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by Lily Chun into public spaces (such as hallways, ? 1 .1. I " landings, lounges, bathrooms, or THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF wmm — r" a **- other common areas) orthat causes At the first Student Associa- undue disturbance to other college tion meeting of the year Monday, members" (Section 2a). students voiced concerns about Every summer, Ostdiek makes changes made to the Alcohol changes to the alcohol policy as he Policy last summer. sees fit, and Dean of Undergradu- Although the majority of the ates Robin Forman approves them. alcohol policy stayed the same, Then, these changes appear in ill m II' • fill an additional clause defining the student handbook. Ostdiek the difference between public said in some years he consulted and private parties was added. chief justices and presidents prior Chief justices met with Assistant to making changes, but not this Dean of Student Judicial Pro- year. Forman said there was not grams Don Ostdiek Thursday to time to consult college leaders discuss addendums. and still have the revised Alcohol After he meets with chief jus- Policy ready for publication in the tices Thursday, he will meet with student handbook. the presidents and masters. Dean The result was that many stu- of Undergraduates Robin Forman dents, including chief justices, did said he hopes to resolve issues not know about the policy until re- with the Alcohol Policy as soon as cently. Brown College Chief Justice possible — by the end of fall semes- Phil Gorman said he did not know ter at the latest Currently, the clause about changes in the alcohol policy is being held in abeyance. until prompted for an interview. a • . viyr-. The clause added to die alcohol "I'm concerned that they did not SHEjftBgBgHH '•'J-* m policy states: "No more than one keg inform us because I'm supposed to SMS ... ' - v may be present at a private gather- know this stuff and register par- c-'-S •_ ing. More than one keg requires ties," Gorman, a senior, said. "If I'm MARCUS ROMAN/THRESHER registration as a public party" (Sec- not informed about the changes, I tion 2a). Last year's Alcohol Policy can't really be expected to correctly Sammy's picnic stated: "Any party or gathering that is register them." Students gather under cloudy skies at Sammy's picnic on Aug. 30. The Rice Student Association hosts public in spiritoreffect isconsidered Lovett College Chief Justice this annual picnic as its kickoff to the year. a public party or function, including Nathan Bledsoe, who also coordi- those in private areas that overflow see ALCOHOL, page 7 Directors hired in preparation Hispanic Studies plans future for enrollment increase programs, adds to faculty by Lily Chun David Vassar will present the initiatives in Hispanic Studies at the next Student by Sarah Rutledge Walker said she plans to reorga- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF nize several processes to provide a Association meeting. THRESHER STAFF more efficient way for students to After facing a possible merger with the Aranda said two Latin-American teaching French, Germanic, Slavic and Classical Two new undergraduate direc- apply for financial aid. She plans to positions will be filled by next fall. He said he Studies Departments last year, the Hispanic- tors, Director of Student Financial make the office as paperless as pos- expects to receive applications in October, Studies Department is growing with plans Services Anne Walker and Director sible and process loans exclusively and invite the top three candidates to meet to recruit new faculty, build a research of Admission Keith Todd, were hired by computer. faculty and students on campus. center and start a doctoral program. Eng- this summer. Both play integral parts "You'll be able to go directly from Additionally, Aranda said there are plans lish Professor Jose Aranda was appointed in facilitating the enrollment increase, ESTHER to Loans by Web, so there to build a Latin American research center Hispanic Studies Chair July 1. Aranda said Vice President for Enrollment Chris won't be a 24-hour lag," she said. of which he will be the director. He said he after an external review, a merger was Munoz said. Merit- and need-based financial aid hopes there will be interdisciplinary studies not a possibility. Todd, who had previously worked expenditures at Rice total $23 million, between different departments as well. at Rice as associate director of admis- and 74 percent of students receive Aranda, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs "The idea is that we will have some sion, returns to campus after a stint some form of financial aid, Walker Carol Quillen and Assistant to the President see HISPANIC, page 10 as Director of Admissions at North- said. She also plans to redesign the western University. Todd increased financial aid Web site to make it more the applicant pool by 19 percent at accessible to students, especially INSIDE Northwestern, and he will bring the those looking to take out loans, she same increased applicant interest to said. Currently, the site has a lender OPINION Page 4 Rice, Munoz said. chart with side-by-side comparison of Academic deadlines Asexual campus? "The combination of being both a different rates. This information will It's time to make a decision. If you Page 11 former employee of Rice and having be made easier to access with the new- A&E are thinking of adding or dropping any Ferocious pingpong left and taken on the responsibilities design, she said. course online today's the day to do it if of Northwestern, is very appealing for "Our goal is to get this kind of you don't want to bother with permis- SPORTS Page 14 our aspirations at Rice to grow enroll- information front and center where sion slips and pesky late fees. The first Rain, rain, go away ment by 30 percent," he said. you guys can find it quickly," she said. Registration, Add/Drop (RDA) PIN Quote of the Week Todd has also worked at Stanford, "Students can still choose the lender for this semester expires and online and he will be able to bring what he they want, but we want to make sure registration for all undergraduates will "There's nothing I enjoy more than putting pen to paper." has learned from all three universities we're providing the best information be disabled today at 5 p.m. Today's to improve Rice, Munoz said. we can and at the same time, giving Douglas Brinkley, History Professor. See also the last day to convert that Pass/ Story, Page 7. "He's worked at three highly selec- the students the option to go out Fail to a letter grade for courses you tive universities, another added value and do their own research if they took last semester. If you don't get it Scoreboard wanted to." that he brings to Rice," Munoz said. done, late registration will commence Football "He'll bring what he learned there A link to simpletuition.com will be Monday at 8 a.m. Nicholls State 16, Rice 14 to here." added to the site for additional loan Women's Soccer Todd was unavailable for comment. comparison, and a financial aid calcu- Darmouth 0, Rice 3 Walker has served as director of lator will be available for prospective The crew in blue Volleyball enrollment management and financial students to calculate the amount of Rice 3, Texas Southern 0 aid at Brazosport Community College aid they should receive. Additionally, Our neighborhood RUPD is spon- and was more recently a senior ac- the financial aid office will focus on soring Campus Night Out this Weekend Weather count executive at Texas Guaranteed customer services, with a fall customer Tuesday, Sept. 11 from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday Student Loan Corporation. Walker was service survey of all students who in the RMC. Information booths and Isolated T-storms. 76-91 degrees Saturday hired in July. receive aid. bike registration will be available. Scattered T-storms, 74-91 degrees Walker replaces former Director Munoz said this plan to expand the Come out and meet your friendly Sunday of Financial Services Julia Benz, who number of applicants fits in directly police officers. Scattered T-storms, 73-88 degrees left July 2006. see STAFF, page 8 i fi THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,2007

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IT changes unnecessary WlU-Vj I AM So TXHSV Consider a Rice student's wore'.- ~ase scenario: It is 4 a.m. during op P£0PL6 WAU|P£ OF rue her computer locks up. What does she do' Normally, the answer is to call a College Computing Associate. They are helpful, in the same 5/PEWALK/ building and are often up at 4 a.m. as well. The same is not true of the IT Help Desk, which is in Mudd Lab and closes at 6 p.m., at the latest. And we are afraid that the transition hiT from college-based IT to a centralized system of Student Computer Consultants will leave students sitting in the dark — or at least in ToVAY X MEAftCV RmI the blue glow of a screen of death (see story, Page 5). Administrators have listed several reasons for this change, includ- ZUlb TWESe IDIOTS c*J ing a need to balance inconsistent college coverage and a need to F6UA. track the work done by CCAs. These are not convincing reasons for a system-wide overhaul and could be solved independently. OacflSJatJs If some colleges had poor quality CCAs, then IT needs to fix its hiring practices. Moving the problem from the colleges to Mudd Lab solves nothing. Besides, forcing SCCs to work nearly half their tneAti, whv Skouu? x w/we tt> aer hour at Mudd Lab could discourage some of the best college CCAs Our OF SorWEOwe's WAY !£ Z'H ON TWE from signing up, merely aggravating the situation. And the need to track CCA work seems more like a Slashdot joke Ki6Ur (correct) Sipef X Feet- UK£ my than a legitimate concern. If CCAs did not file tickets for work provided, sufirtussiooj is Somehow ViajpMT/a/Gt then that problem should be dealt with by itself, rather than initiating a THSR SoaALtV INCORRECT ecHAViog/ wholesale structural change that puts the burden on the users. In the end, the greatest concern is the short hours of the IT Help Desk — most students do not even know they have a computer So MUATS tiRaNCa MW problem until they start their work, which is often after 6 p.m. While (* Tuese people /? college-based IT will still exist, we are afraid that an emphasis on centralized IT could be the start of a slippery slope to eliminating convenient, 24-hour college-based IT. e/Rv r Field notes on Field Notes This year's common reading program went much better than last year's, although there is certainly still room for improvement (see story, Page 6). We are glad to see that the worthwhile program was not aban- doned after its dismal inaugural year, when no more than 20 students total showed up for the discussion sessions, and that the reading played a more prominent role in this year's Orientation Week than last year's. We suggested this change and others last year ("Common reading: Good idea, needs improvement," Sept 8,2006). And we have a few more ideas to continue the positive trend in new students' engagement with and enjoyment of the common reading program. This time, it is up to Yod«, O-Week staff to improve new students' common reading experiences. icM KM Ok) Tm cam, Advisers and Peer Academic Advisers this year were expected to be familiar with the common reading book, Field Notes on a Catastrophe, PAM/HST// and to discuss it with new students. Additionally, some colleges invited "1 —— Academic Fellows to participate in common reading discussions. A din- ft QlRP? ner devoted to such discussion was scheduled during O-Week, and the LEflRfiJ Tb UJALK!/ success of individual discussions depended largely on upperclassmen's [LE/W/J TO FLY. abilities to guide the conversation and hold new students' interest The ability to educate oneself on and maintain an intellectual con- versation about a current issue are two skills all Rice students should have. These should be fundamental skills O-Week coordinators seek in their advisers. In fact, it would be an easy addition to adviser appli- cations to require that applicants agree to read the common reading, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CONTACTING THE guaranteeing the first skill. And it would be an easy addition to adviser THRESHER interviews to ask intellectual questions and seek out the second. employee. The ad begins: "Rice Thresher wrongly alum looking for student (prefer Letters The integration of common reading discussion into O-Week is a male) to pick up my 12-year-old." • Letters to the editor big step in right direction toward building an open and welcoming It is illegal to discriminate on slanders merchants should be sent to the Thresher the basis of race, color, religion, intellectual culture during students' first week at Rice. This year's by e-mail to thresher@rice. edu. To the editor: sex, national origin, age or dis- mixed success showed many new students are willing to do their Letters must be received by Please consider what kind of ability. I do not understand why the part — over two-thirds of the matriculating class responded that 5 p.m. on the Monday prior to language is used in your unsigned Thresher does not follow standard a Friday publication date. they read at least most of Field Notes, according to Sept. 4 results editorials. It is certainly justified to journalistic practice and refuse • All letters to the editor from this year's O-Week summary survey. The rest is up to the complain about the use of the Rice to run discriminatory ads. It does must be signed and include upperclassmen; it is their intellectual culture, too. Memorial Center by people selling not reflect well on us, is wrong, and college and year if the writer goods and services ("The RMC is should not be tolerated. not a strip mall," Aug. 31). I'm not is a Rice student. • Letters should be no lon- convinced that calling them "gypsy Joan Strassmann ger than 250 words in length. panhandlers" (which group do you tocology and Evolutionary The Thresher reserves the MBA editorial clarification want to disparage, gypsies or the Biology Professor poor?) furthers your argument. right to edit letters for both In our editorial on the Jesse H. Jones School of Management content and length. Ph.D. program, we stated that admissions standards for Jones MBA Once you have used a racial and social identifier for those selling Criticisms of MBA Subscribing candidates were "markedly lower than the university's" ("Manage- goods, the phrase "moneychangers • Annual subscriptions are ment Ph.D. must meet university standard," Aug. 24). We based this in our naptime temple" seems less available for $50 domestic statement on the fact that, according the Princeton Review Web site's innocent as well: how has this image program unjustified and $125 international via been used in the past? current university profiles, the average undergraduate GPA for a To the editor: first class mail. Jones School student was 3.24 while the average undergraduate GPA Wow! I am somewhat stunned by for a graduate student in the School of Social Sciences was 3.49. Peter Caldwell your harsh characterization of the Advertising History Professor Jones School MBA students in your • We accept display and Furthermore, the same Web site publishes that the bottom quartile Aug. 24editorial ("Management Ph.D. classified advertisements. of students at the Jones School have an undergraduate GPA under 3.0, must meet university standard"). Advertisements must be while Rice's Office of Research and Graduate Studies, which is respon- Classifieds ad sexist, Essentially, you are statingthat the received by 5 p.m. on the sible for all current doctoral admissions, states that applicants should average Jones School MBA student Monday prior to a Friday have at least a 3.0 grade point average in their undergraduate work. offensive to all is an idiot compared to the average publication date. Please con- Rice graduate student! Is that really tact our advertising man- We apologize for any misunderstanding our lack of clarity may To the editor: the case? Based on what metric? ager at (713)348-3967 or have caused. In the Aug. 31 Thresher, you ran Today, US News ranks Rice [email protected] for an advertisement that specified University as the 17th-best research more information. Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of the Thresher editorial staff. a preferred sex for a prospective See LETTERS, page 4 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 Guest column Guest column Distribution system requires overhaul Bush politics trump science Along with the college system, the confronting this problem? I see two his students were interested and distribution system is a major feather reasons and one simple solution. understood that students would in AIDS-infected Uganda in Rice's cap. It allows Rice recruit- There is a set of guidelines profes- sign up for his class solely for the ers to go to high schools across the sors must meet in order to list their distribution credit AIDS and 9/11 have something The President's Emergency Flan nation and make bold state- courses as distribution. If But this is only an ideal solution in common: They have both helped for AIDS Reliet Which president' ments such as, "We don't professors do not want to from the professors' standpoint. to promote a right-wing political Mr. George W. Bush, of course. have any required courses go through the red tape of Those students are still going some- agenda 9/11 was used to a start Among PEPFAR's policies is at Rice University." Sure, meeting the requirements, where, which means that as more war in Iraq, and conser- that at least one-third it's technically true, but the easy solution is for professors nix their distribution vatives in America and of all prevention dollars with the addition of the them to say they do not courses, students are shunted into elsewhere have used must go toward absti- (essentially) required want their courses listed the courses of any professor willing AIDS to promote a re- nence-only education. In course COMM 103, we as distribution. It's a simple to have them. The end result of this ligious agenda that has Uganda, more than one- should ask how true we answer to their problem, process is the death of the distribu- cost more lives than the half of all PEPFAR funds are staying to the spirit of and there are few imme- tion system. Iraq War ever could. go toward abstinence- that mantra. Sean diate repercussions from If you didn't spot it above, that The story starts only education. Keep in The purpose of the dis- McBeath their points of view. process is called a positive feed- with a health disaster mind the price differen- tribution system, as stated The second problem back loop. As each new professor in Uganda. Uganda had tial between abstinence in this year's General An- occurs nearly as a direct catches onto the brilliant scheme of long been trumpeted Ian education and providing nouncements, is to ensure that Rice result of the first. As more and more "unlisting" courses as distribution, for its success in fight- Ragsdale condoms. Abstinence students receive "a broad education professors decide their courses are a different prof's classes start filling ing against the spread of education requires a along with training in an academic- above the petty requirements laid up with more students who do not HIV. Between 1992 and soapbox and a few post- specialty. This goal is achieved by before them, fewerand fewer distribu- want to be there. Eventually, we will 2004, the rate of infected adults ers. Condom distribution requires courses that are broad based, acces- tion courses are available to students be left with only a few courses in each there dropped from an estimated 15 the means to acquire and deliver sible to non-majors and representative who need that credit to graduate. And distribution group. percent to 6 percent. Success was millions of life-saving condoms. of the knowledge, intellectual skills so those courses that still satisfy the That's not freedom, and it's not attributed mostly to free condoms Also, know that PEPFAR doesn't and habits of thought that are most requirement become more and more fostering interdepartmental interests. distributed by health clinics and travel around to fight AIDS itself, characteristic of a discipline or of in- "popular." Professors become upset In fact, we are moving towards a Rice hospitals around the country. but instead allocates money to local quiry across disciplines" (page 15). at large classes filled with students University with little sense of the But in late 2004, the government organizations. It's not hard to guess So why aren't all classes listed whose only interest is that the course glorious idea the distribution system recalled 30 million condoms from which kinds of organizations in as distribution courses? The prime gets them closer to a diploma. represents. their own Engabu brand, creating Uganda get PEPFAR funds. example of the distribution system's The solution is simple: First, reduce a shortage. Health workers were According to Jodi Jacobson, of failure is in foreign language educa- the requirements on professors, or shocked and dismayed, even more the Center for Health and Gender tion. While the stated goal is to make / once heard a eliminate them altogether.The purpose so when scientific tests found noth- Equity, "in FT 2004, we also saw distribution courses "accessible to of the system should be to give students ing wrong with Fngabu condoms. the awarding of funding to the non-majors," languages could hardly professor complaining a nudge into other departments, not Nevertheless, the condoms sat in Children's AIDS Fund. [...] Agroup be more unfriendly to those not major- force them into courses that will bore a warehouse for months because of scientists and public health pro- ing in them. For some reason, the first that his course had them with knowledge they find neither of a government smear campaign fessionals gave Ithis organization! two semesters of a language a student applicable nor interesting. Second, that ensured no Ugandan would so low of a grade that it could not takes do not count for any sort of accidentally been listed make sure every course is listed as D1, ever trust the name Engabu again. pass their committee review. I...] distribution credit. Regardless of what 1)2 or 1)3. That way professors do not Almost simultaneously, the govern- And yet the Bush Administration ridiculous message this sends about as distribution. have to worry as much about students ment significantly increased the pushed through funding for that 100-level language courses—are stu- swarming to d istribut ion courses. With import tax on condoms, tripling organization over other organiza- dents not actually learning languages a greater array of courses to satisfy the their store-bought price. tions that have public health capacity in them? — it acts as a roadblock to Some professors choose an obvi- distribution requirements, students 'ITiirty million safe condoms are in Uganda." students who want to branch out into ous solution to this problem: If they, have a better chance of finding classes recalled, the government smears Bush's PEPFAR actively funds a new language. It forces a newcomer too, refuse to have their courses listed which interest them and put them one the reputation of the condom organizations with no ability t > to spend two extra semesters on that as distribution, uninterested students step closer to graduation. brand beyond repair, and imported provide a public health service. language before satisfying any sort of will have no incentive to register for The distribution system should condoms are taxed excessively. Do Religious groups in Uganda are distribution requirement. their courses. These professor's be a bragging point of our university. you get the feeling that something given grant money that is withheld Since only some courses are listed classes fill with eager, interested It is a beautiful concept, but without is amiss in Uganda? from organizations actually working as distribution, we don't have true pupils — a professor's paradise. responsible stewards to implement Just months before the condom on theground to put condoms in the freedom to explore interests outside For those of you who do not be- it properly, it will continue to garner recall, President Yoweri Museveni hands of Ugandans. our main field of study. Any class lieve that this is really the thought more praise than it deserves. had radically altered Uganda's ap- Beatrice Weare, Ugandan AIDS not listed in one of the distribution process, I once heard a professor proach to the HIV/AIDS fight, patient and activist claims, "AIDS categories is an affront to both the complaining that his course had Sean McBeath is a Martel College switching from candid, pragmatic is being treated as an issue of letter and the spirit of Rice's distri- accidentally been listed as distribu- sophomore, news designer and sexual education to a focus on an morals rather than a public health bution system. So why are we even tion. He wanted to make sure all of calendar editor. abstinence-only agenda. During issue," with evangelical churches the recall, President Museveni pri- "enjoying" the AIDS crisis. With oritized abstinence-only programs, the blessing of the Ugandan first False flag news using the recall as proof of the failure family and backing from PEPFAR, of condoms in prevention. the churches have found that taking The president and first lady a moral high ground beats providing U.S. on direct path to economic Armageddon of Uganda are evangelical Chris- real health services. tians and, like evangelicals in the Their moral high ground is only The United States is bankrupt And liquidity—namely, the estimated $1.7 ald Reagan and George W. Bush, the United States, are firmly in favor of intended to save souls; condoms the bankers that control our economy trillion in hedge funds and more than main culprit is the Federal Reserve, abstinence-only programs. This is save lives. However, condoms are desperately trying to save face by $500 trillion in high-risk derivatives. the central bank that issues the no secret. The first lady regularly might put an end to AIDS, and an stage-managing a controlled demoli- These trends are characteristic U.S. currency. slanders condom use and openly end to a fundamental argument for tion of the dollar. of what historian Kevin The Fed's departure from the favors religious leaders and groups abstinence. I must stress that the Over the past two weeks, Phillips calls the "debt-in- Bretton-Woodsgold standard in 1971 that promote abstinence. tragedy is not just philosophical: HTV the central banks of the du strial complex," a system and subsequent reckless monetary The Ugandan president and infections in Uganda are estimated United States, Japan and where the United Statesand policies have helped seed a massive first lady are not the only forces to have doubled since 2004. the European Union have its citizens effectively go half-a-quadrillion dollar bubble man- in Uganda pushing for abstinence. pumped in over $500 billion broke. Personal savings in aged by banks like Goldman Sachs AIDS-fighting funds in Uganda are Ian Ragsdale is a Hanszen College worth of liquidity into inter- the United States are now and JP Morgan. intimately influenced bv PEPFAR; senior. national financial markets, at a 74-year low, while real See BANKRUPT, page 4 frantically attempting to wages — wages adjusted stave off a global economic for inflation—in the United collapse while publicly Dan States are down since 1965, The Rice Thresher, the official student reassuring investors that Abrahamson and falling at the fastest rate newspaper at Rice University since 1916, is no crisis exists. in 14 years, according to the the Rice Thresher published each Friday during the school year, But in late 2006, U.S. Financial Times. except during examination periods and holidays, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson Alternatively, the average C EO now by the students of Rice University. quietly activated the "Plunge Protec- earns around 821 times the minimum Julia Bursten Editorial and business offices are located tionTeam," described by the UK Tele- wage and almost every indicate>r shows Editor in Chief on the second floor of the Ley Student Center, graph as "a shadowy body with jxiwers the gap between rich and poor expand- 6100 Main St., MS-524. 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A shout out to BAMM of cards" international economy sink so hopelessly into debt? While Ian White, Asst. Editor CALENDAR dominated by unregulated, debt- much of the blame belongs to the Scan McBeath. Editor € COPYRIGHT 2007. based, speculative capital and excess runaway deficit spending under Ron- THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,2007 Guest column Words of wisdom from an alum: Rice University is an asexual campus ashamed. Similarly,thegirl thinks,"Oh Disclaimer: Do not read this if you are students did not desire to be sexually less homework. I can confirm this The last creepy thing I did was when not interested in premarital sex. Ibelieve active, but I think most did. Figures now, having taken upper level classes I looked over at the cute redhead in my gosh, he is hitting on me. I have every issuehereappliessymmetricallyto elsewhere on campus are probably at two other universities. Sure, it is class and smiled when she happened seen this in movies. What do I do? I both genders. Whenever I refer to sex, I similar. This is not normal at other obvious that you are not going to to look in my general direction." This don'tknow. I better do nothing to avoid am actually referring to sex, (non-nerd) schools. find a mate when you are in your is mildly humorous to me, because I doing anything wrong."The guy is not dating, intimacy, communi- But the lack of sex is room messing with Matlab. But the can imagine this situation, the guy Donjuan.hecan'trescuetheawkward cation, etc. lam speaking in symptomatic of a larger Herculean amount of homework also looking, the girl freaking out, the guy situation, and everyone loses. general — there are excep- problem — Rice students depletes our mental resources. The thinking he is creepy. Any UT-Dallas The good news is that by the time tions to everything below. are not sexual. Wearing omnipresent sense of guilt about student will ask, "Where is the punch they are seniors, many of the stu- a short skirt on a Friday doing anything other than home- line?" And thatisthe sad part. Striking dents will be more experienced and out (read: seeming creepy) at Rice these problems will largely go away. If you have been at Rice night does not indicate sex- work, with which oh so many of us takes as little as saying "hi" to a girl The bad news is that it will be a "dry for more than a week, you ual — it just says that one identify, adulterates the time spent in have probably heard com- can follow some unwritten other activities. Even in a mate-rich you don't know. I blame this freaking season" until then and, if you're tak- plaints about the social rules. A decent barometer environment — e.g., party — that out on inexperience. ing risks, you will be labeled creepy, scene. Among those are Misha of sexual is sex; another nagging guilt reminds us that we are a difficult label to shake off. It is customary to end any criti- sexual complaints. Ex- Teplitskiy one is "the gaze." on the clock: "I have only a few hours amples are, "Rice girls are The gaze is a certain tonight and tomorrow night to make If you are a sexual cism with constructive solutions. I do ugly," "Rice guys aren't as- look that people give to something happen. "This tremendous not have any. Actually, the solution sertive," and my personal favorite, "I each other that belies a sexual inter- pressure forces people to act counter- person, you are normal. is admissions — admit more, better got drunk and forgot to talk to girls." est, or at least, consideration. The productively, like drink too much, act looking, more flirtatious people who For about four years, although with gaze is completely absent at Rice and creepily, so on and so forth. You are not creepy. care less about their grades. We are decreasing conviction, I defended abundant at other schools and places. Another big component of this admitting more students but I don't our institution's social scene against I cannot take five steps at UT-Dallas pressure is the dire lack of attrac- see the better looking and more these complaints. without locking eyes with some girl tive people. It is nearly impossible Generally speaking, the girls and flirtatious ever happening. and feeling primal parts of our brains to feel sexual when there is nobody guys that come to Wee are not only So if you want a lot of sex, transfer. being engaged. The same happens sexy around you. The scarcity of at- virgins, but have never really been hit Otherwise, stay put, get the good at Target. I would say 30 percent of tractiveness and small campus size on. As a result, hitting on a girl at Rice education and remember: If you are girls within my age and sight ranges also affect people's risk tolerance. is akin to approaching an unhealthy- a sexual person, you are normal. You give me the gaze. I could not pay a If I strike out with a cute girl at UT- looking deer, at night, with your are not creepy, and a world of oi> girl at Rice to do the same. If I look Dallas, who cares? There is another headlights on.The deer has never dealt portunity is awaitingyou just beyond and smile at a girl in a UT-Dallas class, one just around the corner. In other with this before, so she has no idea the Sallyport. she might reciprocate. At Rice, a girl words, I can afford to tolerate serious what to do. She just stands there and would immediately avert her eyes risk. At Rice, there may be but five does nothing. The car has bad brakes, Misha Teplitskiy graduated from Jones as if we were both north poles of a attractive girls in an entire college. so the deer dies and the driver leels College in 2007. magnet. "Oh my gosh," she would If I strike out with one of the five, I say at lunch to her friends, 'This am in trouble. dude kept on staring at me in class! And god forbid I strike out in a Rice guys are such creeps." bad way — the girl will inform her The lack of sexual behavior is not four hot friends, killing my chances BANKRUPT without consequences. We hear that with them before I even express From page 3 sex is healthy and whatnot. And so is interest. To make matters worse, "Rice girls aren't that bad," "Rice the gaze. For me, the gaze has had the college system is there to make The Fed is not alone to blame. and government intervention, with guys aren't that bad," and, "Hey, it's two effects. Firstly, I realized that I sure you do not run into the five hot Fed chairmen regularly coordinate pirated corporate profits siphoned tough to getlaid everywhere," I would am actually attractive. In retrospect, girls from other colleges too often. policy witl lotl iergr< )U[>s, like the B;u lk to an entrenched elite. Tepid mini- say. After all, who knows what it is re I am surprised anyone at Rice feels Point is, it pays to avoid risk at Rice. of International Settlements — the mum wage increases and taxpayer ally like at other schools. They have attractive. Secondly, and this is huge, Unfortunately, everywhere, includ- self-described "central bank of cen- bailouts of robber barons merely parties, we have parties. They drink, I finally confirmed that girls and I are ing Rice, avoiding risk is almost U-al banks" in Switzerland. A grim delay the inevitable crash. we drink. How different can places on the same page when it comes to synonymous with not getting dates. J uly BIS report warned of a brewing Sadly, both political parties are be? My conviction decreased as my sex. With so few people having, openly At best, it is synonymous with waiting global "Great Depression" over the fiddling while the economy burns. exposure to other schools increased. discussing and openly looking for a painfully long time. emerging debt crisis. Instead, U.S. diplomats should Before graduating, I spent summers sex — the asexual campus — I won- Since the 1990s, international arrange a new Bretton-Woods at University of Texas and Iowa State dered if I was some sort of a strange free trade deals — penned by conference with other G8 nations and a semester at the University of horndog. Nope, and now I know for corporate lobbyists and passed to immediately restructure the Oslo. I am now spending a semester sure, girls want sex too. enthusiastically by both political imploding currency system. Con- at UT-Dallas after a summer at Texas Horndog. I have been called that parties — have accelerated the gress should issue a moratorium A&M I have no more doubts. All I can too many times at Rice. And that is loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to on mortgage foreclosures and say is: Wake up, people! why I write this column. I would wherever labor is cheapest. But in begin adequately regulating the The Rice campus is so deprived have appreciated if someone told March, the parasitic International elite debt speculators. of every erotic emotion and action me freshman year that things are Monetary Fund urged further de- But such measures are likely that, witnout any exaggeration, I can FUBAR at Rice when it comes to sex. preciation in the U.S. dollar—this wishful thinking. The Strangelove say that the campus is asexual. Let That would have been a tranquilizer; while U.S. manufacturing firms, clique surrounding Vice-President me explain. I would have felt normal and realized highways, ports, forests and more Dick Cheney appears far more in- People at Rice do not have that just about everyone else is not. are auctioned off at fire-sale prices terested in borrowing additional enough sex. "Whatever, I have sex Well, I want to do you that favor. Yours to private equity groups. funds to bomb Iran and expand twice a day," you say. Shut up, re-read is an asexual campus. If you want sex Corporate insider selling of the domestic police state, while the disclaimer. A good thing about and are not getting it, chances are you stocks is now at a 20-year high, while compromised Democrats feign the random placement of students are not doing anything wrong. And let me tell you, it is not difficult food prices for everything from eggs opposition, offering only shallow into colleges is that it makes it pos- So why is this place asexual? I to strike out in a "bad" way at Rice. to milk skyrocketed between 5 and rhetoric and empty promises. As sible to think about one's college have several answers and half a solu- There was a Thresher article about 20 percent in the past year, signaling the BIS report warns, "Virtually and generalize reasonably well to tion. The reasons are students' dating two years ago titled "Confessions a hyperinflationary spiral. nobody foresaw the Great Depres- the entire campus. My senior year, inexperience, the college system and of a creepy guy: We're not that bad" So while the stock market sion of the 1930s." I estimate that three to five people the campus size, ugliness and the (Oct. 7, 2005). I recommend the may appear to be up over the of the fifty on my floor regularly amount of homework. article because almost every joke in long term, the gains are often an DanAbrahamson isa Sid Richardson had sex. Did you hear what I said? Homework first. Students at other it will not be interpreted as a joke at illusory combination of inflation College Senior. Three to five out of fi fty! Surely some (non-nerd) schools do significantly any non-nerd school. One of the jokes:

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LETTERS, from page 2 program and is crushing the psy- season-opener! Despite the severe Association, which is launching a Students, we know you care. university in the country. The Jones chology Ph.D. program. The other weather and resulting delays, you sustainability campaign, but rather Let's show the university through School MBA program is currently programs that Jones School doctoral were a prominent and exhilarating one by Facilities, Engineering action. Decrease your use of dis- ranked 48th. Does that really equate stu dents would take classes in (math, presence which made the game that and Planning. posables; help the servery fund to a "markedly lower standard" political science and history) are only much more exciting for everyone. I An order was placed for the bins sustainable options like sugarcane than other Rice graduate students ranked 9 to 22 places higher than the feel quite fortunate to be coaching a on Aug. 21, and e-mail confirmation plates. Come to the SA's Sustain- or programs? Other Rice gradu- Jones School. talented group of players and in a sup- received on Aug. 23, for delivery be- ability Forum on Sept. 17 at 10 p.m. ate school/department/program Is the average Rice graduate stu- portive environment. The coaches fore the picnic. Even with assistance and help us brainstorm an effective US News rankings: dent smarter than the average Rice and players truly appreciate your from Housing and Dining staff like system to promote sustainability in • 26th: Math Ph.D. MBA? No! Jones School MBAs do show of support and look forward to Associate Vice President Mark Dit- the colleges and around campus. • 28th: Chemistry Ph.D. not need to apologize to any other seeing you in the stands again. man and Director of Business and The headers on www.rice.edu • 29th: Political Science Ph.D. graduate students at Rice! Facilities Frank Rodriguez, the bins and the Common Reading make • 30th: George R. Brown School David Bailiff could not be delivered after several it clear that the university claims of Engineering (overall gradu- Ixi nee Kreul Head Football Coach phone calls during the picnic. to support sustainability. Our ate rankings) Jones Graduate School of Management Recycling bins were also con- fancy new colleges are LEEI) • 39th: English Ph.D. MBA 2006 spicuously missing from the certified. But truly supporting • 39th: History Ph.D. SA urges students to O-Week picnic held on President the environment involves taking • 48th: Economics Ph.D. Leebron's lawn (to be clear, this was measures within current infrastruc- • 99th: Psychology Ph.D. Athletic support not support sustainability not planned by our president and he ture, not merely improving it for Clearly, your assertion that future should not take blame). the future. Jones School Ph.D. students (if they dampened by rains To the editor: Worse than these individual resembled current J ones School M B A Thanks to the students who events, check out the disposable Ixiura Kelley academic standards) would lower the To the Editor: attended Sammy's Picnic! It was ware in North and South Serveries: Student Association President standards of those other graduate pro- On behalf of the Rice Football a huge success, but we hope you piles of styrofoam. The reason? 'Hie Brown senior grams is completely incorrect! Look at coaching staff and players, I would noticed a missing element: recy- quantity of paper disposables used the rankings above! The Jones School like to thank all of you students who cling bins. This was not hypocritical by students necessitated purchase Sara ljirk is tied with the economics Ph.D. literally "weathered the storm" at our oversight on behalf of the Student of cheaper styrofoam products. Brown senior .

f THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,2007 b SCCs to replace CCAs as student computing aides

by Diana Lee I ' THRESHERSTAFF The College Computing Associates have undertaken new responsibilities and undergone a name change to Student Computer Consultants as part of the Infor- mation Technology department's efforts to improve the system. The change from the CCA system to the vSCC system was due to student and college 1 coordinator feedback. Although the idea has been in existence since last December, IT was unwilling to make a change in the middle of a school year.

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Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

COURTESY OF CARLYN CHATFIELD College SCCs are available Martel College junior Winnie Yu talks to Martel Sophomore Tiffany Siu at the IT Help Desk in Mudd Lab, Sept. 5. With a staff of 25-30 under- graduate Student Computer Consultants, the IT Help Desk effectively replaces the College Computing Associate system. for after-hours concerns. help improve the quality of SCC service. staff with computer problems, as well as SCC training has also become more "By working at the help desk, SCCs gain students. With students and faculty com- formal. This summer, SCCs came in earlier Hie SCCs will continue to work ten hours a different perspective because they see ing in to the help desk, IT can receive to prepare for the upcoming year and learn a week at the same hourly rate as CCAs. a greater variety of problems and people, continuous feedback on the quality of more about Microsoft Windows Vista and College SCCs will spend six hours per week whereas working only within the college was help given by SCCs. Mac OS X. They had two days of training working at their colleges and four hours a more insulated experience," he said. "This Four SCCs and one permanent staff before Orientation Week, and their training per week at the IT help desk. Formerly, gives SCCs a chance to acquire skill sets that member will be at the help desk at all times, continued throughout the week. CCAs handled computer problems at their otherwise might not have developed." so SCCs can refer questions to IT, help desk "I had problems connecting to the Inter- colleges on their own schedule. A total of 25-30 undergraduate students Manager Niki Serakiotou said. The system net during O-Week, and it was convenient In addition to the two SCCs at each col- will work as SCCs. of having a well-staffed help desk ensures to be able to contact my college SCC at any lege, IT hired more students to work at the "This integration provides a good bal- that the level and quality of assistance is time of the day, especially when the Help help desk in the Mudd Building. Instead ance and a blend between a professional balanced and prevents inconsistencies from Desk was closed," Lovett College freshman of working exclusively in pairs as they did help-desk environment and the embedded- college to college, Serakiotou said. Erica Hughley said. before at their colleges, SCCs will now work in-the-colleges system," Kidney said. "In the past, it was 'hit or miss' depending Khan said no more big changes are in groups of four at the help desk. In the past, CCAs helped only under- upon whether the college had a good CCA," foreseen for the near future, although IT Director of Academic and Research graduate students at their own colleges. Vice Provost for Information Technology may think of extending help desk hours if Computing Gary Kidney said the move will Now, SCCs are trained to help faculty and Kamran Khan said. there is demand for it.

Visual arts major Artfur D Little presents film track Strategy Innovation Technology

by Lily Chun The proposal was approved by Dean of Humanities Gary THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Wihl and then by the presi- The department of visual dent's office. and dramatic arts announced "It happened quickly, and Smart Move July 4 the creation of a film that's really exciting," Huber- track within the visual arts man said. "But you have to major. The film track will allow see this in the greater context Individual with the vision, ability and drive to help the world's students interested in film to of the [visual and dramatic largest corporations shape the future pursue a visual arts degree arts department]." with a concentration in film. In the 1970s, the depart- ment of visual arts was the department of art and art history. In 2003, art his- YThe de Menils] tory branched off to become a separate major. saw the role of film Huberman said the depart- as important in a ment of visual arts was largely shaped byjohn and I)ominique democratic society de Menil's love of film. "The art department as so an informed we know il today really got its big start in 1969 or 1970 when populace can make the de Menils brought the art department to Rice," Huber- Jones School of Management decisions' man said. "They built the Rice Brian Huberman Media Center for film. They MBA Interview Date Visual and Dramatic Arts saw the role of film as impor- September 13, 2007 Chair tant in a democratic society so an informed populace could make decisions." Rice University - Interview Date Rice Film Society President Career Services Center at O'Connor House Hie film track will encom- Kim Hartson said she was look- pass historical, creative and ing forward to the film track. October 3, 2007 dramatic aspects of film, Visual "I'm excited about the and Dramatic Arts Chair Karin opportunity for myself and Broker said. everyone else at Rice to finally International industry experts in: ARTS 328: Filmmaking get the chance to study film in an academic environment, I and THEA 301: Acting I * Automotive Healthcare « Telecoms, Information, classes will be collaborat- not only to study it, but to Media & Electronics ing this year to produce come out of Rice with a con- » Chemicals Manufacturing short movies. centration in film," Hartson, • Energy & Utilities Private Equity » Travel & Transportation Broker first sent the pro- a Lovett College senior, said. * Financial Seivices Public Services posal to Visual And I Jramatic "It finally shows the institu- Arts Associate Chair Brian tion on the whole is recogniz- Huberman and Film Adviser ing film as a legitimate area www.adl.com Charles Dove to approve. of study." • : . 0 RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,2007 New common Kolbert's Field Notes fosters intellectual discussion among new students on global warming

committee, when deciding on a munity thinking about this issue." "With Will Rice, we got back she also seemed to believe that by Kathryn Brewer topic, had the opposite concern. A committee of faculty, students, late from our earlier event, and science speaks for itself and that FOR THE THRESHER "They feared that the students and administrators considered over the common reading dinner didn't global warming is indisputable." of this generation will have been Building on the precedents twenty books, ranging in subject go over so well," Will Rice O-Week The fact that global warming is so exposed to the issue of global established last fall, the 2007 com- matter from the industrialization Coordinator lizzie Snyder said. a controversial issue, however, is warming that they would simply mon reading experience reflects of food in Michael Pollan's The "I'd say about half read the whole seen as a positive quality by many agree with the book and would Rice University's goals to unite the Omnivore's Dilemma to a play about book and most just weren't inter- faculty and administrators. not think of it as important - that incoming class around a common Albert Einstein and his theories. ested in the topic." it might not provide die foundation issue and to provide an educational Each work was read, dissected and While the university is for the type of lively discussions experience in contrast to the typical discussed by the committee before encouraged by the results of 'By the time we had among students that we hoped frenzy surrounding O-Week a final decision was made. the survey, the administration for." This year's book, Elizabeth Kolbert's Field Notes from a would like to see more stu- the common reading Kolbert's Field Notes from a Ca- Catastrophe stood out dent participation in the future, Despite some disappointments, tastrophe, focuses on the issue "The book we chose had ev- Taylor said. dinners we were so some students feel that this year's of global warming, which will be erything; all the elements came Other students made similar common reading experience is an reflected in lectures, events, and together," Taylor said. "It was an observations. "I enjoyed the book, exhausted... that no improvement over last year's. campus-wide initiatives through- important topic, it was readable... but my group didn't have a deep one really wanted "This year was much better out the coming year. and there was a positive response discussion," Will Rice freshman organized," Jones senior Goodrich A survey conducted by the from the students and faculty on Meera Krishnan said. to talk about global said. "The university tried to talk Department of the Dean of Un- the committee." Things might have gone better to the coordinators earlier and dergraduates reports that roughly Many students who partici- if it had been earlier in the week. warming or anything ever yone got a copy of the book, so 2/3 of the incoming freshmen read pated in the common reading dis- By the time we had the common everyone was more comfortable all or most of the book. Of all the cussions and attended the faculty reading dinners we were so ex- serious.' with what was going on." students who took the survey, 40 address during O-Week shared hausted and used to having fun Meera Krishnan, The university has planned with our advisors and O-Week to extend the common reading percent stated that they took an this positive viewpoint. Will Rice College freshman active or very active role in the "The book this year was great groups that no one really wanted experience into the school year, group discussions. because it definitely caters to to talk about global warming or featuring a film series, an en- The common reading experi- science majors and non-science anything serious." ergy conservation competition ence emerged from a desire to majors," Jones O-Week Coordina- Most students attribute the "Every book has a point of view," between the North and South sl increase students' intellectual tor Caitlyn Goodrich, said. lack of success to apathy, fatigue Taylor said. "Part of coming to a uni- colleges starting October l and engagement and involvement on Brown College also experi- and the fact that the topic was versity is learning to read critically. several lectures throughout the campus and in the community. enced success with their com- considered to be controversial I think it is good if students identify semester. A lull list of upcoming "By making the Common mon reading discussions during and politicized. that a book is biased and want to activities can be found at http:// Reading a part of new students' Thursday dinner. "Global warming is a touchy challenge what it says." wwui.students.rice.edu/students/ welcome to Rice, we hoped also "Overall I was really impressed subject for some," Hanszen Col- Some of the common reading Common JReading_Events. asp. to remind them that one of the by the student response," Brown lege freshman Marina Masciale principal occupations of a univer- O-Week Coordinator Larissa said. "Many people don't believe sity is to encourage students to Charnsangavej said. "At the ses- global warming is caused by car- COMMON READING SURVEY think about and address the most sion during advisor training, I was bon emissions." pressing issues of the day, such as excited to see the discussions that Some also felt that the book global warming," Advisor to the got started between advisors. itself was heavily biased. This year, the common reading book Field Notes Dean of Undergraduates Matthew This could be a big thing in the "Obviously the author believed from a Catastrophe, by Elizabeth Kolbert, was mailed Taylor said. future." global warming is caused by hu- to each incoming student. The following are the "The common reading experi- Not all students, however, were mans," Jones freshman Robert results collected from a survey of new students at ence got not just first-year students Ireland said. "She did mention the impressed with the the common the conclusion of O-Week. but the wider Rice University com- reading experience. conclusions of the other side, but • More than two thirds of new students surveyed claim to have read all or part of the common reading book.

