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Binford said that even a student by Mark Berenson who parks in the West Lot would be THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF given a proximity card before the Finishing touches are being put gates are activated, so that he could on parkinggates on all non-college access gated lots after business lots except the stadium lots, with the hours, such as the Allen Center Lot, .,.v . m gates scheduled to be activated about in which registered vehicles can park Sept. 2.- after 5:30 p.m. Returning students will be paying Details are still being working out $53 to park in the West Lot, formerly by Binford, but the current plan is for the East Stadium Lot; $8 to Park in the college coordinators to distribute the Greenbriar Lot, formerly the West proximity cards to students who have Stadium Lot; and $113 to park in the registered their cars prior to the acti- vation of the gates. Students who gin**w>im college lots. Freshmen will be paying , nm $150 to park in- the West Lot. All register their cars after the gates' students will pay a $37 shuttle fee. activation have been activated will Associate Vice President for Fi- get cards when they register their nance and Administration Neill cars at the Rice University Police Binford said the gates would not be Department annex, Binford said. activated until the system was ready, Most fees and policies are as they iimtmw even if that meant delaying activa- were announced in the spring. Fac- » tion for a few days. ulty and staff will pay $240 for pre- "The gates will be active once we mium lots (all lots east of Alice Pratt are sure everything is working prop- Brown Hall), $400 for the Central Campus Garage, $150 for the South erly and once we are sure everyone MARK 8ERENSON THRESHER has the [proximity] card that they Stadium Lot, Hess Court Lot and need," Binford said. Media Center Lot, $90 for the West Moving on up Binford said that almost 6,000 Lot and $45 for the Greenbriar Lot. Final preparations are being made on the new Jesse H. Jones School of Management, where classes are proximity cards, which are needed The one change is that all incom- scheduled to take place Monday. New Wiess College and new wings at Brown and Jones Colleges opened last * to gain access to and leave any gated ing students will now pay $150 to week. See Stories, Page 8-9. * lot, will be distributed to faculty, staff park in the West Lot, a rate not an- and students. SeeGATES, Page 12 Driver charged in student death Hunts cause mischief Police report problems with 0-Week groups' scavenging by Mark Berenson had been drinking, and Houston Po- lice Department spokesman Martin 4 THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF DeLeon said police later determined by Olivia Allison ing the old Wiess building: either A Houston man was charged Gattis' blood alcohol level was .26, THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF attempting lo enter the building, in- in late May with intoxicated more than three times Texas' legal side it or carrying property away manslaughter and intoxication limit of .08. /ice President for Student Affairs from the building. Taylor said the Zenaido Camacho sent a letter Mon- area was particularly dangerous be- p- i assault for his role in the car Harris County Assistant District accident that killed Brown Col- Attorney Warren Diepraam, who is aay reminding Orientation Week cause asbestos removal is currently lege freshman Erin Peck prosecutirg tho case, said Gattis was coordinators to plan scavenger hunts taking place. Although no warning t May 10. charged with intoxication man- that "respect the property and rights tape has been put up around the Michael Leslie Gattis, 30, was slaughter and intoxication assault. of all members of the Rice commu- building, the building should be driving a white Chevy Silverado Intoxicated manslaughter is a sec- nity," after several police complaints fenced off within a week, Director of westbound on Bissonnet Street, ond-degree felony and carries a pun- about hunts Sunday night. Project Management Barbara White ran a red light and hit Peck's ishment of two to 20 years in prison. "There was some concern," Rice said. vehicle, which was traveling Intoxication assault is a third-degree University Police Chief Bill Taylor said. Another Brown group removed southbound on Greenbriar felony, punishable with between two "Sunday night we were contacting three photographs from Baker Hall, I Street. Peck, who was wearing a and 10 years in prison. people on a regular basis and saying, causing the backings to be damaged. seat belt, died at the scene, and However, Diepraam added that Folks, you shouldn't be doing that.'" Other Sunday night incidents included *s. COURTESY HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMEh Brown and Baker Colleges held taking construction barricades. the three passengers in her car, it was possible that even if a jury Michael Gattis the all Rice students, were released convicted Gattis of intoxicated man- scavenger hunts Sunday. All colleges "They seem to forget that the rea- les. from the hospital within a week slaughter — the more serious first offender, meaning he has except Wiess and Hanszen Colleges son why that stuff is put up is because or after the accident. charge — he still might not have to no prior felony convictions or have a scavenger hunt during O-Week. there's some danger or some haz- Gattis admitted to police go to jail. felony probation," Diepraam Among the problems with ards, and when they pull that stuff, it shortly after the accident that he "Mr. Gattis is what is called a SeeARREST. Page 11 Sunday's O-Week scavenger hunts can leave someone vulnerable for an ent were several O-Week groups caught accident or getting hurt," Taylor said. 'asy by police at various points of enter- SeeHUNTS. Page 10 our edit arc i tact Computer mistake causes brief NSIDE 5238 freshman registration problem OPINION Page 2 Get involved at Rice "Once [Information Technology] by Mark Berenson A&E Pages 20-21 THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF identified the problem, they imme- diately created the file, and the IT Fast, cheap and out of control Continuing the slow march to people immediately rolled it over [to SPORTS Page 24 complete online registration, incom- SISWeb and Exeter]," Montag said. Hess, IM tennis courts being repaired ing students registered for classes "Even as the students were waiting, online Wednesday, though with their accounts were being updated some kinks. and they were fine." Registrar Jerry Montag said that Peer Academic Adviser Meredith Welcome back! when students created Owlnet ac- Jenkins was at Ryon Lab when stu- This is the Orientation Week issue of the ior counts earlier in the week, a file dents were registering. She said \ Thresher the first of the 2002- 03 academic year. should have been sent to the Stu- there were a few kinks in the JOHN YARDLEY/THRESHER The Thresherwill publish weekly until Oct. 18. dent Information System and Exeter morning's process. Senior outfielder Dane Bubela (right) warms up We wish everyone a successful year and happy systems, from which online regis- "It seemed really chaotic in the before playing a game for the Bourne (MA) Braves (class) shopping to all! tration works. morning," Jenkins, a Hanszen Col- in the Cape Cod League. See Story, Page 25 However, for an unknown rea- lege junior, said. "But all the prob- son, the files were not created in the lems seemed to be solved really Weekend Weather two systems. Therefore, on Wednes- quickly, and it was just a little bit of Friday Meeting the freshmen day morning when a new student a delay." Isolated thunderstorms, 74-94 degrees This year's Newcomers Guide will be available t to went to create a SISWeb account in Montag said there were several Saturday by Wednesday. Just remember. Screw Yer Room- son order to enter the online preregis- other minor logistical problems, such Hazy, hot and humid, 74-96 degrees mate is coming up next month. for tration system, the Rice e-mail ad- as new students not remembering Sunday V- dress which the student entered was their SAT or ACT score — some Partly sunny. 74-95 degrees not recognized as valid. SeeREGISTRATION . Page 6 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, AUGUST 23,2002
insert title here... 111 the Rice Thresher Testing fairly After waking up Monday in a new place surrounded by new people, the new students on campus had to take a test. A test that determined part of their courseload and impacted their academic confidence, despite some serious failings of its own. Some people say the English Composition Exam fails enough % people to fill the spots in English 103; some people say test graders pass too many people who need help because there are not enough spots in the course. The issue is not whether the numbers of students passing are inflated or deflated each year. A bigger prob- e lem is that after talking to graders, it was clear that how severely they 9e judge these tests is based — to some extent — on how many seats there will be in English 103 that year. This is inappropriate for a test that claims to determine a student's by katie streit writing ability. While the exam is officially called a composition exam, "i got canadia!" it is a competency test judging students' writing skills — any skill- based test that results in a pass or a fail is evaluating competency. But this competency exam is too arbitrary to be able to claim true Early involvement better than complaining later legitimacy. English Professor Mary Tobin, who administers the exam with English Professor Linda Driskell, admitted that the test Orientation Week went fine. And if things do go wrong, youll den Student Association agenda when be in a much better position to fix I say this. Although it would be cool if vei has inadequacies: "We of course don't claim it is a full picture of The parking gates are here to stay. There's nothing really new to be them if you've already been involved. you came to Senate meetings, this del every student's ability to write," Tobin said Wednesday. angry about. Administrators will be more likely to isn't supposed to be some rah-rah re- And although Tobin said the number of English 103 sections are Now is the perfect time listen to you if they've cruiting letter for the SA I don't care based on the number of students who fail, this seems unlikely, to get involved. seen you and know that what you get involved with. Get in- considering the number of sections this year — five, as was last I know this might sound you've taken prior initia- volved with RPC and make sure the tive. It shows that you shuttles to formals aren't late. Get in- year's number—was determined before the test was administered. crazy, but the best time to get involved with campus actually care enough to volved with RSVP and improve an Furthermore, the test lacks publicized standards about the crite- issues is when there's noth- make things better when already-pretty-good Best Damn Day ria graders use to evaluate new students' writing. Tobin said graders ing worth fighting about. no one will know. If you of Service Ever. Get involved with pass students who can form an argument, develop it and support it That means right now. just sit around and then your college, and when some jerk in their composition. Surely the professors grading it have graded You shouldn't wait until complain when some- pulls 19 fire alarms, you can be in a thing big happens, you're position to catch him so that your keg numerous essays and papers before, but the fact remains that even a hot topic hits the Thresher or comes up at an SA meet- Matt only proving that you can money doesn't go towards fines. Do these requirements are broad and subjective. ing. By that time, there's not react to problems with- whatever you want, but take the time wc In addition, the English Department is consistently short on a whole lot youll be able to Haynie out making yourself ac- to find something you like and do it. graders, resulting in hastily-graded essays and hurriedly-made do but complain, and al- countable to anyone. Sure, there's always room for stu- /J/*J decisions. One of this year's graders told the Thresher that graders though we all love to do that, Anybody can do that. dent reactions when new problems would probably not read through the second page of many exams it's really just a huge waste of time. It makes sense that Rice students arise, and I'm not saying that you 2 Maybe that sounds harsh, but are often uninterested in being in- shouldn't get up in arms when things and that graders would probably pass "any exam sensible in the first bear with me. If you're involved in volved. We've got things pretty good aren't going the way you want. How- page or two." This is not the ideal situation in which one should something when there are no big here. You could easily go four years ever, you've got to be willing to work on determine students' writing ability. problems, you'll be in a better posi- and be happy without trying to change issues before problems arise. Get in- There are two broad options for improving the test: Completely tion to deal with things before they a thing, and I guess that's okay. How- volved now, and you 11 actually be able change the exam or work on improving it within the current structure. become a huge issue. You can think ever, there are very few people who to do something to get things fixed. about problems as they develop, think Rice is perfect, and you would But hey, if you disagree with me To improve the exam using the current evaluation system, the work on them, and made sure noth- have a hard time finding someone on this, don't worry. Get on the university could offer incentives to those who grade the exams. The test ing goes terribly wrong. Most of the who doesn't think they can make this Thresher staff and make sure noth- administrators could clarify their standards and grading guidelines. student body probably won't even a better place. For that reason, I don't ing like this runs again. edi Administrators could work to solicit student and faculty opinions about know that you were involved in your think there's a single person on cam- | ways to more accurately evaluate students' writing abilities. behind-the-scenes actions, but the pus who wouldn't benefit from get- Matt Haynie is Student Association I university will be better off. That's ting involved with something. president and a Will Rice College And one suggestion for changing the test entirely would be to better for you and everyone else. Don't worry; I don't have any hid- senior. al consider exemptions for high AP or SAT scores. bl The reasoning behind a writing requirement is worthwhile. Rice ul graduates often lament the low overall quality of their writing. Yet, LETTER TO THE EDITOR CI a one-time test—graded seemingly haphazardly—isn't the answer. Test administrator s, graders and students admit that some students Column unfairly to time. Why should you be so harsh God has gentle ways and delights in need of help pass and some good writers fail. on the other people who exercise in subtleties. Good luck, Mr. Under current conditions, writing competency judgements are lambasts faith their free will, for better or worse, to Merriam. God bless you. simply unfair. believe and behave rather differently To the editor: from both your standards and their Karen Parten Villarreal, In the same issue in which Mus- own, as well? Jones College, lim students expressed shock and We all may choose whether to B.A., 71 disappointment at a Doonesbury believe or not. I've looked at life comic strip, Garret Merriam, a phi- from both sides now and found con- Scavenging for good losophy graduate student, attacked vincing arguments and proofs for "the holy hood-ornament — God" however one believes. The question, CONTACTING THE While scavenger hunts often force interaction between groups ("Religious orthodoxy ranges from really, is "Do you want to believe?" hoping to bond and familiarize new students with Houston, they also 'bad' to 'atrocious'" May 17) When I was 28, nursing and THRESHER have the ability to put new students in a position fraught with peer I find Mr. Merriam's article an flooded with profound love for my Letters affront against the God of Judaism, baby, I gave faith a second chance pressure and the possibility for embarassment. This year's scavenger • Letters to the editor Christianity and Islam, to name a and have since seen amazing evi- %•V hunts seem to have crossed a line into illegal and improper things for few religions that organize worship dence for trusting a gracious, sensi- should be sent via e-mail to advisers to do to or with their freshmen. (See Story, Page 1.) of God, whether called Jehovah or tive, concerned, youthful, scientific, [email protected] Letters The Rice orientation system is built around a strong support Allah or another name. Mr. Merriam artistic, humorous and loving God. I must be received by 5 p.m. on also called believers cowardly, and have found far more reasons to be- the Monday prior to a Friday network for incoming students. Creating situations in which self- publication date. conscious students feel they must go along with the crowd defeats escapist. lieve than to doubt. I, too, once chose not to believe. For example, last summer I drove • All letters to the editor the purpose of the welcoming college and advising systems. For eight years, starting with my from Washington, D.C., to a Latin must be signed and include a This year's scavenger hunts caused such problems (tampering sophomore year at Rice, I was con- teachers' conference in Virginia, and phone number. Rice students with construction sites and removing pictures from Baker Hall) that vinced there was no God. Then I as I drove I made up a song with the and alumni must include their the administration got involved, recommending that the colleges had a baby, nursed her, read up on words, "Ancient of Days, full of college and year. • Letters should be no monitor their own scavenger hunt lists. The administrative interfer- prolactin and discovered that beauty and grace, I adore You." I mother mammals are biochemically sang it over and over again. Once at longer than 250 words in i ence was quick, smooth, and relatively painless — no big punish- programmed to love their babies all the conference, and without a car, length. The Thresher reserves ments and no rude barging in. day and during the night. finding myself needing a knife with the right to edit letters for But they were just talking about students doing illegal things. As my children, now all National a metal blade, I prayed and went both content and length. They weren't addressing the students who got pierced or tattooed Merit Scholars and all Rice alumni, looking for one, without success. Subscribing once sang long ago in a little song When I returned later to my room, within three days of arriving at Rice. After the administration got • Annual subscriptions are they'd made up, "We're floating in a there was a perfectly suitable little involved, the O-Week coordinators began telling advisers to regu- penknife sitting on the bedside table. available for $50 domestic and universe of love." I agree. Mr. $105 international via first late their group's activities, but this self-regulation should have been Brand: Old Timer. Merriam, you are free not to believe class mail. more firmly in place earlier. in God and to be dismayed by some I hope that some day you will find The university lets us get away with a lot during O-Week, and we of the sad shortcomings of orga- a spiritual community that nurtures Advertising should do our part to make sure we keep their trust and keep the nized religion, and you are free to you and that you will not doubt your • We accept both display write without sufficient restraint special priveleges by keepng our rule-bending safe and fun. senses when you feel, as must surely and classified advertisements. about those who choose not to agree happen rather frequently, that you Contact the thresher- with you. have been the recipient of some Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of the Thresher' [email protected] for more infor- This is America, after all, where grace, some fortunate coincidence, mation. editorial staff. free will reigns supreme from time serendipity. ill THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 reaming from a soap box I'm part of the problem affic overwhelms southern comforts Mass-marketed designers might not be as threatening as seat, proud of my victory. She The same goes for our supermar- le West Nile Virus. In fact, it's not sneered at me from underneath kets and malls. But on