the Rice Thresher Vol. XCIV, Issue No. 7 SINCE 1916 Friday, October 6, 2006 MBA student dies in car crash Rice will not change Alumnus Daniel Hujfaker remembered for lively personality three-tiered admissions a magnetic personality who touched by Natalie Kone the lives of many people in the Rice THRKSHKR STAFF community. by Eric Doctor Single-Choice Early Action plan be cause early admissions programs, Rice business student Daniel "He was sweet-natured and the FOR THE THRESHKK Huffaker's (Jones '04) vibrant kind of person you couldn't help but he said, tend to favor applicants personality and involvement on feel drawn to," Forman said. "The Rice will continue to offer its with advantaged backgrounds. campus were remembered by one thing I've been hearing from three-tiered admissions program, The plan allowed students to apply those who knew him following his people over the last few days is that despite announcements from in October and receive decisions death in a car accident Sept. 30. [those] who met him even briefly Harvard, Princeton, Tufts and as early as December but did not According to the Houston Police really felt like he affected their life the University of Virginia that require a decision from students Department, Huffaker, 24, was a more than you might think based on those universities will no longer until May 1, along with Regular passenger in a car traveling at a high the short encounters they may have offer early admissions plans. Decision applicants. speed on Bissonnet Street near the had. He's someone who stayed with Rice's admission program allows "Students from more sophis- Rice Graduate Apartments at about you after you parted ways." students to apply under a binding ticated backgrounds and affluent 12:50 a.m. The vehicle, driven by Rassul Zarinfar (Baker '04), one Early Decision plan, a non-binding high schools often apply early to Business student Daniel Huffaker John Brawley (Hanszen '04, MBA of Huffaker's friends, said Huffaker Interim Decision plan or a Regular increase their chances of admis- '06), veered off the road and struck was outgoing and welcoming, leaving ory. He was an active participant in Decision plan. sion," Bok said. "Minority students a light pole. Huffaker, who was not his door open to visitors all the time, the college, serving terms as Jones Dean for Undergraduate Enroll- and students from rural areas, other wearing a seatbelt, died at the scene even when he was asleep. Huffaker vice president and chief justice. ment Julie Browninj, said switching countries and high schools with of the accident. Brawley was trans- was also fun-loving and exciting to He was also an Orientation Week to a single decision program would fewer resources miss out." ported to Memorial Herman Hospital be around, he said. adviser and Beer-Bike chug team be difficult for Rice because the Vice President for Enrollment with non-life-threatening injuries. "Huff was one of those guys who member. Zarinfar said Huffaker's Admissions Office would be inun- Chris Munoz said socioeconomic- HPD will continue to investigate was the cliche, larger than life," generosity and open personality dated with applications over a short differences between applicant pools the accident. Zarinfar said. "He was definitely a caused him to seek out new people period of time. The three-tiered are are not evident in Rice's admis- Huffaker, a mechanical engineer- hedonist. He's the guy who would and experiences. system was introduced in the 1970s sions statistics. ing major as an undergraduate, worked just have fun, and if you were with "He was a great person to be to spread out work for the staff. "What is different about our for Chevron Corporation in Houston him, you would just hold on tight around — vibrant," Mahoney, a "1 think it would be very chal- condition is that when we looked as a field engineer. He had recenUy and know you were going to have a senior, said. "You always knew lenging [ toconsider every applicant at the distribution of the students enrolled in Rice's MBA program. great time." something fun was going to happen at once]," Browning said. in terms of their need and whether Dean of Undergraduates Robin Jones President Patricia Ma- if you hung out with Daniel." Harvard Interim President they applied in our Early Decision Forman, who was the Jones College honey, who was a freshman during Forman said Huffaker was well Derek Bok announced Sept. 11 program or not, there was no dif- masterwhile Huffaker was an under- Huffaker's senior year, said his lively known at Jones. that Harvard will no longer offer its see ADMISSIONS, Page 8 graduate student, said Huffaker was personality stands out in her mem- see HUFFAKER, Page 6 Owls set records in year's first win
by Nathan Bledsoe start by beating teams like Tulane.
niRKSHKR EDITORIAL STAFF 1 n order to defeat the Green Wave. Rice (1-4,0-1 C-USA) will look to continue to play well against A day before attending the funeral of fresh- the pass. Tulane quar terback I jester Ricard is fifth man safety Dale Lloyd, the football team — led in C-USA in quarterback rating and fifth in passing by a record-setting performance by sophomore yardage with 246yards per game. Tulane's rush- quarterback Chase Clement — won its first ing attack, on the other hand, has struggled this game of the season 48-14 over Army in West season, amassing only 65.8 yards per game. This Point, N.Y. Saturday. Although it was his first disparity was highlighted in the Green Wave's collegiate win as a head coach, Todd Graham 33-28 loss to Southern Methodist University last said he did not savor the victory as much as he week, when the team ran for negative yards but would have under normal circumstances. accumulated almost 400 yards passing. "My thoughts were elsewhere," Graham On the other side of the ball, improvement said. "Having to come back and bury one of from Rice's offensive line, which is next-to-last our own on Sunday ... we weren't going to do in sacks allowed per game, will be a key factor, that after a loss." since Rice will have to rely on passing to offset The win marked the first road victory for its shaky running game — Rice's 82.6 rushing the Owls since the 2003 season, when this yards jxt game is only 17 more than Tulane's. year's seniors were freshmen. Saturday's game against Army marked a The ()wlsgo on the road again this weekend triumphant return for Clement, who had been to battle struggling Tulane University (1-3,0-2 sidelined since injuring himself against Hous- C-USA) in New Orleans tomorrow. ton more than a month ago. Clement threw for With the win. the team reestablished the 299 yards and a Rice record five touchdowns, COURTESY ALEX SIGEDA confidence that it had before the season, with including three straight on the ()wls' first three Quarterback Chase Clement, a Brown College junior, begins to pass as tailback Quinton Smith, a Baker Graham again speaking of a Conference USA possessions of the game. College senior, looks to block pass rushers against Army Saturday. Clement threw for 299 yards and a championship and bowl victory as the goals "1 don't think I did too much." Clement said. school-record five touchdowns in Rice's 48-14 victory. Rice plays Tulane in New Orleans tomorrow. for this season. To achieve these, Rice must see FOOTBALL, Page 12 Wiess to host "NOD-ical Adventure" Oct. 28 INSIDE
by Kamna Balhara Wiess Social Vice Presidents Forum on sexual OPINION Page 3 Michelle Kerner, a junior, and Jimmy The Torture Hill in Congress THRESHER STAFF When: Saturday, Oct. 28 Pearson, a senior, have planned sev- violence at Rice A&E Page 9 eral changes to the party, including 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Students in sailor costumes will The Rice Women's Resource Intelligent hip-hop avoids cliche dance in the Wiess College Commons more activities in the Acabowl and a Where: Wiess College Center will hold a discussion on Oct 28 at Wiess' annual Night of rearranged commons. SPORTS Page 11 Commons and Acabowl sexual violence at Rice Wednesday Decadence party. The party's theme The Acab< >wl will feature body paint- at 7:30 p.m. in Kelley Ixninge.The Soccer team's winning streak ends is "NOD-ical Adventure: A Salute to ing and games to provide an alternative Cost: $8 per person in forum will focus on the question. Quote of the Week Seamen," which was chosen in a vote t< > dancing inside the commr >ns, Kerner "How safe are we inside the hedg- advance; $10 at the door "When you start thinking about a by college members. said. Inside the commons, there will be es?" Cover-up shirts for NOD will particular problem, you never know Tickets will go on sale ()ct 23 and a separate area with alcoholic drinks, also be decorated at the event. where on Earth you're going to have to cost $8. Tickets will be available at the non-alcoh< >lic drinksand fo< id, six • said. shadowbox and light show. go to solve it." door for $10. Rice students who want The separation will allow party-goers About 100-120 student security — Earth Science Professor Carrie to bring a non-Rice guest are required easier access to the refreshments. volunteers will be stationed around Get out the vote Masiello, on carbon research outside to register the guest before the party "We will be providing good, non-al- Wiess and other areas of campus. In Tuesday is the last day to the United States. See story. Page 5. when tickets are purchased and must coholic beverages this year—not just another change, two to four student register to vote in the November accompany the guest to the party. beer—and make [the refreshments] volunteers will be located at each genera] elections. For information, Weekend Weather Martel College sophomore Rohan more appealing," she said. college to ensure intoxicated students visit the Rice Vote Coalition's Web Friday Balsaver, who did not attend NOD last The decorations will match the seek help if needed, Kerner said. The site at vote.riir.edu. Sunny. 66 92 degrees ye;ir, said he is looking forward to at- maritime theme, and the Acabowl will college volunteers are in addition to Saturday tending this year's party. be decorated to look like a pier. As in the 36 caregivers — half male and Scoreboard Partly cloudy. 66 88 degrees "It's a pretty creative theme," past years, the commons will be deco- half female — who will remain in the Soccer Sunday Balsaver said. "People could come in rated according to the theme and will Wiess television room during the Rice 3. Southern Miss 0 Mostly sunny. 67-88 degrees flippers or scuba gear." simulate a club — with a disc jockey, see NOD. Page 8 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6.2006
the Rice Thresher rr's T#UE! JUST TO rue OF jou&kAUrr/c integrity SITS AW&TISM6) T"e sECOAlp AMP EQUALLY Keeping Early Decision Ft>l? $8*>e>, tfrpOtfTAfi/T PlUA/l OF THE ou/l F#EE Pi ESS! right choice for now WILL WWT uiHAievex ue:s Rice may be known as the Harvard of the South, but we are relieved our You UJANI? admissions policies are not changing simply to follow those of other elite private universities. (See story, page 1.) For now, our Early Decision and But pon'T L£T the HI6U Mice ta& STOA You— $*oo is only Interim Admissions procedureswill remain unmodified. President David A FULL - PA6E Lie! THE TNAESHER OFFEFTS A VtflETY OF /PATES FC£ Leebron said in his annual State of the University speech Sept. 26. VIS CM MIMA T/A/6 PAQJISAH Rfl6$LE-/fouS£JlS OF ALL Pouj/CAL PEFISO>ASIA\J5 / Harvard's announcement several weeks ago that it will eliminate early admissions options prompted a wave of copycat policy changes from notable institutions, including Princeton University and the University of Virginia. The rationale in each case focused on leveling the playing field for low-income applicants. These schools argue that binding early admissions are unfair to students in need of financial aid, who cannot commit to an institution before comparing financial Full Page Lie Half Page Lie Quarter Page Lie Eighth Page Lie aid offers in the spring. And they address non-binding early admis- $800 $400 $240 $100 sions policies by arguing such procedures give an edge to students Perfect For: Perfect For: Perfect For: Perfect For: with access to savvy guidance counselors. Pro-Life, Anti- Denying the 9/11 Conspiracy Political Party Plat- We find these justifications compelling, but they do not apply to Globalization, Holocaust Theories forms, White House Rice. The Admissions Office asserts that our current early admis- Swift Boat Vets Press Releases sions policies do not adversely affect low-income students or under- A iSfenrf your lies tv '• BUY I Aid? A» AD /5 SUSH IS represented minorities. They will not release the data, so we can NAU A*D SOUNVS only hope they are correct. LIKE RvNNlNb Y0U& (yOOt> Thresher Aois VEW OWN COLUMN Hi LIAR V However, we encourage students and administrators to keep their cUtrroH TO eyes on our peer institutions when admissions demographics are THAT A/ceoVY A/BB>S IS THE (?I3) ^8-3^? released in Spring 2008. If it turns out that eliminating early admis- To AfPXove, ED IT J OR FACT-CHECK/ . 