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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 25,2006
Del Conte brings new faces to senior staff
by Dylan Farmer
1HRESHKR EDrTORIAL STAFF
Athletics Director Chris Del
Conte is not the only senior employee
new to the Athletic Department this
summer. David Sayler is the new
senior executive athletic director,
replacing Steve Moniaci. Russell
Dean replaces former Marketing
Director Mike Pede, and Chuck Pool
replaces former Sports Information
Director Bill Cousins.
Del Conte said he hired people
who bring their own ideas to athlet-
ics.
"What you don't want to do is
bring in people who are tyes' people,"
Del Conte said. "You want to bring in
people who are team people."
In his new position, Sayler works
directly with coaches and adminis-
trators and manages daily internal
affairs and budget operations. He
began July 26.
Sayler was previously the associ-
ate athletic director for business op-
erations at Oregon State University.
For two years, he was responsible for
OSU's athletic budget and managing
the costs and revenues of individual
sports. Before that, Sayler worked
for two years at Bowling Green State
University, overseeing athletic busi-
ness operations.
Sayler said he aims to help
improve Rice's reputation nation-
ally while spending within the
department's budget In addition, he
said he will work on improving the
interactions between varsity athletes
and other students.
"We want to involve people,"
Sayler said. "We don't want campus
to end when you get to the football
stadium."
Del Conte announced Wednesday
the athletic department had hired
Chuck Pool to be Rice's sports infor-
mation director. Pool has experience
with professional and college athletics
programs. For five years, he worked
in the University of Nebraska's sports
information department, where he
was involved with gymnastics and
swimming media relations. He then
worked in minor league baseball for
the media relations departments of
the Houston Astros and Florida
Marlinsorganizations. Most recently,
he has worked on the committees of
the Rotary Ijombardi Award for col-
lege football linemen and the Roger
Clemens Award for college baseball
pitching.
Pool said he is looking forward
to the challenge of competing with
Houston's professional sports teams
for fans.
"We really have to get the story
out about what's going on in the
Athletics Department and let that
story be told in a very competitive
market," Pool said.
Dean worked with Del Conte
at the University of Arizona for two
years before he came to Rice. As
marketing director, he will focus on
expanding Rice's fan base in Houston,
especially among West University
residents.
"There are so many people so
close to campus that we can fill up
all of our facilities without having to
venture over very far. and that's an
incredible opportunity," Dean said.
Dean said he had success in-
creasing ticket sales while working
at Tulane University, where he
doubled football ticket sales be-
tween the 2(X)2 and 2003 seasons.
Outgoing staff
Del Conte said he asked Cousins,
Moniaci and Pede to resign. Athlet-
ics announced the resignations
July 19.
"All three of them are great
people," Del Conte said. "They were
here a long time, but [we had) to
make changes. ... I asked them to
leave in the context that it was not
that they did a bad job. it was to ...
move forward and make changes
that were right for Rice."
Moniaci worked at Rice 26 years,
beginning as the promotions director
and executive director of the Owl
Club. He was promoted to operations
director and in May2001, former Ath-
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ANNOUNCING:
Senior Executive Athletic Director
David Sayler
letic Director Bobby May (Will Rice
'65) named Moniaci senior associate
athletic director, the number-two
position in the department
Moniaci said his views and others'
were becoming incompatible in the
time before his departure. Moniaci
said he enjoyed working as associate
athletic director because he liked
interacting with varsity athletes.
"I had a pretty open door policy,
and a lot of athletes would stop by my
office, and I'd see how they were do
ing and check up on them," Moniaci
said. "That's the reason I came to
Rice and the reason I stayed there
for 26 years."
Marketing Director Russell Dean
Cousins was a 23-year Rice
employee who began as assistant
SID before becoming SID in 1984.
Cousins said he enjoyed working
at Rice because of its emphasis on
educating varsity athletes.
"I liked working at a place where
I didn't have to apologize for mis-
conduct of student-athletes every
day," Cousins said. "I liked working
at a place that had the priority of
education."
Pede was at Rice for nearly 13
years, beginning as the marketing
director. His job expanded to include
media relations, licensing, athletic-
promotions, radio and television.
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History Department - Fall 2006 - New Courses
Hist 134 20TH CENTURY CHINESE WOMEN
HISTORY FRESHMAN SEMINAR: CHINESE WOMEN IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Anne Chao, Graduate Instructor
Writing seminar in history which explores the various roles of Chinese women as intellectuals,
revolutionaries, Mary Fourth writers, migrant workers and political activists. Limited enrollment.
MWF 1 1:00 AM - 1 1:50 AM
Hist 135 AMERICA & THE WORLD
HISTORY FRESHMAN SEMINAR: AMERICA AND THE WORLD
Ann Ziker, Graduate Instructor
Writing seminar in history which offers an overview of American Foreign policy and overseas military
interventions in the 20th century. Special emphasis will he placed on critically appraising the nature, aims,
and uses of American power in the modern world. Topics will include U.S. policy in Southeast Asia, the
Middle East and Central America. Limited enrollment.
TTH 1:00 PM -2:20 PM
Hist 137 SCIENCE & RELIGION
HISTORY FRESHMAN SEMINAR: SCIENCE AND RELIGION
Carl Pearson, Lecturer
Freshman writing seminar will examine the relationship between science (conceived broadly) and religion in western history.
Topics include the trial of Galileo, arguments about God's relationship to the world, natural theology and design arguments,
"scientific" linguistics and the science of racc, animal-human hybrids, "stewardship of the earth" environmentalism,
technologies of conception and Jewish law. Limited enrollment.
TH 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Hist 227 COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA
Lopcz-Alonso, Visiting Assistant Professor
Survey of Latin America from I4l)2 to the 1820's, including the European background and major New World indigenous
ci\ ili/ations. Primary focus on the region s economy, society, culture and politics by examining pre-C olumbian societies,
impact of conquest and colonization, colonial political econom). sla\e systems and indigenous peasantries, and the collapse
of Iberian colonialism.
MWF 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Hist 265 AMERICAN REVOLUTION
NORTH AMERICA IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION. 1763-1789
Rebecca Goetz, Assistant Professor
An overview of the American Revolution from its beginnings as a colonial protest to its translormation into
a movement seeking independence Irom Britain. Also examines differences over the meaning and legacv of
the Revolution in the new Republic, w ith consideration of its significance for the Atlantic World as well.
MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
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Hist 325 MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Jose Pastrano, HRC Postdoctoral Fellow
Lecture course will examine Mexican Americans in the context of their everyday lives to reconstruct their
worldviews, values, and habits in order to evaluate their response to the changing economic, social, and
political relations determined by the evolution of American capitalism.
TTH 1.00 PM - 2:20 PM
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