The Rice Thresher | Wednesday, March 25, 2015

An unfortunate incident

Touch the art Matchbox Gallery exhibit challenges visitors’ notions of inside, outside, welcomes selfie-takers see A&E p. 4

Recent alum questions if the McMurtry stripper incident really constitutes unsafe environment see Ops p. 3

INSIDE

Well deserved National College Baseball Hall of Fame grants former Owl Lance Berkman place among other decorated players See Sports p. 6

SA begins planning for new Survey of All Students See P. 2

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Alumni to skip colleges on Beer Bike

by Drew Keller

Assistant News Editor

The Association of Rice Alumni has asked alumni not to participate in Saturday morning activities at their residential colleges during this year’s Beer Bike; instead, according to the ASA, the alumni tent will open earlier and offer expanded amenities.

Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations Marthe Golden said the goals of the changes are to not only enhance the alumni experience, but also to give undergraduates the opportunity to have their own unique Beer Bike experiences in the residential colleges on Saturday morning. Student safety has also previously been an issue with alumni on Beer Bike.

“We are sensitive to concerns in the colleges regarding having alumni present in the students’ residential and private areas, and in some cases, creating a potentially unsafe environment for students,” Golden said. “We are committed to supporting the well-being of our students and alumni, in order to make Beer Bike the best possible event it can be.

We are being asked to respect that many of the Saturday morning activites are intended for the current undergrads.

Rachel Mis Alumni Host Committee

According to Rachel Mis (Will Rice ’10), a member of the alumni Beer Bike host committee, alumni will still be able to take part in other activities at their residential colleges before Beer Bike.

“There are various events throughout Willy Week that the residential colleges are inviting alumni to attend, but we are being asked to respect that many of the Saturday morning activities are intended for the current undergrads,” Mis said.

Each residential college will hold an alumni tailgate on Friday, according to the ASA. The alumni tent will open at 9 a.m. Saturday morning, earlier than in past years, and will have more food and drinks as well as a disc jockey. However, alumni will also have to pay a $10 admission fee to make up for the added costs.

According to Mis, the ASA developed this year’s changes due to several factors, including feedback gathered by the alumni office. Mis said the Houston 2.0 Group, made up of alumni who graduated more 0see ALUMNI, page 2

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Crafty

Martel College junior Justin Cho constructs the college’s annual Beer Bike structure. Last year, Martel built a life-size replica of Candy Land on their sundeck, and they plan to build a Pokemon center this year.

Sid Rich party theme change unrelated to Title IX talks, ‘not a new problem’ Andrew Ligeralde Thresher Staff

A varied crowd of flower children and prep school students filled Sid Richardson College this past Saturday for their annual spring semester public party. In previous years, “Sid Schoolgirls” accumulated a wide following of students dressed in button-down shirts, ties and skirts. This year, however, the new theme, “Sidstock,” marked a change in tradition that, according to Sid Richardson President Lauren Schmidt, was only a matter of time and was unrelated to Title IX.

“Since its conception, every year Sidizens have come forward and either talked to [resident associates] or masters about how uncomfortable the theme makes them feel,” Schmidt, a junior, said.

According to Schmidt, this is not the first time the college changed the theme of the public.

“The opposition to the schoolgirls theme is definitely not a new problem,” Schmidt said. “Last year, the theme was [discussed] too late to change it. So the socials changed the name to ‘The Academy’ to diffuse the schoolgirls connotation, which elicits a lot

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DJ Masimore prepares for the Sid Richardson College public party “Sidstock.”

The theme has changed from ‘Schoolgirls,’ to ‘Academy,’ to its current name.

of negative emotions should the person have experience with some sort of rape in high school.”

Schmidt said the college’s executive council met this past September to gauge student opinion in response to the controversy surrounding the party. The council initiated an open forum for Sidizens to voice their concerns in addition to releasing an anonymous survey containing questions like, “What offends you about the theme?” and “What would you like to see changed about the party?”

“We looked at the feedback and it was clear we needed to change the theme because it did elicit negative emotions from a lot of people,” Schmidt said. “Whether or not they attended the party wasn’t the issue.

It was more that, as a college, we were institutionalizing the sexualization of underage women, and that was unacceptable.”

As a result, Sid Richardson’s election process for socials this year happened earlier than usual to ensure that the socials could lead the selection of the new theme.

According to Schmidt, however, the theme change was not popular with everyone.

“Some people liked the classy attire of schoolgirls, but we couldn’t come up with a theme that embodied that without objectifying women,” Schmidt said. “There were a lot of schoolgirls at Sidstock. I don’t know if that’s a protest of the theme change, or people just trying to have some fun.”

Schmidt said she views the change as positive regardless. “[Some] people were saddened to see [the schoolgirls theme] go, but there were definitely people excited to see it go,” Schmidt said. “I think the change was positive because I firmly believe that if something makes people uncomfortable, then it should change. And the minority opinion is very important to me.”

According to Schmidt, the open forum talks were successful in creating a safe environment for students to vocalize their opinions.

“I [would say] that you could use the discussion at Sid as a model for how people should go about discussing things in the college that make them uncomfortable,” Schmidt said.

Despite rumors, the name change is unrelated to recent events and controversies surrounding Title IX, federal legislation that prohibits discrimination in education on the basis of sex, according to Schmidt.

