57% of Voters Want Cable in Colleges
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SINCE 1916 VOLUME 82, NUMBER 10 ALL OUR PETTY CASH NOVEMBER 4,1994 57% of voters want And the winners are... cable in colleges ber of students who would hold back by Michael Gomez the quality of life here at Rice for about 12 cents a day." While people were still casting A group of students asked Student ballots on the cable issue, Lovett Col- Association Senate representatives to lege Council was voting on what size hold the vote because they believed television to buy. That's no surprise: last month's SA survey did not repre- at Lovett, the proponents of cable out- sent the true feelings of the students. numbered the opposition lllto51,by One student, SRC sophomore Dan far the biggest win for cable in any Whiteson, said he decided to request college. the vote after getting 422 signatures Campuswide, however, the num- for a petition against cable in 18 hours. bers were much closer. When the The Senate, which had been using votes were all tallied, the numbers the survey as the basis for its support stood at 689 for and 520 against bring- ofcable negotiations with Phonoscope, ing cable on campus, with a total of Inc., decided to conduct a new poll of 1,209 voting. the student body during Tuesday's Almost 57 percent of voters sup- Homecoming election. port having cable installed in every The discrepancy between the poll college dorm room, even though on- and the survey was. 11 of a percentage campus students will see a $30 in- point crease next year in their Food and "I think the difference between the Housing bill with an additional $1 in- two numbers are to me frighteningly crease each year, for five years. close. I am simply amazed," said Kraet- Students chose Texas Gov. Ann Richards as Rice's 1994 Homecoming Queen and Doofus the Ferret as Homecoming "I feel vindicated by the results," tli Epperson, director of the survey. King in Tuesday's election. "It was a long, hard campaign," said Baker College senior Joseph Saunders, Doofus' owner. Sid Richardson College sophomore "In light of the referendum results, I "Doofus is all tuckered out now, but he's well-satisfied." Richards was unavailable for comment Wednesday. Jamie McGovern said. "Still, it is a hope the administration looks at the shame that we have a significant num- SEE CABLE PAGE 6 Survey says Rice graduates receive above-average salaries by Gabrielle Frandsen average .salaries at least a thousand electrical and computer engineering. dollars less than national averages. "Computer science and electrical Rice First Year Salaries But in all other fields, Rice salaries engineering salaries are going to stay The average salaries for last year's fell within a few hundred dollars of the consistently high over the next few Rice graduates exceed national aver- national average, if not considerably years because of the increasing de- 40000 Rice . ages by a few thousand dollars with a more. mand in the job market," she said. Graduate 35000 ra National few exceptions, according to a survey "• The highest average salaries of "Pretty much anything computer-re- Average by Career Services. respondents were in the fields of lated is hot right now." The 1994 Post-Graduate Study was chemical engineering, mechanical Many students decided to go to conducted by the Career Services Cen- engineering and computer science. graduate school instead of going to ter in May. The study surveyed 690 of The average salary for chemical engi- work. the 1,087 degree recipients, both un- neering majors was $41,083. Medical school was the mostpopu- 20000 dergraduates and graduates, when The most popular jobs taken by lar choice for the 41 percent of gradu- 15000 they picked up their caps and gowns. 1994graduates included systems con- ating seniors planning to attend gradu- A similar survey will be distributed sultant, financial analyst, software de- ate school this year. 10000 this spring. sign engineer, marketing representa- These students make up 24 per- Of the 690 students who filled out tive and positions in engineering. cent of those going on to graduate the survey, 530were bachelor-degree Deborah Castillo, associate direc- school. recipients, and the rest were gradu- tor of recruiting at Career Services, This percentage has doubled in ate-degree recipients. said, "Systems consulting positions the past threeyears, Castillo.said. BIOL CENG COMP ENGL HIST MECH Fifty-three percent of the under- have become more popular over the In other fields, 18percentofgradu- graduate respondents said they past few years. A majority of the Big ate school-bound students said they Six percent of undergraduate re- participated in the survey, 70 percent planned to move directly into the Six firms began recently to come to were continuing in engineering and spondents were