the Rice Thresher Vol. LXXXIX, Issue No. 24 SINCE 1916 Friday, March 22, 2002 Beer-Bike tomorrow by Rachel Rustin rity, said he took the same kind of THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF attitude toward planning Beer-Bike security as he did toward planning Despite a last-minute change in security for Wiess's Night of Deca- the parade route and worries of dence, which he also coordinated. locating bleachers for the track, "We can't assume that drunken i: Beer-Bike organizers say to- individuals will look out for their , morrow's festivities should go as own safety," Ginsberg said. "We planned. created rules which will eliminate The parade begins tomorrow at obvious safety risks." 11:30 a.m., and the alumni race is at Ginsberg said the number of 1 p.m. followed by the women's at security personnel was increased to 2 p.m. and the men's at 3 p.m. protect students. There will be one Beer-Bike Coordinators Mani security member at each tire of Kumar and Laura Schwent said they every flatbed truck, as well as one in have made security a priority in front of each truck to prevent order to ensure tomorrow's festivi- parade-goers from walking between ties are fun and safe. the moving vehicles. The parade will include cattle Parade Coordinator Graham cars like those used before last year, Swift said Beer-Bike planners when flatbed trucks were intro- decided to use cattle cars after last duced in an effort to cut down on year's trucks did not seem to injuries. However, security has been decrease the number of accidents. increased this year, and the parade Last year, 30 injuries from will feature a start/stop pattern to Beer-Bike events were reported to ROB GADDI/THRESHER allow students to cross the parade Emergency Medical Services, com- route without having to walk in front pared with 23 in 2000,25 in 1999 and Pondering the chocolate brewery of moving trucks. 13 in 1998. Political Science Professor Richard Stoil takes part in the Beer Debates, one of the Willy Week activities Wiess College senior Josh Each college must provide at least sponsored by Rice Program Council, Tuesday night in Willy's Pub. Ginsberg, who is coordinating secu- See BEER-BIKE, Page 9 Brown addition may not be ready by Orientation Week

by Mark Berenson fingers crossed." THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Last June, Tropical Storm Allison flooded Houston, causing damage to the construction With the completion date for the new wing of Martel College and delaying the move-in of Brown College scheduled for just days be- date. fore Orientation Week advisers move in, Hous- Hurricane season in Houston runs from >• ing and Dining has begun preliminary work June 1 to Nov. 30, with peak activity typically on housing contingency plans. mid-August through mid-October. Director of Project Management Barbara White said that the likelihood of the con- White said she is cautiously optimistic that struction being finished by Aug. 13 could not students will be able to occupy the new wing in be increased by working longer days. The August. number of hours construction occurs is al- "We feel that there isn't float in the sched- ready at the maximum that either students or ule, so we need everything to go right," White neighbors will tolerate, and thus no increase said. "But that doesn't mean that we couldn't would be possible, even after students leave recover if something small happens." for the summer. Construction is currently scheduled to be Housing and Dining Director Mark Ditman complete by Aug. 13, the day before O-Week said the nature of the contingency plan would

CHRISTINE UANGAHRESHER adviser training begins. depend on the length of the delay. President Malcolm Gillis said Houston Ditman said if the building would be ready Dancing machines weather is always a factor. for occupation before classes began, fresh- "There are no promises because weather men and advisers scheduled to live in the new Performers at South Asian Society Night do their interpretation of Michael Jackson's "The reverses could change [the completion date]," wing would stay in existing rooms until the Way You Make Me Feel." SAS Night was held March 14 and 15 in Hamman Hall. Gillis said. "But right now we are keeping our See BROWN, Page 9 Board OKs demolition of old Wiess White said the demolition OPINION Page 3 by Mark Berenson semester. Loop closure process as a whole, which includes Cheers for college unity THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Wiess College President Robby By 9 a.m. tomorrow, all ve- Morgan said he would prefer that asbestos removal, utility shutdown, hicles not participating in the A&E *ages 1213 The home of Night of Decadence, the building not be destroyed over demolition and debris removal, will official Beer-Bike parade must SXSWFilm. Music, Interactive the five-man and thousands of the summer. take about 60 days. However, the be off the Inner Loop or the Wiessmen will soon be reduced to a "It would be good for new fresh- destruction of the building and vehicle will be towed at the SPORTS Page 19 pile of nibble. men coming in to be able to see the removal of debris is a small fraction owner's expense. Harlan begins title quest The Board of Trustees approved old Wiess, and we can tell stories of the 60 days. tearing down Wiess College last about it and pass on some of the "We are going to prepare a new, Quote of the Week week but when the demolition will legend of old Wiess," Morgan, a smooth grassy area, hopefully with- Time for recess "I've always had respect and out any nasty holes and things like occur is still unknown. junior, said. There will be no Thresher admiration for the talent and Use of the land will be Morgan said he would prefer that that," White said. next week as we join the rest of beauty of Mexican women." determined by Student Affairs. Vice the demolition take place when Intramural Sports Director Tina the campus in taking a much — Former Mexican President President for Student Affairs Zenaido students were around so members Villard said preliminary work shows appreciated four-day weekend. Carlos Salinas de Gortari, when Camacho said one idea for the space is of the college could watch. a full-sized soccer field could fit in Remember not to set your asked on Friday at Baker Hall to create an intramural field at the site. President Malcolm Gillis said the the space if all the trees are re- alarm clock on Thursday and whether a woman would ever be Director of Project Management decision to demolish the commons moved. A flag-football field, which Friday. the Mexican president. See Story, Page 6. Barbara White said her department was made after determining that sav- is smaller, and a park area would The next issue of the also fit. is still working on the analysis of the ing the commons did not make sense. Thresher comes out April 5 — Scoreboard demolition process. She said the "We were going to try and save Villard said that before present- look for our Beer-Bike feature. Baseball analysis will hopefully be complete the commons, but there are ing any recommendation to Rice 3, Houston 1 (11 innings) within three weeks. problems in the electrical and the Camacho, opinions would be Houston 3, Rice 7 White said the analysis will structural |design]," Gillis said. "It gathered from students. Drop deadline determine whether the project can just is not feasible to let it stand." Student Association President Monday, April l,is the dead- Weekend Weather be completed over the summer. It In the Nov. 30 Thresher, White Matt Haynie said the issue would be line to drop classes for non-first Friday will also determine when the build- said the Space Planning Committee discussed at Monday's SA meeting. semester students. It is also the Partly cloudy, 42-66 degrees ing should be demolished il a sum- considered tearing down just the Camacho said he wanted any deadline to designate a class Saturday mer demolition is deemed infeasible. residential wings and using the work on the site to include land- pass/fail. Partly sunny, 53-71 degrees Possible alternative times for the Wiess Commons alone for one of scaping to create a connection be- All forms must be turned into Sunday Mostly cloudy. 58-74 degrees demolition are as early in the fall as several possibilities, including a cam- tween Hanszen College and the the Registrar's Office by 5 p.m. possible or after the end of the fall pus store. See WIESS, Page 7 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2002 the Rice Thresher RanonaLe... e>y t>avit> omen waiT. if i just seT Leslie Liu. Robert Reichle Editors in Chief astoe this baLuoon ant> Love «\y Feu-ow n\an, Ttfen woulmtvt Apologizing for last THe WORLD be 3 week's misclass e>eTTeR puace?

Last week, the Thresher printed a pair of misclass submissions that were devoid of any class at all. As editors of the newspaper, it is our job to judge our readers' standards for what they find distasteful or insulting. The misclass submissions that mentioned President Malcolm Gillis and his wife crossed that line on both counts. It was even more inappropriate to name Mrs. Gillis in a forum that in general only refers to more public figures. We apologize to Dr. and Mrs. Gillis for associating them with the misclass we published. you aRe SO

For many Rice undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. Beer- Bike is one of the best parts of being a member of the Rice community. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CONTACTING THE It's one of the few times students from every college and social stratum come together for one event. Whether you go to participate in the THRESHER parade or just watch the races, there's a little bit of something for almost Crude misclass on ership and authority — and who everyone. consciously refrain from causing Letters injury. To keep our quirky Beer-Bike safe and fun (and alive), attendees spouse unacceptable • Letters to the editor need to follow some common-sense rules for the event. We hate to WTiile challenges to figures in To the editor: authority may well be tolerated as should be sent to the Thresher sound like spoilsports, but we'd like to throw in some words of advice by e-mail to [email protected]. about how to have the best Beer-Bike possible: As members of the faculty, we part of the price paid for freedom, found the items referring to Presi- focused and principled dissent Letters must be received by • Follow the official Beer-Bike rules. Fines can be passed on to the dent and Mrs. Gillis in last week's achieves more than unbridled scur- 5 p.m. on the Monday prior to colleges or to individuals, and in either scenario, that can cost you. Backpage misclass inappropriate rility. In no civil society should abuse a Friday publication date. • Drink if you want to, but don't overdo it. Getting roaringly drunk and offensive. be extended to families. • All letters to the editor before the races even start might seem like fun, but you'll regret it hours Presumably the primary aim was As professors, perhaps we can must be signed and include a later when you're out on the hot pavement of the stadium lot. And beer to make others laugh, in this case by do more than we have to encourage phone number. Rice students is not water — you'll get sick even faster if you don't stay hydrated. resort to three staples of adolescent maturity and responsible use of free- and alumni must include their • If you do drink, follow the alcohol policy. It may seem like everybody's humor: sex, irreverence and resis- dom. Clearly, however, students college and year. milling around the public keg at your college, but if you aren't of age, tance to authority. must play a central role in cultivat- • Letters should be no longer than 250 words in don't drink from it. Being an alcohol server is a thankless and often The result, however, was a coarse ing sensitivity to other members of length. The Thresher reserves boring job, and underage people pressuring the server for wristbands and hurtful disregard for the feel- the community. We invite you to the right to edit letters for makes it significantly less fun. If you're not 21, bide your time. You will ings and humanity of others. The join us in this effort. both content and length. have many years to drink legally in public. comments misrepresent the values • Be smart during the parade. Slinging balloons with all your might of all who wish to live in a commu- Bob Patten, News Tips at people nearby can cause bruises, black eyes, or occasionally even nity marked by civility and mutual speaker of the Faculty Council • Tips for possible news sto- worse. The point of the water balloon fight is to have fun, not to hurt respect, and all who wish Rice to be Ed Akin, deputy speaker ries should be phoned in to people. And never, ever underfill balloons. perceived as that kind of commu- 12 other members of the council the Thresher at (713) 3484801. • Wear sunscreen, or be embarrassed when you show up to class nity by alumni, educators, govern- Monday morning looking like a lobster. ment, business, foundations and Subscribing prospective students. Backpage fails to meet • Annual subscriptions are Freedom of speech and press can available for $50 domestic and only be maintained through respon- minimal standards' $105 international via first sible exercise of those freedoms. Erratum To the editor: class mail. In the March 15 editorial, "Congratulating Rice's fastest runners," Abusing them is a serious violation I write to protest the truly shame- Jon Warren was misidentified as the women's track and field coach of the social bond that characterizes ful nature of the Backpage in last Advertising Victor I/>pez is the head women's track and field coach. Lopez has a good society. week's Thresher. This is not the first m We accept both display coached the women for 23 years and led them to this year's fifth-place We believe that a Rice education time I have written to criticize the and classified advertisements. finish in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. should foster the development of Backpage. For those interested in Contact [email protected] people who respect others — peers The Thresher regrets the error. my previous letter on the subject, 1 for more information. as well as those in positions of lead- See BACKPAGE. Pane I m

THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2002 Irony is overrated Very well then, I contradict myself Sexual assaults too common in our community Obscenity not an essential On Monday, April 1, there's a with the violations experienced by something about it. good chance you will see at least one the women and men who have sur- It's true that we've made some person at Rice wearing a teal T-shirt vived sexual assault. And I do mean progress in the last few years; we ingredient of successful cheers with a number on the front. There multiple violations; these individu- have, for instance, become accus- will, in fact, be 67 of these als suffer not only the tomed on both a legal and a moral A historical reminder: One Week, those freshmen who are people, each bearing a degradation of rape but level to the idea that we should pun- year ago, the campus was up in offended by cheers have been different number. These also the loss of friends, ish people who use date rape drugs arms about the elimination of repeatedly marginalized by the col- men and women will be the inability to trust oth- to commit sexual assault. some college cheers. A letter lege system. Uncomfortable with serving as stand-ins for ers and the still-prevalent signed by 160 students cheers, they automati- sexual assault survivors. notion that they are said certain cheers were cally feel outcast, and In 2000, a U.S. Depart- somehow at fault for what offensive and misogy- are probably less likely ment of Justice study happened to them It takes courage to nistic. to participate in college found that 277 rapes per because of their clothes The letter made it to activities. 10,000 female college stu- or behavior. acknowledge that rape the university's legal Colleges are small, dents occur annually. For Those who are brave counsel, who deter- so the loss of even a a student population com- enough to relate their ex- happens, and that it mined that certain single student can have parable in size to Rice, periences to others are cheers simply could not a significant negative this figure translates to frequently not believed happens among us. continue to be used and impact on the potential 67 sexual assaults each and perhaps even reviled could not be taught at Ben of a college. Including year. Does that mean 67 Rice stu- for "rocking the boat." university-sanctioned Home all people is important dents are raped every year? Possi- It isn't as if we are unaware that events. not only for the sake of bly. It could be two. Or 200. One rape is a problem worldwide. In the Unfortunately, in a situation A lot of the frustra- the people themselves, thing is certain, though: The num- last several months, we as a country where these drugs aren't involved, tion with the cheers last year was but also for the overall health of ber is larger than zero, and there- have been inundated with detailed the rape is seldom even acknowl- due to the feeling of the student the college. An inclusive college fore too large. If sexual assault oc- news articles and reports that de- edged as such, and people are quick body that we had been shafted is a strong college. curs at all, at any time, anywhere, scribe the plight of women in the to attach blame to the victim rather yet again by the administration. I am the foremost proponent with any frequency, a major prob- Middle East who are sold as sex than the perpetrator. Talk about an With the KTRU shutdown, un- of cheers themselves. During O- lem exists. And it's everyone's prob- slaves and subsequently disowned embarrassing illustration of our wanted serveries, the crackdown Week and Beer-Bike, having sev- lem. by their families, as though they culture's priorities: We're reluctant on Beer-Bike parade rules, the eral hundred people joining you were responsible for their own mis- to wage war on rape unless it's Hanszen masters' house fiasco in a chant is a powerful, unifying treatment. The news media and the coupled with the war on drugs. and endless construction, the stu- experience. I honestly think American public have, for the most It takes courage to acknowledge dent body had a lot to be angry cheers legitimately contribute to We're reluctant to wage part, responded with both outrage that rape happens, and that it hap- and cynical about. It seemed that the quality of life at Rice. When at such abuse and sympathy for the pens among us. It takes even more the cheers were just the next in students feel accepted, they are war on rape unless it's victims, and rightly so. courage to listen to the story of a the line of strong-arm actions by happier, but it's important that all Yet when sexual assault and rape survivor, and to try to offer help an administration with little re- students feel accepted, not just coupled with the war sexual victimization occur on our when you know that ultimately there gard for the quality of student life. those who are quick to swallow on drugs. own turf, many of us fail to respond is only so much you can do — that At the time, the admin- college traditions. at all, let alone with outrage or sym- there is no way to go back and "un- istration's involvement in the elimi- The cheers that work most pathy. Why? Because it's closer to rape" that person. But it also takes a nation of sexually harassing cheers toward college unity are those home, that's why. Because we hold great deal of bravery for survivors to colored many opinions on the is- that build up the cheering col- None of us wants to hear that ourselves to be more progressive talk about their experiences, and we sue. However, looking back, if lege. "Jones wins again!" is a lot someone on this campus was raped. and enlightened that the people owe it to them to match their brav- there had been no mandate from more effective than the combat- The very word "rape" seems to carry "over there." Because if we acknowl- ery with our own. If we help them above, it might have been a much ive "Baker women look like men." a violence all its own as it reaches edged that rape happens here in the speak up, and if we speak up with more appealing proposition. Is adding a "sucks" to the end of our ears. To entertain the possibility United States, or at Rice, it would them, we may eventually see the Why didn't we, as students, "Teeeeeeam Wiiiiiiess" really an that it applies to our lives, right here, reflect poorly on our community. number 67, or two, or 200, go down move to get rid of offensive cheers effective counter-cheer? In a word, right now, is to experience a viola- Well, let's get it over with: It does to zero. earlier? I do not mean "we the stu- no. The unity is the strength. tion of both our sense of security happen here, and it does reflect dents who are offended," but rather Counter-cheers aren't necessar- and our trust in human goodness. poorly on our community. The ques- Raj Wahi (Wiess '99) is a graduate "we the entire student body." ily bad, but my point is that focus- Still, this is nothing compared tion is whether we're going to do student in chemistry. The fact that a substantial por- ing on one's own college pride is tion of the Rice population was strategically better. offended by certain cheers mat- It may be a strange hypoth- Support the dominant paradigm ters more than the question of esis, but it's possible Wiess' rabid whether cheers are inherently of- college spirit is due partly, or even fensive. We should want to elimi- primarily, to a simple, unifying nate the offensive cheers in order cheer that doesn't isolate any of Misattribution mangles meanings, misinforms to better include certain segments its members and ignores the other of our college populations. colleges entirely. Cheers that can- "Corporations have been en- Iron Heel got the ball rolling. Archer semble it." Ostensibly, cheers are fun and not possibly alienate anyone build throned and an era of corruption in Shaw's The Lincoln Encyclopedia, Yet the persistent little piece of help bond people to their college's stronger college unity. high places will follow," wrote Presi- published in 1950, provided an aura disinformation endured, coaxing its other members. But if a cheer is Maybe it's legally possible to dent Abraham Lincoln mere months of legitimacy to the faux passage. In way into modern political debates. seen as offensive by some mem- argue that cheers are covered by before his assassination. recent years, books such Alas, its saga is hardly unique — bers, it can work in just the oppo- freedom of speech. Maybe not. "The money power of the as Kalle Lasn's Culture another rogue Lincoln reference has site way. If we refuse to acknowl- But in any case we shouldn't want country will endeavor to Jam: The Uncooling of infected the minds of many a stal- edge the fact that some people to scream cheers that offend the prolong its reign by work- America and David wart conservative, including that of are isolated by the cheers, it's people we're trying to unite. There ing upon the prejudices of Korten's When Corpora- the Great Communicator, former possible that the real reason we are plenty of other obnoxious the people until all wealth tions Rule the World have President Ronald Reagan. want such cheers isn't for the good things to scream that are inoffen- is aggregated in a few continued the tradition. In "You cannot help the weak by of the college, but rather because sive and unifying. hands and the Republic is short, there exist ample weakening the strong," Reagan pro- we like to yell expletives at the top destroyed." sources of documentation claimed at the 1992 Republican Na- of our lungs. Ben Home is a Wiess College But did he truly say it? for the quote that have tional Convention in Houston, quot- From the start of Orientation senior. The reality is that this Owen duped many. See REAGAN, Page 4 quote is a complete and Courreges Now, one invariably utter fabrication, although wonders: Where did you may have read it be- these words originate? fore. The Sierra Club, the Center for They are widely credited to a letter The Rice Thresher, the official student Responsive Politics, the Alliance for written Nov. 21, 1864, to one Colo- newspaper at Rice University since 1916, is Democracy, Responsible Wealth nel William F. Elkins, yet no such the Rice Thresher published each Friday during the school year, and countless other left-wing groups document exists. Neither can an- except during examination periods and have utilized it to further their own other popular citation, that of a dis- holidays, by the students of Rice University. patch to W.R. Ellis of Chicago, be ends. Editorial and business offices are located located among Lincoln's papers. Leslie Liu, Robert Reichle Editors in Chief on the second floor of the Ley Student Center, Paul F. Boiler, author of 6100 Main St., MS-524, Houston. TX 77005- Quotemanship: The Use and Abuse of 1892. Phone (713) 3484801. Fax (713) 348- Famous persons are Quotations for Polemical and Other NEWS LIFESTYLES 5238. E-mail: [email protected]. Web page: Purposes, has shed light on this mys- Rachel Rustin, Editor Corey E. Devine, Editor http://uiww. ricethresher. org. routinely misquoted, tery. According to Boiler, the quote Mark Berenson, Asst. Editor Liora Danan, Aw/. Editor CALENDAR Annual subscription rate: $50 domestic, was fabricated by the early Popu- lies proliferate, and Lindsey Gilbert. /lss(. Editor Ashley Friggel, Editor $105 international. Nonsubscription rate: first lists during Reconstruction. It de- copy free, second copy $5. buted during the Panic of 1873 as OPINION PHOTOGRAPHY todays mistake may Catherine Adcock, Editor Katie Streit, Editor agricultural prices began to collapse, The Thresher reserves the right to refuse Carly Kocurek, Editor Kijana Knight. Asst. Editor any advertising for any reason. Additionally, and was later brought forth during Sushi Suzuki, Asst. Editor become tomorrow's the Thresher does not take responsibility for the presidential election of 1888 to SPORTS debacle. illustrate Populist ideals. Chris I .arson, Editor Skye Schell. Online Editor the factual content of any ad. Printing an Jason Gershman, Ass*. Editor advertisement does not constitute an By 1896 the quotation had be- Dylan Hedrick, <4ss/. Editor David Chien, Illustrator endorsement by the Thresher. come something of an irritant for Jonathan Yardley, /lss(. 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THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2002 K- .. I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I BACKPAGE, from Page 4 gratuitous insult does not conform I recommend that the author be that it's hardly unique. Sure, your based on how much you diligently refer them to http://www.rice.edu/ to canons of acceptable college jour- required to sit in the corner for 30 average volleyball player spends studied for your SATs, instead of projects/thresher/issues/84/970314/ nalism. I would like to hear from minutes with his nose against the three or four hours a day doing your intelligence," made me cringe Opinion/Story04.html. people who agree with me, people wall, and bring a note from his things other than classwork and in embarrassment for Reeve; though From its founding the Backpage who disagree with me and people mommy confirming that she is aware partying. So do column writers, Reeve charges that Fitzmorris' established a reputation—through whose minds are not made up. I of his behavior in school. RSVP volunteers and Honor Coun- article was "hostile, misguided," attacks on individual people and would particularly welcome the cil representatives (Ms. Fitzmorris Reeve subsequently wrote belliger- various groups, including women chance to discuss the issue with Ed Akin is all of these things, and I'm sure ently hostile accusations. I do agree — as a venue in which students, representatives of the Thresher or Mechanical engineering professor she keeps quite busy). Virtually all that Reeve is fully entitled to her often under cover of anonymity, the Backpage, or anyone who is will- Rice students are dedicated to some- opinion and that the article could could insult whomever they wished ing to defend the Backpage policy. Editor's note: Misclass is subm itted by thing in this way. have catalyzed high emotions, but with impunity. Last week's issue members of the Rice community and Instead of taking the high road, such bitter remarks against the gives evidence that the Backpage's Chandler Davidson the Backpage editor selects what to students and alumni chose to attack writer's character as opposed to the history of mean-spirited insult is by Sociology professor publish. Ms. Fitzmorris' talent, her intelli- writer's actual work is uncalled for no means dead. gence and even her underclassman and reflects more negatively on The failure of the Backpage to status (could there be a more imma- Reeve herself than Fitzmorris (and conform to even minimal standards Remark disrespectful Responses to column ture line of argument than that?). a word to Reeve: If Fitzmorris had no of acceptable college journalism is to faculty spouse hurt campus unity Perhaps those who feel so strongly "factual evidence" on the intelligence particularly ironic, given the fact that about the issue should find a pro- of student athletes, I'd like to see the the rest of the Thresher, largely a To the editor: To the editor: ductive outlet. "factual evidence" you used in deter- labor of love by hard-working and Those of us who are employed by I was not surprised to see a bar- If these attitudes exist, why do mining Fitzmorris' admission fac- talented students, has often been Rice may have to put up with the high rage of attacks against Laura they exist? Is there anything in the tors). outstanding — as it is this year. school-ish remarks that typically oc- Fitzmorris' opinion column ("Rais- current athletic program that rein- Secondly, a friend of mine In my earlier letter I set out some cur in your misclass section. ing the bar for athletes in the class- forces this opinion? Could privileged brought up a good point: Ben ideas for changing the ground rules However, the author of the March room," March 1). I was disappointed, resources for athletes contribute to Weston's letter on the same subject, for the Backpage, and I offered to 15, 2002, misclass was particularly however, by the personal and judg- it? It's much easier to silent the de- which makes offensive jabs at Shep- discuss them with anyone in any childish and crude in going out of mental nature in which those who bate in the name of "unity," but it's herd School students, architecture forum on campus. I added that I his way to be disrespectful to the wrote the Thresher chose to ap- hardly helpful to the students of the students and freshmen, further would particularly welcome a chance spouses of Rice employees. Many proach the issue. Let's ignore, for a university, athlete or not. marginalizes more groups of stu- to discuss them with students "who Rice employees' spouses provide second, the issue of how much truth dents and further implements the believe that a policy of the sort I have significant voluntary service to Rice is contained in Ms. Fitzmorris' opin- Aaron Martz "us versus them" mentality. suggested, imposed by the Thresher and its students. ion. We are still left with the fact that Brown senior There has to be another avenue to editors themselves, trammels stu- They should not be the butt of it is a common perception amongst support one group without angering dents' right to free speech." No one, crude jokes. The editor should take non-athlete students. others. It is true that, as Aimee Donnel including the Backpage editors, ac- action against the author of this As a senior, I'm well aware of Letters comprised of writes, "Rice recruits extremely cepted my offer. misclass for going out of his way to how hard the average varsity ath- personal attacks classy individuals," but the letters to So I make it again. I believe the bring spousal names into his delib- lete works on activities that do not the editor did not reflect this view. Backpage's policy of anonymous, erately rude expressions. directly relate to classes. I also know To the editor: Again, I commend these students I was extremely disappointed to for taking a stand, yet if I were a read last issue's letters to the editor. prospective student reading this sec- Several students felt it was neces- tion of the Thresher, I would have sary to make personal attacks on doubts on attending this university Laura Fitzmorris, who wrote "Rais- due to such hostility. ing the bar for athletes in the class- To the editors of the Thresher. 1 room." To the students themselves urge you both to consider more thor- and to the editors: Many agree that oughly the "content" you reserve the attacks in these letters were dis- the right to edit. Tequila Bar tasteful and had no placc in the Publishing personal attacks will Thresher. only hurt a publication's journalistic It is very noble to stand up and integrity, not to mention scare away Happy Hour 2-7 Monday-Friday defend the integrity of student- potential columnists for fear of hav- All Day Saturday Noon till 7pm athletes, but isn't there a way to do ing their intelligence publicly ques- so without making such unneces- tioned. 2.50 House Margaritas sary criticisms and reflecting so I sincerely hope Fitzmorris con- poorly on the integrity of the entire tinues to write for the Thresher and 2.50 Jose Cuervo Shots Rice student body? that this debate will not further di- 2.50 Well Drinks Anna Reeve's statement to vide the Rice community. Fitzmorris, "After reading your 1.75 Domestic Bottles poorly written column. I am certain Melissa Arong 4.00 Pitchers (Shiner*Bud Light-Coors Light) your admission to Rice was unfairly Sid freshman

