The Rice Thresher | Wednesday, September 27, 2017

VOLUME 102, ISSUE NO. 5 | STUDENT-RUN SINCE 1916 | RICETHRESHER.ORG | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

MAKING IT RAIN Rice a finalist for $100 million MacArthur grant

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THE DEAN RESPONDS Wildenthal addresses humanities admissions concerns

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SEARCHING FOR

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FIXING FOOTBALL Football culture at Rice needs improvements SEE SPORTS P. 11

Students struggle to find spots amid lot closures, illegal parking

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Many student drivers expressed concerns regarding parking availability this semester following closures of parts of West Lot and complaints of cars parked outside of the lots designated by their purchased permits. Administrators and student leaders said they are collaborating to come up with solutions.

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Student drivers are voicing concerns about parking, saying they have difficulty finding open spots this semster despite paying hundreds of dollars for parking permits.

With the construction of the Rice University Music and Performing Arts Center, a significant portion of West Lot has been closed off this semester, according to Parking Manager Mike Morgan.

Dani Shewmake, a Jones College senior, said she is upset about how parking availability has decreased over the years.

“It’s reached a point where a lot of my friends have decided to not register their cars and would rather pay the fine for tickets than pay for inaccessible parking,” Shewmake said.

According to Morgan, due to the closure of West Lot 1 that had 355 spots, West Lot 2 was converted to

a similar mixed-use lot for visitors and employees, resulting in fewer spots for commuter and resident parkers.

Burke Garza, a Jones College junior, said he is frustrated about the lack of easily obtainable parking in West Lot this year.

“Students pay hundreds of dollars for a spot in arguably one of the worst parking lots on campus and still can’t even get what they paid for,” Garza said. “I’ve pulled into West Lot multiple times and not been able to find a single spot open.”

Student Association president Justin Onwenu said he spoke to Morgan on Tuesday regarding the parking issues and possible solutions. Morgan said Parking will allow students to switch their permit from West Lot to Greenbriar Lot for a refund, according to Onwenu.

In Onwenu’s initial proposal posted on Facebook, he suggested a $100 refund for students who switched their parking permits to Greenbriar

from West Lot. However, the actual refund will be less as students have already spent a portion of the year parking in West Lot, Onwenu said.

Twenty employee spaces were converted into college lot spaces and the price was lowered for South Stadium Lot permits, where Morgan said there is ample space.

“We still have parking for everyone who has registered to park,” Morgan said. “It just may be a little farther out west than before.”

Rohan Palanki, a Jones College junior and Student Association academics committee co-chair, said he met recently with Morgan, as well as Parking Enforcement Director Jessica Solomon to relay student concerns.

Palanki said he proposed a few of his ideas to Morgan and Solomon, including a numbering system for spots in smaller lots and low-income accessibility in the fines and appeal process.

PARKING CONT. ON PAGE 2

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Juiceboxes provide space to merge art and environment CHRISTINA TAN THRESHER STAFF / CT38@RICE.EDU

Three shipping containers sit at the corner of Alumni Drive and Loop Road, often unnoticed by passersby. Brought to prominence by the installation of pop-ups organized by the Moody Center Student Collaborative, these containers, officially known as juiceBOXes, are an ever-changing space for the collaboration of art and science.

Although mostly known on campus for their role in introducing the Moody Center and as sites of acts of vandalism last fall, the original two containers arrived on campus near the Moody Center building site in October 2015. They hosted exhibitions as participating spaces in

FotoFest, a Houston photographic arts festival that boasts around 270,000 attendees from 34 countries, according to FotoFest’s website. The exhibitions were organized by the Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences at Rice and included Judy Natal’s “Another Storm is Coming” and Marina Zurkow’s “Dear Climate.”

Dominic Boyer, professor of anthropology and director of CENHS, said the selfsustaining nature of the boxes makes them a dual-purpose exhibition space.

“These are recycled, repurposed units – low carbon [and] solar powered, and I think they are a good model for the kind of work we would like to do here in the middle of Houston, which is a complicated

place both reflecting on the energy past — what we used to do in the 20th century, and what we hope to do in the 21st century,” Boyer said.

They are a good model for the kind of work we would like to do here in Houston.

Dominic Boyer Director of CENHS The juiceBOXes are prototype products from Metalab, a Houston-based design firm. According to their website, Metalab

designed the juiceBOXes with the intent of creating a mobile alternative office working space that could “accommodate job site activities, special events and emergency response operations.” Alumnus Joe Meppelink (Architecture ’00) of Metalab donated the juiceBOXes, which host solar panels and a renewable power management system, to bring FotoFest to Rice campus.

“The cool thing about the juiceBOXes is that they are mobile units, self-sufficient, [and] do not require being tied into the electric grid, so they can be moved around the city and even the country,” Boyer said.

“They are a really unique type of exhibition space [that] could also be used for research projects and a variety of purposes.”

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NEWS

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Event registration process overhauled AMY QIN & BRYAN NAJERA DEMORAES FOR THE THRESHER AQ5@RICE.EDU & BAN5@RICE.EDU

Student Activities implemented a new event registration process this semester after receiving jurisdiction over public events from Student Judicial Programs.

“We were charged with creating a risk management-related process through more of a student affairs lens,” Kate Abad, Director of Student Activities, said. “We have more faceto-face meetings and obviously the forms and things look a little bit different.”

The change is a result of recommendations made by the Alcohol Policy Advisory Committee last spring, according to Abad.

College magisters must now approve the final plan for college events, and Environmental Health and Safety, Rice University Police Department and Rice Emergency Medical Services are involved in the planning as needed, according to Student Activities.

Abad said she is serving as the interim lead on party registration, as the search for a new associate director of campus events, a position that Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchinson created, has taken longer than anticipated. Abad said she believes the Student Activities office’s ability to coordinate with many people is the reason the office was chosen to assume the new responsibility.

Emma Reford, co-head of the Baker socials committee, said the process’ thoroughness is both a weakness and a strength. “[The process] takes up a lot of time,” Redford, a sophomore, said. “There are a lot of meetings and a lot of emails and a lot of

PARKING FROM PAGE 1 “As of now, they said they are working on things, so let’s be patient and see if things improve in the next month or so,” Palanki said.

About 500 employees will be able to start parking in the new Entrance 3 Garage and Cambridge Office Building once it is completed and open at a date still unknown. Students with permits will also be able to park in the garage from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 a.m. on weekdays and anytime on the weekends, according to Morgan.

Onwenu said he originally thought the problem would be resolved once the new parking garage opened, but realized it would only open up 60 additional spots.

“So even after the parking garage opens, the problem’s still going to be there,” Onwenu, Sid Richardson senior, said. “We just figured that we can’t create parking spots out of thin air, but we can at least refund people who are having them park in Greenbriar every single day because there’s like no parking spots.”

Morgan said that a major problem, especially in college lots, is caused by students illegally parking without a permit or outside of their designated lots.

“The resident lots by our numbers are very tight to capacity, so we need every space we have for those permits only,” Morgan said. “[Rice University Police Department] Parking Enforcement is

documents and plans, but in the end, it really does make it a less stressful night.”

Youssef Machkas, co-head of the Sid Richardson socials committee, said the Student Activities office is more responsive than SJP. “I felt like [Student Activities] is better at getting back on time because last year SJP would wait until the very last day to say, ‘Okay, your event is approved,’” Machkas, a senior, said. “And that could cause a lot of stress.”

Martel College Chief Justice Gabby Falcon said the increased amount of meetings under the new system can be time consuming.

“Having constant meetings is not ideal, especially as a Rice student who already does a bunch of things,” Falcon, a sophomore, said. “But there is no way to put on a party that

makes sure everyone is safe without putting that kind of time into it, I think, which is what the administration has obviously realized. So far I think [the system] has helped more than it has hurt.”

Baker Chief Justice Jeremy Palmer said he remembers when the system was first piloted last spring with Baker ’90s. During the planning process some students wanted a keg at a nearby private, raising concerns about crowding and fire safety. A compromise to have a pony keg instead was eventually made through the new system which allowed for more negotiation, unlike the old process, according to Palmer.

“We were able to have a face-to-face discussion and come to that middle ground

very quickly,” Palmer, a junior, said. “They were able to meet us halfway on that, which was really nice.”

As colleges implement the new process for the first time, Abad said she hopes students see it as a change for the better.

“I’m hoping that people feel like, while it’s a little bit more intense at the beginning, it’s a positive process and they’re feeling supported,” Abad said.

Falcon said the more involved party registration process eventually pays off.

“The initial [introduction] into the event planning process is annoying as hell,” she said. “But it will help you in the long run, because you put on a safe event that is fun.

