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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY.jULY21.2000
Two faculty members join Academic Advising
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Director of Academic Advising John Hutchinson
has been joined by Michele Daley, a Jesse H.
H. Jones Graduate School of Management
professor, who is the new assistant director.
Also joining the office is Donald Ostdiek (not
pictured), a policy studies lecturer and the new
associate director.
by Mariel Tam
THRKSHKR KIHTDRIAI. STAFF
The Office of Academic Advising added
two new staff members who are veterans of
Rice's advising system. Michele Daley and
Donald Ostdiek started work as full-time mem-
bers of the advising staff July 1.
Daley, a Lovett College associate, has been
a professor in the Jesse H. Jones Graduate
School of Management for five years. She is
the new assistant director of Academic Advis-
ing. Ostdiek has been a full-time policy studies
lecturer since January 1997; prior to that, he
had taught part-time for several years. Ostdiek
has also been serving as pre-law adviser since
January, taking on the duties of Assistant Dean
for Student Judicial Programs Patricia Bass,
who is away from Rice until December. He is
the new associate director.
Both have experience as divisional advis-
ers. In addition, Ostdiek. a Wiess College
associate, is the adviser for students in the
policy studies program. Both will still teach at
least one class per year.
The two join John Hutchinson, who offi-
cially began as director of Academic Advising
on July 1, after serving as interim director of
the office since January.
"Having Dr. Daley and Dr. Ostdiek join the
team is going to be a huge relief," said
Hutchinson, who had been handling almost
all of the office's duties until their hiring.
"Having them around to work on the hand-
book, to meet with students on a one on one
basis, to contact advisers will be a huge relief."
All three advisers will have regular office
hours. Daley will be moving into her new
space in the Academic Advising office, on the
first floor of the I-ey Student Center, around
the start of school, she said.
Ostdiek is maintaining his old office as well
as moving into the Academic Advising office.
Hutchinson will be based out of his office in
Student Affairs in I-ovett Hall.
One of Daley's projects will be to supervise
students trained to give advice about class
selection. The peer advising system was first
recommended in January by the ad hoc Com-
mittee on Student Advising, formed by Vice
President for Student Affairs Zenaido Cama-
cho to examine academic advising.
Daley said will supervise the 45 peer advis-
ers, who will actually start their work in fall
2001. Five students will be chosen from each
college this fall, but the Academic Advising
staff has yet to work out all the details of how
the program will be implemented or how se-
lection will work, Hutchinson said.
Daley will also serve as Academic Advising's
liaison to Career Services and run the Rice
Academic Assistance Program, which
searches for tutors and pays for one-on-one
tutoring for students in need of help.
Ostdiek's major project will be to improve
how students with transfer credit will be ad-
vised. Students transferring into Rice and those
who have studied abroad or over the summer
will now have a single place to go for advice
about transfer credit, which is certified by the
Registrar's Office but approved in the aca-
demic departments.
The advising office has in effect gained one
person from its personnel level last fall: The
office used to be handled by two people, former
adviser Paul I/>cke and former director Mark
Scheid, now assistant to the president.
As for Hutchinson, who is transitioning
into holding down four jobs next semester —
as chemistry professor, Wiess master and
assistant vice president for Student Affairs in
addition to Academic Advising director —
things are starting off well.
"Up to this point 1 have not had to do all four
jobs simultaneously," he said. "So far I'm hav-
ing a wonderful time. I actually think the jobs
reinforce one another.... So I think it's going
to be a great year. I mean, I don't sleep much,
but that's all right, as long as I'm doing things
that 1 like to do."
Library patrons report
string of thefts in May
Five wallets, a backpack and a
CD player were reported stolen from
Fondren Library between May 18
and May 23, Police Chief Bill Taylor
said. Three wallets were recovered
by a custodian May 24.
Taylor said it looked like a pro-
fessional thief had come through
the library because of the number of
items reported stolen.
A student reported seeing a sus-
picious person in the library May 23.
Although there was insufficient evi-
dence for his arrest, an officer spoke
to the person, and the thefts stopped.
Taylor said.
Taylor stressed that Fondren has
more stringent security than many
universities' libraries.
"Other places I've been, anybody
can walk into the library. Here, at
least we have some appearance of
having to check in," Taylor said. "Of
course, if you read the [sign-in 1 book,
you'll find names like George Wash-
ington or Abraham Lincoln, so they
don't really verify what the names
are."
