the Rice Thresher Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 8 SINCE 1916 Friday, October 6, 2000 Students discovered with $10K of stolen property
by Liora Danan and Elizabeth Jardina students were removing stolen property from • THKKSHKR EDITORIAL STAIT storage. This property included the iMac stolen from Wiess College last March, the Stolen property worth at least $10,750 was DVD player missing from Sid Richardson recovered when tJniversity Police arrested College, two lamps that appeared to be from Wiess College seniors Francisco Padua and Baker Hall, two leather chairs and a couch Scott Byer Sept. 28. The two were unloading from Dell Bntcher Hall and two laptop com- items from a self-storage facility when police puters. K arrived on the scene. The storage unit was rented under the Padua and Byer were arrested and booked name of Brown College senior Khalil "Charlie" into Harris County Jail on charges of theft that (ihandour on Sept. 19, the day after Padua and night. They were released Tuesday after each Byer were first arrested. posting $10,000 bond. Cihandour, who is on the track team along University Police Chief Bill Taylor said he with Byer, said he never participated in any suspects the subjects have stolen about $60,000 thefts but that he rented the storage unit of property over the past three years. because Padua and Byer are his friends. The students had also been previously ar- "They told me they'd put it in storage and rested Sept. 18 and charged with burglary of a take it back to Rice, and that they'd pay me computer display from the Humanities Build- back for the unit," Cihandour said. "It was a ing. Taylor said Padua and Byer also have mistake. It was wrong, but 1 helped them admitted involvement in the theft of six projec- based on the fact that they were my friends tion systems, each worth about $7,200. and out of loyalty. I didn't know how serious it
University police officers saw both Padua was, how long they'd been doing it." ERIC CARLSON/THRESHER and Byer's vehicles outside the Safeguard (ihandour said he has not been contacted The iMac stolen last year from Wiess College and a couch taken from Oell Butcher Hall were self-storage facility at 7701 Main Street about any university charges and has not been among the items discovered by University Police in this elevator at the self-storage facility where around 7 p.m. Sept. 28. Taylor said both Sec ARRESTS, Page 8 Wiess seniors Scott Byer and Francisco Padua were arrested Sept. 28. Hanszen private party cancelled
by Rachel Rustin you for your support and encourage hit his head after drinking 11 shots THKKSHKR STAIT you to establish an alternative tradi- of tequila in less than two hours. He tion in its place." was taken to the hospital and got The university cancelled a tradi- Klaus Weissenberger refused to eight stitches on his forehead. tional, unofficial Hanszen College comment about the letter. In 1991, a freshman was hospital- party last week. In a letter to all According to Assistant Vice Presi- ized after Tequila Night with a blood Hanszen students. Masters Klaus dent for Student Affairs John alcohol content of 0.25 after drink- and Eugenia Weissenberger said Hutchinson, the General Counsel's ing 16 shots of tequila. 'Tequila Night" could not happen Office initiated the discussion about Hutchinson stressed that the can- thisyear. In previous years, theparty the party within the past few weeks. cellation of Tequila Night will not has been a shot-drinking contest for 'Tequila Night is sufficiently well- affect the current alcohol policy. freshmen held the night after the known on campus that it amounts to "As long as we abide by the alco- first round of introductory chemis- a public party," Hutchinson said. "It hol policy, and by we, 1 mean every- try, physics and mathematics tests. is also known to be dangerous to our body in the Rice community, then The letter, dated Sept. 27, states: students." the alcohol policy will continue to be "... the University has asked the Associate General Counsel the rule that we follow," said Masters of Hanszen College to in- Carlos Garcia said when the univer- Hutchinson, who is also a master at form you that Tequila Night'cannot sity learned about the nature of the Wiess College. "The only thing that take place any longer in its tradi- party, it was forced to act. I>ast year will hurt the alcohol policy is fla- tional form and nature. We thank a Hanszen freshman passed out and See HUTCHINSON, Page 7
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by I>eslie Liu fluence the campus," said commit- ing everything other colleges might THKKSHKR KDITORIAI. STAIT tee member Emily Venson, a Brown do. "We need a powderpuff team, we College sophomore. "It's a really neat need to be a competitor in IM sports The 16 students charged with the opportunity for our side of campus and we need to have a fund for Pub
ROB GADDI/THRESHER task of creating a brand-new college to change in a really positive way." nights and College Nights and Asso- Junior linebacker Rashard Pittman smashes Fresno State University's David identity met for the first time yester- Jones College sophomore ciates' Nights," Venson said. "We Carr last night. The Bulldogs slipped past Rice for a 27-24 win at Rice Stadium. day as members of the Martel Col- Cynthia Lu, also on the committee, need to be a social hub for the stu- lege Founding Committee. said it was exciting to know that the dents of Martel just like all the other The committee, composed of two committee is starting out with "a colleges are for their students." students from each existing college clean slate." "All the colleges are Baker College senior David Fresno State edges Rice 27-24 and Martel Masters Arthurand Joan pretty much set, but Martel, we can Cerutti said that creating a college Few, met with Martel Foundation help make its personality," Lu said. identity requires a balance of cha- Late field goal sends Owls to fifth straight loss trustees at Cohen House. Although Martel will not have a risma, zeal, organization, communi- Members of the committee spoke home for its residents for more than cation and legislation. "I've put to- goal with five seconds left in the Wednesday about making history, a year, Lu said it will not affect the gether pictures in the back of my by Jose Luis Cubria game as the Bulldogs edged Rice in starting from scratch and building a community. "A college is not neces- mind about how a college could be THKKSHP.lt HHTOKIAI STAIT front of a national television audi- community, all for a college that sarily the building, it's just the structured,"Cerutti said. "This ... is All you need to know about last ence last night. won't have a building to call home people," Lu said. a great opportunity to turn those night's football game is that Rice Hie defeat was Rice's fifth straight, until January 2002. Venson said the most important pictures into reality." lost. dropping the Owls to 1-5, their worst "1 think it's one of the biggest role of the founding committee is to Arthur and Joan Few, who are The final score was 27-24, and start since 1988. Also, the loss means opportunities any student has to in- build the Martel community by do- See FEWS, Page 7 Fresno State University escaped with Rice is 0-3 in the Western Athletic a heart-wrenching come-from-be- Conference, all but eliminating the hind win over the Owls at Rice Sta- team from the chase for the league INSIDE dium. But that's it. Now forget it. title and a bowl game. Forget about Rice's late 24-16 But the Owls aren't worrying Scoreboard lead. Forget about that missed field about any of that. While losing — Elections of all sizes OPINION Page 2 goal late in the fourth quarter that and losing in such a painful fashion Football 'Thresher' didn't ruin your party San Jose State 29, Rice 16 would have sealed a Rice win. For- — hurts a great deal, the Owls have and varieties Volleyball A&E Page 10 get about how the Bulldogs marched already moved on. • Petitions for the positions of E! Paso 1, Rice 3 Hit me One-Acts, one more time 80 yards to tie the game with less "Of course it's frustrating," SA treasurer and Homecom- than two minutes left to go. redshirt freshman quarterback Jer- ing royalty are available today Weekend Weather LIFESTYLES Page 14 And, most importantly, forget emy Hurd said. "But it's reality. We and are due Oct. 13. The elec- Friday Scooters attack! about Fresno State's game-winning lost and there's nothing we can do to tions will be Oct. 26-Nov. 1. Scattered thunderstorms, 72 82 field goal. take it back or to go back in time and • To register to vote in the No Saturday SPORTS Page 17 Why? Because the Owls already do something about it. We have to vember elections for U.S. presi- Showers, 59 63 take it like men and go on. We have Sunday Reasons to support our athletes have. dent, citizens must mail in a to do our best to try to win out. Partly cloudy, 36-52 Fresno State's Asen Asparuhov registration form before Oct. 10. kicked a tie-breaking 43-yard field See FOOTBALL, I'age21 THE RICK THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,2000
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Brian Stoler Jose Luis Cubria, Michael Nalepa Editor in Chief Mariel Tam Opinion Editor Managing Editors W m & Cancelling the party, I hate this course, but I hate this food, but I I hate stadium I hate waiting for the I can do better with can love it with more parking, but I can love shuttle, but I can deal then passing the buck more money. money. it with more money. with it with more money. We didn't write the announcement thatTequila Night, the traditional event where Hanszen freshmen get wasted after the first round of Big Three tests, could not happen this year. But if we had, we would have included m the following sentences: • Tequila Night is illegal, as it involves underage drink- I hate my computer, I hate all the construction, I hate the heat, but I I hate Families Weekend, ing on a widespread and public scale. but I can learn to like but I can learn to like it can learn to like it with but I can endure . . . it with more money. with more money. more money. if I get more money. • Tequila Night is dangerous, as competitively drink- t>e.cipHeRin
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Students with any questions or concerns should contact their college representative or < any other Honor Council member. Their names and addresses, along with other informa- studentuniverse.com tion, are available at http://honor.rice.edu. 800.272.9676 -Aaron Martz, Honor Council Secretary THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,2000 STUDENT ASSOCIATION 'Campanile' to arrive next week The Student Association Senate met Monday. The following were discussed. by Rebecca Vigen FOR THK THRF.SHKR • The senate approved the Rice Society of Automotive Engineers. Members will attend racing events around town and have weekly The Campanile is on time again. meetings at colleges on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. For more informa- The 1999-'00 Campanile, the undergraduate year- hi i.e. it: i .-/< I if tion, contact James Eubanks ([email protected]). book, arrived yesterday, and the books will be available m SA Internal Vice President Dinah Mack reported that 168 students at the Coffeehouse beginning Tuesday evening. registered at the voting registration drive last week. Students can This is the second consecutive year the book has vote in the Rice precinct by mailing in a registration form by Oct. been on time after being thrown off by a history of late 10. books that culminated with last fall's simultaneous ar- • 500 Homecoming T-shirts for the Rice vs. Southern Methodist rival of the 1998 and 1999 books. University game will be made. Jamie Bartling, co-editor in chief of the 1999-'00 • The Graduate Student Association will hold a free first aid/CPR Campanile, said she was glad the book will arrive certification class Nov. 11. Participants must pre-register by Oct. soon. 23 by sending e-mail to [email protected]. "I'm really excited about seeing it and seeing people's • The Rice Student Volunteer Program Project Pumpkin, the annual reactions to it and am just glad that the Campanile's Halloween carnival for children ages 6-12. It will be held in the finally on track again and we can start establishing a Hanszen College quad Oct. 28 at 1-4 p.m. Suggestions for the SA good reputation for the book," Bartling, a I-ovett College booth can be sent via e-mail to Jamie Lisagor ([email protected]). junior, said. "I would like it if some of the bad reputation • Elections for SA treasurer and Homecoming royalty will be held could be part of the history and we could just move on Oct. 26-Nov. 1. Petitions will be available Friday and will be due from here." SiSIS Oct. 13. Student Media Adviser Jen Cooper said delayed • The Academics Committee will discuss a minoring program, mid- Campaniles go back to 1995, caused by lack of stu- semester evaluations and LPAP courses. Contact Colin Vandell dent participation, computer errors and the fact that COURTESY CAMPANILE ([email protected]) or Gwen Hoben ([email protected]) for the media adviser position had not yet been created. This is the cover of the 1999-'00 Campanile, which more information or to comment on these or other academic TTiese problems helped create a cycle of late year- arrived yesterday and will be distributed to students issues. books because editors had to complete the previous beginning Tuesday evening at the Coffeehouse. year's book before they could concentrate on their own. The next meeting will be at 10 p.m. on Monday in Farnsworth Pavilion, Sarah Clark Qones '98), editor in chief of the 1998 you don't have the same kind of staff cohesiveness as Ley Student Center. Campanile, ended the cycle of late books by finishing the Thresher or the SA end up with." the 1997 yearbook and then continuing to work on the Another problem has been that the college section 1998 book until its completion, which was after her editors are chosen by the colleges and not by the editor graduation from Rice. in chief, Cooper said. While Clark was Finishing the 1998 book, 1999 "Every year, there's usually a couple of college sec- POLICE BLOTTER Editor in Chief Louren Reed Li (Brown '99) was able tion editors that just have to be hounded and nagged and to start work on her book at the beginning of the 1999 coerced into producing their sections," she said. The following incidents were reported by the University Police for the school year. Cooper said the production of the yearbook went period Sept. 27-Oct. 2. Cooper said the Campanile's main goal in produc- smoothly this year because the two editors in chief, ing the 1998 and 1999 yearbooks simultaneously was Bartling and Rosemary Castler, a Ix>vett junior, were Residential Colleges to get production back on schedule. dedicated to improving the book. Lovett College Oct. 1 Theft of radio from secured area. "TTte '98 book was in some ways a sacrifice, because Hanszen College senior Jen Frazer, 2000-'01 Campa- it's unusual that we gave it to a student who left the nile editor, said it was also helpful that neither Bartling Other Areas university to finish up, but that way it meant that the next nor Castler were seniors because they were able to work 7701 Main St. Sept. 28 Report of stolen Rice property being book could start fresh," Cooper said. over the summer and complete the distribution them- moved to off-campus location. Cooper said one significant problem in the produc- selves without hindering the production of this year's Property seized and suspects tion of the yearbook is the lack of cohesiveness in the book. arrested. Two students transported Campanile staff. Each undergraduate student pays $24 for the Cam- to Harris County Jail. "It is something that doesn't have to all be done at the panile as part of the annual student fees. Any student same time, by everyone in the same office," Cooper said. who paid her fees last year can pick up a yearbook next Rice University Sept. 29 Recovery of a bad check issued by "The college sections can work from their colleges, so week. student.
