and her team hit the tough marks. THRESHER STAFF "For me, I've been working a lot on technical aspects [of vaulting] and do- V- Regardless of how hard a team ing a lot better in practice, but I want to trains and how prepared each athlete come and do well in a meet," Ince said. is for her event, one element of an out- "I think UTEP will translate into a really > door track meet is always left to chance: big jump for me." I# the weather. "For the team, UTEP's a really good Luckily, so far this season the wom- place to run for us; it's a really fast en's track team has seen fair skies and track. I've been seeing improvement warm weather for the most part. This in practice, but I think we can come in weekend, however, the team will have and get some good times and get back the opportunity to — fingers crossed — on track heading into conference." compete in the best weather conditions Last season, the weather delivered possible for each event. The team will on its promise of record-setting condi- split up this weekend, with the distance tions. In California, senior Britany Wil- runners traveling to Walnut, Calif., for liams set a new school record in the CONGRATULATIONS, the Mt. SAC Relays, and the rest of the 5,000-meter run, finishing in 16:11.34. squad (sprinters, jumpers, hurdlers, In El Paso, senior Tina Robinson, then throwers and vaulters) will head to El a junior, set a school record in the ham- RICE GRADUATES! Paso, Texas, for the University of Texas- mer throw at 171'. The Owls in El Paso El Paso Invitational. also posted seven other season-best V At Village Frame Gallery, we believe in precision, quality and attention to detail. 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He would add an- Wiess had compiled a 5-0 regular season 3-1 records to also advance to the playoffs. other strikeout in the eighth but was With the school year coming to a close, record, winning alt but two of their games by College Men's Softball: With the playoffs removed from the game after seven it's time to look at which colleges were vic- double digits, but GSA was equally as domi- still being played at press time, Brown Col- and two-thirds innings with a runner torious in intramural sports this year nant, not losing a game the entire season. lege (4-1) appears to be in position to defend on. Cingrani came on and struck out Powderpuff: With the GSA participating Jones and Hanszen also made the playoffs, their title against GSA (3-1) in the first semi- the next batter to retire the side, keep- for the first time, the graduate students but each was no match for Wiess and GSA, final, while Wiess (4-0) and Will Rice (4-1) are ing Rice up 1-0 heading to the bottom wasted no time in making their presence losing in the semifinal games by a combined matched up in the other semifinal. of the eighth. Rice would add another known, capturing the Powderpuff title over 35 points. College Women's Softball: GSA took out run in the ninth on a Cook RBI single Lovett College 13-7 in a thrilling overtime Women's College Basketball: GSA Lovett by a score of 7-3 in the championship that followed a Manuel double to put game at the IM fields that saw Lovett's torched McMurtry College 36-12 in the game, after smashing Sid Richardson College runners in scoring position. Cingrani breakthrough season end on a bad note. championship game to win the title and fin- 19-1 in the semifinal. GSA had defeated Lovett would close the door in the ninth for 11-5 earlier in the season on their way to a 5-0 Men's College Flag Football: While the ish a 5-1 season, after upsetting previously the save to give Rice the 2-0 win over record, but Lovett was able to set up a rematch playoffs have yet to occur as of press time, undefeated Hanszen 22-20 in the semifinal. the Aggies behind the outstanding , - after upsetting previously undefeated Hanszen Will Rice College and Brown College seem to McMurtry finished the season at 5-1. work from Simms. 6-5 in the other semifinal. be the clear favorites to win the title, with College Freshman Basketball: After "I just tried to go out there and at- College Billiards: The squad from Lovett both teams having 5-0 records currently. starting off the season with an 18-point tack the hitters. Don't mess around and defeated Baker 4-3 in the championship match, Will Rice boasts two blowout victories: a victory over Brown, the Hanszen freshmen go right at them with all of my stuff. capping a 5-1 season for the Lovetteers. Baker 35-6 triumph over Duncan College and a ran the table the rest of the way, finishing That was pretty much the game plan," had upset previously undefeated Sid Rich 28-0 win over Hanszen College, while grab- the season at 4-0, and hanging on for a one- Simms said after setting a career high 4-3 in the semifinal but could not hold on for bing close wins over Lovett College and the point victory over Wiess in the semifinals. in strikeouts with one of the best pitch- ,-*• GSA. In the Gray Division, Brown has strung Meeting 3-1-1 Will Rice in the championship, another upset against Lovett ing performances of the year for Rice. together a 25-6 win over Wiess College Hanszen pulled out a hard-fought 31-23 win College Men's Volleyball: Respite pushing "I haven't had my best slider up until along with wins over Martel College and to win the title. the championship match to a deciding third about now, and it's been frustrating Jones College by a touchdown. set, Sid Rich fell to GSA 25-23, 21-25,15-6, as College Men's Soccer: Wiess held out for working through that. But it feels a lot College Freshman Flag Football: )ones a 4-2 win over Hanszen in the championship GSA finished off a 5-1 season after upsetting better right now." emerged victorious over Martel, which was match last Sunday, with the Wiess