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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2002 NEWS IN BRIEF Campus-wide blood drive in April approved, since feedback council Honor Council members have received from their nor group that could encourage The Gulf Coast Regional Blood colleges' members has been positive. by Rachel Rustin proposes amendments alumni to donate blood through- Center is conducting the drives with The Honor Council Constitution THHESHER EDITORIAL STAFF out the year. the GSA and Baker, Hanszen, A proposed amendment to the predates the Student Association The Association of Rice Alumni "Rather than narrowing the focus, Wiess, Will Rice, Jones and Martel Honor Council Constitution would Constitution, and thus its amend- is sponsoring its second annual blood we can broaden it out a little bit by Colleges. combine the three separate ment ratification process differs from drive to be held in all nine colleges making it an educational and encour- hearings currently involved in a case other blanket-tax organizations. The MD Anderson Blood Center and in the Student Center for gradu- aging kind of program," he said. "It is conducting drives with Sid into one hearing. —Mark Berenson The amendment is on the Spring ate students from April 1-4. will be something that Rice is Richardson, Brown and Lovett Elections ballot and must be About 200 units were donated last sponsoring and encouraging, but it Colleges. approved by three-fourths of all vot- Gillis appointed to year by the colleges and the GSA. will be a little more dispersed in terms The drive is open to the entire ers. Spring Elections will be held "We think that with good promo- of the time frame and the focus." Rice community. March 29 to April 3. economic task force tion, that can be exceeded," former Will Rice College Honor Council President Malcolm Gillis was ARA President Jim Greenwood Representative Jason Longoria, who appointed late last month to Texas (Baker '58) said. "It's an important chaired the Honor Council's Gov. Rick Perry's Task Force for activity to the community." BLOOD DRIVES revisions committee, said the goal Economic Growth. As part of last year's drive, alumni April 1 of combining the three separate The task force is chaired were sent a card urging them to Graduate Student Association 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. hearings—preliminary hearing, trial by industrialist Ross Perot Jr., and donate blood in their home area and and penalty hearing — into one includes 29 members of Texas's submit the card back to the ARA so April 2 hearing was to increase efficiency business elite, such as Elaine the group could keep count. Less Baker College 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and make the process easier to un- Agather, the CEO of JP Morgan than 100 cards were received, and Hanszen College 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. derstand for both accused students Chase. The task force will evaluate Greenwood said the strategy Sid Richardson College 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and freshmen learning about the ways to ensure long-term economic required a lot of effort while not Wiess College 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Honor Code. growth in Texas. producing that many units of blood. Will Rice College 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Honor Council President Aaron This is not Gillis' first time on an Instead, there will be a blood drive Martz said changing the constitution economic task force; while an eco- May 14, the day of the Rice vs. Uni- April 3 culminates a revision process that has nomics professor at Duke University, versity of Texas baseball game. The Jones College 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. already made internal changes to the he chaired two similar committees. game is at 7 p.m., but the drive will Lovett College 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. bylaws and procedures. Gillis is the only person with a be conducted from noon to 8 p.m. in Martel College 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Martz said the experience for an purely academic background on the Fox Gymnasium. accused student would be the virtu- committee. However, he said that "We're hoping that by involving April 4 ally the same, as changes in the given certain aspects of Texas's eco- both UT alums and Rice fans locally Brown College 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. bylaws and procedures are already nomic future, his appointment makes and the Athletics Department, we being used. sense. can improve on that number signifi- All college blood drives will be located in the college commons. The GSA "We have already put the changes "A big part of [ the economic growth cantly," Greenwood said. blood drive will take place in Farnsworth Pavilion in the Student Center. into effect in the case, and beyond and development opportunities fac- Greenwood said he is exploring the labels that we put on our pro- ing Texas] is biotechnology and the idea of a Rice alumni blood do- cesses there has really been no nanotechnology, and maybe that is change in our day-to-day proce- why I am on it," Gillis, who is also a dures," Martz, a Brown College se- member of the Federal Reserve Bank nior, said. of Dallas Board of Directors, said. Longoria said one difference Rice University is one of the would be the use of nine Honor premier centers of study in WSSmk^m-^ - .. Council members to judge the nanotechnology. Chemistry Profes- entire hearing, as opposed to seven sor Rick Smalley won the 1996 Nobel ->/V ^ members in the penalty hearing. Prize in Chemistry for his study of "We feel that the change will give buckyballs, a form of carbon central the hearing more consistency, so to nanotechnology. In September, instead of having different numbers Wee was awarded a $10.5 million of council members for different National Science Foundation grant ... .: parts of the hearing, it will just be the to establish one of six Nanoscale *T.- same," Longoria said. Science and Engineering Centers in \,7v. In addition to changing the hear- the United States. ing structure, Longoria said the The task force will soon start amendment would alter some termi- meeting and holding public hear- nology and remove obsolete proce- ings across the state, and is sched- dures. uled to report back to Perry by the Both Longoria and Martz said they end of the year. suspect the amendments would be — Mark Berenson STUDENT ASSOCIATION

The Student Association met Monday. The following were discussed:

• Baker College freshman Skye Schell was named SA director of technology and Baker freshman Alan Pham was named SA elections chair. • Applications to be on SA committees, university standing commit- tees, the KTRU Friendly Committee and to be the SA director of publications are available on the SA office door. The applications are due Wednesday at 1 p.m. • Petitions for SA Spring Elections are due Friday at 1 p.m. to the SA office door. Positions available are Sammy the Owl and at-large Honor Council representatives. • Nominations for various end of year student awards are due April 1 in the Student Activities office. The nomination forms can be picked Why is it so hard for a 30-year-old up at the SA office. When you're young, retirement • SA President Matt Haynie discussed his plans to make meetings to think about retirement? more efficient, which include limiting discussion of any item to five planning is pretty far down on your list of concerns. Say, somewhere between the melting minutes. To encourage students to attend the meetings, Haynie will give students who are not on the SA Senate priority in all discussions. polar ice caps and dishpan hands. And that's completely understandable. But by planning • Hanszen College President Mandy Legal reviewed the financial and early and sticking to that plan, you can increase the money you'll have to enjoy retirement, legal implications of stealing access to premium cable channels, and discouraged students from doing it. and potentially decrease the years you'll spend working. We offer a range of different • RBT Station Manager Richard Adams told the senate about the future of movies on RBT. A current service provides RBT with 12 different options, including tax-deferred retirement plans, SRAs, and IRAs, all with low expenses. movies a month, which are shown three times a day. For this to continue beyond this semester, a $6 annual fee for on-campus Now that's something to fall in love with. students will need to be created. The senate will gauge student opinion during the coming weeks before making a recommendation to Student Affairs, Log on for ideas, advice, and results. TIAA-CREF.org or call (800) 842-2776 • The senate voted to put amendments to the Honor Council Consti- tution on the Spring Elections ballot. The proposed amendment would combine the preliminary hearing, trial and penalty hearing into one hearing in order to codify how the Honor Council currently conducts hearings (See Story, above). • Spring Elections will be held March 29 through April 3 online at http://sa.rice.edu. Candidate blurbs will be distributed in the col- .VfiiiKjgiHg money for people leges Monday. with Other things to think about • The senate has begun discussing a proposal for LPAP reform to bring to the Faculty Council. Possible areas of reform include making LPAP 101 and 102 for-credit classes taken pass/fail, and having a waiver for varsity athletes. • On Tuesday, Brown College sophomore Ian White was appointed the RETIREMENT I INSURANCE I MUTUAL FUNOS I COLLEGE SAVINGS I TRUSTS I INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SA parliamentarian. TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services, Inc.. and Teachers Personal Investors Services. Inc.. distribute securities products. ©20(12 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund The next meeting will be held Monday in Farnsworth Pavilion in the (TIAA-CREF! New York. NY Student Center at 10 p.m. '* '. * *:•'

THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2002

by Skye Schell relations, the prospect of an THRtSHER EDITORIAL STAFF economic union was worrisome to the Mexican people, Salinas said. Former president of Mexico Many shared the sentiments of a Carlos Salinas de Gortari spoke Mexican proverb: "Poor Mexico: Friday about his new book, Mexico: so far from God, so close to the The Policy and the Politics of Modern- United States." ization. A controversial leader, A departure from foreign capital Salinas implemented major and debt reduction plans, NAFTA privatization and economic liberal- represented a fundamental foreign ization reforms during his 1988-1994 policy change, Salinas said. term. "To propose NAFTA was Introduced by President precisely to approach the relation- Malcolm Gillis, who was an ship on a different footing — one of economics professor at Harvard respect, one of not forgetting the during Salinas' stint as a graduate historical realities that we had gone student there, Salinas addressed a through, but also one that tried to full house in Baker Hall. He said build this relationship on mutual his latest book, which deals with a benefit," Salinas said. chapter in Mexico's past, bears "I insisted that for development relevance to the present state of in my country to go forward, we world affairs. wanted trade and not aid. We "I feel that this is a proper preferred to export goods and not moment to speak about these people." issues, especially once we have faced a new world transformation in the being," he said, referring to the change in global relations since Sept. 11. 7 insisted that for KONSTANTIN TSVAYGBOYM/THRESHFR Salinas said at the end of the Cold Former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signs a book after his speech last Friday night at Baker Hall. War, similar changes occurred in a development to go Salinas' speech was sponsored by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. landmark event that sparked the 1994 Mexico, dismissing claims that the into free-trade agreements with Another attendee questioned the North American Free Trade Agree- forward we wanted United States could easily subjugate "populist" nations, Salinas said. future of economic disparity in ment. This continent-wide free trade trade and not aid. We its NAFTA partner. Salinas expressed his full Mexico. zone has been central to Mexico-U.S. "Many people in different places support for a system of economic Salinas said his policies of eco- relations ever since its creation. preferred to export are talking about the end of the liberalization, especially in conjunc- nomic liberalization have already Although NAFTA is often principle of sovereignty," he said. tion with his policies of political open- narrowed the gap between rich and considered a product of the Clinton goods and not people "Not for us Mexicans. Because for ness, such as open elections and poor, noting that U.N. statistics administration, it was first discussed — Carlos Salinas de Gortari us the most important thing is pre- education reform. showed a decrease in the number of at a 1988 meeting between Salinas cisely that, to remain as Mexicans. "Educational reform was the only people living below the poverty line and then-President-elect George Former Mexican president But we also proved that it is possible way to increase the competitiveness during his presidency. H.W. Bush. The two new leaders to preserve the principle of sover- of our country, and also to improve Salinas said although he agrees met to review important issues eignty and, at the same time, income distribution," he said. "It's with the "populist" push for affecting their nations, and Bush NAFTA's benefits strengthen the relationship with the very well known that higher equality, increased state interven- brought up the idea of a free-trade NAFTA has proven beneficial only superpower in the world." education means better income tion is not the answer. Instead, zone that would include all of North thus far, facilitating faster recovery distribution. Salinas urged nations to rely on America, Salinas said. from Mexico's 1995 economic crisis Economic liberalization vs. "Whatever the challenges that economic policies and social Salinas said he revived free-trade and promoting competition at the Populism Mexico may face, today or in the programs. negotiations with Bush after the U.S. industrial rather than the national With calls for state intervention future, we have proved throughout "What you want at the end of the debt reduction program in 1989 failed level, Salinas said. escalating in Latin American history that we have the capacity as day is equality," he said. to boost Mexico's troubled economy. Salinas reiterated his stance on countries, Mexico and the United a people to overcome them," he said. Although the PRI (Institutional Given the history of Mexico-U.S. the complete independence of States should be wary of entering Revolutionary Party), Mexico's rul- Audience Q&A session ing party for 71 years, lost the 2000 In a session moderated by Gillis, presidential election, Salinas Salinas answered several audience dismissed the possibility of an over- questions. whelming change in public Responding to a question about ideology. POWERSC<£>RE the future of Mexico, Salinas said Instead, he attributed the loss to there are five areas needing the inept leadership of his succes- serious attention: the public sor, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon. deficit, financial, rural, labor re- Although he said the party must form and a reestablishment of the reorganize, he discouraged the in- ULTIMATE "rule of law." volvement of former presidents in Asked if women would ever high-level party politics. ascend to the Mexican presidency, The last questioner asked if Salinas said he believes they will as Salinas would be returning to Mexico soon as the voting public is ready, soon. Salinas said he returns often adding that many women already for short visits, and would love to hold influential government return for good. positions. "Mexico is my home, and PREPARATION "I've always had respect and Mexico always will be my home," admiration for the talent and beauty Salinas said, answering in of Mexican women," Salinas said. Spanish.

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by Maeve Quigley an individual health problem, rather "It's possible that our programs Chen, a former Wiess chief jus- most especially people getting sick THRESHKR STAFF than a community issue," Keeling, and policies are part of the chal- tice, said she expects alcohol will and hurt," Danielle Dunn, a Sid editor of the Journal of American lenge — perhaps most of the prob- always be available on college cam- Richardson College junior, said. "I Beer-Bike, college pub nights, College Health and chairman of the lem," he said. "In our culture drink- puses, and doesn't question how to also see it as a way to drown your Margaritaville ... Rice has a tradi- independent health consulting firm ing is important — it's social lubri- prevent its availability. sorrows." tion of intertwining alcohol with Richard P. Keeling and Associates, cation. "Drinking is so tied into having Others, however, said drinking social events, a tradition that can said. "It creates memories, it's an fun, whether the drinking is actually is just part of college life. lead to personal health problems, out-of-self experience and creates fun or not is irrelevant — if there's "So what if you've got some kids damage to community relationships a sense of fitting in and belonging. alcohol, it's supposed to be fun," Chen drinking underage?" Jonny and even impaired academic achieve- In our culture, we find few ways said, agreeing with Keeling. Wallace, a Martel College senior, ment, college health expert Richard 'In our culture drinking for people to meet these needs." said. "Define the problem. Binge Keeling said Tuesday. is important — it's Keeting suggested several strat- drinking is not a problem — it's a Keeling, a Scientia Colloquium egies to combat binge drinking, 'Drinking is so tied into statistic." guest speaker, cited binge drinking social lubrication. It including changing one's social Both students agreed that binge on college campuses as a nation- structure and introducing alternate having fun, whether the drinking has negative conse- wide problem in his lecture entitled creates memories, it's activities to satisfy the needs that quences, although damage occurs "Drinking and Our Common Health: alcohol fulfills. He stressed that drinking is actually fun more often to property than to The Challenge of Campus Alcohol an out-of-self any solution should begin with a people. Ultimately, responsibility to Programs." "democratic process" in which stu- or not is irrelevant — if make safe choices lies wdth the indi- "Binge drinking sits at the center experience and creates dents generate their own game- vidual, they said. of a cluster of behaviors which has plan. there's alcohol, it's "Offering solutions promotes the negative social consequences," Keel- a sense of fitting in and Keeling said he believes a lib- problem," Dunn said. ing said. eral arts education should incorpo- supposed to be fun.' Keeling's lecture is a part of a Keeling said that according to belonging rate alcohol education, though he — Lee Ann Chen series of Scientia Colloquium lec- his research, alcohol on college cam- — Richard Keeling did not specify how. Wiess College senior ture dedicated to the topic of "Health puses is linked to 95 percent of vio- College health expert "The focus should be on com- and Welfare Policy." The Scientia lent crimes on campus, as well as mon health," Keeling said, stress- Colloquium series, established in lower grade point averages and a ing the role of professors in the 1981, will have seven lectures this generally reduced quality of life for student community. Students who attended Keeling's academic year in an effort to pro- college students. Keeling said he believes that The colloquium also featured lecture had a wide range of opinions mote multidisciplinary discussion on Keeling also stated that women traditional approaches to the prob- Wiess College seniors Lea Ann about on-campus drinking. social issues. who have been drinking are 3.5 lem of underage alcohol consump- Chen and Josh Ginsberg and Some said drinking is a serious The next Scientia Colloquium times as likely to be victims of vio- tion fail to acknowledge the indi- Hanszen College senior Erik problem. lecture, entitled "Applying Social lent crimes as those that have not vidual as a whole, and instead Vanderlip, who each gave a five- "I consider binge drinking to be a and Psychological Research to So- been drinking. often undermine and shame the minute response to Keeling's pre- problem because of the conse- cietal Problems," will be held "We have always said drinking is student. sentation. quences that tend to come from it — April 16. IM field a possibility WIESS, from Page 1 the site is used, students will benefit RICE SUMMER SCHOOL between Hanszen College and the from it. Wiess House, which will become "1 am so happy because the last APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR BOTH SESSIONS: MAY 18, 2002 Hanszen House after the 2002-'03 few years we have discussed in Stu- Take advantage of the summer credit courses at Rice. Enjoy smaller classes with motivated school year. dent Affairs that green space on that classmates. You can complete nearly a semester of work bv attending both sessions. Camacho said he will decide how site would be the best use for years the area should be used based on to come, while preserving the site EARLY SESSION: MAY 13-31 GENERAL SESSION: JUNE 3-JULY 26 what would be the most valuable to for the l()th college," Camacho said. students. It is widely presumed that when a ANTH 343 New Religious Movements in Africa ANTH 201 Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology Morgan said he would like the 10th college is built (as originally ANTH 381 Medical Anthropology ANTH 313 Language and Culture space to be made into an intramural conceived in a 1998 master construc- EC0N 211.1 Principles of Economics I ANTH 358 The Fourth World: Issues of Indigenous Peoples field to replace some of the fields tion plan), it will be located where ECON 212.1 Principles of Economics II ANTH 410 The Ethnography of Development once located close to the south resi- Wiess now stands. To allow for this ECON 370 Microeconomic Theory ANTH 513 Language and Culture dential quad, those eliminated with possibility, the Wiess/Hanszen ECON 375 Macroeconomic Theory BIOS 207 Evolution, Genetics, and Society the construction of new Wiess. 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POLICE BLOTTER

The following items were reported to the University Police for the period March 12-16.

Residential Colleges Jones College North March 16 Jones students report that students from Martel College were having a party that led to windows in Jones North being broken.

Jones College South March 16 Student's vehicle was keyed while in the parking lot.

Academic Buildings March 14 Book stolen. Fondren Library March 14 Cell phone stolen. Sewall Hall

Other Buildings March 15 Two incidents of theft by check.

