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VOLUME 76, NO WE NEVER GUARANTEED A SWIMSUIT ISSUE FEBRUARY 10, 1989 Power failure leaves Rice in the dark for four hours Outage reveals inadequacies of campus emergency lighting systems

when it did go out this time, they by Anu Bajaj were too busy taking aire of other stuff, so it was just,better to let us sit A power outage Monday, Febru- it out," she said. ary 6, left the entire campus dark for Director of the Physical Plant Ed four hours and raised questions Samfield said they have the capacity about the preparedness of the uni- to use the cogenerator to power part versity for emergency situations. of the university. However, the co- Although power has been restored generator also lost power. to the entire campus, the cause of the "The cogenerator has the capac- outage is still unknown. ity to generate its own electricity, but No injuries occurred during the it went out, too. It's not meant to blackout, but several buildings on replace Houston Lighting and Power campus were left without emer- but to supplement it If we had been % gency lighting and the Rice Univer- unable to restore HL&P power, we sity Police Department had no emer- could have turned on power to a gency power. limited area of the university," he Rice University Police Depart- said. ment without generator Fondren Library—insufficient Chief of RUPD Mary Voswinkel emergency lighting said RUPD had no problems doing Because of the power outage its job despite being left without Fondren Library closed early. Assis- power for nearly four hours. tant University Librarian Kay Flow- "The phones don't ring when you ers and Library Assistant Alexis don't have power so you have to Lattner made the decision to evacu- continually push the buttons to see if ate the building about 10:30 p.m. anyone is on the line, which can be a Although Flowers and Littner problem. We assigned one person to were able to evacuate the building each of the consoles, and manned without any mishaps, the installation calls that way," Voswinkel said. of emergency lights in Fondren i> Jn addition to manning the not complete, so in some areas the phones, RUPD had to go through all lighting is poor. of the buildings and confirm that no "The emergency lighting system one was trapped in elevators or other has been gradually installed over a areas where it is difficult to get out. period of several years. Since they RUPD then closed off these areas. have had to spread it out, only the Voswinkel said although there most important places have emer- were no property losses or injuries gency lighting like by the fire exits, during the outages, an emergency by elevators that are close to stairs, Otis, My Man! generator would have made RUPD's and in long halls. job easier. "Of course we would like "The building is still being re- Otis Day and the Nights warm up the crowd at the 'Worlds Largest Shout-Out' Saturday. Sub freezing temperatures on to have one. It would make our job the island failed to dampen the crowd's enthusiasm at last weekend's Mardi Gras Galveston Celebration. Revelers modeled. There is a lot more work easier, but it is a large expenditure gathered for the final weekend of the annual event to hear the band of Animal House fame. As night fell and the mercury tied to the safety codes, and they are dropped even further, crowds lined the parade route to be entertained by Rice's own MOB and other marching bands. for the university...they connected adding more emergency lighting. 1 Floats bearing costumed volunteers pelted the fluid-fortified, frozen crowd with traditional beads and dubloons. us to a generator before when there think four months ago, we had a was a planned power outage. But short outage and the architect was in the building so he went around and noted the areas that needed emer- Business as usual at Rice; surrounding schools close gency lighting," Flowers said. Lovett, SRC—insufficient by Sue-Sun Yom university, like University of Hous- schedules and found substitutes for Gratke said, "I think the administra- emergency lighting ton, also has many students living at those who couldn't make it. One did tion handled this poorly. To have Sid Richardson and I.ovett Col- greater distances. not make it here," Flowers said. classes was stupid since no one leges also had problems with their In record-degree weather this "This is the same policy used for Poor communication between could study after the power went out. emergency lighting. week, Rice students trudged to class all natural events, such as the threat the administration and students It was pretty ridiculous that there Lovett College Co-Master Gerry through sleet and frost, despite class posed by Hurricance Gilbert this confused the situation. was nothing on television and the Jump said, "I don't even know if there cancellations by many other sur- fall," MacDowell said. An announcement was made at 4 radio. I had to make eight or nine is any [emergency lighting]." rounding Houston-area universities Vice President of Academic Af- p.m. Monday, from the President's telephone calls to find out whether Without emergency lighting in and school districts Tuesday. fairs at University of St Thomas R.J. Office, encouraging "non-essential" there were classes." SEE POWER . PAGE 8 Assistant to the President Carl Schiesen said about 80 percent of the personnel to go home. Some stu- MacDowell said, "The use of MacDowell defended standard uni- students commute to school. St. dents, assuming non-essential per- radio and television stations that are versity policy in holding classes, al- Thomas cancelled classes from 3 sonnel included faculty, said they preoccupied with announcing can- BACKPAGE though he admitted the administra- p.m. Monday afternoon until Wed- believed classes had been cancelled cellations would have caused more tion was concerned with establish- nesday morning. for the afternoon. confusion by grouping Rice indis- ing better student communication. At the University of Houston, MacDowell said, "The informa- criminately with those schools." Our first week of The university's physical plant Assistant to the President Kent tion to cancel all evening classes MacDowell said the administra- Valentine's Day never completely closed, although Kessingcr said, "This cold weather became available late Monday after- tion would review its actions. confusion resulted from a power instance was so unusual, and people noon. Late in the day, it's difficult to "Each and every time one of these % personals outage late Monday (see related in Texas aren't equipped to drive. put this kind of information out be- events happens, the administration story, this page). Many of our students are commut- cause it's hard to reach people." does review what happened and how Non-essential personnel were ers, and that was a factor." KTRU announced the cancella- it responded. This event will be part Could sent home and all classes were UH also closed at 3 p.m. Monday tions, but MacDowell said-the ad- of that proccss. it be your cancelled Monday evening. Sewall and reopened Wednesday morning. ministration had avoided commer- "We are concerned about better and Rayzor Halls were not scheduled Both schools decidcd to canccl cial stations. KTRU lost power with communications. Certainly the luckv day? to hold classes Tuesday because the Tuesday classes Monday night, and the rest of the campus at 9 p.m. power outage complicated the han- buildings had no heat. neither experienced any power fail- Monday. dling of the situation," MacDowell Assistant University Librarian ures. Many students said notification said. Kay Flowers said Fondrcn Library Hie President's Office received by the administration had been poor. The cold snap caught many off- was open until power failure late calls Monday and Tuesday from Hanszen College junior Dominic guard, particularly students expect- Monday night staff, faculty, and students con- Digesualdo said, "A lot of people ing a temperate Houston. MacDowell said, "Rice is basi- cealed about coming to campus. were running around confused. The Wiess College senior Steve Rader cally a residential university. Most "We told them to use their own university needs to come up with a said, "I hated it. I like Houston be- students are living on or close to good judgement. We told them we better way of letting students know cause it's warm. Our heat went out. campus. It is a long-standing policy didn't want anyone to put themselves what'sgoing on. My friends called up We froze. We bitched. A day later, it that, if at all possible, Rice holds in jeopardy," MacDowell said. Tuesday morning, and they had the got fixed. It was damn cold." classes. Contrary to a secondary or Even the library did not experi- same recorded announcement from Jones College sophomore Liz SO WHAT DO elementary school, we do not have to ence a serious staff shortage Mon- Monday. They were supposed to Vazquez said, "I expected warm consider students traveling long dis- day night make the decision about classes at weather in Houston, so I was a little WE DO NOW? tances to school or small children "Staff members had to be acco- 5:30 a.m. Tuesday." disappointed. I feel sorry for the See page 9 being transported. A large urban modated. We double-checked their I>ovett College senior Christina SEE COLD, PAGE: 8 2 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989 THE RICE THRESHER Opinion

University unprepared DO ft# KNOW ME?... THPW5 TO W LEADERSHIP for emergency situations MY BUDDIES AND I BUM This week's cold snap and Monday's power outage have raised questions about the administration's ability to communicate to stu- A CHANCE R)R BIG BUCKS!! dents, faculty, and staff during an emergency. The RUPD's lack of an emergency power generator could seri- NCMVWENttUSEEME... ously hinder their effectiveness if an emergency were to occur during a blackout. What good are police officers if they are essentially rendered ineffective due to an inability to communicate? It is ludicrous to expect police officers to continuously punch / YY'/J. buttons to check if anyone is on the line. Having to do this would waste wi.i precious time if someone had been seriously injured and needed prompt assistance. Communications between students and the administration during an emergency could be vastly improved if there was one official source that could provide all the neccessary information. Perhaps ...ILL BE. LEAVING KTRU could act as that official source and share a generator with RUPD. MDWEViKlWJTrr. The lack of sufficient emergency lighting is another hazard which the administration needs to repair immediately. It is extremely PQ dangerous to have stairwells without any emergency lighting, espe- cially considering that it is during emergencies that stairwells are the sole means of escape. This time the administration was lucky because no one was hurt, but next time... Quality of life for Rice students declining while tuition rises pleted course offerings and a high will undoubtedly occur again this tape? Can the administration inter- rent level. Yet if it ignores the prob- commentary level of graduate student teaching spring, for a "full meal plan" actually vene in the dispute between Food & lems that exist at Rice now, the next by Gregory Kahn are commonplace. But Rice is not only covers' 75% of the meals while Housing and the students so that a time President Rupp seeks "coopera- Harvard, and those of us who se- the reduced plan barely covers 50%. fair meal plan can be worked out? tion" through the imposition of When President Rupp an- lected to come here made that deci- Because of the tremendous base After increasing our tuition, the "higher charges," the reaction of the nounced the recent tuition rise in an sion in large part because of the tre- costs of the meal plans, students are administration promised to keep the Rice community may become quite open letter to the Rice community, mendous reputation that Rice had purchasing smaller plans and re- level of education at Rice at its cur- openly hostile.- he stated that an increase in price for low student-to-faculty ratios and a treating to off-campus locations to was necessary because "To compro- large number of class offerings for a eat No longer is the commons a mise the quality of the institution is school of this size. However, this place for everyone in a college to see unacceptable...it shortchanges all crucial aspect of our university is each other; more and more it has Professor attacks stance those...who have invested and are now being comprimiscd by admini- become a place to eat-and-run for investing their time, energy, and stration policy. people who are either too busy to get resources to establish the distinction The problems with the library re- off-campus or for those of us who of Athletic Director May that is here." Yet in recent weeks we serve room is another example of don't own an automobile. have learned that several aspects of how life has become more difficult Rice's ascent to national recogni- To the editors: All of these are also 'windows Rice are indeed being compromised, for students and faculty despite tion is something that we all applaud, The Director of Athletics, Mr. through which the public views the and it is essential that these areas be Rice's rise to national prominence. yet the problems that have grown "Bobby" May, commits a fundamen- university,' and are thus equally addressed by Rupp's administration Why does the library staff need two within the hedges in the past few tal error when he asks 'How much do worthy of support Such an equitable if it wants the full confidence of the months notice to place books on the years are still matters of great con- the other major departments on financial arrangement would, un- students and faculty. shelves of the reserve room? The cern. Rupp's administration needs to campus cost?' I have heard this ir- doubtedly, have Mr. May's whole- Most notably, the limitations of problems of Dr. Newfield, who be- address these problems immedi- relevant question entirely too often. hearted endorsement; I might even the course offerings is something cause of a huge enrollment sought to ately, for the benefit of the students, The athletic program is simply NOT suggest that the amount of financial that offends both students and fac- place the readings for his class in the faculty and staff. a department we do NOT give de- support be prorated according to ulty alike. The problem has to do room at the beginning of the semes- We have agreed, by approving of grees in athletics, but we do give attendance. with the advent of foundation ter, should not occur. The learning the tuition rise without much of a degrees in music and in art, two Finally, I would like to see reliable courses in the humanities and natu- process of educators and their stu- clamor, to take his word that the fields which Mr. May lumps to- statistics of the number of non-ath- ral sciences, which deplete the re- dents should be facilitated, not hin- increase was necessary for the finan- gether with athletics, as requiring lete students who have come here sources of every department that dered, by the main campus library. cial well-being of the university, but 'special skills'. Let us thus once and 'because Rice has a full-fledged inter- contributes time to these endeavors. The relations between Food and in exchange we ask that he look at for all stop calling the athletic pro- collegiate athletic program.' But the problem runs much deeper Housing and the students are also the problems within the school as gram a 'department;' it only fosters On the other hand we could also than this. Departments, particularly strained. In addition to the petition well as spending time and money confusion. follow Mr. May's suggestion for 'a those in the liberal arts, are being that the Will Rice College members improving our image elsewhere. Once this pretty evident fact is correct balance of academic and forced to drastically limit course of- and Master presented to Marion Could the problems with course of- recognized, it immediately follows athletic opportunity', and change the ferings, the result of which is classes Hicks and Bill Boorom about the ferings and overcrowding be that the athletic program has no name of the institution to 'Rice Aca- with huge enrollments. Graduate deteriorating quality of food being avoided if more money was made more claim on financial support from demic and Athletic University.' Now students are now being forced to offered, student complaints have available to departments to hire the university than other programs THAT would make us a real flagship! teach entry level classes such as been voiced all year about the unfair more teaching faculty? Can the li- such as the Rice Players, the J.CI. De Bremaecker Economics 211. nature of the food plans. The large brary staff be increased so the re- Thresher, Rice Dance Theatre, etc. Professor of Geology It is true that in large, "top-flight" number of students who ran out of serve room becomes a place to institutions such as Harvard, de- money on their meal plans last fall study, not an arena filled with red Richardson defends

