Baker Ras to Leave College Hanszen Coordinator Retires After 20 Years
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e Thresher Vol. XCIII, Issue No. 9 SINCE 1916 Friday, October 21, 2005 s Tobias remem Baker RAs to leave college by Beko Binder ment for a couple of months, that's OK. I'd rather have a quality candidate ;ind hence a THKKSHER STAFF quality RA who moves in a little late than a Baker College formed a resident associate sub-par candidate who is punctually moving joyful, compassionate search committee Tuesday to fill two RA posi- in in January." tions that will be vacated this year. RAs Katie Peacock said he thinks the committee may by Sarah Baker Beth Higgins and Adam Gottlieb announced have a hard time finding suitable replacements they will leave the college at the end of the fall THKFSHER STAFF for the departing RAs. semester. RA Mac Griswold announced he will "I think a real difficulty we're going to have Jones College junior Rachel Tobias, leave at the end of the academic year. is maintaining the same dynamics that the whom friends remember for her thought- The search committee includes nine RAs and masters have currently," Peacock fulness and free spirit, died in her room students — one senior, three juniors, three said. "Our RAs complement eacb other very Oct. 8. sophomores and two freshmen. well, as well as the masters. I think it's going More than 100 people attended a me Search Committee Chair Aryn Subhawong to be challenging to find applicants of the morial service for Tobias Oct. 12 in the said applicants can meet and interact with same caliber." Jones Commons. At the service, Dean of the current RAs at an event Wednesday. The Higgins and Gottlieb, who were selected Undergraduates Robin Forman, who was committee will make its final decisions in mid- as RAs in April 2004, are no longer allowed to Jones master through Spring 2005, and November, Subhawong, a senior, said. hold their position because neither is currently Tobias' friends spoke about her life. The The committee will try to fill both positions a full-time employee at Rice. In an Oct. 12 e- service also included a song sung by Jones this fall, but has not ruled out conducting a sec- mail to the Baker listserv announcing their senior Jesse Cortex, a scene from Tobias' ond search in the spring for Griswold's replace- departure, Higgins and Gottlieb explained favorite movie Garden State and a slideshow ment, Baker President Ryan Peacock said. that shortly after becoming RAs, Higgins' of pictures. "If we find two good candidates, we'll most research project at the Baker Institute was As of Tuesday, the Harris County Medi- COURTESY JONES COLLEGE likely take them," Peacock, a senior, said. terminated. According to their letter, former cal Examiner's Office had not determined Jones College junior Rachel Tobias "However, we're not limiting ourselves. If it Vice President for Student Affairs Zenaido the cause of death. turns out we feel like we only have one good Camacho gave Higgins and Gottlieb a year Tobias suffered from Complex Regional treated with counseling, pain medication candidate, then there's a possibility we'll still — until August 2005 — to find a new job at Pain Syndrome. Student Health Services and physical therapy, Jenkins said. do a second search next semester." Rice. In the e-mail, Higgins and Gottlieb wrote Director Mark Jenkins (Will Rice '83) said Tobias was from Cooper City, Fla. She is Peacock said the flexible search schedule that they applied for a combined 10 jobs on the disease is characterized by severe pain, survived by her parents, Ben and Barbara, will allow the committee to find the strongest campus. Earlier this year, they asked Dean of usually localized in one limb. Symptoms and brother, Danny. replacements possible. Undergraduates Robin Forman if they could include allodynia — pain caused by stimuli Jones junior Elizabeth Molacek, who was "One thing that I'm really not going to remain as RAs if neither found a job, and he that previously had not caused pain — and one of Tobias' closest friends, said Tobias tolerate [in this search is] us rushing a deci- told them last week that they could not stay, an increase in pain intensity, Jenkins said. was a happy, upbeat person. sion or taking an inferior candidate in order the e-mail states. Although some patients can recover, "Everyone says her smile is what they to fill a position, even though we are pressed Forman said Rice's long-standing policy there is no cure for the disease, which is See TOBIAS, page <> [for time] because Katie Beth and Adam will has required RAs to be full-time university be leaving in a couple of months," Peacock employees. said. "If we have to have an open