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Aiwy44, At.A: Wide, Ollaid rganization 9 xas 1ric:rRICE UNIVERSITY WINTER 1997 Doctor of Doctrines Znalie4e, mA- aiwy44,aIdilldeAdeadinfat.a: wide, ollaid N IDE THIS ISSUE: A LOOK AT DUNCAN HALL Imo - . !NW* k ' V& • . 3• gvi..!k saL. 1 BY THE NUMBERS A LOOK AT THE RICE UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 2000 NUMBER % OF CLASS ARCHITECTURE 28 4 MALE 10 1 FEMALE 18 3 ENGINEERING 207 31 MALE 147 22 FEMALE 60 9 HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES 211 31 MALE 98 14 FEMALE 113 17 MUSIC 20 3 MALE 8 1 FEMALE 12 2 NATURAL SCIENCES 209 3 1 MALE 98 15 FEMALE 1 1 1 16 TOTAL 675 100% MALE 361 53% FEMALE 314 47% 1 FEATURES BUILDING A REPUTATION 12 A look at spectacular Anne and Charles Duncan Hall, the new home tOr computational engineering at Rice. • • --CHRISTOPHER Dow DOCTOR OF DOCTRINES 14 How do we bring peaceful resolutb volatile encounters with apocalyptic theologies? Phillip Arnold may have some answers, and one is understanding. —DAVID D. MEDINA UNUSUAL LIES THE HEAD 20 Rice has a different sort of attitude Thou home ing queens and kings. Remember the Creature? DEP AR T MEN T S AVID K ARLAN STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT 24 RETURN ADDRESSED Rice astronomers have made a galaxy of thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope. THROUGH THE SALLYPORT 4 --LIA UNR AU ON THE BOOK SHELF 10 WHO'S WHO 33 SEs E. ACADEME 34 SCOREBOARD 36 ALUMNI GAZETTE 37 CLASSNOTES 42 COVER PHOTO BY TOMMY LAVERGNE WINTER '97 1 FOREWORD THINKING Sallyport WINTER 1997, VOL. 53, NO. 2 In this issue ofSallyport, we invite you to join us on a cruise that will take you from WE ublished by the Dtvision the intriguing vaults ofthe newest building on campus,to the Orion Nebula and Up beyond, then back to campus—to Lovett coordinator Kelly Harp's desk drawer. EDITOR tic)] hristopher Anne and Charles Duncan Hall, the new home for computational engineer- inci ing, is like a gift whose colorful wrapping is on the inside. Certainly, no other as ART DIRECTOR building on the Rice campus has quite as bright and diverse an interior, but the Te; kfr COX scri analogy goes deeper. It implies that the world is a gift that will be opened from me EDITORIAL STAFF within by those who struggle to understand its workings. Who knows what worlds le: Suzanne Christensen, associate editor bei David 1). Medina '83, staff writer of surprise and wonder await discovery inside Anne and Charles Duncan Hall? eve Tracey Rhoades, dassnotes coordinator Stockholm, Sweden, is another significant stop on our itinerary. There you Stacey McDaniel Martin, production assist all) will experience the stately splendor ofthe Nobel Prize awards ceremony and join 1 OESION AAAAA in congratulating our Nobel laureates Robert Curl and Richard Smalley as they Ric Christine Jackson, designer alu TORMly I 2VErglIC, pbouturapber are honored for their contribution to knowledge and human potential. i photographer Jell low, assistant Then it's off to the far-flung reaches of space as Rice astronomers escort us on a Hubble-eye view of the cosmos. Robert O'Dell, Patrick Hartigan, and THE RICE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS Reginald Dufour have been studying nebulae and the incredible starbirthing and /r,et,aa. I, William Barnett, Ji.iir, I. 1). Buck) AishoLisc I). KEllt Anderson, James A. Baker, Ill, Let planet-building phenomena that occur in these immense and fascinating cosmic Burton J. McMurtry,Constantine S Nicand not: James A. Elkins, III, Albert N. Kidd, clouds of dust and gas. Our journey continues with Edison Liang, who takes us Lummis, Jr., Robert R. Maxfield, Robert C. .51 N.e, I M. Reasoner, William N. Sick. Alumni Governor,: Matt even farther out in his search to understand the origin and mechanism ofgamma Gorgc.., IV Bernard Pieivir, (ins A. Schill, Jr., Stephen It Smith, ray bursts that seem to emanate from beyond our galaxy. Before our spaceship ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS returns to Earth, we pass Mars for a look at alumnus David McKay and his Malcolm Gillis, president; David H.Auston, provost; Zenaido momentous announcement that he and his team have discovered evidence that Camacho, vice president for Student Affairs; Kathryn R. Costello,vice president for University Advancement;Dean W. life once existed on the red planet. Currie, vice president for Finance and Administration; G. Anthony Gorry, vice president fiir Information Technology; Back on Earth, we pause just blocks from Rice to meet alumnus Phillip Scott W. Wise, vice president for Investments and treasurer. Arnold, who studies phenomena that are, perhaps, more perplexing than those SALL YPOR EDITORIAL MOAN° found in outer space. Arnold explores the inner space of apocalyptic theologies John B. Boles '65, David Butler '80, Edic Carlson-Abbey, Chandler Davidson, Rachel Giesber '89, Donna Martin '57, and the ethics of religious freedom, and he has developed an understanding of Sara McDaniel '71, Karen Hess Rogers '68, Rebecca Greene Udden '73. &officio: Kathryn R. Costello, vice president Sir these groups that may positively affect the ways that law enforcement officials University Advancement,Scott Biddy'86, associate vice presi- dent for development and alumni affairs, Janet McNeill, approach potentially explosive situations like the Montana Freemen standoff. assistant vice president for public affairs, Ann Greene '71, LE director of alumni affairs, Jeff Cox, director of publications, Please remember as you disembark on the Rice campus that extensions arc Christopher Dow, manager of editorial services, Richard II. Stephens '56, president of the Association of Rice Alumni, available as we explore some ofthe latest research from Rice faculty and visit other Ti Karen °strum George '77, president-elect ofthe Association news of interest. Oh, yes, and what's in Kelly Harp's fi) of Rice Alumni,Stephanie Wardwell, president ofthe Gradu- desk drawer? ate Student Association, Maryana Iskander, president of t You'll have to read "Unusual Lies the Crown" to find that out. Student Association. Fa1 th stein published quarterly by the Division of LI Advancement of Rice University and is sent to university de alumni, faculty, staff, graduate students, parents of under- C)/644-e graduates,and friends. Editorial offices:Office ofPublications, 5620 Greenb6ar, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77005. Mail- in ing addre.cr: 5620 Greenbriar, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 47. E-mail:< P( Usually, editors are pleased when real-world events validate articles that CI er o untary sit ecoptions to laiirpto r are as' appear in their publications. But not always. Our cover story this issue is on suggested ,untributunt. Wi Phillip Arnold and his study ofcult behavior, and, as we were going to press, PI leo Send address changcs 8i/ff news spread that thirty-nine members of Heaven's Gate, a religious cult, had Wi Puhlica000s, 5620 (;0,1111031-, Suitt: 200, H in 7700Fd taken their own lives in California. This sad incident once again focuses re2 national attention on aspects of human behavior that many of us find not only WI ,5;1997 RICE UNIVERSITY :4 HALL rpowr IS PRINTED ON RECYCLED P puzzling but a bit frightening. It also makes us grateful for the diligence and hr compassion of scholars like Phillip Arnold. Sc le ci 2 Snit RETURN ADDRESSED rou from WE MOSSED UP hula and MORE ON GARSIDE drawer. Upon browsing through your publica- tion, Sallyport, Fall 1996, I noticed an I would like to commend Daniel Sullivan on his terrific article "And with Him,the ngineer- incredible erroneous statement presented Empire"(Summer 1996),which was particularly meaningful for me.As a teenager, io other as fact. The article "The Birds and the I had two history teachers who are permanently linked in my mind because they but the Teas (and Black Jack Pershing)" de- were outstanding and also had similar names. Charles Garwood was my seventh- scribed Spanish moss as a lichen. Spanish American history teacher at St. John's School in Houston ed from grade from 1965 to moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is one of 1966. His love of history and sense of humor are still memorable over thirty years t worlds Texas's two native bromeliads, ball moss later. Mr. Garwood is still teaching at St. John's. My daughter was privileged also n Hall? being the other species. They are not to be in his classes in the seventh grade and,just last semester,for tenth-grade civics. iere you even closely related to lichens. Addition- When I began Rice as a freshman in 1971 and enrolled in world history, I was ally, they are epiphytic, not parasitic. amazed to have a professor with a similar name, Charles Garside, whose love of and join I did not have the privilege to attend history and sense ofhumor are equally memorable twenty-five years later. Contrary • as they Rice, but that doesn't mean non-Rice to Mr. Sullivan's portrayal of fifteen years later when Dr. Garside was ill, during alumni cannot read. 1971-72 he was vigorous physically and intellectually and brought a sense of DAVID W. WARREN the classroom for scort us excitement to each lecture. He was always available outside Houston, Texas discussions. His was my favorite class at Rice. an, and One day in late 1986, I was making the rounds at St. Luke's hospital and ing and accidentally came upon Dr. Garside's chart. Since I had not seen him in over twelve cosmic years, I intruded upon his privacy, knocked on his hospital door, and walked in. I was startled by his bearded, gaunt figure, which was a contrast to the clean-shaven, takes us overweight person I remembered. As I started to apologize for the visit and before gamma I could introduce myself, his face brightened as he said,"Randy, how nice to see aceship you." I couldn't believe that he remembered the name ofone ofhis many freshman told him how much his and his students so many years later.
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