0CV/L? -thresher - ads @ sions substantially alters the applicant and admitted student pools, DAN DEROZIER administrators should reconsider our admissions policies then. But we hope that before such a decision is made, a great deal of energy would be put into crunching demographic and socio-economic num- bers to ensure that such a move would, in fact, benefit applicants. A LETTERS TO THE EDITOR reevaluation of our admissions policies regarding ethnicity is already earlier this year. And whose advice the cultural and economic progress underway, and such research should continue with vigor. Houston coalition ad about medical choices would you of societies. Hie fact is that Planned We hope the administration is continually seeking ways to level feel more comfortable taking — the Parenthood is the oldest, largest and Rice's admissions playing field, and we applaud the decision to do false and misleading Houston Coalition, a not-for-profit most trusted reproductive health aire provider in die world. No one even so on Rice's terms — not Harvard's. religious organization couching To the editor: their political views in grossly inac- comes close to offering the diverse We are surprised that the curate advertising polemics; or the range of services and education that Thresher would choose to run American Medical Association, the they do, in addition to their tireless such an incorrect advertisement American College of Obstetricians advocacy for the rights of women in the Sept. 29 issue. While in most and Gynecologists and the American and minorities. Abortion services are Career Services progress instances it seems appropriate that Academy of Family Physicians? such a small, yet important, part of the paper does not police the con- The Thresher should not have what Planned Parenthood offers, but tent of ads, we think there is a clear offered its pages to an attack ad the attention given to this is always should extend to Web site difference between advertisements based on patent lies and misleading disproportionate. My guess is that the from a vendor designed to sell a statements. Members of the Rice coalition's publicity efforts will back- When we graduate and head off into the real world, we hope we will product and a political polemic community certainly should decide lire, as usual. But I hope this will gener- all have offices with windows. For now, though, we are glad to finally that is based on extreme and false for themselves whether they want to ate a real discussion about the benefits have a view in our interview rooms at the Career Services Center. statements. As such, the Thresher use the services of Planned Parent- of family planning and the health care The office's move to the O'Connor House, which was completed should have included equal space hood or of any other health services crisis affecting our country. in August along with the house's renovation, marks a definite step for rebuttal by Planned Parenthood. provider — hut that decision should Every statement in the 10-point be based on accurate information, not Chad Benedict in the right direction for post-graduate employment aid at Rice. We attack on Planned Parenthood is on the false statements in an attack Baker '01 have had nothing but positive experiences with advisers this year, either factually incorrect or grossly ad of this sort. See LETTERS, page 4 and the career fairs thus far have been well advertised and well at- misleading. We encourage readers tended. Career Services is asked to perform a huge and vital service to learn more about the "facts" Bridget Gorman to students and alumni, and moving its headquarters has catalyzed presented in the ad for themselves. Sociology professor While we cannot dissect each point Jones resident associate CONTACTING THE a decisive improvement to the institute itself. because of space limitations, we However, there is still room for improvement. The employment discuss one statement to illustrate Kristen Schilt THRESHER opportunity Web site sponsored by Career Services, Ricelink, does the inaccuracies. Sociology post doctoral fellow not meet the needs of its users. Ricelink is maintained by NACElink, Point #5 states that Planned Par- Letters a cooperative of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, enthood misrepresents its "morning Elizabeth Long • Letters to the editor after-abortion pill" as emergency Sociology department chair should be sent to the Thresher which serves approximately 580 American universities and colleges, contraception and further claims by e-mail to th resheritirice. edu. from community colleges to a few of Rice's peer institutions. NACElink that emergency contraception can Holly Heard Letters must be received by is maintained by a private IT developer called Symplicity Corporation. bring about a "chemical abortion." Sociology professor 5 p.m. on the Monday prior to And while Symplicity does have a respectable resume — and a four-fig- Emergency contraception is not a Friday publication date. ure price tag — it lacks both a user-friendly interface and an effective RU-486, the so-called "abortion Jenifer Bratter • All letters to the editor pill." Emergency contraception is Sociology professor must be signed and include interview alert system. Interview-scheduling windows can often pass a concentrated dose of hormones college and year if the writer unbeknownst to potential interviewees. It is difficult and tedious to navi- that can inhibit the fertilization of is a Rice student. gate through the web of search features to find a prospective job. And the egg if taken within 72 hours of Coalition's tactics • Letters should be no lon- only certain majors, exclusive of some Rice major programs, are listed unprotected vaginal intercourse. ger than 250 words in length on the site — and students cannot apply for jobs unless they designate People who see emergency contra- will fail, as usual The Thresher reserves the ception as an abortifacient, as do the right to edit letters for both a major from Ricelink's list as their own. authors of the article cited in foot note To the editor: content and length. Many elite private universities, use career networking databases other #4 of the Houston Coalition's ad, When I saw the advertisement than NACElink, although Stanford and Vanderbilt Universities both use a definition of pregnancy that in last week's 'thresher denouncing Subscribing use the service. But our peer institutions tend to prefer Monster.com's conflates the prevention of fertiliza- Planned Parenthood, all I could do m Annual subscriptions are student site MonsterTRAK—in use by Columbia and Cornell Universi- tion with abortion. Using this logic, was laugh. I spent three years work- available for $50 domestic and if emergency contraception is an ing for the local Planned Parenthood $125 international via first ties — and Experience's eRecruiting service — the preferred database "abortion pill" because it prevents affiliate after graduating from Rice, class mail. of Yale and Duke Universities—whose Web site claims it is "the nation's the egg from being fertilized, then and during my time there I became largest network of students, employers and universities." Princeton and so are birth control pills. And con- intimately familiar with the Houston Advertising Harvard Universities each use both of these services. doms would have to be classified as Coalition for Life and its misinforma- • We accept display and clas- tion tactics. It surprised me to see sified advertisements. Adver- We understand that this year's annual contract is signed and that "abortion shields." By misrepresenting the facts them in the Thresher, but it is nice to tisements must be received by little can be done at the moment to improve Ricelink. But we hope about emergency contraception, the see that their top ten list retains its 5 p.m. on the Monday prior that the new, progressive spirit of Career Services will extend to a Houston Coalition is clearly trying to ridiculousness after all these years. to a Friday publication date. reevaluation of the Web site in years to come. erode women's reproductive choices. Abortion remains perhaps the Please contact our advertising The top medical associations in the most complex issue in America today. manager at (713)348-3907 or country support the use of emer- It shouldn't be. There is a strong cor- [email protected] for Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of the Thresher gency contraception, which the Food relation between the empowerment of more information. editorial staff. and Drug Administration approved women to control their own fertility and «r • . - •
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Rice Voices Guest column Congress abuses morality in Torture Bill Playboy pages pervert On June 26, 2003, President Guantanamo Bay detainees "violate them." It seems as if the "we" Bush George W. Bush released a statement both the [Uniform code of Military spoke of did not include himself, for backing the United Nations Interna- Justice) and the four Geneva Conven- he has consistently used fear to explain tional Day in Support of Victims of tions," the Republicans have decided freedom and confused cruelty with metaphysical beauty Torture. On this day the to assuage their own fears justice. There is absolutely no justice United States declared of losing their major- in the Military Commissions Act for "So, Haley, you gonna do it?" and it is that intertwined whole its "strong solidarity with ity come this year's elec- the human spirit, let alone the more Word had hit my circle of that I wish admired. torture victims across the tions by pushing through than 7(H) men who have been held at friends that Playboy was looking I have found that a woman's world." President Bush morally reprehensible Guantanamo Bay. for Rice girls for its "Girls of the opinion of a man's physical attrac- openly condemned the laws and disgusting ideas Conference USA" picto- tiveness is directly influ- nations of Burma, Cuba, about antiterrorism and rial, and more than one enced by her esteem for North Korea, Zimbabwe the acceptability of torture I am disgusted that a person wondered if I him as a person. If he and Iran for their "no- in our nation. Say goodbye would audition. I was is a creep, the face of torious" human rights to America's counter- Congress that spent rather shocked by what Adonis could not help abuses, reminding us that Philip Arthur feit currency of checks they expected of me, him beyond the first "similar cruelties are tak- and balances. three days earlier and I was shocked that night. And let's face Moore it, the same eventually ing place behind the doors The Democrats are not I was shocked. Allow me this year considering goes for guys. Very few of other prison states." without fault in allowing to clarify my reaction. men want to marry that Like the United States of 2006. this sin of a bill to make its way to the I am no modest wom- the failed Marriage vapid beauty and spend Last week, the United States White House. I^ast week. Democrats an. You may have seen Haley their lives connecting Congress put an indelible stain on all but assured the passage of the Protection Amendment me on the Jumbotron Richardson the history, reputation and integrity Torture Bill by forgoing a filibuster at Reliant Stadium, ap- over "like, whatever." of our nation by passing the Military in exchange for Congressional con- against gays in the parently not kissing, but True and lasting appre- Commissions Act of2006, also known sideration of Senator Arlen Specter's "eating the face" of my boyfriend. ciation for the form can only arise as theTorture Bill. This bill, co-spon- (R-PA) bill amendment, which would name of morality could Anyone who knows me well knows from considering that form in the sored by Senate Majority leader Bill have struck down the provision of the allot only 10 hours of my sexual enthusiasm. Sex is one context of the whole individual. Frist (R-TN) and Senator John War- bill that denies detainees habeas cor- of my favorite conversation topics. Playboy, needless to say, lacks ner (R-VA), denies the writ of habeas pus. Instead of taking a strong stand debate to the issue of Where others fear to tread, I cou- this appreciation for true beau- corpus — in plain terms, judicial against torture—which, anyway you rageously pursue the topic of the ty. The magazine takes snap- review — to anyone, including U.S. slice it, is wrong — the Democrats human torture. aesthetics of genitals, bravely edu- shots of hot, young — obviously citizens, who is determined to be proved they are lax on defending the cate my peers about the position female — bodies and stops there. an "unlawful enemy combatant ... U.S. Constitution and weak on hu- known as "rotisserie," and always These pictures are far removed from who has engaged in hostilities or man rights all for the sake of avoiding As of this summer, only 10 of exhume the pun in somebody the person you might see walking who has purposefully and materially ad campaign smears accusing them those 700-plusmen had actually been else's words that would otherwise around a campus, because she is no supported hostilities against the of cutting and running in this year's charged with war crimes, and none have remained sadly in context. her photograph. Much to Playboy s United States." elections. Both parties screwed this had been tried when the Supreme And don't get me started on the surprise, she thinks, moves, laughs one up pretty badly Court passed Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. importance of sex education, and voices her opinion. There is Now, around 78 percent of the Now, due to a bill that is largely the (iiven such evidence, my mind is more to her than her astounding / cannot imagine any United States population consid- product of political posturing, thelikes surely "libertine" enough. I )-cups and 24-inch waist. ers itself adherent to the Christian of Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib And my attitudes towards my This is exactly what objecti- circumstance where the faith, with a comparable majority of detainees have absolutely no way of body match my mind. 