Sally Reynolds, project coordina-
tor for the renovations and expan-
sion of Fondren, said a working team
has been appointed to look for tech-
nologically advanced security sys-
tems for the renovated library.
"It's really in the planning phase
right now." Reynolds said. "When
the library opens, we want what is in
there to be the most sophisticated,
hopefully non-intrusive but highly
sensitive system, so you can pass
into the library without a lot of me-
chanical things happening but where
the system knows who is in the li-
brary."
— Olivia Allison
Recent alumnus gets a
taste of family fame
George P. Bush Oones '98) has
quickly become Rice's most famous
recent alumnus.
Bush, the son of Florida Gov. Jeb
Bush and the grandson of former
President George H.W. Bush, isget-
ting a lot of media attention because
of his work on his uncle George W.
Bush's presidential campaign.
He was named one of People
magazine's 100 most eligible bach-
elors— No. 4 — in the June 28 issue.
He also wrote a column in the July 17
Newsweek about his experiences as
a tutor for underprivileged youths
while he was at Rice.
A June 29 Houston Press article
by Russell Contreras. called "Vot-
ers' Vida Isjca" brings Bush's I-atino
heritage into the spotlight. His
mother, Columba, was born in
Mexico.
The article implied that Bush is a
hypocrite for campaigning to Latino
voters on behalf of his uncle be-
cause he did not publicly champion
Latino causes at Rice. The article
lists quotes from sources that range
from fellow Jones College student
Marty Makulski Clones '95) to Di-
rector of Multicultural Affairs Cathi
Clack to Fnglish Professor Jose
Aranda.
The article also quotes various
representatives from the Hispanic
Association for Cultural Enrichment
at Rice, including a former presi-
dent.'To Stella Flores, HACKR presi-
dent when George P. was at Rice,
the current latino godsend to the
GOP was the Invisible Man," the
article says. "She says she doesn't
remember him participating in any
group events, or even hanging out
on campus with any other I-atino
students."
Alberto I. Roca. who is currently
the volunteer staff adviser to H AC E R,
said that the article's assumption
that non-participation in HACKR
equalled apathy about his latino
background is off-base.
"HACKR is a support group open
to all students who are interested in
Hispanic culture,"he said. 'Thisclub
does not and should not decide if a
student is a 'real latino.' A student
needs to make that decision for them-
selves."
Packy Saunders Oones '00) is a
close friend of Bush whom George
H.W. Bush mentioned by name dur-
ing his address at this year's com-
mencement. Saunders said "Voters'
Vida Ij?ca" questioned Bush's latino
background unfairly.
"I haven't found myself having to
defend George's latino identity but
instead the university's perceived
treatment of minorities," he said in
an e-mail interview.
"In our time at Rice, the univer-
sity never demanded that minority
students act in particular manner or
participate in certain ethnic events,
yet the Press article intimated a so-
cial stereotype of the Rice I-atino
and went after George for not fitting
a preconceived I-atino mold. Just be-
cause a I-atino student opts to study
as George did (or even write for the
Thresher as I d id) instead of going to
H ACKR, he doesn't turn into a bolillo
at midnight."
— Elizabeth Jardina
KTRU to hire engineer
Rice is planning to hire a half-
time chief engineer for KTRU, the
student-run radio station.
"ITie primary responsibilities are
going to be to maintain the transmit-
ter and make sure that we're compli-
ant with FCC regulations." General
Manager Will Robedee, who is a
paid Rice employee, said.
KTRU broadcasts from a 50,(KM)-
NEWS IN BRIEF
watt tower in Humble. 25 miles north
of Houston The transmitter is often
difficult to maintain and sometimes
stops working, 1999-'00 Station Man-
ager Meg Smith (Wiess '00) said.
Although Rice owns the tower.
Crown Castle Corp. manages the
tower's "vertical real estate,"
Robedee said. The company rents
out space on the tower for cellular
communications and two-way pag-
ing providers.
Currently, when the tower needs
attention, it activates a pager carried
by Robedee. He then tries to fix the
problem remotely: if he cannot, he
calls an engineer contracted by
Crown Castle to make repairs. When
the staff engineer is hired, he or she
will be the one alerted to problems.
Smith said the engineer will also
help maintain equipment in the stu-
dio and fix equipment that has bro-
ken, such as headphones and the
silence sensor, which "turns the sta-
tion off if it hears too much silence."
Also, the studio's control board is
computerized, so one of the
engineer's duties will be to update
the board's software with new re-
leases from the manufacturer.