OH.YEMNTSH^K Roe vs. Wade decision KT GOO WXMfc fk WNUTfc, To the editors: was not the basis of the Court's rul- TWOSE >WOHTBEGETT\HGr My purpose here is to correct the ing. Pretty irrelevant. misstatements of "Rights of the TheWade decision didn't Unborn Ignored," (Thresher, Janu- give the mother the right to kill the ary 27). fetus at any point until the day of The fetus is a living human being birth. In fact, it encouraged the (of sorts), but that is not what the States to regulate or prohibit abor- n ®n case was about. The Justices were tion in the last trimester of preg- -d cn-# deliberating whether the fetus is a nancy. Even the claim of medical person with self-awareness and evidence's exclusion is fallacious. emotionalbility. It becomes obvious The printed Majority Opinion of the "human rights" arc reserved for Court records, "In support of this, persons when one considers the they outline at length and in detail cases of brain dead or comotose the well known facts of fetal develop- JUST-ALMC&T- humans. ment." So, you may be assured they The word "baby" may sound bet- looked at the medical facts too. jnunc ter than "fetus", but it is simply incor- The nine Justices went through a rect. great number of issues, experts and WUNNS The Dred Scott decision did not files of evidence. They made a firm strip black people of personhood decision (7-2) for the stronger argu- (though it didn't give it to them ei- ments. If public pressure reversed ther) and the Supreme Court didn't the Roe vs. Wade decision now, it overturn the decision (Congress wouldn't represent a triumph of in- passed an amendment). sight, but of heartfelt ignorance. Ms. Roe's claim of rape may have Jesse Richardson helped her case get a hearing, but it SRC '92 THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1989 3 Recent sexism discussion enlightening To the editors: The recent articles in the 77*res/2erdetailing OLP LOVE LETTERS NOT THAT TP WANT W GO THROUGH GOOD CORP.. WHAT'S FROM 0011665' I sexism on the Rice campus have been intrigu- THEM NOW. WHATCOULP THEV IT'S TRUE. GUESS WHAT THAT, THOUGHT I THREW ing and eye opening. However, it appears that MEAN TO MB? THAT WAS LONG THERE WAS ELAINE KOVICH! I JUST FOUNP! MIKE? THEM OUT YEARS v. . / AGO. IAJE WERE the Rice student body as a whole is content to N AN INNO - GOP, SHE / AGO! allow the issue of sexism here at Rice to either ^ - SO YOUNG. CBNCE, A MAS HOT'. _ V CHILDREN, fade away or be dealt with by the Presidential LOST.. REALLY. Commission on Women, whose findings ap- 7^ parently relate specifically to sexism in the relationships amongst faculty members and in the relationships between faculty and stu- dents. For instance, 1 have seen two glaring examples of student complacency regarding the sexist portrayal of both women and men on U campus; the first is the fact that the Campus Bookstore sells monthly issues of Playboy, Penthouse, and Playgirl. These magazines, by the nature of their pictorial content in which the members of the opposite sex are viewed YOUR PAST IS PART OF solely as sex objects, promote a sexist ideol- YOU SURE IT WON'T YOU, Ml KB. IT HBLPEP MAKE ogy. The second example comes from the BOTHER YOU IF I YOU WHO YOU ARE. YOU UJOUJ...DOES TEH MB LOOK THROUGH pages of the Thresher itself in the form of an SHOULP STAY IN TOUCH THIS TAKE ABOUT IT. THESE OLD LOVE WITH IT. advertisement for a "Private Party line: 976- ME BACK... WHO'S THE LETTERS, J.J? WELL, OKAY.. CHICK GALS." Again, the content of the product here IF YOU SAY SO. advertised is blatantly sexist in terms of the / single role designated to women within the \j i?* confines of the phone message one recieves upon making a phone call to this number. A true commitment to banishing sexism from within the hedges would necessitate the re- moval of Playboy, Penthouse and Playgirl from the bookstore and the censorship of the 976- GAI.S advertisement in the Thresher. Do we really want to do this? h ' Maybe the real issue with which we should concern ourselves is one of equality, not of sexism; in which case, it should be a Commis- UM... NO ONE. REALITY, I CANT sion for Equality, not a Commission on HELLOf WHO'S SHE 5 ANCIENT SHE MUST PONT SUGAR. NO PROBLEM,BELIEVE YOU Women, that explores the accusations of sex- OUR LITTLE HISTORY. SHE'S BE A PRETTY 3EAB- WHfffs MIKE THE NANNY 7 MA AH t PATBP SOME- 7 ANPI ism in the faculty. FRJENP, MIKE JUST A MEM- ACTIVE f/f ' SURP, THAT WILL... ONE WHO HAVE In any case, it seems clear to me that the / ORY. MEMORY. WORE HOT A KIP. average Rice student is quite content with the PANTS' current, albeit sexist, status quo. Karl Johnson WRC '90

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SPORTS VVes Gere Editor Hung Nguyen Assistant Editor Keith Couch, Earl Drake, Chuck Yates, Robbie Hart, David Cumberland, Harris Senturia, Robert Szafranski, Tania van den Houtcn, Frank Lavelle MIKE, NORMALLY PULLING OUT YOURZONK, WE'VE GOT NOTHING TO FEAR BACK PAGE Jeff Solochek Editor I PON'T MEPPLE HOW f°> OLP LOVE LETTERS!!T WAS FROM A BUNCH OF OLP LET- Ross Goldberg Assistant Editor IN THESE THINGS, &>PPY? YOU'RE REALLY J.J.'S TERS. SHE TRUSTS ME. ANP STICKING IT TO I TRUST HER. IT'S JUST NOT \ BUT YOU'RE / I PEA. WWUj; dorntcme, ,'Au (fa. PRODUCTION Harold Turner Manager YOUR OLP LAPY! A PROBLEM. \ PLAYING WITH v.f <- L Harlan Howe Assistant Manager FIRE, MAN! T A-n-f- J&. Wynn Martin Copy Editor W. Lynn Gallagher, Myra Rucker, Ed Warren, Jay Yates, Ijeslie Raneri, Deborah Houk, Ed Stewart

