The SINCE 1916

VOLUME 76, NO. 12 CHIP CAN DUNK! DECEMBER 2, 1988

Board to raise tuition, SA appeals to tradition

possible. As a result, the last few by Sue-Sun Yom years we have kept increases mini- mal." Tuition will go up," President Of Hanszen sophomore Kurt George Rupp said Wednesday night, Moeller's commentary in the Chron- two days before today's Board of icle, Rupp said, "I regret that it was Governors morning meeting sched- fundamentally misinformed. To be uled to initiate and approve an in- perfectly candid, I think it can only crease in the University's tuition. have a negative impact" Substantial tuition increases will be Moeller alleged in the article that the focus of discussion, despite two Rupp would request a$1300 increase Student Association resolutions on representing a 25 percent increase. the issue, a letter published in the Moeller wrote, "These trends November 30 Opinion section of the [which the tuition hike will reflect] Houston Chronicle, a bound report include the triumph of image over distributed to Board members by the reality, ever-higher costs for a col- Senate Sub-Committee on the Tui- lege education and the closing of tion Question, and a student protest many of the doors of opportunity." at Willy's Statue cancelled at the last Rupp said he would release a let- minute. ter to students and faculty Monday. Rupp said, in response to Senate He declined to comment on his pres- Student Association President Andy Karsner and committee chair Brian Casey take a break after an ail night vigil with other resolution 18003, "TTiere is no ques- entation to the Board, but said the committee members writing the final report of the Senate Sub-Committee on the Tuition Question. tion that this is an absolute neces- letter would explain his stance and sity." The resolution requested that rationale. morning with a copy of its report, Karsner said, The numbers tion is why?" the Board consider tuition increases SA President Andy Karsner said, The Challenge for Excellence: Re- seem to indicate a need for sound Brian Casey, chairman of the only as "the last available means" to "We asked for a deferral and a freeze. taining Rice Principles in Accord fiscal policy, but we arc offering a committee, said, "We're arguing finance the University. We won't get them, it doesn't look with Progress." counter to their arguments. William from the principled stance, what Resolution 18003 and 18004 both like it'll be nothing, but we're trying According to the report, a $1000 March Rice's principles were not should Rice be like? passed at the November 21 SA meet- to keep it reasonable." increase for 2500 students will raise based on rational economics, but "We are not necessarily against ing, 18004 requesting tuition deci- The SA Senate Sub-Committee $2.5 million but will cost $800,000 in they made this university grow. And this increase per se. But our greatest sions "be deferred to an alternate on the Tuition Question plans to increased financial aid, leaving only it is not fiscally unsound to retain asset is our student body, a mix from date, such as the more customary supply each Board member Friday $1.7 million in real gain. tuition at current levels. So the ques- SEE TUmON, PAGE 8 spring meeting of the Board." Rupp said the premise of 18004 was wrong. "Tuition increases are decided upon in December every 1/3 of student body elects Cheyette SA External VP year that I have been informed of U them except last year when we SA Secretary and Election Com- Tuesday night Baker College so- their respective colleges. 1 just waited until March. This year we By Jim Kelly mittee Chairperson Lisa Thompson phomore Ellen Rein noticed that assumed they knew how to count have the information early enough said, The reason for that [the low some of the college representatives preferential ballots," she said. so that we can decide on the custom- Sid Richardson College sopho- turnout] is that basically we've had helping with the count were tallying The fact that they did n't raises the ary date." more Dan Cheyette won the election so many elections." She cited as an preferential ballots incorrectly. possibility that all elections held so Rupp said he has understood for Student Association External example of a high turnout the 1267 Only the representatives of far this year at three to five colleges student opinion on the issue since Vice President Tuesday, November ballots cast in the recent Homecom- Baker, Sid Richardson, and Will Rice have been counted incorrectly, Th- August "I have been discussing tui- 22, beating his nearest rival by 88 ing Queen election. colleges were using the correct sys- ompson said. tion with students, alumni, and votes. A very low turnout and prob- Thompson speculated that ques- tem for counting preferential ballots. In this election the number of Board members. My impressions lems with vote counting marred the tions surrounding the resignation of Those of the remaining five colleges, votes separating the first and second from these discussions have not contest, which was also notable for former SA external vice-president "were counting the second prefer- place finishers was great enough been affected by two resolutions a its large field of candidates. Adam Carr contributed to student ence votes but not redistributing that second preference votes weie day old." Cheyette captured 28 percent of apathy. "I think a lot of people were them," Rein said. not crucial to determine the victor. Rupp said the Board considers the vote to defeat seven other candi- just sick and tired of the whole is- Thompson said with the excep- Nevertheless, Thompson double- student opinions very seriously. dates. Only 880 students voted, sue," she said. tion of substitutes sent by Jones and checked a recount of the votes. The Board is aware that students about a third of the total student Problems with counting ballots Wiess colleges, those making the "It's not a big deal, but if this had would like to keep tuition as low as body. delayed the results of the election mistakes were elections chairmen at been a close election it could have made a difference," Thompson said. Cheyette won with 251 votes, 93 of which came from his own college. Brown Foundation pledges $5 million grant Second was senior Andy Knox of Baker College, who received 163 The Alice Pratt Brown Hall for the has raised $34.15 million to date. When asked about the possibility votes. by Cary Farris Shepherd School of Music and the Charles W. Duncan, Jr., chair- of tuition increases necessitated by Former SA External Vice Presi- George R. Brown Hall for the Bios- man of the Board of Governors, be- the high cost of the new projects, dent Adam Carr ran third, garnering President George Rupp and the ciences and Bioengineering Depart- gan the fundraising meeting an- Rupp said, "Increasing costs in re- 105 votes. Behind Carr were, in Board of Governors announced fund- ment carry a combined pricetag of nouncing a "challenge grant" of $5 cruiting faculty and supporting them descending order, Adam Fin- raising plans for the construction of $41.5 million. million pledged by the Brown Foun- are-a very major ingredient in what nefrock, Stephen "Guppy" Getty, two new buildings on campus at a University officials said a fun- dation for the two buildings. Duncan the total demands for revenue are in Allan Muchmore, Lloyd Bellah, and luncheon Tuesday, November 22. draising campaign started last year said the Board plans to meet the the institution, and some of those Thomas Hyer. grant. demands on revenues will have to be Jones had the lowest voter turn- Rupp said, The challenge grant borne by tuition. out of any college, tallying only 57 from the Brown Foundation comes "It is absolutely crucial to under- ballots. Wiess was only a little better, at a crucial time and really marks our graduates as well as graduate stu- tallying 77 ballots. final push in generating those last dents that we continue to attract the seven million dollars." kind of faculty members whom un- The ten year-old Shepherd Soci- dergraduates have come to expect," FEATURES ety of the music school pledged to Rupp said. raise $1 million of the final funds The Board of Governors will dis- needed to construct the Alice Brown cuss the issue of tuition increases at a Hall. separate meeting Friday, December SEXISM Groudbreaking dates for the two 2,1988. buildings are February 1989 for the The new building projects will WITHIN THE George R Brown Hall and Spring improve teaching and researching 1989 for the Alice Pratt Brown Hall. capabilities, in the music and bios- HEDGES These dates, both originally set for cience disciplines. late 1988, have been delayed be- The Bioscience and Bioengineer- See page 5 cause of funding shortages. ing Institute building promises to The cost of the music facility is attract a significant number of distin- $17.5 million, and the cost of the bios- guished faculty members to re- ciences facility is $18 million. George search and teaching in laboratories SPORTS R. Brown Hall is also allotted a $6 for medical science, biochemical and million maintenance budget. genetic engineering, and organic Private corporations in Houston chemistry. Owls romp all over are another source of funds. Rupp Dean of Engineering Michael Alcorn State, 107-74. said a corporate fundraising cam- Carroll said the George R Brown paign opens in January to link private Hall will not only improve Rice's See page 13 President Rupp shows an aerial view of the planned Biosciences/Bioengineering interests to the university. SEE FUNDRAISING, PAGE 8 Research Laboratory. 2 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 THE RICE THRESHER

Tuition increase improper THE CABINET aWMINENTS Today, President George Rupp and the Board of Governors are to decide AMD "WE MSENtARRTie on what may be the single-largest tuition increase in the history of Rice University. But no matter how large the increase is, the answer to the tuition NEXT FOUR YEARS ARE AIL question is rooted in the principles set forth by William Marsh Rice, and it is GBTCMN DECISIONS up to the students to continuously apply pressure on the administration to make it their priortiy to stand by these principles above all else, or risk losing the uniqueness and quality of the Rice experience. There is no denying that Rice University is at a crossroads right now. We must be careful not to become part of the national trend and become so obsessed with competing with other top schools that we lose sight ofwhat has brought us to number nine in the first place. YIHEK3 Rice has fostered and maintained an egalitarian atmosphere for its students, where students with widely differentiated talents and aspirations fcma live and work together, in a way indicative of no other top university. It was implicit in its charter that Rice University would seek to take care of its students above all other concerns, and especially reward those who are intellectually gifted but not blessed with high socio-economic standing. But will the same opportunities that are available to students at Rice today be available to Rice students of tomorrow? Or will they only be available to those who can afford to pay for them? It is scary to think of returning to Rice five or ten years after graduation and observing a Princetonian character at a place we once thought was unique. Would the Rice ring still mean what it does today to those of us who are seniors? I think not Dr. Rupp has argued that in order to enhance the university, or be competitive with other top schools in areas such as faculty recruitment, we must find a source for increased revenue, the source being increases in tuition. From a practical, economic standpoint, this makes sense. In 1965,the year tuition was instituted at Rice.it accounted for 40 percent of the cost a Rice student's education. This year that figure is down to 22 percent. Most other 'Shah top schools are at or around 40 percent. So the administration is certainly justified in rasing the percentage students pay, right? Wrong. This university was not based on fiscally sound principles, but on giving a way an unparalleled education to those who most deserve to have it given to them. It is this Neurock's views on Israel contradictory principle which has brought us—via an economically irrational path—to be a top ten university. Indeed, compared to Ivy league tuitions, Rice is still To the editors: neighbors." What does Neurock Americans who believe that good giving away an education. But the day when Rice students pay tuitions which You recently published an anti- mean by that statement? Perhaps he American/Israeli relations, as well rival the Ivies is the day the principles of the founder have been abandoned. Israel diatribe by Mitch Neurock is suggesting that those who support as good relations with the Arab The administration is faced with tough decisions with no easy answers. For ("Arab nations our best allies", Octo- Israel's survival should be more world are in America's bestinterests, while the practical rationale behind a tuition increase is understandable, it ber 14, 1988), which requires some positive about American relations are somehow responsible for the lies in direct competition with the philosophy of the university, and as aresult, response. The difficulty in respond- with the Arab world. Apparently that Iraqi attack on the USS Stark last tuition should never be raised unless it is absolutely necessary. President ing is that the arguments posed by is what he means; but elsewhere in year, as well as the accidental Rupp is a practical thinker, and, contrary to popular belief, he does not place Neurock are so convoluted and il- his column he then assails those shooting down of an Iranian jet liner monetary concerns above all else. An ongoing forum on tuition and the logical that it is difficult to decipher Americans committed to Israel as a by the USS Vincennes last July? university's future begins next semester, in which intense student input is what the author's point is, other than "Jewish Lobby" for opposing arms Strangely, apparently so. That is how mandatory. The tuition increase which will be decided upon by the end of his sharp dislike of Israel and the sales to the Arab world. In his haste Mr. Neurock conlcudes his column the day today should not put an end to tuition arguments from the students mythical "Jewish Lobby." to follow one contradiction with by saying that "AIPAC may be until next year; rather, it should kick off an ongoing debate in which the only For example, Neurock writes that, another, he ignores the reality that responsible..." though he does way students can fail is if they do not keep the argument alive. This is not the "Even those who support the America has exported substantially preface this surreal nonsense by last day to fight, but the first day to battle for no tuition hike next year. We urge continued existence of Israel, for more arms to the Arab world than to saying that his accusation "may not all students at Rice to aid the efforts of the SA and Thresher by submitting whatever reason, are less than Israel, including the AWACS system, be entirely fair." letters to the editors and making opinions known through the SA. But don't positive as to the status of U.S. which not even Israel has. What is symbolic about Neurock's sacrifice time for yourself; do it for the future students of Rice University. relations with Israel's Arab Is Neurock implying that those dizzy diatribe is it suggests the by Joel Sendek, with Andy Karsner blindness of those who question Israel's survival and strong American/Israeli ties. Rather than Fondren changes are more than meets the eye provide clear argumentation, we are by Sue-Sun Yom presented with crude stereotypes Fondren Library has been of a nationally recognized favorably to a variety of other schools, there is Williams College's and scapegoating aligned with non renovated, redecorated, and university's library. schools. Dartmouth College's Baker Sawyer Library, which spends sequitors and absurdities. Such resuscitated. But all the student An additional problem in Memorial Library spends $344.79 on each of its 2000 students. muddying of the intellectual waters body seems to hear about from the comparing Fondren to other $2,598,668 on 5672 students, or Oberlin College Library spends fails to provide illumination on the administration and the Thresher is university libraries is that Rice $458.16 per student. Brown $239.07 on 2825 students for a total of real obstacles preventing peace in the "new look" of the library, as University enjoys unusual stature for University Library spends $675,381. Swarthmore College's the region. though cosmetic appearances were a school of its size. Rice's academic approximately the same amount as McCabe Library turned in a better Sheldon Filger, Director all that count in a university standards put greater pressure on Rice, $2,191,793, to serve a student performance; each of Swarthmore's Southwest Region information center. The lack of the library ot be of excellent caliber. body of 6823, or $321.24 per capita. 1322 students accounts for $408.47 Anti-Defamation League of coverage regarding the state of the Of course, no two universities Aside from the Ivy League SEE FONDREN, PAGE 4 B'nai B'rith library's holdings may have led to can be exactly the same, but for all student suspicion about the quality reasonable purposes, Fondren can and quantity of Fondren's materials. probably be evaluated against Surprisingly, Fondren library is libraries serving a student body in Election chairmen need retraining not among the lesser of the nation's the range of 2,0(X) to 10,000. libraries. In fact, on many counts, According to statistics quoted by To the editors: be shared by all students since the later have been counted. At this Fondren is outstanding when placed American Library Directory 1988- Upon attending a meeting held decision of the committee could point, five college representatives beside contemporaries of similar 1989, Rice University reported full- tonight by the Student Association's affect the entire student body. After admitted they had not correctly size and academic standing. time enrollment of 4042 students. Election Committee to count ballots two hours of counting, I observed counted their ballots and some for the external vice-presidential that several colleges were not stated that they had similarly Larger libraries can amass For 1987-1988, Fondren Library's election, I was shocked at the lack of redistributing second preference miscounted ballots in past elections, greater capital for resource income totalled $4,826,956, of which order and correctness which votes, causing errors when the third such as the Homecoming Queen purchases, but can also spend less Fondren spent $2,035,206 abounded—a concern which should preference of these ballots should election two weeks ago. (Votes for per student less efficiently. Smaller purchasing material resources. this external vice-presidential libraries can spend a great deal on Thus, not including staff salaries or election were recounted correctly.) each member of their limited maintenance of the collections or the However, students should hope that constituency, but they can also physical plant, Fondren spent mistakes such as these are not made purchase materials of lesser quality $503.51 on each student Dye should respect snap in any upcoming elections, either and are not subject to the standards The number compares very To the editors: the same thing. During this time, the university-wide or at their own On Saturday, I was one of the few Owls were on the side of the field colleges. Rice students that attended the Rice closest to the MOB where the noise Obviously, the problem lies within II -li- University of Houston football game must have been very loud. the colleges. Students who elect at the Dome. Even if students did not In addition, bands that play at loud chair men who do not understand the show (which is understandable at volumes during the snap are subject system may not care if their own to penalties in college ball if the WWQUWI QUK/LEE SEEN AUVE ? $15 a shot), I was glad that we did elections produce inaccurate HOHEStW- WERE 0' TWEy field a band as usual. referee is so inclined. results. However, it is unacceptable GEfmssTW? But by the end of the game, my Even U of H quieted then- band for candidates and students of other patience for the MOB had worn thin. during the snap counts of BOTH colleges to be harmed by this poor Repeatedly, director Dr. Ken Dye ^•fcams. judgment of one college. I believe started the MOB on a tune just as the Yes, the U of H band is probably that it is the responsibility of the SA players began the snap count the most boring in the SWC. But, I to see that more stringent guidelines Fine — big deal if the Cougars hate to inform Dye that some Rice are enacted and enforced at SA screw up the count because of noise, fans come to see the team, not the election, committee meetings. right? band. Chairmen should review the rules of The problem is, this happened Show a little respect for the game the preferential ballot system each during the Rice snap count. that gives the MOB the opportunity time they meet to assure conformity At one point in the second half, he to perform and more importantly for to SAelection rules and the meetings did this during a fourth and one the players who, by the way, work a should be run more formally to situation for the Owlswhich ended in hell of a lot harder than the MOB better maintain both order and fair an illegal procedure call — a call I'm does. results. convinced was a result of an " Ellen Rein inaudible count. Valerie Heitshusen Baker College '91 And on the very next snap, Dye did Jones '89 Elections Committee THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1988 3 RWA takes on the night To the editors: On Thursday, December 1, the Rice Women's Alliance sponsored a Take Back the Night" march. The purpose of this action was to express concern about safety on campus as well as in THE STILLS THERES A WOMAN YOURB CAME. OUT BOY.. the surrounding community. ON CHANNEL Z KIDDING. GREAT, DON'T NOW I'VE WHAT'S GIVING BIRTH OH, MY No one should have to feel frightened J yOU THINK, S55N EVERY- THAT? YOU KNOUJ, SHE NO.,. NO, walking alone at night However, due to our Live ON THB GOP... BOOPSIB? THING' AIR! LOOKS VERY MORE LIKE location in downtown Houston, the FAMILIAR.. SHE- SALLY unfortunate reality is that it is dangerous to be r LOOKS LIKE out alone, and we feel that Rice has not LIKE,.. provided sufficient protection to the students, * faculty, and staff. With the Take Back the Night" march, we \ aimed to promote awareness in the students and the administration and to generate specific action to increase safety. The march was also in response to the rapes which have occurred near Rice and on campus. As the name Take Back the Night" indicates, our plan was to unite against these threats and to show our strength as a IT IS J.J./ I CANT THIS IS AMAZING, MIKE! DO BELIEVE IT, community. THAT'S YOU REALIZE SHE'S HAVING The march began at 8 p.m. at the Sallyport I JUST LOOK, THEY RE /I BABY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COURSE, J.J./ WHATS CAN'T. FLASHING HER OF THE COUNTRY, AND WE'RE I SUPPOSE and continued through the campus and SHE DOING / PROGRESS ON IT COULD BE beyond the hedges. WATCHING IT LIVE* YIKES, GIVING BIRTH THE SCREEN. BIGHT CENTIMETERS' TAPE DELAY. Because personal safety is a concern for ON CABLE2 SHE'S DILATED both men and women, from Rice and from the SEVEN CENT,I community, a broad range of people were METERS! expected to join us in the march. / These are some of the specific safety measures we are seeking; better lighting on campus, self-defense classes, rape and acquaintance rape seminars, a paid and trained escort service, and action on the recommendations of the "Report of the Task Force on Campus Climate for Women."