Campus Store March 16 Theft by check.

Campus Store March 15 Cement mixer stolen from the new Parking Lots Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Laboratory Road Lot Management construction site.

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The Bible says that Jesus was God "in the flesh." God Out of his love, Jesus took alt of our sin on himself, can do anything. So why. as a man, would he choose to and died in our place. "God shows his own love toward die a horrific death? Jesus was nailed, to a cross. What us, in that white we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." ADVERTISING was it all for? For nothing? Jesus then rose from the dead, three days later, just as Actually, his reason centers around you. From God's he said he would. He took care of the sin that separated perspective, you have chosen to live independently from us from him, and now offers us his forgiveness and to God. Often contrary to God. We all have. We know what come into our lives. would be right to do, but then we do what we want Do you want God to remain distant? Or would you anyway. The Bible describes the consequences of tins: like God to forgive you and enter your life? It's an "Your iniquity [sin] has made a separation between you important decision. To consider this more, lead the be a and your God." What many people don't know is that the section called "John" in the Bible, and see the feature Bifctc says the penalty for our sin is death. We remain article BEYOND BLIND fAfTH at www.EveryStudent.com. SaieS representative separated from God. forever. That is how holy God is, and how awful OUT sin is irt his eyes. And that's where Jesus for the thresher comes in. EveryStudent.com Send an e-mail to [email protected] for details. THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY. MARCH 22, 2002 Contingency plan moves upperclassmen to hotel BROWN, from Page 1 to, before everyone leaves, lay out new wing was ready. the various contingencies," Ditman Ditman said if a delay extended said. past O-Week, the housing options Ditman added that the finish date given to Martel students would be for the construction would be more used for Brown students. predictable by May. "We've got a pretty good model Chan agreed that having the plans to work from," Ditman said. "We've done before summer would be ben- got defined option available." eficial. Ditman said the Warwick, where "It would be good if any problems about 30 Martel students lived dur- were dealt with before they were ing their college's two-week con- imminent," Chan said. struction delay, was willing to ac- Martel President Anna commodate Rice students again if Friedberg, who also coordinated the necessary. Ditman said an "Adopt-a- temporary housing of Martel stu- ' •- Brownian" plan would also be an dents for the first two weeks of this option. semester, encouraged the formation V I Ditman said freshmen assigned of a contingency plan. to live in the new wing would be kept "I think that we should learn from on campus, and their accommoda- Martel, and I think that Brown tions would be determined in con- should have a contingency plan now junction with Brown. so they don't need to deal with it Twelve spots in the new wing over the summer," Friedberg, a

bs:.. V were reserved for freshmen in the sophomore, said. "It will save a big Brown room jack for quads, which headache during O-Week." occurred last week. A total of 58 Some students scheduled to live mm students are supposed to live in the in the new wing said the situation STUART SINCLAIR/THRESHER new wing. did not sound like it would be much Brown President Stan Chan said of a problem. Mask-maker, mask-maker, make me a mask that while the whole situation would "As long as they are planning for Jones College sophomores (left to right) Xiaoming Yin, Linda Lee and Maria Tran make masks for the masquer- be challenging, dealing with the fresh- the contingency, I feel all right," ade-themed Rondelet last Friday at the TG sponsored by the Rice Program Council in the Ray Courtyard. men would be particularly difficult. Brown junior Stuart Sinclair said. "If they had to be accommodated "Living at the Warwick sounds like a in the tower, then we would have to good deal. It's a nice building and move six pairs into the quads and not much further of a walk than have them live together," Chan, a Brown." junior, said. Brown freshman Shawn Brown women look for three-peat Chan said the college had Leventhal said the length of the de- changed its constitution to ensure lay mattered to him. BEER-BIKE, from Page 1 justed to turn right in front of Alice the addition of a 10th participant — that freshmen would live in the new "If it is living in the Warwick for four volunteers for security tomor- Pratt Brown Hall and take the next Martel College—in the day's events wing. two weeks, that wouldn't be too big row, plus six for the first truck it has left toward the stadium. Cars in the didn't cause any planning problems, "We had a vision to make sure of a deal," Leventhal said. "But aca- in the parade and eight for the sec- parade will park in the section as since there was already a 10th lane that it was heterogeneous," Chan demically it is not the best situa- ond. previously planned. on the track. said. "We want freshmen to be over tion." Wiess will not have a truck in the Kumar, a Baker College junior, "We're excited about the plan this there." Leventhal added that he hoped parade, but will provide four addi- and Schwent, a Baker senior, said year," Ginsberg said. "We think that Ditman said that because upper- Rice does everything it can to com- tional security personnel because of Beer-Bike planning has gone it's realistic, and it's security- classmen who would affected by any plete construction as quickly as pos- its fort . The other eight colleges plan smoothly, and that even some oriented. We're keeping people away delay have already been identified, sible. to have two trucks in the parade and worries about bleachers have been from the real danger areas. students can be notified of contin- "I'm not only hoping, I'm expect- must have 18 security workers. alleviated. Hopefully this year will have lower gency plans before they leave for ing that Rice does everything so that Will Rice College senior Rebecca Kumar said Facilities and number of serious injuries." the summer. the building is finished on time." Tuuri, one of the Will Rice Beer-Bike Engineering declared that the More information about "We know who the roster of ten- Leventhal said. coordinators, said getting enough bleachers normally used at Beer- tomorrow's events can be found at ants are, so it would be productive people to volunteer to work security Bike. which are usually from fields h tip://ww w. rice, edu/beerbike. was hard at first, but Will Rice now on campus, were unsafe. F&E said At the races tomorrow, the Brown has more than 18 volunteers. years of moving the bleachers had College women will be looking for She said the Beer-Bike commit- caused them to become unsafe. Be- their third straight win. Jones Col- 0 tee is using this security system to cause of this, the Athletics Depart- lege will be seeking to defend their l o u i s t Q n ensure the parade's continued ment has stepped in to provide men's title, and Will Rice College I existence. bleachers. will attempt to add to their six straight victories in the alumni race. "I don't think that any system is The coordinators said that even EZ LIVN _J i going to be perfect," Tuuri said. "In order to keep the parade, we're go- ing to use this system. I have no idea whether this will be better than BEER-BIKE VIOLATIONS AND FINES last year. I know that the people in All Kinds Of Drivers Save With GEICO. Offense Fine charge really do want to keep the You may know that GEICO has Consistent underfilling of water balloons $1,500 per college parade and this is the best option been providing high-quality auto by a college right now." LAH O ? insurance to some of your neighbors The Graduate Student Association Impersonating a security official $1,000 per offense for years. You may think you have is in charge of security at the track. to be in government, or have a Security will be responsible for Use of a fire hose $500, plus $10 per BRN 2 RCK spotless driving rccord to qualify ensuring that no one crosses in front minute used for GElCO's low rates and of the trucks while they are in outstanding service motion. Each truck will have a walkie- Truck moving while truck gate is not on $500 per offense talkie so parade officials can tell driv- Truth is, all kinds of drivers ers when to make coordinated stops. can qualify for GEICO. Even if Truck moving while truck gate is unlocked $500 per offense "This keeps a slow tempo and you're not in government or if your gives the people time to run between driving record isn't spotless, you Loading at the colleges $500 per vehicle the trucks when they are stopped, can stil! save with the GEICO but not when they are moving," Propelling water balloons $250 per offense Companies. Ginsberg said. NO 1 DAD So if you want quality auto Swift, a Lovett College junior, said Moving water not in a water balloon $250 per offense insurance with 24-hour service, security should help drivers feel affordable rates, a variety of dis- comfortable driving. Alcohol on vehicle or parade route $250 per offense "From what I've heard in the past, counts, and convenient pavment the people who have driven the cars plans, call GEICO. We're the A++ Attacking another college's vehicle $100 per offense have just been freaked out that they rated company that's been insuring are going to run over someone ... generations of smart drivers for Use of a portable shield $100 per offense because you can't really see since nearlv 60 years you are driving the cattle cars," Swift Hitting parade officials during parade $100 per offense said. Swift said the biggest change to Crossing in between vehicles while $100 per person the parade this year is an earlier (713) 665 4667 AUTO |NSURANCi parade is in motion start time in an effort to get to the bike track in time for the races. Hie Geico Direct Overloading of a trailer $100 per person parade will start half an hour earlier 5405 Bellaire than last year. Driving a tagged or decorated vehicle $500 per vehicle Houston, TX 77401 Swift had to adjust the parade off campus after parade route Wednesday when he discov- Government Employees insurance Co • CKICO General Insurance Co. ered that Texas Southern Univer- GEICO Indemnity Co • C.F1CO Casualty Co Driving a tagged or decorated vehicle Exclusion of vehicle from sity will host a track tournament at off campus before parade the parade the Rice Track/Soccer Stadium Sat- urday morning. Walking across track during race Disqualification The parade route has been ad- TT77

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Every March, Austin is flooded with fans and professionals alike as it hosts South by Southwest, an amalgam of film, music and interactive festivals. The Thresher sent reporters to each part, and this is what they saw.

The range of films is wide enough to suit different tastes. T My schedule was packed from about noon to midnight for a few days, and I didn't particularly hate anything. I passed on the foreign CONFERENCES * films, of which there were plenty. Even with all I saw, I missed a few films — Master of the Game, a battle of wits between a Jewish-American Dalton soldier and his German captives; Noth ing So Strange, a mockumentary Tomlin WHY SHOULD EVERY FILM about the events following Bill Gates' Rice Thresher BUFF GO TO SXSW FILM? fictional assassination; and Janeane Houston TX Garofalo's new one, The Search for Press You'll see new films before John Gissing. anyone else. A handful of the feature films Some of the documentaries are shown had already been picked up actually worth watching. by distributors, so they'll be at the Strangely enough, the two films local Landmarks or Angelika in the with the biggest buzz and discus- coming months. Lions Gate sent sion were documentaries, Journeys Chelsea Walls, Ethan Hawke's artsy with George and Texas. The former and pretentious but beautiful I)V was comprised of NBC videographer feature, and Get Well Soon, a smart Alexandra Pelosi's experiences in black comedy about a talk show host George W. Bush's press corps (Vincent Gallo) trying to return to through his primary and election his pre-fame life and girlfriend campaigns. A large chunk is just (Courteney Cox Arquette). MGM joking between Bush and Pelosi, but offered the generally enjoyable CQ, it leaves you wondering if the charm Roman Coppola's (son of Francis that won Bush the election also won Ford) "love letter" to '60s schlock over his theoretically impartial press filmmaking (think Barbarella). corps (one of Pelosi's fellow journal- Two of the more conspicuous ists is rather straightforward in films this year were Blade II, di- admitting this). Regardless of your rected by Austin native Guillermo political affiliation, keep an eye out del Toro, and The Cat's Meow, Peter for Journeys — there are many hilari- Bogdanovich's recounting of a real- ous and insightful moments. life murder on a yacht involving Another huge draw was Texas, a William Randolph Hearst, Marion portrait of 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, DALTON TOMLIN/THRESHER Davies and Charlie Chaplin. But actor Russell Crowe's band, which Ethan Hawke answers questions after a screening of Chelsea Walls. these will also be in theaters eventu- has a huge cult following in Austin. ally. Crowe himself showed up for a helpers (it's funny as hell, of course). There's also several afternoons' screening, and so did the rest of the Only one out of a dozen shorts, "Hill- worth of panel discussions with the You'll see films no one else will Australian band, Gov. Rick Perry and billy Robot" (the longest one, run- famous and not so famous. The act- ever see. about half of the twentysomething ning 24 minutes), disappointed. ing panel featured Dennis Hopper, All of the true indies I saw had blondes in town. The real draw wasn't A special treat before each screen- Cheech Marin, JeffreyTambor ("The something worthwhile about them. the film, which is mostly propaganda ing was one of four "Burger Hut" Larry Sanders Show"), indie Two of the best in the entire festival for the band, but Crowe, who in shorts, starring a fast-food worker workaholic Molly Parker and Turk were Canadian: Inertia, a bizarre and person is every bit as charismatic and a freaky-looking muppet. Each Pipkin ("The Sopranos"). Others funny look at sexual relationships, and funny as you'd expect him to be. featured some sort of movie trivia covered topics from screenwriting and Looking for Leonard, a tale of dialogue, like the best film to lose to raising money to selling your love and breaking out of a stagnant Even the short films are the Oscar (the muppet declares it's movie to distributors. lifestyle. Inertias cinematography interesting. GoodFellas) and a contest of naming looked better than that of your aver- One fairly big draw was a shorts more movies featuring either Steve A-list celebrity sightings do age Hollywood product, despite its program (there were programs for Buscemi or Philip Seymour Hoffman occur. $30,000 budget. documentary shorts, animation and (the loser gets fry duty). The heavies I saw this year were The catch-22 here is that if you music videos as well). Most were the aforementioned Crowe and Hop- see something you really like, you hilarious—"Never Date an Actress" You'll learn stuff. per, and Ethan Hawke was at one might never see it again, either in features Mulholland Drive's Naomi By seeing the semi-rough works screening of Chelsea Walls. And I theaters or on video. Also, you'll Watts as the world's shallowest girl- by first-time filmmakers, those as- could've sworn 1 walked right by probably get addicted to smoking — friend, and the animated "Morto, piring for movie greatness will learn Jared Leto downtown at one point. 1 practically every single character in the Magician" (written by Steve what to do and especially what not to guess I'll never know. Regardless of these movies goes through a pack a Martin) stars a cartoon Martin as a do (please, no more movies about the fame of the people involved in a day. magician who kills all of his stage making movies—we have enough). film, someone shows up at just about every screening to do a Q&A ses- sion. It's kind of sad to realize that at a film festival where independence is celebrated and emphasized. Hollywood notables get the most attention.

If you've never been to a film festival before, this is a good place to start. It's conveniently located, it has a good mix of everything you'd want to see, and in the next year or two it might actually take place during our spring break. And if you can stay at a friend's place and live off fast food for a few days, it really won't cost you that much — the knowledge and DALTON TOMLIN/THRESHER experience you get in return will be From left, Turk Pipkin, Molly Parker. Jeffrey Tambor, Dennis Hopper and Cheech Marin discuss the pros and cons of working in independent film. well worth it. • D iversity's