defense previously undefeated Hanszen in two sets in making their first ever appearance in the stopping the juggernaut Hanszen attack that the semifinal. championship game after defeating Will had scored no fewer than four goals in any College Women's Volleyball: At press time, 1 Rice in the semifinals. The Jones freshmen game prior. After an early 2-1 defeat at the Sid Rich and Lovett were matched up in one O TRACK I* dropped only one game the entire season, a hands of Brown, Wiess won out to finish the semifinal, and McMurtry and Hanszen were FROM PAGE 13 24-20 loss to the hands of Wiess, but rallied season at 6-1 and defeat their rival for the title. squaring off in the second playoff matchup. to defeat Hanszen 20-13 in the semifinal just College Women's Soccer: Despite GSA College Floor Hockey: With the playoffs she came up and passed a lot of people." two weeks later. going undefeated in the regular season, it yet to be started by press time, it appears as As Miller's times continue to fall, College Co-Ed Flag Football: Brown was 2-2 Lovett who pulled off a monumental though Will Rice will be one of the two favorites several other members of the team stormed to a perfect 5-0 regular season and upset to defeat the graduate students in the to win the floor hockey championship, as the appear to be on the brink of a break- an undefeated playoff run that culminated semifinal, holding GSA to one goal. Wiess, 2-2, Maroon and Gold sport a 3-0 record, with Sid through performance, according to in a 16-9 win in the championship game also beat the Blue Division champion Will Rice Rich also holding a 3-0 mark. Bevan, namely seniors Ince and triple- against Will Rice, after defeating Will Rice 2-0 to set up their date with Lovett last Sunday, College Table Tennis: Will Rice heads into jumper Sarah Agara. 16-6 in the regular season. Lovett and Mar- but Lovett prevailed again to win the title and the championship as the heavy favorite, Last week, Ince's height of 13' 1.5" tel both compiled 3-1 regular season records finish the season at 4-2. compiling a 6-0 mark, while their opponent, marked a season-best for her. Howev- to make the playoffs from the Gray Division, College Uttimate: Wiess took home a 9-2 vic- Wiess, is 4-2. The two teams did liot meet in er, Bevan says she has yet to vault while Brown and Will Rice went 5-0 and 3-2 tory in the championship against rival Hanszen the regular season. in competition at the same level she in the regular season to advance from the in a fitting end to the ultimate frisbee season, has in practice. Blue Division. as both teams took their divisions with 4-0 — Jonathan Myers "She blew through her pole at 13' 1", and she had enough height for 14', and ultimately she needed another pole for the wind — It was very very windy," Bevan said. "She's vaulting at 14', and she's capable of that." Agara placed sixth in the triple jump Greg missed the signs. Checkout the wom- at the Texas Relays, turning in an out- door-best mark of 41' 3.75." Like Ince, en's tennis recap of however, Bevan has seen her show signs that she is capable of performing A detour to St. Luke's saved his life, their loss to SMU at an even higher level. 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Award ceremony, film screenings and The department again played host to the Arts in the Humani- ties Lecture Series. Artists Dario Robleto and Jason Lazarus gave reception for undergraduate works lectures on their work, and then hung around for a department- wide spaghetti and meatballs dinner and one-on-one discus- sions with our guests, students, staff, and faculty. TENACIOUS! The department played host to a number of exhibitions this year. Among these was the Houston premier of The Black List Class of 2011 Studio Art reception Project, Volumes II and III by photographer Timothy Greenfield- Sanders: a project produced and supported through collabora- tion with the Humanities Research Center, Rice Public Art, and the Dean of Humanities that included talks, film screenings, and Even more art in the Sculpture Courtyard, the art exhibition. Recent Rice alum Salome Vanwoerden pre- plus after-party with music and dancing sented a selection of photographic works in the exhibition Aasha Deep, a collection of work displaying the commonness of human behavior and feeling through photographs taken by individuals > • with chronic mental illness from a mental rehabilitation center Visit ARTS.RICE.EDU for more information in Kathmandu, Nepal. The exhibition documented the lives of a including directions or call 713.348.4882 highly stigmatized population within a remote country. Through the support of a Brown Teaching Grant, Professor Karin Broker created a large format drawing class. The resulting work was ex- hibited in the department's main gallery in the Rice Media Center in the exhibition titled, Six for Six. Smith College assistant pro- fessor and former Glassell School of Art Core Fellow and Rice IN THE MATCHBOX: Lecturer Fraser Stables produced a solo exhibition entitled New Tatoos. The exhibition featured a series of photographs, videos, Betsy Huete and text works concentrating on the mundane domestic details of home life. The exhibition will be published in an upcoming IN THE COURTYARD: catalog. The department featured national and international indepen- Kenneth Evans, Jennifer Lim, George t # dent and documentary films in collaboration with such groups as Houston Public Broadcasting Community Cinema, Rice Ethno- Venson, Andrew Zukoski graphic Film Society, Houston Palestine Film Festival, Asian Film Society, Brazilian Consulate, and the Mexican Film Festival. MATCHB00K: • f Our Theatre Program brou ght Broad- Matchbox is publishing MATCHB00K, an assessment • 9 way to Rice over the past academic year: Synesthesia 