Houston's adisease at all, but we'd all have a some man's arm across the cabin. streets, known for being home to proving cheap can be chic I better time living in the urban oasis Very few people, myself included, some of the worst traffic in this coun- of Houston if it were gone. remember the rules of the try, the game is much different. Some popular designers have ments for the Todd Oldham and However, living in any city sidewalk. If you are walk- The worst offenders are the finally condescended to design Phillippe Starck designs at Tar- with millions of residents ing slowly, stay off to the Metro bus drivers, who are clearly for the rest of us—you know, the get even include the designers precipitates a number of side. Walk only on the participating in a scheme to garner ones without platinum American themselves as spokespeople. things. Nasty traffic, right side of the street. an influx of passengers for the pub- Express cards. Granted, they should brown skies and plain old When looking at maps, lic transport system. If each bus Joe Boxer is avail- be expected to endorse rudeness, to name a few. be sure to not obstruct driver managed to take out just one able at K-Mart, Bob their own products, but Not that we're short on the view of the person be- car a month in Houston, Metro would Mackie has designed a there's a definite air of dinner parties, gratuitous hind you. Perhaps getting be flying high with income. clothing collection for celebrity about the gifts or thank-you notes. a seat on the subway isn't So here's the question: As a citi- discount catalogue re- whole thing. Target It's the courtesy due to the Catherine the end-all-be-all of trans- zen of Houston, do you make the tailer Chadwick's of isn't just selling us people that don't appear portation, but that is easy situation worse or better? Boston and Phillippe Todd Oldham sheets, on your greeting-card list Adcock to forget. In the past, my personal approach Starck and Todd it's selling us Todd that's lacking. Of course, it's differ- has been to reciprocate whatever Oldham have joined Oldham in all his dis- In a city like Houston, ent here in the South. attitudes are shown to me. If I get Michael Graves at Tar- Carly tressed-denim-and- the average person interacts with Upon my return, I was thankful for cut off walking to the milk aisle in get. Kocurek turtleneck-wearing hundreds of people each day with- the humdrum gait of the South the grocery store, or some 20-year- Previously, design, glory. out ever learning their names. Rude- where pedestrian courtesy is practi- old guy takes the seat I was headed or at least respectable In addition to theo- ness is a symptom of an overcrowded cally the 11th Commandment. for on the tube, I have no qualms design, meant design for the cho- retically more aesthetically-pleas- city where people see little more But then I remembered, while about doing the same to the next sen few who could afford to spend ing items, accessible high design than the snazzy shoes they wear or pedestrianism is the religion of the person. It's a Hobbesian dilemma. hundreds of dollars on individual may serve as a subtle way of grant- the clever vanity plateson their cars. north, motor traffic rules the South. I'm going to change my tune and clothing items and countless thou- ing Wal-Mart shoppers like me When there's little room to maneu- Houston negates the positive karma try to make things a little better. I'm sands on floor lamps. Such a stan- some easy access to art. ver on the sidewalks, bruised shoul- of its sidewalk politeness with its not going to be the model of cour- dard excluded most Americans, An article bemoaning the state ders will result. highway behavior, where the rule is tesy, otherwise I'd never get any- leaving us to our top-heavy of the arts in American culture Every large city has its own prob- survival of the fittest, the fattest and where on Houston's streets. But it torchier lamps and unforgiveably said that until designing posters lems with courtesy. In largely pe- the fastest. can't hurt to give someone the right standardized T-shirts. for Burger King was as respect- destrian, fast-paced cities like New Every person here has been wit- of way more often than I already do. Mass-produced designer ob- able as hanging paintings in mu- York and London, the problem is on ness to, and likely participated in, I may not know the people I'm letting jects will certainly not allow the seums, the relationship of art to the sidewalks and in the subway. Houston's motor traffic rat race. cut in front of me on Highway 59, but average American access to haute everyday life for most Americans Falling victim to the disease of dis- Houston can afford courtesy per- maybe every once in a while I'll get coutoure, nor allow people to dis- would be tenuous at best. In a courtesy and forgetting my very son-to-person because there are so a thank-you wave. tinguish themselves through pur- profit-driven society, art becomes Southern roots, I literally raced a few people on the sidewalks; it takes chases, but they can at least allow a luxury item to be indulged in by woman to a seat on the subway this little effort to maneuver without in- Catherine Adcock is opinion editor the average person to own some those who can afford the leisure summer in London. I relaxed in my fringing on someone else's space. and a Martel College senior. truly beautiful objects. of going out of their way to muse- A Todd Oldham floor lamp ums. available for $30 at Target is a Design, art's more practical Support the dominant paradigm cheaper, but no less attractive, face, had fallen into much the alternative to the $250 medusa same realm, since most innova- floor lamp from which it takes tive design remains financially in- is Sexual politics should not be applied to children design cues. accessible to the vast majority of |>u The infusion of design into people. JS Senator Patrick Moynihan Other groups are culpable. Two "conceivably, absolutely" be posi- Americans' everyday lives seems However, Michael Graves' called it "defining deviancy down." years ago the American Civil Liber- tive. Alas, she isn't entirely alone in to offer hope that the impersonal graceful post-modern appliances In His message conveyed how Ameri- ties Union began defending believing this. experience of retail shopping for at Target, and Joe Boxer's over- I1" can society has come to accept be- NAMBLA against a lawsuit brought Levine's sister-in-arms, former those of us who can't afford by- the-top prints on home items and haviors that should be by a father of a child who U.S. Surgeon General Jocelyn El- appointment-only boutiques may clothes at K-Mart make interest- considered unacceptable. had been raped and mur- ders, was fielded to write the for- help to lend some humanity to ing design visible to nearly every- le Over time, the intolerable dered by two known ward for Harmful to Minors. Elders the objects we buy. The afore- one. Even if someone is too prac- le has become tolerable. A NAMBLA adherents. In was ousted by former President mentioned floor lamp (which tical to spring for the Phillippe man steals, we look for gross contempt for the Clinton 1994 over her remark that stands in a corner of my bedroom) Starcke letter opener, they can excuses. A woman mur- facts, an attorney for the masturbation "perhaps should be is not a hunk-of-junk knock-off still see the thing while rounding ders her five children, we ACLU maintained that taught" in public schools. Her atti- that I picked up at Target because the aisle looking for Bic pens. ask why. NAMBLA material "does tudes have changed little; in an in- I could not afford anything nicer. In short, when mass-produced Perhaps we've arrived not promote any kind of terview early this year she claimed It is a well-designed item that designer items are mass-mar- at the end of the road, criminal behavior whatso- that Levine's latest offering doesn't someone spent a lot of time per- keted by retail giants, they work beyond which there are Owen ever" — material includ- endorse pedophilia or child abuse. fecting. Most designers would be to turn the average shopping trip lines we aren't willing to ing their notorious pam- But if sex between an adult and more than a little hesitant to slap into an eye-opening experience cross. It is heartening to Courreges phlet "Rape and Escape." twelve-year-old isn't pedophilia, what their names on anything that by challenging our assumptions know that journalist This is the damnable is? Levine and those who agree with might fail to perform. After all, about what affordable goods Judith Levine's newest result of excessive toler- her apparently wish to define pedo- their good name is on the line. should look like and offering us book, Harmful to Minors elicited a ance. First we define sexual morality philia away, and if pedophilia no Of course, the appealing pos- consumer items with some real vociferous response, even prior to as beyond the purview of American longer exists, there can be no devi- sibility of becoming a household panache. its release. The problem isn't the culture, then watch as the carnage ancy. There can be no childhood for name may have more than a little Now if only Gaultier would scholarship — no one claims she ensues; watch as books are written anyone, and Moynihan's admonition to do with the willingness of de- jump on the band wagon. plagiarized; it is the thesis. She extolling the virtues of sexualizing becomes our reality, with no inno- signers to condescend to design claims that sex between adults and ourchildren, of rapingthem. No more cence left to protect. for large corporations rather than Carly Kocurek isA&E editor and a children can be both appropriate judging is permissible, for the sacred exclusive boutiques. Advertise- Will Rice College junior. and desirable. cow of tolerance has crossed. Owen Courreges is a Will Rice Col- * "For our part, adults owe children lege senior. not only protection and a schooling in safety, but also the entitlement to pleasure," remarks Levine. She sug- Perhaps we've arrived The Rice Thresher, the official student gests following the age-of-consent newspaper at Rice. University since 1916, is laws in the Netherlands, which per- at the end of the road, the Rice Thresher published each Friday during the school year, mit sex between adults and minors except during examination periods and as young as twelve. beyond which there are holidays, by the students of Rice University. It's no coincidence that Levine Rachel Rustin Editorial and business offices are located lines we arent willing Editor in Chief furthers stated goals of the North on the second floor of the Ley Student Center, American Man/Boy Love Associa- 6100 Main St.. MS-524. Houston, TX 77005- to cross. Olivia Allison tion, the lobbying wing of the pedo- 1892. Phone (713) 348-4801. Fax (713) 348- Senior Editor phile movement. NAMBLA works 5238. E-mail: [email protected]. Web page: to see that age-of-consent laws are http://www. ricethresher.org. weakened and eventually abolished. Levine belabors this point, mak- NEWS COPY Levine bolsters their case, stating ing her ends known as she recounts Mark Berenson, Editor Grace Hu, Editor Annual subscription rate: $50 domestic, liana Bromberg, Editor $105 international. Nonsubscription rate: first that "designating a class of people recent history. "Remember, women Liora Danan, Senior Editor Lindsey Gilbert, Ass/. Editor copy free, second copy $5. categorically unable to consent to were once considered 'innocent,' PHOTOGRAPHY sexual relations is not the best way which meant we were supposed to OPINION Katie Streit, Editor The Thresher reserves the right to refuse i to protect children." not want or enjoy sex," says Levine. Catherine Adcock. Editor Kijana Knight, Assf. Editor any advertising for any reason. Additionally, Sushi Suzuki, Ass/. Editor Moreover, Levine's intimation "Finally, women stood up and Carly Kocurek, Acting Editor the Thresher does not take responsibility for the factual content of any ad. Printing an that sex between children and adults said, 'We're sexual! And thank you FEATURES % SPORTS advertisement does not constitute an is acceptable has been a mainstay of very much, we'll look after our- Jonathan Yardley, Editor Natasha Alvandi, Editor endorsement by the Thresher. NAMBLA's agenda since its launch. selves.' Children were the last 'inno- Dylan Hedrick, Ass*. Editor The NAMBLA bulletin once ran an cents' to protect." Skye Schell. Online Editor ARTS A ENTERTAINMENT Unsigned editorials represent the majority article showcasing child sex tour- I hope this is no new beginning of opinion ofthe 77)rw/ifr editorial staff. All other Carly Kocurek, Editor BUSINESS ism in Asia, in which a twelve-year- innocent lost. I hope the initial re- opinion pieces represent solely the opinion of Polly D'Avignon, Business Manager the author. old boy offered assurances that he sponse to Levine's book will be the BACKPAGE Undsay Roemmich, Payroll Manager "loved his work" as a prostitute. If only response.The recent scandal in Jeff Bishop, Acting Editor Lindsay Sutton, Distribution Manager one believes Levine's analysis this Parul Patel, Subscriptions Manager The Thresher is a member of the Associated # Roman Catholic churches in the Collegiate Press and the Society of CALENDAR Margaret Xu, Office Manager seems perfectly plausible, yet if de- U.S., after all, was met with revul- Professional Journalists. The Thresher is an ADVERTISING viancy has not already been defined sion, because pedophilia is still a Corey Devine. Acting Editor ACP All-American newspaper. You won't fool Ashley Friggel, Editor Robert Lee, Ads Manager away, it is sad evidence of one of the cultural taboo. Not for Levine, who the children of the revolution. LIFESTYLES Ethan Varela, Asst. Ads Manager ©COPYRIGHT 2002. worst crimes known to mankind: argues that a sexual relationship Corey E. Devine, Editor Gretchen Raff, Classified Ads Manager divesting a child of innocence. between a priest and a youth could THE RICE THRESHER ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002
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Please visit the Career Services Center on the web at: http://careers.rice.edu MB® THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 Director of Student Student affairs hires new staffer by Skye Schell Camacho said that when he Activities Hicks resigns THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF moved to Rice from Baylor, he missed Cooper in his office so much that one year later he asked by Olivia Allison Former Student Affairs Divi- sion Coordinator Linda Cooper her to join him at Rice. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF has replaced divisional adminis- "When I came to Rice, one of Director of Student Activities trator Barbara Eudey, who re- the things I wanted desperately Mona Hicks announced July 11 that tired in June after 31 years in the was to have the ability to have she had accepted a job as Senior office. her come and join me, because Director for Student Activities at Jacqueline Ross-Hagebaum she's been indispensible in my Vanderbilt University. Hicks began transferred from Research and life," Camacho said. "I can't be- working at Vanderbilt Aug. 5. Graduate Studies, where she gin to capture what a talented Assistant Director for Student worked as an executive assistant, woman she is." Activities Heather Masden will be to take Cooper's place as division Camacho said both Cooper and the interim director and will oversee coordinator. Ross-Hagebaum will help students the search for a permanent replace- Cooper has been in the office greatly. ment. of student affairs for seven years. "The thing that will strike the MARK BERENSON/THRESHER Hicks said although she loved Cooper also worked earlier with students the most is how inter- Jacqueline Ross-Hagebaum her job at Rice, she accepted the Vice President of Student Affairs ested and insightful [Cooper] is Vanderbilt position because it was Camacho for several years when when it comes to student con- "She'll be working with me on higher-ranking and because, as an SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER he was the senior associate dean cerns," he said. "They both will major projects, and in general Mona Hicks employee, she would have an oppor- at the Baylor College of Medi- connect with students in immea- working with Student Affairs," tunity to work on her Ph.D. at the Zenaido Camacho said he will miss cine. surable ways that will benefit the Hutchinson said. "In addition to Peabody School of Education at Hicks. Ross-Hagebaum's first job at students. I think that's one of their working with personnel and bud- Vanderbilt. "You know good people you al- Rice was in the Office of Spon- greatest strengths." getforthe division, Dr. Camacho "This was an opportunity I ways regret losing," Camacho said. sored Research, in which she Ross-Hagebaum said she often asked me to work on some major couldn't pass up," she said. "When I "She was great. I'm going to miss worked after moving from Austra- works with students who are start- projects, and Jacqueline will be got a call in April about this job, I her. She was like a daughter to me." lia with her husband, now a gradu- ing or developing clubs and other my lead assistant." said, 'I love my job, so it'd better be Hicks also served as the resident ate student at Rice. groups and helps put their ideas Although Cooper and Ross- good,'... so I went through the pro- associate at Hanszen College for six "I've been here for about two into action. Hagebaum have different spe- cess with that in mind. ... [The pro- years. Hicks announced last fall that months now and am slowly taking "Contact with students is very cific responsibilities, they often motion and degree opportunity] are she would resign from her Hanszen overthe responsibilities that Linda rewarding — it makes a position collaborate in their work, things I cannot get collectively at College RA position at the end of the had here," Ross-Hagebaum said. very enjoyable because of their Camacho said. Rice." 2001-'02 academic year. She said In their new positions, Cooper activity and energy," she said. "In effect, we're a team, we all when she announced her resigna- and Ross-Hagebaum assist Hutchinson said Ross- work together," Camacho said. tion as an RA last fall, she did not Camacho, Assistant Vice Presi- Hagebaum is invaluable to him "If whenever something needs to know she would be leaving Rice en- dent for Student Affairs John because she handles his commu- be done, Jacqueline will help 7'm going to miss her. tirely. Hutchinson and other student af- nications with students and assists Linda or Linda will help Hanszen President Mandy Legal fairs administrators. with his major projects. Jacqueline." She was like a daughter said Hicks' influence at the college would be missed. to me.' "Mona was an important pres- — Zenaido Camacho ence at Hanszen," Legal, a senior, Vice President for said. "She was always willing to sit down and listen or just be available Student Affairs for anyone who needed to talk about RICE RECREATON something." C£lMT6K Hicks said she has enjoyed the Hicks said she is enjoying her cooler climate and better traffic in JOB OPPORTUNITIES new job — which consists of over- Nashville after living in Houston. seeing sororities and fraternities, the "I was definitely at a point where > Group Fitness Leader* student center, student activities, I couldn't take that doggone Hous- student organizations and student ton, just the 'let's go sit in traffic for > Persona! Trainer government — because she inter- an hour and a half and all that extra acts with students frequently. In drama," she said. "Nashville's got > Activity Attendant addition, she said she likes the ad- character, and I'm discovering a new ministrators' vision for VanderbiLt city and how I can fit in." > Facility Manager** just like I always am at this time of Hicks encouraged students to year — I just want to meet and be visit or to consider studying at > Operations Assistant with students," Hicks said. "There's Vanderbilt. > Weight Room Attendant a really innovative vice chancellor "They do have a law school and a that has this great vision, so ... it's medical school, and since I'm get- > Field Attendant just really exciting to be part of some- ting my Ph.D., I'll be here a while, so thing that is new." people can go to school here, if they > Aquatic Instructor* * * Vice President for Student Affairs want," she said. > Aquatic Lifeguard > Intramural Sports official**** BE A PLAYER THIS FAI L! > Intramural Sport Supervisor * Contact Nlakyba Lyons at 713.348*3763 ([email protected]) for Join the Rice Players in producing Antigone this fall. |obs in fitness.
