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THE RICE THRESHER O-WEEK FRIDAY, AUGUST 25,2006
Baker Institute Intern Program - Fall 2006
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The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy is now accepting applications for
undergraduate student interns for the fall 2006 semester. This is your chance to work directly
with Institute Fellows and Rice Faculty on exciting areas of research. This semester, we are
looking for interns interested in the following research programs: Science and Technology
Policy, Tax Policy, and Asian Policy (fluency in Chinese a plus). These are paid internships
that require working up to 10 hours/week - the work may involve research, writing, editing,
and office work including copying, filing, etc.
Applicants must provide the following:
> Letter stating areas of interest and why you would like to intern for the Institute
> Resume
> Official Sealed Transcript
> One Letter of Recommendation
Applications will be considered on a first come, first served basis.
Completed applications should be addressed to: Baker Institute Intern Program, Attention
Jason Lyons, Senior Research Coordinator, Baker Institute MS-40. Questions may be sent to
ielvons@alumni.rice.edu.
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MOT SURD
Free Student Computer Scanning
and Cleaning
O-Week and first week of class
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday-Friday
Mudd Building Lobby
Bring your laptop or CPU to the Mudd Lobby any
afternoon during O-Week or the first week of class and
we'll scan it for viruses and clean it for free. We'll also
install Clean Access and make sure you can connect to
the new Rice network.
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Contact the IT Help Desk for computing assistance:
713-348-HELP(4357) or helpdesk@rice.edu
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the Rice Thresher
recruiting meeting
Thursday, August 31 at 9 p.m..
Miner Lounge in the Student Center
ORIENTATION
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going to go out to the game Sept
2 against [the University of Hous-
ton]." •
Rice University Police Depart-
ment, Rice Emergency Services and
Student Judicial Affairs also held a
joint presentation this year.
"The presentation provided avery
comprehensive view of emergency
services at Rice," Wanek said. "It's
important for students to know that
[the departments] are not working
against each other and not working
against the student"
Becky Elliott, a Jones College
sophomore transfer student said
she felt the combined RUPD, REMS
and Student Judicial Programs pre-
sentations made the topics easier to
remember.
"People remembered what was
said, and they could connect it to-
gether," Elliot said. "If it was separate,
people would have a harder time
connecting it"
James Bartlett a Lovett College
freshman, said he thought the EMS
and RUPD presentations were well
coordinated but the Student Judicial
Affairs portion seemed discon-
nected.
"It was like having two separate
presentations, just in the same place
one after another," Bartlett said.
Will Rice College freshman Alex
Dinur said some of the activities
gave O-Week a summer camp at-
mosphere.
"[We were] shepherded from
place to place like sheep for a whole
week with not very much sleep,"
Dinur said. "But the social gain is
good."
Will Rice College freshman Abhi-
nav Khanna said that O-Week was a
unique experience compared to ori-
entation offered at other colleges.
"For my friends at other schools,
orientation consisted of arriving on
campus, getting an ID, keys and a
send-off like 'good luck, have a nice
next fouryears,"'Khanna said. "Butat
Rice, it's different because everyone
cares a lot [about new students]."
Common reading
New students were asked this
yearto read a "common reading" over
the summer, which consisted of a set
of articles on two themes: scientific
theory and objectivity.
Dean of Undergraduates Robin
Forman said that although the com
mon readings were not otficially an
O-Week activity, they were assigned
to stimulate intellectual dialogue
between new students.
"We view [common, readings] as
a way to introduce students to the
culture of inquiry and scholarship
that lies at the heart of what we are as
a campus, to provide a common lan-
guage and set of questions students
have thought about before arrive
and to create opportunities to have a
stimulating conversationaboutthese
concepts," Forman said.
Many new students r, aid they had
not yet read the assigned articles.
Jones O-Week
While O-Week itself ran smoothly,
Jones College O-Week coordinators
Matt McDonnel, Emily Coleman and
Valerie Lewis quickly redid much
of their planning after deciding to
change their original theme, "Hustle
and FlO-Week," in mid-June.
Jones elected their coordinators
before selecting a theme, and in
March, the coordinators proposed
Hustle and FlO-Week to the Jones
Cabinet which approved the theme
unanimously.
Hustle and Flow is a 2005 film
about a streetwise Memphis hustler
attempting to develop a career as a
rapper.
McDonell said a concerned stu-
dent not affiliated with Jones—who
the coordinators declined to name
— sent them an e-mail in mid-June
to inquire about the Jones theme
and group names, McDonell said.
Soon thereafter, the student called
the coordinators.
"He took issue with the theme
and told us that" McDonell said. "He
didn't ask us to change it"
Forman, who also received e-
mails about the issue, said concerns
went beyond the theme. He said the
adviser bios in the book contributed
to a document that left some students
uneasy.
"Concerns were not just with
the theme," Forman said. There
were concerns about the way it was
carried out and presented in the [O-
Week] book."
McDonell said three daysafter be-
ing initially contacted by the student,
the coordinators decided to change
the theme.
"We were into the parts of OWeek
planning like roommate pairing and
group matching," McDonell said.
"But we decided it was in the best
interest of the new students to over-
haul our work."
Forman said the coordinators
made the change on their own.
"They responded wonderfully
once they became aware of some of
the implications," he said. "... They
decided to change things and did a
remarkable job of putting together a
new theme and O-Week book in very
short order."
Lewis said changing the theme
put the coordinators far behind in
planning, butthat they caughtup and
Coming Fall 2006
The Department of
Mechanical Engineering &
Materials Science
Send an e-mail to
thresher@rice. edu
for more information.
MECH 499/599
Legal Themes in Engineering Practices
Introduction to fundamental legal concepts of the American
legal system for upper level undergraduate students and
graduate students; primarily aimed at what engineers,
scientists and other professionals could expect to encounter
in their professional careers. The main focus is
to provide students with the basic tools to understand and
interact with lawyers.
Coordinated by:
Dr. Pot Spanos
LB. Ryon Professor in Engineering, Rice University
&
David Warden
Adjunct Lecturer, Rice University
For more information please contact the Mechanical
Engineering and Materials Science Office at 713.348.4906
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