I’m very interested to see what happens.”

NEW EVENT REGISTRATION PROCESS ‘INTENT TO PLAN’

PLANNING

PLANNING

EVENT

POST-EVENT RECAP

Submit form with basic information and propose dates to initiate planning and approval process.

Discuss goals, planning and risk management.

Receive feedback from EHS, RUPD and REMS.

Submit draft plan and receive feedback. Send plan to magisters, club sponsors and Student Activities.

If approved, hold approved event in accordance with plan, policy, law and culture of care.

Review event with Student Activities regarding successes and improvements for the future. infographic by sydney garrett

addressing the vehicles parking without the proper permit (or no permit at all) and taking the spaces for those that are trying to park correctly with their permit.”

McMurtry College junior Eunice Chen said she only purchased more expensive parking near the North Colleges assuming there would always be parking for her.

“Sometimes it’s sad to think that after investing so much money for North College Lot parking in order to be as close as I can to my classes and McMurtry College, there’s just not enough parking spots for that to happen,” Chen said.

The appeal process is a hassle.

You have to submit a $10 check or money order. I don’t even have checks.

Andrew Ligeralde Jones College Senior Brown College Associate Justice Andrew Porisch, a junior, sent an email to all Brown students on Sept. 17 after hearing about repeated parking violations in the North Colleges Residents Lot from Brown senior and Chief Justice Elizabeth Goodnight.

“If your responsibility to others isn’t enough to deter you from taking the parking spaces that others have paid for, hopefully the threat of a hefty fine is,” Porisch wrote in his email.

Bailey Tulloch, a Jones College senior, said she has frequently been unable to park in the North Colleges Residents Lot, which forced her to try to find parking in West lot.

“I don’t think this is as much an administrative issue as it is a problem with Rice students disregarding the fact that by parking in [North Colleges Residents Lot] without having paid for it,” Tulloch said. “They are essentially stealing from their peers who have.”

Andrew Ligeralde, a Jones senior, said he was fined for parking outside of his designated parking area in the North Colleges Residents Lot, which was full.

“I also paid a lot of money for the [North Colleges Residents Lot], so it’s frustrating that there are times I can’t park there to begin with,” Ligeralde said.

“The appeal process is a hassle. You have to submit a $10 check or money order. I don’t even have checks.”

Morgan said that Rice’s shuttle system makes all parking areas easily accessible.

“We are fortunate to have an outstanding shuttle system with stops surrounding the parking areas to ease the difference in distance,” Morgan said.

However, Will Rice College junior

Charley Fu, who has had to park his car in South Stadium Lot and Greenbriar Lot due to lack of parking in West Lot, said the shuttle system does not offer a viable solution.

“As an architecture student who lives off campus, I have to work in studio until really late at night and none of the shuttles would be running by then,” Fu said. “That means I have to move my car while the shuttles are still running.

I really hope the school could come up with a better solution to help us make our life outside academics at ease.”

Emma Every, a Wiess College sophomore, said she often returned back to campus late in the night and felt unsafe walking from the Greenbriar Lot back to her residential college.

“I called the night escort a few times and was told to wait in my car for 30 minutes because there was only one shuttle and it was picking up people on the inner loop,” Every said. “If parking lots are going to be far away, we need adequate resources to make sure that the parking is safe and accessible.”

Morgan said that the parking department is available to answer questions and do whatever it can to help.

“This does not mean we can get you a parking space by the front door, but we listen to the concern and provide the best advice to address the issue,” Morgan said.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

THE RICE THRESHER

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Design competition winners build sukkah VI BURGESS FOR THE THRESHER / AB94@RICE.EDU

The winning design for this year’s mini-charette competition, “Pause Box,” will be erected at Congregation Emanu El in time for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which begins Oct. 4.

The prompt for the competition, held annually by the Rice Architecture Society, was to design a sukkah, or a small, temporary devotional shelter where people eat, drink and sleep during Sukkot, over the course of the weekend of Sept. 8 to 11, according to architecture student Belle Carroll, who was on the winning team.

Carroll, a Lovett College junior, said team member Maddie Bowen spearheaded the research for the design.

Bowen said what set her team apart from the other three teams is the traditional branches on their sukkah’s roof, which is a crucial part of the structure.

“The prompt wasn’t super specific about accounting for traditional features of a sukkah; however, it seemed inappropriate to design something that completely disregards a structure that’s actually pretty traditional and has some conventions that need to be paid attention to,” Bowen, a Baker College sophomore, said.

Team member Ilya Rakhlin said their sukkah will be composed of an inner chamber made of two-by-four planks of wood. This core will be surrounded by an almost-invisible outer curtain in a diamond shape made of white fabric that will not block sight or sound; the curtain is intended to make a “third space” between the outside and the inner chamber.

“We didn’t want to produce the traditional box with the natural roof material,” Rakhlin, a McMurtry College senior, said. “We wanted to produce something that involved the social aspect more, that provided spaces that weren’t necessarily relegated to the very sacred space of the interior of a sukkah.”

The “Pause Box” will stay up for a week, the length of Sukkot, and then will be disassembled, according to Carroll. After they visited the site, the team made a few design tweaks and began working on construction of the two-ton structure, Bowen said.

“As of right now, we are building it ourselves with the help of a construction manager who would oversee us assembling the pieces,” Carroll said. “The structure isn’t difficult — it’s quite simple.

Of course, skilled labor would be able to make everything perfect compared to us, but we have the resources at Rice, so if that comes to that, we will build this thing.”

According to mini-charette coordinator Jennifer Heon, the team has met their fundraising goal of $5,500 through donations from Hillel, members of Congregation Emanu El, Vice President of Administration Kevin Kirby and the art department.

“If we are lucky and there’s surplus donations towards our project, the money would stay at Temple Emanu El for them to be able to take care of any disassembling costs or if they want to put it back up,” Carroll said.

According to Rabbi Oren Hayon (Brown ’94), the idea to have teams design a sukkah for the mini-charette competition came from a conversation between Hayon and Architecture Dean Sarah Whiting. “Pause Box”’s location off campus at Congregation

The winning mini-charette team designed this rendering of a sukkah. A sukkah is a temporary devotional shelter for people to eat, drink and sleep in during the week-long festival of Sukkot.

courtesy ethan chan

Emanu El differs from past winning designs such as the Soundworm, which have been located on campus, Rakhlin said.

“We have always prioritized arts and culture as a way of demonstrating our values, and the ‘Pause Box’ is a logical next step in this proud tradition of ours,” Hayon said. “I’m especially proud of this part of our identity – it’s how we reaffirm our openness to the wider community, and how we celebrate the richness of cultural life in Houston.”

The team, composed of architecture students Carroll, Rakhlin and Ethan Chan as well as non-architecture students Bowen, Jake Peacock and Mike Hua, hopes that

“Pause Box” will also serve as a pathway to healing for Meyerland, which houses a large Jewish community and was severely hit by Hurricane Harvey, according to Carroll.

“Sukkot is coming around and the High Holy Days are here now, and that community has been through so much recently, like all of Houston,” Carroll said. “We see that the sukkah can be maybe some sort of comfort or at least a safe place where people can recognize their religion, connect with their community and do what they need to do: pray to God or however they want to do that in that space.”

Coffee and code: Students compete in HackRice EMILY ABDOW NEWS EDITOR / ESA2@RICE.EDU

Powered by Red Bull, caffeine-infused chocolate and coffee cereal, more than 400 participants packed into the Rice Memorial Center Grand Hall to compete in the 36-hourlong HackRice competition this weekend.

“We were completely unrestricted, allowing all of us to come up with something that satisfies our desires to learn and to create, something that can be lost when all of our programming is restricted to classes and research,” participant Ariel Feldman, a Lovett College sophomore, said.

Student creations ranged from a web application that visualizes music tastes to a voice activated system, called Alexa, that

generates political speeches based off a repository of previous presidential speeches.

“When you asked Alexa for a speech by Bernie Sanders it would talk about affordable healthcare and the minimum wage and when you asked for Trump it would ramble about building walls and locking her up,” Aidan Curtis, a HackRice team member and Brown College sophomore, said.

Curtis said the system was not perfect — some speeches abruptly switched topics from climate change to abortion.

“We created this because most of us had experience in machine learning and wanted to build something that everyone could relate to and find humor in,” Curtis said.

Teams were judged on four categories: technical difficulty, impact, innovation and

polish, according to HackRice co-organizer Abhijeet Mulgund. The 18 sponsor companies of HackRice, including Two Sigma and Facebook, donated a total of $49,000 to the event, Mulgund, a Wiess College sophomore, said.