'Tight-fit- fication is about: separating the the House and Senate identifying protecting themselves in a court of law ting" describes my wardrobe, mind — soul, spirit, personality or question " What would themselves with the word of God. against sadistic torture practices that and 1 love the excuse the Night what you will — from the body. Re- Jesus do?" would yield Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't no human being deserves. of I)ecadence gives for the liberal ducing what is a whole person to a the Bible teach love for one's enemy? Torture does not work. It is display of panties and pasties. Plus, mere object of physical beauty. Ap- the answer "torture." Furthermore, from what I under- ineffective, cruel, unusual and un- I believe I am currently the only preciation of this kind of "beauty" stand, Jesus was tortured pretty Christ-like. And I am disgusted that Wiessman who wishes to rally the inspires no poetry and kindles no relentlessly by invaders occupying a Congress that spent three days ear- troops not for Baker 13 Defense, higher feelings, but useful o^ly Moreover, the Torture Bill ret- his country. So I cannot imagine any lier this year considering the failed but to join those delightful nud- for arousal. I may wish for others roactively absolves President Bush circumstance where the question Marriage Protection Amendment ists. Considering all my words to admire my body for my body's and all members of his administra- "What would Jesus do?" would yield against gays in the name of morality and actions, why would 1 object sake occasionally—at N 01), for ex- tion of any possible war crimes con- the answer "torture." could allot only 10 hours of debate to to posing for Playboy? ample. But even then, the viewer is nected with the detention, transfer, Speaking on behalf of the Almighty the issue of human torture. Capitol Because Playboy asks only close enough to take in my words, trial or torture and mistreatment of at an address to a joint session of Con- Hill lost its sensibilities last week. I for my body and nothing more. actions and personality, leaving the detainees dating all the way back to gress and the American people shortly do not pray for things, but if I did it My love, appreciation and pride disconnection neither profound Sept. 11, 2001. after the 9/11 attacks, President Bush would be for voter backlash in this in my body sterns directly from nor lasting. But Playboy demands I)espite the 2006 Supreme Court used the word "(rod" three times, say- year's elections. the fact that it is mine — that it an absolute disconnection that is ruling in Hamdanv. Rumsfeld, which ing that freedom and fear, justice and belongs to me. My body harbors sustained on a national scale. Com- states that military commissions set cruelty, have always been at war. and we Philip Arthur Moore is a Lovett my personality—everything that plete strangers with no desire to up by the Bush administration to try know that (iod is not neutral between College senior. Haley Elizabeth Richardson is actually appreciate me would drool comes through in that body. As over my body — making that body a humanities nerd, I must say I a false representation, even before Guest column disapprove of the Cartesian mind- they airbrush my picture. body split because it asserts that Although I am not one to "wait the two are not truly unified, and for marriage," I am one to wait for College system key to attracting students that there is a way to divide Haley an appreciation of my complete from the material instrument she self. Playboy and its subscribers do At the Sept. 27 diversity forum, for me to justify choosing Rice here — they would find themselves uses. However, if this split is even not promise me anything remotely the residential college system was over any other school. While other dreaming of colder weather and actually possible, separating the like this sort of appreciation. accused of having problems. Hie schools have their own versions of ivy-covered walls. two would be just plain wrong. But let's face it. I'm an A-cup, general complaint was that Rice's the college system, none seem as The downfall of the college sys- True beauty — the Beauty that and they never would have wanted current system forces wholeheartedly commit- tem will be the downfall of Rice. Don't lifts spirits, inspires poems and me anyway. some students to conform ted to it as Rice. At the let us become a safety school. seals affection — is precisely that to a different culture, and forum. History Profes- combination of mind and body. Haley Richardson is a Wiess those who do not conform sor Alexander Byrd said Eric Doctor is a Lovett College Character intertwines with form, College junior. are collegiately disenfran- other schools have been freshman. chised and — in some exploring alternative cases — have to resort to options far housing and living off-campus. that "can benefit from The Rice Thresher, the official student I'm only a freshman, a long, hard look at the newspaper at Rice University since 1916, so I may not have enough college system." is published each Friday during the school the Rice Thresher year, except during examination periods and perspective to talk about Eric As Rice moves into holidays, by the students of Rice University. its second century of living at a residential col- Doctor David Brown lege. But I do have a great existence, we need not Editor in Chief Editorial and business offices are located deal of perspective on why assess what we can do on the second floor of the Ley Student Center, students apply to Rice and, in some to conform to the standard set by Julia Bursten 6100 Main St., MS-524, Houston, TX 77005- cases, choose to attend Rice over the Three-Headed Monster of the Senior Editor 1892. Phone (713) 348-4801. Fax (713) 348- schools with more recognizable Northeast. Rather, we need to rec- 5238. E-mail: [email protected]. Web page: names. And the residential college ognize what sets Rice apart from NEWS OPINION www.ricethresher.org. Risa Gordon, Editor Evan Mint/, Editor said institutions, and why students system is a huge factor. Beko Binder, Asst. Editor Schuyler Woods, Asst. Editor Annual subscription rate: $50 domestic. When I applied to Rice, there decide to come to Rice. Matt Youn, Designer Dan Derozier, Cartoonist $125 international. 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Suddenly, stu- Marshall Robinson, Design Direetor But the college system still > COPYRIGHT 2006. provides enough of a difference dents at Rice would not want to be THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,2006 U.S. Representative: DeLay drama puts TX-22 on the election map Lampson's record, experience stand for constituents Conservative district deserves conservative rep and no on making the Bush tax cuts per- Politics have become so muddled with lative record emphasizes border security, par- There is a highly orchestrated drama manent in 2002. lampson's voting record violent rhetoric and false promises that when ticularly his 2004 vote to authorize the existing playing out right now in Iexas 22nd Con- is clearly anti-growth. choosing a representative, we should look for fence along the border to slow down illegal im- gressional District, starring Nick lampson, Conservative economic policies are someone with a proven record of success. When migration and help those patrolling the border, Ronnie Earle and Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. just one facet of conservative tenets. it comes to the race for U.S. representative from lampson's view is that unless we actually punish Nick lampson, a well-funded Democrat Sekula-Gibbs is a committed mother and Texas' 22nd District, Democrat Nick Lampson is those who hire illegal immigrants, the draw aided by the efforts of District Attorney champion of family values. In a district in the only candidate who has shown that he thinks for illegal immigrants will remain, no matter Ronnie Earle, is out to get his seat back in which 65 percent voted for President Bush through his policy choices and votes in the best what efforts the government takes. Similarly, Washington. Republican Shelley Sekula- in 2004, it is clear that the voters interest of his district. More imjx)r- a guest worker program would not Gibbs, a longtime resident of the of this district believe in social tantly, he is the only candidate who can solve the root cause of the immigra- district and former official on the conservatism. Sekula-Gibbs has declare his stance on issues relevant tion problem, and supporters of such Houston City Council, is primed a strong track record in this area to voters and prove them through his a problem have yet to demonstrate and ready for the national stage. as evidenced by her volunteer- past actions in Congress. what incentive illegal immigrants Lampson has had plenty of ing efforts in the community. Lampson served four terms, from would have to come forward and time to prepare for the show. In She has spent many hours using 1996-2004, as the congressman from document themselves. fact, he played this role before as her talents as a doctor to benefit Texas' 9th District. During the 2003 In contrast, Sekula-Gibbs' posi- a congressman for the 9th District others and has participated in a redistricting effort orchestrated tion on immigration shows a lack of of Texas until Judge Ted Poe program to remove tattoos from by Tom Delay, Lampson's district coherence and consistency Though ousted him in 2004. As any good reformed gang members. A quick was reshaped and renamed Texas' Kirti she previously accused another defeated politician looking for John look at Congress and our nation 22nd District. In the process, the councilman of criticizing Houston's re-election does, lampson switched Datla Stallcup makes it clear that we must have district became heavily Republican "sanctuary policy" towards illegal districts. It would be great to say socially conservative rep- and Lampson lost the 2004 election immigrants simply for political gain, that lampson moved into the 22nd more to Ted Poe, a Republican judge. Sekula-Gibbs is doing just that. In the past, District because he felt connected to the resentatives. It is no surprise then, when asked to run she stated she had no residents or that he saw Again, we can examine Lampson's voting against Tom Delay in 2006, Lampson took on strong opinions on the they needed a cham- record. The Christian Coalition ranked lamp- the challenge. The 22nd District contains much issue, but apparently pion of their values in son at 23 percent on family values in Dec. 2003, of Lampson's old district, as well as the area once she entered the ELECTION OVERVIEW Congress. But I think demonstrating a socially liberal voting record. where he grew up. Although incumbent Delay race she formed an he moved to the 22nd In that same year he voted against allowing District for another small business