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To the editors: aspect, this health crisis was hand led "...heterosexual people may end up are a lot more people participating in engage in what can be recognized as 1 wish to commend the Thresher by the Thresher in a very black and dating people who have had gay or unsafe sex acts than the general unsafe activities—the exchange of on your feature articles dealing with white sort of manner. Many unsafe IV drug-using lovers, and are at a population would care to admit. I bodily fluids with someone else. AIDS. AIDS has become equated sexual acts that two men can perform greater risk of having AIDS." This would tend to trust someone who is Hopefully nothing will result from with the emotionally volatile issues can and are performed by some statement divides the "general popu- open about their "less-than-pure" such a careless and carefree adven- of death, prejudice, sexuality, and heterosexual couples as well. lation" and defines the "risk" groups. sexual activities, than some "guilt- ture, but not necessarily. politics to such an extent that the * What is "gay"? It has come to However, gay is a lifestyle, NOT less" soul involved in denial. Robert B. Burnside voices of pragmatism, medical com- mean a type of lifestyle where homo- exclusively relating to an unsafe sex Students at Rice every year will BFA Candidate mon sense, and social realism have sexual relationships are fundamen- act which transmits the virus. 'Hie too often been subverted or silenced. tal. However, there are many people virus doesn't have a moral or political The re su Its are th at America faces an that are NOT gay who have willingly agenda when it flows from one per- Fence around campus increasingly complicated health cri- engaged in a homosexual act. In the son's biomass to another's. So the sis where simplistic solutions will 1950's, the Kinsey report stated that word gay is not a suitable medical prove to be wholly inadequate in almost half of the males surveyed term in the prevention of AIDS. Also, would improve security protecting the "general population." had fantasized and at least a quarter neither is IV drug user. I assume Since your features focused of American men had acted upon a most people have taken a drug intra- To the editors: the relative freedoms such a security mostly on the sexual aspects of trans- homosexual attraction by their forti- venously—legally or illegally. The steady rate of crime on cam- fence would give us, such as being mission, I have tried to keep the eth birthday. Additionally, Dr. Deen's message pus indicates that our present secu- able to use the toilet or take a shower scope of this letter as narrow as pos- The Director of Rice's Psychiatric seems to warn us to avoid people rity system is unsatisfactory. With without fear of being assaulted, sible. Regarding just the sexuality Services Stan Deen stated, who are open about being gay. There the increasing number of trespass- through the small inconvenience of ers, auto thefts, and burglaries it has entering campus through a check- become evident that locked doors point after dark, one will readily ac- and patrolling campo cars are insuffi- cept it as an alternative to crime on Tolerance perpetuates Rice inequalities cient protection from the dangerous campus. elements of the city who lurk beyond Anne Bullen of course options to avoid being students to drop or avoid certain and too often penetrate "the WRC '91 guest commentary, denigrated in class. Far worse is the classes; dampening career aspira- hedges". by Susan Keech Mcintosh damage that can occur when women tions and undermining confidence. I would like to propose a solution do not (or cannot, because of major While women students may be most that addresses the root of the prob- SAT scores requirements) successfully navigate directly harmed by an inhospitable lem, a closed campus. In the second part of a commentary around professors who humiliate or climate, men students are also af- The simple and relatively inex- on sexism and sexual harassment at harass them. The written comments fected. If limited views of women are pensive installation of an attractive hide potential Rice, Dr. Susan Keech Mcintosh, of some of these women on the sur- overtly or subtly communicated by fence around the perimeter of the chair of the Task Force on Campus veys profoundly moved and angered faculty, some men students may ex- campus would easily solve many of To the editors: Climate, addresses Rice's failure to me. Students who had experienced perience reinforcement of their own the problems of unwelcome visitors. A few weeks ago, I discussed the provide an equally supportive aca- physical advances, sexual proposi- negative views of women, especially Before you complain of an inva- selection process for incoming Rice demic environment for men and tions, bribery or assault by a faculty because such views are confirmed sion of privacy or the loss of ambi- students with members of the Ad- women. member reported devastating loss of by persons with knowledge and ence, please consider the example of missions Committee. One thing Dr. Mcintosh is not speaking for self-esteem, as well as feelings of status. Hi is can make it difficult to Millsaps College in Jackson, Missis- which came up during this was that the administration but as a faculty fear, anger, guilt, hurt and anxiety. perceive women as equals, to work sippi. high school CPA and SAT scores are member. This commentary is not a Some took leaves of absences or with them in collaborative learning Millsaps students and adminis- by far the best indicators of success response to last week's letter by Dr. sought psychiatric help for depres- situations, and to offer them informal trators were distressed by the occur- in college, a convincing argument in Kahan. which called on the admini- sion resulting from the harassment. support as colleagues in the under- rence of gang wars on campus. In favor of using them as major criteria stration to respond to the features In nearly every case, the students felt graduate or graduate school setting. order to protect the students, an at- in the admission process. Later it written by the Thresher on sexism at they could no longer talk with or This may hamper men's ability to tractive wrought iron fence with sev- occurred to me that this argumaent Rice. The Thresher would welcome study under the professor who har- relate to women as equals in the eral entrances was constructed. is flawed. Whatever the ultimate such a response. assed them, once again foreclosing larger world of work and family be- The entrances remain open dur- objective of a university, Rice's pol- academic options and opportunities. yond the institution. The degree to which Rice has ing daylight and, with the exception icy should not be to admit those who failed to provide an equally suppor- More subtle discriminatory be- As I see it, and without wishing to of one monitored gate, are closed at will do well at Rice, but rather those tive academic environment for male haviors am also have very damaging be branded an "activist", the data are night. who will benefit from a Rice educa- and female students came across effects. A study of the campus cli- unambiguous that some of the stu- In order to gain access to campus tion and do well after their gradu- very clearly in the Task Force sur- mate for women at Penn State Uni- dent body here has suffered damage after nightfall, the student must pres- ation, though they may not have vey. One in every six undergraduate versity summed it up well: "Overtly to mind and spirit and/or loss of ent his college I.D. to the officer been as well-prepared or successful women respondents said they had disparaging remarks about women, academic and career opportunities guarding the gate. in previous work. The difference is avoided taking a class from or work- as well as more subtle differentia] simply because they are female. I am No curfew is imposed and no profound, SAT scores and CPA's re- ing with a faculty member because behaviors, can have a lasting effect. concerned by this fact not only be- names arc recorded, therefore the flect not only the student's ability and they knew or had heard that the When they occur frequently—espe- cause 1 am an educator but because students are protected without an motivation but also the extent to person denigrates or discriminates cially when they involve 'gatekeep- my values are American ones that invasion of privacy. which his surroundings and school- against students on the basis of their ers' who teach required courses, act espouse equal opportunity for all. The aesthetically pleasing fenc- ing have prepared him. The same is sex. Only one in 25 male under- as advisors, or serve as department I have restricted my remarks to ing material does not detract from true of most out-of-school activities graduates reported avoiding classes chairs — such behaviors can have a faculty behaviors towards students the beauty of the campus. and experiences. All this comes back for this reason, indicating that these profound negative on women's aca- because the legal responsibility of If an unwelcome individual or to the basic flaw in the use of these discriminatory behaviors are pre- demic and career development by: universities for the actions of their individuals are unable to gain en- criteria: the goal of a Rice student dominantly directed at and most fre- discouraging classroom participa- employees where sexual harass- trance to the campus, they are should not be to perform well at Rice, quently affect women. As a result, tion; preventing students from seek- ment and discrimination is con- equally unable to assault, harass, or but to gain the experience and edu- women must settle for a reduced set ing help outside of class; causing cerned has been articulated by the burglarize Rice University students, cation necesssary to do well in the courts since 1977. However, stu- faculty, administration and staff real world. dents' lack of awareness of the na- members. The Admissions Committee ture of these behaviors and their Therefore, I urge the administra- should try to evaluate a student's AMERICAN willingness to tolerate them from tors and campus police officers of potential rather than look at the CANCER SOCIETY both faculty and the students ac- Rice University to consider a similar adulterated symbols of it which are tively contributes to the problem on alternative. normally used to make judgements, this campus. There is far more at With attractive material and the in order ot have truly "need-blind" stake here than the content of Mis- help of student and faculty volun- admissions and admit the students class or NOD posters, and I hope that teers, we should be able to construct who will be best for Rice in the long future discussion of sexism and sex- such a security system quickly and run. NEED TO ual harassment at Rice will reflect an cheaply. Thomas Hyer DOCTOR YOUR increased awareness of this. I am positive that if one considers Jones '89 MCAT SCORE? If your MCAT score needs a Shopbell examines death penalty shot in the arm, come to the experts in test preparation- To the editors: belief is that no one has this right merely another form of murder. Stanley H. Kaplan. I must commend Mr. Ronald But alas, this is only a belief. As with However, and perhaps fortu- Our test-taking techniques Dixson on his most recent statement many beliefs, moral, religious, and nately, there is no fact I can look up, and educational review will concerning capital punishment ethical, 1 can provide no "proof of no result I can calculate, no theory help you be in top condition I agree with his analysis of the this conclusion to which I have that I can prove which would make test day We'll not only sharpen purpose of capital punishment. I do come. I can only try to convince you the answer to this problem apparent. your scientific knowledge, but not believe that it is intended to serve by explaining some of the reasons If there were, then the dilemma your reading, problem-solving, as a "deterrent." Nor do I believe that I have established these beliefs. would not exist today. But I am as and essay-writing skills too. that society employs it as a form of I can try to show the ineffective- sure of my decision as if it were the Summer courses are regis- "revenge." Perhaps Mr. Dixson is ness of capital punishment by offer- solution to two plus two. tering now. So call the best in correct in his analysis of capital pun- ing statistics concerning wrongly- In the end, each must choose his test prep—Kaplan. And get an ishment as, "the justice system's way convicted persons. Perhaps I can or her own belief, based on any facts MCAT score that you deserve. of pleading guilty to its greatest fault: sway you in my direction by an ap- or arguments that he or she can ob- that 'life imprisonment' does not peal that it is unnecessary punish- tain. We each have the right, and really exist." My fear is that this plea ment, providing counter-examples moreover the responsibility, to de- iKAPLAN of guilt may be a self-inflicted execu- of nations that do not employ capital termine and continually evaluate our STANLEY H. KAPLAN EDUCATIONAL CENTER LTD. tion of the justice system itself. I punishment but which are still able own beliefs concerning such impor- DON'T COMPETE WITH agree that our system does not work to maintain low crime rates. I can tant issues as capital punishment. 1 hair cutting for men and women A KAPLAN STUDENT-BE ONE well in its present state; the false- suggest that we are trying to solve thank the editors of the Thresher for perms »color - make up W2S Kirby 522-5113 hood of "life imprisonment" being entirely the wrong problem by put- providing a means for sharing these 701 1 SW Frwy #100 988-4700 one example of this. But I do not see ting forth an argument concerning beliefs and their accompanying ar- April 29 MCAT exam classes to begin the instigation of capital punishment the deep tie between poverty and guments. Perhaps it will help at least 2/14, l ues., 6PM al 7011 SW frwy. as an improvement to the system. crime, a tic that even Mr. Dixson a few people to formulate their own 2437 V2 University Blvd and I cannot agree with Mr. Dixson sees. I can even resort to an almost beliefs 011 this very important topic. In the Village 2/1X, Sal., 2PM al 7011 SW Frwy. that, "Society has the moral right to emotional argument concerning the Patrick Shopbell immorality of capital punishment as 522 2350 carry out executions." My personal Hanszen '89 THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989 5

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Members of the Physics Department, Bill Bonner, Marjorie Corcoran, and Hannu TOUR OF LONDON Miettinen, stand to gain from the supercollider. Rice physics will profit FOR A HOOT OF A PRICE from supercollider by Jim Kelly tract from the Department of Energy $459 ALL INCLUSIVE and would be responsible for the operation of the SSC. The Rice physics department Associate Professor of Physics may benefit from last December's se- Hannu Miettenin said, The experi- lection of Waxahachie, Texas as the ments will be big, I mean very big. S9 site of the proposed $4.4 billion Perhaps $200 million per detector. SPRING BREAK superconducting supercollider proj- No one university will build them. ect They'll be a huge collaboration." If plans for the "Waxahachie Gi- Members of the Bonner Labora- gatron" go forward, Rice will add tory group attended a meeting Satur- significant numbers of faculty in day, January 28, of potential Texas LIMITED SEATING areas related to the machine. SSC users at the University of Hous- The physics department also ton. The universities' representa- CALL... expects to benefit from the proximity tives discussed the possibility of of what would be the world's most obtaining state funds for SSC re- Nick Iammarino 527-4998 powerful high energy physics facil- search and development. ity. At present, Rice and Texas A&M "We'll be sort of associated with University have the largest and most Amy Keener 630-8526 the SSC just from proximity," Chair- active high energy physics groups in man of the Physics Department Billy the state. The University of Texas is Michelle Parker 529-2505 Bonner said. "It will be easier to at- a relatively minor presence in the tract top-notch people to Rice." field. Both UT and Texas A&M are As part of Governor Bill Cle- expected to expand their commit- ments' package to bring the SSC to ments in response to the SSC. Texas, Rice and other major Texas Provost Neal I.ane, who has universities pledged to strengthen served for the past two years on the their physics programs in the near U RA Board of Overseers for the SSC, future by adding an unspecified said Rice will probably have a greater number of faculty positions. influence on the SSC than propor- Rice currently has a high energy tional to its small size and compara- physics group at Bonner Laboratory, tively limited financial resources. which does experimental research at Because of Rice's strength in •the Illinois Fermilab and CERN in high energy physics and experience Geneva, Switzerland. with the HARC Texas Accelerator Associate Professor of Physics Center in The Woodlands, Lane said, Marjorie Corcoran, one of five high "We would be able to move early in energy experimentalists at Rice, said the process of planning physics for she believes about ten faculty level the laboratory. When the machine's positions will be added specifically running they [UTandA&M] maybe for the SSC. The majority will be high able to expand more because they're energy physicists, she said, al- bigger, but we have a strong base to l * i < • 1 1 * though other branches of physics work from." r v : V \ % , , will probably be represented. Lane said $100 million in federal Bonner said Rice would help funds has been budgeted for the SSC design and construct particular ex- in fiscalyear 1989, and $250 million is periments and detectors for the SSC. allocated in former President Ronald The Universities Research Asso- Reagan's proposed budget for fiscal ciation, a group of about sixty univer- year 1990. $160 million of the pro- sities to which Rice belongs, is han- posed allocation is reserved for actu- Highest performance dling general design and construc- ally beginning construction of the tion of the SSC. machine. URA runs Fermilab under con- in its class. The new Apple" Macintosh* SE/30: It has all the features that make it a Macintosh, and a few that make it amazing. Measles threaten Rice For instance, it uses the powerful new 68030 microprocessor and 68882 math coprocessor—making it the fastest Macintosh ever in a compact design. and that has now been discovered With the capability to accommodate 1 to 8 megabytes of RAM. the Macintosh by Jennifer Rios not to have given any immunity." SE/30 has the capacity to handle the rigors of an honest day's work. You'll have the power to work with large spreadsheets, massive databases, and advanced word Schnee said, those at greatest processing software. Officials at Rice University risk are graduate students, because The Macintosh SE/30 also comes equipped with the new 1,4-megabyte Apple FDHD" Health Service are concerned about many were vaccinated before 1968. disk drive. With this drive and the Apple File Exchange software (included with the a measles epidemic in Houston. In Undergraduates do face certain Macintosh system software), you can read from, write to. and format Macintosh, Houston, over 700 cases and four risks as well, because once the dis- MS-DOS, OS/2, and ProDOS'disks. Of course, you can still read data from 400K and deaths have been reported since late ease enters the Texas college sys- 800K Macintosh disks—so you can take full advantage of the more than 3,000 last fall. University of Houston at tem many students who visit other software applications available tcxlay for Macintosh. Clear Lake has reported two cases universities can bring it into the Rice And because the Macintosh SE/30 is so compact, it's easy to transport and and have already vaccinated over community. set up anywhere. 300 students. In 1983, measles spread within the See how far Macintosh has come by witnessing the high performance and power Amanda Schnee, M.D. of the stu- Texas college system, at Baylor, and of the new Macintosh SE/30. Come in today for a demonstration. dent Health Service said, "Ifyou have the University of Houston, and a a proven case of measles in a school mass immunization program went situation... then at that point every- into effect in which 1200 students Rice 1 body who had been immunized prior were vaccinated. to 1980 should be re-vaccinated." Although at press time no cases Campus Schnee attributes the growing had been reported, many graduate Store epidemic to people who have ne- as well as undergraduate students glected immunization for them- have already begun re-immuniza- selves or their children, as well as tion. Schnee estimated about ten to C Affie ( tmpuler Iru .\pplf the ,yipir hiff- Ma inlinJi ami Prol* IV an «rmitaidrmorte t/.4 pple < ««npuif In, FDH1' u a taiiAtnur* U v?»iwish Vithnmi IV.»ler "Before 1968, the vaccine was immunized since the beginning of made upofvirus that had been killed the semester. 6 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989 THE RICE THRESHER London School of Economics and Political Science Teaching evaluations released for fall A chance to study and live in London

