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Vol. LXXXIX, Issue No. 15 SINCE 1916 Friday, December 7, 2001
Seniors face tight job market y"1»1" " ? O tl by Iiora Danan job offers. In contrast, Assistant Dean seeing a big drop in campus recruit- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF of Students for Career Services ing, like every university," Matherly Cheryl Matherly said that in recent said. Sixty-seven fewer companies ac- years the majority of seniors actively Many employers have also cut Hi tively recruited on campus this se- seeking jobs have reported offers by back on the number of college cam- mester than last fall, a decrease of 45 this time of the year. puses they will visit to recruit new percent according to information Matherly said most companies, employees, according to the Job provided by the Career Services including 16 that initially planned to Outlook 2002survey conducted this Center. recruit at Rice this semester but can- summer by the National Associa- About 10 percent of the 350 se- celed, cited hiring freezes due to the tion of Colleges and Employers. niors registered for on-campus re- economic downturn as the reason "There's been a huge shift of cruiting responded affirmatively to for not recruiting this semester. power," Baker College senior Vishnu an e-mail from Career Services in- "We knew this year was going to Kurella said. "Two or three years quiring whether they had received be a down year and in fact we're See CAREER, Page 8
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KONSTANTIN TSVAYGBOYM/THRESHER 11! ifis Junior guard Kara Liggett was named to the all-tournament team of the Gene Hackerman Rice Invitational after scoring a total of 30 points in Rice's two wins. • The Lady Owls beat No. 22 George Washington 67-54 in the championship game.
" s -• Rice beats No. 22 GW V MARK BERENSON/THRtSHER by Jason Gershman Carolina at Greensboro 61-47 to earn THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF a chance to face the Colonials. Where the sidewalk ends ... But the celebration of the week- The sidewalk replacement south of the Ley Student Center will be completed in the next few days. Facilities In practice, they focus on it. In end did not last long, as the Owls Planner Max Amery said sections of the sidewalk in the academic quad will be replaced during winter recess. meetings, thev preach its impor- suffered a setback Wednesday night. tance. As they break out of their The OwJs traveled to Lubbock to team huddle, they chant it. face ninth-ranked Texas Tech Uni- Defense. versity, and Rice, now 5-1 on the In the championship game of the season, fell 74-43 to the Lady Raid- Gene Hackerman Rice Invitational ers. The Owls struggled through- Olympic torch coming to campus Saturday, emphasis on defense out, shooting just 20 percent from proved worthwhile as the Lady Owls the floor. put on a clinic in stellar defense and by Alison Griffith the Marching Owl Band will perform, is hoping for a large turnout and is While sophomore forward Elisa encouraging spectators to wear Rice upset 22nd-ranked George Wash- Inman struggled against Texas FOR THE THRESHER Rice Ambassadors will hand out bal- loons and free food will be provided. shirts and bring American flags. ington University 67-54. The Owls Tech, connecting on just two of 14 The Olympic torch will be com- Director of University Relations "We are trying to make it a really held the Colonials to shooting just field goal attempts, she had a break- ing through the Rice campus on Greg Marshall said he could not dis- nice, colorful event," Marshall said. 34 percent from the floor, and GW out game against GW. She recorded Monday on its way to Salt Lake City close which torchbearer is coming Students as well as administra- committed 23 turnovers. her second double-double of the for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. through Rice because of security rea- tors are excited about the event. "We weren't going to let GW year, finishing with 20 points and The torch is scheduled to pass sons. Marshall said he had originally "It's phenomenal," Brown Col- outhustle us on our own floor," 13 rebounds. Inman, who had re- through the Sallyport between 4:42 wanted to arrange for a Rice Olym- lege junior Stuart Sinclair said. "It's head coach Cristy McKinney said. corded six points and nine rebounds p.m. and 4:55 p.m. pian to run the torch through campus such an honor to be a part of "Defensively, in the first half, we the day before, was named the After a restroom break at the Rice but the Salt Lake Organizing Com- something so special." just smothered them. We gave tournament's most valuable player. Stadium, the torchbearer, preceded mittee had already picked all the run- Marshall submitted a proposal to them some breathing room in the "I was just glad that I finally had by a motorcycle enthusiast group, will ners before he contacted them. All the SLOC in early August 2001 after second half but never let them re- a complete game," Inman said. "It torchbearers are supposed to be lo- they contacted him about the possi- ally get back in the game. We made seems like some games my offense 1st continue down College Way until the group reaches Rayzor Hall. The torch cal heroes who have made a positive bility of using the facilities at the the big plays when we needed has been there but my defense |e, them." hasn't. But, I finally got it together |o. will then go through the academic contribution to the community. stadium. On Aug. 30 the SLOC ac- quad, where the Rice community is University Relations, which has cepted the proposal to come through A day earlier, the Lady Owls [against GW] and I hope to keep invited to watch the relay. In the quad, been involved in planning the event, See TORCH, Page 5 defeated the University of North See BASKETBALL, Page 13 fs 13. New grad housing purchased INSIDE
by Kevin Grahmann The new apartments will have different THRESHER STAFF lease agreements than the Graduate Apart- ments that the university currently owns, lo- Rice's purchase of Morningside Square cated at 1515 Bissonnet Dr. Only full-time Apartments on Shakespeare Road will make registered graduate students can live at the 53 more apartment units available next semes- Graduate Apartments, so students' spouses or ter for graduate student housing. families cannot live with them. Full-time, registered graduate students will Ditman said the new apartments are avail- be able to sign leases for next semester for the able for graduate students with families. He said apartments located at 2401-2414 Shakespeare this change in the lease agreement was made to
Rd., which were purchased by the university meet the needs of more graduate students. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE STREIT Nov 1. Rent will start at $525 per month. "By adding another apartment complex that A year after Rice administrators temporarily shut down KTRU, students, faculty and staff The apartments were purchased because didn't have that requirement, it would provide a are evaluating KTRU's relationship to Rice. See Story, Page 5. they are suitable for graduate students, Hous- service to a population that had been essentially ing and Dining Director Mark Ditman said. left out of the housing," Ditman said. Hurry home OPINION Page 3 "They are about as close as you can get to The Shakespeare apartments' length of Arctic an oil-rich wasteland campus and they are very affordable," Ditman occupancy can be longer than at the Graduate This is the last issue of the Thresher for said. "It packages things very important to Apartments. the semester. We'll be back the week of A&E Page 12 grad students." "At the Bissonnet apartments, you have to Jan. 14, and you should be, too! Our five favorite movies Rice Real Estate Officer Janie Bowes said enter a lottery for a second year lease," Ditman the apartments are located close to the Rice said. "At Shakespeare, you can continue your Quote of the Week village so students have convenient access to lease as long as you are a full-time registered "I believe the next step, even before this one Friday grocery stores and restaurants. graduate student." is closed, will be [attacking] Somalia. Sudan, Scattered thunderstorms, 54-72 degrees Because the apartments are in good condi- The new graduate apartments will not have maybe Yemen." Saturday tion, few changes have been made to the prop- a shuttle stop like the current graduate apart- — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak Partly sunny, 42-65 degrees erty, Ditman said. Rice has upgraded the locks ments, Ditman said. However, occupants of said Monday about the U.S. fight against the Sunday al Quaeda. See Story. Page 6. and installed a new roof on the buildings. See APARTMENTS, Page 7 Mostly sunny, 41-67 degrees
_J THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7,2001
by i>avic> chien the Rice Thresher emembering the ese KTRU shutdown o
As we mark the one-year anniversary of the KTRU shutdown, it is m imperative that we remember exactly what happened last year and just
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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7,2001 RU evaluates its status a year after shutdown
by Olivia Allison When the Athletics Department THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF approached the administration and KTRU in October of last year with its The relationship between the request to increase the number of & ' Rice student radio station KTRU 91.7 broadcasted athletic events, a sepa- FM and the rest of the university will rate advisory committee was formed continue to improve, said members to examine the issue. With only two mmmm of the administration, Athletics De- undergraduate students, one gradu- partment and KTRU itself this week. ate student and six faculty and staff This outlook differs from that members, many KTRU volunteers found among KTRU DJs and leaders felt it was not representative. this time last fall, immediately after After the station was shut down, the station was shut down. getting back on the air was contigent On Nov. 28,2000, KTRU DJs Vicki upon the administration, the Athlet- Keener and Patrick Glauthier broad- ics Department and the station sign- cast music during a women's basket- ing an agreement to form a commit- ball game after two months of strained tee responsible for addressing fu- negotiations between the station and ture policy issues and controversies the Athletics Department about the concerning the station. The outcome number of games the station would of the agreement was the KFC. air. Two days later, Vice President for KTRU Adviser Bill Wilson is chair Student Affairs Zenaido Camacho and of the committee. Three professors, Assistant Vice President for Student one staff member and four under- Affairs John Hutchinson entered the graduate students are voting mem- station, located on the second floor of bers. Four undergraduate students the Ley Student Center, at 8 a.m. and and a graduate student are non-vot- told the DJ on duty, Wiess College ing members. All students on the THRESHER FILE PHOTO senior Kristin Stecher, that they had committee but two were DJs before About 400 people gathered in the academic quad Dec. 4, 2000, for a rally supporting KTRU after the shutdown. pulled the station off the air and she they applied for the committee. had to leave the station. The station's Wilson said he thinks the KFC is gun broadcasting some shows from a sociology professor, said he has must be accountable to the univer- lock was changed and decorative more representative of the university the Undergrounds, a music venue in noticed an improvement in KTRU's sity, which is why the KFC was bumper stickers were removed from than the first advisory committee. Lovett College's basement. Home image on campus. formed and a constitution was drafted. the station door. "I think the students feel it's a said that KTRU will sponsor a "[The KTRU management] more legitimate representation of the songwriting contest next semester. seem[s] to be willing to accommo- Looking toward the future KTRU will be holding a TG to university's and the station's inter- Small Concerts Director Kat date a greater range of opinions In December 2000, a two-year commemorate the founding of the ests," Wilson, an electrical engineer- Swenson said increasing on-air stu- within and outside the university agreement was reached about the KTRU Friendly Committee today, 4 to ing professor and Wiess resident as- dent music was the most effective than was true before," Davidson said. number of athletics events to be 6 p.m. in the Ray Courtyard of the sociate, said. way to make it more accessible to the President Malcolm Gillis agreed. broadcast on KTRU in the 2000-'01 Student Center. After spending its first two meet- Rice population because KTRU's "I am pleased with this pastyear," and 2001-'02 academic years. This ings learning about the structure and music policies would not change. he said. "Now I think KTRU is doing contract will be reevaluated begin- history of KTRU, the committee was KTRU plays music generally unavail- more to live up to the potential it has ning next semester. That night, more than 350 people tested when athletics announcers able on commercial radio stations. set for itself." May would not comment on attended a meeting with Camacho, began playing company tag lines and "There's a lot of great bands at whether athletics will request an in- Hutchinson and KTRU staff to dis- music during baseball games at the Rice, and that's a fantastic way to Changes in management crease in programming, but he said cuss the affair. Almost 700 people end of April. Home, a Wiess senior, reach out to more students because Many KTRU staff members said he is confident the KFC will deal with signed a KTRU-sanctioned protest said the Athletics Department had our music never will," she said. the KTRU management has become the issue fairly. petition, given to Camacho after the not notified the station it would be Program Director Tommy more organized and professional Davidson said he thinks the cur- meeting. Students held a rally and a playing the announcements, which Belanger