associations to purchase health won the Republican primary, he dropped out opinion. During last TX-22 used to be home anvil for after being indicted on conspiracy and money- week's City Council ses- reason: opportunity. care and against establishing tax-exempt exterminator turned Hammer, former laundering charges. Now Lampson is running sion, a bipartisan group Majority Leader Tom medical savings accounts. Lampson has against the Republican-endorsed Shelley of councilmen actually Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay resigned on consistently pursued policies that put families Sekula-Gibbs, a Houston city councilwoman. walked out on Sekula- DeLay. But 22 years and a money June 9. leaving an open and businesses at a disadvantage during his Since his first year in the House, Lampson has Gibbs for politicizing the laundering scandal later, this former seat and aTexas Repul> previous Congressional tenure. proven he has the ability to get things done. After issue after a funeral for Republican safeseat district faces lican Par ty unable to put When it comes down to it, voters have a young girl was kidnapped and murdered in his a police officer killed by an election as topsy-turvy as its another candidate on to look at this drama and ask, "Who is the district, Lampson founded the Congressional an illegal immigrant. borders. Since DeLay removed the ballot. This timing better performer? Who is the person who Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus. The The problem is that his name from the ballot, Republi- left Lampson with little will take the role and run with it when the opposition and left vot- Caucus worked to pass legislation creating die the sanctuary policy, cans are left with only a write-in. A decisions get tough and the weight of being ers with only a write-in now well-known Amber Alert program. Before which states that police closed-door meeting of Republican a congressperson bears down?" campaign to support the program, police and investigators often had oflicers cannot detain precinct chairs endorsed former city important information on kidnappers that a com- Sekula-Gibbs. people based on the councilwoman Shelly Sekula-Gibbs munity could use to start searching but did not suspicion that they are Write-in campaigns as the official write-in candidate. It would be great to say have the means to distribute this information. illegal immigrants, is in are difficult, but there Amber Alert has proven effective in mobilizing place to allow officers But since Gov. Rick Perry created a is hope. Sekula-Gibbs is that Lampson moved into communities to find missing children. to focus on ongoing special election on election day to an excellent answer to Furthermore, Lampson has shown he is criminal investigations. fill DeLay's position until inaugura- Lampson. She's a pro- the 22nd District because dedicated to suppt >r ting the needs of his di strict Making Houston's po- tion day. Sekula-Gibbs' name will family, pro-life advocate rather than the needs of lobbyists or special lice enforce federal im- appear for this election, right below who has a track record he felt connected to the interest groups. A2002 Houston Ch ran icle study migration laws would the space for the write-in. But so will much more agreeable residents or that he saw showed Lampson took on more constituent require more manpow- the names of three other Republican to the conservative demeanor. During her cases than any other congressman in the area. er and training capac- candidates running in the special time as the at-large they needed a champion of Additionally, following Sept. 11,2001, Lampson ity than we currently election. This whole situation gives initiated the local dialogue between city, county have. So Sekula-Gibbs' member for Position 3 Democratic candidate Nick Lampson their values in Congress. and state government to establish communica- politicization of the issue on the Houston City an actual chance. tion and evacuation procedures. serves no real purpose Council, Sekula-Gibbs But I think he moved to the A FOX News Opinion poll taken last week other than her own. made smart decisions shows 98 percent of voters view the economy Though the Repub- for the city. She played 22nd District for another as an important issue in the upcoming Con- licans are trying to paint this race as a mi- a vital role in rolling back property taxes for gressional election. Lampson voted against crocosm of national politics, this race is and Houston residents and securing $20 million in reason: opportunity. raising the debt ceiling three times while in should continue to be about issues important federal funds to enhance local security forces. Congress. Unfortunately, the Republican-con- to Houstonians. It is clear that Nick Lampson Sekula-Gibbs is a champion of conservative trolled Congress recently raised it to over 9 has remained consistent in his opinions and issues, and her track record of tackling tough In the end, Sekula-Gibbs is just a better trillion dollars. This national debt gets passed has worked hard in Congress to benefit his problems will certainly extend to her time in candidate. She is right on the issues and down to the next generation: Us. As a Demo- constituents. In a district infamous for cor- Congress. true to her word. With these two things, crat. Lampson understands the need for social ruption and power-grabbing tactics, it is clear Where has Lampson been on these there is no doubt she will deliver a stellar services, public education and health care. that we should support the candidate who issues? Just look at his time in Congress. performance as the next U.S. Representa- Unlike the Republicans, Lampson supports has demonstrated that effective governance He voted no on a $46 billion tax cut for tive for the 22nd District. doing so in a fiscally sound manner. comes before politics. small business in 2001, no on a $99.5 billion Immigration is another issue of importance economic stimulus package that included John Stallcup is a Brown College junior and to voters in the 22nd District. lampson's legis- Kirti Datla is a Sid Richardson College junior. capital gains and income tax cuts in 2001 chairman of the Rice College Republicans. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTERS, from page 2 quotations and outright medical lies Baker had some sort of greens or information on how to recycle at Rice would appeal to the typical Rice stu- environmental committee, and several is not distributed in a systematic man- Rice students too Ads should appeal to dent. Whether I agree with the ad's colleges dedicated a budget solely for ner. A voluntary system only works if viewpoint or not—and I very much do environmental issues.This money had people are aware of the system and young for Playboy ad Thresher readers not — I am ashamed that my student been used to purchase many of the know how to participate. In the past. newspaper thinks me unsophisticated individual recycling loins for the vari- Student Recycling Council represen- To the editor: To the editor: enough to want to read this kind of ous materials the editorial mentioned tatives have made announcements I was disturbed by last week's ad for I was incredibly disheartened politically motivated swill. If this is and were partially subsidized by the at college meetings or sent e-mails. Hayboy auditions. I hope that I am not when I opened last week's paper and the level on which the advertising Student Recycling Council. Unfortunately, these efforts tend to the only one who holds this opinion. found on page 13 a full-page ad consist- managers think Rice students operate, However, the program has four miss a lot of students. At a very practical level, the age ing entirely ofattacks against Planned they should be ashamed for thinking major flaws: For the past three years, the Stu- minimum is appallingly low. At age 1
by Carina Baskett affect global temperatures. "I think we're doing an FOR THE THRKSHER experiment that we don't know the What do Rice professors do consequences of," Maseillo said. when they are not giving lectures "In the last 800,000 years we have or grading papers? not seen as sharp an increase in Earth Science Professor Car- atmospheric [carbon dioxide as rie Masiello shared her research interests with the Thresher. Masiello, who studies the 'When you start carbon cycle, said she loves her job because she gets to work with thinking about a carbon, one of the most useful elements in the environment for particular problem, you biological sciences. "Carbon is cool because it's a never know where on fundamental part of life," Masiello Earth you're going to said. "It's also a greenhouse gas, and it's also our energy source. We have to go to solve it.' have to figure out how to continue — Carrie Masiello to get energy without disrupting MICHAEL ROG'THRESHER the earth's climate system." Earth Science professor Assistant professor Carrie Masiello in the Keith Wiess Earth Science Laboratory. One of Masiello's group's proj- ects deals with understanding why Masiello said she has traveled of fossil fuel combustion suggests Fanwei Zeng is working on another carbon is stable in soils. Like trees the one that began in 1880]. Un- to California, Canada and the there should be more carbon di- project that tracks the movement and the ocean, soil is a major carbon derstanding the fluxes in the earth Southern Ocean, which surrounds oxide in the atmosphere than the of carbon from the land to the sink that soaks up carbon dioxide system is important because we're Antarctica, for her research. amount actually present. ocean via rivers. Zeng collects from the atmosphere, which can altering them." "A lot of people end up in "By knowing exactly how much her samples from several Texas geology because they like to go the biosphere and the ocean are rivers. outside," Masiello said. "When you taking up, we can figure out how "If we know how land use is POLICE BLOTTER start thinking about a particular much room we have to play with to affecting the carbon cycle, then problem, you never know where burn more fossil fuels and carbon that can help us to manage our The following incidents were reported by the Campus Police for the on Earth you're going to have to dioxide before we really get into a land use," Zeng said. period Sept. 26-Oct. 1. go to solve it." danger zone," Gallagher said. "This Gallagher said she enjoys re- Earth science graduate student is important because it will give search because she learns to think Residential Colleges Morgan Gallagher, who works in us an idea as to how much time independently and creatively. Will Rice College Sept. 26 Clothes stolen. Maseillo's research group, studies we have to develop new strategies "[I am] learning about the writ- Will Rice College Sept. 27 Bicycle stolen. the discrepancy between predicted for fueling our society as well as ing process and how the scientific Jones College Sept. 28 Student lost consciousness for and observed amounts of carbon removing the CO., we have already community interacts," Gallagher three hours and may have been dioxide in the atmosphere. put into the atmosphere." said. assaulted. She said the current amount Earth science graduate student Lovett College Sept. 29 Charges and arrest warrant filed because of harassment report. Lovett College Sept. 30 Two laptops stolen. Will Rice College Oct. 1 Caller reported hit-and-run accident. Vehicle later spotted parked illegally in loading dock at Dell Butcher Hall and was relocated and booted. Research Study Academic Buildings Sewall Hall Sept. 28 Bicycle stolen. MclMair Hall Sept. 29 Two cameras and a vase stolen.
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The Student Association senate met Monday. The following were discussed.
• SA President Althea Tupper announced nomination forms for "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" are available on the SA's Web site, sa.rice.edu. • Lauren Laustsen, the Environmental Affairs Committee chair, an- nounced Baker College Servery will begin using reusable, compostable bamboo plates. • Naweed Chowdhury, the Academics Committee chair, announced the committee will meet in the Brown College Commons Oct. 8 at 10 p.m. The meeting will be open to all students. • SA Internal Vice President Laura Kelley said the Sports and Health Committee will completely subsidize the 5-kilometer fun run on campus Oct. 14. The race begins at 7:30 a.m., and each participant will receive a free t-shirt. For more information, visit the track and field page on the
