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thVOLUME XCVI, eISSUE NO . 5Ric STUDENT-RUe N SINCE 1916 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 RPC increases budget 1

BY MARGEUX CLEMMONS THRESHER STAFF

Rice Program Council will see ma- jor internal changes this year, starting with a budget increase from $35,000 to $130,000. This budget will cover RPC's expanded roles, including the Passport to Houston program, for- merly operated out of the Center for Civic Engagement, planning Home- coming and Willy Week concerts and organizing President David Leebron's and Dean of Undergraduates Robin Forman's study breaks. The increase in funding is part of efforts to include student involvement in planning large-scale Rice events and programs, Director of the Student Center Boyd Beckwith said. The three-year-old Passport to Houston program operated out of A student walks past an uprooted tree near Hanszen College's old section. This was just one of a number of trees the President's Office for its first two Tree Damage brought down by Hurricane Ike's winds. Rice also sustained building damage and power outages. See story, page 8. years and came under the wing of the Center for Civic Engagement last year. In response to the CCE's desire to form a student advisory board for the program, the university instead reas- MSA petitions for GoCrossCampus back signed the program to the RPC Arts 81 Entertainment Committee. As a result, the committee's budget increased from $6,000 to $48,000 this year. more tetra points for more virtual battles "Instead of trying to keep up this extra framework [of a student advi- BY JOSH RUTENBERG agreed to increase the allotted tetra BY RACHEL CARLSON tem and appeals to people who don't sory board], (having RPC run the pro- FOR THE THRESHER points from 50 to 65. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF normally engage in inter-college con- gram] gives students more input into This is not the first time H8tD has tests like intramural sports. both big Rice Night Out Events as well For some students, fall means a addressed the issue of Ramadan with This Monday, the residential col- "Within the college system, there's as the discounted events RPC origi- return to school life, colder weather the on-campus meal plan. In fall leges will form armies and the cam- more to it," Landry said. "It brings nally organized," Beckwith said. and football. But to some Muslim 2004, H8JD began a reimbursement pus itself will become a battlefield as out rivalries; last year. Will Rice and RPC plans to change the way students, this time of year is one for policy for on-campus Muslim stu- GoCrossCampus, a virtual war game Jones were against each other from Passport to Houston distributes sub- fasting, forgiveness and prayer, as dents observing Ramadan, Residen- analogous to the board game Risk, the very start [...] An online game is sidized and free tickets to the Hous- they observe the 30-day Ramadan tial Dining Manager Julie Bogar said. launches into its second year at Rice. one of those things where reputation ton Symphony, Alley Theatre and period. Since Muslim students who This policy added 50 tetra points to In GXC, student players log on to a in the college, or whether someone is other Houston events. In past years, fast during Ramadan are unable to students' accounts and ensured that Web site and acquire virtual armies, an athlete or not, doesn't really mat- cultural committee heads passed out eat during the serveries' normal op- serveries provide a breakfast bag, a which they build and direct strategi- ter. If you're enthusiastic about it and tickets directly to residential colleges, erating hours, Housing and Dining prepared breakfast for students to eat cally in a campus-wide war lasting want to make a commitment, anyone but this year, the heads will compile has been working with the Muslim before dawn in accordance with Ra- several months. Founded by Yale Uni- can become a commander." a list of interested students, who will Student Association to make special madan. RCMAC considered crediting versity students and piloted at Rice be responsible for picking up their accommodations. After discussions money to the MSA, crediting money last year, the game serves as a new tickets at the information desk in last week, a university oversight back to students' accounts, and pro- channel for college system rivalries. 44 the Rice Memorial Center. RPC plans committee agreed to add 65 extra viding credits to the bookstore. In the The game's Web site includes a to maximize student attendance tetra points to Muslim students' end, doubling the amount of tetra detailed map of the Rice campus, An online game is one at these events by making any un- meal plans. points to bridge the financial gap was upon which students place armies of those things where claimed tickets available to interested Martel College sophomore Se- the easiest compensation method. in accordance with instructions from students who were not originally on lim Sheikh led a petition to add Bogar said she meets with the college commanders. Each day, play- reputation in the their college lists, Beckwith said. 100 tetra points — 50 more than on- Muslim Student Association annual- ers read a posted battle plan from college, or whether "Sometimes we take full freight for campus Muslim students are cur- ly to discuss changes to the breakfast their commanders and are granted the tickets or the organization gives rently allotted — to the meal plan, bag program. one turn for deploying armies. Col- someone is an athlete us the tickets with the goal of fill- since Muslim students miss 20 to To be part of the program, students leges compete for campus territories or not, doesn't really ing up seats, but we don't fill them," 30 lunches in September during Ra- go through the MSA, which provides a and alternatively form alliances and matter. Beckwith said. "Then what incentive madan observance. As of last week, roster of student names and identifi- mobilize against each other, stoking do |the organizations] have to contin- his petition had gained 400 student cation numbers to Bogar, who makes inter-college competition. ue their relationship with Rice?" signatures from a Student Associa- the tetra point adjustments and allo- Rice GXC director Eastman Landry Eastman Landry Last Friday's Houston Symphony tion meeting and from SA senators cates breakfast bags to the students. said the game gained high popular- Will Rice '09 concert was the first test for the chang- at different residential colleges. This year, however, Bogar said the ity last year. Of the 40 universities nationwide that participated in the es, but the event was canceled due to Sheikh said he was surprised by program's participation has been the 99 Hurricane Ike. Beckwith and RPC are the level of support he received. lowest in its history, with 12 students game, Rice was the second-smallest working to reschedule the event. "I thought I'd only have half a on the roster. Of those, Bogar said school but achieved the second-high- Several other committees are sheet," Sheikh said, "but I brought most have not been picking up their est percentage of students participat- However, he said the average par- turning a new leaf in the way they are [RCMAC] five sheets. I was really prepared breakfasts this month. ing. Around 1,000 students created ticipant does not need to dedicate organized this year. Campuswide Pro- amazed and really surprised." Bogar said RCMAC was reluctant accounts, and 800-900 players were substantial time to the game. grams, formed this fall, is a new um- During the first week of school, to agree to the proposed 100 tetra regular participants, Landry, a Will "If you normally go to Facebook brella to house RPC, Passport and the Sheikh submitted his appeal to the points because of the calculation Rice College senior, said. Wiess Col- and waste two minutes there, why not Brochstein Pavilion Advisory Com- Residential College Management Ad- of meal plan costs. She said Muslim lege counted the most participants. waste one minute on Facebook and mittee, the latter of which is respon- visory Committee. Last Thursday, the students would only miss lunch, after Landry said GXC taps into the one minute on GXC instead?" Landry ds see RPC, page 5 RCMAC informed him that they had B see MEALS, page 4 competitive spirit of the college sys- O see CROSS, page 5