either unsure of their said they were going on to employ- workforce. Rice University for recruiting, and the 10 percent in law. future plans or were considering other ment after receiving a degree, 21 per- The survey shows that, for the un- field has really bloomed." Thirty-eight percent of those at- plans, such as travel abroad and cent went on to further studies and 9 dergraduate respondents, biology, She also said the field of engineer- tending graduate school are pursuing Fulbright Scholarships. percent were either unsure or pursu- sociology and mathematics majors had ing is definitely opening up, especially doctorate degrees. Of the 160 graduate students who ing other plans. Students' stolen goods Arson suspected in Grad House fibre Campus Police Chief Mary I&thryn Cavendar, director of the by James Tolle Voswinkel said that the Houston Fire Campus Safety Department, believes recovered in pawn shop Department's Arson Division is inves- theevents'timing iscoincidental. None A storage shed and a portion of the tigating the case. of the officials interviewed said the by Vijaty Iyer fence on the Graduate House grounds In addition, the Campus Police and gas leak was intentionally caused. were set ablaze in a suspected case of the Campus Safety Department are Cavendar said it may have been arson last weekend. also conducting investigations. caused by a physical shift of the build- About $700 worth of property stolen from Lovett College this semes- The Campus Police were called "There were suspicious circum- ing or pipes. ter has been recovered, and a warrant has been issued for the suspect's early Saturday morning, and the Hous- stances," Voswinkel said. Vice President for Student Affairs arrest, Chief of Campus Police Mary Voswinkel said. ton Fire Department came to put out Patten said the fire was suspected Zenaido Camacho called a meeting of A telephone/answering machine belonging to Lovett College sopho- the fire. as an arson because the only power SEE ARSON PAGE 6 more Charlos Ward was recovered first when the serial number she The shed was located on the Main source was located above the shed, reported to the Campus Police matched the number of a machine Street side of the Graduate House, and, based on what burned, the fire pawned at a Cash America location in Houston. and it contained old glassware, lum- was started near the bottom. The pawn shop also provided the name of the man who sold the ber and outdated yellow pages. The shed contained no volatile SPORTS machine. Files were then charged through the Houston Police Depart- The fire did not come close to stu- combination of chemicals, and there ment, and a warrant was issued for the man's arrest. dents' rooms. It caused about $25,000 were no firestarters such as cigarette Voswinkel said the man has no connection with Rice University. worth of smoke-related damage. butts located on the ground near the The suspect had pawned other items at the same dealer, including "All the food in the outside cooler site of the fire. Patten said although 1st women's $400worth of jewelry already returned to Lovett sophomore Cori Miller, had to be thrown out... we had the the fire is most certainly the work of who said she hadiost about $2,100 worth. Miller said she planned to go carpet shampooed and scrubbed; the an arson, it apparently was not done back to the dealer with Campus Police Lt Terry Ryals Wednesday to try fire department broke dowirsome tem- for recognition or malicious purposes. team takes to identify more items. pered glass; the air-conditioning ducts "There were no threats," he said. Michol McMiflian, also a Lovett sophomore, hopes to recover about had to be scrubbed and reworked; the Theday before the blaze, a secre- 20 compact discs that the suspect also pawned. The dealer has promised filter systems were reworked, and tary ia Butcher Hall discovered a gas to return them if the titles provided by McMillian match those they have since it was the weekend, it all cost leak from one of the labs. The room SEE THEFT PAGE 6 time and a half," Graduate House was locked and secured. All 16 jets title Master Robert Patten said. were found barely opened. 12 2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1994 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION •WOOSKOF "Wtt CONSWV MKWEM PARKING ANP WWSrtR!" YOU SM>- Uflfc JCUWEKH (>UF0mK We aren't going to stop MO MCNfc aOMEPlACE GUM complaining until you fix it Two years ago, Rice University eliminated all commuter stu- dent parking lots to create additional faculty spaces. As many noted at that time, giving all the commuter student CITY LIMITS spaces to faculty left many spaces unused. In response to student requests, the university granted off-campus students the right to purchase permits for faculty lots after the faculty had all purchased their permits.