2: Electric of the second year of Matchbox Gallery. MATCHB00K Bugaloo, a fusion of light and sound starring Houston's Two Star will feature the writing of past and present Rice Univer- Symphony; Noises Off, a comedy about a manic menagerie of actors rehearsing a flop; and The 25th Annual Putnam County sity students including Alexandra Buckey, Katherine Co- Spelling Bee, a hilarious tale of adolescent overachievers vy- ley, Kenneth Evans, Nico Gardner, and Tamara O'Flaherty. • 9 ing for the spelling championship of a lifetime. In addition, our Publication date: Thursday, May 5. Hamman Hall Stage was host to the Rice Players' production of 24-Hour Play, and Bert Royal's twisted black comedy Dog Sees Visit arts.rice.edu for a link to purchase your copy. God, and the Generations Theatre Company's production of the musical, Batboy. • # Rice printmaking studio produced the Printmaking Round- table Series with adjunct professor of art and Houston art gallery owner Hiram Butler serving as moderator. The series offered a broad range of panel discussions on art and art preservation that included panelists from The Museum of Fine Arts, The Menil Col- • * lection, artists and gallery professionals. Art and Architecture Librarian Jet Prendeville, in consultation THEA 305 LIGHTING DESIGN FINAL with the Studio Faculty, selected and purchased Louise Bour- PROJECTS AND PARTY geoise's Ode a ma mere for the University's Artist De Livres col- lection. • # Matchbox Gallery, now in its second year, continues to be an See the lighting design class produce it's first per- important art exhibition venue that provides a flexible, alternative formance light show to the concept album Give Up space for young artists, while motivating our students with the by the Postal Service. Lights were generously do- unique opportunity to direct, curate, and manage a working ex- hibition space that encourages the arts at Rice within the greater nated by Stagelight for the event and the lighting Houston community. designers are Dustin Tanahill, Aaron Garrett, and We look forward to a new academic year with great enthusi- Matt Johnson. Special features include costume asm. Our first priority will be establishing a new faculty initiative for a visiting, emerging artist program and exhibition space to be designs from the THEA 304 Costume Design class run out of Sewall Hall. and a dance party sponsored by VADA and the Rice This guide reproduces images from our graduating class, Players afterwards. statements about their work or their experiences at Rice, as well as a guide to our exhibitions and performances on April 21st & 22nd, as well as a few snapshots from around the department. When: 8:00 pm on Friday April 22nd We hope you can attend our events, and we offer our congratula- tions to the Visual and Dramatic Arts graduating class of 2011! Where: Hamman Hall Auditorium The Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts - ' *• . •' §1 t • I t •I • We are all prostitutes | and junkie if # I 9 " • -NW YNiv I # f f K > f 1 t • # • m I • # • t t f ' 0 k I i Mmnmmbw . sfTaHFm W i r n • t t f . i I < 11< i — in ii i -v ; •• ia -• - - 1. Victor Dwiikhn. Enlish and Studio Art tation of the original drawing. In this age of digital photography, Photoshop is used to enhance pictures to the Many of her pieces deal with abstraction to a degree and this exploration of an point that the final image does not even resemble the original photograph taken. I am alternate reality, as seen in her interpretation of a classical drawing piece, other work using the same tools to reduce my photography rather than enhance it—even to the she has completed and in this semester's installation. point of abstraction. Tatjana has experimented with several mediums, still trying to figure out which one I chose to use film noir as a basis upon which to create my own work. In film noir, she can manipulate the most successfully. the photographic image is presented in black and white with deep shadows and harsh light. This high contrast heightens the feeling of the scenes (emptiness, loneliness), 6. Joe Dwyer, Him & Photography and reduces the characters to archetypical forms (the femme fatale, the mysterious Fall 2010 was spent working on my independent study film project, Ivan Ivanovich. stranger). I take some of the genre clothing and situations in order to evoke feelings While I see this film as my biggest and proudest accomplishment during my time at of emptiness which reflect the emptiness of my reduction process from photograph to Rice, I also see it as a great example of the inter- and intra-departmental collabora- noir art. tion that made it possible and that needs to be nurtured in the future on the VADA film I am interested in the transmutability of my photography to noir art. I feel that the track. stark contrast of black and white touches upon a basic struggle between darkness The script began as an idea for a short fictional narrative in my ENGL 401 Ad- and light which plays into the image. Without either the image would be empty—a vanced Fiction Writing class. Knowing I wanted to make a senior thesis film, I began void of black or white, but together they form an image from their differing forms. the creative process during the spring of my junior year, using ENGL 401 as a creative sandbox to workshop and refine the story that would become the basis for the plot of 2. Caleb Brown, Theater my film. The basic elements of the story revolved around a man in 1960s America who The best art pulls us out of the comfort of our submissions and ushers us into hooks up an old ham radio and begins intercepting what sound like distress calls from contemplative thought, where prior knowledge and personal experience clash in glori- space. ous intersection with the