RA apart- See BAKER, pape 7 Hanszen coordinator retires after 20 years by Katricia Lang Cumby said she chose to retire because of her approaching 70th T HRESHER STAF F birthday and because she wants (llynda Cumby, Hanszen's college to spend more time with her hus- coordinator for almost 20 years, will band. retire at the end of the semester. Cumby said the new coordinator Cumby is the fourth Hanszen College will be fortunate to have a job at staff member to announce her resig- Hanszen. nation this year: Resident Associate "[They get to find out] what it is Nancy Elliott will leave by the end of like to spend 20 years of your life the semester and RAs Paul and Jen coming to a job that you love," Cumby Sutera will leave at the end of the said. "TTiere was never a day I didn't academic year. want to be here." A search committee — which has Hanszen senior Lauren Vanderlip not yet formed — composed of stu- said Cumby was excited about the be- dents and Hanszen Masters Barbara ginning of the Fall 2005 semester. and Wes Morris will select the next "After being gone for about a college coordinator. The committee month, she came back on a Monday plans to find a new coordinator by the and told me about how she couldn't end of the semester so Cumby can sleep because she was so excited to help the new coordinator transition come back to work," Vanderlip said. EMMA HOWELL/THRESHER into the position, Hanszen President "It was like a kindergartener before Dan Jaqua said. the first day of school." Although masters can hire college Hanszen junior Kelsey Flynt said Sowing the seeds coordinators without student input, Cumby will be difficult to replace. Lynn R. Lowry Arboretum Co-founder Charles Tapley spreads his own mixture of wildflower seeds on the hill the Morrises will include students in "Her shoes are gigantic and I don't behind Reckling Park. The arboretum's goal is to promote environmental literacy by beautifying the campus. the selection process, Jaqua said. See COORDINATOR, page 5 Students referred to U. Court for INSIDE Screw Your Roommate OPINION Page 3 underage drinking at public party Rice Program Council's annual blind date event takes place tomorrow. Set up A&E Page 9 Dial, Calder exhibits impressive wrong going on there. I just saw a handful of your roommate with that cute sophomore ; by David Brown across campus or just hang around Willy's students without wristbands holding beers. SPORTS Pagr 12 fliRESHFR F.nrmRIAI. STAFF Statue to watch dates find each other. An ... I think the [alcohol servers] were doing a Volleyball hosts weekend matches after-party at Willy's Pub begins at 10 p.m. Rice Police referred eight students to pretty decent job." MuSL Student Judicial Programs for Alcohol Brown social Tommy Jackson said all the Policy violations at Brown College's "Mar- referrals were issued at the public party in the Congratulations Astros! "How many more decades does the U.S. govern- Brown Commons. ment need to bang its head against a wall before garitaville" party Saturday. The students The Astros head to the World Series for we give up a failed policy?"— Daniel Griswold, "Someone with a wristband would hand [a were .thenJ"eferred to University Court for the first time in franchise history. director of the Cato Institute's Center for Trade adjudication. drink] off to someone without a wristband," Policy Studies, on economic and travel embargoes None of the students, however, was issued Jackson, a junior, said. "We checked for wrist- Scoreboard against Cuba. See story, page 8. minor in possession citations, Rice University bands the whole night. ... It's just really hard Football Police Sergeant Gary Spears, who patrolled to prevent someone without a wristband from Rice 21, Tulsa 41 Weekend Weather the party, said. Spears also said all the refer- getting a drink if someone is willing t' • give Soccer Friday rals were for underage drinking, and none was them one." Rice 1, Houston 1 Partly cloudy, 60 88 degrees RUPD Lieutenant Phillip Hassell said the Swimming Saturday issued for serving alcohol to minors. Rice 67, Houston 44 number of citations is not out of the ordinary Mostly sunny, 56-84 degrees "We certainly didn't see any problems Volleyball Sunday for a large public party. with the way alcohol was being served," Rice 3, UCF 2 Sunny, 53-81 degrees Spears said. "We had an officer by the bar "Eight is a little high, but not outrageously — that was me — and I didn't see anything so," Hassell said. THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21,2005 the Rice Thresher So, we thought, what else is found| IT unveils its campus-wide? And eureka! All we have to do is attach these little master plan for a antennas to their heads ..