College Way Sept. 30 Subject driving wrong way on one- way street and driving while intoxicated. Subject arrested and transported to Harris County Jail.
Rice University Sept. 30 Wallet stolen. Wallet was last seen around intramural playing field. '/ ' •
WtMz&m Graduate Apartments Oct. 1 Student's vehicle struck, no notice left by striking vehicle. Report of failure to stop and give information.
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by Mark I^ai It's here! FOR THK THKKSHKR Almost half an hour after they were called, Houston Fire Depart- ment firefighters freed five students Pick-Up Party at the Coffeehouse trapped in a Sid Richardson College elevator Saturday. The students were in the elevator for a total of one hour. Tuesday, October 10, 7-9 PM At 9:46 p.m. the elevator stalled near the fifth floor of Sid, and the or stop by the Grand Hall Lobby display lights went out. Students •f pressed the call button, connecting in the Student Center them to a police dispatcher. The October 11 & 12, 12-2:30 PM police then called elevator techni- cians. When the technicians did not ar- rive after about 35 minutes, police called HFI) to release the students from the elevator. Police told the firefighters to enter the campus at Entrance 3, but three fire trucks /TThei came in through Entrance 8. Be- cause too many cars blocked the fire Princeton engines' route from Entrance 8 to Sid, the trucks were forced to exit Review the campus and re-enter at Entrance 3. HFI) firefighter Doug Switch, who works at one of the stations responsible for covering the Rice LSAT campus, said firefighters are better able to locate buildings on campus when Rice police officers meet them at a gate. "Most of the time they give us a gate number, and usually if security Princeton Review's small is there, they can guide us in," Switch said. classes provide the most Also, because fire engines were w not in emergency mode, it took them longer to maneuver through traffic ROB GADDI/THRESHER personal attention. than it would have if their sirens had Brown College junior James Kretlow leaves the Sid Richardson College been on, University Police Chief Bill elevator where he and four other students were trapped for more than an Taylor said. hour Saturday night. The Houston Fire Department came to rescue the students. th Over the summer, Sid elevators LSAT starts Oct. 7 in were revamped at a cost of about impression that someone had been the time. | the Rice Village and the Memorial area. $220,000. 'I"he elevators' cables and jumping up and down," Cox said. "I wish there had been hot, na- software were replaced, Mechanical 'Die five students at Sid said they ked girls stuck on the elevator with Repair Supervisor Ronnie Cox said. were not jumping in the elevator. me, but instead it was my worthless GRE begins Oct. 8th in the Rice Village. Technicians found that the eleva- Cox said the elevator's governor friends," Ixjckwood said. tor stalled because the governor, a could possibly be recalibrated to be The five students were on their safety device that shuts down the less sensitive. way to Willy's Pub when they be- elevator if the momentum produced I"hree of the students stuck in came trapped in the elevator. De- is unsafe, tripped from an over- the elevator — Brown College jun- spite the hour delay, they continued clocked speed. iors James Kretlow and Jared to the Pub after firefighters released Cox said jumping up and down in Thigpen and Sid senior Christian them. a moving elevator is a common cause I,ockwood — had been stuck in a "We were worried that we of stalled elevators because it can Brown elevator for an hour and 40 wouldn't get one of the (00 one dol- 713.688.55001 www. PrincetonReview. com produce a force up to 10 times a minutes the previous Wednesday lar| pitchers," Sid senior Marc person's weight. night. Zubick, one of the students stuck on (ht Pnnuton Review is not oHiliofcd with frnuW Oniveraly. UM GMM. low SetvKty 01 US "The technician was under the The students sang songs to pass the elevator, said. 7 ' -r THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6. 2000 7 Hutchinson: Rice alcohol Fews welcome new Martel members FEWS, from I'age 1 of the Founding Committee Tuesday, and students also interim Baker College masters for the rest of this were notified of their selection Tuesday evening. The policy will not be affected semester, said all applicants for the committee talked Fews formally announced the list of committee mem- about starting Martel traditions. bers to the public Wednesday. HUTCHINSON, from Page 1 nature and for the student drink- Arthur Few said many applicants talked about "We're very pleased with the quality of applications," Krant violation of it." ing surrounding the event. Martel's ties to other colleges. 'They think that's very Arthur Few said. "We wanted these 16 people to repre- Garcia said he thinks the alco- Hutchinson emphasized that the important and they would like to see (Martel as] the sent as much as possible everyone on campus." hol policy puts responsibility on situation surrounding NOD is not college that doesn't become introverted or closed-off," Joan Few said the students selected are like ambas- students. comparable to that surrounding he said. "I like the idea of having cross-campus connec- sadors from their colleges. "For them to want to do this, "I think it treats the students Tequila Night. tions." they've got to be the type of person that would really as fully responsible parties in this The founding committee will decide how to select want to work hard and be enthusiastic and have vision whole dialogue on the rules on other members of Martel, will write the constitution, and see what can be done — innovative ideas about alcohol," he said. "By and large, and will brainstorm ideas for the creation of a college doing new things at new colleges," she said. the students respond to that posi- Tequila Night is identity this semester. The Fews will move in to Martel House when it is tively. But in the situations where Committee member Gavin Parks, a Hanszen College completed next summer, and the scheduled move-in students go beyond the line that sufficiently well- junior, said one of the main reasons he decided to apply for date for students is January 2002. they themselves have helped us the committee was because he knew students would be draw, the university is compelled known on campus able to make many of the decisions. "From what I know, to do something about it. I think that it amounts to a this is the first time students have been included in the this was just one of those situa- process, so I think that's going to bring a whole new voice MARTEL FOUNDING COMMITTEE tions." public party.' to it," Parks said. "We can come in with all our previous Rene Javier Aninao (Sid freshman) experiences ... to figure out the best solution to some The letter to Hanszen students Jonathan Behr (Will Rice junior) also said the cancellation of the — John Hutchinson problems we're going to, of course, have to deal with." Assistant vice president Matthew Bentley (Lovett sophomore) party was "in response to the ar- Arthur Few said although he couldn't say for certain David Cerutti (Baker senior) ticle in last year's Thresher and for Student Affairs until the foundingcommittee meets, the tentative goal is Jessica Liz Contreras (Lovett sophomore) the subsequent discussions." to have 150-160 Martel members by the end of this Ricky Raj Kalra (Wiess sophomore) Garcia said the party came into semester. Cynthia Ann Lu (Jones sophomore) question because of its nature The Fews said another of the founding committee's Meghan Miller (Will Rice sophomore) and history, not because of last "NOD is different because jobs will be to select several associates to serve on the Joseph Ndu (Sid junior) year's Thresher article about the NOD is in fact a registered uni- committee. I^ter, the college's associates will be se- Gavin Parks (Hanszen junior) Hanszen freshman being injured. versity event," Hutchinson said. lected from associates currently at the other colleges. Luis Rodriguez (Baker sophomore) Hanszen students have vary- "The university takes all due dili- Current Martel community associates include the Andrew Swinick (Jones sophomore) ing views on the party. gence to make sure that our stu- trustees of the Martel Foundation and one interim asso- Mindy Tyson (Brown sophomore) "It's advocating underage dents are safe, that our policies ciate. An interim associate is a new faculty member Emily Jane Venson (Brown sophomore) drinkers," Hanszen freshman are followed, that underage drink- assigned to a college for a year to learn about the college Evie Zambetakis (Hanszen junior) Elena Chan said. "It's just another ing doesn't take place, that stu- system. Victoria Zyp (Wiess sophomore) opportunity for people to act re- dents are not endangered, and The Committee of Masters approved the members ally stupid and drunk." that if students wind up in a situ- Hanszen senior Tom Miller ation where their health isatrisk, said he thought the event was a we are in a position where we can take care of them. good introduction to alcohol, es- RETIREMENT INSURANCE MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST SERVICES TUITION FINANCING pecially since freshmen are going "Tequila Night didn't meet any to drink at other parties anyway. of those conditions because it's "Freshman Tequila Night pro- an unregistered party," he said. vided a relatively controlled, Hutchinson stressed that the though competitive, environment decision to cancel the event was for this experience to occur while made to protect students. surrounded by advisers and "The university cares about friends that were ready to take its students, cares about their care of drinkers," Miller said. health and safety, and cares in The controversy surrounding every way that students treat Tequila Night reminded some one another responsibly," Why is TIAA-CREF the Hanszen students of the discus- Hutchinson said. 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ARRESTS, from Page 1 recovered a large amount of prop- January of 1998, during the winter charged with any crime- erty," Taylor said. "We're going to be break of Padua and Byer's freshman Later on the evening of Sept. 28, clearing probably 20 or so — maybe year. police searched Padua and Byer's even more—cases... better yet we've Padua and Byer have offered to apartment, with their permission, eliminated the victimization of some help retrieve items not recovered where they found more university of our current students in possibility during the arrest. property. of loss of other property." "TTiey have admitted to some Padua and Byer voluntarily Taylor said there are eight re- things that we have not yet recov- turned over other items from their ports of stolen property with serial ered," Taylor said. "In fact they have apartment to the police, including numbers that match recovered prop- offered to assist us in trying to re- two audio/video control centers, two erty. There are also 11 cases in which cover those." large speakers, two CD players, a police think the property matches Included in this group are a num- stereo-cassette deck, a piece of lug- reports but don't have serial num- ber of projectors taken from Sewall gage and a camera. bers. About $20,000 dollars worth of Hall over the past two years. Taylor said he believes the items property has been recovered so far, "I suspect that these guys are all belong to people from one resi- Taylor said. responsible for close to 50 percent dential college. Taylor said the earliest report that of the property losses we've experi- enced on this campus in the last COURTESY HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF S DEPT. "We're very satisfied that we've matches recovered property is from Francisco Padua Scott Byer three years," Taylor said. Padua and Byer are not allowed on campus as a condition of their served consecutively. However, if something's going on," Taylor said. release on bail. They are also no the state tries the offenses at the Taylor said Padua and Byer have longer enrolled at Rice. same time, the sentences can be cooperated with the police. The date for the presentation of carried out simultaneously. "Once I think they realized that the case before the grand jury has Jackson said the prosecution has they were beyond the point where not yet been set, but Byer, Padua not yet decided whether to try the anyone was going to believe it was a and Christian "Ash" Martinez (Sid charges together or separately. jack anymore — it was pretty hard '00) will appear in court Oct. 17 un- Padua said he and Byer were once they were in possession of prop- less their case is presented for the told by their lawyers not to talk to erty off-campus ... they did agree to grand jury before that date. the Thresher. Padua's lawyer, Chip assist in trying to recover other prop- Martinez was arrested in the Sept. I^ewis, spoke for his client. "We erty, some of which was sold," Tay- 18 incident with Padua and Byer, are deeply saddened by the event lor said. but he was not present at the storage that transpired," Lewis said. "We Taylor said he doesn't think facility and has not been additionally are doing everything we can to rec- student theft is a widespread prob- charged. tify the situation as best as pos- lem. Jay Jackson, the assistant district sible." "Predominantly our students that attorney prosecuting the case, said I^wis said his client has not en- are here are not people that are in- because the different thefts were tered a plea. clined to go around taking other committed on different dates, the Taylor said police were able to people's property or taking univer- charges could be separated and tried catch Padua and Byer at the storage sity property and converting it to