Junior-year programs, Postgraduate Diplomas, One- The Shepherd School of Music lemma because students taking the Year Master's Degrees and Research Opportunities in by Steve Zettner received the highest scores, replac- class will either be very bored or very the Social Sciences. ing the School of Humanities as the frustrated. The wide range of subjects includes:- The Registrar's Office has re- division with best marks. The Wiess Several professors with classes of Accounting and Finance • Actuarial Science • Busi- leased student evaluations of course School of Natural Sciences replaced ten students or more earned high ness Studies • Economics • Econometrics • quality and teaching effectiveness the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School marks in both course evaluation and Economic History • European Studies • Geography • of Administration as the school with teaching effectiveness. Government • Health Planning • Housing • Industrial for the 1988 fall semester. Based on a Relations • International History • International Rela- five point system with 1.00 a perfect the lowest scores. Sharon Traweek, Associate Pro- tions • Law • Management Science • Operational score, university-wide averages One casualty of last semester's fessor of Anthropology, received a Research • Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method • were 2.00 for coursc quality and 1.89 evaluations was the Natural Science 1.09 for course evaluation and a 1.00 Population Studies • Politics • Regional and Urban for effectiveness. 101 foundation course. Students for teaching effectiveness for her Planning • Sea-Use Policy • Social Administration • rated teaching effectiveness at 2.68, ANTH 601 class. Social Anthropology • Social Planning in Developing The scores reflect a drop from the Countries • Social Work • Sociology • Social Psychol- spring semester, when the univer- but gave the overall quality of the J. Dennis Huston, Professor of ogy • Statistical and Mathematical Sciences • sity received 1.86 for course quality course a 4.09. The course received a English, received scores of 1.06 and Systems Analysis • 1.00 for course and teaching effec- tiveness respectively for ENGL251. Application forms from: German 101 Professor David Admissions Registrar, Room 10, L.S.E., TEACHER EVALUATIONS Houghton Street. London WC2A 2AE, England, Barry scored a 1.09 for both course stating whether undergraduate or postgraduate. 2.5 -i and teaching effectiveness, as did Professor of Anthropology and Lin- • Course Quality guistics Stephen Tvler, who taught • Teacher Effectiveness LING 414. Assistant Professor of Art History re Richard Wilson, who taught HART 482, received a 1.00 course evalu- ation and 1.08 for teaching effective- ness. Frank Jones, Professor of Mathe- matics, received a 1.09 course and

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Arriba Hanszen College presents the second annual Fight Night tonight at CANT1NA 8 p.m. on Autry Court, featuring twelve bouts and twenty-four boxers PATIO CAFE who represent every residential col- lege. Across the street from Clubland! All proceeds from Fight Night are join us for the best happy hour in town! donated to SHAPE, Self Help for African People through Education. 99c Margaritas until 7 Hanszen College senior Mike Madden said Fight Night earned Now accepting applications for wait, bartending and $2500 last year. "We want to double that figure this year," he said. cashier positions. Apply in person at 1100 Madden and fellow Hanszen Col- Westheimer M-Th 2-4 PM lege senior Bob McGaughey started Fight Night last year. They also con- tacted SHAPE to help coordinate the event. Participants in the fights trained PRIVATE Boxers preparing for the second annual Fight Night benefitting SHAPE. at the Houston Boxing Association's PARTY LINE gym located near Rice. The boxers crombie owns the HBA. Abercrom- features two Owl football players, trained for two weeks prior to the bic donated trainers and time at the Richard Duggan and Mitch Moss, in event, Madden said. gym. a heavyweight bouL Rice alumna and Vice Chair of the Creed Fountain, Jr. of the HBA Madden said an exhibition match Board of Governors Josephine Aber- was the primary trainer for the event. between McGaughey and Kevin Professional boxers Frankie "Ten- Wildes, a Rice graduate student and 976-GALS nessee Stud" Swindell, Kelcie "Mr. Jesuit priest, promises excitement. (4257) Mix" Banks, and former middle- The Fight Night judging panel Errata... weight champion Frank Tate also includes several members of the •Benjamin Brewer men- assisted in training. Houston Oilers, Madden said. tioned several well-known McGaughey said most of the McGaughey and Madden said 24 hour architects in an interview participants in Fight Night have no the event attracted 800 people last January 20. Their names, cor- prior boxing experience. year and should attract over 1000 rectly spelled, are Cesar Pelli, XIhoi COuld U (jOUA, 1 When asked about the dangers Friday night "Fight Night is reach- Mies van der Rohe, and Ix - involved in boxing, he said, "Every- ing Beer Bike proportions," he said. Corbusier, or Corbu, as some $2,00 plus toll, If any one here is doing it for the sporting Admission to Fight Night is $4 for JLdckf lUmien,! architectural students refer to aspect, not to hurt Someone." Rice students and $5 for the general him. The main event of Fight Night public. THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1989 7

Athletic academic standards disputed CRAWL TROKE

as tutors," Scheid said. Rice receives roughly 5,000 appli- by K. Feibleman and A. Li Professor of English Alan Grob cations each year and offers admis- commented from a different per- sion to about 1,000 of those students In recent weeks, the opinion spective, "I think the only way you hoping that 520 will accept. Com- pages of the Thresher have been del- qualify the statistics is that the distri- pletely separate from those consid- uged with responses to Professor of bution in subject areas for student- erations are the 75 athletes admitted • s ' * History Gale Stokes'January 20 let- athletes is different. . . .Basically, each year. ter arguing against the Rice athletics they've done reasonably well in my Scheid said, "Football usually program. Controversy has sur- courses. Obviously, students who gets about a third of the 75, maybe 25 rounded the athletics program in are athletes must put a lot of time into to 30. Then there's men's swimming, recent years, especially since per- athletics, and it can have the effect of which usually offers one scholarship formance in the Southwest Confer- detrimenting scholastic perform- a year." ence has not been outstanding. ance, especially in engineering Applicants to the Shepherd Detractors have claimed that ath- where many practices and labs con- School of Music are admitted letes struggle scholastically and flict." through a process similar to that bring down Rice's academic quality. Former volleyball player and used for athletes and compete for Other claims have centered on ad- Jones senior Lara Epperson said, "I their own set number of slots. The missions procedures, which are don't know of many athletes who Admissions Committee presents a handled through the athletics de- have quit specifically because of report to the faculty in the fall on partment. academics. I think it's a combination their academic qualifications along Academic Adviser for Student of academics and dissatisfaction with that of the athletes. Athletes Mark Scheid presented his with their role on the team and per- "Athletes compete for athletes' annual report on scholarship ath- haps their interaction with the spaces. Non-athletes compete for letes to the faculty at its meeting coaches." the 520 spaces. They are completely Monday, October 10. The report was Griswold said, "At many times separate," Stabell said. "The same is plagued with allegations of discrep- athletics is a motivation to keep a stu- true for musicians." ancies in the report's data. Scheid dent in school. And athletes come to Athletes applying for admissions has insisted that those charges are Rice knowing that academics are im- are divided into three categories: Swimmer Karl Wolf takes time out to study after practice. unfounded. portant." Phase 1,2, or 3 Admits. Scheid's report indicates a con- Admissions statistics Phase 1 Admits are students that Professor of History Gale Stokes but it's not wrong to discriminate on tinuing rise in scholarship athletes' Over the last four years, Rice ath- are clearly admissable by university said, "I think some athletes are good the basis of being an athlete. grade-point averages will eventually letes have averaged a median com- standards, Stabell said. students. Some are pretty good stu- "Rice does have a problem and equal that of regularly admitted stu- bined score of 1040 on the Scholastic Phase 2 Admits are not as strong dents. But, if you take them as a people need to become aware. Igno- dents. A similar trend predicts Aptitude Test, a number about 300 applicants as Phase 1 students but group, they're not as good students rance and superstition, which is re- graduation rates will continue to ex- points below the Rice average as a still are solid students. as the others." ally what we're talking about, flour- ceed that of non-athletes. No change whole, but about 200 points above Phase 3 Admits are poorer stu- "The faculty will watch this [the ishes," Scheid said. is anticipated for athletes' SAT the NCAA Division I-A median. dents. They are accepted only on quality of athletes admitted] closer Freshman football player Trey scores, class rankings, or high "We don't set a minimum stan- appeal to the Vice-President of Stu- than ever before. They'll be raising Teichelman said, "Some professors school GPA's. dard for athletes or non-athletes. We dent Affairs Ronald Stebbings. questions and examining the proc- have something against us, and Athletic Academic Coordinator reviewalotofdifferentthings," Dean Teams are limited in the number ess by which athletes have been some like us a lot For the most part, Julie Griswold attributed the upward of Admissions and Records Richard of Phase 3 Admits they can have. admitted in the past," Few said. most professors at Rice do under- trends to tighter admissions stan- Stabell said. Football is allowed three each year; Athletic stereotypes stand and go out of their way to try to dards and escalating national statis- Studies by the Admissions Com- most teams have only one. Some Some athletes feel they are stere- help us out tics. mittee show that the number of stu- teams, like golf, are allowed only one otyped as being academically infe- "99 percent of the students I see An examination of both the report dents they classify as "High Risks," every three years. rior. understand how hard it is to mix ath- and typical concerns relating to stu- meaning the athletes could not sur- Schied said, "Swimming and ten- "I think stereotyping [of athletes] letics and studies together, and they dent-athletes follows. vive academically on their own at nis have never, to my knowledge, does exist, very strongly. That's a respect u s for what we're trying to do Athletes and Academics Rice, has decreased. used Phase 3 admits." problem at Rice, but Rice is working for the school. The students have Athletes spend an equal amount The number of students the com- "Looking at the Phase 3 students, its way through most of its.problcms, been a really big help, and that of time on athletic and scholastic pur- mittee call "Can Benefit," athletes we see that they don't have high such as sexism. It's interesting to means a great deal. It makes me try a suits, and they devote an estimated that are weaker than the average scores, but in our experience, they note that everyone agrees its wrong little bit harder to get that win," 35 hours per week in class and pre- student but supposedly possess will graduate," Stabell said. to discriminate on the basis of sex, Teichelman said. paring for class, according to statis- enough drive to survive, has in- tics compiled by Scheid. creased. This is about how much time a Scheid said, "I have problems football player spends on the game with these numbers because they during the season," Sheid said. don't conduct follow-ups. They're Athletes said they have learned to saying these people couldn't make it deal with large time commitments. at Rice, but they never check fitnor.bi HJ3«KJTCS fourth Junior basketball player Ixslie whether they do." Tassin said, "You get used to budget- Stabell said, "I'm .encouraged by New 68030processor ing your time. We have a routine of the upward trend in coaches looking and 68882 math what we do, and any extra time is for better students among the ath- mm* coprocessor used to catch up." letes." Junior swimmer Gretchen Was- Athletic admissions process Stereo sound capability serstrom added, "Athletics do take Coaches choose high school stu- up a lot of time. But because you have dents they want to recruit and send to spend that time to practice, it those students' folders to the recruit- forces the athlete to discipline him- ing co-ordinator within the athletic ill self and study properly." department The recruiting coordi- < » " > < ri.'u-" Every athlete has access to tutors nator studies the folders and sends paid for by the athletic department. them to Dean Stabell for review. The athletic department also pro- "The academic credentials are vides short courses in time manage- reviewed by me before they sign a ment skills and study skills, and en- scholarship," Stabell said. "Then courages athletes to go to study hall. they go through the regular admis- Griswold attends classes and sions process." checks attendance informally. Athletes then fill out an applica- Coaches are informed of excessive tion and send it to the Admissions The Macintosh for people absences and usually assign rigor- Office. ous, early morning running. "By that time, everyone has gone "I think it's inevitable that aca- home for the summer. So, it be- who want to have it all. comes an Admissions Office func- demics will suffer from the time Apple introduces the new Macintosh* I Ix computer, designed for people who required for a sport. Academic pres- tion to review it," Stabell said. depend on high performance and maximum expandability. sures are so high. . . .You have to In the fall, returning faculty and The new Macintosh llx uses the powerful 68030 microprocessor and 68882 math master the content so fast Every- student members of the admissions coprocessor. These two work side by side to make it the fastest Macintosh 11 ever. thing goes so fast," Scheid said. committee examine the athletes' It also offers impressive expansion capability through six built-in ports and six The average grade-point average folders. The Admissions Committee NuBus™expansion slots, making it easy to configure a system that precisely suits for a scholarship athlete is 2.86, then makes a report to the faculty on your needs. while the average for a regular stu- the academic quality of the athletes The Macintosh Iix can accommodate 1 to 8 megabytes of RAM. And with the dent is 3.0, according to Scheid's admitted, mainly quoting SAT new 1.4-megabyte Apple* FDHD"* disk drive and the Apple File Exchange software report ranges and numbers of "High Risk" (included with the Macintosh system software), you can read from, write to. and From figures dating from 1986's athletes. format Macintosh, MS-DOS, OS/2, and ProDOS'disks. Of course, you can still read data from 400K and 800K Macintosh disks —so you can take full advantage of the Admissions committee proce- entering class, no athlete has left more than 3,000 software applications available today for Macintosh. Rice due to academic probation or dures So come in and see us today, for a look at the Macintosh llx in action. Once vou suspension, a rate better than for Chairman of the Admissions see it, you may wonder how you ever managed without it. regularly admitted students. Committee and Professor of Space Scheid said, "Some athletes have Physics Arthur Few said an athletics left or transferred from Rice in good subcommittee evaluates athletes af- academic standing. 1 used NCAA re- ter they have signed scholarships. tention rates in my report These ath- Few said,"The athletes are by- letes who left would be eligible to re- passed past the committee. We don't turn to Rice in good academic stand- look at their folders until the fall. It's ing and would be eligible to compete after the fact. in their sport. " In the real world, that's probab ly <0 /989.4ppfc* (imputrr Im Apfte the Afpie «#> and PmlXXS arr rqtts*mi trademark .y \ppie Computer lm FDHD u a tmdrmar* of Aftte "Student-athletes get a lot more the only way it could work. Our pro Computer lm MS-DOS ts a TRvaeml trademark ofMkmtf CorpomHon VuBus U a trademark of Trxa> Instrument* OS/2 a a vjiuteml trademark of support in terms of being encour- cedure is incompatible with the way fnurnakmal Business HA tows I'orjuratlon 7V Ha turns* llx comes with a (Jt and a mouse TV byfyianl and moftuc* arr tefwruth aged to attend study halls and having the other committee [in the athletic an organized system available, such department] works," Few said. THERE'S A JOB FOR YOU IN A SUMMER CAMP 8 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989 THE RICE THRESHER

