OP-ED A&E P. 9 SPORTS P. 10 Healthy, wealthy and wise We'll always have Paris Number 13 proves lucky for women's track What can students learn by treading outside the classroom and Hallie Jordan traveled to Paris for photography, and her pho- Becky Wade took 13th place in the 5,000 meter at the NCAA experiencing what the Wellness Center has to offer? tos are on exhibit in the Rice Media Center until March 23. Indoor Track and Field Championship last weekend.
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BY NICOLE ZHAO be used or employed for an interception THRESHER NEWS ASSISTANT EDITOR not permitted or authorized." According to Whitehead, former Officers from the University of Mas- UMass-Amherst chief of police, UMPD o 1 sachusetts at Amherst police depart- did not intend to place audio recording ment named Rice Chief of Police and cameras in hallways. Director of Public Safety Johnny White- "UMass asked for cameras with vid- head as a defendant in a eo and audio capabilities for the book- $ class-action lawsuit they ing area and interview filed on Feb. 3. rooms in the school's new The complaint was police station," White- o a response to the un- head said in an interview. disclosed placement of "Without the department's audio recording devices knowledge, a subcontrac- in hallways of the new tor installed cameras with UMPD facility. The offi- both audio and video abil- cers claimed that this was ity throughout the station, including hallways." a violation of their civil RUPD Chief Johnny Whitehead rights granted by state Whitehead said he in- a and federal law. formed the Rice adminis- The complaint specifically cites the tration of the matter before assuming right of the plaintiffs to be free of un- his position at Rice. He declined to com- reasonable searches and seizures under ment any further because the lawsuit the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amend- does not directly involve Rice. ment and their right to privacy under UMPD officer Mark Schlosser filed the 14th Amendment. Massachusetts the lawsuit on behalf of all UMPD offi- o General Law outlaws audio surveillance cers against Whitehead, the university, Students celebrate Students crowded into the Academic Quad at 11:59 a.m. on Wednes- of individuals without their consent and UMass-Amherst President Robert Caret, day to enjoy 2,012 free pies of different flavors provided by the uni- a lawful warrant. It is a misdemeanor Deputy Chief Patrick Archbald and for- with 2,012 free pies versity in honor of Pi Day and William Marsh Rice's 196th birthday. under the Massachusetts Wiretap Stat- mer Chief of Police Barbara O'Connor. !• ute to permit "an intercepting device to O see RUPL1, page 6 New servery hours proposed Beer Bike seeks blanket tax increase
BY FARRAH MADANAY BY HALLIE JORDAN HOURS EXTENSION THRESHER SENIOR EDITOR Beer Bike's rising expenses THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF PROPOSAL It $40 Expenses Athletes living on campus will no The South Servery Cafe Rice students are known for their 35 Revenues longer need to rush from practice or will open 7:30-8 p.m. steadfast devotion to Rice's most fa- (without increase) wait until the Hoot opens to eat din- on weekdays. mous tradition, Beer Bike. However, 30 CO Revenues ner. The Student Association, in col- next week, the second round of the SA TD (with increase) § ™ 25 Spring Elections will test whether stu- ~ i./"> laboration with the Student Athletic The cafe will serve as 0 3 20 Deficit Advisory Committee and Housing and a meal replac ^nt for dents are willing to back up their sup- E -E (without increase) Dining, will soon implement a pilot athletes and others. port of Beer Bike with their wallets. <£ 15 program at South Servery Cafe to ac- Because current funds allocated for Deficit 10 (with increase) commodate student-athletes with late students working together with the SA Beer Bike have not covered costs for the practices and general students who to carry out a proposal in a feasible event in over five years, Rice Program 5 Council is hoping to raise the blanket still feel hungry post-dinner. way," Jain, the SA president-elect, said. 0 Director of H&D for Residential Col "If the pilot program goes well and we tax for the event from $5 to $10, Beer '10 '11 Year '12 '13 leges David McDonald said the initia- get that feedback, the SA is commit- Bike Coordinator Philip Tarpley said. tive is still in the planning stages, but ted to realizing a permanent change in Beer Bike usually costs about Bike on average gets about 60." these party areas and providing tents. H&D is receptive to the idea of leaving South Cafe hours." $40,000, Tarpley, a Brown College se- Last year, the event caused a $12,000 In the future, we would love to be able South Cafe open until 8 p.m. SAAC President Andie Obermeyer nior, said. Event revenue has not gone deficit and before that, the deficit was to cover that cost because we don't want "For us to open all serveries un- and Hanszen College and Wiess College up since the '90s, while costs have been between $7,000 and $8,000, Beer Bike to give the colleges any more monetary til 8 p.m. would be a cost problem, Presidents Henry Hancock and David significantly increasing, he said. The Coordinator Teddy Grodek said. burden than they need." but starting hopefully in a couple of Payne also sat in on Friday's meeting. presence of the Rice University Police Furthermore, Facilities Engineering "This is a favorite event," Tarpley weeks, we are looking to stay open Obermeyer, who is also a member of Department and Rice Emergency Medi- and Planning now charges to set up the said. "If it's going to continue, this blan- at South Cafe until 8 p.m. Monday the women's soccer team, said SAAC cal Services at the event, for instance, bleachers that students sit on during ket tax increase is a necessity. To get it, through Friday," McDonald said. was first involved in the process last fall were previously free but now require the races; because the cost of this is too we need two-thirds of everyone that H&D sees South Cafe as neutral when it circulated a survey to student- payment. high this year, there will be no bleach- votes to vote 'yes,' and there needs to ground with its proximity to the ath- athletes regarding the possibility of ex- ers at the event, Tarpley said. Tents for be 20 percent of the student population letic facilities and the colleges, McDon- tending servery hours. each college will be set up in place of voting. If we get 19 percent, and every- ald said. The vision for the cafe is that "Of the 123 student-athletes that Spring Elections the bleachers. one says 'yes,' it's still not going to hap- student-athletes and non-athletes alike responded, 67 percent said they To help cover costs in the future pen, so we need to get people to vote." that have not already swiped in for din- would utilize a later dinner at South," Starting Monday at and to keep from going into debt, RPC If the blanket tax does not pass, then ner will use the cafe as a meal replace- Obermeyer said. 11:59 p.m., students originally suggested raising the tax to the cost burden will fall on the colleges, ment. Those who have already eaten H&D chose to keep South Cafe will be able to vote on $8, but Jones College President Ste- Grodek, a Mattel College junior, said. dinner but want more food are allowed open only until 8 p.m. for reasons of the tax until Wednes- phen Boswell motioned for this to be "Even if they don't vote for it, they to use tetra points, McDonald said. sanitation, cost and fairness. McDon- day at 11:59 p.m. increased to $10 to provide for a reserve will still feel the effects of it," Grodek SA External Vice President Sanjula ald explained that if South Cafe were in case the cost rises again next year or said. "This money is going to come Jain said the SA proposed the initia- to extend its hours beyond 8 p.m., the there are unexpected costs this year. out of somewhere. We don't want it to tive to H&D last Friday after SAAC had servery crew would have to cook new "This would give Beer Bike a little come out of the colleges. We'd have to approached the SA with concerns that batches because there is only a certain "Last year, EMS cost $2,500; this extra breathing room in case we need raise fines. We'd have to charge colleg- some athletes were missing regular din- window of temperature for cooked food year, it's going to cost $3,600," Tarpley to do any capital improvements to the es for part of the EMS cost. That would ner hours because of late practices. to sit out. said. "It's warranted. The average pub- track, or we can help the colleges out," hurt Beer Bike." "1 think this is a good example of O see SERVERY, page 6 lic party gets about four EMS calls; Beer Tarpley said. "We're giving colleges Molly Chiu contributed to this article.
Of the people, for the people Like dubstep but with more words We need pre-Beer Bike break INDEX Celebrate Student Run Business week. Join The 21st annual KTRU outdoor show is What better way is there to ring in the new Opinion 2 Coffeehouse for a block party on Monday at tomorrow from noon to 10 p.m. in the spring than by taking a few days to enjoy it? News 4 ¥ 3 8 p.m. On Tuesday at 6 p.m., try your luck in Central Quadrangle. Musicians in atten- Luckily for us. spring recess is next Thurs- Features 9 mJn Pub's Texas Hold 'Em Tournament. Best the dance include Slim Thug, Titus Andronicus, day and Friday. Unfortunately, this also Sports 11 competition at Powerade pong at 10 p.m. on Lower Dens, Chairlift, the Thermals and the means no Thresher until March 30! Have a Arts & Entertainment 14 Calendar 19 JIM Wednesday in the Hoot South. All proceeds Thresher's personal favorite, the Wild Moc- relaxing break and be sure to remember: PLEASE RECYCLE go to a loca) Houston community non-profit. casins. The event is free and for all ages. only 15 days until Beer Bike! Backpage 20 AFTER READIN6 • FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 2 EDITORIAL THE RICE THRESHER
the Rice ^jhre; Xt was €k norma/^ I All the sti/dents THE CLOVWS tvftppg Pi DI en their p»«s Endorsement in tsun. until for Beer Bike THEY CAARFE tax increase This year, the Beer Bike blanket tax fk has been proposed to double in cost from $5 to $io. While at first this may seem like a jarring amount to charge students, this change will help Beer Bike attend to its annual budget defi- cits. The proposal needs 20 percent of the student population to participate in the vote and a two-thirds majority vote in its favor for it to pass. The Thresher endorses the proposed increase in tax and encourages students to vote in CARTOON BY COURTNEY SVATEK its favor. [email protected] In the past few years, Beer Bike has ONLINE COMMENTS OF THE WEEK operated with a very high budget defi- In response to "A continuous rise in tuition have been rising (and may continue to do so). to do and that the university should go back to- cit and has frequently had to pull from decreases Rice's overall value" 5. Baumol's cost disease — labor does get ward a substantially cheaper, more basic model. its emergency fund to compensate for (Mar. 09, 2012): more expensive. Rice was the only private university I was able to major expenses. The Beer Bike coordi- So some increases in the cost of tuition above afford of the lot that I applied to, so the choice to nators often had to obtain bleachers for Lauriello did not need a grandiose writing and beyond inflation are entirely fair. With that come here was easy. To lose our position as "the the races with the knowledge that they center to compose his thoughtful essay about said — Rice, I think you've been making a mas- cheap, comprehensive university that offers a re- sively stupid mistake letting tuition balloon ally good education" strikes me as losing what could not pay for them out of that year's mindless tuition increases. A mere undergradu- ate has now demonstrated more common sense so uncontrollably. makes Rice particularly worth attending. budget. The amount of deficit puts a than all the king's court. This is hauntingly I'm glad the article recognizes the effect fi- Leebron, I really could care less about some horrendous amount of stress on coor- reminiscent of H.C. Anderson's "The Emperor's nancial aid plays in all of this; this is an impor- fancy statues around campus and, if I really dinators every year when trying to pro- New Clothes." tant discussion that gets lost in the whole tuition wanted to do some climbing, I could have made vide the best experience for students. A perennial theme of human civilization is debate. In a way, raising tuition while keeping the journey to the Texas Rock Gym or play around u financial aid levels steady ends up being a pro- in the tiny bouldering gym that was in Hanszen's The reality is that Beer Bike will not playing out right before our eyes. Will the truth spread through whispers among the crowd, as gressive tax on education, though sadly interna- B81P. Student life is nice, but it's not the reason be able to continue its traditions in in Anderson's tale? Or will the plain observation tional students (and fifth-years) get hosed by all for going to college. the future with ever-growing costs. It "But he has nothing on" fall on deaf ears? of this. has exhausted its funds and is in des- I also completely agree that the Giffen good Paul Anzel perate need of financial help. While Bill Wilson, BCB argument is complete and utter BS, though it's Will Rice College Class of '09 sponsors have been approached, many one that the university has fallen for (this fact H In response to Anonymous, the answer was was even explicitly stated in an article in the NYT In response to "BakerShake production dis- do not want to have the word "beer" "large initial endowment." Universities are fac- a few years back). sapoints" (Mar. 09, 2012): associated with their company. Also, ing a great increase in education costs due to: The point that much of this money goes to- students need to realize that Beer 1. Health care — Not much you can do wards student-life services is probably the crux Thanks for giving an honest review of a Rice Bike must not attain a public status, about that. of the debate-, if we look at Cooper Union (which show. I've been to a lot of shows on campus as that could catch the attention of 2. The increased need for IT — Try running a remains tuition free) or many European universi- that have gotten good reviews by the Thresher, university without computers. And real comput- ties (extremely low tuition), the schools are fairly but I've ultimately been disappointed. I think unfriendly outsiders. ing power gets quite expensive... bare-bones in terms of what they offer students. it's important to give constructive criticism. Af- The Thresher asks students to con- 3. New costs for disability support services, Want to go biking with a bunch of fellow cyclists? ter all, that's the only way anyone gets better at sider voting for the proposal and help- health and safety regulations, and other compli- That's awesome — but you either need to find a anything, right?! The enunciation and projection ing out a Rice tradition that for years ance issues — Again, little you can do. local community group or pay the start-up mon- problems are definitely things that could be fixed has provided the campus with joy. 4. Energy costs — The income the university ies needed to start your own. I personally think in time for a great run next week. takes in from tuition is of a similar order of mag- that Rice's attempts to win the "student life" nitude as electricity and heating costs, and these arms race is a stupid, stupid unsustainable thing Anonymous Extended Last Week'—s Onlin— — — —- e™ Poll Resultsmm. «W m A :W South Cafe Are the tuition rises necessary to sustain Rice's way of life?
hours cater • No, we're just trying to keep up with the Ivies to athletes m No, it's a major burden and may deter prospective students Housing and Dining has recently made the decision to extend its hours of HH Yes, prospective students gravitate toward higher-priced operation for the South Cafe. This means universities that the cafe will open for 30 minutes (from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.) after South • Yes, especially with the recession Servery closes. The new changes are ex- Total number of responses: 70 cellent for those who eat late, especially athletes, who have always had problems Ryan Gupta & Seth Brown with getting to the servery before it clos- Editors in Chief es at 7:30 p.m. Hallie Jordan H&D is making small steps to ac- Senior Editor commodate students who cannot at- NEWS ART tend regular dinner hours. Not only I he Rice Thresher, the official student news- Josh Rutenberg Editor Zach Castle Design Director paper at Rice University since 1916, is pub- can athletes receive dinner later, but Ellen Liu Asst. Editor Rachel Marcus News Designer lished each Friday during the school year, students who crave a second din- Molly Chiu Asst. Editor Alexandra Moharam Photo Editor except during examination periods and holi- Nicole Zhao Asst. Editor days, by the students of Rice University. ner can swipe into the South Cafe and Mathison Ingham Photo Editor Letters to the Editor must be received pay for an additional meal with their OP-EO BACKPAGE •5> p.m. the Monday prior to publication and tetra points. Theresa Masciale Editor must be signed, including college and year if Courtney Svatek Cartoonist Zach Casias Editor the writer is a Rice student. Letters snould The Thresher supports H&D and their Anthony Lauriello Editor not exceed 250 words in length. The Thresher reserves (he rights to edit letters for content endeavors, but we hope that the hours ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Alex Weinheimcr I dltor and length and to place letters on our Web will become an extension of the servery Farrah Madanay Editor Bile. rather than just South Cafe in the fu- WEB SPORTS Web tdltor I
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How a Lack of Understanding of a Simple' Statistical Techriique Causes Huge Losses and Roor Decisions in Sports (and Drug Development!)
Scott Berry Monday, March 1c?, 2012 President, Berry Consultants /VIc f\A urtry AcjcJitoricjnn
This talk will discuss hierarchical modeling in sports and present numerous
examples when this simple idea is ignored and the mistakes that are macJe because
of this. Examples from baseball, golf, and many other sports will b
the lack of understanding of a relatively simple statistical idea. This lack of undert
sanding has enormous negative effects in decisions that are made. Interestingly,
these decisions are the same as poor decisions that are made in drug
development again resulting in poor decisions and billions in losses. As more and
more "information" is being collected in every field of sport, business, and sc ience,
this simple idea is becoming more critical to understand and utilize.
Scott Berry is President and Senior Statistical Scientist at Berry Consultants. Since
2000 he has been involved in the design of innovative and adaptive clinical trials In
drugs, devices, and biologies. His research interests are in Bayesian methods, com
putations, simulations, and hierarchical models. In addition to his innovative work in
biostatistics he is a renowned sports statistician, with more than AO articles, ranging
from the Journal of the American Statistical Association to ESPN Magazine. He
received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University (1994) and his BS from the Unlver
sity of Minnesota ( 1 990). He spent 5 years at Texas A&M University ( 1 995-2000)
before founding Berry Consultants with Don Berry.
