Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 10 SINCE 1916 Friday, October 27, 2000 Martel's first 0-Week moved to 2002 by Tommy Belanger said using the building would be imprac- tributing to the decision were the lack of

THRESHKR STAFF tical because other colleges also use it bicycles and the lack of funds to buy during O-Week. bikes, the urgent need for more impor- Martel College will not receive in- However, Martel will still participate tant issues to be solved and discussed coming students next fall, the college's in O-Week by attempting to arrange an and the desire to establish good relation- founding committee decided last week- all-college meeting sometime during the ships with other colleges by having ! end. week, presenting information about Martel transfers participate in their origi- • "The idea of throwing the freshmen Martel and sending out brochures ex- nal colleges' Beer-Bike. ice Radio of Martel College into all the other eight plaining Martel to incoming freshmen "Our first involvement in Beer-Bike rin colleges for the first semester next year over the summer. will be as a full college," Parks said. §5 ' / and then forcing them to go to Martel "We're kind of taking a low profile, Students transferring to Martel dur- Who listens to KTRU? second semester is not fair," Gavin but we certainly want to have a presence ing the 2000-'01 academic year will have Parks, co-chair of Martel's Representa- during O-Week so that the freshmen will "dual citizenship" in both Martel and Howdid a student-run station tive Subcommittee, said. Parks, a Han- know that they have an opportunity to their original college. szen College junior, is the liaison be- transfer second semester," Few said. Students wishing to transfer to Martel epd up with 50,000 watts? tween the newly founded Martel Found- Few, who is also the interim master of will be allowed to apply online starting ing Committee and the Rice community Baker College, explained that although Nov. 6, after the college presidents and at dj6es KTRU play, anyway? at large. freshmen will not be accepted into Martel masters meet to discuss the founding * Martel's building will not open until during the fall 2001 semester, applica- committee's plans for admitting students What would students January 2002, and Martel Master Arthur tions for transferring to Martel will be to Martel. Few said a major problem in holding a posted sometime after the fall break and "The number of students that we take like to hear an KJTRU? Martel Orientation Week in 2001 would approximately 64 students from the in- from each college will be proportionate be its location. coming class of 2005 will be accepted as to the number that are living off-cam- 10 con\ "It's very difficult to have an O-Week transfers. pus," Few said, detailing the selection faidentrJ without a place to have it," Few said. The Founding Committee also de- process pertaining to individual colleges. The founding committee considered cided against participating in Beer-Bike The overall selection process will be roll- using rooms in the Student Center, but this spring. ing, in which applicants are reviewed Student Center Director Boyd Beckwith Few said the three main factors con- monthly until Martel quotas are filled. ws Feature, Section. Setter dismissed from team by Chris Larson ment [about] what should be my THRKSHF.R F.DITORIAI. STAFF priority," Kalagoglu said. "It came to the point where I needed to go to job Senior setter Nil Kalagoglu was interviews, and I'm not talking about dismissed from the volleyball team any job interview, I'm talking about by head coach Julio Morales last very, very good companies — the week after she elected to skip prac- top companies in the world. tice to attend a job interview. "1 do understand how important Kalagoglu said she met with volleyball is and 1 feel very respon- Morales to inform him that she would sible towards my teammates, and at need to miss practice to attend a our meeting I also said I don't want final-round interview in New York. to quit.... I guess he didn't want me Morales told her to decide between on the team the way I had my priori- staying on the team or going to the ties." interview, Kalagoglu said, and she Morales declined to comment, chose the latter. saying only that she is not on the ROB GADOI/THRESHER "(We] couldn't come to an agree- See VOLLEYBALL, Page B3 Nil Kalagoglu Low profits close Sammy's Late Night Sammy's I,ate Night was operating lege senior Kris Chikelue said. by Liora Danan at a loss and could not be sustained "Sammy's has pizza, sandwiches, THRKSHF.R F.DITORAI. STAFF given the amount of business it re- fruits and salads, and Subway is just Sammy's Late Night ended yes- ceived. Subway." terday due to insufficient sales. Food Baker College junior Christina However, Ditman said he hopes and Housing Director Mark Ditman Yin said she supports reopening to include some of the Sammy's Late made the decision to close l-ate Night Subway at night. Night food options at the conve- and to reopen Subway for late-night "I'd prefer Subway to be open nience store, and buying new equip- service. because 1 think their food is bet- ment to serve pizza or hamburgers The Subway counter inside the ter," Yin said. "I'd probably be more might be an option. convenience store will now stay open likely to eat at Subway instead of "What's particularly important to Sammy's." me now is that we have the right VIANNA DAVILA/THRESHER until 2 a.m. Monday through Thurs- day and until 11 p.m. Saturday and Other students said they pre- things in the convenience store." Protecting our resources Sunday. ferred the variety at Sammy's. Ditman said. This reverses the Sept. 25 reopen- "I don't think [the decision to end He said additional Subway items, Brown College Junior Thorn Blaylock wears protective clothes at the ing of Sammy's I .ate Night from 9 l.ate Night] is a good idea because I such as soups or other sandwich Rice Environmental Club's Smog Jog on Oct. 20. See Article, Page 13. p.m. to midnight and the closing of like the variety that Sammy's has as options, may also be offered. The Subway at 9 p.m. Ditman said opposed to Subway," Will Rice Col- See SAMMY'S, Page 9 2001 graduation speaker chosen INSIDE SA Homecoming elections OPINION Page 2 by I^eslie Liu physical violence," Sociology Department Pro- KTRU must remain student-run fessor Chandler Davidson said. Davidson, who THRKSHF.R F.DITORIAI. STAFF begin noon today introduced Dees last January, teaches a social A&E Page 21 Elections for SA treasurer and home- Southern Poverty I .aw Center co-founder inequality class at Rice. Better than a one-man band and civil rights lawyer Morris Dees will give "He's an important figure in the ongoing coming king and queen begin today. Vot- ing starts at noon and will continue until the keynote address at Rice's 88th Commence- struggle for civil rights and for racial toler- FEATURES Page 23 ment ceremony on May 12, 2001. ance," Davidson said. "His Southern Poverty Wednesday at 1 p.m. Dancing about architecture Dees also spoke at Rice on Jan. 26 as part of I .aw Center spends a lot of money on pro laptops will be available at each col- the President's Lecture Series. grams that are essentially adopted by schools lege during meals for voting. Students SPORTS Page B1 "I thought the students would resonate to teach tolerance." can vote online by following the link on Owls prepare for homecoming game nicely with such a man, particularly given his Dees serves as chief trial counsel and chair the main Rice Web site. accomplishments in the past year alone," Presi- of the executive committee for the SIM ,C, which Scoreboard dent Malcolm Gillis said. specializes in lawsuits involving civil rights There's more of us to love In September, Dees won a case against the violations and racially motivated crimes, and Football Hawaii 13, Rice 38 Aryan Nation in which a jury awarded $6.3 the education project he is involved in is called Because of the extraordinary length million to a woman and her son after a white 'Teaching Tolerance." of this week's paper and various other supremacist leader allowed guards from his Since co-founding the center in 1971, Dees factors, this issue will bt* distributed in Weekend Weather Aryan Nations compound to chase them down pushed for the construction of a Civil Rights three sections. Friday and shoot at them in 1998. The verdict is Memorial dedicated in 1989 in Montgomery, Sections A and B will be distributed Partly cloudy, 68-86 degrees expected to bankrupt the organization. Ala., won lawsuits that bankrupted the Ku normally. Section C, a news feature on Saturday "He's an outstanding civil rights lawyer Klux Klanand imprisoned perpetrators of hate K TRU, will be distributed alongside the Mostly cloudy, 64 81 degrees and has probably done as much as any single crimes. rest of the paper. Sunday person has in the last 20 years to put out of Dees was portrayed by Wayne Rogers in Happy reading! Partly cloudy. 59 79 degrees business hate groups that have engaged in See COMMENCEMKNT, Page 10 I THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27.2000

TiniceRbeuL? Brian Stoler Jose Luis Cubria, Michael Nalepa Editor in Chief Mariel Tam Opinion Editor Managing Editors KTRU must remain in student hands Programming on KTRU should be determined only by students. Whether or not athletics should be on the radio isn't the issue — the issue is that KTRU management is being pressured from an outside source to play things they don't want to play. It is wrong for the university to pressure students on this issue. When KTRU was a 650-watt station that could only reach listeners inside Loop 610, the university had little interest in the affairs of the station. With KTRU's substantial power boost to 50,000 watts, stu- dents involved in the station realized Rice's interest in KTRU's air time could increase and were hesitant about the move. However, Ronald Stebbings, who was Vice President for Student Affairs Zenaido Camacho's predecessor, assured students that Rice would not — at CLaP! CLap youR nanps FOR sobRieiy! that time, or at any point in the future — interfere with students' control over KTRU's programming. Then, in 1996, President Malcolm Gillis formed a committee to examine how KTRU was benefiting Rice. The committee was made up of four faculty members, four staff members, one member of the Board of Trustees, two alumni, two undergraduates and one graduate stu- Reconnecting KTRU and the students dents. This committee made recommendations about KTRU's pro- gramming in a 1997 report despite the fact that for the university to KTRU needs to reestablish its connection to the LeTigre as lesbian punk rock, and don't look assume control over KTRU programming would be a direct violation of undergraduate student body at large while it still down upon students if they don't know that Kim the verbal agreement made with the students in 1991. Gillis accepted all can. Gordon was a member of Sonic Youth. Recent of the co: imittee's recommendations and some, like the hiring of a Less than half of the current staff of the radio publicity for tonight's and Tuesday's KTRU-spon- professional general manager, have already been implemented. station, which was established by and for under- sored concerts represents an excellent start. Send- Students at KTRU did not publicly object to the committee's graduate students, is actually made up of ing e-mail announcements to college listservs is a conclusions in 1997. We don't know why; maybe they didn't think the undergrads. More than two-thirds of students who great idea, and the messages included enough university would really seek to overturn student management of have listened to any radio station this semester explanation for the uninitiated to get an idea of KTRU. But this doesn't change the fact that the university is trying have not spent five consecutive minutes this se- what the bands are about. to force a student organization to become a "university asset," as mester listening to what should be their station. Understand that a renewed connection will not administrators are now fond of referring to KTRU. Many students not involved with the station hold come easily and that it may threaten some of the And now, the legacy of that committee is coming back to haunt negative views of KTRU that range from indiffer- self-perpetuating aspects of KTRU. Because the station. It has been made very clear that KTRU the student ence to frustration to active disgust. KTRU's operating budget comes from blanket tax, organization cannot simply say no to the proposal for more athletic But the relationship between KTRU and the the station manager must be elected popularly (as broadcasts on the radio. They are being asked to make compromises student body hasn't always been this way, and it are the Thresher and Campanile editors). KTRU's — to air as many hours of athletics as KTRU can bear. doesn't have to remain this way. And if KTRU is general mission of playing music not supported by There is no compromise in student-run radio. If students decide going to continue to exist as a student organiza- commercial radio should remain, but the range of what is going on the air, it is student-run. Anything less than that tion, it must change. music may need to shift a little more toward main- contradicts the phrase. KTRU staff: You say your mission is to educate stream tastes to help bring in student listeners. How can the university consider KTRU to be a place where the public about music they wouldn't be exposed Students: Take a deep breath, look past your programming can be aired when it's not supported by the students? to in other venues — a noble goal. But, currently, preconceptions, and give KTRU another chance. True, there is the clause in KTRU-FM's original charter that says the the lines of communication, to many students at Turn the station on sometimes. Browse radio station should be under the control of the university president. least, are closed. Many students don't even realize www.ktru.org. Talk to friends who work for the It comes right after the clause about how KTRU is to be a student KTRU can br: heard on campus now on 91.5 FM station. Recognize that KTRU plays a variety of radio station. after over nine years of terrible reception in the music, and don't judge the entire station based on There is a financial aspect — but then again, KTRU's operating colleges. Lots of students aren't aware that there two minutes of listening. Basically, open your mind. budget comes from blanket tax money. The university does not put are some shows with specific types of music. The issue is not whether you'd like to hear sports enough money into the station to have claim on its airwaves. Granted, Publicize the station on campus. Make sched- on KTRU (though our research says few of you do). Rice does foot the bill for KTRU General Manager Will Robedee and ules that are more informative and more acces- You have to fight for the organization, the principle of his part-time assistant Nancy Newton. However, there is no reason sible to the students. Distribute the playlist, and student radio at Rice, regardless of your views of the to claim the station as a university asset. Robedee and Newton are explain who the bands are and what kind of music current KTRU operation. Because if it disappears, not the only staff members whose job it is to assist a student they play. Don't assume students can recognize there is not likely to ever be a way to bring it back. organization. Student Media Adviser Jen Cooper, Community In- volvement Center Director Heather Syrett and Director of Student Activities Mona Hicks all work with student organizations as pri- mary parts of their jobs. It's not unreasonable to ask the university LETTERS TO THE EDITOR to pay these salaries, assuming that the purpose of a university is to be a home for students and that those students may want to be Assuming a good-natured prank story. The girls came out with the University police need but annoyed at the uninvited appear- officer, and each of the girls apolo- involved in activities and organizations while they are here. to exercise courtesy ance, when we heard a knock at our gized to us. l"he officer didn't so We can find no reason to support the idea that KTRU is a door a minute later, we simply called much as glance at us. university asset. In fact, the assurances given to the students in 1991 To the editor: out "come in, they're in the bath- We realize that the campus po- — as well as the history of the station — contradict this claim The last edition of the Thresher room." lice officers are acting for justice entirely. Therefore, we can only conclude that it is an unethical included a salute to the University The police officer outside the and that they're doing a good job Police for their work in keeping cam- door responded not by entering, protecting students, but we'd like to betrayal of past promises for anyone to demand airtime on KTRU pus safe. It's clear that our Rice Uni- knocking again or identifying him- think that a little more civility and against the will of the students. versity Police have a job to do, and self as an officer. Instead, he waited respect and less heavy-handed bul- The Athletic Department should immediately withdraw its pro- that most of them generally perform five minutes before entering and lying toward clueless innocents posal to increase the number of games broadcast on KTRU because it well. However, one recent experi- accused us of hiding the girls and wouldn't stop them from keeping us ence with the campus police stands students (those who are involved in KTRU and those who are not) conspiring with them. safe. out against the generally positive We cooperated immediately, giv- do not support it. experience we've had with them at ing him our II) cards and telling him Jonathan Ichikawa Student organizations often encounter the problem of institu- Rice. the name of the one girl we did Dave Stablein tional memory. After all, the entire membership turns over every At about midnight on Oct. 13, we know, insisting that we had nothing Will Rice sophomores four years. However, this does not mean promises made to those three friends were playing a more to do with it. The police officer organizations should be betrayed. Because the students involved in Nintendo game in one of our rooms told us that he "didn't buy it," that when we were interrupted by the he'd "been in law enforcement for Mardi Gras party KTRU in 1996 did not remember going to 50,000 watts, and the sudden appearance of four girls, who five years," and that he wasn't "inter- students of today do not remember the circumstances of the 1996 proceeded to run into the bathroom. ested in playing games with us. It's offends students committee and its report, KTRU's lack of institutional memory is Of the four, we knew only one, and called 'obstruction of justice'," he To the editor: being viciously used against them. she informed us, giggling, that told us. The three of us were re- There's something wrong with they'd "done something bad," and ported, and the officer threatened to Music, sports, Shepherd School of Music concerts and news Hanszen College's annual Mardi were hiding. arrest us if we didn't produce his Gras Party, and, no, it's not the fact could all be appropriate programming for KTRU. What to air, It wasn't until the next day that suspects. that Mardi Gras is being celebrated however, must remain a student decision. The administration should we learned that they had stolen a Eventually, he found the girls in October. let go of plans to force university programming on the air. police cart and were being chased hiding in the opposite side of the According to the tradition of this by police officers. suite, where they confirmed our See NADER, Page 4 "7 • ' XZ - . " 3;!"'

THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27,2000 Poster girl with no poster Are they laughing with me or at me? Pharisees, tax collectors and NOP Election fails to excite voters summer I helped my This past I believe in God, spreading the good event's name even a parody, it looks This is the first presidential would have been more entertain- aunt relandscape her garden. For news of salvation and striving to be petty and judgmental — the antith- election that I have a chance to ing than the bridge game the me, that meant doing the grunt work an example of someone on a faith esis of Christian teaching. vote in. If the next one is this bad, debates turned out to be. — putting down fertilizer and dig- journey whose life has been blessed. Jesus hung out with prostitutes, I swear I'm moving to Canada. So here we are at Election ging holes. One Saturday : I do not, however, bel eve iax collectors and the kinds of people Decision 2000 has ba- Day with one question afternoon she asked me that the message NOP that the Pharisees did not like. The sically been one big, still unanswered: Isn't to take the hedge clippers sends is the one that we, Pharisees began as wise, God-fear- unexciting letdown af- the president of the to the burgeoning weeds as Christians together ing people, but as their numbers ter another. Any more United States sup- at the far end of her plot. ministering to campus, and power grew they lost sight of of this, and I could posed to be an extraor- The offending clump wish to propagate. God's word. lapse into a coma. dinary individuaI?The of vegetation consisted Of the endless Sunday We, as Christians on this cam- Things started go- next administration mostly of dandelions and School lessons I endured pus, cannot afford to make their ing wrong in the pri- will probably be about some green stalks, with growing up, one that has mistake. maries. The two candi- as exciting as Calvin little purple buds. As I be- Lizzie stayed with me is the New While many of us may not like dates who actually had Coolidge's. Neither gan to cut, something hit Testament parable about NOD or the behaviors of college ideas, Bill Bradley and Michael candidate appears to me. These weeds had a Taishoff the Pharisee and the tax students at public parties, we cannot John McCain, didn't be made of the stuff kind of wild, natural collector. use our faith as a weapon — setting Nalepa get the nod from their that is celebrated in beauty. They had a grace To summarize briefly: up a situation where the "good" parties. After Super history books. and style that was lacking in the rest the Pharisee (a learned elder — Pharisees go to NOP, while the "bad" Tuesday, the masses took a nap Bush is — what's the nicest of the neatly planned, carefully or- that's one of the folks who always tax collectors go to NOD. Passing for the almost half a year before way to put this — a little slow on chestrated garden. I put down the shows up in the same sentence as judgment is not the responsibility of the political conventions. These the uptake. There's a lot of re- clippers. the chief priests and scribes) self- human beings, according to the te- prime time thrillers turned out to sponsibility in the presidency, My aunt did not like the weeds aggrandizingly speaks in the temple nets of Christianity. be 20 hours that no one who and no matter how many smart and wanted me to take them out about his piety, purity and faith — As an amateur theologian, I as- watched will ever get back. Phila- advisers you have, sooner or later because they got in her way. In her all questionable — in a holier-than- sert that far more good could be delphia and Los Angeles were you have to think on y,ur feet. mind they interfered with the thou manner. He derides the tax done by those involved in NOP if nothing more than ceremonial And unlike the debates, Bush garden's proper nature. They did collector — at that time, and still, they had the event on another infomercials. Protesters outside won't always have a week to memo- not fit the mold she designed for her one of the most loathed members of evening. Offering Christian worship the convention halls participated rize a script if he is elected. backyard; they had to go. society. as an alternative to NOD is hardly in the only democratic processes. Gore is a smart man with a lot To me they lent a simple loveli- Meanwhile, the lowly tax collec- the answer, because it is not mis- Around this time, A1 Gore and of experience doing what 'die ness, even though they were mis- tor, who knows himself to be a sin- sion or ministry to those outside of George W. Bush also picked vice president actually does. How- fits. ner goes into the temple, beats his the established group. presidents. They did such a good ever, I'm kind of upset that he's This experience had slipped my breast and sincerely professes re- Those who go NOP are not new- job choosing running mates that distanced himself so much from mind until this past week when I saw gret for his transgressions. In the comers to faith or curious visitors, I wondered why Dick Cheney and the man who got him where he is: emails go out about Night of Praise, garden of humanity, the tax collec- they are predictable attendees. Joe Lieberman weren't heading up Bill Clinton. It's very doubtful that an activity run jointly by various tor was one of the weeds. Rather, if we, as Christians on cam- their respective party's ticket. Gore would be where he is now if Christian organizations on campus NOP has the potential to give pus, really want to make a difference After I.abor Day, things were he hadn't been the running mate of as an annual alternative to Night of Christian groups on campus a we need to offer community, nonde- really supposed to get rolling. a very successful president. Decadence. chance to worship together and of- nominational worship as the primary They didn't. The polls showed a But, in the end, I'm going to It has always seemed odd to me fer newcomers to faith and curious activity, not the alternative. dead heat. What they didn't show vote for Al. Besides the fact that that there would be a worship ser- visitors a chance to experience com- It was easy for the Pharisees to was how many Americans would I'm from Illinois, where my vote vice set up as an alternative to NOD. munity spirituality firsthand. talk about their strong faith and their have chosen "C, none of the will actually count, there are a For the record, I am a practicing However, when the event is de- status as God's chosen, but it was far above," as an option. few small differences between the Christian — an Episcopalian — and liberately set against NOD, the See NOP, Page 4 Then the debates began. For Democratic and Republican Par- the most part, these were hour ties that I can't quite get over. and a half commercials for the Mainly, it's the feeling I get that What's wrong with this picture? candidates. There were several the Republicans are interested in times in each contest when Bush looking out for rich white people or Gore would forget that the and conveniently forgetting every- MPAA ratings censor films, silence artists other was there and launch into a one else. Plus, I don't want to even stump speech completely unre- imagine what Dubya would do in Today, Darren Aronofsky's censorship over any director or stu- tant, relevant and powerful films lated to the issue being discussed. the driver's seat of all 50 states. film Requiem for a Dream was re- dio that does not mold their films to such as Requiem or I^rry Clark's These so-called "fights" were This column may have been leased to nationwide audiences. It the MPAA's dictatorial regulations brutally honest Kids will never reach way too clean. I've seen more confusing, and I guess that's be- might be difficult for many people to or does not agree with the rating the eyes of the young and impres- verbal altercations in Sunday cause I'm pretty disillusioned see it, however, since that their film has been sionable. Otherwise, such explicit school class. Both candidates right now. I grew up hearing how Aronofsky and Artisan En- given. depictions of real life might actually were nice and cordial. If some- importantourgovernment is, and tertainment, who distrib- I see a disturbing trend make them think, and we can't have one had thought to bring a check- how it is everyone's responsibil- uted the film, did a very developing here. The that now, can we? ered tablecloth, they could have ity and privilege to vote. I remem- daring thing: They re- MPAA has autocratic au- You may think that if you're over had a picnic with moderator Jim ber standing in line with my par- fused to release the film thority over how movies 17 this doesn't concern you. But if l^ehrer. At the end of each de- ents at the polls for hours while with a rating from the Mo- are rated and thereby no theater in your area is coura- bate, you could almost see the they waited to vote, and I looked tion Picture Association of have equally totalitarian geous enough to show movies with- collective "what the hell just hap- forward to someday doing the America. control over what movies out one of the M PAA ratings, then it pened?" on the face of the unde- same. Now that I can finally partici- After Artisan lost its ap- are seen and by whom. doesn't matter how old you are. Your cided voters in the audience. pate in a presidential election, I peal to have the rating re- Garret If they object to a film, inability to see such films echoes, in All of this could have easily don't have the feeling of pride and duced from the stigmatic Merriam they can railroad it so that a most realistic sense, every film- been avoided if third party candi- purpose I thought I'd have. NC-17 to a more reason- the objectionable aspects maker ever blacklisted, every book dates had been invited. The ex- Oh well, I guess waiting four able R rating, the MPAA are removed or publicly ever burnt and every voice ever si- treme views of Ralph Nader and more years won't kill me. told them that they would have to vilify the film so that no theater would lenced. Pat Buchanan would have mixed Michael Nalepa is opinion editor edit the film for content if they dare show it. up the debates quite nicely. If wanted the lesser rating. Rather than Congress no longer needs to pass Garret Merriam is a graduate nothing else, a four-ring circus and a Ix/vett College senior. compromising Aronofsky's artistic a law abridging the freedom of student in philosophy. vision, Artisan courageously decided speech. Now we have the MPAA. to release the film without any rat- The president of this fascist or- ing whatsoever. ganization, Joseph McCarthy — I 'ITie MPAA's rating system is mean, Jack Valenti — has put him- The Rice Thresher, the official student strictly voluntary and anyone who self in a position of extreme power; newspaper at Rice University since 1916, is published each Friday during the school year, wants to release a film without one he gets to dictate which movies the Rice Thresher except during examination periods and of their ratings is free to do so. Of people under the age of 17 can see holidays, by the students of Rice University. course, the consequence of taking and which ones they can't by setting such a stand is virtual excommuni- the ratings standards as he sees fit. Brian Stoler Editorial and business offices are located cation from the screen. Mainstream Valenti has appointed himself judge Editor in Chief on the second floor of the I^y Student Center, media treats unrated films like a of how much reality our children 6100 Main St., MS-524. Houston. TX 77005- 1892. Phone (713) 348-4801. Fax (713) 348- leper infected with the Ebola virus. can handle. Jos^ Luis Cubria, Mariel Tam Ajeet Pai Managing Editors Business Manager 5238. E-mail: [email protected]. Web page; Many corporate-owned theater Shouldn't we be harrowed by the http://www. ricethresher. org. chains will not show Requiem and fact that a private organization, which many national newspapers will not answers only to itself, is dictating to NEWS CALENDAR Annual subscription rate: $50 domestic, Josh Taylor, Editor run advertisements for it because our children what they can and can- Elizabeth Jardina, Editor $105international. Nonsubscription rate: first Olivia Allison, Assf. Editor copy free, second copy $4.11. they're terrified about promoting a not do? The MPAA's draconian re- I.iora Danan, Asst. Editor BACKPAGE film that lacks the MPAA's approba- Erin Mann, Page Designer Ben Johnson, Editor strictions are banning children from The Thresher reserves the right to refuse tion. films even if their parents accom- Mark I>ewis, Editor OPINION Sarah Pitre, Editor any advertising for any reason. Additionally, Certain theater chains have de- pany them. the Thresher does not take responsibility for cided to show the film only after Am I the only one who sees this Michael Nalepa, Editor PHOTOGRAPHY the factual content of any ad. Printing an forcing Artisan to note that no one as blatant and unjustifiable age dis- Rob (iaddi, Editor advertisement does not constitute an SPORTS under the age of 17 will be admitted crimination? Now that civil rights Megan Smith, Ass/ Editor endorsement by the Thresher. Chris I .arson, Editor even with parental consent. In the have been extended to women and Jason Gershman, Aw/. Editor COPY minorities, kids have become the Unsigned editorials represent the majority absence of a rating, they assume the ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Iveslie Liu, Editor opinion of the TVes/ier editorial staff. All other worst. last legitimate second-class citi- Robert Reichle, Editor Mary Messick. Asst. Editor pieces represent solely the opinion of the Tim Crippen, /Iss/, Editor Even when you subvert the zens. author. Mandi Montgomery, Page Designer Lynlee Tanner, Ads Manager MPAA, their mandates are still en- The MPAA wasn't satisfied with Shannon Scott, Ass/ Business Manager forced by proxy. their role as an adviser to parents. FEATURES Robert Lee, Classified Ads Manager "Hie Threshers a member of the Associated The long and the short of it is Tattooing a scarlet letter across the David Chien, Illustrator Collegiate Press and the Society of lizzie Taishoff, Editor anyone who doesn't conform to the chest of provocative films is no Carly Halvorson, Office Manager Professional Journalists. The Thresher is an longer enough. Now they have over- Sol Villarreal, Distribution Manager ACP Ail-American newspaper. Now available MPAA's guidelines for appropriate- LIFESTYLES Adam Iazowska. Online Editor in book form. ness has little chance of having any- stepped their bounds by assuming Corey E. Devine, Editor © COPYRIGHT 2000. one see their film. ITiat means that the parental role themselves. the MPAA has the de facto power of I"hey have insured that impor- THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27.2000