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The Rice Thresher, he official student newspaper at Rice University since 1916. is published each Friday during the school year, except during examination periods and fiofidays, by the students of Rice University. Editorial and business offices are located on tieseccnd floor ol the Ley Student Center. P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas, 77251. AdverIsing information avaiabie upon request Mail subscription rate per semester: $15.00 domestic, 130 internalonal via flrst class mail. Unsigned editorialsrepresentfiemajority opinion of tie Editorial Board Al other articles represent the opinion of fie autior. Obviously. 4 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1988 THE RICE THRESHER Review sues Dartmouth over discrimination — against whites

Racial incidents have occured at regular Wednesday demonstrations. desegregation plan- several universities this fall Members of the black-led South In the last five years, black including one unusual event at African Ad-Hoc Committee are enrollment in the state's public Dartmouth which may have a long- frustrated at being expected to institutions of higher learning has term impact on campuses. attend the weekly protests. Two declined by 1100 students. Shirley Four Dartmouth students who Fridays ago, about 100 black Binder, UT director of admissions, were staffers for the conservative students held a quieter rally to show said the board members were Dartmouth Review newspaper are their support for divestment. "somewhat puzzled" as to reasons suing the college for discrimination BY KURT MOELLER The Board of Trustees' Review for the decline. against whites. The newspaper is Proxy Committee held a public unaffiliated with the college. The committee said, "One UniversityofMichigan. Inresponse, forum on divestment on Nov. 3. The suit, filed over the summer, student was found guilty [of the university imposed an anti- Twenty-five people spoke for Brits debate Baylor asks three questions: harassment] because he initiated harassment code and said anyone divestment. One person spoke Two members of the British 1. Can a university discriminate and persisted in vexatious oral distributing racist fliers or involved against it and was loudly hissed. International Debate Team are against a conservative white exchange with Professor Cole, in any racial incident would be After hearing the committee's traveling throughout the U.S. criticizing a liberal black without despite Professor Cole's repeated expelled. Administrators are also report on Nov. 23, the Board of debating students at 30 colleges and violating Title 6 of the Civil Rights requests to leave his classroom." discussing adding a required course Trustees will decide about full universities. They are arguing in Act of 1964? At a faculty meeting two weeks about other cultures and races. divestment in January. Since 1981, favor of establishing the welfare 2. Can a professor, by virtue of later, Dartmouth President James 0. Cornell has practiced a policy of state in the U.S. being a minority, claim immunity Freedman blasted the Review and "selective divestment" and has sold The Britons say the welfare state against criticism from students received a standing ovation. He Divestment protests approximately $100 million of stock is good for the country, despite the traditionally protected by the First accused them of "poisoning the Students at Cornell University of companies with South African higher taxes it causes. This is Amendment? intellectual environment of the participate in weekly rallies for holdings. because it provides for those who are 3. Can the federal government campus" and being "irresponsible, divestment in front of the campus' forced out of work through no fault of legally give $30 million annually to mean-spirited, cruel and ugly." He administration building. The their own. Although they Dartmouth if there is a violation of said the Review case was not a case protesters call for Cornell to sell all of New minority plan acknowledge the inefficiency of due process for an ethnic group (in of free speech. its $42.6 million of stock of On October 28, the Texas Higher government spending, they argue this case, whites)? Other racial incidents have companies doing business in South Education Coordinating Board that the welfare state should be The students wrote alumni, occurred this fall at major Africa. accepted a new five year plan to made more efficient, not thrown asking for financial support to universities. In October at Stanford Every Wednesday, about 25 to 40 improve minority recruitment and away. finance the lawsuit The alumni there was a derogatory caricature of protesters in the ad hoc group retention in state schools. The plan The debaters, Iain Morley and responded and have hired the New a black man on a poster of Beethoven Faculty and Staff Against Apartheid, will affect students from junior high Justine Fosh, stopped at Baylor on York law firm of Myerson and Kuhn at the Ujamaa dorm house. In the which includes students, participate to graduate school. October 31. They said it was their for the students. same house a flier with the word in the vocal demonstrations. The plan makes minor changes in toughest debate of the twenty-two They have support from Morton "nigger" scrawled on it was found. Protesters have gathered outside the five year plan that expired earlier already held. Morley said the only Halperin of the ACLU and many Stanford President Donald President Frank H.T. Rhodes' office this year. Only five universities other school that challenged them prominent conservatives, including Kennedy devoted most of his three times. complied with certain freshman was Scranton University in Sens. Gordon Humphrey (R-NH) Parents' Weekend address to talking There are few blacks in the enrollment goals under a federal Pennsylvania and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), about the incidents. Two weeks after former Treasury Secretary William the first incident, an anti-Semitic flier $1,587,667 income into material Simon, and outgoing Rep. Jack was placed under the office door of resources. Swarthmore's McCabe Kemp (R-NY). the Hillel Foundation. Fondren spends 39.8 percent of its total Esperanza The suit stems from an incident A fraternity at the University of FROM PAGE 2 income on material resources. Rice that occurred last winter and spring Virginia distributed fliers reading of the $540,000 budget. channels 42.2 percent of total To the editors: at Dartmouth. The student-run "No nega babes" and "No short Compared to the small liberal- income into material resources. I would like to reiterate the fact Review taped a music class taught by wops." The frat responded to arts colleges, Duke University's Princeton University Library that I am not resigning from my post Professor Bill Cole, a liberal black criticism by saying "nega" was short William R. Perkins Library did not enjoys a reported income of with the Rice Program Council professor. They wrote an article for negative and "wops" was a do well. With an enrollment of 9781, $16,974,111 yet steers only 29.2 because of RPC politics. My which was critical of his class, calling nickname for a frat member. On the Duke spends about $288.74 on each percent into material resources. resignation is a result of personal, it "one of Dartmouth's most university's unofficial graffiti of its students. Tufts University's Tufts' Wessell Library spends 20.8 family and academic decisions. academically deficient courses." location someone painted, "The Nils Yngve Wessell library fared percent of total income on material I feel that Esperanza '88 was After the article was published, worst racism is that falsely alleged." even worse. With an enrollment of resources. indeed a success. Perhaps everyone on advice of counsel, four students At the University of Wisconsin at 7160 students, Tufts spends Fondren has many other would like to remember the good from the Review delivered a letter to Madison, a fraternity held a "slave $799,418 on library resources, or concerns aside from straight times they had at the formal. Not the him after class, offering space in the auction." Frat members dressed as $111.65 per student. number-crunching. But perhaps fiasco fabricated afterwards. newspaper to reply. The students slaves, painted their faces black, Not that Rice is number one yet. these figures are indicative of a true and professor began shouting at and wore afro wigs and play-acted Princeton University Library spends commitment on the part of the Katy Tasheff pushing each other. derogatory scenes aimed at $4,961,589 on 6187 students, or administration to improve Rice's Sid Rich iX) Dartmouth's committee on prominent blacks. $801.94 per student, a figure that libarary facilities. In that case, with standards suspended three students At Yale, a swastika with the words tops Rice's by nearly 60 percent. 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Sexism. We don't have that at mind," Yadav said. ence in the school than either the ment, male line. Rice, do we? After four years of na- Indeed, blindness to sexism Dean or Director of Architecture. members of tional reputation building under seems to be a common factor at Rice. But none of them, female or male, the college George Rupp, surely the University For instance, Professor of Mate- hesitate to call Todd a sexist. called out to would not tolerate that type of behav- rial Science and Mechanical Engi- They recall incidents and state- her, "Show your tits." involved did not pose any threat to ior. The evidence before the Rice neering John Roberts has been ments like the following when they "They don't want to see them, women students. We've recently community, however, presents a viewed as sexist by members of his make their charges. really," she said. "The reason they found out that's certainly not the picture of sexist activity. classes based upon comments On November 14, 1988, Todd yell...is because they know we don't case... Unfortunately, many people don't which he considers innocent Con- stood in the architecture office with know what to do. Things like that are "What troubles me is the inability even recognize such occurrences go sider this scenario: Lalo Robles and a graduate student hard to deal with." to distinguish bet ween rights of free on regularly. A class of senior and graduate looking out a window into the court- The stories you are about to read level Material Science majors are yard. They were watching the sopho- are true. They represent a cross- sitting in the lab analyzing data mores pouring concrete slabs for section of the different manifesta- through precise drawings. Professor their class project. tions of sexism on the Rice campus. Roberts has problems reproducing "Look at those little girls bending Some participants question or deny his drawings because the paper down, with their butts stuck up in the the label attached to their actions, under his drawing instrument, a air," an architecture student heard while some don't even see the prob- planimeter, was "messed up." A Todd say. lem at hand. female student, noting the problem, The student stopped and said, "I can't believe I just heard that" Todd responded, "Well you bet- ter get used to it That's the way it is in the real world." When we asked Todd about this I he purpose of Midnight incident, he seemed more con- cerned about his reputation, marred Madness is for the boys to throw by charges of sexism on class evalu- ations by last year's freshmen, than the girls into the fountain, I he was about the statements stu- dents clam he made.* think." —Hector Aviia That's disturbing. I didn't teach here for 39 years to get that kind of reaction," he said. According to members of that Where do you draw the line? secured the paper and planimeter for freshman class, Todd's behavior At Jones College certain males him. warrants that type of response. One have a practice they like to call Mid- After this occured, Roberts alleg- of them charged Todd with grading night Madness. It happens with ran- edly said, "Oh, that's why we have male and female students on differ- dom regularity. Jones freshman girls in the lab." ent criteria, the men on their work, Hector Avila took part in the last run. On another occasion following and the women on their looks. The "[We went]...at midnight exactly his sabbatical in Japan, Roberts gave student stressed this did not imply knocking on girls' doors, and if they his students the advice that all the the men received better grades than said 'Come in,' we would go in and men should go to Japan and get a the women. basically hoist them out to the Faiiy good Japanese woman to wait on Todd did not see any of his ac- Fountain—usually carry them out— them. His female students, needless tions as sexist. In fact, he professed and dump them in," he said. "The to say, were not encouraged by such shock at the charge that he might be purpose of Midnight Madness is for advice. sexist. Two participants at Wiess' Night of Decadence. the boys to throw the girls into the Roberts maintains that his com- "I don't differentiate...I can't dif- fountain, I think." ments were not sexist because his ferentiate between the work of Similar incidents which must be expression and fun and mis- According to Webster's New World intent was not sexist He defines women coming through and that of equally difficult to contend with oc- ogynistic...images and ideas that Dictionary, sexism is "exploitation sexism as "sexual advances, putting men," he responded. cur at Sid Richardson College as articulate hatred and violence and domination of one sex by the one sex up or down intentionally, or He defined sexism as "sexual....I well. against women in a sexual context," other, specifically of women by grading preferentially men over think the implication it might lead to A number of students, both she said. "If you're indulging your- men." This definition seems to fit members of SRC and visitors, have self for fun and self expression under that of Midnight Madness exactly. related the college's refusal to allow images of women in bondage and a Andy St John, another Jones women to give dinner announce- woman gets raped on her way to freshman, saw the sexism inherent ments. such an activity, then there seems to in the activity. One visitor said, They won't let be some connection that implies "I don't think it was intended to %T they had a bunch of the girls make dinner announce- something about that whole sce- put men above women, but I felt it did ments. If [women ] try, the guys bang nario which implies license for sex- do that," St John said. pictures of black people up on their plates and stomp their feet so ual violence against women." These feelings didn't stop him that she can't be heard." When all is said and done, it ap- from participating, though. "A lot of the wall, it would be racist...but Sid cannot compare to Wiess, pears that Rice has more problems other people were doing it," he said. however, when the topic of NOD with sexism than you might care to Jones Resident Associate