• On a scale of one to five (one being not at all, five be- ing very much), how involved were you with the common reading dinner discussion on the Thurdsday evening of of O-Week? 1 2 3 4 5 Call and you could save. 23% 24% 21% 13% 7%

• On a scale of one to five, how has the book influenced Class dismissed. your behavior regarding energy conservation? 1 2 3 4 5 23% 21% 20% 22% 8%

• On a scale of one to five, how often have you discussed the book with peers outside of scheduled discussions or events focused on the common reading? 1 2 3 4 5 37% 29% 15% 11% 4%

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"In order National Conventions for the net- tion questions answered at the Construction Information Center THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF on the fields near Wiess College. to do a book it just takes a Herculean work next year. If there is something about His- amount of dedication and a lot of tory Professor Douglas Brinkley hours. And you can't lose your focus. • External Vice President Sarah Baker said students could get Working at Rice that will impress students besides You really have to learn to develop While Brinkley is teaching his their Hedgehopper cards from their college coordinators or from his high profile books, prolific that killer discipline." the SA. first Rice classes this semester, he publishing history and chronicling But Brinkley does not intend actually started his work on campus of modern America, if s the fact that his books to be completely dry two years ago during the Hurricane • The SA took a straw poll and voted in favor of having tailgates. he has been on both "The O'Reilly scholarly texts. Katrina crisis. When he and his Factor" and "The Colbert Report" family evacuated their home in • Internal Vice President Matt Youn encouraged students to attend "I've known papa bear for a long New Orleans, where he had been a the Tulsa vs. Rice football game during Thanksgiving Break. time," Brinkley said. "Because I've professor at T ulane University. done "O'Reilly^' a number of times, Following in the spirit of the • Thresher Executive Editor Evan Mintz, a Hanszen College senior, I'm never afraid to do his show." times, President David Leebron wel- asked the SA to approve $400 to build a new server. The SA took Colbert, however, was another comed Brinkley to campus, offering a roll call vote and approved. matter. "I was little taken back by him whatever he needed to do his a live studio audience, because I job as a historian and chronicle the • Martel College President Mikaela Dennison presented a resolu- walked in there and suddenly it tragedy in what would become his tion concerning construction. Dennison, a senior, requested to a crowd of people," Brinkley said bestselling book, The Great Deluge: meet with Facilities, Engineering and Planning Senior Project Man- about "The Colbert Report" "I had Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, ager Eleni Barzouka and Vice President for Administration Kevin a horrible nervous jitters." and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Kirby to discuss grievances the construction was causing students. But Brinkley has had no trouble "We came here to Houston Dennison noted Martel College's lack of vehicular access, es- performing in his first classes at and President Leebron gave me pecially in reference to emergency services and the need for a Rice. With students literally sitting a floor up in the library," Brinkley permanent shuttle stop at O'Connor House. The resolution also in the aisles to be in his lectures said. "President Leebron just said, addresses construction's effects on campus paths, specifically and then swarming him after class 'Look, you're in town, do what you that the paths around Hanszen College need to be permanent to introduce themselves, Brinkley COURTESY RICE NEWS need to do. Here's a tape recorder, and flood-worthy, and for blue light phones to be placed near has become the closest thing Rice History Professor Douglas Brinkley here's phone service, here's a fax. new paths and around the outer loop. has to a campus celebrity. So they kind of embraced me when While students may still be "I want people to see that I cap- I was dislocated." • The SA took a vote and approved the resolution to be sent out scrambling to be in Brinkley's tured the tenor of an era," Brinkley So when universities started try- to college listserves immediately. classes, he said they will not be said. "I've been very influenced by ing to recruit Brinkley to join their disappearing any time soon. the so-called new journalists of the faculty, Rice was no stranger. • Kelley, a Brown College senior, opened up a forum on the future "I'm going to be here for a long 1960s:Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, "I looked at about eight different of the university. time," Brinkley said. "I plan on mak- T ruman Capote. Those people have schools that wanted me to come," ing my full career here at Rice." meant a lot to me. 1 read their books Brinkley said. "The students here • Sarah Baker, a Lovett College junior, suggested that the south and I practice how to become a have such an incredible reputation colleges should remain on par with the north colleges. Literary Career writer — not just a scholar, but and it's a booming school. Ifs a Brinkley's fame grows from his also how to write for the New school on the move." • Julia Bursten, a Lovett senior, stated the need for more publishing history, which ranges Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, the New Brinkley also said the Baker COMM 103 classes. from Tour of Duty:John Kerry and the York Times." Institute of Public Policy was a key Vietnam War io The Reagan Diaries This writing technique sends sellingpoint since itwould allowhim • A dearth of forks in the South Servery was proclaimed. to Hunter S. Thompson's letters. Brinkley across the country doing to work on public policy issues while "I have always loved writing, research, at times even traveling also being a history professor. • Stephen Rooke, a Hanszen senior, addressed staffing issues which differentiates me from some with his wife and three toddlers. Outside Rice, Brinkley looks to concerning Health Services, which is already understaffed, and academics," Brinkley said. "It's not Brinkley said that as part of re- Houston as an intriguing base for questioned their ability to deal with 900 new students in 2009. only my occupation, but it's also my searching former U.S. President his academic career. hobby. There's nothing I enjoy more Theodore Roosevelt for his upcom- "[Houston] is the melting pot." • Laura Kelley ended the meeting with a reminder of the alcohol than putting pen to paper." ing book, he and his family went Brinkley said. "This is where people policy revision: any party with more than one keg is "public." G; course, it takes more than a up to the badlands of North Dakota from Vietnam and Thailand and keen interest to write or edit over 17 this past summer. Nigeria and on and on are coming The next Student Association meeting will be Monday at books by age 46. In addition to his literary work, to live. ... There is a lot of dynamic 10 p.m. in the Farnsworth Pavillion. " [Nobel Prize winning American Brinkley also serves as the official culture going on, and you just have to novelist Sinclair Lewis] used to say historian for CBS News. go look for it. Don't get dazed by the that the first rule of writing is to put He said he will work both fast-food joints and strip malls." ALCOHOL From page 1 CONTRACTING & PROCUREMENT Respecting opinions. Sharing ideas. Improving communication. For natecl Orientation Week this year, vironment of Rice that might get Shell, these aren't just nice things to achieve, but vital elements in our said he was one of the few who crazy sometimes," Yu said. FINANCE bottom-line business strategy. found out about the changes before Ostdiek said when he made HUMAN RESOURCES It's about acting as on integrated team and behaving in ways that benefit OAVeek. During adviser training, the changes, he did not think INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY the businesses a whole. Like everyone at Shell, you'll value different ()stdiek spoke with three colleges at they would significantly alter what " SA1ESA MARKETING people's input and always consider how your actions impact on others a time to discuss the alcohol policy. colleges could or could not do SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION Bled soe, a junior, said I .ovett, Martel with alcohol. We won't simply take your best ideas on board - we'll also(-Mp you TRADING explore them Our personal development, skills training and Culture of and Jones Colleges were the only "Based on how I understand the continuous learning are designed to give you all the tools you need to GEOLOGY/GEOPHYSICS colleges that received a mention of system to be working, I don't think succeed. " the addendum. I was changing what could and i • :i petrophysics So you'd to be part of a collaborative culture, get together with "What [the chief justices] couldn't be done," Ostdiek said. "I PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY if like thought this was still in the same Shell. You can make your online application right now - just visit our don't understand is how these PRODUCT/PROCESS RESEARCH careers websiie and reference GAI160F when you apply. changes were made, and we don't spirit, that what's happening is it's Shell is an Equal Opportunity Employer know about them," Bledsoe said. making the system more rational . - • "Somewhere, there was a major and easy to understand." communication breakdown." Ostdiek said he hoped the ad- As for the added clause itself, dition of the clause would clarify Bledsoe said he is not opposed to the line between public and private the change. parties. I le said one keg appeared "Overall, I don't feel like it's a to be a good line of demarcation, particularly unfair change to the but he solicited feedback Thursday alcohol policy," Bledsoe said. "But when he met with college leaders to the issue is about communication discuss the revisions. and input, not change itself." Jones senior Chelsea Derrick Gorman said he opposes the said the unannounced addendum 'mm clause because it might give rise bodes poorly for student-adminis- to students using more dangerous tration ;if fairs. means of accessing alcohol, such "A lot of students don't exactiy as buying strong liquor with the feel the administration is behind amount of money that could be used their interests as it is," Derrick to buy a keg. said. "I feel like this isn't going to "People will try to avoid being help relations with the administra- registered as a public party or do- tion. I just think it was a shady ing something against public policy, thing to do." because you can get in trouble for Ostdiek said he said admits he that in a significant way," Gorman was wrong to not consult college said. "That issue is going to force presidents and chief justices, but people to look at alternatives in he does not understand why people terms of buying more liquor in would be upset with the content terms of kegs." of the clause. Lovett junior Ray Yu said he "People are overreacting," believes the clause could be benefi- Ostdiek said. "They're vastly over- cial to students. reacting to what they perceive as "I do think that the implementa- an attack or a change. They are Achieving more together tion of the alcohol policy has been wrong. Some of the allegations that a bit strict of late, but 1 think it's this was done with malicious intent good because it controls the en- I just don't understand. " THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,2007 STAFF From page 1

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by Joyce Yao Robin Forman. ing the composition exam, Rice assimilate information, express collaborated with the Massachu- themselves effectively, make THRKSHERSTAFF The number of COMM 103 classes has increased from 9 setts Institute of Technology to coherent arguments and cite Director of Student Financial Ser- Last year's trend of high fail- offered last fall to 10 this fall. put the exam online. In 2005 sources," Forman said. vices Ann Walker (top) and Director ure rates on the English Compo- Although this is the greatest and 2006, the exam was offered The test results have also of Admissions Keith Todd (bottom) sition Exam continued with this numberofCOMM 103classesof- three times during the summer become more comprehensive. year's incoming class. fered at Rice, six classes are filled in June, July and August. This Students receive feedback in the with President David Leebron's Composition Exam Director to capacity and three are filled year, the August testing date form of a grading rubric with mar- Vision of the Second Century. and Professor of Professional beyond capacity. was eliminated after scheduling ginal comments from the graders, Currently, the university admits Communication Deborah Barrett difficulties ensued last year when who are graduate students in " [This semester's instructors 24 percent of its applicants, and said the percentage of students an unexpectedly large number of English, history and linguistics. are] combination of experts in the student population will not that received "not satisfactory" communication and composition extra ENGL 103 — the former This year's change in the name n suffer as a result of the planned on the exam i creased from 33 name of COMM 103 — classes of the course for students who who have previous experience 30 percent increase in enroll- percentto? rcent between the had to be created at the last failed the exam, from ENGL 103 P ; teaching these courses and ment, Muhoz said. incoming v. ,ses. graduate students who have minute for the students who to COMM 103, reflects an effort The recent dropping of the Incoming students that demonstrated high levels of failed the exam. to increase the number of com- Interim Decision process, due receive not satisfactory scores competency in composition and The increased number of munications courses at Rice. to admissions having too little on the exam are required to take pedagogy," Forman said. failures on the composition Despite the improvements time to review interim applica- COMM 103: Academic Writing Before 2005, approximately exam over the past two years has made to the composition exam, tions, and the hiring of Todd and Argument. Although it is 16 to 17 percent of students re- been attributed to an essay that many students still feel it is not an and Walker will help Rice's not mandatory, students who ceived an NS on the exams each was added to the exam last year accurate representation of their admissions process, Muhoz receive a low pass on the exam year. The composition exams that required students to read writing abilities. Will Rice Col- said. A more efficient method of are also encouraged to take the were taken during Orientation articles and summarize them in lege freshman Nicolas Feltman processing applications is neces- course. Seventeen students Week, written in blue books, an analytical essay. Forman said said he feels that the results are sary for the expected increased who received either a pass or and graded by members of the the exams were modified last definitely skewed, because many applicant pool, he said. a low pass on the exam have English department. Three year to help develop students' students are reluctant to focus "We are looking at how we signed up for the class, accord- years ago, after the English communication skills. on the exam when they take it can use technology to help us ing to Dean of Undergraduates Department voted to stop grad- "(Students should be able to] over summer. improve our efficiency, opti- cal imaging and workflow," he said. "The amount of processing I time that it takes to thoroughly evaluate each application is very significant at a highly selective school like Rice."

Come Worship with Us! '[Todd's] worked at West University Baptist Church invites you to worship, the study of three highly selective universities, another God's Word, and fellowship. added value that he brings to Rice. He'// We have both contemporary and traditional Sunday worship services, as well as a bring what he learned college-level Sunday school class that is attended by many Rice University and Medical there to here.' School students and taught by Dr. Jim Tour. Free breakfast is always served in the class, Jose Aranda, along with an opportunity to take the Lord's Supper each Sunday morning. Hispanic Studies Chair

We are located 2 miles directly west of campus, 6218 Auden between University and Hanszen College sophomore Rice. Free round-trip shuttle service is provided each Sunday morning leaving at X: 15 Catherine Huang said this ex- pected increase in the applicant AM and 9:15 AM on the loop in front of Rice's Allen Center. See www.wubc.org for pool and student population does not come without its trade-offs. more details, or call 713-668-2319. "The student-to-professor ratio is going to go up to 7:1 because they're not hiring new Contemporary Worship: 8:30 AM professors," Huang said. "For Sunday School: 9:45 AM students in the humanities | with small classes], it's a drawback. Traditional Worship: 11:()() AM I'm actually in favor of (in- creased) enrollment so long as the quality of life at Rice is not affected, but I don't think there's any way you can guarantee that the quality of life is not going to be effected." THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,2007

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Rice's use of the concrete is part concrete, although Amery parallel projects going, and they by Jocelyn Wright amount of cement that holds the mixture together. of its LEED initiative, which strives said he expects the price to will be mutually supportive of one FOR THE THRESHER Hanszen College sophomore to make more environmentally decrease as it becomes more another," Aranda said. widely used. Aranda also said there are plans After weeks of walking Nina Xue said she is frustrated friendly construction. on a sidewalk that turned to with the current sidewalk. Students are open-minded "There is a balance that to add two Latin American teach- gravel in the rain, students "It's a hassle and a hazard," about the possibilities the water- we must arrive at," he said. ing positions in the history and will find an improved Xue said. "When you walk, gravel permeable concrete provides. "It is important to do things social sciences departments next walkway between Hanszen hits the back of your leg and Amery said his department economically, too. In the long year, and that Hispanic Studies College and College Way the [wooden] planks [placed was approaching the new run, it would be beneficial to hopes to invite scholars from Latin sometime next week. Senior on faulty parts of the sidewalk] technology with caution, and it replace failed parking lots America as well as postdoctoral Facilities Engineer Max are super-slippery when is testing the concrete in part with pervious concrete if fellows to conduct research and Amery said. it rains." of the newly-created North we can justify the price and teach at Rice. all of that. I will recommend Faulty installation of the Amery said Cemex, the Annex Lot to ensure that it lasts [using water-permeable sidewalk, which is made of company that installed the over time. Water-permeable concrete] only when it water-permeable concrete, is sidewalk, will scrape off the concrete is currently about makes sense." the primary reason it failed. raveled parts of the sidewalk five times the price of regular "This is experimental," and add a second layer of water- Amery said. "You have to be permeable concrete. This method very careful. This if noi like of layering the concrete has been POROUS CONCRETE regular concrete you can just used effectively on a large scale go and pour." in China as the country prepares Water-permeable concrete provides an innovative solution to the Amery said there were two for the Olympics. problems with the installation. Water-permeable concrete problem of water retention: Houston building codes require half First, the concrete, which has been used in other parts of a cubic foot of storm water retention to be provided for every is meant to be installed the campus without any difficulty. square goot of natural ground that is developed. Since every at the coolest time of day Six to nine months ago, a piece six cubic inches of water-permeable concrete can store up to possible, was put down in the of the concrete was tested in three-fourths an inch of water, parking lots made with water afternoon heat. Abercrombie parking lot. permeable concrete could eventually take the place of water Second, the delivery "We had not one raveling [of retention areas on campus. This in turn would free up the space truck driver mistakenly the concrete] that I know of and to be used for more expansion or extra green space. added water to the concrete, I went and visited many times," which diluted the small Amery said. Jose Aranda, Hispanic Studies Chair

"When they come aboard, they will be invited to be a part of the research center," Aranda said. "But this is simply talk right now. Part of the initiative is to establish col- laborations with other universities in Latin America and Mexico." FLUOR The programs for the Latin American research center will probably be up in a year, Aranda said. A doctoral degree in Hispanic Studies is another initiative on the table. But before a Ph.D. can Design a be considered, empty positions within the department must be filled, Aranda said. "I think it's safe to say that in three to five years, we'll have better career a critical mass of faculty who are interested in the program, and at that point, we can write a As the preeminent leader in the global building services market place, proposal," Aranda said. "It'll be another two years before it's up Fluor designs, builds, maintains and operates some of the most and running." complex facilities around the world. We are looking for employees who desire exciting, engaging and challenging assignments. 7 think it's safe to say that in three to five years, well have a critical mass of faculty who are interested in the [Ph.D.] program, and at that point, we can write a proposal.' Jose Aranda, Hispanic Studies Chair

Aranda said students expressed a desire to have more structured re- lationships between schools while studying abroad. The study abroad programs at Rice go through third- party agencies, and Aranda said he would like to develop relationships with universities directly. *: > 41x1 'il•* 151!2 "The idea is we develop a curriculum already plugged into •, ... our system here so if a student takes X course in Mexico, it au- tomatically gets approved here," Aranda said. Brown College senior Ivy Ashe said she was glad the department A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY FOR WORLD-CLASS PEOPLE was moving forward. "It's a positive thing for all the underclassmen Hispanic studies majors," Ashe, a Hispanic studies Fluor is an Equal Opportunity Employei^it recognizes www.fluor.com/careers the value of a diverse/inclusive workplace. M/F/D/V major, said. "But I'm kind of bitter t 2007 Floor Corporation All Rights Reserved. they're doing this now during my Fluor is a registered service mark of Fluor Corporation [email protected] senior year after they spent the last two years not doing anything." • v 3 7 loo7}

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KTRU 91.7 FM The Thresher \s not responsible for the content of the Rice Radio Folio. FALL 2007 A Rookie's Guide to the Houston Scene By KTRU Staff two most famous groups: ZZ Top and lificacy, however, has been outmatched Spain Colored Orange, Bring Back the Houston is one of the best-kept secrets Destiny's Child. by his reclusiveness; despite capturing Guns, and the Dimes, and acts like Mo- of American culture. Though Houston In addition to these superstars, Houston the imagination of three generations of tion Turns It On and Sharks and Sailors artists have made fascinating and diverse also nurtures a thriving underground that music geeks, Jandek has given only two push prog rock into new and exciting ter- contributions to popular music, the city has is little-known outside the city. Its history interviews in his entire life, and did not ritory. Local rock labels are popping up at an unjustified reputation as something of a can traced, roughly, to the Texas psyche- give the first of his still-meager handful of a nearly unprecedented rate, providing a cultural wasteland. Part of that reputation delic movement of the late 60s. Houston live performances until 2004 (in Glasgow, desperately needed foundation for local art- is due to comparison to Houston's close was home to both the movement's found- Scotland oddly enough), 26 years after the ists. Meanwhile, extreme heavy metal has neighbor Austin, which for decades was ing record label, International Artists, and start of his "career." been and continues to be one of Houston's one of the capitals of American counter- one of its most influential and long-lived The unrestrained imagination of artists specialties, with locals like Braced for culture—part of it is due to a virtually bands, the Red Krayola. Wild, irreverent, like Jandek has played an integral part Nails and Infernal Dominion attracting nonexistent local music industry. esoteric, unprofessional, and bracingly in making Houston uniquely welcoming national attention as grindcore veterans Nevertheless, not everything from the confrontational, the band was supposedly toward free jazz and creative improvised Pretty Little Flower and Insect Warfare asphalt prairies of southeast Texas escapes bribed to stop playing in Berkeley. The music, helped by organizations such as continue to defend Houston's place as the notice of the music world. Along with Red Krayola provided a key foundation Nameless Sound, which brings a strong the power violence capital of the South. Chicago and Memphis, Houston has long for the idiosyncratic and intensely anti- program of avant-garde performers to Finally, Houston's diverse ethnic makeup been considered one of the true homes commercial aesthetic that has continually Houston each year. Traditional jazz has ensures the presence of a wide variety of of the blues. Legendary blues guitarists pervaded much of Houston's underground experienced a recent boom as well, with world and folk music, from reggaeton, to AlbertCollinsandLighUiin'Hopldnscalled rock, from the substance-abusing punk the influx of New Orleans musicians in the tejano, to zydeco, to gamelan. Houston home, and the city also played a of Bark Hard and the Party Owls, to the wake of Hurricane Katrina boosting the In the past two decades, Houston has part in the biographies of Leadbelly, Guitar sloppy, gloriously self-indulgent psych of jazz scene considerably. Houston is also grown from aTexas oil town into a booming Shorty and Townes Van Zandt. Dry Nod, Charlambides, and Mike Gunn, home to the International Jazz Festival, the metropolis that is widely considered to be Yet, though authentic Texas blues to the deranged prog of the Slurpees and only internationally-geared traditional jazz one of America's truly international cities. can still be heard from the likes of Little the snot-nosed garage of the Fatal Flying festival in the country. KTRU has tradition- Today, it is a place of many flavors, many Joe Washington and Grady Gaines in the Guilloteens. ally played a major role in expanding the colors, and many rhythms—all fueled by setup bars of the city's Third Ward, blues The Red Krayola's most notable audience for challenging but intensely the unmitigated and uncorrupted joy of has been eclipsed in recent years by hip- aesthetic progeny, however, include the rewarding music. creation for its own sake, and by the ability hop, a descendant of the blues that has Pain Teens, a dark, almost gothic noise The innocence and creativity that mark of art to shape an urban environment that yielded many of present-day Houston's band fronted by the coldly beautiful Bliss Houston's underground tradition remain can often be forbidding or restrictive. In the most innovative, expressive and thunder- Blood, and Jandek, a notorious stage name evident in today's rock community. The spirit of the city, it is this ability—the trans- ously ambitious artists, including Chamil- assumed by an otherwise unassuming local indie rock scene is positively jump- formative power of music—that KTRU DJ s lionaire, Paul Wall, DJ Screw, Devin the Houston man. Since 1978, Jandek has ing with smart, fun, professional bands, and listeners explore every day. Dude, and UGK. The old and new faces of self-released more than 50 albums of and recordings are increasingly savvy Ian Wells and Daniel Mee contributed blues-based music are worn by Houston's weird, vulnerable psych-folk. His pro- and well-made. Notable names include to this article

, What is the ":',v Rice Radio Folio? El ||if|l The Folio is first and foremost a programming and listening guide designed to help you keep up with what's on air. For your pleasure, our DJs also generate a healthy serving of album reviews, playl- ists, band profiles, concert calendars, interviews and news and information about KTRU and the Houston music scene.