“We started the discussion last year, so it’s totally unrelated,” Schmidt said. “It just happened that the timing of our party happened after the events.”

Schmidt also said the college did not change the name under any pressure from the administration.

“The perception I’ve been feeling from [the] campus in general is that a lot of people think the ad0see SID, page 2

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NEWS

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

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SA developing Survey of All Students Drew Keller

Assistant News Editor

The Student Association is developing questions to ask the student body through the mandatory Survey of All Students, which students will complete during course registration later in the semester.

According to Lovett College President Griffin Thomas, the purpose of the SAS is to collect information from the student body about both academic and non-academic issues. Thomas said the compulsory, biannual format of the survey is an improvement on the SA’s past system of collecting information.

“The SA used to send out more surveys,” Thomas, a sophomore, said.

“However, because they were not required, participation was not high or necessarily representative of the entire student body.”

While the university administration creates most of the survey each semester, Thomas said the SA also proposes questions to be included on a variety of subjects.

“There is not any one issue area that the survey is trying to address,” Thomas said.

“It is rather used to identify trends across multiple topics related student life.”

Weiss College President Alex Tran said the SA hopes to measure student opinion on a number of different issues.

“The SA portion of the SAS will poll students on their priority and preference of use of resources for topics such as parking, campus wide spirit, grade inflation and student activism,” Tran, a junior, said.

According to the minutes of the SA Senate meeting on March 18, the SA is also considering topics including athlete representation in student government, activism on campus, graduate-undergraduate interaction, campus mentorship programs and communication between students and student resources.

Thomas said he plans to use the results of the survey to help determine his actions as a student leader.

“This survey will definitely help to inform my campus wide priorities moving into next year, and I hope that it will help direct the agenda of the SA as [a] whole,” Thomas said.

NEWS IN BRIEF Nick Thorpe chosen for Luce Scholars Fellowship According to a press release from Rice University, the Henry Luce Foundation has chosen Lovett College senior Nick Thorpe as one of 18 nationwide Luce Scholars for 2015-16 who will be placed in a professional setting in an Asian country for 10 months.

The Foundation chose Thorpe for the fellowship after a long selection process, according to the Foundation’s website. The fellowship is open to graduates and graduating seniors who do not have extensive experience with Asia.

After orientation and language study over the summer, the website said an associated organization, the Asia Foundation, will place candidates in professional positions in Asia. Thorpe will conclude his fellowship in July 2016.

“My year as a Luce Scholar will be the most challenging and transformative experience that I have ever encountered,” Thorpe said.

“Through this scholarship, I hope to gain a better understanding of [the] communities and governments in the Asian region.”

Rice Engineering joins Grand Challenges Initiative In a public letter to President Barack Obama, Rice University joined 121 other American engineering schools Monday in committing to prepare engineers to address a number of “Grand Challenges” facing modern society.

The letter, signed by Dean of Engineering Edwin Thomas, mentioned Introduction to Engineering Design (ENGI 120), Senior Capstone Design, the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership and Engineers Without Borders as examples of Rice’s ability to

Coadvisor apps increase to more than 400, acceptance rate at 25 percent Jieya Wen

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Orientation Week 2015 received more than 400 co-advisor applications campus-wide, an increase from 375 in 2014. Colleges received 90 to 140 applicants each, according to Chris Landry, assistant director of First Year Programs.

Landry said each college has 10 to 13 spots, so about a quarter of the applicants are offered a position.

Mohammad Kassim, a Martel College OWeek coordinator, said his college received approximately 95 co-advisor applications.

Around 60 students applied to co-advise at Martel in 2014, according to Thomas Plackemeier, a junior and former Martel O-Week coordinator.

“We initially did some paper cuts, and then we offered around 60 first-round

interviews,” Kassim, a Martel College junior, said. “You have a bigger pool now, so it’s hard to cut people. Especially when you have only 12 [available positions], you want to get the best of the best.”

Bridget Schilling, a Lovett College O-Week coordinator, said Lovett received more applications than last year too but declined to reveal the number of applications.

“There was a lot of crossover this year,” Schilling, a Lovett junior, said. “A lot of people applied to multiple colleges. [Many] got up to second round for multiple colleges too.”

Schilling said she thinks the online common application for co-advising contributed to the increase. “[The common application] makes it easier for people to apply,” Schilling said.

“The paper application was a little bit harder.

[It] took more effort to fill out. It did make it

easier for people who are abroad to access all the applications.”

The online application additionally provided every college’s mission statement for O-Week, a factor that may have made students consider more options when applying to co-advise, Schilling said.

“Being able to have listed our mission statement, versus having to pick up the application, [gave] people who would otherwise not consider Lovett a platform to look at our mission statement and think, ‘I can relate to that and I might want to be a part of this O-Week,’” Schilling said.

Both Schilling and Kassim said the pool of applicants was more diverse this year.

“I thought we got a good number of international students, a number of typically less-represented Rice population applying,” Schilling said. “That could be through a combination of outreach and accessibility.”

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0from ALUMNI page 1 than 10 years ago, showed particular interest in adding alumni Beer Bike activities.

“When you’re only one or two years out, it’s very easy to return to Rice for Beer Bike because you still know a lot of current students,” Mis said. “But once you’re five, 10, 20 or more years out, there’s not much for you to do. We hope some of these alumni tent improvements will meet this need.”

