Dateline Rice – Nov. 2

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

CNN-TV
Douglas Brinkley, professor of history and fellow in history at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, appeared on CNN-TV to discuss the Occupy Wall Street movement. A separate article also mentions his appearance.
http://tinyurl.com/6g9a38b
CNN segment hypes ‘diversity’ of Occupy Seattle
Newsbusters.com (This article also appeared on MRC.org.)
http://tinyurl.com/656fkpz

Online deals trip you into risky decisions
Interacting with websites involved in lending and auctions can trip users into taking risky financial decisions, according to new research. Utpal Dholakia, professor of marketing at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, is quoted.
Sify.com (This Indo-Asian News Service article also appeared on DNAIndia.com, AustralianNews.net, AzerbaijanNews.net, BarcelonaNews.net, BeijingNews.net, BombayNews.net, BritainNews.net, BuenosAiresNews.net, CambodianTimes.com, JakartaNews.net, KazakhstanNews.net, MalaysiaNews.net, Mangalorean.com, PakistanNews.net, PhilippineTimes.com, PhilippineNews.net, RussiaNews.net, SouthKoreaNews.net, SriLankanNews.net, Sulekha.com, TajikistanNews.net, TurkmenistanNews.net, UzbekistanNews.net, ArgentinaNews.net, AustinNews.net, CIOL.com, BaltimoreNews.net and AlbuquerqueNews.net.)
http://tinyurl.com/686rotr

LOCAL/STATE

Silenced press benefits Mexican cartels
Joan Neuhaus Schaan, a fellow in homeland security and terrorism at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, authored this op-ed about the silencing of the press by Mexican drug cartels.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/67zuz6a

Rice professor says extra polling places increase voter turnout
Election day voting centers are the only system that has had an appreciable effect on voter turnout in the U.S., a new study shows. Bob Stein, the Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science, is quoted.
Houston Business Journal
http://tinyurl.com/64su2yo

Quotes of the week
A roundup of quotes includes one made by Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor and chair of political science and fellow in political science at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, for an article appearing in the San Antonio Express-News. Jones is also quoted in an article about early voting in Houston.
Texas Tribune
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-28/no-41/quotes/
Propositions by default? Door open for ‘evergreen’ water, student loan funding
Pearland Journal (This article also appeared in the Deer Park Broadcaster.)
http://tinyurl.com/43qpdj5

Moving on UP: Life lessons from 16 of America’s top minds
An article about an UP Experience event mentions the participation of Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and co-director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.
Culturemap.com
http://tinyurl.com/4yzgxf9

County appoints new precinct four commissioner
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett ’71 appointed alumnus Jack Cagle ’83 Precinct four commissioner.
Northeast News
http://nenewsroom.com/county-appoints-new-pct-commissioner-p2040-1.htm

Rice to hold lecture by World Bank economist
Economist Mansoor Dailami will present a lecture at Rice’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Nov. 3.
UltimateWestU.com
http://tinyurl.com/3ew2y47

Brother Christian promotes Monks’ beer in Houston
Alumnus Brad Kraus ’78 is mentioned in an article about beers brewed by the Monastery of Christ in the Desert.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/5ucjktc

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

A new daily deal operator focuses on online retailers
Rice research is cited in an article about a new daily deal website.
InternetRetailer.com
http://tinyurl.com/5t2ejrv

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Executive profile: Jeff Smisek
Diana Strassmann, professor in the practice in humanities and editor of the journal Feminist Economics, is mentioned in an article profiling her husband, Jeff Smisek, CEO of United Continental.
KTUU.com (Anchorage, Alaska)
http://tinyurl.com/6h8m253

Bad vibes: studying emotional residue
Research by Denise Chen, adjunct assistant professor of neuroscience, and alumna Wen Zhou ’09 is cited in an article about emotional response research.
Neatorama.com
http://tinyurl.com/4ytm3qa

Testing dims son’s light
Rice is mentioned in an op-ed about education in the U.S.
Durham News (N.C.)
http://tinyurl.com/6zklvn8

SPORTS

Running back Smith breaks out of his brother’s shadow at Rice
Baker College senior Tyler Smith is profiled for his work on the Rice Owls football team. Head coach David Bailiff is also quoted.
Houston Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/6yw7vms

Top 15 prospects: Washington Nationals
Former Rice standout Anthony Rendon appears in a list of top Washington Nationals prospects. Rendon is also mentioned in an article about a Seattle Mariners draft pick.
FanGraphs.com
http://tinyurl.com/6fssn5m
Mariners’ pitcher Hultzen toying with AFL hitters
ThroughTheFenceBaseball.com
http://tinyurl.com/5ssympz

Harvesting opinion: Cincinnati Reds — top pitching prospects
Martel College senior Tony Cingrani is mentioned in an article about the Cincinnati Reds.
SeedlingsToStars.com
http://tinyurl.com/672cpud

Conference USA power rankings
The Rice Owls football team is mentioned in an article about Conference USA football.
MinerRush.com
http://www.minerrush.com/2011/11/1/2530462/conference-usa-power-rankings

NEWS RELEASES

Online interactions can lead to risky financial decision-making
People who participate in online communities are more likely to make risky financial decisions, according to a new study from researchers at Rice University, the University of British Columbia and the University of Zurich.
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=16399

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to speak at Rice Nov. 10
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor will present a speech on “Economic Growth and the American Dream” to Rice University students, faculty, staff and invited guests Nov. 10.
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=16400

Based on the circulation and viewership of the publications, Internet and broadcast programs above, the media coverage in this issue of Dateline Rice has the potential to be read by 1,647,391,052 people over a month’s time, based on publication circulation and monthly viewership estimates for online stories; the equivalent in advertising dollars for this coverage is estimated at more than $991,252. These totals might not include some of the coverage on radio and TV, wire services and websites because those figures are not available to our monitoring service.