Athletics Web site www.riceowls.com. TIFFANY YEH/THRESHER • Kelley, a Brown junior, announced the Rice Student Volunteer Program is coordinating a fitness program for underprivileged Houston youth. Cultural craftiness Students interested in being paired with a youth participant can contact Engineering graduate student Mike Contreras, Martel College junior Phil Hernandez, Baker College junior Erica Solis and Brown sophomore Lindsay Zwiener at [email protected]. Brown College senior Mia Lopez make decorations at the HACER Hispanic Heritage monthly study break Wednesday. • Paul Tucker, the Student Life Committee chair, said the committee met Sept. 28 and formed two sub-committees. One will address problems related to information dissemination on campus and the other will try to improve public spaces on campus. Some of the ideas for the latter include rain covers near shuttle stops and campus beautification. Vanegas charged with felony theft • Kelley, who is also the student representative on the President's Lecture Series University Standing Committee, said the first lecture will be Monday by Lily Chun their rooms by telling them he was too similar to one in 2002, when non-Rice at 7 p.m. in the Grand Hall. Nobel Laureate Pierre-Gilles de Gennes will tired to drive home. He was caught student Rodrigo Montano posed as FOR THK THRESHKR lecture on "The Nature of Memory Objects." when a suspicious friend called the an undergraduate transfer student. David Vanegas, a Houstonian who Rice University Police Department Montano obtained a Rice II) card, • Sid Richardson College senior Aaron Reese was approved by a roll call pretended to be a Rice student for because Vanegas did not have a legiti- attended classes and practiced with vote as KTRU station manager. Hanszen College sophomore Joseph three semesters, has been charged mate e-mail address on his Facebook the track team as a walk-on. The Ramirez was approved by a roll call vote as Campanile editor in chief. with aggregate theft for stealing account, never had an II) card and Office of the Registrar discovered • The Vietnamese Student Association made changes to its constitution $3,678.84 in meals—a Class H felony. could not log in to ESTHER Montano was not a student when reflecting its current activities. The senate approved the changes. Vanegas was re-arrested Sept. 29 for RUPI) Chief Bill Taylor said he went there for help logging in to • The senate approved the applications of several organizations the felony and will appear in court Housing and Dining calculated that Owlnet. Montano was not charged seeking club status. Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship is a national Oct. 17 with bond set at $2,000. His Vanegas had stolen over two semes- with a felony. organization for Christians focusing on community service. In- previous charge of criminal trespass, ters' worth of food. H&I) charged "The last time, there were a terested students should contact Baker senior Drew Tedford at for which RUPI) arrested him Sept. Vanegas $1,640 for each full semes- couple different circumstances," [email protected] for more information. 13, has been dismissed. ter plus $398.84 for the days at the Taylor said. "(Montano] believed he Vanegas told students he was an beginning of this semester. was an actual student at Rice. Also, Unity '08 is a nonpartisan organization that will hold political debates off-campus upperclassman. He ate Vanegas will not be charged for [his stay! only lasted six weeks. He and forums to address apathy. 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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6.2006 ADMISSIONS From page 1 ference," Munoz said. Browning said she thinks Rice does not have the same problems as Harvard EARLY/INTERIM DECISION APPUCANTS attracting applicants from diverse socio-economic backgrounds because The following is demographic information for the class that Rice has a different history. entered in Fall 2006. The Admissions Office did not release de- "Rice is a place that was tuition-free mographic data for Regular Decision applicants or admits. from 1912 until 1965," Browning said. "From the get-go, we were serving Ethnicity Applicants Admits Rate people who came to Rice who wouldn't Early Decision havegonetocollegeatall [due to finan- African American 27 5 19% cial concerns] if it weren't for Rice." American Indian 4 1 25 Munoz said Rice's three-tiered sys- Asian American 146 39 27 tem also helps the university build its Caucasian 282 98 35 class — 37 percent of students admit- Foreign National 22 6 27 ted to Rice last year accepted a position Hispanic 75 19 25 in the freshman class, compared to 80 Total 580 175 30 percent at Harvard. "[Those schools] don't feel any Interim Decision sense of jeopardy or loss," Munoz said. African American 188 54 29% "They're so strong in their position and American Indian 26 7 27 don't feel that they need to have that Asian American 1,120 310 28 program as a customer service to their Caucasian 1,445 400 28 respective applicant pools." Foreign National 101 34 34 Barbara Sarullo, counseling Hispanic 316 104 33 director at Scarsdale High School Total 3,275 931 28 in Scarsdale, New York, said she DIANA YEN/THRESHER thinks early admission programs place undue pressure on students to apply early when they really Harvard's change has given Looking sharp to choose a first-choice school too shouldn't," Sarullo said. other schools permission to have Martei College junior Patrick Neary takes advantage of Barber Day at the early in the process. Sarullo said she thinks Harvard's conversations about their admission Student Center Monday, getting his hair cut by Robert Arellano from Times "[Early admission programs] example gives universities an oppor- programs, Sarullo said. Barber Shop. hurt kids because in the current tunity to evaluate the possibility of Sid Richardson College junior college climate they are compelled switching to a single decision plan. Tessa Pearson said she applied to Rice under the binding Early Decision plan because Rice was her first choice. "I knew that 1 wanted to come here, and I wanted the best shot ofgetting in." Pearson said. "I wanted to come here, and I wanted to be sure the admissions people knew that." Brown College sophomore Paul Tucker said he likes the three- tiered system. "I think Rice should keep the in- terim decision," Tucker said. "I think they should move to an early action plan, which is [ nonbinding |, but I think it's good that we have a multi-tiered system. It keeps the workload easier for our admissions staff, which is a good thing, and it also gives options for students so they have better time scheduling when they apply." Wiess College freshman Sarah Cook said she thinks binding early admission plans tend to exclude students who make their final college decisions based on financial aid. Cook said she thinks Rice should follow Harvard's lead to keep its student body diverse. "I got in Early Decision, but I still think that I'd rather have schools be campuses that are well-represented than have a little better of a chance to go here I by applying early]," Cook said. Munoz said Rice is ojx'n to revis- ing its admission program, but the university will not make any changes without careful evaluation. "We are not going to make a change for the sake of making a change," Munoz said. NOD From page 1 party until they are needed. Rice Emergency Medic al Services Captain Cameron Decker said EMS will have 15 Emergency Medical IS 1 Technicians on duty, comprising nine mobile teams, and ;in EMS dispatcher. An ambulance will be on standby at Wi- ess to transjxtrt patients to the hospital faster, Decker said. Kerner said she Oj does not know yet how many Rice University Police Department officers will be on duty. Kerner said she thinks about 1,500-1,600 students will attend NOD this year, following a trend of an increase of 200 attendees per year since 2(X)2, when Wiess began using its new commons. Wiess College senior Douglas Mata, the Wiess parliamentarian and a former NOD security coodinator, said he has attended NOD every year he has been at Rice and will attend NEW 2007 CHEVY AVEO With 37 EPA estimated highway MPG! A standard iPod* input jack. And room to seat _ - again this year. five comfortably. The Chevy Aveo® LS Sedan is one surprisingly big car. And now. Aveo is backed by the GM® 100,000 ^ / "NOD is the best party on cam- mile/5-year Powertrain Limited Warranty.' Starting at just $12,515." LT as shown S14,125.11 Go big at chevyaveo.com - pus," Mata said. "1 wouldn't miss it for the world." THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,2006 weekly Food & Liquor key to refreshing hip-hop
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This let you meet the Lord there / have around Houston through Fat Joe's "Lean Back" or Young video on "Daydreamin"' featuring kind of honeitv is rare on a rap become misinterpreted reasons for October 13, 2006 Dro's "Shoulder Lean" — and lyrics singer Jill Scott. He chants, "Hold record. Mo t l.steners will have warfare." But the track also contains that read like a catalogue of liquor this MAC-10 that's all covered in no problem relating to Lupe — a good deal of misdirected anger. and clothing companies. But Lupe jewels / can you please put your his lyrics and presentation are de- The song is one of Lupe's few Fiasco's debut album Lupe Fiasco's titties closer to the 22's? / Now void of posturing and pretension. missteps, and even the critically- MUSIC Food & Liquor breathes some intel- where's the champagne, we need Most of Food & Liquor rests minded listener will have to give ligent writing back into mainstream champagne / [...] cue the smoke completely on Lupe's own ability as him credit for taking risks and push- hip-hop. Instead of focusing on gang machine and the simulated rain." a lyricist. The only guest star is Jay-Z, ing the envelope. Food & Liquor is Burt Bacharach banging cliches, Lupe takes on a The song is built around a sample of and Hova is almost out of sight on the an incredibly strong record, with and the Houston variety of social and political issues British electronic group I Monster's back half of "Pressure," one of Food multiple layers of meaning and a Symphony with skill and a catchy delivery. "Daydream in Blue," a song in turn and Liquor's less interesting tracks. refreshing variety of tone and per- crafted around a sample of The Most contemporary rap relies on spective. Lupe's flow has the sophis- Gunter Kallman Choir's "Daydream," Pianist arid composer Burt 'lupe fiasco's food collaborations in order to maintain tication of a seasoned veteran, and and liquor' first recorded in 1968. Regardless of listener interest, but Ioipe has no his thoughtful lyrics are instantly Bacharach performs with the by lupe fiasco the sample's overuse, the track feels problem carrying the weight of his quotable but demand a second and Houston Symphony. Expect fresh — a testament to Food & record on his own shoulders. third listen. Whether or not Food & rating •••• 1/2 Liquor's flawless production. Lupe doesn't shy away from poli- Liquor"saves" hip-hop remains to be Bacharach-written classics of five One of the album's few weak- tics, although he is more successful seen, but it cannot help but steer it in like "What the World Needs nesses is the evident lack of a stand- in taking on urban blight than he is the right direction. Now is Love" and "I Say Lupe's big break came last year out single. The Pharrell-produced when fellow Chicagoan Kanye "I Gotcha" is catchy, but it does not A Little Prayer (For You)." West granted him a chorus on Iuite have the feeling of a big radio hit. Performances tonight and Registration's "Touch the Sky." Lupe's first single off the album, "Kick Push," a skateboarding trib- Web, specials bring tomorrow at 8 p.m. and Pieces of Food & Liquor have been floating around the Internet since ute anchored by a horn and string Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets early this summer, buoying the driven beat, is also a solid song, symphony to students cost S31-S90. hype surrounding Lupe's first solo but it can hardly be expected to top project. Lupe plays right into the charts anytime soon. high expectations, delivering an But this might simply reflect the Few agree on the future other ensembles have student Jones Hall album packed from front to back album's overall strength. Food & of classical music, but almost rush tickets to ease the strain on with solid tracks. Liquor is packed to the brim with everyone admits it has problems. college students' pocketbooks. 