Mis said she hopes the changes will increase alumni participation in Beer Bike.

“With these changes, I think we have a chance to make Beer Bike an all-around better experience for alumni,” Mis said. “If we can build up the number and quality of alumni-focused events during Beer Bike, then alumni will be more likely to return year after year.”

According to Mis, the ASA will continue to look for ways to improve the way alumni participate in Beer Bike.

“We’ve implemented some experimental changes this year, and we’re going to have to see what works best and what doesn’t so that Beer Bike can continue to be the amazing experience that we all love,” Mis said.

successfully educate engineering students.

According to the website of the National Academy of Engineering, which coordinated the Grand Challenges initiative, the initiative targets a set of 14 challenges developed with the White House Strategy for American Innovation and the United Nations Millenium Development Goals. Each of the committed schools plans to graduate at least 20 students each year who are prepared to work toward solving these issues.

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Fill ‘em up

Martel College junior Thomas Plackmeier, senior Kelsey Heyson and freshman Sapna Suresh fill balloons for the annual water balloon fight on Beer Bike morning. Plackemeier said Martel hopes to have a record number of balloons this year.

ministration made us change the name, which is not the case,” Schmidt said. “It was an initiative started by a few Sidizens in the spring and our outgoing president Nick Cornell, who really pushed to have a safe discussion about it [and] see how people felt about the party and what needed to change so that we could have a safe environment.”

Schmidt said she is confident the change will proceed smoothly in coming years.

“Sid will decide in the fall whether or not we like Sidstock and want it to be a continuing theme or whether we want to [change] every year,” Schmidt said. “As far as schoolgirls showing up to Sidstock, institutional memory is only four years. So four years down the road, I bet there’ll be much fewer schoolgirls at Sidstock.”

Ana Gonzalez, a Sid Richardson College freshman, said the theme change was well supported among the college community.

“We as freshmen didn’t really know about the Schoolgirls party to begin with,” Gonzalez said. “But we all worked hard to give Sidstock a positive image.”

Akeem Ogunkeye, a Jones College sophomore who attended the party last year, said he enjoyed Sidstock just as much.

“It was generally the same this year as it was last year,” Ogunkeye said. “At the time I hadn’t even thought about [the theme], but if anyone complained I understand why it was changed. I’m okay with it.

I know a lot of people who miss the theme, but it is what it is.”

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Letter to the Editor:

McMurtry resignation unfortunate

Dear Readers, This will be my last issue as editor in chief.

Beginning next week, current news editors Andrew Ta and Yasna Haghdoost will lead the Thresher as editor in chief and managing editor, respectively.

Being editor in chief has been simultaneously rewarding and frustrating. It would be dishonest to say that I have accomplished the goals I set for the Thresher this year. I realize now that change sometimes requires more time and resources than initially imagined. I have also learned that insurmountable limitations sometimes render even the most modest plans impossibilities.

But it’s easy to dwell on failures. At the beginning of the year (to the chagrin of the editorial staff), I borrowed a rhetorical device from Dean Hutch to communicate the overarching objectives for the year: the three Rs of relevance, reporting and reputation (and ramen, Rachel, rotunda, rickshaw, rectification, Rondelet, etc.). If nothing else, I think the Thresher has consistently worked to report on issues that are necessary for cultivating an informed community. From student judicial processes to sexual assault to the blanket tax to strippers, the Thresher has sought out the important, often controversial, topics and treated them fairly.

For that, I am proud.

I am indebted to the amazing team of editors that have accompanied me on this crazy ride. Without them, none of this would have been possible. They made me look good every week, but more importantly, they kept me sane with their humor and camaraderie. I am lucky to count them all among my closest friends.

The Thresher will be in good hands moving forward. Andrew and Yasna’s ideas for the Thresher will only enhance its impact and service to the community. I cannot wait to work under their leadership and see what they accomplish in the coming year.

After reading “Strippers, Title IX and a president-elect,” my initial reaction was one of sympathy for the former McMurtry College presidentelect. He is the victim here (and I’m aware how touchy that word is in a feminist debate). His friends took him by surprise by hiring a stripper, and he consequently found that he is the wrong gender to make a stand in an uncomfortable spot.

Whether because he was hugely embarrassed by the situation or because he felt pressure from the university to quietly step down, he declined to defend himself. Because I am disturbed by this situation and because I feel a duty to express my concerns to my alma mater, I will take up his cause.

While I, of course, have not seen the images or videos from the party in question, I find it difficult to believe a “hostile environment that denies [students] access to education” was created there. When I attended Rice (not long ago), if someone was uncomfortable at a party, he or she was free to leave. Have parties changed so drastically in four years that this was somehow not possible? How exactly was the supposed hostility of the situation transmuted to students not in attendance at the party? Will all parties on campus need to pass muster with each student’s comfort level? Such a quest for the lowest common denominator of social comfort can hardly create an environment that challenges students to become discerning adults.

But I’m not sure that is the priority of the Rice administration. It seems it is easier to make a show of force against an innocent student and nip a possible Title IX lawsuit in the bud than to stand firm against a lawsuit-happy world. A female college president-elect likely would not have been so unfairly punished had all genders in this situation been reversed. But then, the National Organization for Women historically doesn’t represent college guys who feel offended

by the presence of a male stripper on campus.