The winning team, which did not include Rice students, modified a selfie stick to aid the visually impaired. The selfie stick vibrates to warn the user when an obstacle is near and also uses visual recognition software to communicate out loud pictures taken using the selfie stick, according to team member Holly Buteau, a graduate of Oregon State University.

Alexander Lu, a Jones College senior, and his teammate from Texas A&M University won second place for their idea to improve safety for longboarders. A display tells riders their speed and revolutions per minute and a rear lighting

Students created projects for HackRice, a 36-hour-long competition that took place in the Rice Memorial Center this past weekend. Projects ranged from tools for the visually impaired to more humorous applications such as a political speech generator.

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system indicates to others whether the rider is speeding up or slowing down, Lu said.

“Obviously, we wanted to win first place, but I think the team that won deserved it for their hack,” Lu said. “Placing at all is a great validation of the work Jeff and I put in, and we look forward to participating in more hackathons to test our skills.”

Will Levine, a Wiess senior, competed alone and won third place for his product, PySight. Levine said he modified Microsoft’s computer vision software to interpret pictures, read text and alert visually-impaired users if a car is approaching.

Tori Joshi, a Martel College sophomore, and her teammates from other universities developed a web application called Shelper, inspired by Hurricane Harvey. Shelper connects people in natural disaster shelters with donors around the country who can send in items through Amazon.com, according to Joshi.

“Right after Harvey, I worked with the Secret Group to collect and sort donations and then distribute them to shelters around the city,” Joshi said. “People kept donating clothing, but people needed other things, like food and water. So what if there was a way for people in those shelters to ask donors directly for items they specifically needed? And that’s how Shelper was born.”

Feldman and her teammates, Lovett College sophomores Minh Le and Mak Jankovsky, began working on an Android application using Java with a cylindrical chessboard. Feldman said Le came up with the concept while watching Jankovsky try to create a more challenging chess game.

By combining their backgrounds in neuroengineering, mathematics and game design, Feldman said they developed an artificial intelligence opponent that learns the players’ moves and becomes harder to beat with each game.

“I feel so very lucky to have spent 36 hours building this app with two of the smartest, most imaginative people I know, and look forward to continuing to work on it with them in our limited free time in the months to come,” Feldman said.

OPINION

4 STAFF EDITORIAL

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Encouraging humanities requires attention before and after admission

V2C2 ideas must represent all Rice students

President Leebron is working on Rice’s Vision for the Second Century II, which will outline the university’s plan for development for the next 100 years. On Monday, the Student Association approved the creation of a committee of students that will work to gather at least 100 ideas from students to include in the V2C2. SA President Justin Onwenu has taken applications and will choose the 10 committee members.

Gathering ideas for V2C2 may not sound exciting, but it’s important: The plan has the potential to affect much of the Rice experience in coming years. Its predecessor, the first V2C, led to initiatives such as the expansion of the student body and a quadrupling of Rice’s undergraduate international population. Given its significant role, the SA’s new committee must be as inclusive as possible in the brainstorming process and

target a wide range of students. There should be multiple channels of gathering feedback.

The tried-and-true methods of sending surveys by email and hosting ever-effective free food events are a good start, but we hope the committee will go beyond in its effort to engage those who are not usually engaged in student government.

The committee may benefit from reaching out even more specifically to certain populations on campus, such as international students and student-athletes.

If the V2C2 aims to collect as many as 100 ideas, then it is vital that those 100 ideas encapsulate every population.

It’s rare to meet a Rice student who doesn’t have ideas — or complaints — about the Rice experience. This should be a call to action for students: Take advantage of this opportunity to make your own ideas heard.

Lizzie Bjork (“Rice should admit more humanities majors,” Sept. 20 issue) portrays well the serious situation regarding the humanities nationally and at Rice.

What can we do about it?

At the heart of the problem is the shrinkage in the overall number of selfdescribed humanities applicants. Lizzie’s statistics indicate as much. I worry that too many “influencers” of student decision-making take a short-term view of education as vocational training. They fail to appreciate the lifelong value of intercultural knowledge and the ability to analyze ambiguous information and rhetoric. And while all majors offered at Rice should emphasize writing, humanities majors are more likely to pay greater attention to writing because our disciplines take seriously not only what is said but how. The relevance of humanitiesrelated analytical abilities to our country’s current crisis is overwhelming.

Unfortunately, some adults’ fears about our ongoing national and world crises lead them to steer young people toward seemingly more marketable majors.

Students should follow their passions, because that is where they will perform best. The practical skills that can help them adapt to a wider range of workplaces can be acquired along the way.

If Rice were to go deeper into its pool of applicants next year to increase humanities numbers, I see two kinds of difficulties: 1. Going significantly deeper into the current application pool means admitting students who are not in the competitive range in which Rice moves. There is no currently existing pool of well-qualified humanities applicants to Rice that the Office of Admission has been ignoring. The pool, not Admission, has been favoring areas other than the humanities. None of us would welcome the humanities at Rice being associated with significantly reduced admissions requirements. We need to build the application pool itself.

Correction In the Sept. 20 issue, the photographer for the article “Students perceive inequality in career fair” was misidentified as Sirui Zhou. The photograph was taken by Rishu Harpavat.

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2. Regardless of what is stated on an application to Rice, students are free to declare any major they want once they are here (except music or architecture).

There is a lot of movement in and out of Rice’s schools, in all directions, between application and graduation. Therefore, admitting more high schoolers who say they plan to study humanities may not do as much as we would hope. It’s important to admit an entering class with the greatest diversity of interests and accomplishments possible, and then help them find their way — including to the humanities, if that is their passion, without baseless fears of underemployment.

The pool, not Admission, has been favoring areas other than the humanities.

The School of Humanities has ideas on the table for the new Dean of Humanities Kathleen Canning (starting January 2018) and our new Vice President for Enrollment Yvonne Romero da Silva to consider, and they have yet more ideas. We can spur more of the applications we seek.

Once each cohort of first-year students is on our campus, the students with humanities interests need to see more departmental humanities faculty in their first-year writing intensive seminars (which remain predominantly humanitiesfocused, even if they no longer count for distribution), more humanities Peer Academic Advisors in their colleges during Orientation Week, and more opportunities to discuss these problems with humanities majors and alumni.

Lora Wildenthal Interim Dean of Humanities Professor of History

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Students misplace blame on CCD, must take control of their own futures Expecting the Career Expo to be the start and finish of a job/internship search is a major mistake for any student, regardless of major. The Career Expo is just one of many events that the Center for Career Development sponsors and in many ways not one of the most important. Dropping your resume off at a career booth or picking up brochures from an organization is not going to get anyone very far in the job/internship placement process. At the very least, most organizations have a formal online application process and just dropping off a resume won’t cut it. Failure to follow up a conversation at the Expo with an email note or written letter expressing interest

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and restating one’s qualifications is a mistake students often make. Being well-prepared for an interview is critical in getting an offer, and that may take networking with alum or even non-alum.

The CCD is there to help each student understand the job search process and how to take personal control over their search. That means learning about the recruitment process of the sector and organizations a student is interested in. Students can stamp their feet all they want about the Career Expo and that will not change the recruiting practices of organizations that do not make campus recruiting visits. Many organizations recruit only via online job

posts — that is true for most non-profit organizations, government agencies and small companies. Even tech companies hire humanities and social sciences majors for positions that do not require programming, but they recruit online for those jobs rather than at a Career Expo.

The CCD has access to databases with job posts by more organizations than those that show up on campus. And a motivated person can always reach out to an organization that has no job postings expressing their interest in working there. The CCD can teach students to use Sallyportal and LinkedIn to connect with people at an organization or sector in order to learn about those organizations

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and job/internship processes. The CCD helps students with cover letters, resumes and interviewing skills that can increase their chances of a successful job search.

My advice to any student looking for an internship or full-time job is to take advantage of the training, programs, databases and events offered by the CCD, but most importantly, take responsibility for your own job search.

Michael Maher (Sid Richardson ’75, ’80) Senior Program Advisor, Center for Energy Studies at Baker Institute for Public Policy Co-founder of the Alumni Advisory Board of the Center for Career Development

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SPOTLIGHT

5 COLL course class schedule SURVIVOR: SOCIAL STRATEGIES

Candice Liu analyze strategies from ‘Survivor’ and apply them to real life

WIKIPEDIA EMPOWERMENT KNOWLEDGE Katherine Webber study the politics of information and effect of Wikipedia on accessibility

VITICULTURE AND VINICULTURE

Walden Pemantle taste and compare ‘important regionally distinct wines’ and learn wine pairing

STUDENTS TEACHING STUDENTS

SEAFOOD FOR THOUGHT

Elaine Shen examine issues in the seafood industry, relationships between individuals and societies to the ocean ‘through diet’ and ocean conservation

NARRATIVE IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA

TINA LIU / THRESHER

McMurtry senior Elaine Shen talks to her Seafood for Thought students on Monday, Sep. 26. Shen’s course focuses on controversies in the seafood industry and the use of marine resources. It is one of 15 College classes being taught this semester.