said the number of DJ appli- since the shutdown, but reactions to rent contract might be renewed. silent protest the shutdown in front station leadership felt were inconsis- cations from students increased dra- these internal changes are mixed. "There's not a huge deal of un- of President Malcolm Gillis' on-cam- tent with KTRU's educational mis- matically after last year's shutdown, "The station is more responsible," happiness about the agreement," pus home, the Ralph S. O'Connor sion. Previously, long breaks in play and he said the station is working to Wilson said. "The level of paranoia is Davidson said. House, the night of a Board of Trust- were filled by dead air or music sup- include as many students as possible. down a little bit from last year. There's However, Home said he thinks ees meeting. The Student Associa- plied by DJs in the KTRU studio. SA President Jamie Lisagor. who less suspicion that the administra- the committee may try to decrease tion Senate passed a resolution con- KFC members said the dispute is a member of the KFC, said she tion is out to take over the station." the number of events broadcast. demning the manner in which the was resolved peacefully, and KTRU thinks the station's efforts have been Keener, who is a Jones College "I don't think we'll eliminate all administration shut down the station. management and the Athletics De- successful. senior, said she thought the changes sports but how we broadcast them After the shutdown, a two-year partment worked out a plan in May "Students feel a lot more con- were important. and the frequency with which we agreement was signed that would to recognize corporate sponsors on nected to KTRU and KTRU, I think, "We have to consider the broadcast them will decrease,"he said. allow KTRU to broadcast up to three the air during sports events by hav- feels a lot more connected to the administration's reactions more se- Home said he thinks students or four athletic events per week. This ing athletics announcers list names students," she said. "When the stu- riously," Keener said. involved in KTRU are generally op- year 10 men's basketball games, 27 of sponsors during breaks in games. dents came out in support of KTRU Swenson said there are those who posed to the current agreement. women's basketball games and 59 The committee has not met this last fall, a bridge was built." criticize the station management. One problem is that many ath- baseball games are scheduled to be semester but plans to meet in the Martel College junior Evan "I think this year's management letic events are during prime-time broadcast. In the 1999-2000 aca- spring to discuss the contract be- Pankey said that although he has is conscious of the fact that we do programming. demic year, KTRU broadcast 13 tween athletics and KTRU. noticed more KTRU advertising, he have to be accountable to the admin- Gillis said he is confident about women's basketball games and 18 does not think KTRU is more re- istration, and I think there's a group the committee's ability and optimis- baseball games. In addition, the Improving its image sponsive to students' musical tastes. of people in KTRU who think they're tic about the way negotiations will KTRU Friendly Committee was Various internal aspects of KTRU "They want to remain an alterna- selling out," Swenson, a Hanszen proceed. formed after the shutdown to pro- also changed after the shutdown: Its tive artsy non-traditional kind of thing, College sophomore, said. "I think we have mechanisms now vide a fairway to discuss future policy constitution was approved by the SA and a lot of students here are tradi- Home said it is important for that will assure that it never has to issues and programming concerns. Senate, more Rice musicians have tional, conservative, and they don't KTRU personnel to remember the come to a point like [the shutdown] "I think the relationship with the their work broadcast, KTRU has necessarily want to win over that audi- shutdown and to be aware that KTRU again." administration is very much im- sponsored and organized more con- ence, but I think they want more people proved," Station Manager Ben certs and more publicity is aimed at to try something new and listen to Home said. getting students to attend events. them — jazz and alternative way-out- -v; Athletics Director Bobby May The shutdown showed the impor- there kinds of things," Pankey said. said he has not had conflicts or prob- tance of support from the student Sid Richardson College junior lems with the station recently and body after hundreds attended pro- Catherine Yu said she has noticed that the two groups have a good tests after the shutdown. Home said. the station is more receptive to stu- working relationship. As a result, he said. KTRU has dent requests. made an effort to play music from "I think they have catered more Founding, working with the KFC Rice-based bands and artists this to what students would want to hear One of the biggest changes KTRU semester. The station also planned on the radio stations," Yu said. "They made was the creation of the KFC, a two concerts for Rice musicians this took in lots of student opinion about committee formed to resolve con- semester, in which more than 20 what to play on the air." flicts concerning KTRU policies. Rice artists performed, and has be- KFC member Chandler Davidson. Torch celebration planned for Monday TORCH, from Page 1 jump, a rock-climbing wall and face The Olympic Torch Relay started the campus. painting. last Monday in Atlanta, Ga., where Marshall said a photograph of On its way to the Convention Muhammad Ali lit the torch with the world leaders in front of Lovett Hall at Center, the torch will pass by the Olympic Flame in Centennial Park. the 1990 Economic Summit of Indus- Texas Southern University and Uni- Atlanta hosted the most recent Olym- .SKI OR SIGHTSEE IN trialized Nations, an annual meeting versity of Houston campuses but will pic Games in the United States in of leaders of major industrialized na- only pass through the Rice campus. 1996. The torch will visit 80 cities in tions, helped convince the commit- "This is an incredible honor," 46 states and will travel 13,500 miles tee to run the torch through Rice. Marshall said, adding that the event until Feb. 8 when the Olympic Flame EUROPE The torch will be run to the will give Rice "the opportunity for will enter Salt Lake City for the open- George R. Brown Convention Cen- some media exposure. We are help- ing ceremony. Before it reaches its STARTING AT $699!' ter, where the Olympic Torch Relay ing Houston sell itself as a site for final destination, the torch will travel I I fil City Celebration will take place from the 2012 Olympics." by many kinds of transport including 5 to 8:30 p.m. The celebration will Rice faculty, staff and students as boat, dogsled, horse-drawn sleigh and feature performances by local groups well as members of the Houston com- covered wagon. 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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2001 POLICE BLOTTER Study abroad adviser to study abroad The following items were reported to the University Police for the period Nov. 28-Dec. 4. Items were omitted for space. by Stephanie Dornschneider in the past year as well. The newest When Cates returns from Austra- THRESHER STAFF member is Career Services Center lia, she plans to continue working in Director Cheryl Matherly, who took Residential Colleges the study abroad office. She sad she After helping Rice students plan on added responsibilities as the di- sees her journey as an opportunity to Lovett College Dec. 1 Bike stolen. semesters abroad for the past three rector for international opportunities experience what she has helped oth- years, Shannon Cates is going this summer to manage international ers plan for the past eight years. Wiess College Dec. 4 Unauthorized use of a golf cart abroad herself. programs such as internships. "I am finally practicing what I reported. Cates, who has worked as a study Scheid said Matherly was preach," Cates said. abroad adviser to Rice students as brought into this position in antici- Instead of feeling the reassur- Academic Buildings the Associate Director for Interna- pation of Cates's departure. ance she offers students leaving for Humanities Building Nov. 28 Wallet stolen from an office. tional Training, will be going to Aus- foreign countries, she realizes she tralia in January to begin work at is "very intimidated" being the trav- Dell Butcher Hall Nov. 30 Cell phone stolen. Adelaide University toward her re- eler herself. search doctorate. Cates is taking on the challenge Alice Pratt Brown Hall Nov. 30 Bike stolen. 'Staff members are a Cates' journey marks the begin- of moving to Adelaide with her 4- ning of Rice staff participating in year-old daughter anH her husband. Other Buildings population that has foreign study exchange programs. "In this way I ho^e to show stu- Campus Store Nov. 28 Theft by check reported. Fewer than 10 universities in the been neglected in dents that it is possible to participate United States offer such programs. in cross-cultural experiences even if Ralph S. O'Connor Nov. 28 Leaf blower stolen. "Staff members are a population exchanges, although one has many personal responsibili- House that has been neglected in exchanges, they have an ongoing ties." although they have an ongoing rela- Moving abroad with family is not Rice Media Center Nov. 29 Vacuum cleaner stolen. tionship with students," Cates said. relationship with new for Cates, who spent parts of During her time in southern Aus- her childhood in Paris, France, Brus- Recreation Center Dec. 1 Bike stolen. tralia, Cates will also work on estab- students.' sels, Belgium, and Hawaii when her lishing an effective exchange pro- Parking Lots — Shannon Cates father was in the Marine Corps. gram between Adelaide and Rice staff "When my family went to a for- Allen Center Lot Nov. 30 Vehicle stolen. members that could serve as a model Associate director for eign country for the first time, I was for future international programs. international training Other Areas only one year older than my daugh- "We have grown the study abroad ter will be when she lives in Austra- Entrance 8 Nov. 28 Gasoline edger stolen. office to a point at which we can lia," she said. effectively deal with this situation," Cates said when she returns to Mark Scheid, executive director of Study Abroad Adviser Andrea the States, she will continue work- international programs and scholar- Battle has also worked in the office for ing on her degree, corresponding In the Nov. 30 issue, incoming Will Rice College Master Traci Wolfe's ships, said. over a year. She and the other staffers with her advisers in Australia, and occupation was incorrect. She is a development consultant. Incoming Jones Scheid said the office plans to will take over some of Cates' work, will perhaps make a yearly trip to College Master Ann Owens' name was misspelled. rely on other staff members' and will continue to advise students. Adelaide. Her dissertation will deal experience. Last year 250 students Scheid said he doesn't expect with literature on Girl Scouts from The Thresher regrets the errors. studied abroad as the result of work there to be any problems because 1900 to 1950. Research doctorates by Cates and Study Abroad Adviser the staff is experienced. do not require coursework. Vicki Seefeldt West, who has worked He also said Rice might employ Cates said she decided to study in the International Programs Office an additional person, perhaps an in- at Adelaide because the university for more than two years. tern, to assist the study abroad staff has faculty who specialize in studies Apartments open to families Other employees have been hired in the spring or fall. of girls' culture.
APARTMENTS, from Page 1 not offer the apartments to staff or the Shakespeare apartments will be faculty members. able to take the shuttle that stops "The apartments may only be used along Greenbriar Drive, one block for students due to regulations related away. to finance and taxation, so faculty and Graduate Student Association staff may not live there," Ditman said. President Miles Scotcher said he is pleased with the arrangements. "The Shakespeare apartments are great, especially for married The Shakespeare graduate students with non-Rice St. Jude Children's spouses," Scotcher said. "I think we apartments are great, will see the new apartments filled." Research Hospital It is important that the new apart- especially for married ALSAC » Danny Ifiorras, Founder ments have full occupancy, Ditman said. graduate students with "In order to keep the rental rates non-Rice spouses.' as low as possible we have to keep occupancy up," Ditman said. "It looks — Miles Scotcher like it's foreseeable that we will be Graduate Student Secure your internship now for the spring! able to fill them all." Association president For this semester, Ditman said there were 16 students who were on a St. Jude fundraising office, located in Houston, waiting list for the Graduate Apart- ments on Bissonnet. The demand has While Bowes refused to com- seeks a paid intern to assist with special events in TX exceeded the available space since ment on the price of the apartment the apartments opened in fall 2000. complex, Ditman said the new apart- and LA. Strong written and verbal communication Ditman said parking will be lim- ments cost Rice "lots of Tetra ited at the new apartment complex. points." skills required. Fax resume to (713) 599-1438. "There's only one parking space Graduate students interested in per apartment," Ditman said. "They obtaining a lease for one of the new are much more suitable for people apartments can contact ConAm that walk or bike to campus, not Management Corporation at (713) groups of tenants with lots of cars." 524-1275, Mondays, Wednesdays Ditman said the university could and Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon. SEMEN DONORS' WORLDCOM wireless. NEEDED FAIRFAX CRYOBANK Because some people want more out of life than a desk and a beeper... SEEKS HEALTHY COLLEGE EDUCATED MALES 18-44 Accelerate Your Life!!!! Join Navy ROTC!
