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Friday, October 8,2010
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a time when p t>pie witb disabilities
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Students are laming Russel] to ad-
vise or disaoilm issues.. Disability Ad-
vocan Resource Educaoon. or DARE,
Stoen is a comminee of students,
advised bv Russell, which consults on
wavs to improve disability support.
DARE formed last spring as an ef-
fort by disabled students to gather to
communicate ther challenges and
to share soiuoons for making Rice a
more mciusrve environment. The or-
samranor wants to include disability
in Rice's disrussions about diversify,
DARE President Enrily Pvle said DARE
is also currently in the process of creat-
ing a peer mentorship program for dis-
abled students. Pvle said she is excited
k he3p other students with dhsatofliOP*;
because ^ can reia
*1 aaoid not be at Rice today with
out these mdmduais' guidance, com
ton., empowerment, advocacy and
support/ Pvie. a McMurtry Collefe
riming cairi 1 hope that as a leader in
DARE. 3 am able to help make direct,
impactful changes at Rice in attitudes,
policy and practice."
Pvie said she commends Russell on
his job thus far.
"Be has had an active presence and
provided much encouragement and
guidance for DARE leaders," Pyle said.
Russel] said he is happy to get stu-
dent input.
"1 recognize that 1 canno; be an
expert on every issue," Russell said.
"1 want to include students because I
learo from them as well"
Russell is also getting to know
students as a staff associate at
Baker College. He said he is excited
about becoming a member of the
Rice community.
It's a positive and supportive envi-
ronment to work in," Russell said. "Ev-
eryone is very approachable."
Russell urges disabled students
to approach him about their support
issues. He stressed that all help is
confidential and accommodations
can be made with the proper medi-
cal documentation.
"I want to help students achieve
their full potential," Russell said. "No
one should admit defeat."
Senior Committee appointed
by Kevin Lin
Thsxshee Staff
Senior parties: They're classy,
they're off campus and they're
some of the last haphazard me-
mentos of college life before se-
niors graduate and go off into the
real world. In charge of organizing
these grown up public parties: the
newly selected seniors of the Rice
Senior Committee.
Jones College senior Skyler John-
son, Hanszen College senior Cristina
Halliburton, Wiess College senior
Darren Arquero and Wiess senior
Siegfried Bilstein were selected as
this year's executive group of the Se-
nior Committee. While they make up
the primary leadership of the group,
tbe Senior Committee will eventual-
ly have one senior from every college
in its mix. resulting in a minimum of
ii members.
The Senior Committee's main re-
sponsitHlirv is organizing the two big
senior parties of the year. Hundred
Days and Senior Gala, both of which
are in the spring. Student Associa-
tion President SektE Sheikh said.
Sheikh helped oversee the selection
trosres' this vear. Cm* of i group of
five applicants, four were chosen.
"Though we had a small number
of applicants, the applicants we got
were very good," Sheikh said. "I look
forward to the events they put on."
The senior executive group had
various reasons for running for office.
"I wanted to have fun my senior
year and I think being part of the pro-
cess and putting together the biggest
parties of senior year is a good way to
go out," Arquero said.
Bilstein wanted to make sure that
everything continued to run smoothly.
"I really enjoyed last year's se-
nior events and I wanted to make
sure that we have at least as good of
events this year," Bilstein said.
As for Halliburton, being on the
senior committee was the fruition of
a long-time goal.
"I have been talking about apply-
ing to Senior Committee since sopho-
more year," Halliburton said. "I start-
ed going to Hundred Days freshman
year. I'm from Houston so 1 know the
city well. Every venue we've been to,
I've been to before."
Planning ahead, the Senior Com-
mittee talked about learning from
the mistakes of previous senior par-
ties. For instance, they don't want a
repeat of last year's Senior Gala that
ran out of food early on.
"The booze to food ratio was out
of control," Halliburton said.
Another issue with Senior Gala
they hope to resolve is available
tickets. Only around 400-500 tickets
were issued last year, Bilstein said.
Besides not having enough tickets,
seniors also didn't have priority in
tickets, Halliburton said.
"One of the major problems of last
year was they picked a really pricey-
venue," Halliburton said. "They
didn't have enough tickets for the en-
tire senior body to attend the senior
party. 1 ended up giving my ticket to
a senior when I found out."
The Senior Committee will also
put more focus on promoting senior
parties and events this year, Halli-
burton said.
The executive gToup has already
been thinking about venues for
Hundred Days. Rich's, a large dance
club in midtown Houston is a likely
contender. It is a popular venue with
plenty of space to accommodate ev-
eryone, .Arquero said.
"It's going to be awesome," Halli-
burton said. "It's senior year; it's the
time to celebrate."
RA to leave Wiess, Rice to pursue master's
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Wiesi College Reaoen* Associate
'Jmste Leambacr. wiL oe lesr.irif Wires
anc Ekx after trm year to ge* her mas-
ter s oegree r. mgner education. On her
third ve«r as art RA, Lennoacr. said that
she is sad to ieave Wiess but is excite:
for the future as well
"Being an RA has been an abso-
lutely amaan? experience." Lexmbach
said Tve gotten to share my life with
the Wiess students and ifs been a lot
of fun."
Also serving as the Assistant Director
of the Community Involvement Center,
Leimbach has balanced her on-campus
job with a number of soaal events at Wi-
ess. Active in intramural sports, she has
also hosted summer eet-togethers. tie-
dying activities and TV nights for Glee
and Monday night football.