A reception in Martel Mall will follow the talk.
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BY ELLEN LIU Steves focused the rest of his lecture on mari- BY JOSH RUTENBERG and emails to Earnest during their wait to juana, stating that the drug is legal in many Euro- THRESHER NEWS ASSISTANT EDITOR THRESHER NEWS EDITOR let him know they were in attendance. pean countries and that studies have shown that Earnest spoke with the students about To put it bluntly, the Baker Institute's drug- there is no correlation between marijuana legaliza- On a rainy Friday afternoon, packed his experiences in the White House and legalization conference reached a high last tion and usage levels. tightly into the Union Station room at recalled his days at Rice, Guo said. Thursday when travel show host and writer Countries like the Netherlands even have cof- Minute Maid Park with more than 500 Guo mentioned that Earnest said he Rick Steves spoke about Europe's marijuana fee shops that sell marijuana over the counter, al- other people, four Rice University stu- had been quite involved on-campus dur- policies to an audience of around 300 students, beit discreetly, Steves said. dents waited anxiously for the president ing his undergraduate years, even serving faculty and visitors. Steves stated that the U.S. has actually to arrive. as a Beer Bike coordinator. Steves was the keynote speaker of the Baker In- forced other countries to tighten their drug poli- President Barack Obama made a stop stitute conference "The War on Drugs has Failed. Is cies through the threat of international trade in Houston last week as part of a fundrais- Legalization the Answer?" restrictions. ing campaign for his re-election bid. Steves opened his lecture with multiple anec- "Countries must use the term 'decriminaliza- The Rice Young Democrats received an dotes of his global travels accompanied by a photo tion' when referring to drug legalization because invitation from a representative for the It's cool how the Young slideshow. For 30 years, Steves and his team spent if the U.S. hears that drugs are legal in a certain Obama re-election campaign for four stu- Dems offered us the op- four months a year traveling around the world. He country, they will automatically impose trade dents to attend the event. • I said the value of travel comes from its ability to sanctions," Steves noted. The organization passed the opportu- portunity. Not that many broaden perspectives. Steves said he supported the legalization of nity on to Hanszen College senior Myles schools let you see the pres- "Travel opens you up to other cultures you marijuana in the U.S. because it would decrease Bugbee, Hanszen freshman Zack Kopplin, ident of the United States. wouldn't experience in America," Steves said. criminal violence by preventing people from seek- Will Rice College junior Julian Yao and "Other people are evangelical about things that we ing out illegal sources of the drug. Will Rice sophomore Angela Guo the night don't even know are exciting." He added that adults who smoke marijuana Angela Guo before the event. Will Rice '2014 Steves added that the people he met taught casually are not criminals, and marijuana is not a While the general public could pur- him that everyone has a different goal in life devastating "hard drug" - like heroin - if taken in chase tickets for $500 apiece, students and should not be condemned for thinking moderation. were able to purchase tickets for $25, a 95 differently. "'High' is a place, and a lot of people want to go percent discount. "I thought the world was a pyramid with us on there," Steves said. "Speakers sound really good, In his speech, Obama discussed a wide top and everyone else trying to get there, but not and people are great cooks." range of topics, including a need to invest Bugbee said he is working with the everyone has the American dream," Steves said. After his lecture, Steves fielded questions on in education and make college more af- Baker Institute to try setting up a student Steves segued into a comparison of Europe and topics ranging from medical marijuana to civil fordable for everyone. meeting with Earnest sometime in the America's drug policies by discussing the legisla- liberties. He said he believes that all responsible The president also touched on the near future. tion of morality in the U.S. and its effects on illegal adults have a civil liberty to smoke marijuana. national economic recovery and talked The event primarily consisted of drug use. Professor Emeritus of Sociology William Martin about ending discrimination against pre- middle-aged individuals, Bugbee said. He said that Americans are inherently moral said he agreed with Steves' views on drug legaliza- existing conditions for health care. However, the Rice contingent did get the and feel motivated to make laws against practices tion. Furthermore, he mentioned he sup- chance to meet a handful of students from they consider immoral, such as drug and alcohol "I do not have a romantic view of the use of ported establishing equal pay for equal other universities, such as Texas Southern consumption. drugs, including alcohol, the drug that causes the work, particularly with regard to gender University and University of Houston. However, according to Steves, Europeans most serious problems for individual users and disparities. The four students arrived early to the take a more pragmatic approach in such situa- society," Martin said. "It makes more sense for the Bugbee noted that Obama mingled event that day but ultimately stood for tions, focusing on harm-reduction techniques, government to have control of producing, distrib- with audience members during the event. more than four hours before hearing the such as decriminizalization and education, uting and selling drugs, rather [than] leaving that "He waved and worked the front part president speak. Air Force One had been rather than incarceration and criminal punish- in the hands of criminals who have no interest in of the crowd," Bugbee said of the presi- delayed due to weather concerns. ment. He said every European country has its acting responsibly." dent. "People were swarming wherever Mayor Annise Parker (Jones '78), Con- own way of handling substance abuse. Steves is the host of TV show Rick Steves' Eu- he was, but two of us got to actually shake gressmen A1 Green, Gene Green and for- For example, Switzerland installs blue lights rope and public radio series Travel with Rick Steves. his hand." mer mayor Bill White were also in atten- in its public bathrooms to prevent heroin addicts He serves as a board member of the National Orga- While waiting for the president to dance, Guo said. from seeing their veins to shoot up and provides nization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and co- give his speech, the students met up with The whole experience was one Guo subsidized needle dispensers to discourage nee wrote a documentary about marijuana. White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh- said she would never forget. die-sharing, Steves said. He also co-sponsored Initiative 502, a bal- ua Earnest (Sid Richardson '97). "It's cool how the Young Dems offered Furthermore, the Swiss government funds clin- lot measure aimed at legalizing, regulating Earnest, a family friend of Kopplin, was us the opportunity," Guo said. "Not that ics to provide counseling and rehabilitation so that and taxing the sale of marijuana in the state of traveling with the president, Guo said. many schools let you see the president of drug addicts are seen as sick people rather than Washington. The proposal is currently under The group sent several text messages the United States." criminals, he noted. consideration. FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 6 NEWS THE RICE THRESHER , win prizes at HackRice
BY MOLLY CHIU According to Ahmad, hackathons are THRESHER NEWS ASSISTANT EDITOR common sources of invention in the techno- logical world. This past weekend, the McMurtry College "Companies like Google, Facebook and Yahoo! use hackathons," Ahmad said. "Em- 5 Commons and Duncan Hall were hubs of technological activity, filled with computers, ployees are told, 'Whatever you're working programmers and designers during Hack- on, don't work on it for the time being. Join Rice, Rice's first-ever hackathon. a team and make something cool.' For exam- A hackathon is a marathon event in which ple, the Facebook timeline was written dur- computer programmers and designers come ing a hackathon." together to collaborate and create applica- Ahmad said he organized HackRice after tions. While many people associate hacking seeing similar events at other universities. with unlawful activity, this is a misconcep- "After seeing many universities like Stan- tion, hackathon organizer Brown College ford, MIT, and even University of Texas and sophomore Waseem Ahmad said. University of Houston hosting hackathons, "Hacking is not what people think nowa- we thought it was time that Rice had its own days — breaking into a computer system," hackathon," Ahmad said. Ahmad said. "Hacking is when people with Applications competed for awards in three programming or designing backgrounds get categories: Most User-Friendly, Most Rice-Ap- together to make applications." plicable and Most Useful. First place for Most User-Friendly went to 44 Degree Planner, an application which allows students to create a plan for their degree by dragging and dropping color-coded courses The hackathon was an op- into their schedule. The team of Nathan Alison, Damien Stone and Andrew Capshaw won the award of most user- portunity for people to take First place for Most Rice-Applicable went friendly application for Degree Planner, which helps students create their degree phns easily. to HiveWork, a collaborative homework what they learned in their scheduling application integrated with Face- classes [...] and actually ap- book that allows students to create a to-do ply it. They got to explore new list for their homework. Students can see HackRice was successful, and he congratu- ed the application to be focused on the visual. what homework their peers are working on lated the participants and the Computer Sci- "It's easier to see [events in picture form] in- technologies, meet new peo- and connect with others working on the same ence Club for their hard work. stead of text," Patrikeeva said. ple and collaborate. assignment. "It really showcased the tremendous level Cortez, a Jones College senior, said he enjoyed First place for Most Useful went to Hey- of creativity, ingenuity, sheer guts and hard the hackathon experience. Waseem Ahmad Rice, a Facebook application which allows work of Rtce students," Wong said. "HackRice "We all have ideas that we want to do, but with Brown '14 users to create events based on their geo- is a great way for the Rice community to come homework, we put it off," Cortez said. "We [forgot] graphical location on the Rice campus. together and feed off of each other's energy, that for this weekend and [made] this thing we al- Events are also color-coded by categories spirit and skills." ways wanted to make." 99 such as academics, parties and free food. While Wong said that he was impressed by Ahmad said that the hackathon was a great op- According to Ahmad, many of these appli- all the applications, he said he particularly portunity for practical application. cations are still in the prototype stage, so Rice liked the HeyRice application. "The hackathon was an opportunity for peo- HackRice took place over two days and was students will have to wait to begin using them. "The HeyRice application by Jesus Cortez ple to take what they learned in their classes, organized by the Computer Science Club. On "They would need more development to and Irina Patrikeeva, the winner of the 'Most especially the computer science curriculum, Saturday, several students gave "Tech Talks" get them to a stable level where the public Useful' category, was judges' overall favorite be- and actually apply it," Ahmad said. "For many about specific computer science principles. Af- could use them, but the hackathon served as cause it solves both academic and social event people it was a learning experience. They got terward, the 50 participants broke into groups a spearhead for development." Ahmad said. communications problems for Rice students by to explore new technologies, meet new people for the hacking portion of the event. Groups Applications were judged by Stephen combining solid technical achievement with an and collaborate." were given 27 hours to conceptualize, code and Wong and Scott Cutler, both computer sci- intuitive user interface," Wong said. For a complete list of the winners and descrip- design a working application. ence professors. Wong said that he thought Jones College senior Patrikeeva said she want- tions of their applications, visit hack.rice.edu.
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"When there is a student-led initiative that we Tht CUm (jrillis tit jjwfjwtflm "A lot of our servery staff take buses home, so can support, it tends to be successful," said Glenn. "No one in the administration had knowledge fjor- frr&at , {jnes a.U fin*/ ORUPD that hallway cameras could to accessed to listen FROM PAGE 1 to live audio or to record conversations," Archbald wrote in the memo. "As soon as the matter was The complaint demands that the defendants brought to oui attention, the capability was dis- Whether you're finishing up a all day study session, acknowledge that the audio surveillance violated abled and will remain disabled indefinitely." planning the perfect date, or just hanging out with friends, The Chelsea Grill the officers' rights and dismantle the audio record- Despite these claims, the complaint states that offers modern, American food in a relaxed setting. Our dishes served will ing devices in non-booking areas. The officers also "based upon all the circumstances, it is the Plain be enjoyed by everyone. demand monetary compensation for damages and tiff's belief that 'the administration', indeed, knew attorney costs. of the operation of the audio-intercepting devices." According to a news release by the UMass-Am A count in the complaint that names Whitehead herst Office of News and Media Relations, UMPD as the sole defendant states, "By his failure to train, assumed full-time use of the facility in April 2011. supervise and/or otherwise manage the UMass- MUSEUM DISTRICT/ RICE UNIVERSITY AREA It was intended to be outfitted with 42 surveillance Amherst Police Department and/or its employees, cameras, 13 of which would be able to record audio he has displayed a callous and deliberate indiffer 4621 Montrose Boulevard communications. ence to the rights of the Plaintiff and the class." Houston, TX 77006-6132 The complaint states that although audio re- On Feb. 22, Hampshire Superior Court Judge (713)942-9857 cording devices were installed in non-booking and Mary Lou Rup issued a preliminary injunction or- www.chelseagrill.com non-detention areas, the only sign indicating that dering the police department to stop taping con- both audio and video surveillance were in use was versations. located in the booking area. UMass-Amherst Executive Director of Media Schlosser and other UMPD officers alleged in Relations Hd Blaguszewski attributed the suppos i# more ftw at The CbclsG^ Grill the complaint that they had private and personal edly unintentional activation of the audio func- conversations in areas of the facility. tions to technological issues. "One device, placed outside a restroom, could "Under Whitehead, we built a brand new police actually pick up conversation and sound occur- station," Blaguszewski said. "It's understandable ring inside the restroom," the complaint states. when you install a lot of equipment with brand-new The complaint asserts that officers were never software that something like this could happen." told audio communications would be recorded in Blaguszewski praised the administration for addition to video. dealing with the situation promptly. According to the complaint, Schlosser first "If you've ever dealt with new technology or learned that the cameras had enabled audio re- new software, some things occur, and you have to cording functions on Jan. 15. deal with them as quickly as you can, and [they] On Jan. 24, Archbald sent out an internal did that," Blaguszewski said. memorandum to the UMPD staff stating that it had Schlosser's lawyer, Thomas A. Kenefick III, said ANY PURCHASE OF $20 OR MORE WITH THIS AD come to the attention of the department that the it would be precarious to comment on the case. cameras had recording microphones. "As of now, we can't say with moral certainty The memo said a review of the surveillance sys who is at fault," Kenefick said. "Where the case One coupon per visit per table Present this coupon at time of purchase to receive discount off your purchase Not valid tem had been conducted, the audio function had stands with regards to your incoming police chief, with any other offer or discount Not refundable or redeemable for cash Excludes tax alcohol gratuity and purchase of been promptly deactivated and no hallway cam it would be inappropriate to comment. The discov- gift cards Valid for dine in only eras had recorded any conversations since UMPD ery [of evidence) is incomplete, but the complaint moved into the building. speaks for itself." FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 THE RICE THRESHER NEWS Rice designated Trading team goes to championship "Tree Campus USA" BY ELLEN LIU THRESHER NEWS ASSISTANT EDITOR BY MOLLY CHIU THRESHER NEWS ASSISTANT EDITOR The Rice Commodity Trading Team has struck it rich. The team qualified for the championship If the Lorax really could speak for the round of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group's trees, he would have nothing but praise for Commodity Trading Challenge and is competing m the Rice campus. That's because Rice was against 16 other universities for cash prizes. named a 2011 "Tree Campus USA" by the Ar- The CME Commodity Trading Challenge is a bor Day Foundation. Rice will celebrate its global competition in which undergraduate and recognition as a Tree Campus USA during a graduate teams of up to five people trade various ceremony on April 14 as part of UnConven- commodities on CME's virtual exchange. Each uni- tion, Rice's campus-wide open house. versity can send up to four teams every year. 164 According to the Arbor Day Foundation, preliminary groups competed for 16 final-round the Tree Campus USA program celebrates spots this year on a platform that included charts college campuses that nurture and maintain and a box with real-time breaking news. their trees while also engaging students in "This competition rewards students