BRIAN STOIER/THRESHER on separate occasions. If each theft locker thanks to a combination of their own use," Taylor said. University police moved stolen property found at the scene of Byer and Padua's is tried separately, Jackson 'lid, the information given by the commu- Padua and Byer said in an article arrests Sept. 28 using a pickup truck recently bought by the department. punishments can be "stacked," nity and by keeping tabs on the stu- in last week's Thresherihai they were dents' actions. taking the monitor from the Humani- "We were, to some extent, kind ties Building as part of a jack on — of monitoring their comings and Hanszen College. ITiey also said the goings and looking to see what was property was never intended to leave
f ••••• happening," Taylor said. "It was a campus. A jack is a prank tradition- very low-key operation. It was mostly ally played by one college on another. a combination of intelligence and ITie subjects also said they had kind of looking in the right places at never stolen property from Rice. the right time." ""ITieft was never an issue," Padua Taylor said the police had a good said in an interview two days before w idea where the subjects were keep- his second arrest. "We were never A BETTER WAY TO EAT ing the property. going to steal anything. The prop- "When you have the two suspect erty was never going to leave Rice." vehicles sitting out front — duh — it doesn't take a whole lot of putting Olivia Allison and Eric Carlson con- everyth i ng together to figu re ou t that tributed to this report. Which is the easiest way
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THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF usually outside. Jones College has the Isle, Wiess College has the "Along with every other Will Rice Acabowl and Will Rice has the patio, freshman that has arrived at the col- its hub of activity. Students eat lunch lege on that first Sunday of O-Week, outside on the picnic tables in nice I just remember thinking that 1 had weather, congregate to talk or play entered into the 'Grapes of Wrath.' cards after a night of partying or just The place was a dust bowl!" recalls enjoy a break between classes on 1999-2000 Will Rice College Presi- the tree swing. dent and senior Curt Petersen. These ideas are embodied in the Until recently, that's what the Will phrase "QPT," or "Quality Patio Rice Patio and residential quad re- Time." sembled — a scratchy patch of land "The last time I went out on the on which sod refused to grow. patio, some freshmen were hanging But now, thanks to the work of out there and one of them asked me, some dedicated students and finan- 'Eden, aren't you proud of our QPT?' cial help from the university, the and I said, 'Yes, I'm proud!"' Will Will Rice Patio will blossom once Rice President Eden King said. The again. It's projected completion date phrase QPT has been around for as is just over four weeks away. long as anyone can remember. As legend has it, some Will Rice The importance of the patio to members decided to have a sand- the culture of Will Rice is under- volleyball-themed college night a few stood by the governing body of stu- years back and imported several dents at the college, the Diet. "Will hundred pounds of sand into the Rice has been really big on support- quad. ing [the patio] through physical im- • ^ Sadly, the cleaning of the quad provements, money land 1 buying LIZZIE TAISHOFF/THRESHER following college night was poor and new picnic tables," King said. "And Concrete slabs outline the new patio, which features a semi-circular bench signed by college members in the center. the added sand ruined the soil, mak- we really wanted to do a full-scale ing it impossible to grow grass. As revamping of the space." an improved patio and quad area will est [ in landscaping) with the garden also a problem because of the com- Will Rice Resident Associate Gilbert The patio is especially important improve the atmosphere for them." that they put in on the other side of plex root systems of the old trees in "Doc C" Cuthbertson tells it, the for giving off-campus studentsa feel- The idea to reclaim the Will Rice their new building." the quad. quad between the old and new dorms ing of belonging to college. "I hope Patio and quad from the growing Will Rice students were able to "That made the next part of the of Will Rice has never been the same. that the improvements to the Will wasteland has been batted around critique the plans and through their project to improve the drainage - Despite numerous attempts by Rice quad and patio will give O/C by both the Diet and individual stu- partnership with Rice's contractor, you have to have sunlight, irrigation Food and Housing to grow turf, the students a nicer place to hang out at dents for years. last year, the timing Kudela & Weinheimer, the final plan and drainage to make the turf work, quad is a dust bowl in dry weather Will Rice," King said. "I know that was perfect when Petersen and Will evolved. Sasaki, the firm responsible so that infrastructure is what stu- and a messy mud pit in the rain. sometimes they find that if they don't Rice Physical Improvements Coor- for the overall look of Rice's land- dents see being put in now," Ditman Now, though, it seems all that is have a meal plan on campus that dinators senior Patrick Quayle and scaping, approved the plans and the said. changing. they don't really have a reason to go junior Jesse Dickerman wenttoF&H project went forward. Concrete surfaces already out- Every college has an unofficial into the commons, especially on Director Mark Ditman several times line the final shape the patio exten- meeting ground, a place for college beautiful days like this, and having to express their desire for improve- sion will take. Interlocking pavers, ments to the quad and the patio. the kind of pavement found sur- "IDitman| has been really support- 7 just remember thinking rounding the fountain by Baker Hall, ive of our efforts to improve the col- will form the new patio extension, lege, from supporting our mural that I had entered into with the signature semi-circle bench project, WRC garden, basement the "Grapes of Wrath." in the center. renovations, bike room improve- The areas of the quad directly ments and now the quad project," The place was a dust under the trees will be filled in with Petersen said. low shrubs and vegetation because Will Rice's request matched the bowl!' turf cannot be cultivated in those thoughts of the administration as — Curt Petersen spaces. Finally, more picnic tables will be added. The old tree swing well. With all of the new construc- Will Rice College senior tion on campus, Vice President for will remain in tact. Finance and Administration Dean "What I really wanted was turf," Currie and former head of F&H Bob Ditman said. And Will Rice will get Truscott came up with a plan to up- Funding for the project comes it. The grass in front of the semi- grade the landscaping of the south from the housing fees students pay cicular bench will extend out into colleges. The two took their idea to to live on campus every year. "This the part of the Quad which faces Rice's master landscapers for an es- project competes with all the other towards Hanszen. Additional grass timate. things we could do with the money," will fill in the two rectagular spaces "When the cost proved to be too Ditman said. "It is the first aesthetic closest to the current patio location great for one project, they began to project we have done recently." and Will Rice new dorm. look at it in stages," Ditman said. He 'I"he first part of the project was to "It looks like it's a win-win all estimated the cost of the Will Rice thin the branches of the trees sur- around," Ditman said. "But, the big- project alone to be $120,000. The rounding the patio to allow more gest thing we want to prove is that Will Rice quad was chosen to be sunlight to reach the ground and we can grow turf, and if we're suc- among the first areas tackled in the support the turf. cessful, we will move on to the rest plan, I )itman said, because "it needed '"Hie trees are more important of the south colleges." help It was one of the least attrac- than the landscape, but you bet they The next college quad reland- scaping project has not yet been LIZZIE TAISHOFF/THRESHER tive pieces of college quad and also were a design constraint," Ditman Workers from Rice's contractor HouScape install the new irrigation system. Will Rice had kind of shown an inter- said. Drainage and irrigation were announced.
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ITS on so LOUD THE THRESHER'S RECOMMENDATIONS t FOR EVENTS AROUND HOUSTON THROUGH OCT. 13, 2000. ancer in the Dark' this year's best Dalton Tomlin THRESHER STAFF J Dancer in the Dark is the best movie of this year. There won't be another one like it this year, nor for many to come. It picks is brilliant, original, magical and timeless, and if enough people see it and recognize its genius, it might become an instant classic.
tomorrow 'dancer in the dark' 4 MEDIA CENTER Rating: ***** PORN NIGHT (out of five)
1j Well, it's not porn per se, Opens today. j but I wouldn't bring any * Families Weekend guests to Is it perfect? No, there's no such thing as a "perfect film.'* Perhaps the it. At 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., best way to describe it is that there's catch showings of Wadd: The very little—if anything—that could / * Life and Times of John C. be changed to make it better. The fact that it won this year's Palme I Holmes, a documentary about D'or at Cannes shows it has some- f the colorful porn star whose thing going for it. D. KOSKAS/FINE LINE FEATURES Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier Bill (David Morse) and Selma (Bjork), in Lars von Trier's exceptions:; musical tragedy Dancer In the Dark ' life became the basis for (.Breaking the Waves) wrote and di- • Boogie Nights. At 11:30 p.m., rected this film, which is best de- tory, Selma's best friend is Kathy Dark). Her involvement is part of this film is in its amazing visuals and there's a showing of the scribed as a musical tragedy. "Film" (screen legend Catherine Deneuve), the manifestation of her fondness emotions; moreover, once you get is actually a misnomer, since it was and her wannabe-boyfriend Jeff (Pe- for classic Hollywood musicals, fur- into the film, it becomes easier to , campy "adult crime-drama" * shot entirely on digital video, giving ter Stormare, who played the psy- ther developed as the story goes on. figure out what will happen next, it a textured, documentary look. chotic criminal in Fargo) consistently •> Disco Dolls in Hot Skin (no one Because of a genetic trait, Selma albeit hard to accept because of your Icelandic pop singer Bjork is offers her a ride home. — as well as her son — is destined to emotional attachment to Selma. under 17 admitted). Selma Jezkova, a Czech immigrant/ go blind. As a result, she works end- The acting is beyond reproach: Rice Media Center. $5, $4 single mother/factory worker in lessly at the factory and at home to Bjork (who also composed the mu- students. For more info, call Washington state in the 1960s. "Is" Bjork is not raise enough money for an opera- sic) is simply outstanding. Denying is more appropriate than "plays" ACTING in a role; tion — not for herself, but for Gene. her at least a nomination for Best (713) 348-4853. because Bjork is not acting in a role; Eventually, Bill reveals to Selma Actress would be one of the greatest you see Selma and forget about weird you see Selma that he is not as wealthy as he pre- Academy oversights ever. The big- tuesday videos with gigantic teddy bears. tends and, in fact, is in debt. In turn, gest surprise is Stormare, who has There is no doubt that she deserves and FORGET about Selma tells him how much money played odd characters in the past. AT THE DRIVE-IN