Registrar deadlines Monty Python screening Back to work INDEX Opinion 2 Today is the last day to drop a class without a If Hurricane Ike left you feeling down and In recognition of the great stress caused by News 4 fee, to add a class with a fee, to designate a course powerless, forget about it for approximately two Hurricane Ike, the university mandated that pro- Arts 81 Entertainment 11 as Audit, and to adjust variable course credit. hours tonight as you watch the 1975 classic Monty fessors not administer any exams this week or Sports 13 Head on over to the Allen Center for some last- Python and the Holy Grail. require any assignments to be turned in. Sadly, Calendar 19 minute schedule changes The show begins at 8 p.m. in the Rice Media today is our last day of a free ride. Real work re- Center. sumes Monday. Backpage 20 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,2008 2 EDITORIAL THE RICE THRESHER the Rice (Thresher ksvc rr "to ht vJrtM A HAt\6J vifcvnrtfc? Student concerns spark Recess PscAt debate about meal plans O^°TETE WITH its of At a Student Association meeting Sept. 8, Martel College U)G-\C senator Selim Sheikh proposed to the SA that Muslim stu- EFflCtfcAOf! dents be refunded Tetra points for the meals they miss dur- ing Ramadan, when they must fast from dawn to sundown (see story, page l). Muslim students are currently reimbursed 50 Tetra points, but Sheikh said the cost of the meals missed is closer to the value of 100 Tetra points. We are not going to debate here the relative merits of miss- ing a series of meals for religious reasons against missing them because one sleeps late. That discussion is too large for an editorial column, and seems better suited for another time and place. What we would like to see, however, is a re-exami- £ nation of the way meal plans at Rice are currently handled. & As it is, there is only one meal system for students who live on campus: You pay for 19 meals a week in advance, whether you eat all of them or not. The situation with Muslim stu- dents is one poignant example of why this setup might pose a problem, but one could easily imagine hundreds of other common scenarios that cause the same difficulties. Many students face conflicts of time or interest — like meetings or CRrncHL error; classes — that cause them to have to miss their meals or skip PRQCES5QR OOERlUfMb. them altogether. Ask your friends if they eat breakfast, and you are likely to find more than a few that choose sleep over early-morning sustenance. If a student has a lab that con- flicts with dinner, he essentially forfeits one meal a week. If S he has a regularly-scheduled meeting that conflicts with a few lunches a week, he loses those meals, as well. The cost can add up. If a student misses every single breakfast a day, he is losing $4 each morning or roughly $120 each month, which could otherwise go towards any- thing from books to lab fees to even plane tickets home for one extra trip. In light of the amount of money that any given student stands to lose because of normal college life scheduling con- flicts, we think Rice should give more thought to altering or # expanding the current meal plans. There are many possibili- ties: Housing and Dining could offer a pay-as-you-go system, or limited lunches or dinners like the current off-campus meal plan. Whatever happens, we would like to stress that the meal plan management needs student input. There needs to be an open forum, a publicized meeting at which students can LETTERS TO THE EDITOR thresher-ops@rice. edu voice their concerns to those people who have the power to change how the current system works. Giving students a age also limits Rice's ability to carry impacts of driving, like driving ac- fairer way to purchase their meals should be an important Amethyst Initiative out education in regards to drinking cidents, are or will be governed by priority, and, if achieved, will undoubtedly lead to more stance at Rice fickle responsibly. Furthermore, it conveys relevant laws. The point of a gen- satisfied customers. the impression that Rice will sit back eral drinking age limit is excessive To the Editor: and let other institutions actively ad- in this sense. Recently, an ongoing campaign dress an issue of national importance. Rice University already has an called the Amethyst Initiative has been From a moral perspective, a alcohol policy in which the privacy With great budget comes spreading around nearly one hundred drinking age limit of 21 is antitheti- of the student is sovereign over any colleges and universities, calling for an cal to an 18-year-old's right to vote, illegal consumption of alcohol. informed debate on the legal drinking serve on juries, and be drafted for An underage student drinking in great responsibility age of 21 ("The Amethyst Initiative," war. If we do not have enough in- the privacy of his room does not Sept. 5). In response, our president, formation and statistics on the alter the fact that he is illegally € This year, Rice Program Council's budget has increased David Leebron, has declined to sign it, necessity of the current drinking drinking. Is it too much to call for from $35,000 to $130,000 — a whopping increase (see story, tacitly saying that one of the initiative's age limit, then surely we could as- an honest, official debate about the page 1). The reason for this budget hike is that certain pro- inquiries on the current age limit's ef- sume a student's responsibility in realities of underage drinking? grams such as Passport to Houston and the President's and fectiveness is, de facto, not working. drinking instead of restricting a Leebron's decision seems to con- student's rights beforehand. From Dean's Study Breaks have been moved under the jurisdic- George Chen tradict his opinion that the drinking a logical perspective, the negative Will Rice freshman tion of RPC. Whereas in the past RPC was mainly in charge of small on- campus events like Esperanza, Rondelet and a few tailgates, Lily Chun & Dylan Farmer The Rice Thresher, the official student news Editors in Chief paper at Rice University since 1916, is pub- this year's change is huge — and it could either be a grand lished each Friday during the school year, except during examination periods and holi success for RPC or a grand failure. NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY days, by the students of Rice University. RPC has had problems getting students to attend its for- Sarah Rutledge Editor David Rosales Editor Rachel Carlson Asst. Editor mal dances Esperanza and Rondelet in the recent past, even Lauren Schoeffler dssf. Editor Letters to the Editor must be received by Cindy Dinh Asst. Editor Ariel Shnitzer/4ssf. Editor 5 p.m. the Monday prior to publication and having to cancel Rondelet for a year because of dwindling at- Jocelyn Wright Asst. Editor must be signed, including college and year if Catherine Bratic Designer WEB the writer is a Rice student, letters should not tendance and increasing debt ("Rondelet Cancelled," March exceed 250 words in length. The Thresher re Kylie Klein Designer John Michael Cuccia Editor Tiffany Kuo Designer serves the rights to edit letters for content and 23, 2007). And while we have criticized RPC for its inability Stephen Wang/lssf. Editor length and to place letters on our Web site. to choose a proper venue for a dance while keeping ticket OP-ED BUSINESS Editorial 81 business offices are prices low ("Formal Requests," March 23, 2007), we would Amanda Melchor Editor Sarah Mitchell Manager located on the second floor of the Ley Stu- like to put that behind us and look towards the great things Neel Shah Cartoonist Yvette Pan Payroll Manager dent Center: Jessie Huang Subscriptions Manager RPC could possibly accomplish with this new budget and SPORTS Gustavo Herrera Distribution Manager 6100 Main St., MS 524 Natalie Clericuzio Editor Sergio Jaramillo Distribution Manager Houston, TX 77005-1892 emphasis on student input. Yan Digilov Editor Phone (713) 348 4801 On-campus concerts and entertainment, off-campus par- Fax (713) 348-5238 ADVERTISING E mail: [email protected] ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ties, symphony and opera tickets, sporting events, museum Joseph Ramirez Ads Manager Website: www.ricethresher.org Julie Armstrong Editor trips — the possibilities are many and varied. The burden is Thomas Yeh Ads Manager Tiffany Kuo Classified Ads Manager Unsigned editorials represent the major now on RPC to go to students for ideas, to increase its visibil- COPY ity opinion of the Thresher editorial staff. Nick Schlossman Editor BACKPAGE All other opinion pieces represent solely ity and prestige on campus. With its newfound budget, RPC Ryan Stickney Editor the opinion of the piece's author. Kyle Barnhart Editor Anna Wilde Editor has the chance to make itself one of the most active and most Timothy Faust Editor The Thresher is a member of the respected organizations at Rice. What events are in store? CALENDAR Associated Collegiate Press. 3 days to go! © Copyright 2008 Only time will tell. Sean McBeath Editor Op-Ed Bush's security policies deserve praise job fairs should provide better OBSERVERS TO THIS election season significant accomplishment does of acceptable diplomatic behavior have seen that an ever-increasing our country a disservice. I myself while at the same time covertly sup- options for humanities majors mass of campaign minions, career have problems with a number of the porting aggressive endeavors of its politicians and political pundits president's policies; despite this I am non-state allies." LAST WEEK AS I browsed through my to not only create info sessions and have been cultivating an exceedingly more than sensitive to the fact that In taking the fight to the terror- Thresher, I was surprised and a bit dis- seminars that feature careers for hu- polarized atmosphere. For months his administration has succeeded in ists we have not only killed and/ appointed to discover a Career Expo in- manities majors that explore venues now, each side has been readying achieving the most important role of or detained thousands of terror- sert. Those few sheets of paper meant outside of teaching, law school and government. Bush and our unceas- ists, but we have also disrupted that it was that depressing time of year research, but also invite more diverse ingly brave men and women in uni- their organizations and financial again: not midterms or finals, not Val- organizations, especially ones that are form have made this country safer. resources, deprived them of train- entine's Day, but Job Hunting Season. looking for students with less scientif- Since Sept. 11 we have gone over ing grounds and put them on the ically-focused interests. What about 2,500 days without another terror- defensive. Further, the wars abroad inviting local nonprofit and creative ist attack on American soil. On Sept. have had the added bonus of act- groups like the Houston Museum of 12, 2001 how many among us would ing as a magnet for terrorists pre- Natural Science, the Houston Chroni- have believed this to be possible? My viously gunning for the American cle, the Alley Theatre and the Museum guess is very few. We have reason to homeland. Instead of fighting these of Fine Arts, Houston to talk about job Caroline May be proud of our country, its warriors violent extremists on U.S. soil, opportunities? These organizations and, yes, its leaders. American heroes are able to kill are probably looking for creativity, their weapons and mapping out Since the collective recognition them on external battlefields. analytical skills and effective commu- their strategies, attempting to secure of America's domestic vulnerability, By treating the terrorist attacks Amanda Melchor nication on a daily basis, and there's votes via the skillful manipulation of our government, under the leader- of Sept. 11 as acts of war rather than Not everyone approaches the expo no better place to look for this combi- rhetoric, divisive politics and hard- ship of Bush, has reinforced security as isolated criminal acts, Bush made the same way I do. While I see this fair nation than on the Rice campus. hitting inquiries. at home and, with the War on Terror- it clear that America was no "paper as another way of being reminded of As different as the candidates are, ism, has taken the fight to the enemy. tiger" (as Osama Bin Laden charac- the limits of my humanities major one similarity is their common ten- Having gone on the offensive against terized America in his 1999 interview (outside of graduate or professional 4( dency to marginalize the successes Islamic extremism, our military has with John Miller for Esquire maga- school), my scientifically-geared of our current commander-in-chief. succeeded in taking down two of the zine). Those actively hostile to the friends see it as a glowing chance of The Career Expo To be sure, the pair varies in terms globe's most notorious state sponsors United States and her interests would opportunity. The career fairs at Rice of the degree to which they disregard of terrorism: the Taliban in Afghani- pay a price. Americans are indebted are designed to cater to and pique should not... the president's achievements. While stan and Saddam Hussein in Iraq. to the work of our country's public the interests of only a select group of make humanities Senator Barack Obama and Senator In an article published by the servants who are fighting the terror- students — the future scientists and Joe Biden disparage President Bush's Heritage Foundation, Jack Spencer ists abroad and securing the home- engineers — while leaving the rest of majors... feel as leadership (indeed Biden has hinted and Ha Nguyen elaborated on the land from within. Indeed, America us with few options. though they are that, if elected, an Obama adminis- dangers posed by these types of ac- has flexed her muscles, come out When we enter Rice, we are told tration might possibly pursue crimi- complice nations: "A deadly synergy victorious and forced those with that our choice of major does not re- running a pain- nal charges) Senator John McCain is created when states like Iraq and evil intentions to take notice. With ally matter, that our professional is doing his best to distance himself Afghanistan choose to work with ter- all that the president and America's opportunities and choices are no ful professional from the current administration. rorist groups. States have resources ... valiant soldiers have done to keep longer limited and defined by our gauntlet. Yet who can blame them? Bush's that non-state actors do not have. On us safe — comfortably focused on major, but career fairs act as a shining approval ratings are quite low the other hand, non-state actors are our own lives and insignificant example of how misleading that ad- yy (though they trump Congress's poll able to operate globally and can act plights — the least we can do as av- vice can be. Most of the booths listed numbers) and "change" has become largely undetected .... This symbiotic erage citizens is recognize and thank for the expo offered information about a contagious mantra, with both can- relationship can operate undercover, them for their invaluable service to a wide range of jobs and companies The U.S. government is another didates embracing the theme. In possibly without the knowledge of this great country. Thank you! to students whose choice of focus large bureaucratic body that also this environment a rejection of the the American government. Thus, a is myopic and limited. When I look strives to scoop up the nation's best past eight years is predictable, yet state hostile to the United States may Caroline May is a Wilt Rice under the descriptions that are not and brightest; what hidden gems of to ignore and diminish Bush's most appear to be acting within the bounds College senior. science-related, the majority of them opportunity do they have of which consist of "consulting" with the odd Rice students remain disadvanta- "publishing" and "communication" geously ignorant? And while Fortune thrown in there for good measure. 500 companies like Chevron, IBM and Google gear themselves toward science and math majors, these com- Keystone keynotes mark the High Life U panies need workers with liberal arts IN THE SPAN of one weekend some- Light, grabs it for a game of Flip Favre started a football game at majors interested or experienced in time in the early 2000s, I watched Cup. Good beer was for drinking, I Lambeau Field, I stepped into my Rice students are marketing, advertising and human both A Walk to Remember with a thought, and bad beer was as use- bathroom and shotgunned a beer. shown few resources; a business's success relies then-girlfriend and the DVD of the ful as a second Rice CoffeeHouse. This weekend, after Ike finished rav- on these departments as well as their Green Bay Packers' 1997 Super Bowl The second frat brother with aging Galveston and Rice went wet examples of how main product. victory. Contented with these emo- whom I lived taught me how to shot- again, I perched on the Brown bal- A great opportunity that Career tional highs and lows, I thought I gun a beer. His lesson may have cony and shotgunned a beer. Should to be successful in Services has offered and taught in the been the greatest gift of all, even something go terribly wrong and I the professional past has been Humanities 212: Career better than the time I got Nintendo's manage to procreate and bring forth and Life Options. The course not only Paperboy on Christmas 1992. I say a child into the world, I will shotgun world without instructs students on how to create a this with absolute certainty: Nei- a beer in the ER, and I will shotgun Teach for America resume and conduct oneself during ther man nor god could hope to in- another at his or her wedding. Given an interview, but it also helps students vent a means of drinking a beverage the opportunity, I would demarcate or graduate evaluate their interests, goals and skill which could ever surpass the glories every significant event in my life by sets as well as provide them with the of shotgunning it. It is not because shotgunning a cheap beer. school. basic framework for an informational I enjoy shotgunning beers that I The beer's not the important interview. With the help of an Interest Timothy Faust praise the act so highly; in fact, the part, really: I cannot think of any yy Inventory, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was pretty square with the whole whole process usually takes me a pa- act, big or small, that cannot be emo- and other tests, the course helped me "sentimental depth" thing. How ter thetic four and a half minutes (with tionally or dramatically heightened focus my interests a bit and suggested rifyingly foolish! It is only because breaks) and often ends in vomiting. by sucking something carbonated Though consulting is indeed ana- jobs that seemed compatible with my I lived in a frat house that I have Instead, it is because a feeling out of a hole, whether it's a Miller lytical and lucrative, what other op- interest and skill sets. CSPD should try learned the painful error of my ways of insurmountable power rushes Genuine Draft or an energy drink portunities are available to humani- to offer something like this course on a and discovered the true poignancies through my nervous system as I jam or just some carbonated water. The ties majors outside of consulting and larger scale so that it can be available of life. It turns out that we humans my old bike key into the bottom of a shotgun is life's exclamation point, graduate school? When people ask to a wider variety of students and al- had it wrong the entire time: Life's beer can. To flip the can aright and but the sort of exclamation point me about my major (English) and my low students to take the initiative as emotional benchmarks don't come pull open the tab is to feel myself that can go before a sentence as post-graduation plans, three ques- they search for jobs and internships. from love, hate, trauma or success. erected above the world, brain tick- well as after it, kind of like a Span- tions always come up and usually in Students who are either premedi- They come from a can, and the only led by the enhancement of my sens- ish one, I think. I don't know if citi- this order: "So, are you going to grad cal, prelaw or predental and going to way to get them out is through the es. The acidic gush that forces itself zens of Spanish-speaking countries school? You want to teach, right? professional school or planning to greatest of all mankind's devices: by into my throat (and sometimes lungs) shotgun beers, but I'd like to believe Which law schools did you apply to?" attend graduate school already have shotgunning a cheap beer. is a Niagara Falls or an Old Smokey; they'd agree with me. This kind of view of liberal arts majors their support systems in place. Entire is another kind of narrow-mindedness The first frat brother with whom an awesome display of Nature's fury I've read in some greeting card departments and staff are devoted to- we never really think about or ad- I lived taught me about beer and, worthy of any ninety-nine cent post- somewhere that we're all on a jour- ward helping them meet their goals. c' "at when I can't fathom pro- as a result, turned me into one of card or family camping trip. When the ney which begins the day we're born The same cannot be said for those fessional success for myself outside those people. You know which peo- urine-colored spray makes a mess of and ends the day we die. The next with a nonspecific degree who plan of these options, what does that say ple I mean — there's one at every my shirtsleeves, as it invariably does, time you find another journeying to enter an unsteady job market. The about how humanities majors (and party. A dude, probably wearing a I am marked not with an embarrass- stranger at a party, I ask you to move Career Expo should not be a time of their interests) are seen? Rice students shirt with some sort of collar, lean ing sticky mess but a badge of virile past the brew he's holding, whether resignation that makes humanities are shown few examples of how to be ing against a wall and holding a masculinity and courage. it's Goose Island or Keystone. I ask majors a significant amount of the successful in the professional world students at Rice - feel as though they bottle label-side-out staring down A little over two weeks ago, I was you to raise your can to his (or hers) without Teach for America or gradu- are running a painful professional everyone else in the room. A beer trapped on my back in tiny Coffee- as a mutual celebration ot the tur- ate school. gauntlet. This activity should be elitist. A beerlitist. One of those House for an hour, trying to shove tre- bulences of life. Then turn your can something students look forward to guys who shows up to a party, puts mendous trays of cookie dough into sideways, jam a pen or key into its While career expos are a great ne- and can rely on as a way to get their his own personal six-pack of Three spaces much too small and banging side, and let your emotions (like the cessity to students and offer needed internship and job searches started. Floyds or Dogfish Head in the com- my elbows all over the place. Frustrat- yeast within the brew) ferment. job opportunities and networking mon room fridge, and then gets ed, I walked outside and shotgunned practice, the Center for Student Profes- pissy when some dumb freshman, a beer. Last Monday, before the first Timothy Faust is a Brown College sional Development (formerly known Amanda Melchor is a Hanszen College breath bathed in the odor of Natty Packers quarterback other than Brett senior and Backpage editor. as the Career Services Center) needs senior and opinion editor. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,2008 NEWS THE RICE THRESHER 9> Families Weekend starts Thursday