The American Camping Association (NY) will make your Sewall, Herring, and Rayzor Halls, line that serves the six buildings. We application available to over 300 camps in the Northeast. Exciting the Chemistry Building, and Fon- were able to put four on a redundant Power dren Library. Power was restored to circuit, and had two buildings with- opportunities for college students and professionals. Positions FROM PAGE 1 all but Sewall and Rayzor Halls by out power. We checked each of the available: all land and water sports, arts & crafts, drama, music, 5:00 a.m. Sewall and Rayzor Halls components: the cables, the trans- Lovett, the stairwells were without dance, tripping, nature, R.N.'s, M.D.'s, Aides, kitchen, maintenance. former, the switch disconnects. And any light The Jumps advised stu- received power at 4:00 p. m. Tuesday, dents to stay in their rooms. February 7. we found no fault in them, so we turned the power back on in Sewall COLLEGE CREDIT AVAILABLE. CALL OR WRITE FOR The emergency lighting was not Power was restored to the Chem- istry Building, Fondren, Anderson, and Rayzor." APPLICATION. AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION, working in SRC's lower stairwell. SRC Master James Disch said, "In and Herring before it was restored to Director of the Physical Plant Ed 43 W. 23 St., New York, N.Y. 10010,1-800-777-CAMP. the lower stairwell the emergency Sewall and Rayzor Halls because Samfield has ruled out the unsea- lights weren't working during Hurri- these buildings are hooked up to a sonably cold weather (see related cane Gilbert, and we reported it at redundant circuit A redundant cir- article, page 1) as a cause of the out- the time, but they still aren't fixed, so cuit is a second circuit for the same age, saying it was coincidental that we set up candles in those areas." area. the two occurred simultaneously. Officials from the Rice University No Major Problems Vice-President for Finance and Spring Break Physical Plant have checked all the RUPD officials determined that Administration Dean Currie said the administration was aware of the cables, transformers, and discon- there were no people trapped in the problem. "In the older buildings—I nect switches and are still unable to elevators at Fondren or at Lovett, On The Gulf! also noticed this in Rayzor—there determine the cause of the outage. Jones, Brown, or Sid Richardson Col- 0 isn't any emergency lighting be- However, the physical plant has leges. Largest lagoon pool in Texas, lighted tennis courts cause when these buildings were narrowed the probable causes of the Jump said,"I haven't heard of any and a whirl of fun. Luxurious condominium suites, built the codes didn't require them. failure down to the circuit serving big problems. Everybody was incon- the six buildings. Samfield said, The venienced by it because they fully equipped kitchen, microwave, wet bar, We have lots of problems with our older buildings that we don't have in current fault lies somewhere in the couldn't study, and it was cold." accommodations for up to 8 persons. our newer buildings, like handicap accessibility." However, Currie did not know FOKTRPlAL when the administration would CAMPUS CRIME STATISTICS make the changes necessary to comply with required safety codes. For the week of 1/28/89 to 2/7/89 Date Time Location Description Port AransasToll free: 1-800-242-1034 or call collect 1-512-749-5011 Unknown Cause Power was later restored to all but 1/28 Campanile Theft.2 men reported pushing cart with six buildings by 2:00 a.m.: Anderson, spool of wire. Men arrested and released. 1/29 8:48 am Baker Criminal Tresspass. Officer recognized suspect as one given a trespass warning MAIL YOUR previously after giving several aliases. Taken to Ben Taub Psychiatric Services Cold 1/30 6:45 am Jones Criminal Trespass. Subject was observed VALENTINES FROM PAGE 1 entering Jones. Officer stopped subject. freshmen, because they probably 1/30 9:03 pm Lot P Burglary-Vehicle. Column damaged UPS, Emery, US Postal Shipping weren't prepared for it" 1/31 11:20 am Mech Lab Theft-Bike. Black bike, valuecl at $50.00 Boxes, envelopes, shipping supplies According to the Houston Chron- 1/31 2:03 pm Lot Q Burglary-Vehicle. Left front window bro- icle, recorded temperatures in the ken, nothing stolen FAX & TELEX, Keys, etc. ... 20s and 30s broke Sunday, Monday, 1/31 11:15pm Lot B Domestic Violence. Complainnant stated and Tuesday's all-time recorded her boyfriend assalted her. 2476 Bolsover lows. The National Weather Service 2/01 3:30 am Baker Criminal Trespass. Subject, given tres- in the village 529-4132 predicts Friday's temperatures are pass warnings previously, arrested expected to rise to near 50. 2/01 6:42 pm Brown Theft-Bike: 27" men's, yellow in color. Spontaneous college parties 2/03 12:00am Lovett Criminal Trespass. Suspicious man, Postal and Business Services erupted around campus Monday given previous warning, arrested. night. Brown and Hanszen College 2/03 2:00 pm Physics. Attempted Criminal Mischief. 2 stink USA members skated on the rooftop and bombs found on black board. 1L BOXES ETC. sundeck of their colleges. 2/05 1:50 am WRC Theft. Brown double breasted coat. Rader said, "Everybody I talked 2/05 8:20 am Lot U Unauthorized use of Motor Vehicle. Uni- n to had some sort of party." versity golf cart found on Rice Blvd. Women Needed for a Baylor College of Medicine Birth Control Pill Study Newsbriefs Participants will receive : • $300.00 Compensation sion: The Foundations of Anglo- ship recipients will be able to meet at • FREE birth control pills by Jennifer Rios American Law, 1348-1381, will begin a reception Sunday, February 19, • FREE physician exams at 7:30p.m. on Wednesday, February 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the Rice Memorial Poet to speak, 15, in Room 301 Sewall Hall. Grand Hall. Students can R.S.V.P. to Research study evaluating a new Dr. Palmer, Cullen Professor of 527-8108, extension 2283 history and law at the University of LOW-DOSE ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILL sponsor workshop Houston, has researched exten- Two European For more information, Poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first sively the legal history of medieval England. educational summer call Maryanne Reilly black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, will visit Rice University and H is talk will cover events from the 798-7500, ext. 560 Texas Southern University on Satur- Black Death to the Peasant's Revolt, programs day, February 11th. a period with profound influences on The University of New Orleans Ms. Brooks will lead three writ- Anglo-American law. will sponsor, two unique interna- ing workshops in the morning, and The public is invited to attend at tional summer education programs give poetry readings at 1p.m. at Rice no charge. in Europe in 1989. These educational Then gel in on the ground floor in our Platoon li-aders(JJLSS program • Seniors ajid graduates c an he commissioned through the Officer lor toll«*ge freshmet vtpliomores ami iimior. You could sun (iindidaU' < .lass f'n igram and 7p.m. atTSU. and travel opportunities, entitled planning on a career like tli< mm in tills ail fia^e \ntl alN> have sium • >ou ran take free civilian flvwg lessons KriMi advantage** like • Vui re commissioned upon graduation The visit is sponsored by Rice, The World & I article UNO-BRUNNENBURG-1989 and If v move up <|UH kK look iniothe Marine Corps' commissioning programs \im couki TSU, Virgie-Lu Children's Center, UNO-HAVRE-1989, will involve uni- • afn^hHiaiMTM.ph«,nmn' «..u .tart off making ^ Nil.! ...Ill ! I". Ir.in ,1 . Houston Prepatory School, Commu- writing contest versity students in a full month of :m nity Artists Collective, SHAPE Cen- The World & I is sponsoring its living and learning in a European Want to move ter, KPFT and Promoting Excel- first major article writing contest environment up quickly?;i Wrh'hxtkinxtitrate* lence. with a $10000 prize and two second- Both programs offer three hours For tickets, call 529-5814. place awards of $5000 each. of semester crcd it for those students The writers are invited to write who applv for credit. The dates for MOB to perform tor 4000 to 5000 words on one of three the UNO-BRUNNENBURG pro- themes: 1) The future of democracy gram are May 31 to June 24. The national television in America; 2) America's role in the UNO-HAVRE program dates are The Marching Owl Band will play 21st century; 3) The interaction of May 25 to June 23. for the National Basketball Associa- Eastern and Western cultures. Anyone interested in participat- tion All-Star Game to be televised by The contest runs through August ing in either program should write CBS-TV in the Astrodome, Sunday, 31,1989. Winners will be notified by to: William Carl Wagner, Associate February 12. December 31, 1989, and announced Director, International Study Pro- This will be the national network in a subsequent issue of The World & grams, Box 1315 - UNO, New Or- appearance of the MOB. Channel 11, I. leans, LA 70148, or call Mr. Wagner KHOU-TV will air the program in Entrants can receive an Article at (504) 286-7116. Don't delay, en- Houston. 'Hie MOB will play at 1:35 Contest Entry Kit listing all rules and rollment is limited in both programs. p.m. regulations and including a registra- tion form. Scholar to analyze There is no charge and no pur- Study Europe in chase required to enter the competi- roots of Anglo- tion. Copenhagen Come talk to Mr. Anders Uhrskov American Law Donor reception about the DIS program in Copen- Dr. Robert C. Palmer, distin- hagen on Monday, February 13, guished legal historian and author, to be held 3:30p.m. in the Meyer Conference will present the 1989 Rice University Rice University wishes to honor Room. No language requirement. Rorschach Lecture in Legal History. alumni and other endowed scholar- For more information contact Stu- dent Advising at x4060. i, ??w,\i His talk, In Plague and Oppres- ship donors. Donors and scholar- THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989 9