MAX LIN FOR THE THRESHER / ML73@RICE.EDU

Every student knows the frustration of underperforming in a class. But most haven’t been voted out by their classmates afterwards.

Survivor: Social Strategies isn’t a traditional class. Like other College courses, it’s completely student-instructed.

Candice Liu, a sophomore at Sid Richardson College, said she was inspired to teach the class by the titular reality TV program, which “shows social behaviors that people can analyze to explain social conflicts and solutions.”

In addition to the familiar lectures and readings that characterize most classes, Survivor: Social Strategies features a semester-long in-class game which borrows its rules from the show. Students compete in physical and mental challenges, hunt for immunity idols hidden around campus, form strategic alliances, and indeed, vote each other off.

“People can get really caught up in the ‘Survivor’ game before they even realize it,” Liu said.

Students enjoy the departure from standard classroom fare.

“It’s different from a normal Rice class because it challenges me in new ways,” Laura Vargas Infante, a sophomore at Sid Richardson College, said. ”In my usual classes I’m challenged by reading dense material or challenging homework problems, but this challenges me in new and exciting tasks like racing to find clues hidden in a building or building puzzles with a team.”

Other COLL classes offer similarly unique learning experiences.

Eric Pan, a senior at McMurtry College, teaches Philosophy of Coffee. The course syllabus covers the history, economics and chemistry of coffee, in addition to brewing methods and tastings.

“As we begin with learning about coffee’s development in history, we actually taste beans that are roasted and prepared in similar manners that they were hundreds of years back,” Pan said.

After learning about different brewing methods, students will be

prepared to identify differences in coffee during tastings.

“The most rewarding part for me is seeing that shift from ‘I just taste coffee in this cup’ to ‘I can actually find walnuts and milk chocolate in this coffee!’” Pan added.

Elaine Shen, a McMurtry senior, teaches Seafood for Thought, which examines seafood and its relationship to personal consumption and ecological conservation efforts. This semester, a former employee of the Downtown Aquarium and the owner of Pokéology will come talk to the class about their experiences with marine resource use. Pokéology is a Rice Village restaurant that specializes in poke bowls — rice bowls with raw fish.

I understand our teachers’ position so much more now.

Lots more empathy, understanding, and respect for their persistance and tolerance.

Nishant Verma Brown College Junior Most days, however, Shen said she enjoys researching marine science and learning alongside her students.

“I don’t try and pretend like I’m an expert on fisheries, and I think that allows for everyone in the room to be more comfortable with sharing their thoughts and opinions, which is what I prefer anyways,” Shen said.

For students taking COLL classes, the one-credit-hour offerings present a break from the routine of traditional classes.

In Knits and Pieces, Jones College junior Gabrielle Lencioni introduces students to knitting through tutorials and weekly practices. The goal is to take

students who’ve potentially never even touched a ball of yarn and give them the skills to complete projects.

Brianna Hernandez, a junior at Baker College taking the class, found it to be more accessible and relaxing than classes she’s taken before.

“Most Rice classes for engineering majors are larger, especially in the beginning, so it’s been nice to finally have a small class size,” she said.

“Because it’s student-taught, it has been a more collaborative and fun environment than that of my other classes, but still highly educational,” added Matthew Anaya, a McMurtry junior also in Knits and Pieces.

After finding herself on the other side of the classroom, Lencioni has a new appreciation for the challenges of building a curriculum. Prospective student professors must first take Pedagogy for Student Instructors before writing a proposal that must be approved by their college magister and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduates.

“I first had to think about the different learning styles each student has and then build Powerpoints that would help these different styles,” Lencioni said.

Nishant Verma, a junior at Brown, teaches a class called Hands-on Electronics. Inspired by the electronics knowledge he’s gained from a lifetime of taking things apart and putting them back together, he designed an electronics class that involves hands-on learning disassembling everything from coffee makers to fax machines.

Like Lencioni, Verma has a better understanding of his teachers’ position now that he’s stood in their shoes. “[Now I have] lots more empathy, understanding and respect for their persistence and tolerance,” Verma said. “I have grown an appreciation for a clean whiteboard at the start of class. At the same time, in my unique student-teacher position, I see many more areas where teachers, including myself, can work towards student learning and inspiration.”

Rae Holcomb analyze video games and how game designers use ‘mechanics, content and the mind of the player to shape a game’s central thesis’

INTRO TO BEATBOX

Nicholas Ge learn beatbox techniques and analyze ‘old school, new school and battle beatbox’

PHILOSOPHY OF COFFEE

Eric Pan study flavors, chemistry, history, brewing methods and ‘diverse cultures’ in coffee

CRITIQUING POP MUSIC

Isaiah Rodriguez learn about pop music as art and hear arguments ‘for and against its legitimacy’

INSIGHTS INTO MODERN ANIME

Nicholas Menendez analyze ‘characters and identity’ in anime through five different animes

KNITS AND PIECES Gabrielle Lencioni

learn the “yarn art” of knitting through beginner’s knitting projects

GUITAR THEORY Ian Frankel

learn basic guitar playing and theory as well as techniques for writing music

DREAMWORK THROUGH DOTA Danial Syed

play Dota 2, an ‘e-sport’ that is akin to soccer and basketball, in teams of five

VISUAL NOVEL ANALYSIS Melinda Crane

analyze graphic novels as choose-yourown adventure stories

HOW MUSIC PLAYS THE BRAIN Lucy Lai

examine music in the context of neuroscience by looking at how ‘music influences human behavior and brain function’

HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Nishant Verma

interpret electronic datasheets and designing and fabricating ‘simple electronic devices’

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

DREAMING of a

BAKER CHRISTMAS An inside look at the making of a public party

Baker Christmas attendees dance in the Baker quad on Friday, Sep. 22. Baker Social Rebecca Francis (right), a sophomore, helped organize the party in its second year as a public instead of a private.

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The Baker College commons contains only its usual smattering of students doing their homework and hanging out.

Suddenly, the doors open and the quiet is shattered. In marches a group of students in red sweaters and Santa hats, carrying in tray after tray of cookies painstakingly prepared for the students. It’s Baker Christmas.

However, the actual public party will be held outside. With Christmas lights strung onto every available surface, and red hats pulled onto every head, the quad is brimming with anticipatory energy, ready to spill out on the dance floor the moment “Feliz Navidad” starts playing on loop.

Rebecca Francis and Emma Reford, the two women behind it all, are naturally decked in red sweaters, flushed cheeks and Christmas cheer. This isn’t their first time organizing an event like this. As socials chairs, Francis and Reford organized

Baker’s spring public party, Baker ’90s, as well as a college night last April.

“We’re a really, really good team,” Francis, a Baker sophomore, said. “My favorite part about working with Emma is that she’s one of my best friends. We think in a lot of the same ways so it’s easy to plan things out.”

Now they’re carrying on the tradition of Baker Christmas, which, according to Francis, started with a member of the college who loved the holiday so much that he had a Christmas-themed birthday party in September.

The process of organizing the public started as soon as students returned to Rice in August. From ordering the kegs from Pub, to planning the event with Student Activities, to decorating the quad the night of, the socials chairs are responsible for every decision. They also have to enlist Baker students to help them pull off the event. Francis and Reford chair a social committee of 15 people, and are in charge of approximately 50 freshman volunteers for the actual party. The volunteers help

to set up the quad, provide caregiving and security, serve in the beer garden and clean up afterwards.

The event planning process with Student Activities is extensive, especially with the recent revamping of the system for them to approve publics.

Previously, events including alcohol had to be registered with Student Judicial Programs. However, last year, public party planning was moved to Student Activities, an office in the administration under Dean Hutchinson.

“They [changed the process] to make it a little more risk management based,” Francis said. “It forces us to think through the process a little bit more, and to make sure we’re planning for all the risks that could happen and mitigating them before they do.”

Working with Student Activities, Francis and Reford drew up a formal plan of the entire night, including the number of servers and security, a map of the location and even where students would throw their trash throughout the night.

“There are a lot of meetings and a lot of emails and a lot of documents and plans that are made, but in the end, it really does make it a less stressful night,” Reford, a sophomore, said. “I guess the in-depthness is both the pro and the con.”

Since this is only the second year that the party has been a public, their primary concern in the week leading up to Baker Christmas was to get the word out and get people excited.