The following positions are still open: "Contact Steve Walton at 713.340.4078 (swalton#rice.edu) fer jobs in operations. Master Carpenter Master Electrician Costume Shop Manager Electricians *** Contact Scott Wray at 713.348.2742 ([email protected]) for jobs Follow Spot Operators Carpenters Stitchers Painters in Aquatics. Shoppers Drivers and mure! **** Contact Tina Villard at 713.348.5398 (tvillarcM&rice.odu) for jobs in Intramural Sports. No experience needed. We have positions available for all levels of commitment and experience. IMPORTANT EMPLOYEE INFORMATION PATES Recreation Center employee information session Tuesday August Learn more; Come to the Theatre Activities Fair 27, 2002 6-8pm meet in respective employee areas! Monday, August 26 at 8 pm in Hamman Hall
It you are interested, e-mail speisen&rice.edu. Mandatory Trainings for Intramural Sports Flag Football September 9, 2002 5pm it ymi'dl itke to be informed of Player* happening* throughout Volleyball September 18, 2002 5pm the year, check out www.ruf ricg gdu/-olavera. Soccer September 11, 2002 5pm Anyone who does any work for any Players show is a Basketball September 16, 2002 8pm Player for life! Please report to the Recreation Center Office. THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY. AUGUST 23, 2002 W '¥ 4 NEWS All new students able to register online Tl M
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REGISTRATION , from Page 1 can also get the results on the Web." fore finalizing your schedule," thing that is required to log into Montag said that steps would also Jenkins said. "Other than that, it SISWeb. However, Montag said most be taken to inform all students who doesn't seem to have an effect, from of the problems were solved quickly. did not get into courses they se- the advising point of view." "We just printed a master copy lected. Montag said having students our first refcwnl .. [of SAT or ACT scores] and there "We will e-mail students if they from all the colleges come to a cen- were a few of us who had that, so are closed out of classes," Montag tral point to register online had ben- Thursday, August 29,2002 [new students] could reference said. "If they are an athlete, we will efits beyond making registration that," Montag said. e-mail the athletic department, or if easier to control 4:00 to 5:30 PM - Rice Bandhall Montag said the Registrar s Of- they are a music student we will "They were picking schedules, (Marion Hicks Kitchen basement) fice would be processing registra- contact the music school." and they were making friends — I C ( ,he fine3t in toncm wlnd tion starting Wednesday night and Jenkins said, from her perspec- saw a lot of students getting excited ending today. New students will be tive, academic advising was only or pleased that this person would be R3B able to find out the results of the slightly affected by the online regis- in my class," Montag said. "I think a literature, with concerts twice each semester. registration on Saturday. tration. camaraderie developed with these Membership is open to all wind players and "Our goal is to have the results in "It compresses your timeframe students, being together in the same the college mailboxes by Saturday for academic advising because it is environment, asking the same types percussionists in the Rice community. Place- morning," Montag said. "Students one more thing you have to do be- of questions. They were excited." ment will be determined by auditions held early in the semester. Fall rehearsals are Thursdays, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., and expand in the spring semester to Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Want to be a rising star? E-mail: themob^rice.edu Call: 1-800 VVHY RICE (949-7423) Engineers who can explain the profitability and economic or In Houston (713) 348-2346 requirements of technical projects to managers and investors Web Site: http://mob.rtce.edii command authority and often advance cjuickly on the job.
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CIVI 322/ENGI 303 teaches concepts and techniques needed to foreground the economic aspects of engineering projects in a global environment by covering • rate of return analysis • cash flow development • depreciation • income taxes • capital budgeting • cost of capital • risk management • computer probability models
Students also learn how to give financial presentations to management and how to write project analyses used by investment committees.
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The following items were reported to the University Police for the period Recent alums named Wiess RAs May 19-Aug. 20. Items were removed for space. by Olivia Allison THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Residential Colleges When Doward and Christie Will Rice College May 28 Chest stolen from the commons. Hudlow graduated from Wiess in 2001, they did not expect to move Will Rice College May 29 Attempted assault. back on campus one year later. But the Hudlows, recently selected as Wiess College June 15 Criminal mischief. Subject drove a the new Wiess College Resident As- golf cart through sealant on the sociates, have been living in their sidewalk, leaving black marks on apartment in the new Wiess build- the sidewalk. Subject had been ing for a month weeks. asked not to drive through the The RA Search Committee se- sealant, but decided to disregard lected the couple in early July from the request. 11 applicants, RA Search Commit- Sid Richardson July 8 Report of smell of marijuana coming tee Chair Mike Bader, a senior, said. College from students' room. Subjects Physics and Astronomy Professor admitted to use and were remanded Stanley Dodds, the previous RA, re- to the responsibility of adults. signed in May, one year before the mtr end of his seven-year limit. Baker College Aug. 8 Student reported that someone Christie Hudlow said she and opened his door during the night. Doward had considered being RAs y A< v*-*- The student startled the intruder before, and they felt compelled to who left without incident. apply for the new position when Dodds resigned. Brown College Aug. 19 Officer reported students in the "Our friends had joked about [us construction area. The students being RAs] for a long time because were advised to leave the area. we were very involved while we were SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER Doward and Christie Hudlow (both Wiess '01) were named Wiess' Resident Officer also recovered pictures taken at Wiess, and when the opportunity Associates over the summer. from Baker Hall during a scavenger came up, we had to take it," she said. hunt. (See Story, Page 1.) Bader said the couple s youth contributed to the committee's deci- productions. She also held various undergraduate years at Wiess, Academic Buildings sion to choose them, in addition to positions at Wiess including trea- Christie Hudlow said separating Sewall Hall Aug. 8 Theft of service. Professor reported their close ties with Wiess. surer and college court justice. their role as peers from their role as someone using office phone after "They'll bring a lot of youth, a lot "They were both some of the fin- RAs may be difficult. hours and making long distance of energy... and they'll bring a strong est leaders of the entire student body "We know half the college from calls. sense of commitment and spirit as and were certainly well-known and when we were students, and there's well, which they shared when they well-liked in the Wiess community," a fine line between that and knowing Geology Building Aug. 15 Electric welder taken from unlocked were at Wiess and continue to share Hutchinson said. that, when it comes down to the mechanical room. in theirsupport of Wiess," Bader said. Both Christie and Doward wire, my word needs to fly," she Assistant Vice President for Stu- Hudlow said they are excited to get said. "We're not guite the same Other Buildings dent Affairs John Hutchinson, who back involved in Wiess activities and people we were two years ago." Lovett Hall July 8 Report of graffiti on Lovett Hall. was the Wiess master when the to return to the close-knit environ- However, Wiess Master Dan Kalb Photos taken Hudlows were residents of Wiess ment Rice s college system offers. said he doesn't think this will be a said the Hudlows greatest strength 'Living in an apartment in Hous- problem for them because the selec- Gymnasium July 25 Golf car stolen, driven into a tree was their willingness to listen. ton was rather different from living tion committee asked the Hudlows and windshield broken. Both have a good understand- on campus at Rice.' Doward Hudlow many questions regarding their age ing of the Rice undergraduate expe- said. "In the commumtv. peoDie are during the interview Parking Lots rience. and they are ooth excellent a uttle more scared ot eacn other . 'Their responses were very Lovett Lot May 23 Officer responded to report ot a listeners he said."! thin« thev II be and that doesn t haopen nere. i think bright and very mature, ano thev're suspicious vehicle parked in lot. aoie to combine that to give very the thing i missea most was nang- verv aware of [the potential prob- Driver started vehicle and attemDted good advice and very good direc- mg out on the oaicony with tons of lems], so I don t think it will be a to flee. Officers stopped the vehicle tions tor students who seek them oeoDie — that's wnere vou share the problem at all." Kalb said. "I think it and arrested two black females. out.'' most." will be an asset.' Hutchinson said Doward and Dowara Hudlow said he thinks Doward and Christie Hudlow said West Lot July 12 Stolen vehicle recovered. Vehicle Christie Hudlow were resDecteo as the most difficult part ot beino an RA thev are exciteo to neio Wiess adapt had crashed through the barricade students because thev were nighlv will be learning to Daiance his career its traditions to the new Duilding, and been abandoned. involved in Wiess activities. ano the Wiess activities they want to into which they moved Aug. 3. Over his four years at Wiess be involved in. "Evervbody talks a let about how West Lot July 12 Suspicious male tampering with car Doward Hudlow was a sophomore When you iive in a place like buildings are not what makes the doors. Subject has an outstanding Cabinet representative, social vice Wiess you want to give yourself to college, and I think it's true but warrant in Omaha, Neb. Omaha will president, external vice president. as much of a oroiect as you can and buildings piav a big pan in tradi- not extradite, arid subject issued Orientation Week adviser and Table- now we have to balance our ca- tions. Dowaro Hudlow said. "I think criminal trespass warning. top Theater producer. Christie reers ano IODS with those he said. a new surrounding, a new building Hudlow also advised during O-WeeK Because the Hudlows still know will make thinos work better and West Lot Aug. 15 Vehicle reported stolen and directed and acted in Tabletoo manv Wiess students from their just differently for everyone "
Other Areas Reckiinq Park June 6 Press box and Rice locker room were broKen into ano numerous :ems were taken. Costly damage 5814 Kirby was done to the facility. Fingerprints were taken from the scene. In Rice Village
1800 Dryden June 17 Traffic stop. A minor was consuming aicohol while driving. Municipal citation issued and both the driver I (713) 432-7272 and passenger were released to Better Ingredients. responsible adults. Better rizza. Now serving Entrance #6 June 17 Sergeant reported a black female squeezing through a locked entrance ofthetrack/soccerstadium. Subject Chicken Strips! refused to identify herself and started to run. Officer chased and Tetra-Point pay option. captured the subject, who was Call thr Kirby location for driails. arrested for evading arrest and Rice Special booked into Harris County Jail. Subject will be held for the Large one topping pizza Immigration and Naturalization Service pending investigation as to Late Night One two liter Coke® her being an illegal alien Rice Special Entrance #19 July 1 Soda machine vandalized. Large one topping pizza $9.99 Laboratory Road July 2 Vehicle stopped for disregarding stop sign. Driver arrested for driving One two liter Coke* while intoxicated and transported to jail.
Entrance #8 July 30 Sergeant directing event traffic at intersection. Jogger disregarded $8.99 J officer's direction and would not After 9 p.m. stop as directed Second officer arrested subject in 2500 block of Shakespeare for evading arrest or detention. District attorney accepted charges and subject was transported We support Rice athletics. to Harris County Jail.
