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the Rice Thresher
Vol. XCII, Issue No. 20
SINCE 1916
Friday, February 25, 2005
MARCUS ROMAN/THRESHER
A taste of culture
Hanszen College senior Kao Tanlguchl (left), Jones College sophomore
Bernadette Turegano (back) and Baker College freshman Aya Kurihara
prepare food at the Japanese Student Association table at the ADVANCE
Culture Fair Friday in the Grand Hall of the Student Center.
Lloyd elected SA president
Absentee write-in MacCormack finishes third
by Risa Gordon
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
In a close election, Brown College
junior James I Joyd beat out two official
competitors and surprise write-in candi-
date Ian MacCormack, a J ones College
junior, to win the Student Association
presidential election Wednesday.
A total of 1,162 online ballots were
cast in the presidential race, up from
944 last year and 861 in 2003.
After three rounds of elimination
using the preferential voting system,
Lloyd emerged with a 55 percent
majority over runners-up Jo Kent
and Noorain Khan. The General Elec-
tions began last Friday and closed
Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Before the preferential voting
elimination rounds, Lloyd was ahead
without a majority with 419 first-place
votes. Kent and Khan were second,
MacCormack was third and Jones
junior Harry Long was fourth.
Lloyd said he will focus on improv-
ing the structure of the SA.
"One of my main focuses is to
revive the S/ :ind to put energy and
purpose back into the SA," Lloyd
said. "I also intend to strengthen the
Rice community by increasing the
SA's role as a center-point of campus
activity and Rice identity."
Lloyd also said he will work
with Dean of Undergraduates Robin
Forman, a mathematics professor.
"One of the biggest issues we are
going to face is the direction we take
in the undergraduate focus at Rice,"
Lloyd said.
ALEX SIGEDA/THRESHER
Student Association President-Elect
James Lloyd, a Brown College junior.
Current SA President Derrick Mat-
thews, who also served as elections
chair, said he thinks Lloyd is qualified
to take on the SA presidency.
"[Lloyd] really showed his ability
to get things done as chair of the
ad hoc committee on club approv-
als," Matthews, a Will Rice College
senior, said. "I'm also comforted by
the fact that he was active in this
year's senate, since I think some
level of continuity is an important
asset. James had some lofty goals in
his campaign, and I'm excited to see
them accomplished."
Kent, a Baker College junior, and
Khan, a Martel College junior, finished
in second place as co-presidential candi-
dates, receiving 364 first-place votes.
Khan said she and Kent wish Lloyd
good luck in the upcoming year.
"While the results did not go the
way we wished, at the same time we
appreciate the amazing opportunities
running a campaign afforded us,"
Khan said. "We both learned from
and enjoyed the opportunity to talk
to students, administrators and staff
all over campus. We intend to take
our diverse experiences and energy
and serve the Rice community in a
different way."
Ames Grawert, a Lovett College
junior who ran uncontested for SA
internal vice president, said he hopes
Kent, Khan and Long participate in
next year's SA
"I think it will be really telling to
see whether or not any of the candi-
dates who lost remain involved in the
SA, because I think Jo and Noorain
could do great things for the SA,"
Grawert said.
Write-in candidate MacCormack
finished in third place with 317 votes,
27.5 percent of the first-place votes.
MacCormack is studying abroad in
northern India and did not know
about his candidacy until Tuesday,
when Steve Pattyn, a Jones senior
who came up with the idea to cam-
paign for MacCormack's election,
informed him by e-mail.
Pattyn said he came up with the idea
because he and others were dissatis-
fied with the choices on the ballot.
The campaign was run through
a Web site; a group on the facebook;
last week's Backpage, written by the
students involved in the MacCor-
mack campaign; and word of mouth.
See ELECTIONS, page 5
Jones master search committee
will include Sid master Cox
by Stephanie Jennings
THRESHER STAFF
The search committee for new Jones
College masters will include five faculty and
staff members and seven Jones students yet
to be named.
The committee will search for a replace-
ment for Mathematics Professor Robin
Forman and Ann Owens, the current Jones
masters. Forman was named dean of under-
graduates last month. He and Owens will
continue to serve as masters for the remainder
of the semester.
President David Ixebron and Forman plan
to examine the master search process, but the
review could not be completed in time for the
Jones search, Adviser to the President Maryana
Iskander (Wiess '97) said.
Jones Resident Associate Bridget Gorman
and Jones President Ellen Montz, a senior, will
co-chair the search committee.
The committee will also include Jones
President-Elect Breck Garrett, a junior, and five
other students, who have not yet been selected;
Jones RA Scott Wray; two faculty associates,
who have yet to be named; and Sid Richardson
College master Steve Cox, a computational and
applied mathematics professor.