The Folio was a more regular feature from the 1980s through the early 1990s, when it educated and entertained readers on a weekly basis. The station's boost to 50,000 watts and resultant lack of a reliable on-campus signal until the late 1990s, contrib- uted to its (partial) abandonment. This year, The Folio lives again, in a longer, if less frequent form. If you are new to KTRU, the folio is a excellent place to begin what will no doubt be a long and fruit- Voxtrot takes the stage with KTRU ful love affair. If you're already in this relationship, the folio is just Austin-based Voxtrot plays to the masses in the Rice Village, on the KTRU stop of the another way to get more of what you love. Free Yr Radio tour. The Body and Soul of Funk By Ketch Morse your gut with the first chord and ensuing something great. This week I featured izing it for the contemporary scene. Look Funk is a primal enterprise. The soul wail. ITie sweat on your brow and the Dave Hamilton from Detroit, Minsato le mi to Brooklyn for the incredible Daptone musician and the funk groover are locked longing in your loins are interpretation Daihome from West Africa, and the JB's, Records. I kissed Sharon Jones in a mo- in the mutual pursuit of carnal and spiritual enough. Can we point back to the grand among others. Charles Wright's featured ment of frenzied rhythms unbound. Scour pleasure—loathe to be captured in the traditions of the spiritual in this country? "One Lie (Leads to Another)" is not just an the Bay Area for Now Again Records, or printed word. Shouts, wild guitar solos, Surely. Can we thank Black America? We artifact of Watts in the mid-1960s; rather, it cross the Atlantic to find Jazzman. All these psychedelic expressions of lust, and bass should, and I do. Can we go and taste is a rollicking tale of romantic unraveling record labels grip the flesh of history in lines that coax the most timid souls into the gritty streets of Detroit with our own fit only for a party. I am partial to many nu- one hand and bang out new rhythms with headlong syncopated grooves are just a mouths? Indeed. These things have all anced variations of this wonderful music. the other. few components of the intangible yet di- made their contributions. I can tell you Itsjazzier side can send you barreling down I invite you to join me each Thursday vine presence of soul. Funk is the pursuit where funk and soul music came from, the highway in a haze of bongos (see Grant on the finest radio station in town. The of every freedom—all at once. We cannot but there is a better question: Where will it Green's "Sookie Sookie"). Sometimes the party begins at 7 p.m. and jumps feverishly catalogue every urge, all the sin, or the take you? New Orleans, a stranger's room sexuality is simultaneously subversive until 8 p.m. Your requests, experiences, sum total of vexed love released wildly into on a steamy Houston night, a dark club in and thick (see Otis Redding's "Open the and desires are welcome. If nothing else, microphones and onto dance floors—nor Brooklyn—these are all places to receive Door"). And sometimes it's just overt (see I'll loudly broadcast a redemption for the shall we attempt to. I suggest instead that the communion of soul. Andre Williams' "Humpin, Bumpin, and evils that plague the condition of the con- you find yourself with a willing lover in Funk is in some regards a history. Thumpin"). temporary (wo)man. So join me; we've got your arms and a cold drink in your hand Loosely, it began in the mid 1960s in this But just as there are great men and stuff to do: party, party, and party. on aThursday night at 7 p.m., tuned to 91.7 country and experienced its prime from women and great movements who pass FM. Turn it up, and be moved. roughly 1965 to 1975. New York, Houston, on, there are disciples. There are those Musical origins may or may not be rel- Dallas, Detroit, New Orleans, Oakland, who continue the grand traditions, at once evant to a hermeneutics that rips through and Macon Georgia all gave this country paying homage to the past and modern- __.. JSB9RH - KTRU 91.7 FM RICE RADIO

RICE RADIO FOLIO FALL 2007 Defiling Rock's Corpse: No Wave By Lindsey Simard frightening, with Vega's story of the bleak Lunch herself made no eye contact with distorted slide guitar to create surprising During the late 70s and early 80s, cheap existence of a factory worker—the epony- the audience and restricted her sets to a sounds. apartments in New York City's dilapidated mous Frankie—building to unearthly frustratingly short 10 minutes. Perhaps the best known No Wave Lower East Side attracted artists of all screams. No Wave artists generally had a album is the 1978 album No New York, kinds, especially musicians. Some of them, Like their predecessor Suicide, No background in a non-musical art, such which was produced by Brian Eno. It fea- frustrated with the conventional song Wavers preferred creating challenging, as film, poetry, or performance art, and tures sixteen songs from 4 different bands: structure and macho posturing of punk detached music to placating or cozying knew little about the instruments they Mars, James Chance & the Contortions, rock, as well as with the commercialism up to the listener. No Wave music was played. Those who had formal musical Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and DNA. of New Wave, created a small sub-genre defined by nihilistic lyrics and a harsh, training—Chance, for example, who was Other noteworthy bands from the era of post-punk called No Wave. confrontational nature, in performance as trained by nuns—were more interested in include Theoretical Girls, the Gynecolo- It started with Martin Rev and Alan well as composition; saxophonsit James creating new sounds than in using proper gists, and 8 Eyed Spy. Vega's Suicide in the early seventies. Chance, for example, famously assaulted technique. Instead of using synthesizers Hear a sampling of No Wave and other Vega half sang and half spoke over Rev's audience members during shows. Lydia or unconventional instrumentations, No post-punk during The Modern Dance, Rice I electronic keyboard and drum machine. Lunch, leader of Teenage Jesus and the Wavers stuck to forcing out noise from Radio's post-punk show. Tune in Tuesdays i The duo delved into dissonance and con- Jerks, kicked Chance out of the band electric guitars. Arto Lindsay of DNA from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. on KTRU Houston flict, producing music that was dark and for his behavior—not because she disap- developed an idiosyncratic, chaotic guitar 91.7 FM. disturbing, yet highly rhythmic. Their proved of violence, but because he had style, while Pat Place of the Contortions, song "Frankie Teardrop" is downright acknowledged the audience by fighting. Connie Burg of Mars, and Lydia Lunch all

artists, cultural organizations, and non- years out from The Shutdown (freshmen, profits in this fabulous city. consult the internet if interested). Station Manager's This past year, we home-built "Robo In the community, we teamed up with KTRU," our computerized DJ that keeps the Contemporary Arts Museum Hous- on rocking when live DJs can't be in the ton and deejayed on a monthly basis at Thoughts studio. We revived the ska show and their Steel Lounge Underground. We also mothballed the Navrang and Scordatura partnered with Free Yr Radio to put on With summer over, KTRU is settling into the depths of space in perfect crystal shows. We also set up the Revelry Report, Voxtrot live and free in the Rice Village, back into its usual chaos. clarity for alien civilizations to tune in to which gives you the news, interviews, put on eight free on-campus concerts, It takes a lot to keep our little sta- and marvel at? As a DJ, you also meet and live performances that you need to a Battle of the Bands, and the 16th An- tion afloat. We are student-run, and can new people—promoters, DJs, bands, and live large in Houston. nual Outdoor Show/lst Annual KTRU always use more help. You can DJ. You plenty of stoned listeners. All you have to Indoor Show, which featured The Dimes, can try engineering and shock yourself, do is remember your alphabet and play To top things off, last year we took Despot, Norway's 120 Days, and NYC's run concerts, or learn about live audio lots of rad music. Houston Press's "Houston's Best Radio Station" award for the second time in 6 Ratatat as the headliner. The show filled production. You could work on KTRU What's new around here? The Folio, years. As for landmarks, 2006 was the the Grand Hall and Sammy's to capacity, News or review loads of CDs. There is a for one thing, which is half a decade 35th year of our licensing and our 15th and then some. lot to do around here, and there is always out of print. New programs and lots of year at 50,000 watts. This year will put us room for you. events are on tap. This year we hope to We're coming out of a great year, and 10 years out from hiring a general man- Why broadcast, you ask? How else can strengthen our focus on Rice students, we're excited about this one. I hope we ager to help us keep the FCC in line, and 7 you have your sparkling voice beamed while simultaneously reaching out to can have you on board.

• •: '• WANNA &£ A IU? YOU CANI APPUCATIQN* >U£ *£tr. U 5 C.M. 1 s 411 KTRU Artist Profile: KTRU is Rice's student-run radio station, broadcasting at 91.7 FM for most of Houston, 24 hours a day, and at 91.5 FM in the Rice area, since Houston's downtown buildings block the signal from our main transmitter. We also reach listeners worldwide by webcasting Peter Rehberg all of our programming at ktru.org. By Lance Higdon genres. He participated in the playfully With its awesome transmitting power of 50,000 watts, KTRU has Laptop performer Peter Rehberg was scattershot trio Fenn O'Berg with Mego among the vanguard of musicians who amigo Christian Fennesz and OG of un- a large listenership for a college radio station; in 1997 a survey began to explore the sonic possibilities of derground music Jim O'Rourke. His most estimated that KTRU had 23,000 listeners who tuned in for an nascent laptop technology in the mid-90s. recent work with Sunn O))) guitarist and average of three hours per week. KTRU started as the hobby of a After coming on board with Ramon Baur Southern Lord honcho Stephen O'Malley, group of Hanszen College students in the late '60s and grew to and Andreas Pieper to run the electronic together known as KTL, has gifted the become an FCC licensed station in 1971. Ever since then, KTRU music label Mego, he released his first world with "Extreme Analogue Black has been treating Houston listeners to a huge variety of non-main- album under the name Pita. In addition to Metal.".He is also a founding member of stream music. KTRU's mission is "to educate the station member- releases on Mego, Rehberg has released the laptop ensemble MIMEO. Such hyper- ship, the greater Houston community, and the students of Rice a dizzying array of records on labels such kinetic activity resulted in his reception of University through its progressive and eclectic programming," which as Asphodel, Hapna, and Touch. the Prix Ars Electronica Distinction Award includes jazz, blues, rock, electronic music, reggae, hip-hop, world Rehberg calls his aural output "Extreme for Digital Musics in 1999. music, folk and bluegrass, funk, experimental music, and many Computer Music," which is a fairly straight- Despite such artistic success, Rehberg more genres. Whether it's "music minus one chromosome" forward assessment of his aesthetic. Work- remains quite self-effacing about his or "ear enema" radio, we try to deliver the best music and the ing primarily with sampled sounds and contribution to laptop-based music. In a least garbage of any Houston radio station. software applications such as Ableton Live July 2007 interview with WIRE magazine, and Reason, Rehberg produces pieces that he claimed that "laptop music" was noth- reflect their digital genesis with a metallic ing more than music recorded to a hard sheen and swaths of over-driven tonality. drive, much like the majority of music What distinguishes Pita's music from now being recorded. Other thoughts in- that of other artists working with these clude his understanding of the laptop as • - ' • ' sources is a concealed appeal to melody functioning simply as a synthesizer and often found just beneath the surface of his self-assessment as a "nonmusician." the storm, as well as a certain introspec- Despite such humility, Rehberg remains a tive quality, leading some to brand Pita as touchstone of contemporary composition "melancholy" noise. and improvisation. He has also collaborated with artists across a wide array of avant-garde micro-

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DANIEL REESE The 16th Annual Outdoor Show/1st Annual KTRU Indoor Show An energetic crowd fills the Rice Grand Hall to capacity.

The Origins of Dub From the Music Department The Music Department is "KTRU music" is, and we take By Scottie McDonald lutionary Dub Warriors.) Leading Reggae in charge of the music we air at this role very seriously. We con- Many people know that American acts like Black Uhuru, Culture, and Israel KTRU. This job isn't as simple sider it our responsibility to bring rap/hip-hop had its roots in Jamaican Vibration began releasing companion Dub as it sounds—we deal with Houston listeners another option Reggae. The Jamaican toaster 'deejays' albums to their vocal counterparts—all to labels and promoters, filter the beyond Clear Channel/Cumulus used to rap over the instrumental 'B' sides the excitement of the relentless Dub fan. 50-200 albums we receive each Media stations and their ilk, of Reggae singles, and this evolved into Soon American record companies jumped week, and are forever sorting, which dominate the airwaves. Reggae deejay or dancehall music. The on the bandwagon and began including culling, updating, and curating In other words, if you could early American rap artists locked onto 'altered' instrumental and dance mixes on our stacks. conceivably hear a song on a this dancehall approach and molded it into their top artists' 12-inch singles; and with We also select the playlist commercial station, you will not their own urban expression. advances in digital technology, so, too, Dub hear it on KTRU. As a non-profit It is these same Jamaican seven-inch formats expanded and spawned spaced- and then report it to the College station, we have the unique ad- singles, however, that also spawned the out, instrumentally-intensive electronic, Music Journal (CMJ), as we are vantage of being able to listen to phenomenon we know today as Dub music. drum and bass, trip hop, etc. one of around 60 core stations Jamaica has always been a singles' market Remarkably, whether it be Mad Profes- around the nation. We usually music with both ears and our full (possibly because a lot more people could sor, Scratch, or Sherwood, most of the submit our least-known playlist attention. Consequently, we play afford them than they could full albums). top names in Reggae Dub seemed to be adds in the hopes that they'll music that is beautiful, interest- All any artist needed was one song to coming out of the U.K. This continues to make the weekly CMJ Top 200 ing, and challenging, in many put out a record, since the 'B' side was be the case to a great extent today with charts and garner a little more different ways. almost always the 'version' side (i.e., the names like The Disciples, Dub Special- recognition. Everyone adds Wilco One of my favorite things Dub version!). ists, Alpha and Omega, Vibronics, Jah and Interpol, but who adds Su- about KTRU is the fact that Starting out by simply running the Warrior, Power Steppers, Bush Chemists, san Alcorn and Mocean Worker? you can hear electronic music, multi-track recording tape without the East Meets West, The Rootsman, and KTRU is constantly trying to followed by jazz, followed by hip- vocal, the early Jamaican recording engi- Dub Funk Association—all based out of educate both the community and hop, followed by folk music, all neers began to experiment with mixing England. Some great compilation albums our own DJs about music. "Edu- in one show. There is a massive have resulted, and excellent collections the instruments in and out, and adding cation" can mean lots of things: divide between what you can include the Echo Beach label's series King effects during this phase of the record- In the 1970s, it meant including hear on the radio and everything ing session. Having worked long hours Size Dub 10-12, Tanty Records' series classical music in our stacks that is out there, and we are in to obtain just the right mix for the latest Roots of Dub Funk 4-6, BSI's Docking and performing radio drama. In a unique position to fill that gap. 'smash hit' vocal release, this final phase Sequence Vol. 1, and many more. Releases the late 1980s, it meant aiming We're not a "rock" station or a became the time when the engineer could that have resided atop KTRU's Reggae to become the "truly alternative" "country" station. KTRU is a mu- 'stretch out'—letting go of the constraints charts include Ras Command's Best of: sic station, and we aim for eclec- that the structured vocal mix implied. The Serious Smokers, local heroes Last Soul choice in Houston radio. Lately, ticism—if you don't like what's singer was rarely involved (since their Descendents' Inner Vision, Dubmatix' it's meant emphasizing specialty on now, wait five minutes. If you part of the session was completed) and, Champion Sound Clash, Teledubgnosis' genres, from electronic to blues don't like the specialty show thus, the engineer began taking more and Magnetic learning Center, Bill I ^swell's to noise. The most difficult task more liberties with the tracks he had so ROIR Dub Sessions and Version 2 Version, we face in the Music Depart- that's on now, we've got differ- arduously recorded. and Vibronics' Dubliftment. ment is judging whether a piece ent ones. The music department ensures that this opportunity As the popularity of these Dub versions Featured regularly on KPRU's Rice of music is fit for KTRU airplay or is available to anyone willing to grew, the reputations of the top engineers Radio Reggae each Wednesday afternoon, not. These decisions are neces- grew as well, and names like King Tubby, this surge of U.K./E.U. Dub shows little sarily subjective, so we have an listen. Ix*e 'Scratch' Perry, Scientist, and Prince sign of letting up. More and more Dub important role in defining what Jammy became names on exciting Dub artists continue to emerge—each with releases. Following many years of assem- something to add to the already prolific bling these 'B' side mixes into album col- soundscape of Dub offerings. Get yourself lections, adventurous engineers began pro- a dose of some of this "Irie" Dub each week ducing music specifically for Dub. Names when Rice Radio Reggae explores the like Mad Professor and Adrian Sherwood many facets of Reggae music. Encouraged appeared and became synonymous with also is browsing through the show's playl- Dub's innovative musical experiments. ists on the KrRlJ Web site at http://bang. (An expose' on Sherwood's On-U Sound rice.edu/related.shtml and emailing ques- nHV*mm?i'U{'UirTmrrrTT7) record label would be a thesis in itself, tions, comments or requests for upcoming with its birthing of Creation Rebel, New shows to [email protected]. Age Steppers, Singers and Players, Dub menmnGocMB Syndicate, African Head Charge, and Revo- ' ' '• ••Mi — #5 - aHBpPHiw * .JxC* TOP 35 ALBUMS

RICE RADIO FOLIO FALL 2007 TOP 35 FOR THE WEEK OF 09.03.2007 ARTIST ALBUM LABEL Justice (Cross) Vice The Man In A Blue Turban With A Face Ace Fu itfl Man Man • Matthew Dear Asa Breed Ghostly International Twink Ice Cream Truckin Mulatta Lee Hazlewood Cake Or Death Ever Jennifer Gentle The Midnight Room Sub Pop Menomena Friend And Foe Barsuk DJ Jazzy Jeff The Return Of The Magnificent Rapster/BBE Midlake The Trials Of Van Occupanther Bella Union Dungen Tio Bitar Kemado Boris Pink Southern Lord A Hawk And A Hacksaw The Way The Wind Blows Leaf Label The Human League Reproduction Caroline Various Can't Stop It! Australian Post-Punk 1978-82 Chapter Rodrigo Y Gabriela Rodrigo Y Gabriela ATO Chromeo Fancy Footwork Vice Sunn O))) And Boris Altar Southern Lord Bonde Do Role With Lasers Domino Midnight Movies Midnight Movies Emperor Norton Silver Daggers New High And Ord Load Parts And Labor Mapmaker Jagjaguwar/Brah The Shivers Charades Apples And Whiskey M Ward Duet For Guitars #2 Matador Forro In The Dark Bonfires Of Sao Joao Nublu Dan Deacon Spiderman Of The Rings Carpark Wooden Wand James &The Quiet Ecstatic Peace Various Si, Para Usted: The Funky Beats Of Revolutionary Cuba Vol. 1 Waxing Deep PU2213 Falling To Pieces Daly City Dntel Dumb Luck Sub Pop Fluke Puppy One Little Indian Bocardo Bocardo Topaz The Eames Era Heroes And Sheroes Self Released Various Cafe Music From Liberia Yamgo Human Television Look At WTio You're Talking To Gigantic Music Andrew Pekler Cue Kranky

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HIT THE GROUND RUNNING UPCOMING KTRIJ CONCERTS, EVENTS By Alice Chai and Philip Beck A OTHER IMPORTANT DATES