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NADER, from Page 2 has changed how I'm approaching and reform that would actually help annual event, Rice students com- the upcoming election. people. KTRU should control its peted in a strip contest in the Han- We all know that George W. Bush Both conservatives and liberals szen Commons this past Saturday; is going to reap all of Texas' lovely want a movement toward a clean however, this year the rules of the electoral votes. Traditionally, Texas environment, towards ending cor- own programming, future contest were pushed to the limits. has voted Republican. That isn't porate welfare and toward revitaliz- Several acts were gratuitously about to change in this coming elec- ing our democratic process by kick- I stopped listening to popu- tion, but listening does not. Writ- sexual, which led many people to tion. ing the corporations out of Wash- lar radio in 1992, when 104.1 ing and performing a comedic leave. The fact that this event has So to all of you A1 Gore voters ington. These are majoritarian val- KRBE played "Life is a Highway," routine takes a lot of talent. reached pornographic levels leads registered in Texas, you're right! ues. Perhaps Nader's failure to get every time the radio was on. It Watching does not. Brewing a to us to argue that the party, at least Your vote for Gore is wasted. Be- more support has more to do with was a tumultuous time for music: good beer takes knowledge and in its current form, should be re- sides, if you are anything like me, the fact that he is committed to only the Hammer dominated school hard work. Drinking does not. evaluated. you were only voting for Gore be- grass roots fund-raising (he refuses dance floors, Kid and Two, the mission We understand that stripping in cause you absolutely refuse to help any contributions over $1,000) and Play had made only one of KTRU is not to itself is sexual, but there is a differ- Bush get to office. that the corporate media refuses to movie, and Vanilla Ice "educate" their listen- ence between when it is fun and In fact, no one seems especially cover him. Where Nader is cam- had only very recently ers. It's to play the when it is sexually explicit. As a thrilled with either major party can- paigning he is receiving more popu- been cool. I was in sev- kind of music they college-sponsored event, it is highly didate, especially after the never- lar enthusiasm than either Bush or enth grade, and I spent want to hear, music questionable for a party which ending catch phrases and case stud- Gore. In rallies across the country a lot of time hanging out that isn't played any- should be welcoming to all Rice stu- ies that we've listened to in the past he has gotten audiences of over with my best friend where else. They're dents to end up being extremely three debates. What you might have 10,000 people to pay $10 a ticket to Andy. Since neither of not a bunch of music alienating, uncomfortable and even forgotten about are the third party attend. Bush and Gore can barely u s had girlfriends or ath- gurus spreading en- harassing to many individuals. candidates. You may not really want get a couple hundred people to come letic abilities, we vented lightenment, they're We are also deeply disturbed by any of them in the White House, but, for free. our pent-up hormones Gordon people who really the fact that the college funds (to realistically, they aren't going to end As for Dallal's concern with get- on video games and Wittick want to voice their which members of Hanszen are re- up in the White House this election ting down to the business of elect- headbanging to his taste in music. quired to contribute at the start of anyway. However, this does not ing a president, what could be more Black Sabbath tape. However, there is each year) go into this party and that mean you should avoid the voting pointless than voting for Bush or When the Black Sabbath got old, still an issue with the fact that from the college funds a $100 prize booth on that fateful Tuesday. In- Gore? Bush is going to win the state we turned to 91.7 FM — KTRU. KTRU receives blanket tax money is awarded to the winning stead, realize you have a great op- ofTexas. Gore has completely given You see, this was a time when money. We, the students of Wee strippers. It is unfair that the college portunity: the opportunity to vote up on Texas and is not even waging alternative music was still that. If University, pay for a significant funds of those who oppose the event for choice and fairness. a serious campaign. Therefore, be- you didn't want to listen to a boy portion of KTRU's programming, are used to fund something that es- Did you know that the Republi- cause of our Electoral College sys- band or a packaged rap group, but chances are most of us do not tranges many individuals. Also dis- can and Democratic candidates re- tem, you really do not have a voice in Rice radio was the only place to always agree with their choice of turbing is the fact that the entire ceived $67.6 million of federal fund- the matter. Here in Texas, any vote turn. It wasn't perfect — it often programming. Plus, unlike the strip show was taped without the ing for this election, while the Re- can only work as a show of support. played jazz or weird stuff, and Thresher and the yearbook, stu- permission of all the participants. form Party received $12.5 million? It To this end, a vote for Nader is a vote one time Andy listened to 10 min- dents do not elect any KTRU rep- We ask that Hanszen College gets better. The only reason the for serious campaign finance reform, utes of nothing but breathing be- resentatives. reevaluate the party to make it so Reform Party received any money at responsible trade and encouraging cause he figured any second that individuals do not feel uncom- all is because in the last election, the an expanded political debate. there would be an awesome gui- fortable due to sexually explicit ma- Reform Party candidate received tar riff and drum solo leading into terial; instead, we hope that the more than 5 percent of the popular Simon Fink a kickass song. But when KTRU If university interests Mardi Gras party and more specifi- vote. Lovett junior did deliver, it gave us the screwed- cally the stripping will create a more In other words, the Green Party up, on-the-edge music our 13-year- are allowed to welcoming environment. has no public financing this year Learn about Nader's old sugar-loaded bodies needed because four years ago the candi- but couldn't get anywhere else. overrun the station, Sarah Cloots date didn't receive more than five platform before voting I'll be the first to admit that very quickly it will Uchenna Agbim percent of the vote. Welcome to de- K TRU can play some very bad Hanszen sophomores mocracy. To the editor: music. I remember freshman lose what it now has. Our current system doesn't pro- James Dallal's column ("A vote year, when every time I turned it A vote for Nader helps vide us with much choice; the differ- for Nader is a needless sacrifice," on I heard songs like, "Philip ences between candidates often Oct. 6) argues that voting for Green (ilass was way too conformist," Green Party's future seem too slight to mention. It is only Party presidential candidate Ralph or "Man discovering which end I have two things to say to through the presence of a strong Nader in the upcoming election is a of a saxophone to blow into #12." that. First, 1 doubt there is any To the editor: third party candidate that the sys- fruitless endeavor. In Texas this It was bad. And there are still programming format that the stu- After reading both Garret tem will be challenged to change year, we have an interesting situa- times when I'll turn on KTRU dents of this university could Merriam's column ("Third parties and we will truly have an opportu- tion. A1 Gore's campaign has already and ask, "Who listens to this?" agree on any more than the one provide abstention alternative," Oct. nity to hear diverse and seldom ex- admitted defeat in this Republican- For instance, the other day already in place. Second, before 6) and Wojtek Dorabialski's letter pressed opinions. But, true to the dominated state. A governor has when I was driving to Rice, I you try to change KTRU, con- ("Apathy cannot explain low turn- times, this can't happen without never not won his own state in a turned to KTRU and heard two sider what you'll be ruining. out rates," Oct. 13), I would like to money. Public financing is key to presidential race. And because of hits from Pakistan in a row. But, I have no affiliation with share an interesting fact that a friend running a successful campaign. our convenient Electoral College when the DJ came on, he said KTRU, and I rarely listen to it of mine brought to my attention that system, the winner takes all of the So, help us all out. Get out there. he'd had a request for one of outside of a car, but I really like state's Electoral College votes. In Take your otherwise useless vote those songs, and since he wasn't the idea of having an all-music short, Bush will carry Texas and so for Gore, and vote for Ralph Nader. sure which one he played both. station that tries to play music a vote for Gore is really a wasted Help to ensure we have more choices not because it is popular but be- vote here (and in many other places). CONTACTING THE four years from now. cause it isgood. Right now KTRU It will not send a message except has a listening audience of over THRESHER that you are satisfied with the status Sarah Ricord Brewing a good beer 50,000. Every time I hear Rice quo. Hanszen senior sports events on KI'RU, it sounds Letters Dallal also states a huge mistruth, takes knowledge and wrong. KTRU is a music station • Letters to the editor Nader diverges from that Nader has "done a rather poor — putting more sports events should be sent to the Thresher job of showing real differences be- hard work. instead of music on KTRU dur- by mail, fax, e-mail to mainstream politics tween himself and Gore." In fact, Drinking does not. ing prime time hours would be [email protected] or be deliv- Gore's campaign is intent on imitat- like putting more regular pro- ered in person. We prefer that To the editor: ing Nader's rhetoric as closely as gramming instead of videos on letters be submitted on disk I disagree with several of the possible (when it's politically conve- MTV during prime time hours. If points made by James Dallal in his or by e-mail. letters must be nient to do so, of course). That is why KTRU is such a university interests are allowed column about Ralph Nader's presi- received by 5 p.m. on the Mon- But greens are not fooled; they great station. It's a radio station to overru n the station, very qu ickly dential candidacy ("A vote for Nader day prior to a Friday publica- know that Nader sincerely believes completely unaffected by profit it will lose what it now has. is a needless sacrifice," Oct. 6). First in the ideals of justice, environmen- tion date. and driven by requests from That's why you should sup- of all, Dallal is wrong in his assertion talism, democracy, etc. — as evi- • All letters must be signed people who can't hear this music port leaving KI'RU programming that "Nader's only real policy dis- denced by his extensive public ser- and include a phone number. on any other station. up to the KFRIJ members. While agreement with A1 Gore is on the vice record. Gore — as evidenced Rice studentsand alumni must KTRU claims to be an "educa- radio stations across the nation issue of free trade." Yes, Nader is by his relatively pathetic public ser- include their college and year. tional" station, and some think it are running more and more na- against a system of corporate-man- vice record — only pays lip service We will withhold names upon should therefore play more Rice tionally broadcast material, we at aged trade and putting short-term to these ideals (yes, even environ- request. sports events. That's misleading Rice University have something corporate profits ahead of all other mentalism) to garner votes. • Letters should be no for two reasons. values. But Nader also supports cut- very unique, a radio station with longer than 250 words in I don't think Dallal has actually ting our massive budget for the mili- One, listening to sports events its own personality. We shouldn't length. The Thresher reserves listened to what Nader has to say. If tary in favor of strong education and is not educational. Don't get me allow the university to kill it. the right to edit letters for you missed when Naderwasin town health care programs. wrong — I think that playing on both content and length. last Thursday night, I strongly urge a sports team takes a great deal Also, Nader is against the death Gordon Wittick is a Hanszen everyone (voters and non-voters) to of talent and mental concentra- News Tips penalty, against continuing the drug check out www.votenader.org to College senior. m l ips for possible news sto- war, in favor of raising the minimum hear Nader's views in his own words. ries should be phoned in to wage to a living wage and in favor of Nader is the only candidate talking the Thresherai (713) 3484801. serious regulations to protect our about the fundamental changes that Love the weeds, they are your friends environment. These are only a few can save our country from oligar- Subscribing of the key differences. chic corporate rule — real campaign NOP, F rom 1'age 3 atmosphere wherein we open our • Annual subscriptions are Dallal's criticism that Nader re- finance reform, opening up the pub- more difficult for the tax collector to worship and beliefs to others in a available for $50 domestic and fuses to compromise his values in lic airwaves to the public, reducing confess his faults and work to make loving, honest and nonjudgmental $105 international via first order to gain more support only con- the public tax burden by reducing himself a better man. way. I**t us not become the Phari- class mail. siders half of the picture. The Green corporate welfare and pork-barrel Wemay not likethe weedswhich sees Jesus deplored, but rather let Advertising Party is an issue-based organization spending, etc. Educate yourself, and surround us — the people whose us be like the tax collector who and, unlike the Democrats or Re- I'll see you at the polls! actions and beliefs we find offensive wanted more than anything to have • We accept both display publicans, does not pander to power or distasteful. But if we truly believe the will to humbly continue his jour- and classified advertisements. or money. Where Gore and George Jason Hardy that we are all God's children, those ney to faith. Contact the Thresher for more W. Bush try to get your vote with a Will Rice senior of us who profess to be Christians at information. fancy TV ad or a media-friendly per- Primary contact for Rice must practice what we preach. Lizzie Taishoff is features editor and sonality, Nader offers popular issues Greens V Rice Let us work together to create an a College senior. THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27,2000 Guest column The emperor wears no clothes Reform Party splits in Theater needs quality, not quantity I've known I wanted to work in you some relationship counseling. and designer, go to the Players. If theater for a long time. How I ended There are too many productions it's your time to direct your own two, entertains voters up at a school with no theater major on campus. Every college feels like avant garde production, try Lovett. is a mystery to many, myself in- it has to mount a comedy and a Want a musical? How about Sid? cluded. Something about musical and maybe a The "Republicrat strangle- quently consulted for the gov- And soon, when you want to try your a well-rounded liberal arts drama every year just be- hold on our political system" ernment. hand at playwriting, come to Martel. education... as if that gets cause all of the other col- And when it's time to just hang out aside, this year's presidential Over time, he's developed anyone a job anymore. leges are mounting a com- and have fun with other members of election might have included a some tofu-eater ideas, including edy and a musical and a your college, that is where you need promising aspect of developing renewable During Owl Weekend, I drama. What if each col- to be. Students can gain from com- American democracy: energy sources, tight- saw my first show at Rice lege did only one produc- panies what they need to learn and a national third-party ening regulatory con- and left crying during in- tion each year that be- then move on to have different expe- campaign in the proud trols on pharmaceuti- termission. I called my came its signature? What riences elsewhere. American tradition of cal companies and best friend and despaired if some colleges com- Norman Thomas, two solving crime through at spending four years at a More than anything, I think Rice Victoria bined to produce one big Wallaces (no relation), — get this — mass place where they let engi- needs to remember the mission of musical? This would lead John Anderson and meditation. (On the neers act. Zyp its amateur theater projects: to en- to bigger productions that Gary Hart. day he marched on Since coming to Rice, courage students' creative growth would be more fun for the The most visible Washington to hold a I've worked on a couple of through theater. Rice has great re- participants because there would be proponent of this year's James peacemaking mass shows. As a member of the M artel sources in the new theater profes- more people to divide the work. It splinter group wants to meditation session, College Founding Committee, I am sors and the classes they are adding Dallal would also lead to higher quality decrease corporate in- the crime rate soared.) now faced with starting a new col- to the curriculum. These are skills productions because more people fluence on American lege theater program. This has students can apply in their respec- Buchanan didn't would be available and have more lives and seeks a trade policy that forced me to evaluate the relation- tive theater companies across cam- appreciate Hagelin's challenge time to work on the shows. It would will protect the interests of Ameri- ship Rice students have with the- pus. However, I think Rice has to for two reasons. First, Buchanan also behoove theaters on campus to can workers. This rabble-rouser ater. I think it is a beautiful love affair. remember why theater is important wanted to win. The second was collaborate and create a comprehen- is so subversive that he went to And I fear the fire is running out. to this campus — it brings the ben- that Hagelin already represented sive Wee theater season so that pro- Seattle to protest against the Despite being a merciless the- efits of creating theater to people who the Natural Law Party and there- duction, and especially performance WorldTrade Organization on be- ater snob, watching campus theater will move on to become engineers, fore refused to support the Re- times, overlap less. half of a whole coalition of radi- form Party in the event that productions makes me realize that lawyers, teachers and doctors. There- cals. Buchanan won its nomination. this is what amateur theater should fore, we must preserve the joy of the- 1 speak not of Ralph Nader, Hagelin, for his part, had two be about. It is exposing many people ater for this community by making however, nor of the clove-smok- objections to Buchanan. First, to the magic of theater. It changes the process manageabi* and maxi- ing, tofu-eating freaks who run Buchanan sent busloads of his them. It teaches new ways of seeing What if each college mally creative for those involved. the Green Party. I speak of Fat "Buchanan Brigades" all over the the world. I see Rice as a powerful did only one production People should be building stages Buchanan and the nation's one country to elect themselves del- example of why theater is of value — not because they've been assigned true third party, the Reform Party. egates to the Reform convention. it enriches lives, both through its each year that became the task, but because they love us- The Greens will sound their This seemed to violate the vener- creation and its performance. ing power tools and building big objections: The Reform Party ated tradition, so assiduously up- Now that I have such high regard its signature? stuff out of chicken wire. People lacks a coherent agenda. It's held in twentieth-century Chi- for campus theater, I worry about should be coming to rehearsal be- Nader and the Greens who rep- cago, that people should vote the direction it is taking. Twenty or cause it is enriching and fun and resent the Republicrats' worst where they live. more productions a year is simply there is no place they'd rather be. If ideological nightmare. The more than this campus can support. A key to this sort of collaboration the producers of theater on this cam- Greens are polling much better Audiences can't even see all of the is a realization that theater is not pus can concentrate on building anyway. And Pat Buchanan — shows. College producers are beg- competitive. Trying to "beat" another these sort of strong theater en- he's a ... a fascist! I speak not of Ralph ging people to come fill the casts of production is the antithesis to cre- sembles, built on passion for theater ativity. Rather than defining alle- These complaints, however, their shows and the same people are and communal creative spirit, I think giance to a certain company, I think merely underscore the Reform Nader, however, nor working themselves to exhaustion Rice will reignite its love affair with to mount one show after another. I students should utilize all the the- theater and begin again to enrich Party's potential primacy over the of the clove-smoking, ater resources to give themselves a Green Party in forging a threat to am very concerned about what this each other through these creative is doing to the students' experience variety of enriching experiences. initiatives. two-party, one-party rule by the tofu-eating freaks When it's time for you to act Republicrats. of theater. I am not an expert on Shakespeare, go to Baker. When Victoria Zyp is a Wiess College First off, the Reform Party's who run theater, but I have some experience about being a member of an en- you're at a place where you need to sophomore and a member of the pan-ideological soup is what work with a professional director Martel College Founding Committee. makes it a viable contestant in the Green Party. semble. Therefore, I'd like to give American politics. The Republi- cans and Democrats have sur- vived for so long by rallying be- Guest column hind incremental platforms Hagelin's second criticism which confer benefits on targeted was personal: Buchanan is an voting blocs but resist the urge extremist, homophobic, protec- Houston drivers endanger fellow motorists to propose fundamental — in his- tionist, misogynistic hyper- tory, read "bloody" — change. conservative fascist. Yet Moving to Houston has given Young drivers are usually given discuss business and personal af- The Reformers also could Buchanan, for a blissful six me a whole new understanding of the rap for endangering others on fairs. have trounced the Greens in po- months on the campaign trail, the term "defensive driving." Enor- the road, but down here I have found The man who hit and seriously tential power because Pat had toned down his fascist rheto- mous gas-guzzling vehicles travel- it to be quite the opposite. injured one of my best friends in- Buchanan, while in many ways a ric to drive home his staunch ing at 20 mph over the On campus, for ex- sisted that he was not distracted by fascist, cannot dominate his party positions on free trade and the posted speed limit and ample, when I am walk- talking on his cell phone when he as thoroughly as Ralph Nader containment of American empire. drivers otherwise dis- ing across the parking lot, swerved into the next lane. Phone dominates his. Unfortunately, he Then the LBC exploded. tracted by something in- I frequently have to ei- records indicate that he was on the would like to, and his overtures The delegates, all essentially side their cars have cre- ther hurry across the road phone with his ex-wife, who admit- toward domination now appear handpicked by Buchanan, voted ated some seriously haz- or stop because a car is ted to a heated discussion concern- to be the downfall of his party. to discard the results of tne Re- ardous conditions. coming barreling at me at ing their children being held at the The Reform Party had sched- form Party's national mail-in pri- And all this occurs be- upwards of 40 mph. With- time of the collision. He got away with uled its convention for early Au- mary and directly nominate their fore I have even left the out fail, the drivers have a charge of reckless driving and a slap gust in Long Beach, Cal., but ev- leader for the presidency. Rice campus. been over the age of 30 on the wrist. My friend, a talented eryone got overenthusiastic and Hagelin's faithful objected to this People in Texas love Joan and never Rice students. track star, will never compete again. they ended up having to throw legal flouting of democratic prin- their trucks — that is ob- Shreffler The other day, it was a Many countries, such as Italy, two. All this in celebration of a ciple and, after some ungentle- vious. I loved my car too, man driving a red car and Brazil, England and some Austra- manly pushing and shoving, held man I suspect we will ridicule but was forced to bring a wearing a Rice police uni- lian states, have outlawed the use of an impromptu convention across less thoroughly in future years, big, old clunker down here because form who blazed by me. telephones while driving. Citing re- the street at which they nomi- H. Ross Perot. the one I had at home simply doesn't Speeding is so unnecessary and peated studies that drivers on the nated the physicist. Unlike all the other arrogant weigh enough to compete with the just not worth it. I knew a girl in high phone have a 30-40 percent higher third-party gurus who've struck Buchanan, invigorated by the monsters down here in a collision. school who was a grade above me, chance of an accident than other out on their own this century, trench-warfare politics, rose to Even now, if my sedan were to col- very smart and friendly. One morn- drivers, similar legislation has been good ol' Ross built state-level af- address the main convention with lide with a Suburban, I could be in ing, she was running late and got proposed in the United States. But filiates and even shepherded a the most vituperative, angst-rid- some serious trouble. This alone into her Volvo.and headed to school, the lobbying power of the communi- few allies to electoral success at den, uncompromisingly fascist puts all of us car drivers on the de- which was less than a mile away. cations industry has just been too the local level. And, more impor- speech of his life. fensive. Halfway there, she realized that she powerful thus far. tant, after it was clear that his The courts must still decide An unusually large number of had left a paper at home that was Driving is the most dangerous political career had run its hilari- which candidate should receive Houstonians seem to have a real due that day. Instead of driving for thing we do each day, killing more ous course, Ross stepped aside the Reform Party's campaign "need for speed," as well as a feeling another 100 yards, where there was people everyyearthan murder, heart and let other people play with his funds, but whoever eventually that the world should yield to them. a parking lot where she could turn disease and cancer combined. I have money. prevails, Ross Perot's careful There is an otherwise normal yuppie around, she looked in her rearview seen too many of my friends hurt or Problem was that Buchanan work appears ruined. living in the apartment two doors mirror and decided on a U-turn. She killed in motor vehicle accidents, struck a deal with party leaders So if you're intent on seeing a down from me who is one of the was hit by a cement truck and killed and that was in a college town of to assume control in exchange genuine third-party movement in most friendly and cordial people I instantly. She sacrificed her life to 40,000 — including the students — for tempering his more directly American politics, a vote for the have ever met. When she steps into avoid a tardy. where any road with more than two discriminatory views. Run on the Reformers is your best bet. her Expedition, however, she does a My motivation in writing this lanes is considered a highway. free trade issue, they said, and Physicist or fascist, fascist or full Jekyll to Hyde transformation. column is mostly spurred by another Driving is a privilege, not a right, we'll hand you the national party physicist, the Reform Party All of a sudden she becomes tem- recent phenomenon—driving while and I urge everyone to treat it like structure. proves that some people will vote peramental and territorial, cutting talking on a cell phone. ITiere are that. Please, just be a couple min- Then John Hagelin, a profes- for anyone to avoid voting for a off other drivers and shouting ob- more than 80 million cell phone us- utes late to class or wait to call your sor from Iowa — Maharishi In- Republicrat. scenities. I discovered this charac- ers in the United Suites, and it is my friends until you get home. The al- ternational University, no less — teristic when my car was in the shop opinion that half of them live in Hous- ternative just isn't worth it. entered the fray. Hagelin is a re- James Dallal is a Lovett College and she kindly offered me a ride to ton. spected physicist who has fre- junior. class. I decided to walk home that As a result, more and more driv- Joan Shreffler is a Lovett College day. ers are using their commute time to sophomore. . 11sSE§® ^UHj *f : V I I •iM THE RICE THRESHER APVPBWPIKilT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27,200 0 ; ISIS

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To introduce students to the Stu- Six fire alarms in the colleges after a short battle with brain can- ing sure that it wasn't an 'us against According to GSA President Elle dent Health Outreach, or SHOUT, have been pulled this semester as cer. She is survived by her hus- them' department," Hulsey said. Marie Schollnberger, the increase Children's Defense Fund represen- pranks, and college masters and band Maurice Bard, and her son, Hulsey also said that Voswinkel was necessary to maintain the GSA's tative Barbara Best spoke to more presidents discussed measures to Leslie Wayne Voswinkel. had a tremendous effect on him per- current programs and budget. It will than 30 students at Monday's Rice decrease such incidents at their Voswinkel joined the Univer- sonally. "She broke me in right, and also allow the GSA to fund new Student Volunteer Program meet- meeting Oct. 10. Potential solutions sity Police in 1978 as an assistant she counseled with me a few times projects. ing. include installing plastic cases on chief, and in 1985 she was pro- about my style, and I finally came Before 1998, the GSA spent less 'Texas has the second highest the alarms and issuing serious pen- moted to chief, a position she held around and saw the light, and I really than the budget generated by fees rate of uninsured children in the alties to anyone pulling a false alarm. until her retirement in fall 1999. enjoy what I've learned from her. each year, gradually creating a large nation, with one out of every four No policy was established to pun- She is credited with redefining the I realized how much of a differ- surplus. However, in 1998, the GSA lacking coverage," Best said. "Basi- ish offenders at the meeting, but University Police by emphasizing ence it makes conforming to her began sponsoring many new pro- cally, our sole mission in Texas is to college masters ultimately deter- community-oriented policing. type of policing. Before, it was usu- grams and costs for existing pro- make sure that every child is en- mine disciplinary action against stu- During Voswinkel's tenure the ally a negative encounter, and now grams increased, depleting the sur- rolled in health insurance." dents caught pulling fire alarms. University Police formed the Col- it is almost 95 percent positive," plus. SHOUTisajoint venture between Wiess College President Josh lege Officer program, the Campus Hulsey said. 'To maintain the current budget RSVP and community organizations Katz, a senior, said that enforcing Watch program and the Rape Ag- Jones College President and programs in future years, the in the Houston area. Students par- serious penalties and encouraging gression Defense program, a self- Avinash Pinto, a senior, echoed fee had to be increased so that the ticipating in SHOUT help families students to report offenders would defense course for women. Hulsey's sentiments. "She really yearly income covers the yearly ex- fill out the one-page TexCare part- emphasize the dangers of false Voswinkel also started an as- cared about students. When I ap- penses," Schollnberger said. nership form, which determines alarms. sessment program to hire new of- proached her initially, I thought Instead of waiting until the end of whether a child is eligible for Medic- "It goes back to the whole idea of ficers in which members of the she would be authoritative and take the year, GSA had to act on the aid, the new Children's Health In- the college system, of taking care of community, including students, the side of authority. But she un- increase proposal had now because surance Program or low-cost private the situation as students ourselves rate potential officers. derstood where I was coming from, it does not receive fee money until health insurance. rather than dealing with security," " [ In the assessment center], the which was a student's perspective, one month into each semester. This Wiess College sophomore April Katz said. representatives that come and sit and she was always acting as a year's budget is projected to almost Stevens arranged the speaking en- Katz said that Food and Housing on the board see how officers would proponent of the student." entirely deplete the GSA's funds at gagement and is heading Rice's may put up signs near fire alarms react to situations, and they get to Voswinkel's influence was felt the end of the fiscal year, leaving the SHOUT program. informing students that pulling false pick which officers they feel more beyond the police department. GSA unable to fund projects early in The first SHOUT event planned alarms is a serious offense. comfortable with," Sgt. Les Hulsey, Athletic Director Bobby May the year such as the graduate stu- is a "Child Watch" on Nov. 4, an Brown College senior Laurel who worked with Voswinkel for recalled Voswinkel as a firm sup- dent picnic. educational event at Texas Boatright said students don't pay six years, said. porter of athletics and a great asset Other projects sponsored by the Children's Hospital. At the event, attention to fire alarms. Voswinkel was recognized both to Rice. "She was one that we GSA include the graduate student students will visit the hospital to see "No one ever evacuates," within and outside of Rice for her worked with closely because of our orientation, teaching workshops and problems with the current state of Boatright said. "A fire alarm usually efforts to improve the University security needs, and she was will- a survival guide to Houston and Rice. healthcare for children. They will means someone left their brownie in Police. In 1992, Rice named her ing to do whatever it took. She will The GSA also sponsors enhance- also discuss potential improvements the oven too long, someone is smok- Administrator of the Year. In both surely be missed," May said. ment grants t' :al provide funding for for enrolling families in CHIP. ing in the stairwell or somebody 1996 and 1998, the University Po- President Malcolm Gillis re- a wide range of requests from gradu- The first registration day for C HIP pulled the alarm. You just wait for it lice were honored by the State of membered Voswinkel as an ex- ate students, including personal re- is Nov. 18 and will take place at one to go off and then go back to bed." Texas for its work as an outstand- tremely influential and successful search and food for meetings. The of the eight Houston Fiesta super- Vice President for Student Affairs ing crime prevention agency. person. "I've known a few campus GSA has also been sending repre- markets that hosts a monthly CHIP Zenaido Camacho said a source of Those who knew Voswinkel said police chiefs, and heard of many sentatives to the national and re- registration day, held by the recent concern was the tragedy at she was much more than just a re- others, but I have never known of gional conferences of the National Children's Defense Fund. Seton Hall University in New Jersey cipient of awards. "For a little lady, another campus chief who was as Association of Graduate and Profes- "There is a lot of work to be done, last January. The college had been she had mighty big shoes. ... She in tuned with the University, and sional Students. but I think it is time for us all to come plagued series of prank fire alarms had the department in tune with the especially the students." — Rachel Shiffrin together and just get out there in the when more than 600 Seton Hall stu- community and make sure people dents ignored a real alarm. The dor- know about this program," Best said. mitory fire killed three students and A long-term goal of the Rice injured more than 50. SHOUT program is to have a In the past two months, I/wett monthly CHIP registration date at College has reported three prank another location, such as an elemen- pulls, Will Rice College has reported tary school or an apartment com- two and Brown has reported one. plex. "Ix)ng term, we would like to University Police have responded somehow get it incorporated into a to 35 fire alarm calls this semester sociology class where students can from six colleges — Jones College INTRODUCING DAY OF NOD (D.O.N.) actually get credit for the work that and Wiess have not reported any — they would be doing," Stevens said. and most of these alarms were For more information on SHOUT, caused by burnt food or candles. Do you like... ? students should visit the Commu- — Martha Jeong * Inflatable toys * Wet slides * Rubber stretchy things * Groping for bodies in the dark

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The following incidents were reported to the University Police for the Barclays Capital period Oct. 11-25. Residential Colleges "¥• • -v Oct. 11 Bicycle stolen from bike rack. Lovett College Put your knowledge Oct. 13 Bicycle stolen. to the test Brown College Oct. 15 Student reported suspicious Asian 'ifll Lovett College male whorfollowed her from the O ^ - A. * fourth floor to the first floor and then • » •». - j Wfc } i "-V J got back on the elevator. Officers X\ . .v ^ apprehended the suspect, Kok Stand Out Wong. The suspect was arrested for burglary of a habitation and Barclays Capital transported to the Harris County Jail. Recruitment Competition Wiess College Oct. 16 Bicycle stolen.

