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Friday, January 15,2010
the Rice Thresher
NEWS
New house for Wiess masters set to break ground in February
by jocelyn wright
Thresher Editorial Staff
Construction of the Wilson House,
the brand-new Wiess College mas-
ters' house, will begin next month.
The house is named after longtime
Wiess Resident Associate Bill Wilson,
who died last spring. The construc-
tion should be completed by the end
of the year, and the house is aiming
for silver Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design certification,
Project Manager Tina Hicks said.
The house will be located next to
the east side of Wiess by the South
Power Plant. Facilities, Engineer-
ing and Planning Manager of Com-
munications Susann Glenn said the
cost of construction will be paid
for by a donation from Wilson's es-
tate, supplemented by money from
Housing and Dining.
The house, which will have three
bedrooms instead of the four in the
current Wiess masters' house, will
be slightly smaller and boast much
more modern architecture. The
smaller size will help it meet its
LEED certification, Hicks said.
"LEED guidelines for homes are
all about living smaller, so it was a
challenge with this house because
public areas serve a really important
function," Hicks said. "We had to be
mindful of trying to do both at once."
Hicks said the house will have
two courtyards with concrete patios
and crushed stone for gatherings,
and the house's entrance will be on
the face closest to Wiess.
Wiess Master Mike Gustin said
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he worked closely with the archi-
tect to ensure that the house was
friendly to students.
"One thing that went back and
forth between the architects and
myself was balancing student ac-
cessibility and privacy for the mas-
ters," Gustin said. "So little minor
things came up to make students
feel more welcome in the court-
yard, such as having double doors
to make the space more open."
The house will also have a
"green" roof, which in this case will
be a reflective white roof, Glenn said.
The project will also get LEED points
for reusing the maple wood flooring
from Autry Court on the second floor
of the house, and installing Energy
Star-certified appliances.
Once Gustin and his wife, Denise,
move into the new house during winter
recess, Hanszen College Masters Rob
and Ann Griffin will move into the old
Wiess masters' house, which used to
be the Hanszen College masters' house
before new Wiess was built in 2002.
Housing and Dining will then move its
offices from the Baker masters' house
to the current Hanszen masters' house.
Gustin said he expected the
closer proximity of the Wiess and
Hanszen masters' houses to en-
hance the relationship between the
masters and their colleges.
"Some of the masters' houses are
really more embedded with their
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EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE
A great re-shuffling of building tenants will
occur when Baker College and Will Rice College
move back to their
rightful homes next fall.
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see who will end up BAKIR MASTERS'HOUSE
where and who is I former tenant: baker masters
getting a new home. current: housing & dining
future: baker masters
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new wiess masters' house
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college, while there's a little more
of an expanse between Hanszen
and its masters' house and Wiess
and its current masters' house, so
the fact that they're bringing them
closer will make it easier for people
to hang out," Gustin said.
GRAPHIC BY ERIC DOCTOR
Wiess College junior Mary Dozi-
er said she is looking forward to the
new house.
"1 think it sounds great, espe-
cially because [the current Wiess
masters' house] used to belong to
Hanszen," Dozier said.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
RMC may soon be
undergoing new
renovations
At the Student Association
meeting Monday, SA President
Patrick McAnaney presented
the history of the Rice Memorial
Center and opened a discussion
over future plans concerning the
Student Center.
The presentation focused on
the Student Center's fragmented
distribution of space. Because
of its internally focused circula-
tion design, the building does not
interact with the central quad,
Brochstein Pavilion or the Barbara
and David Gibbs Recreation Center.
Additionally, the RMC is in need of
additional space in orderto accom-
modate a growing student body.
The question, McAnaney
said, is whether the Student
Center should be torn down or
renovated. President David Lee-
bron has voiced his support for
building a new student center,
but doing so would require mil-
lions of dollars from donors to
fund the construction.
McAnaney said typically such
fundraising would not be an issue,
since benefactors usually ask only
to leave their name on the build-
ing, buttheLeyStudentCenterhas
kept its name since its opening in
1958. In order to find a solution,
the SA passed a motion to form a
committee to discuss the future of
the RMC. Applications to join the
committee will be soon posted on
the SA Web site at sa.rice.edu.
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Michel, Casey. The Rice Thresher, Vol. 97, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 2010, newspaper, January 15, 2010; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth443060/m1/7/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.