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Graduate grief
Lack of information and resources during Hurricane Ike
reveals second-class status of graduate students.
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A&E P. 8
So long, Paul Newmann
Paul Newman is remembered for his acting talent and
entrepreneurial spirit.
SPORTS P. 10
Soccer rocks your (soccer) socks
After last weekend's Conference USA match, the Rice soccer
team is in a 10-way tie for second. Confused? Read on...
SINCE 1916
STUDENT-RUN
VOLUME XCVII, ISSUE NO. 7
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008
More money, more problems
Upcoming account restructuring could restrict club financial autonomy
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By Kern Viiayvargiya
and Catherine Bratic
Thresher Staff
Collegesandclubs
at Rice will soon find
their finances ex-
tensively restructured
under a new proposal
that will move all ex-
ternal accounts on-
campus and impose
new restrictions on
check-writing and
tax records, according
to Vice President for
Finance Kathy Collins.
While the details of the
plan, from specific proposals l
to the date when transitions will
begin, are not yet finalized beyond
the closure of the accounts, many orga-
nizations are already dreading its poten
tial consequences.
The proposed plan
The plan would create a separate fund for each stu
dent organization in the BANNER financial system, a bank-
ing service offered by an external vendor which was established at
Rice in the 1980s. The new system would move student funds from
Osee money, page 6
Add/drop deadlines
to change next year
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY IAN WHITE
Faculty Senate to assist
overwhelmed Honor Council
by Catherine Bratic
Thresher Editorial Staff
Starting next fall, add/drop
deadlines will be moved up, giving
students half as much time to make
decisions about whether or not to
add or keep a course compared to
the current schedule.
Currently, students have four
weeks to add a course. During the
first two weeks, students can do so
without a fee. Next year, however,
students will have one week to add
a course without a fee followed by
two weeks to add with a fee.
The current deadline for drop-
ping a course is in the 10th week of
classes, around most courses' mid-
terms. Next year's academic calen-
dar moves that deadline up to the
fifth week of school.
While the 2oo9-'io academic
calendar was approved in January,
this issue has not been brought up
until recently, Registrar David Ten-
ney (Sid Rich '87) said.
"Realistically, nobody has been
thinking that far ahead," Tenney said.
Student Association Academics
Committee co-chair Jasdeep Man-
gat brought the shortened add/
drop deadlines to the attention of
the student senate at this Monday's
meeting. Mangat, a Brown College
senior, said these deadlines were
largely overlooked by students as
well as faculty because of larger is-
sues with the calendar at the time.
When the academic calendar for
next year was being discussed last
fall, most of the concerns that were
voiced centered on the possible
elimination of the spring recess,
Evan Siemann, the director of the
Faculty Senate's academic calendar
committee, said.
"Students were so intent on that
particular feature of the calendar
that this didn't get thought about as
much," Siemann said.
2009-'10
CALENDAR
The following are the add/
drop deadlines for the 2009-
'10 academic calendar.
■ Mon. Aug. 24: First day of
classes.
■ Friday, Aug. 28: Deadline
to add without a fee.
■ Friday, Sept. A: Deadline to
add with a fee, drop with-
out a fee.
■ Friday, Sept. 5: Deadline to
drop with a fee.
Siemann said the change was
motivated by professors' desires to
solidify their class rosters earlier
in the semester. Under the current
schedule, students can theoretically
S3 see add, page 7
by Jocelyn Wright
Thresher Editorial Staff
Feeling that the Honor Council
may be overwhelmed with student
judicial matters, the Faculty Senate
plans to form a working group to
assess whether the system is func-
tioning optimally. Ecology and Evo-
lutionary Biology Professor Evan
Siemann said the Faculty Senate
wants to assess the reasons for an
increased number of Honor Council
cases, since at its busiest times the
council can expect a case per day.
The working group, which is not
yet fully formed, will be headed
by Siemann and History Profes-
sor Edward Cox and will include
Mathematics Professor John Hemp-
el, Management Professor Duane
Windsor, Physics and Astronomy
Professor Thomas Killian and some
students from the Honor Council.
Honor Council President Jackie
Ammons said the Honor Council
had sent a suggested list of people
to the task force but that, currently,
no meetings had been set up. Sie-
mann said the final group would
probably have one or two addition-
al faculty members so thav ull the
disciplines would be more equally
represented. This group plans to
observe whether the Honor Coun-
cil system is functioning optimally,
Siemann said.