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SAMMY'S, from Page 1 At the Sept. 25 Student Associa- breakfast would save $78,000, or convenience store currently sells tion meeting, some students brought roughly $45 per student per year. Emergency microwaveable foods, but conve- up the idea of allowing I>ate Night to Ditman said these savings would nience store manager Angel Tho- count as a meal for students with not be sufficient to fund a meal at mas said the microwave is not used meal plans. Sammy's. Contraception. frequently. "To extend the meal plan to Before l^ate Night was reopened, Sammy's would absolutely have up- Subway and the convenience store ward pressure on the price of the made about $500 in revenue during 'What's particularly meal plan," Ditman said. o, 1-800-230-PLAN each 9 p.m. to midnight period, important to me now is Ditman said once a new director and be connected to the nearest clinic Ditman said. of food operations is hired, late-night 1 After Sept. 25, Late Night brought that we have the right food service at the Student Center Planned Parenthood ' in about $350 in sales each night, will be one of the director's main P while the convenience store's rev- things in the challenges. of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc. enue during these hours amounted The selection committee for the www.pphouston.org to another $200. convenience store.' position is currently reviewing two However, opening I^ate Night — Mark Ditman finalists out of approximately 30 ap- approximately doubled labor ex- Food and Housing Director plicants for the directorship, Ditman penses, Ditman said, which more said. than cancelled out the slight increase Rice Catering Director Angela in revenue. Riggs is currently serving as the "Subway requires less sales per At the time, then-Assistant Direc- interim food director, aided by Tho- labor hour to be economically vi- tor of Food Operations Matt Mor- mas. The director position has been able," he said. gan said he thought that if hot break- open since Morgan left Rice on Sept. Ditman said he partially attributes fast were served at four rather than 22 for a job in the Cypress-Fairbanks the decrease in l>ate Night sales from all eight of the colleges, enough Independent School District. last year to the new meal plan, be- money might be saved to fund a late- Students can send suggestions EZ L1VN cause students have to use tetra night meal. or concerns about the convenience !& WJNC. points instead of their meal plan at However, Ditman calculated that store, Sammy's or Subway by e-mail Sammy's. closing four of the colleges during to [email protected]. fill Kinds Df Driuers Sauelllith GtlCO. You may know that GE1CO has been Thinking about Law School? providing high-quality car insurance to some of your neighbors for years. ^ ou may think you have to be in government, BRN 2 RCK or have a spotless driving record to qualify for GElCO's low rates and Representatives from outstanding service. Truth is. all kinds of drivers can The University of Chicago Law School qualify for GE1CO. Even if you're not in gcTvemment or if your driving record will be at isn't spotless, you can still save with NO I DAD the GEICO Companies. Rice University So if you want quality car insurance with 24-hour service, affordable rates, in the Student Center a variety of discounts, and convenient payment plans, call GEICO. We're the Tuesday, October 31, 2000 A++ rated company that's been insuring li generations of smart drivers for 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. 60 years.

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"She wasn't aware of and Astronomy Stan Dodds chal- issue is whether Stokes, by making take the test over the summer before An unsuccessful attack on a the blue phones on campus," lenged the validity of several clarifi- the clarifications to the language matriculation have not yet been intro- jogger running the Outer Loop Adames said. "She could have cations to the language requirement requirement, was implementing duced to the Honor Code. "For many has increased University picked one up and we would at the faculty meeting Oct. 19. The policy or making policy. It is within of those students, passing that test Police's concerns about safety have been there right away." She implementation of the language re- the dean's jurisdiction to implement means that some 18 hours of Rice around campus. An unarmed added that the torn shirt would quirement was led by Interim Dean policy, but only the faculty as a whole coursework would be waived, so the man attempted to sneak up be- have made it easier for them to of Humanities Gale Stokes. can make policy. stakes are pretty high," Dodds said. hind a runner and grab her in find the attacker. At the meeting, Stokes, also a his- Stokes said he believes that the Stokes said he did not think it the early morning of Oct. 14, but By 2 p.m. after the incident tory professor, presented clarifica- authority to make these changes was was likely students would cheat on she fended him off. The suspect occurred, University Police tions to correct problems with the delegated from Provost Eugene I^evy the test. has not been apprehended, Po- started posting "Campus Crime wording of the original language re- and the changes were therefore in "People don't just suddenly get lice Chief Bill Taylor said. Alert" fliers warning students, quirement. These concerned the na- his jurisdiction. honest because they've had an The victim described the at- staff and faculty of the incident, ture of proficiency testing and clari- "The faculty passes a rule for Honor Code briefing," Stokes said. tacker as a Hispanic male, along with safety precautions. fied whi^h languages could be used graduation, and the person who is in "I think that Rice students have a around four feet, 10 inches tall, "When something occurs to satisfy the requirement and were fact responsible for putting such a great deal of integrity, as they have aged 16-20 but possibly older, that threatens another person, previously published as a letter to the thing into effect is the chief aca- shown once they get here, but if with a thin face, thin build and we are very, very concerned and editor in the Sept. 15 Thresher. demic officer of the university, who people do attempt to beat the sys- no facial hair. He was seen wear- we try to make as timely a notice is the provost, but he's not going to tem, there are safeguards when they ing a white cap, white shirt, blue as possible," Taylor said. do it personally, obviously," Stokes get here — the oral proficiency in- shorts and white running shoes. said. "So in this particular case it's terview, for example." The victim, a frequent morning 7 don't mean to the School of Humanities who Dodds also challenged limits jogger on the Outer Ix)op, was teaches the language, so it's up to runningalone that morning east 'When something criticize Stokes placed on languages that may be me as dean to implement it." used to satisfy the language require- on Rice Boulevard between En- occurs that threatens extremely, but I do think The original text of the language ment. The original text of the lan- trances 16 and 17 when she requirement specified six ways to guage requirement does not specify heard another runner come up another person, we that he's overstepped satisfy the requirement. Oneway was which languages are acceptable. The behind her. "by earning on a nationally accred- clarifications limit acceptable lan- "She's for sure that he came are very, very his bounds.' ited standardized placement test a guages to those taught at Rice out of the bushes," Cpl. Alex through the fourth semester, unless — Stan Dodds score equivalent to 'intermediate-mid' Adames, who took her state- concerned and we try or higher, as defined by the Ameri- a student petitions the Committee ment, said. Though she moved Associate Professor of Physics can Council on Teaching Foreign on Examinations and Standing and to the other side of the track to to make as timely a and Astronomy Languages." After the requirement provides documentation proving her let him pass, he continued to was approved, it was discovered that ability in that language. follow her. When she turned notice as possible.' there are no nationally accredited around to see what was happen- — Bill Taylor After Stokes spoke, Dodds, a standardized tests for languages. ing, she saw a hand reaching for Police Chief Wiess College resident associate, To address this issue, the faculty her neck. challenged the legitimacy of the clari- wrote placement tests and sent them 'In this particular case The attacker then grabbed fications. He listed several objec- to the ACTFL to be evaluated. The it's the School of her arm and tried to pull her tions, including that Stokes did not German and Chinese tests were found along. She pushed him off, University Police are making have the authority to make some of acceptable, but the French and Span- Humanities who scratching at his face but instead several safety recommendations the changes he proposed without ish tests were not. They have been ripping his T-shirt and falling in in light of the incident. "Any time faculty approval. rewritten and will be resubmitted. teaches the language, the process. She told the attacker of the day, [it] is a good idea to "I think probably that the changes Other tests have not yet been evalu- that she was calling the police, run with a partner," Taylor said. that the dean has felt obliged to make ated. "Our solution is to write tests so its up to me as dean at which point he fled, Adames He also suggested that run- were done in good faith," Dodds that do measure to that standard and said. ners use the Inner Ix>op at night. said. "I don't mean to criticize Stokes then we get them accredited by a to implement it.' The victim ran toward Main "We feel that we can control the extremely, but I do think that he's national entity," Stokes said. — Gale Stokes Street screaming for help and environment inside the hedges overstepped his bounds." One of the clarifications made to Interim Dean of Humanities came across some other joggers better than outside them," he After some discussion of Dodds' the text of the language requirement who saw she was bleeding and said. objections to the clarifications, allowed for the placement tests writ- walked her to the police station Finally, he added that run- Dodds attempted to bring the mat- ten by Rice and approved by the by 6:15 a.m. Police estimate that ners should be aware of their ter to a vote before the full faculty. ACTFL to satisfy the "nationally ac- Dodds said that all languages the attack occurred around 5:35 surroundings — which includes President Malcolm Gillis said a vote credited standardized test" clause. should be acceptable since the origi- a.m. not wearing headphones. would be against faculty meeting Dodds said he objected to the nal proposal had no limits. "If the The victim was treated for "That's one of the things we're procedures because the item was clarification, which called a test writ- faculty chooses to make such a limit, the injuries sustained in her fall really frightened of, people who not on the agenda. ten at Rice a "nationally accredited that's fine, but the faculty didn't, and by Rice Emergency Medical isolate themselves like that. If The issue has now been referred standardized placement test." " [The it's not the dean's business to do so," Technicians, but said she would she had been wearing a headset to the Committee on Undergradu- Rice placement test is] to my eyes Dodds said. drive herself to the hospital for and headphones, [the victim] ate Curriculum, which will investi- not a nationally accredited test, and As it stands now, students who further treatment. Officers were might have been attacked and gate and make a recommendation to it hasn't been administered under passed the placement test and the immediately dispatched to might not have been able to ward conditions that I think are particu- oral proficiency interview at the in- search the area but were unable off her attacker." larly fair or reasonable, so 1 don't termediate-mid level have satisfied think that it satisfies what the faculty the language requirement. The final had in mind with Item 2 of the origi- form of the requirement will depend Dullish, nal proposal," Dodds said. on what action the Committee on Stokes disagreed. "Dr. Dodds Undergraduate Curriculum takes on Civil rights lawyer chosen thinks [the language proficiency the objections to the clarifications. FASHION tests] are local tests, but they are Zammito said he expected a deci- not. We are writing them, but we're sion on clarifications' validity to be writing them to a national standard," made by next semester. to speak at commencement

COMMENCEMENT, from Page 1 Ghosts of Mississippi, a 1996 film about the life of slain civil rights Your online window worker Medgar Evers. Also, on Monday, HBO pre- miered a documentary narrated by Dees called "HATE.COM: Extrem- into life at Rice: ists on the Internet," which exam- ines the growing use of the Inter- net as a way to spread extremists www.ricethresher.org ideas. Dees'engagement was settled unusually late in the year. Iiist spring and through the sum- mer, Gillis and Assistant to the Presi- Find it. dent Mark Scheid contacted eight of Sell it. the 11 speakers recommended by COURTESY PUBLICATIONS OFFICE the 2001 Commencement Speaker Trade it. Morris Dees Committee, but each declined the invitation to speak. "I can tell you that the faculty and "I ran through the list of credible the board will probably not seri- Respond! E-mail speakers and found that in most cases, ously consider any proposals to buffaloexchange.com the people we wanted were either begin giving honorary degrees," already committed or had required Gillis said. thresher@rice. edu terms, like honorary degrees, that Gillis said he hopes the 2002 Com- we could not meet," Gillis said. mencement Speaker Committee will For example, entertainer Bill have some suggestions ready by Cosby initially expressed interest, April 1, 2001. Usually, class mem- but when he found out Rice does not bers vote on a list of nominees, and grant honorary degrees, he declined top vote-getters are submitted for the offer. consideration. THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2000 11

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by Rachel Rustin decision. Members of the administration THRF.SHFR STAFF who worked with Time are happy Time magazine took a behind- with the coverage. the-scenes look at Rice's Admission "Certainly, Time magazine's call- Office in an article about the college ing Rice one of three top schools and admissions process. The article, "In- [one of] three of the country's most side College Admissions," appears selective schools contributes to na- in the Oct. 23 Time and refers to the tional recognition," Vice President admission processes of Rice, Cornell for Public AffairsTerryShepard said. University and Bowdoin College. "And it is part of national media I^st spring, Vice President for momentum Rice has been gaining Enrollment Ann Wright was asked — from the Kiplinger No. 1 Best about the possibility of having some- Value to Newsweek/Kapldris nam- one from the magazine sit in on ad- ing Rice as a 'hot school,' to multiply- missions decisions. Time wished to ing appearances in publications from COLLEGE STUDENTS CANNOT LIVE ON gather evidence to help dispel popu- The New York Times to the Wall lar myths about the college admis- Street Journal, and from Continental sions process. Wright consulted magazine to Wired," Shepard said. members of the administration and Media Relations Director of Com- RAMEN NOODLES ALONE. the admission committee, and they munications Margot Dimond decided that it would be a great op- agreed. portunity for Rice to get national "One of the things I'm pleased publicity. about is that they thought of Rice to "We talked it over for quite a while call," Dimond said. "To me, that because there are some risks in some- means we are doing a good job of thing like this. ... We wanted to be gaining some visibility for Rice na- sure that they wouldn't misinterpret tionwide and that, to me. is a very or wouldn't highlight anything that positive development." might be perceived as negative," Dimond said that there is a kind Wright said. "Finally, we decided to of "snowball effect" with this type of go ahead because, after all, it's a won- story and the media. derful opportunity to get national vis- "Hie fact that it presents Rice as ibility for the institution." a university worth trying very hard A member of Time's staff sat in to get into is a very positive result of on an admission committee meeting this article," Dimond said. in which students were admitted However, there is no reliable way through the regular admission pro- to predict how this national cover- gram. An agreement was reached age will affect the number of applica- beforehand, stating that everything tions that the Admission Office will said at the meeting, especially the receive this fall. While the number names of any applicants, would be of applicants this year is higher than confidential. last year's number so far, there is no Ckipotle Time also highlighted Rice in the real way to determine exactly what side article "Yes, Your Race Still caused the increase. Matt' rs."The article states that Rice Wright was also pleased with its "has had to reinvent its admissions U.S. News & World Report ranking strategies to maintain the school's among national universities that minority enrollment" because Rice came out earlier this fall. Rice's rank- cannot consider race as a factor in ing moved up from No. 14 in 1999 to FULL BELLV FOR UNDER FIVE BUCKS. admissions as a result of the 1996 13 this year, and in 1998, Rice was Hopwood vs. State of Texas court ranked No. 18. KIR8Y & N0T1IN6HAM • « * • • i 12 THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27.2000 Fondren Library renovations postponed ADVANCE sponsors Board rejects original blueprints; new architect to submit plans soon

by Mark Lai college cheers discussion THRESHF.R STAFF "I think it's good just to have by Michael Nalepa The most expensive building discussions—I think that's what renovation in Rice's history has been THRF.SHFR RDITORIAI.STAFF was accomplished," King said, postponed after the Board of Trust- About 70 people attended the noting that a dialogue had been ees rejected blueprints for the $87 discussion "College Cheers: Love opened even if no clear sugges- million makeover of Fondren library 'Em or Hate 'Em" in the Kelley tions were made at the discus- at their September meeting. Lounge of the Student Center on sion. President Malcolm Gillis, speak- Oct. 20. The discussion was the Yoo agreed, but added that ing for the board, said architect Rob- first in a series of Diversity Talks she wanted more action to come ert Venturi was extraordinarily ca- sponsored by the organization from the meeting. "I wish that we pable, but the scale of the proposed Advocating Diversity and the were able to bring about more renovations posed problems. Need for Cultural Exploration. solutions," she said. "It was not a problem with ADVANCE meetings are al- Though Yoo felt enlightened Venturi's skills, but a lack of clear ways open to all students, but by some of the perspectives that instructions," Gillis said. the discussion of cheers was ad- students shared, she noticed that Project Manager Ana Ramirez vertised more heavily than usual few people spoke in favor of the said the plans were "very dynamic, meetings. cheers. "I feel like it was not bal- and very creative" given the physi- anced," she said. cal constraints of Fondren's loca- Jones College sophomore WtZif Germano agreed that pro- tion. These include the new Humani- and ADVANCE member Mary cheer students were in the mi- ties Building to the south, the pos- Slater was optimistic about the nority at the event and questioned sible expansion of Anderson Hall to first open discussion. "Being whether any meaningful action the north, an underground utility ADVANCE'S first open house, 1 will result from the talk. tunnel to the west and the academic feel the meeting was a great suc- quad to the east. cess," she said. "The turnout was "It was a discussion," Michael Wilford, who formerly great. Everyone had great com- Germano said. "As far as any- taught at Rice and also worked on ments." thing coming out of the discus- Anderson Hall, has been chosen as Slater moderated the event, sion, I don't know if anyone got the new architect. He will present which opened with four panel- the charge to change anything plans in two to three months. ists speaking for several min- out of it." The renovation will involve an utes about their feelings on the Yoo said ADVANCE was not archway leading from the center of current state of college cheers. trying to lead the discussion in a the academic quad to the area behind I,ovett College senior and AD- specific direction. "As a club as a Fondren, which includes the Rice VANCE Student Coordinator whole, we don't have one strong Memorial Center and Herring Hall. Soo Jin Yoo, Will Rice College opinion." CALEB REDFIELD/THRESHER senior Eden King, Hanszen Col- Germano said that students "[Fondren is] a wall in the middle Renovations of Fondren Library, which were initially scheduled to begin in of campus where you wouldn't want May 2001 and end in December 2004, were postponed after the Board of lege senior Lindsay Germano who are against cheers cannot a wall," Hanszen College senior Rudy Trustees rejected the blueprints of the original architect. and Jones senior Michelle expect them to change without Fink, undergraduate representative Brand, all panelists, outlined any action on their parts. "If you to the University Standing Commit- the 1969 addition of the west part of of student life. some pros and cons to college care that much about it, then tee on the Library, said. the library would have be-'n demol- Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and cheers in their presentations. you should do something," she Then, Slater opened a round- Construction on the project was ished and completely rebuilt first. Abbott Inc. is the executive archi- said. table discussion in which audi- initially scheduled to begin in May Then, the original library, built in tectural firm in charge of the project. Germano added that she felt ence members could voice their 2001 and end December 2004. 1947, would be renovated. The new The company will manage the actual that although the broad topic of opinions. "[Rice students] have no love for library would be nearly 300,000 implementation and building specif- the discussion was diversity in a building starting construction," square feet. ics. The firm designed Yale Issues raised during the dis- the college system, it was not fully Fink said. "It's obvious that we don't Ramirez said alternative study University's Irving S. Gilmore Mu- cussion included college tradi- addressed. "College cheers are want to do something wrong." space will be provided during the sic Library in 1998 and has done tions, sexual harassment, toler- not diversity in the college sys- Under Venturi's original plans, renovation to minimize disruption work for Harvard University. ance of sexist language, the im- tem," Germano said. pact of introducing the cheers ADVANCE is in the process during Orientation Week and the of planning talks to examine di- development of alternative versity at Rice, with the goal of cheers. highlighting subjects that don't King said the Diversity Talk get attention on a day-to-day ba- was helpful because it provided sis. 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The Student Association Senate met Monday. The following were discussed:

• Yearbooks are still available in the Campanile office and the Student Organizations office. • Students can earn free tickets to Esperanza by working a one-hour shift. For more information contact Katie Southard ([email protected]) or Amie Jan ([email protected]). • A moment of silence was held in memory of former University Police Chief Mary Voswinkel, who died last weekend. The Senate passed a motion to donate $50 to the American Cancer Society in her honor. • The Senate approved arts@rice, a club to help student artists promote their work and enter competitions and also to raise awareness of the local arts community. For more information, send e-mail to James Noll ([email protected]). Rice Women's Ultimate was if also approved and can be contacted at ultimate@r'c.e.edu. Wi • Homecoming shirts will be sold for $4 in the colleges next week. mm Also, 100 will be given away at the Rice Program Council TG. • Discussion of the development of the Adopt-a-Team program contin- QE ued this week. Teams have been assigned to the colleges, but issues surrounding money and what exactly the varsity sports liaisons are supposed to do still need to be resolved. The Student Athlete Committee will continue to work with the colleges. # • The homecoming ballot was approved. Elections will be held starting tl today at noon until Wednesday at 1 p.m. Laptops will be available at each college during meals for voting. • The program through which Wiess and Hanszen Colleges have been getting national daily newspapers this semester will be evaluated after surveys are handed out at meals at Wiess, Hanszen, Jones, and Will Rice Colleges. Once the data has been compiled, it will be presented to the administration and the future of the plan will be VIANNA DAVILA/THRESHER decided. Rice Environmental Club members gather In front of Wiess College Oct. 20 during the second annual Smog Jog. • Economics Professor Jim Brown will come talk to an SA meeting in Participants carried signs and wore surgical masks to raise awareness about current air pollution levels in Houston. Houston was ranked as the smoggiest city in the world last year. the future about the Economics Department. • Beer-Bike Coordinator Daniel Attaway gave an update on Beer-Bike. Discussions about the future of the parade were held at yesterday's college masters and presidents meeting. Attaway and fellow coordi- Smog Jog participants protest pollution nator Merritt McAlister are looking for area coordinators to help with things such as publicity and concessions. If interested, contact them at [email protected] or [email protected]. Rice Environmental Club uses signs, masks and T-shirts to speak out m The Graduate Student Association will hold a session to talk about graduate student teaching Nov. 9 at noon in McMurtry Auditorium. A by Matt Cuddihy problem, to bolster support for al- informing people about pollution was panel composed of professors, graduate students and undergradu- THRF.SHER STAFF ternative methods of transportation, especially important this year. ate students will be present to discuss the positives and negatives and to try to get clean air laws more "Even if people know about the of graduate student teaching and a teaching assistant system. The The second annual Smog Jog took strongly enforced. Pietruszewski stats, they just put them in the back SA Academics Committee is looking for undergraduates to serve as place Oct. 20 with members of the also noted that a secondary yet sig- of their mind," she said. panelists. Interested students should talk to Gwen Hoben Rice Environmental Club rallying to nificant goal was to emphasize presi- Response to the Smog Jog ([email protected]) or Colin Vandell ([email protected]). increase awareness of high air pollu- dential candidate George W. Bush's seemed minimal, though some • The Academics Committee will be meeting in Willy's Pub Monday tion levels in Houston. poor environmental record in people driving by honked in support before the SA meeting to discuss current issues, including the This year's Smog Jog included Texas. of the event, including the driver of, possibility of instituting minors. about 30 participants who stood out Pietruszewski said that though a Metro bus. • Students discussed the merit of the "Who's Who Among Students in on (he median of Main Street carry- the event wasn't meant to be politi- Houston overtook Los Angeles American Universities and Colleges" program. It was decided that if ing signs protesting current air pol- cal, the event was held earlier in the last year as the No. 1 smoggiest city people wanted to pursue the award, the SA should not deny them the lution levels in Houston and wear- year than the 1999 event so it could in the United States and has traded opportunity. Applications are available on the Student Activities Web ing T-shirts made for the event call- be before the election. Pietruszewski this title on and off with the southern page. ing Houston's smog problem said Bush's tenure as governor has California metropolis. The title for • Mindy Tyson and Gavin Parks will represent Martel College to the "deadly."The signs said such things seen improvements to the environ- smoggiest city is based on the num- university at large. Questions can be directed to Parks as "Breathe easy — it's only poison," ment because of federal regulations, ber of days per year in which there is ([email protected]). 'Take a Deep Breath ... Yum! ... not because of anything done on the an "unhealthy" level of ozone in the Tastes Like Cancer!" and "We fi- state level. air. According to Environmental The senate will next meet Oct. 30 in Farnsworth Pavilion in the Student nally beat IA — Houston: #1 in Air Furthermore, Pietruszewski said Club literature, Texas not only ranks Center. Pollution." Other participants jogged the club officially supports Green No. 1 in the number of days with around the Outer Loop wearing Party presidential candidate Ralph unhealthy ozone levels, but also No. white surgical masks. Nader. Green signs simply declar- 1 in amount of airborne carcinogens, According to Environmental ing "Nader" were among those car- ozone components and toxic air re- In the Oct. 13 article, "Esperanza planned with 1950s theme," RPC Club member Brian Pietruszewski, ried by participants. leases. formals chair Katie Southard's name was misspelled. Also, in the inside a Jones College senior, the goals of Environmental Club member Fittingly, on the day of the Smog box, we incorrectly wrote that pages were produced in full color for only the Smog Jog were threefold: to Megan McGehee, a Brown College Jog, Houston was experiencing an the third time in Thresher history. However, last week was at least the raise awareness of the pollution junior, agreed with Pietruszewski "ozone warning." fourth time that pages were produced in full color because the Oct. 24, 1986, issue contained a full-color feature on the Oct. 18,1986, Beach Boys concert in Rice Stadium. Jones College basement floods during storm The Thresher regrets the errors. until about 4 a.m. to keep the water by Mark Berenson ing by Jones South's outer base- ment stairwell about 10 p.m. Oct. 16 level down. THRF.SHFR STAFF when he "heard something that Jones junior Anna Havey said The basement of Jones College's sounded like rapids." Water was she went to the basement to do south building flooded during a flooding into the room with the laundry at about 10:30 p.m. "When heavy rainstorm on the evening of pumps, and Hulsey estimates that the elevator stopped, 1 heard the Rice Student Oct. 16. No major damaged was re- the water in the sunken room was sound of rushing water, and when ported. four feet deep. the door opened, the water started Specials! The flooding was indirectly rushing into the elevator shaft," caused by construction in the area, Havey said. where work on the new Jones Havey estimated that between an House and Martel College is un- 'When the elevator inch and an inch and a half of water 5733 Kirby derway. was on the floor. According to junior At Jones South, a steel pipe drains stopped, I heard the Steven Wilbur, Jones' construction the water from the roof and pumps it representative, the water level in the out from the basement, where a small sound of rushing water, basement was four inches at the (713)523-7770 amount of water usually collects most. when it rains. The steel pipe con- and when the door The next morning, F&E cleaned nects to a concrete pipe outside the up the basement and construction opened, the water workers fixed the misaligned pipes. M 11)11 M I* I Z Z A wall of the college. Over time, two pipes shifted so started rushing into the The following evening, there was One Medium •i they were no longer aligned, said another heavy rainstorm, but no i# $ flooding was reported. One-Topping Pizza 46 Barry Smith, superintendent of the elevator shaft.' company overseeing construction According to Wilbur, the only | & 1 Drink 6 — Anna Havey damage in the basement was to the at the north colleges. T his did not I Offer valid with coupon only. Prices may vary. Customer pays sales cause a problem at first because the Jones College junior carpet in Stoll's, a room in the base- 1 a, where applicable. Drivers carry less than $20. Cash val«J/20^ y ground around the pipes was ment for student gatherings. packed tightly. However, a few days Wilbur posted a message on the I \ U <. I P I / Z A before the rainstorm, construction Jones newsgroup asking students required digging near the pipe. Hulsey turned on the backup for reports of damaged items, but he !• One Large Because the dirt was loose when it pumps, but water was running into said no one has contacted him. One-Topping Pizza 38 rained, all the water previously the main basement hallway anyway. Smith said this was the first com- $7 draining out of Jones ended up go- Hulsey called Facilities and Engi- plication with the construction that & 2 Drinks ing into the basement, the pumps neering, which sent custodians and has directly affected Jones. "On a Offer valid with coupon only. Pnces may vary. Customer pays sales were overwhelmed and flooding the evening maintenance crew with project of this size, you're going to tax where applicable. Drivers carry less than $20. Cash value l/20< y V began. additional pumps. Once the water have some annoyances to the resi- Sgt. I^es Hulsey said he was walk- receded, pumps continued running dents," Smith said. I 1