So is that why the administration allowed Baker College to hire a male stripper during Willy Week? Because there was little threat of lawsuit?

I could believe it. But that does not answer why it is generally considered humorous and good fun to hire a male stripper to perform at Rice, but inappropriate to hire a female stripper to do so (and a punishable offense just to watch). Where is the equal treatment of the sexes there? Did both strippers not perform willingly? Were both strippers not paid for their work?

I find it funny that I feel compelled to defend this McMurtry student. I almost definitely would feel awkward at a party where a stripper was performing. But I think that points exactly to why I am so bothered by the administration’s handling of this incident. I became the critically minded adult I am today largely because of my wonderful education at Rice. I encountered many things that made me uncomfortable, but I knew I was free to walk away or confront an issue myself, and would be respected no matter my decision.

I resent an administration that, under the guise of treating men and women equally, insults the intelligence and good judgment of its students.

I understand and appreciate the desire to make Rice a welcoming place for every student.

The university cannot, however, accomplish this goal by suppressing students’ rights. When a student is severely punished for doing something that is not wrong or against any enumerated rules, but that just makes other students feel uncomfortable, the pendulum has swung too far away from common sense. The treatment of this incident sets a dangerous precedent for Rice — one that has potential to stifle students’ freedom and sterilize their college experience.

Claire O’Connor Hanszen College ‘11, ‘13

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Errata

“The patriarchy.”

– Anita Alem, Assistant News Editor

John Maeda sent a quote correction for the article “Maeda presents design’s emerging role in tech” in the March 18 issue of the Thresher: “Take Rochelle King, the vice president of design at Spotify, an art history major who earned graduate degrees in engineering, worked in semiconductors and structural engineering and later on become a head designer.”

Additionally, the article “Code of Conduct outlines new rustication policies” incorrectly states, “Rather than going on a case-by-case basis, SJP and University Court jointly determined a standard set of sanctions to be imposed on students who received different levels of rustication.” Sanctions are still considered on a case-by-case basis, and while University Court officers were consulted on the revised Code, SJP ultimately had authority over the revisions.

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ENTERTAINMENT INFINITY

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English professor Tim Morton talks to Bjork Kaylen Strench

SPACE

A&E Editor

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City (known to most as MoMA) is showcasing a retrospective of Bjork, a world-renowned Icelandic composer and musician, March 8-June 7. The three-story exhibit celebrates various elements of Bjork’s work over the past 20 years, using various auditory and visual mediums. Though perhaps not a complete critical success (The Atlantic’s Kriston Capps recently referred to as “slight on substance and nuance”), the exhibit is nonetheless impressive. In one section, visitors watch a strange, powerful music video in a dark room features the singer running around a volcanic cave, crying out in heartbreak. In another, attendees walk through a winding hall lined with artifacts from the artist’s career, accompanied by music and narration.

Dr. Timothy Morton is an English professor and Rita Shea Guffey Chair at Rice University.

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Student artists June Deng, He Yutian and Sara Rodriguez put the finishing touches on their project “Bitter Salt.” The installation, which is crafted entirely from aluminum and emergency blankets, will be on display in the Matchbox Gallery until April 11.

‘Bitter Salt’ exhibit debuts at Matchbox Gallery Sophie Newman A&E Editor

Bring your sunglasses: The Matchbox Gallery has been temporarily transformed into a very shiny cave thanks to the work of artist trio June Deng, He Yutian and Sara Rodriguez. Their new project, dubbed “Bitter Salt” (after the etymology of the word “aluminium”), attempts to distort time and space through the use of reflective materials.

Sheets of emergency blankets and aluminum foil cover the gallery walls, and silvery sculptures protrude into the space itself, making the dimensions of the room nearly imperceptible.

The artist trio, also known as “HDR,” has been together since 2011. According to He, a Martel College senior, “Bitter Salt” represents a collaborative effort rather than a sum of individual pursuits.

“Even the process of putting things up was very symbiotic,” He said. “Everyone brought their own innovations to the table.”

Before starting their project, the artists worked with a shoebox model to see how they could best utilize the small gallery space. Deng, a Duncan College senior, said the gallery’s intimacy inspired them.

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“Something we were interested in was distorting the perception of space on the interior, as well as blurring the boundaries between the interior space and the exterior space,” Deng said.

According to Deng, the idea of “infinity space,” or a distorted sense of depth, also helped shape the creative process.

“We wanted to experiment a little bit with the idea of creating infinity space, so we started off with covering the walls with emergency blankets and then adding these different pieces on top of it as accents and moments,” Deng said. “Decisions on where [the protrusions] were came as we were building the space.”

Lighting projections also add to the distortive effects of the reflective materials, Deng said.

“The projections that we have are actually images of salt dissolving,” Deng said. “But because the space is very fragmented and the way the fragments are composed, you can’t really tell what’s actually being projected, so it just becomes this strange array of colors that’s constantly moving and changing.”

He said the protrusions and reflective materials have the combined effect of creating an unusual cave-like space.

“We wanted to create a kind of cavern,” He said.

“When you think of a cave, you think of something very natural, but we’re working with this space-age material that is totally man-made. We thought that contrast would be very interesting.”

According to He, part of the purpose of “Bitter Salt” is to provide visitors with a very handson experience, inviting them to step into, on and around the art.