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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002
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by Mark Berenson work was still being done on the THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF building to secure the roof so stu- dents cannot gain access to it. Move-in to the new Wiess Col- Wiess Internal Vice President lege and new wings of Brown and and Head Fellow Andrew Swick said Jones Colleges went smoothly and that although there were flaws, such without problems, Housing and Din- as a lack of water fountains, he liked ing Director Mark Ditman said. his new home. Although Director of Project "I was a fan of the old building, Management Barbara White said but the new rooms are great, and we there was some minor work that still have so much common space scat- needed to be completed for Wiess, tered that we still have yet to deter- she said the building was ready for mine what to do with it all," Swick occupancy. said. "I'm looking forward to bring- "There is still some punch work ing the traditions of Wiess College activity and some small repairs that to a new building." still need to be made," White said. Over the summer, preliminary "And there will be some additional work on tearing down the old Wiess gates and card readers and things building began. White said salvage like that adjusted late on this year work was completed over the sum- % SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER and over Christmas." mer, while utility shut-off and asbes- tos removal is continuing. White said the asbestos removal has been a painstaking process be- 'If people go in, it will cause there has been small quanti- ties of asbestos in many places. be handed off to U. "What we are doing is having a contractor going in with the detec- Court, so it is a bad tor, and they tear down a part and decision to go into the test whether that part needs to be Better than the [abated]," White said. "It is pretty old building.' much every couple of rooms that Warwick has had to some small abatement — Mark Ditman done." The new Wiess College (above) Housing and Dining Director White said a construction fence comes complete with a giant Acabowl and Acatramp, where was scheduled to go up around the Wiessmen have already started to site by the end of next week, though relax. White said the schedule to com- even now students should stay away The new wings at Brown and Jones plete the Brown wing in time for from the site. College required creative connec- Orientation Week had been tight, "It is very important that students tions to the existing structures, but the contractor - Miner Deidrick stay away from that property because which were accomplished with - made sure it was ready on time. not only is the asbestos work going external circular connectors (right). "We weren't sure at the begin- to be ongoing, but it is just a danger- ning of this year whether we would ous site at this point," White said. be able to meet the schedule chal- Ditman agreed, saying he had lenge," White said. "But Miner told Wiess that the site was strictly Deidrick just pulled out all of the off-limits. However several O-Week stops to get that building ready." groups from other colleges went into White said there was little touch- the building during the scavenger up work that needed to be done but hunt. Although no students were that students still needed to use punished for entering the building, caution around the area because Ditman advised against such actions. construction was continuing on "If people go in, it will be handed Brown Commons, which is sched- off to U. Court, so it is a bad decision uled to be completed at the end of to go into the old building," Ditman November. said. "Any forays into that building Ditman said there were no prob- are risky and will be dealt with se- lems completing the rooms in the verely." new wing at Jones, but last-minute SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER Start the semester right... Come to R.U.F.! BIOS 305 First Day of Class Writing and Presenting in the Biosciences Monday - 8:30pm Farnsworth (RMC) 2-CREDIT PILOT COURSE 110-WEEK SCHEDULE I WEDNESDAYS, 2-5 PM For more information about the course, contact the instructors: Leam how to organize and present numerical Join us for food, data (figures, tables) and visual data (gels, fellowship, singing, blots, photographs). Dr. Mary Purugganan Develop your skills in designing scientificG x6128 and teaching from posters and delivering oral presentations. [email protected] Practice how to write effective bioscience God's Word arguments and to synthesize study results. Julie Zeleznik Revise or generate curriculum vitae or x6237 contact: [email protected] applications for graduate school. mm, p Prepare yourself to move from BIOS 211 [email protected] [email protected] to BIOS 311 and other upper-level courses. www .ruf. rice.edu/~riceruf Visit us on the web at htt p://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~bios305/ v. ,» c . ,• • t i ' - v . ': V. mSm THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 : NEWS 9
. Qasses to be held at new Jones School on Monday
by Mark Berenson said. "The library will be open to THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF students. We are going to play that by ear, and if it turns out that around Faculty members have been mov- exams it is occupied solely by under- I ing into the new Jesse H. Jones graduates, then we may have to give School of Management building some priority to our students." since Aug. 12, and classes will be Whitaker said an open house for Learning in all held in the building on Monday, the the entire campus was scheduled for first day of classes. Sept. 13, tentatively around lunch time, settings Director of Project Management and that a larger dedication would be The new Jesse H. Jones School of Barbara White said that all class- held on Sept. 18 in the late afternoon. Management Building has a trading rooms would be usable on Monday. The Central Campus Garage is room (right) to help students learn "On [Monday] all the classrooms scheduled to open to parking cus- about the markets and a two-tiered will be up and ready to go," White tomers on Sept. 1, when the entire lecture amphitheater (below). said. "There may still be some trim- campus gate system will be activated. ming out going on, but there will be White said. fewer construction personnel in the building than there are right now." However, Jones School Dean Gil- bert Whitaker said it was possible a 'Last week and this few classes would have to be held at the Jones School's current home in week are the big push Herring Hall at first. "We will have a good share of our on the project.' classes [at the new Jones School]," — Barbara White Whitaker said Tuesday. "We may Director of Project MARK BERENSON/THRESHER still have to have a few [at Herring Hall], but at the moment, we are Management a planing to do them all there, but Wmrnmmmm things happen." One area of the building — the Following the completion of the first floor of the west wing of the building, landscaping work will con- building — will not be ready until tinue on the western quadrangle — the end of next week because con- the area between Alice Pratt Brown struction contractors have stored Hall, Baker Hall and the Jones School equipment in that area. However, Building. that area will be used by executive White said that work would in- education classes and therefore will volve redistributing the dirt that cur- not affect with regular classes. rently forms a large mound next to la*! White said that the last two weeks Baker Hall, putting in sod, putting in have been busy, with construction sidewalks and clusters of trees. workers and Jones School employ- White said a project to remodel . ees both in the building.. Herring Hall will begin shortly after "Last week and this week are the Jones School personnel move out of big push on the project," White said. the building Sept. 15. The interior "There is a lot of cohabitation with will be rebuilt to effectively house the the construction workers." English. Linguistics and Art and Art Whitaker said that, for the most History Departments as well as the part, the building, including the li- Center for the Study of Cultures The brary. would be open to undergradu- building is scheauled to be ready for ate students. occupancy in summer of 2003. White "This is a student lounge that is said the interior of the building will for the Jones School students, but be entirely gutted except for the Busi- by and large, it is a university build- ness Information Center room, for MARK BERENSON/THRESHER ing and open to the public," Whitaker which no use has been determined
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As far as written items on ... and then they get hurt, that s a the list, I don't think there were direct responsibility for whoever any problems." took it down." Taylor said previous years' scav- Camacho's letter warned stu- enger hunts were safer than this dents that O-Week groups were year's. However, some colleges not exempt from laws or the Code said they had revised the lists so of Student Conduct. they did not include stealing. Sid "Please remember at all times Richardson College, Lovett College that scavenger hunts ... do not and Will Rice College O-Week exempt you from any state or Coordinators said their scavenger local laws or ordinances," the let- hunts were not affected by ter stated. Camacho's letter because they had recruiting meeting Although most students re- carefully produced their lists. sponsible for Sunday night's inci- "[Coordinators] changed our dents will not be punished, Tay- scavenger hunt last year — it Thursday, August 29 at 9 p.m. lor said the students who took doesn't involve stealing any- down the photographs from more," Will Rice O-Week Coordi- Baker Hall will be responsible for nator Carter Batsell said. "It's Kelley Lounge in the Student Center repairing them. kind of like Road Rules now — Camacho said after the letter the whole point is to get fresh- was sent, the number of police men to go to other parts of Hous- reports regarding scavenger ton. You can get a receipt from Contact Rachel Rustin at [email protected] for more information. hunts decreased. something in the Heights, bring "There have been other inci- food from late-night places." dents since that first night, but Sid O-Week Coordinator Kelli they really diminished dramati- Lilienstern agreed. cally," he said. "We went into it with the In order to prevent such prob- mindset that we didn't want kids lems, Taylor said he had asked stealing lots of things," O-Week advisers to submit scav- Lilienstern, a junior, said. "In- enger-hunt lists for review, but stead, we created a list that made only Martel College submitted a people be creative to get things." list. However, Taylor said other Among the creative things Sid colleges might have submitted students did for the hunt were get- lists directly to their college offic- ting tattoos, getting pierced in ex- the Rice Thresher ers for review. otic places and taking nude pic- Taylor said Martel's original tures in Home Depot, in relation to list was inappropriate, but the their "Home Depot-Week'' theme college revised it before its scav- Both Camacho and Taylor said enger hunt Wednesday. they did not anticipate major "I can tell you the list that Martel changes in adviser training regard- [used] is greatly reduced from what ing scavenger hunts next year Write. Edit. Design. Photograph. Sell. Manage. it had been, and a lot of stuff was Taylor said they will probably talk removed from it that would have more with the coordinators before been problematic," he said. adviser training, and Camacho said O-Week Student Director any future change would depend Mike Bader said he had seen on O-Week leadership. some colleges' lists but that he "We'll go through the same does not have control over the mental exercise, go through the event because it is not university- same discussions," he said . "We II sanctioned. just have to wait and see what the However, Brown O-Week Co- leadership is like next year." ordinator Ian White said the prob- White said he hopes next lems with his college's scaven- year's advisers will be more care- ger hunt were not caused by items ful about what they let their fresh- on the list but rather the open- men do during the hunts. FREE STUDENT ADMISSION ended points for creativity. "I'm not blaming our advisers, "The real problem was ... what not in the least—we have fantastic Football, Volleyball, and Soccer seasons are here! The Athletic Depart- we added as an open end — what • advisers," he said. "But perhaps it ment would like to familiarize you with the procedures related to student ever you bring in, that creativity would suit everyone better if there admission for these events. is rewarded," White, ajunior, said. was more strict adviser control." Undergraduate students are admitted free to all home sporting events by presenting their Rice ID with the 2002-2003 athletic events sticker (BLUE) at the game. Visit www.RiceOwls.com for all athletic schedules. The athletic event stickers will be mailed to undergraduates this week. Graduate students (and their spouses) may purchase the sticker for $100 each at the cashier's office. 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I J for medical appointments CALL: 800.230.PLAN 0BBE i 12 THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 Freshmen will pay more than upperclassmen to park GATES, from Page 1 Haynie said he could not under- nounced last spring. Incoming stu- stand why the higher fees would dents also pay the $37 shuttle fee. continue beyond freshman year. Binford said the main reason for "I can vaguely understand why creating the higher fee for freshmen freshmen would be charged more, was to decrease demand, which he because as they said, it is meant to said is important because the park- cut down on freshmen with cars and ing demand will soon be greater than free up parking spots," Haynie said. the number of parking spaces on "However, I don't understand why campus. they want to keep charging the sopho- Binford said there were three mores the freshman fee, because that reasons Rice's parking demand was seems to defeat the purpose." growing. First, more students are Haynie also added that in a few bringing cars to campus; second, years, students would be paying the number of faculty has increased; more than faculty and staff to park in and finally, when gates are added to the same lot, which will eliminate the West Lot, the number of spaces the equality that exists this year be- in the lot will decrease because it tween what upperclassmen and fac- will be brought up to City of Hous- ulty and staff are paying. ton code, which requires wider isles "I think if they are going to charge than the lot currently offers. students that much more, I think Binford said three options were they should have to charge faculty considered as way to decrease de- more," Haynie said. "But again I don't mand: to take the value of a student's think that anybody should have to automobile on campus into consid- pay that much." eration when determining financial With the new gates have come aid, to bar freshmen from having new regulations to discipline those cars on campus or to make fresh- who do not use the system properly. ' vr men pay more. Binford said the cost of breaking Binford said Rice President a gate in a malicious manner will be Malcolm Gillis decided to take the twice the cost of fixing it. least restrictive measure, the third "We are all adults, most all of us option. Gillis could not be reached recognize that, and we going to SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER for comment because he is out of the handle it like that," Binford said. "If The Central Campus Garage, located under the new Jesse H. Jones School of Management Building is scheduled to country. you break a gate, and it's a malfunc- open on Sept. 2 when all the gates on campus are activated. Student Association President tion of the gate, it is a different issue. Matt Haynie said he was caught off- ... But if it is uncivil activity, then we Binford said he knew it is pos- ments will have proximity cards that Beer-Bike track is — making stops guard by the higher fee. will have an uncivil response." sible to violate the system but that open all gates, and an emergency to pick up people who have parked "In a meeting with [Graduate Stu- he hoped students wouldn't. vehicle would need to come to a in that lot. dent Association President Miles "We are not making it a chal- rolling stop to gain entrance to a Service will be provided from Scotcher] and I, [Binford] said that lenge they can't do because that parking lot. 7:30 a.m. until 10:30p.m.,as opposed there was a possibility that in the 'If you break a gate, doesn't make any sense around Binford said that in some circum- to 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the past future they might consider having a here," Binford said. "We just want stances, such as a series of fire trucks In addition, a road has been com- larger parking fee for freshmen," and its a malfunction people to