Faculty Senate Speaker Debo-
rah Harter said the working group
should not be seen as an indication
of any Faculty Senate disapproval
or distrust of the Honor Council.
"We have 100 percent support
for and belief in the Honor Coun-
cil," Harter said.
In ;< joint proposal to the Fac-
ulty senate, Cox and Siemann ex-
pressed their concerns that the
current Honor Council was not
functioning at its prime. They said
a growing number of cases were be-
ing referred to the Honor Council,
resulting in a very high work load
for Honor Council members. This
heavy workload leads to long de-
lays between when cases are sent
to the Honor Council and when
they are tried. Siemann said when
he referred a student to the Honor
Council last year, the student was
not notified until 8 weeks later.
Siemann said many faculty mem-
bers were also choosing to handle
Honor Code violations on their own,
which was leading to a huge discrep-
ancy between the punishments for
students given by individual profes-
sors and the punishments decided
on by the Honor Council.
"The normal penalty structure [for
the Honor Council] is a one- to two-
semester suspension and an F in the
course," Siemann said. "If a faculty
member handles the case it could
range from a stern warning to an F in
the class. If the faculty is involved it's
on a totally different scale."
Siemann and Cox also expressed
their concern in their statement
that there was a large difference be-
tween undergraduate and graduate
o see honor, page 7
Football
beats UNT
Clement, Dillard go
down in the books
by Brody Rollins
Thresher Staff
Turn the page on Tim Rattay and
Troy Edwards. Forget about Colt
Brennan and Davone Bess. Last
Saturday afternoon, senior quar-
terback Chase Clement and senior
wide receiver Jarett Dillard became
the most prolific scoring duo in
college football history. To put it in
perspective, there has not been a
diad this hot since Carrie Bradshaw
set her sights on Mr. Big in episode
one of Sex and the City.
Chase Clement Jarett Dillard
Quarterback Wide Receiver
By connecting on three touch-
downs in a 77-20 wipeout of the Uni-
versity of North Texas, Clement and
Dillard broke the NCAA all-time re-
cord for most touchdowns between
a receiver and quarterback pair.
The three touchdown^ gave rhem a
total of 41 and set them two ahead
of the previous record holders.
"You really don't recognize what
it is until it's broken," Dillard said.
"I really didn't recognize it until
our equipment manager came to
me and said she was sending the
ball to the College Football Hall of
Fame. That brought my jaw down.
I'm just in a state of shock."
Dillard added one more score
when he jumped over the top of a
UNT defensive back and hauled in
a 30-yard pass from junior running
back Jeramy Goodson. Dillard's
four receptions for touchdowns in
the game broke the Rice record and
landed him in a tie for most career
receiving touchdowns in NCAA his-
tory with 50.
Dillard and Clement received
conference-wide and national rec-
ognition this week for their record-
setting performance when they
were named the Conference USA
Co-Offensive Players of the Week
and the Walter Camp Football Foun-
dation Bowl Subdivision National
Offensive Players of the Week.
Tomorrow Dillard. Clement and
the rest of the Owls will have their
hands full when they face the Uni-
versity of Tulsa in a nationally tele-
vised game on the CBS Sports Net-
work at 7 p.m.
Under former Rice head coach
Todd Graham, the Golden Hurricane
o see record, page 7
Screw Yer Roommate
The long-awaited event is finally coming this
Friday! Here's how it works: find a date for your
roommate, then conspire with date's roommate to
get the two to meet. The time is set: in the Aca-
demic Ouad on Friday at 6 p.m. (with a group of
friends). Be sure your roommate is there!
Hanszen Prohibition Party
Bring your flapper gear, channel F. Scott Fitzger-
ald and get ready to celebrate the 18th Amendment
i920s-style!
The party will be held in the Hanszen College
commons tomorrow from 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
Don't be a square.
Symphony Orchestra
Come listen to the Shepherd School Symphony
Orchestra's first performance of the semester Fri-
day. Oct. 3 and Saturday, Oct. 4 from 8- 10 p.m. in
the Stude Concert Hall. Your fave composers Ber-
liioz, Wagner and Smetana will be played. Tickets
are $10 for students.
INDEX
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News 4
Arts & Entertainment 8
Sports 10
Calendar 15
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