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Beer Bike 2002 Rules and Regulations c. All chug cans must consist of at least one of the following requisites:: I > f. ADMINISTRATION I . All chug cans must be commercially available as beverage cans. All alumni and women's cans must hold at least 12 ounces The Rice Program Council is the administrative body of the Beer-Bike Race. The Council's designated Beer-Bike Co-Chairs as purchased. All men's cans must hold at least 24 ounces as purchased or be composed ot two cans holding I- as purchased. have linal authority in matters of rules and policy. The Beer-Bike Co-Chairs will head the Beer-Bike Committee which deals the principal container for the beer/water. Over 50% of the original container must remain intact, lie with 'he specific subject matter of the race. The Committee is composed of the Co-Chairs and the coordinators from each The can must serve as i Ihc can must retain original shape and capacity. The can must be filled to the top ol the original team Each college, each Beer-Bike Co-Chair, and the GSA will receive one vote when a vote is necessary. containing portion of the can 11. PARTICIPANTS container. , . liach team will be composed of ten bike riders, ten chuggers, and two alternate riders and chuggers. Also included will be 2. If the ciin is not commercially available, it must be constructed of a rigid material, be cylindrical, and have dimensions eight pit crew persons and up to three coordinators. Each team will also designate a bike captain and a chug captain from its similar to that of a commercially available beverage can (for reference -- Foster's: 5 15/16 in. long, 3 1/4 in. diameter; standard roster. 12 oz.: 4 9/16 in. long, 2 9/16 in. diameter). The container must have a minimum volume of 12 fluid ounces for the alumni and A mechanic and photographer may be included among the participants at the discretion ol the individual coordinators. I he women and 24 fluid ounces for the men, and it must contain at least that volume ol liquid lor chugging purposes. maximum number of people on each team is 35. d. All cans are subject to inspection at any time on or before the exact time ol the appropriate race. liach team must submit a complete team roster to the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs at least 7 days prior to the scheduled day ot the e. No "beer bongs." Mouthpieces are permissible, but they cannot extend into the throat or beyond race. No substitution of team members will be allowed during the team race except in the event ol injury. Faked injury will 2. Biking Restrictions: result in disqualification. a. Protective bicycling head gear must be worn by all riders when they are riding. Exceptions to these regulations may be granted by the Co-Chairs or voted upon by the Beer-Bike C ommittee. b. No wheels of solid construction. Wheels must be spoked, 16 spokes minimum. The wheels may be ol different diameters, Hi. ELIGIBILITY FOR RACE PARTICIPANTS between 700 millimeters maximum and 550 millimeters minimum. Undergraduates currently pursuing a degree at Rice University may participate for their college only. C ollege membership c. Any device such as a protective screen, fuselage, or other addition to the bicycle lor the purpose ol decreasing forward air resistance or to artificially increase acceleration or propulsion is prohibited. will be determined by the payment of college dues. d. Handlebars of design referred to as "triathlete bars" or "aero- bars" are not allowed. No additional clip-on bars are allowed. Degree Candidates (December graduates) are eligible to compete in the men's and women s races for their college. Bars must be of a conventional shape (allowing Scott Drop-In Us) or "bullhorn" shape. No handlebars allowing support ol any Faculty and University Associates may participate only for the college with which they are associated. Up to two Associates part of the arm or forearm (except the hands) are allowed. may compete on both the chug, bike, and pit teams for each college. c. All riders must wear numbers indicating the participation order for that team (1 for the first rider and 10 for the last rider). Graduate students may participate only for the Graduate Student Association (GSA) team in the mens and womens races. This rule docs not prohibit them from participating in the Alumni race for a college from which they graduated. 3. Crash Bikes: All bikers must have attended a Biker Safety course sponsored by the Beer Bike Co-Chairs in order to be eligible to race. a. Each college will appropriate one crash bike to be placed on the inside ol the course as a substitute bicycle for any rider If a team has any outstanding fines on record from previous years, it will be ineligible to participate in the Beer Bike events. from any team in case of an accidcnt during the race. This bike must be 23" or smaller. It must be able to be ridden to and from Anyone not meeting the above requirements must petition the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs to be allowed to participate. Any the track. Each crash bike must be approved by the Pit Interference Judge who will place the bikes around the track. If this question regarding eligibility must be brought before the Beer Bike Co-chairs at least 7 days prior to the scheduled race day. or the matter will not be considered. bicycle is harmed in any way, the team whose rider used it will make any necessary repairs later. Any bicycle so used must be IV. RACE OFFICIALS replaced by this team within two laps after the bicycle has entered the pit. 1 . Rules Co-Chairs: b. A rider may change to a crash bike at any time, provided that he or she stays on the course and procures the bicycle herself The Rules Co- Chairs are the final authority on any decision of rules concerning the Beer-Bike races. The Beer-Bike Co- or himself. Chairs, appointed by the Rice Program Council, are the Rules Co-Chairs. c. A second party may help the rider onto the crash bike, but may not bring it to the rider. 2. Track Coordinator: d. A rider may return to the pit on foot to obtain a bike. The Track Coordinator is responsible for any track maintenance necessary for bike practice and the races themselves. The e. A rider may finish a lap on foot provided the rider stays on the course. Track Coordinator locates all necessary equipment for the running of the races, sets up and hands out that equipment the day f. A team must file a complaint with the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs if it feels that a crash was illegitimate or "faked" to get a fresh of the races, and collects all equipment once the races are finished. He or she will also be responsible for the operation of the rider out. This will be handled as in Article X. timing device at the finish line. 4. Procedural Regulations: 3. Chugging Expert: a. The course, Hackerman Field, consists of the official circuit laid out on the west stadium parking lot. The length of the The Chugging Expert, usually the Judges Coordinator, sets the standard of acceptable chugging. He or she must meet with course is approximately 0.33 miles. every chug judge at a practice to demonstrate that standard. b. No participant will compete twice in either chugging or riding but may chug and then ride or vice-versa. Teams w ith special 4. Head Judge: problems may petition the Beer-Bike Committee for an exemption from this restriction. The Head Judge determines that the race is ready to begin. c. The race will consist of 10 2-lap "legs" for alumni and women and provides an appropriate countdown informing the teams that the Violation Fine 10 3-lap "legs" for men. In the alumni race the team must be race is about to start, and starts the race. composed of at least 3 women riders. Only one rider can complete 5. Chug Judges (9) - faculty/staff: each leg. If a crash should occur, a rider may be sent out immediately a. Determine and enforce penalties for wet chugs, chugs starting Use of fire hose $500, plus $10/minute of use and must complete only the number of laps not yet completed by the early, and riders leaving the pit early. crashed rider. b. Enforce all penalties reported by the Tower Officials except d. Men may only compete on the men's teams and women may only for those penalties determined after the ninth rider has Alcohol on vehicle or parade route $250 per offense compete on the women's teams. completed the course. (Any penalties incurred after the ninth All race participants (including alumni) must wear attire which rider will be added onto the final time for that team after the last distinctly reveals the team for which they arc competing, team has finished the race.) Hitting official people (including campus-wide Beer Bike $100 per offense f. No chugger. rider, o, member ot a pit crew may commit any act c. Determine that proper clothing as outlined in the restrictions that could be deemed grossly unfair or unsportsmanlike as is worn by each chugger. Coordinators, Campus Police, Security, Bikers in the front determined by a majority decision of the Chug Judges together with 6. Track Judges (4) - faculty/staff: of the parade, Masters, RAs, and non-Rice people the Rules Co-Chairs. a. Determine penalties for riders crossing the inner white line IX PENALTIES and for riders weaving and thus obstructing the other riders. associated with a college's theme, etc.) The following will result in 5-second penalties: b. Report these penalties to the Tower Officials via a set of 1. Any chugger beginning to chug too early as determined by the colored tlags. The proper flag (or flags) are raised as a signal Chug Judge. and remain raised until the Tower Officials acknowledge the Impersonating a security official $1000 per offense 2. Any intentional or excessive spillage by a chugger as determined penalty with a flag (or tlags) of the same color (or colors). by the Chug Judge. 7. Start Line Judges (9) - faculty/staff: Use of a portable shield device (trashcan lid) $100 per offense 3. Any chug not completed by pulling the can in front of the body or Indicate to the appropriate beer judge when a rider of the directly over the head (in view of the judge). appropriate team first crosses the start line and whether the 4. Any rider crossing the start line before the respective chugger has pushers have crossed the start line, thereby invoking a penalty. Propelling water balloons $250 per offense finished as determined by the Chug Judge. 8. Pit Interference Judge: 5. Any crew pit persons who cross the start line when aiding a rider Determine any interference penalties occurring in the restricted to start her or his leg of the race (stepping on ihc line is permissible). beer area, pit area, or pit lanes. Moving water not in a water balloon (Super Soakers, $250 per offense 6. Excessive weaving which obstructs other riders and/or riders Interference may occur in one of the following two ways: crossing the inner line as determined by the track judges. Riding on a. Any team member or other support member not actively hose, trashcan water, etc.) or crossing the line, if it is overtly to awud an accident is up to the involved in the race is inside one of the restricted areas discretion of the track judges. mentioned above or is creating a hazard. 7. Interference of one team with another as determined by the Pit b. Any set of pushers and riders obstructs the race or causes Consistent under-filling of water balloons by a college $1500 per college Interference Judge. another rider to fall while being pushed. (assessed by Rules or Parade Chairs) In each case the Pit Interference Judge reports a penalty for the Penalties will be administered in the following manner: responsible team to the Tower Officials. No penalties are The first beer chugger to compete after the penally is determined w ill enforced by the Pit Interference Judge. The Pit Interference Attacking another college's vehicle, including while it is $100 per offense not be allowed to begin chugging until five seconds times the Judge also approves all crash bikes and places them around the number of penalties after the rider has entered the pit area as counted track. in transit from college to parade starting point by the Beer Judge's stop watch. 9. Tower Officials (3): Any penalty involving the last drinker or rider for a given team will The Tower Officials do not determine or enforce any penalties. result in five seconds being added to their time. Two Tower Officials are responsible for receiving and Loading at the colleges $500 per vehicle A SI0 fine will be assessed lor each unauthorized person 111 the pit acknowledging any penalties reported by the Track Judges or area during each race. See Article II PARTICIPANTS for a list of the Pit Interference Judge and informing the appropriate Chug Driving a tagged/decorated vehicle off campus before parade Vehicle excluded from parade participants allowed in the pu area Judge via radio link. The third Tower Official monitors the Start X. DISQUALIFICATION Line Judges to acknow ledge indication of pushers crossing the Any violation of the Race Regulations listed in Article V111 by any start line. Driving a tagged or decorated vehicle off campus after parade $500 per vehicle team will result in a penalty (see Article IX) or the disqualification of 10. Finish Line Judges (9) - faculty/staff: that team. Any disqualifications will be announced after the race is The Finish Line Judge for each team will time the entire race for over. that team. This time will be used to check the official time kept Walking across track during race Disqualification Any individual that defaces, steals, or destroys a piece of another at the finish line by the Track Keeper Each timer indicates to team's essential race equipment (i.e. bikes, chug cans. etc.) will be the Beer Judge when that team's rider has crossed the finish line. automatically disqualified. The responsible party will also be subject V. ELIGIBILITY FOR JUDGES Overloading of a trailer (beyond 1 person/trashcan per 7 square $100 per person to any measures deemed appropriate by the Beer Bike Co-chairs If Each judge must be a merfiber of the Rice University faculty or feet of space) another college jacks something from a college such that it results in staff or a Community Associate to a college and must have permanent damage or a financial burden on the jacked college, then judged a previous race or fulfill the following qualifications the responsible parly will be referred to the Beer Bike Co-chairs where applicable: and or I University Court and dealt with appropriately. Crossing in between vehicles while parade is in motion $100 per person I. Each Chug Judge must attend a beer practice and meet with If a team wishes to contest their disqualification or petition for the the Chugging Expert who will describe the standard legal chug. disqualification of another team, the team must file a verbal 2 Each judge must meet with the Rules Co-Chairs in order that Truck moving while truck gate is not on $500 per offense complaint with the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs within an hour after the the rules and race procedures may be explained in detail. finish of the race in question. Wntten petitions must be submitted to 3 Masters and Resident Associates cannot be Beer Judges for the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs before 5:00 p.m. the dav alter the event. their own college. Truck moving while truck gate is unlocked $500 per offense XI LANE ASSIGNMENTS 4. Associates may not judge for the college with which they are Lanes for the individual teams are listed below with the first lane associated. being closest lo the track. The lane assignments rotate each year with No judge will be allowed to judge the races unless these Failure to provide enough security $50/person under required # the team in the last lane getting lane one. the other teams specified criteria have been met. subsequently moving bv one lane. VI. PITAREA The lane assignments for 2002 are The pit area is composed of the on-deck circles, beer tables. I Brown 2. Lovett 3. Graduate Student Association individual college areas, crossw alk, and the pit lanes. During the race all of the pit area is restricted to participants and race 4. Sid Richardson 5. Mattel 6. Baker officials. The on-deck circles, beer tables, indi\idual college areas, crosswalk, the pit lanes, and the race lane are all essential 7. Will Rice 8. Hanszen 9. Wiess 10. Jones components of the entire pit area and are shown on the accompanying diagram. Each college must furnish a table for its pit XII. SAFETY ON TRACK DURING PRACTICES area, and the table should arrive at the track by 10:00 a.m. the day of the race The College Beer-Bike Coordinators and Bike and Chug Captains are responsible lor letting ail of the riders know about the Only participants identified by a Beer-Bike shirt, judges, and other officials authorized by the Rules C'o-Chairs will be track rules. allowed in the restricted pit areas. 1. Ride in a counter-clockwise direction. VII. RACE PROCEDURES 2. Slow riders stay at least 5 feet outside of track line Parades must be completed at least 1/2 hour before the start of the race so that alumni can begin to warm up. All of a 3. Faster riders pass between track line and slower riders and inside track line when necessary. college's team should be inside of the track before the start of the first race. However, only that part of the team competing 4. Look over your shoulders to check traffic before moving towards inside ol track, especially when nearing entrance to pil in each race should be in the on deck or chugging areas. There will be time between races for team members to cross from area. the stand area to the track area. 5. No Walkman radios are allowed to be worn while riding on or near the track Only Beer-Bike officials and badged security officers may cross the race lane during the race. Anyone crossing the race lane XIII. PARADE RULES during the course of the race, except in an emergency, who is identified as a member of one of the colleges w ill cause a ten The following rules are general guidelines and will be further defined by the Parade Coordinators. second penalty (per person) to be assessed to her or his team. The parade will be held the same day of Beer-Bike, except in ihc event of rain, and must be completed at least a half-hour The race proceeds as follows: At the starting gun fired by Dr. Gillis, a chugger begins consuming 12 ounces (24 ounces for before the start of the first race. Each college is allowed two primary vehicles (carrying people and water balloons) and one the men's race) of beer or water from a chug can defined in VIII.I.e. The beer captain tells the pushers to push. The Start decorative vehicle (no balloons) and will be given tags lo mark each vehicle. I'he type of primary vehicle will be decided 011 Line Judge raises a flag when the bike rider crosses the start line. The Chug .Indue looks to the Pit Judge and determines if by the Beer Bike Committee during the semester. The parade line-up will be proposed by the parade coordinators and the bike rider left the pit area too early. The bike rider completes tw o laps (three for the men's race) of the course. The beer modified by the college coordinators where agreements can be reached. captain tells the next beer chugger to begin chugging unless any penalties were determined by the Chug Judge or reported to Parade rules are punishable by fines (to be determined in advance by the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs and Parade Coordinators) and the Chug Judge and need to be enforced This procedure continues until ten chuggers and ten riders have linished. When the include but are not restricted to the following: 10th rider has crossed the finish line, the race is finished for that team. The Final Rider must finish the race in the Race 1. No alcohol is EVER permitted on any parade vehicle or on the parade route Lane. 2. Fights are not allowed and are punishable by severe fine as well as Campus Police and potentially University Court In the event of any type of false start or misfire of the starting gun (to be determined at that time by the Rules Co-Chairs), intervention. Security personnel at the parade should try to prevent serious fights and are authorized and encouraged to ask lor the race will be promptly stopped and not restarted before the passing of at least ten minutes. Campus Police assistance whenever necessary. Once the last rider has finished the race any penalties not yet enforced are added to the times for the respective teams to 3. Only balloons filled with water are allowed during the parade, and such balloons must be thrown by hand, never iy a obtain the official times for each team The team having the lowest official time, barring any disqualification, will be the slingshot or similar device including lacrosse sticks winner of the race. 4. Water balloons should never be thrown at Beer-Bike personnel (including the Parade Coordinators. Beer-Bike Co-Chairs, In the event of an accident, a rider may procure a crash bike from the side of the loop if the rider determines that her or his and Security Staff). Campus Police, or Emergency Medical Staff bike is no longer "ride-able" If the rider is unable to complete his leg after a crash, the team should send an alternate rider. 5 Parade vehicles MUST be loaded with people AFTER lining up on the Inner Loop, with NO EXCEPTION. If the rider chooses to complete the lap on a crash bike, he or she must complete his entire leg, though he or she may 6 Teams are not allowed to in any way damage other teams' parade vehicles. exchange the crash bike for another if he stops in her or his team's pit area. 7. No one is allowed to cross between moving vehicles at any point during the parade. VIII. RACE REGULATIONS I. Chugging Restrictions Each college's coordinators arc responsible for organizing a group of 10-18 people (depending on how many vehicles 111 the a. Chuggers should wear no more than one shirt above the waist. Bulky or wet clothing articles designed to absorb parade) to help enforce the parade rules Placement of these people along (he parade route is left up to the Security beer/water or prevent spilled bccr'water from being seen may not be worn. The Chug Judge's decision in these matters is Coordinator. A stationary fixture along the parade route will count as a primary vehicle. This college security committee is final asked to attend a brief informational meeting with the Security. Parade Coordinators and Beer-Bike Co-Chairs at least one- b. Chuggers of legal drinking age may chug beer or water, while chuggers who are underage must chug non-alcoholic beer week prior to the event to ensure that all rules and procedures are made clear and that all persons are aware of the potential or water. The legal drinking age in Texas is 21. fines. 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was vapid. Songs driven by what are traditionally called "hooks," but are just not hooky, left the front three rows bobbing their heads and the rest scratching theirs, or talking snobbishly about how tremendous the band was. I saw more than one pleased nod at the close of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' set, as if to affirm that Tim sucking is cool as long as it is inten- MUSK tional, self-aware sucking, accompa- Crippen nied by good stage presence. A gorgeous young woman sing- On the other end of the musical Rice Thresher ing and playing guitar attracted a spectrum was Toronto's singer- Houston TX crowd of over 30 laminated-badge- songwriter Ron Sexsmith. His gyra- Press wearing music critics, mostly men, tions during the performance were by singing near 6th and Congress in limited to picking up his water bottle, Austin last weekend. but his unique, clear voice, good The South by Southwest music melodies and spare guitar work conference brought the critics out made for an excellent musical per- of dens and away from meticulously formance. Just as for Yeah Yeah organized album collections to watch Yeahs, the club filled up as nearly 1,000 bands perform over five Sexsmith's set began, and the same days. The streets of Austin were satisfied nods were seen through- sprinkled with others attempting to out the audience afterwards. attract the attention of the right critic, The SXSW scene is very pro- or better, record executive. This girl SXSW and very positive for the bands certainly had our attention, even performing there, which I think was though she was a horrible singer, evidenced by the satisfaction people but she's a great example of the showed at almost all the perfor-

worst SXSW had to offer. mances I saw. TIM CRIPPEN/THRESHER Take New York's Yeah Yeah Sexsmith began his hour-long set Ron Sexsmith plays an acoustic set at Buffalo Billiards. Yeahs, for example. This group is a 15 minutes ahead of schedule with a three-piece punk ensemble fronted carefully chosen song about forgive- Alone, with acoustic guitar, he ad- The first track featured vocal har- by Karen O who, during its perfor- ness. In the midst of all my thoughts mitted that the songs, which are monies in the style of Pink Floyd, mance, was either auditioning with about whether the previous band normally layered with horns and mul- but I would call them neither soar- a strip joint or losing a beauty pag- was worth my time or not, I felt a tiple guitar tracks, sounded a bit ing nor haunting. They were clean eant. She had nearly mastered the pleasant sense of guilt at being re- sparse. His lyrics and smooth melo- and impressively developed for so Roger Daltrey microphone windmill minded of the rest of the world, war, dies held the audience's interest suc- young a band. Tlieir drummer was and smiled as she ballerina-twirled politics and peace. He literally cessfully, despite his lack of more solid and spare at most times but about in a cocoon of mic cable. The hopped on to the stage and began, exciting performance elements. drove the band well through the band was far from the worst of SXSW, "Sometimes in anger we seem to Sexsmith's genre is one quickly swells of energy and intensity that but just like the guitar girl on the forget." being played out by a profusion of characterized every song. The lead street, it was amusing to watch but Sexsmith's 2001 album, Blue Boy, singers like Ryan Adams, John vocal passed from "brother," as they lacked that old-fashioned peculiar- brought him moderate celebrity, and Mayer and Pete Yorn, who gain com- called each other, to brother. None ity: "musical ability." some audience members nodded or mercial success based on a catchy of the members were clear leaders The guitarist and drummer had mouthed words in recognition of single. Sexsmith's performance or possessed any rock-star attitude, little to offer, and their songwriting "This Song" and "Cheap Hotel." showed that he has the catalogue which helped the ensemble work and songwriting ability to be a long- together. term singer-songwriter who will One guitar player, taking lead stretch the boundaries of his genre. vocal on a number, craned his neck He knows it too. Introducing songs in a horribly uncomfortable position off a new album, he said, "If you to reach the mic in a pleading, sinis- don't like them, there's still time to ter way. Each member seemed a bit have them taken off." Sure, Ron. like an awkward teenager, giving Integrating an exciting stage per- the band a unique charm and giving formance and incredible musical tal- me hope that their careers are only ent was my favorite of the SXSW beginning. lineup, Chicago's The Webb Broth- Near the set's close, they per- ers. A long line of fans anticipating formed a number to which the only the band's performance formed in lyrics were, "I want to get high again J front of The Drink on 6th Street and tonight." It had amazing texture, and everyone who gained admission to the ensemble working together cre- the cramped club seemed struck ated waves of sound, adjusting dy- from the first note of the perfor- namics slowly and uniformly to a mance. The five-piece group per- climax that no one seemed to expect formed on a tiny stage and seemed them to be capable of. The other to lean out into the crowd, pushing performers I saw at SXSW lacked each other and the music toward us. that intensity and sincerity, that Generally, their sound was British youthful energy that the Webb

TIM CRIPPEN/THRESHER rock along the lines of Bends-era Brothers proved still exists in today's The Webb Brothers rock the crowd at The Drink on 6th Street. Radiohead and Gomez. rock scene. •

David Chien INTERACTIVE The Rice Thresher Web geeks. And lots of them. Very rarely do you see such a Houston TX ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID CHIEN/THRESHER Press cluster of folks in Texas who are An illustration from the panel "Creating Awareness and Building a Buzz with Independent Content": from left. Kelly more passionate about the Web than Abbott (www.spoke-and-axle.com). Evan Williams (www.pyra.com), Dori Smith (www.dori.com). Nick Finck at the annual South by Southwest (www.digital-web.com) and Susan Kaup (www.sooz.com). Interactive festival. Geared toward Web developers, room is a geek too, so the embar- cated to promoting and celebrating artist renowned for Flash experimen- designers and pretty much anyone rassment of geekdom is less perva- independent content. tation, experiments based on ran- associated with Web culture, SXSW sive than one would expect. Throughout the convention, domness and his willingness to share Interactive is notable for its inten- The dreary atmosphere of dot- panel discussions and keynote con- his knowledge with the world. sive schedule of panel discussions, com failures reared its head only as versations addressed topics ranging The centerpiece for Interactive is followed by seemingly endless night- an afterthought or an offhand joke. from "Creating Awareness and Build- the Web Awards. The winners of time festivities. The festival became very much like ing a Buzz with Independent Con- such categories as Animation/Car- The convention is separated into a support group of talented down- tent" to "The Death of Scarcity." toon, Cirri Site, and the always quirky three distinct tracks: Industry/ on-tneir-luck techsters. In peer dis- The atmosphere was very infor- Weird/Extreme, along with many Trends, Content/Design and Tomor- cussions, such as the one on mal. The audience posed questions others, were announced by the ever- row/Beyond. In addition, a peer "Freelance Forums: Legal Proceed- throughout the discussions and the eccentric John Halcyon Styn meetings forum was introduced that ings," everyone was incredibly open panelists were always available af- (www.cockybastard.com). The fun- covered a wide range of topics within about their personal experiences terward to answer specific questions. niest parts were the acceptance a rant-on, rant-off format. with the metaphorical "man." The most impressive presenta- speeches, which had a tendency to The first thing you notice when At the same time, from such a tion was Joshua Davis' end with, "And we still haven't got- sitting through the panels and pre- large and talented unemployed com- (www.praystatwn.com) presentation ten paid for this. But thanks any- sentations is the spontaneous com- munity, independent content produc- entitled "Painting the Digital Can- way." munity-building and sharing that oc- ers have suddenly reemerged. vas." It came as a refreshing twist, SXSW Interactive is a festival that curs between strangers. Wireless Projects have popped up on the Web since most people talk about inde- changes dramatically from year to networks spontaneously appear and that are incredibly rich and diverse; pendent content as a well-formed year. As new technology gets intro- laptops are out in full force. Every- the SXSW Interactive panels have collective of written ideas and the duced, so too will new ideas and new one knows that everyone else in the responded in kind with panels dedi- like. However, here was a digital venues for expression. • MIS ft bniwtainment FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2002 I 14 THE RICE THRESHER

OR IIII17 YOl WILL WHAT? THE THRESHER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVENTS AROUND HOUSTON THROUGH Baker shakes out a APRIL 4, 2002. 'Night' of brilliance EDITORS'

Natasha Alvandi the wise decision of dropping THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Shakespeare's script into the deca- picks I've seen Twelfth Night performed dent 1920s. This period change three times by various professional makes the play much more light and theater groups, yet I have never be- airy, with radiant costumes and mu- fore seen it approached with such sic appropriate for the self-indulgent creativity and gusto as in this Baker times of the Gatsbian elite. tonight Shake production. Although the play is performed and tomorrow in the Baker Commons, the set de- signers went to great pains to create ONE FLEW OVER 'twelfth night' amphitheater-like seating around the stage. With only six rows of chairs THE CUCKOO'S Baker College Rating: **** 1/2 on two opposite sides of the stage, i NEST ^9 (out of five) you're guaranteed a good seat for i this intimate performance. The stage i Ken Kerry's 1962 novel was Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. itself is bare, but the actors move .? $4 Rice students/faculty, $6 smoothly on and off with various # adapted into an Oscar-winning general public. For reservations, props. I send e-mail to [email protected]. No actor is left without her mo- f film as well as this play. James ment of sheer genius. Antweil is Black and Annalee Jefferies Twelfth Night, or What You Will is breathtaking as the lovely Olivia and reprise their leading roles from the story of Viola (Martel College delivers her lines wonderfully, per- sophomore Maeve Quigley), who fecting the art of Shakespearean |1 1 the 1992 Houston production. decides to dress as a man after she is drama. Baker senior Laurie Scott $35-$50. Tonight at 8 p.m., shipwrecked on the foreign land of plays a great jester, bounding across tomorrow at 2:30 and 8 p.m. Illyria. She gets a position as the the stage with backbends and flips Duke Orsino's servant. The duke as she speaks the truth to the con- Alley Theatre. 615 Texas Ave. For (Will Rice College senior Wally Upp) fused characters. more info, call (713) 228-8421. is in love with the Countess Olivia Never before have I seen Count- (Hanszen College junior Hallie ess Olivia's cousin Sir Toby Belch Wednesday Antweil), but she will not return his played with such good comedic tim- STUART SINCLAIR/THRESHER favors. The comedy begins when ing. Hanszen senior Mark Barrett ALL ABOUT the duke sends Viola to speak to the does an excellent job of whipping Disco party at my hut countess. Thinking Viola is a man, out his flask to play the always- MY MOTHER Countess Olivia falls in love with drunk-and-getting-drunkerSirToby. i The Rice Art Gallery currently features "The Precious Stone and Gold her. He delivers his lines flawlessly, Factory," an installation by Colombian artist Adriana Arenas llian. superbly conveying Shakespeare's Co-sponsored by Rice Accompanied by music and video, it explores love and desire based on Instead of setting this play in the sometimes-complicated innuendo to Cinema of Democracy, the references to Colombian pop culture. The exhibit runs through April 14. Elizabethan era, the director. Baker I College senior Troy Scheid, made Sec NIGHT, Page 16 I International Film Festival f | presents this award-winning OH. BLOODY HELL ^ film by Pedro Almodovar. Free. 7:30 p.m. Rayzor Hall. Room 205. For Aussie director, Brit cast summon superb 'Orders' more info, go to : http://www.ruf.rice.edu/ Paul Emig THRESHER STAFF ~csl/filmfest.html. If you're looking for more proof that Australia / is taking over the world (or at least Hollywood), thursday look no further than luist Orders, the latest film from Australian director Fred Schepisi. i FUGAZI With Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman re- ceiving Oscar nominations, Mel Gibson ruling Stc your break with these the box office and every re- •ndie punk rock faves. 'last orders' cent block- [ buster trilogy Rating: *** 1/2 5. 7 p.m. International from Lord of the (out of five) Rings to Star \ Ballroom. 14035 S. Main St. In theaters. Wars to The For more info, go to Matrix being i % www.handsuphouston.com. shot down under, the pulse of the film industry i seems to be a whole hemisphere away from Hol- ongoing lywood these days. Should we be surprised then, that even the highest-profile British export this WILLIAM year has an Australian at the helm? Thankfully, KENTRIDGE Schepisi and a dream-team cast of British acting legends are up to the task. Adapted from Graham Swift's Booker Prize- This internationally winning novel, Ijast Orders follows four friends acclaimed South African who gather to honor the last requests of their artist's work, based on his recently deceased friend Jack (Michael Caine), journeying across the British countryside to scat- homeland, is relevant to all ter his ashes. As Vic (Tom Courtenay), Ray (Bob SIMON MEIN/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS mankind. This exhibition Hoskins), Lenny (David Hemmings, whose eye- Jack (Michael Caine, left), Ray (Bob Hoskins) and Vic (Tom Courtenay) are lifelong friends in Last Orders. brows protrude like demonic horns) and Jack's features films, drawings and son Vince (Ray Winstone) traverse England with tionship, from their courtship among the hop like a virtuoso plays an instrument, knowing sculptural installations. the plain clay urn that holds the remains of their fields (the youthful couple is played by JJ Feild exactly when to reign in and when to let his actors Free. Runs through June 2. lifelong friend, the film flashes back to memories and Kelly Reilly) to their middle-age disillusion- do their own thing. of Jack, both private moments and those shared ment with their lives and with each other. Schepisi's dialogue is elegant and subtle, Closed Mondays. by the whole group. The memories span 50 years The film's most compelling relationship, simple but rich material in the hands of his tal- Contemporary Arts Museum. and several continents to form a composite of though, is between Jack's best friend Ray and ented cast. Like many cinematic portraits of work- Jack's life, from the front lines of Cairo during Amy. The pair, who had a brief affair several years ing-class Brits, there are moments in iMst Orders 5216 Montrose Blvd. For more World War II to a hospital bed during his final earlier, console each other after Jack's passing. when the thick, indecipherable Cockney brogue info, go to www.camh.org. hours. They piece together a portrait of a simple Mirren and Hoskins are sublime as the longtime almost merits subtitles, but the dialogue that us man who, despite disappointments (his son friends and one-time lovers sharing memories of Yanks can make out has a minimalist eloquence. spurned the family business, a third- Jack and debating what his absence means to As great as the dialogue is, though, Schepisi's generation butcher shop) and charac- each of them, and to their own relationship. Their script is somewhat problematic. The narrative's ter flaws (he refused to acknowledge moments of quiet tenderness are the film's most non-linear structure loses coherence in its transi- the presence of a retarded daughter, touching. tion from the page to the screen. Switching back sent away to a hospital), was a great The entire cast, a veritable who's who of Brit- and forth from past to present in a seemingly friend and a larger-than-life character. ish character actors, gels beautifully. The deco- random manner Ijist Orders features compelling Although more screen time is de- rated ensemble (almost all of them nominated for scenes whose dramatic impact is often lessened voted to the men delivering Jack to his Oscars or multiple BAETAs, England's version of by the confusing order in which they are pre- final resting place and their relation- the Academy Awards) showcases the humanity, sented. ship with the deceased, the heart of simplicity and character of Britain's generation of Though it may be flawed, Last Orders is a great the film lies in Jack's relationship with World War II survivors. Director Schepisi ensemble piece and showcase for some of Britain's his wife, Amy (Helen Mirren). The (Roxanne, Six Degrees of Separation), who also best actors, an appealing tale rich with humanity film spans the entirety of their rela- adapted Swift's novel for the screen, plays his cast and poignancy. ,\v.7,v