“Bakerites will come because we’ve always done Baker Christmas, but the rest of the university, because they weren’t as involved with it in the past, don’t exactly know what to expect and don’t necessarily know whether it’s going to be fun,” Francis said.

This pressure to make sure that students actually attend the event seems to come with the job.

“It’s certainly disheartening to put so much work into something and then not a lot of people come,” Reford said.“We’re really hoping a lot of people come and that everything goes smoothly.”

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 “We’re hyping it up to people,” Francis added.

The Baker Christmas 2017 Facebook event shows that almost 350 people said they would be going and more than 400 were interested in attending.

I thought the trap Christmas music and the fun theme gave [the party] a unique vibe, and I was really excited to see people enjoying themselves.

Emma Reford Baker College Social Baker freshman and party volunteer Varsha Varghese found another way to reach out to people.

“Since Baker Christmas is a fairly new public, we thought a Snapchat filter would be a small but effective way to publicize the party,” Varghese said.

Another stressful element for Reford was actually implementing their plan, including buying food and setting up the kegs.

For Francis, juggling all the little details and making sure nothing fell through the cracks was her least favorite part of the process.

According to Francis, upholding the Christmas tradition has been one of the most important things to keep in mind, along with making sure that the students in their college would enjoy it. She views

publics as a fun opportunity to allow students to decompress, and let them “work hard, play hard.’”

“It’s also a good way for students from other colleges to be introduced to colleges that they don’t necessarily go to otherwise,” she said.

Within a couple of hours, the Baker quad transformed dramatically. With setup finished, the picnic table loaded with pizza and cookies, and the freshman security team in their neon yellow uniforms, Baker Christmas began. As the night progressed, more and more students started steadily pouring into the quad.

The lavishly decorated Christmas tree towers over the students, who have arrived dressed in their best holiday outfits.

Reford was satisfied with the level of turnout.

“I thought Baker Christmas went really well, especially for a Baker party, which are not known for their high attendance rates,” she said. “I thought the trap Christmas music and the fun theme gave it a unique vibe, and I was really excited to see people enjoying themselves.”

Brown College junior Claire Luo enjoyed the excuse to celebrate Christmas three months early, and felt that the event was a success.

“More than the party itself, it was really fun being campy and sentimental with Christmas music and baking all day,” Luo said.

Han Ton, a freshman from Baker, also enjoyed the party.

“The lights and decorations, being outside, and the remixed Christmas songs — all of it definitely lifted my spirits during midterms,” Ton said.

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Impressed that people kept on their sweaters and Santa hats in the humidity.

A

Came for the cookies, was not disappointed.

D

Was there an expectation people would rage to Christmas remixes?

B+ Accidentally just walked in without showing ID (needed anyone that would show up?)

B

The 30 seconds I spent there standing awkwardly on the lawn were interesting.

B+

I’ve been saying that Baker courtyard is a good place for a party since day one. Let’s do it again as a darty sometime.

A

... Let’s just say this is the first time drinking and RUPD have gone hand in hand successfully

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Dancing. In Houston Heat. In a sweater.

Who was Baker kidding with that one?

A

It’s not every Baker Christmas that your friend has a massive zit on his nose. He’ll never live the Rudolf jokes down.

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Not a Silent Night by any means, but Baker doesn’t come first in my rankings.

B

Adorable theme and decorations but a Christmas in September (in Texas) party ... outside?

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Oh my god, who made those cookies I went back for fourths

C

I commend that you tried to make Christmas music work at a public party, I just kind of wish you hadn’t.

B-

It was really annoying to have to walk to the other side of Baker to get in. It’s like, I’m already so close to just walking back home.

B

Very cute, I’m honestly just sad I didn’t eat more cookies.

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ART

‘Landscape Journeys’ abstractly envisions nature

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Former Rice Professor Emeritus Basilios Poulos’ latest solo exhibit of acrylic paintings, “Landscape Journeys,” takes viewers on a journey through an abstract landscape.

The works’ contrast between warm, vibrant colors and cool, dark tones helps viewers understand what is bathed in light and what is covered in shadows, considering reality while remaining abstract.

“I tried to engage the armature of the trees, the way the light filtered through, [which is] the luminosity and the color,” Poulos said.

Using orientation, Poulos twists the viewer’s traditional sense of landscape painting.

“It’s difficult to produce a landscape painting vertically because the tendency is to see it [as] an icon, a figure, a vertical figure,” Poulos said. “[The paintings in my exhibition] were my solution to the problem. I took it as a problem: to produce a landscape vertically.” Since November 2016, all of Poulos’ paintings have had a vertical orientation. Poulos spent last November in the state of Georgia without any connection to the outside world in an effort to “walk the landscape,” his observation style, which blends plein air and studio painting. This experience inspired his latest paintings.

Poulos came to Houston in 1975 to be Rice’s resident artist just as his professional career in New York was taking off. He had received a Guggenheim Fellowship two years earlier and was beginning to have exhibitions in group shows.

“To be honest, I had a sense of did I make the right decision to come to Houston as opposed to staying in NY and painting. How would have my professional career as an artist proceeded?” he said.

But Poulos knew he had a future here in Houston when he realized a great art community was in the city. During his time here, he has made a name for himself in the art scene with over 30 exhibitions in the city.

Meanwhile, he taught painting and drawing at Rice from 1977 until he retired in 2008 and

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became a professor emeritus. Since then, he has busied himself with relearning what it meant to be a painter.

“It took me about two years to get over the schedule of fall semester, spring semester, summer off,” Poulos said. “But after a couple of years, I realized I’m free. I’ve returned to being what I’ve been all my life, which is an artist. So this exhibit now, this solo exhibition of recent abstract painting, is sort of a just the next step.”

Though his latest exhibition is all landscape painting, Poulos said he didn’t start off that way. He initially painted abstract figures before turning to abstract landscape.

“Now in my mature age, I’ve sort of become a landscape painter because I really value this idea of [the] human in nature,” he said.

Though he enjoys retirement, Poulos’ ties with Rice are never far behind. His former students are all over the world, and when he sends them images of his works, he often receives replies. Recently, he ran into a former student in South Carolina.

“I’m so pleased and proud that I reconnected with this former student, and she honored me by buying a painting. And that’s the beauty of teaching at Rice,” he said. “Some of [my former students] are artists, some of them are architects, but we’ve become friends.”

Poulos said he might do watercolors next, but he’s not sure. “There’s just periods of rest where you’re thinking [about what to paint next], and I’m always thinking,” he said. As an artist, he views his surroundings as potential paintings. For example, he is inspired on walks by how the light filters through the leaves onto the road. He still explores new things and places to find new subjects to paint. He often told his students, “You can only draw what you know. You can only paint what you know. So you need to allow yourself to experience things. You need to go seek experiences. That’s your knowledge. That’s what you paint. That’s what you draw.”

“Landscape Journeys” will remain on view until Saturday Oct. 7 at the William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art Gallery and is free to the public.

Makeup fanatics around the world have been glowing (literally) since the release of Rihanna’s new makeup line, Fenty Beauty. The line, named after Rihanna’s surname, was teased for two years, before finally being released on Sept. 8. It features nine beauty products, ranging from Gloss Bomb Lip Gloss ($16) to Match Stix Trio Face Sticks ($54), and eight beauty tools, such as Invisimatte Blotting Paper ($16) and the Full Bodied Foundation Brush ($34). The line is limited compared to most, including only foundation, primer, highlighter and lip gloss. However, the products are designed for versatility and portability; the Match Stix Trio consists of a conceal, contour and highlight shade all in magnetic packaging that snap together. Prices are similar to other highend makeup products, and the quality is nothing less than expected from Rihanna.

More important than its quality is the collection’s statement; it opens the door to the beauty world for women of every color, race, religion and culture.

Unlike most beauty lines, Fenty beauty offers 40 shades of its Pro Filt’r Foundation ($34), accommodating nearly every skin tone. The foundation shades are numbered from 100 to 490, with Rihanna wearing shade 340. This range is rare in the whitewashed beauty community — most lines offer a wide variety of shades for light skin tones, but only a few for dark

ones. Foundations seldom reach shades dark enough for many black women and often neglect their unique and varied undertones. According to the Fenty Beauty website, Rihanna launched a makeup line “so that women everywhere would be included,” focusing on a wide range of traditionally hard-to-match skin tones, creating formulas that work for all skin types, and pinpointing universal shades.

It opens the door to the beauty world for women of every color, race, religion and culture.