BY JOCELYN WRIGHT from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thursday and THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Friday, and walking tours of campus will be departing at 11 a.m. Thursday Families Weekend, when parents and Friday, at 3 p.m. Friday and at are invited to visit their children on 9:30 a.m. Saturday from the Sally- campus, will start next Thursday port, Muscara said. Parents are invit- Sept 25. The event, organized by Jen- ed to go to classes with their children nifer Harding, Director of Reunion all day Friday. Programs and Special Events, at the A variety of entertainment will oc- Office of Alumni Affairs in collabora- cur across campus. Wiess College will tion with Student Association Exter- host the Wiess Freshmen One Acts in nal Vice President Nicholas Muscara, the Wiess Commons at 8 p.m. Thurs- will emphasize the leadership quali- day, Friday and Saturday. Baker Col- ties of Rice students this year. The lege will host Baker Blues, its annual m theme is "Rice Students. Leading. Lo- public party for students and parents, cally. Globally." at 10 p.m. Friday. Spontaneous Com- Muscara, a Martel College sopho- bustion and the Philharmonics will more, said this year's Families Week- also be performing during Families end would be more centered around Weekend. There will be powderpuff a theme than last year's, when the games Saturday morning. Goode theme was simply "Students." Company Barbecue will cater a tail- i