her Best Female Performance award she's saved up in the house for the But for most of this film, he plays a from Cannes: This is one of the best weird videos. operation, giving Bill ideas. Soon, very real, somewhat dopey good guy, female roles in recent memory and tragedy begets tragedy, no matter only to reveal a surprising depth of El Paso's At the Drive-In is a Bjork has nailed it. Selma also rehearses regularly how much you wish it won't happen. humanity and emotion near the end. band with a hard edge and Selma and her son Gene (Vladica as Maria for a community theater This is merely the plot's setup: The true magic of this film is its x t more emotion than a Kostic) live in a small house on the production of The Sound of Music, Going into the story any further juxtaposition of the darkest scenes land owned by a police officer named whose director is played by Vincent would give away major points and with uplifting musical numbers that 1 passionate night at said Bill (David Morse, The Green Mile Paterson (this is an inside joke of spoil the experience. Actually, one are born in Selma's imagination. I drive-in. They play at the and The Negotiator) and his wife, sorts—Paterson choreographed the could know the entire story going in They're light-hearted, extravagant Linda (Cara Seymour). At the fac- musical numbers in Dancer in the and it wouldn't matter. The heart of See DANCER, Page 13 * Engine Room tonight with 400 Blows and the f Murder City Devils. ]F. SF VF.UX FAS TRA VA1LLER I Doors open at 7:30 p.m. 1515 Pease. All ages. 0 Tickets $8. For more info, 'Girl on the Bridge' knife-wielding fun call (713) 654-7846. Missy Bailey thursday FOR THE THRESHER These days, movie theaters are I MIGHTY MIGHTY brimming with stories of love and loss that are frighteningly melodra- 1 BOSSTONES matic and cloyingly sweet. These circumstances make a film like the French-made Girl on the Bridge all J It'll be a devil's night
a out at Fitzgerald's as the 'girl on 1 Bosstones throw down H- the bridge' town. Irish-punk fiends Rating: **** Flogging Molly open. (out of five) 2706 White Oak, at In theaters. Studemont. All ages. Tickets $15. For more info, call the more refreshing — trust the (713) 862-3838. French to produce a love story both perfect and slightly bizarre. In this thursday film, director Patrice Leconte, known for his clever and provoca- LE TIGRE tive films, has truly outdone him- self. This punk band, which Nothing is as it seems in this bright, laughing, whimsical film. includes Kathleen Hanna, The story is light as air, mocking, formerly of Bikini Kill, sly, wry and witty. It dares you to scoff, to find it shocking or unreal- plays the Grand COURTESY PARAMOUNT CLASSICS istic. It cheerfully ig- Adele (Vanessa Paradis) exploits her phenomenal luck at the casino in Girl on the Bridge. Hall in the Rice 1 nores logic and flouts Memorial Center. convention. never overwhelms the comedy. as a whole much of its character. relationships and terrible luck. Her Filmed in black and Its waifish heroine, 21-year-old Naive, almost bland in personality, desire to commit suicide stems 10 p.m. $6, white, with hazy images Adele (Vanessa Paradis), has a sol- Adele drifts here and there; she is more from apathy than despair, yet free with and sharp, suddenly emn conviction that she is cursed. someone who can be molded or somehow she cannot bring herself Rice ID. shifting camera angles, "I've never been happy, or even re- made into any thing, simply because to jump. A passerby, a man called it has the feel of a silent ally unhappy," she says. "Every- it has never occurred to her that Gabor (Daniel Auteil), interrupts 1920s film — half-sur- thing I touch turns sour." she has a will of her own. her to tell her she is making a mis- real and essentially It is Adele's wistful, almost mat- At the story's beginning, Adele take. timeless, with a dark, ter-of-fact sadness, this frank, un- stands on a bridge over the Seine Gabor, it turns out, is a profes- bittersweet undercur- compromising sense of ennui mixed River in Paris. She is determined to sional knife-thrower in search of an rent that somehow with innocence, that gives the film end her life following a string of bad See BRIDGE, Page 13 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000 11
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Maria Stalford this handicap, but also by any stan- kind — for review to a panel of uni- FOR THE THRESHER dard of college plays. Whether the versity authorities. Amada Armenta five-second rule, In casting only first-year Wiess surprisingly high quality of the show and Rohan Wagle play "ordinary" College students, the Wiess Fresh- is due to a rich crop of talent in humans Ihe student unwittingly sum- man One-Acts draws upon less than Wiess'sclassof2004 or to that darned mons as examples of his work. M; coffeehouse. Team Wiess" cocktail of bravado The next play, David Ives' "Time and teamwork, the production is a Flies," delightfully explores similarly 'freshmen lot of fun and even hilarious at times. serious philosophical issues, but one-acts' Undoubtedly the clunker in the with a lot more fun than "Shebang" show's lineup of five short plays, and with none of its banality. Alexis Wiess College "The Whole Shebang" takes on Smith and Aaron Keho are charm- Rating: -kir-k 1/2 (out of five) heavyweight ontological questions ing and sexy as May and Horace, in a way that is insufferably con- two born-today mayflies getting their Tonight and tomorrow at trived and trite, not to mention slow- first taste of romance, or at least sex. 8 p.m. $6 general public, $4 paced. The actors can hardly be students. For tickets, In the midst of their courtship, wacky call (713) 348-PLAY blamed for Rich Orloffs vapid script Australian TV nature show host and, in fact, they make competent David Attenborough (played by the attempts to breathe some life into it. very funny David Barr) bursts on 4 percent of the total potential acting Colin Bower convincingly por- the scene, informing poor May and talent available at Rice. Neverthe- trays a nerdy graduate student pre- Horace as well as the television audi- less, this year's show turns out to be senting his research project — the ence of the mayfly's lowly status and f pretty good — not only in light of creation of the earth and of human- See ONE-ACTS, Page 12
I WANT TO SHOUT IN YOUR MIND Rice Players 'Smash' open new season
Amira Wizig denly, the music stops and Sidney spread his socialist views. To get FOR THE THRESHER announces that he cannot be a hus- into the school, he poses as a low- The first production under new band because socialism and mar- class worker in need of a job. He Rice Players directors Mark Ramont riage don't mix. persuades Headmistress Wilson andTrish Rigdon, Jeffrey Hatcher's (Baker College freshman Sasha Smash is at once endearing and Cooke) to let him join longtime funny. After a 20-minute marriage, a 'smash' worker Lumpkin (Jones College jun- groom leaves his blushing bride to ior Erik Burns) and sets to work. The Rice Players Why I Share My Faith at Rice further his socialist views. He de- Meanwhile, Henrietta arrives at the Rating: + + + (out of five) cides the answer is to take over an school with her uncle, Mr. Jansenius all-girls school—but problems arise Tonight and tomorrow at (Jones College junior Corey Today, most people speak up (if at all) only for those causes Cogswell), to visit her rebellious when he is discovered by his wife. 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. $8 that cannot offend others - if such exist. The play opens with a wedding. general public, $6 faculty and cousin, schoolgirl Agatha Wylie Newlyweds Sidney Trefusis staff, $4 students. For tickets, (Brown College sophomore Christin (Hanszen College junior Mark call (713) 348-PLAY Davis). Not me; 1 go against the flow. I do the unthinkable - I Barrett) and Henrietta Jansenius The humor in Smash is conveyed (Brown College senior Rachel through witty comments, sexual in- tell people freely that I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord Tolbert Kimbro) seal their vow with Sidney leaves and plots to infil- nuendo and literary allusions. In the and Savior, and without shame. Why? a kiss as a melody is played. Sud- trate an all-girls school in order to See SMASH, Page 12 It's not as if doing so is easy - I take my share of flak. Yet, I ROCK IT TO JAMIESON AVE. keep talking to people for one very simple reason: I want you to know that God loves you Jesus said, "For God 'Physicists' has the right comedic formula so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal Kacie Hengel ics' most brilliant personalities in also does a brilliant job playing dead life" (John 3:16). FOP THE THRESHER Will Rice College's production of The in the opening scene. Will Rice se- nior Michael Yantosca shows us a Is science responsible to human- Physicists, a play set in a Swiss men- That's why I care. I know from history, from personal expe- ity? If we deem specific knowledge tal hospital. Before the physicists hilarious side of Newton, never be- "harmful," how can we hope to pre- finish debating, the whole world may fore seen or imagined. All three turn rience, yes. even from scientific evidence, that Jesus Christ vent its discovery? If the knowledge be destroyed. in excellent performances as stereotypically idiosyncratic, absent- died and rose again. 1 believe he did it to pay for our does exist, how do we prevent its Johann Wilhelm Mobius seeks minded geniuses. misuse? refuge in an insane asylum to pro- guilt. 1 know what he's done in my life. I want you to expe- tect himself and the "formula" he As Fraulein Doktor von Zahn, found that may change the world as Wiess College senior Lizzie Taishoff rience the same - not so you can join a certain group or 'the physicists' we know it. His fellow patients/ does an impressive job of proving attend certain events, but so that you may "have life, and physicists are none other than Albert that physicists aren't the only people Will Rice College Einstein and Isaac Newton. Life is susceptible to insanity. Her accent have it abundantly." RatingDatini : *** (out of five) tranquil and idyllic for the three is quite good and adds credibility to physicists except for their habit of her character. Baker senior Tony That, friends, is what I and the other Christians at Rice Uni- Tonight and tomorrow at killing their nurses. Pule is appropriately coarse and 8 p.m. Admission is free; versity are all about. May God bless you this year. Jones College freshman Seth jaded as Police Inspector Voss, and donations will be accepted. Rosenblatt portrays a quirky, yet provides a much-needed reality compassionately homicidal Mobius. check in the world of upper-class Ed Cottrell These may sound like questions Baker College junior I^urie Scott dementia. Wiess senior Layla Fry is Baker '01 a great nurse, though there is some for a philosophy of science paper, plays Einstein, amongst other char- See PHYSICS, Page 12 Paid for by Campus Crusade for Christ [email protected] but all arc debated by three of phys- acters, and is convincingly nu ts. Scott 12 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6. 2000 'Smash' delivers schoolgirls and socialists
SMASH, from Page 11 avoid his comic attempts at winning Cogswell as Mr. Jansenius fill their aftermath of Sidney and Henrietta's her over, often creating amusing roles well. Although the consistency surprise meeting, other relation- moments at his expense. of British accents varies, the cast's ships abound. For starters, Agatha Barrett and Kimbro play their delivery is strong and their pres- is attracted to Sidney, but she has no characters well with rich emotions. ence emanates onstage. idea Sidney is Henrietta's husband. Barrett's handle on two distinct Brit- A surprising scene-stealer is In fact, Henrietta told her that her ish accents, as he switches from high Tramel as Erskine, who is hilarious husband was kidnapped by anar- English to Cockney to disguise his as a simpering poet. His interpreta- chists. identity, is commendable. Interac- tion of the lines makes for a memo- Jane Carpenter (Wiess College tions between Jane and Sir Charles rable performance. sophomore April Stevens) is pur- are not as developed in their limited sued by Sir Charles Brandon (Brown roles. Gertrude is adequately por- After a 20-MINUTE College junior J. Cameron Cooper) trayed by Ahrens, and Davis has and Gertrude Lindsay (Wiess Col- developed Agatha's character nicely. marriage, a lege sophomore Sarah Ahrens) by Cooke, as Miss Wilson, does a great Chichester Erskine (Jones College job delivering her lines with a strong, groom leaves his freshman Matt Tramel). Unfortu- boisterous voice true to her charac- ter, and Burns as Lumpkin and blushing bride to nately for Erskine, Gertrude tries to further his SOCIALIST views.