615 Louisiana St. On the soulful "He Say She Say" interesting songs — Lupe deftly Audiences in symphony halls are While well-executed, these www.houstonsymphony.org Lupe adopts both the perspectives debunks the preconception that no aging, ensembles around the methods aim solely at selling of a single mother and her son, contemporary hip-hop artists can country are disappearing and a tickets and filling seats. Rock rhyming on the chorus, "You see deliver a coherent record free from classical CD is lucky to bands make most of what his problem is / he don't know filler tracks. have more than 5,000 their money through CONCERTS where his papa is / no positive male His greatest strength is his copies sold. Still, not tours and concerts, but role models / to play football with or ability to tell stories — "the Cool" everything portends orchestras have to sell Yeah Yeah Yeahs build railroad models." adopts the perspective of a dead a poor future for the tickets at dirt-cheap With such serious subject man who "saw the latch was open classical music world. prices to even hope New York-based rockers the matter, it would have been easy and kicked the casket open." On These days orches- to fill their halls often. for the song to sink under melo- the mournful and contemplative tras are experimenting Classical music cannot Yeah Yeah Yeahs headline 1 drama. Instead, Lupe captures "Hurt Me Soul," Lupe tells his own with great ideas to rely on a model of prof i 1 a show Sunday night at draw young listeners like this. Jo concert halls. Matthew Luckily, many en- Warehouse Live. Be sure to As consumers with McKee sembles have tried die your hair black before you a surprising amount of different methods of go see Karen 0 croon and buying power, college distributing music. The students have become the target New York Philharmonic released strut. Doors open at of many aggressive advertising a few live recordings on iTunes, 7:30 p.m. and the show is at campaigns — just look at Apple the Boston Symphony Orches- tra received a grant to produce 9 p.m. Tickets are $22 at and Red Bull. Now, symphony orchestras want a piece of the educational podcasts about www.ticketmaster.com young market, too. Beethoven and Schoenberg, and Houston's own orchestra other orchestras have allowed provides a good example of this National Public Radio to make Warehouse Live push. The Wavelength program recordings available for online 813 St. Emanuel St. put on by the Houston Symphony streaming. These new media givesyounger music lovers more initiatives are just a few taken than they ever wanted from a by classical ensembles, but they classical music event: cheap are all very experimental. Or- THEATER tickets, great seats and even an chestras on the whole seem very P. after-party. The program has a tentative to get on the new media Much Ado About youth-oriented Web site with a bandwagon, and no ensemble Nothing bonafide — but mostly self-con- has taken a strong step in the gratulatory — blog written by- direction that almost every other The Alley Theatre starts its one of the symphony musicians. genre of music is taking. Two weeks ago, the Wavelength If Generation Y has taught its run of Shakespeare's classic CHARLES SHARPIESS / THRESHER Presentatation comes first on the menu at Patu. program started its season with elders anything, it is that teenag- romantic comedy Much Ado two works by Mendelssohn and ers are willing to reap the benefits a Bruch concerto, followed by a of digital content. The new media About Nothing tonight at backstage after-party to the tunes requires classical musicians, 8 p.m. Creative costumes and Patu's spice, vibe treat diners of a local Celtic rock band. Various like every other artist, to think concerts throughout the season of their art as content available original music should spice Theodora Carson and row dining room, awash in relaxing will have Wavelength packages, for more than one distribu- Rachel Marcus shades of sea green, pale blue and up this timeless play. Tickets but this ultimate bargain for tion method. Ticket sales will THRESHER STAFF burgundy. Ceiling fans hang on the young culture-seekers comes at only take the classical genre so start at $17.50 at porch and inside the restaurant, creat- The pagoda-shaped awning of a price. One must wonder if the far—the power of the new media www.alleytheatre.org ing a shady, cool ambiance. Shelves Patu Thai Restaurant stands out Wavelength program is a good continues to grow, but classical line the walls, displaying an extensive among the flat gray roofs of the bet for the symphony. musicians stubbornly believe surrounding strip. 'ITiis particular collection of carved wood elephants The answer lies in an in- in programs like Wavelength. corner of the Rice Village boasts a and ornately painted Buddha figu- Alley Theatre credible entrepreneurial spirit. For the old music to adapt to variety of tiny boutiques and delis rines. The decor seems to have been This organization is growing the younger generation, more 615 Texas St. squeezed next to each other, vying chosen with utmost care, giving Patu an audience by making a huge ensembles must experiment with for space along Rice Boulevard. the feel of a shrine-like haven. investment. Hie Symphony may the new media. Tired of shopping for candles and Our young server took our order be making an immediate profit This is a difficult process, as knick-knacks? It will be worth your with speed and politeness, an unusual from Wavelength, but the fact it complete solutions to the prob- while to stop in at Patu. and pleasant surprise. We received has devoted so many resources to lems of classical music have not our appetizers just minutes after Under the peaked roof, a car- making this program successful been found. But if the billions of ordering. Choosing what to order pet extends out to tells a lot about its commitment dollars available through digital is the challenge: the menu includes the sidewalk, invit- to keeping a young audience for content is any indication, the new- soft vegetable spring rolls, chicken ing patrons up to a classical music. media presents exciting oppor- satay and pork dumplings. cozy outdoor porch. The push to pull in younger lis- tunities for classical music. Art Our food was meticulously The large palms teners is nationwide; orchestras evolves through artists taking presented — arranged on leaf- growing in front of around the country, including risks. The new media may never shaped dishes with an orange slice Patu's mural-deco- the Houston Symphony, have make Mozart cool, but he should and sprig of parsley garnish. The rated walls enhance performed programs of music at least still be accessible. dumplings, in particular, tasted the outdoor eating from lite Ij>rd of the Kings and nook. 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Appetizers crunchy mixture of cabbage and carrots, nearly everything. are moderately priced at around $5 per dish, Hours: 5 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Monday came wrapped in what can be described We ordered the shrimp and pineapple and main dishes such as pad thai, baked fish as the perfect rice paper — soft and almost curry for our main course—the medium lev- and the assortment of curries run $9—$13. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tuesday flavorless, so as not to distract from the deli- el of spicinessproved more than adequate— Visitors can choose a lunch buffet Monday 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Wednesday cious filling. The chicken satay was equally and the fried rice with chicken. All entrees through Saturday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and and Thursday satisfying. 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The An record-setting streak ended for the game will be nationally televised on tape delay soccer team last weekend. Rice, which went by CSTV on Oct. 10. undefeated in non-conference play for the Friday's game against UCF (6-4-1, 2-0) first time in its six-year history, lost 1-0 to marked just the second time the two have met, the University of Central Florida to start off and, just like last year, the Golden Knights the Conference USA season last Friday the shut out the Owls. Rice Track/Soccer Stadium. Two days later, After a couple of minutes, the game was the Owls responded with a 3-0 victory over delayed by an onslaught of lightning and heavy the University of Southern Mississippi, also rain that forced the stadium to be cleared. After at home. an hour and 10 minute delay, the teams battled A major casualty of the game against UCF to a scoreless tie through one half. was the loss of junior midfielder Samantha The second half continued the trend of Conn, who went down in the 32nd minute with solid defense and intermittent offensive pres- a season-ending knee injury. She is the second sure from both sides until the 61st minute Owl starter, along with sophomore midfielder when UCF senior forward Roberta Pelarigo Anne Candee, to be out for the season. sprinted past the Owl defense, received a pass Rice (9-1-1, 1-1 C-USA) now travels to from teammate Hanna Wilde, dodged senior Colorado Springs, Colo, to face off with Colo- goalkeeper Amy McClintock and hit the back rado College tonight at 5:00 p.m. This is the of the net for the game-winning goal. Tigers' inaugural year in C-USA after being Rice had a promising opportunity to tie an independent in Division 1 last season. 'ITie the game. In the 75th minute, freshman program has 27 winning seasons in 32 years defender Kellen Schugart sent a corner of existence, including national championship kick in front of the keeper's box that senior appearances in 1980 and 1989. Colorado Col- defender Laura Barber headed on goal, but lege just had its own unbeaten streak stopped the shot was cleared out of the area by a last weekend when it fell 4-2 to Southern UCF defender on the goal line to preserve Methodist University in Dallas. the win. Because of the Tigers' experience with Divi- Huston said losing for the first time may be sion I opponents, head coach Chris Huston said a positive experience for her team. the Owls cannot afford to take them lightly. "It would be great to have a perfect season • ijMppppMlg "I think it will be good for our girls," Hus- with no losses," Huston said. "In another light, MARSHALL ROBINSON/THRESHER ton said. "They won't go out with an attitude it's like taking a load off our back, and now we Freshman midfielder Stephanie Crain filled in for injured junior midfielder Samantha Conn in saying that, 'We'll beat them,' because we've can just go play soccer." Sunday's 3-0 win over Southern Miss. Crain scored her the first two goals of her collegiate career never played them. They will have to give Freshman midfielder Stephanie Crain as the Owls rebounded from a 1-0 loss to UCF at home on Friday. them respect." more than made up for Conn's absence from Following the Owls' match in Colorado, the lineup against Southern Miss (4-6-1, 0-2), pass from junior midfielder Traci Eraser to ball in the right corner of the net past theGolden they will fly into El Paso for a Sunday afternoon scoring her first two goals as an Owl. Two put Rice up 2-0. Eagle goalkeeper. The Rice defense made the game against the University of Texas-El Paso minutes after Barber scored a goal on a header The Owls led by that margin entering the lead stand, holding Southern Miss to a total (9-4,0-2) for a rematch of last year's C-USA title from a Schugart corner in the 35th minute, second half, but after just over four minutes, of two shots on goal. The match marked the game. The ()wls beat I ITEP3-<) in the title game Crain ripped a shot from 15 yards out off a Crain extended the lead to 3-0 when she put a See SOCCER, page 14 Women's cross takes second team title Volleyball rallies for thrilling by Justin Hudson kilometer course — 31 seconds amount of rest the ()wls will get all ahead of runner-up junior Callie year — two full weeks generally five-game victory over UH 'I HKKM1I-.K STAFI Wells. Daniels' dominating per- pass between races. by Dylan Farmer third-year head coach Ricci Luy- By sweeping the top three formance led her to be named Head coach Jim Bevan said ties, and led by sophomore Ashley I HKKSHIKKIHTOKIAI M AH spots and placing five runners C-USA Cross Country Athlete the impressive performance will Petrinec's 174 season kills, the Lidv in the top six, the women's of the Week, an honor she also help build the confidence of his Two days after falling to Tulane Eagles have already eclipsed their cross country team cruised to a received after winning the Rice young team as it prepares for University in four games, the wom- 2005 win total, six. by three matches, dominating victory at the Texas Invitational Sept. 9 Pre-Nationals. en's volleyball team scored its first an impressive achievement for a team A&M-Corpus Christi Islander Ereshman Nicole Meriele fin- "To be able to run one race win of the Conference USA season that only returned three starters Splash Cross Country Invita- ished third with a time of 17:58. on Saturday, come back and win Sunday. The Owls were propelled by from last year. tional last Friday at West Guth Junior Lennie Waite placed fifth another race on Friday, and to excellent play from freshman Jenni- "We've been working really hard Park in Corpus Christi, Tex. at 18:18, and junior Eaura Kelley run even better is a really good fer McClean and junior Rachel Lopez at attacking with serving and with hit- Rice won its second meet of followed her in sixth place with sign, " Bevan said. in their 3-1 victory over University ting," head coach Genny Volpe said. the season with a near-perfect 17 a time of 18:27. The Owls would The Owls also narrowed the gap of Texas-El Paso. Rice carried that "And ifwecanget our [offense] to the points, demolishing the second have swept the top five, but the between runners. In team scoring, drive into Wednesday's match with same level as our defense, it should place University ofTexas by 43. Host Longhorns' Landra Stewardson the middle runners are usually the the University of Houston, shaking be a really successful week." TAMUCC finished third in the eight- spoiled the attempt with her most important, as they are the dif- of f a first game loss and coming from In last Friday's match against team field with 76 ixiints. fourth place finish. ference in tight races. Rice's time behind for a five-game victory. 