“When we were making this, we were already anticipating ... how people were going to walk in this space, hear the crinkles and experience the materiality,” He said. “A lot of times when [people] make artwork, it seems to be very sacred, but by allowing [audiences] to step in, I think we are extending the realm of the artist. We hope [the exhibition] feels accessible and friendly.”

For those planning to take selfies at the exhibit, there’s no need to be secret about it. According to Deng, watching visitors take selfies helps fulfill the artists’ vision.

“Another exciting part is seeing people photograph themselves in the space, especially with the projections on their faces,” Deng said. “It makes it seem very seamless — like the person is a part of the piece as well.”

Perhaps most notable to Rice University students and faculty, however, is the university’s own mark on the exhibit. Rice’s Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English, Dr. Timothy Morton, collaborated with Bjork on a visual book created to accompany the MoMA exhibition. The five-part work, Bjork: Archives, is an amalgam of art forms, including photographs of the artist’s fashion over the years, album artwork, illustrated text and poetry.

Morton’s connection to the project can be traced back to July 2014, when he received an email from the singer praising his 2013 book, Realist Magic: Objects, Ontology and Causality.

Morton responded by initiating a philosophical dialogue, and the two carried on a sprawling intellectual conversation for three months, despite never having met in person. During their correspondence, they decided to collaborate on a project and soon realized that their 150-page email chain was a piece of collaborative art in itself. The text was bound into one of the volumes of Archives and sold alongside four other booklets, which each strives to interpret and reflect upon Bjork’s career in distinct ways. Other contributors include MoMA curator Klaus Biesenbach, critic Alex Ross, musicology professor Nicole Dibben and poet Sjon.

Morton said in an interview with Houstonia magazine that he has been a fan of Bjork’s music for decades, even before she had started her solo career and was moving between various bands. He described her as “futuristic” and “a leader in how to inhabit the new era.” Fittingly, Bjork also said she’s long been a fan of Morton’s work, which focuses on object-oriented ontology, a branch of metaphysics that considers objects outside of their relation to human beings.

Rice reported that the two met late last year when Morton flew to Iceland to wrap up Archives, and Morton has said that during his visit he met Bjork’s friends, watched her record music and ate the artist’s own home-cooked meals.

MoMA’s Bjork exhibition will be on display until June 7. Bjork: Archives can be purchased for £40.00 at thamesandhudson.com.

WIPEOUT RUN

KITE FESTIVAL

ART FEST

UH DANCE

Getting bored of the outer loop?

Then you may want to think about signing up for the Wipeout Run, happening this Saturday, March 28. Inspired by the hit TV show Wipeout, the 5K course will include obstacles like jumping across inflatable balls, balancing on a log across a body of water and much more.

Now that the weather’s finally nice, there’s nothing better to do than to spend an afternoon flying kites. Sunday, March 29, Hermann Park will host its annual Kite Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free and will also feature other entertainment and food trucks.

With 450 artists, 19 disciplines, 16 nonprofits, music and food, the Bayou City Art Festival promises an overwhelming fine art experience.

This year’s festival is Friday-Sunday, March 27-29 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tickets are $10 advance purchase and $15 on the day of.

If you’re still feeling some post-Rice Dance Theatre show dance cravings, come out to the University of Houston this Thursday-Sunday, March 26-29, for Ensemble Dance Works, presented by the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance.

Tickets are $10.

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Hermann Park Miller Hill hermannpark.org

Memorial Park 6501 Memorial Dr. artcolonyassociation.org

University of Houston 133 Wortham St. uh.edu/class/theatre-and-dance

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Khun Kay offers affordable vegetarian-friendly fare Walden Pemantle Thresher Staff

Supartra Yooto and Kay Soodjai have experience when it comes to serving Asian food in the Houston area. The Thai sisters-in-law opened their first restaurant, a popular Chinese spot called the Golden Room, on Montrose in 1982. When it came time to renovate in 2008, they simply tore it down and returned to their roots with the “fast casual” Thai restaurant Khun Kay. The website claims the restaurant offers “most of the Golden Room’s menu with the same superb quality, but with reduced prices.” With pad thai as cheap as $7 a plate and a plate of excellent curry for only $8, reduced prices are certainly a plus. But beyond the low prices, Khun Kay’s extensive vegetarian menu and rotating list of specialties set it far above other counter-service Asian eateries.

Khun Kay Thai Cafe Address: 1209 Montrose Blvd, 77019 Price range: $ Website: khunkaythaicafe.com

Recommended Dishes Tom yum soup, $3.95 Soup with kaffir lime leaves and shrimp Massaman curry, $9.95 Potatoes, carrots and pineapple with a choice of chicken, pork or tofu

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From top to bottom, Khun Kay Thai Cafe’s pan-fried pork dumplings and chicken spring rolls.

Most of Khun Kay’s strength lies in its sauces. Appetizers like the chicken spring rolls and pan-fried pork dumplings are fairly standard, but are pushed to the next level by the pungent peanut sauce and chili oil accompanying them. Nearly all the sauces and soups can be ordered with adjusted spice levels ranging from mild, to hot, to “Thai hot,” which showcases the authentic, though sometimes over-

whelming, heat of Thai cooking. The tom yum soup, which comes seasoned with kaffir lime leaves and shrimp for only $4, does an especially good job taking advantage of the adjustable heat, providing less-adventurous diners with a mild but genuine take on the soup.