For comparison, take Too Faced’s Born This Way Foundation. This foundation is a best-seller at Sephora, but only offers 23 shades, the majority catered toward lighter skin colors. Its darkest shade is nowhere near dark enough to accommodate deeper skin tones and is noticeably lighter than Fenty’s darkest shade. Fenty Beauty is changing the game for women on the opposite end of the spectrum too. Albino users rave about Fenty’s color match.

Additionally, Rihanna brings diversity to the brand with her expansive selection of models. Fenty Beauty’s models are underrepresented in the beauty industry, including Asian women with hooded

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THEATER DISTRICT BENEFIT

KAIROS DIRT AND THE ERRANT VACUUM

Hurricane Harvey left Art League Houston damaged and Texas Artist of the Year 2017 Trenton Doyle Hancock without a venue. Fortunately, Rice stepped up to host “Texas: 1997-2017” in the former Rice Gallery. The fifty work exhibition features a wide range of mediums and opens Sept.

29 at 6 p.m. Admission is free.

Seven Houston theater companies combine forces to raise money for the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund at Miller Outdoor Theater on Wednesday Sept. 27.

The show includes performances from Alley Theater, Houston Symphony and the Houston Ballet. Admission is free; donations will be accepted.

The Rice Cinema is screening “Kairos Dirt and the Errant Vacuum,” which blends comedy and fantasy in an exploration of queer identity, this Sunday at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

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WHAT’S HIP RIGHT NOW FOOD:

Liquid nitrogen ice cream

BEAUTY:

Bratz lookalikes

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In a phrase: Who’s Barbie?

Where to find it: Instagram

In a phrase: Bless you Where to find it: Anywhere your mouth has touched, you idiots. Just stop sharing drinks.

As the Internet’s accessibility continues to foster a widening of beauty standards, Instagram women have found a new muse. The historically white domination of mainstream fashion has ended (bless up) and women of color are turning to their nostalgia for the early 2000s as they post looks inspired by the popular Bratz dolls they grew up playing with. Plump lips, dramatic eye makeup and a wide variety of skin tones are inspiring side-by-side photos of women’s favorite Bratz dolls and their own, imitating images. The trend is hardly random, however, as people have been quick to point out that Bratz foresaw many of today’s beauty fads, and the company is even reportedly making a comeback next year. Pair the look with an iconic beauty mark, a crop-top and some platforms for a Halloween costume whose sexiness isn’t even forced.

You’d think that returning students would remember the annual round of sickness that plagues Rice right around the same time as the first major round of exams do. That we’d take extra precautions to not fall ill during the week we need our health most. Maybe it’s the new students’ feeble, susceptible immune systems that are the cause of our downfall, but whatever the origin, the coughing and sneezing inevitably gets to us all. Is the timing convenient (Good Afternoon Professor _____, it appears I’ve fallen ill and would like to request an extension on that 50-page essay due tomorrow.) or is it inconvenient (*cannot concentrate on exam over the sound of 100 sniffling noses*)? Either way, it appears it’s here to stay. So power through, be comforted by the fact that you’re not alone, and please cover your mouth.

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In a phrase: NOD bod fod(der) Where to find it: My mouth

Ice cream. Gelato. Custard. Fro-yo.

Whatever the fuck Dippin’ Dots are.

Snowflake ice. The latest addition to this ever-growing list is hydrogen ice cream. Locations such as Creamistry and SubZero Ice Cream & Yogurt are popping up all over Houston and selling ice cream that has been flash frozen with liquid nitrogen and championed for its superior method of creation. Creating the ice cream in a matter of seconds not only caters to your impatience, but allows fewer ice crystals to form, resulting in a creamier, denser ice cream. To the vegan reading this, let me start by asking, “How?” But also, nitrogen ice cream comes with non-dairy options that include sorbets and coconut milk so you can continue to be A Good Person™ or whatever.

JUICEBOXES FROM PAGE 1 Over the past year, the juiceBOXes have expanded past their role as Moody Center liaisons, often reaching beyond the hedges to incorporate local relevant art. From February to April, through a collaboration with the Center for Civic Leadership, Hug the Hood brought a third juiceBOX to the Old Spanish Trail/South Union neighborhood with the intention of creating a “collaborative community space and a tangible bridge between Rice students and Old Spanish Trail,” according to a January CCL newsletter.

Students from the neighborhood designed and painted the box in variant color squares, with messages of poetry and hope spread over the squares. One quote by Martin Luther King Jr. reads, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness – only light can do that!” On the other side of the box, Houston-based muralist Anat Ronen painted a lifelike portrait of Martin Luther King Jr., mirroring the many King quotes written by Old Spanish Trail students. The box is now back on campus, still covered with the artwork.

In April, Fossilized Houston, a partnership between Houston artists and environmentalists and co-founded by Rice lecturer Lina Dib, used the two original boxes to host “Like There Is No Tomorrow.” The exhibition featured interactive installations meant to highlight human footprints upon the environment.

“We wanted to render our effects on these places [to be] more tangible,” Dib said. “My goals were to look at these crises that we’re living [in] right now, these moments where we’re living in disaster. Crisis can be both danger and opportunity — opportunity to redesign rather than just rebuild.” Dib said she calls the boxes “Solar Studios,” a reference to her vision of the boxes as a hybrid lab and exhibition space.

The boxes also featured a student exhibition from Dib’s Art and Environment Reefs (ENST 477) course during late April.

Student projects included that of Duncan College senior Coby Kaskel, who utilized inflated condoms and fishing lines to create a beautiful and absurdist “meditative space.”

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In a phrase: What’s Lit right now Where to find it: Littering ACL’s festival grounds, but at least they’re biodegradable Stoners continue to defy stereotypes of mental stagnation with their most recent innovation: using rose petals as rolling paper. That’s right, people are sparing poor old George Washington and opting for this classier alternative, taking their smoking experience to the next, higher level. @simple_sasha’s video tutorial on Twitter has exploded in popularity as thousands of viewers watch her method of layering and baking organic rose petals in the oven for optimal malleability.

Thresher is not condoning the use of marijuana, but if someone were to post a picture of a trendy rose blunt on their Finsta, I’d definitely double tap.

In unrelated news, please contact the email above if you are interested in planting and maintaining a rose garden on campus.

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Walking past the boxes now, one can see Dib’s projection “After the Storm,” which rotates through command words such as “LOGICAL” and “RESPONSE.” Dib said despite current construction on the boxes, she felt a need to do something after the storm. Since the boxes currently lack automated infrastructure, Dib goes by herself to turn the projections on and off.

As current curator of the boxes, Dib said she has sought to include visual and dramatic arts student work in the space.

Lovett College senior Heather Wright is responsible for seeking out student work to feature in the next exhibition. Opening in late October, the currently unnamed project will pair student artwork with that of local artists, first focusing on sculpture works from the community.

“The juiceBOXes are a great place to [showcase work] because there are no preconceived notions about what is supposed to go in there,” Wright said. “Our first exhibition is going to feature [Duncan College senior] Huidi Xiang, who makes awesome sculptures. Wright is collaborating with Jessica Fuquay (Duncan ’14) to find emerging local artists to pair with Xiang’s work. They hope to continue this comparative series for the duration of the fall semester.

Despite increased efforts to develop a set program for the boxes, there is currently no official infrastructure in place for students to submit individual proposals. The ephemeral nature of the self-sustaining juiceBOXes lends them to an uncertain future. According to Caroline Levander, vice president for Strategic Initiatives and Digital Education, the boxes do not currently have a permanent fund or endowment.

“We’re just pooling funds together trying to support something that’s really experimental,” she said. “If we don’t get a lot of interest over time, we’ll probably sunset it. But if we do get accelerated interest, we might need to do some longer term financial planning.”

Dib, however, said she envisions a far more permanent future for the boxes.

“I think the campus can really benefit from this place that is a hybrid lab [and] studio,” Dib said. “Whether or not they become a permanent space is beyond my scope, but I am very happy to direct this space while it’s there for now.” Dib added that she hopes to collaborate with student groups to create a garden or rainwater attachment system next to the boxes, which would add on to the current construction of a deck intended to connect all three boxes.

eyelids and Middle Eastern women wearing hijabs. The models also deviate from “standard” beauty norms, rocking red hair, gapped teeth and shaved heads.

Fenty Beauty provides a breath of fresh air from the “usual” makeup model: a white woman with long, flowing hair, big eyes, a small nose and plump lips.

Although Rihanna is being praised for her inclusivity, she is also being criticized for leaving people out of her line: men, transgender individuals and many others in the LGBTQ community.

Rihanna still limits her line to women, photographing solely female models and stating, “I wanted all women to feel included” in a behind-the-scenes video.