recognize that they are coming onto campus, another op- pleted between Entrance #3 and the Haynie, a Will Rice College senior, being handled like adults, so there tion existed. Inner Loop. The road is not for said. "When the [Orientation Week] of the gate, it is a are adult kinds of penalties when "The police would call [Trans- 24-hour use, but instead will just be coordinators found out was the first different issue. ... But if they don't act like adults." portation Manager Eugen open when the gate at Entrance #3 time I knew [freshmen] were going Haynie said the gates were as Radelescu] and have him lift the closes between midnight and 5 a.m. to have a larger fee." it is uncivil activity good as could be expected. gate and leave it open until all of [the Right now, the road is blocked with a Binford said that this year's fresh- "I don't like the gates, but as gates emergency vehicles] came in," barricade; however, Binford said that man class would pay a fee slightly then we will have an go they are not too bad," Haynie said. Binford said. eventually hydraulic cylindrical metal higher than $150 next year, and next Binford said the sleek metallic To exit a gated lot. a person would posts would be put into the road. The year's freshman class' fee would be uncivil response.' look was one of the positive attributes need to wave the proximity card bollards could be remotely sunk into higher, creating an indexing pro- — Neill Binford of the system that was chosen. again. Should there be difficulties the ground so that emergency ve- getting a gate to operate, there is a cess, similar to what is used for tu- Associate vice president "We choose it because of its func- hicles could use the road as needed. ition, which is indexed according to tionality as well as it having the ad- button on all consoles that calls an During fall semester, work will the consumer price index. for Finance and Administration vantage of not being clunky-looking," employee who can help the person begin on gating the West Lot. In "The freshmen that are paying Binford said. "At night, the [arm] is and if appropriate, can remotely ac- addition to gating the West Lot. a $150 this year will probably pay more illuminated, so that will be nice." tivate the gate. road that runs from Laboratory Road than $150 next year, but less than In addition, anyone who uses Binford said when a person waved In the result of a power failure, to Entrance #11 will be marked out. next year's freshmen," Binford said. their proximity card to open the gate a proximity card near a console, the the gates will automatically go up so Binford said this new road, which Binford said that he anticipated for another car will be subject to a gate would open. that no one is trapped in a lot. will end at Shepherd Street is impor- this process would continue so that $50 fine to the person who receives For safety reasons, members of Several other changes have also tant because the City of Houston will in three years all students would be the card and $100 to the person who Rice Emergency Medical Services occurred. Many lots have received put a traffic light at the intersection paying the higher fees. passes it. and Rice University Police Depart- new names. Binford said the new of Shepherd and Rice Blvd., which names are either directional, based means this would become the pri- on what buildings or street is near mary way for cars to leave the cam- the lot, instead of the lot letters that pus if they are heading north Welcome back CAPPers! had existed in the past. A final change for the West Lot Another change is with the will be combining the regular fac- shuttle's Greenbriar Loop. Previ- ulty and staff parking with commut- College Assistance Peer Program 2002-2003 ously, the Greenbriar shuttle ran ing student parking to create a com- Baker E-mail Brown E-mail once every 30 minutes, stopping at muter lot. the Greenbriar building and continu- "Everybody is paying the same Navneet Mangat Zahra Ali zahrac neeti ing back to campus. Radelescu said now and this makes it much more Chase Danford cdanford Ana Lisa Ramirez analisa two shuttles will now service the flexible for everybody," Binford said Sarah Luster haras Cara Rieger riegs loop, which means shuttles should "If you want to park next to the bus Lynn McCormick lynnmcc Amanda Spicer aspicer come once every 10 minutes. stops, you get there and park there. Angela Sims ades The shuttle will also cut through If you want to park next to the rugby Cheryl Skillman skillman Martel E-mail the Greenbriar Lot — where the field, you do." 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The silent with purpose." motions replaced earlier years' pre-faculty-ad- Freshmen and transfers then headed do dress cheering in Stude Hall that was banned the Inner Loop and into the Sallyport to oi lastyear after campus-wide debates on the use daily become the Class of 2006. and content of campus cheers. Following the ceremony, most students & However, this year's matriculation certainly that ;hey enjoyed matriculation. lacked the element of surprise of last year s "It was a beautiful ceremony," Wiess Col ceremony, during which President Malcolm lege freshman Joey Neggres said. "I was sufl Gillis sucked helium out of a balloon and the prised by how interesting it was." Student Association Presidents Jamie Lisagor m and Gavin Parks danced on stage. Hutchinson praises Rice's challenges On Monday, new students and Orientati Haynie, Gillis push freshmen to succeed Week advisers' trek to Stude Hall before t Vice President for Student Affairs Zenaido faculty address was more festive than the pre\j Camacho began this year's ceremony by intro- ous day's. New students cheered the new! ducing his wife, Carol, and then introduced learned cheers of their colleges, and inside th Gillis. Before stepping up to the podium, Gillis building, they used silent hand motions to der kicked the platform Camacho had used to stand onstrate their college loyalties. at microphone-height from behind the podium. O-Week Student Director Mike Baderintrl Gillis began his speech by explaining what duced Chemistry Professor John HutchinsoJ he thought made Rice better than other highly who is also Assistant Vice President for Stude unive selective universities. Affairs and Director of Academic Advising "I have come to believe that most highly his introduction. Bader, a Wiess College selective universities take in great students and nior, focused on Hutchinson's numerous teac tation week make them good ones," Gillis said. "We have ing awards and various other contributions tl •-J*1. rather higher aspirations of taking in great the campus community, including his sever] students and to help them become truly out- year term as Wiess master standing in whatever they do." Hutchinson stepped up to the podium an| Gillis then recited the traditional list of sta- opened the speech with a quote from Albu tistics illustrating the intelligence and achieve- Dumbledore in J. K. Rowling's book Harry Pn ments of the incoming class, including the num- ter and the Philosopher's Stone. ber of valedictorians and National Merit schol- "Before we begin ... I would like to say a fe' ars. One difference in this year's speech was words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubbei Gillis' omission of the number of students with Oddment! Tweak! Thank you."Hutchinson sail perfect SAT scores Rice had denied admission. and then returned to his seat. Gillis said one important difference between After returning to the podium. Hutchinsa Rice and other universities was its faculty. began his speech by saying that although prj "We have two Nobel Prize winning chemists paring this speech had been difficult, he knel \ on our faculty and they spent their entire ca- he had chosen this challenge. Similarly, he toll reers at Rice." Gillis said. "And on the morning the students, they had chosen the challeng their Nobel Prize's were announced, both of they would encounter at Rice. them were teaching freshmen. Try that at "In the weeks and months to come, many i Harvard or Stanford." you will find yourselves struggling with prof Gillis also said that the serveries would make lems foreign to you," he said. unsop. the college system stronger while also creating To face these challenges, Hutchinson en a unique problem. couraged the students to talk to their masterwce "The serveries will endanger the ancient and associates, to form study and social groupjl f . tradition of college students everywhere," Gillis with other students and to believe in theirffV^ said. "That ancient tradition: complaining about selves. In addition, he told them to not the food." themselves on the bases of their early examinaff ^ "Have you heard about the dreaded Fresh- tion scores. J|„w man 15," Gillis asked the audience. "Well here "Be patient with yourself," he repeated^ ^ at Rice, it is going to become the Freshman 20, throughout the speech. "You chose to be henflf ^ and therefore we are encouraging everybody to and you can do this." ,j q}]| start working out now." Hutchinson encouraged students to forij| Next to speak was Honor Council Chair Joan new ideas while studying at Rice, and praise vav in Shreffler. who spoke of the benefits of the Honor past students' success in this area. made Code. "Students in college, particularly at Rice.wi if," sh Student Association President Matt Haynie find a way to find faults with everything, an next spoke, and after telling the audience that then to laugh at it," he said. he remembered nothing the SA President said However. Hutchinson told students to exefl at his matriculation, he implored the audience cise their new freedom responsibly. Flirt he® to remember one thing. more, he encouraged students to choose how Pausing to allow the audience to concen- to use their time wisely and to pursue interest trate on his words. Haynie. a Will Rice College without continually worrying about their futur® senior told them. "Everyone here is really freak- careers. ing talented." He then compared his dream for Rice wit® Haynie then explained one benefit of such a Ray Kinsella's dream of building a baseball tie!® talented student body: Everyone pushes others in his former corn field in the 1989 movie/'"'* fron\ to be the best they can be. However, Haynie of Dreams. He said his dream tor Rice walpshm also cautioned that with so many talented people, students to enjoy the "ultimate freedom" theB*ott students would be held accountable for their enjoy as students: the right to think and shai®™* actions and ideas. thoughts with others. "In high school, you could probably say just "Today you have entered into a real-life about whatever you wanted, and people would of dreams," he said. "We built it and you cameJ ' believe you." Haynie said. "You could tell some- stl In closing. Hutchinson again reminded Lpts one that the longest river in the world is the dents to enjoy their freedom to its fullest capaC^^ Hudson, and they would believe you because text by Olivia Allison anA Mark Berenson 'ty jrei you were the smart kid. But here, people will n, call you on stuff like that. "Your greatest challenge at Rice will b«' lme. ?sim by C.E. Devine to miss this chance," he said. "I have the pri^intivt "They 11 know if you don't know your stuff. s lege to wish for you the greatest of all dreani d§res« BO6GAGO TWIQ«£5*€» THE RICE THRESHER 0-WEEK 2002 FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 15 ROB GADDI/THRESHER m I 'f -A. ' " •» y r : k ROB GADDI/THRESHER ROB GADDI/THRESHER linson again returned to his seat, while ;nce applauded him in a standing ova- '' ving their first clay at Rice, many fresh- , ]T they were surprised by the warm '"gLy had received. 11 lit more welcoming and friendly than -iip®" ^'ce College freshman Nicole ?ate ' So said. "It's been a great experience her so many people welcoming me." jl College freshman Sheena Barbour for raise vpy more than I ever expected, and I Bade a right choice in picking this e' ft" she said. Iy. ananW More pictures follow on page 16. i exei rthefl ehof erestj lutiirl wit! II fielfc from top left: 1. Sid Richardson ihman Pat Spicer and parents tote his worldly possessions up to >m. 2.Baker College welcomes new fith a friendly wave and a plea to eat sn. 3. At long last, this group of new enters the Sallyport and become Rice . 4. Will Rice College junior Monica / Jpts to assauge the fears of Wiess ca')aiftshman PJ Teh's father while he and g prepare to move his belongings into be " (lime Opposite page: New students ru P :«titively (and not so attentively) to the %m m anh(Mress in Stude Hall. ROB GADDI/THRESHER THRESHER O-WEEK 2002 FRIDAY. AUGUST 23. 2002 16 THE RICE m V Clockwise from right: 1. Sid Richardson College freshman Scott Hersey bares his butt to prove that he 1 has, indeed, pierced his cheeks to rack up points in Sid's scavenger hunt. 2. Lovett College dashes to m victory in their annual "Tea Trike" against rival Will A » * Rice College. 3. Student Association President Matt «ti ir Haynie urges new students to succeed with words of praise and use of the term "freakin." 4. Baker and Martei Colleges line up for a cheer-off outside of the faculty address. 5. Though usually reserved for the likes of Will Rice College, Martei College starts new students off early with a little chug practice. | PgM SUSHI SUZUKI/THREI SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER if CHRISTINE UANGTHRE y 5 SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER ROB GAODI'THft I f 1 THE RICE THRESHER ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, AUGUST 23,200 2 m textbook delivery at bn.com! FREE shipping on 2 or more items Conveniem Online Book Buyback Program /7 ' • 'HANG'TMREJ m ^ BARNES NOBLE www. bn. com Restrictions apply. Offer subject to change. 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'Possession' solid but doesn't own the screen Raj Wahi h THRESHER STAFF There are two kinds of love sto- 'EDITORS ries: The ones we hear and read about, whether true or fictional, and the ones in which we are the main J ' * , h '" participants. Most romantic movies picks tell the first kind of love story, the kind we can enjoy without necessar- ' - tonight and ily granting it a place in our own tomorrow lives. * * * SUPER 8 SHOW- ON-THE-ROAD 'possession' Rating: ***1/2 - , 5," t The Austin Cinemaker (out of five) Co-Op presents a collection In theaters. K of over 20 films by Texas > ' * filmmakers. W ith names like "Personal Adver tisements Yet when a romance is told well, k something interesting happens. First for Lonely Transport it influences our daydreams about Mediums" by T ravis W eller love. Then it influences our actual / relationships, if only in a small way. 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These things happen overly tentative, the 19th-century fied woman. in love stories. lovers surrender so completely to tonight and put with enough Since Ash had a reputation for The movie is constructed such passion that even they know trag- tomorrow of this stuff in film being loyal to his wife, Roland de- that the modern and the historical edy is inevitable. cides to investigate whether the let- romance evolve in parallel, but not The fascinating thing about these ELVIRA'S noir and junior ters might offer the first-ever proof identical, ways. Maud and Roland two stories is that while they do not to the contrary. He consults Maud are both single people whose rela- follow the same trajectory, they are HAUNTED HILLS high school? Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow, sporting tionship is only impeded by their not independent either. The movie her always-convincing English ac- reluctance to spoil the early, uncom- even raises the intriguing question of Who says Halloween comes cent), an authority on Ash's life and plicated stage of courtship. Ash and whether we are seeing the Ash- but once a year? W atch I^aBute regular Aaron Eckhart a descendant of the lesser-known I^aMotte, on the other hand, are play- LaMotte affair unfold as it really oc- stars as Roland Michell, a literature poet Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer ing a more dangerous game: Their curred or as Maud and Roland think Elvira work her assets on enthusiast studying in England to Ehle). Maud is initially skeptical of knowledge of each other is almost it happened. There is the suggestion the big scr een in the campy learn more about the 19th-century Roland's theory, but as they research entirely based on written correspon- that the modern-day couple's hang- poet Randolph Henry Ash Qeremy the matter further they both become dence. ups about romance initially deter- horror film spoof, Elvira's Northam). While searching for a convinced that an affair indeed took Ash is married, and LaMotte has mine, and are later put into perspec- Haunted Hills, tonight and snippet of information on Ash's wife, place between Ash and I>aMotte. It's a lover (Lena Headey), whose heart tive by, the suffering Ash and LaMotte \ tomorrow at midnight at Roland comes across two letters — pretty much a given that Maud and is dangerously easy to break. endure because of their love. both in Ash's handwriting, both Roland will fall for each other too, Whereas Maud and Roland are see SUFFERING, Page 22 the Landmark River Oaks Theatre. LIFE WITHOUT DICK 2009 West Gray, $7.50 tomorrow Sex, lies and polaroids, 'Lucia' adds up to a beautiful story SUGAR SHACK Natasha Alvandi love supposedly fades, so as we AND THE JEWWS THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF watch their initial lovemaking. we Sex and Lucia may include a large, can't help but feel sad and con- Here's a sweet deal: Rock muddy uncircumcised penis, but it's fused. But that's exactly how the direc- out for free as Houston not just about sex or a girl named Lucia. tor wants us to feel. One part of the garage band Sugar Shack story fades into the next. unleash their new album For example, Lucia's hand in 'sex and lucia' one scene fades into a pregnancy tonight with a CD release test of a character in another. Na- concer t hosted by local Rating: ****1/2 ked polaroids are kicked under the (out of five) bed in one scene and taken in the music purveyor Sound Opens today. next. This movie keeps the viewer Exchange, featuring on his toes as the plots begin to opening act the Jewws. merge. 