'ITie Tulane, the Owls could not muster The victory was timely for the Rice also had excellent per- between its first and fifth runners Owls (9-10,2-3 C-USA) face the Uni- the surge necessary to win the first Owls, whose next race will be formances from its non-scorers. was 1:22 at the Islander Splash, versity of Central Florida tonight at 7 two games. After trading points with Oct. 14 inTerre Haute, Indiana, Junior Susie Barrows ran the compared to 2:11 at last week's p.m. and the University of Southern the Green Wave for the majority of where the nation's top cross best race of her career, with her Griak Invitational. Mississippi Sunday at 1 p.m. Both both games. Rice eventually lost country programs will preview time of 18:38 good for lOth-place Wells said she was excited matches will be at Autry Court. ground to small Tulane rallies and the course that will be used for overall. Sophomore I>ea (iarcia ran about the team's performance and Central Florida's (5-10, 1-3 C- could never battle back, losing 30-26 the NCAA Championships in late 18:58 for 15th place, and freshman its implications as the Owls enter USA) only conference win was a 3-1 and 30-24, respectively. The third November. The Conference USA Britany Williams'time of 19:08 was the home stretch of their season. victory over Southern Miss Sept. 15. game followed the same pattern Championships, where the Owls good enough for 18th. "I feel really good about [the Since then, the team has lost four of but reached a different result. With will look to defend their title, The Owls' win is especially im- race]," Wells said. "It was excit- its last five matches, but it has had two of sophomore Karyn Morgan's and NCAA Regionals are also pressive considering the team ran ing to have our top five scorers an entire off-week to prepare for its match-high 15 kills, the ()wls stopped approaching. on short rest. The Islander Splash in the top six overall and the time visit to Rice. aTulane rally to take the set 30-27 and Junior Marissa Daniels was held only six days after the between the top five girls was a Southern Miss (9-9, 2-2 C-USA) pull within one game. The momen- notched her second individual team ran the grueling Roy Griak lot smaller this week, which will rebounded from a Sept. 22 loss to tum disappeared in the fourth game, title of the season by running 17 Invitational in Minnesota. The be good for the big races like C-USA-leading Tulsa and defeated however, as Tulane built an early 12-3 minutes, 5 seconds on the five- six-day turnaround is the shortest Pre-Nationals." Southern Methodist University and lead en route to an easy 30-19 victory. UCF in its last two matches. Under See VOLLEYBALL, page 14 0WL00K - THE WEEK IN SPORTS BY THE NUMBERS Friday 10/6 all day Women's Tennis at Rice Tennis Classic (Jake Hess Tennis Stadium) The football team has not faced Tulane in New Orleans in 7 p.m. Volleyball vs. UCF (Autry Court) Saturday 10/7 all day Women's Tennis at Rice Tennis Classic (Jake Hess Tennis Stadium) Sunday 10/8 all day Women's Tennis at Rice Tennis Classic (Jake Hess Tennis Stadium) years. On Sept. 13,1997, the Owls defeated the Green 1 p.m. Volleyball vs. Southern Miss (Autry Court) Wave 30-24 in the Superdome. Tomorrow, Rice will travel to New Orleans to face Tulane at the Superdome at 1 p.m. THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,2006 m ' mm SPORTS NOTEBOOK Soriano of Tulsa, 7-6 (4), 4-6,7-5 in MiiUer named C-USAMonday' s opening match. He then fell to Michigan's Ryan Heller 64, player of the month 6-3 in Tuesday's round of 64. Three members of the men's ten- Scheil and Harknett were the nis team traveled toTulsa, Okla. last only Owls to compete in doubles weekend for the qualifying rounds at the tournament, but they were of the 2006 Polo Ralph Lauren Ail- handily defeated 8-2 by Matt American Men'sTennis Champion- Seeberger and Andreas Weber of ship. Senior Ben Harknett, junior Hawaii in the round of 64. Ralph Knupfer, and sophomore On Wednesday, sophomore Tobias Scheil hoped to improve on Christoph Miiller was named Rice's performance in 2005, when C-USA player of the month after Robert Searle (Will Rice '06) ad- he posted a 7-2 singles and 4-2 vanced to the round of 32. All three doubles record during September. fell short, however, and the Owls He reached the A-flight finals of the were forced out of action only two Rice Invitational Sept. 10 and won days into qualifying rounds. the top-flight consolation at the The Owls' next tournament is Baylor Intercollegiate Sept. 24. the Intercollegiate Tennis Asso- In the women's Riviera/ITA ciation's South-Central Regional All-American Championships, Championships in Fort Worth, freshman Julie Chao and sopho- 'A Tex., beginning Oct. 21. more Alanna Rodgers were elimi- Scheil, unranked heading into nated from pre-qualifting round this week's competition, finished doubles 8-5 by UCIA's Tracy Lin the highest of the three in Tulsa, and Ashley Joelson. defeating 83rd-ranked Ricardo — Casey Michel COURTESY ALEX SIGEDA Though he only rushed 13 times for 54 yards In Rice's 48-14 win over Army last Saturday, senior tailback Quinton Smith was one of the Owls' leading receivers, catching 8 passes for 75 yards. Smith, the team leader in all significant rushing categories this season, is also Rice's second-leading receiver. He has 15 catches for 167 yards and a touch- down in 2006. About the only bad thing Coffeehouse could give you is bad breath. Well, now WE fixed that. IN FOCUS: FOOTBALL Select Rice individual records as of Oct. 6 Passing touchdowns, game Receiving yards, game 5 — Chase Clement vs. Army, 2006 196 — David Houser vs. Florida, 1976 4 — Vernon Glass vs. Santa Clara, 1950 175 — Doug Cunningham vs. TCU, 1976 4 — Tommy Kramer vs. Utah, 1976 171 — Jarett Dillard vs. Army, 2006 - 4 — Michael Calhoun vs. TCU, 1981 170 — David Houser vs. Texas A&M, 1976 P V" 4 — Michael Calhoun vs. Texas Tech, 1981 168 — Ben Wiggins vs. SMU, 2003 4 — Michael Calhoun vs. Texas A&M, 1981 157 — James Sykes vs. Houston, 1976 156 — Marcus Battle vs. Hawaii, 2003 Receiving touchdowns, game 149 — Doug Cunningham vs. Texas, 1976 3 — Jarett Dillard vs. Army, 2006 149 — David Houser vs. SMU, 1976 3 — Bill Howton vs. SMU, 1951 141 — Larry Davis vs. Texas Tech, 1967 3 — Kenneth Roy vs. Utah, 1976 139 — Tony Burnett vs. Houston, 1984 FOOTBALL From page 1 "I was just able to get the ball to all throw the ball away or hit the open C-USA player of the week honors for the playmakers." receiver. His numbers were also by his performance. Clement looked extremely com- far the best of a Rice quarterback Sophomore wide receiver Jarett www.rice.edu/coffeEhouse fortable in offensive coordinator this season — he was 29-39 pass- I )illard put up yet another good show- Major Applewhite's scheme, making ing, and he rushed for 64 yards ing, with 11 catches for 171 yards and 3 wise decisions on when to scramble, on 11 carries. Clement received scores, including a 50-yard strike from Clement on a deep post. He moved into a tie for first in the nation in recep- tions (38) and touchdowns (7), and he moved to third in receivingyards (511). Dillard's seven straight games with a Hiding that cold sore again? touchdown reception isals< > thekingest current streak in the nation. Schematically, Rice was able to get I )illard the ball numerous times, Center for Clinical Studies is conducting a as well as spread the ball to the other research trial to study if an investigational receivers. Senior tailback Quinton Smith had 75 yards receiving on 8 cream can prevent cold sore development catches to go with his 51 rushing yards, and junior Joel Armstrong, or shorten the healing time of cold sores, back at receiver after a brief stint replacing Clement, had 5 catches for also called fever blisters. 35 yards, and he threw a 30-yard pass to Dillard on a reverse play. Adults 18-80 years of age are invited to Graham said he was impressed inquire. You may qualify if you: with Applewhite's play calling. "1 was really proud of Major • Have had at least 3 cold sores Applewhite," he said. "I thought he called an excellent game." within the past year Rice held the ball on offense for • Are in general good health ten minutes longer than Army, which helped the defense stay fresh. One Qualified participants will receive study crucial drive occurred from the latter stages of the third to the fourth quar- related care and study medication at no cost. ter, when the ()wls strung together a 17-play, 80-yard touchdown drive that Compensation for time and travel took 8:47 off the clock. This kind of ball control let the Owls dictate the is also available. momentum, and the defense was able to hold the Black Knights to 105 yards in the second half. Senior defensive back Andray To Learn More I )owns had the biggest defensive play Please Call: Don't wait for the next cold on the nigtii — a 72-yard interception return for a touchdown. I )owns played Center for Clinical Studies the same position as IJoyd played. sore to appear, act today!! "I had mixed emotions... I knew (713) 528-88 18 Houston Dale's family wanted us to play, I (28 1) 333-2288 Clear Lake Center for Clinical Studies knew Dale would want us to play, but www.ccstexas.com that's just words," he said. THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,2006 13 Martel rolls to remain unbeaten Hanszen-Wiess rivalry resumes in Monday night's Game of the Week by Stephen Whitfield she's fast, so she made it into the Jones on Nov. 5. As one of the three end zone." remaining undefeated head coaches THKKSHKR EDITORIAI.STAFF Martel effectively put the game in Powderpuff, Gibson said he feels Three first-half scores propelled away on its final possession of the first good about his team's prospects Martel to its second consecutive 3-0 half. Two plays after an inadvertent looking ahead this season. start last Sunday, as it beat Wiess whistle nullified a 19-vard touchdown "1 think this year there's more 19-6 in the Powderpuff Game of the run by Abdelsamad, McCauley parity in the Powderpuff league than Week. scored her second touchdown of there has been in years past," he said. Coming off of a tough loss to the game to put Martel up 19-0 with 'The talent levels are similar, the Brown two weeks ago, Wiess (1-2) less than 40 seconds remaining. On coaching's very similar across the needed to get off to a quick start in its subsequent possession, Wiess board. 