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New Health Services opens
by Steve Pattyn
THRESHER STAFF
Rice students now have a one-stop
shopping location for healthcare with
the opening of the Student Health and
Wellness Center in the old Brown
College commons. Construction on
the new facility has been completed,
and the Grand Opening is scheduled
for Jan. 23. The new center combines
the Student Health Center, formerly
housed in Hanszen College, and the
Wellness Center, formerly housed in
the Rice Memorial Student Center.
There is also a Satellite Office for the
Counseling Center.
The new facility drastically in-
creases the size of Student Health
Services and is the largest change in
health services in 40 years. The new
location features a new nurse station,
administrative space, and several
additional examination rooms. With
almost twice the space, both the staff
and the students who use its services
appreciate the new building.
"The old Health Services build-
ing was so crowded you could barely
move around," Hanszen senior
Amanda Bernal said. "I think Rice
really needed this new building."
Staff members hope having their
offices in one building will promote
cooperation among Health Services,
the Wellness Center and the Coun-
seling Center.
"lx gistically, the location of these
two programs under the same roof
allows for better planning, commu-
nication, and cooperation on projects
to promote health and wellness in
students," Student Health Services
Director Mark Jenkins said.
Health Education and Wellness
Director Emily I )exter Page said she
thinks the new facilities will greatly
improve the quality of services her
office can provide.
"In the old space at the cloisters,
accessibility was extremely limited,"
Page said. "Now we have a home base
where students can come in, chill out,
and really use what we have to offer."
In addition to drug and alcohol
counseling, the Wellness center will
offer students heavily-subsidized
massage therapy. For around $45
students will be able to receive an
hour-long massage. There are also
special rooms in the new building
for other forms of stress relief
therapy, such as meditation and acu-
puncture.
The Wellness Center plans to
expand its profile by hiring sev-
eral students to provide general
information to Health Center visi-
tors.
"Our group will use the new
building for meetings and group
events," SOAR Coordinator Rob
Lentz said. "It is a lot bigger, and we
can spread out more easily."
However, some students ex-
pressed concern that the new loca-
tion was farther from the majority of
the residential colleges, as well as
the intramural fields.
"I think the health concerns of
the students of six colleges should
take priority over the health con-
cerns of the students of three col-
leges," Hanszen junior Stephanie
Taylor said. "A main Health Services
Center should be where the most
people are."
Construction on the new build-
ing started last semester and contin-
ued through December. A large do-
nation from the family of Morton 1..
Rich helped to fund the construction
process, and the new building will
be named after Rich.
"The Rich family wished to honor
their son, Morton, a Rice alumnus
who died in a plane crash several
years ago," Assistant Dean of Stu-
dent Affairs for Health Programs
Lindley Doran said. "Several mem-
bers of t he Rich family are alumni of
Rice and have generously given to
the university over the years."
Operating hours for the Student
Health and Wellness Center will re-
main the same: Monday through Fri-
day, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., for both Health
Services and the Wellness Center.
Sid selects new RA
by Emily Yeomans
THRESHER STAFF
After completing its search, Sid
Richardson College will welcome
Intramural Sports Coordinator Evan
Stein and his wife Mary Stein as Sid
resident associates beginning in the
fall. The Steins pursued the position
because they enjoy interacting with
students, they said.
"We both enjoy helping students
further develop their personal and
social skills," Evan Stein said. "We
both had the time available and liked
the idea. My wife wanted something
that would keep her occupied out-
side of her job [as a physical thera-
pist for the Wellness Center at Me-
morial Hermann Hospital]."
Search committee chair Holly
McFarland said she and other com-
mittee members looked for candi-
dates whose personalities would
mesh with those of the college.
"[The Steins] were really ener-
getic and really friendly and really
laidback and open, and that's what
we felt would fit best with the per-
sonalities at Sid," McFarland said.
Sid president Becca Schendel, a
senior, said she thinks the Steins are
excited about the job and will bring
a new perspective to the college.
The Steins were introduced at a
council meeting Dec. 2.
"We invited them to our Council
meeting and they were introduced
on the agenda, and then they butt-
spelled for the college," McFarland,
a senior, said.
The Steins said they were inter-
ested in becoming RAs at Sid be-
cause of their familiarity with the
college.
"We applied for Sid because we
are familiar with them and their stu-
dents, even though we've only been
involved on the campus for a short
period of time," Evan Stein said. "We
are familiar with their history as a
college and really wanted to get in-
volved in the Rice college system.
The Steins will replace Kinesiol-
ogy Professor Brian Gibson and his
wife Elena Gibson.
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