Overall, the cast is very strong and onstage energy is high. I found myself laughing out loud through- out the play. The cast delivers its lines meaningfully and works well together. The blocking is especially creative. For example, during the play, an imaginary badminton game takes place. During the game,
Erskine delivers a poem to Gertrude, RENATA ESCOVAR/THRESHER again attempting to win her over. Johann Wilhelm Mobius (Seth Rosenblatt) postulates in The Physicists. His hopeful visage and comical de- livery combined with Gertrude's look of utter horror, make the scene one Will Rice's 'Physicists' clever of my favorites. The musical touches also PHYSICS, from Page 11 The lighting adds drama and inten- strengthen the play. In the opening initial confusion because she plays sity to the play's finale, making what scene, the wedding music abruptly two different roles as nurses. would otherwise be a confusing stops when Sidney pulls away from As supporting cast members, Will break in the dialogue a powerful Henrietta, and later, frantic music Rice freshman Tarn Dang, Will Rice conclusion to the play. Directors resonates when Henrietta discovers sophomore Kevin Brown and Wiess Michael O'Connor, a Will Rice se- her husband. senior Christie Gross all play mul- nior, and Daniel Attaway, a Sid Rich- Aside from a less-than-perfect tiple roles and adeptly pull off many ardson College senior, are good at handle on the British accent and the costume changes while acting con- what they do and have staged a play occasional rushed speech, the cast's vincingly in a variety of roles. with cohesiveness, flow and style. mistakes were minimal and the The set is simple, yet totally ap- The Physicists is an intelligent production's quality was high. If propriate for what the common room comedy that will leave you laughing you're in the mood for an intelligent of a mental hospital should look like. and thinking deep thoughts. KIJANA KNIGHT/THRESHER play with a strong cast and lots of Henrietta (Rachael Tolbert Kimbro) pouts at Sidney (Mark Barrett) in Smash. laughs, Smash lives up to its name. One-Acts offer fun variety ONE-ACTS, from Page 11 logue both ridiculous and poignant. short lifespan. The bewildered may- The fourth play, "Trial by Fire," flies come to grips with their own marks junior Karla Sussman's dra- mortality through a series of one- maturgic debut and is the only act in liners and an optimistic, carpe diem the show written by a student. As response to their fate. both co-director and playwright, "Mere Mortals," another David Sussman profited from the unusual Ives creation, is equally enjoyable. opportunity to hone and revise her From 50 stories up, three construc- script in cooperation with the ac- tion workers fill their lunch break tors. The play tackles that most deli- with talk about their lives and wives, cate of issues — bringing the boy- revealing a few secrets about their friend home to meet the parents — pasts as they imagine them. Angel with slapstick humor and energy. Askins shines as Charlie, an ordi- Danielle Guillory steals the show nary New Jersey guy who claims to as the take-charge narrator-cum- be the Lindbergh baby. Frank (Jurek fairy godmother figure who guides Rokicki) and Joe (Matt Chen) join in well-meaning daughter Jenny by sharing their innermost fantasies (played sweetly by Aleza Moore) of their identities, making for dia- and her chameleon-beau Gary Games Lucy) through multiple ap- N0B0DY DOES BREAKS BETTER! proaches to the task at hand. Hilari- January 8-IB,8001 ously, Gary changes looks, person- alities and identities almost as Steamboat CO ] quickly as Jenny's picky parents can disapprove of and reject him. Breckenridge CO) Bryan Dobbink, Mary-Margaret COVER ALL FOUR FOOD GROUPS Miller and Brett Murphy are posi- Vail CO tively electric in the frenetic, fantas- Aspen CO tic "The Complete History of IN ONE HANDY BITE. America, Abridged," written by three ( Winter Park CO members of the Reduced Shakespeare Company (Reed Mar- tin, Austin Tichenor and Adam eb 84-Mar 31.2001 Ltng), which also brought the world "The Complete Works of [ Panama City FL Shakespeare, Abridged." The trio South Padre TX races expertly through an episodic, souped-up rendition of American paytona Beach F history pumping with cynicism, ut- ter looniness and parody. It would Destin FL be hard to single out just when the actors are at their best, but their unabashed attempt at a rap about the first colonies and their pot- infused portrayal of the writing of Feb 83-Apr 1.8 the Bill of Rights are two standouts. Steamboat CO Juniors Elisa Silva and Josh Hale co-produced the show. Regarding Ckipotb Breckenridge CO) the flock of first-year talents at Wiess, Hale beamed, "We're definitely proud of them." He has excellent Hit THr KOAc! reason to be proud: Though the qual- TELL MOM YOU'RE EATING WELL www.sunchase.com ity of the different acts is somewhat variable, you can absolutely count KIRBY K NOTTINGHAM on the Wiess Freshman One-Acts 1*800*SUNGHASE for a good laugh. THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6. 2000 13 'Dancer' visually, musically stunning 'Girl on the Bridge' DANCER, from Page 10 neously. Here, the songs perform cent of Life is Beautiful for its emo- and fun to watch. Often, they occur the same function, but are easier to tional highs and lows and sense of because Selma's vision is failing, so accept because the audience knows escapism, and of The Shawshank Re- she comes up with grand scenes in they're not based in reality. demption for its ability to make us charming, bizarre her mind using mechanical noises Von Trier even goes a step be- connect emotionally with oppressed (sounds from the factory and a train, yond for these songs. For the dra- characters. It's rare for a film to have for example) as the rhythm. matic scenes, he used a single a special kind of "moment," when Their act becomes more and BRIDGE, from Page 10 Von Trier has, in essence, rein- handheld digital video camera, em- it's almost too great and true to life more dangerous and their risks assistant, a target for his knives. vented the musical form (or at least ploying dull, washed-out colors and and overwhelming to watch. Dancer more drastic as they move on, He has a history of haunting given it room to grow): Dancer in the choppy editing. On the other hand, in the Dark has too many to count. drunk with their own success. bridges, approaching suicidal Dark is a tragic drama first and an 100 stationary DV cameras rolling Critics' opinions have varied Their lives center around their women who have nothing to lose uplifting musical second. On another simultaneously captured the musical widely over this film thus far. 1 think performance: It becomes, for and are consequently more open level, it implies how unnatural other scenes, which are more vibrant and it's obvious how I feel, but I'm also them both, an addictive mix of to this particular line of work. musicals are. Granted, their songs smoothly edited. His style is amaz- sure that I'll love it even more as I pleasure and fear, tension and Gabor offers Adele a job as convey some sort of message about ingly complex: One moment is deli- see it again and again. You'll either triumph, as they lose them- his assistant. He insists that the story or characters, but it seems cate and beautiful, another soon after love Dancer in the Dark or hate it, selves in the strange bond be- she is lucky, that he senses odd to see a bunch of people ran- is incredibly graphic and brutal. simple as that. Open yourself up, tween them. A subtle eroticism something special in her. She domly exploding into song simulta- Dancer in the Dark is reminis- give it a chance, and you will love it. indignantly refuses and jumps lurks in these knife-throwing into the Seine. He follows. Later, scenes, but it remains always as they both lie in the hospital understated and complex, like undergoing treatment for hypo- the relationship as a whole. thermia, he at last convinces her to accompany him. What follows is a whirlwind As they both lie tour of Europe, from France to Monaco to Italy, in which the two in the HOSPITAL perform for audiences in shows, undergoing in circuses and on cruise ships. Adele indeed proves lucky, al- treatment for most supernaturally so, not only remaining unscarred by Gabor's HYPOTHERMIA, knives but winning fortunes at he at last slot machines and roulette tables in casinos along the way, as convinces her to adept at games of chance as she is at charming audiences accompany him. . around the world. m Auteil gives Gabor a brooding The acting is excellent, es- charm and a wry sarcasm that pecially Auteil's. If you've seen ||# masks real intensity. Both he Jean de Floretteor Manon of the and Adele are desperate, at least Spring, you may remember him in the beginning, and their des- as the dark and troubled Ugolin; peration finds an outlet in their if not, you're in for a treat. risky profession. Both seem Adele's petulance occasion- KATIE STREIT/THRESHER ready to shatter at any moment. ally wears thin, but on the whole Itisthiscareful balancingonthe Paradis turns in a good perfor- Edloe Street, next signal edge of despair, this manic, ner- mance, blending charm and na- In what was the first Edloe Street gig since spring 1999, the Hanszen College band, consisting of freshman vous tension, that binds them ive innocence with an instability Rolf Straubhaar (left), juniors Eric Vanderlip and Jared Singer and senior Kurt Smith, played atop 180 on Sept. together and forms the founda- that threatens her life and the 29. The tuxedoed djqx (Hanszen junior Taylor Cavanah) spun dance songs before the Edloe Street set. tion of their story. lives of everyone she meets. Girl on the Bridge is a fairy The only real problem with tale, albeit an utterly modern Girl on the Bridge is a technical one. The black and white filming one. It's filmed in black and gives the film a timeless aspect, white, with subtitles in white, a feeling that it could have hap- and against a light background, pened yesterday or 50 years ago. they can barely be read. For a The soundtrack contributes to movie with dialogue as light and the mood, veering from dreamy sparklingasthis, it'sa shame to love songs to swing music to miss a word. The story isn't ru- jittery carnival tunes. ined, and the plot can still be The plot sometimes seems understood, but something is absurd, but that's part of the lost from the overall experience charm. It's a story that ques- when you spend so much time In Rice Village tions the meaning of the ordi- wondering whatyou're missing. 5814 Kirby nary, of life and death, of luck My advice, though, is to go and fate, offering an impossible and see Girl on the Bridge any- happiness for two people with way. As far as I can tell, the story Better Ingredients. nothing to lose. 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than a 12-minute walk from any dorm less than 400 such injuries reported Peds and Know-Peds to name a few. Quick — what's the hottest fad in campus transportation? It's made on campus. Is the trouble of toting in May. The ones I looked at were basi- with ruggedly high-tech aircraft-grade aluminum, but even your around a scooter even worth it? Most of the injuries seem to be cally the same, but I did notice that grandfather would get a kick out of it. It's sturdy enough to hold 250 It's apparently worth it to the caused by blatant negligence. the cheaper scooters are made from pounds, but it's small enough to carry around in your backpack. On seven or eight students a day I see "People want to ride the scooters as low-grade aluminum. I'd shell out top of all that, it's so trendy that movie stars like Kevin Spacey are whizzing around campus, but I have a mode of transportation but don't the extra $20 for something that jumping on the bandwagon... err... the scooter. That's right; scooters to disagree. I took my own test ride want to take them as seriously," Dr. won't bend. Also, the wheels on the are making a comeback — a big comeback. around campus to find out what all Jill Poser, a Houston physician, said. mid- and high-range scooters looked the excitement was about, and "If you're going to ride a to be made of a much higher quality frankly, I was unimpressed. scooter, you should take plastic. Scooters were originally used in Xootr's more yuppified scooters The small wheels on the scooters the same precautions as Shop around and spend Germany during the 1800s asamode can run almost $400. aren't optimal for the rough side- if you were going to your money wisely, but re- of transportation. They became The price isn't stopping anyone walks we have arou nd campus. They ride a bicycle or a member, when the scooter popular in the United States during from buying, though. "It's selling work much better on smoothly paved skateboard." craze is over, you might be the '50s, experienced a resurgence like the hula hoop," Kevin Masters, walkways. That means any The safety com- stuck trying to unload your in the '80s and are currently on the assistant manager of a Sharper "Im- trendiness you might gain from mission has also $200 kickboard on eBay. upswing once again. age store in the Galleria said. "We riding one of these things around is found that the small, Two years ago, a small company sell more than 150 of them a week. mitigated by the fact that there's a hard wheels of the in Tokyo, Japan came up with the People come straight from work in constant droning rumble coming scooters are especially idea for a revamped scooter while pinstripe suits and pick up one for from your scooter with every push. bad at handling wet pave- trying to design a mode of transpor- themselves, one for the kid and one The other problem is that the ment. They tend to slip and tation both fast and effective in the for grandma. It's pretty wild." He sidewalks are small. They weren't cause crashes. This might have overcrowded streets of the small is- did point out that the work force in really designed for someone gliding been the reason for my not so land. Houston is less apt to buy a scooter by at 10 mph. Just as I emerged from pleasant run-in with a scooter It devised the light, fold-up than the work force in New York the stairwell to my dorm last week, last week. scooter as an alternative to cumber- City. Houston is bigger and hotter; some guy on a scooter caught the tip 'ITie safety issue isn't really some bicycles. The new scooters you can't ride a scooter from down- of his handlebars in the strap of my stopping the surge in are designed to be small. Razor, cur- town to your home outside the loop. backpack. Luckily, I didn't fall, and sales, and most rently leading the market in sales, "College kids are buying them he fell into the grass. I'd have to say college stu- makes a model that folds to a little like crazy," Masters said. "They're that incident jaded my opinion a bit. dents