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Places employers find new hires*: accomodating." a good option as long as the student The downturn in college recruit- 1. Organization's internship program 2. Employee referrals Kurella said he also thinks stu- is doing it for the right reasons. ing this fall is not due to the Sept 11 dents have less bargaining power in "It's not a good idea to go to grad attacks, despite recent hype, 3. Career/job fairs salary negotiations this year, and school just because you don't know Matherly said. 4. On-campus recruiting the NACE report confirms that many what you want to do in life or are "Companies already had made 5. Company Web site employers do not plan to increase afraid of the job market," Matherly their decisions about what they were 6. Organization's co-op program salary offers to new college recruits said. going to do in terms of hiring, and 7. Commercial career Web site as they have in the past few years. In Hewlett-Packard Project Man- those that were going to hire are still 8. Faculty contacts addition, few employers will use sign- ager Jim Ignowski said graduate hiring and those that are down re- 9. Campus Web site ing bonuses or other incentives to school may be the best option for main down," Matherly said. "The 10. Student organizations/clubs recruit this year, Matherly said. some. reality is that in terms of the college "I think we realize it is a buyers' "I think everybody would pretty job market, [Sept. 11] really hasn't * This list contains the results of an August 2001 survey by the National market now, and it makes it a little much agree that a master's degree had that much of an impact." Association of Collges and Employers regarding preferred hiring bit easier for us to find the level of is not a bad investment," Ignowski However, the Sept. 11 attacks, by methods. talent that we are looking for," said said. "If you can't find a job that hurting consumer confidence and Jeff Andrien, head of Rice recruiting really fits your interests, I would say the economy, have pushed hiring for Peterson Consulting, where he consider that." from the spring semester into the Halliburton Susan Wang said the members have also made significant is senior engagement manager. Ignowski said Hewlett-Packard summer and left companies uncer- tighter job market demands more of efforts to nurture relationships with Matherly said a number of com- has hired about 700 college gradu- tain about hiring plans. candidates. Previous job experience companies that have traditionally panies visited campus this fall but ates nationally per year in recent The downturn will change how and the ability to work in teams is recruited at Rice. In addition, Laidlaw decided to wait until next semester years but is looking to hire only 10 some companies recruit, Matherly especially important, she said. has worked on new employer out- to make job offers, which is un- or 20 this fall and possibly 100 to said. "For this year's class, especially reach, looking at smaller and mid- usual. 200 next semester if business im- "I think what's going to happen this year's class of juniors, I cannot sized companies. Kurella said he thinks the stu- proves. in the spring is we still will see overstate how important it is to work Rice's spring job fair will be held dents getting offers are accepting The current downturn in the job companies doing interviews here on getting a good internship," Jan. 24. positions they may not have other- market comes after three years of in the office and we still have the Matherly said. "This is where a lot of In addition to the services pro- wise considered. unprecedented job opportunities and traditional campus recruiting, but companies are doing their hiring." vided to undergraduate students in "[Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown] college recruiting, Matherly said. in addition to that students are go- Matherly said companies that are response to the less-promising job wasn't my first choice — it was one "I think students felt like there ing to need to start paying attention not coming to interview for full-time market, the CSC is also offering spe- of my top choices," Brown College was this stigma on them if they didn't to other kinds of alternatives," positions are still continuing large cific services to alumni affected by senior Sean Kannengieser. "There have a job by Thanksgiving and that's Matherly said. internship programs. Enron Corp.'s nationwide layoff of were two companies that had come just not the case. This year is very Matherly said campus presenta- Other recruiting methods used 4,000 employees. Enron, an energy the last year or two that didn't, and different," Matherly said. tions are too costly for companies by companies include job bulletin trading company with a major pres- that affected me." A Nov. 4 New York Times article looking to hire fewer college recruits boards and online forums, such as ence nationwide and in Houston, Some seniors are avoiding the reports that some industries, includ- this year, especially since many face Monstertrak.com. About 35 percent filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sun- job market altogether and looking ing health care, pharmaceuticals, cuts in travel budgets. of all recruiting activity takes place day. instead at graduate school options. education, mortgage banking and Instead, an increased number of on the Internet, according to the CSC employees will hold a private Prelaw Adviser Don Ostdiek said it security, have been less affected than companies are using resume refer- 2001-'02 Recruiting Trends report. seminar today at 3 p.m. in the Grand seems more seniors will apply to law most by the current economic down- rals by the CSC to fill specific open- Assistant Director of Career Ser- Hall of the Rice Memorial Center for school this year than in recent years. turn. ings. vices Nancy Laidlaw said she rec- the 120 or so Rice alumni who work Kurella agreed that further Recruiting Trends, a report com- Ignowski also said the limited ommends thinking of a first job as or worked at Enron in Houston. schooling has been a popular option piled by Michigan State, indicates recruiting means more specialized only a step in a career journey, and Alumni affected by the bankruptcy this year. that engineers, computer science hiring based on specific skills rather that students should consider op- can access resources and post re- "I've talked to a few people who and business graduates will see the than general qualifications. portunities at smaller companies sumes at a Web site off the Rice home have gone toward either graduate greatest loss in number of job offers. University Relations Manager for where they may be able to develop page or make appointments with the important skills rather than wait- CSC or the Jesse H. Jones Graduate ing for the perfect job to come School of Management's Career Plan- along. ning Office. Matherly said the CSC has The CSC has always provided worked to help seniors through services for alumni, but Matherly earn a masters degree the job search process by provid- said the scale of the Enron situation ing them with information about is unprecedented. Matherly said the alternative job opportunities, offer- situation is particularly difficult be- in computer science ing more sessions about informa- cause many former Enron employ- tional interviewing, and increasing ees are unsure if they will be receiv- ALL the amount of time dedicated to ing a severance package, and many individual appointments with se- also had their savings in Enron THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAJORS niors. stock, the value of which has plum- Laidlaw said Career Services staff meted. WELCOME
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[email protected] 800.2Review \ www.PrincetonReview.com ts no» oHilnNj #Hti Suitor: ifl say iff never mention the Lord or speak in (lis name, fits worcf burns in my heart (ike afire. It's (ike afire in my hones! Q am weary of ho(dina it in! Jeremiah 20:9 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of Cjocfy Cjod abides in him, and he in Cjod 1 John 4: is (But these are written that you may he(ieve that Jesus is the Christ, the Son ofCjod, and that hy he(ieving you may have (ife in his name. John 20:31 www.jmtour.com 10 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7,2001 l)AM\ -WE'RE l\ \ IK.Ill n/ THE THRESHER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVENTS AROUND HOUSTON THROUGH 'Ocean's 11' delivers unsatisfying wave of stardom JAN. 17, 2002. Paul Emig THRESHER STAFF The original Ocean's 11, released in 1960, was one of those Rat Pack movies. You know the type: less a movie than something to keep Frank, . • m Dino and Sammy busy during their Las Vegas days. It's a type of film picks they just don't seem to make any- more — not just a star vehicle, but a stars vehicle. Neither dramatically challenging nor compelling, it's a tonight film that is made just so the cast can have a little fun. KTRU CONCERT 'ocean's 11' To celebrate the one-year Rating: iritit < anniversary of the KTRU (out of five) Friendly Committee (formed Opens today. following the station's Since remaking a forgettable shutdown), your favorite Rice piece of '60s nostalgia seems easier organization operating at 91.7 and much more worthwhile than re- BOB MARSHAK/WARNER BROS. PICTURES i making a classic (Gus Van Sant's Who's the odd man out? From left, Danny Ocean (George Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), Linus Caldwell (Matt FM brings you Gross National i Psycho, anyone? Didn't think so.), Damon), Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould) and Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle) team up in the name of crime in Ocean's 11. * Product, Stone Forest, Ocean's 11 seemed as good a candi- Freedom Sold and free beer date as any. And since there's no formation gathering tactics are quite the heist's schematics during the saga, giving it a rawness, an inti- real modern-day equivalent of the clever, we get no sense that this first part of the film. macy that enhanced the power of and food. But why would you * Rat Pack, Warner Bros, assembled the film, but it just makes Ocean's group is capable of pulling off a so- The audience doesn't know many want to drink free beer on one of the biggest casts of heavy- phisticated job like the one before of the robbery details until they ac- look like crap. the last day of classes? hitters you're ever likely to see on them. Once the heist begins, though, tually happen, which makes for a It looks like Soderbergh made a one movie screen. we realize just how capable and how rewarding experience (although I film out of crumpled wax paper. De- Free. 4 to 7 p.m. Ray The title refers to Danny Ocean crazy these guys are. was a little disappointed they didn't glamorizing a large ensemble of Courtyard outside the Rice (George Clooney), a con man only really knock off three casinos, as character actors in a serious drama they consistently imply in trade ads. is one thing; making one of the most Memorial Center. For more hours out of prison, and the 10 asso- ciates he gathers to pull off a master The look worked They take the money from three glamorous casts ever assembled info, call (713) 348-5878. heist — robbing three Las Vegas casinos, but only crack one safe). look splotchy and pale, and making casinos in one night. His group in- for Traffic, giving But the clever heist sequence one of the most visually exciting tomorrow cludes a card shark (Brad Pitt), a it an INTIMACY that aside, there's really not much to cities in the world look drab and pickpocket (Matt Damon), a con man Ocean's 11. It doesn't help that the dull, is another. He strips the film of (Carl Reiner), a demolitions expert enhanced the whole George Clooney heist thing its glamour when glamour is what it RICE ACOUSTIC (Don Cheadle), an insider (Bernie has been done before, and done bet- sorely needs. Frank, Dino and \ MUSIC NIGHT Mac), a pair of mechanics (Casey film, but it just ter — done better by Soderbergh, in Sammy would never have looked I Affleck and Scott Caan), a surveil- makes Ocean's fact. This is very familiar territory this bad. I See the following 11 Rice lance expert (Eddie Jemison), a Chi- for the Oscar-winning filmmaker, I'll admit that I hold Oscar-win- nese acrobat (Shaobo Qin) and a look like CRAP. who collaborated with Clooney in ning directors and compelling en- \ student acts perform on two | bankrofler (Elfibt Gould). the superior Out of Sight. semble casts of movie stars with real stages: Linchpin. Stone They expect to get away with over The casino heist is quite brilliant. Though similar in look and tone dramatic talent to higher standards X Forest, Annie Lin, Gabe $150 million, but Ocean's got his Combining cool high-tech gizmos, (and in Clooney's role — his Danny than most. With that in mind, Ocean's I eyes on a larger prize: His ex-wife smarts and a little sleight of hand, Ocean is almost identical to Sight's 7 2 is not a bad movie, especially \ Rivera, Katie Soper, Edloe (Julia Roberts), who left him while the scheme actually doesn't seem all Jack Foley), Ocean's 11 lacks the considering the rest of the field in he was in prison, is now shacking up that implausible. In depicting the slickness, humor and heart of Sight. this relatively dry late-fall/early-win- I Street, Rodsun, Merritt with Terry Benedict, who happens big event, director Steven Worst of all, though, the film, de- ter movie season. McAlister, Carolyn to own all three casinos on Danny's Soderbergh eschews the cheap and spite its attractive cast and locale, But it manages to be only moder- looks downright ugly. Shulman, Christian hit list. obvious "They're coming!" thrills ately entertaining, and comes off feel- The first half of the film follows and problematic surprises of mis- For some reason that defies logic, ing like a missed opportunity. It's as | Westbrook and Kimball Ocean's recruitment of teammates sions impossible past, instead por- Soderbergh shot Ocean's 11 on the if the 11 in the title meant to go for I Gallagher & Simon Fink. and their preparation and practice traying the robbery as a feat of tech- same grainy, gritty film stock he the big score, but, satisfied with win- 4 for the robbery. While some of the nical precision. It works especially used for his Oscar-winning Traffic. ning a couple grand at the blackjack $5. 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. group's preparation methods and in- well because he exposes only half of The look worked for the epic drug table, gave it all up. 0 Ovations. 25368 Times \ Blvd. For more info, SMOKE DA AMSTERDAM GANJA! 