who fol- campus forestry conservation. low the news religiously and can quickly deter- Rice's lead arborist, Neville Mann, said he mine the major factors moving a market," Mc- was excited to receive this recognition. Mutry College senior Vijayvargiya said. "A skilled "It was a great feeling," Mann said. "The trader can identify the few stories that are most Rice campus and its trees are important to important and ignore the rest." Houston. It's a little green jewel of the city. Team members include Vijayvargiya, the team I've wanted to get the accreditation in time captain, McMurtry senior Kevin Beale and Will for the Centennial, and this year we met the Rice College seniors Paul Ernster, Biplov Baral and expectations." Andrew Emil. Their faculty advisor is Baker Insti- tute Fellow in Energy Studies Kenneth Medlock. Commodity trading team members Kevin Beale, Biplov Baral, Kern Vijayvargiya, Andrew Emil In order to qualify as a Tree Campus USA, The team is in third place as of the time of writing. Rice had to meet five key guidelines as stated and Paul Ernster are competing in the championship round of a global trading challenge. by the Arbor Day Foundation. The preliminary round went from Feb. 15 to These included establishing a campus March 1, and the championship round will end on tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care March 16. The final results will be announced on ment, Vijayvargiya said. Vijayvargiya cited faculty advisor Medlock plan, a campus tree-care program with dedi- March 20. According to Vijayvargiya, the top four "It takes a thick skin to do this," Vijayvargiya as a tremendous help in the preparation and cated annual expenditures, an Arbor Day teams will win cash scholarship prizes, and the noted. "Everyone has down days and must be training process. observance and a service-learning project winning team will be interviewed for a paid sum- comfortable with risk and losing considerable "Dr. Medlock has been tremendously help- that engages the student body in tree-related mer internship with the CME Group. sums of money. Our team's motto throughout the ful, volunteering time to let us bounce trading projects. Vijayvargiya said he formed and registered competition has been 'Go big or go home.'" ideas off of him and hear his thoughts," Vijay- the team for the competition in early January. The People often joke that Rice has more Vijayvargiya said one major challenge during vargiya said. "His depth of energy knowledge is team established a trading strategy in early Febru- trees than undergraduates, and according to the competition was reaching unified decisions. unmatched." ary, deciding to focus on oil because the members Mann, that statement is true. Rice is home to "We set strategy and trade as equals, deciding Medlock said the trading team took the ini- understood that market best. They then identified 4,300 trees. everything through consensus," Vijayvargiya said. tiative to ask for strategy tips and prepare for the a series of issues that would drive the market, in- Student Association Environmental Com- "It has been difficult to resolve disputes, especially competition. Its strong risk-reward approach cluding conflicts with Iran, the Greek bailout, U.S. mittee Chair Nathan Liu said that with the with five traders." paid off, and the team demonstrated its ability economic growth and the value of the U.S. dollar. large number of trees on campus, he thought However, Vijayvargiya said he also regards this to aggressively capitalize on profit opportuni- 11 Rice's designation as a Tree Campus USA was "Our strategy is unique in that it is both funda- challenge as the team's greatest strength. ties in a short amount of time, Medlock noted. well-deserved. mental and technical," Vijayvargiya said. "Having multiple opinions allows us to fully "This is pretty typical at Rice," Medlock said. *1 According to Vijayvargiya, on days with little debate our positions," he noted. "At the end, we "Successful students are independent-minded "With this award, Rice has set an example news, the team trades using technical indicators - for other southern universities, especially come to agreement on the best strategy." and use what they learn very well." a series of chart patterns used by traders to deter- those in Texas — only nine universities in Vijayvargiya added that the team members Last year, another Rice trading teJm won mine when to buy and to sell. He said the team also *»] < Texas have received this designation," Liu, a have made personal sacrifices during the competi- first place overall, and Vijayvargiya said his reacts to major news announcements. Wiess College sophomore, said. "The award tion. For example, they have taken shifts monitor- team is aiming to keep the prize at Rice. Ac- For example, on the last day of preliminary is symbolic of the students' and administra- ing the oil market 90 hours of the week and traded cording to Vijayvargiya, this is his team's competition, a report was published claiming that tion's support for sustainability and keeping during spring break. second and final year competing in the CME a pipeline in Saudi Arabia had exploded, and the our campus an oasis of green for the city of Beale said the team's biggest triumph so far competition because all the members are «>! * oil price jumped more than 5 percent. Though trad- Houston." was qualifying for the final round after struggling graduating. He added that he hopes Rice will ers later discovered the report was false, the Rice According to Liu, all of the trees on the in the middle of the preliminary round. continue competing regularly in the trading team had already sold its position, moving from Rice campus are part of the Lowrey Arbore- "I think we were in the top five for a good while challenge. 112th to 16th place in one day, Vijayvargiya said. tum. The SA Environmental Committee works at the beginning, but we fell off a bit," Beale noted. Daily results of the CME Commodity Trading Every team member is passionate about trad- to inform students about Lowrey Arboretum "Fighting back into the top 16 from the middle of Challenge can be viewed at cmegroup.com/edu- *> c ing and is able to handle volatility and disappoint- projects. the pack was a pretty big success." cation/trading_challenge. Historical Jesus sparks discussion at forum «) c The Rice campus and its trees are important to Hous- BY CALEB MCBRIDE experiences and the New Testament, Thomp- are simply a trauma that provides the way for FOR THE THRESHER son told the audience to consider Jesus as the mystical experience." ton. It's a little green jewel of unique. One student questioned the idea of using the city. Last Thursday, an estimated 300 students When speaking about the New Testament the Bible as a speaking platform, stating that Neville Mann gathered in the Shell Auditorium for the 2012 and the events surrounding Jesus' death, circular logic must be used to claim the Bible Lead Arborist Rice Veritas Forum. The title of this year's Thompson said, "They all make the same as true and asking if Thompson had any his- torical evidence regarding Jesus outside of 0 i event was "Do We See Him Clearly?" judgment, namely this: that he is one with This year's speakers were Fuller Seminary God in a way that distinguishes him from us the Bible. 99 Professor Marianne Thompson and Rice's and is one with us human beings in a way "If it isn't in the Gospels, you're probably Chair of Religious Studies Jeffrey Kripal. The that unites him with all of us." right, we can never know the historical Je- "The SA [Environmental Committee] was moderator was Michael Emerson, a Rice pro- During the dialogue, Kripal told everyone sus," Thompson replied. instrumental in student mobilization for tree fessor in the sociology department. he was not attempting to be faithful to Chris- Emerson closed with a challenge for the survival during the worst of the drought ear- The proceedings commenced with both tian tradition. audience to continue the historical Jesus dis- lier this school year," Liu said. professors sharing their personal views on cussion at Rice. Despite last year's drought, Mann said Jesus. Both speakers said they had spent a "I hope that you will take this thinking that the Rice trees have fared well. great deal of time pondering the question of a and ultimately figure out for you what it "In terms of losses due to the drought, we who Jesus is on a personal level. means," Emerson said. only lost 20 or 30," Mann said. "The trees we Kripal argued that Jesus likely experi- Kripal said that the forum had gone ex- lost were predisposed to pathogens. We were enced unity with God. Kripal also said that If it isn't in the Gospels, you're actly how the speakers had wanted it to go. very fortunate to be given the resources to there is nothing unique about Jesus' experi- probably right, we can never "It was a very civil, friendly discussion • • look after our trees." ence that places him above all other humans. know the historical Jesus. about really important questions." Kripal said. Liu said that he thought trees were a vital Having been raised in a Roman Catholic McMurtry College sophomore Tyler Jen- family, Kripal said he had all intentions of kins said she enjoyed the forum, particularly part of the Rice campus image. Marianne Thompson becoming a Catholic monk. It was through the student questions. However, she added "The majesty of the colonnade of giant oaks Fuller Seminary Professor leading up to the Sallyport, the comfort in the reading accounts of other religious traditions that she thought neither speaker made a shade provided by trees in the central quad or that Kripal lost faith in Jesus and began fo- strong enough case. Still, she said the forum Outer Loop, and the location that our rare cam- cusing on comparative religion. 99 reminded her why she loved Rice. pus owls make their homes in - all this lies in "Such mystical states may be rare but are Religious studies graduate student Enoch the trees," Liu said. "Trees are symbols of life, by no means restricted to any culture, com- Gbadegesin said the forum was a significant growth and wisdom - all things we associate munity or religion," Kripal said. "They ap- Duncan College sophomore David Dalton learning experience. with our time here at Rice." pear to be universal human potentials." said he wished the speakers had been more "Whether we like it or not, a seed has been Brown College sophomore Nathan Bonnes He defended his argument by sharing nu- transparent instead of maintaining ambiguity. sown into the lives of some people," Gbade- said that he loves Rice's trees. merous accounts of men and women experi- "I feel like neither of the speakers really gesin said. "I think that the trees on campus are a encing a union or connection with god. went out on a limb to state what they truly Those seeds of thoughts and emotions huge part of Rice's heritage and an important Kripal said the reason people believed Je- believed," Dalton said. were shared and discussed among individu • « part of our beautiful campus," Bonnes said. sus was the son of God in the past was due Throughout the night, students texted their als in Willy's Pub following the forum. "I really love being able to run virtually the to their ignorance of social sciences and their personal questions to the speakers. The Veritas Forum is a nationwide pro- whole outer loop in complete shade." lack of freedom to express opinions. McMurtry College junior Tom Robak gram helping to organize university events Bonnes said he supported student contri- "We can think and say these things clearly asked Kripal whether a drug user, such as that engage students and faculty in discus- butions to tree sustainability. and freely and safely now," Kripal concluded. someone who consumes LSD, was accessing sions about life's hardest questions and the "I think as students we should be willing When discussing Jesus, Thompson said true divinity relevance of Jesus Christ. to work with the administration to help pre- one must ask the question, "Who is Jesus?" Kripal replied that drugs can play the role The forum is in its fourth consecutive year serve these trees that we enjoy every day," rather than "Who was Jesus?" of shutting down the social ego. However, Kri- at Rice. Seventeen organizations worked to Bonnes said. Intending to share from both her personal pal said that drugs are not causal, but rather make the event possible. FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 8 NEWS THE RICE THRESHER
STUDENT ASSOCIATION MINUTES tam#.!!*!1!'!! Th • SA External Vice President Sanjula Jain stated that Brochstein Pavilion will be open Panetta lands explosively Syria represses opposition until 11 p.m. on Sundays through Thursdays. She also reminded students that the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is hosting a student-athlete talent show on Sun- Leon Panetta's plane Syria was a country in the Middle day from 7-9 p.m. in the RMC Grand Hall. landed in Afghanistan East a car exploded. Whose authoritarian government • SA Treasurer Ellen Liu presented a review of the blanket tax. Nine blanket tax orga- gave rights the least nizations were reviewed, including Rice Program Council, UCourt, Honor Council and A car exploded on the runway There is a bloody Civil War student media organizations. Each organization was deemed to be fulfilling its pur- that Secretary of Defense Leon But to many the story is a bore pose and using money efficiently. Based on feedback from the review, next year's Panetta was landing on during And international interest has review will include a question on how rollover money will be used. his trip to Afghanistan. He was almost ceased not harmed in the incident. • Director of Elections Chance Marshall stated that election packets are currently avail- The Syrian government continues to able sa.rice.edu/springelection and are due to the SA office by Friday at 11:59 p.m. violently oppress the armed opposition The ballot for the election will be up for approval at next week's meeting. The ballot NATIONAL NEWS and has almost taken over the revolting will go online Monday at 11:59 p.m. and will be open until Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. cities of Horns and Idlib. Most interna- Major positions on the ballot are eight Honor Council at-large representatives and tional governments have taken a pas- Sammy the Owl. There will also be a referendum about a blanket tax increase for Beer Santorum wins the south sive role, criticizing the Assad regime Bike and a KTRU constitutional amendment. Mitt Romney talks about how over- from afar, and the story has failed to • SA Secretary Yoonjin Min said applications for 2012-2013 appointed positions are all he has the lead receive any large amount of continued available now. These include SA committee chair positions, directors, parliamentari- But it's not just a simple plurality attention. V'• • 0\ an, historian and university representatives to university standing committees. More of delegates that he needs - ANTHONY LAURIELLO information can be found at sa.rice.edu/spring2012. For in Mississippi and Alabama he got third instead of first • Tawfik Jarjour made a presentation about Centennial House, a project of Rice's Habi- It seems in the Southern states tat for Humanity chapter. He said the goal of the project was to build a low-cost , Romney is cursed environmentally-efficient home. It will serve as the official community service com- Many in the party worry if he ponent of the Centennial. The family to live in the house will be a single mother with can win the general election young children. The build dates will be March 17, 22 and 23 and April 13,14, 23 and If in traditional Republican 24. Students can sign up to volunteer to build by visiting habitat.rice.edu/rch. The states he always faces dedication for Centennial House will be September 2012. dejection • i • Thresher Editors in Chief Ryan Gupta and Seth Brown presented their goals. They Rick Santorum won the intend to improve the technological presence with a Thresher mobile application. primaries this Tuesday in They also want to distribute the Thresher to off-campus locations, such as House of Mississippi and Alabama, Pies. They asked for feedback on the newspaper's content. One student suggested with Romney placing third. including national and world news. Another student suggested adding Houston-area While Romney commands a news. Gupta and Brown said that all students can email [email protected] with their significant lead in delegates, thoughts and suggestions. his lack of support in tradi- tional Republican strong- • Campus-wide Beer Bike Coordinators Philip Tarpley and Teddy Grodek presented a holds raises doubt proposal to increase RPC's blanket tax. Currently, RPC has a $18 blanket tax, $5 of o about his general which is allocated to Beer Bike. Tarpley and Grodek stated that Rice Emergency Medi- election strength. cal Services and the Rice University Police Department require more staff with the o] increased amount of EMS calls, and Beer Bike must pay more money to cover the staff : increases. Additionally, REMS personnel were volunteers in the past, but now Beer Bike pays REMS for its services. Tarpley and Grodek asked that the RPC blanket tax be increased so that Beer Bike would have a $8 blanket tax. A student raised a con- cern that this increase would only allow Beer Bike to break even and not be sufficient of for future years. The bill was amended to read that RPC will receive $23 annually, with Beer Bike receiving $10, to provide money for future years. The bill passed and will appear as a referendum on the spring elections ballot. Tarpley and Grodek urged RUPD POLICE BLOTTER students to vote because at least 20 percent of Rice students must vote to reach a The following items were reported to the Rice University quorum; the referendum needs two-thirds of that vote to pass. Police Department for the period March 7-13. • Brown College SA Senator Shaurya Agarwal presented a proposal to create the 4 RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES Committee for the Student Vision for the Second Century. This committee will be McMurtry College March 9 the student contribution to the Centennial. The committee will consist of eight Theft McMurtry College members: the SA president, one college president and six representatives from March 10 Theft Jones College the student body. These representatives will be selected through an application March 10 Theft Sid Richardson College process. The committee will collect opinions from students all over campus and March 11 Public intoxication Lovett College define the priorities of students for the next century. March 11 Indecent exposure Hanszen College March 12 Theft • SA Parliamentarian Jonathan Stewart announced