images set before our eyes. Theatre, to this end, is not in- The following fall of my senior year I enrolled in Senior Studio for the pre- and tended solely for pleasure or solely for instruction, but rather as a vehicle and catalyst post-production work and critiquing aspects, as well as an independent study course for change—we hope for the better. for the actual creation of the film. These two courses provided me with a network of If two heads are better than one, it is not because of some combined intelligence, feedback and support that allowed me to make more informed stylistic and logistical but because of their alternative perspectives. Theatre simply offers another's outlook choices in the process of making my film. on the human condition and challenges the individual to evaluate his place, his rela- While a last-minute scheduling snafu prevented me from using actors from the tionships, and his purpose. theater department in my film, the possibilities for crossover opportunities for theater For this reason, art will forever hold a dominant role in my learning process. While actors, screenwriters and playwrights, studio majors and film majors to work and col- at Rice, I had the opportunity to assist Julia Traber in directing The Bug. It was an laborate with each other on projects within the department are numerous. invaluable experience to see the other side of the machine through the rehearsal pro- Ivan Ivanovich might not be the most upbeat film project to ever come out of Rice cess, as most of my theatrical experience had been in the realm of acting. I have University, but it is the product of many individuals' enthusiastic desire to learn and performed in over 25 productions, served as lighting designers for both theatre and create together. dance productions, and written music performed by on-stage actors in live theatre. After Rice, I plan on teaching high school. As American novelist Gail Godwin 7. Lulu Fang, Architecture and Studio Art says, "Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater." If Godwin Originally retablos, "devotion paintings" came from the human need to interact is right, my experience in theatre and time at Rice will surely contribute to my success on a personal level with divine spirits. How do devotion paintings fit into the modern as a future educator. Many thanks to the Visual & Dramatic Arts Department and its world? My attempt to address this question led to the creation of two projects. In the faculty for your commitment to your students and love of learning—it has been an first project, I took the concept of the need for human interaction as the launching adventure! point and created fast, face-to-face paintings of strangers. In the second project, I employed digital printing techniques to create modern but archaic looking "devotion 3. Justyna Brewczyk, Studio Art paintings." r> Exhibited work is my projection of mockery and admiration for a high fashion, The first project evolved when I went to the Shepherd School of Music and looked high maintenance, expensive, power-hungry, gold, and silicone driven world of con- for strangers to paint. I then surprised these people with requests to paint their por- temporary pop culture. The realm in the pursuit of world-wide fame, endless fortunes, traits. Contrary to the tradition of creating careful, slow drying paintings, these oil gorgeous women, and hard drugs, worshipping implants and labels as moral value paintings were done in one hour, alia prima. As a result, the fast brush strokes not replacements. only capture the passion and liveliness of the depicted musicians but also reflect my direct encounter and interaction with the subjects of my portraits. To add to the effect I am awed and seduced by the creationistic processes occurring with the use of im- € I* age-editing programs, but at the end of the day I hate the ridiculousness of the idea of direct interaction, I also used the retablo frame made of a modern material, plexi, of adjusting an image of a marvelous creation, that is human body, in some applica- creating a holding device for my diptych that doesn't interfere with the reading of my tion. It defeats the human element, the natural aspect in art; the creator becomes a paintings. technician, art becomes a marketing medium, and a certain skill is the only tool that is The second project started out as a straightforward interpretation of iconic fig- necessary to create so called "art". The ambivalence of perception of art bothers me ures, such as the Virgin Mary. Unlike the previous project, I utilized friends and ac- o r as a young artist. To me, art should be able to make a statement, not only be a nice quaintances as the models for these "devotion paintings." When I dug down to the frame to present a piece of clothing, accessory or a bottle of expensive fragrance. bare bones of the retablos, I felt that these devotion pieces should be about everyday © I«< With my works, I'm hoping to go back to the basic, honest, raw art, inspired by people and be for everyday people. It is these simple individuals that perform acts that collage and street artists, fresh and unknown graffiti-makers, to oppose the polished, are iconic and sublime. photoshopped, flawless images that I admire so much. To magnify the effect, the main medium I use is the popular fashion magazines, where all the ads can be spotted. 