1 call (713) 522-9801. I tuesday Amsterdam's Solex kicks out enjoyable 'Hard Bop' \KATE & LEOPOLD Jonathan Hamrick read about her heavy (read: total) glish as to be incomprehensible to straight for 47 minutes tends to get In a shocking career move, THRESHER STAFF sampling in my press packet, I my American ears. Given the titles, a little bland. Listen. This is an album by a wouldn't have known. Don't get too though — "Not a Hoot," "Knee- People who take a prideful plea- Meg Ryan has made a woman who owns a record store in crazy about all this talk of songs High," "Good Comrades Go to sure in finding the quirkiest, most romantic comedy. In it she Amsterdam's red-light district. She made totally of other songs. Solex, Heaven," "You Say Potato, I Say alternative-sounding thing around takes the crappy CDs that don't sell a.k.a. Elisabeth Esselink, didn't cre- Aardappel" to name a few — I will probably enjoy Low Kick and stars as a modern and samples their songs, along with, ate something utterly original here wouldn't say these songs are very Hard Bop, just by virtue of its col- businesswoman who meets as she puts it, "old vinyl, ... televi- (Beck and Moby do a better job with lyric-driven. lage factor and that the vocals aren't a 19th-century duke (Hugh sion, the 'better-looking' talk show this kind of sample rock, though the They are driven instead by every- really sung so much as softly hosts, noisy deaf people, films, boot- samples comprise a much smaller thing from techno beats interspersed screamed. Jackman). Passes can be legs, radio, street noises and ani- part of their music). with a little folksy guitar to jazzy picked up in advance at the mals," then loops some noisy vocals And she's probably not going to string bass with 1940s big band on top and calls the whole pastiche a Media Center. The movie revolutionize music. All she did was drumming. Properly eclectic, yes? song. make a neat, fast-paced album with These aren't songs to be contem- opens nationwide Dec. 21. songs that sound like they could plated, but songs to drum your fin- Free. 7:30 p.m. Rice Media come anywhere from Beck (the title gers and tap your feet to. I wouldn't 'low kick and track) to recent Madonna ("Have go so far as to call it dance music, Center. For more info, hard bop' You No Shame, Girl?") to the Swing though. call (713) 348-4882. Kids soundtrack ("Honey, The songs do tend to get repeti- Solex Amsterdam Is Not L.A"). tive. I don't really see a justification Matador Records for that, since they were derived Rating: *** (out of five) from such diverse material. I sup- I suggest putting pose such repetition arises from the There, I got the stuff about how it in the CHANGER artist trying to stamp something per- she does it out. The last sonal onto her concoction, which is thing I wanted was for with some other understandable given how she puts this review to be some things together. This will never be on my top 10 syrupy laudatory crap discs you already Listening to the album from start favorite albums list. I don't think it about how inventive she to finish may not be the best way to aspires to be on anyone's list. Take it is for making something like and pressing appreciate L>w Kick. I suggest put- for what it is: something that sounds out of nothing. While that the RANDOM ting it in the changer with some great, is pleasantly fast-paced and is her method, the point other discs you already like and almost totally devoid of heavy pre- is, Low Kick and Hard button. pressing the random button. Hear- tension or popular shock value. Bop sounds great and is ing a little Solex in between some Esselink made this and her previous definitely worth listening Never mind the lyrics. What isn't Tool and Smashing Pumpkins (as two albums in the basement of her to. in Dutch (I think it's Dutch) is in my changer would have it) is quite record store. She made it for fun. Honestly, if I hadn't such squeaky, heavily accented En- pleasant. But listening to Solex That's what it's for — fun. Enjoy it. THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 77s the season for We'r% e not like every TV holiday specials other high-tech company. So the holiday season has burst being Jewish. Let's tune in to onto the scene like your Uncle see what the tree looks like this We're hiring. Leo's pants after Thanksgiving year. Thursday at 7 p.m. on NBC. i dinner. We are all running our- • How the Grinch Stole Christ- selves ragged with mas: Children of all work, giving ourselves ages go for this Dr. tummyaches with Seuss classic. Many stress ratherthan with of us can recite parts No one told you the hardest part of being an engineer would be finding excitement and antici- of it. Radio stations pation. But this is a even play the "You're your first job. Of course, it s still possible to get the high-tech work special time of year a Mean One, Mr. that is supposed to be Grinch" song. My fa- you want by joining the U.S. Air Force. You can leverage your degree filled with good cheer vorite part is when his immediately and get hands-on experience with some of the most and merriment. heart grows so big it When we need a Meg breaks that measuring sophisticated technology on earth. To find out how to get your career off break from all the joy Whitmore thingy. I also like his of exams, we can turn dog Max, and that can the ground, call 1-800-423-USAF or visit our Web site at airforce.com. to the delicious holi- of "Who-Hash." Dec. day treats television has to offer. 14 at 7 p.m. on the WB. The same holiday specials we • "Bing Crosby Christmas": It's watched as kids still come on, just not the holidays without Bing, so we can escape to a time when the crooner who made "White all we wanted was a Pound Puppy Christmas" one of the best-sell- or a My Buddy doll. ing singles of all time. Not only Or we can watch new stuff did he star in such classic holi- and talk about how the shows day movies as 1954's White from our childhood days were Christmas with Danny Kaye and way better. Christmas episodes Rosemary Clooney, but from U.S. AIR FORCE of our favorite shows, special all- 1962 to 1977 he also starred in star holiday celebrations and an annual Christmas special Martha Stewart in giddy holiday- along with his family. The most season-hosting overdrive — 'tis famous performance from these the season. Here's a heads up specials is probably Crosby's on a few shows, movies, and duet with David Bowie and their specials coming up: version of "Little Drummer Boy." They had to cross a desert • Christmas in Connecticut: The It was a surreal moment in tele- original black-and-white classic, vision history, and it is fantastic on camels to make it on this movie is charming, witty and to see. This show is a collection surprisingly bawdy. Sunday at of the greatest moments from 1 p.m. onTurnerClassic Movies. 16 years of specials. Dec. 15 at Christmas. But hey, you've • "ALF": I am really curious about 5 p.m. and Dec. 16 at 11 a.m. on the holiday episode of ALF. Do Bravo. you remember how he used to • National Lampoon's Christmas got power steering. eat cats or something? Tuesday Vacation: Start your vacation off at 6:30 p.m. on the Family Chan- right by thanking your lucky stars nel. you're not a Griswold. Dec. 15 at • A Christmas Story: This is one 7 p.m. on NBC. of the greatest Christmas mov- • "Winnie the Pooh and Christ- ies of all time. A new classic, mas Too!": Christmas comes to 1983's A Christmas Story is the Pooh Corner, and of course tale of young Ralphie, a bespec- Eeyore just can't get into the tacled young Ohio boy who holiday mood. Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. dreams of finding a Red Rider BB on ABC. gun under his tree. His family is • "Home for the Holidays with hilarious, especially the stellar Mariah Carey": This time of year performance of Darren McGavin is probably really difficult for Miss as Ralphie's old man. This is the Mariah, after the nervous break- movie that taught me about not down and all. I'll tune in to see if sticking your tongue on a metal she loses it halfway through. Dec. pole in freezing weather. Tomor- 21 at 7 p.m. on CBS. row at 6 p.m. and Dec. 15 at And there are movies galore, 3 p.m. on TBS. 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It contains the most pivotal moments in the Star Wars trilogy, After a few days with the family this winter break, you with an engrossing atmosphere other films aspire to achieve. might find yourself eager for an excuse to get away from 4. Three Kings — It's a dark, clever satire on the Gulf War, shot so meticulously that every bullet fired is truly important. it all for a while. With that in mind, Thresher A&E staff Its bleached-out images of Operation Desert Storm stick in the writers present their top five favorite movies of all time. mind long after the film stops. 5. Hannibal — It's not Silence ofthe Lambs. It doesn't try to be. View this film as its own beast and not as a sequel, and you'll appreciate the many subtexts, underlying themes and vampire 1. Beauty and the Beast — The one Disney movie that's both 1. The War Zone — Director Tim Roth's complex, uncom- images that lurk throughout. a great musical and a great fairy tale. Far more sincere than any promisingly painful examination of incest is guaranteed to — Robert Reichle cartoon before or since, Beauty and the Beast features the best leave you either bawling or completely numb. With Roth's music of the Menken-led Disney Renaissance, with a score scrupulous refusal to provide easy answers and Lara Belmont's better than anything Broadway has seen in the last 20 years. multi-layered performance as the victimized daughter, it's the 2. Star Wars series — God. Country. Family. Star Wars. best film I've seen, and I never, ever want to watch it again. Individually, they're flawed, silly little sci-fi camp fests (well, 2.2001: ASpaceOdyssey—Some think it's a piece of "true" maybe not Empire). As a whole, they're a way of life, the most science fiction; to others it's pretentious and boring. 2001 is complete movie-going experience ever. remarkable for the way it manages to be both beautiful and 3. The Graduate — No film captures the disillusionment, unsettling at the same time. boredom and confusion of young adulthood (Not there yet? 3. Solaris — Solaris is widely known as "the Russian 2001," Trust me, it's coming.) better than Mike Nichols' masterpiece. but that doesn't really do it justice. The dreamlike images of a Almost 35 years after its release, it still feels fresh and poignant. swirling, possibly sentient ocean and the startling apparitions 4. Shakespeare in Love — You don't have to be a the characters encounter on a remote space station are the most Shakespearean scholar to enjoy the film, but if you have even impressive parts of this often overlooked film. the slightest familiarity with the Bard's works, the film takes on 4. A Fish Called Wanda — As far as I'm concerned, A Fish an added richness. Tom Stoppard's witty script would compare Called Wanda is the definitive proof that only the British know quite favorably to any of the Bard's own comedies, and John how to make a mean-spiritea comedy that's actually funny. Madden combines a delightful love story with theatrical magic. Ostensibly equal parts jewel caper and sex farce, this movie is I .Alice in Wonderland — Disney's absolute best. So brilliant The result is something truly magical. really a celebration of all the different things the Americans and I dare say it challenges the book, which I've never read. I the English don't like about each other. 5. Pulp Fiction — Perhaps the most influential film of the wouldn't want it to ruin the movie for me. 5. Raise the Red Lantern — Every movie from the director- 1990s, for better or for worse (most of its knock-offs tend 2. True Romance — Quentin Tarantino's writing (before he actress team of Zhang Yimou and Li Gong is excellent, but this toward the latter). I can't recall a film as shockingly and was hugely famous and annoying) coupled with Tony Scott's one is easily the best. Li — as Songlian, the youngest of a violently funny as Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. The direction make this gangster love story almost understated. nobleman's four wives — gives an amazing performance that : dialogue, enlivened by a magnificent ensemble, crackles and Truly funny and truly romantic. pulses with a life all its own. Still the coolest movie of its time. relies primarily on subtly shifting facial expressions to convey 3. Manhattan — This makes me want to go to New York so a trapped woman's gradual loss of composure and sanity. — Paul Emig badly. One of Woody Allen's least flippant and most effective — Raj Wahi films, with excellent writing and acting, and a May-December relationship that escapes creepiness through sheer charm. 1. American Pop — This movie, with its amazingly powerful 4. When Harry Met Sally — I can't help it, it's a feel-good soundtrack and interesting animation, chronicles four genera- movie and a chick flick too. It was this or Dirty Dancing. This tions of a Russian Jewish family of musicians whose lives movie never, ever gets old. parallel the history of American pop music. 5. The Wings of the Dove — A representative from the literary 2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Based on 60s adaptation/Helena Bonham Carter period piece category. So counterculture superhero Ken Kesey's novel, One Flew Over the beautiful I can deal with it being so tragic. Cuckoo jr Nest proves that complex novels can make the transi- — Elisa Gabbert tion into film. Czech-American filmmaker Milos Forman creates a disturbing indictment of mental health treatment. 3. In the Company of Men — A disturbingly dark and occa- 1. Fight Club — No other film combines so perfectly the sick sionally humorous film explores what happens when two men kind of black comedy I enjoy with the sense of generational try to get even with women by seducing and then dumping the helplessness 1 lament. In 1999, a year chock-full of great films, same woman. Its main strength is just how different it is. this was the best. 4. Hairspray — King of cult films, director John Waters 2. Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back— It's impossible for spoofs teenybopper movies in this brash and cartoonish look at me to pick one over the other. I can watch Star Wars over and 1963 Baltimore. Ricki Lake plays the "pleasantly plump" Tracy 1. The Graduate — Wondering what to do after college? The over, whereas Empire is a better film. These are two of the few Turnblad, who lands a spot on a local TV dance show and then confused Benjamin Braddock is seduced by the infamous Mrs. movies I loved as a kid and still respect after becoming a critic. attacks the segregation on the show. Robinson only to fall in love with her daughter. Love, black 3. The Shawshank Redemption — Long, dull, dreary and 5. This Is Spinal Tap — Christopher Guest (Waiting for comedy, revenge: This movie aims for and hits all these targets. boring, according to its critics. But isn't thai what prison's Hi Guffman, Best in Show) helped write this mockumentary about 2. Rear Window — The proposition of the voyeur in the should be like? A great tale of friendship, adversity, and hope. d<1 British hard rock band Spinal Tap as they attempt a comeback wheelchair is irresistible, combining restricted movement with 4. Life Is Beautiful — Without the first half (the best romantic tour. The film impresses with humor and creative style. augmented vision; but the suspense of a great murder mystery, comedy I've seen), the second, more dramatic half wouldn't be del — Carly Kocurek witnessed from that helpless position, places this film as one of nearly as successful in ripping you apart emotionally. As a film eel the best. as a work of art, I'll take it over Scnindler 's List any day. rej 3. Wayne's World — Who ever heard a phrase like "psycho 5. Rushmore — Those who laugh as they read this know I hose-beast" before it? Clever, memorable lines rather than a have something of a bias, but I can say with complete objectiv- "I stupid voice or an ongoing gimmick (a la Adam Sandler) make ity that this is a great movie. More than anything in film I enjoy '"I this a comedy I can't do without, unlike, say, "a gun rack." great moments that usually last for just a few seconds, and lJ[ 4. The Exorcist — Released a year before The Texas Chainsaw Rushmore's final shot is one of them. ail Massacre, this film already had a monopoly on the gruesome. Its — Dalton Tomlin deeper questions about faith and its invocation of spooky religious imagery and Catholic jargon will stick in your memory. 