A number of traditional noodle, curry and stir-fry preparations are available with tofu, beef, pork, shrimp or chicken as entrees. The noodles and stir-fries will please those looking for the usual Thai specialties like pad thai or drunken noodles for a good price. The best selections, however, come from the specials and curry sections, which offer a range of traditional dishes with occasional left-field twists, like spicy mint chicken or crackling fried cod. The red curry complements its rich coconut flavors with aromatic traces of Thai chilies and lemongrass. The green curry also features a decadently rich and creamy sauce cut with a restrained spice that gives the dish a superb balance. For a more unusual curry, the massaman curry, a particular specialty of Khun Kay’s, trades the coconut-milk-and-chili formula for a sweet nutty flavor, and includes chunks of potatoes, carrots and pineapple. The heaviness of the sauces is excellent for vegetable and vegetarian protein pairings. While the menu does include a handful of vegetarian specialties like cashew vegetables, basil eggplant and larb (imitation duck), a plate of any curry with Khun Kay’s delicate fried tofu certainly makes for a satisfying vegetarian meal.

Compared to the rest of the menu, the desserts are a bit simple and limited, but all are at least consistent and characteristically cheap.

The coconut ice cream is a definite standout.

With a light, icy texture and a taste that centers more on the flavor of coconut milk than the more commonly used coconut meat, it makes a pleasantly light ending to a meal likely filled with heavier curries and noodle dishes.

In aiming for a casual and inexpensive yet authentic Thai experience, Yooto and Soodjai have certainly hit their mark. At worst, Khun Kay’s food is no less tasty than any average Asian restaurant, and at best, it delivers delicious vegetarian-friendly cooking for extremely reasonable prices.

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Lance Berkman slides into home during his freshman year in the 1995 season. Berkman, who recorded a .385 batting average, 67 home runs and 272 runs during his Rice career, was named to the College Baseball Hall of Fame on March 4. Berkman, widely considered to be one of Rice’s most-succesful athletes, will be inducted into the Hall along with seven other former players. The induction ceremony will take place June 28-29 in Lubbock, Texas.

Former Owl named to College Hall of Fame Aniket Tolpadi Thresher Staff

18 years after his final season as an Owl, Lance Berkman has been elected for induction into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. One of eight players inducted this year, Berkman was recognized for his outstanding contributions to Rice baseball and college baseball as a whole.

Though he played for only three seasons at Rice, Berkman has made a significant impact on Rice baseball. In Berkman’s freshman year, he recorded a .322 batting average en route to leading the Owls to their first-ever appearance in the NCAA baseball tournament. In the two years that followed, Berkman developed his power, culminating in a junior season where he recorded a .431 batting average with 41 home runs in 255 at bats and was named the National College Baseball Writers Association’s Player of the Year. In Berkman’s junior and final season, Rice qualified for the College World Series for the first time. Throughout his Rice career, Berkman hit 67 home runs, drove in 272 runs and recorded a .385 batting aver-

age. Berkman also returned to Rice this year to work toward finishing his degree.

A legitimate argument can be made that Berkman, along with Coach Wayne Graham, are the primary reasons Rice baseball has emerged as a perennial national powerhouse.

The success seen by the program during Berkman’s time and immediately afterwards helped convince the Rice administration to build a new ballpark; just three years after Berkman’s departure from Rice in 1997, Rice opened the Owls’ new stadium, Reckling Park. Prior to Berkman’s arrival, Rice had never been to an NCAA tournament. After his arrival, they have never missed one.

After leaving Rice following his junior season, Berkman was selected by the Houston Astros with the 16th overall pick in the 1997 MLB draft. After spending parts of the next three seasons in the minor leagues, Berkman emerged as a star outfielder for the Astros.

After a strong rookie season in which he finished sixth in National League Rookie of the Year voting, Berkman became one of the most feared switch hitters in the game. From 2001 to 2008, Berkman averaged 33 home runs and 110

runs batted in per season.

During his time with the Houston Astros, Berkman played a large role in the team’s success. The franchise, which hadn’t qualified for the postseason since the 1986 season, became a perennial contender in the National League during Berkman’s tenure. In 2005, Berkman, along with Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell as well as star pitchers Roy Oswalt, Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite, would win the franchise’s only pennant in 2005, though that team lost to the Chicago White Sox in the World Series. Though Berkman was unable to capture a World Series title in Houston, he was able to in 2011 during a resurgent year with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Berkman’s accomplishments have made him one of the most-decorated athletes from Rice: He was named the 1997 College Player of the Year, is a six-time All-Star and is universally recognized as one of the game’s great hitters from the 2000s.

Berkman and the rest of this year’s Hall of Fame class will be inducted June 28-29 at the College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas.

Williams steps down from basketball program Evan Neustater Sports Editor

Greg Williams

Rice University women’s basketball Head Coach Greg Williams announced his retirement on March 17 after 10 seasons of coaching at Rice.

Williams’ resignation comes after a season in which he guided his alma mater to a 9-21 overall record, including a 4-14 record in Conference USA play. The women’s basketball team ended their season with a 62-57 loss to Old Dominion University in the opening round of the C-USA tournament.

In his press release, Williams said he was thankful to all involved with the program and said he will remain loyal to the Rice athletics program.