"We're trying to emphasize that gate from 2 - 4 p.m. Saturday, which • V'. Rice students are leaders inside and will be followed by the football team's Lunch is more fun Bioengineering graduate students Vincent Willard, Johanna San- outside," Muscara said. "We want to game against University of North Tex- chez-Adaras and Gidon Ofek enjoy a $5 lunch from Sammy's Cafe show that they contribute to academ- as at 4 p.m. at Rice Stadium. when it's cheap ics, scholarships, sports and all as- Muscara said the variety of stu- Wednesday. The special price is also offered today. pects of life." dent organizations participating in This year's Families Weekend is Families Weekend demonstrated food, or food that conforms to Islamic would prevent non-Muslim students €!) scheduled a few weeks earlier than what a unique place Rice is. dietary constraints. from signing up merely for the tetra re- "It shows how versatile and varied 0 MEALS last year's. Harding said Families "We've stocked frozen kosher imbursement. However, Sheikh claims FROM PAGE 1 Weekend is scheduled for any time Rice students are, both academically meals ... offered fish on Fridays dur- that, due to the method of requiring and non-academically," Muscara from mid-September to around Nov. 1 the prepared breakfast and grabbing ing Lent, matzo in the serveries dur- students to sign up through the MSA, said. "It's a testament to the type of of any given year. She said the exact a late dinner at the servery, which ing Passover, and that sort of thing," this would not be a problem. students Rice brings in." date depends on the academic sched- is open until 7:30 p.m., and saving McDonald said. "Mr. McDonald has been ap- ule, Jewish religious holidays such as Parents will have several oppor- the food to eat after dusk. Though a Sheikh said he believes the main proached every year," said Sheikh. "But £) Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, the tunities to interact with the admin- typical lunch costs $6.40, only about reason more students did not sign the no one has pushed hard enough." football schedule and fall break. istration and college masters. Presi- $2 goes toward food costs, Bogar petition was a lack of knowledge about -Jocelyn Wright contributed to this "It's been earlier and it's been lat- dent David Leebron and his wife will said. The rest goes toward staff and how the system would work and what article. er," Harding said. "It just depends on be hosting coffee in the RMC Kelley operating costs. Lounge from 9 - 10:15 a.m. Friday. how the calendar falls." Bogar said the 15 extra tetra points There will be receptions at the indi- Muscara said he did not expect for this year will have to be reconsid- vidual colleges for parents and their NEWS IN BRIEF Hurricane Ike to negatively affect ered as future meal prices change. Families Weekend. children Friday evening. All of the "You estimate a little over two residential colleges except Baker pub will remain closed until further "I think what we will see during dollars in food costs times the num- Valhalla closed will be hosting morning coffee and notice, Barnette said. Families Weekend is how resilient ber of meals ... $15 extra is effective a roundtable discussion with the Physics and astronomy gradu- Rice students are," Muscara said. for this year, but as prices and meal indefinitely college masters. Muscara said Baker ate student Aramis Martinez said "They're bouncing back, taking pride plans change, that'll have to be taken would not be participating because Valhalla, Rice's graduate he was not aware Valhalla was in Rice and all the events we had into consideration [in the future]," • Baker Blues goes until 2 a.m. and be- student pub, is closed indefinitely closed or that Rice was declared a planned for Families Weekend are Bogar said. #) cause the Baker college masters will because of noncompliance with dry campus. still happening." Residential Dining Director David be attending the party so parents can the dry campus policy that took "As far as I know, there was Registration will be open from McDonald said he is frequently asked talk to them there. effect during Hurricane Ike. Rice no announcement on the [Gradu- 3 - 8 p.m. in the Farnsworth Pavilion to offer alternative food options for A complete schedule of Families University Police Department ate Student Association] listserv next Thursday, from 7 - 6 p.m. Friday students who follow strict dietary Weekend events is available on the Sergeant Carla Barnette said the (about the alcohol restriction), so and from 8 -11 a.m Saturday so fami- patterns, such as Olympic athletes Families Weekend Web site, http:// pub violated alcohol restrictions it would imply that no one knew," lies can get schedules, guest IDs and and religious students. Two years www.ruf.rice.edu/~events/farnweek/. that applied to the entire campus, Martinez said. •) maps. The campus store will be open ago, North Servery featured halal which includes all graduate stu- Martinez considers Valhalla to Programs offered year-round in world cultural centers dent institutions. be the central location for graduate Valhalla manager David Fortu- students to socialize, acting as the nato said he could not comment equivalent to the undergraduate's New York University on the matter, but that the official use of the college commons. story was that the pub was closed "It would be a bad idea for it for renovation. to remain closed for long because The no-alcohol mandate began Valhalla is the main social center last Friday in preparation for Hur- for grad students," Martinez said. ricane Ike and ended at noon Mon- experience day. The case is currently under •Rachel Carlson, Catherine review by the university, and the Bratic, Cindy Dinh & Ariel Shnitzer

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for the Traditions Committee co- Beckwith said RPC's changes will ORPC chairs, as well as for this year's Beer give it a higher profile for students. FROM PAGE 1 Bike coordinators. "I can't imagine any Rice student RUPD POLICE BLOTTER The following Items were reported to the Rice Univer- Because the only temporary bud- not knowing about RPC events this sible for scheduling events in the TV get increase is the one-time $10,000 year," Beckwith said. sity Police Department for the period Sept. 4-Sept. 16 lounge portion of the pavilion. sum for the RMC's 50-year anniver- Beckwith said the RPC Facebook RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES RPC also formed its Traditions sary, RPC can expect its budget to re- page has jumped from 50 members to Committee this year, which will plan main stable at $120,000 in the future. over 300 members this year alone, af- Jones College Sept. 16 Drug/ Narcotic Violations Homecoming events, Willy Week, and "This is an opportune moment to ter encouraging students to vote for an both Leebron's and Forman's study add events and increase [RPC's] bud- artist for the Homecoming concert. ACADEMIC BUILDIN6S breaks. The committee's $50,000 get," RPC college representative and The METRO Q-Card program, also Continuing Studies Sept. 4 Theft budget comes from Leebron's and college Cultural Committee chair Al- part of the Passport to Houston Pro- A. P. Brown Hall Sept. 5 Theft Forman's offices and $10,000 for the exandra Espinoza said. "The changes gram and which allows students to Hicks Kitchen Sept. 6 Burglary (Clery) RMC's 50-year anniversary celebra- address RPC's goal to make people use the Houston public transit sys- tion, a celebration of Rice CoffeeHouse, aware of what it is that RPC does." tem cost-free, will also boast several OTHER LOCATIONS Willy's Pub and a performance by the Espinoza, a Will Rice College changes this year. The Q-Cards distrib- Jake Hess Tennis Stadium Sept. 9 magician Norman, whose information sophomore, said that as a Cultural uted last year which allowed unlim- Theft is available at www.normanmagic.net. Committee head she is able to trans- ited fare rides to students have been Greenbriar Lot Sept. 10 Criminal Mischief The Willy Week and Homecoming fer the events RPC does not sponsor deactivated. Since METRO could not Greenbriar Lot Sept. 10 Robbery (Clery) events include two concerts spon- to her college budget and her involve- manufacture Q-Cards for all students College Way Sept. 10 Failure to Stop and Give in- sored by the RMC and Brochstein ment in the changed RPC makes her before 0-Week, the METRO Money formation Pavilion. For the Homecoming con- more aware of opportunities in the Cards will temporarily take its place. Willys Pub Sept. 12 Alcohol Violations (Clery) cert, students can vote on the RPC's Houston community. All students may pick up a METRO Alumni Drive Sept. 16 Assault Facebook page for their preferred The next illustration of RPC's ex- Money Card, worth $10, before Tues- artists. Among the top three artists panded domain, funded through the day, Sept. 30, from their college coor- are Hot Hot Heat, Gavin Degraw and Passport program, will be a private dinators, although new unlimited-use The National. reception at the Museum of Fine Arts Q-Cards are also now available in the World-Class Elegance ... In Your Own Backyard RPC is still accepting applications Friday, Oct. 24 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. cashier's office. M 4 RPC 2008-'09 Budget Breakdown:

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accounts to prevent such usurping, to participate in the campus-specific CAMPUS SERVICE UPDATES B CROSS Landry said. He also hopes com- version of GXC, though other net- FROM PAGE 1 manders will discourage account works are accessible to players (the farming, which he said can create site includes open games like "WWII: Rice sent an e-mail Tuesday containing a number of important piec- said. "This is an open domain, and it anxiety in the game. The European Theatre"). The fall es of information regarding services for Ike victims. The Thresher is should be a lot of fun." "Last year, [account farming] round of the Rice game is expected to reporting section?, of the e-mail below: Jones College senior David Triana wasn't defined in sportsmanship end by Winter Break. r ' said the game generated high enthu- rules ... one person could control Rumors are already circulating re- Miscellaneous information: siasm amongst students last year. 20 people," he said. "If that player garding battle plans and college tac- "People loved it — it was a great went on vacation, the college would tics, Landry said. • As of yesterday, the cashier's office began cashing checks up to thing!" Triana said. "It was also a lose tons of armies. Now hopefully "Early reports show that Sid will $100 dollars with Rice ID. good pump up for Willy Week, like we'll have one person controlling rain fire from the high ground and it made Jones want to kill Will Rice one account." take the game by storm," he said. • Also starting yesterday, Rice began offering $200 emergency even more." Only Rice students are allowed "May the best college win." loans for those dealing with i mmediate needs. Contact the Human Landry said this year's version of GXC incorporates several modifica- Resources office on the third floor of the Allen center for further tions. Firstly, the rules of the game information and assistance. have been tweaked so that players must use more "energy" to move their Wi OISUKI IK** • At 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Roberta Cohen from Life- troops to non-adjacent territories. Col- ott Works will conduct group discussions about coping with Ike. leges are also equipped with a "force „ABK'8II- ' SOlilWttS I IfT'SHWf mj Meetings will be held in Fondren Library's Kyle Morrow room. field" buffer system that gives armies cuie - yjyuVHtt} SOW TEA time to rebuild after an onslaught. • Natural science laboratories and continuing studies classes (like Landry said these changes will r ESL and MLS) will resume Tuesday, Sept. 22 impact strategy by preventing the early targeting of fledgling armies, A list of all non-residential college bathrooms containing showers: which crippled Sid Richardson Col- lege last year. • Recreation Center "Last year, from the very start, it was south versus north, so [Will • Duncan Hall - 3rd floor Rice] immediately had Hanszen and Wiess," Landry said. "This time, the • McNair Hall OGSM)-2nd floor entire dynamic could change. Who knows, we might work with Martel; it • ?' # • Ryon Laboratory - 1st floor entirely depends on how command- ers want to make the game go. Even • Mechanical Engineering - 1st floor if its south versus north again, the game is different enough so we can't • Geology - 3rd floor eliminate colleges quickly." Another change is that sports- • Dell Butcher Hall - 3rd floor manship regulations have been for- • • malized, discouraging the tactic of • Rayzor Hall - 2nd floor Women's, 3rd floor Men's "account farming." Last year, play- ers who did not regularly log onto • George R. Brown Hall - 3rd floor the Web site could relinquish their account to more enthusiastic par- COFFEEHOUSE • Herring Hall - 3rd floor ticipants. Triana said some students were more subversive, hacking into FOR STUDENTS • Humanities Building - 3rd floor other colleges' listserves to gain op- BY STUDENTS ponents' account information and • Anderson Biology Lab - 3rd floor squander their daily turns. AGAINST HURRICANES The new model of GXC will police • Facilities & Engineering - 1st floor 0) • Baker Hall - 2nd floor

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ensuring an adequate supply of did not begin until after midnight. BY CATHERINE BRATIC ages to homes and businesses and Hurricane Ike began weeks ago at Hanszen College freshman Irene THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF impeded many of the city's func- Rice when the Crisis Management food and water, clearing storm tions. Immediately after the storm, Team, headed by Kirby, began to drains and backing up the univer- Mbah said some students went out- Hurricane Ike barreled through five million Houston-area residents track the storm. Dean of Under- sity's data systems. Kirby said this side to watch the sky before the Houston early Saturday morning, — 99 percent of the city — were graduates Robin Forman said the was the fourth time Rice had pre- storm hit. leaving most of the city without elec- without power according to Cen- preparations began in earnest with pared for a hurricane this year. Rice "Before the storm really began, tricity or water pressure. But Rice terPoint Energy, which estimates the first meeting of that team last conducted a hurricane simulation we went out to the sundeck and escaped the storm mostly unscathed that it could take up to a month Wednesday. two months ago, and then prepared watched the thunder and lightning, with its basic functions intact, an for full power to be restored. As of in earnest for hurricanes Edouard the wind and the clouds and the occurrence many are attributing to Wednesday night, electricity had a and Gustav. sunset," Mbah said. preparation and coordination. been restored to 42 percent of the Kirby said the preparations were For many students, staying in Vice President for Administration city. Additionally, water pressure enacted in "layers," as Rice gradu- close quarters became a party at- Kevin Kirby credited the relative lack throughout the city was initially Our buildings are ally built up stronger defenses for mosphere, with all of their friends of damage caused by Ike to good plan- compromised when the main water built to withstand. the hurricane without overreacting in the same space all night. Martel ning on the part of the university. pumps lost power. Houston Mayor early on. College Master Jerry Dickens said "The university was extremely Bill White advised residents to When people ask On the student level, much of the mood at Martel was upbeat. well prepared," Kirby said. "We drink bottled water or to boil their the emergency preparations were "At Martel, everyone was playing ft were fortunate with the way the water before drinking it due to the why they cost so administered through the colleges, games in the [North College Serv- hurricane turned out, we were ex- risk of contamination. Water pres- much to build, which acted as shelters for their ery)," Dickens said. "They didn't go tremely well prepared and prac- sure in the city was restored within students. Graduate students were to sleep for a few hours." ticed, and we just happened to have days, and Mayor White lifted that this is why. sheltered in the Janice and Robert Sid Richardson College President good infrastructure, much better advisory Wednesday. McNair Hall at the Jesse E. Jones Claire Shorall said there was a great Graduate School of Management. than the infrastructure you find White established a 9 p.m.-6 David Leebron sense of camaraderie among stu- around Houston. We're like a little a.m. curfew throughout the city un- Rice University President dents sheltered in the Sid Commons. city unto ourselves." til next Tuesday. College shelter "It was a very communal atmo- Ike, a strong category 2 hurri- Rice maintained electricity sphere," Shorall said. "I think we *1 cane, made landfall in Galveston throughout the storm and restored Each residential college sheltered even joked that we should have just after 12 a.m. Saturday and con- its own water pressure to the entire its on-campus students and also a night like this where everyone tinued on through Houston, bring- campus within days. The university preparation pro- reached out to its off-campus mem- gets locked in to the commons be- ing winds in excess of 100 mph. cess consisted of many parts, includ- bers. Beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, cause everyone was so cheery. The Those winds brought down thou- Rice prepares ing formulating policies for shelter- students were expected to be inside band going was so cute and there sands of trees throughout the city, ing students, putting up plywood, a designated shelter area in their col- was lots of mingling of people caused millions of dollars in dam- The preparation process for testing emergency generators, lege. However, the actual lockdown so it seemed like a great way to

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have a sort of Sid social function. showering and flushing toilets only They also checked to make sure Obviously we would not want to re- when necessary. all the air conditioning systems peat the experience, but it was the While the pump for Rice's well worked properly and that all of the IKE THROUGH THE WEEKEND best-case scenario for what could would normally be very difficult classrooms wore usable. Workers have happened." to replace, a new one was found cleaned up branches, cleared paths As Hurricane Ike approached Houston last week, Rice University Around 1 a.m Saturday morning, within days by Ocean Engineering, and righted fallen trees through the prepared for a direct hit, boarding up windows and making plans to the atmosphere changed. As wind a company that specializes in ex- beginning of the week. shelter students. Preparations for Hurricane Ike started last Thurs- gusts reached over 75 miles per tracting oil. Full water pressure was Kirby said the campus should basi- day, and many students — both off campus and on — stayed shel- hour, Forman gave the word over restored to campus Monday. cally return to normal within a week. tered in their residential colleges for the weekend. See the photos walkie-talkie to the college mas- Unlike most of Houston, Rice "I think largely, within a week we before for a general timeline of the events that happened through- ters that all students needed to be maintained electricity throughout the will be back to 85 or 90 percent of moved into the second tier of shel- storm. President David Leebron at- what constitutes normal, but getting out the weekend. ter areas. For many colleges, this tributed this fact to Rice's direct con- the rest of the way there could take a meant moving hundreds of people nection to a CenterPoint Energy sub- couple of months," Kirby said. into narrow hallways for the night. station through underground power "There's so much work to be Mbah said the post-lockdown lines, which are harder to disturb. done in Houston and only so many 1 environment was difficult. Furthermore, Rice sustained very people who can do it, so there's a "It was crowded in the hallway, little structural damage, Kirby said. lot of competition," Kirby said. and there was no air," Mbah said. Among the college damages, Brown Hanszen freshman Matthew Ni- College lost the top 25 feet of the Helping out eters said everyone was cramped. brick fagade from the top of the south "I think I had three or four peo- tower, Sid had a shattered window, In recognition of the work the city ple's legs on me," Nieters said. ceiling tiles were ripped off of many of Houston needs, Rice has made an Hanszen Master Barbara Morris buildings and most buildings had a effort to lend a hand to the cause. said her students looked cozy. few leaks, Kirby said. The Beer Bike track to the west of "They looked like little puppies Leebron said the lack of damage the stadium has been temporar- and kittens, all curled up together to most of the buildings on campus ily converted into a landing pad for • • for the night," Morris said. was a testament to how well they helicopters heading for the TMC were constructed. since their landing zone was dam- Storm passes "Our buildings are built to with- aged in the storm. Furthermore, the stand," Leebron said. "When peo- newly-finished Oshman Engineer- Around 8 a.m., Forman an- ple ask why they cost so much to ing Design Kitchen will be serving Workers place wood boards on Sid Richardson College's windows. nounced that students could move build, this is why." as a Triage area for disaster medi- freely around their shelter areas Leebron said even the Brochstein cal assistance teams over the next t • and return to their rooms if they Pavilion, an almost-entirely glass two weeks to help alleviate some of desired. Once the winds died down structure, was completely un- the stress placed on Texas Medical further at 11 a.m., students were harmed by the storm. Center hospitals that were already permitted to leave the buildings crowded before the storm. Some col- and survey the damage. U leges are allowing staff and associ- Morris said the excitement died ates to use their laundry facilities because of the electricity shortage. down as the hurricane continued. I think students • • "I think students discovered Rice students have been encour- what I learned about hurricanes: discovered what I aged by the Community Involve- They're long, and after the initial learned about hur- ment Center to lend a hand wher- excitement, they're boring," Mor- ever they can. Rice's chapter of ris said. "They never end when you ricanes: they're long, Engineers Without Borders has of- want them to." and after the initial fered to help restore public services For many, the biggest fear ahead excitement, they're in the area. • • of the storm was how food would be Students have been helping out provided for the campus if a hurri- boring. They never within Rice as well, coming out of AR EL SH cane struck, Kirby said. Beginning end when you want their rooms to clean up debris after Friday at noon, meals were provided the storm had passed. Many stu- Wiess College students camp out in the South Servery during the storm. for all students regardless of wheth- them to. dents helped prepare meals at their er they lived on or off campus. serveries, which were short-staffed Barbara Morris € after the storm. At dinner Friday night, prepack- Hanszen College Master aged meals were handed out to stu- Will Rice College Master Mike #1 • dents for the next day's breakfast Wolf said students were very re- F and lunch. Most serveries had re- 99 sourceful and helpful in the face of opened for a hot lunch on Saturday. the hurricane. Brown College Master Steve Cox "Students really looked around said his students were well-provid- and thought about what do we # t ed for. Classes postponed have, what can be used and how "Food was never an issue," Cox can we make this work?" Wolf said. said. "It was in abundance. The In recognition of the work that Students living off campus who base of [Brown] tower was just a still remained to be done, both at are still without electricity can con- small restaurant." Rice and in the surrounding commu- tinue to benefit from Rice's servic- Much of the servery staff stayed at nity, Rice stayed closed Monday and es. Forman said until power is com- nearby hotels during the storm so that did not resume classes until 1 p.m. pletely restored in Houston, Rice they would be able to come in the next Tuesday. In a message on the Rice will continue to offer free food and day to provide meals for students. Web site, Leebron announced that shelter to off-campus students until full power is restored to Houston. Kirby said in preparation for faculty were not allowed to give stu- Wiess College junior Caitlin Miller watches the storm before it intensifies. the storm. Housing and Dining had dents written assignments or tests However, since its budget is already purchased enough fresh food to last for the remainder of the week. Urg- stretched thin, H8;D asked students a week, and enough bottled water ing the Rice community to be flex- Monday to refrain from bringing in to last for months. ible, Leebron said faculty and stu- friends and family to share those dent absences from school would be free meals. Most colleges have out- Ike's effects excused given the circumstances. lined plans for housing these stu- Kirby said it was difficult to no- dents within the college. Although Rice has a backup well tify faculty and staff that the uni- Forman said he was impressed with that can supply 80 percent of the versity would reopen Tuesday be- students' responses to the hurricane. university's regular water needs, the cause many of them were without "I continue to be amazed at the motor on the pump to get water from electricity, making it impossible for ability of our community to pull Pe-5%* ;V that well failed and Rice was forced them to check e-mail or the univer- together in times of challenge." to continue to depend on water sity's Web site. Forman said. "Watching the way from the City of Houston. This water "Had we opened [Monday], a everyone came through, the level source, however, was under very low large number of our faculty and of cooperation, support and dedi- pressure because of limited power at staff would not have been able to cation just reminds me how lucky a Houston pumping station. For the get to work," Kirby said. I am to be a member of the com- first few days after the storm, Rice In the meantime, workers in- munity and how proud I am of students — as well as the rest of Hous- spected every building at Rice for the institution. We can take a lot of pride in the way we responded ton — were encouraged to use water hidden damage that would make Martel College students survey the damage from the 7th floor of Sid. sparingly, including refraining from it unsafe to hold classes inside. Osee IKE. page 10