14 THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27,2000 $15,000 of students' property recovered Students will be able to use by Eric Carlson THRRSHF.R STAFF IDs to buy food at games University Police recovered prop- erty worth over $15,000 that had been by Mark Berenson the equipment were not stationed at the correct stand, McDougall stolen from unlocked Lovett College THRKSHKR STAFF rooms Oct. 15. Police arrested a sus- said. McDougall said this hap- pected burglar that night after a stu- Students will be able to use pened because they didn't know dent reported seeing a suspicious tetra points on their ID cards to until game time that the system man. buy food at athletic events start- was working. The suspect, Kok Chang Wong, ing with the Nov. 4 football game. Currently, concession prices 25, was charged with burglary of a The implementation of the sys- will stay the same for students habitation, a second degree felony, tem had been delayed since the using tetra points. and transported to Harris County beginning of the semester due to "We have not discussed a stu- Jail. "[We will] probably get state crrr rr; technical difficulties. dent discount, but if the demand »rrr £ felony charges [for theft]," Cpl. Ken Athletic Department Market- increases, we might discuss it," Jackson said. If convicted on the ft ing Assistant Kimberly McDougall said. burglary charge, Wong, who is from McDougall said the Nov. 4 home- However, McDougall said she Ames, Illinois, could spend at least coming game against Southern thought the added convenience two years in jail and be fined $10,000. Methodist University will be an is a large enough incentive. "It is Officer Steve Reiter, the arresting opportunity to test the system not convenient to carry around officer in the case, said $15,000 was a ERIC CARLSON/THRESHER and work out any kinks before cash to an event," McDougall "fairly conservative estimate" of the These items, Including computer CPUs and CD players, were among the basketball season begins. said. total value of the stolen property. $15,000 worth of property stolen from unlocked Lovett College rooms and The system will involve a stu- Some students agreed with Wong's first court appearance on recovered from the suspect Kok Chang Wong's car. dents-only line at the concession McDougall's assessment and said the burglary charge was Oct. 17. He is stands at each athletic venue. This they would be more likely to buy on probation for a previous burglary Wong near the rear of Lovett House. Reiter said he commends the stu- line will be located behind the concessions at sporting events charge and is being held without bond After his arrest, Wong said his dent who initially reported suspi- student section at Rice Stadium, for several reasons. "I would defi- in the Harris County Jail. Wong's next car was located in the Lovett parking cious activity. "This is what makes on the third base line at Reckling nitely buy if I could use tetras, court date is scheduled for Nov. 1. lot, Reiter said. Police checked the Campus Watch work," he said. Park and upstairs at Autry Court. but not if it was cash because At 10:42 p.m. Oct. 15, a student vehicle and suspected that some of Taylor also praised the complain- McDougall (Brown '00) said [tetra points are] my parents' flagged down Cpl. Alex Martinez and the property in the vehicle might ant. "[She] really helped a lot of she thinks this line will move money," Wiess College junior reported that a suspicious Asian man have been stolen. The police con- people," Taylor said. "It was the way much faster than the other con- Erin Leach said. had followed her from the fourth floor tacted the district attorney and got 1 would hope this would happen." cession lines because the trans- Some students even said that to the first floor and then went back permission to search the vehicle. Reiter said about 25 percent of actions will be limited to swiping being able to use tetra points at into the elevator at Lovett. Reiter was According to Reiter, the property the recovered property was en- a card. the concession stands would dispatched to the area, and Jackson, found in Wong's car had been taken graved with identifying information, The delay occurred because make them more likely to attend Officer Derek Griffin and other offic- from rooms on the second and fourth a service provided by tne Campus lines that run from the meal card athletic events. ers responded to assist. The officers floors of Lovett. Cuddihy's suitcase Watch program. readers all over campus to the "1 would be more likely to go did a quick "walk through" of the had been filled with stolen property, Taylor expressed concern that central computer suffer a dete- and buy because it makes the building, Jackson said, "looking for Reiter said. the burglar had easy access to the rioration in quality over distance. whole experience easier with just [a person matching] the description." On the night ofWong's arrest, J ack- victims' unlocked rooms. "There was According to Jeff Murray, card a single card instead of having to Officers spotted a possible sus- son said that the suspect has no known plenty of opportunity," Taylor said. administrator, the venues' dis- go to an ATM for cash," Baker pect. "[He] became very nervous — affiliation with the university. "As residents we need to work on tances are from the central com- College senior Robert Sacamano like a blink of an eye, he took off Among the items seized were two tightening our security." puter were so far that a transac- said. running with the suitcase," Jackson computers, four laptop computers, Most of the stolen property will be tion could not have been com- Being able to use tetra points said. Police later determined that calculators, CD players, credit cards, held as evidence by authorities until pleted by just plugging in a card at concession stands is the latest the suitcase belonged to Lovett fresh- a MiniDisc player, a video camera the conclusion of the judicial pro- reader. attempt by the Athletic Depart- man Matt Cuddihy. and various articles of clothing, in- cess. However, students were allowed Rice purchased and installed ment to boost student attendance As the suspect ran towards the cludingwomen'sunderwear."[Most to retrieve their computers because a booster that amplified the sig- at sporting events. Other strate- Lovett parking lot, he threw the suit- of these items are] highly transport- " [the assistant district attorney ] gave nal so that the sporting venues gies have included giving away case into a dumpster behind the able, highly marketable," Police permission to return property that is could send and receive signals T-shirts and publicizing the Lovett kitchen. Griffin apprehended Chief Bill Taylor said. vital to college life," Jackson said. from the central computer. events more. The system was actually work- "We want the students at the ing for the Oct. 21 football game, game, and anything that might but the concession stand employ- help that, we are willing to try," ees who had been trained to use McDougall said.

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SA TREASURER Emerging Cyrus Caroom Technologies Since I was a freshman, I've seen my fair share of things happen at Rice that might have been prevented if the SA had worked the way it is supposed to. Although it has been getting better, here's why the SA hasn't been working: most Rice students care more about what happens at their own college than what goes on in the RMC. Traditionally, people on the SA have not been all that involved at their own colleges. As a result, the one body of government that the administration actually listens to is full of people who aren't representative of the student body as a whole. That's why I'm running for treasurer - to fix that problem. I've advised at my Engineering at Dartmouth college and been on our college cabinet for two years. I threw NOD. I live http://engineering.dartmouth.edu in the 5-man. I think CK food sucks, Powderpuff rocks, and that the Backpage has been pretty damn funny this year. I feel like I'm in touch with the average Rice student. So vote for me, and maybe we can start to change what the SA looks like.

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Hello, I am Ben Home. I'm a Wiess Junior and I'm anything but apathetic. Here's my two cents: Enthusiasm is everything. To affect life in coffeehouse a positive way, we must speak and act, But before we can do anything, we have to actually care. As part of the Student Association leadership, I will work not only to voice my ideas, but also to encourage involvement from everyone, both in and out of SA office. The Student Association is supposed to represent the students, so it is unacceptable for students to feel isolated or unaffected by the SA. As these are the sentiments of even a fraction of the student body, we must continue to seek improvement. So that's my platform- to not ease up and to be accessible. Like Pele said, "Enthusiasm must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string." And I am enthused, just like a steel string quivering with a Rage Against the Machine riff.

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Hi, my name is Uri McMillan and I am a sophomore at Brown College. My main reason for running for SA Treasurer is a desire to get more involved in the Student Association and to bring a sense of efficiency to the table, Lets be honest, while I am not a big fan of math (1 despise calculus with a passion), I do realize the importance of money (or the lack thereof after books) and how managing it is often a daunting task. While I am not a current SA officer, I have been involved with various projects while here at Rice including: being a diversity workshop facilita- tor during O-Week 2000, a member of the ad-hoc committee to get same- sex domestic partner benefits at Rice, and the current president of PRIDE. If anything, what 1 have learned in being involved with these projects, and being a Rice student in general, is that it is less a function of how much you know and more of how organized and focused you are. Therefore, while I may not be some brilliant mathematician (uh, 1 only take math for distribution credit), 1 do think that I would be able to manage the SA's budget and prevent us from going into debt. Basically, it comes down to this: I want to represent the student body as SA treasurer, because I think 1 have both the efficiency and the dedication for the job. So if you are a fan of $$$, please vote for me. Europe Kim Tran

Hey everybody! For those of you who don't know me, my name is Kim ON • Tran, and 1 am a sophomore at Sid Rich College. I would love to be your SA Treasurer mainly for the following reasons: 1)1 love money. 2) I want everyone (this means you) to have as much money as possible. Sale! First, I love money. Who doesn't? But I know how to make a budget and stick to it. It took practice at home and in high school, but 1 learned it to perfection. Furthermore, every student at Rice deserves to be happy since each one of us pays $20,000 a year to go here (isn't that right?). So, if the majority want s a cool, nifty elevator in every college so it could be like Sid and Brown (which is most likely impossible at this point), I will definitely try to raise the money. Purchase Between I would really appreciate your vote for treasurer. Money can't bring October 24 - 28 happiness — but it always brings a smile to my face. All Major European Destinations London Milan Paris Amsterdam Dublin Frankfurt Brussels Lisbon Madrid Rome Glasgow Manchester Birmingham Dusseldorf Shannon Zurich Tel Aviv Barcelona Malaga SPECIAL FALL ELECTIONS 2000 Santiago de Compostella Alicante Bilbao Palma de Majorca To fill the position left vacant by the resignation of current SA Treasurer Rani Yadav, the Student Association is holding special elections this week.

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Rice welcomed its newest building this past week with a site-specific Humanities Building houses the departments of history, religious studies Design by Lizzie Taishof f dance choreographed by Stephan Koplowitz. "Open Book/Open House" and philosophy. featured a cast of 38 student dancers combined with professional dancers Technology enhancements in the nine new classrooms include the from the Core Company. capability for video conferencing and dual slide projection. Nooks for An hour long production within the confines of the building, the reading can be found in and around the over 100 windows around the dance looked to focus on various aspects of the humanities. The new building. Five study lounges are also available for classes or quiet study.

KIJANA KNIGHT/THRESHER "Open Book/Open House" concluded with a lavish outdoor piece that used the sound effect of opening and closing books to create a rhythm.

ROB GAODI/THRESHER "Room Reading" was choreographed to show off the Main Lobby of the first floor.

In the courtyard, a dancer holds a mock book which contains a light. The piece, entitled "Illuminated Manuscripts," highlighted the theme of enlightenment and incorporated aspects of history, religion and philosophy — all departments housed In the Humanities Building

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"Book Pass" was set on the stairs next to the second floor lobby. The side landing In front of where the dancers are standing houses several floor-towelling windows which face Rayzor Hall, Fondren Library and the academic quad. Featured dancers in "Book Pass" are (left to right) Hanszen College senior Ellen Wan, Brown College senior Ann-Marie Lobo and Jones College sophomore Julie Yau-Yee Tam.

PHOTO BY KIJANA KNIGHT/THRESHER ' _. „ | 20 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS * ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27.2000 KSH • v: vr:'' •• /M.N Ts ' il ' THE THRESHER'S - AM .S ' • '1 . tL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVENTS AROUND HOUSTON THROUGH NOV. 3, 2000. Robert Reichle end of the first act, the adults are THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF being so irresponsible that the Christopher Durang's Baby With household resembles a game of The the Bathwater is a bizarre play by Sims left on overnight—four people anyone's standards. An absurd dark sleep in one bed, they don't change comedy about child-rearing gone the baby's diaper and they yell at it to awry, Baby With the Bathwater's over- shut up. picks the-top situations and offbeat humor As the second act begins, the could provide a dangerous trap for baby has grown into a (surprise!) the average cast and crew. Despite highly dysfunctional little girl. The these challenges, Will Rice College's child is never seen onstage, but in- production of the play manages to teractions between two women in tonight succeed with few flaws. the park (Casey-Ford and Moseley) and between the child's teacher and * principal (again, Casey-Ford and BRATMOBILE 'baby with the Moseley) reveal how scarred he/ bathwater' she is from his/her preposterous KTRU hosts indie punk band 0 upbringing. I Will Rice College f Bratmobile tonight as the Rating: *** l/2(out of five) As the child matures into a adult who yearns to be normal (played by t latest in their series of on- I Tonight, tomorrow and Nov. 2-4 at Will Rice sophomore Matt Haynie), campus concerts. 8 p.m. Donations will be he hashes out his psychological tor- accepted in lieu of admission. 10 p.m. at Sammy's in the ture with an offstage psychologist For tickets, call (713) 348-PLAY. (Wiess College senior Susanne / Rice Memorial Center. Pringle, also the play's co-director $6 general admission, The play begins with Helen (Will and producer) and his eternally Rice senior Amanda Blankenship) messed-up parents. Despite all the free with Rice ID. :+ and John (Will Rice senior Matt mistreatment the child goes through Frost) gooing and gaaing over their (his parents called him a baked po- 1 tomorrow new baby. The new parents are emo- tato, for crying out loud!), the play tionally deformed, wholly irrespon- ends with a hint of twisted hope. DIA DE LOS sible and completely out of touch with such basic, simple realities as MUERTOS their baby's gender. (You'd think You'd THINK it'd it'd be easy enough to just peek un- Celebrate the traditional der the diaper.) Soon after bringing be easy enough to the baby home from the hospital, Mexican Day of the Dead just peek under the overbearing know-it-all Nanny festival from 4 to 7 p.m. with (Will Rice senior Kendall Moseley) the DIAPER. special exhibitions and shows up and adds her own out-of- touch point of view to the mix. Be- Baby With the Bathwater would performances at the ROB GAODI/THRESHER tween the yelling at the baby, sing- be a depressingly dark play if not for Helen (Amanda Blankenship), Nanny (Kendall Moseley) and John (Matt Frost) Lawndale Art Center. ing inappropriate nursery rhymes its bizarre, random humor. Frost tempt the baby with a bottle of Nyquil in Baby With the Bathwater. and feeding the baby Nyquil and From 8 to 10 p.m., DJ leads the cast with his superb comic vodka, Dr. Spock would be pissed. timing, making every scene he's in dignant yelling on her part. In the too far over the top. However, as the Polyphonic adds his dance Before long another stranger, hilarious. He also does a good job of calmer scenes, however, she and school's principal, Moseley executes sounds to the mix. Cynthia (Will Rice freshman making John totally clueless yet still Frost play well off each other. some hilarious one-liners and visual Guinevere Casey-Ford), joins the interesting. Blankenship's Helen Moseley's Nanny is a truly fright- gags. Ironically, the scene between 4-10 p.m. Lawndale Art \ household and imposes her own also has her moments, although the ening character, and at times the the principal and teacher, while Center. 4912 Main St. twisted wishes on the baby. By the script calls for a little too much in- character's psychosis goes a little See BABY, Page 22 . Admission $5 after 7 p.m. i For more info, call HSAL ANSWER? (713) 528-5858.

/ tomorrow Hanszen College's 'Sweet Charity' has big shoes to fill PUNK-O-RAMA Elizabeth Jardina t TOUR THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Sweet Charity is just that—sweet. But to say that Hanszen College's £ Epitaph records, that fall musical is a great show would be ^ bastion of punk-ness in a charity. The cast and the audience seemed to have a good time with it I Backstreet world, brings anyway. | the Voodoo Glowskulls, Agnostic Front, 'sweet charity' % Straightfaced and All to Hanszen College Houston as part of the Rating: *** (out of five) Punk-O-Rama tour. Sure, ! 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow. ^iyou may be hung over from $5, $4 students. For tickets, NOD the night before, call (713) 348-PLAY. but you must witness Allroy's revenge! The musical chronicles the life of Charity Hope Valentine (Will Rice Fitzgerald's. College sophomore Hallie Antweil) 2706 White Oak Dr. and her misadventures in love, be- Admission $12. For more ginning with her relationship with Charlie (Hanszen junior Jared info, call (713) 862-3838. Singer), a married man who pushes her in the lake and steals her purse in the first scene. Hey, sometimes these things happen to a girl. Charity, ever buoy- KIJANA KNIGHT/THRESHER ant, shrugs the whole thing off. Charity (Will Rice College sophomore Hallie Antweil) does a proverbial song and dance in Hanszen College's She returns to her place of work, production of Sweet Charity. the Fandango Ballroom, the type of place where men can buy a dance dresses with sparkly bodices, use cause. Our heroine, as usual, is too tween them. Farr takes the stage with a pretty girl for $6.50 per half an the song to seduce a customer (re- kind to let them go empty-handed. intensely, and Barrett blusters ap- hour. The other dance hall hostesses cently married Hanszen Resident But fate doesn't let her down! propriately. listen to her story about being thrown Associate Lucky Sahualla). The cho- The next few scenes are devoted to This vignette, while not con- in the lake, decry the reography is stiff, and the women a subplot in which Charity meets nected to the rest of play in any way state of men today and look uncomfortable. It sounds a international star Vittorio Vidal I can discern, allows for two of its moan about the hope- harsher criticism than it is—they're (played with gusto by Hanszen jun- best scenes. Both choreographer lessness of their occu- all attractive, lively people, but they ior Mark Barrett last weekend — Eileen O'Brien, a I/jvett sophomore, pation. just don't look like hookers. (In the this weekend the part will be played and costume designer Becky Foley, Then they go out to grand scheme of life, this isn't so by Hanszen freshman Amit Patel). a Lovett junior, clearly had fun with peddle their "wares" (so bad. Their mothers will be proud.) Vidal uses Charity to make his girl- "The Rich Man's Frug," the dance in to speak) in "Big Charity wanders out of the club, friend Ursula jealous. Barrett as Vidal the club where Vidal and Charity go Spender," one of the searching for a new life and, of and Lovett College junior Lauren to dinner. The scene is entertain- many dance numbers. course, a man. Instead, she meets a Farr as Ursula are a wonderful pair, ingly and self-consciously like those The women, dressed in bunch of panhandlers, each claim- except for the tiniest trace of a fake strange dance interludes in the Aus- matching short red satin ing to be collecting money for a good British accent that goes flitting be- See CHARITY, Page 25 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2000 21

MARTI M One-man show 'Marlowe' goes down smooth Amy Krivohlavek THRESHER STAFF It's slick, savvy and smart. And that's just his costume. Marlowe's Last Death and Tale, a new play written and performed by Lovett College sophomore TariqTapa, flows and bubbles with the consistency of a slick martini running down your throat. It's cool, it's unusual and it takes you into a different dimension.

'marlowe's last death and tale' 0 Lyle's, in the Lovett College basement Rating: -k-k-kir (out of five)

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Creating the focus and forward motion es- sential for a successful and captivating one- man show is a daunting task, but Tapa and director Brad Demarest, a lovett senior, have produced a show that keeps the audience's attention and keeps itself moving. The play is made up of three mini-acts, employing a jazz ensemble as a segue device to play through the interludes. It is both a mystery and a statement on the Lovett College sophomore Tariq Tapa acts writer's craft. Tapa tells us at the beginning out his original quasi-detective story in that the play is "a detective story — presided Marlowe's Last Death and Tale, running this TERRA HUDLOW/THRESHER over by a ghost." In the next breath, however, weekend at Lyle's in the Lovett basement. he admits an addiction to a "gift" for lying. Because lying to strangers obviously gives theater and what their relationship helps him does "loneliness need a writer?" the show, almost as if I was listening to some- him no pause, an extra level of complexity is to discover, but remains cynical about love From the moment Tapa steps onto the one speak to me one-on-one. His acting style added to the rest of the show. Does he tell us and the possibility of any close relationship, stage, he is cool, collected, poised and fo- seems akin to that of old-time movie legends the truth? Or is the story of his encounter with asserting, again, that "a writer needs loneli- cused. And, amazingly enough, he is able to such as Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart — filled the ghostly Christopher "Kit" Marlowe simply ness." He finally moves into his encounter maintain this focus and intensity throughout with a rambling familiarity at some moments another one of his storied lies? with the infamous Marlowe on a subway train the show. Despite several minor lighting mis- but also almost unconsciously humorous and Tapa's character is a frustrated writer in that ends up in the Bronx. Tapa's character is haps at the review performance, Tapa kept the comic at others. Most importantly, Tapa does New York. He tells us about the boredom that convinced that he has met a ghost, and his audience's attention — his style is conversa- not overact, an easily achieved but destructive leads him to lie and his loneliness, which "a conversations with Marlowe on the subway tional and intimate. He engag°s his listeners temptation in a one-man show. His stage pres- writer needs." He claims, "1 loved the stories and in an all-night diner bring him to a sort of through well-timed gestures, descriptive fa- ence is subtle and calculated. but they never loved me back." He discusses anti-epiphany that reorganizes his order of cial expressions and voice tone. 1 found myself The strength of Tapa's acting is accentu- the experience of meeting a woman in a movie thinking. Does a writer need loneliness, or nodding in agreement several times during See MARLOWE, Page 22

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COURTESY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. HOUSTON You must work at least two Coming at you in 3-D Monstervision nights a week. It's The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and it's in 3-D! Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m., this classic horror film will jump off the screen in three-dimensional glory in the Freed Auditorium of the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. $5, $4 students. For more info, call (713) 639-7531. i .. ;.

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Angelo Zanola fer the political damage? Will he drop THRESHER STAFF her and choose the safe Hathaway? A Democratic president is des- Or does Evans have a trick up his perately trying to establish a legacy sleeve? in the final year of his term. What Allen has been getting some pre- does he do? Attempt to forge peace Oscar buzz as the proud and strong in the Middle East? Advance democ- nominee who runs up against a racy in the Balkans? Not in The Con- double standard of sexuality. Allen's tender, a political drama about the performance is solid, but her char- appointment of a female senator to acter loses some of its credibility as the vice presidency. the truth is revealed. For an hour, Allen and the writers develop H anson's weaknesses, her pride and 'the contender' her sexuality and then undercut it all in the final minutes. Rating: *** 1/2 Bridges' President Evans has the (out of five) perfect blend of charisma, political In theaters. savvy and frustration for a president trying to make history and enjoy all of the perks before he leaves. The vice president has died and Oldman plays the Republican villain President Evans Geff Bridges) must deftly, taking him beyond the simple choose a new one. He passes over caricature outlined in the script. conventional favorite Gov. Hathaway Christian Slater is good as the young GINO MIFSUD/DREAMWORKS and chooses Senator Laine Hanson representative, but there is some- President Evans (Jeff Bridges, center) announces Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen, left) as his choice to replace the Qoan Allen). Hanson must first be thing eerie about thinking of Slater late vice president in The Contender. approved by a committee headed by as a key player in our government. out the voters entirely. Intriguing to believe that nothing is happening well defined except for the puritan Evans' Republican nemesis, Rep. Despite a number of strong per- characters are introduced and in Washington besides Hanson's Runyon. The script not only recog- Shelley Runyon (Gary Oldman). formances, the cast of The Contender quickly forgotten. Five minutes into struggle. If Evans is a lame duck, nizes the dirt and mud of Washing- Runyon, aided by a young and ideal- lacks chemistry. Each actor is trying the film, the focus shifts from the what about the election? What else ton, but frolics in it for over two hours. istic Democrat (Christian Slater), to shove his own character over all heroics of Hathaway to the political fills the president's days besides eat- The Contender is a solid film but digs up dirt on Hanson's sex life and of the others. The result feels too manipulations of Evans. There is also ing, bowling and appointing? The fi- falls short of its grand ambitions. It smears her before the entire coun- much like a bunch of character ac- a blatant political bias, which re- nal rousing speech wraps everything loves to deal with the dirty, under- try. tors playing politicians. minds us why Democrats have such into too tidy a bipartisan package for handed aspects of our government Hanson refuses to dignify the at- There are also some problems an easy time raising money in Holly- a film about bitter rivalries. and has moments of greatness. The tacks on her character but finds her with the story. The Contender fo- wood. Even with these problems, the film has a good cast and some funny popular support fading fast. Will the cuses entirely on the machinations For a film that strives for political script is nicely paced and sometimes moments, but I don't expect it to be president stand by Hanson and suf- of politicians and the press, leaving authenticity, The Contender\eads one hilarious. All of the characters are a serious contender on Oscar night.