While male presence has been scarce in the beauty world, CoverGirl introduced their first CoverBoy this year, 17-yearold Instagram star James Charles. Like Charles, male makeup artists have some of the largest followings on social media, such as Manny Gutierrez (Manny MUA) and Patrick Simondac (Patrick Starrr) both with millions of subscribers.

Although male makeup artists have been around for decades, these social media celebrities demonstrate tutorials on themselves instead of women and wear makeup regularly.

Meanwhile, Jeffree Star (who identifies as androgynous), creator of Jeffree Star Cosmetics and YouTube star, crushes gender stereotypes through glam beauty tutorials that blur the edges between male and female. Additionally, transgender beauty bloggers Nikita Dragun and Gigi Gorgeous (Giselle Loren Lazzarato) have accumulated huge followings with makeup tutorials and videos discussing their transitions. The beauty world has expanded to include more than just cisgender women in the past few years.

While Fenty Beauty has made a huge step forward in the beauty industry for women of all colors, races, religions and cultures, there is still progress to be made for a truly all-inclusive line.

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Sophomore quarterback Jackson Tyner avoids the rush during Rice’s 13-7 loss to Florida International University. Tyner threw for 131 yards and had a rushing touchdown, but he could not hit freshman wide receiver Aaron Cephus on 4th and goal for the potential game-winning touchdown.

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It wasn’t a blowout. But it was still a loss. For the third time in four games, Rice football could not come up with a win, this time falling 3-7 to conference rival Florida International University. The Owls are now 1-3 on the season and 1-1 in Conference USA. Rice had an opportunity to win the game in the final two minutes when it drove down to the FIU 9-yard line. The Owls then got no gain on a rush, lost two yards on an outside run and had no gain on a quarterback scramble. On fourth and goal from the 11yard line, sophomore quarterback Jackson Tyner rolled to his right and threw the ball up to freshman wide receiver Aaron Cephus with the pass rush approaching. The ball sailed over Cephus’ outstretched arms, giving the Panthers the win. According to head coach David Bailiff, the tight loss was especially painful.

“It was really a tough loss tonight when you give yourself an opportunity at the end of it to win and can’t seize that moment,” Bailiff said.

Rice was without key players to start the game due to injury including starting redshirt freshman quarterback Sam Glaesmann and junior running back Samuel Stewart. During the game, sophomore

running back Nahshon Ellerbe exited, forcing Stewart to re-enter. Despite missing players, Rice kept the game close. Down 7-0 in the second quarter, Tyner flipped the ball to senior wide receiver Parker Smith, who then threw a 17-yard pass back to Tyner to get to the 3-yard line. On the next play, Tyner dodged defenders and rushed for three yards to score Rice’s first touchdown of the night to tie the game. Tyner’s rushing touchdown would be the only score of the game for Rice.

FIU took the lead for good with a quick field goal drive to end the first half. The Panthers drove 63 yards in 49 seconds to get from their own 10-yard line into field goal range. Senior defensive end Brian Womac said he was upset to end the half by giving up points.

“They got that field goal which obviously, I was not happy about,” Womac said. “I’m sure nobody on the defense was happy about that. We’re gonna go back and watch some film and see what we can learn from that drive.”

FIU added a field goal in the third quarter to go up 13-7. That was the final score of the game as both defenses took control late in the second half.

Tyner threw for 131 yards with a rushing touchdown and one interception in the game as the Owls gave themselves an

opportunity to win the game on the last drive. Rice’s offensive production was similar to FIU’s offensive production as Rice had 248 total yards while FIU amassed 271 total yards. Tyner said he was upset with the offense’s performance.

Offensively, we’ve been absolutely anemic. We’ve gotta get the coaches looking at what we’re doing.

David Bailiff Football Head Coach “Anytime your defense plays for you like that, you have to piggyback off of that,” Tyner said. “Scoring seven points is pretty unacceptable as an offense.”

Moving forward, both he and Bailiff acknowledged the offense will need to adjust. Rice has averaged just 12 points per game through its first four games. In their three losses, the Owls have combined for just 17 points. After the game, Bailiff said the offense did not perform adequately.

“We’ve gotta make plays,” Bailiff said.

“Offensively, we’ve been absolutely anemic.

We’ve gotta get the coaches looking at what we’re doing.”

However, Bailiff had high praise for the defense as it only allowed 13 points and 271 total yards in the game. He said the defense was extremely impressive outside of the one drive at the end of the first half.

“Defensively, I thought we played absolutely outstanding,” Bailiff said. “I didn’t like right before halftime giving them [those] extra point[s]. But the [defensive] line really did a good job of keeping their offense contained.”

The defense had five sacks, including two from Womac. Senior linebacker Emmanuel Ellerbee led the defense with eight tackles in the game, and sophomore cornerback Justin Bickham caught the Owls’ first interception of the season. Since the 62-7 loss to Stanford University to open the year, the unit has allowed just under 22 points per game. Womac said he was very pleased with how his teammates on the defensive side of the ball played.

“We went out there and played hard,” Womac said. “I’m proud of the defensive players as a whole. I saw a lot of great effort out there tonight.”

The Owls will look to end their two-game losing streak next weekend as they face the University of Pittsburgh on the road on Sept. 30 at 11 a.m. Central Standard Time.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

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GUEST COLUMN

Time for change: A 3-step plan to improve Rice football

As University of Houston went up 31-0 with 7:40 remaining in the first half on Sept.

16, with a buzz from tailgating no longer easing the pain, I left a Rice football game early for the first time in my nearly four years as a Rice student. Given that I worked as a student manager for the team for my first two years at Rice, perhaps that is a biased statistic. While I was Sunday-morningquarterbacking the game with friends the next day, many voiced their desire for the immediate dismissal of head coach Bailiff.

I can certainly understand their frustration. They ask, “Why do we get destroyed by any team that has a pulse on the national level?” The shortcomings of our team go beyond talent, as evidenced by the three procedure penalties in three plays to begin the Stanford University game, or the bungled handoff that led to UH getting the ball in the red zone early on. The coaches are supposed to get the players ready to play, and it is clear that Rice was not ready in either game. Even teams with less talent than

Rice show better against quality opponents, as evidenced by Nicholls State University taking University of Georgia and Texas A&M University to the wire the last two years (not to mention beating Rice in 2007).

Now that I have established that Bailiff does not have the coaching acumen of Nick Saban (which few do, as the Southeastern Conference’s revolving door of coaches demonstrates each December), the question is “How does Rice move forward?”

Realistically, that decision is above my pay grade and instead lies with our athletic director, president and board of trustees.

Instead of firing the coach, there are three things that the university could do to help the football program, no matter who the coach is: 1. Increase coaching salaries: In order to attract and retain quality coaching talent, Rice must pay its coaching staff more. This includes assistants, as they have the vast majority of interaction with players. Using published head coaching salaries as a proxy

for total salary pool, Rice lags behind its peer institutions (as defined by the U.S. News & World Report Top 40 that play in the College Football Bowl Subdivision) by approximately 70 percent.

2. Relax recruiting restrictions (or increase budget to recruit nationally): While many Conference USA schools stock their rosters with talent from junior colleges featured in the popular Netflix series “Last Chance U,” Rice is forced to recruit players from high school who must meet a virtually unmatched set of qualification standards.

This factor is compounded by the fact that the coaching staff is forced to find these players from within the state of Texas, with only a few scholarship players from other states. Stanford, an institution that Director of Athletics Joe Karlgaard is supposedly trying to model our department after, is located in talent-rich California. Yet, only three out of 23 signees in their 2016 class hailed from the Golden State.

3. Continue to improve facilities: The

Brian Patterson Center was a great step in the right direction, as we are no longer ashamed to show recruits our locker room, but more needs to be done. Rice continues to languish behind its peers with its lack of an indoor practice facility, instead having to bus its athletes to use the Houston Texans’ facility when necessary. Moreover, Rice Stadium needs a serious facelift with improved concessions, bathrooms and seating options.

As our facilities continue to improve, it is important we capitalize on these enhancements with better performance on the field to build momentum in Houston and beyond.

KYLE SHEEHAN

Lovett College Senior kts5@rice.edu

STAFF COLUMN: BUZZWORDS Sophomore forward Lianne Mananquil takes the ball upfield during Rice’s 2-0 win over Louisiana Tech University Thursday night. The Owls are now No. 25 in national RPI.

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Rice soccer just keeps climbing higher.

By holding Louisiana Tech University to a meager four attempted shots, the Owls flew past the Lady Techsters with a 2-0 victory last Thursday. With the win, Rice moved into the national top-25 in the Ratings Percentage Index for the first time this season.

Despite rain soaking the field earlier that day, the Owls got off to a hot start.