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sound like a lower-pitched, easier Hellogoodbye tune, with cool vo- a INDIE cals laid simply over a synth back- FROM PAGE 11 hits ground. "We Are Rockstars," on the Bangkok Dangerous other hand, incorporates rock into that permeate it seem urgent and earnest. Mohobub, a Belizian mu- the background and synth into the sician, has a less aggressive punta vocals, kind of like The Faint. "Epic rock feel that is filled with intoxi- Last Song" sounds more like a Bloc theaters with a whimper Party number, with just a few small cating percussion and dance beats. tastes of electronic amidst the easy Why ... oh, good lord, why? What rip my eyes off of his extensions. In ev- some personality. He rarely alters his Songs like "Ital Food" show serious rock. This band, honestly, has a concoction of drugs and alcohol ery scene, I would just stare at those speech pattern and offers the audience political messages, while "Drunkin' little something for everyone. spurred me to watch this god-forsaken greasy locks and fantasize about slicing no explanation for what motivates his Man" has a great flute solo. crapshoot of a movie? Alas, pre-lke them away with a pair of scissors. decisions. I mean, the guy decided to weekend was another long and sad one In reality, Bangkok Dangerous intro- become a hitman! There must be a re- The Faint, Bloc Party or Hello- Sarah Cook is a junior at Wiess for the movies. Butt-crust cinema ap- duces us to a hitman named Joe (oooh, ally interesting story behind his choice. goodbye -> Does It Offend You, College. pears to be in full force, with Bangkok such a badass name), who goes to Most kids don't pick that profession on Yeah? Dangerous claiming the number one Bangkok on an assignment to assassi- Career Day. spot at the box office. The new Nicolas nate four people. He hires a pickpocket This four-person electro-rock Cage flick debuted with an opening to- named Kong, played by Shahkrit Yam- group from Reading, England took €4 O SWIRLL tal of $7.8 million, just barely beating narm (Bicycles & Radios), and befriends their name from the British version FROM PAGE 12 out Tropic Thunder's total of $7.5 mil a beautiful mute girl (whose character of the hit show "The Office," origi- lion. To put that into perspective, this is completely pointless) on his travels. The movie should nally named "Does it Offend You, worth it. Swirll is a welcome alter- was the worst weekend box office total Yeah? My Drinking?" 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Shahkrit Yamnarm Yes We Hurrican: 99 In my opinion, the only thing worse Joe predictably takes Kong un- Places we think are open after Ike than a movie starring Nicolas Cage is der his wing because he sees him as After walking out of the theater, I an action movie starring Nicolas Cage. a younger version of himself. Kong was even more shocked when I dis- He's only made one awesome mo\de in awakens Joe's conscience by asking covered that this movie was a remake the action genre (The Rock), and since if the people he kills are actually bad of the Pang Brothers' same freaking Brennan's burned down, Valhalla is closed and then, he has disappointed time and people. Wow, really? It took him that movie from back in 1999. Not only was KTRU is only broadcasting on 91.5, but Houston is time again (Next, Gone in 60 Seconds long to feel some remorse for being a that film much more successful, but and Ghost Rider come vividly to mind). mindless killing machine for corrupt the hitman was deaf and mute! Now resilient and you're hungry. Here are a few nearby Needless to say, my expectations were gangsters? The real drama begins that is really original. Due to his dis- incredibly low when I enteied the when Joe is faced with the difficult de- abilities, the hitman could never hear grubs and hubs doing their best to serve you empty theater. cision of assassinating a popular poli- his victims plead for their lives and First of all, what the hell was up tician, beloved by the local people. it made him a fearless, unflinching before the curfew sends you home (or wherever with his hair? His wig looked like it was Cage is absolutely horrible in this assassin. Wow. My advice is to skip made out of Bigfoot's ass crack. The role. While a lot of the blame should this movie entirely and go to the local you're sleeping). • • movie should have been a documentary be put on the poor script and direction Blockbuster to rent the original. on how horrible Cage's mullet looked. I by the Pang Brothers (The Messen- would have paid the same amount to gers), Cage should have enough acting Faheem Ahmed is a senior at Baker see that. And as ugly as it was, I couldn't experience under his belt to give Joe College. f if 4 1 What do you want to do after Rice?