"From going to powderpuff games,
masters' tea and Wiess' musicals,
there's [been] a lot of memories," she
said. "Just fun moments on a smaller
scale [and] interacting with everyone
or c dairy Oasis - that's wnat the higb-
iign of rny day is."
Wiess senior P„ooir. Richards first
me- Leimoacr. through Rice's Oman im-
mersior program Srie -jaic tna- Lein-
oacr. is itnown a- Wiess tor tier baked
goods anc fur. stuOv organs
"You car. ahvavs talr to Crmsia.
aoou* silh or serious stuff' Pochards
said "Te oevastaxe; she's leaving —
if % « km for Wiess"
Lamoacr. mentioned that of ail the
memories she's had wr± her students,
her favorite has consistently been Ori-
entation Week. She said she enjoyed
the unparalleled passion for Wiess and
its future during that wedr.
"I think there's so much energy 00
so many levels," she said "It's crazy-
how a week can really shape someone's
transition into Wiess."
Even during O Week. Leimbach
has been highly involved, screening
and overseeing the creation of the
event's T-shirts. Wiess junior Kunle
Roberts said that Christa has done a
lot for the college.
"She has a job and responsibilities
but regardless of that, she takes out a
lot of time to be with us," Roberts said.
"She's really involved at Cabinet and a
lot of Wiess events."
Wiess senior Emily Salomon said
ma* Leimbach has made an effort to
zf aiong with everyone. She said Leim-
bach is down to earth and unassuming.
"She seems to really care about us."
Salomon said Tm concerned about
the college because we're losing the
masters and RA — three of the adults
that help make Wiess what it is."
Leimbach initially applied to be an
RA when a group of students whom she
met through ADVANCE, an organiza-
tion aimed at improving gender equity
in the campus, encouraged her to apply
for the position. She said that going into
the pb. she wasn't sure what to expect
exactly, but emphasized that she has
truly enjoyed her experience.
"It really has been an honor," Leim-
bach said. "Just seeing students grow
and change and take cm leadership
roles — hopefully I have built relation-
ships with my students throughout my
time as an RA"
BEYONDTHE HEDGES
National International
U.S. apologizes
for experiments
United States Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton apologized
to Guatemalan President Alvaro
Coiom last Friday about a recently
uncovered medical experiment
carried out by American doctors
on Guatemalan prisoners, soldiers
and mental patients. The doctors
infected their subjects with syphi-
lis by having them sleep with in-
fected prostitutes, or if that failed,
by pouring bacteria on scrapes
on their bodies or even injecting
bacteria into their spinal cords.
Clinton also apologized to the
survivors and descendants of the
subjects of the experiment, which
took place from 1946-1948.
Source: The New York Times
Emanuel leaves,
Rouse steps up
White House Chief of Staft
Rahm Emanuel resigned last Fri-
day in order to run in the upcom-
ing Chicago mayoral elections.
President Obama has temporar-
ily replaced him with Pete Rouse,
though this may become perma-
nent. The two men have been
contrasted for their differing per-
sonalities — while Emanuel was
known as a combative manager,
Rouse is considered quiet — and
Obama mentioned Rouse's media-
shyness during Emanuel's farewell
ceremony Friday.
Source: Chicago Tribune
Shahzad given life
sentence for bomb
Faisal Shahzad, the man re-
sponsible for the failed May 1
Times Square car bombing, was
sentenced Tuesday to life in pris-
on after pleading guilty in June to
weapons and terrorism charges.
Shahzad, born in Pakistan, be-
came a U.S. citizen in 2009. Al-
though the explosives Shahzad
prepared failed to detonate prop-
erly, prosecutors said that a suc-
cessful detonation would have
devastated the surrounding area.
Shahzad said that he rejected the
court's authority because he, as a
Muslim, did not have to abide by
human laws.
Source: BBC
Hungarian sludge
reaches Danube
Toxic industrial sludge which
spilled from a reservoir in Hun-
gary on Monday has reached
iste Danube River via the Marcal
River, where its high alkaline lev-
els had already killed all of the
fish. Hungarian authorities have
been pouring clay and acid into
the Danube ano its tributary, the
Raba, to try to reduce the pH. Hun-
garian officials said that alkaline
solution and heavy metal levels
in the Danube and Raba are below
the toxic level for humans. The
spill has killed four people so far,
who are believed to have drowned
in the sludge.
Source: BBC
U.S. apologizes
for NATO strike
The United States offered an
apology Wednesday to the Pakistani
government for the HATO helicopter
strike on the border between Af-
ghanistan and Pakistan that killed
three Pakistani soldiers. Following
the strike, Pakistani closed a near-
by border crossing to HATO supply
convoys bringing supplies to NATO
troops in Afghanistan. The backed-
up convoys have been attacked mul-
tiple times by militant groups since
the border crossing was closed.
American officials said they expect
the crossing to reopen soon.
Source: The New York Times
Four Nobel win-
ners announced
Four of the six 2010 Nobel
Prizes have been announced, and
the winners of the peace and eco-
nomics prizes will be announced
today and Monday, respectively.
Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi
and Akira Suzuki won the prize
in chemistry for palladium-cata-
lyzed cross coupling, Andre Geim
and Konstantin Novoselov won
the prize in physics for their ex-
periments with graphene, Mario
Vargas Llosa won the prize in lit-
erature for his depictions of pow-
er and individual resistance and
Robert Edwards won the prize in
medicine for the development of
in vitro fertilization.
Source: Nobel Foundation
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Wilde, Anna. The Rice Thresher, Vol. 98, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 2010, newspaper, October 8, 2010; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth398486/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.