Chris it's somehow still acceptable to arises. admit. Of course, this view depends Newfield saw Midnight Madness as make jokes about women." Rawlins also spoke of the sexism entirely upon where you draw the potentially explosive. "It's both all in involved in NOD. She mentioned line. We have barely scratched the fun and scary....It's persistent and —Melissa Rawlins specifically the decorations for the surface of the sexist activity at Rice. not reversible. In many cases every- party, which have included pictures We have no space to discuss is- body is having sort of a good time but of women painted spread-eagle on sues such as the Baker College "He- the woman in fact doesn't have any the walls. "If they had a bunch of Man Woman Hater" Club; the male control. If she stops having a good women, or women over men. some favor or some implication that pictures of black people up on the bonding parties which include the time she's at the mercy of the men to Many of Roberts' students did not maybe you're trying to bed some- wall, it would be racist...but it's some- viewing of demeaning porno flicks decide that they have to stop. She want to go on record with their body down. I've seen it happen all how still acceptable to make jokes and result in obscene and degrading doesn't really have any recourse," he comments for fear of backlash so over this campus for years..." about women," she said. comments made to women across said. close to the end of the semester. Todd is correct in one respect. Assistant Professor of English campus; certain submissions which As Newfield pointed out, the However, these storie^do reflect the Sexism does happen "all over cam- Susan Lurie teaches feminist litera- appear in the 7hresher Misclass sec- woman has no control. Kalyani experiences, as stated to the writers, pus." Perhaps the most disturbing ture. When she first heard about the tion; the dearth of female faculty on Yadav was a victim of the madness. of male and female Material Science example arises in Wiess College, the decorations for NOD, she became campus; or the Jane Chance lawsuit, " It seemed like we were a lot weaker, majors from more than one class collegeofNightof Decadence and an outraged. The decorations for NOD to name a few. so they threw us in," she said. "There level. "Animal House" mentality. have involved women in bondage...I Next week we will continue this were just so many of them." The students of Architecture Wiess senior Melissa Rawlins has was just struck that this was seen as discussion with comments and opin- However, she, like the instiga- Professor Anderson Todd did not experienced sexism during college good fun, not only by students, but it ions by these and other concerned tors, did not consider the sexist want to be quoted directly, either, for dinner announcements. She said seemed like faculty had known about members of the Rice community. implications of the act "The thought the same reasons. In fact, some of thaton multiple occasions, when she it for some time and thought this was We welcome your comments re- of discrimination never crossed my them feel Todd wields more influ- has needed to give an announce- just grand stuff, that the decadence garding this issue. 6 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 THE RICE THRESHER Senate focuses on tuition, passes two resolutions by Shelley Fuld meeting December 5 at Hanszen College, at 10 p.m. Resolutions 'Hie Student Association Senate The SA discussed and passed two passed two resolutions concerning resolutions concerning the Board of impending tuition increases at their Governors' decision on whether to meeting November 21 at Wiess Col- increase tuition. The Board will de- lege. The Senate also discussed sub- cide on increases for this year at their committee work for the Administra- meeting today. tive Planning Committee, an- One resolution requested that nounced a clothes drive, and opened the Board defer its decision to the nominations for a new Thresher busi- spring, when tuition decisions have ness manager. traditionally been made, in order to SA Charities more fully consider the student per- The SA Charities Committee will spective. hold a clothes drive during the last An excerpt from the resolution two weeks of classes. College repre- reads, "Whereas, the SA has pro- sentatives will collect the clothes. vided pertinent material and offered Administrative Planning an additional and important perspec- Wiess College Senator Brian tive that the Board should consider; Casey, chair of the Administrative Be it resolved...that we request that Planning Committee Subcommittee the Board of Governors allow more on Tuition, reported on the status of time for careful consideration and Will Rice College Senator Mary Elliott dozes off while WRC President Moses Scheinfeld applauds at the SA meeting. the study. input on this vital question of prin- "We are going to have something ciple and practice." tuition increase as the "last available Governors has seen plenty of Senate been ultrasensitive to the SA being a cohesive to say, a statement to the Some concerns were raised that means of financing the University's resolutions. It seems like so many paper factory, throwing out resolu- Board of Governors at their meeting the resolution does not offer the operation and growth." pieces of paper thrown at them. Our tions. (December 2) about the student Board significant reasons to defer The resolution refers to the uni- report is going to be one cohesive "I don't believe in throwing out perspective," he said. their decision, besides the desire of versity's historical objective "of offer- thing," he said. resolutions that don't represent true Will Rice College President students to lobby against it ing educational opportunity without Karsner said the report and the sentiment In hopes that the admini- Moses Scheinfeld, chair of the Sub- Brown College Senator Joy regard for financial ability as one of resolutions are "not mutually stration really does listen and committee on Recruitment of Stu- Somma said, "We are presenting a its strongest guiding principles." exclusive." doesn't just file them away, I don't dents and Professors, said the three narrow scope. We aren't giving for- It calls on the Board of Governors "There's no mutual exclusivity in see how we harm anything by pass- areas of the group's information- midable reasons why we should "to recall this fundamental principle the Senate. It's a matter of how many ing a resolution that states our true gathering focus are minority stu- wait." of the founder, the mandates of our weapons we're going to throw," feelings," Lutton said. dents; faculty, particularly minority Karsner disagreed. He said the charter, and the long-standing Rice Karsner said. The resolution passed 12-7, with faculty; and students from different Board feels since they haven't heard University tradition of adherence to Lutton said, "In years past, I've three opposed and four abstentions. areas of the country and world. student opposition to the increase, both." Wiess College President Mike the students must not be concerned. Members of the Subcommittee Yanochik, chair of the Subcommit- "We want to say, 'Hold off. We on Tuition said they felt the resolu- tee on Core Curriculum, said his have something to say.' We have an tions would diminish the effective- Tasheff, Daruwala committee will be concentrating on obligation to say something for the ness of their detailed report how to improve the freshman foun- students even if our efforts are futile. Treasurer Jenni Rausch said, dation courses. People have hired us to speak for "The tuition committee agrees with tender VP resignations "We've been talking to some them and speak for them loudly on the sentiment of the resolution. It is a commitments. by Leslie Raneri hacked-off freshmen with good this position," Karsner said. skeleton to what we've been working The editorial also said the RPC ideas," Yanochik said. The resolution passed with one on, but it is not the whole story. did not trust him to finish the spring Thresher Nominations dissenting vote and three absten- There are other reasons against the Amid controversy and conflicting calendar. Rachel Giesber was placed President Andy Karsner opened tions. tuition increase." statements, both the Internal and in charge of the calendar because the floor for nominations for a new The other resolution, proposed Casey said he felt the resolution External Vice Presidents of the Rice Flenner did not know if he could do Thresher business manager. by Executive Vice-President Chip was "entirely redundant" Program Council resigned last it; however, Flenner never asked Karsner nominated Ray LeTulle. Lutton and Baker College Senator "Every argument is going to be week. him, Daruwala said. Nominations will close at the next Kirk Oden, asks the Board to use a covered (in the report). The Board of RPC President Alex Flenner said Flenner said Giesber volun- the resignations of Katy Tasheff, for- teered to do the calendar in a meet- mer External Vice President, and ing before Esperanza. Daruwala said Jamie Daruwala, former Internal there was no reason for that because Elections for vice presidents to be held Vice President, were both due to the first calendar was completed in personal reasons and were unre- two weeks, and at the time of the about Espcranza. It just wasn't a publicity, car maintenance, and fuel lated. meeting there were still four weeks by Ross Goldberg steady chain of communication," from the program. Flenner, Tasheff, and Daruwala left. Flenner said. He said there were Students who wish to drive for the all made conflicting statements re- "My main disgust with the whole Elections for the offices of Inter- communication problems between program must be 17 years old and garding the resignations and a criti- thing lies with the fact that I wasn't nal and Externa] Vice Presidents for himself and the vice presidents. have a chauffeur's license from his or cal editorial which appeared in llie talked to [by Flenner] before it came the Rice Program Council will be Christmas Party her home state. Students interested Thresher November 18. out. I wish I'd been talked to first," held early next semester. Former The RPC will sponsor a Christ- in driving for Safe Rides should con- Daruwala said the controversy Daruwala said. He said Flenner vice presidents Jamie Daruwala and mas party next Thursday and Friday tact Jones College sophomore Nika surrounding the editorial was a ma- never told him he needed to change Katy Tasheff resigned last week. mornings in the Academic Quad. Kabiri. jor factor in his resignation, while his actions. At Monday's RPC meeting, presi- Christine Gibson, organizer of the Safe Rides will begin operation Flenner claimed Daruwala resigned "The first time I heard anything dent Alex Flenner said he prefers event, said Santa Claus will be mak- next semester. to work more on his band. about it was in that article. I think that the positions are filled by people ing an appearance both mornings Films "We discussed what he wanted to that there was a lot of miscommuni- who are currently in the RPC. "At and will pose for pictures with stu- Films representative John Gre- do next semester. At that time what cation. The thing that bothered me this point, I think it would be easiest dents. iner said the RPC will be sponsoring he said was that [his resignation] was my friends coming up to me and to get someone who knows what the Santa and his elves will offer a sneak preview of Working Girl, a was because of the band," Flenner asking me about the article," Daru- job entails. The RPC people know eggnog, candy canes, hot chocolate new film featuring Sigourney said. wala said. what the job entails," Flenner said. and other Christmas-time foods to Weaver, Melanie Griffith and Harri- Daruwala said, "I do want to "I'm not blaming Joel [Sendek, Flenner said he recognizes there students between classes. Mistletoe, son Ford. The film will be shown spend a lot more time working on my Thresher editor-in-chief] because he was a breakdown in communication Christmas lights and tinsel will deco- December 12, at the Rice Media band, but that wasn't the issue." did try and call me before he put the be'tween the college representatives rate the area around the party. Center; free passes will offered Flenner said Tasheff felt the edi- article out Iwasveryupsetaboutthe and the vice presidents, which Safe Rides within the colleges next week. torial was unfair, that the situation article though," he said. caused problems within the organi- Safe Rides coordinator Mieke Greiner said he will distribute give- was not portrayed accurately, and Daruwala returned the call too zation. Bloomfield said the RPC has joined away gifts at the screening. that she was "slandered" by the edi- late, so no changes were made. "One problem was that there the National Designated Driver Pro- 'Hie next RPC will be meeting torial. Daruwala said he would be help- wasn't enough information given to gram. The RPC will receive a station Monday, December 5, in the Miner Tasheff said, "I felt that it was a bit ing with the spring calendar. He said I he reps from the vice presidents wagon, car insurance, and $25(X) for Ix>unge of the Ley Student Center. biased, but since it was an editorial it he felt the editorial was positive in had a right to be. It was an editorial, encouraging the RPC to work more not an article." effectively. Daruwala resigned verbally after Daruwala's revised view of the r an informal RPC meeting on Novem- role of Internal Vice President, is as i I ber 21 which discussed the Thresher "one of the executives of the RPC i I "Ape-solutely editorial. "They talked everything who should have a hand in every- BARRY'S out in the meeting," Daruwala said. thing the RPC does and designate i THE PREFERRED FlZZA I Flenner said the Thresher edito- jobs for them." i I the best pizza rial, the lack of communication be- The Internal Vice President is in i I tween himself and RPC representa- charge of the calendar and Beer- FREE tives, actions of the two former vice Bike, while the External Vice Presi- i I in town" presidents, and brainstorming for dent is responsible for formals, i DELIVERY I changes to make next semester speakers, and tickets. i I were discussed at the meeting. An election will be held to fill the Daruwala defended himself positions. Flenner said Student i RICE CAMPUS ONLY I 4"' against the two charges in the edito- Association Elections Committee i Not Valid with any I BARRY* rial. He said he had not attended Chairman Lisa Thompson wants to i I some RPC meetings because spe- declare it a "rushed election" to hold other offer cific meeting dates were never set, it one week after statements are i I THE PREFERRED PIZZA and he was either not informed of the made in the Thresher. Thompson i Expires 12/31/88 I meetings or was informed of them said an election could be held as J 6622 South Main 522-4656 only a few hours before they oc- early as the first two weeks of next curred, too late to adjust previous semester. THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988