that, in a closed meeting, the voting Duncan College March 12 Theft body would be nominating candidates and selecting a recipient for the annual Stu- dent Association Mentor Recognition Award, which goes to a current member of the ACADEMIC BUILDINGS faculty or staff who exemplifies extraordinary service to the student body as a men- BRC March 7 Theft tor and friend. Last year's recipient was Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchinson. OTHER LOCATIONS The SA will next meet on Monday, March 19 at 9 p.m. in the Farnsworth Pavilion. Facilities and Engineering March 8 Criminal mischief • Rice Summer School < I now open for registration to Rice students « Current Rice students in good academic standing can take up to 12 credit hours during the summer sessions. Online registration is fast and easy. RICE UNIVERSITY Visiting and post-baccalaureate students should consult the Web for separate lffi&YEARS instruc tions, including how to apply. i • 1 2 • 2 o i a Register now for best availability. For details, call 713-348-4803 or visit gscs.rice.edu/summercredit ^><->1 <>(< <•>,tn.unn- Slu,h,s r -^ENTERTAINMENT to develop her own distinct style of Winningham said. "She simply did MATHISON INGHANl/THRESHER photography, taking into account an amazing amount of work. I don't the technological advances em- think she could have slept at all." bodied by her digital color camera Jordan, with the help of Win- and her 21st century subject matter, ningham, created a photo book in she said. the fall. They painstakingly went "I tried to think about what through her photos, cutting hun- Atget was doing, but I wanted to dreds and pairing the remainder make my own images that were still with Atget's. recognizably of the same spots," Her accompanying text de- Jordan said. scribes the photos' historical and After receiving the grant, Jor- present-day context, as well as dan photocopied between 100 and anecdotes from her visit. The ex- 150 of Atget's prints to reference hibition in the Rice Media Center while in Paris. Jordan selected pho- is just an imitation of the book, tos based on what content matter Jordan said. looked interesting, as well as what The layout and juxtaposition of was locatable by Google maps, Atget's and Jordan's photos in the she said. show highlight a dialogue between Once in Paris, Jordan planned Jordan and Atget and between Jor- out where she went every day ac- dan and Paris. One of the most cording to images she compiled striking contrasts is between the at- that were taken by Atget within the mosphere captured by Jordan and same vicinity. that captured by Atget. "I would take five to six photos Many of Atget's photos in the with me for a day," Jordan said. show have few or no people. His The rain and gray clouds over photo of Cafe du Montparnasse • • France were not only unexpected, features a barren street with lines FARRAH MADANAY Rice University Media Center from because, although he virtually nev- but also a damper on Jordan's of empty chairs and tables lining THRESHER A&E EDITOR now through March 23. er wrote about his work, he docu- motivation when she first ar- the right-hand sidewalk. Jordan's On a suggestion by visual and mented everywhere he shot and rived, she said. After watching take on Montparnasse captures the Digital camera in one hand dramatic arts professor Geoffrey wrote the exact address on each of the then-recent blockbuster Mid- same street but with patrons of the and a pile of prints in the other, Winningham, Jordan sifted through his photos. night in Paris, Jordan said she cafe packed into every chair. Jones College senior Hallie Jordan the prodigious body of work taken "It's unclear whether Atget con- found herself out until 4 and 5 Paris looks like a stately ghost roamed around Paris last June on during the master French photogra- sidered his photography art," Jor- a.m., just like Gil the protagonist, town in Atget's photos for two rea- a mission to recapture the same pher's 20-year tenure in Paris and dan said. "I assume he must have capturing the sites of Paris with sons: Atget photographed most of locations photographed by Eugene applied for a Focus Europe grant been there for the art; otherwise, reinvigorated spirit. his work at 5 a.m., and his expo- Atget 100 years ago. As part of the through the School of Humanities. he wouldn't have lugged around a "When Hallie came back from sures were several minutes long, FotoFest 2012 Biennial, Jordan's Jordan, an English major and huge, wooden camera for 20 years." Paris, she had so many photo- so most of the people probably just Days and Nights in Paris: In the Thresher senior editor, said she de- Rather than aim to imitate At- graphs that it took me two weeks blurred out, Jordan said. Footsteps of Atget is on view at the cided to follow Atget in particular get's photos exactly, Jordan chose to go through them all with her," O see ATGET, page 18 »| • i # ROmSted: Heat up and grind with Java Pura company. Currently there are only upon Don Teofilo, a Costa Rican coffee 1 two people roasting all of the cof- farmer who owned an expanse of land m • fee that Java Pura puts on the mar- with hundreds of Arabica coffee trees. ket, with Colt himself being the During the visit, Colt and his busi- I main roaster. ness partner. Fielding Cocke, noticed To demonstrate the process he something distinct about Don Teofilo's of t goes through multiple times a day, crop. While the local coffee farms strip he dumped a bucket of the green cof- all the coffee cherries from the trees, fee beans into the top of the machine. both ripe and unripe, in the middle Amanda Gutierrez He tapped a few buttons, and the cof- of the coffee season in order to sell as fee beans began churning inside the much as possible, Teofilo used a differ- When Richard Colt, the owner of metal cylinder. Heat began to emanate ent approach. the Bioscience Research Collabrative's from the machine, and a loud cracking "Don and his workers were careful- Hi * * new coffee shop Java Pura, suggested sound filled the room. ly going from tree to tree paying close that I take a tour of Java Pura's local The whole roasting took about 15 attention to picking only the ripest cof- roasting factory, I jumped at the op- minutes. Throughout that time, Colt fee cherries, leaving the unripe ones portunity to see the coffee-roasting periodically checked the temperature behind to be picked at a later date," and packaging process for the first and pulled out a few beans to make Colt said. time. Upon arriving, I realized I had sure they were being roasted evenly. Compared to the high yield that expected a much larger operation When he deemed the beans his neighbors experience after only than the one I found: a room con- ready, he pulled a lever, and the four weeks, Don Teofilo's whole taining two large machines and walls freshly roasted, light-brown cof- cherry-picking process takes about aligned with large bins of unroasted fee beans dropped from the ma- four months. However, the biggest coffee beans. chine into a bucket. The result was a difference is in the quality of the The aroma of fresh unhampered medium roast. end product. coffee beans wafted to my nose. The In the next room, a pictorial time- Teofilo's beans proved to be some factory room was unexpectedly small, line of the coffee bean picking-and- of the highest quality and most uni- and I craned my neck looking for the drying process was outlined on the form batches Colt and Cocke had seen. door that would lead to a much larg- wall with photos taken from Java They lunged at the opportunity and of- er room filled with workers pouring Pura's coffee farm in Costa Rica. While fered Teofilo more than twice as much Richard Colt demonstrates how to churn coffee beans at his factory. beans into the roasters and the ma- traveling around in the coffee-growing for each pound of his beans than other chines booming and crackling as the regions of Central America in the early coffee companies were offering. His two roasting machines supply the coffee for Java Pura in the BRC. coffee was roasted. 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ORG STPATRICKSDAYPARADE. COM FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 celebrateART 2012 showcases student creativity The official logo of the celebrateART 2012 festival. Sid Richardson College junior Sarah Ho performs an acoustic set in the Rice Memorial Center lobby. D COURTESY ALEXANDRA PROCTOR • - r • 1 1 f I • Students paint at their leisure on a large canvas set up for the Free Art Mural station in the RMC corridor. Hanszen College junior Michael Cheng and Sid Richardson College junior Anne Parker perform points of contact in Farnsworth Pavilion. * J • k Students discuss photos hanging from the walls of the art gallery in Farnsworth. A multi-level display of student art situated in the gallery in Miner Lounge. Abstract art made in the Waste Sculpture Contest. FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 THE RICE THRESHER A&E 11 J? Brown College sophomore Alison Chang aids in the curatlng process of the exhibition space in Miner Lounge. >} Martel College freshman Meredith McGrath fashions an outfit \2 made of donated clothing for the Wearable Art Fashion Show. COURTESY ALEXANDRA PROCTOR V • I f • The Miner Lounge, transformed into a student art gallery, awaits visitors. •J l • McMurtry College freshman Ben Simpson is the lead vocalist and guitarist for Strange and Charmed a * .. McMurtry College sophomore Paul Abraham examines Will Rice junior Hye Jeon Jeon's "Owl. Brown College freshman Samuel Tormey plays guitar for art festival visitors milling around in the RMC lobby. f \ FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 • 12 A&E THE RICE THRESHER Commentary: TVratings fail t o account for college students college experience! Ultimately, the show's predicament re- minds me of the one faced by Chuck, a spy comedy widely regarded as a cult classic that faced the chopping block on several occa- sions only to be saved at the last minute by viewer-led campaigns. In both cases, the issue rests more with how TV ratings are measured than with the shows themselves. While no system is per- fect, Nielsen is still living far in the past. Until 1987, Nielsen required participants to Josh Rutenberg keep track of their records in a diary, but now keeps track of homes through digital moni- When NBC announced it would be pull- toring devices. ing the comedy Community mid-season Internet and social media were not ac- last fall, I felt a pit in my stomach. Easily counted for until 2007. As college students, one of the most creative and funny shows many of us have classes, review sessions on television, Community had been edg- or other commitments that prevent us from ing dangerously close to cancellation due watching shows scheduled in the evening. to its relatively low ratings on the already Imagine all the college students and others under-performing network. unaccounted for because they watch their Community returned yesterday at 8 p.m., shows the next day on websites like Hulu. but if the show fails to see improvements in com or NBC.com. its ratings this spring, it will likely be can- That is just the surface of the real prob- celed for good. lem, though. The primary flaw in the Nielsen Networks typically rely on TV ratings, par- ratings revolves around the idea of the home ticularly the Nielsen ratings, to determine as a unit of analysis. Currently, Nielsen tracks how successfully their shows are performing. families that agree to have their preferences COURTESY SONY PICTURES TELEVISION Once a network knows how popular its shows monitored throughout the year, which leaves are among certain demographics, it can sell college dormitories completely out of the pic- advertising time accordingly. ture. Despite critical acclaim, the TV show Community has suffered from poor Nielson ratings. This Ratings are why Super Bowl ads cost mil- Nielsen is actually aware of this flaw, and rating system, however, may underestimate the number of college viewers. lions of dollars and why prime time is such a accounts for it by monitoring roughly 130 stu- sacred time slot. At the end of the day, it is all dents across America each year. My knowl- about the viewers, and that is a big problem edge of statistics may be a bit rusty, but that a way of combating the ratings system. The its most cutting-edge shows on TV for all the 09) for college students. hardly seems like an appropriate sample group ended up triumphant when sponsors wrong reasons. Maybe Community will be Why is such a witty and unprecedented size, especially when some TV providers offer responded and, in some cases, ramped up saved if NBC can find a way to monitor demo- show not garnering more viewers? Commu- thousands of channels. support for the program. The TV series, which graphics for online viewers, or maybe Com- nity has a brilliant cast and writing team, TV ratings are undermining the voice of had been threatened with cancellation twice munity will rely on one last-ditch campaign filled with up-and-coming comedians like college students, and with the rise of the In- before, was able to end on its own terms. after another until the show ends. Joel McHale (The Soup), Donald Glover (Mys- ternet and social media, it is becoming more Of course, such campaigns take a Hercu- Either way, this is one entertaining show tery Team) and Alison Brie (Mad Men). The of a problem than ever before. lean effort, and whether the campaign could that should remain a part of our own commu- • • TV series has explored romance, action, spa- Last year, when NBC hinted at the cancel- have been kept up for another season or for nity for as long as possible. ghetti westerns, science fiction and even lation of Chuck, a group called "Not a Nielsen that matter a different TV show is doubtful. stop-motion animation in its two-and-a- Family" began a twitter campaign to thank Although NBC must be preoccupied with Josh Rutenberg is a Lovett College senior half season existence. It even relates to the sponsors during commercials in real time as the bottom line, it may be sacrificing one of and Thresher News Editor. Midterm recess to-do list • • REED THORNBERG THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF • • 1* The Naked and Famous Concert. $17 (plus fees). March 24. This New Zealand group is just starting to get some serious stateside recognition for its blend of dance beats and spacey pop. Head over to the House of Blues on Saturday to catch it live. 2. The Menil Collection. Free. Open every day during recess 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Largely considered one of the best art collections in Texas, the Menil Collection in e many ways serves as the cultural center of Houston. In addition to the strange and fascinating surrealist standards, over midterm recess, you will have the chance to view the drawings of famed artist Richard Serra. % 3. Trader's Village flea market. Free (parking is $3). Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to t( 5 p.m. I l While it is something of a journey to get to, this flea market is more than worth the #) au i drive. Inside, it feels like a combination of a small city and a mobile carnival. The shopping m guarantees a laugh and maybe even a lucky find. a c l Pp l\» Cactus Records. Free (bring money for CDs and records) Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - tf 9 p.m. Sunday: Noon - 7 p.m. This store proclaims itself to be "Houston's First Independent Music Store." It often features live music from the local Houston scene, and if you have unwanted CDs lying around, you can sell them to the store. 5* Littl: Mgs. Wed. 11 a.m. -10 p.m., Thurs. 11 a.m. -11 p.m., Fri. - Sat. 11 a.m. - 3 a.m. Chti Bryan Caswell of Reef fame has a lesser-known restaurant dedicated to the art of the "slider," or small hamburger. Venture out to this affordable and delicious restaurant and go on your very own Journey to White Castle this break. 6. University of Texas "Round-Up". March 23-25. The fraternities of our orange-clad compatriots in Austin traditionally host prospec- tive (and not so prospective) students for what will undoubtedly be an exciting weekend of Animal House-style debauchery. 7- Houston Vietnamese Festival. $5 in advance, $10 at the door. March 24. 