1 like our chances. I'm very order to compete with a Martel (3-0) advanced to Martel's 44-yard-line confident in our team, but at the same team that had outscored its first two thanks to a 21-yard completion to time, who wins the game is who plays opponents by a combined 45 points. junior halfback Natalie Gwilliam and better that particular day." However, it was Martel who got off looked poised to score. However, Wiess is now in a precarious spot. to a quick start when, on the third Smith was sacked on the next two No Powderpuff team has made the play of the game, freshman defensive plays to end the first half. playoffs in the past two years with back Lauren McCauley returned an The second half was mostly a more than three losses. If it loses interception 39 yards for a touchdown defensive battle. Wiess shut down either one of its next two games to give Martel a 6-0 lead. Martel's potent running game, against Baker and Hanszen, Wiess Wiess defensive coach Jake while Martel allowed only a five- will have three losses with Jones and Schor nick, a senior, said the intercep- yard touchdown run by Gwilliam on Sid still remaining on the schedule. tion deflated his team's morale. Wiess's final possession. But given Schomick said he hopes Wiess will "The girls were just in shock," Martel's first-half offensive efficiency, rebound from its recent slump. Schornick said. "It confused them at Abdelsamad said she was surprised "It just seems like we're a snake- first. They picked it up [later], but it by her team's inability to move the bit team right now," Schornick said. was definitely just shell-shock more ball in the second half. "We're going to take it a little bit than anything." "We [had| a lot of momentum lighter in practice just so that our Wiess settled down on its sec- [early]," Abdelsamad said. "We girls can get healthy, but they know ond possession, advancing deep might have lost that momentum that we're not giving up on them. into Martel territory on a nine-play a little bit, and Wiess might have They come out, they work hard and drive in which senior quarterback adjusted a little bit, but I don't think they play hard. Hopefully, the ball will Allie Smith converted a fourth- there was any reason for [the second- start bouncing our way." and-one. TTiat drive also ended in half decline]." Next week's Powderpuff Game of an interception, though, as junior With the win, Martel improved to the Week will feature Hanszen (2-1), quarterback/defensive back Dina 3-0 for the second straight year. Last who was idle this week, and Wiess in Abdelsamad picked off Smith's pass season, they started 4-0 before los- a game that may have major implica- at the Martel 11. ing consecutive games to J ones and tions in the playoff picture. At the 8:00 mark in the second Sid Rich. Both of those teams are un- quarter, Martel struck again, taking a defeated so far this season. Sid Rich Freshman Flag Football 13-0 lead on a 69-yard touchdown run (3-0) extended its winning streak In 'ITiursday League action, Wiess by senior running back Abby Smith. to 33 games with a convincing 20-0 (2-0) won 21-6 over Jones (1-1), and Martel head coach Brian Gibson win over Brown (1-2). Sophomore Sid Rich beat Martel by an even wider said Smith's speed prevented Wiess Marisa Gonzalez had four intercep- margin, 33-13. In the Saturday league, TAYLOR JOHNSON/THRESHER defenders from pulling her flag and tions in that game. Jones (3-0) beat Will Rice (2-0) squeaked by Brown Martel College junior Dina Abdelsamad tries to escape a defender in last ending the play. Baker (0-3) by a 20-6 score. Unlike (1-1) by a 7-6 score, while Hanszen week's 19-6 win over Wiess. Martel improved to 3-0 to remain atop the "Half of the touchdowns in last year, when they had to play Jones (1-1) won 25-6 over Lovett (1-1). Powderpuff standings, while Wiess remained in fifth place. Powderpuff are from missed flags," and Sid on consecutive days, Martel Gibson, a resident associate, said. will face the two finalists on separate "They missed [Smith's] flag, and weeks — they face Sid on Oct. 22 and SOCIETY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 40 TH ANNIVERSARY Season POWDERPUFF STANDINGS: WEEK 3 Team Record Point Diff. Last Week Martel 3-0 58 def. Wiess 19-6 Sid Rich 3-0 51 def. Brown 20-0 Jones 3-0 40 def. Baker 20-6 Hanszen 2-1 -12 idle "Scorching Wiess 1-2 -7 lost to Martel 6-19 screamingly tunn® Brown 1-2 -34 lost to Sid 0-20 .The London Observer Will Rice 1-3 -36 def. Lovett 19-12 Lovett 0-3 -25 lost to WRC 12-19 Baker 0-3 -35 lost to Jones 6-20 WE WANT ALL STUDENTS TO RUN, BUT PLEASE REMEMBER... 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(Fengmeier kick) Final Stats UH Rice Final Stats TU Rice BY THE Fouls RU — Juist 42 field goal Kills 76 82 Kills 64 57 Offsides Army — Trimble 21 pass from Pevoto (Miller kick) Errors 33 36 Errors 28 37 RU — Oillard 5 pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick) Attempts 238 244 Attempts 196 192 RU — Fangmeier 34 field goal RICE 0.1 CENTRAL FLORIDA Attack Percentage .181 .189 Attack Percentage .184 .104 RU — Dillard 9 pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick) Assists 72 79 Assists 59 756 sept. 15-17 Sept. 29,2006 — Rice Track/Soccer Stadium Service Aces 4 7 Service Aces 5 2 Final Stats Rice FSU Digs 106 118 Digs 89 88 Rice (8-1-1): McClintock; Coralli, Schugart, Barber, B. First Downs 25 17 Blocks 11.5 11.0 Blocks 13.0 16.0 Martin,Petric,Conn, Serrano,Ostendorf, Scott,C.Martin; Rushing Yards (net) 128 140 Substitutes: Crain, Fadool, Stanley, Lucas. Robbins, Passing Yards (net) 329 162 Wong, Fraser. Individual Stats Individual Stats Total Yards 457 302 Kills Kills Return Yards 51 156 UCF(5-4-1): Manis; Moore. Hopkins, Kravec, De Leon, UH — Farmer 31, McAnelly 15, Misa-Uli 13 TU — Vlaskovic 18, Radosevic 17, Wells 12 Punts Avg. 1-0 OO Thomas, Decespedes, Withers, Bilby, Pelarigo, Whid- Rice — Bogan 19, Kuykendall 17, McClean 16 Rice — Morgan 15, Kuykendall 15 Time of Possession 34:12 25:18 den; Substitutes: Y. George, Orr, S. George. Wilde, Assists Assists McCain, Wing, Schooley. UH — Schulle 60 TU — Lindelow 25, Rebrovic 26 Individual Stats Rice — Lopez 69 Rice — Lopez 48 Assists: Pelarigo. Rushing Digs Digs Cautions: Thomas 82'. RU — Clement 11-64, Smith 13-51, Ugokwe 3-7. UH — Calhoun 29, Farmer 20, Schulle 15 TU — Miller 26, Radosevic 22, Lindelow 11 SOCCER Ejections: none. Army — McMahand 12-90, Moore 7-29, Dace 3-11. Rice — Kirk 34, McClean 20, Lopez 16, Dennemann Rice — Kirk 23, Holderness 18, Lopez 15 Viti 1-9, Robinson 3-7 Frye 1-3. 16 Passing Attendance — 556 Rice SM RU — Clement 29 39-0 299, Armstong 1-1-0-30. Attendance — 350 RICE 3-0 SOUTHERN MISS Shots 10 7 Army — Pevoto 12-22 1-140, Williams 2-8-0-22. Oct. 1,2006 — Rice Track/Soccer Stadium Shots on Goal 5 4 Receiving 3 5 CROSS COUNTRY Saves RU — Dillard 11-171, Smith 875, Armstrong 5-35, UTEP 1 RICE 3 Rice (9-1-1): McClintock; Coralli, Schugart, Barber, B. 3 3 Oct. 1, 2006 — Autry Court, Houston, Tex. Corner Kicks Henderson 4-27, Wardlow 1-20. Martin, Petric, Fadool, lucas, Scott, Ostendorf, C. Martin; 7 16 Fouls Army—Trimble 6-7 3, Dunn 3-26, Maehler 2-22, Anderson 2006 ISLANDER SPLASH Substitutes: Serrano, Crain, Stanley. Wong, Ross, Offsides 0 1 Fraser, Jaggers. 1-17, Hill 1-14, Viti 1-10. UTEP 25 30 31 18 Sept. 29, 2006 — Corpus Christi, Tex. Rice 30 28 33 30 Attendance — 31,597 Women's Team Results: SM (4-6-1): Co*; Hutton, Bunyard, Warmington, Ryan, FOOTBALL 1. Rice University 17 Planells, Silovsky, Hamrick, Turner, Barkley, McFadden; 2. University of Texas 60 Substitutes: Defatta, Picado, Hrapmann, Hopkins, Final Stats UTEP Rice 3. Texas A&M - CC 76 Stephens, Brennan, Hamlin, Kolts. RICE 48 ARMY 14 VOLLEYBALL Kills 62 83 4. Sam Houston 87 Sept. 30, 2006 — Michie Stadium, West Point, NY Errors 27 23 5. Texas A&M Kingsville 147 Attempts 228 216 6. St. Mary's University 165 Assists: Lucas, Schugart, Fraser. 7. Texas Lutheran 190 Cautions: McFadden 46'. Rice 14 17 17 48 MEMPHIS 2JUCE 3 Attack Percentage .154 .278 Oct. 4, 2006 — Autry Court, Houston, Tex. Assists 57 79 Ejections: none. 0 Women's Individual Results m FSU 7 7 14 Service Aces 5 5 Digs 96 120 1. Marlssa Daniels Rice 17:05 Rice SM Army — Pevoto 2 run (Miller kick) Houston 30 26 32 30 12 17.36 Blocks 3.0 9.0 2. Callie Wells Rice Shots 15 5 RU— Wardlow 20 pass from Clement (fangmeier kick) Rice 27 30 34 23 15 3. Nicole Merlcle Rice 17:58 Shots on Goal 7 2 RU — Dillard 50 pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick) 4. Landra Stewardson UT 18:14 Individual Stats Saves 2 4 RU — Wall 1 pass from Clement (Fangmeier kick) 5. Lennle Waite Rice 18:18 Kills 6. Laura Kelley Rice 18:27 UTEP — Murphy 21, McAnelly 17, Chavez 11 7. Allision Ferries SHS 18:30 Rice — McClean 21, Morgan 17, Bogan 16, Bou- 8. Lydia Kimeli TAMU-CC 18:33 lavsky 14 9. Larkin Geyer UT 18:33 Assists 10. Susie Barrows Rice 18:38 UTEP — Smith 53 POWDERPUFF PREDICTIONS: WEEK 4 15. Lea Garcia Rice 18:58 Rice — Lopez 65 T17. Britany Williams Rice 19:08 Digs T22. Claire Shorall Rice 19:45 UTEP — Reyes 25, Chavez 23, Murphy 15 Stephen Taylor T24. Amanda Reineck Rice 20:02 David Brown Evan Mintz "News" Rice — McClean 30, Kirk 29, Lopez 25, Morgan 19 Whitfield Johnson These boxscores brought to you by: E.I.C. Opinion Guy Who? What? Mary Draper likes the Cowboys and so should you Sports Editor Photo Bum TULANE 1 RICE 3 the Waltz and 3/4 time Sept. 29, 2006 — Autry Court, Houston, Tex. Mardi Gras is October 20... be there More stuff in this box Tulane 30 30 37 30 It's 6:42 a.m. — where would you rather be? Clean sheets and a comfy pillow Sid Rich Rice 26 24 30 19 Sleep vs. Sid Rich Sid Rich Sid Rich Sid Rich Lovett Lovett SOCCER Wiess Baker From page 11 Wiess Sows! Wiess Wiess vs. "FTW!" Baker 8th shutout in 11 chances for the Owls, opportunity," Huston said. "They're one fewer than Rice totaled in 2005. going to be given a chance to be Will Rice Huston said that with key upper- given some serious minutes. 1 don't Jones classmen out with injuries, the fresh- think anyone is just going to throw vs. Jones Jones "I'm the Jones Jones men and upperclassmen substitutes the towel in. I think one thing that Will Rice dissenter" will get more minutes. this team has done is when faced "For those players that are going with adversity, this team has come to be getting more time, this is an together." Martel Martel vs. Martel Martel BSWB "is not a Brown Brown college" VOLLEYBALL Hanszen From page 11 Hanszen vs. Texans Wiess Tie Hanszen "In triple OT" "/ live there" taking the game and the match. Boulavsky with 14, and Rachel Lopez Wiess* The Owls were led by Morgan made a new career record with 65 *denotes Thresher Game of the Week and senior Tessa Kuykendall, who assists in the match. Rice's defense also had 15 kills, and by freshman was stellar, recording 120 total digs. Natalie Bogan, who had 9 blocks. McClean had 30, tying the fifth-best McClean recorded a team-best .364 single match effort in Rice volleyball hitting percentage, and Ix>pez again history. Ijbero Yvette Kirk was a led the team with 48 assists. close second with 29 digs, and I .opez Against UTEP on Sunday, the finished with 25. The two were named Owls again found themselves in a Conference USA defender and setter close game one, but thanks to a Mc- of the week, respectively, after solid Clean kill and four straight points performances against Lamar last on her serve. Rice pulled away to Wednesday and Tulane on Friday. take a 1-0 lead. Game two was also a "Yvette has really stepped up her close battle after UTEP broke open game," Volpe said. "She's taken con- a 25-21 lead. Rice crawled back to trol of the floor and really become within one point at 29-28, but the a stabilizing force. Rachel has also Miners recorded a final kill to save improved in confidence, and she's the game. Game three went into doing a really nice job. It's good to extra points, after UTEP forced see them both get recognized." a 29-29 tie, but McClean's eighth Wednesday evening, the Owls kill of the game gave the Owls a and Cougars traded blows for the SiW 30-29 lead, and they went on to win first two games, heading into the a 33-31 game. Rice sealed the vic- break with the match score tied 1-1. tory with a 30-18 win in game four, The third game looked to be a blow- burying UTEP under a .455 hitting out as Houston built a 16-10 lead, percentage in the frame. but Rice tied the score at 20, and a Volpe said the team's in-game ad- series of traded blows finally ended justments improved against UTEP. with a McClean service ace and a "UTEP started making some 34-32 Rice game victory. Houston adjustments, and we had an answer came back in game four, opening QUALITY M QUANTITY. with our defense," she said. "We with an early lead and holding on adjusted and they adjusted until it to force a deciding game five — a was just a defense battle, and we situation Rice has been in nine happened to outlast them." times this season, but the Owls McClean led the Owls with 21 held on, finishing the game with a kills, followed by freshman Jessie 4-1 rally to secure the match. BIG 0URRITOS. O Cl/lipotle thresher-sports@ricetedu FANNIN Sc DRYDEN THE RICE THRESHER CALENDAR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,2006 15 of you have been to the pep candidates Republican Martha rallies before and know it is Wong, Democrat Ellen Cohen, a chance to meet players and and Brown College junior SUBMIT AN EVENT CALENDAR coaches, and they look forward Deadline is Monday at 12 p.m. Libertarian Mhair Dekmezian. oct7 6-13 to the chance to meet you. prior to Friday publication. 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