feel less than two feet in length. really an effective way to get around In all honesty, riding a scooter pretty com- They're constructed of super- campus." They're so popular that was faster than walking. I'm hor- fortable operat- light aluminum that keeps the total even department stores like Neiman rible at math, so I didn't do any ing a simple weight under six pounds. The brake Marcus have made orders for Christ- complex mathematical computation, scooter. Since the control has been taken off the handle- mas. Walgreen's in the Rice Village but the literature that comes with weather in Houston bars and moved to a foot pedal on already stocks them. the scooter boasts that you can cover is cooling off, these the rear wheel. half a mile in only two minutes. I scooters might ac- Some of the models are even believe that. I made it from Will Rice tually prove to be a equipped with blinking LED lights, College to the Student Center in just viable way to get supposedly for added safety at night. a minute. around campus, I find it difficult to believe that two 'It's selling like the The scooter does somehow man- but I doubt they'll small LED lights could make some- hula hoop. We sell age to retain a certain European become a trans- one riding a scooter at night much charm. I find the whole fad to be portation main- more visible. more than 150 of them quite silly, but I'm just that kind of stay. All this technology does, how- guy. I guess if I were going to partici- If you're going ever, come at a cost. Cheaper scoot- a week.... It's pretty pate in a trend, it would be one that to buy a scooter, ers with fewer features cost about seemed mildly European. make sure you $100, but if you're looking to buy wild.' Whether they're cool or not, there look at all the something with all the bells and Kevin Master has been quite a bit of concern about models. There whistles (and blinking lights), you're Sharper Image employee the safety of scooters. None of the are quite a few going to pay upwards of $200. Yes, Houston area doctors I contacted companies pro- $200. reported seeing any increase in ducing these The most pricey scooter in the scooter-related injuries, but the fad kickboards — Razor line, the JD Razor 2000, is 'ITie whole fad still begs the ques- is relatively new here. The Consu mer Z a p p i e s , advertised on the company's Web tion: Is riding a scooter any faster Product Safety Commission re- X o o t r s , site (http://www.razorscooters.com) than walking? At Rice, we're hard ported 4,000 scooter-related injuries Hoverboards, as a special deal at $169.99. pressed to find a building that's more in August alone, whereas there were Razors, Go- GRAPHIC BY MARIEl TAM
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The I^et's get one thing perfectly clear. 1 really, truly reason is simple: 'ITie Owls have a goal, want each and every one of you to attend the next and San Jose State University and Fresno home football game — and tonight's home volleyball State University, their opponents this week- match. The men's tennis team hosts a tournament in end, are two of the biggest obstacles pre- November, and I think you venting the Owls from achieving it. should go out and catch some of that, too. Heck, while you're at it, Owls defeat UTEP. See story, Page 20. make it a point to attend every remaining home athletic event for "We have a set goal for this season: to the rest of the semester. be in the top two teams in the confer- Just don't do it for the wrong ence," senior setter Nil Kalagoglu said. reason. "To reach our goal, there's no other op- It's been said a million times tion but beating them." before. 'ITie Rice student body is a Jose Luis San Jose State and Fresno State fin- perfect example of what it means Cubria ished second and third, respectively, in to be apathetic and to have an last year's Western Athletic Conference utter lack of school spirit. Instead, standings behind national powerhouse we should all go out and support the team and the University of Hawaii. The coaches fore- casted a repeat two-three finish for the players. After all, they deserve it because of all the hard California schools in this year's WAC work and the sacrifices they make to represent our preseason poll. school on the national stage. We owe it to them. The Owls, however, are not ready to What a crock. concede those spots in the conference No, I'm not saying our student athletes don't work race. 'ITiey believe they have the neces- hard or make a lot of sacrifices. I truly admire every- sary talent to defeat both San Jose State thing these guys and girls are able to accomplish every and Fresno State. • - single day. But they still don't deserve a thing from us. "These are the most important games Wait, let me rephrase that: 'ITiey don't deserve any of the season," head coach Julio Morales :—-IP® more than any student on this campus who busts his said. 'These are the teams we need to W% • 'Ac'", /-'I butt in some kind of extracurricular activity. Think beat in order to be in the run for the money in the WAC. about i! — we have classmates trying to balance "Anything's possible, but Hawaii's in ROB GADDl/THRESHER problem sets with raising a child. We have lab partners a class by itself. But these are teams trying to lead student governments and suitemates Junior outside hitter Leigh Leman delivers a kill Wednesday during practice. Leman's 27 within our range, and whoever comes kills with just two errors keyed Rice's win Sept. 29 over the University of Texas at El juggling 12-page papers with full-time jobs. Some out of this fray between them, us and Paso. Leman was named last week's Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week. people spend all of their free time doing thankless Nevada will be in the running." research for a professor, while others waste away in the 'ITie ()wls host San Jose State tonight at her a couple of times, she'll get frustrated." way for the Owls. ITiey would put them on offices of KTRU or the Campanile. The point is that a 7 p.m. at Autry Court. 'ITie Spartans enter 'ITie Owls face Fresno State tomorrow the inside track for second place in the ton of people on this campus deserve more credit than thecontest with a 10-5 record, highlighted at 2 p.m. at Autry Court. 'Hie Bulldogs have WAC and provide compelling evidence for they get for the things they're doing outside of class. by a victory at Arizona State University. shown several signs of vulnerability. After an NCAA tournament berth at the end of San Jose State is 1-1 in WAC play after winning their first five matches, Fresno is the season. Two losses could be devastat- So why are athletes different? Theoretically, you winning a five-game match against the just 3-8 in its past 11 matches. ing, especially considering the matches can say they shouldn't be. But in today's world of University of Nevada before falling at However, a Fresno State win last week are at home and both teams own wins over billion-dollar TV contracts for college football and home in three games to Hawaii. over Nevada, which dominated Rice in Nevada, which already beat the Owls. basketball, they are. Kxcept, it seems, at Rice. And The Spartans are led by senior middle its WAC opener, shows that the Bull- One mistake the Owls won't make is that's perfectly fine, because when it comes down to blocker Joslynn Gallop, who leads the dogs cannot be taken lightly. having a lack of intensity. 'ITiey waited it, we are different. This is an academically challeng- WAC with 5.75 kills per game. Hie battle Both San Jose State and Fresno State anxiously through all of last year's in- ing institution that, given the size of its undergraduate in the middle between Gallop and Rice's swept Rice last year, but the Owls empha- jury-plagued season and finally have a student body, should really be sponsoring Division III middle blockers, who anchor Rice's WAC- size that their team this year is completely chance to cement themselves as one of athletics. We're not the smallest Division I-A football best blocking game, should go a long way different. The numbers back them up — the WAC's top teams. 'ITiey're not going school in the country because we know something no in determining the winner of the match. halfway through the season, the Owls have to let their opportunity go to waste. already surpassed last year's win total. "We can't play as if we're just in prac- one else does, but because we've assumed the risks of 'This whole week we've been con- centrating on blocking and having the "I>ast year's team was entirely differ- tice," Kalagoglu said. "We're aware that, in playing with the big boys in exchange for a higher- middle blockers move outside and fill in ent from this year's team," Davenport that moment, it's a matter of life and death. profile, more profitable athletics department. Among the holes," sophomore middle blocker Pollock said. "Iuist year, we lacked a lot of We know we have to play to our maximum. those risks is the virtual impossibility of competing — Elizabeth Davenport Pollock said. "I'm heart and skill. We have a lot of skill this We're aware of the consequences — we on the field, in the stands and in revenues — with the confident that as a team unit we can shut year, and we're working on our heart." know how far a win will take us, and we Michigans and Oklahomas of the world. [Gallop] down. Once we start blocking Two wins this weekend would go a long k'now how far a loss will take us." Wait, you say — what about Duke and Northwest- ern and Stanford? Aren't they academically challeng- ing institutions that still manage to fill the stands — or at least make respectable showings — at their athletic Golf rallies for fourth place in Kansas events? Well, yes and no. Duke does, but only for one of the top two or three men's basketball programs in rights the mess we made up in Dallas by John C. Chao the country — a program, remember, that plays in the two weeks ago." THRESHER STAFF IN FOCUS: GOLF richest basketball conference in the country. North- The team struggled a little to begin western has no tradition, but the Big Ten doormats ITie golf team dramatically improved Last week: Finished tied for fourth the tournament, with four of the five play Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana on a weekly from its season debut and tied for fourth at the Jim Colbert Intercollegiate, golfers shooting their highest scores on hosted by Kansas State University. basis. And Stanford, which also has the luxury of place Tuesday at the Jim Colbert Inter- the first day. But the team dug down and greatly improved its play. playing in a big-time conference, just happens to have collegiate in Manhattan, Kan. What made the difference: After a "You don't see many courses around the deepest, most successful athletic department in After finishing 15th in a 16-team field first-round team score of 315, the to open the season at the Stonebridge Owls rebounded to post scores of that are like this," Smith said. "But every- the country. And all three schools are significantly Classic, the Owls finished in the top half 300 and 306. Senior Frederik body learned after a while where to hit larger than Rice. So no, they don't compare to us. of the 10-team field in Kansas. Their total Dejaeghere led the Owls at 225, and not hit the balls. 1 think experience But 1 still think you should go to as many of our team score of 921 was only eight shots placing him tied for seventh. helped us out a lot in lowering our scores." athletic events as possible — because they're fun. If off the score of second-place Kansas State Head coach Clay Homan was im- Up next: Missouri Bluffs University. pressed with the team's scores in the you're a sports fan, you'll have a good time watching Intercollegiate, Monday-Tuesday. some top-notch competition (yes, contrary to popular "The field wasn't too strong this final two rounds. "The course played a little tougher belief, our teams do compete at very high levels). week," freshman Winn Smith said. "But was trying to improve his swing. But he's with the pin configuration, but we shot a Though I can't even begin to relate, I know many we still knew that if we played well, our final standings would show that." got the mark of a great player." good round at 306 [the team's top four of you couldn't give a rat's ass about sports. So don't Rice was paced by senior Frederik Dejaeghere's total score of 215 was scores in the third round)," Homan said. go. You don't owe it to the athletes and you don't owe Dejaeghere, who followed his opening 10 shots fewer than his 225 at the "Frederik played real solid and kept his it to the school. But if you've never gone or if you're round score of 78 by shooting a very Stonebridge Classic. mistakes to a minimum and that's the looking for something fun, relaxing and different to do competitive 73 and 74 to finish the tour- Although the competition in Kansas key to this course." tonight, go watch the volleyball match. And if you feel nament tied for seventh place. Not far was relatively weak, the golf course was "We played smarter, managed game like it, make some noise for the Owls. You'd be behind was fellow senior Chris Connolly, one of the more challenging courses the better and kept games in control," lane surprised how much fun you might have. who shot rounds of 78,73 and 78 and tied O v'.s tackle this season. said. "If we can play like this all year, it for 10th place in the tournament. "'Hie course was very hard and very will be a great season." Jose Luis Cubria is managing editor and a Sid "1 was glad to see Freddy do well," long," lane said. "I'm proud of these The Owls compete again Monday, Richardson College senior. sophomore Bradley lane said. "He was guys for doing well at the tournament. when they travel to St. Charles, Mo. for struggling early this year because he It's a good start to the season and it the Missouri Bluffs Intercollegiate. 