5. Reservoir Dogs — Tarantino has created some rich char- acters whom we both sympathizewith and hate. The twist is w that they're all criminals, they're stuck in a warehouse and we're s • sure that most of them aren't getting out alive. In this puzzle the good guys and the bad guys are hard to distinguish, and no one comes out ahead. — Tim Crippen 1. Network — Paddy Chayefsky's satirical screenplay about television still stands as one of the best screenplays ever written. Mix that with direction by Sidney Lumet and Academy Award- 1. Seven Samurai — A village in feudal Japan hires seven winning performances by Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway and unemployed warriors to fight bandits. Akira Kurosawa took you have a satire that resonates even louder today. this simple concept and made my favorite film, an epic story of 2. Born on the Fourth of July — Oliver Stone s film about the honor, rage and courage. Seven Samurai comes extremely close aftermath of the Vietnam War, told through the eyes of Ron to perfection. Kovic (an Oscar-nominated Tom Cruise), will stay with you 2. Citizen Kane — There is a reason why Citizen Kane keeps 1. Empire Records — I am not claiming this is a cinematic making it to the top of all of those "best films" lists. Watching masterpiece (though any movie that includes an appearance by it makes you realize how many more great films could have been Gwar snould be). It just calls to mind my high school high jinks itching 5u years ] made if Orson Welles hadn't fallen from grace. and relationships. I can also pretty much recite the entire now. I don't know if it's because of that feather, the music, the 3. Vertigo — Obsession, beauty, acrophobia. Vertigo is one of movie. Always play with their minds. shrimp or endless hours of trying to do the perfect T om Hanks the most strange, creepy and beautiful films ever made, a 2. Field of Dreams — I have loved this movie since I was nine impression. I do know that those elements combine to form an romance between a deluded Kim Novak and a disturbingly years old. It has history, heart and baseball. I have a weird love innocent and heartwarming portrayal of 40 years of Americana. obsessed James Stewart. A Hitchcock film where the plot for baseball movies. My dad is so proud. 4. The Bridge on the River Kwai — David Lean's master- doesn't really matter, or even end. 3. Office Space — I think everyone should see this. At least piece about war and different styles of leadership is an enter- 4. Dr. Strangelove — Only Stanley Kubrick could show the twice. In the same night. taining and powerful experience. The whistling will stick in lighter side of Mutual Assured Destruction. The best black 4. Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 — It's a charming little movie your head, along with the ending, one of the most famous comedy ever made, Strangelove is a tour de force of acting, about four boys from a small town in Texas. If you're from sequences in the history of film. writing and direction. Texas, you'll smile at the inside jokes. 5. Swingers — The most money film of the '90s gets better 5. Psycho — The best horror movie ever made. Hitchcock was 5. A League of Their Own — As I said, I like baseball movies, every time you see it. The only problem is that you'll end up at his most resourceful and clever when he made Psycho on a and this one is so sweet and funny, plus it has an awesome cast. annoying your friends with countless Swingers dialogue that shoestring budget. Even after 40 years of imitation, sequels and Tom Hanks, David Strathairn, Madonna and that guy who will have infiltrated your everyday conversations. remakes, the original black and white masterpiece still shines. played Squiggy on "Laverne and Shirley." — Stephen Fell — Angelo Zanola — Meg Whitmore I • _ r' i • V ' ''tit" ~ -l* \ S f - ' 1 ' esher Ms :' Page 13 THE PTCE THRESHER Friday, December 7, 2001 Streaky Owls hunt for consistency record in 50 freestyle Rice knocks off Baylor but road woes continue in Tuesday loss at MTSU by Jonathan Yardley THRESHER STAFF t UWb9 by John Chao THRESHER STAFF There must be something down- right magical about Autry Court for It was a different day in a dif- the men's basketball team. ferent location facing different After opening the season with opponents, yet junior Mandy two home wins, the Owls returned Mularz's habit continued Friday. to Autry Sunday to face a Baylor She set a school record for the University team that went to the Na- third time this season, posting a tional Invitation Tournament last time of 22.70 seconds in the 50- season and came to Rice with an yard freestyle, breaking Cory undefeated 5-0 record. Teague'srecordof22.91 setin 1997. But even the Bears were no prob- This time, the scene of the lem for Rice, which dominated the crime was the University ofTexas second half on its way to a 75-60 win. Invitational in Austin, and the per- As good as the Owls have been at formance landed Mularz in the COURTESY SPORTS INFORMATION Mandy Mularz home, they're going to have to find national spotlight and earned her some of that same magic on the road Western Athletic Conference named the world's 35th-best swim- if they hope to contend in the West- Swimmer of the Week honors. It mer in the 50-meter freestyle by ern Athletic Conference and advance also automatically qualified her Swimnews Online after swimming to the postseason. for the NCAA Championships. a 25.95 at the Phillips 66 National The latest blemish in a series of "It's a good milestone to make Championships in Fresno, Calif., road woes came Tuesday night, this cut," Mularz said. "It's nice in September. when a lackluster Rice team dropped to not have to worry about it." Mularz, however, is definitely a 65-52 decision to Middle Tennes- Mularz, the only swimmer still improving — Friday, her av- see State University. The loss was from Rice competing in the UT erage speed was 2.01 meters per Rice's fourth in as many road games meet, finished third in the event second, while she averaged 1.93 this season, extending Rice's road behind the University of m/sec in Fresno. losing streak to 10 games. California's Natalie Coughlin, who "I can definitely tell I'm faster "We continue to be our own un- won last year's NCAA title in the in the water since the end of the doing," head coach Willis Wilson 100 butterfly, and Erin Phenix of summer," Mularz said. "I don't said. "We have to become a little the University ofTexas, who fin- think my focus has changed, more poised and learn how to win on ished sixth in last year's NCAA 50 though, since the beginning of the road. My disappointment has freestyle. the year. I wanted to see myself been our team not understanding SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER Mularz also notched personal in the top eight of the NCAA in Freshman guard Jason McKrieth dunks in the final seconds of Rice's 75-60 win the little things." over Baylor Sunday. McKrieth finished with 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting. and Rice season-bests in the 100 the 50-yard freestyle and I have a Tuesday, the little thing that be- butterfly (56.66) and the 100 back- chance to do it." came a big thing was boxing out on with Rice's 36 percent shooting, be- Smith, who was on fire from three- stroke (57.00). As is the case each year, the the defensive boards. A solid Rice came too much for the Owls to over- point range all night, dribbled the "I'm definitely a freestyler, but Owls will go on a training and defense held MTSU to 41 percent come. Rice fell behind 37-24 at half- length of the floor before pulling up I feel I can do butterfly and back- team bonding trip over winter i shooting from the floor, but 20 offen- time and never closed the margin to and sinking a three-pointer with one stroke," she said. "Freestyle has break; this year's trip is to San sive rebounds gave the Blue Raid- less than nine. second remaining. helped me transfer the sprint Diego. TV- Owls will compete ers, who have just one player taller The loss followed two in-state ri- The entire Rice team appeared skills into other events." Jan. 5 at the University of San than 6 feet, 8 inches, plenty of sec- valry games that seemed to indicate drained after the game, its third Earlier this year, Mularz was Diego Invitational. ond chances. significant growth in the young team. consecutive defeat, and Rice's 4- Those second chances, combined On Nov. 29, Rice played crosstown for-13 effort from the free throw rival University of Houston in its third line stood out glaringly in the final straight game away from Autry Court. box score. The Owls held the lead for almost the "We need to focus in on free Defense leads Rice to tourney title entire second half, but stunning last- throws and turnovers," Mance said. second heroics by diminutive UH point "After those 30 seconds, you can't BASKETBALL, from Page 1 guard Dominic Smith gave the Cou- take the little things for granted." doing that the rest of the season." gars a dramatic 62-61 win. Rice went back to work on the Inman was just one part of an inside game that Back-to-back layups, including a little things in its return to the friendly dominated during the tournament. Sophomore transfer spectacular spin move in transition, confines of Autry Court against center Johnetta Hayes added nine points and seven by junior Omar-Seli Mancegave Rice Baylor. Strangely, the somewhat ill- rebounds against the Colonials, and senior center a 50-45 lead. UH ran off seven straight tempered game felt like an away game Daneesh Mcintosh added six points and four rebounds. points to go up 52-50, but Rice rallied for most of the first half because of a Defensively, the trio of Inman, Hayes and Mcintosh once again to lead 57-53 thanks to a highly partisan, yellow-clad pro- limited GW's 6-foot, 4-inch duo of Elena Vishniakova and pair of Mance three-pointers before Baylor crowd. The Bears fed off the Ugo Oha to a combined 10-of-35 shooting from the floor the score leveled in the final min- crowd and knocked down seven of 12 and forced them to commit a combined nine turnovers. utes. Mance played nearly the entire three-pointers to take a 33-32 lead at In addition, Hayes led the Lady ()wls with four blocked game at point guard for the first time the hah. shots. The added height of Hayes and Inman have ' S| V this season. The Owls improved their free- helped Rice average seven blocked shots per game after "Omar got better tonight, espe- throw shooting, connecting on 10 of averaging just over three last season. cially being thrown into the point 13 first-half attempts, but turnovers "Me and Johnetta and Daneesh block each other all I guard position," Wilson said. remained an issue, as freshman over practice so I was not afraid to take it inside [against When freshman forward Michael guard Jason McKrieth turned the GWJ," Inman said. "It was important that all of our post Harris banked home an inside shot ball over four times in the half. players played well and that we were not afraid to with 54 seconds remaining. Rice had "Coach always says to stay ag- challenge their big players inside." a 61-59 lead. But the Owls hurt them- gressive and stay in attack mode," The outside players were equally capable, as junior selves twice down the stretch, turn- McKrieth said. "Maybe I turned the guard Kara Liggett was named to the all-tournament KONSTANTIN TSVAYGBOYM/THRESHER ing the ball over and missing from ball over, but I was going to keep on team after scoring 30 points over the two games. Junior Senior point guard Kim Lawson, left, directed Rice's the free throw line, to give Houston playing hard and attacking the rim." point guard Kim Lawson also had a solid weekend, offense to two wins during the Rice Invitational, totaling multiple chances to win the game. McKrieth rose to the challenge nine assists and just four turnovers. totaling 11 points, 10 assists and 9 steals. The Cougars capitalized when See OWLS, Page 14 While Rice can take pride in starting its season with games we've had since I've been at Rice but I also think five straight victories for the first time since the 1990-'91 we have the team most prepared to handle that stretch A CLOSER LOOK season, and picking up its first win over a ranked oppo- as we have ever had. nent since defeating eighth-ranked University of Cali- "I think it was important to win [against GW] as we The Owls have been two completely different teams at home and on the fornia at Santa Barbara in the 2000 NCAATournament, head into this next stretch of games against ranked road this season: the Lady Owls know they cannot have a repeat of their opponents. I think it helps give us confidence that we abysmal performance at Texas Tech when they face can play at this level and we belong here." three more top teams later this month. GW fell to 2-3 with the loss, with its other two losses HOME AWAY Tomorrow night Rice hosts the University of Arizona, against No. 2 University of Tennessee and eighth-ranked Record 3-0 04 a team that has already knocked off defending national North Carolina State University. McKinney believes the win over the Colonials will be champion University of Notre Dame this season. Points per game 80.3 69.8 After a break for final exams, the Lady Owls will face a quality win down the road. two more ranked opponents, Louisiana State University "I think people are looking at GW and wondering AfflMMMtta' nnintt ivur oai ne 64.7 81.3 and Notre Dame, before beginning Western Athletic whether they should be ranked," McKinney said. "But I Conference play Dec. 30 at the University of Tulsa. think they deserve to be ranked. They're a good basket- Shooting percentage 55.5% 40.5% ,v McKinney believes her team is up for the challenges ball team and I hope they prove us right. But I think what ' ' '"«• ' of this month. this says is that we have a chance to be a good basketball 2.0 "This is a tough time with the last week of classes," team also. We have to earn our respect and we took a step McKinney said. "I think this is our toughest stretch of towards that, but we have to continue to take steps." ..svr*^ r • •von 'F*fi t 1 ,,v . . •f * l THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7,2001 Rebounds—Rice 32 (Morgan, McKrieth 5), MTSU 47 «WU 64 RICE 67 BY THE (Tenngren 11) Assists — Rice 11 (McKrieth 3), MTSU 15 (Psrtiam 4) QWU 20 34 — 54 ST?,.. Rice 34 33 — 67 nov. 29-dec. 5 BAYLOR 60 RICE 76 nament in Waco Nov. 16-18. George Washington (2-3) FootbaU lands five After a 26-0 victory over Our Baylor 33 27—60 Lawrence 4-7 2-310, Vlshnlakova 4-16 3-4 12, Oha Lady of the Lake University's Rice 32 43 — 75 6-191-213, Wltherspoon 1-10-2 3, Davidson 1-4 0- on all-WAC teams 0 3, Joens 4-12 2-4 11, Dancause 0-1 OO 0, white team, the Rice coed team, Baylor (8-1) Montanana 1-1 0-0 2. Barlow OO 0-0 0 Senior linebacker Dan seeded ninth, rallied for a 13-10 Total*: 21-61 8-15 54 Elsey 5-13 2-4 15, Roberts 2-11 3-7 8, Davis 5-7 4- Dawson and junior defensive end victory over the University of 415, Lucas 1-10 2-2 4, Greenleaf 3-10 OO 7, Taylor Brandon Green were named to Louisiana at Monroe. A UL-Mon- 1-2 0-0 2, Henry 0-0 2-2 2, Sayman 0-2 2-2 2, Guinn Rice (5-0) 0-1 0-0 0. Kosmalskl 2-3 0-0 5 Rigg 0-4 4-5 4, Inman 6-11 8-8 20, Hayes 4-8 0-0 9, the all-Western Athletic Confer- roe player intercepted the ball Totals: 19-59 15-21 60 Lawson 2-6 4-6 9, Sam 0-0 2-2 2, Maynard 1-7 0-3 and could have sealed the game 3, Brown 1-3 0-0 3, Liggett 4-8 0-0 11, Mcintosh 3- ence first team Monday by the 5 0-2 6 conference coaches. Senior free by taking a knee, but instead Rice (3-3) Totals: 21-52 18-26 67 Mance 9-18 34 26, McKenzie 0-1 OO 0, Tyndell 1- safety Jason Hebert and senior pitched the ball to a teammate. 