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Vol. XCIII, Issue No. 3
ice Thresher
SINCE 1916
Friday, September 2, 2005
Students react to hurricane devastation
Katrina displaces families, damages homes of Rice students from Louisiana, Mississippi
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by Beko Binder
FOR THE THRESHER
MARSHALL ROBINSON/THRESHER
Three displaced hurricane victims seek refuge outside the Astrodome and Reliant Stadium Wednesday. They arrived a few
hours before the first of about 500 buses carrying people previously stranded in the Superdome in New Orleans. The Commu-
nity Involvement Center is working with the Red Cross to arrange ways for Rice students to volunteer at the Astrodome.
For the more than 30 Rice under-
graduates from southern Louisiana
and Mississippi, Hurricane Katrina
brought painful uncertainties about
their families, homes and futures.
Katrina, a category four hurricane, hit
Mississippi and Louisiana Monday.
Wiess College freshman Caro-
line Spedale, who is from Baton
Rouge, La., said her family chose
not to evacuate and is now fine.
"This is tragic," she said. "It's
devastating, especially for New
Orleans. Property [damage] is ter-
rible. People have to rebuild their
lives, but then you have so many
who actually lost their lives."
Education graduate student Ray-
morris Barnes (Lovett '04), who is
from Biloxi, Miss., said he had not
been able to contact an aunt and an
uncle as of Tuesday evening.
Barnes said his father told him
about the damage done to his
hometown.
"My high school... has been to-
tally destroyed," Barnes said. "City
Hall is flooded, the public library is
flooded ... and casino barges were
pushed back ... 75 yards."
Barnes said he was a junior in
high school when Category Two
Hurricane Georges hit Biloxi.
"All your life, you prepare for the
big one," he said. "I've never been
a part of a big one that had a direct
impact on me like this one has."
Barnes said he thinks the com-
ing weeks and months will be
difficult.
'The aftermath ... is going to
take a lot of support from outside
Mississippi," he said. "It's going
to take people coming together,
rebuilding communities and re-
building lives. That's the only thing
you have left to do."
The future is bleaker in New
Orleans, which did not suffer as
much hurricane damage but has
seen massive flooding.
Baker College junior Janine
Moreau said her family evacuated
New Orleans, eventually stopping
in Memphis. Moraeu said many
of her family's neighbors chose to
stay at home.
"You have a lot of die-hard people
who want to wait out the storm,"
Moreau said. "I have a friend whose
parents stayed. All their windows
were blown out, and there was lots
of damage to their home."
Moreau said watching the news
Sunday night was extremely dif-
ficult.
"I'm really lucky that I have
such supportive friends," Moreau
said. "Sunday night a bunch of my
friends offered to stay up all night
See KATRINA. page 5
Tulane students to take classes at Rice
by Risa Gordon
and Amber Obermeyer
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
Tulane University students from
the Houston area will be able to
register for Rice classes, Presi-
dent David Leebron announced
Wednesday in an all-departments
listserv e-mail.
Students from other evacuated
universities will be considered for
admission on a case-by-case basis,
Vice President for Enrollment Ann
Wright said. The students would be
admitted as visiting students.
Applicants will have to fill out
an abbreviated visiting student
application that does not include
an essay or blank box by Sept. 8
and will be notified of admission
decisions within 24 hours. Students
would begin the fourth week of
classes, Monday, Sept. 12.
Tulane applicants will be re-
quired to provide proof of Tulane
enrollment, shown through an ID
card, university correspondence
or other identification. Students
will be admitted as long as they
are in good standing at Tulane. Any
transcript information provided will
be used for academic advising, not
admission, Wright said.
"Tulane students are strong stu-
dents, and we do have overlap in ap-
plications," Wright said. "We want
to be as generous as we can."
Assistant to the President Mark
Scheid (Baker '67) said Rice has
not placed a limit on the number
of visiting students who can enroll.
However, visiting students will not
be allowed to register for classes
that have reached their enrollment or
classroom capacities. Instructors will
have to approve students' admission
to classes. Registrar David Tenney
(Sid '87) said no courses will be added
to accommodate visiting students.
"We're not making a blanket re-
striction [about the courses in which
visiting students may not enroll], but
there will be some course-by-course
restrictions," Tenney said.