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Paul Emig Director Ming-Iiang, who doesn't so much THRESHER STAFF direct What Time so much as load the camera A chance meeting connects two lost souls and roll film, focuses on the small, mundane in Hong Kong in Tsai Ming-Liang's new film aspects of this trio's life, from sitting and smok- What Time Is It There? Told mostly in Manda- ing a cigarette to waking up in the night to pee. rin Chinese (with some Taiwanese and Employing an ensemble of actors using their French), What Time is a meditation on grief, own names (or nicknames, in Hsaio Kang's loss and isolation. It's also an experiment in case) and shooting in their own homes, What just how little actual drama you can put in a Time Is It There? achieves an intimacy and filmed story and still call it a movie. reality rarely seen in modern cinema. What Time tells the story of Hsaio Kang The minimalist moments are sincere, hon- (Lee Kang-Sheng), a street watch salesman est and interesting to watch, in varying de- mourning grees. Some are subtle and inspired. Hsaio the death of Kang's anarchic adjustments to Hong Kong's 'what time his recently clocks offer unexpected bits of humor, and Yi- is it there?' departed fa- Ching's attempts to reincarnate her late hus- ther. His band are absolutely heart-wrenching. But un- Rating: ** mother's re- fortunately, most moments are dull, insignifi- (out of five) Opens today. action to her cant and do nothing but add unnecessary length husband's to the film. Such moments of quiet would be death cer- nice character touches to a normal film, but tainly isn't helping his grieving process. The What Time seems to be made entirely of these woman (Lu Yi-Ching) ritualistically prays for moments. her husband's spirit to return to her (in what If your excuse for missing out on foreign form I'm not exactly sure, although she nearly films is that you don't like to read subtitles, loses it when her son kills a cockroach). She then this is the foreign film for you. There are lights incense and chants in front of an altar, virtually no lines to read. The two dozen or so fills a plate of food for her spouse at each meal speaking lines are staggered throughout the (and then yells at her son for wasting food), film, about one every 5-6 minutes. The suc- and worries about every detail that may be cession of long, slow, dialogue-less scenes preventing his return. gets heavier and harder to watch as the film's One day Hsaio Kang meets a pretty cus- 116-minute running time drags on (and to tomer, Shiang-Chyi, who is interested in pur- think Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was chasing Hsaio Kang's own watch. Initially spurned in its home country for being too unwilling to sell it (he fears that losing a slowly paced!). personal item so close to a family member's I don't know if I'm being culturally insensi- death would curse him), Hsaio Kang reluc- tive, if my tastes are spoiled by Western cin- tantly parts with his own timepiece, and the ema or if I actually have a legitimate gripe, but experience somehow connects the two. I found What Time Is It There? to be tortur- Shiang-Chyi leaves for Paris the next day. As ously dull. The fact that it contains so many she struggles to adjust to life in France, Hsaio simple, exquisite moments of quiet humanity Kang suddenly becomes obsessed with all buried within a tedious, self-indulgent, butt- things Gallic. He watches Truffaut's The 400 numbing succession of irrelevant activities Blows over and over and proceeds to set every makes it all the more frustrating. watch and clock in Hong Kong to Paris time Instead of wondering What Time Is It There, Hsaio Kang's mother slowly comes to terms you'll be wondering what time it is in your own COURTESY WELLSPRING MEDIA with her husband's absence, and no one is time zone, and just how much longer until this Hsaoi Kang (Lee Kang-Sheng) grieves his father's death and obsesses about French things in very happy at all. mess ends. What Time Is It There?

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c. All chug cans must consist of at least one of the following requisites:: Beer Bike 2002 Rules and Regulations I. ADMINISTRATION j| j 1. All chug cans must be commercially available as beverage cans. All alumni and women's cans must hold at least 12 ounces The Rice Program Council is the administrative body of the Beer-Bike Race. The Council's designated Beer-Bike Co-Chairs as purchased. All men's cans must hold at least 24 ounces as purchased or be composed of two cans holding 12 as purchased. have final authority in matters of rules and policy. The Beer-Bike Co-Chairs will head the Beer-Bike Committee which deals The can must serve as the principal container tor the beer/water. Over 50% of the original container must remain intact. The with the specific subject matter of the race. The Committee is composed of the Co-Chairs and the coordinators from each containing portion of the cun must retain original shape and capacity. The can must be filled to the top of the original team. Each college, each Beer-Bike Co-Chair, and the GSA will receive one vote when a vote is necessary. container. II. PARTICIPANTS 2. If the can is not commercially available, it must be constructed of a rigid material, be cylindrical, and have dimensions Each team will be composed often bike riders, ten chuggers. and two alternate riders and chuggers. Also included will be similar to that of a commercially available beverage can (for reference — Foster's: 5 15/16 in. long, 3 1/4 in. diameter; standard eight pit crew persons and up to three coordinators. Each team will also designate a bike captain and a chug captain from its 12 oz.: 4 9/16 in. long, 2 9/16 in. diameter). The container must have a minimum volume of 12 fluid ounces for the alumni and roster. women and 24 fluid ounces for the men. and it must contain at least that volume of liquid for chugging purposes. A mechanic and photographer may be included among the participants at the discretion ol the individual coordinators. The d. All cans are subject to inspection at any time on or before the exact time of the appropriate race. maximum number of people on each team is 35. e. No "beer bongs." Mouthpieces are permissible, but they cannot extend into the throat or beyond. Each team must submit a complete team roster to the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs at least 7 days prior to the scheduled day ol the 2. Biking Restrictions: race. No substitution of team members will be allowed during the team race except in the event ol injury, faked injury will a. Protective bicycling head gear must be worn by all riders when they are riding. result in disqualification. Exceptions to these regulations mav be granted by the Co-Chairs or voted upon by the Beer-Bike C ommittee. b. No wheels of solid construction. Wheels must be spoked, 16 spokes minimum. The wheels may be of different diameters, III. ELIGIBILITY FOR RACE PARTICIPANTS' between 700 millimeters maximum and 550 millimeters minimum. c. Any device such as a protective screen, fuselage, or other addition to the bicycle for the purpose ol decreasing forward air Undergraduates currently pursuing a degree at Rice University may participate for their college only. C ollege membership resistance or to artificially increase acceleration or propulsion is prohibited. will be determined bv the payment of college dues. d. Handlebars of design referred to as "triathlete bars" or "aero- bars" are not allowed. No additional clip-on bars are allowed. Degree Candidates (December graduates) are eligible to compete in the men s and women s races for their college. Bars must be of a conventional shape (allowing Scott Drop-In Us) or "bullhorn" shape. No handlebars allowing support of any Faculty and University Associates may participate only for the college with which they are associated. I Ip to two Associates part of the arm or forearm (except the hands) are allowed. may compete on both the chug, bike, and pit teams for each college. e. All riders must wear numbers indicating the participation order for that team (I for the first rider and 10 for the last rider). Graduate students may participate only for the Graduate Student Association (GSA) team in the mens and women s races. 3. Crash Bikes: This rule does not prohibit them from participating in the Alumni race for a college from which they graduated. All bikers must have attended a Biker Safety course sponsored by the Beer Bike Co-Chairs in order to be eligible to race. a. Each college will appropriate one crash bike to be placed on the inside of the course as a substitute bicycle for any rider If a team has any outstanding tines on record from previous years, it will be ineligible to participate in the Beer Bike events. from any team in case of an accident during the race. This bike must be 23" or smaller. It must be able to be ridden to and from Anyone not meeting the above requirements must petition the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs to be allowed to participate. Any the track. Each crash bike must be approved by the Pit Interference Judge who will place the bikes around the track. If this question regarding eligibility must be brought before the Beer Bike Co-chairs at least 7 days prior to the scheduled race day, bicycle is harmed in any way, the team whose rider used it will make any necessary repairs later. Any bicycle so used must be or the matter will not be considered. replaced by this team within two laps after the bicycle has entered the pit. IV. RACE OFFICIALS b. A rider may change to a crash bike at any time, provided that he or she stays on the course and procures the bicycle herself 1. Rules Co-Chairs: or himself. The Rules Co- Chairs are the final authority on any decision of rules concerning the Beer-Bike races. The Beer-Bike Co- Chairs, appointed by the Rice Program Council, are the Rules Co-Chairs. c. A second party may help the rider onto the crash bike, but may not bring it to the rider. 2. Track Coordinator: d. A rider may return to the pit on foot to obtain a bike. The Track Coordinator is responsible for any track maintenance necessary for bike practice and the races themselves. The e. A rider may finish a lap on foot provided the rider stays on the course. Track Coordinator locates all necessary equipment for the running of the races, sets up and hands out that equipment the day f. A team must file a complaint with the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs if it feels that a crash was illegitimate or "faked" to get a fresh of the races, and collects all equipment once the races are finished. He or she will also be responsible for the operation of the rider out. This will be handled as in Article X. timing device at the finish line. 4. Procedural Regulations: 3. Chugging Expert: a. The course, Hackerman Field, consists of the official circuit laid out on the west stadium parking lot. The length of the The Chugging Expert, usually the Judges Coordinator, sets the standard of acceptable chugging. He or she must meet with course is approximately 0.33 miles. every chug judge at a practice to demonstrate that standard. b. No participant will compete twice in either chugging or riding but may chug and then ride or vice-versa. Teams with special 4. Head Judge: problems may petition the Beer-Bike Committee for an exemption from this restriction. The Head Judge determines that the race is ready to begin, c. TTie race will consist of 10 2-lap "legs" for alumni and women and provides an appropriate countdown informing the teams that the Violation Fine 10 3-lap "legs" for men. In the alumni race the team must be race is about to start, and starts the race. composed of at least 3 women riders. Only one rider can complete 5. Chug Judges (9) - faculty/staff: each leg. If a crash should occur, a rider may be sent out immediately and must complete only the number of laps not yet completed by the a. Determine and enforce penalties for wet chugs, chugs starting Use of fire hose $500, plus $10/minute of use early, and riders leaving the pit early. crashed rider. b. Enforce all penalties reported by the Tower Officials except d. Men may only compete on the men's teams and women may only for those penalties determined after the ninth rider has Alcohol on vehicle or parade route $250 per offense compete on the women's teams. completed the couise. (Any penalties incurred after the ninth e. All race participants (including alumni) must wear attire which rider will be addeil onto the final time for that team after the last distinctly reveals the team for which they are competing. team has finished the race.) Hitting official people (including campus-wide Beer Bike $100 per offense f. No chugger, rider, or member of a pit crew may commit any act c. Determine that proper clothing as outlined in the restrictions that could be deemed grossly unfair or unsportsmanlike as is worn by each chugger. Coordihators, Campus Police, Security, Bikers in the front determined by a majority decision of the Chug Judges together with 6. Track Judges (4) - faculty/staff: of the parade, Masters, RAs, and non-Rice people the Rules Co-Chairs. a. Determine penalties for riders crossing the inner white line IX. PENALTIES and for riders weaving and thus obstructing the other riders. associated with a college's theme, etc.) The following will result in 5-second penalties: b. Report these penalties to the Tower Officials via a set of 1. Any chugger beginning to chug too early as determined by the colored flags. The proper flag (or flags) are raised as a signal Chug Judge. and remain raised until the Tower Officials acknowledge the Impersonating a security official $1000 per offense 2. Any intentional or excessive spillage by a chugger as determined penalty with a flag (or flags) of the same color (or colors). by the Chug Judge. 7. Start Line Judges (9) - faculty/staff: Use of a portable shield device (trashcan lid) $100 per offense 3. Any chug not completed by pulling the can in front of the body or Indicate to the appropriate beer judge when a rider of the directly over the head (in view of the judge). appropriate team first crosses the start line and whether the 4. Any rider crossing the start line before the respective chugger has pushers have crossed the start line, thereby invoking a penalty. Propelling water balloons $250 per offense finished as determined by the Chug Judge. 8. Pit Interference Judge: 5. Any crew pit persons who cross the start line when aiding a rider Determine any interference penalties occurring in the restricted to start her or his leg of the race (stepping on the line is permissible). beer area, pit area, or pit lanes. Moving water not in a water balloon (Super Soakers, $250 per offense 6. Excessive weaving which obstructs other riders and/or riders Interference may occur in one of the following two ways: crossing the inner line as determined by the track judges. Riding on a. Any team member or other support member not actively hose, trashcan water, etc.) or crossing the line, if it is overtly to avoid an accident is up to the involved in the race is inside one of the restricted areas discretion of the track judges. mentioned above or is creating a hazard. 7. Interference of one team with another as determined by the Pit b. Any set of pushers and riders obstructs the race or causes Consistent under-filling of water balloons by a college $1500 per college Interference Judne. another rider to fall while being pushed. (assessed by Rules or Parade Chairs) In each case the Pit Interference Judge reports a penalty for the Penalties will be administered in the following manner: responsible team to the Tower Officials. No penalties are The firsi beer chugger to compete after the penalty is determined will enforced by ihe Pit Interference Judge. The Pit Interference Attacking another college's vehicle, including while it is $100 per offense not be allowed to begii hugging until five seconds times the Judge also approves all crash bikes and places them around the number of penalties after the rider lias entered the pit area as counted track. in transit from college to parade starting point by the Beer Judge's stop watch. 9. Tower Officials (3): Any penalty involving the last drinker or rider for a given team will The Tower Officials do not determine or enforce any penalties. result in five seconds being added to their lime Two Tower Officials are responsible for receiving and Loading at the colleges $500 per vehicle A $10 fine will be assessed for each unauthorized person in the pit acknowledging any penalties reported by the Track Judges or j area during each race. See Article II PARTIC IPANTS for a lisi of I participants allowed in the pit area. the Pit Interference Judge and informing the appropriate Chug j Drjvjng a tagged/decorated vehicle off campus before parade Vehicle excluded from parade Judge via radio link. Ihe third Tower Official monitors the Start | ! Y DISQl ALIFICATION Line Judges to acknowledge indication of pushers crossing the Any violation of the Race Regulations listed in \rticle \ III by any start line. Driving a tagged or decorated vehicle off campus after parade $500 per vehicle team will resuli in a penalty (see Article IX) or the disqualification of 10. Finish Line Judges (9) - faculty staff: that team. Any disqualifications will be announced after the race is The finish I ine Judge for each team will time the entire race for over. that team. This time will be used to check the official time kepi Walking across track during race Disqualification Any individual that defaces, steals, or destroys a piece ol another at the finish line by the Track Keeper. Each timer indicates to | team's essential race equipment (i.e. bikes, chug cans, etc.) will be the Beer Judge when that team's rider has crossed the finish line. automatically disqualified. The responsible party will also he subject V. ELIGIBILITY FOR JUDGES Overloading of a trailer (beyond 1 person/trashcan per 7 square $100 per person to any measures deemed appropriate by the Beer Bike Co-chairs. If Each judge must be a member of the Rice University faculty or feet of space) another college jacks something from a college such that it results in staff or a Community Associate to a college and must have permanent damage or a financial burden on the jacked college, then judged a previous race or fulfill the following qualifications the responsible party will be referred to the Beer Hike Co-chairs and/or University Court and dealt with appropriately. where applicable: Crossing in between vehicles while parade is in motion $100 per person 1. Each Chug Judge must attend a beer practice and meet with If a team wishes to contest their disqualification or petition for the the Chugging Expert who will describe the standard legal chug. disqualification of another team, the team must file a verbal 2. Each judge must meet with the Rules Co-Chairs in order that Truck moving while truck gate is not on $500 per offense complaint with the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs within an hour after the the rules and race procedures may be explained in detail. finish of the race in question. Written petitions must be submitted to 3. Masters and Resident Associates cannot be Beer Judges for the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs before 5:00 p.m. the day after the event their own college. Truck moving while truck gate is unlocked $500 per offense XI. LANE ASSIGNMENTS 4. Associates may not judge for the college with which they are Lanes for the individual teams are listed below with the first lane associated. being closest to the track. The lane assignments rotate each year with No judge will be allowed to judge the races unless these Failure to provide enough security $50/person under required # the team in the last lane getting lane one, the other teams specified criteria have been met. subsequently moving by one lane. VI. PIT AREA The lane assignments for 2002 are: The pit area is composed of the on-deck circles, beer tables, 1. Brown 2. Lovett 3. Graduate Student Association individual college areas, crosswalk, and the pit lanes. During the race all of the pit area is restricted to participants and race 4. Sid Richardson 5. Martel 6. Baker officials. The on-deck circles, beer tables, individual college areas, crosswalk, the pit lanes, and the race lane are all essential 7. Will Rice 8. Hanszen 9. Wiess 10. Jones components of the entire pit area and are shown on the accompanying diagram. Each college must furnish a table for its pit XII. SAFETY ON TRACK DURING PRACTICES area, and the table should arrive at the track by 10:00 a.m. the day of the race. The College Beer-Bike Coordinators and Bike and Chug Captains are responsible for letting all of the riders know about the Only participants identified by a Beer-Bike shirt, judges, and other officials authorized by the Rules Co-Chairs will be track rules. allowed in the restricted pit areas. 1. Ride in a counter-clockwise direction. VII. RACE PROCEDURES 2. Slow riders stay at least 5 feet outside of track line. Parades must be completed at least 1/2 hour before the start of the race so that alumni can begin to warm up. All of a 3. Faster riders pass between track line and slower riders and inside track line when necessary. college's team should be inside of the track before the start of the first race. However, only that part of the team competing 4. Look over your shoulders to check traffic before moving towards inside of track, especially when nearing entrance to pit in each race should be in the on deck or chugging areas. There will be time between races for team members to cross from area. the stand area to the track area. 5. No Walkman radios are allowed to be worn while riding on or near the track. Only Beer-Bike officials and badged security officers may cross the race lane during the race. Anyone crossing the race lane XIII. PARADE RULES during the course of the race, except in an emergency, who is identified as a member of one of the colleges will cause a ten The following rules are general guidelines and will be further defined by the Parade Coordinators. second penalty (per person) to be assessed to her or his team. The parade will be held the same day of Beer-Bike, except in the event of rain, and must be completed at least a half-hour The race proceeds as follows: At the starting gun fired by Dr. Gillis, a chugger begins consuming 12 ounces (24 ounces for before the start of the first race. Each college is allowed two primary vehicles (carrying people and water balloons) and one the men's race) of beer or water from a chug can defined in VIII.I.e. The beer captain tells the pushers to push. The Start decorative vehicle (no balloons) and will be given tags to mark each vehicle. The type of primary vehicle will be decided on Line Judge raises a flag when the bike rider crosses the start line. The Chug Judge looks to the Pit Judge and determines if by the Beer Bike Committee during the semester. The parade line-up will be proposed by the parade coordinators and the bike rider left the pit area too early. The bike rider completes two laps (three for the men's race) of the course. The beer modified by the college coordinators where agreements can be reached. captain tells the next beer chugger to begin chugging unless any penalties were determined by the Chug Judge or reported to Parade rules are punishable by fines (to be determined in advance by the Beer-Bike Co-Chairs and Parade Coordinators) and the Chug Judge and need to be enforced. This procedure continues until ten chuggers and ten riders have finished. When the include but are not restricted to the following: 10th rider has crossed the finish line, the race is finished for that team. The Final Rider must finish the race in the Race 1. No alcohol is EVER permitted on any parade vehicle or on the parade route. Lane. 2. Fights are not allowed and are punishable by severe fine as well as Campus Police and potentially University Court In the event of any type of false start or misfire of the starting gun (to be determined at that time by the Rules Co-Chairs), intervention. Security personnel at the parade should try to prevent serious fights and are authorized and encouraged to ask for the race will be promptly stopped and not restarted before the passing of at least ten minutes. Campus Police assistance whenever necessary. Once the last rider has finished the race any penalties not yet enforced are added to the times for the respective teams to 3. Only balloons filled with water are allowed during the parade, and such balloons must be thrown by hand, never by a obtain the official times for each team. The team having the lowest official time, barring any disqualification, will be the slingshot or similar device including lacrosse sticks. winner of the race. 4. Water balloons should never be thrown at Beer-Bike personnel (including the Parade Coordinators, Beer-Bike Co-Chairs, In the event of an accident, a rider may procure a crash bike from the side of the loop if the rider determines that her or his and Security Stall"), Campus Police, or Emergency Medical Staff. bike is no longer "ride-able". If the rider is unable to complete his leg after a crash, the team should send an alternate rider. 5. Parade vehicles MUST be loaded with people AFT I R lining up on the Inner Loop, with NO EXCEPTION. If the rider chooses to complete the lap on a crash bike, he or she must complete his entire leg, though he or she may 6. Teams are n

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I Thresher Sports Page 18 THE RICE THRESHER JL Friday, March 22,2002 Silver Glove fits Owls win 8th in a row to clinch inter-city title

by Jonathan Yardley THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF IN FOCUS: BASEBALL "Huge" was the word on the lips Record: 20-4 of virtually every member of the Rice WAC record: 3-0 (1st) baseball program Wednesday night. Last week: Swept three The Owls, ranked fifth by Colle- games with Harvard and giate Baseball, defeated No. 9 Uni- clinched Silver Glove with versity of Houston 3-1 in an 11-in- 7-3 and 3-1 wins over UH. ning thriller at Cougar Field to win their eighth consecutive game and What made the difference: sweep the Silver Glove Series in Austin Davis' return to the three games. The victory capped a lineup. The sophomore lined frenetic stretch that saw Rice play the game-winning homer in five games in five days. the 11th inning Wednesday. After a weekend sweep of Harvard Up next: Rice opens its home University, Rice's focus turned to WAC season against Nevada the Silver Glove Series, the annual today and tomorrow at 7 p.m. best-of-five series between cross- and Sunday at 1 p.m. town rivals Rice and UH. Rice won the first game 4-0 Feb. 12, but the enth inning when senior center fielder Cougars have since climbed into the AJ. Porfirio singled home junior pinch national top 10. hitter Dane Bubela, who had walked. "It's huge every time we play The game continued into the 11th these guys," sophomore outfielder inning, in which Davis ripped the sec- Austin Davis said. "It's huge to get ond pitch of the inning down the right- three wins against them." field line and over the wall for a line- The Silver Glove series carries drive home run and a 2-1 lead. The national implications, as the series Owls added a third run and sopho- winner would be a logical choice to more David Aardsma closed out his host a regional or super regional. team-leading fifth win of the season. "I think it's huge in the [Ratings "The win feels great — it was a Percentage Index] and for a pos- true testament to our true inner sible regional host," head coach strength and our true willpower to Wayne Graham said. "It's a good win tonight." Davis said. "It felt good i >llp«|§. ISp$ miWi thing when things are just not going because I was batting badly today." right for you like tonight... and you Davis, in the midst of a seven-game still win because the pitchers hang hittingstreak highlighted by the game- in and we played real good defense." winning home run, has been on top of Senior Philip Tribe started his game since returning to the lineup Wednesday'sgame on the mound and from a pulled hamstring.