21st (jAnnua! ^ Head on over to Houston's beautiful Discovery Green to celebrate Vietnamese culture and dine on some delicious authentic Vietnamese food! 8. Texas Rock Gym. Friday after 6 p.m. for student night (with ID) $7.50. I The day pass will cover basic entrance, but you might also want to rent a harness and bring along a date for different take on a standard night out. 9* In Darkness. March 21.8 p.m. SUM THUG • TITUS ANDRONICUS « LOWER PENS . CHAIRLIFT • THE THERMAL# The Landmark River Oaks theater is one of the "select theaters" to screen this Acad- , fOVY MOON & BOLT! • THE ENEMY • Df MONIC HENS • WILD MOCCASINS • SWARAPA8ALAYA < JESUS, THE CRAIY, AMD THE BAD KIDS emy Award-nominated Polish film about an escape from Nazi Poland. MARCH 17, 2012 • KlCt UNIVERSITY CENTRAL QUAD • 6100 MAIN SI HOUSTON, TX • NOON TO 10PM • All AGES 10* Road Trip to Galveston. fomtom- mxni ommtmi toms • Him mjicr (mttm imkm m mctrm mmanmmemau kmmn The weather slowly keeps reminding us tSiat we are, in fact, ih Houston, and the heat wtmrmm • turn mm tr tmir mm mmtmimmcm .. is coming back with ferocity. Find a friend with a car, grab a pair of sunglasses and enjoy the weather before it becomes unbearable. . •. ft iHeartRadio # i , MARCH 16,2012 THE RICE THRESHER A&E 13 OATGET SSX 2012 revamps its gameplay FROM PAGE 14 ANTHONY LAURIELLO Some of Jordan's photo comparisons play THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF visual tricks on the viewer. Jordan's juxtapo- sition of a performing American high school As technology improves, sports video band with Atget's photo of an audience of games move toward increasingly more re- school children sitting mesmerized in the alistic and meticulous portrayals of reality. Jardin du Luxemburg creates a dialogue be- From the moment you jump a few stories in tween past and present. It is as if the school the sky out of a helicopter to start your vir- children of 1898 are listening to the band tual snowboard run, it is clear that SSX is of 2011. not one of those games. A few jumps with Other pairs of photos, such as those full 360-degree rotations while holding your of Notre Dame, Terre-plein du Pont-Neuf snowboard over your head, some glides with 51 and Quai de Montebello, demonstrate a wingsuit, and one or two stomach-first lug- & that the "Old Paris" Atget set out to pre- es while grinding on the Great Wall of China, serve with his own project is still alive in and it is clear that SSX is not just unrealistic, the building facades and local Parisians but also a celebration that the pesky laws of of today. physics need not extend to the worlds video "Hallie captured Atget's essence really games create. well, proving that the more things change, For those familiar with the SSX series, this the more they stay the same," Brown College comes as no surprise. The franchise has well senior Cass Turner said. earned its reputation for over-the-top tricks _ *. La Marais is a section of Paris that based and gleeful whimsicality. The gold standard of '"•-WML £* on her study, Jordan believes Atget did not the games, SSX Tricky (2001), included courses The new SSX video game offers more realistic topography, a storyline and a library of songs. photograph. However, Jordan includes pho- in downtown Tokyo and Hawaii. The new SSX tos of La Marais in her exhibition, saying she uses more realistic mountains for the courses, was so enamored with the "official gay neigh- but the term 'realistic' is relative. Despite the borhood" that she saw this as an opportunity claim by EA that it used NASA topography snowboar Jiiig gameplay. you can land that one flip you messed up and to capture a novel setting in Atget's distinct to create its maps, it is highly doubtful that Like the previous games in the series, you the right bumper allows you to deploy new style. Visitors wonder whether Atget would one could snowboard down Mount Everest in can either race the course for the fastest times gear, such as a wingsuit that allows for tem- have ever encountered characters such as real life. or attempt to score the highest point total in porary flight. The players who want to use the Jordan's begrudging female muse photo- Another departure from the series is tricks. In addition to these classic modes, there old control scheme can elect to do so, but the graphed in a watch shop doorway. the presence of a storyline in the "Deadly is also the "survive mode," where you merely new controls allow for players to better di- "I want viewers to take away an awareness Descents" mode of gameplay. As the ob- need to battle the elements, such as ice, on the rect their snowboards and enjoy the game's of Atget and a sense of enjoyment in seeing noxious cutscenes switch styles between a deadly descents. new features. the differences and similarities in history," Ford pickup commercial and a comic strip, Lastly, there is an online mode that allows Another enjoyable aspect the game is its Jordan said. we learn that Team SSX lost its funding you to use your in-game credits to buy into a soundtrack. Not only can you provide your P) when former member Griff left to make it on competition and reap rewards based off your own music, the game's own large library of his own. performance. The lack of a head-to-head mul- songs also provides exciting accompaniment Now SSX and Griff are locked in a race to tiplayer mode, either split-screen or online, is to your snowboarding adventures. Best of all, O ROASTED see who can complete nine dangerous snow- SSX's major shortfall. the game features a dubstep remix of DMC's FROM PAGE 14 board runs known as Deadly Descents. Any The controls for the game are another of "Its Tricky" for when a good trick combo motivation or reason for these characters' ac- the game's departures. On the Xbox, the game makes you go "super tricky." As of four years ago, Teofilo's farm offi- tions is left a complete mystery. Even strang- console I used, both the right thumb stick and This throwback to the original games is just cially became part of Java Pura and today en- er are the small details that the game tells the four buttons could be used for trick com- another example of how the SSX game devel- gages in direct trade with the company, con- you after races, such as Griff's trouble get- bos. Similar arrangements exist for the other opers understand what their audience wants. sistently providing the company with quality ting through customs. Luckily, the plot is as consoles. You can also use the bumper but- SSX might not aim to deliver an immersing and coffee beans. brief as it is ridiculous, allowing the player tons for entirely new options. The left bumper meaningful experience but it is a lot of fun to The beans are eventually brought to the to focus on the game's raison de etre, the allows you to rewind, for a penalty, so that play with friends. Java Pura headquarters located a mere minutes from Rice campus. There the beans are roasted, tested and packaged for local dis- tribution. In addition to their signature Don • Words on the Street: Rae Armantrout and Teofilo beans, Java Pura has about 22 differ- ent types of coffee, from Mexican Fair Trade to Indian Jamboor. L , Christian Wiman share their love of poetry The last part of the factory tour consisted of a coffee cupping demonstration. Cup- tion of being saved yet also confront the ter- Both Armantrout and Wiman offered ad- ping is the process by which a coffee's fla- rible difficulty in finding faith. Wiman grew vice for students in attendance, saying that vors, aromas and quality are measured by up in a Baptist community and remembers the most important task to become a better carefully tasting and smelling the freshly church hymns being his initial source of in- writer is to leisure read. roasted beans. spiration for writing poems. "Always make sure you're reading some- Colt describes the process as "getting Wiman now sees his early exposure to re- thing that's not assigned," Wiman said. down and dirty with coffee." • m ligion as a component of his art form. Armantrout relayed her experience as a Colt and Fielding gave a demonstration "[The notion of being saved] haunts me," teacher, describing her excitement whenever of what they do as skilled master tasters. Johanna Ohm Wiman said. "I want to know. I want to have she finds a student who is reading supple- The coffee is ground and put in small ce- this connection with this 'other.' It's funny, mentary books for her courses or incorporat- ramic cups, and hot water is poured over the Poetry hides in the basement of down- but I never understood the agony of disbelief ing outside books into assignments. grounds. The ceramic cups are placed on a town Alley Theatre. The Nehaus Stage, an until I began to believe." "When I see a student turning tabletop and many different coffees underground treasure with limited seating Armantrout's reading who asks me about books U are tested at a time. The tasters deeply in- f) and a stage that is flush with the floor, offers stood in stark contrast to outside of those I assign, I hale the scent of each cup, noting the unique say 'We have a live one!"' an intimate setting for audience members. Wiman's work both stylis- aromas. Then they slurp the coffee using On Feb. 27, the theater showcased a night of tically and in subject mat- Armantrout said. "Stu- When I see a student a special technique that engages all of the poetry, featuring Rae Armantrout and Chris- ter but dealt with similar dents like that will go do who asks me about taste buds. tian Wiman. themes and utilized com- something great because The tester notes the acidity, body, sweet- Armantrout and Wiman are celebrated mon techniques. Both books outside of those they have the drive to go ness, flavor, aftertaste and other qualities of American poets, both authors of numer- made use of significant read and discover poets." I assign, I say "We each coffee. These notes of flavor and inten- ous poetry collections and noted for testing wordplay, identifying a The event was part of # sity are what appear on the labels of the bags boundaries in the poetical world. Wiman is conflict between language have a live one!" the Inprint Margaret Root of coffee found in any store. the editor of Poetry magazine and grew up in and meaning in which Rae Armantrout Brown Reading Series, West Texas. the intensity of words is which consists of monthly Java Pura surely seems to live up to its brought into question. readings by contemporary name: pure coffee. Since it is a micro-roasting Armantrout is considered an important 99 figure in language poetry, a genre which "There is a longing in authors at venues located company, it has a very specialized selection confronts the dichotomy between words and my poems for reaching re- throughout Houston. Pre- of coffee. Unlike commercial companies like their meanings and is often considered to be ality," Armantrout said. vious readings in the series have featured the Starbucks that focus on mass production, a more radical form of poetry. She feels that her frequent use of "word likes of Margaret Atwood and Jeffrey Eugen- Java Pura slows down to focus on quality. Local Houston readers and writers alike slippage" and less-traditional poem struc- ides. Colt and Fielding claim that the "key to gathered to enjoy a night of poetry reading, tures presents the frustration humans have This month's reading will take place on quality coffee is uniformity," and thus, all of book signing and a post-reading live inter- with using language. March 26 at the Wortham Center and features the beans of a certain batch are inspected, view with the poets to discuss their work. "If my poems are working, both the drive Tea Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife, and making sure that all the beans are the same Wiman's reading featured poems drawn and the failure to reach reality will be evi- Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True size and color. Any rotten or stale beans are from his own life experience, with references dent," Armantrout said. Love Story. picked out by hand, as they could ruin the to his recent battle with cancer, his child- Although Wiman said many of his poems Tickets are $5 for the public and free for quality of the entire batch. hood in West Texas, and his curiosity for sub- deal with this same issue of representing re- students. For more information on Inprint This is what makes Java Pura's coffee so House and for details on upcoming read- jects of death and spirituality. Discussing his ality with words, Armantrout makes use of special. As a result of this micro-level special- very different subject matter. Her most recent ings, book club meetings and literary events, recent collection Every Riven Thing, Wiman ization, the coffee is completely enjoyable by collection, Money Shot, presents concepts of check out Inprint's website at www.inprint- said the setting of West Texas is apparent and itself and does not need any flavored cream- intentional. how capitalism is ingrained in everyday life. houston.org. ers or half & half to make it barely drinkable. "The landscape (of West Texas] is good for She says many of her poems are inspired Armantrout is the author of Versed, Money With Java Pura's coffee, you taste the real grief, Wiman said. "It is very stark and aus- by things she sees on television or in physics Shot, Next Life and Up to Speed, among many untainted natural flavors and savor each tere in the emotions it engenders." textbooks, which she reads for fun. other collections. Wiman's collections in- smooth sip. This is how coffee should be. In his post-reading interview, Wiman was Armantrout lives and teaches in San Di- clude The Long Home, Every Riven Thing and asked what he thought his poems were about. ego and said her environment is also an in- Hard Night. "I consider my poems to be antidevotional spiration for her work. Amanda Gutierrez is a Hanszen Col- devotional poems," Wiman said. "There's a sense of emptiness inside the Johanna Ohm is a Duncan College junior and lege junior. Roasted is a column that Wiman's poems suggest a higher spiritual city," Armantrout said. "You can see a wide Thresher copy editor. Words on the street is a examines the coffee culture in and being and make constant reference to the no- sky, an emptiness, in the midst of people." column exploring literary events in Houston. around Houston. traxfejdlectibrehurraitHesL Rice Cribs gets cozy inside Duncan's most comfortable suite BY ALEX BISBERG THRESHER STAFF The lovely ladies of Duncan's 4D suite pleasantly invited me into their common room to have a look around. Junior Mecklin Ragan walked me in, where we found seniors Christina Coravos and Amber Makhani. I was I II II immediately immersed JIIAIILAI IIIIIIII 1111 II I I * * J in a homey, comforting atmosphere. The room mi ii lint is filled with comfort- able couches crammed with pillows, assorted BM IHI IIH till III* Hit mi «Mi uii ;;n i;:* mi types of chairs and multiple ottomans. I ^ t I t wMf' The windows are occupied by empty bottles of wine, and countless shelves and boxes compartmental- ized the nooks of the emate, hosted "Wine Wednesdays," moved into her room and created a common room. A large patterned a classy social gathering that pro- model room for advertising. Even • 1 central common room rug is spread over the concrete floor vided a mid-week break. The 4D a specially modified file cabinet ^ and topped by some useful sitting suite also hosts other, less-regular flipped out and stored shoes. • 6 singles pillows. Three glass tables stand social events, such as wine and Overall, this room was a contrast to around the room; the main table is cheese parties and game nights. the past few seen in this column. "We • 2 bathrooms used as a centerpiece of the com- In addition to the main common like to keep organized," Makhani said. mon room. Usually, fresh flowers room, many little things make this The comfortable and welcoming at- • 2 couches occupy the table, Coravos said. room special. One of the bathrooms mosphere is unmatched. It seems very Large lamps stand totem on the is completely adorned with zebra- easy to just huddle up and take a luxu- - • Assorted chairs surrounding glass tables. All sur- print mats and organizers. These rious nap on one of these couches or ~ rounded a large CRT TV, its bulbous women pride themselves on their sit down to a nice glass of wine. Even backside protruding onto the table. It coordination. though this room isn't flashy, it has a • Board pmes is not used much, apparently; in this I walked into Ragan's single and wonderful atmosphere and is filled suite, board games including Jenga saw a gigantic set of shelves and with friendly suitemates. 4 • 2 refrigerators and Disney's "Scene It" are much drawers occupying the entire right more common than video games. wall. Everything from books to Rice Cribs explores various • Various organizational drawers A cabinet filled with wine glasses clothes to trinkets of all shapes and dorm designs around campus. If and other assorted cups stands to sizes fill every section of this colos- you would \ike to suggest a room the side of the room. Last semes- sal conglomeration of drawers. It to be featured, email Alex Bisberg ter, Elizabeth Casey, another suit- was as if The Container Store had at [email protected]. • « Campus Folk: Look at Rice's own master chefAa4c t&t IjUfsrfUsi Dear Thresher, A guy |ust asked me out to a dinner date at the servery. We've Baker Chef Clark takes pride in serving simple and delicious food hooked up before, and I like him, but somehow the servery does not seem Uke the mostromantic setting . I wonder if I shouldn't suggest BY FARRAH MADANAY Clark first shared her culinary ex- Farms, she has incorporated freshly another place. A Uttle part of me thinks the servery is a good idea in case the date is uncomfortable, but the idea still seems like a cop-out. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF pertise with the Rice University com- picked produce from the community * b munity as the executive chef of the garden classes at Rice. Clark said How should i react? From, Baker Kitchen Executive Chef Cohen House in the '90s. After living her dishes are also inspired by her A Hopelessly Cheap Date Cari Clark has tasted cuisines from a stint in the U.K., Clark returned to travels abroad. Her adventurous around the world, so it may come as the U.S. and jumped on the opportu- palette has led her to taste the tripe In this situation, it is most Perhaps you are really a hideous a surprise to learn that her favorite nity to open the new Baker Kitchen. of Brittany, the kabobs of Istanbul definitely best to just talk to the person with a terrible personality food is something even the less trav- and the paella of Valencia. person who has asked you out. who is not worth the cost of a night's eled may well be familiar with: Rice "To me, food is not just something They might have also decided dinner. If so, then you should accept Krispies treats. For Clark, her love of you need to keep you alive but a they like you after hooking up his invitation and probably have a Rice Krispies treats makes sense in To me, food is not just celebration meant to be enjoyed," (especially if it was casual) and serious self-reflection about how you are just trying to find a comfort- have reached this point. However, if the context of her approach to cook- something you need to Clark said. "I celebrate food." ing: minimal ingredients, simple From Poland to Egypt, Switzer- able way in which both of you can this is not true, you should insist on dishes. keep you alive, but a land to Italy, Clark has celebrated talk and figure out where each something better. If you think your of you stands in this potential date will go that poorly, you should Though Baker College servery's local food and drink from many re- celebration meant to be relationship. In this case, while it not embark on the adventure at all. central location on campus is con- gions. She said her travels are not might not be particularly roman- Go to the servery and took at the venient for students to drop in for enjoyed. solely about experiencing local cui- tic, the servery could accomplish food options available. Are you really lunch between classes, location sines, but also about exploring the Cari Clark history of food in each region. the goal; it could help you both to worth the curious-looking roast beef cannot solely account for the flocks better define the potential of your Executive Chef Clark does outsource some of her or the days-old Caesar salad? of students from all of the residen- future relationship. tial colleges that opt to get break- menu items to the certified pastry You may think that the next 99 On the other hand, this idea fast, lunch and dinner from the chef at East Servery, who makes course of action would be to suggest for a date really could be a cop- Baker Kitchen. some of Baker's desserts, breads that he take you somewhere nicer, out. There might be a chance "I would like to think they like our "I admire my colleagues at the and breakfast muffins. As for her but this would be too kind. You know large serveries for the job they do own cooking, Clark said she appre- this person is just asking you out how little you and all your shared style of cooking: fresh and simple on a "date" because they know seven days