This is the final article in a three- criminatory treatment for persons x y-\ Part series on AIDS and the college with AIDS (PWAs) or antibodies to student. We have already discussed the human immunodeficiency virus; risks and policy at Rice, and a student whereto find assistance and counsel- with antibodies to the virus that causes ing; referrals to off-campus testing AIDS talked about the disease. This agencies; and that the university will week, we look at what other schools not institute mandatory testing. have done to combat AIDS, and at the Former university AIDS commit- areas that need more attention. tee chairman David Small said a • • • statement on AIDS will be included There's no question that AIDS in manuals and handbooks. The has become a serious risk for college, AIDS committee, which began as ;m students, whether they know it or ad hoc committee, has recently been not. Educators have begun to react granted permanent status. to the epidemic, and students are UH has an extensive counseling slowly becoming more aware that and information program and a sup- they, too, may be at risk. port group for PWAs and friends and Some may breathe a sigh of relief family of PWAs. that people are finally getting infor- The University of Texas has an SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW? mation, but the hard part is yet to extensive AIDS prevention program come: translating knowledge into to reach its more than 50,000 stu- behavior. dents. According to Health Educa- And not everybody has the infor- tion Coordinator Sherry Bell, the by Michele Wucker mation they need. An informal sur- university concentrates on an educa- vey done at last fall's health fair tional approach. showed that many people surveyed A three-hour workshop helps in- with possible contact—through a we are not at risk simply because we cure soon." Although some drugs still don't know that the AIDS virus form staff of the medical aspects re- food service employee, for example. don't fit into those categories. seem to slow the progression of the can be killed on contact with air. lated to AIDS and about how the uni- At the same time, many students say Rice students have shown that disease, it's simply not realistic to bet Many people surveyed also thought versity handles AIDS cases. Part of they haven't really changed their they don't want to be seen as sexist or on a cure anytime soon. Even if there incorrectly that they could catch the workshop format uses small sexual behavior. racist, and will argue that their be- were a cure, does anyone really want AIDS by donating blood. groups to address fears about the This is where the Rice commu- havior does not show prejudice. Can to go through expensive, painful If not everyone knows yet what is disease. The university also trains nity needs to begin to apply what they say the same about PWA's? treatments? safe, how can they begin to act based dormitory residents. they know to real life situations. Many of us try to ignore the AIDS The time to act is now. We can't on correct information? Students and faculty have access Students need to take education epidemic, thinking "there will be a wait any longer. • • • to an extensive information center, into their own hands. Peer pressure It's obvious that we've only just including ACHA reports and audio- can make or break education efforts, begun to dispel myths and preju- visual material available for check- and a message carries far more How much do you know about AIDS? dices; in this, Rice is not alone. Other out. The libraries have created weight when it comes from a fellow schools have taken different ap- countertop displays on AIDS, safe student. Are the following questions true or false? proaches to educating their stu- sex, and sexually transmitted dis- AIDS has become a part of life, 1. The AIDS virus can be transmitted by mosquitos. dents, staff, and faculty about AIDS, eases in general. The health center and we should accept it as such, inte- 2. You can test positive for the AIDS virus and never experience any with varying success. also maintains a speakers bureau for grating it into our understanding of symptoms. Some Texas schools have barely people who want to educate classes the world. Students are interested in 3. You can test positive for the AIDS virus but not transmit it. begun forming battle plans against or organizations. learning more—some freshmen 4.You can catch AIDS through casual contact like shaking hands, hugging, the virus. They're just now begin- Health Center staff have written evaluating the AIDS film shown sharing utensils or from toilets. ning to get information to students. articles in the university's newspa- during Orientation Week last fall 5.You are more contagious with "full-blown AIDS" than with AIDS-Related Rice already has guidelines on pers. In addition, the university has said they would like to have a PWA Complex or a positive HIV test. dealing with AIDS patients in the made extensive use of mail-outs in come talk to them. 6.There are no drugs currently available to slow the progression of the AIDS Rice community, and has made grade reports and freshman informa- Above all, Rice needs to dispel the virus. some educational efforts. tion. prejudices that so many people hold. 7.Condoms will always protect you from the AIDS virus. Condom machines, for example, UTs large health center allows it AIDS has reached beyond the "four 8.You can catch AIDS from swimming pools or hot tubs. have already been installed here. to conduct anonymous testing for its H's" of those thought to be at risk: 9.The AIDS vims can be killed on contact with the air. Houston Baptist University and students and staff. In counseling homosexuals, heroin users, hemo- 10. AIDS is a homosexual disease. Baylor have not done so. The Univer- students about methods of birth philiacs, and Haitians. We can oo sity of Houston plans to install them control, it stresses AIDS prevention. longer fool ourselves into thinking 1-F; 2 T; 3f 4-F; 5-F; 6 F; 7-F; 8-F; 9-T; 10-F. this semester. The University of The health center also helps gay Texas, which has an extensive AIDS males select physicians. prevention program, has tried— A "Condom Awareness Week" unsuccessfully so far—to install drew attention to safe sex. Although them. there are not yet condom vending Houston Baptist University machines on campus, the health SPRING BREAKBS Nurse Kay Allen, the school's only center sells condoms. permanent health staff member, said Bell said that although the univer- that the school treats AIDS concerns sity's education efforts have been LAST CHANCE! "on a one-to-one basis." She said the important, its success will rest on the school does not have a written policy way students respond to the informa- concerning AIDS, although she at- tion. tended a conference this fall to get "You may know how to use a 'fvE~mrw more information about the disease. condom and feel comfortable about Faculty criticism and picketing talking to your partner about it, but if on campus forced Texas Southern your peers won't accept your atti- University's administration to revise tude, information won't do you any CALL TODAY! the school's AIDS policy. The origi- good. You have to have the skills to nal policy, passed September 30, know how to use it," said Bell. X hON'r WANT required anyone who tested positive • • • for the human immunodeficiency Texas schools lag behind some virus antibody to inform the univer- innovative out-of-state programs, TO BE STUCK IH sity and submit to periodic checks by like the Stanford AIDS Education the TSU health service. Anyone who Project, which hosts "rubberware HOUSTON I failed to comply would face "volun- parties" tht present condoms to tary separation from the university," partygoers.An on-campus "Safer Sex the policy stated. TSU has now devel- Shop" which sells contraceptives is oped a new policy. another contribution of the Stanford SOUTH PADRE ISLAND Baylor University is in the proc- group as are the dormatory presenta- from^149' ess of developing recommendations tions and workshops. on AIDS, according to Law Professor It has also created a system of STEAMBOAT Mike Morrison, chairman of the referring students to local AIDS from*213* university committee on AIDS. The service organizations that pair a stu- committee should release its report dent with a person with AIDS who DAYT0HA BEACH fro/nulls' to the Board of Trustees in the next cannot perform some everday tasks. week. In addition, it held a memorial So far, Baylor has increased awar- service for members of the commu- MUSTANG ISLAND from*136* ness of the virus by distrubiting in- nity who had died of the disease. formation through it's health center- Ohio State University trains stu- HILTON HEAD ISLAND from'IOr and hosting a Health Day. The uni- dents to lead presentations in re- versity has also brought speakers to quired classes for first-year students. campus, including American Col- Student leaders and dormitory direc- DON'T WAIT •n IT'S TOO LATE! lege Health Association (ACHA) tors are encouraged to attend these President Richard Keeling. In addi- AIDS training programs. CALL TOLL FREE TODAY tion, some health classes include dis- • • • cussions of AIDS. Rice students may think they However, Baylor has not yet know a lot abou t AIDS, bu t they can't 1-800-321-5911 begun including information about necessarily use that information. AIDS to incoming freshmen. Other Talking to students about AIDS, I universities have made special ef- found that many of them hesitated to forts to counsel students using birth discuss it. Many of those who did still control methods. Baylor, however, couched their discussion in terms of does not offer birth control training prejudice. Some of them joked that to unmarried students, so it cannot they would avoid gays; some of them reach many students at a higher risk. angrily used the term "faggot," The University of Houston devel- Although people can say they oped AIDS guidelines this fall, mod- know the basics about how they can eled after ACHA recommendations. get AIDS, their most irrational fears 'Depending on break dates and length of stay Their guidelines include non-dis- come alive when they are confronted 10 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989 THE RICE THRESHER