“I want to sincerely thank all the past and current players for their hard work and the dedication they displayed both on the court and in the classroom representing Rice women’s basketball,” Williams said. “I have often said I was both honored and blessed to be the women’s basketball coach at Rice and

will always be indebted to this fantastic institution.”

The 68-year-old Williams posted a 141170 record in 10 seasons at Rice while leading four teams to postseason action in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament.

Williams also guided two teams to a pair of appearances in the Conference USA Championship game in 2006 and 2007.

Williams compiled an overall record of 342-309 during his collegiate coaching career, including tenures at the University of Houston, Colorado State University and Rice.

Williams played basketball at Rice for three years from 1967 to 1969 where he earned All-Southwest Conference Honors and shared the league’s MVP award in 1969.

After graduating in 1970, he immediately joined the men’s coaching staff, helping the Owls to the 1970 SWC championship as a student coach. He was inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.

Director of Athletics Joe Karlgaard could not be reached for comment. The timetable for selecting a new head coach remains unclear.

No Rice swimmers placed at the NCAA Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina this past weekend.

The meet featured the top women’s swimmers in the country. Senior Casey Clark, the lone individual swimmer for the Owls, competed in three individual events — the 100 butterfly, the 100 freestyle and the 50 freestyle.

Clark, along with freshman Alicia Caldwell and seniors Marissa Konicke and Rachel Moody also competed in the 200 medley relay.

In preparation for the meet, Clark said their training was slightly adjusted to maximize their potential at the meet. Because Caldwell, Konicke and Moody were swimming only a short sprint in the meet, they could focus on their specific event.

“We dropped the yardage that we were swimming every day,” Clark said. “Because we were swimming shorter races, we didn’t need as much aerobic training and just needed more speed and power work. My teammates were only racing a 50[-yard] so they did more sprint work whereas I did longer sets and had to try to maintain my fitness a little bit more so.”

The Rice relay marked the first time in 14 years that Rice managed to qualify a relay to the meet. The relay qualified for the NCAAs with a record-setting performance at the Conference USA Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee last month. The group won the relay with a time of 1:38.11 but participated in a time-trial the next day to break their own record at 1:37.04 and enter the NCAA Championships as the 11th national seed.

Clark said Coach Seth Huston tried different combinations of the relay throughout the relay until settling on this foursome.

“Throughout the season we tried out several different combinations of four swimmers for the relay,” Clark said. “Because Alicia [Caldwell] came in at semester we had never actually swam this combination before Conference when we qualified.”

The 200 medley relay consists of a 50-yard leg of each individual stroke. Caldwell swam the backstroke, Moody the breaststroke, Clark the butterfly and Konicke the freestyle. The relay finally got their chance to compete at the national stage on Friday night. They clocked in at 1:40.32, which placed them at the bottom of the standings. The relay swam 3.28 seconds slower than their previous time at the conference championship, with each leg being slightly slower than their seed time.

In addition to the relay, Clark competed in three individual events. She began with the 50-yard freestyle on Thursday morning, where she finished 52nd in the nation with a time of 22.95, just shy of her personal best of 22.73. On Friday morning, almost immediately after the relay swim, she competed in her strongest and preferred event — the 100-yard butterfly. Seeded 15th, she finished 25th with a time of 52.17.

Clark concluded her record-setting career as a Rice swimmer with a swim in the 100 freestyle, where she managed to finish under 50 seconds by placing 54th with a time of 49.61.

Clark, who has qualified for the Olympic Trials in 2016, finished her time at Rice with five individual records in addition to being part of all four Rice relay records. Despite qualifying for the Olympic Trials, Clark will not continue swimming competitively.

According to Clark, competing in her final events was a bittersweet moment.

“Swimming my final race was an extremely emotional experience for me,” Clark said.

“I have been swimming competitively for 15 years. I feel sad that it’s all over but proud in all that my team and I have accomplished.”

The Owls did not achieve their goal of placing in the top 16 teams in the meet. The University of California, Berkeley dominated the meet and won with 513 points — 51 more than the runner-up University of Georgia. Missy Franklin, a four-time Olympic gold medalist who swam the final meet of her college career before deciding to turn pro on Monday, helped lead the Bears to the victory.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

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Women’s tennis continues five-match winning streak Romil Patel

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Rice vs. William and Mary

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Senior Liat Zimmerman prepares for a slice backhand in a 5-2 win against William and Mary.

Despite winning only four of their first 11 matches, the Rice women’s tennis team has been on a winning streak recently, having won their fifth straight match. The Owls knocked off the No. 34 College of William and Mary 5-2 on Sunday.

The action started with Rice’s doubles pair, freshman Lindsey Hodge and sophomore Alison Ho, winning their set by taking the last two games for a 7-5 finish. The win gave the Owls the doubles point.

When action moved to singles, sophomore Katherine Ip and junior Solomiya Zinko took their matches in straight sets. However, William and Mary charged back to take a 3-2 lead with wins on courts three and four.

The team continued to thrive on the momentum of senior Natalie Beazant, who won her ninth-consecutive match of the season.

Beazant beat junior Leeza Nemchinov, coming back from losing the first set 6-7 (5-7) to take the last two sets 6-3, 6-4.

Head Coach Elizabeth Schmidt said the team competed in all situations and was able to emerge from close games and sets.