Grubbs to be escort at Cotton Bowl there will be a female-elected repre- ally agreed attend the Cotton Bowl By Jennifer Rios sentative who would be sent to the together. Cotton Bowl," Oden said. "Mike called me and told me that Homecoming Queen-elect Mike At Thursday's meeting there was they [Athletic Department] would Grubbs will attend the Cotton Bowl speculation on having a separate be sending me and that it would be as the escort of the runner-up and Homecoming King election to estab- up to me who my escort would be, newly appointed Homecoming Prin- lish the queen's escort, Moniaci said. but I had already talked to him cess Nancy Jones. Because a joint decision was [Grubbs] earlier in the week and The decision to send Jones to the reached, all present at the meeting said 'hey, why don t we both go.'That Cotton Bowl was reached Thursday, seemed pleased with the compro- way we could solve a lot of prob- November 17, at an informal meeting mise. lems," Jones said. between Athletic Director Bobby "I think it worked out equitably Thursday, December 29, Jones May, Assistant Athletic Director for Mike, the Athletic Department and Grubbs will travel to the Hyatt Steven Moniaci, Baker Student As- and the Cotton Bowl," Oden said. Regency Hotel in Dallas where they sociation Senator Kirk Oden and "I'm happy with the decision I will attend several receptions, the Grubbs. would like to have gone as Home- New Year's Eve Ball December 31, At Thursday's meeting they re- coming Queen... .1 think it turned and the Cotton Bowl parade and viewed the memorandum sent by out for the best," Grubbs said. football game on January 2. Cotton Bowl Student Participation After Thursday's meeting, Although Grubbs will not partici- Coordinator Virginia Gregory which Grubbs informed Jones that she was pate in half time activities, he will requested that the University send a chosen to represent Rice at the Cot- accompany Jones to each function, Baker College Senator Kirk Oden and SA Executive Vice-President Chip Lutton "young lady and her escort," and the ton Bowl. Grubbs and Jones mutu- Grubbs said. show their support for Homecoming Queen-elect Mike Grubbs. November 12, 1987, memorandum from former SA President Kevin Gass which said the homecoming queen must be an undergraduate University Court decision reprimands SA, Thresher and female. If the SA decided to send Grubbs by Sue-Sun Yom leased details promptly. "We had a as Rice's representative without U. COURT RULING: Senate meeting November 7 before consentof the Athletic Department it the University Court case where we is possible that he would have re- The University Court responded decided that we should have release The University Court, in response to a petition contesting the handling of ceived no recognition, Oden said. Monday, November 21, to a petition details sooner." requesting investigation of the Stu- the situation involving the resignation of SA External Vice President, Adam Barrett said, "The SA knows and "The Cotton Bowl organization Carr, hereby releases the following opinions: would have recognized the student dent Association Senate and its con- learned ifs not such a good idea to that was sent by Rice University, duct concerning the resignation of It is the opinion of the Court that: keep things under their hat." which would have been the Athletic former External Vice President 1. The Student Senate acted with proper discretion and caution in holding a SA Secretary Lisa Thompson sakl Department's choice," he said. Adam Carr. closed meeting to discuss the actions of Adam Carr. she believed the editorial was not Jeff Solochek, Pat McGarrity, and intrinsic to the case. "It was an edito- The final agreement by the Ath- 2. The allegations that Dennis Abbott exerted undue influence on the Senate letic Department, the SAand Grubbs Ross Goldberg submitted the peti- when a closed meeting was being considered are unfounded. rial. They can say whatever they tion November 4 citing several con- like." is that Grubbs will escort Jones. 3. However, regarding the actions of the Senate prior to the closed meeting, Grubbs will be acknowledged as the stitutional points they believed had die Senate should have publicly announced, without revealing names or Barrett defended the Court, rea- student-elected Homecoming been violated. details, die reason for holding a closed meeting. After the closed meeting, soning that the petition had re- Queen of Rice University and will act University Court Chairman Bill the Senate had a reponsibility to publicly release its conclusions in detail. quested University Court investi- as escort to Jones who is titled Cot- Barrett said every senator and pre- 4. Because Adam Carr requested the Senate's opinion regarding his actions, gate the entire situation. "We were ton Bowl Princess, Grubbs said. sient had been interviewed by their the "vote of confidence" was not improper. looking at the entire situation. 1 think college chief justice, who reported that involved both how the SA and They jointly agreed it was unfair 5. The writers of the article, "Impropriety Abounds in SA Senate," appearing that Grubbs was not informed before back to the Court. The Court also in the November 4 issue of The Rice Thresher, acted irresponsibly when they the Thresher handled the situation." elections were held of his ineligibil- heard individual testimony from stated that the SA Senate was considering appointing a new External Vice Carr said, "I thought the Court ity to represent Rice as Homecoming Carr, SA Internal Vice President President. Such presumptious editorial "news" is not befitting of a Thresher was completly unjustified in critizing Queen, Moniaci said. Dennis Abbott, Andy Karsner as a editor and staff reporter. Jeff and Pat for this article. It was an Oden said the SA constitution representative of the Senate, and Jeff opinion piece, and the Court was does not say that the Homecoming Solochek, as a representative of the never asked to comment on the ar- Queen must be female and Grubbs petitioners. ticle in the petition." had been elected fairly. The University Court's brief deci- their decisions that they could have the third point. "I feel the Senate has Karsner said he asked the Court The SA constitution says a 'Rice sion prompted remarks by several shared with more people." been reprimanded. The Court has to evaluate the article. "I asked the undergraduate,' so Mike ran le- parties. Solochek said he did not com- said you acted wrongly and took Court to do this. If we hadn't done gally," Oden said. Abbott said, "I think maybe pletely agree with certain aspects of your position as a representative for anything wrong, we had been The SA will have to come to an people would have liked to know why the ruling. "Regarding point number granted. There was plenty of time to wronged. Everything in the article agreement about Homecoming the Court made its decision the way 2, the more 1 talked to people in the get information out before the edito- and everything alleged in the peti- Queen qualifications, because if stu- it did." Senate, the more I found that could rial. Two weeks after the closed ses- tion was unfounded." dents will not elect a legitimate rep- Barrett said, "There wasn't any have been the case. 1 dis- sion we still had no information ex- Solochek said,. "We had two SA resentative the Athletic Department clear consensus on the Court, but we agree with number 4 one hundred cept leaks." sources stating appointment to the may consider banning future home- wanted to make re-interpretation of percent The implication that the Abbott said the Senate had al- office of External Vice President had coming queen elections Oden said. our decisions unnecessary." vote of confidence was nonbinding is ready realized it should have re- been considered." "What I hope to be able to do is to Carr said, "The Court had me in ridiculous. Everyone knows if the amend the [SA] constitution or some there for half an hour, so they must vote is against you, you resign. He such thing like that, so that ideally have heard a lot of testimony. They was forced out," Solochek said. must have had good reasons behind But Solochek said he agreed with Music building team to review design

the drawings so space is used as the Brown Foundation towards con- by Mark Permann efficiently as possible, which will struction of both the music and bio- lead to savings in materials. Smith technology buildings, the music Ava G. Miedzinski, D.D.S. A team of Rice faculty and outside emphasized the difficulty of doing building will be named after Alice 1722 Sunset Boulevard consultants will review and revise this because of the acoustic require- Pratt Brown. Although fund-raising Houston, Texas 77005 drawings for the Shepherd School of ments of a music school. is not completed, construction wall General Dentistry for the Whole Family Music before construction can be- "There are many poorly designed begin as soon as the team approves (713)522-4096 gin. New drawings are necessary to and poorly constructed music school the final design. cut costs because of an overrun buildings around, and the reason is "We hope there will be a ground- raiai UI^UI budget. that they are terribly complicated to breaking sometime in the second Assistant Dean for the Shepherd construct," Smith said. semester," Smith said. "Once we School Gary Smith said, "We're The Fall 1988 issue of Cite, a break ground, the building will be trying to match dollars with the pro- magazine about architecture, men- finished in twenty-two months." SENIOR PRE-MED gram, and we're waiting for a new set tions Hammond's conviction that the Smith said his department STUDENTS. of drawings from the architect for us optimal building for an academic planned to move into the teaching to review." school of music has yet to be built. and practice wing of the building Could you use a scholarship for earlier, which would be finished The team includes Vice President Smith said, "for the money that this medical school? Why not for Finance and Administration budget allows us to spend, this pro- earlier than the public performance investigate the Armed Forces Dean Currie; Dean of the Shepherd gram and design represents the best wing. School Michael Hammond; Physical building possible for Rice." Alice Brown Hall will provide a Health Professions Scholarship Plant Director Ed Samfield; and Bofill's son has just graduated long-awaited home for the Shepherd Program, with sponsorship by Smith. Also on the team are the build- from Rice's School ot Architecture. School, which currently occupies the U.S. Air Force. Current ing's architect, Ricardo Bofill of the "We weren't aware of that previ- five temporary locations on and off senior premedical students of Taller de Arquitectura; and a repre- ously," Smith said. "He [Hammond] campus. medicine or osteopathy may sentative of the architectural firm, became interested in Bofill because Bofill's design includes numer- now compete tor Air Force Kendall/Heaton/Associates Inc. of he saw his book and thought it was ous practice rooms and classrooms. scholarships. We want to help Houston; and Project Manager Fred beautiful architecture—architecture The public performance wing will you continue your education. Jenkins of Gerald D. Hines Interests, that would look good on this cam- include a 1,200 seat concert hall, as Contact your local Air Force a Houston development company. pus." well as large recital halls and re- health professions represen- Structural, mechanical, acousti- Bofill is a renowned Spanish hearsal studios. tative for details. Call cal, and theatrical consultants occa- architect, administrative officials • The new music building will sionally provide input as well. Smith said. stand in the open area between the CAPT MARK WEINSTEIN said, "the team meets sometimes as According to Cite, the building stadium parking lot and the Rice 713-271^638 COLLECT frequently as every week—it de- will be faced with orange-pink SL Joe Memorial Center on the west end of pends on how much of an assign- brick and cast concrete, similar in campus. The move will open space ment there is from one meeting to color and texture to existing campus which the Shepherd School now the next" buildings. occupies in the computer science The team asked Bofill to revise Because of a $5 million grant from and social science departments. 8 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 THE RICE THRESHER

"How will a tuition increase im- pact student life at Rice? How will a Tuition tuition increase affect the composi- Few students attend justice forum FROM PAGE 1 tion of the current and future student all religious, racial, and socio-eco- bodies? Should tuition be a primary court system and discuss possible the administration's institutions. nomic backgrounds. Cumulative source for increasing revenues? Will by Harlan Howe changes to the system. The Office of the Proctor will be han- increases in tuition could squeeze the revenue generated by a tuition Committee members said atten- dling a lot less than in its current potential applicants out of our appli- increase be significant relative to all The Judicial Review Committee dance might have been low because regard, but will have hopefully more cant pool. We appealed to their sense other sources? Do the overall effects expressed disappointment about the forum was held the night before positive aspects and more positive of tradition, the charter. of a tuition increase adhere to the low attendance at their campus jus- Thanksgiving. contacts with students and student "A precedent set in a 1965 court founder's intentions for the Univer- tice forum November 23. Committee member Paul Pfieffer affairs. case upheld tuition increases as a sity?" The Committee is currently com- said, "The group that we had was "So we will be redefining and pos- last available means to generate Casey said, The answers to piling a report on improvements in very interested. We got some of the sibly even renaming the office." revenue. these questions certainly transcend the campus justice system to submit kind of feedback we had been get- One issue the committee is con- "We're not accountants or finan- the financial—they are questions to Vice President for Student Affairs ting informally from others. sidering is greater involvement of ciers, but we just don't see this as the about what Rice University is to be. Ronald Stebbings by early next "They were saying the kind of the University Court as a stronger last means," he said. We are asking them to adhere to semester. things the student members on the central court than individual college Karsner predicted, "It will proba- traditions providing equal opportu- Only about 10 students showed committee had been saying," Pfief- courts. bly be an increase moderately nity and an egalitarianism that is up at the forum, which was meant to fer said. "It is very hard for the college higher than last year's, less than special to this school." elicit student input on the current "We're looking at the Honor courts to deal with the alcohol policy $1000 and more than $400." Council and the Honor system as with any real firmness because it is Hanszen College junior Becky providing some ideal for which to an unpopular policy with a lot of indi- Durrer organized a protest to be held work. viduals," Pfieffer said. at noon Thursday at William Marsh Late directories result "The major change is restructur- Karsner said, "This unique and Rice's statue in the academic quad- ing the University Court One of the model atmosphere of Rice Univer- rangle. The protest was cancelled things we're looking at is the possi- sity has given us the opportunity to Wednesday night from computer errors bility of structuring membership in launch a really grand experiment Durrer said, "Several members of the terms of representation of vari- with student justice—students ad- and the Registrar to formulate a let- the committee asked me not to go by Tim Carroll ous classes, with the idea that some ministrating justice upon other stu- through with the protest I didn't ter code for each office and people who come in early will stay on dents—and the administration only necessarily agree with them, but I department This information was and give some continuity," Pfieffer coming into the loop when a penalty Administration officials ex- know some of them personally and I not submitted to former Student said. is to be doled out or in cases of ex- plained reasons for delay of the Association External Vice President know how much work they've done. Committee member and Student treme circumstance. That's really campus directories and for certain Adam Carr and Waldron until Au- They probably know more than I do Association President Andy Karsner revolutionary in terms of the coun- mistakes in the directory, both in gust. and they thought this could hurt all said, "There will be some reforms of try." faculty and student listings. that work." Mistakes in the student section of Karsner said he asked Durrer to Associate Director of Student the directory are the fault of the indi- cancel the protest "We called for a Activities Lois Waldron said the de- vidual students. Waldron said any major student outpouring months lay was a result of new information errors are because a student did not Wells drilled on prairie ago. The time has passed. The Board added to the book's original format submit correct information. after an original test copy of the tape Mistakes in the faculty section Science and Engineering Philip understands student opinion—we By Jennifer Rios must channel it constructively to had been sent to the publisher, Data occurred because of members of the Bedient and Associate Professor of discuss further increase. Nationals. faculty who asked to have their Geology H.C. Clark. numbers omitted. The code for a "We risk undermining the six to According to their contract with Rice's Environmental Engineer- Bedient said a lot of the work blank number on the file was a zero, eight weeks of our committee's work Data Nationals, Rice is required to ing and Geology departments, Terra involved in the drilling was donated and when existing numbers were with this competing strategy. The send test copies of both student and Technologies, and Reed Morris by Terra Technologies and Reed deleted, they were not replaced with increase will be modest, in my opin- faculty/staff listings to Data Nation- Drilling, Inc. drilled three shallow Morris Drilling, Inc. The permanent the necessary zeroes. Data Nation- ion, because of the committee. 1 als by July 1 to provide Data National wells next to the Biology Depart- wells will be used to evaluate the als' computers misread the file and wanted a stable situation." time to work over the information ment Prairie Wednesday, November subsurface water bearing formation and return sample copies to Rice. substituted a preceding number in- 30. The wells will be used for future or aquifer system, Bedient said. The Challenge for Excellence" stead of a blank. assessment of water quality and The well sites will be used as a poses five questions which both the Waldron was informed by Associ- availability. "laboratory^ for environmental sci- Board and students will be forced to ate Vice President for Administra- Binford emphasized his support ence and geology students in the address as economic conditions tion Neill Binford August 1 that there of the directory project, mentioning A cone penetrometer which de- future for water level and chemical tighten at Rice. was a strong desire to include an that in past years the phone books termines subsurface geology includ- electronic mail system code to the had been printed separately, with ing water level measurement, chemi- testing,Bedient said, "Normally general information. This new infor- one book containing student infor- cal testing and water productivity wells like these are only put in mation required an additional test mation and one with staff. The staff was completed Wednesday near the around hazardous waste sites and it tape. issue was printed at a cost of $6000, stadium parking lot along with other is difficult to get students to observe, Fundraising The electronic mail submissions whereas the SA stand s to gain a profit "twin" wells near the Biology Depart- because of exposure and liability." FROM PAGE 1 were bordered by a certain type of of $8000 from advertising sales in ment.Prairie. Testing of the wells will be incor- reputation in the bioscience field, but bracket which was not a universal this issue. The SA has not yet re- Among those involved in the drill- porated in to ENVI 401, ENVI 518, will also induce biotech firms to character and which was misread by ceived $8000 from Data Nationals. ing were Professor of Environmental GEOL352 and GEOL452. move to the Houston area. Dean Data Nationals' computer. Carroll compared Houston's future It became necessary to retype, as a major biotech center to the Sili- electronic mail systems information, con Valley computerphenomenon in replacing the brackets with paran- California. theses, which could be read cor- rectly by the publisher's computer. Newsbriefs Carroll, who relocated to Rice two months ago from the University of This delayed the project until ap- California at Berkeley, said the bio- proximately September 23. are able to meet the costs of the Support staff of the Admission science labs will benefit Rice and the Associate Vice President for by Ross Goldberg program (estimated to be $12,000). Office now occupy the vacated students as long as the focus on Administration Neill Binford said The Rice student will spend the 1989- space. undergraduates remains strong and the Committee on Computers had 90 school year at Trinity College at does not shift to research and gradu- requested electronic mail numbers BSU co-sponsors the University of Cambridge. ate training. to be included a year ago. This re- All Rice students in good stand- GSA sponsors Ending the fundraising an- quest was forgotten until the sum- apartheid film ing and scheduled to graduate after nouncement, President Rupp said, mer, when Associate Provost Ed- The Black Student Union in col- May 1990 are eligible. canned food drive The two buildings embody in bricks ward Hayes and the Computer Plan- laberation with the Student Coalition In order to apply, submit a 500 The Graduate Student Associa- and mortar more concretely the ning Board pushed for introducing Against Apartheid will present the word statement on your reasons for tion is sponsoring a Food Drive commitment that Rice has to con- departmental electronic mailing ad- Walter Cronkite documentary, applying, a personal biography, and December 1 -13. Each academic and tinuing to be very strong not only in dresses. "Children Against Apartheid," to- three letters of recomenjlation to support department will receive one sciences and engineering but also in Hayes and the Planning Commis- night at 7:30 p.m. in the Kyle Morrow Vice President for Student Affairs grocery bag to fill with non-perish- the arts, humanities, and social sci- sion worked with the Institute for Room of Eondren Library. Ronald Stebbings by Friday, Decem- able items such as canned goods, Computer Services and Applications A brief question and answer pe- ber 9,1988. rice, and cereals. riod will follow the film. The food which is collected will be donated to the Houston Food World's Special Discount World's Sophomore wins Bank. Largest Largest Rice announces Contact Susan Hult (623-0722) Post contest for more information. Dealer Rick Case Hyundai Dealer Truman nominees H o The Houston Post has named £ 20% DISCOUNT ON ALL PARTS & SERVICE Brown College sophomores Hanszen College sophomore Grace S3 Chap Atwell and Teresa Shiller and Chen as winner of the "Being Orien- Esperanza: WITH VALID STUDENT I.D. CARD O o Sid Richardson College sophomore tal in Houston" Writing Contest. o •Hyundai FREE ESTIMATES ON o Miriam Ma have been selected as Chen will receive $2500 and recogni- lost and found Blue leather purse. Per- 894-5200 ning a career in public service and In Chen's essay, entitled "Double sonal papers inside. Please call Will pay up to $7000 per year toward tui- Happiness," she stresses the impor- Rice College office with any informa- tion and expenses for the student's tance of keeping her culture and tion at 527-2307. junior and sen ior years and two years realizing her Chinese-American BRAZOS BOOKSTORE of graduate study. identity. Finalists and winners will be Financial aid forms chosen by the foundation by March, p MONDAY - FRIDAY. 10 - 6 1989. Registrar moves to due for '89-'90 SATURDAY - SUNDAY, 10 - 5 Forms are now available in the Allen Center Financial Aid Office, 201 Lovett Hall. Applications due for The Registrar's office moved Forms must be filed by March 1, 10% OFF ALL PAPERBACKS FOR from Lovett Hall to the first floor of 1989. Trinity exchange Allen Center this Saturday. The of- If notification of aid for 1989-90 is RICE STUDENTS WITH I.D. The selection committee for the fice was closed on Monday, Nov«Jh- desired prior to leaving school, the C. D. Broad Exchange Program in- ber 21, but was reopened on Tues- spring deadline for filing is June 1, 2314 BISSONNET 523 - 0701 vites applications from students who day, November 22, at 8:30 a.m. 1989. THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 9