4 2-2 4, Morgan 0-0 0-0 0, McKrieth 8-13 4-5 22, Senior Patrick Hallmark inter- Three-point goals — GWU 4-11 (Vishniakova 1-1, Oha offensive linemen Heath Fowler MEN'S BASKETBALL Gillespie 0-2 0-0 0, Evans 3-5 4-7 10, Walton 0-0 0- 0-1, Witherspoon 1-1, Davidson 1-3, Joens 1-5), Rice cepted the pitch and scored a 0 0, Kollik 0-0 0-0 0. Robison 0-4 1-2 1, Harris 5-8 0- and Billy Harvin were second- 7-16 (Hayes 1-2, Lawson 1-1, Maynard 1-4, Brown 1- 2 10, Dlene 1-2 0-0 2 team picks. touchdown. RICE 52 MIDDLE TENN. ST. 68 3, Liggett 3-6) Totals: 27-57 14-22 75 Rebounds — GWU 42 (Vishniakova 13), Rice 36 Dawson finished his Rice ca- Rice earned a first-round bye Three-point goals — Baylor 7-20 (Elsey 3-8, Roberts (Inman 13) 1-3, Davis 1-1, Lucas 0-1, Greenleaf 1-4, Taylor 0-1, reer as the Owls' No. 2 all-time in the playoffs, defeated the Uni- Assists — GWU 12 (Wltherspoon 6), Rice 13 (Lawson 4) Sayman 0-1, Kosmalskl 1-1), Rice 7-19 (Tyndell 0-2, tackier with 318 stops and holds versity of Texas 20-9 in the Mance 5-10, McKrieth 2-4, Robison 0-3) quarterfinals and held oil for a 21- Rice (3-4) Rebounds — Baylor 33 (Davis 8), Rice 47 (Harris 14) UNC-OREEN6BORO 47 RICE 61 the Rice career, season and game Mance 1-6 OO 2, McKenzie 1-2 0-0 2, Tyndell 0-4 0- Assists — Baylor 10 (Lucas 3), Rice 11 (Evans 4) records in interception return 13 victory over Texas A&M Uni- 0 0, Morgan 1-2 5-8 7, McKrieth 3-7 2-2 8, Gillespie UNCG (3-2) 21 26 — 47 yards. Green set Rice season versity in the semifinals before 1-2 0-0 3, Collins 0-0 0-0 0, Evans 0-2 0-0 0, Walton RICE 61 HOUSTON 62 Rice (4-0) 30 31 — 61 3-4 0-0 7, Kollik 5-91-114, Smith 1-30-0 2, Robison records for sacks (12) and tack- falling 40-15 to Our Lady of the 1-5 0-2 2, Harris 0-2 2-2 2, Diene 1-2 1-2 3 les for loss (21) in 2001. Lake's blue team in the finals. Rice (2-3) 29 32 — 61 Totals: 18-50 11-17 52 Hebert led the Owls with 103 The team will next compete in UH (2-2) 30 32 — 62 the national competition. Middle Tennessee State (4-2) ERRATUM tackles and four interceptions this Wilkes 0-0 0-0 0, Pippen 8-17 1-4 20, Tenngren 6-11 season, while Fowler and Harvin Unseeded in the field of 63 3-4 15, Gunn 2-7 3-7 9, Nosse 2-5 0-0 4, Wilkerson WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Sophomore Elaine Lee was teams, the men's team also won 1-2 0-0 2, Parham 3-8 1-2 8, Mitchell 1-3 0-0 2, helped shape the Owl offensive Humphrey 1-5 0-0 2, Anderson 1-3 1-3 3 misidentified in the photograph line that paved the way for the its two games in pool play, defeat- Totals: 25-61 9 20 65 RICE 43 TEXAS TECH 74 accompanying the swimming nation's second-best rushing of- ing teams from the University of Three-point goals — Rice 5-17 (Mance 0-2, Tyndell 0- story in the Nov. 23 issue. fense. Texas and Baylor University. The 2, McKrieth 0-1, Gillespie 1-1, Walton 1-2, Kollik 3- Rice (5-1) 17 26 — 43 7, Robison 0-2), MTSU 6-21 (Pippen 3-8, Gunn 2-6, The Thresher regrets the error. Also, defensive coordinator finish gave the All Stars a first- Nosse 0-1, Parham 1-4, Humphrey 0-2) Texas Tech (4-2)42 32 — 74 Roger Hinshaw was one of 18 round bye, and Rice knocked off finalists for the Assistant Coach Texas Christian University and of the Year award given by the Texas Southern University to ad- American Football Coaches As- vance to the quarterfinals. sociation. The run came to an end, how- ever, when Baylor's Sign a Chi team handed Rice a 41-7 defeat. Three Owls named Baylor went on to win the cham- pionship, and Rice was the only academic all-district team to score on Baylor in its six Three Owls were named to playoff games. the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District VI first team in volley- ball and in football. Baseball inks four Senior volleyball player Leigh Rice's baseball team signed Leman, an outside hitter, was three high school players and one named second-team all-Western junior college star to national let- Athletic Conference after setting ters-of-intent, head coach Wayne a new school record for digs this Graham announced Nov. 15. season, collecting 346 in 2001 to Signing with the Owls were bring her career total to 1,394. Matt Ueckert, a left-handed Leman is a kinesiology and Span- pitcher/first-baseman from ish double major with a 3.769 Bellaire High in Houston; Chance grade point average. Douglass, a right-handed pitcher Senior wide receiver Matt from Canyon's Randall High: Webber and offensive tackle Billy Matt Cavanaugh, an outfielder Harvin were named to the foot- from Houston's Strake Jesuit ball academic all-district team. High; and Craig Stansberry, a Webber had three pass recep- shortstop from North Central m tions for 80 yards, and Harvin Texas College, which won the helped enable Rice's rushing 2001 junior college national cham- game to average over 290 yards pionship. per game. Webber carries a 3.327 "We satisfied what we believe A New Chick-fil-A GPA and is majoring in manage- are our needs again," said Gra- rial studies and kinesiology, and ham. "Anytime you can land a Harvin, a biology major, has a good left-handed pitcher Is Opening Soon. 3.227 GPA (Ueckert) and ahigh profile right- The three athletes will now handed pitcher (Douglass), The cows of the world have a reason to celebrate. A new Chick-fil-A appear on the national ballot for you're in good shape pitching- is opening soon at West University Place. That means more reasons for Academic All-America honors. wise. people to eat more chicken - lots more chicken. That's because you'll find "Stansberry is iin outstanding shortstop who could play the original chicken sandwich plus other tasty creations from the folks Rice IM coed flag centerfield or anywhere. at Chick-fil-A. One thing's for sure: You'll have no beef with us! football 2nd in region Cavanaugh gives us speed. We know we'll need a centerfielder [in Chick-fil-A West University Place Grand Opening Rice's coed and men's intra- 20031. As a freshman with speed, mural flag football champions fin- hell get the opportunity to see how Thursday, December 1 3, 2001 at 1 1:00 a.m. ished second and fifth, respec- far he can go." tively, in the 2001 National Intra- The players will enroll at Rice 3101 West Holcombe Blvd. (at the intersection of Buffalo Speedway) mural-Recreational Sports Asso- next year and will be eligible to in the Vanderbilt Shopping Center. ciation regional flag football tour- play in 2003. 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CLOSED SUNDAY. with no turnovers and joining with stepped it up." freshman forward Michael Harris to That was especially true under- score nine of Rice's first 11 points. neath the basket, where Harris led FREE Large Brownie Tray With Rice trailing 45-43, Mance the game with 14 rebounds, but was with first catering order valued over $100 nailed a three-pointer for the lead ably assisted in rebounding and Catering the Medical Center, Museum and then added to it with a twisting shotblocking by Evans and sopho- District, Greenway Plaza and surrounding grand West University locations. layup. Junior forward Brandon more forward Yamar Diene. Led by Evans, another upperclassman and Diene's three blocks, the Owls swat- OPENING Discount valid for new catering orders only valued at $100 or more. Good only an unsung inside presence, proved ted a season-high seven shots. The at Chick-fil-A West University Place. crucial as Rice outscored the Bears Owlsoutrebounded Baylor 47-33 for Offer expires January 11, 2002. 18-5. Evans scored six points in the the game. run and blocked a shot on his way to "Rebounding was really a key for a season-high 10 points. us in the second half," Wilson said. "We wanted this one really bad," "We did a nice job rebounding the Evans said after the game. basketball and it might've been the Rice never allowed Baylor to chal- difference down the stretch." lenge again, and McKrieth provided The Owls are off for final exams a high-flying dunk and punctuating until they host Centenary College yell with 1.6 seconds remaining to Dec. 21. and they'll get a chance to We Didn't Invent the Chicken, cap the win. break their road losing streak when Just the Chicken Sandwich "We finished a game," Wilson said. they open WAC play at Fresno State "We played 40 minutes the way we're University Jan. 3. PW^ I • j t „ - , ,r • .Jf 4, THE RICE THRESHER CALENDAR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7,2001 The-mighty Lady Owls WOMEN'S friday DEC 7 BASKETBALL team faces off Break out the booze! Today is the last day against the women of the University of of classes this semester, and it is also Arizona at 7 p.m. in Autry Court. the last chance for first-semester students to exercise their privilege to Support fellow student singer-songwriters DROP COURSES o" ^ a, Rice ACOUSTIC MUSIC Registrar's Office by 5 p.m.). Night. Tickets are $5 and performances start at 7:30 p.m. on the club stage and Hang out at KTRU'S commemorative 8 p.m. on the bar stage. The event is at TKe HALFYIME SHOW Wednesday DEC ^ TO- celebrating the first anniversary of Ovations, located in the Rice Village on be in Farnsworth Pavilion, with the the creation of the KTRU Friendly 2536B Times Blvd., next-door to the Main Philharmonics performing at 10:30 p.m. The day we've all been dreading has Committee and the resolution of the Street Theatre. Call (713) 522-9801 for and Spontaneous Combustion at 11 p.m. FIN AT Jy arrived — the first day of station shutdown. From 4 to 7 p.m. in Ray directions. One ticket, two stages, 11 non-self-scheduled finals. Get out of bed. Courtyard by the Rice Memorial Center, bands — don't miss it! ^ POST-GAME SHOW there will be free beer, food and live music See Rice troupe will be in Kelley Lounge in the Student COMEDY featuring Gross National Product, Stone Spontaneous Combustion at 10 p.m. at monday Center, featuring Rice Owls football Forest and Freedom Sold. The event is DEC 10 Sammy's Cafe in the Student Center. highlights on the big-screen TV. free and open to the public, so tell all your Are you ready for some downtime? Hit the KTRU-loving friends! GILLIS-CAMACHO tuesday DEC 11 Wednesday DEC 19. STUDY BREAK-^ rMC What better way to relax now that classes The Computer and Information Technology from 9 to 11:30 p.m. This year's theme is The LAST DAY OF EXAMS are over than by going to a performance by Institute is sponsoring a is today. Turn in last-minute take-home "Monday Night Football." Rice's Cascade DIGITAL the Shepherd School SYMPHONY LIBRARY INITIATIVE exams to the Registrar's Office by 5 p.m. Tl Juggling Club will be roaming around from 9 am to ORCHESTRA? * <«« strutting their stuff, and you can also grab SYMPOSIUM - performance, conducted by Larry Rachleff, some free grub at Sammy's Cafe, the 5 p.m. in Duncan Hall, Room 1055. The Calendar submit items: is at 8 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall in Alice Coffeehouse and, of course, Willy's Pub. symposium is free and open to all Rice Pratt Brown Hall. people ana the general public, but you The study break kicks off with a PRE- must register to attend. Visit • by to Calendar in CAMPUS MAIL GAME SHOW the Grand http://www.citi.rice.edu/dts/ to register or Editor, Rice Thresher, MS-524. Saturday DEC 8 b t0 Hall, where the RSVP Coin Drive for to obtain more information. • y FAX Calendar Editor, (713) 348-5238. Today is the first day of SELF- UNICEF and Campanile distribution will be t0 • by E-MAIL [email protected]. SCHEDULED FINAL going on. Photo ops with Rice's head Take a break from studying and come to the are Calendar submission FORMS - so, uh, hope you didn't honchos will also be available. special sneak preview of KATE& EXAMS available at the Student Activities Office or party too hard last night. LEOPOLD a romantic comedy on the Thresher office door. starring Hugh Jackman and Meg Ryan, at TAILGATE PARTY - The DEADLINE for all items is 5 p.m. MEN'S BASKETBALL Ray Courtyard will feature live music by 7:30 p.m. in the Rice Media Center. Pick up the Monday prior to publication. free passes in advance at the Media Center. team takes on Athletes First in an Linchpin from 9:15 to 10 p.m. and Cousin Submissions are printed on a space- For more information call (713) 3484882. available basis. exhibition game at 5 p.m. in Autry Court. Mary from 10:15 to 11 p.m. I Darwinian Evolution^ or Design, or both? wrt • 1 • • ft What is the origin and purpose of man? Why does war claim innocent victims? Is my life meaningful? What do we do about social injustice? Veritas Forum Coming in February 2QQ2. www.rut'rice.ecluA-Veritas I 16 THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7,2001 Point/counterpoint: sobj ectific ation of the male body Following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, calmingtheir already irrational emotions. Proof Why do you pick on me, Joe Garland? I'm toned man's never-ending ass crack. America has seen a violent decay of sensibility of the phenomenon can be seen in the sudden just a nice wall of men. Well, I can't take it anymore. All my life and morality in all facets of society. Television spike in the number of Wolf Blitzer Reports Do you feel threatened by Jan-Michael I've been ridiculed because I was different newsjournals such as "60 Minutes" and "60 watched by the female, age 1&49 demographic GambiU and his glorious backstroke? He can't from other walls. Just the other day, when the Minutes II" have exploited their during November sweeps. help it if he is both tremendously front wall of the Allen Center was viewers' fear of death and/or dis- But pasting seemingly countless gifted at tennis and one of People 1\F*S OFI K.U VVAI UT putting together a vigilante posse memberment by airing hard-hit- pictures of male chests and buttocks magazine's Top 50 Most Beautiful to go spraypaint "Brian Werner ting exposes on the excavation of in a location that will influence the People. Sucks" in German on that slab of demolished buildings and the sud- sense of humor of a certain sexually Maybe you're afraid of Clive the Berlin Wall, did he invite me? denly all-encompassing wrath of confused Backpage editor (whose Owen, the chiseled older man Of course not. Tom Ridge. 