18 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,2000 Women's soccer held scoreless in defeat Texas Tech defense holds off Owl attack to hand Rice its first loss "We played a better game, but by Paul Aronson they just got lucky," Hanway said. FOR THK THRKSHKR IN FOCUS: WOMEN'S "We ended up taking ourselves out of the game more than Tech did. We It was a disappointing weekend CLUB SOCCER tried to force the ball down the for the women's club soccer team. Record: 4-1 (tied for 2nd in middle instead of playing our A lucky goal for the visitors and Lone Star Division) outsides." missed opportunities for the Owls marked a 1-0 home defeat at the Last week: Lost Saturday 1-0 Rice was scheduled to play the hands of Texas Tech University to Texas Tech University; won University of Texas at Arlington on Saturday. Sunday by forfeit against the Sunday, but UTA failed to show up The loss dropped the Owls into University of Texas at Arlington. and the Owls won by forfeit. The Owls now turn their atten- a second-place tie in the Texas What made the difference: Collegiate Soccer League's Lone tion to Sam Houston State Univer- Texas Tech scored a first-half sity, which they will host on Sunday Star Division — Rice and Texas goal and then stacked its Tech now have identical 4-1 at 3 p.m. Rice scored a 7-0 victory defense to hold off Rice's over Sam Houston State in Hunts- records. attack. Despite controlling the flow of ville Sept. 17. the game, the Owls were unable to Up next: Rice hosts Sam Every game is now critical for break through with a score against Houston State University Rice, especially with a pivotal Tech's defense. Sunday at 3 p.m. matchup against Texas A&M Uni- "We controlled the ball most of versity looming later this month. The the game," senior defender Clara sive pressure and maintained con- Aggies lead the league with a 5-0 Filice said. "We had a lot of shots but trol of the game but was still unable record and have already posted a 3- struggled to finish." to score. 1 win over the same Texas Tech ' • . - ):s •>" x Rice dominated early on but the After taking the lead, Tech took squad that defeated Rice on Satur- day. x game remained scoreless until a defensive approach for the rest of • T Texas Tech lofted a shot in for a the game, stacking as many as nine The Owls will have to finish the V -r*$Y goal halfway through the first half. defenders in the penalty box when season strong and then perform well This would be the lone goal of the the Owls had the ball. in the regional tournament to earn a game, and the Red Raiders did not Ultimately, the tactic succeeded, return trip to November's national threaten again. as the Owls were not able to get on championships. 'They never had anything going the scoreboard. 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THE RICK THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000 19 Freshman Chao wins Rice Classic by Eric Raub things from these early tourna- ments: The freshmen need to get THRKSHKR ST AH IN FOCUS: used to playing at the college level, I,astweekend'sRiceTennisClas- WOMEN'S TENNIS while the upperclassmen have to [sic pitted a field including several Last week: Freshman Karen grow increasingly competitive | high-caliber opponents against the Chao won the flight C singles against top players from other women's tennis team. The Owls say title at last weekend's Rice teams. • the quality of competition helped Tennis Classic by winning all 'TTie freshman are really step- Ithem make progress in preparing four of her matches in the ping up," Gonzales said. "The older ^for spring match play. round robin tournament. girls are getting adjusted to playing This year's classic featured play- Sophomore Jeri Gonzales and the higher levels. ITiey're working ers from Western Athletic Confer- junior Judith Hagedorn teamed really hard and they're going to do ence opponents Texas Christian to win the flight C doubles pretty well." University and the University of title. Chao has continued to step up Texas at El Paso, as well as players at every tournament. But just as from Auburn University at Mont- Up next: Rice travels to the she and her teammates have im- gomery and Southeastern I^ouisiana Wake Forest Invitational in proved, Chao said she has seen the University. Winston-Salem, N.C. Oct. 13- people across the net get a little "Auburn-Montgomery, if they 15. tougher as well. were Division I, would be top 20 or "The team played pretty well — a 25," head coach Paul Blankenship good tournament," Gonzales said. little better than the last tournament, said. 'TCU was ranked in the top 25 "Arkansas gave us a good warm up. 1 think," she said. "Doubles was last year. UTEP had definitely im- Most everyone picked up. 'ITiat's tougher. We all had new partners, proved and they were good last year." what the fall is about, getting a lot of but we got better as the weekend The Owls took the strong field match play." progressed. Unfortunately, so did as a challenge and found significant The Owls doubles squad com- our opponents." successes in their first home tour- posed of Chao and junior Natalie The Owls experiment with differ- nament. Freshman Karen Chao Briaud faced some of the toughest ent doublescombinations during the claimed the flight C singles title, doubles competition in the region in fall to try to find the best possible going undefeated in singles play. flight A doubles. combinations for the spring. Even if Chao didn't drop a set the entire "I was really impressed with the two players may be nearly unstop- tournament. play of Natalie and Karen," pable together, the Owls know field- Sophomore Jeri Gonzales and Blankenship said. 'T"hey didn't get a ing three strong doubles teams is junior Judith Hagedorn teamed to win, but I was really impressed with the key to winning a team match. defeat TCU's Brenna Shackelford what they did against some top-level "I like to try and mix them around and Paty Aburto to claim the flight teams." in the fall," Blankenship said. "I have C doubles title and go 4-0 as a pair. At the top level of singles play, to try and find three good teams. It's Gonzales was also a finalist in senior Erin Waters won her first true that the girls may not know flight B singles but lost in three sets round flight A match but dropped her each other's play as well as other to UTEP's Ana Brnas. next two matches, including a close teams might. But it helps balance "Jeri Gonzales and Karen Chao 7-6,7-6 loss in the seventh-place match the doubles play and it also helps played really well this weekend," to Auburn-Montgomery's Juliana them to get to know each other bet- Blankenship said. "Jeri had some Piumatti. ter." good wins. It was the best I'd ever The final win tally may not have I"he Owls travel to Winston-Sa- seen Jeri play. She should be ready to been as impressive as the Owls lem, N.C. next weekend to play in step up from where she was last year." would have liked. However, the Wake Forest Fall Invitational, Some players also felt the rising Blankenship said, the team feels which runs from Oct. 13-15. The quality of play and recognized that that this tournament was a step in Owls will get the opportunity to face more quality competition, as the host SONJA GEE/THRESHER the early fall is about getting a lot of the right direction for many rea- Junior Kylie Wallis backhands a return at last weekend's Rice Tennis Classic. experience and improving. sons. Demon Deacons finished last sea- Wallis won two of her singles matches in flight C singles and teamed with "I personally felt I had a pretty The Owls need at least two son ranked fifth in the country. freshman Annie Goodrich in flight B doubles competition. Top seed Reyes wins four to capture tournament title by Eric Raub Vosovic of the University of I>ouisi- ana at I-afayette. Pourchet was un- THRKSHKRSTAFF able to notch a win despite posting Junior Rafael Reyes captured the first-set wins in each of his first two flight B singles title to lead Rice's matches. effort last weekend at the BellSouth Although Reyes was the hero of Mobility College Tennis Classic in the weekend, the Owls are improv- I-afayette, I .a. ing across the board. Reyes was joined by junior Alexis "Rafael is playing the best tennis Pourchet and sophomore Cody he has in a year and a half," assistant Jackson in the tournament. The coach Shaheen I^adhani said. "Alexis three entered as independents, a feels he's playing his best tennis so practice that allows the players to far. He's hitting the ball a lot better play more matches later on as offi- and his confidence is better." cial representatives of Rice. If the upperclassmen can con- tinue to play well, the Owls could be a force to be reckoned with — espe- IN FOCUS: cially considering the promising play MEN'S TENNIS of this year's new players. "I lost all my matches, but we're Last week: At the BellSouth all playing better," Pourchet said. Mobility College Tennis Classic, "This year we have 10 players who junior Rafael Reyes, the top seed can all play one through six." in flight B, captured the singles Of course, with so many Owls in title with a 7-5, 6-1 win over playing well, there is a new prob- Trent Brandon of Wake Forest lem: Which players will become a University. After a first-round loss part of the spring's lineup? 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THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,2000 SPORTS NOTEBOOK Player of week Leman badly outplayed — we just have Men's soccer scores had a little trouble scoring and Relays eliminated in first win of season have made a few defensive mis- qualifying at Sydney leads Rice over UTEP takes." The men's club soccer team None of the Olympic track and posted its first win of the year with field relay teams with Rice ties by Chris Larson 22 digs. "They're both very stable, very a 3-2 victory over Sam Houston Will Rice senior earnswer e able to make it out of the THRESHKR F.DITORIAI.STAFP State University Sunday. The Lads spot on WPFL team qualifying round last week in strong hitters," Morales said. jumped out to a 2-0 halftime lead Sydney. The volleyball team used quick "Against teams like this, they should behind two goals from freshman Will Rice senior Liz Jackson Victor Lopez, Rice's head starts in each game to post a con- be able to get on top and take advan- striker Jerzy Rokicki and held on was selected last week to be one of women's track and field coach, vincing four-game victory Sept. 29 tage." for the victory. the 45 women on the Houston En- was the head coach for Puerto against the University of Texas-El Leman's effort against UTEP, Rokicki completed his hat trick ergy, a new team in the Women's Rico's track and field delegation. Paso. With the win, the Owls moved combined with her team-high 14 kills when he scored off a Bearkat de- Professional Football League. The men's 400-meter relay team to 2-1 in Western Athletic Confer- last week in a win at McNeese State flection to open the second half. Four hundred women tried out placed seventh of eight in its heat ence play, good for third place in the University, earned her the honor of "We really played well in the for the team. Tryouts began in and 33rd of 40 teams overall with a conference standings. being named the WAC Player of the first half,"juniorgoalkeeper Wally early August. time of 40.12 seconds, well off the The Owls jumped out to leads of Week. Upp said. "The first half showed "We've been having practices 39.26 mark needed to advance to 6-0, 7-0, 8-2 and 13-2 in games one what kind of team this is and how Monday and Wednesday nights the semifinals. through four, respectively, on their we can play." for about five weeks now," Jack- Puerto Rico also fielded a way to the victory. The leads repre- IN FOCUS: VOLLEYBALL sent a welcome reversal from last The win couldn't have come at son said. squad in the women's 1,600- Record: 12 4 a better time for the Lads, who The team roster was officially meter relay. Their time of 3 min- season, when the Owls found them- have struggled through a season announced Sept. 27. utes, 33.30 seconds placed them selves playing catch-up in virtually WAC Record: 2-1 (3rd) of several close defeats, includ- The women's professional foot- sixth of seven in their heat and every game. Last week: Defeated the ing a 3-1 loss Saturday at Baylor ball league plays under National 18th of 23 overall. The team "Serving is what does it," head University of Texas at El Paso University. Rice currently stands Football League rules but uses a needed to beat 3:26.05 to rank in coach Julio Morales said. "We're 3-1, led by 27 kills from junior at 1-6-1 in the Texas Premier smaller ball because women's the top eight and advance to the aware that our problem has always outside hitter Leigh Leman. League with one match remain- hands tend to be smaller. There finals. been falling behind, and we've been What made the difference: ing. are 11 teams in the WPFL. Finally, 2000 graduate Marga- pretty good lately about waking up Jumping out to quick leads in "We lost quite a few people Jackson, who plays center, said ret Fox's Canadian squad was and doing the things we need to each game allowed the Owls to from last year. It took a while for she will make $50 a game. eliminated in the qualifying heat do." take control of the match, and the team to come together," Upp The season starts Oct. 14 with of the 1,600-meter relay as well. Another key to the Owls' victory Rice committed fewer hitting, said. "We're still working on that. a game against the Austin Rage in Fox, an alternate on the team, did was the fact that Rice in general blocking and ball handling We've had a lot of injuries this Austin. not run in the meet. Canada fin- played a much cleaner game than errors than the Miners. year, and we're playing in a league The Energy's first home game ished in 3:27.36, a little more than UTEP did. Miner errors including where all the schools are bigger is Oct. 21 at Dyer Stadium, also one second off the qualifying stan- missed serves, miscommunications Up next: Rice hosts San Jose than us. I never felt like we were against the Rage. dard. and net violations prevented the State University Friday at 7 p.m. Miners from putting together a run and Fresno State University in several instances. Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Finishing each game, however, proved to be more difficult for the Owls. In the first game, the Miners "Sometimes you feel like they rallied to tie the game at 13-13 be- just can't stop you, and that's how 1 fore a kill by junior outside hitter felt tonight," Iceman said after the I.eigh Ionian followed by a net viola- UTEP win. "{Senior setter] Nil tion by UTEP gave the Owls the [Kalagoglu] was putting up beauti- A Real-World Medical School game. ful sets, we were making good "It was a mental breakdown," se- passes, and all our hitters were do- nior outside hitter Karolina Zelinka ing great, so that kept them guess- Meeting the Challenge of said. "We have a problem when we're ing." winning and playing a team that's Kalagoglu led all players in the not as good as us. We tend to play to match with 64 assists and also con- their level." tributed 14 digs. Real Life's Needs. In game three, UTEP finished The win was Rice's most impres- with a 12-1 run to force a fourth sive so far in conference play. The game. Owls had previously struggled in a 'Throughout the match, we let loss at the University of Nevada and up in the end," Iceman said. "We got were extended to five games in a big leads, but we had problems fin- win over the University of Tulsa. Receive personalized mentoring ishing the games." UTEP defeated Tulsa in three and professional development The Owls resolved to not let it games to open its conference sea- from faculty happen again in the fourth and final son. game, however. Iceman led an explo- While the win is a step forward, sive hitting attack that gave the Owls the Owls know that they must work a .278 hitting percentage for the on remaining focused through the »We are one of two medical game as they posted a dominating entire match because teams better schools in the entire United 15-4 win. than UTEP may be able to take bet- States offering a combined four For the match, Leman recorded ter advantage of late-game break- year M.D./M.B.A. program 27 kills and just two errors on 60 downs. attempts for a .417 hitting percent- "We need to work on keeping age. our momentum going," Morales Rice's attack was also led by se- said. 