THE WINNERS OF THE STAKEHOLDER

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*Progressive companies have begun STAKEHOLDER ESSAY COMPETITION WINNERS to think beyond the traditional First Place Pfeter Donati Etienne Weiss Ozorak Murray B. Low Cornell University/Oxford Earlham College relationship of the firm to society University of Pennsylvania/ Gerhaldt Douglass Elizabeth Parsons and have begun to manage all of Wharton School of Business University of Miami Northeastern University Second Place Timothy Duning Bradley Pick the relationships upon which they Ron Gilbert Purdue University!Krannert Northwestern University depend for survival. Firms that University of Iowa Chris Dyke John D. Powell University of Florida Louisiana Tech University don't follow suit may regret their NATIONAL WINNERS Vanita D'Silva Bruce Rebhan Scot Barenblat Virginia Polytechnic Institute University of short-sightedness" University of Texas I Austin George Ellis California! Berkeley Mark Christel University of Michigan Richard Reid University of Wisconsin Murray B. Low, Winner Brant Enderle Harding University Scott Evans Ohio State University David Roeder NCR Stakeholder Essay Colorado State University Judith Finestone Mississippi Stale University Competition Kalyanaram Gurumurthy Drexel University Gordon Sargent Massachusetts Institute of Duane Ford University of Kansas Technology! Sloan East Texas State Peter K. Schalestock Gregory Heyworth Some of today's most important ideas are Bruce Friedman Cornell University Columbia University Harvard Business School Justus Schlichting held in trust by the leaders of tomorrow. Yen-Chi Huang Claremont Graduate School Stanford University Eran Gartner Cornell University Kimberly Schwartz Darnell Hunt More than 2,500 such leaders, college College of St. Benedict Georgetown University Marc Greidinger University of Maryland John Schwerin students from all over the country, recently James Mahon, Jr. Christian Brothers College University of William Hammer competed in an NCR-sponsored essay Northwestern University Scott Shafer California! Berkeley University of Cincinnati competition. The topic: "Creating Value Amy Montgomery Philip Hutcheson Brian Shaffer For Stakeholders In Corporations University of Michigan David Lipscomb College Thomas Irwin University of STATE WINNERS Hawaii Pacific College California I Berkeley And/OrNot-For-Profit Organizations." Kathryn Adam John Jacobs Angela Sizemore University of M innesota At stake: $300,000 in awards. And at North Carolina State University of South Carolina Sumy Ahn even greater stake: a chance to affect the Scott Johnston Julia Snell Auburn University way the world does business. Northwestern University Brown University Ajav Ahuja Stephanie Jordan Michael Solka University of Idaho/Moscow Appalachian Stale University University of NCR is proud to salute the first prize Bruce Alexander Pennsylvania' Wharton Middlehury College Andrew Scott Keating winner, Murray B. Low of The Wharton Dartmouth College Lisa Stamm Robert Asseln Northern Kentucky University Yale University Sonva Kelly School, The University of Pennsylvania; University of Nebraska Michael Strong Steve Atkins Monterey Institute oj and the second prize winner, Ron Gilbert University of Alaska Charlotte Klaus University of Denver International Studies of The University of Iowa. NCR also Thomas Austin Ashu Suri University of Wisconsin!Stout Gail Koren congratulates the 98 national and state Kent State University Princeton University Jack Ballentine Brent Taliaferro University of Georgia . Michael Kuhn award winners, as well as their schools. Washington University Oklahoma State University John Banko Dianne Todd Their names are listed below. University of Florida Lawrence Kupers U.C.I..A. Northwestern Umversity Fred Bentsen Jay Tompt Our sincere thanks to all who entered the Rice University David Lambert University of Florida Monterey Institute of competition. Their ideas promise a bright Michael Blach International Studies California Polytechnic James LaPrath Hilary Turner future—for themselves, and for business State/San Luis Obispo Montana State University University of the world over. Susan Bodenheim Signe Larkin Washington Seattle Miami University Northern Arizona University Curt Walker George Bohan Leonard T. 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NCR's Mission: Create Value for Our Stakeholders 10 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 THE RICE THRESHER s KAHN'S CORNER: Dickensian revelry on the Strand and other assorted merrymaking events

TONIGHT heathens who don't celebrate •There's only one week of Christmas are welcome), tonight classes left, three weeks until at about 8 p.m. or so. Males the end of finals, but there's and females (especially only one night left until THE females) are invited. PARTY. •The 15th annual Dickens on •Once again, the Thresher the Strand begins today and office has the good fortune of continues tomorrow in being on the Playboy mailing Galveston's historic district. The

list. This month is Playboy's advantage of going is that you Galveston Island's historic Strands/Mechanic District is transformed into the world of Charles Dickens this weekend. 35th Anniversary Issue, full of might meet a babe who looks fascinating articles, highly like Pip's; of course, you also •December 4—The Years. You have to see this until December 18th at The educational cartoons and might run into that old hag, Miss Nutcracker Ballet will be show to believe it; suffice it to Ensemble's Large Stage; call delightfully witty pictorials. I Haversham, so beware. Call performed todby at 2 p.m. and 6 say that it would be worth 520-0055. guess only in America could we (409J-765-7834 for ticket p.m. in the Katy High School putting up with 364 hours of • The Merry Wives of Windsor, be celebrating the anniversary of information. Auditorium; tickets are $9. Morton Downey, Jr. and Geraldo Texas, an adaptation of the a girlie magazine the same •Robert Colescott's •December 6—WRICES just to see a couple episodes of Bard's classic work, runs month we elected a man named retrospective of his 1975-86 meets at the Pub at 9:30 p.m. this hilarious, moving, flipping through January 1 at the Alley "Poppy" president. work begins its exhibit today at New members welcome, brilliant series. Check it out Theatre. Call 228-8421 for more •German Conductor Christof the Contempoary Arts Museum. especially those bringing dues. tonight on ABC. ticket infromation. Perick leads the Houston The show runs through January •December 6—More Dickens •December 8—T. Graham •Andy Warhol's Death and Symphony tonight, at 7 p.m. in 15. information (he gets more space Brown makes his second Disasters, an exhibit at the Jones Hall. •Stages Repertory Theatre's in my column than any other appearance in Houston in a little Menil Collection, will be on TOMORROW presentation of The Man of La dead 19th century British over a month tonight at the display until January 8. •Finally, an event that doesn't Mancha closes today. Call 52- novelist, though Joseph Conrad Palladium at 8 p.m. I generally •Winslow Homer's Images of require you to be a geek, or a STAGE for ticket information. comes close): Oliver, a retelling am not too fond of country Blacks: The Civil War and jock, or even independently UPCOMING of Oliver Twist, begins its two music (Hank Williams was a Reconstruction Years is on wealthy: The Annual Porter/ •December A—Dickens on week run at the Music Hali dude, but someone like Hank display at the Menil Collection Colonna/Montag Christmas the Strand continues today in downtown. Call 961-9396 for Williams, Jr. makes me want to until January 8. Party (I assume that even we Galveston. ticket prices and performance puke), but I had the opportunity •Richard Jackson's times. to hear Brown recently, and he Installations is at the Menil •December 7—I normally sounds more like B. B. King Collection until December 31. don't recommend television than Waylon Jennings. •Frederic Remington: The shows to my readers, but ONGOING Masterworks continues at the tonight be sure and catch the • West Memphis Mojo plays Museum of Fine Arts. The season premiere of The Wonder Thursdays through Saturdays exhibit runs through January 8. Syzygy closes music season