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However, in my third year here at Rice I've yet to have anyone come back and tell me they've done something really cool. Some the Rice Picks ballot on Pe e 7 by people travel, and that's interesting, but from those of us that hang around Houston during Jan. 14, 2002, and return to us. the four weeks between first atid second se- mester, I haven't heard anything exciting. _ Our Feb. 8 issue will eature Here's a rundown of my roommates' activi- be whatever it is you want to be. On top of that, ties last break: you might just meet a few people who don't go X I t all your fa orites. Roommate 1: Caught up on some leisure to Rice. reading Now, I realize that this is a frightening Roommate 2: Slept, a lot prospect. Meeting new people requires small Roommate 3: Visited family, researched talk and, most of all, effort. And while I admit- internship opportunities tedly have a pessimistic attitude toward social- Now, I find all these things commendable. izing at Rice, I've met more than a few people I wish I spent a little more time on leisure who won't go out because they don't want to reading and got a little more sleep. My bank put forth the effort to meet new people. account would be sizably larger if I bothered Everyone should go out over break. Yes, Come Worship With Us! to research internships before March. But you'll have to drive in from your suburban West University Baptist Church invites you to worship, why is that Rice students refuse to explore the homes and bother to get dressed up. But then, city over break? Are we scared? I)o we just not what else are you doing? the study of God's Word, and fellowship. know where to go? Inside this month's magazine we explore My guess is that a lot of times, we just don't what Houston nightlife has to offer. It's in 110 We have both contemporary and traditional Sunday worship services, as well as a know where to go. It's a lot easier to just way a comprehensive survey of the landscape, college-level Sunday school class that is attended by many Rice University and Medical wander down to the Pub than it is to think of but if you're stuck on campus, check out the Center students and taught by Dr. Jim Tour. Free breakfast is always served in the class. somewhere to go — especially on a Thursday Village spots. If you're looking for something night. glam, head downtown. If clubbing isn't your We are located 2 miles west of campus, 6218 Auden between University and However, it's break now, and you aren't in thing at all, check out some area coffee shops. Rice. Free round-trip shuttle service is provided each Sunday morning leaving at a crunch for time. You don't have a test to use Break should be a time to hang out with 8:15 AM and 9:15 AM from the Rice's Allen Center parking lot with return trips at as an excuse. friends and catch up on fun. If you have to 11:15 AM and 12:15 PM. See www.wubc.org for more details, or call 713-668-2319. There's something great about going out work over the summer, you probably don't get on the weekend. For the cover at the door to to do this kind of thing very often. Contemporary Worship: 8:30 AM your favorite club, you can be transported into So while you're trying to get all the stuff Sunday School: 9:40 AM a completely different social circle than you you've put off for an entire semester finished, Traditional Worship: 11:00 AM would normally have access to. give yourself a bit of rest and relaxation. Have Want to be goth? Just bought a new club- fun. Be safe. LS will see you next semester. bing outfit? When you're out dancing, you can — COREY E. DEVINE 2 LIFESTYLES 7DECEMBER2001_CAMPUS + BETTER U 144114:111 Rice Village: Eat, drink and be merry BODYMINDSOUL MATT HAYNIE HE DAY WILL COME, if it hasn't already, when you will turn 21. tWith this milestone, a whole new Drink Chic world of drinking will open to you So, you've got the loca- beyond the hedges. After three years of tions and the clothes, you hanging out at the Pub and on-campus know how to act and parties, you will suddenly have the who to hang with, but power to venture off campus and get you're still at a loss for your drink on. Although your what to drink. The answer designated driver should take a quick is simple: a martini. The detour to Valhalla on the way, your martini is no longer the first stop out in the real world will drink of the idle rich — it undoubtedly be the Rice Village. You at has made its way into the may not know it. but the Village is a hands of club-goers hotspot for drinking and mingling with everywhere, from super- a somewhat older crowd than what sleek bars to high-energy you're probably used to at Rice. If you dance clubs (though I gel the urge to try one of these nearby question this juxaposition). beverage houses, here are a few Here's what to drink when suggestions. • PHOTOS BY DAN K0CEVSW/7HRESHER you're out on the town: BAR SCENE Three of the Village's hottest bars — (clockwise from top left) Timber Wolf Pub, The Gingerman and Volcano. Dirty Vodka Martini—This classic consists of two things: vodka and olive juice. With bad TWO ROWS THE GINGERMAN VOLCANO vodka, this can be a rough RESTAURANT AND BREWERY 5607 1/2 MORNINGSIDE 2349 BISSONNET ST. ride. If you're going to drink 2400 UNIVERSITY BLVD. What to drink: Beer What to drink: Frozen Screwdriver straight vodka, spend a dollar What to drink: In-house brew What to wear: Something you won't mind What to wear: Something trendy or two on good vodka. Try What to wear: Anything smelling of smoke Belvedere or Grey Goose. Along with Baker St. Pub, the island-themed You know it. You love it. Two Kows is a The focus of the nationwide Gingerman Volcano is one of the trendiest of Village estab- Cosmopolitan — This has be- Village institution that you've probably already chain is on beer, plain and simple, and this lishments, definitely catering to yuppie sensi- come the drink of choice for visited a hundred times. Like every good bar. location in the Village is no exception. If you bilities. Despite outside appearances — you yuppie suburbanites from New Two Rows features lots of people drinking, want to drink beer, you'll find an unbelievable can easily find Volcano by the garish lights York to L.A. and yes, even smoking and having a good time. There are selection from everywhere on the globe here. strung about the shabby exterior — this con- Houston. The Cosmo is made plenty of big-screen TVs tuned into every sport- You can also get a fine cigar, which is evident verted house down the street from Timber with vodka, cranberry juice ing event under the sun, and the customers as soon as you enter the door — the smell of Wolf is a hotspot for lots of hip, well-dressed and a twist of lemon. It's easy are just hanging out and enjoying a pitcher or smoke hits you within a few seconds. The young people, so if you're heading to Volcano to drink even with not-so-great two. Unlike most bars, however, Two Rows is Gingerman's clientele is a bit older than that of you might want to spend a few extra minutes vodka, it's an excellent as much a restaurant as a bar, which means the other Village bars, so if you're hoping to getting ready. Unlike most other Village bars. "starter martini." there's a full menu with some pretty good food scout out a love interest or meet some friends Volcano doesn't focus on beer, although the available. However, be sure to sample the in- from Rice, this might not be the place for you. choice is definitely available. If you're looking Lemon Drop Martini — For lem- It. for an alternative, however, be sure to order house brew menu as well. Those fermenters However, the drinks are plentiful, and on a onade lovers, the Lemon Drop the frozen Screwdriver, a Volcano specialty. F° aren't just decoration: Two Rows brews its nice evening you can avoid the crowd inside is a great drink. The problem is own wide selection of ales, lagers and even and hang out on the patio while you enjoy your that it's hard to find a good Jig root beer in house. Also, don't miss the beer pint of brew. one. Ideally, you should tell dl biscuits, a perfect complement to a cold pint of Other Village bars: the bartender that you want it- you drink to taste like lemon- ale. TIMBER WOLF PUB BRONX BAR ade. That means that instead 2511 BISSONNET ST. 5555 MORNINGSIDE DR. of just mixing vodka with BAKER ST. PUB AND GRILL What to drink: Whatever you like A fun place to hang out if you're looking for lemon, they'll add sugar. The What to wear: Just about anything, but 5510 MORNINGSIDE DR a smaller spot to grab a few drinks. rim of the glass should be nicer than your 9 a.m.-class outfit 's, What to drink: Irish ale coated in sugar so you can in What to wear: Something trendy MARQUIS II chase each tart sip with some- Don't be fooled by the impressive row of rt, 2631 BISSONNET ST thing sweet. Baker St. Pub and Grill moved into the taps at the Timber Wolf Pub, located north of A bit run down, but this Rice favorite is Village recently, after Sabroso shut its doors, the Rice Village. The beer selection at Timber famous for its killer Long Island Ice Teas. Sour Apple Martini— The newest and ever since flocks of trendy Village-goers Wolf is massive, but there are also plenty of "fad drink" to hit the club have made this one of the hottest places in the mixed drinks for those of you not interested in lager or ale. (Be sure to order a large, though HANS' BIER HAUS scene, the Sour Apple Martini area to enjoy a few drinks. The Irish pub- is vodka mixed with Apple themed establishment is typically crowded — the "small" drinks are so named for a rea- 2523 QUENBY ST. Although far from posh, this German es- Pucker, and it tastes like a Jolly inside and out, although if you can manage to son.) Timber Wolf is housed in a log cabin, and virtually everything in the place reinforces tablishment has a fun patio, beer and bocce. Rancher. It's essentially the snag a spot on the always-crowded patio you'll high-school-cheerleader- probably feel a lot more comfortable. The that motif. You'll see people from all walks of KELVIN ARMS drink for grown-ups. Apple drinks are reasonably priced, and the well- life, something reflected bv the music coming 2424 DUNSTAN ST. Martini lovers probably loved stocked bar has a supply of alcohol adequate from the always-playing jukebox. Willie Nelson Billed as "Houston's only Scottish Pub." Boone's Hill before. These are for anyone's tastes. Baker St. also often fea- might be immediately followed by R.E.M., but best when garnished with a that doesn't matter because everyone seems it's a cozy place for a drink; check out the Sean tures live music, so if you go on a night when Connery shrine. real slice of green apple. a band is playing be sure to make your way to be having a good time. Especially fun are inside the packed pub to hear some tunes. As the peanuts you'll find on the tables—you can its name implies, Baker St. is also a grill, so toss the shells on the floor when you're done GATSBY SOCIAL CLUB you can grab a bite to eat here — but after 10 eating. You might also want to try out the 2540 UNIVERSITY BLVD. mingling and drinking are definitely the top patio, although the interior is large enough to Head to this extremely trendy club/bar if keep you from feeling too crowded. priorities. you've got a huge chunk of change to spend. LIFESTYLES 3 7DECEMBER2001 .COVER things will be great when you re DOWNTOWCOREY E. DEVINE, MAP BY DAVIND CHIEN The Richmond Strip is cooling — fast. What used A god-like voice must be calling down to Mayor Lee to be the Mecca for Houston's stylish set has degen- Brown: "If you build it, they will come," and they do. erated to a haven for the B-list (read: Poly Esther's Every weekend, glam urbanites fill the streets of isn't cool anymore). But the crowds haven't died out. downtown in uniform: all black, accessories in silver. Houston's night scene is a vibrant as ever, if not more While conservatives said downtown Houston could so. You just have to head down Main to find the never come into its own, I have to wonder how many throngs. of them aren't wishing they'd gotten a jump on open- About five years ago, Houston started revitalizing ing a glitzy nightspot of their own. the downtown area, and now, with the recent comple- As part of our never-ending quest to make life more tion of the project's jewel, Enron Field, downtown than just textbooks, LS has created a guide to down- nightlife is white hot. Clubs, bars and restaurants town. The clubs listed here, all of which are 21-and- seem immune to both the current economic slump up, give just enough information to keep you from and the battlefield of construction that must be tra- feeling like a fool when you go out for a night on the versed to reach the hot spot — the 300 block of Main. town. Enjoy. CABO DEAN'S GRASSHOPPER 419 TRAVIS ST. 316 MAIN ST. 506 MAIN ST. (713) 225-2060 (713) 227-3326 (713) 222-1442 If Margaritaville were a place, Cabo would As if ordering a drink wasn't hard enough GrassHopper solves your clubbing and fit the bill. Cabo stands in downtown's new to begin with, Dean's makes it even tougher travel woes with a single blow — get a fabulous sleeker-than-thou nightclub scene as an es- for the downtowner to appear well-versed in night out in Amsterdam without having to tablished success story in the saga of Houston's barhopping: Which polyester shirt goes best declare your purchases. Well, that's the idea downtown revitalization project. with your martini? It's rather baffling the first anyway. Sure, Cabo doesn't offer real Mexican food time you peruse your bar tab only to find The building at 506 Main St. is perfect for — it only bills itself as Tex-Mex. In fact, if charges for three Cosmopolitans and a pair of owner Michael Caplan's Amsterdam-inspired anything, the flavors here are a bit more South '70s hot pants. party zone. Downstairs is the opulently deco- American than Mexican. But I have a hunch Housed in the old Dean's Credit Clothing rated GrassHopper, with its glass bar and that food isn't the real draw for the crowd at Storefront, Dean's may be the world's only leather lounge banquettes. No detail is too Cabo on Friday after a long day at the office. If bar and discount clothing store. The space is small (and no price to large) for Caplan's con- you go for anything on the menu, ask for a small and mostly standing room only, but the ception of downtown's most chic nightspot: basket of fried plantains. They're accompa- light wood splashed with candlelight produces Just look at the intricate tile work that sur- nied by an out-of-this world green dip that a nice effect. Style channel broadcasts are rounds the bar. tastes a little like Chuy's creamy jalapeiio mi- proudly projected on a blank wall in back, and A gilt-gold statue of Atlas supporting the nus the spice. Food prices are a bit high, but a the inspired barfly can update his wardrobe world (a disco-ball) on his shoulders reigns margarita for $5.50 is about par for the course. by searching through the vintage and up- over the far end of the bar, and the stairs that The newness is largely gone from Cabo, so dated-vintage clothing that fills the racks on spiral up behind Atlas lead to the real action. At the throngs of people who do whatever it is either sidewall. the top of the staircase, you're dumped out into fabulous people in Houston are doing these If you're looking to become a VIP, Dean's Red Lights, the dance portion of the bar. days don't flock here anymore. (There were may be just the place. Co-owner and part-time Another long bar topped with candles flanks times when the building