KAHN'S CORNER: K Blithe Spirit The Balcony and A Match Made in Heaven TONIGHT about the innovative writer/ •An article in last week's artist and political activist of the Chronicle stated that the people Russian Silver Age, tonight at 8 who were marching in the p.m. Call 639-7300 for more streets in the 1960s were doing information. so just to join the popular •The ACTER production of sentiment of the day, and the King Lear continues at Hamman Martin Mayne stars with Jennifer Benson and Diane Bunton in Lovett College's production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. result of these actions was Hall tonight at 8 p.m. Call 527- Directed by Lisa Hollibaugh, the show runs Friday through Sunday of this week, and continues through next weekend. moral anarchy and a general 4040 for reservations. chaos of the spirit of the 1980s. •The Slashers play tonight at award-winning documentary, starting tonight at 8 p.m. The continues at the Main Street I have one word that would Zelda's (862-3838). which traces the history of anti- production will be staged in the Theater through March 12. The characterize my opinion of the TOMORROW black racism in the United Farnsworth Pavilion in the Ley production includes two works: worth of that article, but I have a •Gwendolyn Brooks, a Pulitzer States, receives its Houston Student Center. For ticket The Cabal of Hypocrites and The relatively pristine editor who Prize winning poet, presents a premiere at 7:30 p.m. information, call 527-6061 or Imaginary Invalid. For ticket doesn't like to read such reading this afternoon at Chem Admission to the screening is 6308986. prices and performance times, diction. Suffice it to say that the Lec from 1-2 p.m. $3. •February 16—Texas Art: call 524-6706 (students receive people marching for civil rights •King Lear completes its run •February 12—Lovett Celebration '89 opens tonight at a $2 discount). in Birmingham and Philadelphia, tonight at Hamman Hall at 8 College's Blithe Spirit offers a 1600 Smith in Cullen Center. •African American Heritage Mississippi, knew exactly what p.m. special matinee performance The exhibition runs through May Museum of Houston showcases they were marching against (a •Blithe Spirit plays again this afternoon at 3 p.m. The 18. its premiere exhibition, Texas system that denied basic rights tonight at Lovett College. production will continue next ONGOING Southern University Permanent to people of color), and the anti- •The Contemporary Arts week with performances •ShearMadness, the longest- Student Collection. The show war protesters in San Francisco Museum exhibit Frank Stella Thursday through Saturday at 8 running non-musical play in this runs through February 28. and Washington, D.C. 1970-1987 opens today. The p.m. country's history, continues its •Lanie Robertson's Alfred understood who their enemies show runs through April 23. •February 12—The Alley opervended run at the newly Stieglitz Loves O'Keefe, an Alley were (the politicians who sent •The Houston Grand Opera Theatre's production of A View renovated Tower Theater on Theatre (228-8421) production off young men and women to presents A Masked Ball tonight from the Bridge ends its run Westheimer (see review in this of the love story of two of the die in Vietnam). Disagree with in the Wortham Center's Brown tonight and moves onto a section). The play, a murder most famous artists of our time, their views, disapprove of their Theater. The production is sung national tour. Call 228-9342 for mystery/comedy, takes place in runs through February 18. tactics, but don't question the in Italian with English subtitles. ticket information. a unisex hair salon in Houston, •Stages Repertory Theatre motives of people twenty years •Gisele Ben-Dor conducts the •February 12—No cover and its script goes through presents the dramatization of later, in the relative quiet of the Houston Symphony's tonight at Zelda's to see nightly alterations to make Harper Lee's classic tale of 1980s. performance of "Music Fit for a Moments Notice (862-3838). topical references to racism, To Kill a Mockingbird, on •Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, King" at the ungodly hour of •February 14—A Masked Ball personalities and current alternating days with The Land directed by Lisa Hollibaugh, 10:30 a.m. Call 227-ARTS for plays tonight at the Wortham. events. Performances run of Little Horses through March . opens at Lovett College tonight more ticket information. •February 15—Jean Genet's Tuesday through Sunday, with 11. at 8 p.m. Tickets are $3 for UPCOMING The Balcony opens at Hamman matinees on Saturday and • Henri Cartier-Bresson: The students and $4 for others; call •February 12—The Rice Hall tonight at 8 p.m. The Rice Sunday. For times and ticket Early Work, 1929-1934, 630-8561 for more information. Media Center presents a Players's presentation of this information, call the Tower box remains on display at the •The Museum of Fine Arts screening of Ethnic Notions to "shocking" play that is staged in office at 529-5966. Museum of Fine Arts until presents Mayakovsky, a film mark Black History Month. The a brothel and attacks all social, •Diamonds Are Forever, an February 26. political and religious exhibition of sixty works of art •Patricia Gonzalez: Paintings institutions runs through that address the theme of remains on exhibit at the February 25. Call 527-4040 for baseball and its cultural Contemporary Arts Museum ticket information. influence, remains on display until March 12. •February 16—Wolfgang until April 9 at the Museum of •Large Scale/Small Scale, an Laufer is the Shepherd School Fine Arts. exhibition about how an artist of Music's guest cellist this •Main Street Theater uses scale to convey an idea, is afternoon. He performs from. presents A Woman Called Truth rocking and rolling at the Sewall 2:30-5 p.m. at the Shepherd to help commemorate Black Art Gallery through February 28. Hall Recital Hall. History Month. The show runs •Byzantine Icons from the •February 16—Will Rice and through March 1; for ticket Menil Collection remains on Brown Colleges present A Match information, call 524-6706. display at the Menil through Made in Heaven, a new comedy •The theatrical series April. by Wiess senior David Nathan, "Molidre: His Life and Work" Archis host Vanitas ball The masquerade theme was students and a few members of BY KARL KILBORN originally inspired by Edgar Allen the Houston Grand Opera will SOUTH PADRE CANCUN Poe's story,"The Mask of the accompany the band during the Red Death," said Sinkew, who floor show, which will be ISLAND MEXICO first read the story in high directed by Hanszen senior ^ihI hee Rice University School school. Denise Wilson. of Architecture will hold its Brown senior Darcy Rathjen People who wish to attend FROM $165 FROM JM0 "2®/ annual Archi-Arts Ball at the elaborated upon the theme, and Archi-Arts are encouraged to LAND ONLY LAND+ R/T AIR Wortham Center on Saturday, came up with the name. arrive by 11 or 11:30 p.m. at February 18. The dance will be "'Vanitas' ("all is vanity") refers the very latest. Furthermore, due from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m., with a to a genre of Medieval art. It is to Wortham Center security, Your Spring Break vacation includes: floor show at midnight. Ezra the realization of the irony of people should not only make • 7 Nights deluxe lodging at resort properties Charles and The Works will life—that the bounty and sure to bring their ticket but Famous Spring Break Parties and Contests provide music for both the pleasures of living are merely should also keep their stub for •Volleyball competitions with prizes dance and the floor show. fleeting," according to the Archi- the rest of the evening. Cars • Services of On-site tour directors Arts committee. Many other FUN activities "Vanitas: A Masquerade Ball," can be parked on either the • Resort taxes included is the theme. Archi-Arts The floor show will be a second or lower level of the Commitee Chairman Mike costume parade performed by Civic Center parking at 500 Sinkew said,"We do wish for ten members of the School of Texas. CONTACT: everyone to wear masks to Architecture. Hanszen College Advance tickets are $15 per this." Sinkew suggests that junior Denise Pavlat made the person, available from people who don't have time to costumes and Richarson architecture students and at the make an entire costume might College junior Ben Gamble has Wortham Center until 5 p.m. LISA WIDNER 668-8156 dress in formal and wear an arranged the music for the Saturday. Otherwise, they will be "incredibly outrageous" mask of show. An eight-voice choir $20 at the door. For more Great Destinations, Inc. their own making. consisting of Shepherd School information, call 527-4864. THE RICE THRESHER ERIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1989 11 Audience participation creates Shear Madness

BY ROSS GOLDBERG colored walls of the hair salon The audience is able to leam invited to help reconstruct the rapidly fire sarcastic retorts to located on Montrose. The cast the different personalities of the events which occured in the the audience. Not only are the includes characters actors by observing their on- salon. Step by step, the actors witty and alert, but also stereotypical of a salon: the stage actions during the initial characters reenact their moves they are enjoying the homosexual Whitcomb, the ditzy fifteen-minute pantomime. The and the dialogue with the help performance, and this is what r "W elcome to blonde hairstylist, Barbara Jean first act progresses quickly as of the audience. The lieutenant gives Shear Madness its energy. Shear Madness, where we curl Bodean, her slimy friend Eddie cast members joke about then accepts questions and Shear Madness should be as up and dye!¥ " ThiWels li s the Lawrence, and the socialite Baytown and city officials. The other concerns in the lobby successful here as it has been telephone greeting of Tony customer who "can't do a thing attention then turns to the during the intermission. in other cities (such as Boston, Whitcomb, the irreverent with her hair," Mrs. Wortham eccentric pianist who lives Furthermore, during the where it is playing its tenth hairstylist in Houston's newest Shubert. Also involved are the above the salon and is a source second act, the audience is year). In addition to being funny comedy/mystery, Shear slightly dim police lieutenant, of anger for each character. The allowed to directly question the and innovative, it's successful Madness. Laughs, such as this Tom O'Brien, and his even act builds to a frenzied climax suspects and vote for the because each audience and witty double entendre and the dimmer assistant, Mike when the offstage murder of the murderer. The murderer each performance is different. inside jokes about Houston, Thomas. At the start, each pianist is discovered and the changes each night according to Performances are at 8 p.m. keep this production moving at character seems two- lieutenant accuses each which suspect receives the Tuesdays through Fridays, 5 and a fast, humorous pace. dimensional, but the audience character of having a motive for most votes. As the lieutenant 8 p.m. Saturdays, and 3 and 7 The action of the play occurs soon realizes that each has a the murder. says at the play's conclusion, p.m. Sundays at the Tower entirely within the brightly more secretive side. Audience members are then "However you vote, that's how Theater (1201 Westheimer). we'll play it." Tickets are $12-$15 through The funniest moments of February 26: $16-$19 after MFA hosts baseball exhibit Shear Madness occur during the February 27. The theater simple. You try to get home. distant ball." ad-lib interplay between the converts into Clubland after BY GREG KAHN There's no Sudden Death. You Diamonds Are Forever: Artists characters and the audience. evening performances and the play [high voice inflection] extra and Writers on Baseball remains The actors truly know their audience is welcome to dance innings." at the MFA through April 9. characters and are able to until 2 a.m. The exhibit is subtitled Artists N.lew Yorker writer Roger and Writers, though the writing Angell has written that he knows should receive top billing. by heart "the amused Angell's prose is top of the line superiority and icy scorn that for any writer, and a diverse the non-sports fan directs at the selection of authors such as FREE SNEAK PREVIEW sports nut [that] is under- David Halberstam, Garrison standable and almost Keillor, Woody Allen, and Rice's unanswerable."Diamonds Are own Max Apple also attempt to Forever: Artists and Writers on explain why grown men and Baseball was created by, and women love a child's game so for, those sports nuts who much. unconditionally love the game of The artwork is a bit more baseball, and the exhibit, uneven. The photography is despite some weak links, is a exceptional, particularly works triumph. from Walter looss Jr. ("Little The most notable aspect of League, East Orange, New the exhibit is the half-hour film Jersey"), Helen Levitt ("New m that showcases comedians and York"), and Scott Mlyn (whose musicians demonstrating their photo "Yankee and Fans, love for the game. John Yankee Stadium, New York" is Fogarty's "Centerfield" opens the most amazing illustration of the program, and the video fan adoration that I have ever montage is fast-paced and fun. seen). The art itself is mm Jonathan Winters contributes a inconsistent, although two Andy typically hilarious mime routine, Warhol portraits and a bizarre m and Penn and Teller do a unique John Dreyfus sculpture stand reading of "Casey at the Bat." out as the most adventurous of But two segments are the real the presentations. show stealers. First, Abbott and In fact, the only major problem Costello perform their magical that I had with the exhibit was "Who's on First?" routine. The its brevity; it's a shame that the creators of the exhibit were wise MFA only gave such a important mmmmm not to edit the routine for our exhibit one room and a hallway. supposedly limited 1980s To see all the artwork and attention spans, and the writing that the curators impeccable timing and almost collected, I recommend the eerie nonchalance of the exhibit catalog, which is well performers (a trait absent with worth its $18.95 price tag. contemporary comedians) works Jaques Barzun once wrote as well today as it did fifty years that "whoever wants to learn the ago. heart and mind of America had Second, George Carlin's talk better leam baseball."Diamonds about the basic differences Are Forever will not explain to between baseball and football you the intricacies of the infield reminds everyone why he was fly rule, nor will it answer the greatest comedian of the questions that non-fans always 1970s: "In football, you play in .pepper you with, such as "Why War Memorial Stadium...the do four balls make a walk but field general marches his team only three strikes an out?" and into the other team's territory, "What the hell is a balk?" The i J spraying short bullet passes and exhibit will, however, explain the long bombs...the object of the "infantile" joy that Angell says lllll PICKWAM/PMES Will IIJH HEI flu«« US DlfflT OH I. game is to destroy the other "sends a grown man or woman "IIM1IE1" KIT CM KIM SMITH :«H« .WMIW "WHOM team, sometimes in Sudden to dancing and shouting with joy fSfflPETER HI "SUE® STB ""Pill I PMKEWIIIIM USB "IJOSEPH RUBEN t Death....however, in baseball in the middle of the night over f"R n,« AtOLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE ..A.. the object of the game is the haphazardous flight of a FREE MOVIE POSTER

