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1/14/10 6:00pm
Video: Women's track and field 2010
This week the Thresher presents an exclusive video report on women's track and field. See also the full article.
This week the Thresher presents an exclusive video report on women's track and field. See also the full article.
After delivering mixed performances throughout their non-conference schedule, the Owls have finally arrived at their Conference USA competition. With it comes an opportunity for Head Coach Ben Braun to show the strides or stumbles that the squad has made in the coach's second year at the helm. Since Braun arrived at South Main last fall, the C-USA picture has changed dramatically. The conference, once known for greater girth in the midsection under the domination of the University of Memphis, has suddenly become top-heavy and now appears to be moving up as one of the tougher conferences in the nation.
With Leap Year, it's clear that the 1960's legacy of Rock Hudson and Doris Day movies lives on. The plot of Leap Year is simple, the humor is basic and the romance is perfectly clean - no messing around in the bedroom for this couple. And while audiences still enjoy Hudson's and Day's flicks - Pillow Talk was added to the National Film Registry just last month by the Library of Congress - Leap Year lacks the special spark that marked Hudson and Day's movies, and instead exhibits a minimalism that tosses aside both excitement and originality. In Leap Year, Anna (Julie & Julia's Amy Adams) is a sharp young professional living in Boston with Jeremy (Step Brothers' Adam Scott), her boyfriend of four years. When Jeremy gives her diamond earrings instead of a diamond engagement ring, Anna decides to follow him on his business trip to Dublin after her father (Confessions of a Shopaholic's John Lithgow) tells her about an old Irish tradition that allows a woman to propose to a man on Leap Day. Anna's trip to Ireland turns into an adventure full of pitfalls and passion, and after many mishaps, she falls in love with her Irish cab driver, Declan (Watchmen's Matthew Goode).
It was slated to be the biggest development Rice had seen since the advent of the college system. It was going to propel Rice into the upper echelon of educational institutions in terms of both prestige and research monies. It was going to create the intellectual and innovative center of the fourth-largest city in the world's wealthiest nation.Instead, the proposal to merge Rice and the Baylor College of Medicine was the biggest anticlimax our university has seen in recent memory (see story, page 1). The sound of the deal failing earlier this week was deafening, and reverberated across the university. We can't say we're not disappointed that the deal fell apart - everyone likes to be part of a historical occurrence, of course - and it is worrisome for those in the Rice-Baylor program, who will soon be attending a medical school whose finances are in such unsteady waters that the most logical course of action, merging with Rice, was torpedoed.
As you may have already heard, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduates has offered a limited number of students the option to transfer to Duncan College or McMurtry College at the beginning of the next academic year. The process was intended to populate the new colleges, which each currently boast one class, with upperclassmen - a necessary goal.But unfortunately, a seedy and despicable result has taken place. Instead of fostering a new sense of community within the new colleges, this process has engendered a wave of infighting within the other residential colleges.
At the Student Association meeting Monday, SA President Patrick McAnaney presented the history of the Rice Memorial Center and opened a discussion over future plans concerning the Student Center. The presentation focused on the Student Center's fragmented distribution of space. Because of its internally focused circulation design, the building does not interact with the central quad, Brochstein Pavilion or the Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation Center. Additionally, the RMC is in need of additional space in order to accommodate a growing student body.
Construction of the Wilson House, the brand-new Wiess College masters' house, will begin next month. The house is named after longtime Wiess Resident Associate Bill Wilson, who died last spring. The construction should be completed by the end of the year, and the house is aiming for silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, Project Manager Tina Hicks said. The house will be located next to the east side of Wiess by the South Power Plant. Facilities, Engineering and Planning Manager of Communications Susann Glenn said the cost of construction will be paid for by a donation from Wilson's estate, supplemented by money from Housing and Dining.
Last year was all about sequels: Games like Left 4 Dead 2, Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed 2 and Modern Warfare 2 exploded sales figures and garnered loads of critical acclaim. But that's all old hat now, right? A new year means new games to look forward to, so I've picked out the top games of 2010 that will have you rushing to Gamestop to trade in all your old crap for the latest and greatest. Mass Effect 2
After more than a year of discussion, and only two weeks from the Jan. 31 deadline of their Memorandum of Understanding, Rice and Baylor College of Medicine have ended discussions to merge the two institutions. In a joint statement between Rice and BCM sent via e-mail last Tuesday, Rice President David Leebron and BCM Interim President William Butler informed their respective communities that while no formal merger will take place, there will be future efforts to strengthen the existing relationship between the two schools. In the joint statement, Leebron and Butler left open the possibility of expanding collaborations between the institutions, such as in the neuroscience and global health initiative programs.
Fighting plane delays, injuries and finals, the women's basketball team began playing up to its true potential over the holiday break. The women started shooting well, were dominant on the boards and played lock-down defense when they needed big stops. They ended last semester without a win; now, as the second semester begins, they have six, bringing them in sight of the .500 mark for the first time all season. The Owls (6-9, 0-2 Conference USA) received their first taste of victory at their own tournament right before break, knocking off the University of Texas Pan-American 71-57 with sophomore forward Jackie Stanley carrying the load of the team in a record-setting 36-point performance. The win on the opening day of the Gene Hackerman Invitational ended the worst start to a season in the program's history, and the win, it appears, resulted in a momentum shift for the downtrodden team.
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An Alaskan legislative investigation, nicknamed 'Troopergate', concluded Friday that Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin had abused her power during her time as Alaskan governor.
Thank you so much. Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I will be honored to accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States.
At a Republican rally in Colorado, U.S. Alaskan governor and Vice-Presidential hopeful, Sarah Palin accused Democratic candidate Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists who would target their own country". The charge was repeated at a later rally for around 13,000 Orange County, California supporters.