a week, but I love my ciates the intimate setting of the history mean to him. Think back to with everything produced in our you have been wanting more home here at Baker," Clark said. Baker Kitchen because she is able to the last person you liked. Chances kitchen, including dressing, soups and, while they want to keep Clark said the reason Baker serv- have a hand in all the dishes. are that your attraction seems and sauces," Clark said. "Fresh with hooking up with you, they really ery is not open on the weekends is "If someone asks what's in the ridiculous now; what was appealing healthy options is our goal." don't want anything too serious; because of the small kitchen staff. soup, I know exactly what's in it," in the past is now laughable in the Clark, who said she loves cooking in this case, they probably aren't Though Clark said no one ever has she said. present. Like Oedipus you have all food, did not always dream of worth your time. If this is a to work a double shift, the reputa- Though Clark said she would never ;^-v\ blinded yourself, and the only farm-to-fork dinners and managing courtesy date so that they way out of your predicament is tion of the Baker servery certainly feed students anything she does not a university kitchen with a staff of can keep hooking up with to act as objectively as possible. keeps the staff on its toes. However, herself find delicious, she welcomes five. Rather, the West Texas native you, they're clearly un- Think about what you would do if one of the benefits Clark said she suggestions and comments. Stu- graduated from Texas A&M Univer- interested in who you you were giving advice to a friend enjoys from a smaller kitchen is the dents and colleagues may reach her sity as a geologist. After working in are and you should instead of to yourself. ability to collaborate with a farm 10 by phone or by email, both available the realm of Earth science for five end things with them. Chances are you would tell miles away from campus. on the Rice Dining website. years, she decided to swap her chis- However, you will your friends to avoid this el for a chef's knife and attend the "At Baker, we have the opportunity "I am passionate about food and never know which op- boy and move on to find California Culinary Academy. to practice farm-to-fork on a weekly love the instant gratification it gives tion is the truth until people who think you are After graduating in 1987, Clark be- basis," Clark said. "We get seasonal me when I make someone happy," you talk. Communica- at least worth the time to gan to turn her passion into her vo- produce from Atkinson Farms every Clark said. tion is the key. leave campus for dinner. cation by starting out with the Jack- week, and in return, we save our compostable scraps, which they dis- -Athena son and Company catering service. Campus Folk tells the often- -Ares Clark also worked as a line cook at tribute amongst the farmers at the unknown stories of some of Cafe Annie under Chef Robert Del Rice Farmers Market on Tuesdays." Rice's most intriguing people. To t! ' jS an ac^v'ce c°lumn written twice a month, authored Grande, who she said inspired her Clark's menus are reflective of her suggest a person email Farrah at tn A«imioTV,U r'/ staH mefnbers. Readers can email their letters love of local cuisine. In addition with his creativity and culinary in- [email protected]. m novation of Southwestern cuisine. to integrating food from Atkinson formspri^a,MkSe^ " SPORTS Sports is on Twitter. Get the scoop at twitter.com/ThresherSports 15 Wade finishes strong at NCAA championships Becky Wade finishes in 13th place in the 5000 meters at the NCAA indoor championships Thresher Staff Reports ship, finishing 13th. the runners from the Big 12 Conference would have THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF "Becky ran better than she was seeded, coming been able to. in seeded 15th," Bevan said. "She really wasn't 'on' "Ultimately, it was great to represent to Rice With a multitude of records to her name, fifth- tonight, but gave a great effort, going out in 5:05 at nationals, but I should have done a lot better," year senior Becky Wade has already cemented for the mile, the fastest she's gone out all year. I'm Wade said. "I was pretty far back from my personal herself as one of the greatest distance runners in proud of her just getting here and running with the best, and I didn't want to end my indoor career that Rice history. But in her five years at Rice, Wade had best in the nation." way. I think I pushed myself hard, but there's a bit yet to qualify for the NCAA Indoor National meet Wade's third-place performance at Notre Dame of a switch in mentality when you aren't in con- to this point, despite making the trip for the NCAA University was certainly inspiring and gave her tention for first place. Your drive is not as tangible Outdoor National meet two times and the NCAA hope that despite her low seeding relative to the when the stakes aren't quite as high." Cross Country meet once. other competitors, she would be able to place Still, Wade was able to look back on a sea- But after a solid year competing in the inside the top 10 and be named First Team All- son in which she placed either first or second 5,000-meter run, including a personal best time America. in every single mile or 3,000-meter run that of 16:03 at the Notre Dame Last Chance Meet on Wade was not given much credence going into she competed in this year, a remarkable feat March 2, Wade was up for the challenge along the meet, although that is no slight for anyone who considering that she was running in nation- with 15 other runners from across the country. has earned a spot among the top runners in the ally renowned events such as the Texas A&M Before her star showing at the Notre Dame Last nation. With Wade usually running at or near the Invitational and the Meyo Invitational. Wade Chance Meet, Wade was on the cusp of qualifying front of every race this season, the national meet was quick to give the credit to the help of her for the national meet but still needed another her- field was way out of her element, with the com- coach. I culean effort to ensure her spot among the top 16. petitors leaving their original bunched formation "I haven't had great starts to any of my Head Coach Jim Bevan knew exactly what it would in favor of a more strung-out race just 1,500 meters seasons this year so far, but Jim's pulled me take to book her trip to nationals. into the race. With the race halfway over, Wade around when I needed to be pulled around," "I told her it would probably take a 16:03 to win was near the loth-place spot but ultimately faded Wade said. "I think there's a lot to be said for it, and she ran a 16:03," a smiling Bevan said. "Al- somewhat to finish in 13th. An additional element his training and the way that he believes in though she didn't win it, her main focus was get- that made it tougher for Wade was the fact that me even when I'm not performing great." ting that time and not as much on the individual she had not raced against any of the other runners The race has not ended for Wade yet, with TOM MONTGOMERY/ THRESHER title." before, not having run against Sara Sutherland of another opportunity to add to her national But despite her trip to Nampa, Idaho, a mere The University of Texas or Natosha Rogers of Texas meet total during the outdoor season that Senior Becky Wade runs in stride in the 22 miles from Boise, to act as an ambassador A&M University at the Texas A&M Invitational. begins today with the Texas Southern Univer- for the Rice track brand, Wade came up short This meant she was not able to anticipate the in- sity Relays and continues with the 30th Victor front lane ahead of teammate Allison Pye. of her first-ever individual national champion- dividual styles of the other runners, like some of Lopez Classic hosted by Rice next weekend. • « Men's Tennis drops home match to USD Dan EUedge ing that in the back of our minds during THRESHER SPORTS EDITOR the season. Since I've been at Rice, we have done well at our invitational." Another chance to score a great non- The Owls start off the three-day tourna- conference victory fell to the wayside this ment today with a match against No. 34 weekend as the Owls lost to another highly University of Memphis, which has had one ranked opponent, the University of San of its best seasons in years. Ustundag sees Diego, on Saturday. The match had to be the Tigers as coming in with something to moved indoors because of the rain, but the prove since the Owls have dominated them Galleria Tennis and Athletic Center proved in the past. Last season, Rice took care of to be unfriendly to Rice as it dropped the the Tigers 5-2, but Memphis wants to turn match 5-1. Senior Michael Nuesslein was the tables on the Owls this time around. the only bright spot for Rice, as he racked "Memphis is a team that is coming in up a two-set win to increase his singles with a chip on their shoulder," Ustundag record to 10-1 for the season, which ties said. "This is the first time in a very long • • his season-high as an Owl. Rice is now 8-5 time they have been ranked higher than us, and ranked No. 64 in the nation, its lowest and they want to win this tournament." ranking of the season. The Owls also are playing No. 63 With their NCAA tournament hopes on ranked Tulane University on Sunday. thin ice, the Owls turn their attention to- Rice was challenged last season by the ward conference play, which gears up this Green Wave but eventually prevailed 4-2 weekend at the 54th-annual Rice Invita- in a match in New Orleans. Garforth-Bles tional. Assistant Coach Efe Ustundag spoke mentioned that most of Tulane's starting clearly when he said the team needs to get lineup returned from last year's squad, back on track. According to Ustundag, if and he knows this match will go down to the Owls lose a few more critical matches, the wire, as the Green Wave are a scrap- it might cost them a chance at the NCAA py bunch. tournament. "Tulane will be a battle as well, as "We can help our cause by winning none of these matches will be easy by any quite a few of the matches," Ustundag said. means," Garforth-Bles said. "It should "I think the room for error is very small. be a pretty good weekend, but we will We can no longer take any more upsets: no definitely have to fight and play well." more losses from teams that 1 think are as Between those two matches, the Owls good as we are. We have got to take care of play Iowa University on Saturday. The those matches." Hawkeyes have been struggling all sea- Senior Sam Garforth-Bles knows that son, as they have only racked up one win these conference matches are critical, as in nine matches. Ustundag would like to the Owls can still make a run in Confer- add another Rice Invitational title to his ence USA and take the automatic bid to the repertoire since he sees this tournament NCAA tournament. He thinks the Rice In- as a chance to boost the Owls into the vitational is coming at a good time, as the second half of the season. Owls have previously been successful in "Tough teams, great tournament," COURTESY OF JAMES HIITON this tournament. Ustundag said. "It is certainly going to "It's important," Garforth-Bles said. be a very strong tournament this year. It Senior Sam Garforth-Bles hits a stroke at last Saturday's match against the University of San "Conference is our main goal before the na- would be great if we were able to win an- Diego. The 54th Rice Invitational starts today as the Owls play Memphis, Iowa and Tulane. tional tournament, so we are always keep- other trophy." Friday, March 16 Saturday, March 17 Sunday, March 18 Men's Tennis vs. Tulane Swimming at NCAA Championships Men's Tennis vs. Iowa 72 p.m. - Jake Hess Stadium All Day - Auburn, Ala 12 p.m.. — Jake Hess Stadium Baseball vs. Grambling State Women's Track at TSU Relays Baseball vs. Grambling State 2p.m. - Reckling Park 1 p.m. — Reckling Park All Day - Houston, TX Men's Basketball vs. Drake University Men's Tennis vs. Memphis OWLOOK 12 p.m.- lake Hess Stadium 7 p.m.- Tudor Fieldhouse This Week in Sports Women's Tennis vs. Marquette Swimming at NCAA Championships 3:00 p.m.-Jake Hess Stadium All Day - Auburn, Ala FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 16 SPORTS THE RICE THRESHER Baseball has trouble with place in history before HallTop 10 west coast opponents ImI •' ' •"**"'*' i ed since his illustrious career speaks for itself. Rice University baseball was not always the In his fourth season, Graham led the Owls way it is now. In its first 78 years of existence, to the NCAA tournament, something that was baseball only had seven winning seasons. They unfamiliar to them. Just two seasons later, Rice were the laughing stock of the Southwestern made the College World Series for the first time Athletic Conference as they never finished high- in school history, and in 2003, Graham and the er than second place and finished dead last 24 Owls triumphed as they won the national cham- times. Just like with many of its other major Divi- pionship, which to this day is still the only Divi- sion I sports, Rice was not up to par with some sion I title Rice has. of the big boys like The University of Texas and As much as that national championship was Texas A&M University. important, it is Graham's consistency that is un- believable. Even though Rice loses great players to the major leagues every season, the Owls re- MeOKS plenish their team and look just as lethal as the , * J,-* *"*- -• - - year before. Rice has not had a losing season under Graham and has made the NCAA tourna- ment the past 17 years, including 16 straight con- ference championships. Graham always keeps Junior Christian Stringer throws a ball to the first baseman. The Owls are continuing Daniel Elledge the Owls relevant in the national spotlight, which their homestand this weekend with two games against Grambling State University. today in Division I sports is a difficult task. In 1992, Wayne Graham was hired to come He has also coached many players and and resurrect the program and make the Owls helped turn some into major league stars, Ryan Glassman to clinch the series against Rice for the third season a winner. That was what he had done every- such as St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lance THRESHER STAFF in a row. where else. At San Jacinto Junior College, Gra- Berkman (Will Rice'97) and Tampa Bay Devil ham built up a dynasty as his team won five Rays starting pitcher Jeff Niemann (Jones '04). At 12-2 following a win against Texas A&M Uni- Sunday: Freshman Jordan Stephens out- junior college national championships in six Those players would not be who they are to- versity at Corpus Christi, the baseball team entered standing, combines with Chargois for 1-0 shut- years, and he piled up 574 wins in the pro- day without the help of Graham. its toughest week of the season as the Owls played out cess. Rice was going to be a much steeper task It is not only his success on the field, as five games against Pac-12 foes ranked in the top 10. Lxxiking to leave California with some positive for Graham, but he was up for the challenge of Graham has done it the right way. There have The slate began as Rice left the state of Texas for the momentum heading into the Arizona series, Coach turning the program around. never been any recruiting or academic viola- first time this season, heading to Palo Alto to play Graham sent freshman Jordan Stephens to the hill Rice athletics now prides itself on base- tions, which is tough to avoid at a school with second-ranked Stanford University in a three-game Sunday afternoon after Stephens' seven-inning, two- ball. When I tell people I attend Rice, they such high standards as Rice. Many coaches weekend series. After returning home, the Owls hit shutout of the University of Tennessee a week ago mention both the great academics and the and programs do whatever they can to cheat hosted 6th-ranked Arizona University for two mid- earned him Houston College Classic Most Outstand- terrific baseball team. Students count down without getting caught, while Graham and week games at Reckling Park after splitting the se- ing Player honors. Facing a team scoring nearly nine the days until the first pitch of the season, and Rice just keep on winning playing by the rules. ries in Tucson last season. runs a game, Stephens was superb once again on everyone tunes in to see if Rice will make it to The induction to the Hall of Fame is an Sunday afternoon, pitching 6 2/3 innings of a three- the College World Series. This is all thanks to honor for Graham, but Rice and the rest of the Friday: Mark Appel dominant, Cardinal re- hit ballgame to help the Owls salvage the end of the Graham, a man who turned a tiny program into country already knows that he is a special guy serve hits walk-off series. Stephens pitched effectively to contact, keep- a national powerhouse. and one of the greatest baseball coaches of With Rice heading west to face their toughest test ing the Stanford bats off-guard all afternoon while On March 2, Graham was inducted into the all time. The Hall did not need to confirm that. of the season, there was no shortage of headlines working with the slimmest of leads after senior Jer- 8* Collegiate Baseball Hall of Fame, the first Rice leading up to the weekend series between the OwLs emy Rathjen's two-out RBI single drove home a run 1 coach or player ever. However, his induction into Daniel Elledge is a sophomore and the Cardinals. The Friday night pitching match- for Rice in a third inning extended by an error by the Hall of Fame only added to his accomplish- at Sid Richardson College and Thresher up featured a pair of childhood friends and team- the Stanford third baseman. The unearned run was ments. It was not something that Graham need- sports editor. mates going head-to-head in the national spotlight, all that Stephens needed, as he left the game with with each garnering attention for different reasons. the 1-0 advantage intact as Chargois took over with For Rice senior starter Matthew Reckling, the start a runner on base. Chargois retired the final seven was his first Friday night appearance of the season, batters of the game, allowing just one hit to clinch the Sunday afternoon win for Rice before the Owls o«. io w ms REALLY mtrr GOURMET AND as Head Coach Wayne Graham elected to place the ESTABLISHED IN CHAJrUSTOH, H. V*f*Rt NOT FRENCH EITHER. MY SUBS JWT TASTE headed home for their tilt with Arizona. W 8*3 TO ADO TO STUDENTS SPA A LITTLE BETTER. TUUTt AU1 I VMNTEfc TO thriving Reckling at the front of the rotation for the AND GENES Al DATING ABIUTY. CALL IT JIMMY JOHN'S TASTY SANMMCNES, BUT weekend series. Stanford's starter, Mark Appel, is MY MOM TOLD Ml TO STICK WITH GOURMET. SHE THINKS WHATEVER I DO IS GOURMET BUT projected to be the top overall pick in the June MLB Tuesday: Benak shines again, offense jumps I DOtTT THMK EITHER Of US KNOWS WHAT IT II MEAftlS. SO LFTS STICK WITH TASTY! Draft, wielding an upper-9os fastball and hard slider on Wildcats early among the best in the country. In the same way that Reckling emerged a In front of a near-capacity crowd at Sunken season ago as one of the best pitchers on the _A4.S0\_ Since • • 1983 &.S0 Diamond on Friday night, the two starting pitchers staff, junior Andrew Benak has pitched as lived up to the expectations set in advance of college well as any mid-week starter in the country 8" sue SANDWICHES Corporate Headquarters Champaign. A GIANT CUB SANDWICHES baseball's marquee weekend matchup. 