would get so crowded, bartender Ziggy Morrow can usually be found the side of the dance floor, which is injudi- you'd think it would burst at the seams.) All in schmoozing at the bar, and he loves to see ciously crammed into one corner of the up- all though, the toned-down scene is a nice regulars. stairs space. This doesn't stop anyone from change of pace from most downtown destina- Weeknights are calm (by comparison), dancing. From a raised booth opposite the bar, tions. and the crowd is older 20s. However, when resident DJ Shaun Sutton (imported from You can get a booth upstairs and chat over Friday night rolls around, the normal brat- Amsterdam) spins a variety of electronica. a margarita, or if you're lucky enough to score pack bunch moves in until the bar fills to The favorite feature of GrassHopper veter- a seat on the substantial second-floor patio, shoulder-to-shoulder capacity. There's never ans are the velvet curtain ensconced booths you can watch the craziness of a downtown a cover, but the doorman out front will make that can be rented out for the "comfort and Saturday night pass you by on the street be- sure the bar doesn't get too crowded, and complete privacy" of you and five of your clos- low. Dean's doesn't maintain a strict dress code est friends. Ultimately, Cabo never claims to offer any like many other downtown spots. Dress to impress, as the three "G"s (Giorgio, type of authentic experience, but it does pro- This is definitely a unique nightspot — a Gucci and Gauthier) are in abundance at vide just what its frequent visitors love: perfect mix of scene and anti-scene. Stop by GrassHopper. Ifyou can't reference these three margaritas with a powerful punch and Tex- for a drink or two, and you might bump into "G"s or if your wallet isn't full to the brim, I'd Mex with an urban flair. your dad's old cardigan. recommend skipping GrassHopper. A LIFESTYLES 7DECEMBER2001 _COVER LA CARAFE 813 CONGRESS ST. (713) 229-9399 Few things in Houston remind me of New Orleans, but La Carafe somehow has a bit of 1 that ancient NOLA charm. If you're looking for a scene, this bar isn't it Dean's — the building is leaning to one side (kept from toppling over by a few supports) and it The Hub La Carafe hasn't had a facelift in, well, about 130 years. Tonic However, if the charm of old is your thing or if you're trying to inject some romance into a = Parking night downtown, bring your sweetie (or po- tential sweetie) to La Carafe. & It's dark inside and frankly, parts of the building are falling down. But by the looks of the regulars (mostly professionals and aca- demics), they'd happily let the building crumble down around them. You'll look less like a regular and more like someone that accidentally misread the down- town bar-crawl map (I've yet to encounter many Rice students that look extremely at home in a wine bar), but I wouldn't worry too much — none of the patrons inside will care. Enjoy a glass of just about any kind of wine you can imagine among pillars of wax left over from previously-burned candles (and the candles burned before those). There's a full bar, but wine snobs be damned if they're caught ordering a gin and tonic in GrassHopper this company — La Carafe's wine list is stellar. PRAGUE 402 MAIN ST (713) 223-2223 Perhaps the owners of Prague should take note of one of my father's favorite truisms: You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy." In an unfortunate twist of the we're-more-chic- than-you-are game, Prague has almost put itself out of business. Having said that, Hous- tonians still want to be where the buzz is, and they re still shelling out $20 a pop at the door for entrance into this haven of classy chaos. Prague gives partiers a glimpse of NYC. but alas, the partiers are still Houston-caliber. Expect women in their late 20s escorted, tro- phy-style, by men in their late 30s or (gasp) 40s. banquettes that allow you to converse in a If you re going to pay $20 to get into a dance semi-private area while giving you something club, you're going to dance, so Prague puts all Though there's no offical dress code, week- to converse about — the people coming and eyes on the party crowd: The raised bars look from the well-scrubbed waitstaff, dressed from enders tend to be a bit snooty about who is going. While critics complain it's too "sceney," down onto the huge (by downtown standards) head-to-toe in black. hanging around. You may want to put a little they can't deny that it's a great idea. dance floor. The music is heavy — lots of The main reason for stopping by Saba though into what you're going to wear if you The "dance floor" is a letdown. Perhaps it trance, but if you're lucky you'll find a little should be the mojito. While not a Saba exclu- plan on visiting The Hub on a Friday or Satur- isn't even a dance floor, considering the tact house thrown in the mix. sive, the mojito, a refreshing mixture of rum, day. that it's more frequently used as a passageway The dress code is strictly enforced: no lime and mint, hasn't taken roots in Houston The space is long and narrow (like most to the super-yuppified bathrooms and the up- jeans and no T-shirts allowed. I saw a man like it has in the bar scenes of Boston and New downtown bars), and it's decorated like a stairs Tryst area. (Apparently the trenci in turned away in line because he was wearing York. Saba makes up a mean mojito with fresh strange mix between a tiki-lounge and a '50s downtown bars is to name the upstairs some- shorts. On top of this, it appears that being mint. One taste will have you coming back for roadhouse. In the bar's grand style, I recom- thing different than your downstairs.) The to- well dressed can move you to the front of the more. Gust make sure to keep it under con- mend settling down in one of the upstairs and-froni traffic doesn't make for great groov- line. trol.) couches with a Gio, fruit punch mixed with a ing. If you've got a few bucks to drop and you're lot of rum and served in a festive (though The Tryst area is a great, secluded space if looking to dance, give Prague a go; otherwise, THE HUB definitely not sleek) coconut glass. you want to get away from the craziness down- seek refuge in a cheaper, less attitude-filled 312 MAIN ST. Hie buzz should give you a complacent stairs. But be warned that Tryst is sometimes environment. (713) 224-8880 smile and the curiosity to peruse all the inter- VIP only, so you might be rejected at the top of esting pieces of music paraphernalia that line the stairs. SABA BLUEWATER CAFE Like a beacon for suburbanites, the enor- the walls. I'm not sure that Tonic can survive in what 416 MAIN ST. mous disco-ball in front of The Hub shines has become a sea of down town clubs and bars (713) 228-7222 beams of light out onto the 300 block of Main TONIC If you want a scene. GrassHopper is better (and some of the surrounding areas). This 310 MAIN ST. If you want a lounge, you'll go to The Hub if Saba isn't a club or even a bar. It's actually swank lounge infused with a few throwbacks (713) 228-7978 you're looking for something different, you'll an Austin-import restaurant, but the food is an from the '50s has proven time and time again go to Dean's. afterthought for most late-night visitors. to be one of Rice students' favorite downtown If I had two words to describe Tonic, I'd say There's not a lot of room for Tonic an; The bar, though small, is industrial-sleek digs. "glamorouslv tiny." For a bar this glam.it's sad more, but it still maintains some ot it> and very calming — the huge salt-water fish Maybe it's the low-key lounge scene, maybe there couldn't be more of it, but Tonic does trendiness from its location in the middle aquarium behind the bar helps immensely. the never-a-cover entrance policy, but I'm squeeze all the chic it can into the tiny space. the Main Street drag. If you're already r Hie pulsating lounge rhythms don't seem to guessing it's the dress-code free policy that Adeptly designed in runway style, the en- ning to be next door, stop by; otherwise, -- hurt either, and I've never had bad service draws Rice students in by the boatloads. trance to Tonic is lined with floor-to-ceiling it. LIFESTYLE- 7DECEMBER2001 _FOOD EUROPA CAFE (2536 NOTTINGHAM ST.J HOURS 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday I i*I*l 4 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday In a phrase: charming European-style cafe If you have a craving for the quaint cafes of Europe and a warm, picturesque setting, Europa Cafe is the place for you. Situated in a yellow brick house, Europa Cafe offers a variety of sandwiches, entrees and coffetexet and phototals by Vianna Davilka desserts that complement the colorful atmosphere. Sit at one of the wooden tables and admire the work of local artists on the walls. The artwork changes about every six months, but even the walls of the cafe itself, covered in colorful trompe I'oeil and wine bottles, provide plenty of fascination for the Searching desperately for an eyes. Frequented by a low-key crowd, Europa provides a refreshing break from some of the trendier and more standard coffee shops in the Village. off-campus locale where you Europa Cafe is the perfect place to lunch if you're interested in intimate conversation in a quiet but inviting atmosphere. Cottage-like K.urupa is quaint and can study, get a cup of coffee calm. and chill? Every student must BRASH (2604 DUNLAVY ST.) become familiar with the HOURS W A?/' 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily nearby coffeehouses and cafes In a phrase: trendy, young, bar atmosphere If you're ever in the mood for coffee, food and music in a young, during his or her college years. contemporary atmosphere, Brasil is calling your name. Hidden behind an impressive green overgrowth, Brasil is a buzzing social locale, open late and always busy. Enhanced by the contemporary artwork covering the walls, You don't have to be new at the atmosphere is cool and hip rather than comfortable. However, Brasil is one of the few bar/coffeehouses that offers a variety of music almost every Rice to learn a little something night of the week. Drop in for the Sunday night jazz, or stop by on Mondays to hear DJ Sun on the turntables. Tuesday night features the Eric Trio and their guitars, Wednesday night welcomes the Houston Hot Club's world about the Houston hotspots. music rhythms and Thursday night offers ragtime and swing. On cool evenings, sit outside in the covered seating and enjoy a granita (a scrump- Here are some of the best op- tious chocolate iced coffee) or one of the famous pizzas. Parking is an issue, so be prepared to park on a side street, though be careful not to block any driveways. But you'll be happy once you make it inside; Brasil can lift any tions for those eager to discover dull night and turn it into lively evening. The patio at Brasil is great on a new and interesting venues. • nice night. EMPIRE CAFE (1732 WESTHEIMER ED.) HOURS 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunaay through Thursday 7:30 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday In a phrase: bustling and friendly Empire Cafe is a restaurant, coffeehouse and neighborhood center all in one. Not sure if you're in the mood for specialty coffee or a slice of gourmet pizza followed by a glass of wine? You can get both tasty items here. Visit Empire for a soothing cup of tea complemented by a shortbread cookie, to- die-for desserts (the toffee house crunch cake comes highly recommended) and elaborate entrees. This place never sleeps; take a moment to admire the beautiful light fixtures and paintings on the wall, but you might want to escape the bustling interior and instead chat in one of the two outdoor sections. Not too many people will kick off their boots inside Empire Cafe, but the atmosphere is still very friendly and lively, so don't be afraid to laugh out loud. kmpire Cafe is chic hut friendly. CAFE ARTISTE (1601 W. MAIN ST.) HOURS 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursaay 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday In a phrase: comfortable and chill Tucked away in an artsy Montrose neighborhood, Cafe Artiste is the perfect place to follow a hardy breakfast with some studying or with reading a book from the impressive collection against the back wall. Offering an extensive variety of breakfast choices, "prepared in the style of Southern Louisiana," Cafe Artiste achieves the remarkable feat of creating a coffee- house atmosphere (artwork on the walls, low mood lighting, a corner of comfy couches) while maintaining the down-to-earth sense of a diner. Students study at round wooden tables next to families eating their pan- cakes and eggs in the cozy booths. On Sundays, two regular customers volunteer their musical talents, filling the mid-morning air with mellow and familiar songs on guitar. Only a few blocks from the Menil Collection and the Hot hko Chapel, Cafe Artiste provides a groat cup of hot chocolate, a plate of food and a comfortable seat to ease the tired Rice soul. The mural at Cafe Artiste. 6 LIFESTYLES 7DECEMBER2001 _RICE PICKS I I WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE! MUSIC STORE I CAMPUS STUDY SPOT VIDEO RENTAL STORE I PARTY SPOT I BOOKSTORE I MAKE-OUT SPOT ROOM ACCESSORIES STORE I BUILDING ON CAMPUS SUPERMARKET I PARTY OR EVENT DRUG STORE I I ADMINISTRATOR PUBLIC PARK I FACULTY MEMBER BOWLING ALLEY I RUPD OFFICER ROAD TRIP DESTINATION I CLASS LIQUOR STORE I Here's your chance to recognize your favorite I things. From the best restaurants to your choice MUSEUM PLACE FOR MARGARITAS, hang-out, LS Magazine's next issue will salute I PERFORMING ARTS VENUE PLACE FOR MARTINIS everything that makes life at Rice great. 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MOST STYLISH PROFESSOR LIFESTYLES 7 7DECEMBER2001 STYLE dressing up? toTO _ . : get down life . J- #' CARLY KOCUREK COREY E, DEVINE The uniform of any good urbanite includes black — a lot of it. If you choose to add other colors, do so with care. Gray is almost as good as black, and red always works in very small quantities. Favorite ubran designers include any of the big names — Versace, Gucci and Fendi urban to name a few. However, your bank account doesn't have to be a big as Houston itself to get the look. For men, try stores like Global 33, and chic women should check out Wet Seal. MEN'S Zipper-front polo from Versace WOMEN'S Flower-print halter from Express Bring on the noise, bring on the funk. You'll find this crowd hanging out at Dean's downtown and shopping for clothes in their favorite vintage spots across Houston (Pin-Pin, 2538 Time Blvd. in the Village, can't be beat). Smash hits for men include anything cowboy-ish or rayon, Women have to dig a little harder to find '70s- funk inspired disco wear. glam MEN'S Vintage cowboy shirt from Buffalo Exchange WOMEN' ; Sparkle asymmetrical top from Contempo Casual Just because you spend the majority of your time on the tennis courts doesn't mean you can't have a little fun after-hours. The prepster loves the after-work margarita at Cabo. Color shouldn't restrict you, as brighter shades as well as pastels are accept- able. Both men and women love anything from Banana Republic, but they really die for something from star Ralph Lauren. MEN'S Button-up dress shirt from Banana Republic WOMEN'S Halter from Express LIFESTYLES 8