8. Amara Di Francesco, Religious Studies and Theater Ironically, their color-saturated, shiny surfaces will be eventually covered with spray Although Rice is a small institution with a predominately engineering and science- paint, treated with adhesive, eternally transformed, for art's (and my own) sake. focused campus, I have discovered in my four years here that theatre plays vital role in • €» Rice University's artistic education. Personally, I've had the opportunity to be involved 4. Michelle Conway, Theater and Engineering in disparate aspects of theatrical production, from budgets and manpower to experi- When I applied to Rice, I wrote in my essay how excited I was that I'd get the ence and performance space. chance to continue taking theater classes while pursuing my engineering degree. During my time at Rice, I have worked in various capacities on several different During O-Week, I learned that VADA had recently created a theater track and I could productions, including directing, costuming, technical directing, producing, acting and more. In the past year alone, I've worked on productions of several plays, including get another major doing my favorite pastime. I was thrilled and immediately registered • f for the theater design class. That class, taught by Matt Schlief, was the start of an Paul Slade Smith's Unnecessary Farce, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ear- incredible four years. In that time I've designed lighting for eleven different shows on nest, Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, Richard Strand's The Bug and Michael campus including Private Eyes (2008), West Side Story (2009), and the Rice Dance Frayn's Noises Off, and Neil Simon's Fools. I also served as Will Rice's Theater Chair Theater performances, and I've even tried my hand at costume design and being for the past two years. backstage. During this period Matt has been an amazing mentor, pushing me to As a pioneer of Rice University's Student-Teacher program, I created and was the expand my boundaries, implement unfamiliar technology, and make the most out of co-instructor of record for a course of my creation, "History through Musical Theatre." what I have available. I was awarded the Barbara Long Chilton Scholarship for out- Within this course I taught my Rice peers a combination of theatre and history, focus- standing contribution to theater in 2008 and 2010. ing on anachronisms or accuracies in costuming, social roles, setting, and language. It t f Upon graduation, I'll be pursuing a Ph.D. in Materials and the University of Cali- was at this point that I realized my future was in education. In my quest to be the best fornia, Santa Barbara, with a research emphasis on light emitting diodes and gallium teacher possible, I engaged different educational research strategies and methods, nitride lasers. I hope my research in this field will eventually secure me a position with which I was extremely fortunate to continue doing when I worked this past summer at a theater lighting company so I can design and manufacture the most amazing theater the Alley Theatre as an Assistant Teaching Artist in their Young Performer's Studio. lighting equipment the world has ever seen. The fulfillment of this dream will be in part As a candidate for honors within Rice's Religious Studies department, I am writing my thesis on the evolution of Ta'ziyeh, plays within Islam which focus on the martyr- due to the experience I've gained and the connections I've made during my time with § 1 the VADA department. Rice Theater, Hamman Hall, and the wonderful VADA instruc- dom of Hussein within Shi'ism. I hope to continue to study role of theater in religion tors who have taught me so much will always hold a special place in my heart. during graduate study this upcoming fall at CU Boulder in Theater History, where I am accepting a fellowship. 5. Tatjana Crossley, Architecture and Studio Art Inspired greatly by many of the artists of the surrealist period, Tatjana explores the 9. Hermione Gilpin, Theater ideas of perception and the extents of reality. In her senior studio work, she deals with Typically, Rice is thought to be the engineering and sciences school where the the state of inebriation. The dictionary definition of inebriation is exhilaration, confu- liberal arts are completely forgotten. In the shows that I have done with the Visual and • le sion, and stupefication mentally or emotionally, whether induced by alcohol, other Dramatic Arts Department as well as college theatre, this statement has proved itself substances, or by any other internal or external stimulation. This installation deals false. I have worked with history majors, physics majors, engineers, political scientists, with the absurd and intends to disorient the viewer taking them to a place separate etc; all of whom have shaped my understanding of theatre because the diversity of from reality. ideas. At Rice University, I have been a part of a unique theatre experience. I have been Tatjana is from Boca Raton, Florida. She is a Visual Arts and Architecture double involved in Rice Theatre productions as assistant producer for The Threepenny Opera major who tries to stay active in the Rice community. She was elected social for and assistant director for Noises Off. Beyond the department, I have served as the Hanszen her junior year and is currently a coordinator for the Women's Resource theatre coordinator for two residential colleges, Jones and Duncan. As coordinator, I • lev Center her senior year. She has participated in the production of several college plays have directed plays and performed in them, organized talent shows, marketed produc- including set designing for "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" (Lovett), "The tions, and lobbied for university funding for the arts. Outside of Rice, I have worked at the Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, Florida. I began in their Marketing department, and Greatest Story" (Hanszen), and "West Side Story" (Wiess), choreographing for "Rent" then moved to Development. I have been involved in planning their capital campaign, (North College Collaboration), and performing in "West Side Story" (Wiess), "Rock marketing the subscriptions necessary to support the season, helping with special and Roll" (Sid) and "The Vagina Monologues." She has also participated in several events to cultivate donors who might contribute to the theatre, and working with local Hanszen Dance Shows over her four years at Rice. businesses to encourage them to provide special discounts to our audience. From my Last semester, Tatjana was part of the Advanced Drawing Studio that exhibited «!