“We competed hard on every court, and when you do that, you put yourself in a really good position,” Schmidt said. “We did a really good job keeping our composure when things got a little bit tight. That happens in sports, but we did a really good job rebounding.”

The Owls will head to Waco, Texas on Wednesday for their second regular-season matchup with Baylor University, who will enter

the weekend action ranked No. 6 in the country. The two met earlier in Houston when Baylor shut out the Owls 4-0.

Schmidt said their earlier loss to Baylor may have been the pivotal moment in the season for the Owls.

“I thought the last match we played against Baylor was a bit of a turning point in our season,” Schmidt said. “Even though we didn’t win the match, we seemed to find our footing that day, and we built on some of the things we learned that day.”

We did a really good job keeping our composure when things got a little bit tight.

Elizabeth Schmidt Head Coach

According to Schmidt, Baylor presents a difficult home-court advantage but said the team is ready to compete with their in-state rival. ”[Baylor] is always a tough place to play,” Schmidt said. “We’ve lost a few matches to them over the past several years, but I know we’re excited about the opportunity to get out on the court with them again.”

The Owls hope to ride the momentum of the past few weeks and look to even the season series with Baylor this weekend. The match will begin Wednesday, March 25 at 5 p.m. in Waco, Texas.

Baseball suffers first conference series loss of season Michael Kidd Thresher Staff

The Rice baseball team experienced their first losing week on the season, going 1-3 in four road games.

Beginning on Tuesday night, the Owls lost to longtime rival the University of Houston by a final score of 8-3. In an attempt to bounce back during the weekend series against Old Dominion University, the Owls dropped their first two games on the weekend but managed to respond and win Sunday’s matchup by a score of 6-5. Rice is now 16-9 overall through 25 games this season and 7-2 in Conference USA play.

On Friday night, the Owls could not gain momentum on a night with temperatures in the low 40s and heavy wind. Rice starter Kevin McCanna struggled early on, allowing eight hits and four runs in just over two innings. Through the first five innings, ODU opened up a 6-0 advantage, but the Owls responded shortly after. Senior outfielder John Williamson hit a line drive down the right field side for two RBIs but was thrown out at third base on the play, stopping any further momentum.

Rice tacked on two more runs late in the game, but by the then the game was out of reach. The Owls

used seven pitchers and, despite recording 13 hits, the offense left 15 runners on base. The final score for the opener was 12-4 in favor of ODU. In Saturday’s game, Rice got off to a fast start, scoring three runs in the top of the first before the first out of the game was recorded. A two-run double by junior shortstop Leon Byrd then brought in both outfielder Ryan Chandler and infielder Ford Stainback. With a 5-1 lead through four innings, Rice committed three errors in the fourth and a bases-clearing RBI-double off of junior pitcher Blake Fox saw the game dramatically turn as ODU put up six runs in the frame to take a 7-5 advantage. Headed into the ninth inning down 9-7, the Owls came up short after a bases-loaded flyout by junior first baseman Connor Teykl ended the game at 9-8.

Looking to avoid the series sweep, Rice jumped out to an early lead on Sunday after Byrd hit a tworun single down the third base line to put Rice ahead 2-0 in the third inning. Shortly after, Chandler hit a triple to the right field wall for two RBIs to put Rice up 4-0. ODU then battled back in the bottom of the fourth. Rice redshirt junior reliever Jordan Stephens came in with the bases loaded to control the threat and secured a strikeout with the bases loaded to limit the damage to two runs. In a

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4-4 ballgame, the Owls regained the lead in the top of the eighth inning after doubles by sophomore Charlie Warren and freshman Tristan Grey. Matt Ditman, on the mound for his second consecutive day, pitched out of trouble in the ninth to secure the save.

Chandler recorded an on-base percentage of .533 this past weekend. Chandler said his .349 batting average is a result of his plate discipline and approach. “[My strategy] is really trusting my approach and sticking with it all season while listening to our coaches,” Chandler said. “Coach Van Hook taught us the importance of preparing a mentality [to hit the] middle of the field all the time and try to compete and put the ball in play.”

Previously, Chandler and the Owls had not lost a weekend series all year. Chandler said the team has its sights set on winning their next five games.

“We respond by winning all five,” Chandler said. “This past week we didn’t do a very good job of picking each other up when we made mistakes, so as the team moves forward we need to achieve excellence in all we do and have a goal to win all five.”

Jordan Stephens, a former Friday-night starter for the Owls, has made substantial progress from

injury. He said he embraces the opportunity to be called upon now after being sidelined nearly all of last season.

“When I get called into the game, I’m just ready to do my job,” Stephens said. “I knew that we were struggling to make them actually promote their own offense and instead, we handed them runs.

Coach Hallmark made it clear prior to the game that walks and getting behind in the count was our main issue. [I agree because] every pitcher on our staff has the stuff to get out any hitter we will face this season.”

Rice will play seven of their next nine games at home. Stephens said playing at home at Reckling Park will hopefully give the Owls an added burst of energy that translates into wins.

Playing at home is always a good thing when you’re getting into a high volume of games,” Stephens said. “Playing in front of people you know always boosts morale, so I expect to see some fire out of our team this week. … We’re ready to turn the ship back around.”

The Owls return home to Reckling Park for five games on the week. A weekend series against the University of Southern Mississippi will begin on Friday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

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