Ait Around Willy's Statue to Honor Donors by MARGEUX CLEMMONS THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
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Construction may be completed in 2012, Rice President David Lee- * bron said. Martel College junior Ashley Hin- ton's design of concentric ellipses in the academic quadrangle won a com- petition that solicited all enrolled students for design proposals for the donor recognition. Martel College junior Ashley Hinton's design to honor the Rice University Legacy Society (above) The competition, which awarded will feature concentric circles around Willy's statue (above right). The names of corporations, m tea a $5,000 prize, was President David Leebron's idea. Leebron said he was foundations and individuals who have given at least $4.6 million to Rice will be bronze-inlaid in inspired both by the memory of see- Texas pink granite (right). ing Rice architecture students' work in the past and the fact that Maya Lin, # who designed the Vietnam War Me- morial in Washington D.C., was Jlso Student assaulted near academic quadrangle an undergraduate when she submit- No change ted her proposal. Assailant flees campus after verbally and physically The competition was announced r in November 2008 by the judging in parking abusing male pedestrian, campus police still searching committee, which featured Leebron, # i # University Art Director Molly Hub- BY JOCELYN WRIGHT tion system remained unnecessary in tion Technology to send out a mass bard, Vice President of Resource THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF RUPD's opinion, since the students e-mail instead. Hassell said IT mis- Development Darrow Zeidenstein, lot prices were not robbed and nothing was understood and used the emergency Professor of the School of Architec- A male student was physically taken from them. notification system to send out a text ture Samuels David, Rice University \9 BY JACLYN YOUNGBLOOD assaulted while walking past the RUPD tries not to use the emergen- message alert. Architect David Rodd, Rice Board of THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF academic quadrangle on College Way cy notification system unless there is A text message was sent to some Trustees member Susie Glasscock with a female student at 2 a.m. Tues- an ongoing threat to students, Has- — but not all — of the students who (Jones '62), Chair of Building and If the current economic situation day, Rice University Police Depart- sell said. signed up for alerts due to a glitch Grounds Committee and Rice Board has a silver lining, it is next year's on- ment Captain Phil Hassell said. "In hindsight we probably should with the contractor Rice uses to send of Trustees member Ray Brochstein campus parking rates, which will not The assailant was described as a have put out [an emergency notifica- the messages, MIR3, Barry Ribbeck, ('55), Professor Visual Arts Karin increase for the 2009-'i0 academic 20-25-year-old black male, about 57" tion], but given the info we had that Information Technology Director of Broker, philanthropist Phoebe Tudor year, Director of Administrative Ser- and 150 pounds with "big eyes," short night from the victims it didn't seem Systems, Architecture and Infrastruc- and Senior Philanthropic Advisor vices Eugen Radulescu said. hair and a medium complexion. Has- necessary," Hassell said. "We want ture, said. Ribbeck said the contrac- Sam Lasseter. "Everything stays the same," Rad- sell said the assailant stepped out of to use those as sparingly as we can tor normally takes an average of three The committee received 21 de- ulescu said. "Everything is frozen ... his vehicle, yelled at the student and or people will get to where they just minutes to send all the messages, so signs by March 16 and narrowed for everyone: for faculty, for staff, for then struck the student. At that point, ignore them." IT told them to stop sending messages the competition down to three final- students, for visitors." another member of the assailant's after five minutes. However, MIR3 took ist teams: Hinton, a team including The University Standing Commit- vehicle dragged him back to a dark (t longer than five minutes to send out Baker College junior Phoebe Kung tee on Parking, which has at least two four-wheeled car before departing. all the messages this time, meaning and Brown College junior Diana Ang I representatives for undergraduates, According to Hassell, the suspect that some of those who registered for and a team consisting of Lovett Col- graduates, faculty and staff, made its appeared angry and intoxicated. I'm assuming he was text messages did not receive them. lege senior Sohael Chowfla and Han- recommendation to President David "He walked up and was yelling drunk.... It looked like Ribbeck said IT noticed that MIR3 szen College seniors Nicholas Elliott something [to the students] but they had not completed the delivery in Leebron, who approved the contin- the guy was mad at and Sanket Shah. ued rates last week. couldn't understand what he was the allotted time, but since MIR3 did Each finalist teai:> <;ave a 15-min This year, the committee suggested saying," Hassell said. "I'm assuming the world and decided not have a list of who had already re- ute presentation to the judging panel freezing rates at their current levels. he was drunk.... It looked like the guy to take it out on the ceived the message, it would have to on April 1. Shortly after her presenta- Radulescu said his opinion was that was mad at the world and decided to be re-sent to the entire campus and tion. Hinton received a call informing this proposition was made in consid- take it out on [the victim]." [victim]. some people would receive it twice. her that her proposal was chosen. Ribbeck said he decided resending eration of the current economic situa- Hassell said the student reported Phil Hassell Leebron said the panel was im- the message was unnecessary since tion, so as not to increase the burden slight bruising on his head the follow- RUPD Captain pressed with Hinton's sensitivity to on students, faculty and staff. ing day but said he was fine otherwise. the assault had happened about 10 the quad and her attention to the hours before the message was sent. Registration for parking can be Officers arrived at all the exit 99 project's aspect of recognition. completed online via ESTHER until points of campus within three to four Ribbeck said students should "I think [the judges] liked the three the first day of classes next semester. minutes but were unable to locate the not rely on text messages as the sole 'S's' of Hinton's design: the symbol- However, Radulescu said he recom- car. Hassell said a bicyclist reportedly Hassell said he sent out a mass means of communication because ism, the subtlety and the simplicity," mended using the online registration saw the car but did not have any other e-mail via the All Departments, U- only half of the campus is registered Leebron said. "What impressed me as opposed to registering in person at information. Students, and Graduate Student Ad- to receive them. was that it's not easy to come up with the Central Campus Garage. He en- Hassell said the emergency no- ministration listservs the following "It is not meant to get to everybody a proposal that would be acceptable couraged registration before Aug. 1 so tification system was not employed morning. Hassell said he also posted and it will never get to everybody be- in the academic quadrangle. Also, that the administration can quickly immediately due to a misunder- hard copies of the notification around cause not everybody signs up for it," given the definition of the Legacy I process all the applications. standing whereby RUPD thought the campus. When he discovered the U- Ribbeck said. "It is just one of the Society, [the design] is symbolically The 2008-'09 parking rates repre- student had been hit by a car. When Students listserv did not directly means of communication. The only almost perfect." sented a 4 percent increase from the they found out this was not the case, reach all undergraduate students, reason text messaging is important is Hinton's tribute design consists of O see PARKING, page 8 Hassell said the emergency notifica- Hassell said he contacted Informa- Q see ASSAULT, page 8 O see LEGACY, page 4 Registration The name's Bron. Leebron Toga, toga, togaf toga INDEX Opinion 2 Class registration ends today. And with an econo- Sign ups for RPC's H2-Double-0 7: Assassins ends Bacchanalia is this weekend. And in true News 4 moy this bad, you can't afford not to go to class. April 11. Grab a water gun, an eccentric scientist and Animal House style, Brown will be hosting its Arts & Entertainment 9 You have a better shot at succeeding at CHBE 405 your coolest combo laser-knockout gas-watch and annual toga party this Saturday.