GIVE ME YOUR SUITEMATE OH GIVE ME DEATH This 'Baby' is no potato Alley produces a dreamy 'Midsummer' BAHY, from Page 20 important transformation for one funny, is one of the script's of the characters. Tim Crippen expected too much of the younger weaker points because it feels Durang's script is good over- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF ones. The young lovers all have prob- so out of place. all, but it also leads to this The Alley Theatre's production lems creating a humorous character Casey-Ford's Cynthia is the production's biggest problems. of Shakespeare's A Midsummer without going overboard. Chris right combination of spacey and Too much of the play is spent Night's Dream is visually stunning Henry Coffey, as Lysander, bellows scary, and Haynie portrays the with the characters screaming and funny, but it overlooks some most of his lines. For the most part, young man as appropriately con- like banshees at each other, and subtleties that could make the pro- he's more annoying than funny. fused, conflicted, but still some- my ears were actually ringing on duction great. Laura Heisler's Hermia is too sweet, how normal in a way. Unfortu- more than one occasion. With Alley Artistic Director Gregory making her love for Lysander nei- nately, Moseley and Casey-Ford all the yelling, the pacing gets a Boyd achieves his advertised goal of ther comic nor idyllic — only juve- play so many characters that at little weird at points because focusing on the "dream" of the play. nile. Perhaps Boyd wishes to por- times they start to blend to- the characters are simply fight- He does so by using elements from tray young love as idealistic and ex- gether. ing back and forth with no reso- different times and locations that aggerated, but he could have cho- Directors Pringle and Steve lution. inexplicably meld together as in a sen a way to do so without making Carstensen, a Will Rice senior, And it definitely takes a cer- dream. The costumes look like they his characters grating to watch. do a good job of using the awk- tain sense of humor to appreci- are from the '40s to the '80s and from Boyd, like many directors, ward space of the Will Rice ate the play's darker moments, pulp fantasy novels. In choosing sets chooses to have the same actors Private Dining Room. The block- so some theatergoers might not and costumes that exist out of time, play the roles of Athenian nobles ing makes efficient use of the get all the jokes. Boyd, costume designer Judith Theseus, Hippolyta and Philostrate minimal set, which consists In all, Baby With the Bathwater Dolan and scenic designer Vincent and fairies Oberon,Titania and Puck. solely of a sofa-bed, and is in- is a rock-solid production. The Mountain have accomplished the Because the Athenian and the forest conspicuous enough to not in- dark humor works nearly every goal of creating a dreamy tone in the sets and costumes are so different, terfere with the absurd nature time thanks to Frost's great dead- visual aspect of the play. Boyd makes the character pairs JIM CALDWELL/ALLEY THEATRE of the play. pan and the cast's chemistry as Joel Stein (Baker '95) leads a live seem more disparate than The lighting, designed by a whole. The script isn't for ev- onstage band in the Alley Theatre's Shakespeare may have intended. Carstensen, is nothing remark- eryone, but the cast and crew of A Midsummer Night's Dream. 'a midsummer Some of the actors take advantage of able, but the script doesn't really the Will Rice Theater production night's dream' the opportunity to portray two char- Snout, Starveling and Snug really call for any elaborate situations. overcome its flaws on nearly ev- ^0 acters. For example, Shakespeare's steal the show. James Black and J oh n The lighting and music are used ery level, making for a hilarious The Alley Theatre creation of Hippolyta and Titania Tyson, who played the leads in last quite effectively to highlight an show. Rating: *** 1/2 (out of five) (both played by Elizabeth Heflin) season's A Comedy of Errors at the requires enough snobbery and dis- Thursdays through Sundays Alley, continue their great chemis- tance to make them similar, but until Nov. 4. 7:30 p.m. try as Nick Bottom and Francis Flute. weeknights, 8 p.m. weekends, Heflin skillfully adds a sensual side In the artisans' play within the play, 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee. to Titania to distinguish her. Todd they take the leads as Pyramus and Student-written play a treat Tickets from $32. For more info, Waite, who portrays both Theseus Thisbe. call (713) 228-8421. and Oberon, is too stiff in his role as Tyson has the subtlety of Johnny MARLOWE, from Page 21 My only complaint is that the set Oberon to do the costume and set- Carson and Black reminds me of ated by the jazz strains that enable is, at times, a bit cumbersome to ting justice. Anthony Hopkins in Titus. This the production to flow along. The Tapa's movement. An oddly placed A Midsummer Night's Dream tells Jonathan Scarfe, who plays both group of characters portrays band, comprised of graduate stu- chair tripped him up once or twice, the story of young Athenian lovers Puck and Philostrate, the "Master of Shakespeare's dialogue in dry, dent Dylon Robbins on tenor saxo- and I would have liked to see him who escape to the woods to avoid Revels," has tremendous energy. His unexaggerated tones and allows his phone, Brown College junior Dave with more range of movement. I also arranged marriage. The mischie- Puck is sinister and diabolical, and as language and their own understated Herman on bass and Baker College wanted to hear more from the jazz vous Puck, as instructed by the quar- Philostrate, he performs onstage (and physical expression to create all of junior Daniel Mee on drums, is an ensemble. relling King and Queen of the fair- in the theater's lobby) before the ac- the comedy. At the show I attended, excellent addition to the show. As for the play itself, the mono- ies, Oberon and Titania, casts spells tual opening of the play. Playgoers they had the audience rolling by the The music creates an avant-garde logue advances promisingly, but on the Athenians to confuse their enter to the nine fairies dancing in last scene, and Tyson even had to atmosphere in Lyle's, usually home Tapa's experience with Marlowe passions. the aisles, Philostrate running about pause to stop his own laughter. Sure, to the Undergrounds, a setting that could be developed a bit more. Meanwhile, a group of artisans like a social director and a live band he broke character, but to me, evok- integrates well into Tapa's play. The I'm not sure that I understood from the town rehearses a play in performing onstage, headed by Rice ing that kind of audience response is transition from the jazz ensemble, this play entirely, but I definitely the same woods. When the lead arti- alumnus Joel Stein (Baker '95). quite a feat. intimately playing by candlelight, to enjoyed the atmosphere it created san and actor is magically given the Stein also composed original All in all, I would call the Alley's/4 Tapa, clad in a long, lean black suit, and the overall experience of watch- head of an ass and Puck causes both songs for the play, which he periodi- Midsummer Night's Dream an ac- gives the production a classy look. ing it. When I asked a fellow audi- of the young Athenian men to fall in cally wanders onstage to perform complishment. Boyd has made some The show's look is also enhanced by ence member whether he liked the love with the same woman, confu- either as background or in the spot- fascinating artistic decisions and al- the lighting, by Lovett junior Hari production, he called it "one of those sion follows. All is conveniently light. He looks like a wandering hip- lows the tender side of the play to Patel and Lovett senior Shervin things that you have to think about wrapped up with a wedding at which pie and adds a great subtle comedic come out. The brief moment when Shirvani. The colors of the set — for a while before you decide if you the artisans perform their "Pyramus element. Bottom recalls his affair in the woods black, white and gray, punctuated like it or not." I definitely agree. and Thisbe." Despite some problems with the is beautiful. For the great comedy by red — set off Tapa's black suit Marlowe's Ixist Death and Tale will In his concern about creating the acting, the atmosphere is great and and at least some great actors, A well. The colors are classic, reminis- give you food for thought, but the dream, Boyd has seemingly ne- the cast provides consistent laughs. Midsummer Night's Dream is worth cent of such stylized movies as LA. experience of the play itself is not to glected the actors or has at least The artisans Quince, Bottom, Flute, the drive downtown. Confidential and American Psycho. be missed. Pass me a martini. THE RICE THRESHER ARTS ft ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27,2000 23

l)(> IHh) Sl't- \l\ l\ h)R'W(i/\l Pearl Jam lightens up in concert Elizabeth Jardina probably why it (and Yield and No Code) never THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF had the monstrous success of their first al- Let's start being honest about our rock bum, Ten, or their second, Vs. stars. There's Pearl Jam — but really there's But in Pearl Jam's two and a half hour just Eddie Vedder. I know, I remember Pearl concert in Houston, they didn't really want to Jam's whole campaign about how the band is challenge us too much. They wanted to play a band, not a solo act, and how Eddie isn't any some music and have a good time, and they more important than the rest of them. I memo- wanted their fans to do the same. The band rized their names: Mike, Stone, Jeff and that that's virtually made a career out of being drummer guy. unhappy seemed content. The setlist was evenly taken from all of their albums, much to the delight of the / audience, especially when they returned to J pearl jam their grunge past and their familiar radio singles — "Jeremy," "Betterman," "Cordu- /AR OCTOct.. I414,, Cynthia Woods roy," "Alive," "Black," "Yellow Ledbetter" MMitchel l Pavilion and "Evenflow."

But when they were onstage at the Wood- lands Pavilion Oct. 14, all I watched was Eddie. 'We did a concert in a He was standing front and center and he was place like this a few magnetic, with his expansive and gravelly voice, his body tensely focused on the micro- weeks ago — I think it phone. The cheering was at its loudest when Eddie came onto the stage during the first was WISCONSIN. It was encore, accompanied only by his ukulele. A 28 degrees. This is rock star, a spotlight and a ukulele — now that's what 1 call a concert. nice. It's like HAWAII.' Pearl Jam has mellowed in the past few years. They've gone from the angry guys tes- However, there are hazards to playing so tifying in Congress about Ticketmaster's mo- many recognizable songs. One of Pearl Jam's nopoly, intentionally releasing singles off Yield great strengths is its ability to create a story in and No Code they knew wouldn't make it on a song: the boy on the mountaintop, arms the radio, pushing away fame as hard as it was raised in a V in "Jeremy"; the lonely wife in pushing to envelop them and are now a bunch "Better Man"; the "Elderly Woman Behind of guys who get together and make good the Counter in a Small Town." music. In this respect Pearl Jam's songs vary from Their new album, Binaural, represents a most pop music of the past 10 years, which BRIAN STOIER/THRESHER further step in their evolution away from the consists mostly of "I felt this" and "I did that." Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder asks you not to call him "daughter" as his band plays esoteric tunes and crowd-pleasing favorites at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion Oct. 14. grunge rock that made them famous. That's See VEDDER, Page 25

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•1 Elliott Smith? Sad? Nah. Josh Katz signing to major label THRESHER STAFF Dreamworks in '98, Smith has This might very well be the released two rock a/bums, fea- only rock 'n* roll show where the turing (gasp!) electric guitars, tear in your eye isn't from the bass, piano, occasional string sting of cigarette smoke. When arrangements and a full drum Elliott Smith played at Numbers kit. His latest, this year's Figure Oct 19, the eyes of more than a 8, even includes upbeat pop few sensitive indie rockers grew tunes such as "Son of Sam" and damp thanks to his soft, guitar- "Happiness." Happiness? based pop longings. Elliott? Yes, with Prozac to complement the enormous bottle of Jim Beam, Smith took elliott smith the stage with a full backup band at Numbers. And thank- Oct. 19, Numbers fully, amazingly, the rhythm sec- tion never once detracted from Smith's virtuous solo abilities. Not many people noticed As much fun as it would have Smith in the early-'90s Port- been to see Smith playing his land-based indie rock band songs alone with his acoustic Heatmiser. Even fewer would Gibson, this isn't a folk revival recognize his first solo effort and the decidedly full, live sound DAVID JAMES/WARNER 8R0S. from 1995, an entirely acoustic the band lent to his newer *unes Arlene (Helen Hunt), Trevor (Haley Joel Osment) and Mr. Simonet (Kevin Spacey) enjoy a round of "Raw Is War" in affair that featured his own gui- created genuine excitement and Mimi Leder's Pay It Forward. tar work, a few harmonica parts serious head-nodding amongthe and an occasional stand-in drum- crowd. mer. Elliott Smith has now re- No big payoff in the promising 'Pay It Forward' leased five solo albums, each gradually expanding his sound His lyrics speak Angelo Zanola help three others, and the chain will The blame for this uninspired film and production technique. In Of DEPRESSION THRESHER STAFF continue. Trevor's mother (Helen does not lie solely with the actors. 1997, Smith got a small break Pay It Forward should have a lot Hunt) is a recovering alcoholic and The script is jumbled, unevenly when he landed four powerful and alcoholic going for it. All the stars have won or is skeptical of his early attempts to paced and rarely funny. Instead of tunes on the Good Will Hunting have deserved to win Oscars. The put his idea in motion. working with the script, the actors soundtrack. He performed at the woe. The girl premise sounds like a can't-miss — a As one of his good deeds, Trevor are forced to overcome it. WTien the Oscars that year and his "Miss always leaves little boy comes up with a plan to decides to set up his mother with best scene in a film contains no dia- Misery" was nominated for best make the world a better place. Actu- Mr. Simonet so they can help each logue and has Kevin Spacey ironing original song. Then he lost to and happiness is ally, the movie does not miss as much other resolve their respective prob- clothes, something is wrong. Celine Dion's bilious ghost-writ- as it barely hits the target; the result lems. While the love story between Thomas Newman seems to have ten piece of crap from the Ti- only another ST. is a mediocre let-down of a film. the two damaged souls plays out, a recycled his score from American tanic soundtrack. Not that it left IDES away. freelance reporter Gay Mohr) who Beauty, but what worked so well in anyone bitter. has just been "paid forward" (given an amazing dark comedy is ill-suited That's life for Elliott Smith. 'pay it forward' a new car) decides to trace the idea for a mediocre tear-jerker. The di- His lyrics speak of depres- Even accompanied, Smith's back to its roots. The story contin- rector, Mimi I^der (Deep Impact), sion and alcoholic woe. The girl vocals still float softly and sadly. ating: ** 1/2 (out of five) ues predictably, hearts are tugged has pulled so many camera shots always leaves and happiness is On his albums, he layers his own only another St. Ides away. To- voice into multiple-part harmo- In theaters. and eyes are misted. and elements from y4s Good as It Pay It Forwards acting is lacklus- Gets, The Sixth Sense and American morrow comes and the loneli- nies to create an eerie and rich ter. Hunt is unremarkable, and why Beauty that it's laughable. Leder's ness returns. Everyone who went effect. This is tough to do in concert without Backstreet-style Trevor (Haley Joel Osment) has she took a part in a movie that makes apparent plan is for the audience to to see him perform knew to backup tapes or sophisticated just started seventh grade. Mr. her look like an anorexic Mary Kay somehow overlook the lackluster bring a few hankies. It's impos- cloning equipment. His backup Simonet (Kevin Spacey), Trevor's reject is beyond me. Spacey tries to acting and fiat script and think they sible to separate Elliott Smith, band, however, features remark- disfigured social studies teacher, puli the film up but is dragged down arc watching a much better film. the psychological profile, from ably adept harmonizing by the gives his students an interesting as- by a pound of facial makeup and a Even so, Pay It Forward does have his music. bass and organ/synthesizer signment: find a way to change the bad script. Osment is the most ener- some tunny and touching moments. What resulted at Numbers players. In this v^v, a Smith world. Trevor takes this to heart and getic of the actors, breathing some Pay It Forward has its heart in the was a concert of emotional concert isn't i

tarist) leaves the songs a little flat, work of DJ Premier and DR Period. and they tend to sound the same. Many of the beats are crafted per- fectly for Fame and Danzenie; few I i "Nocturnal," "Fog Surrounds" and "Moonlite Dreams" are all quick- other rappers could make them work moving drag races of songs with so well. ill heavy punk influences. On the more Beyond these four songs, the rest traditional rockabilly side, "Devil of Warriorz is of similarly high qual- Girl" and "Twenty Flight Rock" have ity. It boasts a generous 18 songs Elvis-style vocals, rock 'n' roll guitar and easily ranks among the best solos and a more '50s-ish beat. After albums of the year. In an era where the album flew by me upon first accusations of selling out are ram- listening (it's only 32 minutes long, pant, the M.O.P. has kept it real, with 13 tracks), I was hungry for treating their true fans to a nearly more songs in the traditional vein, flawless album. since these two songs are among sampler the album's best. — Todd Makse Tiger Army sounds a little one- dimensional at times, but the few hepcat true rockabilly tracks make up for its flatness and provide a nice outlet tiger army for those looking to thrash to some- PUSH'N SHOVE thing other than the usual punk fare. If there's one modern band that ever captured the soulful sound of TIGER ARMY — Robert Reichle 1960s Jamaica, it's Los Angeles- A quick look at the track listing based Hepcat. Critically acclaimed for Tiger Army's self-titled debut is for their 1997 album Right on Time telling: "Prelude: Nightfall," "Noc- and widely recognized as a torch- turnal," "Moonlite Dreams," 1 bearer of the traditional Jamaican "WereCat," "Last Night" ... notice ska sound during the ska deluge of the "creatures of the night" motif 1996-'98, the members of Hepcat have spent years perfecting their AMELIA POUSSON/THRfSHtR yet? The theme is fitting for a Vocalist Kathleen Hanna (center) 3^ps rope in Le Tigre's hyperactive psychobilly band that aims to tear timeless mix of Kingston rhythms, show, sponsored by KTRU Oct. 12 in the Grand Hall. into your ears like a blood-hungry R&B and jazz. Push 'N Shove, predator under the full moon and Hepcat's latest album, is slower and thrash you around in its forest lair moodier than previous efforts, but KTRU hosts variations on pop until you beg for mercy. it's still a killer. OK, so maybe that description, "Push 'N Shove," the disc's Mariel Tam several hundred Rice students though fitting at Halloween, is a little opener, incorporates incredible vo- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF and fans from Houston. inaccurate. Tiger Army might want cals by Greg Lee and Deston Berry KTRU sponsored a night of Lord Douglas Phillips opened to tear its listeners in half like a to create an instantly memorable, feminist/queer pop on campus for Le Tigre with its brand of Siberian on the prowl, but they fall a m.o.p. light and easy song. The sparing use Oct. 12, executed in very differ- smart, self-consciously funny, little short. And although Tiger Army of saxophone and trumpet highlights ent ways by the two bands on folksy rock. The group, fronted definitely leans toward the "psycho" WARRIORZ the cool vocals on what is one of the the bill. by Austin singer/songwriter end of "psychobilly," there's more album's finest moments. Le Tigre's electronic punk Gretchen Phillips, got the crowd to the story than that. The word "real" is thrown around Alex Desert, the band's former songs revel in the "cut-up" tech- laughing and their feet tapping. Tiger Army's sound (in the band's much too often in the world of hip- co-vocalist, returns as a guest on nique with a definite activist The Oct. 12 show in the Grand own words, "American Psychobilly") hop. The M.O.P. (Mash Out Posse) "Tek Dat," the album's second track. edge, with music heavy on pro- Hall was one of several shows combines elements of punk, does not have to use the word: They Desert, an actor who appeared in gramming and sampling. Lead KTRU is sponsoring this fall. hardcore and surf rock with the define it. Lil' Fame and Billy Danzenie Swingers andTVs "Becker" and "Boy vocalist Kathleen Hanna, most The shows are free with a Rice rockabilly sound of a thick upright are the two remaining members of Meets World," lends a somewhat famous as half of the seminal ID. KTRU's next installment is bass and drums that sound like a what was once a much larger crew in sinister tone to the calypso sex song. riot grrrl punk duo Bikini Kill, tonight's Bratmobile show at cattle stampede. In theory it's a fun, Brownsville, Brooklyn. Warriorz is The sultry voice of another guest was a loaded gun onstage, at 10 p.m. in Sammy's in the Rice fast and frenetic recipe, but the pro- this "last generation's" fourth, and vocalist, Karina Denike of the Dance times teasing the audience of Memorial Center. duction on the album (handled by best, album. Hall Crashers, counteracts the for- Nick 13, the band's vocalist and gui- The group is admittedly too lorn reggae moodiness of "Prison of hardcore for many hip-hop fans. Love" and adds balance to what is Much to their credit, M.O.P. has the best song on the album. The remained true to their style since song originally appeared on Out of ON SALE NOW!! their first album, I994's To the Dea th. Nowhere, Hepcat's debut album, but At the time, their single, "How About this remake is sexy and lovesick in Some Hardcore," was a minor hit in ways the original version never came New York and helped them build a close to being. small, loyal underground following. Other high points on the album Warriorz is the pair's first real include "The Region," "Day- chance at commercial success for dreamin'" and "Comin' On Strong," two reasons. One is the relentless all of which successfully rely on Lee promotion of the album by influen- and Berry's harmonic, back and forth tial people in the industry, including vocals. Funkmaster Flex and DJ Premier, As for instrumental, two shad- who want to see the pair get its due. owy, brief dub interludes contribute The second is the high quality of the to the introspective feel of the al- music, especially the second single, bum. Fans of Hepcat's earlier, "Ante Up." bouncier ska songs like "Bobby and "Ante Up" features an incredible Joe" will be pleased with "The Spins," display of energy over one of the a danceable, sax-heavy party song, best beats I've ever heard. The pair but it's the only true get-up-and- comes close to matching the same skank song on the album. intensity on several songs, but two Hepcat fans and most other ska that particularly stand out are "G- scenesters will dig Push TV Shove, Building" and "Calm Down." An- but it's also a very accessible intro- other excellent song, "Everyday," is duction to old-school Jamaican an unusually soulful collaboration sounds for fans of jazz, R&B and with the Product G&B. other sounds of the early '60s. i The production on Warriorz is also top-notch, higlighted by the — Robert Reichle Smith amazes at Numbers SMITH, from Page 23 bums, including acoustic versions than a Smith recording. of the Good Will Hunting daydream Smith has the shyest, most be- "Say Yes" and the bitter "Southern guiling stage presence of any per- Belle." Smith was called to perform former I've seen. Besides asking if a second encore, at which point he the audience was doing OK, twice, asked the audience what they wanted he paused between songs only for to hear. swigs of beer, an occasional awk- "My song or a cover?" he asked. ward grin to the audience, or an- "Yours!" other guitar being handed to him by "An old song or a new song?" his busy roadies. I counted seven "Old!" different guitars in all, an impressive "A happy song or a sad song?" tally. "Sad!" (as if there was even a Smith reworked several of his choice). earlier acoustic numbers such as "A tall song or a short song?" Houston Chronicle "Clementine" and "Needle in the a Hay" into full-band rock. It's tough He launched, solo, into the Good Will Hunting tune "Angeles," a gentle ST"-* GfTto rnr concert to say that something wasn't lost in •CD EARLY the transition from wispy acoustic to lost-love classic, just one man strum- vi u D n J I 1 62 5 AMtX full electric, but it's the differences ming a guitar and pouring his heart from a studio album that make a out for another night. And the mu- Tickets also available at 713 629-3700. and all other nc/cpirriMier concert intriguing. Smith performed sic, bittersweet and complex, ended get tickets at isf^.com outlets AH dates, acts and ticket prices suhiect to chanqe without notice nearly all of his singles and the best- with the hope that just maybe, hap- A service charge is added to each ticket price. Brought to you by SFX. known works from his five solo al- piness really is around the corner. THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27. 2000 25 4 Fine tunes make for Sweet H) II K ( .1 \.s f-OR \ \l)l-.R 'AM) IM 1A Hanszen College musical

CHARITY, from Page 20 The worst technical part of the tin Powers movies. The costumes, show is in the usage of slides to set geometric black and white prints, the scene and occasionally narrate are equally groovy. (e.g. The First Kiss"). They were Then, after Vidal takes Charity pointed too high and disastrously back to his apartment, she sings "If faded in and out of focus, either in- My Friends Could See Me Now." tentionally or unintentionally — I (Yes, it's the Carnival Cruise Lines couldn't tell which. theme song, sung ever so petulantly The orchestra, on the other hand, by our friend Kathie Lee Gifford). In is delightful, conducted by Hanszen this number, Antweil is at her most AssociateTom Bisciglia (Wiess '98). confident and comfortable. Her so- It is small (drums, bass, piano, flute, prano is clear, and the lyrics are clarinet, sax), quite good and mostly pleasingly intelligible, sometimes a unnoticeable, as an orchestra should problem in college theater. Her danc- be. ing is adorable and enthusiastic, and The two major problems with the the effective lighting allows her to musical are both substantial. The really take the stage. first is that the three full-scale musi- After this engaging sequence, the cals being produced this semester show begins to meander a little. have strained the rather shallow Rice Throughout, ever-hopeful Char- acting pool, and support of theater ity and her hostess friends sing about by Hanszen residents has been dwin- the hardships of being "stuck in the dling over the past few years. Hanszen Theatre chair, vocal direc- flypaper of life," as Helene (Hanszen ABBOT GENSER/ARTISAN junior Daniella Muallem) puts it. tor and producer Andrea Lubawy Jeff (Jeff Donovan) and Erica (Erica Leerhsen) get progressively more and more freaked out by the strange happenings Helene and Nickie (charmingly and director/producer Laura Duke in the woods in Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. played by Baker freshman Hayley (Baker '98) put this show together Brown) sing a really lovely duet in mostly out of their hard work and Act II, "Baby Dream Your Dream," energy. as they wish Charity the best in her The second is the show itself. It's 'Blair Witch 2' better than expected pursuit of Oscar (Will Rice junior dated — the spunky Mary Tyler Phil Mayor). Moore type no longer strikes a chord Robert Reichle — all the movie's characters are actually works. Book of Shadows is Antweil is the heart of this show. with women. Sweet Charity was first THRESHER EDITORIAL STAEE named after the actors who portray almost as psychological as the first She plays the difficult role of Charity mounted on Broadway in 1966 by Unless you were stranded in the them... almost as ifit'satruestory!). Blair Witch: You never see too much, with verve, although she's a little legendary choreographer and direc- forest for the entire summer of 1999, Jeff, recently released from a and a lot of eerie stuff goes unex- childlike to play someone who may tor Bob Fosse. It seems like there it was impossible to avoid the phe- mental institution, takes a group of plained. The plot also keeps you or may not be a prostitute. (She's are a lot of extraneous dance se- nomenon of The Blair Witch Project. tourists on an overnight trip to the guessing to an extent — multiple not, by the way.) quences in the show because there Its low-budget feel, documentary abandoned home of Rustin Parr (a explanations for the movie's creepy Mayor, who has done some re- are. In 1966, Fosse was the hottest point of view and deceptively realis- murderer who played a role in the events are always floating around in ally good work in other college name on Broadway, so having many tic marketing scheme made it the myth of the Blair Witch) as part of a your head. shows, seems distracted. Oscar is dance interludes — like the incoher- antithesis of recent studio horror "Blair Witch-hunt."The group mem- The editing and cinematography supposed to be both creepy and ent sequence in the hippie "church" movies like Scream and I Know What bers fall into convenient stereotypes: are actually pretty cool, especially charming but ends up merely being — made sense. They let Fosse show You Did iMst Summer. So what busi- there's Kim (Kim Director), the Goth when you consider how boring and vague. off his talents. O'Brien, though she ness does Artisan have making a who thinks she's psychic; Erica flat a traditional follow-up to the jit- Charity and her prospective suit- means well, is no Fosse, making the big-budget sequel to a movie that, (Erica Leerhsen), a real-life Wiccan tery original could have been. Inte- ors are backed by a small but happy dancing seem excessive. by its very independent nature, with an ax to grind about the bad rap gral to the movie's plot is a set of cast playing a dizzying number of Also, the role of Charity was cre- should have been impossible to fol- witches get; and Tristen and Stephen damaged videotapes the campers roles, some of them involving quick, ated for (iwen Verdon, Fosse's wile low? (Tristen Skylar and Stephen Barker bring back from the woods, and the complicated costume changes. In and the woman 'ITie New York Times Turner), an academic couple work- successful filming and editing of fact, Charity is the only cast member called in her Oct. 19 obituary "the ing on a book about the Blair Witch these segments brings to mind the 'book of shadows: who doesn't have multiple roles. best dancer ever to brighten the phenomenon. realism of the first movie. blair witch 2' Technically, Sweet Charity has Broadway stage." Those are big Of course, as in any good horror Director Joe Berlinger has previ- disappointing aspects, particularly shoes for Antweil to fill. Rating: ++ 1/2 movie, the characters are young and ously worked mostly on documenta- the lighting. The seedy Fandango Hanszen has attempted a diffi- (out of five) like to have a few drinks. In this case ries, making him a good choice for Ballroom was lit the same as the cult show with meager resources, they have many, many drinks. When this film. afternoon in the park. The ballroom, and the result is spotty. However, Opens today. the group wakes up after a night of Aside from the cool visual style especially during dance sequences despite the technical problems and partying in the haunted woods, and better-than-expected plot. Book like "Big Spender," which are in- the sparse cast, the show is smooth they're shaken by the fact that their of Shadows suffers from mediocre tended to be sexy, could have used enough to be a pleasant, if not life- Well, studios are in the business campsite is trashed and they can't acting and one-dimensional charac- some mood lighting. changing, two and a half hours. of making money, and based on its remember a chunk of time in the ters — only Kim seems to be any- merits (and hype), Book of Shadows: middle of the night. Did they pass thing more than a one-note piece of Blair Witch 2 should turn a decent out wasted, or was it something more Blair Witch bait. profit. sinister? Most importantly, viewers will Spreading Pearl Jam over Following the lead of the self- After some freaky, unexpected either love or hate the movie's reli- referential Scream movies, Book of events, the group sets up base in the ance on mind games rather than Shadows begins on the premise that abandoned factory where Jeff lives shock and gore to get scares. And a stadium-sized slice of life the original Blair Witch was in fact a and tries to sort out what happened. just like in the original Blair Witch, love-it-or-hate-it fictional horror Although they've left the forest alive, everything builds up to a confusing VEDDER, from Page 23 lized before the seventh song. movie that inspired something of a they're still subject to the evils of the climax that leaves the audience won- Listening to most bands makes you Fddie, speaking close into the cult following. Since the original's Blair Witch, and gallons of blood dering what the hell happened. feel as if you are on intimate terms mike, said to his adoring public, "We release, fans of the movie have been will flow before they understand Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 is with the band's lead singer. Pearl did a concert in a place like this a few flocking to Burkittsville, Md., to what really happened that fateful smarter than the usual horror movie Jam makes you intimately familiar weeks ago — I think it was Wiscon- make unholy pilgrimages to Coffin night in the Black Hills. fare, but unlike its predecessor, it's with a slice of life. sin. It was 28 degrees. This is nice. Rock, that spooky house with the Book of Shadows plot might seem nothing groundbreaking. It'll pro- But listening to the slice of life in It's like Hawaii." handprints on the wall and the mer- like a half-hearted attempt to cash in vide an above-average thrill this concert, accompanied by thousands Like magic, someone threw leis chandise-filled booths of profiteers on the first movie's success (which Halloween, but it doesn't score points of screaming people, somehow onto the stage, which the band mem- like Jeff (played by Jeffrey Donovan it is), but the execution of the movie for creativity or originality. makes it lose its punch. Fans enthu- bers dutifully donned. siastically screaming every word of Eddie put his on, and as they "Jeremy," which is a devastating launched into the opening chords of story, made its performance very current radio single "Nothing As It strange. Seems" he cheerfully told the audi- This juxtaposition of jovial atmo- ence that the next song would be sphere and serious songs crystal- "deep, dark and depressing."