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by Brody Rollins Last Saturday, the Owls were THRESHER STAFF at a disadvantage almost from the opening whistle. They were miss- The football team outgunned ing four defensive starters who were Vanderbilt University early before out with injuries, and senior defen- running out of ammunition in the sive back Brandon King was also second half of a 38-21 loss Saturday injured during the game. In light night. Rice gained nearly 100 more of the injuries piling up already so yards of total offense than the Com- early this season, and after seeing modores in the first two quarters and several players go down with prob- looked to carry a seven-point advan- lems early last season, head coach tage into the half before a late score David Bailiff said he and the rest of by Vanderbilt tied the game and the coaches will manage the players stole whatever mental advantage the with caution. 0F JSjpWg Owls had. "Last year we learned that we're The Owls are reloading for this not going to press anybody that's Saturday as they look to beat the well- not 100 percent healthy to play," rested and undefeated University of Bailiff said. Texas at 6 p.m. The seventh-ranked Against Vanderbilt, Rice had to Longhorns are 2-0 after defeating put up with a physical, punishing Florida Atlantic University and Uni- rushing attack. The Commodores' versity of Texas-El Paso. The Long- grinding style of play finally wore horns' game against the University down the Owls' callow defense in of Arkansas last week was postponed the second half as they scored on because of Hurricane Ike. the their first two possessions, accu- When the Owls step on the field mulating nearly all of those yards on tomorrow, they will be facing one the ground. of the best offenses in the nation, Rice started off the half in poor fash- led by junior quarterback Colt Mc- ion, followingupa three-and-out posses- Coy. In Texas' victory over UTEP two sion with a shanked 19-yard punt and giv- weeks ago, the Longhorns scored 42 ing the Commodores the ball at the Rice points, with four of the six touch- 42-yard line. 4 , W- , downs coming off passes from Mc- "We gave up good field position Coy. Before last week's loss, Rice too often in the game," Bailiff said. "I was tied with Texas and Texas Tech was frustrated with our kicking game, f> * ' vl • 'ft University for scoring 30 or more especially our coverage. We've been & points in six straight games. Rice practicing it throughout the week and hopes to end the Longhorns' streak we'll have to work harder at it." F ' •: this Saturday. After an incomplete pass to be- In last year's 58-14 loss, the Owls gin their first possession, the Com- ItiS gave up 560 yards of offense to Texas, modores picked up all 42 yards on which used a balanced attack of run- two consecutive rushing plays to put ning and passing plays. If the team is them up 28-21. MM M: to have a chance in this year's con- The Rice offense was able to move test, they will need to stifle at least the ball off and on in the second half Sophomore wide receiver Patrick Randolph tries to juke a Vanderbilt defender and head up the field during one aspect of the Longhorns' offense but ran into trouble when they were Rice's game in Nashville Saturday. The Commodores ended up taking the contest over the Owls 38-21. and focus on forcing turnovers. unable to pick up yards on first down. • t TCU's late-game heroics spell heartbreak for Owls soccer by Yan Digilov story. The Owls' offense repeatedly they will be hard-pressed to feel THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF failed to deliver on close plays near completely comfortable against the goal. In the 85th minute, fresh- this weekend's competition. They Escaping before the bad weather man forward Hope Ward delivered a will play McNeese State University could trap them in Houston, the strong cross in front of the net, but on Friday and No. 10 Texas A&M • ft soccer team traveled to Fort Worth no Owl could put it in for the point. University on Sunday. on Friday looking to climb up the Later in the first overtime, the Rice According to Huston, though, the regional rankings with a win over forwards managed to clear the TCU home-field advantage should provide Texas Christian University. For most goalkeeper out of the net, but missed the team with a motivational boost. of the game, it looked as if the Owls the open goal by inches. "It is going to be great to be at were going to reach that goal, but "It was a really tough result," ju- home," Huston said. "Playing in front two late scores by the Horned Frogs nior midfielder Shelley Wong said. of a home crowd excites the girls." proved to be Rice's undoing. "There were moments where we were Anyone who saw last year's « M * m The first half of the match was a playing awesome, but there were rain-drenched tie against McNeese dead heat. TCU outshot the Owls 6-4 as moments where we clicked it off." State knows that while Rice expects both teams fought for the upper hand. The front line exhibited the most a victory, the Cowgirls are not an However, it was Rice that first con- inconsistent play, falling victim to opponent that can be overlooked. nected with a goal. As Junior forward five offsides calls and repeatedly On the other hand. Texas A81M Erin Scott registered her second score playing out of form. Surprisingly, the could be the strongest opponent # ft of the year after a deflection from the Owls' makeshift back line was the the Owls will face all year. A win Frogs' goalkeeper rolled directly in backbone of the squad for most of could mean a national ranking, but front of her. the game. even a strong showing could make The 1-0 lead held until the 78th "I think the defense was prob- up for the close loss against TCU in minute of play, when the Owls' back ably the strongest part of the game," the regional rankings. line was called on a foul 30 feet away Wong said. "That will probably be our from the goal. After a deflection in the Though the Owls were out-shot best game of the season," Wong box, TCU junior Lizzy Karoly netted 30-11, the strong performance by a said. "We will come out to play for • ft the game-tying shot. defense that is still getting used to A&M. We just get really pumped for "There is a mentality that we need playing together proved to be an en- that game." I to have going into every game," head couraging sight. With five games behind them, the coach Chris Huston said. "If we get a Unfortunately, senior defender Owls are 3-2 and just weeks away from 1-0 lead, no matter how tired we are. Chandra Ewing suffered an ankle Conference USA play, which begins no matter what else is going on, we injury in practice on Sunday. Her sta- at the end of September. Performing have got to find a way to mentally tus is questionable for the weekend's well in conference games is their key stay focused." contests. to a conference championship, and Though the Owls have repeatedly "If we can learn from any loss, they hope to get enough recognition shown that they are physically capa- then it is not really a failure," Huston along the way t^ ' . ' vited to the ble of keeping up with any opponent, said. "Now we'll see going into the NCAA tournament. numerous mental lapses led to TCU's games that we have coming up if we "We are still getting votes in the Sophomore Jordan Holloway, part of the revamped Owl defense, goes second goal in the final minutes of did learn from that experience." region, and we are still a respected up for a header during the match against Colorado College Nov. 2. the match. The Owls are now coming home team." Huston said. "We just need t ft The final score told only half the after three straight road games, but those results to start falling our way." FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,2008 ff 14 SPORTS THE RICE THRESHER RICE CROSS COUNTRY2008 Combination of experienced upperclassmen and incoming freshmen could help Owls fly to C-USA championship

by Jonathan Myers at regionals, had beaten Rice at two FOR THE THRESHER meets earlier in the season. Their top runner, Shadrack Songok, who won Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc the 2007 NCAA South Central Region- across the Houston and Galveston al 10,000 meter run, is a two-time areas this past weekend, and the champion in that event and a one- howling wind and pelting rain even time champion in the 5K. He will be managed to disrupt one of the most making a return appearance against time-honored traditions of men's Rice this Friday as a graduate student cross country: the "yahoo" race. This at Texas A&M University, running for opening event to the Rice Invitational the Aggies instead of the Islanders has always been a fan favorite, be- this season. cause it gives onlookers the chance A strong core of upperclassmen tMVfft to run in the two mile competition, runners will return this year, includ- in which runners shout "Yanoo!" af- ing Robson, sophomore Brad Morris, ter the starting gun. Unfortunately an all-region runner last year, sopho- this and the other events of the Owls' more Simon Bucknell, who was also only home meet will not occur this absent from regionals last year, junior year, and the runners will focus their Brett Olson, sophomore Scott Zivick, attention instead on the Texas A&M senior Alex Solomon and freshman Invitational on Sept. 19 in College Michael Trejo, who red-shirted last Station, Tex. fall for cross country, but took sixth As competition intensifies for the place in the steeplechase at Confer- Owls in the 2008 campaign, they ence USA Track and Field champion- hope to learn from the lessons of ship last year. last year's heartbreaking finish at Warren said he does not believe the NCAA South Central Regional. that Rice has an obvious number-one * • .v'hM+tdtJtoiA' '! The team finished in eighth place, runner this year but certainly does Junior Justin Maxwell, sophomores Brad Morris and John Buck, and senior Colby Keithan hurry to take the early a mere 13 points out of the top five. not believe the fifth, sixth or seventh Head coach Jon Warren said the story runners are weak. He is focusing on lead at last year's Rice Invitational. Rice travels to A&M this weekend for their second meet of the season. would have ended on a better note utilizing the team's balance to run in had junior Aaron Robson, one of the packs during races. Sticking together team's top runners, not sustained an during races could help the team run and finish together, which is a which finished 29th at nationals last near the Buffalo Bayou more fre- injury days before the meet. pass individual runners more easily critical aspect of any cross year. The Owls were ranked second in quently in order to prepare for the "If he had run regionals, we'd and can sometimes have a devastat- country team's success. C-USA in the preseason coaches poll trails and wooded areas that will have been fifth or fourth," Warren ing psychological effect on a single Of key importance will be the in- and will certainly be gunning for the comprise the course at Penn State. said. "So we're a better team than was runner from another team. conference competition Rice has to championship at the C-USA meet on Warren hopes that these workouts reflected last year." Warren says he is very optimis- deal with, most notably the Universi- Nov. 1 in Memphis, Tenn. on the hills will help to improve the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, which tic about the kind of team he has ty of Texas-El Paso, ranked 12th in the UTEP has extremely strong top-five team's sense of footing, as many finished one point ahead of the Owls this year in terms of their ability to nation, and the University of Tulsa, runners, but should one of those five college meets are characterized by falter, it could be anyone's race to win. courses with poor stability. Tulsa may prove to be a bigger threat, The Owls' season began Aug. 29 returning most of its top runners. with the University of Houston John- "If we have a good race [at confer- ny Morris Invitational. The Owls had ence)," Warren said. "I think we have a close finish in second place, only an outside chance to beat Tulsa." two points behind the University of Rice also will get a glimpse of re- Houston. Senior Alex Solomon had gional competition in the form of two an impressive showing, finishing fifth nationally ranked teams: the Univer- with a time of 15:17. sity of Texas at Austin and the Uni- The Owls will continue their versity of Arkansas. Two senior run- season after the Texas A&M Invita- ners, Kyle Miller and Jake Morse, lead tional with the New Balance Islander the Longhorns, as well as a graduate Splash, a small race held in Corpus student, Victor Gras, a transfer from Christi, Tex. Rice will then travel north the University of to Pennsylvania Michigan. to run in the Penn Warren expects State National. A the 26th-ranked few short weeks Aggies to make a later, the C-USA strong showing this Championship will Friday, along with TEXAS A&M be held in Mem- the 22nd-ranked INVITATIONAL phis, Tenn. Unlike Razorbacks. other sports such