Smith said she is especially glad
the engineer will deal with keeping
the tower's air conditioning work-
ing. "The transmitter used to page
me when it got too hot," she said.
Robedee said that the hiring pro-
cess has not yet been worked out.
He stressed that students will be
involved in hiring, especially three
key KTRU staffers: Smith: Program
Director Michael I-eyton, a Brown
College sophomore; and 2000-'01
Station Manager Johnny So, a Will
Rice senior.
"I was going to throw it out to
the students and get their input on
how it should be done." Robedee
said.
The creation of the position was
recommended by a report from the
president's committee on KTRU in
May 1997. The other two recom-
mended positions are currently
filled by Robedee and Nancy
Newton, a half-time office assistant.
— Elizabeth Jardina
Enron and its CEO
give to Jones School
Knron Corp. and its CKO gave
Rice a total of $8 million in two sepa-
rate donations, the university an-
nounced June 22.
Knron's $5 million donation will
endow two new chairs in the Jesse
H. Jones Graduate School of Man-
agement, one in electronic com-
t
V
COURTESY LUCK* AND MAURf FN SAHUAUA
Wiess by birth, Hanszen by marriage
Hanszen College has a new
resident associate. Lucky and
Maureen (nee Scholes) Sahualla
were married June 10.
Maureen, who works at a small
software company, is looking for-
ward to the experience of being
an RA and said she is prepared. "I
think it'll be really fun," she said.
"I've dated Lucky for all three
years he's been an RA."
I"he Sahuallas met when they
were students at Rice and shared
a group of friends. Lucky said
Maureen was a co-adviser at Han-
szen . Iliey both graduated in 1991,
Lucky from Hanszen and Maureen
from Wiess College, although they
did not date while they were in
school. ITiey did know each other,
however. "YVe went to Ksperanza
once, just as friends," Lucky said.
"It's very ironic."
Maureen says that she teases
Lucky that she is "VV it'ss by birth,
I lanszen by marriage" but doesn't
have any concern about compro-
mising her loyalty to Wit *ss. "It
doesn't matter to me," she said.
"The college rivalry goes away
after you graduate."
— Elizabeth Jardina
merce and the other in risk manage-
ment.
The other $3 million comes from
Kenneth l-ay, Knron's chairman and
chief executive officer, and his wife
Linda. This donation will fund the
establishment of a research and
teaching center to study markets in
transition, which will be jointly run
by the Jones School and the Kco-
nomics Department.
President Malcolm Gillis, who is
an Kconomics professor, said the
center is being created at a pivotal
time.
"We'vegot totally different kinds
of markets emerging — in energy,
water, bandwidth," Gillis said.
"There is deregulation of all kinds,
there are state enterprises that are
being privatized all over the world.
We need to be the center in the
world for studying this phenom-
enon."
Gillis said he expects to raise
another $3 million for the center.
The center will bring two new
professorships to the Kconomics
Department, providing new oppor-
tunities for students. "They're go-
ing to have access now to new fac-
ulty in Kconomics, and new fund-
ing in Kconomics, and better teach-
ing in Kconomics, for these really
... timely areas of interest," Gillis
said.
— Brian Stoler
New trustees named
Four Houstonians — the founder
of the Rice Historical Society, two oil
industry executives and the presi-
dent of a privately held petrochemi-
cals refiner — are the newest mem-
bers of the Board of Trustees.
Karen Rogers, K. Terry Koonce.
Steven Miller and Albert Chao be-
gan four-year terms on Rice's gov-
erning board July 1.
Rogers (Jones-08) has done vol-
unteer work for Rice in many capaci-
ties. She is currently the Rice His-
torical Society programs chair, a
member of the Friends of Fondren
I -ibrary board of directors and a Rice
University Fund Council member-
at-large.
Koonce (Will Rice '00, Chemical
Kngineering '04) is the president of
ExxonMobil Production Co.
Miller is chairman of the board of
directors, president and chief ex-
ecutive officer of Shell Oil Co.
Chao is president of the Hous-
ton-based Westlake Group, a petro-
chemicals refiner. He is the board's
lust Asian-American member.
In addition, longtime board mem-
ber James Elkins, chairman of Hous-
ton I rust Co., was appointed to a
new six-year term. Also, Albert
Nicholson Kidd (Hanszen 01) and
Wylie Bernard Pieper (Hanszen '54)
were named trustees emeriti.
— Hrtan Stoler
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