8p.m. Sound Exchange, It's about people who thought I i 1846 Richmond they were strangers, but whose lives Naked polaroids Free intersect in order to form a beautiful story chock-full of passion, mystery are kicked under and self-hate. the bed in one Director and writer Julio Medem COURTESYPALM PICTURES (levers of the Artie Circle) weaves To escape the complexities of her life and move past the death of her scene and taken this visually stunning and highly daugher, Elena (Najwa Nimrl) moves to a Mediterranean island. symbolic love story. in the next. Upon the loss of her boyfriend by the haunting score by Alberto until the credits began to roll back- Lorenzo, Lucia, a young waitress Iglesias (All about my Mother). wards, I did not understand the full The film's ambiguity and sym- from Madrid, travels to a secluded The whole movie works together meaning of the movie. I might still bolism make it ripe for long discus- Mediterranean island to grieve. well. As the visual elements are flaw- not understand it. It might take me a sions and interpretations, and its au- Through a series of visions from the lessly paired with the soundtrack, few days for it to sink in, but Sex and dience will likely be the type you'd past and present, Lucia (Paz Vega, the screenplay, written in Spanish Lucia is jut one of those movies that find in an art house. Talk to Her) sheds light but translated into English, also sticks with you. That's what makes But the interesting part of the on the dark secret that achieves a symbiosis with the it an amazing film. movie revolves around how it allows haunted her relationship movie's old-fashioned style. The characters are extremely each audience member to discover with Lorenzo (Tristan As this review may talreadv indi- well-written. Lucia is a woman who how the story fits together. If I UUoa, Open Your Eyes. cate, it'shard to explain exactly what becomes infatuated with Lorenzo launched into theories or interpreta- the original Vanilla Sky). Sex and.Lucia is about. Until the when she reads his novel. She stalks tions, it would destroy a part of the But all the while, we can- ending, I had no clue how the visual him in order to declare her love for movie. not tell what's fact and snippets of strangers' stories and him in possibly one of the most ro- This movie is worth seeing. If what's fiction. I-orenzo's novel created one tale. mantic scenes. At this point in the* you can take wild sex from time to The breath-taking cin- I could pick up on the symbolism movie, the viewer is confused as to time, plunk down your $7.50 and ematography of the coast connecting one character to the sun how to interpret their love. invest two hours of your time. It of the desolate Spanish and another to the moon and the We know that I ,ucia and Lorenzo will prove worth the time and island is complemented symbolism of the island itself, but go through problems and that their money. _____ « • S*.' • '• .' f c h¥ A1 *•' THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTFRIOAV, AUGUST 23. 2002 1 i • -v ,,n •; / • - LX'i - k $ • • ntrol intertainment in Houston Feature design by Carly Kocurek THI Hi li COT metropolis Alley is, audiences tend to have a the price of admission — and re- known as Houston is home to a wild composition similar to what you member, that s free. array of affordable entertainment. would expect to find at a symphony — Ian Garrett While Rice Cinema and Hamman Hall orchestra. bring cultural enrichment to campus, — Ian Garrett Diver/euiork/ students wanting to explore the city 1117 1-10 East at North Main will discover the beauty of a town filled Contemporary www.diverseworks.org with art patrons and old-fashioned Phone: (713) 223-8346 Texas eccentricities. Art/ fflu/eum Cost: events $10 to 20, gallery free From the cutting-edge perfor- 5216 Montrose Blvd. mances hosted by Diverseworks and www.camh.org Diverseworks is an artspace in Infernal Bridegroom Productions to the Phone: (713)284-8250 an excellent, broad-minded kind of more traditional theater at the Alley, to Cost: Free way. While the exhibit space is the eclectic film fare at the Museum of constantly filled with interesting Fine Arts, the Houston scene proves Founded in 1948 by seven citi- visual arts, which are on view for that living on a student budget does not zens aiming to bring the art of their free during gallery hours, the per- necessarily impose a strict diet of enter- time to Houston and moved to its formance space pulls in musicians, tainment mediocrity. current location in 1972, the Con- theater groups, dancers and other Since some things are universal, temporary Arts Museum's unmis- performing artists from across the we've passed over the obvious op- takable triangular metal building is globe. home to some of the best exhibits in tions in favor of more interesting des- Diverseworks also sponsors town. tinations. Phoneworks, a literary program that The museum s two stories allow it grants free access spoken poetry at to run two shows at any given time — (713)335-3443. the Alley Theatre this museum always has something 615 Texas Ave. Event tickets max out at around 20 courtsey internation human p.ghts film FESTiV4^ought-provoking and interesting on bucks, but student discounts can cut www.alleytheatre.org its walls. Box Office-(713) 228-8421 name. pretty high. admission in half for most shows Past Just over half a mile from cam- events have included performance art- Cost: $2 to $35 The Alley is now the biggest Luckily there are a number of op- pus, the CAM makes for either a show in town with its talented resi- tions available detailed on the ists like Miranda July, William Yang necessary addition to an art museum and Bill Shannon, Austin-based the- As the theater patron's best friend, dent company and first-rate pro- theater's Web site. crawl along with the Menil (which I Playbill, will tell you, "The Alley The- ductions, including presentations The best deal is to show up one atre company the Rude Mechanicals, maintain is within in walking dis- as well as jazz and world-music perfor- atre began in 1947 when High School of new plays. It received a special hour before weeknight shows to get tance) and the MFAH, or a destina- Teacher Nina Vance sent out 214 Tony Award in 1996 as outstand- student rush tickets for $11.50, and mances. Reservations are recom- tion worthy in its own right. mended for performances, since the penny postcards to an extended net- ing regional theater, and I won't watch for the scheduled "pay-what- Great exhibits in the recent past work of friends and neighbors." And even try to list the awards the casts you-can nights" where admission can performance space is small and events have involved interactive pieces, and frequently sell out. so, on Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. 100 "members" have received. be as cheap as $2 Just make sure to -please.take.one- pieceJ that give met in an 87-seat dance studio at the The Alley now has two stages. dress as if you paid Ml pricetoi avoi d |egi(imate art for your wal,s ?or — Carly Kocurek end of an alley, giving the theater its The ticket prices vary and can run looking out of place. Class act that the CHRIST THE KING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Proclaiming Christ Alone from the Bible Alone VitariTs Up? Come and See. College and Career Bible Study Worship service - 9:00 am Sunday Mornings at 9:15am College class -10:45 am First Christian Church Meeting *t 5601 Wert Loop South 1601 Sunset at Rtec www.christthelcing.coni OrmtmTOfT ^TWWro For ride info contact fpeek(a rice.edu or roach(£rice.edu 7tS-526~2561 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAIN MENTFRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 21 rnal campus organizations as well. The Menil Collection is a kick in The River Oaks midnight movie junk, you should check it out. The Ever seen lawyers sing and the teeth to anyone ignorant enough series features classic films and some Orange Show is cool, and although idegroom dance? Or been to a classical Indian to claim Texas is a cultural waste- of the most obsessed-about cult films. it's not the pos>. -enue that the Rice luction/ music concert with the creme de la land. The museum's expansive col- The mother of all cult films, The Rocky Art Gallery is, it's definitely a bigger cremefrom the subcontinent? What lection incorporates antiquities, Horror Picture Show screens every adventure. McKinney about a Russian folk music concert? Byzantine art, tribal art and twenti- Saturday night in addition to a differ- — Matt Haynie infernalbridegroom.com Or maybe you saw the Houston Afri- eth-century art. ent film each weekend. Elvira's ie: (713) 522-8443 can American Dance Festival? The Collection houses the per- Haunted Hills runs tonight and to- $10-15 These are just a few examples of sonal art collection of John and morrow night. Full listings can be Rice the diverse events that take place at Dominique de Menil, whose col- found on the theater's Web site. he fact that this Houston theater Cinema Hamman Hall. lection began with their interest in — Carly Kocurek pany is housed in what was once The Rice Media Center The 500-seat theater nestled on twentieth-century art, then quickly www.ruf.rice.edu/-cinema nk-rock club (which still holds the north side of campus by Mudd expanded. rts after performances) says a (713)348-4882 and Brown Labs is considered one The result is a museum contain- he crowd at Infernal Bridegroom the Cost: $5 with Rice I.D., $6 for gen- of the most popular spots for inter- ing African artifacts as well as works eral admission uctions' shows is a mix of low- national events in Houston. In fact by Andy Warhol. theater crowd and edgy rock 'n' Ofo«9* Show the hall is so booked the reservation The museum regularly houses concert-goers. Rudyard's stocks 2401 Munger St. The Rice Media Center, home of lists stretches beyond when you will special exhibitions and installations, Rice Cinema, hosts Houston movie jll bar in www.orangeshow.org graduate. and the Cy Twombley Gallery, the premieres in addition to classics. lobby, (713)926-6368 Do note, Rothko Chapel and the Byzantine Also, the Media Center hosts and ch makes Cost: Free though, that Fresco Chapel Museum are all co-hosts festivals, which have in- a very so- Hamman within a block or two of the Menil The Orange Show is neither an cluded the Iranian Film Festival and scene be- Hall only Collection. orange nor a show. Discuss. the Houston Gay and Lesbian Festi- ? the hosts these — Carly Kocurek Although the name might be a val. This semester, it will host the se opens. events and nfernal does not jegroom promote or ormances sell tickets. he Axiom So, the best body the way to find rriage of out about * 'n' roll events in theater Hamman is the venue to check with the organizations |ms to promise. Musicians are an themselves, though the Hamman igral part of the company, and the Hall box office will know who will be [ndtracks to the plays are often as using the venue at any given time. lificant as the dialogue. — Ian Garrett /hile the intimate theater space In addition to screening film re- vivals and premieres, the MFAH also regularly screens documentaries. And, the museum regularly sched- ules talks and question-and-answer sessions with filmmakers, critics and scholars. Most films start at 7 p.m., but SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER there are occasionally daylight little misleading, the Orange Show Human Rights Watch Film Festival screenings, usually as part of the midnight is many things, all of which center Sept. 13 to Sept. 18. family films series (upcoming films on the eclectic realm of folk art. The Rice Cinema shows a wide range include Close Encounters of the Third movie/ ot the Orange Show includes an extensive of films ranging from classics — Kind and Godzilla 2000). landmark arts library, the Orange Show "monu- such as Blue Angel and The Best Audiences at MFAH films rou- River Oak/ ment" itself and outreach work in- Years of Our Lives — to modern tinely consist of standard art pa- cluding the Art Car Parade. hits such asThe Othersand films of trons along with artsy people, Theatre If you're interested in folk art, the every genre. The single-screen the- meaning you can show up dressed Orange Show is probably your best ater has spacious seating and a high- mrnoA Hall to kill or in a ratty T-shirt and no- 2009 West Gray bet in Houston. quality silver screen, and it makes a campus body will bat an eye, even if your www.landmarktheatres.com The Orange Show monument is great last-minute option because it office phone: (713) 348-PLAY hair is dyed blue. Phone: (713) 524-2175 one of the most wonderfully bizarre is rarely filled to capacity. st: varies by event Cost: $7.50 — Angelo Zanola sites in the city. The environment is — Angelo Zanola made of materials including steel, |So maybe you don't have a car, Originally built in 1939, the Land- brick and bits of everyday material. Photos from left to right: The all your friends with motor ve- (he mark River Oaks Theatre still man- The entire structure, with its color- Pinochet Case, part of the Human |les are busy. This is no reason to ages to make going to a movie feel menil ful theme, was built partially as hom- Rights Watch Film Festival at the stranded on campus without cul- like a real event. Normal show times age to the namesake fruit, prized by Rice Media Center from Sept. 13 to enrichment. A hidden gem is Collection feature a good assortment of inde- pendent and foreign-language films the late artist and postal worker, Sept. 18; "Dancing Man" from the it here on-campus. 1515 Sul Ross with some major releases tossed in, Jefferson Davis McKissack. William Kentridge exhibit at the Home to the Rice Players, Rice www.menil.org CAMH last spring; The Diary of Anne but to really experience the River It's hard to find, but if you're in- ce Theater's Spring Show, and Phone: (713) 525-9400 Frank last fall at the Alley Theatre, Oaks, a venture to one of the mid- terested in seeing art made from lerous campus events, Hamman Cost: Free and the marquis at the Landmark night shows is in order. what you might otherwise consider also hosts a great number of off- River Oaks Theatre. [Welcome back, AMERICA READS & COUNTS ACTIVITIES FAIR! students! Are you a work-study student ? Friday, August 30th, 2002 CITI brings Art you interested in helping children ? 