• IW experience at Rice, I know I am well prepared to pursue a career in theatre. My ultimate work at the end of the semester including self-portrait pieces and a large-scale draw- goal is becoming an artistic director of a theatre. ing taking a classical drawing, mimicking it and then altering it based on her interpre- ABOUT THE ARTISTS 10. Jennifer Humphreys, Studio Art I have spent my final year at Rice doing as much as I can to be involved some way Art is truth. The truth can be as intimate as something personal or as all encom- in theater. I was an assistant stage manager for the VADA production of Noises Off in passing as something universal and despite the difference in scale, art is still truth. the fall. I also wrote a first draft of play, of which a group of my classmates graciously Art does not try to sell you falsehoods and art does not try to trick you* the artist decided to do a recorded reading. This semester so far, I have just finished a draft of may, but the art will not. However, the truth, in all of its forms, is dependent on inter- a one-woman show about being a student-athlete that I hope to finalize soon. I am pretation. The artist can intend one reading of their work but the viewer might come to currently an assistant to the director at the Ensemble Theater here in Houston. We are an entirely different interpretation based on their own perception. working on Jitney by August Wilson. Art as truth is a testament to art's ability to communicate as a language. Words, With everything I have discovered in these past two years, I hope to take all I've what are traditionally thought of as compiling a language, themselves are, also, only learned and apply it to my professional life after graduation. I want to be able to en- truths. If words lied, then we wouldn t be able to communicate because when one tertain and inform others with works I have either written, performed, or directed. I am person spoke 'apple' no one would know what 'apple' meant and the same can be thankful for everyone on the VADA team for welcoming me so late and helping me in applied to art. Similarly to art, words can also be open to interpretation. A spoken or my many pursuits. written statement can mean one thing to the originator and another to the audience. Were this not possible, misunderstandings would be a lot harder to create. 15. Slgrid Owen, Political Science and Theater Art is a language and for me it is a language on par with the spoken and writ- When Sigrid first entered Rice as an undergraduate, the theater major had only ten word. My own personal truth about art is that it is more universally understood just been introduced, and she wasn't even aware that studying theater in a university than traditional language because words can only be understood by those who have setting was actually a viable option. She naively assumed that the only way to achieve learned them but art is not as limited by who can understand it, however art that is a career in theater was through a combination of luck, ridiculous connections, or up- dependent on words is. Because people universally experience the basic aspects of bringing with a successfully dramatic family. She never would have guessed that a life, such as emotions and needs, we are capable of understanding art that comes mere two years later she'd be declaring theater as her main concentration, and upon from any time or place. graduation would be embracing it as a future career. Rice has given Sigrid numerous opportunities to explore the theater arts and to 11. Isabel Kuri, English and Film & Photograpy prepare her for a future in theater, both through exposure to theater education and It's wonderful to walk into the movie theater and sit down expecting to see the full involvement in a variety of productions. She's appeared as Cory in Private Eyes, Cal- story behind the trailer you've been watching for perhaps months now. Sometimes the lie in Stop Kiss, Dotty in Noises Off, Tricia in Dog Sees God, and was involved in the movie you are waiting is just a random flick you walked into to relax, or have fun. Re- first ever Rice Playwright's Festival. In Spring 2010, she attended the Eugene O'Neill gardless going to the movies is an experience for all ages and all cultures. Some do it National Theater Institute in Connecticut, where she studied directing, classical and as a ritual, some as a sometimes thing, no matter the reason all moviegoers have one contemporary acting, Russian movement, stage combat, theater design, and playwrit- thing in common. We like stories. Storytelling is as ancient as cavemen and pictog- ing. She traveled to Russia in March 20010 to study at the Russian School of Acting raphy, and now a day with several internet sites, storytelling is being re-established. in St. Petersburg, and in summer 2010 she had the opportunity to travel to Bangalore, The magic of the movie theater could be disappearing except that the experience of a India with the Theater Mitu Company, studying Indian, Nepalese, and Japanese mar- midnight premier or leaving the house for an afternoon to enjoy a film, cannot fully be tial arts, theater, and dance. This April she'll be performing as Kelly in the Black Lab replaced by an "Apple TV" with "Imovies" or "YouTube." The film industry is looking Theater's production of Dying City. for that new outlet, mostly experimenting with 3D films. Sigrid is extremely grateful to Rice's Theater Department and advisors for con- For my part, I wish to work on projects that accentuate different cultures to show stantly challenging and encouraging her to explore theater, and hopes to continue to how regardless of all the differences we have there are more similarities that join us all be actively involved in the theater arts. as humans on this planet. In an age of globalization, fear of the unknown can be exas- perated, and I believe it is important to remember that we do all share more than what 16. Michelle Sam, Sociology and Theater we don't. I believe in dwelling in possibility and finding the beauty in life. Shifting our I came into Rice knowing that I would be a Theatre major, it was not a matter of focus unto what can be done, and the great things around us that have the potential whether I would pursue Theatre, but more of a question of what could I do to comple- to overcome the bad. I hope that my future work can demonstrate this and produce a ment my Theatre Studies. Through my time at Rice, I have grown and explored other positive impact on its viewers, creating more compassion and perhaps more curiosity areas of the craft, not limited to acting. I have appeared as Amy in David Ives' All In the for the beauty of the unknown. Supporting creativity, ingeniousness, imagination and Timing with VADA and Miss Prism in the Rice Players production of The Importance color; everyone has a story to tell and each is filled with smaller stories, all a combina- of Being Earnest. I have also appeared in an independent film production, called tion of color that are worth a voice, or perhaps an image. I hope to help these stories Dishes. make it to a broader audience, for the enjoyment of both, viewer and author. But by far, the most life changing experience occurred during spring semester of my junior year. I got the opportunity to enroll in a professional acting school in Dublin, D It 12. Nicole Kwan, Civil Engineering and Studio Art Ireland—Gaiety School of Acting. While in Ireland, I explored stage combat, devising, Simple thoughts or feelings that are often on the back of our minds, oscillating, voice, improve, clowning, playwriting, and interpretive dance. Last summer, I interned undulating, when acknowledged and brought to light, are often what connect to us the with Ensemble Theatre in their Young Performer's Program, assisting in helping chil- most. Stress, an uncertain direction, indecision of keeping something, afraid to forget, dren explore the joy of performing. etc, are encountered in everyone's daily life, and each is a prevailing feeling or thought My experiences have made me realize how theatre can have the capacity to be lo r I had whilst making an art piece. a mirror for human society. The idea that theatre can be interactive, used as a tool to enlighten, and be an agent of change appeals to me. I have come to see that theatre €' As an international student from Hong Kong, the change in environment has changed my art approach. In US, in a dorm and in a university based on a wide class is an important social construct therefore the artist has a responsibility to what they variety, the key was how to utilize the available resources and links that help ground produce and how they portray it. I hope to create my own opportunities, honing and one-self. Indeed, most pieces in this exhibition are from aspiring to develop a personal building upon my current skill sets and add the necessary tools and organization to be style/theme out of class projects and this has been instrumental in my dual degree a successful performance artist. I am not naive enough to believe that this will be an (civil engir°aring and art). Additionally, exploring mediums, perfecting technique and easy task, but I can only hope to continue to learn and grow in this field. using found objects are inherent, only a process. The main focus needs an emotive component and what better than my current thought or emotion? This approach is 17. Cart Weiskott, Studio Art always applicable, always relatable. I am finding a need to create things as part of the material of living and thinking. Immediate often implies simplicity, but these thoughts and feelings are the little Thinking of culture as a material explains the authority of symbolism, for example, or personal dilemmas that affect the individual, be mentioned to friends in the hope of the authority of poetic categories and genre conventions. The space of Art is not so being listened to in the hectic social interaction arena and help us ignore larger issues. hermetic, then- the canvas bleeds through the consciousness into other kinds of ma- Indeed if one looks closer and around, there is detail and opportunity to draw deeper terial reality which in turn bleed back. With this in mind, I have been putting 'things' • * questions. As a traveler at heart and raised, I have always been interested in issues on the canvas like my great hero Jasper Johns who, like a Beat Poet, fixed thoughts at places I've visited, such as the political conflict in Kashmir, preservation of Angkor together tenderly and precariously. My choice of the word 'ENTRY' as a prominent Wat, entangled development of Cairo, refugee migration in Myanmar. However, never element in three canvases acknowledges my inexperience and my desire for an artistic would I claim that I understood it well enough to represent it in my art. Thus the details beginning through the literal and figurative doorway of the painted word. were all conscious decisions, but left to you to ponder. Thinking about my own beginnings reminds me of other lives and