"All i|ems subject to change —Stay up-to-date at ktru.org with maps, times, etc. Hot summer tours are winding down by August, but the Houston music scene still moves through fall. Houston's scene runs the gamut, so mark your Friday, September 7, 10 a.m. -10 p.m. calendars, checkout KTRU's upcoming shows website, and other sites that KTRU Live Broadcast @ Rice Memorial Center Lobby note upcoming shows in the area. Don't forget to ask around or make a call O and see if the show is sold out. Also, stay tuned, and you just might pick up a Saturday, September 8, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. few free tickets. FREE Concert: Satin Hooks, Earnie Banks & The Mathletes ® Ray Courtyard, Rice Memorial Center (Rain: Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center) PICK YOUR FIGHTS: Wednesday, September 12, 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 11: Sabra Laval @ Super Happy Fun Land Deadline: Fall DJ Applications Saturday, October 6, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 18: Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Warehouse Live FREE Concert: The Blades, The Gowns & A Pink Cloud. @ Valhalla, Rice University (Rain: Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center) Thursday, September 20: Henry Rollins (spoken word)/Coliseum @ The Meridian Saturday, October 20, 2:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Thursday, September 20: Midlake @ Numt- jrs Unusual Animals: Our Ears Depend On You Featuring: The Wiggins, Space City Gamelan, Moth Fight, Friday, September 21: Bloc Party/Deerhoof/J versus K @ Warehouse Live Future Rapper, Hearts of Animals & Cryptacize @ Diversewoi;ks

Saturday, September 22: VHS or Beta/Walter Meego @ The Mink Friday, November 30, 8 p.m. KTRU Dance Party: Mixing Live Saturday, September 22: The Sea & Cake @ Warehouse Live @ Steel Lounge, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Monday, September 24: Dan Deacon @ Walter's on Washington Friday, February 1, 2008, 5 p.m. Deadline: Battle of the Bands Demos and Applications Tuesday, September 25: Interpol/Liars @ Verizon Wireless Theater Friday, February 29, 2008, 7 p.m. Thursday, October 4: The Octopus Project/Bring Back The Guns @ Numbers KTRU Battle of the Bands @ Lovett Undergrounds / Lyles, Rice University Friday, October 5: Rilo Kiley/Grand Ole Party/Art in Manila @ Warehouse Live Sunday, April 13, 2008, Noon to Dark KTRU Outdoor Show (Date is Tentative) Saturday, October 6: Okkervil River/Damien Jurado @ Walter's on Washington Some Field @ Rice University Tuesday, October 9: Black Lips @ The Engine Room

Friday-Saturday, October 12-13: The Axiom 20th Anniversary Reunion, featuring Academy Black w/Mike Haaga, Sprawl, Joint Chiefs and Fleshmop, Cinco Dudes, Blunt, de Schmog, Toho Ehio, Sad Pygmy, Bad Samaritans, The Cave Reverend, Grindin' Teeth, Naked America, Turmoil in the Toybox, Jimmy Bradshaw (Squat KTRU SUMMER HITS 2007 Thrust), David von Ohlerking (The Awful Truth), and more @ TBA ARTIST ALBUM LABEL

Make sure you check out calendars online for a full list of upcoming shows! The Bird And The Bee The Bird And The Bee

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. 0 The One Am Radio This Too Will Pass Dangerbird Some praise from Houston Press: Everybody Thrill Jockey 2006: Best Radio Station various Artists A New Groove Putumayo "Rice University's KTRU gives Houston the very thing most other radio stations lack: quality. The kids cutting their teeth on ' y indie rock, hip-hop and electro manage California Pizza Kitchen to pull off a better radio station than f't, ' ~ ' ' '• — Clear Channel could ever dream up." OPENING SOON 2003: Best Hip-Hop Show in River Oaks Center! • •" • (for The Vinyl Frontier) CPK is the perfect place to begin or enhance your "Dennis Lee's radio show, which broadcasts ^ . p . restaurant career with ftewbte,fiJ- o r parfrtime every Tuesday night out of the Student Centers p work! Our upbeat environment and unique company at Rice University, is three hours of culture make CPK an ideal choice for unadulterated hip-hop ecstasy." NOW SEEKING 2000: Best Radio Station Bussers • Cooks • Dish Washers "The 50,000-watt outlet is a throwback Hosts • Servers to a time when stations were programmed by people who really liked music. Our team members enjoy; • Flexible Schedules • Great Pay • Excellent Training • Great Health Benefits • and more! Apply in person at our hiring site: KTRU Mori-Sat, 9am-6pm 1973 W Gray, Suite 22 in Houston Ph: [713} 2044X323 91.7 FM Apply online @ cpk.com Due to tremendous company growth, CPK is committed to California promote hourly emoloyees who demonstrate the desire & ability to advance. EQE I m arr~r ^;,v£i .

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Jazz and Improvised Music Specialty Shows: The KTRU Jazz and Improvised Music Program presents the living legends, un- Specialty shows make up around 30 percent of our programming hours, most during the evening hours between 5 p.m. and 1 a.m. These shows endeavor to play under/ sung heroes, rising stars and timeless pioneers in the world of creative improvisation, unexposed music from genres other than rock. Some of our specialty shows, such as from the innovations of classic American jazz to the rigorous explorations of today's Chickenskin and Jazz, have been going strong for over 20 years; a majority are at least European and Japanese free improvisers. 10 years old. KTRU endeavors to play the greatest variety of music with the least trash From New York's downtown sounds to regional styles and beyond. of any station in the Houston vicinity, and specialty shows help us toward this goal. The Jazz and Improvised Music Program presents the vast spectrum of the music of the moment which you can hear broadcasting every Sunday from noon-9 p.m. Kids Aegean Do you remember Saturday Morning cartoons? Do you remember the joyous antici- The Aegean Show is a two hour program featuring Greek music, on air every pation that you felt on Friday night, knowing that Heaven was only a few hours away? Saturday from 10 a.m. - noon. It is presented by the members of the Aegean Club, and Well, you can feel that joy, again! Every Saturday, the KTRU Kids' Show digs up the the DJs rotate shifts, giving a unique flavor to each show. The music covers a variety songs that made your childhood. Old favorites and forgotten memories are intermixed of styles, ranging from rembetika and folk songs (demotika) to the styles of the sixties with new classics and rarities that you may have never heard before—and they are and the music of today. all family friendly and youth oriented! Hear cartoon theme songs, stories, children's artists, child artists and more! Hosted by the lovable I)J crew of Jane, Jenny and Tom, Americana it's sure to be the most fun you've had on a Saturday in a long time! (Don't forget to Every Monday night from 9 p.m. -10 p.m., the Americana show explores the roots I let your kids listen, too!). Saturdays, noon-2 p.m., only on KTRU! and history of American music (and sometimes, American history through music). For example, on MLK Day, we played speech excerpts from MLK, RFK's famous speech on the assassination, plus songs by Otis Spann, Nina Simone, the Staple Singers and others Local who recorded civil rights and MLK related material. On the birthday of the Houston The Local Show brings Houston musicians to the forefront, with occasional forays blues legend Big Mama Thornton (now deceased), we played a selection of her music, into the rest of the Lone Star State. From Lightnin' Hopkins to Jana Hunter, from and on Election Day we'll play appropriately themed songs (Blue Mountain's "Jimmy The Red Krayola to The Fatal Flying Guilloteens, and from ZZ Top to Drop Trio, DJs Carter," the Austin Lounge Lizards' "Ballad of Ronald Reagan"). We try to cover as many Scott and Ian present over five decades of Bayou City punk, jazz, blues, psych, noise American genres as possible - jazz, blues, bluegrass, gospel, cajun, zydeco, rockabilly, and everything in between. Tune in from 8-10 p.m. every Tuesday to delve deep into country, western swing, etc. Other themes have included Halloween, Veteran's Day, the scene. Bi-weekly feature shows broadcast live sets and interviews with Houston Sarg Records (an obscure but important indie label from central Texas), the best of heavyweights and newcomers alike, direct from our studio. Listen and discover the Bob Wills, the accordion, Motown, songs about food, Sam Cooke (on his birthday) and incredible bands you share the city with. [See The Houston Scene' in this Folio.] Townes Van Zandt (on the anniversary of his death). The Americana Show is hosted by the rotating team of Richard, Jane, Claire, Amber and Gerald. Metal From The Depths, KTRU's metal show, features 3 hours of underground metal, Blues without a trace of commercial pseudo nu-metal. Death metal, black metal, thrash metal, Join us on Wednesday nights for an exploration and insightful look at the world of raw, ugly and heavy, with an impressive amount of vinyl: 7 inches, 12 inches, etc. Real blues. Taking the genre beyond 12 bars and 3 chords, this two hour program brings metal from real metal-heads. From the old school to the newest underground releases. the stark beauty of Billie Holiday, the pleading of James Brown, the delta sound of Sundays from 10 p.m.-l a.m. Robert Johnson and the relentless sounds of Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush and many oth- ers to one meeting place here on KTRU. It's Blues in Hi-Fi; Wednesdays 7-9 p.m. on MK Ultra KTRU Houston! Need a fix of the latest in underground electronic dance music? Not to worry—MK Ultra has you covered, and we're one of the very few Houston radio shows that does. Chickenskin Every Friday night from 10 p.m.-l a.m., we showcase 3 hours of live in-station DJ-mixes Chickenskin Music airs Thursday Evenings on KTRU from 8-10 p.m. from the cream of the crop of local acts (and every now and then some international The show first aired on Tuesday, January 8,1980. It subsequently moved to Thurs- superstars). We hit all the sub-genres, whether it's house, drum & bass, progressive, day evenings, where it's been for the last 20 years. The show gets its name from an old breaks, etc! You can check us out on the web, at http://mkultra.us for past set record- blues expression referring to music that gives you 'chickenskin', or goose bumps. At ings, details on sending promos and how to submit DJ demos! the beginning it was collage of bluegrass, folk, rockabilly, classical and jazz. 'Hie idea coming from a thought—all music from A to Z is related, and can be played together. Mutant Hardcore Flower Hour It's just a matter of how you get from A to Z. Once upon a time, when today's college freshmen were little more than a staring The show is a bit like a chameleon in that it goes through changes from time to time complex and a bad perm, alternative, indie rock, garage, emo, grunge and hardcore all and sometimes will change direction with no warning. Live guests have always been a had the same name: punk. Every Thursday night at 10, the Mutant Hardcore Flower part of the show. Over the years we've hosted Lyle Lovett, Eric Taylor, Jason Eklund, Hour explores the genre that gave birth to all the lame bands that annoy your parents, The Neville Brothers, James McMurtry, Preston Reed, Sue Foley, Tish Hinijosa, ITie your roommates and your friends, proving that nothing is more cathartic than giving Billys, Peter Bellamy, Darcie Deaville, Clairseach, Roy Book Binder, Tinsley Ellis, everyone the finger at the same time, including yourself. Like Steven Van Zandt, we Grady Gaines, Katie Webster, Bill Staines, Hugh Moffatt, Richard Dobson, Bobby Bare play the Ramones, everyone who influenced the Ramones and everyone the Ramones Jr, David Rodriguez, Ani di Franco... and the list goes on. influenced. If it's fast and loud, if it's angry, if it rocks, we've got it—but it's more complicated than that. I). Boon of the Minutemen put it simply: Punk is whatever we Electronic make it to be. First there was the theremin, humming like a flying saucer to the wave of a hand. Then along came giant modular synths and Australian computer music. As the twentieth Post Punk century trickled onward, electronic music developed from an academic experiment The Modern Dance, KFRU's post-punk show, airs every Tuesday night from 7 to 8 to the dominant force on many dance floors. It has rewritten pop music, re-arranged p.m. Focusing on underground music of the late '70s and early '80s, we play all genres the classical canon and played a key part in the development of hip hop. But today, of post-punk, from the mutant disco of Cristina to the avant garage of Pere Ubu. De- electronic music has emerged into an abundance of music in a genre all own. Undance- spite their differences, almost every artist that we play exhibits a willingness to play able IDM, blast-happy breakcore, synth-buzzing electro, glitch, lap-pop and more. You with—and rebel against—pop music cliches. Take the rebellion and brashness of punk can sample the spectrum every Friday evening from 8 to 10 on the Electronic Show. rock and add an experimental aesthetic edge and you have post-punk. As a special treat, on several occasions, the electronic show has presented electronic- In addition to playing mixed sets and taking requests from our listeners, we often works from students in the Shepherd School of Music here at Rice. build the post-punk show around a theme. This year, for example, we have devoted entire shows to the Rough Trade label, to inaccessible music to synth pop. Tune into Funk the post-punk show and you'll get "The Modern Dance." [See 'Defiling Rock's Corpse: Funk is a primal enterprise. It's a rhythmic form based on soul, jazz and R&B that No Wave' in this Folio.] deemphasizes melody and harmony in favor of strong rhythmic grooves. Developing in the 60s, funk brings the bass to the forefront, with bass and guitar often played in Rice Radio Reggae a distinctively percussive style. It influenced the development of disco and is often Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m., KTRU's Rice Radio Reggae takes listeners on a tour sampled in hip-hop music. of some of the many facets of Reggae music. While having its origins in Jamaica, Reg- You can ask where funk and soul music came from, but there is a better question: gae now comes from countries across the globe, and each week Rice Radio Reggae where will it take you? Find out by listening to the Funk show. We explore the origina- attempts to present an overview of the genre. You'll hear the Roots Reggae Bob Marley tors of funk, the soul music that helped to inspire it and the disciples of funk who pay made famous, instrumental Dub, Dancehall and more. It's eclectic (just like Kl'RU!) homage to the past and modernize it for the contemporary scene. 7-8 p.m. Thursday. and, who knows? You could just hear a side of Reggae you never knew existed! [See [See The Body and Soul of Funk' in this Folio.] "The origins of Dub" in this Folio.] Genetic Memory Revelry Report Genetic Memory is a series of three-hour experiments within the sonic void. It is a The Revelry Report airs Friday nights from 6 to 7 p.m. and focuses primarily on continuously redefining aural enigma, wrapped around a divergent collection of refer- local events in and around Texas. In the past, the Revelry Report focused on just about ence points, from percussive implosions to explosive decompressions, from trepanned everything, including Austin City Limits, national art openings (occurring locally), sound poetry to doomed Grimmrobe sludge, from the meticulous and improvised to SXSW (South by Southwest, for newcomers), College Music Journal and a number of the orchestrated and chaotic, from old school industrial to new school drone, from major benefits for various charities in and around town. free-jazz freakouts to freaky prog noodlings, from primitive electrons to digital dust Its current incarnation, the show also places a strong emphasis on live studio devils, from Dadaist spasms to Actionist Grand Guignols and a myriad of tangents in performances by local and touring musicians, interviews with artists and musicians between. A rotating crew of hosts and hostesses gives each show a constantly shifting and an overall coverage of events in Houston. By doing so, the Revelry Report has center of gravity, with each DJ formulating his or her own definition of "music minus narrowed its focus, aiming to introduce our audience to alternative outlets for nightlife one chromosome." On Monday nights, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., follow the unraveling while exposing the many wonderful events in Houston that might otherwise go under strands of Genetic Memory. the radar.

Hip-Hop Spoken Word Hie Vinyl Frontier airs every Tuesday night from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. The show primar- The Spoken Word show offers performances from musicians, writers and poets ily covers the latest releases from the underground hip-hop world with the occasional and politicians and random diatribes. Saturdays 5-6 p.m. classic thrown in. Multiple styles are covered—from abstract ruminations backed by laptop glitch to gritty street tracks from upcoming MCs and even a club banger thrown Ska in for good measure. Tune in every Sunday evening from 9-10 p.m., as we explore the origins and reincar Select invited local DJs will occasionally appear on the show to illustrate their turn- nations of ska. Ska was the direct predecessor of Reggae, and is characterized by upbeat tablism skills. Short interviews are also sometimes conducted with local and national emphases, high quality horn sections and influences from other traditions, including hip-hop acts, and the roots of hip-hop and rap are explored by delving into the funk, jazz, soul, punk and more. It sounds like reggae, but often with a quicker tempo, and soul and jazz breaks that started it all. «built to be danced to. From the rude sounds of the 1960s Jamaican originators, to the SPECIALTY SHOWS

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two-tone UK anti-racist ska of the 70s and 80s, through the third wave ska of the 1990s Defunct or Inactive Specialty Shows: from America and across the globe, we seek out the best, the obscure and the unusual These shows have been on air in the recent past, but have had most of their DJs from around the world, as we give you an international take on the scene. Rude! graduate or leave town. We would like to bring them back, so they are on temporary Treasures of the Sixties hiatus, until we can find interested DJs. Interested in getting involved? Contact our DJ Directors Michael Weeks or I^aura Greenwell to learn about them. If you enjoy the music of the 60s, but are sick and tired of the same old, played-out rotation of classic rock radio, you're not alone. Every Wednesday night from 9-1 lp.m., Navrang the 1 reasures of the Sixties Show revisits the decade of boundless energy with an ear Up until this past year, the Navrang ("Nine Colors") Show covered the music of the for what sounds fresh. You'll hear cult artists such as Spirit and Love who deserve more, Indian subcontinent, with a focus on music from films, but also capturing the diversity well, love. We like to play Texas legends like the 13th Floor Elevators, Sir Douglas Quin- of the region with Indian classical, folk, Indipop, Asian underground and "Western tet and Mayo Thompson. You'll even hear album cuts from the likes of the Kinks and fusion" music out of the region in a 'spicy musical curry'. Can you bring this music Otis Redding, artists with much deeper catalogues than commercial radio would have back to the masses? Let us know. you believe. And with the armies of pop culture archeologists out there who make new discoveries every week, we'll prove the saying, "If you haven't heard it before, it's good Scordatura as new." Hght the tyranny of Oldies radio! Catch the 60s show on Wednesdays. The Scordatura Show, up through this summer, covered modern and contemporary classical music: i.e. experimental, electronic, or otherwise unusual music voiced for World more or less traditionally orchestral instruments, generally since 1900. Representative From ancient Asian traditions to highly innovative Brazilian jazz, the KTRU World artists would include Glass, Reich, Cage, Stockhausen, Pierre Schaeffer and the like, Music Show covers the globe. Natural indigenous music of the rainforest gets equal play though we try to emphasize lesser known material, as our show bleeds across into with exciting Indian Bhangra and African pop. From the most talented musicians the the glitchiness of the Electronic Show, the experimentation of the Jazz Show and the world has to offer to the most joyous and liveliest, listeners can hear it all on Monday noisiness of Genetic Memory. Want to start spinning these tracks? Email us. nights from 7-9 p.m. A rotating volunteer staff with experience in international music and cultural education curates diverse set lists each week. We present acclaimed musi- KTRU News cians likeTalip Ozkan, Ali FarkaToure, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Mongo Santamaria, KTRU News has been more or less defunct for the last 3 years. News used to be as well as many underrepresented and independent musicians around the world. huge at KTRU: through the early 1990s, we would declare "the Thresher isn't the Listeners will find out about world music events in Houston and the surrounding re- only game in town." However, the rise of the internet, 24 hour news on demand and gion. Occasionally the World Music Show may highlight regional events that feature strong, increasingly accessible "alternative media," led us to question, "What is the international music, as well as Native American powwows and regional traditions with value added of having news on KTRU?" international origins. As currently envisioned, "news" programming would focus on local (especially Rice University) leading thinkers, professors, news makers, community organizations, nonprofits, arts organizations, politicians and the like, in a talk format, trying to capture what others might miss. Want to be a news producer? Contact us!

The General Shift

What does a general shift, which makes up around 70% of our schedule, sound like? The answer is as varied as the DJs that spin tracks, but there are certain commonalities.

Our "playlist" consists of around 100 albums. General shift shows include 4 playlist tracks per hour, plus one each shift. The hope is for DJs to try out new and challenging music, while leaving them by and large free to select their own tracks. You also will hear at least 2 tracks from underrepresented genres each hour, including blues, jazz, world music from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, improvised and experimental music, and even pure noise. It's not uncommon to hear a modern classical track, followed by indie pop, chased with drumming out of Cameroon, followed by hip hop.

It's eclectic; it's challenging; it's KTRU. Studemont Project plays KTRU Houston area experimental hip-hop group Studemont Project played a free KTRU Concert in October of 2006.