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What can I It's something good to eat, and it In the Rice world of math problems say? There's nothing more relaxing isn't as bad for you as a bag full of and biology reading, hacking up an than scooping out the sticky, odor- candy. fSXWF' V" ous insides of a pumpkin and then innocent winter squash with your meticulously carving the face of your HALLOWEEN COOKIES choice of blade can be a real stress choice on the front. And frankly, Sugar cookies are easy to make reliever. there's no better way to spruce up a and almost everyone likes them. boring, not-so-festive hallway or stair- You can use cookie-cutters to well. shape them into bats or pumpkins The activity seems straightfor- and then decorate them however ward enough; however, I've included you choose. a few tips to help your pumpkin carv- You can also add food coloring to ing experience be easy and stress- the batter before baking if you pre- free. fer colored cookies. Here's the easiest recipe I've NEWSPAPER — LOTS found for sugar cookies: AND LOTS OF NEWSPAPER SOUPER SALAD You're going to be scooping the Ingredients: want to add soup (there's always a the low prices of Souper Salad allur- insides out of a pumpkin. Do you • 1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar 2414 University Blvd. vegetarian option and usually a ve- ing, so I decided to try it. really think it's a good idea to do this • 1 cup butter or margarine (713)521-3963 gan offering), your bill goes up to a I'm taken aback by the waitstaff indoors? I, for one, think not. • 1 teaspoon almond flavoring walloping $4.89. It just doesn't get that sometimes notices you and Go outside of your dorm and do • 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour Shorts acceptable. better than this. other times doesn't. We had to wait the dirty work there. To make clean- * 1 egg Veggie friendly. I'm a little freaked out by the way seven minutes to get drink orders up even easier, I recommend spread- • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Alcohol: none. that you sort of have a waiter who ing as many sheets of newspaper brings you drinks, but of course Once at the salad bar, I filled my under your pumpkin as possible (you Allow stick of butter to reach Souper Salad is a hero in the world brings no food. (Does that mean you plate with limp greens and dry car- always knew there would be some room temperature. of poor college students looking for should tip?) rot sticks, topped off my heap with good use for those Ihreshers). Mix with Isugar. Add vanilla, egg, green food. Lastly, if you're a vegetarian, it's pre-packaged croutons and added If you dump all the guts of the and almond flavoring; mix well. The salad bar is generally fresh someplace to go where you don't some pseudo-Italian dressing. pumpkin onto the newspaper, it'll be Stir in flour, small amounts at a and always includes the standards: have to eat excessive amounts of The soup waiting at the end of much easier to throw away later. time; blend well. Cover and refriger- iceberg lettuce, leaf lettuce, spin- cheese and you might get some vita- the salad bar was equally unappeal- ate 2-3 hours. ach, grated carrots, cucumbers, mins. ing. Someone had fished all the veg- CUT FROM THE BOTTOM Heat oven to 350 degrees. Re- fresh tomatoes, sliced mushrooms, — Elizabeth Jardina, etables out of the vegetable beef. I know that you've always tradi- move half the dough from the refrig- chickpeas, beets (the appeal of beets I wanted to switch the proudly tionally cut the pumpkin open on the erator, keeping the other half chilled eludes me), onions, sprouts, sun- COUNTERPOINT displayed namecard to read "Broth" top around the stem. until ready to use. flower seeds, croutons, animal crack- I've only been pleased by a visit and not "Vegetable Beef." There's a better way. If you carve Roll 1/4 inch thick on floured ers, Goldfish crackers, ham, hard- to this restaurant on one occasion — All in all, I suppose you can't ask you're hole in the bottom of the board — the thinner the dough, the boiled eggs ajjd much more. that was when I couldn't find any for much if you're eating for less pumpkin, you won't mess up the crispier the cookie. Thicker cookies There are generally five or six other bathroom in the Village. Other than five dollars. visible part of your beautiful cre- will have a softer texture. pre-made salad options that include visits have been miserable. However, I'm left asking myself, ation. To cut, dip cookie-cutter or top of potato salad, spicy Thai chicken Vegetables for salads need to be "If I'm this broke, why not just eat on Also, for some uncanny reason, drinking glass into flour. Shake off salad, fettuciaicorn salad and mari- kept cold and away from air. Choco- campus?"The salad bar in your com- it's easier to scoop the insides of the excess flour and cut dough with nated mushrooms, for example. late pudding shouldn't be in a vat mons is almost as good. pumpkin out from the bottom. steady pressure. Cut as many cook- And all this for only $3.99! If you next to croutons. However, I found — Corey E. Devine ies from each rolling as possible because too much handling tough- ens dough. There's nothing worse Place each cookie on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Repeat with than doing economics second batch of dough. Bake 7-8 minutes or until lightly SEARCHING problem sets when you browned. Immediately remove from oven and let cookies cool on wire should be eating pizza. rack. Makes about 5 dozen cookies. When cool, ice or decorate as desired.

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THRESHER SPORTS/commentary - 'Goop 'just part of the Cross country to defend WAC titles by Jason Gershman Bevan said. "She'll finally be at 100 per- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF cent for the first time in two months." Sports Carnival fun IN FOCUS: CROSS COUNTRY As for the competition the Owls face If the men's or women's cross country Most recently: The women's team tomorrow, Texas Christian University is I'm a sophomore, so this year was my first Sports teams repeat as Western Athletic Confer- finished second on the strength of the highest-ranked WAC school at No. 26 in the nation. TCU finished second to Carnival. I attended the replacement last year and, ence champions tomorrow, their team placing five runners in the top 25 photos could be placed in Webster's next the Owls at last year's WAC meet and suffice it to say, "Meet the Athletes Study Break" left and the men's team finished to the phrase "overcoming adversity." seventh in the Texas A&M University will be looking for revenge. much to be desired. Not only was the turnout low, but The teams head into tomorrow's WAC Invitational Oct. 14. Senior John "I would hate to see TCU beat us," the atmosphere was not nearly as championship meet in Tulsa, Okla., after Jura was named WAC Runner of Waite said. "It's going to be tough. I know conducive to meeting new people riding an emotional roller coaster over the Week for his 10th place finish UTEP was tough last year, but TC U is our as this year's Sports Carnival. the last month. The reason? Both teams in a field of over 120 runners. main rival. We hate them and they don't have lost their top runners due to injury like us either. TTie team just needs to keep For the sake of those of you Up next: Both teams look to defend and illness. on doing what they're doing and they'll do who missed out, let me go over their Western Athletic Conference awesome. I've never seen three freshmen the format of the Sports Carnival. But while repeating as titlists will be titles at the WAC championship come in and do so well as our freshmen Basically, there were a bunch of decidedly more challenging now, both meet tomorrow in Tulsa, Okla. have done this year." stations spread across the field teams believe the goal is still within reach. between the Student Center and Women's team looks to freshmen McAlpine and Magdalena Sandoval have Men have hope in wide-open meet Herring Hall. Varsity athletes Ryan Keedy The women's team began the season also finished in the top five among Rice The men's team has been cursed with manned each station and helped with two team victories that featured runners in nearly every race this season. injuries this season. Senior Lachlan you participate in the event, one-two individual finishes for junior "I'm just working on running my race McArthur, who led the team to the WAC whether it was hitting a volleyball onto a target or Katie Waite and freshman Shannon and helping the team," Murto said. "I title and a berth in the NCAA Champion- dropping Lindsay Germano into the dunk-tank. The Murto. But Waite has been sidelined haven't even thought about myself at all. ships last season, has not run since the athletes were pretty good about not laughing when since then by a medical condition not I'm more worried about the team win- season opening Rice Invitational and will you shot an air ball on a free throw or missed a fully diagnosed until last week and will ning the conference championship." miss the rest of the year with a hip injury. hanging tire with a football. If you did a good job, they miss the remainder of the season. TTie Owls received some good news McArthur is joined on the sidelines even gave you a red ticket that you could put in a The key to the Owls' success this last week when they learned sophomore by senior Justin Burrow, sophomoreTom weekend is the performance of the three Liza Ruckman will be back this weekend Ring and freshman Sean O'Brian, all of raffle drawing. freshmen runners. After finishing sec- after suffering a mysterious injury that whom will miss the remainder of the Having athletes at each station was an excellent ond to Waite in the first two races of the sidelined her for the first half of October. season due to injury. Despite these set- idea. It gave me the opportunity to meet Eric, Keith, year, Murto has led the Owls to the finish "This is the Liza Ruckman that ran so backs, the Owls feel they can pull off the Adam and Scott at the obstacle course. Jen and Heath line in every race. Freshmen Whitney well for us last year," head coach Jim See WAC, Page B6 were at the golf station, and Amber and Jim were overseeing football. lance was kind enough to make me a snow cone. And who could have asked for better emcees than B.J. and Brandon (of course, I am a little Owls get set for showdown with TCU biased since they drew my name to win a pair of athletic shorts)? by Jose Luis Cubria ? Granted, I'm not going to be best friends with all of THRESHER EIIITORIAI. STAFF these people, but it is nice to be able to look for someone you know at the next Rice athletic event. It will take nearly every bit of Ken Plus, I'm always happy to have more friendly faces to Hatfield's head coaching expertise for say "hi" to on my way to and from class. the Rice football team to upset Texas Christian University tomorrow, recent If I could change one thing about the Sports history notwithstanding. Carnival, though, I would have given the athletes But you can be sure Hatfield won't name tags to help with the introduction process. I'm a have to beg his players to win one for the fairly outgoing guy and I must admit that even I had a gipper — the Owls already have more hard time working up the courage to introduce myself than enough reasons to stomp the and strike up a conversation. Horned Frogs. The highlight of the day, for me anyway, was the Rice visits Fort Worth tomorrow for a college obstacle course relay race. Most colleges conference clash with 1 Ith-rankedTCU. fielded a team, which consisted of five athletes and Kickoff is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. at Amon five non-athletes. Stations for the race ranged from Carter Stadium, and the game will be tricycle-riding to greased-pumpkin-carrying to regionally televised by ESPN, including on KTBU in Houston. whipped-cream-cheese-puff-sticking. 'ITie final and If nothing else, the Owls won't lack m most grueling leg of the race was the pizza-eating motivation. After all, the Horned Frogs contest, where a girl and a guy from each college had — one of Rice's most bitter rivals to to eat an entire Papa John's pizza between them. begin with — are undefeated and highly Here is the amazing part. ranked. And they've scheduled the Owls 'ITie guy representing VViess College took his half for Homecoming. And it's their final year of the pizza, shoved it in a blender, added some in the conference. And they're touting Ozarka water and ran off to an electrical outlet. He their star player as a candidate for the returned with what I can only describe as "goop." He Heisman Trophy. And ... well, you get the picture. then proceeded to drink the "goop." I didn't think he With so many reasons to beat TCU, knew what he was getting himself into; I was ready to Rice could easily get caught up in the hurl for him. After VViess won, he assured the crowd hype. But instead, the Owls have de- that he was in complete control the whole time and cided to take the most basic approach of that he had previously replicated the feat with six all — they want to beat the Horned Frogs hamburgers in 60 seconds. simply because they're the next oppo- Wow. Wiess, enjoy your pizza party. You have nent on their schedule. earned it. My only disappointment of the day was that such a .'A >. small percentage of the Rice student body came out. 'They're going to be Granted, if it weren't for the low turnout, I, and most everyone I know who came, wouldn't have won a door mad. ... If we're going to prize. Then again, I'm pretty sure I would have forgone beat them, we'll have to my shorts to see a few more undergrads there. 112 RICE/THRESHER Alas, the low turnout is bothering me less and less. earn it.' Junior linebacker Dan Dawson returns one of his three interceptions in Rice's 38-13 win I am coming to terms with the fact that I go to Rice over the University of Hawaii Saturday. Dawson's three interceptions tied a school record. — Dan Dawson University. The truth of the matter is that the Admis- Junior linebacker sion Office does not consciously gear acceptance will be the last time the two schools much," junior safety Jason Hebert said towards sports fans. In fact, I'd venture to guess that face each other in a long time. The with a laugh. "But it would be nice to put the types of kids Rice generally accepts are not very Horned Frogs are bolting from the them away one last time before we don't "I think we have a little incentive Western Athletic Conference at the end get to play them any more." much into sports. But, for those of us who are, and I because we're 2-5," junior linebacker of this year, when they will join Confer- While TCU leads the all-time series know there are quite a few, the Sports Carnival is Dan Dawson said. "We don't need any ence USA. 40-35-3, the Owls have owned the really appreciated. Thanks to the organizers of the extra motivation. ... We should be TTie two schools have played each Horned Frogs recently. Rice has won event, as well as the Student Athlete Committee and ready." other every year since 192N, first as mem- four straight meetings between the two athlete volunteers. It was a fun afternoon and I hope Of course, that's the least exciting bers of the Southwest Conference and, schools, including a 42-21 romp at Rice the tradition continues. reason of all. And don't think the Owls since 1996, as WAC foes. The Owls Stadium last year. have forgotten about all the other juicy wouldn't mind giving TCU a friendly Since last year's dominating Rice Ryan Keedy is a Hanszen College sophomore ones. parting gift. win, however, TCU has reeled off 11 Take, for example, the fact that this "I don't want to talk about that too See FOOTBALL, Page B5 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27,2000 Pieces coming together for women Team faces toughest test yet against top Texas squads in regional qualifier

the losses were important in Geor- by Eric Raub gia. THRESHER STAFF IN FOCUS: WOMEN'S "Atlanta was another tough tour- Little by little, the women's ten- TENNIS nament," Waters said. "Other people nis team is getting there. lost a few matches, but they were The last couple of weeks have Most recently: Freshman the kind of losses that only help you seen across-the-board improve- Annie Goodrich and junior improve your game." ments for the Owls, who entered Judith Hagedorn won the flight The Owls now head to College the fall season with a ton of un- B backdraw and junior Erin Station for the Intercollegiate Ten- knowns. But the freshmen have Waters won two matches in nis Association's Southwest Regional continued their strong play and the flight A singles to highlight Qualifier, which begins today and top-ranked upperclassmen are start- Rice's effort at the Yellow runs through Monday. ing to hold their own against the Jacket Invitational last It will be the team's toughest tour- best. weekend. nament of the year since at least half a dozen Texas teams finished last At the Wake Forest University Up next: The Owls face the Invitational Oct. 13-15, freshman toughest field they've seen at year in the national rankings. But Yasmin Fisher finished second in the Intercollegiate Tennis the Owls are expecting success flight D singles after falling to the Association's Southwest across the board. University of South Florida's Claudia Regional Qualifier, which runs "I've learned so much in the Nieto 6-3, 6-4 in the championship from today through Monday. short time I've been here," Fisher match. said. "I hope to play well, and that's Fellow freshmen Karen Chao and all you can hope to do. Progres- Annie Goodrich also did well as both Renate Stoop 7-5, 7-5. Waters cap- sively, we've played better and bet- won their final matches in the flight tured a win in the first round be- ter. I know I have, and I've seen the C consolation draw. fore stumbling 6-0, 6-3 against other girls doing so too. I think Junior Natalie Briaud also Fresno State University's Liesl we're ready." ' posted some impressive wins, Fichtbauer. Waters, who heads Rice's lineup, blanking one opponent and beat- Though neither went very far in feels she has learned how to com- ing the University of Richmond's the tournament, they say that it was pete in an unforgiving field. Monika Peetes in a close 4-6,7-6,6- an important learning experience. "I feel like my game is ready," / 4 match. "I was really happy to win my first Waters said. "I'm ready to play at t "Wake Forest had some pretty match," Waters said. "The girl was a regionals, where you have to work ' bright spots as far as singles was really tough player. Judith and I re- hard for every point. concerned," assistant coach Roger ally learned how hard you have to "At the lower levels, I could make •" -'J

White said. "Natalie, Yasmin, and work for every point against the re- errors, but if you do that at the top or RENATA ESCOVAR/THRESHER Annie all played really well in singles. ally tough players." have a lapse in concentration, it's Sophomore Cody Jackson hits a return in practice Tuesday. Jackson twice Our doubles struggled a little bit. The Owls reunited at Georgia the end of the match." rallied for wins after losing the first set to advance to the flight A consolation During the week, we tried to re- Tech University to compete in the The regional tournament often final at the South Carolina Fall Invitational last weekend. cover and regroup." Yellow Jacket Invitational Oct. 20- comes too soon for some teams who While the freshmen were play- 22. Tilings improved on the doubles are trying to work out injuries or ing their matches at Wake Forest, side as Goodrich and Hagedorn improve team cohesion. The Owls junior Judith Hagedorn and senior teamed up to win the flight B expect to have none of those prob- Men put up good fight at Erin Waters competed in the Riviera backdraw. lems and anticipate peaking this Women's All-American Champion- Waters earned two important weekend to play their best tennisyet ship in Ix>s Angeles, the second leg flight A singles wins, including one this season. USTA Futures tournament of the Intercollegiate Tennis against the University of Iowa'sToni "The chemistry is at the highest Association's Grand Slam. Neykova, the tournament's No. 2 level I've seen since I've been here," more Cody Jackson went to the Hagedorn lost her first round seed. White said. "We have a really deep by Eric Raub THRESHER STAFF South Carolina Men's Tennis Fall match to Boise State University's The Owls said both the wins and team." Invitational in Columbia, S.C. 'ITiree of Rice's men's tennis play- Advertisement paid for by Campus Crusade for Christ Jackson and Rajevac, competing ers took a shot at the big time when in flight A, faced tougher competi- they played in a United States Ten- tion than their teammates did in Ar- Have you heard of the nis Association Futures tournament, lington. which began last weekend at Memo- "They both played in the A flight," rial Park and extended intothisweek. Smarr said. "It was a pretty good Four Spiritual Laws? Freshmen Vuk Rajevacand Rich- field of mostly [No.) 1 and 2 guys. ard and William Barker entered the They played OK. It was a good tour- tournament. Richard and William nament." lost in the singles qualifying rounds. Jackson made it to finals of the God loves you and offers a wonderful plan Together, the brothers won their consolation draw before being de- first doubles match and played a feated by Brown University's Chris 1fo r your life. second on Thursday. Drake 6-3, 6-1. On Tuesday, Rajevac faced off In both the semifinal and against Cedric Koffman, the 250th- quarterfinal matches, Jackson ral- "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only ranke'd player in the world. Rajevac lied from behind to clinch wins. kept it close in the first set but even- "Cody lost in the first round," Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have tually lost 7-6, 6-1. Smarr said. '"ITien he got two good "I was really close in the first set wins. I like the fact that he came eternal life." of the match," Rajevac said. "I lost back and played hard. Nothing cures (John 3:16) the second set pretty bad. He started a loss like a good win." playing better and I didn't really play All of the Owls now have their that well." minds set on this weekend's Re- [Christ speaking] "I came that they might have life, and The team has spent the last two gion IV tournament. This is going weeks split up playing in various to be their toughest tournament yet. might have it abundantly" [that it might be full and tournaments around the country, It may also be the toughest all year, meaningful] with some members experiencing with the possible exception of the more success than others. Western Athletic Conference and (John 10:10) They are now gearing up for the NCAA tournaments held in the most important tournament so far spring. this season, the Region IV tourna- "This is a big weekend," Smarr So why don't most people experience this abundant life??? ment which runs from today through said. "Five schools from our region Tuesday in Fort Worth. finished in the top 16 last year. Texas Two Owls, sophomore Ramez is a tough place to play tennis." Qamer and junior Rafael Reyes, trav- All of the Owls are ready to take ,, Think about it. eled to the University of Texas at on their tough in-state competition. 2 Arlington Fall Invitational two weeks Sophomore Matthias Mathaes will ago. Qamer went undefeated return to play this weekend after Man is sinful and separated from God. Therefore, he cannot through the weekend. missing several weeks with a shoul- "It was a good tournament," der injury. 3 know and experience God's love and plan for his life. Qamer said. "It was good to get a Rajevac and the Barker brothers match plan prepared for regionals. — all freshmen — said they can't It got us into a tournament sort of wait for their first big college tourna- Jesus Christ is God's only provision for man's sin. mood before the biggest tournament ment. Through Him you can know and experience God's love and of the year for us." "We're really looking forward to Reyes broke even over the week- it," Richard said. "It's our first big 4 plan for your life. end but faced strong competition college tournament. We're in the from players like the University of top 16 seeds for doubles, which Texas' Joe Morris, who handed means we don't play anyone until it's We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then Reyes a 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 loss. down to the last 16." Qamer's competition was not as Flaying with the last 16 doubles we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives. challenging. teams, while exciting for the Bark "Ramez played pretty well," as- ers, was made more difficult by their To be continued... sistant coach Shaheen I^adhani said. extended play in the USTA tourna- "The competition was really not that ment. The Barkers had to be driven For more information e-mail [email protected] stiff. He forced one guy to retire to Fort Worth separately yesterday because he was hungry." so that they could play in today's Or Visit http://www.ccci.org/laws/english/ I-ast weekend, Rajevac and sopho- first-round action. THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2000 B3 Volleyball team feels effect of Kalagoglu's departure Kalagoglu, Morales unable Morales turns to two-setter to reconcile different views system to salvage campaign

VOLLEYBALL, from Page 1 by Chris I^arson team and that matters are still being finalized. THRESHER EDITORIAI.STAFF "I can tell you the fact that she is not with the team," Morales said. "The fact is that the It's been a long two weeks for the Rice process is [going] through the proper chan- volleyball team. nels, and it hasn't been decided what's going In that time, the Owls emerged winless out to happen." of a Metroplex road trip they had hoped to Morales informed the team before its Oct. sweep. 'ITiey lost one of their anchors in senior 17 match against Southwest Texas State Uni- setter Nil Kalagoglu, sending their offense versity that Kalagoglu was no longer on the back to square one. team. "Coach made an official announcement right before we left and said that, as of right IN FOCUS: VOLLEYBALL now, Nil was not on the team," senior outside Record: 14 10 hitter Karolina Zelinka said. "He didn't say where things were officially at. He was still WAC record: 3-6 (6th) going to meet with her after that, but as of Most recently: Suffered a five-match right then, she was not on the team. And that losing skid, including four conference was his final decision." losses. What made the difference: Rice was unable to slow a charged-up Southern '/ guess I head coach Julio Methodist University attack and made key errors in a loss at Texas Christian Morales] didn't want me on University. The Owls then faced the challenge of adjusting to a new offensive the team the way I had my setup after the loss of senior setter Nil Kalagoglu. A solid performance Saturday priorities.' against second-ranked University of — Nil Kalagoglu Hawaii, however, indicated the Owls are Senior setter headed back in the right direction. Up next: Tomorrow, the Owls travel to the University of Tulsa (15-7, 1-7 WAC) to try to sweep the season series against Kalagoglu said Morales gave her 10 min- the Golden Hurricane. utes to decide whether to attend her inter- view, scheduled for Monday of this week, or skip it to be at practice. And finally, their post-Kalagoglu confer- "I was sitting in [assistant coach Jose ence schedule pitted them first against the Santiago's] office talking to him and he told University of Nevada, a team that overwhelmed me, 'You have a meeting with coach |Mo- Rice earlier this season, and then against sec- KATIE STREIT/THRESHER rales],'" Kalagoglu said. "1 go in coach's ond-ranked University of Hawaii. 'ITie Owls The volleyball team gathers before Friday's match against the University of Nevada. The Owls have office, and I have 10 minutes to decide what been forced to come together to restructure their attack after losing senior setter Nil Kalagoglu. lost both matches. to do. Ten minutes later, I'm going out not It all added up to a five-match losing streak, playing — I'm forced to leave the team basi- said that her situation is unique due to her "In the end, each person who comes here forcing Rice's once-lofty season goals to be cally." status as an international student. comes for the future," she said. "Rice is a good toned down. But the Owls say that things are Kalagoglu said that she and Morales had "I'm an international student," she said. "I'm school. You don't come here just because you getting better despite their struggles. previously agreed that she would be allowed here with a foreign student visa — I graduate, want to play sports. You also want to get 'They've done very well," head coach Julio to miss practice for the interview. I have to be out of this country. The way I can something else out of it. You'd be crazy to Morales said. "Obviously, it's a big change, "Actually, we agreed at the beginning of stay in this country is that I already know where come to Rice just for sports and have to hassle but they've been eager to work on the change. the season that I would be missing practice for I'm planning to work ... and 1 apply for a CIT with all the classes. ... ITiis excuse is not 'They've been positive about it, and they know that," Kalagoglu said. "But the first time that I (certificate of practical training). something I just came up with." they have to deal with it. They've stepped up tell him that I need to miss a practice because "It takes four months or so for the card to While Kalagoglu said that volleyball had and tried to do the best they can." of my final round of interviewing, [he says] come back, telling that you're allowed because already lost much of its appeal, she expressed Trouble started for the Owls even before that cannot happen." you're working. And if you leave without the concern for her teammates and her responsi- Kalagoglu's departure, when they dropped Morales declined to comment on any prior card, you cannot get back in this country. bility to them. matches at Southern Methodist University arrangements. "I cannot leave my job search ... to the "I don't love volleyball very much anyway and 'Texas Christian University Oct. 13-14. Kalagoglu said she had already resched- second semester. One part is because many, anymore — I'm not happy playing volleyball "SMU played very well — they didn't uled the interview to avoid missing a game. many companies don't sponsor international that much," she said. "The only reason 1 was even let us start to play," Morales said. "They "1 would never miss a game," she said. students because they're not big enough to do playing is I feel responsible towards the came out storming." "The interview was originally on a game that, and the companies that hire international people I play with, the seniors and those "Against TCU we were sluggish. We shot date. I told them I cannot come because I students come to Rice first semester. This job younger ones who look up to you. 1 don't ourselves in the foot, and in the fifth game have a game, but Monday might be appro- is huge if 1 get it." want to disappoint them. I want to be there they outplayed us." priate. But then I mentioned that 1 have an Kalagoglu said she made her decision by for them. ... I would play right now if they In between the two sets of Western Ath- interview on Monday and coach said no considering her future. While she came to tell me to play." letic Conference matches came a non-confer- way." Rice to play volleyball, she also came to open She also worried that her teammates don't ence contest against Southwest Texas State Kalagoglu, who is from Istanbul, Turkey, the door to future opportunities. know the whole story. University. It was Rice's first match without "The hardest part is I haven't talked to any Kalagoglu, and though sophomore setter of my teammates," she said. "It's hard for Mariel Davenport Pollock stepped in at the them. I don't know how much they know last minute, the Bobcats swept the Owls. about anything. I think they think that I went But just a few days later, the Owls showed to coach and told him 1 quit." marked improvements in their next two Junior outside hitter Leigh Ionian ques- matches. 'They switched to a two-setter setup, tioned Kalagoglu's focus on the game. with junior outside hitter I.eigh Lerrtan and "I wouldn't say it was a surprise," she said. freshman outside hitter Rebekah Neal playing "She hasn't exactly been dedicated or had her opposite each other and setting when playing heart in the game. All year, she's had a lot on back row. her mind. It's kind of a shame because she's 'They've both done an extremely good job talented, but since then I haven't really thought setting, and both are hitting the ball very about it." well," Morales said. . Kalagoglu said she had not missed any As odd as it may sound, the most promising previous practices for job-related reasons. She event in the past two weeks was Saturday's arrived late once and left early on one other three-game loss to Hawaii. Rice appeared com- occasion, but she made up the missed time. pletely overwhelmed at the outset as the second- Morales declined to comment on ranked Wahine jumped out to a 12-1 lead. But Kalagoglu's practice attendance. the Owls pulled their game together to close to Kalagoglu said her scholarship status for 12-8 before losing. Hiey then trailed just 13-12 in the second semester has not yet been deter- the second game before letting it slip away. mined by the Athletics Department. Importantly, Rice was able to present a solid "My scholarship for the second semester is attacking front with its new lineup against the being considered by [Athletic Director] Bobby imposing Hawaii defense. Iceman contributed May," Kalagoglu said. "I had a meeting with 1(S kills and the Owls hit a respectable .196 for him [Wednesday]. He was very, very nice and the game — better than any other WAC oppo- understanding and he realizes my dilemma." nent has hit against Hawaii this season. Kalagoglu said that questions surrounding "Considering the fact that we just started the situation still linger in her mind. doing [the new setting arrangement], we're "The thing is that we were really not doing well," Zelinka said. "It's definitely hard doing very well when this happened," she on everybody adjusting to a new setter. We're said. "I'm asking myself some questions — still out of sync and have made a lot of errors. if the team would be doing very well, or if 1 We just have to finish strong." had another year, would he have done the " The game against Hawaii showed us what same thing? These are all questions that are we're capable of now that we have the people