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V " • • * „ THE RICE THRESHER ARTS a ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, AUGUST 23,2002 Neil LaBute's new fi] The Princeton jk ,,m& Review :••• • 4k; - ' o proves that love is painl Bornr Scons, Bmht Schools SUFFERING, from Page 19 ups about relationships, yes, bu The movie's one fault — and un- they're not the kind of people wb fortunately it's not a trivial one — is put on airs to hide the fact. It's not ad that the writers repeatedly impose accident that both Paltrow anc] GMAT & LSJXT Preparation phony obstacles to the development Eckhart perform better in the scent of Maud's and Roland's relationship, where Maud and Roland are allowed rather than exploring the tensions to level with each other. that arise naturally during their in- A second, more egregious con teractions. trivance comes in the form of Fergu course start S G Take, for instance, the early scenes Wolff (Toby Stephens), who is intn in which Maud and Roland trade con- duced solely to provide a romantii S S temptuous remarks in a way that is and professional rival for Roland meant to communicate their attrac- The thanklessness of this role is tion to the audience but not to one most painfully apparent during ; another. It's the typical "courtship of superfluous, ham-handed subplol insults" — you know, Maud de- involving Wolff's participation in a grave robbery. (What? Why are yot y 800.2Review | www.PrincetonReview.com nounces Roland as a typical boorish laughing?) ' ufi r inyw 9trnm **f&tfltang '«*< Scnve N*t*y iw» b W iffaaM m* brttror thwvTy or ITSAmerican . Roland baits her with sex- 1 «- ist remarks, and so on. Don't we have These quibbles aside, however to put with enough of this stuff in film LaBute has constructed a romantii noir and junior high school? tale that is as remarkable for its sin cerity asforitscraftsmanship. What': s< Rice University Career Services Center funny is that LaBute would not seen The movie is at first to be well-suited to this kind o Proudly Announces the story. His 1997 debut. In the Com constructed such pany of Men, was a piece of timelj 2002-2003 commentary on institutionalized c that the modern elty in modern culture and feature CAREER ADVISORS and the historical Eckhart as the most repugnant movii character this side of Amon Goeth. romance evolve in Yet in Possession, both LaButi Baker Brown Hanszen and Eckhart handle the materi Abigail Bartlett Kevin Bailey See ma Ganatra parallel, but not ably. It helps, of course. that they ar^ Geoffrey Chow Alisha Nathoo Meredith Jenkins, identical, ways. working with Paltrow. Northam, ant, Karuna Munjal Lenesha Redmond Pamela Kellet Ehle. all of whom are Jane Auste veterans and have no trouble wit; Mahek Shah Mane Schwieterman Amnsh Patei Not only is this a tired conven- either romance or period drama. Adti Alisa Tijenna Shweta Shah tion, but rather that Maud and Roland to that the warm ache of Gabriel speak and act in ways that are com- Yared's music score and some seri|| Jones Martel Lovett pletely out of character. From the ouslv gorgeous scenery, and vou'v beginning of the movie, it's clear got a film that practically demand^ Rebecca Dalton Kristin Bachmann David Barron that neither person is the type easily to be seen. That is. if you like one o Gracc Hu Megan Crumbaker Tina Hinojosa given to B.S. They both have hang- both kinds of love stories. Linda Lee Jeff Lin Cody Jackson Maria Tian Audrey Liu Elizabeth McDonald UNIVERSITY of HOUSTON Ermiv Voder Li via Van .Arthur Nieuwoudt Roshan Mansingham The University Eve Institute at LH-Mairi Catfiipus Sid Rich Wiess WiH Rice offers a Professional Courtes^ on Optometric Services Catherine Hoang Philip Bunge Ryan Bereauer to Rice Faculty. 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Just bring this form to our recruiting meeting Thursday, August 29 in Miner Lounge. Or, an send e-mail to [email protected], because that's what your Owlnet account is for. Name. College Year E-mail Major Phone # Preferred pizza Positions for the Thresher are paid and can count as work study. 1. For what section(s) are you interested in working? (Circle all that apply) News Opinion Copy A&E Sports Lifestyles Mac manager Photo Ads/business Online Calendar Graphics/illustrations The one and only Backpage Distro 2. Briefly describe or list relevant experience. 3. Why do you want to work for the Thresher! (In 30 words or less.) .•A*, res Page 24 THE RICE THRESHER Friday, August 23, 2002 THRESHER SPORTScommentary— Rice offers options for m the athlete in all of us Much to my consternation, I discovered last year that Rice is not a haven for sports lovers. As a student body, we are not huge sports fans and do not go crazy over sporting events, unless it's Beer-Bike, which we - : accord the same reverence as the running of the bulls receives from Pamplonans. But for those of us who love sports, and even for those who only like it a little bit, there's still a wide variety of options for playing and following sport that allow great flexibility in time commit- ment and skill level. mm - Jonathan : The most prominent of levels Yardley is, of course, the varsity level. The relationship between varsity athletes and the student body has been a touchy issue in the past few years, but there's no question in my mind that Rice student athletes do have the intellec- tual skills to be here and do work just as hard, if not harder, than the average Rice student. MARK BERENSON/THRESHER That said, they also compete at an extremely high Eighteen tennis courts are currently being remodeled, including these at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium. athletic level and deserve more credit than most Rice students are Willing to give. Almost every student at this school can find time to go to at least one sporting event during the week, in addition to a football game Tennis team adapts to court shortage, or weekend game, and I think they'd be pleasantly surprised if they did. by Mark Berenson Rice to play in a different venue." cause the courts to look newer. Recre- Women's head coach Roger White ation Center Assistant Director Rich Assuming you're not here as the next Lance THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Berkman or planning to walk on to a team, club said that the construction on the courts Barnhouse said the six courts that were Tennis courts will be a very precious meant the Rice Classic, scheduled for open last year should be open for use by sports are the next highest level of involvement. commodity for the next few weeks, while Sept. 27-29 at Jake Hess would also bethe end of August. He said the six courts Most club teams practice every day and play the courts at Jake Hess Tennis Stadium played at Kingwood. closer to the Inner Loop that were closecL weekend games against local teams. The level of play are rebuilt and courts in front of the White said his players would prefer to last year because of flood damage woui5 is surprisingly high — some players are capable of Recreation Center are resurfaced. play at Jake Hess. open in September. competing at the varsity level, but just don't want to The six new courts at Jake Hess are "The girls always like to have their Barnhouse characterized the resur- make that time commitment. Besides, there are a lot of being built on top of the existing courts. friends and students from the school, facing as a temporary solution for a larger club sports that aren't offered as varsity sports — The process was started in mid-July by and it would be a difficult trip, especially problem. men's soccer, rugby, lacrosse, and water polo to name pouring slabs of concrete on top of the on family weekend," White said. "But "All it is doing is putting a Band-Aid a few. existing courts, Maintenance Coordina- that is just how things worked out." on a broken leg," Barnhouse said. "What~ Tryouts for club teams are usually held the first tor Hannes Hofer said. Both Smarr and White said that the really needs to happen is for the actual-' The reconstruction of the courts con- long-term benefits outweighed the costs. week of school or semester. My bid for stardom on courts to be torn down and completely tinues, and as a result, the courts will not "No contest, it will be a much better reconstructed from the ground up." the club level quickly came to an end with the be open until mid-October, which has facility," White said. "From the damage Barnhouse said the the resurfaced revelation of 6:00 a.m. running sessions, but it's not interfered with Rice's varsity tennis from the flood [caused by Tropical Storm courts would stay in good condition for really that bad and the road trips can be a blast. The teams' practices and matches. Allison] a year ago, they were becoming about a year, during which time a deci- Rice web page is always a good source for club sport Men's head coach Ron Smarr said progressively unsafe." sion could be made on the long-term contact information, as are your sports representa- the Continental Cup, scheduled for Sept. Hofer said the reason construction future of the courts. ft ) f tives, who should've been introduced to you during 13-15 at the tennis stadium but would did not start until mid-July, meaning con- Barnhouse added that the Recreation I Orientation Week. take place at the Kingwood Country struction would continue into the school Center staff will be pleased to have its full I If you're like me and love the competition, but Club instead. year, was because of tennis camps that set of tennis courts in use again. aren't so keen on the morning practice schedule, Smarr said there were advantages to were held at Jake Hess in June and early "Tennis is very popular on this cam- playing in Kingwood, a suburb of Houston. then intramurals are where it's at. There are two July. pus, so it is one of those things that we are "Texas is going to be there, so there The 12 courts in front of the Recre- happy to be able to offer again," Barnhouse levels of intramural sports — campus wide will probably be a good crowd," Smarr ation Center and next to old Wiess Col- said. "Not only that, but they are going to intramurals, where you form your own teams, and said. "It is good [public relations] for lege are being resurfaced, which will play on safe and reliable courts." ' college sports, where you compete with the mem- bers of your college. You don't even have to know a sport well to play intramurals, you only need to sign up (either at Autry Track teams train hard for upcoming seasons or online) and show up to play. It can be with friends or to make friends; it's just a good way to have fun Beckford sets records, wins championships in summer meets around the world playing on weekends and enjoying yourself, but not taking it too seriously. by Dylan Hedrick Louisiana State University. After falling in country teams, head coach Jon Warren There are sign-up dates for each intramural THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF the 400-meter hurdles, Beckford came back has been actively recruiting new runners competition which are important not to miss, so to win the 400-meter dash in 50.83 to set a over the summer. After a fifth-place finish you might want to lift your head out of your orgo After a heart-breaking second-place new stadium, school and WAC records. in the WAC Outdoor Championships, book for a second to listen to lunch announce- finish to Fresno State University in last With her performance throughout the seven athletes signed national letters of year's Western Athletic Conference Out- season and her high academic perfor- ments. intent to attend Rice in an attempt to bol- door Championships, the women's track mance, Beckford was named to the sec- ster the team for the next few years. Sign-® College sports are my personal favorite level of and cross-country teams appear to be ond-team Academic All-America Track ers include distance runners David Axel, competition, because there's the pride in competing ready for the new year. The team has and Field team by the College Sports Seth Neumiller, and Pablo Solares, sprint- for your college and the fun of competing against been training hard during the summer to Information Directors of America in June. ers Bryce Luna, Bahnsen Miller, and Eric friends from other colleges. These competitions can regain the WAC Cross-Country and Track Next on Beckford's agenda was the Spear, with discus-thrower Luke Stadel have fewer games and may have slightly more official and Field Championship titles. The XVII Commonwealth Games held in While Warren was recruiting new rules, but it's still done for fun, just in a slightly more women's cross-country team has finished Manchester, England July 25 through runners, senior Ryan Harlan and Reed competitive environment. the past two seasons in second place at Aug. 4. The five-time NCAA All-Ameri- Ballis (Hanzsen 02) were competing in $ Competing for my college last year with a bunch of the WAC Cross-Country Championships. can and three-time NCAA Champion the NCAA Track and Field Champion- placed fourth in the 400-meters with a guys that I live with all year was a personal highlight "We have been working hard," junior ships. Harlan earned All-American hon- Shannon Murto said. "Everyone is in time of 51.81. ors with his fifth-place finish in the de- and I hope everyone takes the chance to be a part of really great shape and thankfully there One week later, Beckford was back in cathlon with 7,945 points while Ballis the college sports experience. are no injuries." Texas competing at the North America, finished tied for 16th place clearing 6 There's a ton of options at Rice for people who The cross-country season begins Central America and Caribbean feet, 10 3/4 inches in the high jump have even the slightest interest in sports, and don't Aug. 30 at the Buffalo Bayou/Rice Relays. (NACAC) Under 25 Track and Field Junior Adam Davis earned student-ath- » worry, you're always welcome to come write for Also during the summer, senior Allison Championships held at Trinity Univer- lete honors by being named to the second- ThresherSports. Beckford's competed around the world in sity in San Antonio. In front of a world team Academic All-American Track and an extended track season. After the WAC stage of 330 athletes from 27 countries, Field/Cross-Country team in June. Jonathan,Yardley is sports editor and a Will Rice Colleg^ meet, Beckford successfully defended her Beckford set a new meet record in the The Men's Cross-Country season sophomore. national 400-meter title at the 2002 NCAA 400-meters with a time of 51.21. begins Aug. 30 at the Buffalo Bayou/ Outdoor Track and Field Championships at For the men's track and field and cross- Rice Relays. i I THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 • xW 02 m fm X .. r: • ' ' ' . f *PNH - - :v: •-*< j 'fyA^/ % Far left: First baseman Vincent Simsi ' -* - . -aft' c i ; stands, concentrating, before taking • "v his turn at bat. Sinisi played for the v;Ml • Y'. '• Falmouth, Mass., Commodores in Pe "o : the amateur Cape Code Baseball League this summer. The league is the most prestigious summer league in the United States. Above: Sophomore pitcher Jeff Niemann played for the Harwich Mariners in the Cape Cod summer league. Left: Senior outfielder Dane Bubela prepares for an at-bat. Bubela played for the Bourne, Mass., Braves in the amateur Cape Cod Baseball League this summer. »41 • JONATHAN YARDLEY/THRESHER Summer leagues offer options for Rice's rising stars by Jonathan Yardley get hits off the handle of the bat. ers, simply by providing the best com- the players were far away from home. wanted — Texas won and we were THRESHER STAFF "You go and throw inside and the petition in a relaxed environment. "I miss Texas, I miss the heat," so close to beating Texas — we re- guy's not going to get a bloop single "It's not so much instruction, but Nieman said. "It's a lot cooler here, ally got a taste of what we wanted to It could've been any boy, reach- over the shortstop," Aardsma said. it's all about just having fun and try- but you miss the old Texas sun- do," Aardsma said. "Now we need to r.-b v ing over the chain-link fence to take "You can go in and just throw the ing to get better," Bubela said. "I burn." come back and hopefully we can do a few practice swings with his hero's ball right by guys." needed to come here and work on But the batters needed some com- it — get back and win it." wooden bat. The edge held true in matchups my swing a little bit, get things fig- fort to even things out. It was a great summer for the In essen^p however, it was the of Rice players, as sophomore ured out. I think I'm moving in the "It's been cool, you've been able Rice players on Cape Cod, but they entire Cape Cod Baseball League, righthander Jeff Niemann got the right direction and I'm feeling a lot to stay outside and not sweat, it's were looking forward to their return college baseball's most prestigious best of sophomore first baseman better swinging the bat now." just a total difference from where to an urban environment. summer league. The best players Vincent Sinisi in the other head-to- Niemann also came a long way, I'm from," Bubela said. "There's no Wendy's or from around the country come to head clash. turning in an impressive outing in Another rare experience was play- Whataburger, none of that stuff the Massachusetts peninsula to try "It was fun playing all the boys his final start of the season for the ing with players from opposing around here," Sinisi said. their hand with wooden bats, play- from back home, joking about it," Harwich Mariners August 3, work- schools. There were possibilities for Still, two months without ing with one of ten teams in front of Niemann said. "You step up for them, ing into the eighth inning and allow- some especially awkward moments latenight food stores is a small price hordes of major league scouts. because you want to have bragging ing just one unearned run. The 6'9" on the Falmouth bench, with two to pay for the experience of playing "Getting to throw in front of so rights back in the locker room." righthander had a fewBull Durham players from the University of Notre in the nation's premier summer many scouts and getting that expo- Sinisi was 0-for-2 against moments, firing his first pitch to the Dame, which eliminated Rice in the league. sure [is] exactly what I expected Niemann, but overcame a slow start screen, but used an arsenal of College World Series, and two more "My favorite thing is just the ex- and exactly what I got," junior closer to post an average of .214, near the fastballs from 87 to 90 mph, comple- from rival Texas A&M University. perience of being in what they call David Aardsma said. league average. mented by some nasty breaking The pain of the two heartbreaking one of the premier summer leagues Aardsma is one of four Rice play- "I should've come up as a pitcher," pitches, to fan eight batters. It was College World Series losses is not for college athletes," Sinisi said. ers who plied their trade over the Sinisi joked, before turning serious. his first Cape Cod victory after a gone, but the Owls plan to use it to "Coming out here is starting a whole summer on the Cape in the hopes of "It's been a big adjustment for me. series of outings without run sup- move forward. new season. It's a great place and improving their game, their reputa- I've tried a few different things and port. It was the duration of his start, "We got a taste of what we really I've had a lot of fun." tion and their draft stock. The junior it's starting to come along here at the however, that provided the most was one of the Cape's biggest sur- end, I feel a lot more comfortable." encouragement. prises, emerging as the league's The laid-back Cape is the perfect "I've made really incredible most dominant closer with 7 saves place for almost anyone in the sum- strides, throwing seven innings one and a sparkling 0.67 ERA. mer, with drivers routinely pausing other time and throwing seven and Perhaps most impressive was to allow other cars to enter and base- two-thirds tonight," Niemann said. Aardsma's control, as the ball fans that will talk your ear off "It's just getting past that sixth in- righthander improved his fastball to about almost anything. Kids and ning, I couldn't really do it in the finish with 45 strikeouts against just adults alike can crowd the fences at season." 