Student meeting · The Masterson Crisis · A Time of Protest at Rice

At the same time that the faculty were meeting in the Chemistry Amphitheater, students met in the Physics Amphitheater to discuss the Masterson appointment and the faculty's response to it.

A memo announcing the student meeting to be held in the Physics Amphitheater

At this meeting, Bari Kaplan and Greg White - two of the student members of the advisory committee - explained what their committee had done before the Masterson announcement, and confirmed that the Trustees had not consulted them about its decision. Student Association leaders and several college presidents also spoke about the situation, and announced plans to protest the appointment through a teach-in and march the next morning. Listen below to audio clips from the meeting:

Student Association President Warren Skaaren opens the meeting

Bari Kaplan explains the advisory committee's side of the Masterson crisis

Paul Pfeiffer, Dean of Students, speaks

Tom Plant, chairman of the college presidents, addresses students

After the student meeting adjourned, the crowd left the auditorium to wait outside of the Chemistry Building, where the faculty-wide meeting had not yet finished. When the meeting ended and the faculty began to exit, the crowd of students applauded them for passing the resolution protesting the Masterson appointment.