Gorman said the committee's structure
was created by Forman and approved by the
President's Office. Students have been involved
in choosing the specific faculty members to
serve on the committee, she said.
Iskander said the structure of the Jones
committee does not necessarily reflect changes
the president and dean might implement after
studying the master search process.
The committee will interview interested
faculty members and submit the names of its
top two candidates to Leebron, who will choose
the new master. Before this year, student search
committees submitted only one choice to the
president. However, Leebron changed the
process in time for the master searches at Sid
and Martel Colleges in the fall.
Iskander said Leebron and Forman's
examination of the search process will likely
be conducted with the help of a committee
composed mostly of students.
Forman said he thinks non-student commit-
tee members will be a valuable addition to the
Jones search process.
"Students are the main clientele of the
masters, but still students only see a certain
portion of what it is to be a master," Forman
said. "Acommittee with broader representation
allows the committee to make a more informed
decision."
Cox said he will have no special duties on
the committee and will have an equal vote.
"Masters have some experience on the job,
and I can share with candidates the responsibili-
ties and joys and difficulties of being a master
from a master's point of view," Cox said. "I think
I'm in a good position to inform the prospective
masters what the job entails and also help the
search committee craft useful questions."
Cox said he does not think the inclusion of
a master on the search committee will greatly
af feet the candidate chosen. In the past, master
search committees have been in frequent con-
tact with the committee of masters, he said.
"The inconsequential change now is placing
a liaison [from the committee of masters] actu-
ally on the search committee," Cox said.
Gorman, a sociology professor, said she
hopes to name all members of the committee by
spring break and start interviewing candidates
after the break.
"We hope to have time to conduct a thorough
search and find someone who's right for the
college," Gorman said.
Gorman said although Martel and Sid chose
new masters in the fall, she is not worried that
the candidate pool is depleted.
"That's a concern I've heard, but each col-
lege has its own unique identity and the right
master for it," Gorman said.
Forman said leaving the mastership is the
saddest part of his decision to become dean of
undergraduates.
"I don't think I would have left the
mastership for any job that did not have as a
major component a continuing engagement
See MASTERS, page fi
Interim admits drop slightly
by Monica Huang
THRESHER STAFF
Rice accepted fewer interim decision
applicants this year, but the acceptance rate
remained the same as last year.
A total of 3,044 students applied under
the interim decision plan, and Rice notified
868 accepted students Feb. 10. Last year,
Rice admitted 939 students from an appli-
cant pool of 3,348. This year's acceptance
rate was 28.5 percent, increasing half of one
percent from last year's, Vice President for
Enrollment Ann Wright said.
Geographically. 38 percent of the stu-
dents admitted in interim decision are from
Texas, while 60 percent hail from other states
and 2 percent are international.
Admits from out of state are less likely
than Texans to matriculate at Rice, so the
Admission Office admits non-Texans at a
higher rate to ensure a balance of about
half-and-half in the incoming class, Wright
said.
Of the admitted students, 54 percent
are female, and 46 percent are male. About
5 percent are black, and about 13 percent
See INTERIM, page 6
INSIDE
Celebrate good times
The Chinese Student Association's
Annual Lunar New Year Performance is
tonight in the Grand Hall of the Student
Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.. and
performances by the Chinese, Korean,
Vietnamese and Taiwanese Student Asso-
ciations will begin at 7 p.m. Free traditional
Asian food will be provided, and admission
is free to Rice students with ID.
Welcome, Visioneers
This weekend is Vision Weekend, a mini
version of Owl Weekend for applicants from
underrepresented minority groups.
We hope this weekend's prospective
students will enjoy their stay and decide to
matriculate in the Class of 2009.
Seniors'last hurrah
The men's basketball team plays its final
two home games of the season tonight at
7:05 p.m. against San Jose State University
and Sunday at 2:05 p.m. against the Uni-
versity of Hawaii. Seniors Walt Chancel-
lor, Brock Gillespie, Michael Harris and
Jason McKrieth will be honored before
Sunday's game.
OPINION Page 3
Tired of the same old LPAP?
A&E Page 9
Picking the Oscars
SPORTS Page 13
Lady Owls climb to second place
Quote of the Week
"It's tempting to say that the Ian MacCormack write-
in campaign was a mockery of the SA. Maybe it
was, but the bottom line is that it got more people
to vote than I remember in my four years at Rice."
— Student Association President Derrick Matthews
on the SA General Elections. See story, page 1.
Scoreboard
Baseball
Houston 3, Rice 4 (10 innings)
Lamar 2, Rice 8
Mississippi 4, Rice 5
Men's Basketball
Rice 76, Fresno State 68
Women's Basketball
Fresno State 74, Rice 89
Weekend Weather
Friday
Partly cloudy, 45-60 degrees
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, 46-61 degrees
Sunday
Mix of sun and clouds, 49-65 degrees
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