5 walks. One of his many strikeout will to talk to the players and receive The imposing Niemann may be 1 victims was his Rice teammate, se- autographs, even during the game. top dog on the field, but his host nior outfielder Dane Bubela. The locals, extremely proud that family's golden retriever was likely "I struck out Dane, he really didn't "one out of every six big-leaguers" to steal Niemann's clothes if he left have a clue what was happening," played on the Cape, are eager to his door open. Aardsma said. "I gave him every- mingle with their young heroes. The support of the host families thing I had and I got it by him." Those players that truly excel on was clear, however, and the Bubela, who finished as the lead- the Cape have the best shot of all at ballparks were full of locals cheer- ing hitter over the full season with the major leagues, as the annual All- ing for their adopted kids. In spite the Bourne Braves with a .240 aver- Star game is a showcase event. of the hospitality, culture shock was age, gave credit where it we s due. "At the All-Star game there were inevitable. CortTOCt/^ "He's hitting his spots well and over 100 [scouts]," Aardsma said. "It's funny, you make fun of a he's been throwing real well," Bubela "How can you beat that? You're throw- couple words here and there that educanwi cjub said. "He struck me out, okay, it's ing in front of every single scouting people say," Sinisi said. "I went to alright." director of every single team." Boston and they've really got strong Pitchers always have the advan- Aardsma threw one scoreless in- accents there, it's funny." l?M tage on the Cape, where hitters used ning in the All-Star game as Rice's In terms of a different environ- to swinging metal bats have to deal only representative, but the league ment, speech patterns were second GOuC$tU*.t4i| with heavier wooden bats and can't makes a difference for all of the play- only to the weather as a sure sign that £ 26 THE RICE THRESHER CALENDAR FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 — •v: -I----. -TT- • ST' to see this year's installment. FRIDAY Soft drinks and ice cream will be provided from 3 to with TUESDAY a talk by artist David Chien . 11'- '•*. ID me, baby. (Hanszen '02). Easier than If you've not done so by now, programming your VCR. get over to the campus police Rice Program Council has its station by 3>M today to get an SUNDAY first meeting today at 3>M in ID. Miner Lounge. Expect food and Champers alright 25 talk of times gone by along with A little night music. for you, Pat? a healthy dose of programming Your first chance of the year for Make yourself useful by fun. All are welcome. culture: A group of Fondren becoming alcohol server Library musicians join forces to trained. In one of only three bring you favorites from sessions until October, you'll be THURSDAY classical masters as well as taught valuable information some traditional Chinese folk about Rice's alcohol policy. To music. Take a seat by 7:30M in v reserve space, send an e-mail to Duncan Recital Hall, and enjoy Abandon all hope, ye. 29 this free show. [email protected] Free pizza abounds as the Threshertiolds a meeting to MONDAY recruit all interested students. SATURDAY Learn about joining the staff at tfMfcefat a wmkaat •xp+fnc* 9PM in Miner Lounge. Bring a •24 Grrrrrrr. 26 friend. RICE JAZZ Lend a hand. Upperclassmen and new at iati iarnr Sfcta* There's one last chance to students alike share the * enjoy O-week — calendar's FRIDAY 0-week Outreach sentiment in He© Jou Easernbifc and Hc« Jazz Lob off©# Day. The welcoming the Community both big band and small wmmtM per far* aug. first day of class Get involved. 3G rpance oppoctuf}it«0$, Op©ni auditions cue Involvement for the 2002-03 Center hosts its year. Try to keep Activities Fair — 1 to ^M, Ray atJh#t3®gaiinjng of the fall semester for annual outreach four-letter words Courtyard and Grand Hall. placement or% "• One academic credit hour for freshmen. 23-30 to a minimum. -maybe earned 342). Jazz improv Send an e-mail to 1 lessons cm also available (MUSI 345), For [email protected] call (713) The play's the thing. HOW TO SUBMIT more inforrnotiors, contoci Lofry S*e*ak at the 348-4970 to find out more about Theater buffs (and non-buffs Rice Sands Department: signing up. alike) should stop by the Campus Wide Theater Fair at CALENDAR ITEMS Movin' up, movin' on, movin' in. 8PM in Hamman Hall. At noon today, O-week is Information about theater Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. m officially history. across campus will be prior to Friday publication. Upperclassmen of all shapes, presented. Submission methods: sizes and grade points tote their Cnmailr t«rnxoAe@r»c€ edu or themob^nce edw Fax: (713) 348-5238 junk back to campus today. Are You're already a member. E-mail: [email protected] Call: 1 'dOO-WHY-RICE (949-7423) the mattresses harder than I Student Association president Campus Mail: Calendar Of *n Houston (713) 527-6018 remember? Matt Haynie espouses the joy of Editor, Thresher, MS-524 Web Site; http//www rulnce edu/~themob a priori membership in the SA Gustywindsmayexist. tonight at 10PM in Farnsworth Calendar submission forms are Take a gander at this year's Pavilion. There will be free food available on the Thresheroffice door. installment of the Rice Art and enough politicos to make Submissions are printed on a space- Gallery's answer to window you wish you'd have brought available basis. treatments. Visit the art gallery some Rolaids. Come Worship With Us! o West University Baptist Church invites you to worship, the study of God's Word, and fellowship. We have both contemporary and traditional Sunday worship services, as well as a college- level Sunday school class that is attended by many Rice University and Medical Center students and taught by Dr. Jim Tour. Free breakfast is always served in the class. We are located 2 miles west of campus, 6218 Auden between University and Rice. Free round-trip shuttle service is provided each Sunday morning leaving at 8:15 AM and 9:15 « AM from the Rice's Allen Center parking lot with return trips at 11:15 AM and 12:15 PM See www.wubc.org for more details, or call 713-668-2319. Contemporary Worship: 8:30 AM Sunday School: 9:40 AM Traditional Worship: 11:00 AM THE RICE THRESHER ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, AUGUST 23,2002 1 o 9 t> welcomeback! 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We gated in the campus for your safety. give everyone a reassuring message mit designs by Tuesday at 5 p.m. From: [email protected] * ^ in the Thresher about the gates, and — SA President Matt Haynie — To: [email protected] 1 won't call you my bitch in public Subject: Eliminate troublemakers anymore. Just tell them all that the From: [email protected] You saw Steve's latest e-mail. Can gates are up and there's nothing To: [email protected] we make him take a sabbatical like they can do about it, okay? Subject: JONES WINS AGAIN! Dan West? We got to get rid of the Your Master, Gillis. Martel is whining again. outspoken ones. Everyone knows Jones' stance Miss Patty Bass. ^ From: [email protected] on Martel, so I just wanted to warn To: [email protected] everyone that a Disabilities Golf From: [email protected] Subject: Gates are good! Cart is parked right outside the com- To: [email protected] Hi all. Hope you had a wonderful mons with the keys in the ignition. Subject: Forgot to cc. summer! We're so happy that you I would hate for anyone to steal Hey Hutch. are back! the golf cart while intoxicated and We're still on for Saturday at Hutch and Camacho at the newly-remodeled 5-man. Just wanted to give you a re- crash it into Martel. Wiess, right? G-dawg. minder that the gates are a good Repeat ... the golf cart has the Until the Backpage gets a real back in town. We need our yellow thing! We don't want pesky visitors keys in the ignition. HOUSING GRAD STUDENTS! Small one-bedroom, DOWNTOWN I AW FIRM seekingpart- TECH WRITER/documentation man- MISCELLANEOUS one-bath at 1737 Sunset. Covered park- tiine legal assistant/clerk for 15-20 hours ager. Downtown Houston consulting firm NO LEASE, NO DEPOSIT, no bills. ing, on-site laundry. Owner pays utilities. perweek. Starting pay$ll/hour. Please needs perfectionistic, smart, articulate ROCKHOPPERMOUNTAIN BIKE. Alu- Charming old, remodeled two-story $650 with lease and deposit. Owner man- respond to John Kim at (713) 650-1261 and experienced tech writer/documen- minum frame, all parts upgraded to XT, house in Heights. One bedroom and aged. Call Andover at (713) 524-3344. or [email protected]. tation manager on a full-time basis. Must suspension, seat post, Judy race shock, study. Private bath, washer/dryer, be capable of relating directly with clients tons of extras, includes helmet and cam- central air, off-street parking. Very FREE RENT! Studio garage apartment, BARTENDING/$250 a day potential. and working with minimal supervision. elback, fits someone roughly 6' to 6'5" quiet and peaceful. $450/month. Call recently refurbished. Located in Uni- Training provided. Call (800) 293-3985 Top pay with benefits and profit sharing. $400 or best offer. (713) 790-7844. W Matthew at (713) 864-5353. versity Oaks, approximately three miles ext. 155. College degree required, and only the from Rice. Looking for student to oc- top of their class need apply. Skill testing FOR SALE: One-year-old 15-foot tram- TWO PRIVATE ROOMS - shared bath cupy apartment in exchange for yard HELP WANTED: $2.6 BILLION com- will be performed during job interviews. poline $150. Office-size Fellows shred- in Pearland home. (Beltway & Cullen) work and pool maintenance. Owned by pany expanding locally...business- Submit college transcript and resume der $2(X). Call (713) 664-9492 in West U. $425 each, all bills paid. Close to 45 & Rice alumnus. Call (713) 741-7220. minded and entrepreneurs only! Part- with detailed description of technical 288. Non-smokers only, most pets al- time/full-time. Set an interview, call documentation development experience $3,500 FEE PAID TO EGG DONORS. lowed. call (832) 656-6896. See http:// GRAI) STUDENTS! Two-bedroom, (281) 332-8172. to Chandra at [email protected]. "Have a heart — give an egg." 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Apply in person resumeeto (713) 263-8867. up to $2,000 - $5,000 per month for Call Bill at (713) 868-9460, evenings. FOR RENT. I.arge lower 2-1 in 4-plex after 2 p.m. Monday-Friday. 3200 Kirby tuition, credit card debt, etc. working* just four blocks from Rice. C A/H, Drive (in back). (713) 522-9999. MONTESSORI SCHOOL near Rice around classes. Ask me How! Visit GRAD STUDENTS! Small, well-kept, dishwasher, hard-woods, washer/ University looking for substitutes and www. FindFreedom. com/Be A Winner or owner-managed buildingat4001 Greeley. dryer, gas fireplace. $875 plus bills. SEEKING SAVVY, ORGANIZED and afternoon assistants. Ideal for students call now (800) 383-4033. Attractive one-bedroom apartment with Call owner at (713) 523-0688. responsible individual to handle the needing flexible hours. Please call hardwood floors. $500 plus some utilities box office register for the Rice Film (713) 520-0738 and ask for Tara. with lease and deposit. No dogs, please. BEAUTIFUL, FURNISHED room for Series. Must commit to working at least 1 Call Andover at (713) 524-3344. rent. $600/month. Includes all utilities. one shift per week. $6 per hour to start. PORTABLE ROCK WALL Business CLASSIFIED ADS Private bath. I.arge room with queen Free movies! Work-Study preferred. seeking part-time help (10-20 hours a GRAD STUDENTS! Great floor plan bed, desk. Off-street parking. Kitchen Contact Rachel at ext. 4882 or send e- week) working Houston events. Hours Rates are as follows: for roommates. Large, renovated two- privileges. Close to Loop 610. Call (832) mail to [email protected]. needed are 2 - 5 p.m., (Monday - Friday) bedroom, two-bathroom. Dishwasher, 423-4001. and/or weekends. Competitive hourly 1-35 words: $15 covered parking. Owner pays utilities. NEED KIND, CARING person to salary. Truck ownership and towing ex- 36-70 words: $30 Small private property at 1737 Sunset. babysit my 8-year-old son in my SW perience helpful, but not required. Call 71-105 words: $45 $1,125 with lease and deposit. Call HELP WANTED apartment Monday-Friday 12:30-5:30. us at (281) 948-6298 or (281) 948-6293. (713) 524-3344. Payment, by cash, check or AFTER-SCHOOLCHUD CARE. Student Must be energetic, loving and patient. credit card, must accompany needed to help family with two children, Need reliable transportation and speak JOB AVAILABLE FOR a Rice student your ad. ONE-ONE FRESHLY PAINTED, new English. Must have experience with now taking care of two children; ages 9 carpet/tile, mini blinds with front and ages 9 and 10 after school, from 2:30 to no later than 6:30/7 p.m. Pick up at school children and can work all year. Please and 10 years old. Home address: West Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. rear entrance. Montrose area, min- call (832) 328-3715 after 6 p.m. University Place. Duties and schedule: prior to Friday publication. utes from downtown and area univer- and after school help with homework and tasks if needed. Expenses for car taking one child to Kincaid (at 7 a.m.), sities. Appliances furnished. Please PARTTIMENANNY/babysitterwanted: the other child is attending West Uni- The Rice Thresher call (713) 529-1616. provided and wages no less than $10/ hour. Please contact Dr. K. Angelides at busy, professional single mom looking versity Elementary School. Then, cov- Attn: Classifieds (713) .560-8131 or (713) 862-8005. for creative, fun, dependable person to erage is needed from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., P.O. Box 1892, MS-524 MONTROSE/MIJSEUM. Large four- watch my 7-year-old daughter. Possibly to include picking up the one child from 2nd Floor, Ley Student Center bedroom/ two-bath house. Water, alarm CHILD CARE/TUTORING needed 4 after-school care and/or periodic week- Kincaid at 3:30 p.m. (Expenses for gas to Houston, TX 77251-1892 monitoring, dishwasher, washer and be reimbursed). Hourly rate: $8 per hour days/week, 3 hours/day for three chil- day/weekend evenings. If interested, Phone: (713) 348-3967 dryer included. Application and one- please call Casey at (713) 260-1404 or (approximately six hours a day includ- dren: twin girls age 9 and boy age 11. Fax: (713) 348-5238 year lease required. Roommates okay. (713) 839-9709. ing the morning drive, five days a week). $l,800/monthplus$1.800deposit.4406 Braeswood area just outside Loop. Call Keith at work (281) 263-5187 or at If you are interested, please contact Mrs. The Thresher reserves the right Greeley. Call (713) 503-9074. 2 home (713) 728-3830. TUTORS WANTED. LEARNING , a Vanessa Holman at (832) 822-3780. to refuse any advertising for private tutorial service, needs part-time any reason and does not take GRAD STUDENTS! One-bed room with tutors in the following subjects: math- PLAYMATE/SIT 1ER needed for2 1/2- central air. off-street, gated parking, oak ARE YOU A WORK-STUDY student responsibility for the factual looking for a good job? Apply to the ematics, biology, chemistry, physics, year-old in my home. Between 6 and 12 content of any ad. floors, on-site laundry at 1301 Richmond. French, Spanish, English and finance. hours per week, Wednesday - Friday. $540 + some utilities with lease and America Reads and Counts Tutoring Program at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/ Flexible hours. Excellent pay. No Flexible schedule. Must have own car Notes & Notices are published deposit. Owner managed. No dogs, ~service. Earn $9.00 an hour while mak- house calls. Office located close to and provide personal references. Call according to space availability. please. Call Andover at (713) 524-3344. ing a difference in a child's life! campus. Call (713) 528-7085. Heidi at (832) 567-4903.