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RICE RADIO FOLIO FALL 2007 A conversation with Bishop Allen at South by Southwest With Revelry Report DJs Philip Beck and EP at all, but I got married in June... played two shows in one day once, in Dallas them for that. It's nice to have a margarita Matthew Wettergreen. All: CONGRATULATIONS!!! after driving 10 hours, and yeah, that was with them. C: And that... thanks, guys... took a lot kind of rough. M: Let's talk about Charm School. That Justin: Hello, I'm Justin Rice. I sing and of time, and we knew we had this tour P: How does that affect the sound? Does album is really...sparkly. How do you play guitar in Bishop Allen. booked, and we were kind of groping for that come through; is there a concern stay so happy? Do you listen to children's Christian: Hi, I'm Christian Rudder, and I a way to get a breather, so we put it out that it'll be flat? music? also sing and play guitar in Bishop Allen. live. And also, we wanted to do something J: I feel like these shows are different; C: Ummm... that was a different time in Philip: And I'm Philip... and I'm not in different. We had just done seven studio like this show at Bird's is in the parking our lives. I mean, I don't know. I don't think the band. EPs in a row, but that was only like eight lot of a barber shop, and it's sort of a nice the EPs are the same way, with that sort Matthew: I'm Matthew, and I'm also not in days of touring. Then we did a live EP that laidback thing, and the show tonight is at of gloss, but... the band. OK, so you recently completed month, and then we were on tour for all a club, and it will be a lot more crowded J: Actually, when I listen to Charm School this EP project, which was a whole year of of November, and we still managed to do and more official, and those shows feel I personally think it's kind of sad, you EPs, one released every month. Can you a studio one, so we could have probably different. I think we end up playing slighdy know I think a lot of the lyrics are kind of talk about that? done a studio one in August after all. different based on what it sounds like and downtrodden and sad. It's about wander- J: It was kind of a crazy idea that we had at J: Yeah, but there are two new songs on what it feels like. But whenever you play a ing around without having anything to the beginning of last year. We were sort of that August EP, so it's not even all old show you sort of respond to the situation do. It's about long-distance relationships frustrated trying to finish up the recording songs—like 12 old songs, two new songs... as best as you can. You have to take cues that aren't working out. Typical stuff, but of our new album. So, we would go to our It was definitely the kind of project where from your environment. It's not just like the palette is bleak gray lyric-wise, and I recording studio, our little practice studio if you completed August in the middle of rote; it's not routine. definitely don't feel like "We're happy so in Brooklyn, every day, and just work September you'd be screwed because you P: So many of the bands that play SXSW let's make happy music"; I feel more like and work with these severe, newspaper- still had September to do. Every deadline are already signed. What do you hope to "The world is hard to live in." And I also reporter-like deadlines hanging over our had another deadline stacked behind it accomplish at SXSW? don't think that we're outstandingly happy heads. And we spent a year like that, in until December obviously, so if you fell C: We just want to play for people we people all the time, but I do feel that Charm a room with no windows, working and behind it just ruptured the entire thing, haven't played for before. We haven't School is a response to that. It's more of working and working on the EPs. But it so you just gotta figure out a way to keep been to England, and we've never played "Let's make something that's cathartic was really cool because all that we did going. Hawaii and probably neverwill. But people that looks at the grimness of reality and last year was work on songs; all that we C: We wanted to make sure that we had come here from all over to see this, and responds with a smile." did was work on music. We didn't try and December done before New Year's Eve we can come to play for them. But more M: But even so, there's still the gleeful get anyone to buy it; we didn't have to because we didn't want to be doing it in than that, SXSW is cool because there childishness of throwing furniture off do anything promotional for it. We didn't 2007. And we did finish on time. are a lot of people, like our booking agent the roof. have to think about anything else but the P: You guys are playing 4 times here at and the guy who runs our label, who we J: Yeah, there is a little bit of that too. songs. There was this wonderful purity SXSW. How do you hold up playing that don't really see and who don't really see But that was a time when, you know, we to it. It was actually really rewarding, and much? Have you ever stacked shows like us play, and they all come here and have would throw furniture off the roof. Those I'm really glad we did it. this? business to do. And these people that we were sort of The Heady Days of Furni- M: The August EP was actually a live EP C: It's actually easier at SXSW because work with, we actually get to see them ture-Throwing. Everybody has those. Did your schedule break down or did you you don't have to drive between them; I and, you know, they're not giant corpora- Ah, youth. plan that originally? mean, we're here anyway. It's much bet- tions; they're individuals who work hard C: So, we hadn't planned on doing a live ter than sitting in the parking lot. We've because they like the music, and we like Wanna be a D J? You can!

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Artist: Voxtrot Artist: Dizzee Rascal i» S & Am Title: Voxtrot Title: Maths + English Label: Playlouder/ Beggars Group Rr#5t;4 JL Label: XL By Jacob Lindsey By Jacob Lindsey

Voxtrot, an indie rock quintet from Austin, has As one of the most undeniably unique members of the been slowly building up its fan base with a slew of EP's, global hip-hop community, Dizzee Rascal has been known including Raised by Wolves and Mothers, Sisters, Daugh- for his typically incoherent East London vernacular. His ters & Wives. The band attempts to take its infectious most recent disc, Maths + English, continues to evolve indie sound to the next level with this new, self-titled LP. the sound taken from its two predecessors in hopes of The album's opener "Introduction" is detailed and meticulous, like much of the enhancing Dizzee's many idiosyncrasies. Glittery layers of electronic beats dominate band's other work, yet clearly seems more guitar-focused than previous Voxtrot the album, making the disc seem more complex, though less ferocious, than Dizzee's songs. Laden with catchy hooks and eager sing-a-longs, the album's high points previous work. expand upon what Voxtrot does best. "Kid Gloves" is yet another emotional burst On "World Outside," the album's opening track, Dizzee begins rapping over a from lead singer Ramesh Srivastava, and is an energetic romp that gets your toes swirling, mesmerizing whir. If it weren't for the clatter of knives he uses to keep the tapping. "Ghost" is undeniably Voxtrot, a smattering of piano over a smooth electronic beat, this introduction might even feel reminiscent of the Steve Miller Band. However, background. Even catchier is the equally piano-heavy "Steven." the lyrics stay close to Dizzee's usual incisiveness; the song proves to be a solid However, the expansion from EP to full-length album proves precarious for the opener, revealing the complications of reconciling worldly success with the ghetto band in other spots; Voxtrot's momentum slows to a screeching halt with mid-album lifestyle he's left behind. Dizzee furthers his criticism of the hip-hop world's commer- H tracks like "Brother in Conflict" and "Easy," which accentuate Srivastava's limited ciality in the first of the album's intriguing collaborations, "Where Da G's." Rapping range instead of the melodic arrangements for w^lch Voxtrot is known. "The Future alongside Houston rappers UGK, Dizzee freely takes aim at posers: "You ain't robbed Pt. 1" is similarly uninteresting, a bubbly slow jam you might find an inexperienced nobody, shanked nobody, you ain't bust no one/You ain't seen no ghetto action, who band playing at a high school dance. Late album tracks like "Every Day" and "Real do you think you're fooling, son?" Another key collaboration, "Wanna Be," features Live Version" keep the mood somber and the pace down, but show some of the British pop singer Lily Allen. As one of the bounciest tracks on the album, the song album's most promising moments, including an uncharacteristic guitar solo and a little initially seems too poppy for someone as grimy as Rascal, but the song's humorous falsetto. However, the strings in Voxtrot's final three tracks only exacerbate the al- and energetic banter quickly overtakes that kind of judgment. While conveying the bum's indulgent melodrama, and with a mind-numbing closer like "Blood Red Blood," excitement of a police chase on "Sirens," Dizzee raps over sound effects evocative Voxtrot's full-length debut seems to end with a sour note. of a Grand Theft Auto video game. Other noteworthy tracks include "Bubbles," which Despite its shortcomings, Voxtrot is most definitely the work of an up-and-com- combines Dizzee's immense ego with thick, funky beats, and "Temptation" (featuring ing, though not yet fully matured band still working out the kinks. With more touring the warble of Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner), a slower collaboration to turn up while and studio time, Voxtrot will no doubt refine their sound. This album is a fun and driving with the windows down. generally entertaining debut, but within the vast pool of indie rock, Voxtrot just doesn't Maths + English isn't trapped in the hood like Dizzee's previous albums; its make that big of a splash. Look ahead for Voxtrot to grow up a little and strike back energy and accessibility contribute to what should be considered one of the best hip-hop releases this summer. No longer secluded as the "boy in da corner," Dizzee Rascal has free reign outside his East London habitat. Taking aim at other rappers and

Artist: Tap Tap Title: Lanzafame Artist: The Meat Puppets Label: Stolen Recordings Title: Rise to Your Knees By Philip Beck Label: Anodyne By Daniel Mee Tap Tap is the brainchild of Thomas Sanders, a musi- cian out of Reading, England, who has created an incred- ibly accessible pop album with a complex structure and The Meat Puppets was one of the best bands on Greg Ginn's SST Records, one of the most influential record undertones that keep it interesting upon repeated listens. labels in the Many reviewers have drawn comparisons to current artists history of independent music. That statement such as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Arcade Fire, but the older influence of The is hard to understand when you consider that SST was a Specials, especially apparent in the latter half of the album, is also worth noting. hardcore punk label, and the majority of the Meat Puppets' The first six tracks on the album introduce most of the sounds that you will hear music sounded more like psychedelia and country. But look at the other central bands in varying arrangements throughout the rest of the album. The first track, "100,000 on SST: the Minutemen turned punk into a funk-folk free-for-all. Saccharine Trust was Thoughts," begins as a simple scale that grows impressively with the addition of essentially a jam band with a beat poet for a singer. Even Ginn's own Black Flag spent each new instrument. "She Doesn't Belong" demonstrates Thomas' vocal range and half its career deliberately antagonizing its audience by continually striving to play pairs it with lo-fi instrumentation. Track 3, "To Our Continued Friendship," presents slower, heavier, longer, and more disturbing material. a very traditionally structured blues song, but the harmony and backing vocals show Looking at the Meat Puppets in this context gives its unique sound more reso- the layering of the production side of the album. "Here Cometh," reminiscent of "The nance as part of the aesthetic built on the democratic idea that everyone can and Continuing Sto",' of Bungalow Bill" from The Beatles' White Album, launches into a should make music —an idea that gave rise to the independent music explosion that kind of honky-tonk/alt-country sound. "I Am A Kite" is the centerpiece of the album, began in the early 1990s and continues to this day. The band's place in history was combining a majority of the sounds heard on Tracks 1-4. The song is led by heavy secured when guitarist and bassist, brothers Curt and Cris Kirkwood, appeared on bass, steady drums, acoustic guitar, and pretty vocals, making for a nice listen. I also Nirvana's historic MTV Unplugged performance, which featured three Meat Puppets hear some The Jesus and Mary Chain influence in the guitar on the bridge. "On My songs. Sadly, three years later Cris left the band and sank into a decade-long battle Way" is a taster of the various sounds explored on the album. with drug addiction that ended when he assaulted a police officer, who shot him, almost fatally. Cris spent three years in prison. The rest of the album dabbles in a lot of the same sounds, minus the borrowed sounds which formed the backbone of The Specials' music twenty years ago. That's The Meat Puppets' reunion, then, is a surprising one, reuniting the brothers who. not unusual considering that there are only five tracks left, but the interesting thing is it seemed, would almost certainly never play together again. Musically, the Meat that each of the first six tracks have such distinct sounds, which allows the listener to Puppets will probably never again match the clever, unstable, inspired work of its clearly identify earlier songs to see how they are reinterpreted on the second half of early career. However, as usual, Rise to Your Knees is marked by the smoothly layered the album. This strategy doesn't come off as cheap or lazy; rather, Thomas gracefully textures and hypnotic vocal harmonies that make up the Kirkwood brothers' unique recreates the wheel while keeping it fresh. style, and the album links up seamlessly with the band's past work. "Vultures" and At first blush, "Talk Slowly" sounds like a cover of something off of The Beta "Ice" evoke the mystery of 1987's Mirage, while the even-tempered hard rock of "New Band's three EPs. "Off The Beaten Track" is a bit more aggressive, playing up a post- Leaf" and "Disappear" recalls the band's grunge-era work. Best of all, songs like "Tiny punk vibe. "Way To Go, Boy" and "Little Match (Big Fire)" exemplify the influence of Kingdom," "Enemy Love Song" and especially "Spit" showcase the haunting chorus- The Specials. "What A Clever Thing To Say" rounds out the album by highlighting es that made the band's career. Of course, like the band's 1990s albums, Rise to Your Sander's introspective songwriting. Knees is long, and few listeners will have trouble finding two or three songs to skip.

Artist: Thrushes Title: Sun Come Undone ^n=Q Label: Birdnote Records By Amber Crain

Every now and then I like to take a little sugar SuRFOVER TD with my shoegaze. Not too much, mind you — just a pinch. Too much sweetness can ruin anything. Very few dream/noise pop bands are KTRU.DRc TD FINI7 OUT capable of striking this delicate balance of sac- charin and gloom without compelling me to beat them to death with pixie sticks, but Baltimore four-piece Thrushes juggles these precarious ele- ABOUT UPCOMING SHOWS, ments with a deft hand. All the staples of quality shoegaze can be found on their debut record Sun Come Undone, but woven in between the feed- back and distortion is a sweetness that sets the band's sound apart. The LISTEN TD STREAMING songs are loosely structured and dreamy, and Anna Conner's honeyed voice emerges out of the noisy reverb to sprinkle sugar on everything. It's just sweet enough to make me feel all fuzzy inside, but not so sweet that I WEBCAST, VIEW ONLINE get the urge to smash Barbie dolls to pieces. Thrushes has done its homework, too. The band references everyone from The Jesus and Mary Chain to Joy Division to Yo La Tengo, but does _ „ SET LISTS, LEARN HOW so in non-blasphemous and subtle ways. When working within a genre such as shoegaze, it's difficult to build upon the foundation of forerunners while still managing to sound unique. Thrushes pulls this off masterfully, KTKU TD BECOME AIM, as each nod to the past serves only as a starting point from which the group spins its own brand of sweetened shoegaze. Sun Come Undone is a strong first release from a talented band 11.7 FM AM MUCH MORE! that's doing everything right. I recommend this record.

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Artist: Xiu Xiu Title: Remixed arid Covered Label: 5rc Conspicuous By: Amber Crain Consumption Remixes and covers are tricky business. Both the poten- tial for blasphemy and sucking are extremely high. So when I heard that a remixes and covers album of Xiu Xiu songs was being released, I became kind of stressed out. The album is a mixed bag. Trying to make one of Xiu Xiu's anxiety-filled train wrecks your own seems like a delusion of grandeur. The tracks that do work leave the meat of the original intact and simply tinker with glitch. "Over Over" I gets impressively remixed into a smoother, less-panicked song with the addition of some shiny electronics. Kid 606 turns "Fabulous Muscles" and "Bishop, CA" into robot seizures that probably shouldn't work but do. Gold Chains transforms "Hello from Eau Claire" into some seriously ballsy techno, and This Song Is A Mess But So KTRU T-shirts Am I remixes "Buzz Saw" into an impressive display of irregular and intricate beats. Youth Large, and Adult Small through XL. Fittingly, the best remix on the album is Xiu Xiu's own remix of its cover of Joy Divi- Mail Order: $10 + $2 for postage sion's "Ceremony," which is hands down the best song I've heard all year. Xiu Xiu's Send orders and inquiries to the Sultan o' Stick. initial cover already did justice to one of the greatest songs of all time and updated Please specify design and size. Include your email address and phone number. it, and this remix added even more depth. That's three layers of awesomeness. Can't ask for more than that. 'n9 bunny Unfortunately, Her Space Holiday's cover of "I Luv the Valley (OH)" is limp and colorless. Marissa Nadler's version of "Clowne Town" is basically a spacey country western song—I don't need to elaborate on that mistake. "Apistat Commander" is done well by Sunset Rubdown, but it's so like the original that its existence seems kind of pointless. And is the lead singer from Oxbow, who attempts to cover "Saturn," secretly Dave Matthews on speed? No? Could've fooied me. I would still say that real Xiu Xiu fans need to own this. It has some surprising moments of greatness, the better remixes don't venture into blasphemy place, and the Kid 606 tracks are extremely innovative and definitely worth checking out. The rest of you, proceed with caution. Better yet, just listen to the originals. Well, you should

Artist: Wolfgang Title: The Wicked Truth About Loving A Man Label: Hypnote For free KTRU stickers, send a self-addressed stamped envelope, 1 stamp affixed for every 2 stickers you want, to: By Claire Hein Sultan o' Stick c/o KTRU On the far end of adventure kitsch music, there stands P.O. Box 1892 Wolfgang. The Wicked Truth about Loving a Man is aptly Houston, TX 77251 titled. Is this your average girl band? Perhaps a forward- Specify yellow with black letters or black with yellow letters. thinking social activist group for free love? Good guesses, Or, pick them up outside the station. Yummo! but far from the truth. In the liner notes, Wolfgang presents We sell 8 give away our merchandise at all of our events! itself as a robot built in the 1980s to digest New Age songs in order to produce unlimited hits. Unfortunately for Wolfgang, that robot was given the ability to feel emotion; the album is, essentially, the chronicle of Wolfgang's discovery that robot-man love is not only forbidden but also impos- sible. That's only the beginning of the story. The album offers some fun and quite nerdy tunes that the listener is apt to enjoy. Songs such as "Binary," which expounds upon the utter sadness of only being able to count in 1 's and 0's, and "Not in Love (Not True)," the title track of their ER are quick, witty, and very human. Overall, the sound of the group is clean and dancey, with prominent New Wave influences such as Depeche Mode, New Order, Pet Shop Boys and Ultravox. Dark and fun, sad and clever, the human character- m

Artist: Melt-Banana Title: Bambi's Dilemma Label: A-Zap By Daniel Mee

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A* * 12 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,2007 weekly Comedic attempt Balls of Fury hits, misses jokes by Evan Mintz SCENE THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Balls of Fury is a loosely satirical take on Enter the Dragon, with ping- Thresher editors' pong replacing karate and Chris- recommendations for topher Walken {Click) playing the arts and entertainment villain. Let that sink in for a second. around Houston through Roll it around on your palate. Really think about it. That sounds funny. It September 14, 2007. may not be original, but Balls of Fury should at least be funny. MUSIC 'balls of fury' ••of five KTRU free playing at AMC concert 'dwards theaters

The Satin Hooks, Like the successful Blades of Glory, Talladega Nights or Dodgeball, the film Earnie Banks and the treats a flippant pseudospor t as a seri- Mathletes — three local ous endeavor. Plus, it has Christopher Walken, a guaranteed show-stopper. Houston bands — will play at And as one of the newer films in the KTRU's first free concert of recently popularized genre of the fake the year. Join the Rice radio sports flick, one would expect that the writers have learned what works and fun Saturday at 2 p.m. what does not. Really, Balls of Fury should be 1 Ray Courtyard good. But it is not. The movie starts off strong but quickly fizzles out. The Rice Memorial Center jokes, when they do arrive, generally fall limp. The ones that do not disap- COURTESY ROGUE PICTURES point are often mishandled by the The rotund Randy Daytona (School for Scoundrel's Dan Fogler) furiously swings his pingpong paddle on his way to the cast's poor comedic senses. And there match with the villainous Feng (Pennies from Heaven's Christopher Walken) in the new comedy Balls of Fury. FILM is barely any Christopher Walken. Dan Fogler (School for Scoun- But while Fogler and the rest of the drels), who plays once-shamed ping- crew get a regular chuckle, George La Notte pong champ turned FBI agent Randy Lopez ("George Lopez") as FBI agent Daytona, has a background in theater, Rodriguez was a casting mistake that Sports movies: The good, In memory of iconic film not comedy, and it shows. Acting as can only conjure up that dear "Fam- a poor man's Jack Black, his chubby ily Guy" line: "The George Ixipez director Michelangelo antics and unexplained obsession Show' only furthers the stereotype the bad and the end zone Antonioni, the Museum of that George Lopez is funny." His at- with Def I>eppard only grow annoying Remember the Titans is a clas- in 1989. And, not only did The tempts at humor, or any acting at all, Fine Arts, Houston is showing as the film wears on. And it already sic sports film that was a part of Sandlot focus on baseball but 90 elicit more cringes than laughs. And feels too long at minutes. our generation's collective matu- also on small-town life of the a series of his movies, be sure to walk out before his idiotic Even though he is down and out, ration. We all remember Louie 1960s, adding a somewhat his- Scarface references in the film's last complemented by guest Daytona is recruited for a secret I^astik's spontaneous cafeteria torical yet kid-focused perspec- 10 minutes, which I^opez must have lectures. La Notte, a black- mission by the FBI involving a karaoke, Sunshine's tive on the decade. forced into Balls ofFuryv\a some sort pingpong tournament. Two decades locker-room kiss and By being family- and-white drama about marital of contractual obligation. have weakened Daytona's skills, but schoolyard yoga rou- friendly and funny, disillusionment, will play he still hopes to take down his fa- Eventually the film gets to the tine and Denzel Wash- The Sandlot garnered ther's killer, the pingpong-obsessed real star: Christopher Walken. But Sunday at 7p.m. Information ington yelling, "What the attention of au- crimelord, Feng (Walken). even he cannot save Balls. After all, is pain?" Other sports diences of families on tickets and admission is Daytona is trained by the ste- Walken is best in a serious situation films have become and individuals by available at www.mfah.org. reotypical, Mr. Miyagi-esque, blind — see Pennies from Heaven — not classics for differ- creating a simple yet pingpong master, Master Wong as a pillar upon which a comedy lies. ent generations, with original story about (.Shanghai Kiss James Hong). Here is In fact, that role actually ends up 1993's The Sandlot and a group of boys who Museum of Fine Arts, Houston a humorous wizened witticism Wong falling upon the minor characters 1989's Field of Dreams Jackie play baseball on hot could have given the writers — blind and various thugs throughout the 1001 Bissonnet affecting their respec- Amnions summer days, all the jokes a comedy does not make. Un- seedy underbelly of criminal ping- tive generations in the while running into fortunately, the script is all eyes for pong tournaments. same way. mischief with the cute bad blind lines. In the end, it is not like the actors However, since Remember lifeguard at the local pool and ART Joining Wong in training Daytona have absolutely no material to work the Titan's, release in 2000, the neighbor's dog Hercules. is his attractive niece, Maggie Wong with — for ever y joke that fails, there sports movies have rapidly In comparison to these House Painting (Mission: Impossible IITs Maggie Q), is one that works quite well. But the declined in quality. quality sports movies, films who the filmmakers put in revealing leading troupe of non-comedians 1 ask myself what makes me like Invincible, The Greatest attire as much as possible. She falls in has so much trouble making these Feel homesick no more at enjoy certain sports movies Game Ever Played and Glory love with Daytona for some reason. jokes work that it is painful. such as Remember the Titans Road have filled the role of Lawndale Art Center's latest and The Sandlot in comparison uninspired sports movies that installation by Erin Curtis, to contemporary flops such as seek only to make a profit for The Greatest Game Ever Flayed Hollywood tycoons and fail House Painting. The artist Self-Medicated suffers and The Rookie. Is it simply to inspire audiences as their created a maze-like interior because the first pair was a part predecessors did. of a house that is more of my childhood, or is there The basic reason for the something more to making a artistic failure of current sports disorienting than realistic. boring, ineffective story good sports movie? films is their formulaic plots. Admission is free, and gallery While it is inseparable from The underdog team or victory- hours are posted online at by Matthew McKee plot and cookie-cutter personali- my formative years, I still aspiring athlete becomes dis- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF ties. It is partially saved by incred- enjoy watching Remember the couraged and defeated until an www.lawndaleartcenter.org. Life-altering event hits. Af- ible performances and original Titans — as do my mom, my encouraging coach or sudden fected suffer and almost fall apart. camera work, but only partially. younger brother and many other burst of inspiration causes them Then, things get better. The film still leaves an impression individuals who are not my age. to spring to action and trounce Lawndale Art Center of deja vu, for, indeed, it feels like This leads me to believe that the their intimidating opponents. 4912 Main it has been seen before, again basic ingredient for a quality Consider Pride. This film tells 'self-medicated' and again. sports film is originality that of a swim team that can barely • •of five The life-altering event that sets spans all age groups — main- dogpaddle but goes on to win taining unique elements while the state championship. In the now playing at the Angelika the plot in motion is the untimely capitalizing on a much-loved, end of such overused plots, the 510 Texas death of an unnamed family man (Cadillac Ranch's Ray Benson). much-watched and much-played good guys always win, and tlu-y Mapped onto any number of The affected are his wife Louise American sport. usually find some respect for situations, this simple narrative (The Jackal's Diane Venora) and Remember the Titans more their menacing rivals. And, of structure rarely fails to bore. his son Andrew (Lapica). The two than adequately fills this recipe course, there is always the love Deep, interesting characters fall into drug abuse, and Andrew, a for an entertaining sports film. interest tagged on to the plot to can save this sleeper story talented teenager, lets his grades While other football films like appeal to moviegoers who are model, and, hope- slip and falls into the stereotypical 1983's All the Right Moves [ire- not ardent sports fans. fully, screenwrit- life of the young American prof- ceded it, Remember the Titans While The Sandlot and ers opt for good ligate. He smokes, drinks and took a creative approach to the Remember the Titans contain characterization parties his nights away, getting football genre by focusing on a these formulaic elements, they or try for com- into trouble and finding clever high school team — not college are still original simply by the plexity in the plot. ways to get out of it. Louise, who ball — and adding the historical, fact that they executed these Self-Medicated, a becomes the oft-maligned object of real-life element of the racial formulas in new, relevant and first time effort Andrew's newfound vehemence, tension of the '70s. challenging contexts. They from writer, di- decides the best way to help her The Sandlot also deserves provided insightful reflections rector and actor son is to have him forcibly taken recognition for avoiding the on small town life in the '60s Monty Lapica, to a rehabilitation center even plot model of preceding baseball and definitions of race. opts for the snake though she needs help as well. movies such as Field of Dreams See AM1MONS, page 13 eyes — predictable Soe DRUGS, page 13 THE RICE THRESHER ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,2007 13