ROB GADDI/THRE SHER in my mind. on the court who want to be there," Ionian Junior outside hitter Leigh Leman puts up a set in Saturday's loss to the University of Hawaii. "I do understand that volleyball comes first, said. "We should go out there and be able to Leman and freshman outside hitter Rebekah Neal have filled In the gap at setter for the Owls. but I don't understand what the bin deal is." beat everyone else in the conference." B4 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY. OCTOBER 27,2000 Golfers rally to tie Baylor for fifth at Crown Classic »»n n

by John C. Chao THRKSHRR STAFF IN FOCUS: GOLF Either the Baylor University golf Most recently: Tied for fifth at team is getting worse or the Rice the Crown Classic in Lufkin golf team is continuing to improve. hosted by Stephen F. Austin Rice, which finished 20 strokes State University. behind Baylor at the Purina Classic What made the difference: two weeks ago, tied the Bears last Four of the five Owls shot lower week at the Crown Classic hosted scores in the second round as by Stephen F. Austin State Univer- the team moved from eighth to sity. a fifth-place tie. Freshman Freshman Scott Philips paced the Scott Philips led the Owls by Owls to a fifth-place tie in the tourna- finishing tied for 11th ment. Philips finished tied for 11th individually. place individually with a score of 149 over the shortened 36-hole tourna- Up next: The Prestige at Palm ment. The second of the three sched- Desert, Nov. 6-7. uled rounds was canceled due to rain. "It's definitely a thrill to come in Overall, the outlook for the rest here and be able to lead the team in of the year is bright. The Owls say scoring," Philips said. "But as a team, that this year's team is bonding bet- CHRISTINA TRAN/THRESHER we all played pretty well and were ter than last year's, in large part due Junior Jordan Hoiisten works on her backstroke in practice. Hollsten hopes to improve on her eighth-piace finish in the pretty pleased." to the efforts of new head coach Clay 100-meter backstroke at last year's Western Athletic Conference Championships. Four of the five Owls shot a lower Homan. Homan quickly stepped in final round than first. Senior Chris the week before the first tournament Connolly continued his consistent when former head coach Greg Mar- tin resigned. Swim team looks for breakthrough play, finishing the final round with a weekend-low of73. Rice was the only "Coach [Homan] has done an team which did not have a golfer awesome job and has helped every- Swimmers hope Olympic Trials experience translates into victories shoot higher than a bogey in the body," Philips said. "When we have final round of the tournament. a bad round, he comes in and helps by John C. Chao harder over the remainder of the disappointed. Ciffolilli placed sec- us work on our troubles." summer." ond in the 200-meter breaststroke The Owls feel they were playing THRKSHRR STAFF even better in the rain in the second Lane has also noticed that the This year, which officially gets and third in the 200-meter individual round before it was called off. surroundings of the team are more The annual Blue and Gray under way with two meets in North medley in the Blue and Gray meet. "When the rain delay happened, conducive to good relations than in intrasquad meet kicked off the 2000- Carolina this weekend, looks prom- Ciffolilli said the transition to we were all playing pretty well in the previous years. '01 swimming season two weekends ising in part because two-fifths of the swimming and life at Rice has not rain," Philips said. "Usually rain "The biggest change this year is ago, and the Owls hope to use the team swam in the trials. Because been too difficult. makes it difficult to hold on to clubs the atmosphere of the team. It's meet as a springboard to yet another they've already had exposure to such "In Australia I swam meters, but and concentrate." lighter and more positive," he said. successful season. high-caliber competition, the Owls here it's yards," she said. "But my The Crown Classic took place "We're more focused on building on But an even better springboard are aspiring to another lofty goal — times here are just as good as the on a tough course, which the Owls the good things we're doing while took place over the summer, when sending swimmers to this year's other girls in my field." appeared to conquer by the final still improving the weaker aspects six Rice swimmers participated in NCAA Championships. Although she has not been with round. of our games." the U.S. Olympic Trials. "I see NCAAs in the future for the team long, Ciffolilli has also no- "This course could really punish The Owls have the week off be- While none of the Owls actually more than one person here," Scholl ticed its unity. you if you had a mental mistake," fore pulling out the drivers again on qualified for the Olympic team, they said. "Although it is a high goal, we "At home, there's not the cama- sophomore Bradley I>ane said. "It Nov. 6, when they travel to Palm think the experience of being there would be disappointed if none of us raderie there is here," she said. "I'm had small greens and fairways, thick Desert, Calif., for The Prestige at will help them improve on last year's made it." loving the closeness that we have roughs, and many lakes." Palm Desert. third-place finish in the Western Ath- The addition of five freshmen for each other." letic Conference. makes the team much younger than After steadily improving during "The trials were a very big step last year's squad, and the Owls think Boyd's first two years as head coach, for me, and I was very excited about their youthful energy should only the team is looking for a breakout the experience," junior Katie Scholl make the team stronger. In fact, season. For the upperclassmen, in- Rugby suffers injuries but said. "Now I know I can compete coach Doug Boyd, entering his third cluding two seniors and five juniors, with the big dogs." year at Rice, believes the closeness nothing would be sweeter than get- Junior Beth Williams also be- of the team will more than make up ting off to a strong start this week- captures tournament title lieves that competing in the trials for the loss of two swimmers to end. will have a positive influence on her graduation. ITie Owls will face two teams that season — and her performance in "It's my philosophy that team were ranked in the top 25 last year, by Paul Aronson They followed that game by de- feating the A-side from Fort I^wis the Blue and Gray meet Oct. 14 re- chemistry can make up for some beginning with today's dual meet at THRKSHRR STAFF College 25-0 and the same flected her improvement. talent," Boyd said. "This definitely North Carolina State University. The men's rugby club team school's B-side 35-0 to secure a Williams captured the 200-meter makes us better this year than we Tomorrow Rice will travel down won the collegiate division of the spot in the championship game. individual medley and the 200-meter were last year." Tobacco Road to take on the Univer- High Desert Rugby Classic on a "We finally came together af- breaststroke and was part of the 800- One of the freshmen Boyd hopes sity of North Carolina. bittersweet weekend in Albuquer- ter losing 10 seniors from a team meter freestyle relay that set a new will contribute immediately is Toni '"Die motto of this season will be que Oct. 21-22. that finished ninth in the nation pool record. Ciffolilli. Ciffolilli, who attended high to be start strong and not fade out," Three players suffered signifi- last year," Kottler said. "We "The trials really got me more school in Australia, knows the team Williams said. "We need to go out cant injuries, including two that worked harder, were in better excited about the season," she said. has big expectations for her. there and make a name for Rice, will require surgery. shape, were better coached and "It was motivation for me to train So far, Boyd said, she has not starting this weekend." "1 am very happy about bring- had our skills at a level above the ing home the hardware, and competition's." drinking out of the champions The injuries kept the champi- cup was awfully sweet," senior onship weekend from being an Women's soccer seeks bid to nationals team captain Jacob Robson said. entirely joyous occasion for the "But it is going to be very hard to Owls. Freshman John Navarro by Paul Aronson within their grasp last weekend and were unable to turn back the mo- absorb these injuries." severely injured his ankle and THRKSHRRSTAFF believe they can win a rematch. mentum, and the Aggies scored The Owls emerged victorious will be out for the season follow- "There was more intensity from again on a header off another corner from the grueling five-game ing surgery. Sophomore Doug The women's club soccer team both sides than in any other game kick to take the 2-1 lead. weekend when they defeated the Mraw suffered an injured shoul- turned in its best performance of the thisyear," sophomore striker Natalie 'Die Owls proved resilient and Albuquerque Aardvarks, a men's der that will also require surgery. season Sunday to score a 2-2 tie Nardecchia said. "We definitely scored the equalizing goal with 15 club team, 7-5 in Sunday's cham- Robson severely sprained the against archrival Texas A&M Uni- could have beaten them this week- minutes remaining. On acornerkick, pionship game, which featured medial collateral ligament in his versity in College Station. end." Nardecchia passed to senior de- strong defensive efforts by both right knee and missed the cham- The Owls left early this morning 'Hiere was a feverish pace to the fender Clara Filice. From 30 yards squads. pionship. A preliminary diagno- to play in the regional tournament in game from the outset. Although the out, Filice lofted a shot beyond the Sophomore Cary Kottler sis indicated that he will be back Lubbock. Two bids to the national Aggies threatened first, the Owl de- reach of the Aggie goalkeeper. scored the team's lone try and for the spring semester at the tournament of the National Intramu- fense was able to withstand the at- "It was an unbelievable, beautiful, senior Sam Poutasse converted latest. ral-Recreational Sport Association tack. Junior striker Lindsay Botsford impossible-to-stop shot into the up- the ensuing kick that proved to In the face of these injuries, (NIRSA) are on the line. then created the Owls' first scoring per corner of the goal," Morgan said. be the winning margin. Rice however, a few players stepped If the Owls earn a bid, it will be opportunity. She ripped a shot that Texas A&M was Rice's stiffest scored its try, which would ac- up to fill in the gaps with strong their second straight trip to the na- was deflected by the Aggie goal- competition this season, and the team count for its only points in the performances. tional tournament, which will be held keeper and then tucked into the top was pleased with its overall effort but game, within the game's first five "The injuries resulted in play- in Austin. Rice's competition will in- corner by Nardecchia. It was the not necessarily with the outcome. minutes. The Aardvarks coun- ing time for players that are go- clude the Aggies as well as Texas game's first goal and Rice's only lead "We really wanted to win, par- tered with a try but booted the ing to have to assume integral Tech University, which handed Rice of the afternoon. ticularly the seniors, since we have ensuing kick off of the upright, roles on the team," Robson said. its only loss of the season. Rice fin- 'Die first half ended with the score never beaten them," Morgan said. missing a chance to tie the game. "This is extremely important for ished with a 6-1-1 record in the D>ne still 1-0. Coming out of halftime, how- "It was our best effort of the year and On Saturday, the Owls won a team that thrives on its depth." Star Division of theTexas Collegiate ever, the Owls found themselves one that could have been enough three of their four games. 'Die On the weekend, Kottler led Soccer league, good for third place immediately on their heels in the with a few lucky bounces." Owls beat the Aardvarks 19-7 in the team with four tries. Fresh- behind Texas A&M (7-0-1) and face of an aggressive Aggie attack. Die Owls hope their experience the first game of the day before man Nick Anaya and sophomore Texas Tech (7-1-0). "We could tell they were really against stiff competition will have losing 27-10 to a team comprised Phil Ziegler added two tries In Lubbock, the Owls may have fired upcoming into the second half," prepared them for this weekend. of players from the University of apiece. to face the Aggies in a situation that senior goalkeeper Sarah Morgan "If we play like we are capable of, Oklahoma and men's club play- The Owls host a tournament could give the winner a bid to nation- said. Fventually the Aggies broke we will make our second straight ers from the Norman, Okla. area. beginning tomorrow. als and leave the losing team at home. through, scoring off a deflected cor- trip to the national tournament," But the Owls think winning was ner kick to tie the game. The Owls Nardecchia said. THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY. OCTOBER 27. 2000 B5 Defense looks forward to Rice intercepts Warrior attack taking on TCU, Tomlinson Dawson's three picks lead way as Owls stop Hawaii, end five-game skid

by Jose Luis Cubria Junior defensive back Kenny FOOTBALL, from Page B1 "They're playing well. We've THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Smith had his first career intercep- straight wins by a margin of been picked as their homecom- IN FOCUS: FOOTBALL tion and junior safety Jason Hebert nearly 25 points per game. ing opponent again, so we'll try For five painful weeks, the Rice Record: 2-5 added one of his own. Hatfield said there's no spe- to get ready for that kind of at- football team wondered when things WAC record: 1-3 (6th) Hebert's was especially important cific reason why Rice has been mosphere. I know it will be a would finally come together. The because he had missed two games able to dominate the series even great crowd and a great, excit- Owls knew they were a good foot- Most recently: Defeated the with two separate groin injuries. At while the Horned Frogs have ing day. ... We'll need a great ball team — or at least they kept University of Hawaii 38-13 one point, it was believed that Hebert dominated everyone else. Hut the effort." telling themselves they were — but Saturday at Rice Stadium. would miss the rest of the season, so Owls do know that TCU will be The toughest part of all will be they had yet to play like one. What made the difference: he was understandably thrilled to be looking for revenge. stopping I^aDainian Tomlinson, Until Saturday, that is. Linebacker Dan Dawson back on the field Saturday. "It works against us," the nation's leading rusher at Two Rice juniors — linebacker grabbed three interceptions "Standing on the sidelines watch- Dawson said. "They're going to 182.2 yards per game and one of Dan Dawson and quarterback Corey and quarterback Corey Evans ing games is the worst feeling in the be mad. We won't sneak up on the favorites to win the presti- Evans — delivered three big plays rushed for 85 yards in the win. world," Hebert said. "It's just so hard them or anything. They're prob- gious Heisman Trophy. apiece last weekend to lead the Owls to watch your teammates giving ev- Up next: The Owls travel to ably mad that we've beaten them The Owls know they'll have to a 38-13 win over Western Athletic erything they have when you can't do Fort Worth tomorrow to play and that we beat them pretty their hands full with a back who Conference foe University of Hawaii. anything to help their cause besides undefeated, llth-ranked bad here last year. So if we're has drawn comparisons to the The win, which came in front of yell and cheer. Just to be able to put Texas Christian University. going to beat them, we'll have University of Texas' legendary 22,521 at Rice Stadium, snapped the pads back on, J feel so lucky." Kickoff is at 2:05 p.m. to earn it." Ricky Williams, who won the Rice's five-game losing streak and The Rice offense probably felt Heisman Trophy two years ago upped the Owls' record to 2-5 overall pretty lucky following the game as and routinely dominated Rice. and 1-3 in the WAC. end Dicky Maegle. well. Four of the five interceptions "Tomlinson's probably the More importantly, it was the first For Dawson, finally playing up to led directly to Rice touchdowns, and '/ played against best back I've played against in time all year the Owls felt they had his own exacting standards was a the Owls had to travel an average of Ricky Williams, and college," Dawson said. "1 played played a complete game. relief, especially coming off a sea- just 35 yards per drive to find the end against Ricky Williams, and "I don't think there's any doubt son-ending leg injury last year. zone. Tomlinson s just as Tomlinson's just asgood.... And that this was the game where we "I've been struggling a little bit," 'Time and time again, the de- the thing 1 like about him is he came together," head coach Ken Dawson said. "I don't know what it fense got the ball back for us and we good. ...He s a great plays real hard every play. Fven Hatfield said. "I think in all parts of was. ... I've been playing hard, but were able to capitalize on Hawaii's when we were beating them last the game we improved. We want to sometimes you just don't get the mistakes," Evans said. "We knew player and they 're a year, you could tell he wanted finish strong and play our best, and breaks. Maybe I'm starting to get going in that Hawaii would be a good the ball and wanted to help his we took a big step forward last week them now. I hope so." team. We wanted to make a state- great team.' team. 1 like people that play like because we did play our best game Overall, Rice intercepted five ment the first time we got the ball, — Dan Dawson that. of the year." passes and completely neutralized and we did that." Junior linebacker "I'm excited about it and I The Rice defense — and Dawson the Warriors' ability to hit deep Rice amassed season highs in think the whole defense is. He's a in particular — paved the way. passes. But Hatfield said the most points (38) and rushing yards (315), great player and they're a great Dawson, named the WAC Defen- important number of all was Hawaii's and Evans led the charge. He was team. 'I"hese are the games you sive Flayer of the Week, came up rushing yards, a lowly 10. personally responsible for three of The Horned Frogs, who enter come to college to play in. It with a school-record tying three in- "You always hear me harping on the touchdowns, including two run- the game unbeaten at 6-0 on the should be fun." terceptions on the afternoon as the stopping the runninggame, and they ning and one throwing, as the Owls season and 3-0 in the Western Hatfield said Rice enters ev- Owls held Hawaii's explosive run- didn't make a lot," Hatfield said. built an insurmountable 28-3 half- Athletic Conference, have had ery game looking to stop the run and-shoot offense to just 237 total "They didn't try to run the ball much, time lead. visions of a New Year's Day bow! first. Against Tomlinson and the yards. but when they did they didn't run it "The offense really played well in game — and perhaps even a na- Horned Frogs, it will be more Dawson's efforts also put him in well. So when you're one-dimen- the first half," Hatfield said. "Over- tional championship — dancing important than ever. some good company in the Rice sional and you're just going to keep all, it was probably the best half of in their heads since two-a-days. "It's no big revelation that record books. His three intercep- throwing the ball every down, the football that we've played since we've They struggled to beat an up- against TCU you had better stop tions tied a school record held by whole key is to come up with the been here. Ever. That was encour- and-down University of Tulsa the running game or they won't five other people, including Owl leg- interceptions." aging, and we needed it." team 17-31astweek. ButtheOwls, throw a single pass," Hatfield said. who lost to Tulsa 23-16 in Sep- "It's a real challenge. They have a tember, know TCU is for real. good attack and a good scheme '"ITiis is a team that has the in throwing the football, but we second-longest winning streak have to go in there and play the in America," Hatfield said. running game extremely well." Water polo wins one of three Owls finish sixth in first trip to division tourney PAR 5814 Kirby In Rice Village "I was happy with that perfor- by l.auren Wilson mance," graduate student player FOR THE THRF.SHKR Better Ingredients. and coach Miles Scotcher said. "It's <713)432-7272 The men's water polo club team the happiest I've been with any of Better Pizza. completed its season last weekend our performances all year. It was by winning one of three matches to great to play a team that pushed us, Rice University Specials finish sixth out of 10 teams at the and we certainly pushed as hard as Southwestern Division Champion- CSU." shipshostedbyTexasA&M Univer- 'Hie tournament showed the Owls 1 large, 1 topping pizza, (2) 20 oz. 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The match was characterized by I"he Owls face a significant expe- strong defense from both teams as rience deficit against virtually every well as a series of shot-clock viola- team they play — four of Rice's seven Play "Beat the Clock" Every Monday Night tions by the Rams that left their of- starters had never picked up a water fense all but impotent for the first polo ball before last fall. Get one large, one topping pizza, for: three quarters. "We have come so far in the last Rice senior goalkeeper Brian two months to put in the perfor- Hill recorded nine blocks in the mance that we did this morning," Order Time Price game, with four in the first quarter Scotcher said after Sunday's game. alone. "It reflects well on the players and 5:00 to 6:00 $5.99 A quick shot by Colorado State's their commitment to the sport." 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B6 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27,2000 Final Stats UH RU BY THE (••rst Downs 15 22 Rushing Yards (net) 10 315 NUMBERS Passing Yards (net) 227 45 Men hope to use depth to capture tide 360 Total Yards 237 oct. 13-21 Return yards 187 119 WAC, from Page B1 product of our team in the face of performance of two new runners, Punts - Avg. 2-40.5 4-41.3 37:54 upset tomorrow. adversity. redshirt freshman Tim Oberg and Time of Possession 22:06 sophomore transfer Jeremy LaBuff, "If they run solid, we have a "Personally, I'd definitely like to Individual Stats chance," head coach Jon Warren finish in the top five. Winning would who have been asked to step up said. "1 don't think we have to run be tough because TCU has two their performance to run in the top Rushing transfers this season who are five for the Owls. While they per- Hawaii— Fenderson 6-14, Grant 2-2, Chang l-(-6) out of our minds. This is a wide Rice — Evans 15-85, Hurd 9-54, Griffin 8-50, Tyler open conference. If our guys end ranked among the top 20 runners formed well at the I^high Invita- 10-46, Beck 9-32, S.White 4-22, Bradley 9-22, up on the right side of the pack, in the country." tional two races back, they Hawkins 2-4, Boothe 1-4, Team l-(-4) struggled at Texas A&M. we'll be in great shape. If they're on The only other healthy veteran Passing the wrong side of the pack, we're runners for the Owls are sopho- The Owls have relied on depth Hawaii — Chang 25-48-5-227 going to be way back." more Keith Fierce and senior Scott in their past successes and hope the Rice — Evans 3-7-0-45 new runners can help provide it. FOOTBALL Leading the way for the Owls Palmer. This weekend will be an Receiving will be senior John Jura. Jura was emotional one for Palmer, who "We're not completely out of the Hawaii — Lelie 8-98, Stutzman 5-47. Colbert 5-41, HAWAII 13 RICE 38 deLaura 3-29, Fenderson 3-3, Grant 1-9 named the WAC Runner of the missed last year's championship picture," Warren said. "John Jura should be in the front pack battling Rice — Boothe 1-24, Hawkins 1-11, Manning 1-10 Week after his performance at the season due to illness. Hawaii 0 10 0 13 for the lead. TCU has those two Texas A&M meet two weeks ago. "This weekend is going to be Rice 21 0 10 38 He has paced the Owls at every special because I've grown up nationally-ranked runners, but we VOLLEYBALL race this season and is hoping to around this team and they've been can beat them as a team on depth. RU — Boolhe 24 pass from Evans (Crabtree kick) That's how we'll beat anybody. UH — Hannum 30 field goal lead his team to another WAC title. my training partners for the past RU — Evans 19 run (Crabtree kick) HAWAII 3 RICE 0 "My goals for this weekend are four or five years," Palmer said. SMU and UTEP are the main two RU — Bradley 3 run (Crabtree kick) to run a personal record and for the "We're going to need all five run- teams to beat. In my opinion, the RU — Evans 8 run (Crabtree kick) Hawaii 15 15 15 field is wide open. Everybody looks UH — Lelie 19 pass from Chang (Hannum kick) Rice 8 12 9 team to run the best that it can," ners to run at their best." UH — Hannum 31 field goal Jura said. "We're excited to see the A key to the weekend will be the okay, but nobody looks great." RU — Beck 2 run (Crabtree kick) , _ RU — Crabtree 27 field goal Final Stats Hawaii Rice Kills 57 39 Errors 16 17 Attempts 112 112 Attack Percentage .366 .196 Assists 53 38 Service Aces 6 4 Digs 50 34 Blocks 10.0 6.0

