Lovett College
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| Established | 1969 |
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| Namesake | Edgar Odell Lovett |
| Masters | Bernard and Carolyn Aresu |
| Resident Associates | David Worth Joshua Gonsalves |
| President | Natalia Vasco |
| Vice President | Bobby McFarlane |
| Chief Justice | Nathan Bledsoe |
| Secretaries | Adam Hill Eric Doctor |
| Location | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Membership | 290 (approximate) |
| Website | Lovett College Website |
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Edgar Odell Lovett College is the seventh of the nine residential colleges at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Lovett College was established in 1969 as an all-male college, and it became coed in 1980 when members of the college exchanged places with the females of Jones College. The college hosts two of the year's most anticipated parties, Getcheroxoff in the fall and Casino Party in the spring. Lovett also sponsors numerous other community and social events throughout the year.
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[edit] History
The history of Lovett dates back to 1968, when the Board of Trustees was approached about building a new all-male college on the south side of campus. Edgar Odell Lovett College, named after Rice’s first president, opened in 1969, mostly comprised of volunteers from the other colleges.
The distinctive, Soviet-inspired architecture of Lovett has led many to compare it to a giant toaster. This is due to the concrete grating that surrounds the third, fourth, and fifth floors. This grating is part of the architects’ intent to make Lovett riot-proof in reaction to the student riots of the late- 1960s. This grating now protects Lovett students from hurricanes; in fall of 2005 Lovett students were among the only Rice students allowed to stay in their rooms during Hurricane Rita.
As an homage to Communism and the Soviet architecture of the college, the men of the founding class named their college government the Central Committee. Urban legend holds that their first decree was to disband themselves and use their budget to buy beer. Another urban legend says that the stags in the college crest are taken from the logo of the brand of beer they bought. The first urban legend is of disputable truthfulness, but the second one has been shown to be false—the college crest is based upon a Lovat family (not necessarily related to Edgar Odell) family crest.
In 1971, Sid Richardson College was built in Lovett College’s parking lot. This displeased the members of Lovett, and in retaliation they declared Sid to be their colony. To this day, an integral part of the Lovett College Government is Sid-Gov, which exists to govern over the Sid Rich colony. Governing over the colony consists of reminding the Sidizens that they live in a colony, by performing numerous pranks, or jacks, in addition to distributing censuses on a semi-regular basis.
There are currently plans in the works to construct a new servery between Lovett, Will Rice College, and Sid Richardson College.
[edit] Central Committee
The general philosophy at Rice is to keep as many things as possible student run, and the nine residential colleges follow this theory as well. Each college has its own unique form of student government. Lovett’s student government is called the Central Committee (or more commonly the CC). The Lovett CC does all sorts of things for Lovetteers. It is involved in a bit of everything, from building maintenance and upkeep all the way to planning parties and throwing study breaks. The CC meets every Tuesday night at 10pm in the Lovett Commons to discuss issues, catch up on the happenings at the college and on campus, and to eat a little food. All college members are encouraged to attend these meetings. The CC is comprised of elected officials who head committees that organize events with which anyone can help.
President runs CC meetings, represents Lovett in the Student Association, and has general administrative duties.
Vice President runs internal operations at Lovett. The Vice President handles space requests, organizes elections, and heads up Ambience Committee meetings.
Chief Justice enforces the Rice Alcohol Policy and Lovett's noise policies. The Chief Justice runs annual parking and room jacks, and sometimes holds college court for egregious offenses.
Secretaries keep Lovett up-to-date on CC meetings with weekly meetings, semi-weekly announcements, and a light dose of humor.
Treasurer (appointed) oversees the Lovett budget. The treasurer controls the Lovett checkbook and handles money requests at CC meetings.
Academic Coordinators keep Lovett well-informed of academic deadlines. The Academic Coordinators organize Lovett's course each semester, keep a test file from common courses, and subscribe to magazines for the college.
Activities Coordinators organize activities to promote college enthusiasm. This committee posts birthdays each month, organize study breaks, control the Lovett Netflix account, and organize occasional off-campus events for the college.
Associates Coordinators stay in contact with the Lovett Associates. They organize Associates Nights and other events throughout the year.
Cultural Coordinators organize various events throughout the year that involve culture in some way. They subsidize tickets to concerts and theater performances throughout the year, as well as organizing Lovett's semi-annual Pub Nights.
Outreach Coordinator organizes various community service projects for Lovett. The Outreach Coordinator represents Lovett in the Rice Student Volunteer Program and informs Lovett of various service projects, including blood, can, and clothing drives. Many speculate that Lovett Outreach will die when Leonard Chan graduates.
Properties Coordinators in charge of Lovett property and maintenance. They are responsible for upkeep of the laundry room, kitchen, and gaming equipment. They also keep the Lovett vacuum cleaners.
Social Coordinators organize all Lovett parties. They find sponsors and decorations for Getcheroxoff and Casino Party and pick the themes for these parties. They also organize TG's (as in T.G.I.F.) on select Fridays.
Member-at-Large performs weekly polls of Lovett College members and presents the results at CC meetings.
Freshman Representative the only voting member of the freshman class. The Freshman Rep also keeps track of freshman service hours.
Off-Campus Representatives represents the off-campus members of Lovett College. The OC Rep keeps people living OC informed of events at Lovett.
In addition to the elected positions and the permanent appointed position of Treasurer, the President is permitted to appoint whatever other positions she sees fit. The appointed positions do not receive a vote on CC. Standard appointed positions include: Sid-Gov, College Night Coordinators, Beer-Bike Coordinators, Theater Chairpersons, Club Ed, Honor Council Representative, U-Court Representative, Food Representative, Environmental Representative, and more.
[edit] Traditions
[edit] Casino Party
The first Casino Party was held by Wiess college in 1961 as its first college-sponsored, all-school party. Wiess abandoned this tradition soon after, and Lovett picked it up in 1973. Lovett has held Casino Party every year since. It is traditionally held in the last week of January or the first week of February. Students dress up to match the theme picked by the Social Coordinators for a night of dancing and gambling with fake money. The more ambitious members of Lovett build a gigantic façade in front of the college each year to match the theme.
[edit] Themes (incomplete)
- 2007 – Casino Party (2)007
- 2006 – Moulin Rouge
- 2005 – Indiana Jones and the Casino of Doom
- 2004 – Remember the Alamo
- 2003 – Back in the USSR
- 2002 – High Roller
- 2001 – Amazon
- 2000 – Fire & Ice
- 1999 – Hollywood
- 1998 – Fiesta de Casino
- 1997 – Prehistoric
- 1996 – The Return of Atlantis
- 1995 – Space Station Lovett
- 1994 – Camelot
- 1993 – Lovett Boat
- 1992 – Rawhide
- 1991 – The Land of Oz
- 1990 – Treasure Island
- 1989 – Death on the Nile
- 1988 – Carnaval
- 1987 – Prohibition!
- 1986 – Riverboat
- 1985 – Shanghai
- 1984 – Casablanca
- 1983 – Wall Street in the Twenties
- 1982 – Pirates of the Carribean
- 1981 – Old Havana
- 1980 – Las Vegas!
[edit] Cobb
The wall in the men's public restroom has read, "No matter how many times they paint this wall, Cobb still sucks" since at least 1978, when James Cobb graduated from Rice.
[edit] Beer-Bike Hair
The men (and some brave women) of Lovett College traditionally dye their hair either blue or yellow for Willy Week. When they wear their Beer-Bike shirts, which are dark blue, they are sporting the Lovett College colors, blue and gold.
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