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Lyrical Cartel mixes unique youth, ambiguity DRUGS by Sean McBeath THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF From 22 For Dr Pepper lovers, Cartel's name is probably associated with The story fails by hitting as the frame use in Harry Potter the "Band in a Bubble" promo- the expected resolution — and the Order of the Phoenix, tion, during which the quintet was Andrew helps himself and his for example. sequestered inside a giant bubble mom. That is hardly a surprise Self-Medicated's shining star for 20 days. In that time they had and cause for immersion. Bla- is Lapica in his role as a troubled to record a complete album; the tantly stock characters are not teenager facing overwhelming result was Cartel's self-named entertaining, yet Louise is the obstacles. His performance sophomore effort. exemplar of a flawed yet loving is astounding, and no exag- mother and Andrew is a simple geration is meant in this ap- teen who falls and is redeemed. praisal. Rarely does one find an 'cartel' If the film aims to urge its view- adolescent's troubled life por- by cartel ers to help themselves and love trayed with such genuine • ••1/2 of five I others, it vastly underestimates feeling and authenticity. Lapi- the complexity of life situations ca's every glance and facial Opening with the uncharacter- COURTESY EPIC RECORDS audiences are accustomed to movement communicates istically relaxed, nearly acoustic Five-member band Cartel has released two albums, Chroma and Cartel. For and learn from. volumes; his are such move- "The Best," listeners are immedi- their second album, they used a softer, more flowing style. The story and characters ments as writers base entire ately shoved into the new territory chapters on. may hardly be unpredictable, Cartel charts in this album. Their the topics he chooses is distinctive. nist — which changes throughout but Self-Medicated is surprising In one sequence, for in- full-length debut album Chroma He covers many of the same topics the song — and reminds the audi- in its unabashed fervor. It takes stance, Andrew has had too garnered many comparisons to as other young writers: breakups ence that this is a story. By the its melodrama very, very seri- many drinks and, after a few Fallout Boy when it was released ("Lose It"), identity ("This Is Who end of the song the true meaning ously. The way the fdm presents jokes, receives a lecture from last June. Since then, both bands We Are") and existential crisis comes out, when Pugh asks of its subject creates the effect of his girlfriend on the error of his seem to have found their own ("Wasted"). It is the usual. himself — and indirectly of the very serious melodrama. The ways. Lapica acts a great drunk, distinct styles. But rather than lamenting his listener — "When I'm 32 will I be camera moves and shakes at and his transition from over- Cartel, on this record, has woes to us, he starts his stories in miserable?" Forming its words times to take on the view or envi- friendly, to defensive, to hostile, backed off the power-chord-heavy the midst of his problems. "Lose around the most distinctive and ronment of a character, as when to enraged is more than perfect. rock that dominated Chroma. That It," the obligatory breakup song of unique rhythms on the album, Andrew is angrily approaching It seems real. If only Lapica had is not to say that there are no tracks the record, begins "Well it's that "Wasted" is easily the standout another person. The effect is written this movie with such reminiscent of Chroma, but their time, / It's that time again," im- track of Cartel. much like Children of Men's authenticity and skipped the presence is not nearly as strong mediately putting audiences in the Ultimately, Pugh and his peers realistic camera movements superficial narrative. in this release. Instead, Cartel position of finding a place for the seem to have set out to create used to enhance feeling. The film ends with crying, grants listeners a smoother, more song in their own life. By keeping an album that brings listeners in Self-Medicated also takes repenting and embraces that, melodic kind of rock that often the meaning of his lyrics elusive and subtly questions them on the some chances in its framing although acted to perfection, dulls down strong riffs in favor and ambiguous, Pugh saves what nature of their lives. Specifically of characters, particularly are obviously acted. Not only of lighter, more flowing chords. could easily become an adolescent aimed at audiences in the same Andrew. The camera places its does Self-Medicated rely on They manage to make music that angst parade, creating a tune that early-20s age group as the musi- main character on far sides of cheap plot devices to reach can sound loud without drowning leaves the unsettling impression cians, this record holds unique the frame in times of loneliness its conclusion, it reaches it far themselves out. Production makes that there is a deeper, undiscov- insights and riffs for the youth of and change, as when he first too easily and unbelievably. sure vocals are always audible over ered meaning in the song. the next generation. Cartel holds strips for search by a counselor Unfortunately, no acting prow- any instrumentals. "Wasted," however, provides a the ear all the way through, offer- at the rehabilitation clinic. It ess could have saved the end- Lead vocalist and songwriter lengthy biography, but it is also ing lyrics subtle enough for easy feels neat to notice these things, ing from its construction, and Will Pugh brings out lyrics similar the tale of all the ways in which listening but meaningful enough, on closer inspection, to raise but these gestures do not the film proves that even great to his previous efforts. While his American youth's lives are empty. important questions and voice complement the action as much actors need great writing. words are not ground breaking in Each stanza opens by voicing the powerful opinions. their substance, his approach to age of our metaphorical protago- AMNIONS From page 12

But, if the other films are so bereft of quality, then why are they even created? The answer is sim- ple: Hollywood moviemakers love the outstanding box office results of sports films, and moviegoers enjoy the momentary adrenaline rushes at the end of the films. That last touchdown, goal or homerun is truly addicting for so many au- dience members. Consequently, Remember the Titans took in $115 million; the hockey film Miracle made $64 million; Friday Night Lights scored $61 million. Hollywood is hiring trapping audiences into seeing boring, FREAKY FREAKY uninspired sports films. Film- makers are destroying the legacy of classics such as Remember the Titans and The Sandlot by con- stantly copying their plots and only slightly altering themes or team names. My personal wish is WII L F1SCHFR / RTV5 that Hollywood leaves the sports AMERICA'S #1 SANDWICH DELIVERY! genre alone for a while until it is New mixes able to pursue more original — and 2401 W. H0LCQMBE BLVD exciting — films. Hanszen College Freshman Vlkas Biliyar prepares a watermelon on RTV5's Top Cocktail, a program that invites Rice students to create 713.741.0600 drinks and have them taste tested by informed judges. Jackie Ammons is a Brown JIMMYJOHNS.COM College sophomore. resher Sports Page 14 THE RICE THRESHER •*" Friday, September 7, 2007 Rain, turnovers cause season-opening defeat Owls fall 16-14 to Division I-AA Nicholls State, face longtime rival Baylor tomorrow for the first time since 1995

Bears. The Owls must create high- Szymanski threw the ball 47 times by Nathan Bledsoe percentage passing situations early against TCU. THRESHER STAFF in order to restore their confidence, "We're ready to come out there Football, unlike the other three but should be able to score several and show Baylor what we can do," major sports, can be played in all times against the Bears. junior Jarett Dillard said. "In a way, types of weather, from torrential [last week's] loss will help in our downpours to heavy winds. game with Baylor because they're Unfortunately for the football THIS WEEKEND going to say, 'Look, these guys are team, turnovers, not inclement not good.'... We learned this week weather, can stop almost anything. Rice vs. Baylor that we're not going to underesti- Rice committed five turnovers, mate anybody." • including a game-deciding blocked When: Saturday at 6 p.m. Unfortunately, it did not matter punt in the fourth quarter, on its way how well-prepared the team was to a season-opening 16-14 loss to Where: Waco, Tex. Saturday. Both teams had to en- Nicholls State University Saturday. History: The Owls have not dure two rain delays totaling over The Owls (0-1) look to rebound squared off with the Bears two hours, as well as subsequent from their disappointment tomor- in over ten years, when both sloppy conditions. Bailiff said the row at 6 p.m. in Waco when they programs were members of rain delays nullified any advantage face old Southwest Conference the Southwest Conference. Rice may have had. rival Baylor University (0-1). This The Bears hold the lead in "When you get a 50-minute break, v.-. is the 76th meeting between the the all-time series 44-30-2. a 70-minute break and a halftime teams and their first since 1995, However, Baylor has not break, you don't get a chance to with Baylor holding an all-time had a winning season since impose your will on an opponent," advantage of 44-30-2. The Bears, joining the Big 12 in 1996. he said. "Everyone was fresh in that who lost 27-0 to then-unranked entire football game." Texas Christian University last Offensively, the Owls had trouble Saturday, have struggled since Defensively, the Owls face a finding any sort of rhythm. Junior becoming members of the Big 12 180-degree shift from their opening quarterback Chase Clement said in 1996, never posting more than contest. Faced with a triple-option he blamed himself for the offense's •r •••:•• www&aS&ll five wins in a season. rushing attack last week, Rice must poor performance. In order to at least compete with now prepare for Baylor's spread "I didn't lead the offense the way the in-state rivals on the offensive side offense, which emphasizes the I needed to," he said. "The other of the ball, the Owls must protect the passing game. The Bears' defense players did a good job, the offensive football better than they did in their is a 4-2-5, nearly identical to the line played very well, and we've got rain-soaked opener. They also need scheme Rice head coach David to keep improving and working on DEI AN TABAKOV/ IHRESHER to consistently move the football and Bailiff implemented this year. Dist things we need to work on." Junior wide receiver Jarett Dillard makes a catch in the first quarter in last week's game with Nicholls State. Dillard caught five passes for 41 yards. use multiple receivers against the week, Baylor quarterback Blake See RAIN, page 16

THRESHER SPORTS/commentary Soccer starts new season without a loss

by Bobby McFarlane "It felt great getting back out there and the second from just outside the An overabundance of wate: playing with the girls," Robbins said. goalie box. EOR THE THRESHER "1 know how hard they've worked J list as they had in regulation, Rice Hie soccer team kicked off its 2007 and I've been working hard getting outplayed McNeese State in the two washed away our win campaign in soggy fashion last Fri- back as well." overtimes, dominating possession day, tying McNeese State I Jniversity In sports, underdogs are first easy win in a season opener Heading into the half. Rice held a and out-shooting their opponent (>-1. 2-2 on a rain-drenched field in Dike 1 everywhere—the two go together in a long while. comfortable 2-() lead and led McNeese Near the end of tin second overtime, Charles, La. Two days later the squad as well as Rice and poor drainage. But something must have been State in shots 9-6. The ()wls" dominant Rict ' set up two consecutive scoring rebounded bybkmking Dartmouth 3-0 And every once in a while, the un- in the water the Colonels had play continued throughout the second opportunities only to be denied twice in College Station, Tex. derdog overcomes a great obstacle that evening. Or maybe Nicholls half, as they took 12 shots to McNeese by game-saving stops. Rice (1-0-1) plays its home to succeed. Stories of State just wanted to State's 5. However, fouls played a Traveling to College Station last opener today at 7 p.m. against the little guy trounc- defend their waterboy's deciding factor in the match, as the Sunday, Rice vowed not to repeat Texas Christian University, fol- ing the dastardly foe honor after Owls fans Cowgirls' two goals came on late free Friday's disappointing second half in lowed by a game 1 p.m. Sunday run the gamut from in the first row (myself kicks — the first from about 25 yards See SOCCER, page 18 against in-state rival Stephen F. the 1980 U.S. Olympic included) heckled the Austin University. hockey team's "Mira- H.,0 hauler. Whatever cleon Ice,"to the 1969 the reason, our football "We're going to make sure we 0WL00K - THE WEEK IN SPORTS "Miracle" Mets — is team was thrust into study up on what TCU brings to the term "Miracle" a the awful, unfamiliar the table on offense and defense," head coach Chris Huston said. bit overused? — and position of being the (io- Friday, Sept. 7 are nowhere more liath to Nicholls State's "Hopefully we'll be a little bit more Casey Michel aggressive in the air when the ball's prevalent than in the David. How's that for a •Soccer vs. TCU in the box." sports world. Renaissance? 7 p.m. — Rice Track/Soccer Stadium Despite less-than-ideal playing But these miracle At an apologetic, conditions last Friday, Rice looked Owls take on the Horned Frogs in first home game of the year. triumphs can't hold a candle to disheartened media luncheon sharp in its opener against the the greatest underdog story of two days later, head coach David Cowgirls. Following a 90-minute Sunday, Sept. 9 all time, The Waterboy. Set on the Bailiffand hisassistantsclaimed re- rain delay, the Owls jumped out I .ouisiana Bayou, this lilm spin s the sponsibility for the loss, citing poor •Soccer vs. Stephen F. Austin to a quick 2-0 lead thanks to back- ultimate underdog yarn, a tale of play-calling and lack of preparation 1 p.m. — Rice Track/Soccer Stadium to-back goals by senior forward "medulla oblongatas" and foosball- as the causes for the defeat. Sure, Clory Martin and junior forward hatin' mommas: Bobby Boucher, a it didn't help that we called a fake Caitlin Robbins. boneheaded yet endearing bench- three times in a row, but did poor warmer, channels his hatred of play selection really causeusto lose Sophomore midfielder Shelley FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Gatorade into a Bourbon Bowl Vic- in such a disheartening fashion? Wong assisted Martin's goal, which came in the 22nd minute. Wong The soccer team opened their season last weekend with a tory for his South Central I xmisiana I>et's look at the facts: Prior to threaded an excellent pass between tie against McNeese State and a win against Dartmouth. The State University Mud Dogs. Once the first rain delay, Rice was play- two McNeese State defenders, al- again, the underdog wins. ing up to expectations. Maybe we team will have their home opener today at 7 p.m. in the Rice lowing Martin to gain control and You may be wondering what a were a bit porous on the defensive Track/Soccer Stadium against TCU. Certain Owls, in addition go on the offensive. When Cowgirl synopsis of Ihe Waterboy has to do line, but our new 4-2-5 defense was goalie Shelby Money came out to helping the team win, will be trying to set personal and with Rice sports. Well, if you were brand-new, and without any pre- to make a sliding save, Martin team records. Junior Caitlin Robbins and senior Clory Martin one of the many who hunkered season games in college football, I dribbled to her right and found down and outlasted the rain last expected there to be some obvious are currently second on the career goals list with 17 goals, the empty net. Saturday at Rice Stadium, you 11 kinks that needed to be ironed second only to Sarah Yoder's (Baker '05) 22. Senior see the similarities right off the out. Although neither team put Robbins' goal came just a minute Samantha Conn is a close fourth, with 13 career goals. later. After a crisp pass from Martin bat. Nicholls State, the "Harvard points up on the board, the Owls Martin also recently became the Owls' all-time leader in as- of the Bayou," arrived in Houston on the wing, Robbins beat two de- displayed a surprisingly gritty sists, notching her 16th last Friday against McNeese State. as Rice's first Division I-AA oppo- ground game in addition to the fenders and blasted a shot into the nent in 14 years. And I, like many high-flying act of Jarett Dillard. top corner of the net. The goal was Martin had been tied with none other than Yoder, who also Robbins' 17th of her career and first others, assumed it would be our See WATERBOY, page 17 holds the record for most career points and shots. since returning from an injury that sidelined her for most of 2006. THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

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by Casey Michel addition to key departures, makes the season on crutches. He had "For as much of the experi- visit Jake Hess. As if that were THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF this year's lineup the most pertinent foot surgery earlier this week and menting we did and the partners not enough, the team must also question facing the squad. should be out for about six weeks. we ended up switching around, travel to face the University of North Collegiate tennis is a conundrum. "Certainly a couple of the guys But when he returns, the Owls will [doubles] wasn't too much of a Carolina, the College of William It is an individual sport wrapped in will step up more," Ustundag said. look to Scheil to provide consistency problem for us," he said. "I feel and Mary, and the University of a team mentality. There is no inter- "[But] I don't think it's fair to peg in the middle of the lineup. And that we've got good enough players California-Los Angeles. action between teammates, only somebody as the number one Polyakov, a sophomore, will be look- to make some good combinations Although this schedule may between foes, and yet the athletes player in August or September ... ing to sharpen his skills in order to where we'll be competitive." look daunting, the players look at play with only one goal in mind: to but I don't want anyone to think challenge for a starting spot. If the Owls can find suitable pair- it with excitement, knowing that make sure the team wins. that they don't have a shot at a The wild card, as is often true ings, then they should be able to they have the potential to have a This mindset is no different for top position." in most walks of life, will be the manage their way through a tough spectacular season. the men's tennis team. That is why With Ben Harknett (Wiess '07) newcomers. Redshirt freshman schedule. Although the fall is not "As a team, I want to reach the there was no celebration to be found now gone, the No. 1 spot is up for Vishnu Rajam, who, at 67", tow- terribly tough, filled mainly with NCAA's this year," Knupfer said. "I after last year's season-ending 4-1 grabs. More than likely, that spot ers over his teammates, will also tournaments, the spring season think we have the potential. We've loss to Texas A&M University in will go to one of the three returning vie for a starting spot. But he sees perennially ranked University had the potential all the years I've the NCAA Tournament Nor was seniors on the team. Senior Ralph must work on his footwork before of Arizona, University of Miami, been here. ... I just want to play there any jubilation after a hard- Knupfer, who was ranked as high as he can claim a spot for his own. University of Texas, Florida State the best I can so we can reach our fought defeat in the Conference No. 95 in the country individually Sophomore transfer Chong Wang, University, LSU and Texas A&M goal as a team." USA Tournament final at the hands last year, returns to try to erase a native Houstonian, recently ar- of University of Tulsa. his defeat against Tulsa last year, rived at Rice from the University of Fortunately, this team has a which clinched the Golden Hurri- Southern California where he went 2007-'08 MEN'S TENNIS SCHEDULE short memory. Because of this, cane's victory. Knupfer finished the 14-8 in dual matches and helped and the lack of team-oriented dual season playing at the No. 2 position the then-ninth-ranked Trojans to Date Meet Time matches in the fall season, this is last year behind Harknett, so will the NCAA quarterfinals. 9/14-16 Courtyard by Marriot Invite all day why assistant coach Efe Ustundag have a good shot at claiming the But the most intriguing 9/21-23 Baylor Invitational all day (Baker'99) said he is not too worried No. 1 position. newcomer may be redshirt fresh- 9/28-30 All-American (pre-qualifying) all day about last year's finish weighing on Another returning senior, Filip man Bruno Rosa. The Brazilian 10/1-2 All-American (Qualifying) all day the minds of his players. Zivojinovic, looks to remain healthy native drew much attention last 10/3-7 All-American (Main Draw) all day "Because the first semester is the in his final year after finishing last spring when he beat a player ranked 10/12-14 Midland Racquet Club Invitational all day individual season, it seems like it's season hampered by a bad back. 115th in the world in a clay-court 10/20-23 Omni Hotels Region VI Championships all day not on anybody's mind right now," The third senior, Hoony Shin, tournament. Ustundag says Rosa, 11/1-4 ITA National Indoor Championships all day he said. "I'm sure once the spring showed signs of improvement who was forced to sit out last season 11/3 Rice Reunion Classic all day season rolls around, then we might toward the end of the 2007 spring because he began school too late, is 1/26 UCF 11 a.m. start thinking about how we ended season, and should be a factor at one of the most heralded recruits 1/27 San Francisco 1 p.m. up. But now I don't think it's in any- the bottom of the ladder. in Rice's history. 2/1 North Carolina State 2 p.m. , body's mind. They've got short-term Other Owls competing for some "He's got a lot of really, really 2/3 North Carolina 1 p.m. memory, so we can concentrate on of the top six spots should be juniors good credentials," Ustundag said. 2/8 Arizona 1:30 p.m. the task at hand right now." Christoph Muller andTobias Scheil, "He's probably, on paper, one of our 2/10 Miami (Fla.) TBA The Owls, who finished last sea- and sophomore Dennis Polyakov. best recruits ever." 2/16 Old Dominion 11 a.m. son ranked 30th in the nation, start Muller proved to be biggest surprise Rosa should vie for the top spot 2/17 College of William & Mary 10 a.m. the season next Friday at the Court- player last year, posting a team best on the ladder, and could potentially 2/24 Texas TBA yard by Rice Invite, held at Jake Hess 17-4 record in singles play. help the Owls in doubles as well. 2/28-3/2 119th Pacific Coach Doubles Champ. TBA Stadium. The Invite, which starts at 9 Oddly enough, Muller was never 'Ihe team experimented with more 3/3 San Diego State TBA a.m. and will last until mid-afternoon, ranked nationally, even though two than a few doubles partners last year, 3/5 UCLA 1:30 p.m. features players from Southern of his wins were against ranked op- but will return with only one pairing 3/7 UC-lrvine 1 p.m. Methodist University, Louisiana ponents. Scheil, who transferred to intact: Scheil and Knupfer. However, 3/11 Florida State 1:30 p.m. State University and Tulsa. Rice from the University of Colorado Ustundag said he's not worried about 3/18 LSU 1:30 p.m. Rice's lineup for the Invite has yet before last season and won five of trying to find two more teams to 3/21-23 Iowa, San Diego. Middle Tennessee St. TBA to be set. An influx of newcomers, in his last seven matches, will start round out the lineup. 4/1 Tulsa 1:30 p.m. 4/4 TCU 2 p.m. 4/6 SMU Noon 4/9 Texas A&M 1:30 p.m. 4/9 Prarie View A&M 7 p.m. 4/18-20 Conference USA Championships TBA 5/9-11 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBA 5/16-26 NCAA Championships TBA X Home tournaments/dual matches in bold. All times central.