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From the Director: The idea for Open Mouth/Open Mind began when I was working on a dance peformance for the Humanities Building. As I walked around the sum HOI is Rice campus, becoming attuned to its creative vibrations, 1 wandered into the nearby Student Center. I was immediately overwhelmed by the intoxicating scent of fresh- baked bread. Following the smell that filled my nostrils and my soul, I discovered the recently installed Subway franchise. The room was bursting with the energy of college life. I witnessed a young man named Ben Johnson glancing nervously at the 12-inch sandwiches and looking distinctly inadequate. Meanwhile, Freed from the tyranny of CK, one dancer is also liberated from gravity. two big-hearted lads named Fran- cisco and Scott volunteered to look In this presentation, the dancers find ing will prevent them from attending after other students' backpacks sanctuary from the evil oppression of this unique event. I welcome all with while they stood in line for lunch. 1 CK as they reach out in hungry des- outstretched arms. Tickets are $18. felt a p. ufound artistic obligation to peration for culinary satisfaction, fi- It has been a real honor and pleasure celebrate this wonderful space nally finding glorious gastrointesti- to work with Rice, to become part of through the magnificent visual po- nal liberation in the Italian meatball its history and to take away a substan- etry of dance, as well as a deep yearn- sub. I wanted to make this dance as tial chunk of its endowment. I hope ing to add another 70 grand to my accessible as possible to the Rice you enjoy the journey. Swiss bank account. Keep the student body so that absolutely noth- — Stefano Koplowitz checks coming, Malcolm! After spending a good 20 minutes meticulously perfecting the chore- ography, 1 am now proud to present Open Mouth/Open Mind, a site-spe- cific performance inspired by the Dancers on the roof reach for the sky with a heavenly loaf of Subway bread. design and use of the new Subway. Listen to the sound of falling admissions standards £ A certain Jones College sopho- SUPERGLUE). The highly trained more wore a mustache to J ones Cave- hotline operators offered the follow- man College Night last Friday and ing advice: "Sleep it off, jackass." was having a great time partying. And so Jeff — oops, we mean the Unfortunately, later in the evening, Jones sophomore — retired to bed. the EMS was called to the scene. 'Hie next morning, he had to go, §mm No, he wasn't on the verge of an mustachio'd, to a meeting with Jones alcohol-induced coma or missing a master Rick Barrera and some of his limb. Actually, he just needed assis- prestigious faculty pals. Like the tance removing the disguise from wise sages they are, the professors his upper lip since it was attached expanded upon the advice from the with superglue. SUPERGLUE. And hotline: "Perhaps the superglue has he wasn't even drunk when he ap- penetrated through several layers of plied the industrial strength adhe- skin, jackass." sive to his sweet tender flesh. After multiple applications of ac- In spite of the EMTs' best efforts, etone later that day, he finally man- they failed to remove the offending aged to remove the mustache using Artist's Rendition of the Disguised item and consequently were forced a KNIFE. 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lipped on 91.7 lately? Chances are, if you're of Rice radio an undergraduate you haven't. In 1991, the Fstation was changed forever, when it went from 650 to 50,000 watts. Not only could the signal by Elizabeth Jardina be heard all over Houston and halfway to San From its humble beginnings as a two-watt station broadcasting to Hanszen Antonio, but it also couldn't easily be heard on College to a 50,000 watt transmitter reaching the greater Houston area, student campus, because the buildings downtown blocked radio at Rice has had a storied 30-year history. Programming has changed as the the signal. years have gone on, as have the kinds of students who work on the station. In the Over the years, the added community audience days of low-tech radio — equipment from the station was sometimes acquired and the difficulty in hearing it has separated KTRU from other radio stations and often assembled by students — the broadcast of from the student body. KTRU was an electrical engineering puzzle. Now, students of all majors work for In the past three weeks, the Athletic Depart- the station, and their unifying factor tends to be their interest in underexposed ment has asked KTRU to play twice as much sports music. as it did last year, bringing the question of who controls KTRU's programming to a head. Some administrators, President Malcolm Gillis KHCR: Hanszen College Radio among them, call the tower a "university asset," the In February 1967, students at Hanszen transmitted a tWo-watt signal through singular radio station Rice can own — and insist the buzzer system of the college, according to the Thresher article reporting the that KTRU would be serving the Rice community event. It was as much of an engineering project as it was a communications more fully if it played more university program- project — the headline of the article was "Disc-type jocks debut over KHCR; EEs ming, ranging from Shepherd School concerts to beam truth via buzzer system." sports. At that point, KHCR (for Hanszen College Radio) was a mixture of news and The students of KTRU — and some vocal alumni music. The article said "the station will provide a soothing medley of music — disagree vehemently, talking about how KTRU ranging from the 'semi-popular to light classical,'" according to then-program- is a student organization and should be exclusively ming director Bill Vaughan (Hanszen '68). It also had a "roving mike" and did controlled by students. Whether it's a student org interviews with students; the first of these was with a Girl Scout selling cookies or a university asset — or both — it is certainly in the Hanszen Commons. unique on the Rice campus. The next fall, plans were made to broadcast the station from the Rice Hanszen senior Abl Cohen, who has worked for KTRU since she Memorial Center basement throughout campus using a closed-circuit AM "Nitro" specialty show. The show plays ska and punk music. station. The funding for that station was provided by the college governments What they play and the RMC budget. At that point, the station changed its call letters to KOWL KTRU's format is "free-form, eclectic radio," and broadcast on 580 AM from wires run through the steam tunnels from the according to its Web site (www.ktru.org). The mu- games were covered. RMC basement to the basements of all the colleges. sic played is divided into general shifts and spe- KTRU didn't always play such an eclectic mix of KOWL's news presence was established firmly in spring 1969. The Board of cialty shows, with the majority of specialty shows music, however. In the first days of the station, it A Governors appointed William Masterson the new president of Rice without the being in the evenings between 7 and lO.p.m. was a mix of news, music, sports and other inter- dent: consultation of a faculty-student committee, and campus went into an uproar. "We think KTRU's bread and butter is the gen- views. pay c Students and faculty protested vehemently, and Masterson resigned five days eral shift, and it's an eclectic mix of stuff," KTRU DJ DJ Director Sarah Pitre, a Wiess College senior, origi later. KOWL broadcasted around the clock during the so-called "Masterson Director Ben Home, a Wiess College junior, said. said that in the '80s KTRU played bands like R.E.M. locat crisis." "The general KTRU shift is across the board, all and the Cure, before they became widely popular. natui In fall 1969, plans were already in the works to make the station EM and types of music." When alternative music broke out in the early '90s, Sid R become licensed by the FCC by the next fall. Music Director Holly Hinson, a Will Rice Col- though, KTRU moved away from this focus on the to go In the process of the move toward licensing and EM, the students discovered lege senior, explained that KTRU focuses on avant- alternative music genre, she said. "Bands that we K that the call letters KOWL were reserved by a California radio station. So, they garde music and world music. "And of course, we might be playing at KTRU that wouldn't have had Beer renamed the station KTRU, for The Rice University. play other genres that we feel are important: under- exposure earlier are now getting picked up really and The newly named KTRU's format varied widely. In 1969 the station broadcast exposed hip-hop, ska, indie rock, pop, just a whole quickly by record labels." funds live from the launch of the Apollo 12 manned space mission. In 1970, it developed variety," Hinson said. "This is all music that would However, Pitre said she felt that the purpose T1 a democratically elected playlist of sorts — the albums put in the automated be incredibly hard to find in Houston, just generally was the same as it was in earlier generations of the KTR1 changer (which broadcast when DJs were not on the air — from 1 a.m. to 3 p.m.) artists that people are not familiar with. We can station — to play music that is not in the main- fees, were the 25 albums voted in by the student body. hopefully help guide them to types of music that stream and to educate both the DJs and the listen- office As a KTRU listening poll mentioned in an April 1970 Thresher article indicates, they may never have heard of before." ing audience. spon: students preferred a "mixed variety of music," although KTRU also broadcast The schedule has specialty shows ranging from "It actually hasn't changed, it's just that looking to ho "events of interest to the Rice community and a short news show." the 'Treasures of the '60s" program to a spoken back, it's like'Wow, KFRU played R.E.M.PThey're Bf In June of 1970, the Board of Governors gave permission to seek the license word show to an hour of music for children on so cool now.' Maybe in 10 years people will look sity tl for a radio station with the following conditions; Saturday mornings. back and say, 'Wow, they played Negativeland?' or pay in "The installation be at no expense to the University; the broadcasting to KTRU also broadcasts some athletics — last 'Wow, they played the Supertones? 'Hiat's so cool nanct clearly state that the station is operated by the students of Rice University and year, 13 women's basketball games and 18 baseball now,"' Pitre said. He reflects their opinions; that it is does not represent the official position of the University; that the policies governing the operation of the station shall be determined by the President of the University and continuous supervision of the broadcasting shall be maintained by the President." (From the minutes of the board meeting, June 12, 1970) That September, then-acting President Frank Vandiver established the FM THE SURVEY Question 5: For each of the types of1 committee to assist with this licensing process. 'ITie license requested was for a station "to provide the university and the surrounding community with quality educational and communicational service which does not attempt to duplicate a. The type of music KTRU commercial radio service," said the application to the FCC. The Thresher conducted a survey of a randomly currently plays The application was granted in February 1971, and in May 1971 KTRU-FM selected sample of 400 Rice undergraduates via e- (with a 10-watt signal) began broadcasting to about an eight-mile radius of mail. A list of all undergraduate e-mail addresses was don't know definitely (12%) campus, from a tower atop Sid Richardson College. obtained, then each was assigned a random number. (14%) At that point, KFRU had an active presence both as a campus news organiza- These were then put in numerical order, and the first tion and as a station that aired music. Then-Program Director John Doerr (I*>vett 400 were sent e-mails, blind carbon copied from the probably 73) said the station was interested in broadcasting "a mix of different kinds of Thresher's e-mail account. (11%) artists and music and moods," according to a May 1971 Thresher article. I"he The survey was conducted from midnight Oct. 19 station director a the time, Rob Sides (Hanszen '74), put the station's audience to noon Tuesday. Two follow up e-mails urging stu- definitely in perspective in the same article. "Rice students are first, and now we must also dents to reply to the survey were sent, one in the early be responsive to the Houston community — we're on the public airways now," afternoon of Oct. 20 and Mond iy morning. he said. Of the responses we received, 13 students are not probably attending Rice this semester, so they were removed maybe Growth of "the radio": From 10 to 650 watts from the sample, leaving us with a sample of 387, and (21%) 254 responses from students at Rice this semester. In October 1973, KTRU went to stereo broadcasts. Most of the managerial Our response rate was 66 percent. staff of the station — from the program director to the station manager to the publicity director—were electrical engineering majors. These students' special- ized knowledge allowed the engineering aspects of the station to be handled by students—including the move to stereo. Then-Program Director Scott Hochberg (Will Rice '75) is now an alumnus member serving on the current KTRU Advisory Committee, the evolution of the KTRU-FM committee established in 1971. Question 4: On how many days in the past two weeks did you listen to KTRU for at least 5 d. Concerts from Rice's Shepherd However, Hochberg and the rest of the 70-some members of staff wanted to consecutive minutes? (Excluding people who School of Music go further than stereo. That academic year, with the help of the EM committee, had not listened to radio at all this semester.) they applied for and were granted by the FCC permission to expand to 250 watts. don't know At that time, according to Hochberg, students simply called the station "the 5-7 times definitely (<1%) 8 or more times (4%) radio." The station also produced a weekly program guide, the Rice Radio Folio, (3%) not (7%) definitely (16%) which was distributed on campus as well as in the Montrose, area and in the probi Village. At that point, the programming was still quite diverse, playing classical 3-4 times (5%) probably not music, jazz, country music and some talk shows as well as some news coverage. (14%) 'ITie station went to 250 watts in April 1974, expanding its range from the area around campus to most of Houston. In an article in the Houston Post in spring 1974, Hochberg explained that the probably 1-2 times (24%) FM committee was helpful in dealing with red tape from FCC. However, he also (19%) said that the committee didn't influence what went on the radio. "The university has maintained a hands-off policy," Hochberg said. In the same article, Publicity zero times Director Kim Wertheimer explained the relationship in similar terms. "The only (69%) time we have any contact with the administration is when we do a story on them," he said. Hochberg was also quoted as saying that he was glad for the^ maybe expansion so the station could get more programming input from^^^^ (38%) listeners. The next big jump in wattage came in October 1980, when the station became 650 watts, increasing its broadcast range by 30 percent. At the same time, a polarized antenna was installed onto Sid, which the students hoped would increase radio reception in cars and help solve the problem of the signal reflecting off the buildings in the Texas Medical Center. At the time, then* years later Station Manager Frank Vance (Lovett '81) said that Rice was the only school in m by Elizabeth Jardina the Southwest Conference to have a student-run radio station and that the station operated on a yearly budget of $12,000 to $14,000 each year, coming mostly from and Administration Neill Binford said that inciden- blanket taxes. At that point, KTRU had a staff of about 50 people, including both tal maintenance expenses for the tower have been those in management positions and DJs. higher than were anticipated when the contract The staff was composed primarily of undergraduate students. Only six of the was made with KRTS. "The tower has to be painted more often, which is a significant thing to keep it maintained," he said. "It's required a little more maintenance in terms of replacing insulators. We've had to replace the air conditioning a little earlier than we've thought. The tower has been hit by lightning once or twice and so we've had to replace the primary coaxial cable ... and we've had to essentially maintain the site, which is in the river- bed area." Binford said that Rice has been able to not lose money on the tower by selling space on the tower to other companies and by "saving our pennies." A He also said that part of this revenue will be used to pay the salary of the new part-time engineer, but that enough money has been saved for only one year's salary. "It comes out of a modest bankrolling of the income that has come out of other tower uses. Something that is delicate in that we can't sustain that year after year," he said. The primary KTRU expense incurred by the university is the salaries of General Manager Will Robedee and half-time Office Assistant Nancy New-

ton, both positions hired after a recommendation of 1981 CAMPANILE

LIZZIE TAISHOFF/THRESHER the 1997 President's Report. They are staff mem- Rice President Norman Hackerman (center) prepares to announce over the air the since she was a freshman, DJs during the Tuesday night bers in the Division of Student Affairs. increase in KTRU's wattage — from 340 to 650 — in October 1980. >unk music. Management structure. DJs in June 1979 were unaffiliated with Rice. Additionally, seven members of the Leadership positions in KTRU are filled by stu- staff were alumni. The programming continued to be a mix of music, athletics and news lixof KTRU's finances dents during elections in the late spring. The elected offerings, including interviews with faculty and staff. For example, when family- )n, it positions are management positions such as sta- As part of their yearly fees, undergraduate stu- style meals were under debate in 1980, Food and Housing Director Marion Hicks inter- tion manager, DJ director and music director as dents pay $5.50 in blanket tax for KTRU. They also went on KTRU to field student questions on a call-in talk show. pay a 50-cent KTRU emergency fund blanket tax, well as other positions, such as coordinator for ior, originally established when the transmitter was bumper stickers and the folio director. (The folio D.M. located on campus and was vulnerable to minor director makes the KTRU folio, a publication ex- Moving into the alternative scene: the 1980s natural disasters, such as in 1990 when flooding at plaining what KTRU airs and includes information lular. Julie Grob Oones '88) listened to KTRU as a high school student and recalled Sid Richardson College damaged it, causing KTRU about upcoming concerts). The people elected by l'90s, that KTRU played a lot of "art rock," as well as bands like the Talking Heads. After to go off the air for several days. the DJs are generally students who have been the coming to Rice, Grob became a DJ and worked for KTRU during 1984-'88. Grob KTRU, the Thresher, the Campanile, the RPC, involved in the station for a considerable length of it we said that under the guidance of Music Director Ray Shea (Sid '86), KTRU was Beer-Bike, the Honor Council, University Court time, said Operations Director Dennis Lee, a gradu- had moving "even more towards real — what we called then — alternative rock, real and the Student Association receive blanket tax ate student in biochemistry and cell biology. |eally underground rock and punk rock and experimental stuff." funds. Station Manager Johnny So is currently serving This attitude was perhaps epitomized in the station's nickname: F-word radio. )ose The roughly $14,000 brought in by blanket tax is as KTRU's business manager, he said. Playlists published in the folio in 1984 and 1985 include many now-familiar k the KTRU's operating budget. It's used to pay licensing Unlike the other student organizations that re- names like Flvis Costello, U2, Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., the lain- fees, to buy new music for the music library and ceive blanket tax money, no member of the KTRU Eurythmics, Frank Zappa and the Smiths. The schedule included many specialty sten- office supplies and phone service for the studio, to staff — the station manager or any other member sponsor concerts, to create training materials and — is elected in a general election, an issue that has shows still on the air today such as chicken skin music, a mixture of blues, folk and bluegrass; the "Mutant Hardcore" show, which is an hour of punk and its |king to hold KTRU social events. been raised recently as the Student Association is Because of their contract with KRTS, the univer- ir. the process rewriting its constitution, President derivative genres; and four hours of jazz on Sunday afternoons. ?y're KTRU also broadcast news at 5 and 9 p.m. daily, as well as 'To the Point," a llook sity theoretically neither makes nor loses money Lindsay Botsford said. paying for the transmitter, Vice President for Fi- "Part of our process is wanting uniformity among weekly 15-minute interview with a faculty member on a topic of her specialty. )?' or The station also occasionally ran special shows, such as a broadcast of Orson cool nance and Administration Dean Currie said. However, Associate Vice President for Finance Continued on next page Welles' War of the Worlds for Halloween of 1984 and a broadcast of a reading of The Hobbit in weekly half-hour segments for the fall semester of that year. Grob said she felt that the music was a primary part of the station during her time at Rice, which didn't mean only playing what the students wanted. "I think we considered the audience to be like-minded music fans, honestly," she said. "I think that we felt as students that we were making the best radio station possible and a radio station that was based on people who really knew a lot about rock \e types of programming below, would you listen to it if it aired on KTR U? music and really had good and open-minded tastes." She also said she thought KTRU played some music for the general student body, citiug U2 as an example. b. Rice athletic events c. Rice-sponsored public lectures KTRU's move toward alternative music strongly mirrored the underground, alternative music movement of the time. In 1991, three members of KTRU sent definitely (5%) don't know a formal request to then-Vice President for Undergraduate Affairs Ronald (1%) definitely (2%) Stebbings asking that a music event called "I.ollapalooza" be held on the Rice probably definitely probably campus. Because the touring concert (which was in its first year in 1991) would • (11%) not (13) 5%) have been held during Orientation Week, the request was denied. The move to 50,000 watts definitely KRLS (92.1 FM), a local classical station, made contact with Rice as early as not (27%) probably not maybe (27%) 1986 about arranging for both stations to expand their wattage. KRTS wanted to (21%) go to 50,000 watts, but that would have interfered with KTRU's 650-watt signal. According to FCC regulations, KRTS could not go to 50,000 watts unless KTRU probably not also agreed to go to 50,000 watts. Talks between Rice and KRTS went on and off (35%) until the deal was finally settled in summer 1991, when it was agreed that KRTS maybe would pay Rice for the cost of installing and basically maintaining a 50,000-watt (42%) transmitter until Rice ceases having a broadcast radio station. KFRU, which had broadcast from a tower atop Sid for 20 years, was suddenly transmitting from a very large, very powerful tower located in Humble, a northwest suburb of Houston. Rodney Gibbs (Brown '92) was the KTRU station manager from 1990 to 1992. He said students were not informed of the dramatic increase in wattage until f. News/events from outside campus e. Campus news/events about six months before it happened and were not involved in the decision. don't know Gibbs said he and the other students at KTRU were hesitant about the deal, definitely (1%) j fearing that a move to 50,000 watts might result in the loss of student control. He not (9%) definitely (8%) definitely definitely (9%) not (12%) met with Stebbings and then-Director ofStudent Activities Sarah Nelson Crawford probably to discuss those concerns. "We were promised up and down that the administra- (20%) tion was not going to take away any programming control from KTRU at the probably not present time, nor would it ever in the future," he said. (18%) Another result of the transmitter's move away from campus was a signifi- probably cantly decreased ability to receive the signal on campus. (30%) probably Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Bill Wifson, who was then (29%) and is now KTRU's faculty adviser, said that.the reason for the problems receiving 91.7 FM on campus was a combination of the signal deflecting off the buildings in the Medical Center as well as the downtown buildings located directly between campus and the tower. Also, the move virtually eliminated the student engineer aspect of the radio maybe maybe station, Wilson said. However, student interest in radio engineering was declin- (34%) (29%) ing anyway. "By about '85 or '86, we were running out of students who had either the knowledge or the interest to do anything on the transmitter site,"^^^^ Wilson said. The Rice Thresher, October 27, 2000: Section C

The transition to a "university asset" In May 1996, the Strategic Planning Committee for the uni- versity recommended that a committee be formed to examine KTRU's role in the community and at.Rice and report those findings to President Malcolm Gillis. At the time of the formation of the committee, Gillis spoke to the Thresher for an article. "There is no hidden agenda here," Gillis said. "This committee will look at much more than programming and operations; it will look at KTRU as an asset to the university." Gillis also said the committee would not be meant to govern KTRU so much as to make recommendations. KTRU's reaction to the committee was not positive. rt-T'r Station Manager Andy Campbell, who was later asked to serve on the *r committee, told the Thresher he was very unhappy about the plan. "Form- ing a committee to govern a student organization makes no sense," he said at the time. "[The administration is] ignoring the fact that KTRU is a student organization. Either KTRU is a student-run station or it is not a student-run station." Gillis chose Dean of Continuing Studies Mary Mclntire to chair the committee, which was composed of four faculty members, four staff members, a trustee, a graduate student, two undergraduate students (who were both involved with KTRU) and two alumni. The committee surveyed students, faculty and staff, alumni and graduate students about their KTRU listening and commissioned an Arbitron study to determine the listenership BRIAN STOLER/THRESHER of KTRU in Houston. KTRU community DJ Justin Crane, host of the local music show which airs on Tuesday evenings, has worked at The committee released a report in spring 1997 with its findings and station for 10 years. recommendations for the station. The full report is available online at KTRU's Web site at http://www.ktru.org/97report.html. The Arbitron survey found that KTRU attracted nearly 23,000 listeners in Houston, each listening for an average of three hours a week. 50,000 watts, ten years later The committee report states that many students, alumni and some committee members voiced the opinion that the station should continue to Continued from previous page than half the KTRU DJs, according to numbers be student-run. However, the committee recommended that three perma- compiled by Pitre. Additionally there are 13 gradu- nent staff positions be created: a full-time general manager, a half-time the blanket tax organizations," she said. "On a con- ate students, five alumni and two faculty or staff DJs. clerical assistant and a half-time engineer. ceptual level, we think it's important that students Thirty-four DJs at KTRU are not affiliated with It also recommended Rice create a KTRU advisory board, which would have someone who is directly accountable to them, Rice, Pitre said. Many of the "community DJs," as consist of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff members, so that if they feel like their money is not being well KTRU calls them, do specialty shows and have been alumni and possibly community members. spent or the organization they're giving money to is DJs for a long time, she explained. The "Chicken The committee also made recommendations for programming, al- not operating in the student interest, they should Skin" show (a mixture of folk, bluegrass and blues), though the report says that "the present programs typically should be have the ability to remove that person from office for example, has been hosted by community DJ maintained for at least 12 hours out of 24." and put in someone who will represent their interest David John Scribner for almost 20 years. Those recommendations include: Shepherd School of Music concerts, and their monetary contribution." interviews with Rice faculty and visitors to the campus, Continuing Studies So said KTRU is not opposed to the idea of having lectures, reviews of Rice Players shows and possibly on-air plays and an elected leader, but that there has never been any Who listens? athletics. The report also included ideas for marketing — including ads for concern about the issue before this year. "We're As part of the 1996-'97 committee's process of KTRU in publications like athletics programs and the Rice News. open to the idea," he said. KTRU is currently discuss- evaluating the station, they commissioned an Gillis said he was pleased with the committee's results. "I accepted the ing the proposition of having an elected leader. Arbitron survey of the station, in which they discov- entire report," he said. He said that there would probably be stipulations ered that an estimated 22,700 different people age 12 The station manager and music directors for 1997-'98 responded to the about who could run for station manager, similar to and older in Houston tune to KTRU during a given report with a letter to the editor in the Thresher. They said that many of the the ones about who can run for Thresher editor in week between 6 a.m. and midnight, according to the recommendations made by the committee were "issues we have wanted chief, a position elected in the general elections each report. However, because of the relatively small and tried to address but have been limited by labor, time and resources." February. number of people who listen to the station, the However, they did have substantial hesitation about hiring a non- "There are certain thing things that we have to committee concluded that these numbers were of student general manager, because they said they were afraid that he would stipulate so that we aren't run by someone who limited usefulness. The largest audience KTRU had "advise and administrate rather than oversee." doesn't know what they're doing," So said. at one time during the study was .3 percent of the Robedee, a staff member in the Student Affairs area's listening audience, translating to 8,000-9,000 division, is not involved in the student structure of KTRU listeners, the report said. KTRU gets paid staff members the organization. Arbitron is a company that measures the number General Manager Will Robedee was hired in spring 1998, making him While the students staff and manage the station, of listeners to a station, usually used to determine the first paid staff member of KTRU ever. At that point, he was aware of the the license for the station is held by the Board of the rates stations charge advertisers. Because K TRU tension between the students and the position of general manager. He told Trustees, as it has been since 1971 when KTRU first is a noncommercial station, it doesn't commission the Rice News in April 1998, "This is a student-run organization. They're went to KM. 'Die board agreed to hold the license in Arbitron ratings on a regular basis. Arbitron deter- fearful of being dictated to." 1970 under the conditions that the students would mines listenership by asking a randomly selected While Robedee is specifically not in control of the station's program- pay for the expenses of the station, that the station sample of the population to become an Arbitron ming, he can step in if the station is ever in violation of FCC regulations. would not reflect the official opinions of the univer- household, which means that members of the family Thereafter, Nancy Newton was hired as Robedee's part-time assistant. sity, that the policies should be governed by the keep a diary in which they record their radio-listen- KTRU is currently in the process of finalizing the hiring of a part-time university president and the president should super- ing habits. engineer. All three salaries are funded by the university. vise the broadcasting. According to a survey done for this week's Currently, the KTRU Advisory Committee is the Thresher, close to 70 percent of undergraduate stu- body that is supposed to resolve the deadlock be- dents had not listened to KTRU in the past two The most recent developments tween the Athletic Department and KTRU over the weeks. (See Box, on previous page, for more de- Earlier this semester, Athletic Director Bobby May proposed to the broadcast of more games. This committee came to tailed survey results.) KTRU Advisory Committee that KTRU should double the amount of existence as a result of the 1997 President's Report baseball and women's basketball games broadcast this academic year. It on KTRU to advise and make recommendations for was met with considerable resistance by the KIRU staff, which argued that the radio station. It was recommended to be advi- Student apathy broadcasting too much athletics would not mesh with its mission to be sory to President Malcolm Gillis, but he has de- Music Director Holly Hinson said that KTRU educational, that its regular prime-time schedule would be too disrupted by ferred it to Vice President for Student Affairs Ze- does not intentionally try to ignore students. "I think the frequent games and that the station's programming should remain in naido Camacho. there's also a misconception in the community that the hands of students. The Advisory Committee is similar to the KM we're like, 'Screw Rice students — we don't care. An interim agreement has been reached, according to Station Manager Committee established by the board when KTRU What we care about is the community,'" she said. Johnny So. For eight weeks, beginning in November, KTRU will broadcast first began to seek its FCC license. Students who "Well, we do care about the community, but we also eight women's basketball games and the Advisory Committee will con- interacted with the FM Committee, when the station care about our classmates, our roommates, our tinue to meet until a more permanent agreement is reached. upgraded its signals in 1974, 1980 and 1991 found friends here too. And we do things for them, hope- "I hate to say we're happy, 'cause we're not. We came to an agreement the members to be helpful, but the FM Committee fully." that we can live with, I guess, for the time being," So said. did not interfere with the station's policies about However, Promotions Manager Viki Keener said He said that he and the staff of KTRU would like to work out an what should be played on the: air. her job is sometimes made frustrating by the lack of agreement by which the programming is under the control of the students, Associate Vice President for Finance and Admin- student response to KTRU-sponsored events. For not the Advisory Committee. "Ideally we would like to draw up an agree- istration Neill Binford said that if the committee example, when K TRU brought the indie punk band ment that would say, This is the agreement until the station manager, comes to a deadlock, Camacho may have to make a I,eTigre to the Grand Hall Oct. 19, student response supported by the student volunteers of KTRU, feel this is necessary.' But decision about the committee and possibly "change to the event was bland. "Even when 1 did advertise we wanna leave the who-comes-to-who in the hands of the students, instead the current management control." them really well on campus, not many people came," of having athletics come to us," he said. "And it's better than them saying, Keener, a Jones College junior, said. 'Do you wanna air some games?' and us being like, 'no,' and them saying, Keener is in the process of producing a KTRU 'Well, let's take it to the committee.' Yeah, we just want to leave it in the Who are the DJs? folio, a publication describing the station's program- hands of KTRU, the station manager." DJs are selected by the DJ directors at the begin- ming, to be distributed either today or early next The chair of the committee, Associate Vice President for Finance and ning of each semester. This year, there were 50 week to the Coffeehouse and Houston record stores. Administration Neill Binford, said that if the committee deadlocked, the applicants for 25 shifts, Home said. Each person When the folio was first created in the early 70s, it decision about programming would fall to Vice President for Student who applied also had a 7 to 10 minute interview with was a weekly publication of KTRU's playlist and a Affairs Zenaido Camacho, as the Advisory Committee reports to him. the DJ directors and other members of the staff, but description of its shows distributed to the Montrose "The work of the committee would come to a fiat dead stop, and the the ultimate decision is made by the DJ directors. area and the Village. Keener said this folio will be decision would be in Dr. Camacho's hands," Binford said. "I think it might Home said the most important qualification to be about 15 pages long and include descriptions of the be unfortunate because we might be forcing Dr. Camacho to make a a DJ is a willingness to be open to new kinds of schedule as well as descriptions of past concerts and decision that might change the current management control." music. He said that it was helpful, but not necessary, previews of future ones. She said it will probably be However, he said Camacho wants the committee to work out an to have previous knowledge about "underground" produced once a semester. agreement between athletics and the station. "But he really wants us to music. "The DJs who are turned down are usually negotiate this out in a reasonable way. His style is to develop consensus and qualified, on the whole, but there are a limited that's what we'll do," Binford said. "If either side were to dig their heels in number of spots for new DJs," he said. very far, I think it would not work well for anybody." KTRU allows undergraduates, graduate students, KTRU feature In the meantime, KTRU is asking for mail from listeners in support of faculty, staff, alumni and non-Rice affiliated people to A Thresher news production its current programming structure. apply to be DJs. "We give slight preference to Rice So said he is unsure about the committee's next step. "The next step students over community members because it is a Research: Olivia Allison, Liora Danan, would be draw up a long-term solution, I guess," he said. "I don't know what student radio station, so we feel it shouldn't be Elizabeth Jardina, Brian Stoler, Mariel Tam the next step is — get together in a hot room, turn off the A/C, I don't overrun by people outside of Rice," Pitre said. know." The 43 undergraduates make up slightly less Design: Brian Stoler