STUART SINCLAIR/THRESHER pitched four strong innings, surren- The UH games also sparked the Rice third baseman Hunter Brown awaits the decision from the umpire on the final play of a 7-3 win over UH Tuesday at dering only a wind-aided home run. previously struggling Porfirio, who Reckling Park. The Owls won the next night at Cougar Field to clinch the Silver Glove Series for the fifth time in six tries. Rice responded in the top of the sev- See BASEBALL, I'age 20 Golf turns corner at USD Tennis fighting injury bug by John Chao the team a glimpse of consistency that has THRESHER STAFF been sorely missing. All three finished among by John Turpin the top 25 players in the final individual stand- THRESHER STAFF IN FOCUS: MEN'S TENNIS ings, with Morgan tying for 14th at 228 and This week, the golf team can testify that the Record: 9-6 view looks much better from the top of the Lane tying for 25th at 231. A bad weekend just kept getting worse standings than from the bottom. "I was really satisfied to get two good rounds for the men's tennis team. After learning Last week: Went 0-3 at Blue-Grey At the University of San Diego Invitational in in a tournament — I hadn't done that in a that sophomore Richard Barker, Rice's No. Classic in Montgomery. Ala., falling Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Monday and Tuesday, while," Lane said. "I was really satisfied in the 1 player, faces surgery and will miss the rest to UAB, Tulsa, and William and Mary. of the season with a knee injury, the Owls the Owls took a gut check and put some promise second round. I was two over through 10 holes, What made the difference: into the outlook for the rest of the season. and then I went triple, double, double bogey in dropped three consecutive matches at the Blue-Grey Classic in Montgomery, Ala. Sophomore Richard Barker's injured After finishing last at the Louisiana Classics a row. If you take out my big numbers, 1 would knee tendon requires surgery and Starting off the weekend against 46th- the previous week, Rice ended up fourth in a over be two-over. I want to eliminate the five or he will miss the rest of the year. field of 17 teams in San Diego. The finish is six bad holes I always play." ranked University of Alabama-Birmingham, Rice's highest since the Owls took third place The course is one of the toughest courses the Owls' combination of junior Matthias Up next: The Owls host the Rice in their second tournament of the season and that the team has played on all year. However, Mathaes and senior Prakash Venkataraman Invitational at the Jake Hess marked just the second time all year Rice has the competition the team faced was not as won 8-4 at the top spot, but the Owls dropped Tennis Center against Oklahoma finished in the top half of the tournament field. difficult as some in the past, so the team took the next two matches to lose the crucial State, Louisiana-Lafayette, and "We were happy that we played a little the opportunity to step up its play on a hard doubles point. Virginia Tech. better than last week," freshman Frank course and best inferior competition. In singles play, sophomore Wiiiiam Barker Buttacavoli said. "But we should have played One team that would have been very hard won Rice's only point with a 64,6-3 victory at better than that. We're not satisfied completely to beat would have been San Diego State, the second spot, but UAB clinched the 4-1 2 at the second spot and junior Ramez with the end result." which features two All-Arnericans and ran defeat with straight-set wins over Mathaes. Qamer took a decisive win at the sixth After sitting in fifth place after two rounds, away with the team title by a 22-stroke mar- Venkataraman and senior Fabien Giraud. spot by a 6-2, 6-1 score. the Owls trimmed five strokes off their sec- gin. Friday's match against No. 35 Univer- Both Giraud and Morita saw their ond-round score to post a final-round 303, the "It's true that they [San Diego State] have sity of Tulsa started out poorly from the matches go to a third set, but neither could fifth-best score of the day, giving Rice a 54- a very good team," he said. "However, the only beginning, as both William Barker and pull out a match-clinching victory. Morita hole total of 913. Rice and Western Kentucky difference bewteen us is that they know how junior Cody Jackson were sidelined with won the first set before dropping the final University were 31 shots behind tournament to get the ball in the hole better." injuries. The injuries threw off Rice's lineup, two. Giraud lost his first set in a tiebreaker winner San Diego State University, which The Owls hope their success will be a as half the team had to play in new, unfamil- and came back to win the second 6-2, but claimed the team title on one of its home turning point as they head into the most im- iar spots in the singles matches. then lost in another tiebreaker. courses at the 6,950-yard, par-72 Del Mar Coun- portant part of their season. Rice will compete Tulsa quickly took the doubles point with Rice, typically dominant in doubles play try Club in Rancho Santa Fe. April 5-6 at the Border Olympics in Laredo, a an 84 win over Matthaes with Venkataraman with a 10-2 team record in dual match For the second straight week, freshman tournament in which the Owls finished sec- at the first spot and an 8-3 victory over fresh- doubles play, has not yet won a match after MattToohey lead the team in scoring. Toohey ond a year ago. The tournament is the last for man Take Morita and sophomore Vuk losing the doubles point. tied for eighth in the 92-pIayer field with a the team before the Western Athletic Confer- Rajevac at the second spot. The Golden "I think the worst thing about the week- three-round total of 225, nine over par. He was ence Championships April 24-26. Hurricane's momentum continued as Tulsa end was losing all of the doubles points, 10 strokes behind individual champion Tony "We want to play well at the end of the won in straight sets over Morita, Rajevac and which is usually our strength," Mathaes said. Giarratano of the University of Denver. season to salvage some of it because some of Venkataraman to take the 4-0 win. The Owls, 9-6 on the season, dropped "I can see that Matt's getting a lot of confi- the beginning has been a wash," Lane said. The hardest loss for the Owls came two spots in the national rankings to No. dence," Buttacavoli said. "He expects a lot of 'When you have some success and you build against the College of William and Mary 39, but hope to turn the recent trend around things from himself from the next couple tour- some confidence, and when you get that first Saturday. when hosting the Rice Invitational this naments. I believe he knows how to handle step and do well in a tournament, that gives you After narrowly dropping the doubles weekend. any situation, success or a setback." the first bit of confidence you are looking for," he point, the Owls hung in until the end in "I don't know what it was,"Jackson said. Toohey, junior Bradley I.ane and sopho- said. "You're fired up, believe in yourself and singles play. Mathaes won at No. 1 with "There just wasn't the flow that we had a more Ryan Morgan all shot identical two-over- work a little bit harder because you know that a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 triumph, Barker won 6-4, 6- couple of weeks ago." par rounds to pace the Owls Tuesday, giving you are headed in the correct direction." r~' "

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THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 22,2002 Team support, faith motivate Harlan in NCAA title quest by Dylan Hedrick During the competition, Harlan THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF says he tries to remain focused on each event, while not worrying about After a successful weekend of past events or what is to come. competition, junior Ryan Harlan "For instance, last weekend, af- placed second in the decathlon with ter I had run the hurdles and the 7,948 pointsattheTexasA&M Multi- pole vault, I had to go back and do Event Festival, which was held the high jump," Harlan said. "In March 14-15 at the Anderson Track the decathlon, you have to perform and Field Complex in College Sta- in each event like you didn't run tion. the previous events. There is just a Harlan set a new school record spiritual higher power that allows with his performance, besting the me to compete. It's not me out previous record he set at last year's there on the track. The Lord is my Western Athletic Conference strength and he allowed me to jump Championships. He also automati- an amazing 6-11 [in the high cally qualified for the NCAA Out- jump]." door Track and Field Champion- In the midst of the competition, ships. Harlan says that decathlon com- Harlan took first place in the 1 IO- petitors naturally form a brother- meter hurdles at the gold level in hood of sorts. With the same names 14.29 seconds and set career bests showing up at each event, it is easy in the shot put with a throw of 50 to get to know the competition feet, 11 1/2 inches; in the javelin fairly well. with a distance of 194-8; and in the "In the decathlon, you compete high jump, clearing at 6-11. Harlan for two days and you really get to was also named the WAC Track and know the personalities of the guys Field Athlete of the Week for his you compete with," Harlan said. "It success at the meet. really is a select group. We all try "He was amazing," head coach to help and encourage each other Jon Warren said. "No single event and root for each other to do their was outstanding, although he did best." set a few personal bests, but it was As for the new outdoor season, just a solid performance." Harlan has already automatically Harlan's success has been a long qualified for the NCAA champion- time in the making. ship meet but has no intention of Born in Waco, Harlan attended resting until then. Midway High School in Hewitt. His "I know I have the capabilities to track career began at his local win nationals," Harlan said. "It is church when he was about seven very obtainable and it is my goal for or eight years old. He joined a track the season. But just to get to the club called the Royal Ambassadors, podium in the top three is an honor which held track meets in his sur- by itself. rounding area. "Now I am going to focus on indi- COURTESY SEAN SCOTT Junior Ryan Harlan approaches the high jump bar at last season's NCAA Outdoor Championships. Harlan placed 11th vidual events. I am focusing on per- in the decathlon competition. Last weekend, Harlan automatically qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in fecting the 400-meter dash and the He's a great teammate the decathlon, with a score of 7,948 while setting personal records in the shot put, high jump and javelin. 1,500-meter run, but that comes with training. I want to reach the 16-foot — and a big tool — but foot-four, 200-pound Harlan running waste if I didn't use my talents," from the correct preparation and mark in the pole vault. That would hurdles just as fast as the other, Harlan said. "I believe that when a mindset during a meet. really help out in my decathlon we all love him.' smaller competitors. Davidson knew path is put before you, you have to "The mental aspect is a large part scores. Also I want to try to qualify Harlan had the body and the talent — Ben Wiggins perform at your highest abilities to of how I prepare," Harlan said. "The openly in the 110 hurdles." to become one of the select few who glorify Him." main thing I have to have is a quiet This season, Harlan has an unex- Sophomore sprinter could succeed in the decathlon. Harlan has also had to face some time. If I haven't done that, then the pected edge on the competition that "He wanted to find out who I was, difficulties to achieve what he has meet is all for nothing. In Dr. John comes in the form of a fellow so he nudged the guy sitting next to accomplished. In the fall of 2001, Eliot's Performance Psychology decathlete, freshman Ryan Walsh. In his first track and fnld com- him and it just happened to be my Harlan underwent foot surgery and class, I learned how to improve my Walsh and Harlan feed off one an- petition, he won the high jump with high school coach," Harlan said. "I was unable to train during the win- confidence level and it has helped other at practice to increase their no previous training. He continued had a connection right from the ter months. With much hard work, my training. individual decathlon scores. on to the state Royal Ambassadors start." he was able to return quickly to the "Ryan Walsh has also helped to meet and placed second in the high It takes an extremely rare breed decathlon form he possessed as a make me better," Harlan said. "He jump competition, finishing above of athlete to succeed at the 10-event, freshman. uses me and I use him to get im- kids twice his age. two-day test that requires strength, Long before the foot surgery, 7 like to think that prove. He pushes me in the dis- Harlan continued his training and speed, technical form and endur- Harlan might never have made it tance and running events while I his success throughout junior high ance. this far without some help. you don't select the help him out in the others. He looks and high school. "I like to think that you don't "My legs were messed up as a decathlon, the to me and my experience for help "In junior high, I started to real- select the decathlon, the decath- kid," Harlan said. "I was severely him improve. It's a symbiotic rela- ize my potential," Harlan said. "I lon selects you instead," Harlan bow-legged and pigeoned-toed. I decathlon selects you tionship." played football in the fall and ran said. "My high school coach remember that I had to wear braces Due to his performance on the track in the spring. In high school, warned me about this. He said that on my feet with a bar between my instead.' track and leadership off the track. they wanted me to play football, but with my skill in the high jump and legs and shoes that looked like — Ryan Harlan Harlan was named team captain by I didn't for fear of getting hurt, so I hurdles, and on the basis of my they were on the wrong feet to his teammates for the 2002 season. played basketball instead. Basket- body type, I would make a good correct the problem. I literally had Junior decathlete "Being voted team captain says ball allowed me to work on my jump- decathlete." to roll out of bed to walk. Thank- quite a bit about the respect these ing abilities and kept me in shape for In his first decathlon season at fully, God led me to the right doc- guys have for him," Warren said. track. It just started to build on it- Rice, Harlan won the junior national tor and my mom exercised my legs "Before a meet, I try to mentally "He's a great teammate — and a self." decathlon competition and was out for me." go through the day in my head. I put big tool — but we all love him," While competing at the Texas named co-Freshman of the Year in Now that he is able to compete, myself in the position that I am go- sophomore Ben Wiggins said. "He's Relays meet as a senior in high the WAC. Harlan strives to make the most of ing to be in on the field, and when it an outstanding competitor who has school, Ray Davidson, Rice's former "God has blessed me with my his abilities on the track. Harlan says comes time to perform, I'm pre- been blessed with talent, which he head track coach, noticed the six- abilities and I feel that it would be a a large part of his success comes pared." uses to glorify God." create the cool SA Looking for a Birth Control choice that fits your lifestyle?

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"We weren't going THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF stretch, including three hits on to hold anything back." Tuesday and four on Wednesday. Humber had his best perfor- For the club ultimate teams, how w "Last year I didn't hit very well mance of the season out of the they play in roughly a month from against U of H, so that's a plus," bullpen, using a lethal breaking now matters much more than how Porfirio said. "My last few games ball to strike out a remarkable eight they play now. I've done a loi better. I've changed of the 14 batters he faced, giving The teams' finishes at the Termi- my stance a little bit and I feel up just three hits and no runs. nus tournament last weekend in At- good at the plate right now." "The key was getting the lanta weren't exactly all Rice was With Porfirio and sophomore curveball over," Humber said. hoping for, as the men's team won outfielder Chris Kolkhorst, who is "They're a really good fastball- just one of six games while the riding a nine-game hitting streak, hitting team, so you can't just sit women's team won two of six. Both, setting the table at the top of the up there and throw fastballs." however, are confident that the ex- order, there was plenty of run sup- Aardsma has also been im- perience gained at the tournament, port to back the Owl pitching staff. pressive on the mound, combin- which featured several of the nation's Pitching has been key for the ing with Tribe in last Saturday's best teams, will pay dividends when Owls, as their depth was tested by doubleheader to outduel Harvard Rice competes at upcoming sectional the brutal schedule and a freak Ail-American Ben Crockett 2-1. and regional tournaments. elbow injury to junior ace Steven Fellow transfer Justin Crowder The men's team won one of four Herce on the flight back from Ha- earned the win in the first game games Saturday in pool play, scor- waii. The freshmen picked up the of that doubleheader with six ing a victory over the Georgia Insti- slack, as Wade Townsend picked strong innings as Rice broke the tute of Technology but losing to up two saves and classmate Jeff game open late to win 8-3. Swarthmore College, 15th-ranked Niemann was dominant in his 7-3 "These guys prove that if you Georgia State University and Emory Tuesday night win over UH before have the stuff and you believe in University. the 13th-largest crowd in Reckling your stuff, you can go out and Two losses came to teams ranked Park history. Fellow freshman pitch with anyone," Porfirio said. below Rice, currently at No. 37 in the Philip Humber pitched six strong "It doesn't matter how old you Ultimate Players Association innings Sunday to beat Harvard are or how many times you've rankings, but Rice was hampered by 134 before dominating UH in four played or what level. To me, it's multiple injuries to key players. Se- relief innings on Wednesday. all about confidence, and I think nior captain Kevin Koller hurt his "You could say we're trying to all our freshmen go out there shoulder on a lay-out dive for the save pitching for this weekend, with just as much confidence as disc, and junior Dave Nopachai suf- but we want to win every game, our seniors do." fered a bruised foot and is on crutches. "Five or six of our key players were out," freshman Edgar Pagan said. "A lot of our seniors were not able to step it up because of serious ALEX SIGEDA/THRESHER Freshman Edgar Pagan passes upfield in last weekend's Terminus tournament in injuries." Atlanta. The freshmen saw increased action after key players suffered injuries. Rice's pool play results placed Cloud 9 in the fourth playoff bracket, injury and illness, opened pool play good mental game," Albrecht said. and the Owls lost both playoff games with a win over Dartmouth Univer- "Against GW, we came out in the by identical 13-12 scoresto Princeton sity before dropping games to No. 7 lead and held it all the way. Against June 25 through University and Georgia Tech to fin- University of Georgia, which won Swarthmore, in the second half of August 17,2002 ish 18th overall. last year's national championship the game we came back, and when "We were able to stay competi- and went on to capture the tourna- we heard it would be time-capped, tive, especially in the playoff games, ment title. Miss Red also lost to 31st- we scored two more points to keep lindergrads • Graduate Students because the rookies stepped it up," ranked University of North Carolina the game going." Pagan said. "We were able to get at Wilmington and No. 13 University The tournament's competition • Engage in provocative summer study with Stanford faculty experienced — a lot of players like of Michigan. level is well above that which Rice people like me are in their first year, "I think we had a strong show- will face in regional and sectional • Live on campus - just minutes from West Coast beaches and it helps us learn what it's like ing in pool play, especially in the competition. • Develop friendships with students from around the world learn to play smarter and helps to first half of the day," junior Char- "It prepares us mentally," • Earn full-year credit in foreign languages and physics prepare for nationals." lotte Albrecht said. "Even against Albrecht said. "It's hard in practice The women's team fared slightly Georgia, our defense played really to keep the intensity, and this tour- • New 3-week Institutes in Creative Writing & International Security better than the men's team, advanc- well." nament was two days of very intense ing to the third of four playoff brack- In Sunday's pool play, Rice beat play, and it trains you to keep the ets, the C-bracket, and winning its 47th-ranked George Washington intensity up and keep the spirit up. It Courses offered in: Psychology, Philosophy, Economics, first game before falling in the semi- University and rallied in the semifi- shows us what's beyond Texas and Computer Science, Biology, Engineering, History, Political finals. nals against No. 44 Swarthmore, but the South Central region, and those Science, Music, Drama, Classics, Chemistry, Athletics, Art & The 36th-ranked women's team, fell just short in the end. are the teams we'll face at nationals, also missing several players due to "In Sunday's play, we had a really which is our ultimate goal." Art History, Mathematics, and English for Foreign Students

Stanford University Summer Session Women's tennis falters in Utah Building 590. Room 103 • Stanford. CA 94305-3005 by Wei-Han Tan the other courts," Chao said. "I lost Goodrich fell 9-8 in a tiebreaker at Ph: [650) 723-3109 * Fax: (650) 725-6080 • Email: summersessionfiistanford.edu THRESHER STAFF the first set and was winning in the the deciding No. 2 spot. suminersession.stanford.edu second set when I overheard Natalie "We've played a lot of close The state of Utah wasn't nearly as say that two other girls were in the matches and have pulled most of friendly to the women's tennis team second set as well, which meant that if them out," Goodrich said. It's too last weekend as it was to the United we won all of those matches we would bad that we couldn't pull out this States Olympic team last month. beat Utah. I pushed harder and it was one. I think both sides played solid Rice was swept on its road trip by really tough. It was one of the most — they just got the big points, and I the University of Utah and No. 31 physically and mentally draining think after that the momentum Brigham Young University by scores matches that I have ever played." shifted to BYU." of 4-3 and 6-1, respectively. The Owls, Only freshman Erika Villalobos 7-11 on the season, have dropped was able to secure a singles victory for *• i? four of their last five matches. Rice, and the Owls dropped the other i > ^ « "We had a disappointing match 'It's too had that we five singles matches in straight sets. against Utah," assistant coach Julie The Owls hope that a return to Scott Thu said. "Everyone fought couldn't pull out this Jake Hess Tennis Stadium, where all hard and it was probably our gutsi- one. ... They just got the seven of their dual match wins have est performance of the year." come, will help Rice this weekend in The Owls came out strong against big points.' key matches. The Owls host No. 50 Utah, earning the doubles point with University of Iowa today before fac- an 8-4 win from senior Judith — Annie Goodrich ing two Western Athletic Conference Hagedorn and sophomore Annie Sophomore tennis player opponents. Tomorrow, the ()wls host Goodrich and an 8-2 romp by sopho- No. 63 University ofTulsa, and South- more Karen Chao and senior Natalie ern Methodist University visits Sun- Briaud at the No. 3 spot. Junior Jeri Gonzales rallied from a day. All three matches are at 3 p.m. "We started out really strong and first-set loss at the No. 2 spot to win t; e The two WAC matches will give [head] coach [Roger] White had second set and force a third-set the Owlsa rare opportunity to preview looked at their lineup and knew their tiebreaker, but Utah's Sheri Esrock conference opponents before the WAC tactics," Briaud said. "We jumped pulled out the tiebreaker to clinch the Championships April 26-28 in Tulsa, on them right away and got a big win, marking the second straight Owl Okla. The University of Texas at El lead. It's a big advantage, especially loss in which Rice claimed the doubles Paso, the only other WAC team on in doubles, to get a big lead because point but lost four singles matches. Rice's schedule, took a 4-3 win over then you can trade them game-for- "It was a really disappointing over- the Owls March 2. game and still pull out the win." all loss for us," Chao said. "It was "We're working on playing well However, only Hagedorn and hard to play BYU the next day after during pressure points in the match," Chao were able to pull out singles such a close loss." Thu said. "When it gets close we wins for the Owls. Both players had The Owls lost a tight battle for need to rise and play our best tennis. to come from behind to take the the doubles point against BYU. Chao It will be very important to play well victory after losing the first set. and Briaud, who improved to 8-2 in against Tulsa and SMU so that we "After winning the doubles point I dual-match doubles play, won at the can get a good seeding for the re- noticed that we were a little down on third spot, but Hagedorn and gional tournament." •• • t"