fall semester with two special the Sewall Art Gallery exhibit BY P. KELLACH WADDLE performances next week. Drawn From Life: Contemporary The Syzygy ensemble's next Interpretive Landscapes. The performance will be December 6 program will include The Tree by at 8 p.m. in Hamman Hall. The Hervig, Variations for Violin, Thhee Shepherd Symphony theme of this concert is Clarinet, and Piano by Harbison, Orchestra and Syzygy: New "Reflections on Contemporary Soli 2 by faculty composer Music at Rice are preparing to Landscapes" and the show will Ellsworth Milburn and A Mirror Graham Sncwn plays at the Palladium this week. finish their concert series for the be presented in conjuction with on Which to Dwell by Carter, featuring Shepherd School faculty member and soprano Lynn Griebling. The Orchestra's last official performance of this semester is MANNES December 9 at 8 p.m. in Hamman Hall and will feature Benjamin Zander as Guest COLLEGE Conductor. Zander has been at the New England Conservatory of Music MANNES. in Boston since 1964 and has travelled widely as a conductor, cellist, teacher and lecturer, Artistry & Community including a number of past performances at the Shepherd ••• At Mannes they go together. The .skills, understanding and School. He will conduct the originality of artistry are fostered by a superb faculty in a caring and orchestra in a performance of two of the repertory's warhorse supportive community. •••That's why Mannes graduates succeed. symphonies by Hayden and 2£32iiii==i£**45: Tchiakovsky. „ Also, for a dose of holiday spirit, no piece in the repertory is more associated with REGIONAE AUDITIONS • DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TEXAS Christmas than Handel's February 1, 2, 1989 at Texas Women's University, MCL Auditorium, Denton, Texas masterpiece, The Messiah. ( .all 800-292-3040 in 2I2-:>MO-O2l<) for application, audition appointment, and additional information Luke Sellers will conduct about t lie (!ollege. members of the symphony and NYC audition*: March I. 2. .5. 4. 1989, May 24. 25. 26. 1989, August dates to l>e announced. soloists from the Sheperd School in a performance of Handel's holiday favorite at St. I'IKXiKAMS OK STl'DY: Master of Music. Post-Graduate Diploma. Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Paul's United Methodist Church Science. Diploma. Professional Studies Certificate. SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED IN ALL MAJORS. at 8 p.m. on December 13. As DORMITORY ROOMS AVAILABLE. usual, all events are free and open to the public. THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 1± MFA exhibits works of Frederic Remington exhibit. Although this sculpture BY KATHERINE MURPHY Rattlesnake sculptures evoke village from a cliff blanketed Remington's work, regardless was created using the sand-cast different emotions, they with snow. The coolness of the of the medium or setting, method, Remington later" originated from the same mold. winter night enhances the conveys a sense of urgency. studied lost-wax sculpture. An Remington's vibrant, dramatic apprehensiveness of the Indian Perhaps this urgency stems T informative video at the exhibit oil paintings comprise the other scout as he ponders the from Remington's sadness at • I he artist Frederic details this process that allows portion of the Masterworks intentions of the villagers below. the decline of the Wild West. Remington is known for his the artist to make different collection. A Dash For Timber The clarity of the sky dotted with Through his efforts, he has powerful, realistic portrayals of sculptures from the same mold. (1889) is typical of his work in stars and the misty breath preserved the West by Western scenes. Currently on The two Rattlesnake bronzes, this medium. The horses, emanating from the horse's successfully capturing what little display at the Houston Museum numbers 7 (1906) and 17 highlighted with flecks of mouth increase the realism of of the frontier remained at the of Fine Arts is a celebration of (1909), show how the lost-wax sunlight, are rendered with a the scene. end of the nineteenth century. Remington's talent for painting technique can alter the mood clear, three-dimensional quality. and sculpture, Frederic and expression, but not the They literally jump out of the Remington: The Masterworks. setting, of a particular moment. wall toward the viewer; one can The exhibit, which runs through The 1906 Rattlesnake displays almost hear the stampede of January 8, features the West a young man with angular horses in this spectacular work. MAIL YOUR through the eyes of a New features atop a frightened horse Remington's placid winter and Yorker fascinated with confronted by a rattlesnake. The nighttime settings offer a CHRISTMAS WISHES America's last frontier. 1909 sculpture evolved as a striking contrast to his urgent Remington's first and most more bulky piece, with an older, daytime scenes. The Scout: UPS, Emery, US Postal Shipping famous bronze sculpture,The bearded man who appears more Friends or Enemies? (1902- Boxes, envelopes, shipping supplies Bronco Buster (1895), greets in control of his horse in the 1905) features an Indian atop FAX & TELEX, Keys, etc. ... the visitor at the entrance to the same situation. Although the his horse looking toward a 2476 Bolsover Phil Collins' Buster works in the village 529-4132 Postal and Business Services well after T-Day feast AM1L BOXES ETC. US>4 to see Buster, starring Phil BY HAROLD don't want to wait out the Collins, the mega-pop singer/ search for the planned five days BUNNIEMEISTER producer/cameo star of Miami and they get fingerprints all over Vice who has stolen more than their Monopoly board. riwn nivn i one teenage heart even though Within weeks, after your he is pushing forty years old by standard nationwide manhunt, Thhanksgivina g dinner. Hands now. virtually everybody gets caught, WANT MORE of those of you who showed up? In Buster, or Bustah as all the except for Bustah and a couple That's what I thought. Hands on characters say in their terrific of other guys. Since an election THAN A who cares that Detroit plays Cockney accents, Phil plays one is coming up, the big parlia- football at nine in the morning? of the more colorful members of mentary snoots decide to ream DESK JOB? If I see another 68-story a gang of thieves that pulled off those nasty train robbers real inflatable, anatomically correct the Great Train Robbery of good, even though the media Looking for an exciting and Vanna White, I'll scream. 1963. has elevated them to folk hero challenging career Hey, I saw Metamucil stock go Right away, Phil launches a status, just under Robin Hood in where each day is different through the ceiling on Friday. So big campaign to endear himself the opinion polls. Many Air Force people what if the Christmas season to the audience by stealing a Bustah and wife and kid try to have such a career as Pilots officially starts on T-Day plus suit from a shop, while it is still hide out in the more fashionable Maybe you one? If you can see your feet attached to the mannequin. But neighborhoods, but the and Navigators. that morning, you've got Oprah hey, it's otay because he neighbors figure out who he is conjoin them. Find out beat. According to the Law of needed it to wear for a funeral. and tattle to Mr. Scotland Yard, it you qualify. Contact your Conservation of Fat, all that Later, he shows just how caring so it becomes real clear that he Air Force recruiter today stuff she lost had to go he is toward his wife, played by is going to have to skip the Call somewhere. I shudder to think Julie Walters, by virtually country. No sweat, except for TSGT BLEDSOE that maybe Geraldo or Phil stripping a store of infant the fact that his loving wife 713-661-5517 COLLECT might suddenly gain 60-plus products. Unlike Raising doesn't want him to leave. But pounds in seconds. We're Arizona, however, Huggies soon even the wife starts talking nuclear detonation. hadn't been invented yet. appearing on wanted posters in Liposuction fallout. You see, Bustah has a dream. the post office. They take a I don't think I've ever eaten so A dfeam to give his family plane to Acapulco. much in my entire life. Wazoo everything they want or need, For a while, it's just like a foodstuffs here. After gorging even if he must steal it. Bustah vacation. They arrive wearing the myself on your standard makes his living by theft, just wrong clothes and carrying too Swanson's Turkey And Dressing like one of his other buddies much money. They get With Cranberry Cobbler In The makes his living lugging sunburned. The food sucks. The m Little Tray T-day dinner, people garbage. weather is too good. Then r*i% were asking me who the father So he comes up with this Bustah's paradise starts to was. Goodyear was checking to plan—why don't they knock off crumble. The wife doesn't like see if I, was available for the im Intermedics Inc. the Royal Mail Train? Yeah! The the people, the language, the A wholly-owned subsidiary of Sulzer Bros. Rose Bowl. I couldn't go out of government drives this train all health care. She wants to go my house for three days Intermedics, Inc.isafast-growing leader in i ardiopulmonary. orthopedii around the country, full of home. She starts the heavy duty and dental implant technology and is headquartered in Angleton, lexas. because a group of right-to-lifers money and nobody guarding it. whining and before you know it, Intermedics' Pacer Division is a manutac turer of state-of-the-art microelec- were picketing my house "just in It's just asking to be ripped off! she splits for England with the tronics/micromechanical computer-based technology for use in implant- able devices. Intermedics is THE Market leader of THE smallest, most case." I was singing rap music We're talking a lot of money kid, leaving Bustah to watch sophisticated pacemakers in the world. in my sleep. here, in the millions of quid, or soccer games on the telly and Nightmares. Did I have pounds. Remember, this is drink infinite Coronas with his MANUFACTURING "nightmares! Usually they were of 1963 before a pound probably compadre in crime. the giant-turkey-leg-up-side-of- weighed a pound of something. Unfortunately, he loves his MECHANICAL ENGINEER the-head variety. Occasionally Since this is not really a wife. (How do I know? Because This position requires a project oriented BSME with an aptitude for sol\ ing I'd get more peculiar ones. movie about Robbing the Great they remind each other of that complex problems. Duties involve feasibility studies for manufacturing state-of-the-art products and development of methods and tooling to I dreamed that George Bush Train, we don't get a big fact every five minutes just in improve manufacturing processes and costs. Additional studies in value was standing on the wing of Air breakdown of the plan to stop case we forget.) He decides to analysis and manufacturing cost control, manufacturing methods and assembly tool design a plus. Force One balancing Ronald the train and make off with the return to England to a uncertain "Lame Duck" Reagan and Dan moolah. However, it seems but probably bad fate. But hey, We are also in need of an experienced engineer with 3 years related experience in the above areas. "Hawk" Quayle in one hand and pretty clear that they are more the wife's happy to see-him Enjoy yourchoi&of either urban or rural lifestyles, just 30 minutes,south Robert Byrd in the other, worried about how to stop the because Phil Collins is so cute, of Houston via expressway and a short drive from the Gulf of Mexico. The mumbling something about "A train, rather than how to get the even if he is probably going to area boasts affordable housing costs in a rising economy, no state income bird in the Bush..." or some- train to the trucks where the jail for 30 years or 30,000' tax and a mild climate for year-round recreational activities. thing like that. millions of pounds of pounds miles, whichever comes first. Intermedics, Inc. providesan excellent compensation and benefits pat kage. Qualified applicants for the positions should submit their resumes in con- I dreamt where the President will be loaded. They figure they'll Phil's accent is very realistic. fidence to: pardoned his Thanksgiving hire some old geezer to drive it, There is this really useless final turkey and had Oliver North for no sweat. scene that stretches the movie Bob Race INTERMEDICS, INC. dinner. Nancy was screaming After a visually interesting just long enough for one more 4000 Technology Drive "Just say no! Just say no!" in sequence of Great Train Phil Collins single. But the Angleton, TX 77515 the background. I woke up all robbing, our merry band of movie works in the end. When OUR BUSINESS IS LIFE sweaty and tingly after that one. thieves takes the loot and hides you come out of Buster, you Speaking of criminal heroes, out on this farm; but then they really can't see a reason not to We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer, M E H/V or heroic criminals, I managed get careless, probably from steal the cardboard Steve to get an airlift to the Spectrum breathing money fumes. They Martin in the lobby. 12 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 THE RICE THRESHER Bill Murray gets Scrooged of the Dickens classic, A Tiny Tim in a TV special) and BY DAVID NATHAN Christmas Carol, and although others just serve to distract the A full workout facility including this new version is far from audience from the film (Robert aerobics & weight training being a classic in its own right, Mitchum as the owner of the it does approach the tale with network). It was also somewhat 3920 Westheimer • Houston, Texas 77027 fcrooged is one of the right attitude. Bill Murray unsettling to see the late John (713) 877-8889 thosSe pre-packaged , can't miss, plays Frank Cross (cross as in Houseman and Anne Ramsey in full of holiday spirit, all-star cast "something you nail people up the film so recently after their comedies, with a big budget, to"), the youngest president of deaths. state of the art special effects any TV network. He is such a The movie is fun-filled and and a tremendous publicity fiendish workaholic that he has fanciful, with a bit of preach- campaign to boot. It shouldn't abandoned the woman he loves iness thrown in to make sure CHRIST fail. And, despite these lofty (Karen Allen), his family, friends that the youth of America get expectations, Scrooged delivers and employees. their daily allowance of morality. the goods. Murray grimaces, scowls and But as the film winds down, the THE There is no doubt that this will bah-humbugs his way through small dosage of sappiness be the big hit of the Christmas the beginning of the film with becomes an overdose, and the season, and why not? Scrooged glee. He seems to enjoy being final "big speech" by Murray features the big screen return of the bad guy. Murray also looks sounds more like one of his old KlNGmj Bill Murray after a four year the part since he has put on a routines as the smarmy night hiatus (save for a cameo in few pounds, lost some more club singer on Saturday Night Little Shop of Horrors), and is so hair, and allowed his face to age Live than a man who has LVTHERAN El full of priceless supporting considerably. This is not the discovered the true meaning of performances and good same man we knew and loved Christmas. CHVRCH intentions that there is little to in Ghostbusters. He really is up Scrooged runs way too long, Rice at Greenbriar In the Village 523-2864 complain about. to the task of being the villain, clocking in at nearly two hours. Sunday Worship 8:00 and 11:00 a.m. Director Richard Donner takes even though we all know what a For a comedy, that's a long Pastoral Staff available for consultation by appointment a lesson from one of the biggest sweet guy he really is before the time, and the length is Transportation available for students by request Christmas box office turkeys of opening credits roll. magnified by the lack of humor For additional information see our campus newsletter all time, the 1985 mega-bomb After the initial set-up, the film at the end compared to the THE CALENDAR Santa Claus: The Movie, and enters the cameo stage, where really big laughs prevalent throughout the rest of the Providing Lutheran Campus Ministry at Rice successfully merges the big a familiar face keeps popping up in almost every different picture. Too long or not, Ed Peterman and Fred Haman, Pastors stars with the gimmickry without allowing the big special effects scene. Some are hysterical audiences shouldn't care one to run rampant. He also uses a (Carol Kane as the bubbly, yet bit. Scrooged will surely be the timeless story upon which to forceful, Ghost of Christmas film providing the fondest base the film. Present), some are oddly memories from this holiday The story is simply an update amusing (Mary Lou Retton as season. Gielen overcomes weak HSO SP^cO^co^w worked like a charm. He let the BY AARON STAMBLER The orchestra rose to her c° level of playing for the most music speak for itself: lyrical part, holding its half of the melody over short Expires 12-15-88 conservation well enough. accompanimental figures, However, the playing was still suspenseful harmonies, all in I t's good to be able to enjoy not clean. This concerto cries classical proportions. Nothing a sloppily played concert, and out for a clarity that the sounded forced. There was very SKYDIVE TEXAS the Houston Symphony orchestra simply did not or little rubato, which is appro- Orchestra, under the direction of could not provide. priate for Schubert. All this Student Training guest conductor Michael Gielen, The Schubert is in four added up to a sense of moving Member of U.S. certainly obliged last Sunday movements, with a "slow" along, rather than plodding. afternoon at Jones Hall. Gielen (Andante) introduction to the This is not to say that the Parachute Association has been chief conductor of the first. Gielen took a nice brisk symphony was wonderful. The Sudwestfunk Symphony tempo for this Andante so that it orchestra responded to Gielen •Fall Special $99.00" Orchestra in Baden-Baden since was indeed "going," which is in phrasing anji direction, but 1986, and he served as music the literal translation of that was perhaps all. Intonation (713) 334-3311 director of the Frankfurt Opera Andante. The tempo helped to was at times horrid in the winds, and the Cincinnati Symphony give the performance a nice and the orchestra did not come Orchestra. The afternoon's classical feel. This sense of close to playing together in the program consisted of A classical lightness was central Scherzo. However, in the end STUDENT SOFTWARE ENGINEERS Celebration of Some 100 x 150 to Gielen's interpretation, and it Gielen's musicality triumphed. Notes by Elliott Carter, the Piano We have a need for students with programming Concerto by Carter, and the skills to work approximately 20 hours per week. Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944, "The Great" by Franz Peter Loving the Alien Assignments will involve project support with Schubert. data base manipulation, graphic display A Celebration of Some 100 x building, data transfer and translation 150 Notes was commissioned programs, etc. by The Houston Symphony as part of The Houston Symphony/ Citicorp Fanfare Project in honor Qualified candidates will need to have completed of the Texas Sesquicentennial in 1986. The piece served as a 2-3 years in a CS, EE or Math discipline. warmup for the performance, a role that no part of a concert Ferranti International Controls is an industry should take. The reading was leader in the design of large scale computer mechanical, muddled, and lacked dynamic contrast. control systems for the electric utilities industry The Piano Concerto was and is located southwest of Houston in Sugar composed in 1964-65 on a Land. commission from Jacob Lateiner, who first performed it with the Boston Symphony in To explore this employment opportunity, please 1967 under the conducting of send resume with photocopy of latest transcript Erich Leinsdorf. The soloist Sunday afternoon was Ursula to: Oppens, and her performance t FERRANTI g^NAJIUNAL was nothing short of superb. She played the virtuosic rhythmic passages with ease, 12808 West Airport Blvd. allowing herself to make music Sugar Land, Texas 77487 out of them. She phrased the Attn: A. Keyes more quiet sections beautifully, giving them a wonderful lyricism. She understood the music so EOE/ Permanent Resident Status Required well that she could explain it to, My Stepmother Is An Alien, starring Dan Aykroyd and Kim Basinger, opens next and thus captivate, the listener. Friday in Houston theaters. THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 13