their mytholo- gies. I was rereading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and thought about her categories 13. Amy Lin, Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Studio Art of death, creation, and electricity. The novel's poignance to me is that we are asked at different times to identify with the anxious creator and his imperfect monster. It is • * I paint pictures. certainly significant that the novel's story begins after the material creation, but it is We were all told to turn in a 250 word artist statement, but the important part of equally exciting that the doctor's story becomes his identity to the extent that in the how I approach art can be covered in those three words. With that said, this show common imagination, Frankenstein's name is often given to the monster. So I can fi- is very simple as well: I painted portraits of my friends. But in these portraits is ev- nally praise Shelley's poetry and her symbolism, her 'lightning' which joins technology erything I have learned and everything I have experienced in the past decade. Tech- niques, color theory, things I believe in as an artist, and things I feel as a girl about to and dead earth into life. I don't bring up horror as self-description except to ponder precedents mythical and material. • f graduate college and transition into a world that I have anticipated all my life. As an artist, I try to make art that connects with people, I like making art that is just pretty for the sake of being pretty, and I think art should captivate or, at the very 18. Delphine Zimmern, Managerial Studies with a Minor in Business least, entertain. As a young adult, I know that sometimes I get scared and lonely, and Studio Art sometimes I'm ridiculous, but I never, ever fail to dream big. My work is about finding spirituality in nature by contemplating its form and Whenever I paint, I am building on my life and adding to this history, but really all meaning from a distance. The paintings are aerial views of Colorado that I photo- of that background is irrelevant because once the piece is done, it's like booting your graphed during winter break. To me, apart from their color and form, their most intrigu- kid off to college. The painting is off to play nice, goof off, live, and love on it's own, so ing factor is their demonstration of man's influence on Earth. The first painting shows really the only important thing anyone needs to know about me as an artist is that agricultural plots, a by-product of man, whereas the last shows a mountain range I paint pictures. completely God-made and wholly unalterable by man. I was interested in this range of existence of nature and mesmerized by its beauty from my airplane window. While 14. Sarah Lyons, Theater painting these, I began to note a paradox in the process that got me to the images. Two years ago, I was completely lost until a friend asked me to audition for a play The paradox is about layering versus reality. Let me explain... First, think about the on campus with her. I agreed only to be supportive and never expected anything to distortion that occurs between what you see and what is actually there when taking a come of it. That play had a double meaning for me. It was called My First Time and it picture from a plane. Given the large vertical distance between the plane in the air and was my first introduction to theater and to acting. the fields on the ground, many things can create distortions: sun, wind, clouds, heat Since spring 2009, I have fully committed myself to being involved in theater. waves, etc. Then, consider the fact that the windows on the plane have two panels, I changed my major to Visual and Dramatic Arts (VADA) and I enrolled in all theater one that is slightly polarized, creating a rainbow effect of the colors actually observed. classes. I didn't care whether it was acting or designing, I wanted to learn all that I Then, a third layer of discrepancy comes from the camera lens pixellating the image, could. The following fall, I was in the Will Rice production of Unnecessary Farce and while printing it out adds further loss of detail. Finally, my artistic rendering of the im- ,L followed that up with co-directing My First Time in the spring of 2010. That summer i ages based on my influences by painters Jimmy Quek and Gerhard Richter make the returned home and worked as a teaching artist intern at the Omaha Theater for Young final work. However, the art isn't over: the final living layer is where you come in. It is People. I learned so much in co-directing two children's productions, The Spoiled your interpretation of what you see before you. Princess and Annie, Jr., and also teacing drama classes to children ages 6-13. ABOUT THE ARTISTS U ^ A m I * • % wt ---SSSBS^^ gypi 1H Cr --^ % I 8 0 t % t r, < SNAPSHOTS FROM THE YEAR: Professor Geoff Winningham teaching photography outside the Rice Media Center. Junior-class field trip to Chicago group photo. Attendees included: Rachel Boyle, Christina Keefe, Sigrid Owen, Kieran Lyons, Dustin Tannahill, Aaron Garrett, TJ Burle- son, Dolly Li, Tatjana Crossley, Victor Benavides, Matthew Banks, Jordan Jaffe, Isiana Rendon, Claudia Casbarian, Paul Hester, Matt Schlief, Wanxin Zhang, Wen Zhang, John Sparagana, Christopher Sperandio, Danielle R.Marco, Michelle Sam. ' Studio Art Senior Tatjana Crossley working on big drawings for Professor Karin Broker's Advanced Drawing class. A drawing still-life to remember by Associate Professor Darra Keeton. Intrepid Assistant Professor Sperandio bravely drives a newly restored (thanks to Tish ® Stringer, and Randall McCabe) departmental golf cart out of the Sewall Hall sculpture pit... and into history. I On the cover: photograph by Victor Benavides f > | J* H M # t M M H M M M » » ' *