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But after the Cardinal tied the game with two runs to no. 6 in the country (Rice currently stands 4 #1 PEPE ^ PLAIN SLIMS" prorilite cheese, lattice, tanata. t real nayt! leal applewood sorted bam lad proioline cheese lay Sit nines the rejfies aid since in the third, Appel and Reckling held the opposing at no. 8), Benak was superb once again, hold- famished with lettace. tenuto. aid naye. #8 BILLY CLUB* bats silent over the middle innings, although neither ing the Wildcats scoreless in 5 2/3 innings SLIM t Han (cheese Choice roast beef, smoked kaa. prttiloee cheese. ace truly had their best stuff. Reckling left the game pitched on Tuesday in the series opener. #2 816 JOHN* SUM 2 least Beef Dijei mastard. lattice, tamiti. & nayi. Medwn rare chaice rust beal. tapped with SUM 3 lina salad after six innings, allowing the two runs on just three As for the offense, Rice got started early as jenny naye. tetlace. aid tenuto. SUM 4 lirkdy breast #9 ITALIAN NIGHT CLUB' hits while striking out seven. But as good as Reckling SUM 5 Salani. cipicela. cheese Stringer, junior Michael Ratterree, Fuda, and #3 TOTALLY TUNA" leil (eaoi salani. Italian capicola. saoked ban. was in his first Friday night start against a top-five SUM 6 Oaableproteleie lid preralene cheese ill tapped with lenice. tomato. Rathjen led off the first inning with consecu- 0 1 ;W ft Fresh heestmade tana, nited witti celery. Miaas. •Mm. aiyo. aid aw boneaide Itiliai riuifrette. offense, Appel settled in for one of the best outings tive hits to score two runs before an out was aid ear tasty saace. then tapped with alfalfa spirals, (toe hai'ti order hat peters. )ist ask!) ciciaber. lettuce, aid tenuis. (My taea ricks!) of his career, fanning a career-high 14 over nine in- recorded. Chargois and sophomore Shane Low Garb Lettuce Wrap #10 HUNTER'S CLUB* #4 TURKEY TOM*" nings. The game headed to extra innings tied 2-2. Hoelscher added RBIs in the first inning, and fresh sliced turkey breast, topped with lettace. I loll 1 /4 pound ol fresh sliced aedna rire After Rice was held scoreless in the top of the Rathjen homered in the third to put Rice up tomato, ill alia spreits. ami mayo. (Tbe tri(iul) 55 traaiap rust heel, pr orolnie. lenice. teaate. I aayo. 10th, Stanford reserve outfielder Justin Ringo, mak- 5-0 through three. The lead held up all eve- #5 VITO*} Sine ingredients aid price of the #11 COUNTRY CLUB* sub ir clib arithnt the bread ing his first start of the season as a late addition to the ning, as senior Taylor Wall and junior Tyler The ordinal Italiai sab with giaoi salmi, ptorelonc. fresh sliced tarkey breist. applewood snaked han. cipicili. iaian. lettace. linata. t a real tasty Italian prn»alaae. aid tans of Intice. tanata. aid naye! lineup, drilled a first-pitch fastball over the fence in Duffey worked in relief to preserve the lead riuipette. (In peppers by reqaest) (i rery traditional, yet alnys etceptioeil classic!) right field for a walk-off two-run home run, his very for the Owls after Benak's strong outing. The I* #6 VEGETARIAN I #12 BEACH CLUB* ® first hit of the season. The home run handed Rice Owls won, 5-1. Layers if prostatic cheese separated by real fresh hiked tirkey breast. pretolone cheese, arocide their second walk-off defeat in the past three games, "As long as I help the team win, then I'm avocado spread, alfadla spreuts. sliced camber. spreid. sliced ciciabar. sproits. Iittice. tanito. aid 1 lenice. tomato, and mayo. (Trady a gourmet srt net tor ivMcm ntrms. munis naye! (It's the real deal, and it aii't tree California.) as the Cardinal took the series opener against the happy," Benak said after the win, an effort far vegttana«s inly peace duds') then fifth-ranked Owls. HllVflT 8IIEB wilt iiciade a delivery #13 GOURMET VEGGIE CLUB* that dropped his FRA to a team-low 0.78 in ckar(eef 41c per iten («/-!*). 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SI 51 THE J.J. the weekend ranked fourth in Division 1 in runs per Tuesday, the Owls struggled on Wednesday #15 CLUB TUNA* * leal potata chips or jaabe kosher dill pickle ... Si 21 game. And with sophomore Austin Kubitza looking GARGANTUAN* Tbe siae is eor #3 Totally Tan ercept this me has against the Wildcats. Freshman Zech Lem- * fjtn load el neat $151 This saodwrch was touted by a let mere, fresh hoaseeude tana silad. praralone. to get his season back on track in the Saturday after- ond got off to a decent start as he allowed * iitra cheese it eitra avocado spread SO75 Jinny John's brother Haey. It's hi(o sprouts, cacaather. lettace. t tomato. noon game, the Cardinal showed why its bats make eieifk to feed the bonjriest il ill three runs in five innings. Wall could not * NetFeppers free ha BUS! IMS el (em salami, sliced #16 CLUB LULU* it a strong favorite to reach Omaha this season. hold the Wildcats back as he allowed two sarted him. caplcola. rust heel, fresh sliced tirkey breist. bacoa. lenice. tomato. Rice once again scored first in the ballgame on tirbey i prenliie. jaaaed inti earned runs in 2 2/3 innings and ended up t mayo. (JJ's original tarkey & bacon dab) FCEEBIES (SUBS s am ONLY) oie of oar beaeaade Freich kins a leadoff home run from junior Christian Stringer, getting the loss. then smetberid with onions, aayo. #17 ULTIMATE PORKER* Union. lettace. alfalfa sproits. tomato, nays, sliced but Stanford responded with three runs on three lettace. teaati. t ear beaeaade Even with five runs, the Owls' offense eucimber. Ihjoa nasraid. oil t troejar. aid irefiae leal applewood saoktd ham md bicon with lettace. Italian dressiaf. hits in the second inning to take an early lead. Se- taute k mayo, whit caald be better! struggled as no one got more than one hit. nior Michael Fuda's opposite field two-run home run Fuda had the major hit of the night when he in the third drew the game even, but after a run in drove in two runs with a triple in the third ,+ M WE DELIVER! 7 DAYS A WEEK the bottom half of the third, Stanford knocked Ku- inning. Otherwise, the bats could not come bitza out of the game on a three-run home run by through in the clutch, which led to an 8-5 de- outfielder Austin Wilson in the fourth to go up 7-3. feat to split the series with Arizona. The Owls HOUSTON 2401W. HOLCOMBE BLVD. 713.741. Kubitza pitched three innings during the afternoon, are now 14-5 for it the season. allowing seven in his third consecutive start that did Rice is still at home this weekend as they not last five innings. Stanford extended the lead to "YOUR MOM WANTS YOU TO EAT AT JIMMY JOHN'S!" faces Grambling State University tomorrow 9-3 through six and went on to win 11-6 on 14 hits c Ifis ?|l? ?•§•* 7914 tW.HH JINMV Jlll'S fllKRISr lie III RICMfS IISflTED It Tit l<|Ht t| Mike Is. M?fl« Ckin|is and on Sunday. FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS 17 Women's basketball ends season in WBI Rice loses at Sam Houston State in the first round of the Women's Invitational Tournament Tef^dy Grodek The Univeristy of Texas at El Paso, the team that Kuster's ability to avoid the sophomore-year slump a lead inside the game. THKL 'HER STAFF won the tournament (and the automatic NCAA often seen in sports. In her last game, senior Brianna Hypolite con- tournament berth). "That is a credit to her that she didn't rest on tributed 16 points in the loss. Hypolite, who ended In a mediocre season, the Owls met at least one Rice went down sue in the first half of the game her freshman laurels and continued to work hard the season averaging 10 points a game, will be a of their goals - they got to play postseason basket- and fell completely apart in the second period af- during the off-season and came in prepared to missed scorer for the Owls next season. Kuster had ball. After a finish just above .500, the Owls were ter being outscored 40-22. The Owls had one three- continue to build on the outstanding freshman 18 in the last game of the season. invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, pointer the entire game as UAB simply shut them year that she had," Williams said. "It is a tremen- Heading into next year, the team will lose three a 16 team-postseason tournament that plays all down on the perimeter. dous honor to be selected to both of those squads." of its typical starters in Hypolite, Smart and cen- games at home sites. The tournament, though less Sophomore forward Jessica Kuster had 16 The WBI game, against Sam Houston State ter Candace Ashford. The Owls do have a solid illustrious than last season's WNIT berth, gave the points and eight rebounds in the loss. Senior point University (which the Owls had scrimmaged pre- nucleus to build off of, though. Despite their high Owl seniors hope of one last flash of glory. guard D'Frantz Smart had seven points in her final viously in the year), was played on the road in preseason expectations, the Owls were relatively "We're excited to participate in the WBI, as it C-USA game. Huntsville, Texas. young this year. gives our players an opportunity to continue their For her efforts this season, Kuster was Rice shot poorly in the first half, making less The Kuster and Porter combination in the season and it's a credit to their hard work that awarded first team All-Conference as well as than 30 percent from the field, but managed to post will be dangerous next year inside C-USA. we had that postseason opportunity available to All-Defensive team. hold the Bearkats to a low 32 points, keeping itself Also returning is junior guard Jessica Goswitz them," Head Coach Greg Williams said. "It's al- Freshman Christal Porter, who was a threat all in the game. Rice's bench played a huge role in the who should step up and handle the ball with the ways exciting to get another chance to compete season for the Owls in the post, was awarded All first half, outscoring Sam Houston State 10-2. departure of Smart. and wear the Rice uniform." Freshman team. In the second half, Sam Houston State got hot Kuster's continued development will be the Rice was sent home in the Conference USA The awards are nothing new for Kuster, who is from the field, making half of its shots. The attack key to next year's season. As she continues to grow tournament in the secor ' round bythe Univer- undeniably one of the best players in the league left the Owls behind and unable to keep pace. The into a player that can be dominant in every game, sity of Alabama-Birmingham, a team they had and received All-Defensive and All-Conference Bearkats made their free throws down the stretch, look for the streakiness that plagued the Owls this lost to previously in the season. UAB later lost to teams the year before. Williams was pleased with eventually beating the Owls 73-55. Rice never held year to disappear. Sophomore Basketball advances to second round ofCIT Dan Elledge going as he nailed a three to tie the game helped put Rice up for good as he drained a jumper JeffWibawa THRESHER SPORTS EDITOR off at 54-54. Freshman guard Dylan Eunis to give the Owls a 56-54 lead. Junior guard Tamir Jackson and junior forward Arsalan Kazemi com- Even though the Owls did not win an elu- bined for the next five points to give Rice a com- sive bid to the NCAA tournament, they still fortable 61-54 lead. Senior guard Connor Frizzelle places in 13th get to participate in postseason play. Rice DJ capped off the 12-0 run with two free throws to give was invited to participate in the CIT, the Col- the Owls a 63-54 advantage. Rice hit enough free lege Insider Tournament. The tournament throws down the stretch to push away the Ragin' Paul Fitzgerald featured 32 teams with all teams coming from DRAKE Cajuns and come up with a 68-63 upset on the THRESHER STAFF smaller or "mid-major" conferences with road. games played on the court of the higher seed. WHEN Frizzelle led all Rice scorers with 18 points as Looking to gather some momentum heading The Owls landed a first-round matchup at Tomorrow, 7 p.m. he also added a team-high of four assists. En- into their home stretch, the Rice golf team instead the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The nis and freshman Julian DeBose added 10 points WHERE faltered at the Argent Financial Classic, finishing Ragin' Cajuns finished the year with a 16-15 Tudor Fieldhouse apiece along with a strong performance by Kazemi in last place. record including a 10-6 record in the Sun Belt who got 12 rebounds. Kuipers contributed on the Coming off a disappointing i4th-place finish conference. PREVIEW defensive end as he notched five rebounds and Rice is in the second round of at their home event, the Rice Intercollegiate, the The Owls did not want to end their season three blocks. ' the CIT and hopes to advance on a three-game losing streak and came into The Owls' next game is at home against Drake Owls headed to Choudrant, La. for the tourna- to the quarterfinals with a ment, hosted by Louisiana Tech University. Rice the game with a lot of pride. On Wednesday, win over the Bulldogs. The University at 7 p.m. in Tudor Fieldhouse. Drake fin- had already traveled to Choudrant in the fall por- the Owls and Ragin' Cajuns went back and CIT is the first postseason ished 9-9 in conference and had an overall record tion of their season, finishing in 12th place at the forth as there were 13 lead changes in the tournament Rice has been in of 18-15. The Bulldogs won their first-round CIT Squire Creek Invitational. game. With the Owls down 54-51, Rice turned since the NIT in 2005. match-up at home against North Dakota Univer- The Owls were unable to use their past expe- on the jets and proceeded to take control of sity with a 70-64 win. The Owls hope to continue 1 rience to start the tournament strong, posting a the game. their run in the CIT and advance to the quarterfi- team score of 310 that left them in last place after Senior forward Lucas Kuipers got the run nals, which will take place later in the week. Sunday's first round. Sophomore Jeff Wibawa led Rice, as he has for much of the year, by posting an even-par 72. Already down on the leaderboard, the Owls looked to begin a comeback in the second round. Wibawa continued to score well, carding a one- over 73, and he was matched by freshman Tommy Economu. However, their team score of 300 was not enough to move them out of last place. The event's third round saw Wibawa post a one-under 71, leaving the Baker College member in a tie for 13th. Economu's 75 left him in a tie for 35th, while the remaining Owls, senior Erik Mayer, freshman Joe Beck and junior Brock Wilson fin- ished in ties for 47th, 49th and 51st, respectively. LIVE AT MOSAI As has been the case all season long, the major- ity of Rice's lineup was comprised of underclass- men. With only two upperclassmen on the roster, i Head Coach Justin Emil sees this year as an impor- AND I LO tant developmental year. "We're a real young team, so it's been a real rebuilding year for us," Emil said. "We've had to teach them how to do certain things, and there's a ^ < > ,J • • V - real learning curve, especially for collegiate golf." While the team has certainly struggled as they've gotten accustomed to the grind of colle- giate golf, Wibawa's play has continued to impress. The Encino, Calif, native has begun the spring with back-to-back top-20 finishes, and even though he NEW SPRING SALES INCENTIVES - 2% toward Closing Costs LIVE HERE LOUNGE open daily concedes he's not playing his best golf, he feels as 5925 Almeda Rd., Suite D if anything is possible. and 1 year paid HOA dues for select homes' Houston, TX 77004 "My ballstriking was good, which allowed Call or come in today for Spring leasing incentives. me to have chances for birdies and prevented big 713.533 9400 numbers, but my putter wasn't helping me enough 3REAT fINANC iNG OPTIONS AVAILABLE to get the W," Wibawa said. "I think I'm capable of going to the rest of our events and contending for 1 each title." OCI The next event at which Wibawa hopes to con- eck tend is the team's next tournament, the Border Olym- pics. Held in Laredo, Texas, the Border Olympics have been kind to Rice golf in the past. Michael Whitehead DISCOVER YOUR MOSAIC TODAY (Will Rice '11) used a final-round 62 at last year's event the inqt MosaicHouston.com to take the individual title. While Wibawa may have his eye on a title, the the team's struggles this year have Emil focusing on the Bi © improvement of his team. "There's been a unique opportunity on this team M STfl MO S A for the young guys to get experience, and I've been Df aaeptefc*5 vQ«tr*!s wrttlwt front V' 4/SO.1M PfMw < Oral iffmmrtttX's b* very encouraged," Emil said. "We're just going to go in kmI upon «*s (omxtty sJiinq ffpwnt'itsom "f ft* N ffWWrtMlfoPV there, develop a game plan, and stick to it. Hopefully madf to fhf Puatwu' Arjwnifnt the (xjflAmwwn itbmufion and m * » It TANVI SHARMA/ THRESHER « t »ii m t-EXI EISCNBEJtG/ THRtSHW FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 THE RICE THRESHER CALENDAR 19 St. Patrick's Day In a teepee tent, Come to RNASA's annual SUBMIT AN EVENT the Calendar Powwow. The deadline for submission MARCH l6 - 29, 2012 Rice Native American Stu- is 3 p.m. the Monday prior to dent Association presents publication. follow us 24/7 at twltter.com/threshercal its annual Powwow at 2 p.m. in Founder's Court. Submission methods Limerick Edition Enjoy dancing, food, crafts And large breasts that bounce and music, and get a free T- Fax: 713.348.5238 to and fro. shirt with any purchase. Email: thresher-calendar@ FRIDAY rice.edu Don't cop a feel, You can spend today Just pretend that they're Planks and rhythm Campus Mail: Doing work for no pay, Calendar Editor real, At the Big Event you'll be Cultural pursuit Experience art with a Thresher, MS-524 When in fact it's Q&A's on the right track. ADVANCE presents a test, Drag Show! whole new sensation, Listen to music in the Rice To go on a culture quest. Rice Student Volunteer Gallery's New Installation. It's a race Rice's LGBT organization, Program organized the Big Shepherd composers give To me this blue liquid To stuff your face Queers and Allies, presents Event, a day where you can thanks tastes strong. At this international fest. its annual Drag Show rais- sign up to volunteer at or- To Shapiro's colored planks, ing money for local LGBT ganizations across Hous- From the art composers The Hoot South hosts the Advocating Diversity and youth group HATCH. The ton. Register at tinyurl.com/ found inspiration. Powerade Pong Tourna- the Need for Cultural Ex- show starts at 8 p.m. in bigeventu. ment as a part of Student change presents the Cul- Willy's Pub with free food The Rice Gallery hosts Run Business Week. The ture Fair 2012: The Amaz- and beer. Bring your $1 bills! You probably haven't "New Art/New Music" a tournament starts at 10 p.m. ing (Human) Race. Come heard of this event performance of music writ- to the Grand Hall between Razz-a-ma-tazz ten by student composers 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to You think you're too cool Scrooby bee-dop stroop de and inspired by Joel Shap- sample delights from Rice's for me, bro? THURSDAY 22 fazz iro's New Installation. The many cultural groups. You play songs that you Lah-dee-doop pah-bee noppy concert is free and starts at think I don't know. ah-lazz 5 p.m. in the Rice Gallery. Politicking around Listen to scat Here's a surprise: Take a nap, yo I'm a little more wise. Rice Democrats present a And all of that, I've heard of the bands at Though spring break was forum At a night chock-full of Rice KTRU's Outdoor Show. just a few weeks ago, To discuss politics with lit- Jazz MONDAY You need another break, tle decorum. yes fo' sho. KTRU presents its annual But don't pick a fight, The Rice Jazz Combo performs Outdoor Show, featuring Relieve the stress It's Comedy Night. at 9 p.m. in the Wiess College Fuel up your study machine Slim Thug, Titus Androni- During midterm recess, Watch out for a surge of Commons. Admission is free. 