chipped in 14 points in just 17 min- utes, while forward Greg Price, a 6'10" freshman, hit two three-point- ers and scored 12 points. Tanner led all rebounders with 9 boards. Rice Coach Scott Thompson was pleased to break into the win column after the 0-2 start. "I think we'll keep improving all season," Thompson said. We showed tonight that we SPORTS have some young guys who can put it in the basket." Indeed, Rice fresh- Owls maul Alcorn St. men totalled 49 points in the game. rebounded to a 25 point advantage Freshmen saw much action in by K. Couch & J. Sendek when sophomore center Chip Scott the first two games. Both guard dunked a junior guard DWayne Dana Hardy and forward Greg Price In their home opener on Wednes- Tanner feed to make the score 90-65 started for the Owls in their season- day, the Rice Owls basketball team with 4:41 to go. With the support of opening 64-53 loss to Detroit Hardy earned their first victory of the year a vociferous Autry Court crowd, Rice scored seven points in 40 minutes on with a decisive 107-74 blow-out of Al- led all the way in the second half, and the floor, but committed six of the corn State.The Owls had dropped freshman guard Dana Hardy's foul Owls' 23 turnovers. Rice shot a mis- their first two games, both on the shots with eight seconds remaining erable 38 percent from the field and road. provided the final margin of 33 were 9 for 26 from the floor in the The 107 points tallied in Wednes- points. second half. day's rout was Rice's highest point The Owls took advantage of their Dave Mlachnik led the team with total since they defeated Corpus superior height to out-rebound the nine points. Christi College 108-84 in 1971. Braves 56 to 30. No one on the Al- On Monday night, the Owls came Rice took the lead for good on a corn State squad is over 6'6", while two points short against Mississippi Dana Hardy lay-up three minutes Rice has seven players 67" or taller. State in Starkville, MS, losing 63-61. into the first half, giving the Owls an D Wayne Tanner, at 57" the shortest Rice played much better than in 8-6 lead. The Owls then took control player in the SWC, felt that the size their opener, but lost sight of the with a 24-3 run, including 15 unan- difference was the key to the victory. basket at the end of the game, scor- swered points, to establish a 45-22 "We felt we could get it inside and ing only four baskets in the final ten lead with 4:17 remaining in the first overpower them," Tanner said. minutes. Willie and Gilchrist led the half. A three-pointer from David "They were a scrappy team, though." Owls with 12 points each, though Willie at the buzzer gave Rice a 56-31 Guard Lindsey Hunter led all Willie experienced foul trouble and lead at the half. scorers with 22 points for Alcorn spent most of the game on the bench. Alsorn State whittled down the State. Freshman forward Kenneth Rourke got the starting call at for- deficit, and pulled within 15 with 9:29 Rourke led the Owls with 18 points. ward, while Hardy went most of the David Willie: the Professor of Dunk-ology remaining in the game. Rice then Senior center Andy Gilchrist way at forward. Gridders end futile season with loss to Cougar High in Dome made several mistakes, Rice lost on the running game after Roper Courtney Hall, Mike Boudousquie, points, so that next year the seniors by Wes Gere three fumbles in the first quarter, smashed his throwing arm elbow and Lorenzo Cyphers, all of whom will have more to look back on. more than they had previously in any onto a red helmet. The Cougars have had outstanding perfomances Boudousquie, who, along with After scaring the Cougars in the whole game this season. UH recipro- made 14 more points in the final 15 in this and in previou% years, an 0-11 Hood, had delayed his graduation to Astrodome during the first half with cated by losing three of its own in the minutes to wrap up their regular season doesn't do them justice, nor is give his now-futile search for glory a 14-14 score, the Owls tossed the 2nd stanza. season with a 45-14 victory. it indicative of the quality of their yet one more try, parted with a plead rest of the game last Saturday, wind- Starting quarterback Quentis Said Berndt of the season, "You play. to long suffering Rice fans,"Hanc ing up with a 45-14 loss in their last Roper received the opening kickoff, really have to feel for the seniors, Next year the deciding factor will with the team. There's a lot of talent game of the season. Rice finished easily running back the twelve yards who work so hard all year, and what be how the players handle the losing here, and we will put it together. ! the 1988 campaign at 0-11, and aren't he needed to set a new SWC stan- do they have to show for it." streak psychologically and how they know that's been said a lot, but it's we glad it's over. dard for kick returns. After 25 yards, For Quentis Roper, all-SWC can get over the habit of not scoring just around the corner now." Houston came onto the field however, he fumbled and the ball expecting an effortless win, but fig- was recovered by Houston in Rice ured out by halftime that it wouldn't territory. be that easy, so they decided to The Cougars made one play be- tighten it up. And that they did, fore two consecutive Rice unsports- outscoring Rice 31-0 in the second manlike penalties put them on our half. Cougar Quarterback Andre nine yard line and led to the first 5 Minutes from Rice Campus Ware nailed a phenomenal 39 passes score of the game. on 53 attempts for 471 yards, a SWC Rice's first drive paid off, helped S TUDENT/FA CULTY DISCOUNT record. They ended up with more by success, finally, of the Lorenzo than 500 passing yards, but only 30 Cyphers dive up the middle. The op- rushing. In fact, for the first half, the tion plays went more smoothly than Rice defense held Houston to -3 usual, and Cyphers went four yards ground yards. around the left end into the end zone RICHMONT But there are two halves in every to tie it up 7-7. Close-in for your convenience, game, and the Owls always seem to The ball changed hands five more SQUARE lose something after the first one. As times in the first quarter without any coach Jerry Berndt remarked after scoring. Split end Mike Bou- enclosed for your protection. the A&M game, "Just like it happens dousquie caught a long pass for 44 so much, take away the third quarter yards, then fumbled it on the Rice 20, andwewin."Thatwasn'tquitetrue in handing Houston Rice's third turn- this case, but giving up 17 points in over. § Faculty, Staff, & Student Discount the third took the wind out of Rice's Early in the third quarter, Ware sails, and they lost any chances of a completed to Phillips for 33 yards, comeback to lack of enthusiasm. setting up another TD for the bad § Pools, covered parking, laundry facilities This is especially true consider- guys. ing how the team must feel in the On the first snap after UH's third middle of a losing streak that has kickoff, tailback Eric Henley ran § Electronically-controlled access gates now grown to 18 games. But you can right on a reverse, and was chased bet the seniors this year have been backwards and taken down for a loss more fired up than anyone, desper- of 14. Rice ended up punting, but WestheimOT ate not to end their career with a Houston's Kimble Anders fumbled § 24 hour patrol winless season. But their intensity the return and Courtney Cravin re- can't make up for the inconsistency covered for the Owls, who turned it Alabama of much of the rest of the team, spe- into 7 points, bringing them even § On Metro bus route cifically in parts of the offensive line, again for the remainder of the half. where Berndt has had to do a lot of Clint Parsons ended his streak of six shuffling throughout the year. good field goal attempts in a row § Roommates Welcome But that wasn't the problem Sat- when he was wide on a 26-yarder in urday, when Rice was beaten mainly the second quarter. Houston also Richmond by the short-yardage pass to receiv- missed one on short yardage. ers James Dixon and Jason Phillips, Entertainment came early in the who practically never failed to get third when Phillips caught one for a Spacious 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments open in the second half. Owl line- 64-yard touchdown play, taunting backer Jeff Hood said, "perhaps we Rice defensive back Greg King as he tried too much to get in the quarter- ran into the end zone. The Coogs Open Saturday and Sunday back's face in the second halif. They were penalized 15 yards for un- made a couple of big plays, like that sportsmanlike conduct one longTD, off of our blitz, and that That pretty much summed up the 1400 Richmond 522-1035 took a lot of wind out of our sails." rest of the game, though, with the Rice didn't play that poorly, but were red team scoring another touch- Look for us amoung the trees on Richmond, just flat outclassed. Said Berndt, down in the third, followed by a field "There was a discrepancy in talent in goal after Quentis Roper was picked just off Montrose the second half." off throwing from Houston's 32-yard Despite the records broken that line. The Rice offense, which had day, the Coogs were clumsy and played so impressively in the first mediocre in the first half. Both teams half, sputtered as it was forced to rely 14 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 THE RICE THRESHER

things, such as Watson Brown's leav- ing, my shoulder operation, and our record over my four years that have A Conversation with Courtney Hall been disappointing. But I think that in the long run, they will help me in by Hung Nguyen tabbed preseason all-SWC this year College, and my mom lives in Califor- life, teaching me to overcome ob- by most journals and again has re- nia My dad passed away about four stacles, to fight through bad times, sponded with an outstanding cam- years ago. In my relaxation time, which we've had a lot of here. Last week marked the end of an paign, playing through a myriad of when the season's over, I listen to individually remarkable collegiate knee, feet, and ankle ailments. music: classical, jazz, gospel, rock, Have you been disappointed by the career for One of the Rice football Hall has started, and played vir- everything. That relaxes me the press that the team has gotten and team's all-time best offensive line- tually every down of, every game most. About my outlook on life, that's perhaps student and faculty opinion at men, center Courtney Hall. Hall during his four seasons at Rice, 44 in tough; let's come back to that later if Rice ? came to Rice in 1985 from the talent- all. Despite all his feats and his in- the rest of the interview doesn't There was a time when I was disap- rich Los Angeles area, having con- timidating 6'2,265 pound frame, the bring some of that out. pointed with both, like when they were tributed to the high school develop- 1988 co-captain has one of the most saying,"What are the athletes doing ment and performance of Okla- gentle and quiet demeanors (he nei- Who has had the most influence on here? They have no reason to be homa's standout quarterback ther parties much nor drinks) on the you, not as a player but as a person? here." But you look at our team, and Jamelle Hollieway. Hall himself was team and is thus one of its least We're talking about Courtney the per- most of the players were also very touted as one of the top freshmen in known players. Many upperclass- son, Courtney the student, because bright students in high school in the nation. Rice immediately her- men might remember his easygoing some people have trouble viewing ath- they set. 1 know first hand how tough addition to being good athletes. And alded him not only as a starter but sense of humor displayed in his per- letes at this level as anything more it is to be out on the field [for daily then they said, "Rice doesn't belong also as an impact player. Hall re- formance during last year's SRC than sport automatons. practice] and then go back and hit in the SWC." And that's fine and sponded with a most impressive Tower Party air-band contest. This The people who have influenced the books. When you can study EE dandy, but there are six other freshman season, holding his own week, at theThesher's invitation, Hall me most are the people who have (Hood), MechE (Knapton), and go schools which are paying, and I against the likes of SMU's All-Ameri- speaks his mind. done well both in athletics and in the to business school (Boudousquie), probably shouldn't be saying this can noseguard Jerry Ball, now All- classroom, people such as, on our too, I respect them tremendously for but, which are paying people to go Pro noseguard for the NFL's Detroit Courtney, few people on campus team, Jeff Hood, Brent Knapton.and that. I try to blend the good things I there, and money talks. It's hard for lions. A shoulder injury hampered even know who you are. Tell us about Mike Boudousquie, even though see in people into an ideal. a kid to turn down that much money. his 1986 campaign. He enjoyed a yourself, your interests other than foot- they probably don't know it I'm If these other schools were just re- pain-free season following surgery in ball, which is like a job, and your amazed just to see how hard they You will graduate next summer cruiting true student athletes, there 1987 and was picked by some sports outlook on life. work and how successful they are in with degrees in Managerial Studies would be much more parity among journals to the all-SWCteam. He was 1 have one brother at Morehouse school, and I look up to the examples and Economics. At some other schools, the teams in the conference, and this athletes are separated from thestudent is beginning to show in the SWC. DOUBLE BIc body in where they live and eat and in the courses they take. Was your recruitment clean, and if GraVJI 4XUb 11it, wheVT IIVInI YOUr DOUBLE-UP n1 They get credit for football, too. so, was that because the coaches knew SAVE 500 You chose to come to Rice. What is what kind of a kid you were ? When you buy two your evaluation of the education Yeah, it was squeaky clean every- want it DOUBLE-BIG" Slices of you've received? where, because on my HS team I DRIVE-THRU PiZZ3' Expire. 12.31-88. (j). Oh, it's been outstanding, even wasn't the big name player. The though, had I gone to another coaches said, "Hmmm, three players PIZZA BY THE SLICE SPAGHETTI DINNER school, I might have been among the on this squad rushed for 1,000 $ top students there just because the yards...Wonder how they did • DOUBLE-BIG" slices in 90 seconds 2.74" competition isn't comparable to what that...Let's look at the films. Spaghetti • Dinner Salad it is here. I don't regret coming to Oh...Courtney Hall!" It was only • Stay in your car or sit on our deck Garlic Bread Rice, even though [chuckles] it sure then that I got attention, and even •Plus tax. Expire! 12r31-88. • Close to school 52j would've been nice to be a top stu- then some of the schools recruited LASAGNA DINNER dent here. There are a lot of bright me for defense. I was a "project." But • Eat as little as YOU want people here, and that has made me I didn't mind that. It was my job to get • Get it the way YOU want Ai\* work harder just to keep up with publicity for the QB and running 3.49 them. backs. Lasagna • Dinner Salad 4310 Montrose @ Richmond • 524-3305 Garlic Bread When you were coming out of high Your opinion of SWC football, spe- BAMBOLINO'S 3404 S. Shepherd @ W. Main • 524-0809 •Plus tax. Expires 12-31-88. (LS L2 school, The Sporting News tabbed cifically the rules infractions that have you as one of the top freshmen in the bogged down the conference, and what country. I Former Rice coach] Watson does the conference need to do to get Brown recruited you, as did some of back to the level it was at when both the top football schools in the country, Texas and SMU were in the top five a SPORTS REHABILITATION CLINIC such as (JSC, Berkeley, Colorado, few years ago ? Washington, and Arizona. So what A lot of what has happened has to OF HOUSTON possessed you to decide, at age 16, to do with the seriousness with which 6410 FANNIN, SUITE 1115 leave family and girlfriend and the football is taken in Texas. In Califor- sunny West Coast to come to Rice, a nia, there is no tackle football in jun- HOUSTON, TEXAS 77030 school which appeared on its way up ior high, and senior high schools (713)791-1577 but which belonged to a conference couldn't have "pads" practice in the headed down. What sold you on Rice? spring at all. But in Texas, you play Actually, I wasn't aware of how pee-wee tackle ball, then jr. high, much trouble a couple of the schools then high school, and on up. I'd only were in, and I didn't know how seri- played two years of high school ously football is taken in Texas until tackle football. Well, all of this builds December 2, 1988 I got here. A combination of the re- up to the college level. They just cruiting, the atmosphere, the aca- need to loosen up, start from the top demic setting, and the football team and work down. That's hard, I know, INTRAMURAL AND CLUB SPORTS ATHLETES: sold Rice to me. I wanted to be at a and it will probably never happen, small school, getting more one-on- but they need to. one attention [from instructors], Sports Rehabilitation Clinic of Houston, in the nearby Hermann Profes- rather than be one in a class of 300, You're saying that perhaps these where if you get lost, it's just too bad. SWC coaches who cheat do so because sional Building, has a special offer for you. We are in a brand new suite The Rice football program was on its of pressure from fans? with the finest equipment on the market. Put that with the experi- way up; they had a lot of close games Yeah, pressure from all of Texas. that year (1984) and I thought, "In Texas there's football and spring enced athletic trainers and physical therapists, and we can offer the "Maybe in a couple of years, who football," that's what I was told when best treatment and rehabilitation available. knows ?" Also, I was a tackle, and it's I first got here. If you don't win in easy to see why ah offensive player Texas football, you're out of here. would be attracted to Watson But I have some problems on what is That brings us to our offer to you. As a professional courtesy, any Rice Brown's program. and isn't cheating. I think every student or faculty member with a current ID can be seen for insurance coaching staff has done something Any regrets about coming to Rice? that could get them in trouble. only. * We will even file your insurance claims. No, not at all. There have been PLEASE SEE HALL PAGE 15