"Hopefully WHEN as football, basket- some doors are All Day Saturday ball and baseball, opened for us, and the cross country INTERWEBS! WHERE we can run well," season has a very College Station Warren said about "do or die" men- the A&M meet. HISTORY tality. None of the The last time the Owls ran in preliminary races . Where you can crash and get Besides this Fri- day's meet, Warren College Station was for the count towards the H your news at the same time. points to the Oct. 2005 Men's Cross Country final conference Opener. Marcel Hewamu- 17 Penn State Na- standings. dalidge and Colby Keithan tional in University "Nothing mat- Register online now and get rbe teamed up to capture the Park, Penn. as the 12,000-meter course title ters until the con- news right in your mbox. It's tike other key race for with a time of 37:19. ference champi- his team. Rice will exploring the universe from the onship," Warren most likely be the said. "If we have comfort of your own home. only team from the a good day, it's a South Central region in a field that great year. If we have a bad day, no will include loth-ranked George- matter what happened prior, it's a town University, a Villanova Univer- bad year." sity team tied for 26th in the national With that in mind, the team could rankings and Duke University. build up their confidence with a While the Rice Invitational good performance in the Texas A&M mm would have been held on intramural Invitational and the Penn State Na- fields with few hills, much like the tional. With the injuries to Bucknell flat course at Texas A&M, the Penn and Robson's forcing them literally State course is a different breed. out of the running until the Penn The scenery will be different not State National, the Owls must work only because of the different teams together to finish well, but also to wlilw.RICETHItESHER.ORG Rice will face, but it will also differ assimilate them back into the pack I in that the flat terrain of Texas will in Pennsylvania. be replaced with the rolling hills of If everything works out well, the central Pennsylvania. Owls have a successful season. News. Everywhere. The Thresher. To prepare the Owls for this meet, " Third or fourth would be great at Warren has increased the number of the regional meet," Warren said. "I hill workouts his team has done so do think we have an outside shot at far this season, taking them to parks the nationals." FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,2008 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS 15

COMMENTARY liSIti The Office of International Programs at Rice University [And now, for your reading I know he got three more rings pleasure, a scene from Lance during the first comeback, but you Armstrong's recent therapy ses- gotta remember that MJ stayed in sion in which the chatty, highly- shape as a season-long promo- critical shrink dissects Lance's tion for the Birmingham Barons. Study Abroad Fair recent decision to rejoin the Tour You've merely toured the country de France.] (including Rice!) as a spokesper- Tell me, Lance — who do you son for cancer research. Not ex- think you are? actly the most Michael Jordan? physically-ex- Sure, both erting task, if September 26, 2008 of you were the you ask me. greatest athletes And I don't of your sports, even need to re- bringing fans to mind you of MJ's their feet and Washington Wiz- 11AM-2 PM in the Grand Hall royalty to their Casey Michel ards campaign, knees. And both THRESHER STAFF although in all of your names fairness, at least are synonymous you won't have with complete success, although to team up with Kwame Brown. you never stuck your tongue out Still, Lance, who do you think when crossing under L'Arc de Tri- you are? Brett Favre? omphe. Your dedication to such a Again, I see the resemblance: unique craft was unequaled and you're both grizzled, you've both rewarded with the highest ac- fought back from terrible adversi- colades Tony Kornheiser and Mi- ty (you had testicular cancer, he's chael Wilbon could ever bestow. from Mississippi), and you can But MJ had it easy, Lance. He both draw bigger crowds than had actual teammates, net those Woodstock. punks you have out there shov- But Favre's decision to come ing rival riders to the side. He back wasn't without its share of had Pippen, Horry, Kukoc and problems, Lance. The guy's return the Worm. You have whom, Floyd was more divisive than the Iraq Landis? The guy who blamed his War and Sarah Palin's new hair- failed drug test on Jack Daniels? cut combined. There were cries Now, now, I'm not implying you of treason heard from the flow- doped, too — you offered to post ing hills of Appleton, Wise., to the your lab results online, which is snow-covered cherry trees of Osh- only fair — but to come back on kosh, Wise. And all the while the a "team" sponsored by a city in New York Jets, a team more forgot- Kazakhstan? Is this the sequel to ten than Roseanne Barr, were put Boratot something? • see LANCE, page 17

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up their fronts," senior quarterback Chase Clement said. "They started OVANDY changing between three down and FROM PAGE 13 SPORTS NOTEBOOK four down [linemen], and that was kind of screwing with some of our age will be fixed before the Colts protection. We had opportunities, we in the Stephen F. Austin ladyjack The Owls' first two possessions of the Ike forces change game, he Is not ruling out Rice's just didn't take advantage of them." Invitational this past weekend, second half ended with sacks when field as an alternative. the Owls were faced with a third and The loss at Vanderbilt leaves Rice eliminating three matches from of sporting plans "We would have to talk to them ten. By the time they got the ball for 2-1 on the season, but the Owls re- their schedule. Like Bevan, howev- at Rice, but certainly it's a large the third time, they were already main atop the C-USA standings, fol- Women's Cross Country er, head coach Genny Volpe does enough stadium that it's a possi- down 31-21. lowed by the University of Tulsa and Ranked 18th nationally in the not foresee any negative conse- bility," McNair told the Associated At times in the second half it the University of Houston. The Owls' preseason U.S. Track & Field and quences for her team. Press on Tuesday. looked as though the Owls were position in the standings will not be Cross Country Coaches Association "I really don't see any sig- Rice Stadium can seat 70,000 on the verge of establishing a solid challanged until Oct. 4 when they poll, the cross country team was nificant effects of it because the at full capacity, compared to the rhythm, only to see it interrupted by begin a string of games against con- scheduled to compete last week- team stayed together, and no one 69,500 person capacity of Reliant. a dropped pass or a sack. ference opponenents, starting with end at the Texas A&M Invitational. was really displaced," Volpe said. During Hurricane Ike, Reli- "[The Commodores] started mixing a game against rival Tulsa. The meet was postponed due to "They spent a lot of time together the storm and will take place this as a team, which was good." ant lost five large sections of its weekend instead. The Rice Invi- More than anything, Volpe said roof and sustained falling debris tational, scheduled to occur this she thinks her team was disap- on the field, forcing the team to Saturday at the Rice Track/Soccer pointed with losing the opportunity reschedule last weekend's home I The Center for Stadium, was canceled because of to compete and possibly take a win game against the Baltimore Ra- the team's new plans. at the Ladyjack Invitational. vens for Nov. 9. Skin Research Despite the delay of the sea- The team will continue on with Rice assistant athletic director son's start because of the hurri- the rest of the schedule as planned Chuck Pool said that as of Wednes- cane, head coach Jim Bevan is not and will compete in the B6SU Best day, no final plans had been made worried about the change in sched- Western Invitational this weekend for the game to occur at Rice. s??? ule and, in fact, feels the compe- at Bowling Green State University "There has been nothing in terms I Hi kJ 1 • • tition at Texas A&M will be even in Ohio. Rice will face Hofstra Uni- of any firm indication of their plans," stronger because of it. versity on Friday at 3:30 p.m. On Pool said when asked if the Texans Males aflffWmales of any race, a years, "We were able to adjust our Saturday, the Owls will play Bowl- had communicated with Rice yet with many acne blemishes training so that the period of time ing Green at 11:30 a.m. and Bing- about use of the stadium. hamton University at 3:30 p.m. Pool indicated that any arrange- (whiteheads, blackheads, small and during which the hurricane hit did not affect our training," Bevan said. "Hofstra is typically a very com- ments for the Texans to play on bumps) are needed. "Being rescheduled, it allows us to petitive team," Volpe said. "They campus would occur before the • Mi run against better competition than were in the NCAA tournament a team finished assessing the status 12-week study - 5 visits. we would have at the Rice invite. year ago. We look to them to be of Reliant. In the big scheme of things, I think competitive. Bowling Green is 9-2 "They're (...] looking at all the Office visits and investigational topical study we're going to be all right." and so they're winning. They're options they have, including if their medication at no cost Bevan also said the cancellation playing well right now." building is ready in time, and we'll Compensation for time and travel. of the Rice Invitational will allow for a — Natalie Clericuzio have to take it from there," Pool stronger field at the A&M Invitation- said when asked to indicate the • < al, since some of the teams slated for Rice Stadium back- probability of the game's move. To find out if you qualify, please call our research Rice's meet will now be at A&M. As of Tuesday, engineers sur- The time off has also allowed up for Reliant veying Reliant had not found any personnel: freshman Michaela Reynolds, who significant structural problems was battling knee problems, to If Reliant Stadium is unable to with the building, the AP reported. 713-985-0210 continue rehabilitation. be repaired before the Texans' first Structural problems, as opposed to home game against the Indianapolis simple roof damage, would likely Suzanne Bruce and Associates, P.A. Volleyball Colts on Oct. 5, the Texans may try to require more time-consuming re- • < Drs. Suzanne Bruce and Miriam Hanson Dealing with the same weath- play the game at Rice Stadium. pairs that may not be finished be- 1900 St. James Place, Suite 650 er problems, the volleyball team Even though Texans owner Bob fore the Oct. 5 game. Houston, TX 77056 lost the opportunity to compete www.sba-skincare.com McNair said he believes the dam- — Natalie Clericuzio

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