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THRESHER SPORTS/commentary RAIN A CLOSER LOOK From page 14 Offensive statistics from Saturday's game New uniforms usher in era * Rushing yards include yards lost on sacks However, Clement may be taking too much of the blame. NICHOLLS STATE RICE of tradition, simplicity The Owls were playing with a 14 fairly restricted playbook due to Score 16 Nobody wields more control athletic director Chris Del Conte the weather, and the basic route over the image of Rice athletics had received alumni phone calls in First downs 15 20 combinations and play-calling cre- than me. This much is true. huge numbers calling for a uniform ated very few situations on which Okay, that may not be true. In revamp. Like me, many alumni Rushing yards 194 117 the team could exploit Nicholls fact, it's blatantly self-promoting, hated the yellow, like me, many State's defense. alumni loved that gothic "R." Passing yards 87 101 egotistical and, without a doubt, The deciding play came with false.Thatbeingsaid, But unlike me, 8:04 left in the game, when the Passing (comp.-att.-int.) 3-7-0 11-28-0 and as the sweet new many alumni give the I Colonels blocked an Owls punt and football uniforms Athletic Department converted it to a safety, putting the Total offensive yards 281 218 indicate, I think my lots of money, so Del score at 16-14. However, this was voice carries some Conte listened. Policy is the only mistake for senior punter Punts-yards 6-223 6-194 weight among the currently being drawn Luke Juist, who looked good in his Rice faithful. up that makes the first game at the position. Seven Third-down conversions 4-12 7-14 As the half-dozen gothic "R" the official of Nicholls State's drives began of you campus-wide logo of Rice athletics. 0-1 inside their own 25-yard line, and Fourth-down conversions. 0-1 who actually read my Forever. Similarly, all drives starting in Rice territory garbage will recall, I yellow is out for good. Turnovers 2 5 Nathan Bledsoe came as a result of turnovers. wrote a column last In my narcissis- Defensively, the Owls March calling for an tic mind, my column Time of possession 30:21 29:39 managed to hold the Colonels largely overhaul of the image sparked this revolu- in check. Nicholls State averaged 3.5 Penalties-yards 12-114 4-30 of Rice athletics ("Sammy, Owl tion. Somewhere out there, a yards per rush, but Rice only allowed logos need quick and drastic make- power ful alumnus or two read my one offensive touchdown. Four times Red zone scores-att. 0-3 2-2 over," March 23,2007). To refresh work. Those two alumni probably the Colonels started inside the Rice your memory, I blasted the Sammy had a conversation that sounded 50-yard line, and only once did the Kickoffs-Yards 3-172 4-242 costume, I called for the gothic "R" something like this: Colonels capitalize on that field posi- to be the unifying logo across all "Reginald, did you peruse the tion with a score. sports, and I begged for the expul- column that young gentleman sion of yellow from all things Rice. Nathan Bledsoe wrote for the Guess what? I got all of it. Thresher last week? He's such a Alright, not quite all of fine young man." it — Sammy's ragged, polyester "Well Eleanor, indeed I did fur-feathers are still a sad excuse read that column. And I'll tell you for a mascot. However, everything what, I always posited that ESPN's else I wrote about really has hap- Uni Watch was insightful and dry, pened. Yellow is back where it but that infantile feature has noth belongs—confined to the sun and ing on Mr. Bledsoe's drollness lemon pie filling. Blue and gray and on-point observations." are here to stay, and that timeless, "You know what I think Regi- classy, gothic "R" is poised to ride nald? I think we should bring it its way onto magazine covers and up at our monthly soiree with all Foot Locker shelves everywhere the important and affluent Rice as the only emblem associated alumni everywhere, and we can with Rice sports. do something about it." The best part isn't that all "Top notch idea, Eleanor! of this stuff is phenomenal for Should we invite Nathan?" marketing, or that it has the "Of course not Reginald, that potential to greatly enhance would create an egotistical, self- and define Rice's national absorbed maniac." image — the best part is that I Do I really think I sparked the wanted all of this stuff. Rice image revolution? Hardly. While my opinions probably While I admittedly have far too weren't completely original, I like high an opinion of myself, I realize to think I've got a voice in campus giving my columns credit for real- happenings. (Actually, I'd say I've world change is about as realistic got say thevoice). When the Athletic as thinking a McDonald's diet Department announced that it was is a great way to drop 15 quick moving to the gothic " R" as the logo pounds. That being said, I'm go- for all Rice teams, the first thing I ing to hold on to the shred of hope did — after my dramatic fist pump that I'm not the one plagiarizing and victory dance — was to take a ideas here and that, at some level, bunch of (probably undue) credit. I do wield that much power. In a preseason press confer- ence, head football coach David Nathan Bledsoe is a Lovett

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IVY ASHE/THRESHER Junior quarterback Chase Clement struggled in last weekend's game with Nicholls State, throwing two interceptions and fumbling twice. THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,2007 17 Volleyball ends home swing with split WATERBOY by Natalie Clericuzio From page 14 FOR THE THRESHER But then the rain came. I don't Division I-A and I-AA programs Usually, freshmen athletes spend know if that monsoon Saturday are shrinking, and have been for more time on the sidelines than in night came from an influx of warm a while. Take a look at another the game. But for the volleyball team, tropical air or perhaps something game last weekend: Michigan, the freshmen are spending less time more insidious (bayou voodoo?) ranked fifth in the nation, fell to warming the bench and more time Whatever the case, as soon as the Division I-AA foe Appalachian heating things up on the court. rain fell, so too did our skill level. State. The only difference is that The newcomers showed their met- The pigskin became slippery, Michigan can't use inclement an tle last weekend, leading Rice (34) and fumbles, interceptions and weather as an excuse. to an easy victory over Texas A&M general mayhem ensued. This all Last week's loss was not the University-Corpus Christi to start off but destroyed our passing game, upset that everyone made it out to the Mizuno Invitational II. However, making Dillard a non-factor. be. Division I-AA schools are no they could not rally the Owls during Our running game also suf- longer the cupcakes of yesteryear, the Invitational's other matches, fall- fered, hampered by the lossofC.J. no longer the underdogs that we ing to the University of Illinois and k W.ttiiii M i Ugokwe — whose leg injury once thought. The Owls learned Louisiana State University. ;" --r'filtff flared up during the rain delay. that lesson the hard way, but are The team travels today to Colum- : 1 ft '' - - "-I Now, I'm not excusing our better for it. bia, S.C. for the Nike Gamecock Invi- play-calling or our lack of pre- As we look toward Baylor tational. Rice plays the University of paredness. All I'm saying is that tomorrow, our first Division I-A op- South Carolina 9 a.m. today and then we need to look beyond the ponent of the year, we need to keep suits up again for a 4 p.m. matchup headlines at what really took our confidence up and stick to the with Appalachian State University. place on the field. In today's basics: Don't turn the ball over, stop Hie tournament concludes for the ultra-competitive, hyped-up world the run, and look for Dillard. Owls with a match against Troy of college football, athletes from Or if that doesn't work, just University Saturday at 10 a.m. across the country will attend the picture your arch-enemy's head South Carolina, Appalachian same camps, subscribe to similar on your opponent. It worked for State and Troy all have talented regimens, and work year-round at Bobby Boucher, didn't it? volleyball programs. However, Rice honing their skills to compete for head coach Cenny Volpe said she a limited number of positions. The Casey Michel is a Brown College thinks the Owls are not too worried differences in skill sets between sophomore and sports editor. about the competition. "I think that the biggest challenge for us is really not about another team — it's really about us and play- ing to our potential," Volpe said. "If we're on, we can beat anyone." The Owls were certainly on in their match against TAMU-CC. Jumping out to a quick lead, Rice was sharp throughout. Although (he Islanders fought back during the second game, strong play from junior outside hitter Jessica Holderness, who contributed 19 kills and 12 digs, helped to seal the victory. DEIAN TABAKOV/THRESHER 'Hie match with Illinois proved Freshman Meredith Schamun looks on as sophomore teammate Ekaette Sham- more challenging for the Owls. mah leaps to smash the ball in last week's match with Illinois. Trailing for the majority of the three games, Rice was not close in the first "We were challenged by a re- game, chipping away until two five- two games against the Illini, losing ally strong team in LSU, so I think point runs resulted in a 31-29 win. 30-20 and 30-19, respectively. Two the team came out of the match The Owls rolled through the final aces by freshman setter Meredith extremely confident knowing the game, coming out to a 20-8 lead and Schamun set the tone in the third potential is there for us to play at winning the third game 30-14. Sunday worship 8: $0, 9:45. & 11:0"> ;i.m game as the Owls took a 6-5 lead. the highest level," Volpe said. The TSU match, containing both + However, the strong start was not Holderness was named for the injuries and strong freshman play, Sunday School for all at 9:45 a.m. LIFE at 1!, a mulrisensory enough as the Illini pulled ahead to second week in a row to the all- was representative of the young Christian education experience at II a.m. Sundays win 30-28 and take the match. tournament team. Volpe said she season. Senior setter Rachel Lopez Outreach rtuLthouston.org eventual tournament champion Southern University. Decisively men have contributed to the Rice LSU proved too strong for Rice winning the first game with five success this season. Holderness said and took the final two games of aces, Rice jumped ahead in the she appreciates their strong play. the match for the win. match. Taking advantage of some "We have really confident and Volpe said the hard-fought nature Rice missteps, TSU jumped to a experienced and great freshmen who of the tough loss helped to bolster 17-10 lead in the second. Slowly but have a lot of talent and ability to play in her team's attitude. surely. Rice climbed back into the different places," Holderness said. Is it you? One person makes a difference when the mission of Christ meets the world. //iizmn //a\j

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Individual Stats Kills VOLLEYBALL TAMU-CC — Feliz 18. McBrearty 9, Paslay 8 Rice — HHolderness 19, Boulavasky 8, McClean 7. Gill 7 TEXAS SOUTHERN 0 RICE 3 Assists Sept. 4, 2007 — Fox Gym TAMU-CC — McCabe 41 Rice — Schamun 40 TSU 12 29 14 Digs Rice 30 30 30 TAMU-CC — Mielson 16, North 13, Feliz 12 Rice — Holderness 12, McClean 10, Lam 8, Final Stats TSU Rice Dennemann 8 Kills 22 52 Errors 22 18 Attempts 87 109 Attack Percentage .000 .312 Assists 18 42 Digs 30 35 Blocks 4.0 3.0 DARTMOUTH 0-3 RICE Sept. 2, 2007 — College Station, Tex. individual Stats Dartmouth (0-2-0): Webb, Davis, Forline, Hubbard, Kills Euwama, Stanley, Stone, Quick, Sutton, Goldstein, Sack; TSU — K. Obi 6, King 5, E. Obi 4 Substitutes: Bromley, Poskin, MacDonald, Krnjaic. Rice — Morgan 15. McClean 11, Gill 10 Odden, Feldmann, Peak, Tata. Assists TSU — Verdun 10 Rice(l-O-l): Erkel,Conn,Petric, Edwards, Taylor, B. Mar- Rice — Schamun 29 tin, Robbins, Ostendorf, Wong, Jaggers, C. Martin; Digs Substitutes: Scott. Fitzsimmons, Gowda, Holloway, TSU — Thymes 10, Crane 9, Verdun 4 Nesbit, Ross, Walker, Fraser. Rice — Morgan 9. Kirk 6, Lam 6 Assists: Petric, Wong. LSU 3 RICE 1 Cautions: Goldstein, 55'. Sept. 1 2007 — Fox Gym Ejections: none.

LSU 30 29 30 30 Dartmouth Rice Rice 22 31 17 22 Shots 11 9 Shots on Goal 6 5 Saves 2 6 Final Stats LSU Rice Corner Kicks 3 3 Kills 61 50 Fouls 17 17 Errors 23 38 Offsides 1 0 Attempts 185 183 Attack Percentage .205 .066 Assists 51 48 Digs 84 95 RICE 2-2 MCMESSE STATE Blocks 19.0 6.0 Aug. 31, 2007 — Lake Charles. La.

Individual Stats Kills Rice (0-0-1): Erkel, Conn, Edwards, Taylor, B. Mar tin, Robbins, Ostendorf, Wong. Fraser, Jaggers, C. IAN WHITE/THRESHER LSU — DeGirolamo 17, Washington 15, Cooper 11 Martin; Rice — Holderness 14, McClean 11, Boulavasky 11 Substitutes: Scott, Petric, Gowda. Nesbit, Walker. Assists Not because it is easy, but because it is hard LSU — Lonergan 48 McNeese Stale (0-0-1): Money, Overfelt, Lords, Rice — Schamun 43 Clark, Shepard, Torres, Powell, Glynn, Torres, Koch, Digs Leighton; Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong visited Rice last Wednesday. The native Texan announced his LSU — Martinez 39, Skender 22. Lonergan 10 Substitutes: Hosford, Urtaza, McDonough, Pritzen, Rice — Lam 21, Holderness 19, McClean 18 Wright. support for Proposition 15, a bill that, if passed, will raise up to $3 billion for cancer research funding. Armstrong was Joined by Texas State Senator Jane Nelson and State Representatives Ellen Cohen and Senfronia Thompson. ILLINOIS 3 RICE 0 Assists: Torres, Wong. Cautions: none. Aug. 31, 2007 — Fox Gym Ejections: none.

Illinois 30 30 30 Rice McNeese State Rice 20 19 28 Shots 27 12 Shots on Goal 10 4 Final Stats Illinois Rice Saves 2 8 SOCCER Kills 53 41 From page 14 Errors 12 18 These boxscores brought to you by: Attempts 109 107 Dylan Farmer: He will be missed. Attack Percentage .376 .215 Benjamin Cuthrell: He and Kanye's new CD will be its game against Dartmouth. In the with a 2-0 lead, the Owls kept up the has, so far, exceeded expectations. Assists 48 40 welcomed. game's seventh minute, senior mid- pressure, adding an insurance goal "[It's] the best freshmen class Digs 42 38 Lance Armstrong: He'smore aerodynamic than most men. Blocks 5.0 7.0 Evan's girlfriend's brownies. They were delicious. fielder Samantha Conn gathered an on a free kick from freshman mid- we've ever had," Clory Martin said. Teri McKee. accurate Wong cross and delivered fielder Kate Edwards and shutting "I don't feel like they're freshmen. Individual Stats She is a saint. "Like Kathy Michel," says Matt Kills McKee. a low shot past a diving Dartmouth down the Big Green counterattack. We're not treating them as fresh- Illinois — McCulley 15, Brown 13, Aide 12 Sean McBeath says his mom's name is "F*** that keeper to put Rice up 1-0. In the 33rd Freshmen goalkeepers Meghan men because they're not playing Rice — Holderness 12, Morgan 10, Boulavasaky McBeath" minute, apass from junior midfielder Erkel and Catherine Fitzsimmons, like freshmen." 8 Tay Zonday. Assists Turning bodies into GDP Christine Petric found Clory Martin who are both vying for the starting Despite being out-shot 11 to 9 in Illinois — Bazetta 43 "Teri McKee takes this paper to the school beca ... inside the keeper's box, resulting in position, combined for five saves for the game, the Owls made the best Rice — Schamun 31 You have to put an end-quote, dude." a quick-fire shot and Martin's second an impressive shutout. of limited opportunities against Dart- Digs Matt: "Noooo dude! No! My mom reads this paper!" Illinois —Edinger 16, Bazetta 8, McCulley 8 Screw you guys, I'm going home. Love, Julia goal in as many games. The two goalkeepers highlight a mouth, capitalizing where they had Rice — Lam 12, Morgan 11. Holderness 7 That one was for me. not Sean or Matt or Casey Heading into the second half much-heralded freshman class that not against McNeese State.

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adding anymore classes, is activated at 8 a.m. and ' do it now — your first registration is reopened to . *- RDA (registration) PIN all students. will be deactivated at 5 p.m. After then, adding new classes will require TUESDAY you to get a new PIN, instructor permission to add the course, and Campus Night Out •Mm you'll have to pay a fee. slmM Hop over to the RMC's Ray Courtyard to register your bike and meet your RUPD SATURDAY college officers from 5-10 p.m. Get some free food and " " »,4 enjoy some music from Moxie. 1 No download necessary KTRU's first free concert of the academic year runs WEDNESDAY 2-5 p.m. at Ray Courtyard by the RMC. So head out Rice IT: and catch Satin Hooks, Teach for America Earnie Banks and The If you want to learn more More to offer than you'd guess! Mathletes at no charge. about Teach for America, go to their information session in From convenient computer help and advice Take a trip the Chapel Meeting Room at A Journey to Mexico is 7 p.m. For more info, visit to technology short courses to web space to discounts just a walk across the www.teachforamerica.com or on hardware, software, and cell phone plans, street. Stroll over to email [email protected]. Hermann Park (just across f offers a surprising number of services to Rice students. Main Street — one light rail stop for south THURSDAY colleges) and Miller out more! Outdoor Theatre. This Visit vvww.rice.edu/ri7 or contact the IT Help Desk: musical performance Clothing optional showcases classical For those of you not 713-348-HELP(4357), [email protected] Mexican music and dance accustomed to checking your from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. calendar before you go out in the evening, tonight will lie the second Baker 13 run of the I heart Europe semester. So lock your doors, Get glammed and head or get to Baker College by over to Lovett College for 10 p.m. — whatever's your style. "Eurotrashed: Getcherox- And be careful opening doors off," from 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. when you get up on Friday. in the Ix>vett Commons. Be sure to give a shoutout to Beth Greaney and a slap to Beko Binder while HOW TO SUBMIT you're there. CALENDAR ITEMS Considering a Career Deadline is Monday at 3 p.m. SUNDAY prior to Friday publication. Submission methods: Whistle Dixie Fax: (713) 348-5238 Andrew Lloyd Webber's in Energy Trading? E-mail: [email protected] Whistle Down the Wind Campus Mail: opens at the Hobby Calendar Editor Center's Theatre Under Thresher, MS-524 The Stars today at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The musical Submissions are printed on a will run through Sept. 23. space available basis. Ticket pricing starts at $30. Live & Work Abroad! Learn about the jobs: Thursday, Sept. 13, 6:30 pm United Way 50 Waugh Dr., Houston, TX Friday, Sept. 14, 1-5 pm Rice University Career Fair Grand Hall/Student Center Sign up for bp's Trading Competition Or join a virtual session: www.peacecorps.gov/events Thursday, Sept 20th in Farnsworth NAME THIS Sign up on Career Services RICELINK WIN A JOB* Two Sessions: 6:30 pm and 8:00 pm abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ CASH Prizes of up to $500 for top teams!

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