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(/t One-Topping Pizza $y 38 fif 2 Drinks | Offer valid with coupon only. Prices may vary. Customer pays sales ^ tai where applicable. Driven carry less than J20. Cash value l/20 THK RICK THRKSHKR SPORTS I'RIDAY, OLTOHKK Final Stats Fresno St. Rice First Downs 22 24 Rushing Yards (net) 179 306 Passing Yards (net) 220 61 Total Yards 399 367 Return yards 83 28 Punts - Avg. 2 40.0 2 28.0 Time of Possession 25:39 34:21 Individual Stats Rushing Rice — Hurd 10101. Evans 18-106, Tyler 9-33. Beck 4 26, Sadler 5-21. Bradley 5 19, White 3-15. Griffin 3 10, Hawkins 1-0 FSU — Levi 16-73, Gaines 7 55, Carr 5-30, Tillman 4 20, Wright 2-10 Passing Rice — Evans 3-11-0-53. Hurd 12 0 8 FSU — Carr 20 31-2 220 Receiving Rice — Boothe 3 40. Okoronkwo 1-21 FSU — Johnson 6-77, Wright 5 40. Shabaglian 4 41. Berrian 3-41, Gaines 2 21 RICE 16 SAN JOSE STATE 29 Rice 9 0 7 16 SJSU 6 14 7 29 RU — Tyler 2 run (Crabtree kick) SJSU — Julien 13 run (Gilliam kick blocked) RU — Gatlin PAT return SJSU — Julien 1 run (Gilliam kick) SJSU — Bailey 28 pass from Arroyo (Gilliam kick) SJSU — Julien 24 run (Gilliam kick) RU — Evans 3 run (Crabtree kick) SJSU —Ockimey safety Final Stats Rice SJSU First Downs 22 23 Rushing Yards (net) 191 121 Passing Yards (net) 107 373 Total Yards 298 494 Return yards 76 116 Punts Avg. 4 42.3 1 37.0 E T Time ot Possession 32:19 27:41 o Individual Stats Rushing Rice — Tyler 16 64. Evans 13-59, Hawkins 9-43, White 7 26, Beck 3 15, Sadler 4-13, Bradley 3-7. Wulf 8 ( 36) SJSU — Julian 22-95, Morton 3 26, Arroyo 3-5, Team 3 (-5) Passing Rice — Wulf 4-9 0-42, Evans 4 7 065 SJSU — Arroyo 26-42-2 373 Tech heads Receiving Rice — Beck 2-33, Boothe 2 28. Webber 1-25, Okoronkwo 1 11, White 18, Manning 1-2 SJSU — ShepherdS 114, Brewer 7 103. Bailey 5-76, Davis 4 84, Julien 2-(-4) VOLLEYBALL TEXAS- EL PASO 1 RICE 3 Digital revolution courtesy of DSPs Texas-El Paso 13 10 15 4 from Texas Instruments. ^ Cool. Rice 15 15 13 15 You might be surprised to know that we tech heads and headbangers have Final Stats UTEP Rice something in common Like a real appreciation tor music, as well as tor Kills 80 78 Errors 39 26 digital solutions • At Texas Instalments, our digital signal processing Attempts 238 215 Attack Percentage 172 .242 (DSF) technology is a catalyst behind the digital revolution. For example, Assists 78 75 Service Aces 6 6 portable Internet audio players that deliver superior-quality digital music Digs 99 100 Blocks 14.0 11.0 that you can connect with any standard, anytime, anywhere. • In addition, Individual Stats Tl DSPs are as diverse as the markets they drive We're the driving force of KMIa UTEP — Zimmerman 27, Abbruzzese 24 the digital world, including 70% of the digital cell phones, the next Rice — Leman 27. KaZelinka 24 Asiltts generation of digital cameras, and even your Internet Service Ftovider - we UTEP — Gronert 38. Perez 36 Rice — Kalagoglu 64 can put more than six modem connections on one Tl DSP chip • With Dig* UTEP — Abbruzzese 27 nearly a 50% share of the DSP market, we see the future, and we invite you Rice — KaZelinka 22, Leman 18 to explore it. Wtiether you want to be the next innovative software, DSP, or GOLF analog engineer; marketing guru; or sales leader, the future is no longer out there, it's here. Texas Instruments Powerful Rngrammable Engines of JIM COLBERT Intelligence • We're the world leader in DSP and analog (the electronic INTERCOLLEGIATE components that feed the DSP) So get on-line with Texas Instruments Team Results (total of 10 teams): Non-tech heads are welcome, too. ^ www.ti.com 1. Illinois State 894 2. Kansas State 913 3. Missouri 917 ® 1999 Tl T4. Rice 921 T4. Southwest Texas State 921 Rice Scores: _ _ 7. Fredenk Dejaeghere 225 THE WORLD LEADER IN DSP AND ANALOG ^ TEXAS T10. Ctfris Connolly 229 : INSTRUMENTS T21. Ryan Morgan 233 ' >i 1.1'iTfrunitni Jl THE RICE THRESHER ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000 %, J'1 road Fair il f |! T< Wednesday, October n mm n:ooam-i:3opm Farnsworth Pavilion Student Center plan your dream year/semester/summer abroad; win a $100 Council Travel Gift Certificate or other cool prizes! IM* The wMe av/altsl Study Abroad Study Break Monday, October 9 8:00pm Kelley Lounge, Student Center hear about the wonders of study abroad Need further info? Call Vic lei at from students who have lived it; 713-34-8-5836 not to mention, or email vickisw(a)rice.edu. free food! (And don't forget to attend the Financial Services & Consulting Fair, Thursday, October 12 in the Grand Hall!) 41 THE RICE THRESHER CALENDAR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000 frida^ Will Rice College Private Dining Room. ^mmmB_OCT_6j Shows are tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. Baker College brings in the blues. From Although no tickets are required, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Baker Pits, there donations will be accepted. will be live blues music, bourbon and Coke, cigars and tons of fun at Saturday OCT 7 BAKER BLUES OWLS VOLLEYBALL takes on Fresno State University at 7 p.m. at Today s VOLLEYBALL Autry Court. Grand Hall in the Student Center from 9 Interested in studying (a.k.a. partying) GAME sets the Owls against the a.m. to 5 p.m. $5 gets you a stylin' new abroad? The Office of International San Jose State University Spartans. Jimmy Buffet inspires Brown College with look for fall! Programs will help you decide whether Game time is 7 p.m. at Autry Court. tonight's MARGARITAVILLE you're cut out for non-Rice academia at Clean yo' room ... Mom and Dad are party from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the CAMPANILE today s STUDY ABROAD headed to town! FAMILIES Brown Commons. On a related note, I ORCHESTRA performs FAIR. Representatives from WEEKEND continues today might add that Mr. Buffet also sings such tonight from 8 to 10 p.m. in Stude numerous study abroad programs will be and runs through Saturday evening. lyrics as "Why don't we get drunk and Concert Hall in Alice Pratt Brown Hall. on hand to discuss opportunities from 11 Check out http://www.ruf.rice.edu/ screw?" This concert is free to students, faculty a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Student Center's ~events/famweek for a complete schedule and staff. Farnsworth Pavilion. Contact Vicki of this weekend's events. Remember, The Rice Water Polo Club sponsors Seefeldt West at (713) 348-5836 for Mom will find the beer cans that are under today's co-ed (not naked) Tonight's STUDY ABROAD more information. your bed! WATER POLO STUDY BREAK'S at 8 p.m. in against Stephen F. Austin State Kelley Lounge in the Student Center. friday OCT 13 Wiess College Tabletop Theater puts University today at 12:45 p.m. at the freshmen to good use in tonight's Rice Pool in Autry Court. A capella your thing? THE tuesday OCT 10 opening of the FRESHMEN PHILHARMONICS p'ay Autry Court is the site for today's 7 p.m. ONE-ACTS The One-Acts will run Sunday tonight at the Undergrounds in the Lovett OCT 8 game against the tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the VOLLEYBALL College basement at 11 p.m. Wiess Commons. $4 student and $6 Todays WOMEN'S University of Texas at San Antonio. general admission tickets are available SOCCER game is against Sam submit items: at the door. The 2000 yearbooks are here! From 7 to Calendar Houston State University. The ladies take 9 p.m. in the Red and Blue Rooms of the on the ... ahem ... Bearkats at 3 p.m. on The Rice Players present Jeffrey Coffeehouse you can pick up your the intramural fields near Alice Pratt • by CAMPUS MAIL to Josh Taylor, Hatcher's a George Calendar Editor, Rice Thresher, MS-524. SMASH. Brown Hall. CAMPANILE. • by FAX t° Josh Taylor, Calendar Bernard Shaw adaptation, at 8 p.m. in Editor, (713) 348-5238. Hamman Hall. It will also show tomorrow t0 mondav OCT 9 Wednesday OCT 11. • by E-MAIL [email protected]. at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are Calendar submission FORMS Time to get the snip? Luckily, the Rice The Department of Art and Art History are $8 for the general public, $6 for available at the Student Activities Office or faculty and staff and $4 for students. For Program Council doesn't sponsor a sponsors today's lecture by University of on the Thresher office door. reservations, call (713) 348-PLAY. vasectomy day or that would have a Texas Professor RICHARD The DEADLINE for all items is 5 p.m. The completely different connotation. The SHIFF- lecture, entitled the Monday prior to publication. only snippin' that'll be done today is for "Imitation of Matisse," will be held at Will Rice College opens its production of Submissions are printed on a space- THE PHYSICISTS "** BARBER DAY in front of the 4:30 p.m. in Sewall Hall, Room 301. available basis. Want to open up new opportunities? A can of Campbell's soup will satisfy your hearty appetite. Campbell's, a more than $6 billion ft : (b'p dollar company, features powerful brands that are ranked #1 or #2 in their categories and reach millions of households. With our mix of outstanding people and brands, we can also satisfy your appetite for an exciting career! Do you have the right ingredients? We seek MBA candidates with a superior academic record, creativity, strong communication skills and proven leadership qualities for the following position: ASSOCIATE MARKETING MANAGER We Will Be Interviewing On Campus On Tuesday, October 31st, 2000 Please send your resume noting position of interest to: [email protected] or to: Maria Myers, HR Assistant, Campbell Soup Company, One Campbell Place, Box 35D, Camden, NJ 08103. _ CLASSIC TOMATO Wamp&ll Soup (? ompa/w - * GODIVA Equal Opportunity Employer ice Thresher Vol. LXXXIX, Issue No. 8 SINCE YOUR MOM Friday, October 6, 2000 College rivalry blooms after inspirational jack by Brian Stealer a jack desert, if you will," Wiess Col- THKESHKR DICTATOR lege senior Seth Eatinger said. "Now, due to the trailblazing of a Fifty wallets, 34 backpacks, 20 brave few into new jack territory, all pairs of jean shorts, 14 purses, 10 Wee students are discovering that personal computers, eight vehicles, every day can be a jack day." seven ounces of marijuana, five Sept. 18 represents a turning golden rings, three leather couches point in jack history. Instead of large- and one Rice Media Center have scale jacks involving dozens of par- '• t'T i been reported stolen since Sept. 18. ticipants, students are beginning to Wf Butinstead of issuing crime warn- focus on individual expressions of 11; ings, University Police are rejoicing their contempt for other colleges. along with students at the rebirth of "Jacks used to take so much time college spirit. "These alleged thefts and energy to organize," Ix>vett Col- mmm are clearly jacks committed in a jo- lege senior Jonathan Bourland said. vial spirit of intercollege rivalry," "You had to coordinate them with Police Chief Bill Taylor said. tons of people and follow silly rules The renewal of college spirit is like the Texas Penal Code. Now, attributed by the University Police students can just do jacks by them- to a recent act of larceny that has selves, cultivating the jack ideals of revolutionized the concept of a jack. spontaneity and creativity." On the night of Sept. 18, two The recent disappearance of ob- enterprising Rice seniors and a jects around campus is a telling sign former Rice track star decided to of a flourishing jack movement. KATIE STREIT/THRESHER antagonize members of Hanszen "I've always wanted to express Two Rice pranksters attempt to steal the Baker institute for Public Policy in an ingenious jack on Baker College. College by temporarily moving a my disdain towards Brown in a flat-screen computer monitor from unique manner, but I never had the Humanities Building to a pawn enough time to get 40 friends to- Roommate issues? shop on South Main Street. In a gether," said Will Rice College se- Afraid to tell them brilliant finishing touch, the three nior Matt Frost. "Now, I know the BPEs highlight logo merry pranksters knocked over a perfect way to jack Brown — by in person? female custodian to symbolize their stealing laptops from Fondren!" by Elizabeth Jardeena Mad about your anger at the imminent "knocking THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF screw date? down" of Wiess College. Recent Backpages have provoked S&M Little did they know that their WEBPAGE OF THE WEEK a backlash among some members of Take out an ad on the simple tomfoolery would send waves the Rice community. Backpage Edi- Backpage in our new of admiration and emulation http://www. owlnet. rice, edu/ tors Sarah Pitre and Mark I^?wis, Domestic Dispute Box. throughout the Rice community. -spider/friends.html who alternate writing responsibilties "Yeah, I got into some trouble This week's heartfelt The University Police, upon discov- with Backpage Editor Ben Johnson, with a few guys who were unhappy message comes from ering the jack, invited the lovable Featuring the following out- have decided to emphasize the logos with me because they thought I'd Ajeet, Rob and Zach: scamps to the police station for a standing misclass: that indicate authorship of each been dissingZen," Lewis said. 'They jubilant celebration of their antics. week's page. tried to jump me, but I quickly gave Dear Jeff: That little minx The response from the student "But we never get caught ... Another helpful hint for distin- them the smack down with my mas- is destroying your life. body has been equally enthusiastic. never... " guishing between the editors' work sive physique. Since 1 don't like For the love of God, do "Ever since I've been at Rice, —Wiess senior is the complete and utter lack of making grown men cry, I hope in the your homework! there has always been a dry stretch Well, except for this one time. Camacho-related content in Pitre and future people will use the logo to between O-Week and Beer-Bike — I^ewis' pages. distinguish between the BPEs." email [email protected] to submit The 'Don't Look Now But You've Been Hit By, You've Been Hit By a Smooth Criminal' Classifieds $750/month. (713) 449-5624. Veronica on Binz, in the museum district.) $300 ON-CAMPUS WORK. $8.50/hour. MISCELLANEOUS HOUSING — agent. per room. 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