Hie Registrar's Office sent an
e-mail to Rice students Wednesday
night instructing them to register
for the classes tbey are attending so
theofficecan accurately gauge which
classes have space available.
Wright said only Houston-area
students who could commute to
classes would be admitted because
Rice cannot support the enrollment
of many additional students. Tulane
has about 8,0(X) undergraduates, and
Wright said unconfirmed anecdotal
evidence suggests it has about 4(H)
students from the Houston area.
On-campus housing will not
be available to visiting students.
Parking and dining arrangements
are still being made.
Roshmi Agarwal, a Tulane
freshman from Katy, said the lack
of on-campus housing may deter
him from coming to Rice this
semester.
"UT has offered us housing on
campus, and that's a pretty big
deal." Agarwal said.
Wright said the Admission Office
has received calls and visits from fami-
lies interested in enrolling students
at Rice for the semester, as well as
from students interested in transfer-
ring to Rice permanently. Visiting
students are prohibited from applying
to transfer to Rice for at least one se-
mester, Tenney said. Tenney said the
Registrar's Office has also received a
high volume of phone calls.
Ian Healy, a freshman at Tulane,
said he is considering enrolling at
Rice for the semester, although
Tulane has not informed students
whether its fall semester will be
cancelled.
"Everyone is anxious because they
don't want to lose credit," he said. "I'm
pre-med and I don't want to have to
delay applying to medical school."
See TULANE, page 4
MORE KATRINA
COVERAGE
For more information about the
hurricane and its aftermath, see
pages 4-6.
The Thresher's coverage in-
cludes:
Rice's initial efforts to help
victims at the Astrodome
Professors'
the events
analysis of
Experiences of Rice
alumni in school at
Tulane
Rice's preparations for a
potential hurricane
Career Services to host job fair
for nonprofit, public sectors
Academic deadline
INSIDE
OPINION
Page 3
by Deepa Panchang
FOR THE THRESHER
Improving students' access to careers in
public service — and improving the service
of those entering other careers — will be
targets of a Career Services Center initiative
starting this year.
Career Services Assistant Director Nancy
Laidlaw said the Public Service Initiative
will bring nongovernmental organizations,
government agencies and socially-conscious
companies to campus for a job fair this fall
and will also host speeches by public service
leaders to promote careers in these fields.
Assistant I )ean for Student Affairs Cheryl
Matherly, also Director of Career Services,
said many students have asked for help
finding jobs in public service, but Career
Services has not been equipped to handle
those requests.
Martel College senior N'oorain Khan said
she has had to search for public service jobs
on her own.
"There are a lot of opportunities, and Rice
students don't know about them," Khan, a
political science and women and gender
studies major, said.
The Public Service Initiative will begin
with a speech by Chief Executive Officer and
President of World Learning Carol Bellamy
Sept. 27 in Fondren Library's Kyle Morrow
Room. World Learning is an international
nongovernmental organization that runs
the School for International Training — a
popular study abroad organization — as well
as programs in sustainable development and
peace building. Bellamy also worked for
UNICEF, served as director of the Peace
Corps and spent five years in the New York
State Senate.
See CAREERS, page 6
Today at 5 p.m. is the deadline to add
a course without a fee. Registration pin
numbers also expire today, so you'll have to
seek out your academic adviser and track
down your college coordinator if you want
to change your schedule after today.
Happy Labor Day
Don't go to class Monday, because your
professor and classmates won't be there.
Celebrate Ixibor Day by taking a road-trip
to Austin, getting ahead on homework or
whatever suits you.
Volleyball tournament
The volleyball team hosts the Crowne
Plaza Rice Invitational at Autry Court this
weekend. The Owls play McNeese State
today at 10:30 a.m. and Duke tonight at
7 p.m.
A&E
Page 10
Me nil exhibit impressive
SPORTS
Page 13
Soccer defeats Auburn
"The house I used to live in is no longer stand-
ing. It's just devastating — it's something you
have no control over. We should do as much as
we can for the victims."
— College Food Service Manager Angela Riggs
on the effects of Hurricane Katrina. See story,
page 1.
Weekend Weather
Friday
Chance of thunderstorms, 75-94 degrees
Saturday
Partly cloudy, 72 94 degrees
Sunday
Mostly sunny, 71 91 degrees
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