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4. Joe Brooks (WM) d. Fabien Giraud (RU) 7 6, 2-6, BY THE 7-6 5. Alexander Fish (WM) d. Take Morita (RU) 2-6, 6-4, SPORTS NOTEBOOK 6-3

6. Ramez Qamer (RU) d. Andrew James (WM) 6-2, 6-1 which is currently 4-0 in league march 15-20 Baylor snaps men's play. Lopez named region's Doublet The Owls will look to regroup 1. Kelleher/Russell (WM) d. Mathaes/Prakash lacrosse win streak Coach of the Year Venkataraman (RU) 8-6 this week before taking on an in- 2. Barker/Giraud (RU) d. Brooks/James (WM) 8-4 The Rice men's club lacrosse experienced Louisiana State Uni- The list of awards and accom- 3. Fish/Kader (WM) d. Morita/Qamer (RU) 9-7 team saw its five-game winning versity team tonight in a non- plishments keeps growing for RICE 0 TULSA 4 streak end last Saturday with a 13- conference game at 8:30 p.m. at track and field head coach Victor Singles 5 defeat at the hands of Baylor the Rice lacrosse field. Lopez. During the first day of com- 1. Matthias Mathaes (RU) vs. Pawel Sebastyanski University. In a game that was — Cary Kottler petition in the NCAA Indoor Track (TU), DNF much closer than the score indi- and Field Championships March 2. Dane McGregor (TU) d. Prakash Venkataraman (RU) 6-2, 6-3 cated, the Owls fought hard 8, the U.S. Track and Field 3. Ryan Livesay (TU) d. Vuk Rajevac (RU) 6-2. 6-2 throughout but struggled in the Slow first half dooms Coaches Association voted Lopez BASEBALL 4. Fabien Giraud (RU) vs. Alejandro Tejerina (TU), final quarter. as the Southwest region's Coach DNF women's lacrosse 5. Dustin Taylor (TU) d. Take Morita (RU) 6-3, 6-4 The Bears were first out of the of the Year. RICE 3 HOUSTON 1 (11 INNINGS) 6. Ramez Qamer (RU) vs. Shri Sudhakara (TU), DNR gate, scoring two early goals to Baylor University exploded for By the end of the meet, Lopez take a 2-0 lead after the first quar- eight first-half goals to put their showed why he deserved such an Score by Innings R H E Doubles Rice (20-4) 000 000 100 02 — 3 16 0 1. McGregor/Sudhakara (TU) d. Mathaes/ ter. The second and third quar- women's club lacrosse team well honor. His coaching led the Houston (15-6) 000 010 000 00 — 1 8 1 Venkataraman 8-4 ters saw the two teams battle back on its way to a 13-5 win Saturday in women's track and field team to a Rice: Philip Tribe, Philip Humber (5), David Aardsma 2. Livesay/Taylor (TU) d. Morita/Rajevac (RU) 8-3 (9) and Jeff Blacklnton, Justin Ruchti. Houston: 3. Giraud/Qamer (RU) vs. Sebastyanski/Tejerina and forth, trading goals in a tight Waco. fifth-place team finish, with all Danny Zell, Matt Hooper (4), Taylor Gartz (6), Nathan (TU), DNF game. Rice, which has been working to seven competing runners earning Mitchell (7), Brian Henderson (7), Jesse Crain (9), The Owls had senior restructure its defense, came out Ail-American status. The finish is Gene Flores (11), Bryan Harris (11) and Chris RICE 1 UAB 4 Snyder. midfielder Ben Amis to thank, as tentatively against the Bears, and Rice's highest ever in women's Win — Aardsma (4-0). Loss — Flores (1-2). Hold — the captain notched a hat trick to freshman attacker Amanda Cahn track and field. Gartz. Blown Save — Mitchell. 2B — Rice: Janish (5). Houston: Crain (8). HR — Rice: Davis (1). Houston — WOMEN'S TENNIS keep Rice in striking range, trail- scored Rice's only goal of the half. "Having your peers vote for you Crain (3). ing 6-3. Late in the third quarter, "I think it's because we tried to is significant," Lopez said. "With Silver Glove Series Game 3 (Rice clinches serie s 3-0) RICE 1 BRIGHAM YOUNG 6 sophomore defenseman Frank feel them out, which is kind of a the amazing way the girls per- HOUSTON 3 RICE 7 Donnelly made a great run from tendency we have," senior center formed, I might have become na- Singles his own end to cut the Owls' defi- Erin Clark said. "It gets us off to a tional coach of the year if the voting 1. Lindsay Ferrell (BYU) d. Natalie Briaud (RU) 6-1, Score by innings R H E 6-1 cit to two. Senior midfielder Pedro slow start when we try to get a was held after the competition." Houston (15-6) 010 Oil 000 — 3 6 3 2. Lu Oswald (BYU) d. Judith Hagedorn (RU) 6-1, 6-2 Correa added a goal moments judgment of them before we start The honor comes after Lopez Rice (19-4) 212 000 20x — 7 12 2 3. Brooke Beverley (BYU) d. Jeri Gonzales (RU) 6-2, later and Rice came within one Houston: Austin Faught, Ryan Wagner (7) and Chris 7-5 really playing." was named Western Athletic Con- Snyder. Rice: Jeff Niemann, Wade Townsend (6) and 4. Dominique Reynolds (BYU) d. Annie Goodrich (RU) point of the Bears. The second half was a different ference Coach of the Year for the Justin Ruchti. 6-3, 61 Baylor, however, exploded in story, however. Senior attacker third consecutive time. Working Win — Niemann (4-0). Loss — Faught (0 1). Save — 5. Liza Khoudoiarova (BYU) d. Karen Chao (RU) 6-3, Townsend (4). 2B — Houston: Musslewhite (7); 60 the fourth quarter for seven un- Dianne Henry scored two goals, in his 23rd year as head coach at Lucas (2). Rice: Cruz (5); Arnold (6); Janish (4). HR — 6. Erika Villalobos (RU) d. Nicole Schneider (BYU) answered goals, blowing the and Cahn and junior attacker Eva Rice, Lopez's accomplishments Houston — Snyder (3). 7-5, 6-0 Silver Glove Series Game 2 (Rice leads series 2 0) game wide open, and the Owls Burns each added a goal to bring include coaching a six-time NCAA Doubles never mounted another serious Rice within one point of the Bears shot put champion Regina HARVARD 3 RICE 13 1. Beverley/Reynolds (BYU) d. Yasmin Fisher/ threat. in the second half. Cavanaugh, three-time NCAA jav- Gonzales (RU) 8-4 "We fell back on our heels and "We played really strong in the elin champion Valerie Tulloch, Score by innings R H E 2. Ferrell/Oswald (BYU) d. Hagedorn/Goodrich (RU) Harvard (0-3) 000 000 030 — 3 10 2 9 8 (7-4) were never able to recover," jun- second half," Clark said. "We NCAA triple jump champion Rice (18-4) 006 220 03x — 13 13 1 3. Chao/Briaud (RU) d. Khoudoiarova/Schneider ior midfielder Clayton Forswall played tighter on defense, and we Claudia Haywood, an NCAA 1,600- Harvard: Barry Wahlberg, Trey Hendricks (3), Brendan (BYU) 8-5 Reed (4), T.J. Sevier (5), Chaney Sheffield (6), Nick said. "Baylor's shooting was amaz- knew the whole time that we had meter relay championship team of Carter (7) and Mickey Kropf, Schuyler Mann. Rice: RICE 3 UTAH 4 ing today — there were a couple of the ability to play a big game with TaNisha Mills, Melissa Straker, Philip Humber, Bubba Gentry (7), Bobby Bryan (9) guys out there that had some in- them — we got off to a rocky start Andrea Blackett and Margaret and Justin Ruchti, Jeff Blackinton. Singles credible shots." but we didn't give up." Fox, as well as two-time NCAA Win — Humber (3-1). Loss — Wahlberg (0-1). Hold 1. Linn Ronnberg (Utah) d. Natalie Briaud (RU) 6-1, — Gentry (1). 2B — Harvard: Lopez (1). Rice: Sinisi 6-3 Rice fell to 5-2 in Lone Star The Owls fell to 2-3 with the 400-meter dash champion junior (11). 3B — Rice: Sinisi (1). 2. Sheri Esrock (Utah) d. Jeri Gonzales (RU) 7-5, 3-6, Alliance play and currently stands loss and will look for a better start Allison Beckford. 7-6 HARVARD 1 RICE 2 (GAME 2) ? iuiJitr Hagedorn (RU) d. Irini Kotoglou (Utah) 4-6. third in the league standings with when they host the University of Lopez also served as national 7 6 « two Lone Star matches remain- Texas Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Rice coordinator of the 1992 Puerto Rico Score by innings R H E 4. Ellen Svensson (Utah) d. Annie Goodrich (RU) 6-3, ing, including a showdown April 6 lacrosse field. national Olympic team. Harvard (0-2) 000 010 000 — 1 9 0 6-3 Rice (17-4) 100 010 000 — 2 7 1 5. Cassie Kasteler (Utah) d. Yasmin Fisher (RU) 6-4, against No. 17 University ofTexas, — Chris Larson — Dylan Hedrick Harvard: Ben Crockett and Schuyler Mann. Rice: 6-1 David Aardsma. Philip Tribe (6) and Justin Ruchti. 6. Karen Chao (RU) d. Alison Hansen (Utah) 5-7, 6-2. Win — Aardsma (4-0). Loss —; Crockett (0-1). Save 6-4 — Tribe (3). 2B — Harvard: Hale (1). Rice: Davis (9): Kolkhorst (3). 3B — Rice: Arnold (4). Doubles 1. Kotoglou/Svensson (Utah) d. Fisher/Gonzales (RU) 8-3 HARVARD 3 RICE 8 (GAME 1) 2. Goodrich/Hagedorn (RU) d. Ronnberg/Esrock (Utah) 8-4 Score by innings R H E 3. Briaud/Chao (RU) d. Hansen/Kasteler (Utah) 8-2 Harvard (0-1) 100 000 101 — 3 6 2 Rice (16-4) 040 020 02x — 8 12 1 Harvard: Justin Nyweide. Madhu Satyanarayana (5), T.J. Sevier (8) and Mickey Kropf. Rice: Justin Crowder, GOLF Wade Townsend (7) and Jeff Blackinton. Win — Crowder (2-0). Loss — Nyweide (0-1). Save — SAN DIEGO INVITATIONAL Townsend (31. 2B — Rice: Kolkhorst (8): Davis (2); 5814 Kirby Lorsbach (5). 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THE RICE THRESHER CALENDAR FRIDAY, MARCH 22.2002 friday is today! The parade begins at 11:30 a.m. MAR 22 and the races start at 1 p.m. team The women's TENNIS P,aVs the KTRU sponsors Elizabeth Elmore and University of Iowa today, the University of Tulsa tomorrow and Southern Methodist THE SHEILA DIVINE at Sammy's Cafe in the Student Center. The University Sundav. All three matches begin show is $7 but Rice students get in free. at 3 p.m. Today through Sunday the men's team hosts the Rice Invitational. All matches are at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium. monday MAR 25 English Department. Contact Susan Wood monday APR 1 ADVANCE sponsors a CULTURE The Native American Student Association at (713) 348-2646 for more information. FAIR from noon to 4 p.m. in the Grand hosts a POWWOW study break Today at 5 p.m. is the deadline to change Hall of the Rice Memorial Center. The fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Kelley Lounge in a course to PASS/FAIL status. It Sexual Assault Awareness Week includes many student organization the Student Center. is also the deadline for non-first semester culminates in the ARTEMIS Rice booths and will be followed by a $7 Thai students to DROP COURSES concert, held in Ray Courtyard today from food buffet dinner at 6 p.m., and a Currently enrolled students should 4 p.m. to midnight. Rice women musicians Wednesday JVIAR 27. multicultural talent show and ADVANCE PREREGISTERforthefa,, will perform and all donations will benefit fashion show at 7 p.m. The Center for the Study of Languages semester today through Friday. the Houston Area Women's Center. and Rice Cinema sponsor an International The BASEBALL team takes on Film Festival in Rayzor Hall. Room 205. The French department presents Le thursday APR 4 the University of Nevada this weekend. Tonight's feature is the Spanish film VOYAGEUR Sans Bagage in The games are at 7 p.m. tonight and ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER The Rice Players co-sponsor Actors from the French at the Nanoterh Amphitheater tomorrow and 1 p.m. on Sunday in and the April 3 show is the Egyptian film London Stage, performing MACBETH tonight and tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. Buy Reckling Park. DAYS OF DEMOCRACY Both tonight through Sunday at 8 p.m. in tickets from the department secretary for shows are free and start at 7:30 p.m. Hamman Hall. Visit http://www.rice.edu/ $5 or $4 if you are a Rice student. Baker Shake presents Shakespeare's nlayers for tickets and more information. m TWELFTH NIGHT «•» friday submit items: Baker College Commons tonight and JVIAR 29 At 8 p.m. Wiess College presents a Tabletop Calendar tomorrow at 8 p.m. Tickets are $4 for Rice The men's and women's TRACK production of SHE LOVES ME! affiliates and $6 for non-Rice people. teams host the Bayou Classic at the Rice tonight through April 6. The shows run • by CAMPUS MAIL to Calendar Track/Soccer Stadium starting at 3 p.m. through Saturday in the Wiess Commons for Editor, Rice Thresher, MS-524. b t0 Calendar Editor, Will Rice College presents the play today through all day tomorrow. $4 for Rice people or $6 general. E-mail Tim • y FAX (713) 348-5238. which rur,s Lott at [email protected] for reservations. t0 THE MIKADO • by E-MAIL [email protected]. tonight at 10:30 p.m. and tomorrow at The BASEBALL team challenges are Calendar submission FORMS 8 p.m. in the Will Rice Commons. Tickets Fresno State University at Reckling Park friday APR 5 available at the Student Activities Office or are $4, or $6 for non-Rice people. this weekend. They play tonight at 7 p.m., on the Thresher office door. Entries for the $100 Academy of American tomorrow at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. The DEADLINE for all items is 5 p.m. Come out for sports collectible giveaways Poets Prize and the $1,000 George the Monday prior to publication. Saturday JVIAR 23 tonight, movie pass prizes Saturday, and Williams PRIZES of Poetry and Submissions are printed on a space- Ready to get wet? BEER-BIKE an Easter egg hunt and ice-cream Sunday. Fiction are due by noon today to the available basis.

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Lifestyles Magazine is an official publication of The Rice punished by the gods DEPARTMENTS Thresher and is published six times each academic year. Our 4 CAMPUS next issue will be published April 26, 2002. of fashion, who will Campus culture: You don't have to leave Rice Offices are located on the second floor of the Ley Student to find some great venues for art, music and dance Center, 6100 Main St., MS-524, Houston, TX 77005-1892. 3 BETTER U Phone (713) 348-4801. Fax (713) 348-5238. make you look tacky E-mail: [email protected] — include the word "Lifestyles" in Culture 101: A quick guide to the the subject line. and out of place." history of the humanities 7 FOOD PAGE8 The importance of fried chicken in American culture 8 STYLE Dressing for cultural events

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Lifestyles Magazine is looking for an assistant editor. If you're inter- ested in learning about magazine production, 0 editing or design and are 0 COREY E. DEVINE EDITOR willing to make a con- 3 When the Lifestyles Magazine started, we goes on in the cultured world, which turns a siderable time commit- promised to boldly go wlu re no Rice publica- lot of Rice students off the idea of going to an Q tion had gone before — off campus. But in my art museum or to the opera. "Why do / want ment, you're just who time here at Rice, I've discovered that there is to go to an opera and feel out of place?" more than just off campus. Simply driving I agree. Why would you want to do that? we need. 0 down Main Street to Houston's fabulous bars However, I'm reminded of my trip to the Tate and getting smashed every weekend doesn't Museum of Modern Art in London over spring provide a lot in the way of life experience. I'd break. My friend and 1 were walking around n never discourage off-campus partying, but the exhibits and he would lean over to me and o there's more to life than rum and coke. say something like: "That looks like a So. in the grand tradition of going where Twombley. Isn't that Twombley?" Then he'd ^ other Rice publications dare not tread, we've look at me as if I should know. Now, whether O taken you to the opera. Well, not just the or not I should have known what a Twombley a opera. We've recommended theater, muse- is, that's just the kind of intellectual snobbery a- tfl ums and food that will make you a more that turns people off to museums all together. "cultured" person. As we walked farther along in the museum I You should note that I have a controver- realized that after my friend embarrassed me sial view of what culture is. Thert ire lots of about not knowing the artist for whatever -• o things that make up a "cultured life" and work we were viewing, he would disappear 3 a those things are not necessarily pricey opera for a while and return. Finally 1 figured out get a ^ < tickets. To be "cultured" you don't have to be that he was walking into the next gallery, rich. You don't have to know which fork to finding out who painted what, and returning 3' use at dinner, and 1 certainly would never ask just in time to make a fool out of me. Moral of you to learn to waltz. (I've seen too many Rice the stoiy: Don't let art snobs make you feel a dancing mishaps.) Instead, 1 think culture is stupid. o aboul being exposed to and interacting with I hope this issue helps you find a little a the different ways people live or have lived. culture in Houston. Whether you think cul- LIFE n> For instance, if you're going to take a trip to ture is a funky piece of art at the Contempo- France, do you plan to stay in the sections rary Arts Museum or you're into highbrow CL £ where everyone speaks English (a.k.a. tour- Italian opera, culture is yours to internalize. ist traps), or do you venture into the real parts It's all about how art, literature and food of France and see what the culture is about? speak to you. Enjoy each for its own personal STYLE There's a lot of intellectual snobbery that value and beauty.

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MATT HAYNIE Culture 101 can soldier and others as they search for a FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE • magine this: You're at a cocktail party, but you haven't met anyone all secret rocket in post-World War II Germany. You probably know his quote "God is dead," if night, and you don't know what's wrong. You're wearing snappy new This book will blow your mind. but Nietzsche shouldn't be reduced to that threads, you just took advantage of Barber Day in the Student Center, reflection on post-Enlightenment thinking. He THE SOUND AND THE FURY has been much maligned for his beliefs, which and you blasted your pecs in the cardio room, yet nobody's given you a WILLIAM FAULKNER were misconstrued and taken up by the Nazi second glance. What's wrong with this picture? This one's not as hard as Gravity's Rain- movement, but he was actually vehemently Besides the obvious — no Rice student has been to a cocktail party in bow, but it's still pretty difficult. Told in the opposed to anti-Semitism. Nietzsche was in- first person by three different members of a strumental in furthering modern thought the past 30 years—the biggest problem here is that you don't know what fallen Southern family, with a fourth chapter through his concepts of good and evil. to talk about. Sure, you're smart; you aced the orgo test last week, and told in the third person, this novel shows your research is being published in the Journal of Fruit Fly Research, but Faulkner's amazing intellectual understand- IMMANUEL KANT ing. Benjy, the first narrator, is mentally handi- you've got some big gaps in your cultural literacy. To help fill in those The foremost thinker of the Enlighten- capped, so his story is especially compelling ment, he used his interest in the hard sciences spaces and make you a more erudite conversationalist for any occasion told in the first person. to develop his three main critiques: The Cri- (not just this mythical cocktail party), here are some nuggets of wisdom tique of Pure Reason, The Critique of Practi- that will help you win anyone over. THE AWAKENING cal Reason, and The Critique of Judgment. KATE CHOPIN These critiques became crucial in the devel- And mind you, these lists aren't anywhere near comprehensive — if All English majors have at least two copies opment of idealism. Kant's last words were you want more complete info, you should take some of the many of this book lying around because they've had "Es is gut," German for "That is good." Not a fascinating humanities classes offered right here on campus. However, to read it so many times. (You really should bad way to go. read this one; it's not very difficult and pretty these facts should just be enough so that people who you meet will tell short.) The heroine, Edna, is confined by JOHN LOCKE their friends they were just talking to the "most charming young Creole society, escapes her oppressive home, Locke is the reason we have the U.S. Con- undergrad." and has an affair with a New Orleans par- stitution. As one of the initiators of the En- amour before drowning herself by walking lightenment, which was the primary influence into the ocean. on the founding fathers, he believed in the concept of a government that protects the |:]4l14AU OTHERS "common good." He was also important in the BODYMINDSOUL • Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut development of other philosophical concepts • Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe such as personal identity and what is moral. • The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck • The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne MICHEL FOUCAULT Plays couple who comes to visit. The title comes • The Color Purple, Alice Walker High school debaters can tell you about from a misinterpretation of the song "Who's • Catch-22, Joseph Heller Cultural people love plays, and although the contemporary popularity of Foucault's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf." • The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger the history of drama goes back to ancient philosophies, especially his "principles of ex- • The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath Greece, you should do fine if you know these clusion," which involve the distinctions OTHERS • Lord of the Flies, William Golding more recent theatrical pieces: through which a society defines itself. He said • Our Town. Thornton Wilder • 1984, George Orwell that all concepts are historically conditioned, • Three Sisters, Anton Chekov and many of the concepts serve the political A DOLL'S HOUSE • Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller purpose of controlling people. (Don't make HENRIK IBSEN • A Streetcar Named Desire, Philosophers the mistake of mispronouncing his last name; This play was scandalous in turn-of-the- Tennessee Williams Philosophy's a tough subject to boil down it's "Foo-coe.") century Europe, and it deals with the hidden • Angels in America, Tony Kushner because there are so many schools of thought, truth in a couple's relationship. The climactic • How I Learned to Drive, Paula Vogel but here are some of the major thinkers. OT'.IERS moment, when the wife slams the front door • Wit, Margaret Prison Knowing them should show that you have a » Francis Bacon and leaves her husband and child, is consid- vaguely comprehensive understanding. ered one of the most important in the develop- • Aristotle ment of modern drama. Novels • Thomas Hobbes PLATO • Karl Marx Whittling down a list of "books to know" to One of the pupils of Socrates, he wrote the • David Hume five is preposterous, so we'll focus on Ameri- THE IMPORTANCE OF dialogues that now compose our understand- • Soren Kierkegaard can novels. Of course, this list will still be BEING EARNEST ing of the Socratic philosophies. Many be- • Jean Jacques Rousseau lacking, but it's a good start on the road to OSCAR WILDE lieve that Plato's brilliance is the true founda- = Rene Descartes cultural literacy: Clever, sarcastic and supremely entertain- tion for those works. He founded the Acad- * I lenry David Thoreau ing, this comedy of manners features mixed emy, which, like Rice, produced some of the identities and silly rich British people. Some THE INVISIBLE MAN greatest thinkers of the time, including one of See CULTURE, Page 6 consider this the greatest British comedy of RALPH ELLISON Plato's pupils, Aristotle. all time, so you should keep a watch for the Not the science-fiction moi y by H.G. Wells. movie coming out this year with Rupert This Invisible Man is the story of a young Everett, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench and black American man, nameless throughout Colin Firth. the novel, who experiences the gr^at alien- ation felt by black Americans as they are A LONG DAY'S JOURNEY denied personal identity. The narrator expe- riences prejudice in the South as a univer- INTO NIGHT sity student and then travels to the North EUGENE O'NEILL to be a political activist. A dark, difficult story of a tightly knit Irish family dealing with serious issues while lov- THE GREAT GATSBY ing each other deeply. The brother has tuber- culosis, the mother is addicted to drugs, the F SCOTT FITZGERALD The story of Gatsby and father can't cope with his ultimate failure and his love of the vain, mar- everyone drinks way too much. The raw emo- ried Daisy. Fitzgerald's tions of this deep, disturbing play leave you descriptions of Gatsby's feeling dirty and exhausted. parties are amazing, and the narrator's experience of the events A RAISIN IN THE SUN is as telling as any character. If you LORRAINE HANSBERRY want to sound really smart, say some- ()ne of the first plays depicting black Ameri- thing about the green light at the end can life, v4 Raisin in the Sun explores many of of the book — say it represents the the issues urban black Americans dealt with future, say it represents Gatsby, say it in the fight against prejudice as well as many represents Daisy. It doesn't matter. issues within the family. A Raisin in the Sun is Literary types can talk about it forever. a touching, funny and innovative depiction of a father's attempt to gain control of his family. GRAVITY'S RAINBOW THOMAS PYNCHON WHO'S AFRAID OF Rice English Professor Terrence VIRGINIA WOOLF Doody says that Ulysses is the hardest EDWARD ALBEE book you'll ever read ... until you read Another story of the hidden darkness in a Gravity's Rainbow. Multi-layered plots and couple's relationship, except this time it's more fascinating characters make this book stun- contemporary, and they screw with a naive ning. It follows the wanderings of an Ameri- LIFESTYLES 3 22MARCH2002_CAMPUS Culture in our own backyard VIANNA D AVI LA

SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC Jaye Anderton, gallery manager, Tickets for Rice Player produc- On the long trek from the resi- said. tions are typically $4 for students dential colleges to the stadium park- In addition to five exhibitions a and slightly more for faculty and ing lot, perhaps you've have noticed year, each with its own festive open- other attendees. To make reserva- the impressive building stretching ing that usually features food, wine tions for a show, call (713) 348-PLAY. across the grass, fending off the and music, the Rice Gallery also gal- For more information, visit their Web shadow from the new Jones School lery talks by artists and curators, site a\http://www. ruf. rice, edu/-play- Every semester your building. If you can hear the pluck- offers tours of Houston-area art in- ers/. ing of violin strings over the noise of stitutions and alternative art spaces, parents (or perhaps construction, you've stumbled upon and sponsors study breaks. THE COFFEEHOUSE the building that houses the Shep- The gallery currently hosts the We all know and love the coffee herd School of Music. And no, Shep- exhibition "The Precious Stone and house for the caffeine and baked you) sign a check for herd does not only serve music ma- Gold Factory," artist Adriana Are- goods its wonderful employees pro- jors or tired students taking an air- nas Ilian's exploration of love and vide the Rice community. But did many thousands of conditioned short cut back to their desire incorporating pop culture el- you know they are giving back more dorm rooms. And yes, if you haven't ements from her native Colombia. than lattes and freezes? The Rice dollars so that you may attended a concert there before, you Dividing the space into three sec- Coffeehouse promotes some of the should. tions, she has brought together a must culturally relevant events on For four years, I remained in vir- thatched disco hut, a row of moni- campus, including a battle of the benefit from the many tual ignorance. I like music. I know tors behind a metallic curtain and a bands during the fall semester, a music majors. I know they are study- continuous projection of a sunrise, juried art show and poetry slams at advantages a Rice ing at one of the most prestigious all packed into a space between de- various times throughout the year. institutes for music in the world, an partment offices and classrooms. If If you thought Rice students only education can provide. institute that is on my campus, and I you haven't taken advantage of this knew how to write research papers know that I can hear them play at vibrant art space in your midst, now and computer programs, come lis- Shepherd for free. Yet somehow, I is the time to do it. ten to some of our local bards recite But shouldn't you be never put all of these obvious facts Hie gallery's next installation, their amazing work. together until just this past year, opening April 25, will feature the For more information, get out of getting more than a when I attended my first Shepherd work of Rice students in the annual your room and walk over to the Cof- orchestra concert. Rice Student Art exhibition. The feehouse in the Rice Memorial Cen- The performance was incredibly exhibition has two venues: The work ter, or else visit their Web site at degree and a grade moving and beautiful, and did I men- of graduating studio art majors is http://www. ruf. rice, edu/~coffee. • tion that it was free? Admission to featured in Rice Gallery while the report every semester? many events at Shepherd School will work of other Rice students is fea- cost you, the student, nothing. tured at the Rice Media Center. Here's a list of some of Melodies played by some of the For more information about the most talented musicians in the world gallery, call (713) 348-5980 or visit ,,f „ > have filled the recital halls of the its Web site at http://www.rice.edu/ the cultural hotspots on Shepherd School. The renowned cel- ruag. The gallery is open Tuesday list Yo-Yo Ma taught a master class through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 campus where you can there a few years ago, and this se- p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. mester has featured a variety of per- formances, including the Academy THE RICE PLAYERS get a different kind of of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Perhaps you're under the impres- Ensemble and SYZYGY, the faculty sion that the only theater you can education, one that will contemporary music ensemble. find on Rice campus is on the stages Even more astounding than the that swallow half the space in the benefit any Rice world-famous names that have per- college commons each semester. formed at Shepherd are the accom- But the Rice Players, Rice's campus- plishments of the school's current wide theater organization, call student. students. The people who sit at our Hamman Hall their home, and they tables in the college commons and think the university community live in the dorm rooms next door are should take a little walk over to this in fact the beating heart of the Shep- side of campus and experience some herd School, and they are extremeiy of their drama. talented. The players put on at least one For more information about up- show each semester. This year, coming productions, visit their Web they've done three shows: The Bal- site at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/ timore Waltz, IJ>S Liasons Dangereuse -musi. and Walking the Dead. In Septem- ber they also featured an innovative THE RICE ART GALLERY 24-hour theater experience, appro- Rice students may consider them- priately named "Play," in which selves lucky to live across the street plays were written, rehearsed and from the Houston museum district; performed in one day. In April, the however, students need not walk Players are hosting a performance farther than the academic quad to of Macbeth by a touring group called experience innovative and thought- Actors from the London Stage. provoking art. Yes, we have our very own art gallery. Rice University's first art exhibi- tion space was established in 1967 by the Fine Arts Depart- ment, when secretaries' desks were pushed aside in the department's temporary offices to make room for small exhibi- tions. Since the Rice Art Gal- lery, located in the center of Sewell Hall, completed renova- tions in 1995, it "has attained an identity as Houston's primary ,, ' f # public space for the creation of AT RIGHT An authentic new installation works by art- piece of Rice's campus istsof national and international culture — our own slice reputation, as well as occasional of the Berlin Wall. group exhibitions organized around a provocative theme,"

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ometimes it's difficult to world and ask age-old questions The Misanthrope Don Quixote Sbe a culturally aware per- about the impact humans have on MAIN STREET THEATRE, son in the city, and that's even the world. Is it good or bad? THE WORTHAM THEATER RICE VILLAGE CENTER harder in Houston. In cities like (THROUGH APRIL 21) (JUNE 6-16) Boston and New York — cities Anges Martin: The Nineties and Beyond that make a conscious effort to Main Street Theatre presents You've probably read the book THE MENIL COLLECTION push art and culture—it's hard Moliere's classic comedy about (or at least parts of it), maybe you've (THROUGH MAY 26) to miss advertisements for ex- hypocricy in France. The main char- seen the musical (Man of La hibitions that are posted in the www. menil. org/exhibitions.hmtl acter is disgusted with mankind. His Mancha), but it's doubtful that you've subway. When you're stuck in a friends are insincere, his girlfriend seen the ballet. The Houston Ballet, This exhibit is in honor of pays attention to trivial people, poli- the city's extremely well-respected car, it's a lot less likely that Martin's 90th birthday. Amazingly, tics and art are filled with the cor- you'll just bump into advertise- dance company, will perform a Martin still maintains a rigorous rupt. However, as this protagonist "poignant" and "passionate" inter- ments about cultural activities work schedule, spending time in her reveals the corruption around him, pretation of Cervante's classic. The going on around the city. Listed studio each day. Her work has be- his own intolerance and insincerity director has taken painstaking steps here are a few of the bigger come legendary in American mod- are revealed. Probably Moliere's to create scenery and costuming to visual and performance arts ern art circles, and this exhibition best-known work, students seeking reflect the performance's Spanish events that are happening or features some of her best works. to raise their cultural literacy score roots. • will be happening around the Modern art cynics are likely to should definitely see this produc- tion. city. Try to take the time to quickly dismiss Martin's work as leave campus and get a feel for "colored lines on canvas," but a deeper inspection reveals Martin's what's going on around the city. real talent as an artist — the ability You won't be sorry you did. to evoke emotion in her audience.

FotoFest 2002: George Washington: A The Classical Eye National Treasure and Beyond MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, VARYING LOCATIONS HOUSTON (THROUGH MID-APRIL) AUDREY JONES BECK BLDG. www.fotofest. org (THROUGH JUNE 16) www. mfah. org/current-exhibitions, html FotoFest is a biennial exhibition of photography in Houston that at- This exhibit, organized by the tempts to raise public awareness, Smithsonian Institution's Portrait both in the city and internationally, Gallery, is a touring exhibition fea- about photography and its artistic turing portraits of our nation's first implications. The festival is really president. The Museum of Fine Arts, like nothing else in any other city. It Houston was selected as the inagural utilizes public spaces in and around stop on this tour. the city on a grand scale. This year's The main attraction in this ex- FotoFest, the biggest yet, features hibit is an eight-by-five foot portrait over 170 exhibits in 140 venues. of George Washington by American FotoFest 2002 is themed "The artist Gilbert Stuart. The painting Classical Eye and Beyond." The ex- has a somewhat spotty history and hibits are an attempt to contrast clas- was actually owned by a British art sic, black-and-white art photography collector until recently when the Na- with a new wave of photography that tional Portrait Gallery rescued it from uses traditional sliver gelatin prints the auction block. to create digital art. For more information about indi- vidual venues and exhibitions visit House the FotoFest Web site. It offers a Garden comprehsive guide to this massive Both by Alan Ayckbourn event; however, there are several ALLEY THEATRE, FotoFest related exhibits happen- LARGE STAGE ing right in our own backyard. Be (APRIL 12-MAY 12) sure to check out... House and Garden are actually In Response to Place: written as two individual plays; how- Photographs from the ever, they depict two intertwined Nature Conservancy's Last stories happening simultaneously. Great Places This means that one set of actors MUSEUM OF NATURALSCIENCE must run from one stage to another (THROUGH APRIL 28) stage and perform between two sepa- The exhibit features over 120 in- rate audiences. If the format sounds dividual pieces of art exploring the innovative and crazy, the plays them- natural world around each of us. selves are even crazier. Either play Particularly interesting are the can be seen individually, but the two pieces that attempt to explore the are best when viewed back to back, human connection to the natural so you can get the full story.

LIFESTYLES 5 22MARCH2002_BETTER U Come Worship With Us! Names to know West University Baptist Church invites you to worship., CULTURE from, Page 3 PETER TCHAIKOVSKY the study of God's Word, and fellowship. Nutcracker. Swan Lake. Romeo Composers and Juliet (the ballet, not the play). It's entirely possible that unless All of these were by Tchaikovsky. We have both contemporary and traditional Sunday worship services, as well as a you're a music major, you haven't He was a Russian from the Romantic college-level Sunday school class that is attended by many Rice University and Medical really learned anything new about period and wrote ballets, sympho- classical music since elementary nies, and program pieces, including Center students and taught by school, so you should definitely the tremendous 1812 Overture. He Dr. Jim Tour. Free breakfast is always served in the class. brush up: was also extremely depressed and died of cholera, although some think We are located 2 miles west of campus, 6218 Auden between University and Rice. WOLFGANG AMADEUS he may have killed himself. MOZART Free round-trip shuttle service is provided each Sunday morning leaving at 8:15 AM He was a child prodigy of the SERGEI PROKOFIEV and 9:15 AM from the Rice's Allen Center parking lot with return trips at 11:15 AM Classical period and wrote an in- Another Russian, a modernist. He and 12:15 PM. See www.wubc.org for more details, or call 713-668-2319. sane number of symphonies. He wrote Peter and the Wolf so you wrote Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, The were probably subjected to his mu- Marriage of Figaro and Symphony sic as early as kindergarten. He wrote Contemporary Worship: 8:30 AM No. 40, which has experienced a a great deal of symphonies, concerti, Sunday School: 9:40 AM renaissance as a cell phone tone. film music and operas, as well as a You should seeAmadeus, the movie ballet with one of the finest names in Traditional Worship: 11:00 AM about him; it won the Best Picture all of classical music: The Buffoon Oscar. who Outjested Seven Buffoons (al- though the title was later shortened JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH to just The Buffoon). A great German composer of the Baroque period, which meant that OTHERS me fwnoar he often used the organ and the • Antonio Vivaldi harpsichord. He wrote most of his • George Frideric Handel of(/our works for his church, including many • Joseph Haydn sonatas and fugues. Bach also had • Gustav Mahler 20 children, which is a fun fact for • Aaron Copeland Oft //o > J«// any occasion. • Claude Debussy • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov fie,v/ yrar. LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN • Sergei Rachmaninov Beethoven was Austrian and • Arnold Schoenberg bridged the gap between the Classi- • Philip Glass - cal period and the Romantic period, • Frederic Chopin which means he helped make the • Scott Joplin tff// /JC oewes/ change between a period based on order (see Mozart) and music with There's even more to know, so big swells and shifts. Beethoven head to Fondren and learn on your //tc/i/Z/y. wrote Fur Elise, Symphony No. .9 and own. No guide can replace real LIFE the Moonlight Sonuta, all of which knowledge. You may not know it, you'd recognize if you heard them. but you can read the Encyclopedia He was also deaf at the end of his life, Britannica online for free on the RSVP: Corey E. Devine, Editor but continued to write music. Fondren Web site. • STYLES [email protected] Daily Specials

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n an article about culture, body. It connotes that food can be an kitchens. The better cooking Iyou wouldn't expect to find integral part of life and, more impor- technology, larger array of space devoted to fried chicken. tantly, that food should be shared spices and better selection of In fact, you probably wouldn't and eaten in fellowship with others. ingredients allowed these expect to read about turnip It's something that's completely op- early cooks to create a well- greens or smothered ham posite of the McDonald's, eat-in-your- developed and much-en- hocks either. Most Americans car-alone philosophy of life. joyed style of cooking that consider "culture" food to be A brief history of soul food goes slaves dubbed "good-times nouvelle European — some- something like this: Many of the food" because food and eat- thing you'd eat while wearing ingredients essential to soul food ing were associated with free a tux. The fact that we so were first found in Africa. Though time and fellowship. quickly dismiss the idea of no dishes in Africa at this point would This food handed down soul food as America's real be distinguishable as what we call to us from a shameful period culture cuisine is a bit alarm- "soul food," the ingredients and in American history provided ing. styles of cooking were obvious pre- one of the first bridges be- Every culture has "soul food" decessors of what we have today. tween races. It was a departure of some type or another. It's a In the early 1500s, slave traders from the boring, bland English comfortable cuisine that evokes took Africans (along with their no- food that early Americans ate. It memories of home and childhood. tions about food) and brought them was flavorful, aromatic and deli- It's usually middle-class, easy to to the United States. Some traders cious — racial boundaries didn't make and widely popular, but thought certain African vegetables apply here. largely overlooked and taken for (greens, turnips, etc.) would make Equally importantly, this food granted. In England, you'd find great cash crops in the U.S., so they has been adopted as real Ameri- cultural dishes like bangers and attempted to trade them along with can food. It still finds its roots in mash on this list. In Latin America, slaves. However, citizens of the U.S. the South, but you're just as beans and rice fill the gap. In the who had barely gotten accustomed likely to find excellent fried United States, we don't really have to the new food they were forced to chicken in Philadelphia as you any comfort food of our own aside eat in America were even more are in Atlanta. Well, perhaps not from dishes like chicken and closed to the idea of adopting Afri- quite as good, but you get my li#»] waffles, biscuits and gravy, and can cuisine. Slaves, however, were drift. meatloaf. Though these dishes happy to see familiar foods. When we think about culture were originally Southern, the Often plantation owners would food in the United States, there emancipation of the slaves in the provide rationed amounts of food really shouldn't be any other South allowed these foods to per slave family, but they would al- thought than soul food. Sure, spread throughout the nation. low slave families to have small gar- European rip-offs might be the The term "soul food" itself dens of their own. The mixture of food of the cultured in America, evokes great meaning for me. vegetables grown in slaves' gardens but it's not a food America had Contrary to other foods that are and the rationed items (like corn- any part in shaping. Soul food is considered typically American meal) allowed for the synthesis of a creation that came out of de- — fast foods like burgers and foods that serve as the foundation of plorable social situations, and it fries—"soul food" indicates that soul food. reminds us that some things, like food isgood for something other Later, slaves were allowed to be- art and food, can transcend po- than the nourishment of the come cooks in plantation owners' litical and social problems •

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THIS IS IT dishes are always cooked in tasty South- 207 W. GRAY ST. ern style (i.e., loaded with fat), so don't (713) 659-1608 expect to find diet items oil this menu. Also. I wouldn't bring any of your veg- Why would anyone want to cat in a small, etarian friends here, as the menu is dumpy little building with a pink sign declar- focused almost solely on meats and even ing, "This is it!"? I'll tell you why: meatloaf. most vegetable items are made with Well, not just meatloaf. Yams and greens and lard or bacon grease. To the student — if you're not too afraid — oxtails. looking for low prices and big flavor, 1 never thought I'd find cornbread that these cooking philosophies make This tasted like my grandmother's. She's the only Is It all the more appealing. At lunch and woman 1 know that would actually make dinner, you order food cafeteria style — cornbread from scratch and bake it in an iron a meat and two vegetables — and then skillet. I'm not sure that This Is It uses the make your choices. same technique, but I'm quite sure that what- Maybe the most interesting feature ever technique the restaurant uses is just as of this restaurant is the eclectic mix of effective as grandma's. I always fill up on people here at any given meal. Since it cornbread before I actually get my meal, and flanks downtown, businesspeople es- much like at home, I've had a member of the cape* to this hidden jewel for some real staff warn me that I'm going to "spoil my food, and residents of the Neartown dinner." neighborhood eat here more than once If you've got a craving for breakfast, get up a week. This mix makes for an interest- a bit early and enjoy what the menu here has to ing lively atmosphere as a backdrop to offer. You won't find any fancy eggs benedict. some serious grub. GADDI THRESHER You'll find eggs scrambled correctly — in the If you're from the South, enjoy one of the grease that was made when they fried your last homes of true, non-corrupted Southern CAFETERIA-STYLE The friendly staff at This Is It is more an bacon. You'll also find amazing grits and bis- food. If you're from somewhere else, give the glad to serve up a wholesome helping of soul food cuits you can really sink your teeth into. Souths cuisine a chance. You may get some with a smile. You'd expect nothing less from a My favorite menu item for lunch or dinner funny looks when you ask why people are is meatloaf, but there are blue plate specials putting ketchup on their collard greens, but down-home restaurant like this. daily, so check out what's on for the day. Side we'll let it slide.

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trendy semi-formal black tie Think edgy venues and art spaces Cultural events also incorporate a Black tie means a tuxedo for guys. like DiverseWorks, Infernal Bride- large range of dress. If you're going to Wear anything else and you will be groom Productions shows at the a mainstream theater, the ballet, the punished by the gods of fashion, who Axiom, museums and cafes. When in symphony, a musical, etc., throw on will make you look tacky and out of doubt, follow the stereotypical style something tasteful but not too uptight. place. and put on something black. Guys can Guys might go so far as a suit, but Women's black tie is a little more go for slacks, jeans, khakis, plaid pants, slacks and a nice shirt with a tie are a flexible, but consider that you'll likely cords, almost anything. Think of this good choice. Girls can drag out trendy be brushing elbows with a crowd that as the land of turtleneck sweaters and dresses, pantsuits, flippy skirts with plays by fashion rules that are more slim-fitting shirts. Doc Martens or worn fun shirts or almost anything else. hard and fast than those that apply in Converse One Stars are good footwear Realize though that you aren't going the college environment. The abso- (if you're going for upscale artsy, stick to a club, so nix on backless shirts or lute safest bet is a long dress. Some- with more polished shoes though). tight pants. times, calf-length or short dresses or Girls can really have fun: Thrift show Also, at events where there tend to even pantsuits can be appropriate, but clothes or sleek pants work really well be a lot of children in the audience not always. Rather than agonize over if you throw in odd colors or fun glasses. (the Houston Ballet's Nutcracker Suite making the right choice, find an un- Play with accessories and prints. You on a Friday night, for example), dress derstated and elegant long dress. can opt for polished or quirky, but tends to get a little more casual, since Black tie is appropriate for the op- don't stress too much about either. parents are bracing themselves to era and symphony (more in the good If you want the "hip dressing for wrangle their kids all evening. seats than elsewhere), at any event dummies" approach, just go to urban with an invitation that says "black tie," outfitters and copy a mannequin. But and at higher-end theater and per- honestly, this is a great time for that forming arts venues (the Alley, for vintage cowboy shirt that makes your example). For the opera, symphony mother gag. and theater though, black tie will prob- ably show up only on die-hard patrons in primo seats. Translation: If you're a college student sitting in the nose- bleed section, forget black tie. Realize that matinees are typically less dressy, and a wide range of dress is acceptable (although the opera and symphony probably require at least * "Sunday best" level).

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