Freshman forward Rebecca Keane led the offensive charge and scored the first goal for the Owls in the 13th minute of the game with an assist from senior midfielder Samantha Chaiken. With her performance, Keane brought her season tally to five goals and one assist. According to Keane, a team effort allowed her to play as well as she did Thursday.

“All together as a team, I thought we did really well,” Keane said. “We kept the ball and kept changing the point of attack.”

Rice wasted no time doubling the lead early in the second half. Chaiken scored an unassisted goal in the 47th minute of the game off a deflection to put the Owls ahead 2-0 and strengthen their grip on a perfect start to the Conference USA season. On Monday, Chaiken was named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. She said she was pleased with her overall performance, especially given the unique defensiveoriented formation LA Tech was playing.

“I feel like I played pretty well getting in the pocket and strengthening our point of attack,” Chaiken said. “LA Tech plays

[with five defenders], which is basically unheard of.”

Head coach Nicky Adams expressed similar sentiments regarding LA Tech’s formation. According to Adams, Rice had spent the week prior to the game trying to outmaneuver LA Tech’s style by finding ways to get around the horde of defenders.

“We knew when they were going to come play us that they would put numbers behind the ball,” Adams said. “All week long we were working on flank play and trying to get inside the defense.”

Adapting to opponents has become a big theme during the Owls’ season. According to Adams, continued success depends on their ability to adjust to whatever comes their way.

“We see so many different [styles] of play,” Adams said. “What I like is that we’re able to tackle any type of formation or style teams are putting against [us] and still play our game.”

The victory over the Lady Techsters puts the Owls’ record at 5-2-1 on the season and 2-0-0 in the conference. Rice is now ranked No. 25 in the country in the RPI, and its only two losses have come on the road to teams ranked No. 5 and No. 33. The next highest ranked team in C-USA is the University of Alabama at Birmingham, ranked No. 82.

Up next, the Owls will travel to Western Kentucky University for another conference matchup on Sept. 28. They will then face the University of Southern Mississippi on Oct. 1 to conclude their first conference road trip of the season. Rice is looking to build on its 2-0-0 start to the conference season and earn its first C-USA championship since 2014.

Rice football must build a winning culture

It’s the perfect Saturday night: Hundreds of trucks are tailgating, thousands of students are waving their arms in unison and a crowd of over 50,000 is cheering on your school’s pride and joy, a program with a rich tradition and history — your football team.

Close your eyes and picture this moment shared by students at universities across the country.

Rousing, isn’t it? A dream, perhaps?

For students at Rice University, this dream has never come true.

Not during last year’s game against Baylor University. Not during this year’s home opener against Florida International University. The only exception may be for a few students who witnessed the Cougar tradition in a blowout to the University of Houston at TDECU Stadium, but does that really count?

Go to any home game.

You’ll be lucky to find more than 200 fans in the student section.

For a university with a proven track record in academics, with a proven social and party culture, with a proven residential college system, our football team has yet to prove its worth to the student body.

Don’t believe me? Go to any home game.

You’ll be lucky to find more than 200 fans in the student section. One could assign ourselves blame for our apathy, but the underlying cause perpetuates our entire football program.

The Rice football team lacks a winning culture.

From the administration, to the athletic directors, to the coaching staff, to the players, to the students, to the fans, and to everyone affiliated with the Rice football program, it’s crystal clear: there is a lack of investment in a winning football team.

Take the decision to retain Head Coach David Bailiff after Rice finished last season a meager 3-9 with two wins to Conference USA bottom-feeders University of North Carolina, Charlotte and the University of Texas, El Paso, for example. Our athletic directors witnessed a team win only one in four games, finish last in C-USA and miss a bowl game for the second straight year; yet, they remained complacent.

Florida Atlantic University finished with an identical record to Rice last season.

And what did they do? They fired head

coach Charlie Partridge and replaced him with Lane Kiffin, a man with coaching experience at the University of Alabama, the University of Tennessee, the University of Southern California and the Oakland Raiders. Kiffin has experience coaching at the highest levels of football. Sure, FAU is still 1-3, just like Rice — but at least their athletic department knew it was time to make a change when their football program was underwhelming.

I respect Bailiff. He is an outstanding representative for the university and has led Rice to several bowl wins. But this game is all about “what have you done for me lately?” and right now, our football team hasn’t done much at all.

This doesn’t excuse the student body for not showing up to games. Every one of us must take the responsibility to support our student-athletes more seriously and attend Rice sporting events. We are all one student body, and we can join together by cheering for our Owls.

We also desperately need a more exciting stadium environment. Sure, there may be 50 Rice students who love college football enough to happily sit and watch the game. But for everyone else, the game day experience needs a little more beef.

New and frequent crowd chants, improved on-field performances and a revamped tailgating experience would bring hundreds of Rice students from their dorm rooms to Rice Stadium.

I can think of a multitude of ways to improve the Owl fan experience.

Unfortunately, no change will drastically impact our football program unless the administration demands more from athletics, athletics demand more from coaches and coaches demand more from players.

We cannot sit back and let this time go to waste. For our athletic department, the success of Rice football is an acknowledgment of their professional success. For our students, each of us has four years to leave this university better than we found it — and it starts with making Rice football games more exciting, more loud, and more hype. Our players deserve it. Our students deserve it. Together, we can make that Saturday night dream a reality.

MADISON BUZZARD

Thresher Staff Writer Will Rice College Sophomore mcb13@rice.edu

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Who’s Who in Rice U? In a post-Harvey world, it’s about time that our wonderful student leaders get some attention. You hear that, H&D? Stop hogging the spotlight! Freshman or not, we are here to help orient you to the Big Nerds On Campus — the folks you’re gonna have to put up with seeing, like it or not, ‘til the year’s end when they’re replaced by another set of arbitrary names and stashed away in a dusty alumni directory for the rest of time.

I’m Justin and I am the Student Association president, although you might just know me as Griffin Palmer’s best friend. But I’m actually a whole lot more than that. Why can’t anyone see that? I’m the SA President for crying out loud! Do you know how much responsibility that entails? I have to actually stay awake during the weekly SA meetings. So if you think this is an easy job, then you’re mistaken. If you think it’s just a resume boost, then … well, actually, you know you’re not too far off.

Under my intrepid leadership, Willy’s Pub has been accountable for zero instances of underage drinking in the past 30 days, and counting! And what’s more, the floor has received its first ever deep clean in history. So get on your horses, you cowboys, cowgirls and cow-others, and giddy-up because this Sheriff has a zero tolerance policy – for not having a good time! Unless you’re in that crap-shack of a turd-den known as Coffeehouse.

*Simultaneously* Greetings, university students. We are Juandrew, and we have emerged from the Pits of Tartarus for a 4-year hiatus to complete our undergraduate degrees.

Though you may be more accustomed to seeing us in our separate mortal forms, when Thresher deadlines come a’calling, we return to our native state – a scaly, two-headed news-producing creature. No story is too sad, no rumor is too savage. We serve one higher power: truth, and in the quest to attain it, we are willing to cover groundbreaking and scandalous stories, from “New magisters make Baker their home” to “Martel public stays first, Lovett postponed.”

Give me an L! Give me an L! Give me an L! Whaddya get?

Rice Athletics! Anyways, yeah, I’m head cheerleader here (Ra Ra Rice!), and as such, we’re tasked with the burden of giving our teams all the encouragement that a hypothetically interested student body would otherwise provide on their own.

Here, you get better turn out for a BIOC 201 exam than the home opener. Now that’s what I call unconventional!

Hi guys! I’m Mandy and I am the general manager of Coffeehouse!

I control the means of production for on-campus espresso. I’m your resident caffeine capitalist, and the cave-folk down in Pub can’t seem to grasp that we reign supreme in the hearts of the undergraduates. Not to start any SRBeef, but Pub’s good for just two things: drinking and convincing upperclassmen you’re not a freshman. Coffeehouse is gonna be your home through all the homework, the coffee dates and the coffee break-ups. Our subterranean bad neighbors will ditch you for the first stormy affair of the year.

Who will be the next freshman legend? If it’s your first year and you’ve attended every public so far, there’s still time to establish your reputation as the sloppiest freshman. Perks of being a freshman legend include giving finger guns to anyone on campus and getting a tentative “sup” back, pooping on the floor and/ or academic quad and/or a free intervention from your college A-team. The freshman legend’s candle burns bright, but is ephemeral, and flickers out with the arrival of a debilitating sophomore slump.

The Backpage is satire and written by Joey McGlone and Isaac Schultz. Lizzy Baldazo and Ben Kalomeris combined to make an epic Robin and Robin duo this week. Christina Tan illustrated and designed the page.

She always does but this week she needed the extra affirmation. For comments or questions, please email farts@rice.edu.

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