'Cause you still have papers cus, The Thermals, Chair- Rice students need their Santorum. and finals yet to go. lift and more from noon to caffeine. night in the Central Quad. Without it they can be Don't go to classes on The Rice Democrats host SATURDAY VJ Admission is free. grumpy and mean. Thursday and Friday. It's the Current Events Com- Coffeehouse has it in stock midterm recess. Come back edy Night at 7 p.m. in the Reservations necessary For every kid on the block. Monday. McMurtry College PDR. Doing good in a big way Against sleep you can get "What's in the Founder's your vaccine. Tits for tats Though there may be Court?" you furrow your brow, things in life that you lack, It's Native American danc- For Student Run Business There's a handsome musta- Sometimes it's best to give es and chow, now. Week, Coffeehouse presents chioed beau, back: Another cultural event * Block Party, offering cof- fee, cookies, beer and mu- Cupquake sic. It's all free and starts at CROSSWORD: FIND THE LUCKY CHARMS 8 p.m. in the Brown Garden. Students have been known to cause earthquakes 67. Reply to a captain While stampeding to go 68. "Losing My Religion" TUESDAY 20 claim their cupcakes. group Stay out of the fray 69. Small amount On Willy's B-Day. One small pastry is not 70. nickjonasfangurl8i Can't read my poker face and dontTaZemeBRo, for worth the high stakes. example Keep your face lean, mean 71. Hallucinogen and gruff, Five hundred cupcakes will 72. Austrian peak Not looking despaired be given away in the Central might be tough. Quad in honor of William Down You don't want to fold 'em Marsh Rice's birthday. Check 1. LOLcats or Rickrolling In Texas hold 'em, http://rpc.rice.edu/tradi- 2. Trailer Don't let them call you out tions/willy-week closer to the 3. Wear this or be pinched! on your bluff. date for more information. 4. Hinder 5. Cabbage with turnip- Willy's Pub will be holding like stem a Texas hold 'em tourney as TUESDAY 27 6. Author Blyton a part of Student Run Busi- 7. They may hold things dear ness Week. The games start 8. He told Ophelia to "Get at 6 p.m. in Pub. thee to a nunnery!" Talking tipsy 9. Drive away Make your trusted profes- 10. He is the 58-across WEDNESDAY 21 sors and RAs think, of 21-across Away from listening stu- 11. Athena's goatskin shield dents they can't slink. 12. Baby stroller Music and art, again Oh the debate 22. "Totally awesome, dude" Is going to be great, 26. Doc. assessing environ- These two women will not The answers get better the mental effects of a be outdone, more that they drink. This crossword was created by Rebecca Jeun. proposed project An art opening and senior The solution will be posted on Twitter at twitter.com/threshercal. 28. Coiffure setter recital all in one. Rice Program Council hosts 30. Crag It's more music and art the Beer Debates at 8 p.m. Across 33. Put money on 31. Lyricist Gershwin (You can't keep them apart), in Willy's Pub. 1. Measure of Prius efficiency 35. Warbled run 32. Leprechaun's treasure This event is guaranteed to 4. Eisenhower's nickname 38. Pizarro's prize 34. Aviv be fun. 7. Triple this to dance 39. Absence of noise 36. Lion constellation 10. Arboreal ooze 42 . Lo Green 37. Hawaiian wreath The Matchbox Gallery hosts THURSDAY 29 13. Bungle 43 . at: Electronic duo 39. Candy : hospital I Am Here, a new visual 14. Dreaded day of the wk. that contributed to Kid volunteers work by Duncan College 15. Sentient computer in Cudi's debut album 40. Apprehend freshman Lydia Smith with Biere, cerveza, 2001: A Space Odyssey 45. "Well, -di-dah!" 41. Dick van Dyke swept music by Brown College se- 16. Dutch painter Gerard 46. Ornamental carp these in Mary Poppins nior and music composition They've got brews from all Borch 47. Others in Madrid 44. Bill dispenser major Joelle Zigman. The around the sphere, 17. The Simpsons bartender 50. Whistling poly-instru- 48. "How many angels can event starts at 6 p.m. and is This is a cultural tour of in- 18 . Beta Kappa mentalist Andrew dance ?" free and open to the public. ternational beers. 19. Storied record label 53. "This little light " 49. Scraps Don't start a bar fight 20. Palmer, Nicklaus, and 54. Ray type 51. Croaked Chug to the end At International Beer Night, Woods grp. 57. N.Y.C. sports venue 52. Double helical molecule Give your opposing college 21. Irish nickname 58. lo-down is this of 21-across 53. Rapper Ice Cube's given The Hoot presents a tour- a good-natured, "Cheers!" 23. Goal 61. "So that's it!" first name nament of pong, 24. Radio station sign 62. Bumbling, with in 55. Coronet But in this event I think The Rice Annual Fund spon- 25. Convictions 63. Liveliness 56. Winged spiritual beings something's wrong, sors International Beer 27. Wet blanket 64. Epoch 57. Champagne house Though they conveyed Night at 10 p.m. on the 29. Part of a flight 65. Unagi 59. Iridescent stone It's only Powerade, Thursday prior to Beer Bike. 30. Waiter's wage 66. Grande 60. Office fill-in FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2012 20 BACKPAGE THE RICE THRESHER Welcome a freshmaBUCKEn to Rice on Dis-0 Nude swim at the Rec Center TMor e thaLISn 10 likes on Facebook T Enjoy the great outdoors interlocked Expedition to 59 without a car Enter into a bet of $100 or more with someone else's genitalia Witness every public party Acquire malt liquor at Fiesta Keep a public party poster Wake up in an academic building Lovett parking ticket Omelette it up to cure a hangover Night golf in Hermann Hook up with a backpage editor 0 0-Week group hook up Incur a fine in the water balloon fight Not know if you are in Duncan or McMurtry Wizard's staff Talk your way out of trouble with a non-Rice Eat in every servery Yell obscenites at an opposing team at officer by saying you go to Rice Occupy Pub at closing time Autry Court Evade RUPD Run the bases at Reckling Observe Rice win a football game Share a twin XL bed Win an argument with a professor Urinate on the Duncan LEED-certified seal Climb Willy's statue Exceed class average on exam Have sex on NOD Use all pass/fails Wreck something in another college Argue with someone at the Cashier's Office Lick a cat Inebriate yourself at pub before Thursday View Rice from a roof Put a hole in a wall Last a semester without buying books Experience Beer Bike Take part and rage on Arbor Day Last all of Beer Bike Witness a Fondren dawn Unveil an incriminating secret about some- Keep Rice ID for two years Halve your purity score one during Never Have I Ever Inebriated at breakfast Attend a legitimate dinner date with a Run Baker 13 Live without doing laundry for longer than fellow Owl Eight Lokos or more (2 Four-Lokos) a month Take either STAT 280 or ESCI101 Sex before noon Lie next to a stranger in the morning Weekend road trip Nasty up yo' shit by sweating at a public Have a 25-cent beer at Vallhalla Embezzle school funds party Engage a prospie in sexual relations Steam tunnels Operate a dolly while blacked out Read something in the Thresher other than Enjoy a complete crawl Orgasm in Fondren the Backpage Experience a pregnancy scare No jail, no hospital Imbibe in a class Keep a glass from the "Ginger Man" Taste the blood of an animal you killed Take the Inner Loop bus from one stop Make it to pub every Thursday for a semester Occupy Pub during Blow Job Tuesday (Tues- to another Edward Fortyhands day before thanksgiving) Wear a costume for Screw-Yer-Roomate Experience a walk of shame Make out with both roommates Ingest Pub Nugz Take someone's V-card On the SA Presidential Ballot, write-in a Lose a prospie while drunk Urinate on every college ridiculous choice Listen to KTRU for more than five minutes Sun's out, black out Run up the stairwell to Sid 7th Beer Golf Absent from class without any reason Run a beer mile End up at Whataburger at 3 a.m. or later Throw something off of Lovett Obtain dank ass chronic Steal alchohol and food from another college Talk yourself out of trouble with a dean Watch an hour of RTV5 Lose your dinner by puking at a college Hook up with more than one person in Climb 450 other than your own a night Overcome racial segregation to win high Order Jimmy John's (See page 12) Evening of beer pong in Fondren school championship Win college bingo -7 "'VWV & lltltll 2012 graduation: 57 2014 graduation: 792 Lllllll... 2013 graduation: 421 2015 graduation: 1156 The Backpage is satire and is written by Alex Weinheimer, Anthony Lauriello and Zach Casias. 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How to Drain Your Flagon Man's Bike Team Men's Bike Team Men's Bike Team: Eddie Reyes (C), Jorge Aceves (C), Dan Li, James Alex Burger, Jeff Brown, Taylor Britt, Eric Brighton, Aditya Kaddu, Brian Behring, Chet Kupchella, Jeremy Carpenter, Brynnan Webster, Isamu Tachibana, Kyle Byrne, Austin Williams, Guntas Singh, Michael De Moss, Jonathan Berg, Kevin Shen, Matthew Nathan White, Nathan Joo, Alex Schmit, Nathan Savory, Max Payne, Joe Dirt, Eric Baeuerle, Kieron ChaHes, Jonathan Wilson (C), Ray Verm, Rui Wang, Alhalel Lyons Jarvis Sam, Mike Schubert, Steve Peterson Men's Chug Team Men's Chug Team Men's Chug Team Kevin McDonough (C), Nico Carlson, Al Deliallisi, Andrew Austin (C), Brennan Halloran, Jeff Brown, Mitchel Norton (C), Matt Nieters (C), Taylor Williams, Paul Ernster, Michael-Martin, Hrothgar McClendon, John Stretton, Scott Anderson, Jeremy Hunt, Alex Larson Rogers, Sam Stein, Daniel Croft, Ross Tieken, Shan McDonell, Jonathan Myers, Omare Okotie- Kumar, Eric Beauerle, Matt Wofford, Robert Darling Agha Nkama, Ben Kohl, Tremayne Kaseman Eboh, Gregory Perin, Cody Shilling, Alec Weiss Women's Bike Team Women's Bike Team Women's Bike Team (p^faley McCann (C), Kyle Byrne (C), Kathleen Abadie, Sara Rhodes (C), Marion Donald (C), Elizabeth Andie Parazo (C), Erika Dankers, Priyanka Duwuru, Violetta Krol, Jenny Cooke, Claudia Leon, Aline Fudge, Kylee Talwar, Heidi Kahle, Ellen Wendte, Ann Wawrose,Kathleen Wiest, Kari Van Grinsven, Lueckgen, Madeline Davis, Chioma Nwozuzu, Nicole Cara Sylvester, Lisa Swank, Alexandra Zambrano, Gaby Gonzales, Alisa Yu, Frances Hsu, Jennifer Cole, Johnston, Katherine Humphreys, Jessica Ruiz Kelly Sanders, Erika Clark, Liz Jackson Elizabeth Chen, Amber Kunkel Leslie Miller Women's Chug Team Women's Chug Team Women's Chug Team -Emily Griffith (C), Daniela Alarcon, Jessica Williams, Alicia Jones (C), Leila Bell, Rosalie Berg, Angela Kelle Kampa (C), Amanda Wonnell, Ann Wawrose, ^Daniella Covarrubias, Prachi Balwalker, Claudia Chun, Angela Guo, Lyangela Gutierrez, Rebecca Chloe Kwon, Duo Wu, Faith Hirschi, Priyanka Leon, Michelle LaComb, Jocelyn Monroy, Danielle Lam, Linda Hguyen, Elisa Sosa, Danielle Vasquez, Duwuru, Stephanie Huang, Stephanie Herkes, TJ Brown, Katelyn Larson, Jennifer Ding, Kelly Birch Ellen Wendte Patel Pit Crew Pit Crew Pit Crew Joe O'Gorman (C), Daniel Podder (c), Geoffrey Evan Stackpole, Beau Reesccno, Zechariah Lau, Devin Taylor (C), Alex Balkum, Linda Cheng, Peter Holmes, Kevin McDonough, Kevin Maurin, Arik ^Brandon Hautt Johanningman, Sean Mack, Steven McDonough, Patino, Victor Prieto, Rosalie Berg, Nana Xu, Cody Hurst Williamson Shilling HM • LANE ASSIGNMENTS 1. Brown JUDGES' TENT 2. Lovett RPC TOWER 3. GSA • • 4. Sid Rich JUDGE 5. Martel + • CHUGGERS E * ' » 6. McMurtry m- w 7. Duncan Rice Program Council # • HP — PUSHERS 8. Baker 9. Will Rice 10. Hanszen COLLEGE AREAS 11. Wiess CONCESSIONS EMS CONCESSIONS 12.Jones Lovett McMurtry Duncan Scooby Brew: Where am I? Land Before Wine: Dawn of the Vodkasaurus Ciroc Obama: Four More Beers a Men's Bike Team Men's Bike Team Men's Bike Team Noah Levine (C), Robert Prevost (C), Thor Walker , Aaron Daniels, Henry Deng (C), Kevin Lin, Noah Andrew Felte, Thierry Rignol, Philippe Dentin, Alberto Greg Aird, Christian Neal, Garrett Carmen, Eric Lozada, Peter Abraham, Garrett McMurtry (C), Jack Sia, Eric Bastou, Matt Winkler, Caleb McBride, Sean Talbert Reed, Mason Sanders, Bryan Bates, Eric Gonzales, De Luna, Josue Lopez, Zuhdi Abdo, Fernando Eric Staats, Caleb Owsley Ramirez, Matt Makansi Men's Chug Team Kevin Gravesmill, Matthew Hernandez, Tejus Conner Men's Chug Team Men's Chug Team % Mane, Xavier Oberti, Collin Shurbet, Michael Gilbert Hernandez, Spencer Arrasmith Drayton Thomas, Travis Smith, Matt Winkler, Matt Tilghman, Zach Timmons, Christopher Trevino (C) Kaufman, Kelvin Pho, Drew Moore, Tristan Clement, Women's Bike Team Caleb McBride, Jeremy Scher, Garrett Roland, Women's Bike Team Avnee Kumar (C), Daniela Chona (C), Lily Marrow, Jonathan Stewart, Mike Han-Po Tseng Sarah Snyder (C), Georgia Lagoudas (C), Elizabeth Claire McWhite, Jordan Ashcraft, Salma Ayub, Emily Pina, Hadley Burroughs, Bianca Baellesio, Elaine Watkins, Mary Mikell Lampton Women's Bike Team ^ Chung (C), Kristen Gagalis, Carol Nordman, Andrea Megg Ryan, Molly Horn, Marissa Hall, Taryn Willett, ^ Mansur, Lauren Lewis Women's Chug Team Rachel Poppers, Dominique Bessette, Chynna Foucek, Cara Miekka, Maire Gavagan, Lena Silva, Mary Emma Hurt, Amanda Studebaker Taryn Alford Women's Chug Team Mikell Lampton, Rebecca Roady, Ashley Membere, Sarah Snyder, Hadley Burroughs, Amy Hilton, Min Ji Katie Van Leeuwen, Ayana Andalcio, Avnee Kumar Women's Chug Team Kim (C), Laura Blumenschein (C), Alicia Hernandez Michelle Bowen, Lidija Wilhelms, Taryn Alford, Andy Grimbergen, Carly Biedulm, Olivia Hansen, April (C), Brittany Brown, Kristen Gagalis, Shannon Pit Crew Kwan, Krisina Zuniga, Karen Jong, Becca Hamm £ McNamara, Bri Bennett Justin Chen, Alex Rodela Conard, Lauren Bockhorn Pit Crew Christopher Trevino, Martin Bell, Nonso Anyigbo RICE UNIVERSITY, MARCH 31, 2012 VIOLATIONS & FINES SPECIAL THANKS # Water/Balloon Violations Fine CAMPUS-WIDE COORDINATORS: Consistent under-filling of water balloons (assessed by the Parade $1,500 (assessed against the TEDDY GRODEK&PHILTARPLEY 1 or Security Area Coordinators] violating college) 2 Filling balloons with any substance but water $1,500 per offense RPC ADVISORS: Hitting Beer Bike officials, campus police officers, security 3 volunteers, bike team members, non-student participants (College $100 per offense BOYD BECKWITH, ERIN WILLEY, & JULIE NEISLER Masters, RAs, etc.] Using any method to propel water except balloons (including but AREA COORDINATORS: 4 $250 per offense not limited to hoses, trashcans, water guns, etc.) PARADE: SHAURYA AGARWAL 5 Use of fire hose $500, plus $10 per minute of use SECURITY: JUSTIN WU 6 Use of departmental style, wheeled, blue recycling bins $250 per bin TRACK SAFETY: THIERRY RIGNOL 7 Throwing balloons outside the defined parade route $100 per incident TRACK SCHEDULING: JOSCELYN MEJIAS Water balloons transported in/thrown from any containers or 8 $100 per incident JUDGES: TYLER WOODS vehicles except for the approved water balloon trucks PUBLICITY: RISA DIEKEN & TRISTANNE MOCK CONCESSIONS: CHRISTINA DANA # Parade Route/Vehicle Violations Fine/Penalty $250 per trash can and an Any assault on another colleges balloon stores at any point during RPC EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: 9 appropriate exchange of balloons or prior to the parade that results in the destruction of any balloons between the two colleges involved MATT SAWYER, LIBBY ULMAN, ADRIANNE WADDELL, & FAY YANG $250 per offense 10 Alcohol on parade route or on a parade vehicle at any point RUPD, EMS, & WELLNESS: Participating in the parade and/or water balloon fight without $150 per person 11 wearing the approved Beer Bike shirt SGT. GARY SPEARS, LISA BASGALL, & PATRICK LUKINGBEAL 12 Unauthorized Entry to Buildings $200 per offense $1,000 (assessed against the 13 Non-participation in after-parade clean-up violating college) ni V.." * J: , < 14 Impersonating a security or Beer Bike official $1,000 per offense >% vr !j wBml "a » ' x 15 Throwing balloon before official start of parade $300 per person • "v•>'iW :« ''"-- £$*i 16 Use of any sort of portable, shield-like device $100 per offense Malicious interference, as determined by the Beer Bike Rules Chair, Ifi m. V* 17 with any Beer Bike Officials including, but not limited to; RUPD, $100 per offense m REMS, Coordinators, Security and Caregivers. ;•. • Jn m 18 Failing to provide at least six sober security officers $50 per person under Si! # Track/Race Violations Fine/Penalty 19 Present on the track without a wristband $100 per person Penalty of 20 seconds (per person) mm 20 Crossing the track during race and a $350 fine to the team of the offender's college $1,000 per participant and Participating in the race without utilizing a bicycle (walking, 21 disqualification of the team from the running, non-bicycle vehicles) remainder of the event Requiring riders inside men's/women's race to go around twice in First offense - 25 second, $100 22 one single race Second offense - 50 second $300 FOUNDER'S COURT PLACEMENT INTRAMURAL FIELDS PLACEMENT I^BAKErJ j HANS j | JONES j BAKER WILL LOVETT RICE HANS ' W1ESS MARTEL WIESS '•' • JONES BROWN DUNCAN BROWN LOVETT MARTEL DUNCAN SID MC RICH MURTRY } .p,<* . \ 9" . 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