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TALI, DARK AND IRANIAN 1 2 DER DUFF DEIA MAGNIFICO 1 2 TLM 3 1 DAISY AND THE BUTT HAPPY FEET 1 2 WIESS SOCCER MUTANTS 1 3 College Football PIRATES 0 4 BABB'S 0 3 Lovett def Sid 34-21 SCOREBOARD 0 3 Tuesday League W L BLOODY STOOL Wiess def Will Rice 7-6 Thursday #2 w L F.C. CORINTHIANS 4 1 Baker also def Will Rice 31-14 by Earl "the Pearl" Drake LOVETT SUCKS W L SCHMEGMA FACE 3 0 5 0 Saturday 9:15 Sid def Hanszen 6-0 WEATHER MEN II 3 0 IRRESISTABLE URGES 2 2 DOWN BOYS 3 0 Men's Basketball £EX 1 2 RABID PITBULLS 2 3 NAUSEA 2 1 Monday League W L HAMILTON BEACH BLENDER s 1 3 SNOW WHITE AND THE CHAIN GANG 8 1 2 Women's College Volleyball FAST BREAK 4 0 BUNHUNTERS 0 3 SEVEN DWARVES 1 3 FLAMING CARYATIDS 0 3 Sid def Baker 15-7, 15-12 DARK SIDE OF MARIO 3 1 ANOTHER FISH CALLED Wiess def Jones 5-15,15-9,15-11 Sid def Hanszen 15-6,10-15,15-6 MORAL RETRIBUTION 2 2 Friday &1 w L BASS 0 5 Saturday 10:30 W L LOWE'S LOSERS 1 3 CRAZY TRAIN 3 0 SPERMICIDAL TEN DENCIES 3 0 LMDTBSBBGJE 0 4 MULATTOS 2 1 Wednesday League W L CALZONES 2 1 Nike 3-point Shot Contest finals will be held at THERMOS FULL OF PHLEGM 1 2 FOREIGN CONNECTION 5 0 JONESGRADS 2 1 halftime ofthe Rice vs. Nevada-Reno basketball Tuesday League W L YOUR BOX STINKS 0 3 RAGING HETEROSEXUALS 5 0 WHAT DO WE THINK WE game on Sat., Dec. 10 at 7:35. Finalists are: Pete OH SO BAD 3 0 BUNHUNTERS 2 3 ARE DOING 1 2 Nelson (Sid), Rocky Tolentino (Wiess). Jon C-MEN 3 1 Friday #2 w L DOEMEISTER 2 3 BUBBA'S GONE 0 4 Whitney (Lovett), and Brian Bjork (Hanszen). JAFITII 1 2 TEAMED 3 0 A FISH CALLED BASS 0 4 WHOREDOGS 1 2 HOOSIERS 2 1 BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN 0 4 Results of Games Played Playoff Meetings: ANGRY MARSHMALLOWS 0 3 AIR SID 1 2 Foreign Connection def Doemeisters 11-3 Basketball-Wed., Dec. 7 at 4pm AIRY BALLS 0 3 Thursday League W L Raging Heteros def Bunhunters SI Soccer- Thurs., Dec. 8 at 4:30 Held in classroom "A" upstairs in the gym Wednesday #1 w L Results of Games Played BUCKY BALLS 4 0 Bucky Balls def Tiny Bubbles 4-2 We got deadlines this week, like today: TEAM DEAD 2 2 39-34 TINY BUBBLES 3 1 Origin Unknown def Stmpede 8-0 • Women's B-ball APC RUMPRANGERS 2 1 Bitchin Dudes def Damage,Inc. 84-33 BEDJOUNS WITHOUT Bedjouns killed Roadkill 18-1 • Co-Ed Volley-Wall-Ball BITCHEN DUDES 2 1 Iranian def Daisy and the Butt Pirates 42-37 CAMELS 2 2 Wiess Mutants def Bloody Stool 4-2 BASKETBALLJONES 2 1 21st Digits def Bricklayers 84-45 ORIGIN UNKNOWN 2 2 Phed Shettys def Leather Balls 6-0 • Men's Squash •Men's Raquetball Doubles DAMAGE INC. 0 3 Hamilton Beach def Bun hunters 58-24 STAMPEDE OF CAJUN TIJV1 def BABB'S 9-0 • Men's Badminton Doubles Weather Men II def IEX 64-36 YANKEE HATERS 1 3 What Do We Think def Bubba's Gone 1-0 • Men's Volleyball Wednesday #2 W L Fast Break def Lowe's Losers 73-27 ROAD KILL 0 4 Jones Grads def Calzones 2-1 • Co-Ed Volleyball DUCKS WITH BIG ARMS 3 0 Mario def Moral Retribution 37-15 Lovett Sucks def F.C. Corinthians 8-2 SPHINCTER DEFENCE 2 1 Oh So Bad def C-Men 43-42 Friday League W L Iresistable Urges def Rabid Pitbulls 4-2 Call Lisa at 527-4058 if you don't have a clue. Snow White def Another Fish fft. CUNNUNG RUNTS 1 2 Whoredogsdefjafittll 48-33 PHED SHETrYS 4 0 MEN AGAINST MALE LEATHER BALLS 3 1 LESBIAN EXTREMISTS 0 3 Men's Soccer Thursday #1 w L Monday League W BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed ROD BURTON FAN CLUB 3 0 WHORESMENOFTHE OKAY x m OFT 21st DIGETS 3 0 APOCOLYPSE 3 FFFE LAST 7HINQ6 OPUS TO SCRUP UP BRICKLAYERS 1 2 LAGNAF 1 KEMemeRep AT me THAT'LL TIE A\ I YOU'LL FEEI\ BACK-ALLBY LIPOSUCTIONS: j JT.500 \\ I A TEENY ) 5ACK IN A WEENY < SEC media strategies and/or outrageous I'M PUTTING STEP INTO me) MYSELF Hall personalities. Brian Bosworth comes opepftiiNO J THROUGH MEPICAL FROM PAGE 14 to mind as an overrated player. POM '/ SCHOOL/ Is cheating ever justified? For ex- Very overrated. i yyw i ample, the papers estimated that if the You haven't found it necessary to Aggies were to go on suspension, the play that game. Do you think Rice has College Station area would lose about let you down in the media strategy $25 million in revenue in one year. arena, realizing that it's hard to have So much of the area was built any credibility in promoting a player around successful football. But sup- from a winless team for postseason // t9> pose you have a player who comes honors? No, Rice has given me my fair from a humble home, who can't af- HAP AN SOME 3LACKMARKET \ ford to fly home just because his shake. With some other school's pro- ILLEGAL NOSE QUACK SURGICALLY | AT THE MOMENT SPEAKING mother is sick or has died, what are motion, people who hadn't ever seen LIPOSUCTION VACUUMS? HIS SHNOZ ! HES NOT Feecm OF SNUFF S( 5A/ school that has to cheat [to stay given credit I don't deserve. Rice successful], I don't have sympathy hasn't let me down at all. for that Fans need to loosen up. It's a game. It's a business, too, but it's a Do you want to play pro football? game, and fans need to realize that I Oh yeah! Where else can you always keep that in mind, I joke come out of college and make around on the field all the time. I'm $100,000 a year for six months' coULP've e>eeN MRse ANP IT POTS LOOK ANYWAY. THAT'S PONE I just out there to have fun. work? 1 CoULP've CROAKEP. SORTA 5V5LT6R 15 PONB ANP I've JUST WHAT Realizing the wear and tear on the ACTUALLY.. GOTTA &e posmve 7 Despite your leg problems this year, body, and that the average NFL career ABOUT , ; . . ( OPttf y your lowest "grade out," that is, the is less than a year long? IT Percentage of plays on which you neu- Realizing all that, [laughing] I'll tralized your assigned defender, was make my hundreds of thousands of 74 (anything above 70 is good, and an dollars, then I'll have six months to 80 is quite outstanding). This in- heal. cludes an 85 against all-SWC line- backer Britt Hager of Texas. Most Are you good enough to play pro papers picked you as preseason all- ball? SWC. NFL Hall ofFamer Paul Hor- At this stage, I have a lot to learn, nungsaid, The pro scouts know what but I don't have any doubt that I can |jhi Courtney Hall can do. He's going to be play. I'll develop in an NFL weight He'd 3EBN MILO. HB LOOKS \ a very high draft choice." Coach program, and I have the ability to BUTCHE>REP y HAS ANY&OPY CONSIPERCP IN FACT I THINK UKe A MOSQUITO J Berndt called you "the premier line- learn what I need to learn. [In a 5AY/N& THFWMAYBE OPUS IS IPO LOOK A / RIGHT WITH GAS man in the country." Some think James Earl Jones voice] I think I'll be THftTYj FeetiNG posmve PIT UKe A . v AdSOurreL Y< ABOUT HIS NeiAJ YOUNG PON ) V you're Ail-American quality. How do a grrreeaaat NFL center, [snickers] 7 LOOK AMecHe you respond to these congratulatory I'll probably be a tenth-rounder, the NOW comments, and how good do you think 365th pick. I'll get that award they Y you are? give to the last guy taken in the draft Yeah, that 74 was against Notre I can go in the draft, or I can go as Dame's Chris Zorich, who's a future a free agent, whatever. As long as I All-American. He was unbelievable. get a shot, I'll prove myself. There are a lot of great college line- u men outthere, and I sit there with my Any final comments to students tongue hanging out of my mouth and other Rice fans? every time I see guys like Michigan's Thank you for the Rice experi- Tony Mandarich fire off the ball. As ence that I heard so much about NMB0F3WE MARCH '87: OCWBPR, '00 - peceweeK 3ft •• far as centers go, Arizona's Joe during recruitment. Even though *A mtF Review SLBPT ON HONKEK SNeezep BACK-ALLB Y Tofflemire is the preseason All- not a lot of people knew me, espe- WRONG AFTeR mi LB - w NOSE LIPOSUCTION American, and he's great I'm flat- cially when I was a freshman and SHOWER FLOSSING • L M aKMertmK, UPPERS. y \W tered that people say that about me, sophomore and wasn't feeling real 1966 but I have a hard time believing all of good about some of things going on A BAP NOSE JOB ) it in my life, I could always get a "hi" or BY MICHAEL Do you think there's a better center a little smile, and those nice things JACKSON'S PLASTIC pResemy than you in the SWC? always cheered me up. * suRGeoN Actually I don't, at least in the FAT FRBT SWC, but there are certainly better Do you want to tell fans to have ones in the nation. I have a lot to learn patience and hang in there with the at the position; I've only played it for team? four years, and I have a lot left to Fans are fans; they're happy when you win and not happy when learn, technique-wise. And offensive 1 5AtP I linemen must use technique. You you don't But it's a long road for WULPPAY I can be the greatest, strongest athlete Rice, there are many obstacles to FOR THE in the world but you won't be able to overcome. But maybe now that the CONTAC T LENS OH// tc block anyone if you don't have the league has become [searching for technique down. I'd like to think I appropriate word] "fair," it will be /) improve every week. easier for Rice to compete, consider- Idon'tdeserveAll-American.and I ing Rice already does things the won't be considered for it because right way, the way things should be we're 0-11, and it's hard to merit done in the first place. consideration that way. The Associated Press honored Hall Some recent award winners have this week by selecting him to the All- won because of carefully-developed Southwest Conference team. I 16 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 THE RICE THRESHER

THE RICE 000000001 Think, Therefore I Am Misclass 0000000© Star Trek "lost" episode: 2. Another innovation that cheats the nest-egg and a thousand shares Spock: I suggest the landing party unaware freshmen out of $25. of stock that the frosh is heir to;.'tis a Existentialists • consist of you, me, McCoy, Scott, condescension, devoutly to be CALENDAR and Uhura The fact of the matter is everyone missed. To buy, too cheap; too Kirk: But then that would risk five sins, and the saints are just better at cheap!—a chance to ream; ay, DECEMBER of our best officers! hiding it there's the Rupp; for from his seat of Spock: On the contrary, it is totally • death what reams may come when FRIDAY 2 • No TG planned for 4 pm today. According to RPC logical. The writers can't afford to There once was a head coach named we have shovelled off his portal insiders, "it's too damn cold." kill any of those characters. Berndt— royal, mustn't he give us a cause? •Brown Party, 10-2,FREE, It's a Holiday Party. • It seems that this coach never learnt; There's the disrespect that makes • Media Center: To Be Or Not To Be, 7:30 pm; Broken My mind is like a steel trap...rusted On 3rd and 25 calamity out of so wrong a life; for he Lullaby, 9:20 pm. shut from years of neglect. He'd call "Fullback dive" can bear the quips and scorns of • rhyme, the oppressed wronged, the •Shepherd School Opera Theater: recital of scenes Then cry over victorie• s that weren't. from well know operas, Shepherd School recital Ren6 Descartes was in a restaurant. poor men continually, the harangues hall, 8 pm. The waiter said, "M. Descartes, can I Contrary to elsewhere on this page, for despised Lovett, the latest delays; •The last week of classes is a good time to dwell on get you some dessert?'' there is life after death: his indolence of office, and his existential questions. "I think not," Descartes replied, and 1. After death, there is mourning. spurns of student merit that we disappeared in a puff of logic. 2. About 16 hours after morning is unworthily take, when he himself SATURDAY3 •Apparently, no official campus parties tonight If • night. might quiet us, yet makes our kin's there are any, no one knows about 'em. Overheard in the parking lot: "I can't 3. Just past the knight is the bishop. bod bare? Who could bar his fare—to • Lovett film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, find the hole. Oh, now I've got it. Well 4. After the bishop comes the Pope. stunt and still to plunder ol' Willy Chem lec; 7,9 and 11 pm. $1. shit, now it won't go in." Then: "Oh, 5. The Pope has serious convictions. Rice, to get our bread to his last • Media Center: Lower Depths, 7:30 pm; Scandal 9:45 wrong key." " 6. After a serious conviction, you get breath, the undiscover'd accounts pm. • life. from whose bourn no travellers • For instance: Is there life after death? Basic flaws with last issue's Wiess • check returns, puggles the Will, and story: The only reason those of us who makes us rather bear those bills we SUNDAY 4 • Media Center The Miracle Woman, 7:30 pm. 1. Wiess doesn't hold "cabinet meet- bitch about misclass still read it is have, than fly to others of note not • Nope. Since death, by definition, is the end of life, ings," because there are no cabinets that we continue hoping (in vain) overdue? His conscience makes life must be over at death. in motels. Wiess holds "bed meet- that decent misclass (which we sub- wards of us all. And thus his naive ings." mit) will one day be printed. view of dissolution is tickled over MONDAY 5 • Sewall Art Gallery's "Drawn from Life: Contempo 2. The story describes a "mysterious Here you are. with the palest blast of thought, his rary Interpretive Landscape runs through Decem- safe." There are no mysteries at • enterprises grate, piss, and foment ber 16. Wiess and nothing is safe. Agnatha means jawless fish. There- our disregard, their occurrence turn •There may be something after death, but it sure isn't 3. If the document had been locked fore, it is safe to assume that Aggie, us wry, and use the name of action— "life," or else there isn't really death in the first up ever since it was written and just derived from the same I^atin root, screw him now! place. now had been discovered, how did means brainless moron. • Wiess ever get built anyway? • 1 over 2 approaches zero for suffi- TUESDAY 6 • It seems that the only thing going on on campus 4. The document consistently uses "When you're 'not really dating,' it ciently large values of 2. today is a Scientia Colloquium on "From William slang that was not around in 1948. means you go out and have a really • Why the hell would any Rice guy be Gilbert to Voyager: The Earth's Magnetic Field and 5. In the bizarre case that Hanszen good time but he's• totally apathetic." Its Extension into Space" at 4:30 pm in the Kyle had poisoned Wiess, would he have allowed to use the term TRG when Morrow Room at Fondren. Just thought we'd used such a slow-acting poison as to "Eat me, I'm nutritious." you all look like you haven't show- mention it give Wiess the time to write out his # ered or changed your clothes in •And if there isn't death in the first place, then life will? What do Wiess boys and Christmas weeks? quite assuredly cannot come after it. 6. Finally, the story mentions a trees have in common? "rarely-used closet at Wiess." There The both have balls, but they're just If the mean on the test is positive, I WEDNESDAY 7 •Women's basketball vs. Sam Houston State, Autry are no rarely-used• closets at Wiess. for decoration. failed. Court, 7 pm. • • •So when we wonder about life after death we're More bad punchlines: English 141: Poetiy for Physicists. Having problems? It's all because really wondering what death is. What do you call the organization of • you were once a child and had par- baseball players whose chief aim is Rupp-let's soliloquy: ents. THURSDAY 8 •The second-to-last day of classes. Blow off your final to castrate politicians? Ten G's or not ten G's, that is the —Sigmund Freud paper or take-home and go to the Pub. It shouldn't The "Spayed Hart" Diamond Club. tuition. Whether 'tis nobler to buffer (OK, not really) be too crowded, since everyone else will be doing • the stings from borrows of outra- • their final paper or take-home. From the "Rice Bureaucrats' Dic- geous fortunes, or to take alms "Don't worry, you'll still be a virgin •Men's basketball vs. Southern Autry Ct., 7:35 pm. tionary": against a sea of true bills, and, by afterward. I had a vasectomy." • Next question: Is there life after Rice? PRE- REG ISTRATIO N: 1. A sure way depositing, end them? To buy, too • to have duplicates of all the records. cheap; and by a dean to say we send Wiess Sid Rich? 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