TRASH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 PASSES AVAILABLE FROM 7:00 PM RPC REPRESENTATIVES THE THRESHER RICE MEDIA CENTER PRESENTED BY THE Please deposit this newspaper in a Rice Recycling RICE PROGRAM COUNCIL bin when you are finished with it. 12 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1989 THE RICE THRESHER Deepstar features monsters and special effects of a neato place. Then Star Trek poured in. a 20-megaton warhead on my Bad down there. They blow the BY HAROLD declared space to be the "The Deepstar Six is the first of a face—see if I care!" cavern up anyway, which makes BUNNIEMEISTER Final Frontier," and well, it was veritable flood of movies that Let me add here that this the sea floor open up and frees all but over for the Oceanic Film are set in the deep, deep, deep, movie was directed and written the Awful Thing From Below. It Commission. Many were forced with scary monsters, positive by Sean Cunningham, the man quickly dispatches the crew sent to take up jobs in the Reagan female roles in wet T-shirts and who decided that serial killers to investigate, and, for fun, A,Lbou t 35 years ago, a Administration. gallons of moistness. Of course, looked much better in hockey almost knocks into the cavern a little Frenchman fell over the For years, those that stayed to the average movie mogul, the masks than hockey players do platform containing the heroine. side of a boat, armed only with behind labored to come up with ocean floor is just like space— and that the proper impetus for Luckily, she is rescued by her a camera and a can of air, but a catchy slogan, a clever twist of only, like, there's water, and so teenage celibacy was a hot boyfriend (at the expense of the he showed everbody in the a phrase like the "Final Frontier" these flicks will only pay poker through the forehead, and captain, played byTaurean world what a cool place the that would convince those attention to the incredible who also started the useful Blaque, who has been unable to ocean was, and how big money movie megabucksters to come pressures and hazards of trend of identifying movies by find work since Hill Street Blues) could be made by making down from space and back into existing in a hostile deep sea number rather than by plot. In and everybody gets ready to Get documentaries about the the warm, wet places. In 1972, environment when it furthers the his movies, somebody, be it The Hell Outta Here, no sweat, Wonders Of The Deep. the "Come C the Sea" plot, but the special effects will through chutzpah, intelligence, but the local Gung-Ho, who Needless to say, the diving campaign failed. 1973 brought look exactly the same, only or maturity, will find a way to wanted to go home yesterday, industry owes him a very big "Come See the C." 1974's murkier. survive the coming terror that blows up the missies instead debt, and so does the movie "Come C the C" bombed. In Deepstar opens with standard will annihilate all the other and makes the situation even industry. 1980, they tried "The Second to gaggle of ethnically, intellect- characters. If the cast lacks more difficult so as to extend For a while, the world's Last Frontier," and it failed. ually and sexually mixed bag of these qualities, place your the plot another hour. oceans were affectionately Finally, in 1985, there came characters who are laboring to money on the virgin. After they try to fix the now known as "The Seven Seas" a breakthrough. The realization plant nuclear missiles at the The opening scene shows heavily-damaged lab well (Creamy Italian), "The Big Wet that virtually every cast-of- bottom of the ocean as a little that a young couple consisting enough so they can escape, the Spot" (Masters and Johnson), characters-trapped-in-a-hostile- experimental Navy project. This of a submarine jock from New Big Awful Thing Gets Inside, and and sometimes "The Scary environment-who-get-eaten-by-a- may sound peculiar, expensive, Jersey and a talented female munches one poor chap right in Place Because It's Dark And big-scary-space-alien plot could and a little cockeyed, but then Navy officer will get the nod. half (see the poster) and it is at There Are Sea Monsters" (Big be done just as well as an cast- again, would you rather have She will turn out to be pregnant, about this point where Bird). of-characters-trapped-in-a- them build a floating shopping though the symbolism will be Cunningham gets to come up Sadly, after a few years of hosti le-environment-who-get- mall, plant 50 jets on it, left as an exercise to the with his usual imaginative ways making great shows like Voyage eaten-by-a-big-scary-undersea- surround it with 150 teeny-tiny reader. In that very scene, the to elimate the rest of the crew. To the Bottom of the Sea and alien resulted in "Hey, We Got boats and then paint a big sign two discuss their future. We Mr. Gung-Ho gets his, the Hipper, the seas became less Monsters Too." The dollars on the deck that says "airburst know at this point that the mere doctor (played by Cindy Pickett, fact they are discussing a future who has been unable to find at all is strong evidence that work since St. Elsewhere) saves Cunningham will grant them the day with a defibrillator, and one. the hero and heroine do Things go on swimmingly, until manage to Get The Hell Outta they discover a cavern under the Here. missile site. The local Marine By the end of Deepstar Six, I Biologist Who Likes To Wear T- also wanted to Get The Hell Shirts With No Bra warns them Outta Here, but first a stop at PIZZA HUT PAIRS. that there could be Something the restroom. Campbell explains Power of Myth don't need mythology"—is BY GREG KAHN refuted by the rest of the text. "Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the ntHjt b human life," Campbell says. lo anyone interested in Star Wans's Han Solo is a Tlo a mythology or art history, the modern mythological hero (he recently deceased Joseph "has done the hero act of Campbell needs no introduction. sacrificing himself for His books, The Hero With a another...The adventure evoked Thousand Faces and The Masks a quality of his character that he of God, are necessary reading hadn't known he possessed"), for anyone interested in "the as is John Lennon ("The Beatles song of the universe, the music brought forth an art form for \ of the spheres," which is how which there was a readiness. Campbell described mythology. Somehow, they were in perfect I His monumental, multi-volume tune with their time") and Martin The Atlas of World Mythology is Luther King Jr. ("A hero is m the Bible of the subject. someone who has given his or For people familiar with these her life to something bigger than works, The Power of Myth will oneself"). probably be an enjoyable sketch But only a small percentage of of the research and attitudes the book is given to updating that dominated Campbell's age-old mythological patterns. thinking. But the book, a 231- Campbell seems to be more of page interview conducted by a storyteller than a scholar in ALWAYS TWO GREAT PIZZAS, ONE GREAT PRICE journalist Bill Moyers, is in its this volume, and Moyers moves own way perhaps Campbell's the conversation with great 1 Now enjoy two delicious Pizza Hut No matter how you like your pizza, greatest achievement, for it deftness. His questions are pizzas for one low price. 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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989 13 Lady tracksters dominate at LSU

demonstrated by the fact that Rice Maureen Stewart (2:11.81) and by David Cumberland had only one event champion but still Heather McDermid (2:13.29) won the competition. The team of snagged second and fourth in the The Rice women's track team Kirsten Aure, Michelle Barz, Natalie 800 meters. The team of Bryant, wasn't quite in New Orleans last DeSouza, and Kirsten Scobie took Edeh, Michelle Lynch, and Trecia weekend, but they did some Mardi the 4 x 800m relay with ease in a time Elahee won fourth in the 4 x 400m SPORTS Gras weekend partying anyway. The of 9:13.53, beating the second place relay (3:52.93). Fighting Owls overcome squad rained on the parade of host team by over forty seconds. The team also whipped up in dis- LSU and other national powers in Other Owls placed in almost ev- tance races. Aure took second in the capturing first place overall at the ery other event Sonya Henry fin- 3000 meters (9:55.16), while Maria Cougar menace 67-66 Paper Tiger Indoor Track & Field ished third in the long jump (191 5 3/ Fonseca placed fourth in the 5000 Classic in Baton Rouge. 4"), while Diane Sommerville fin- meters. Barz grabbed fourth in the The Cougars stormed back The Owls tallied 95 points overall ished ninth. Wendi Miller captured mile, while Scobie and DeSouza fin- by Keith Couch again, however, spearheaded by for- in the indoor event, ahead of second fifth in the shot put ( 45' 11"), and ished eighth and eleventh. ward Richard Hollis. After Horace place LSU's 92.5. The Tigers are cur- Henry took sixth in the high jump After finishing second in the con- No matter how many times you Chaneysankatres, Hollis nailed two rently ranked number one in out- (5'8"). Cherrise Traylor took fourth ference last year, the Lady Owls have replay the tape, it's always the same. baskets and a pair of free throws to door track. Other schools that lined in the triple jump (37'9 1/4"). shown only improvement so far this Old Yeller dies in the end. Butch and pull UH within two. After Eduardo up to be whipped by the Owls were Tanya Mcintosh placed second in year. Said Coach Lopez, "After our Sundance bite it in a hail of bullets. Drewnick sank a layup, Chaney's UH, UT, Alabama, Auburn, Florida the 200 meters (24.48) and took fifth finish last year, if this keeps up, any- Gilligan never gets off the island. coast to coast layup after stealing the State, and Stanford. in the 55 meters with a 7.03. Rosey thing can happen." And until last Sunday, the Rice ball put the Cougars up 59-57 with Head Coach Victor Lopez has Edeh (56.21) and Robyn Bryant The track team will compete Owls always lost to the Houston 7:22 to go. built the Owls into a peren n ial power. (56.35) finished second and third, again this Sunday at the Florida In- Cougars in basketball. But the Owls Greg Price's three pointer pulled The depth of this year's team is respectively, in the 400 meters,while door Invitational in Gainesville. broke out of that script for only the Rice ahead at the 3:41 mark, but the third time in 35 meetings, shocking lead swung back to UH on a pair of the Coogs 67-66 at Autry Court. It free throws from Craig Upchurch. Wet Owls swim meets at SMU, TCU was only the second time the Owls Willie stmck his biggest blow with had beaten UH at Autry, with the his third three-pointer, and Hardy 10:31.37, was broken by freshman free relay at 8:20.42. In one-meter only other win coming in 1980. closed Rice's scoring with a pair of by Tania van den Houten Michelle LeBlanc. LeBlanc placed diving, Caroline Wiese placed sec- Many fans have felt that the miss- free throws to put Rice up 67-63 with first at SMU with a 10:31.03. ond with 211.05. ing element in Rice's script this sea- two minutes left Chaney's tres a few The Lady Owls swam a tough but Junior Gretchen Wasserstrom's After the long trip and themeeton son has been the shooting of sopho- seconds later pulled the Cougars strong meet in Dallas last Friday 1:08.93 won the 100-yard Friday evening, both the men's and more forward David Willie, whose within one and set up the grand fin- against SMU's Lady Mustangs. They breaststroke, followed by fellow Owl women's teams were ambitious and scoring average is almost four points ish. weren't strong enough to win, but Cathy Pereira in second. LeBlanc, had some excellent swims on Satur- lower than last season's. Willie's Houston's frantic defense kept showed off some fantastic swims. Katrina Ramiller, Carey Sympson, day, though notenough to take a win. defense and passing have improved the cautious Owls away from the The 1000-yard freestyle team record, and Pereira worked the Owls to Ramiller made a strong showing for remarkably, however, and he came basket, and Rice could not take the previously set by Mary Roth with a another first place in the 800-yard SEE SWIM, PAGE 15 to the fore in the closing minutes ball inside. Price took an ill-advised, Sunday to earn Rice the win. long baseline jumper that missed The opening half was a see-saw everything and put the game in affair, and the teams stood even at 36 Houston's hands with just over 20 at the intermission. Center Andy seconds to go. Unable to stop the Gilchrist carried the team early on clock, Derrick Daniels put up a with eight points in the first six-and- jumper from 12 feet out that bounced a-half minutes. His 6-foot hook shot once off the rim, and in the ensuing with 13:36 to go put Rice ahead 21-14. melee, Rice's Ken Rourke came Gilchrist succumbed to foul trouble, down with the rebound to deny the however, and was not as threatening Coogs another shot Hogan's He- later on. roes had finally escaped Stalag 13. The Cougars stormed back, The win boosted the Owls to 3-6 in however, with eight unanswered the conference and 9-11 overall and points, delivering the final rude was an important step towards quali- wake-up call to the Owls when Dar- fying Rice for the SWC tournament. rell Mickens stole the ball and drove For hard-luck Houston (now 4-5 and for a stuff to put Cougar High up 25- 12-9), it was their fifth conference 24. They outscored the Owls 12-0 loss by a grand total of seven points. over that stretch. The Rice squad When Daniels took his last min- pulled itself back into the fray with a ute shot, some veteran Owls thought Willie three-pointer, however, and they had seen it all before. "A lot of Dana Hardy's late free throws knot- bad thoughts went through my ted the halftime score. head," said junior guard DWayne Willie came up with 11 of his 18 Tanner. "Rice syndrome- it's bound points and three of his ten rebounds to go in. But I'm thankful it didn't." in the second half as the Owls came Coach Scott Thompson hopes the out smoking hot after the intermis- win changes the Owls history of sion. Willie nailed a three-pointer being typecast as chokers. "Our tra- five minutes into the half to put the dition is not to win close games," he Owls up 52-46, then buried another said. "We're trying to change that. If three minutes later to stake Rice to you don'tplay well well sneak up and their biggest lead at 55-46. bite you." 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Greg Price gives a high-five to a Cougar as he puts one up. 14 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989 THE RICE THRESHER Spiker dudes do tourney at A&M, fall prey to sudden rule changes

two teams in the tournament, only Middle hitter Robert "Lucky" Though the men attempted to re- on, but encountered problems later by H.Senturia &R.Szafranski ten players actually made it to A&M Szafranski was still out with a dislo- group and rebound, the strong UNT in the day. Rudy Elizondo provided - and most of those were quite late. cated thumb, and Rice's other domi- team dismissed them in two games. some serving power in a few appear- As harsh Alaskan weather de- To the credit of the Aggies, they nating middle man, Kipper "Also While UNT was 3-0 in matches ances, and Neil Robertson provided scended Saturday upon the tropical rescheduled matches in order to Lucky" Burke, had managed to dislo- and obvious pool champion, the some setting support. swamp we know as Houston, the give the Rice club as much time as cate a finger of his own just days other three teams in the pool were all Braving the unusual cold on the Rice Men's Volleyball Club braved possible to get the teams together, before the tournament Into the 1-2 in matches. When the hosts de- way back from College Station, icy roads and bitter winds to travel to and when it became evident that middle hitting vacuum stepped Dave cided to use games as a tiebreaker, however, was an idea that appealed College Station for the first Texas there would only be enough players "Don't Stand Behind Me" Adams, Rice (3-4) came out one-half game only to Reynosa and Elizondo. A&M University College Classic to form one team, the hosts allowed and the big man immediately made ahead of both A&M (2-4) and SMU The rest of the crew, including Tournament Well, perhaps it would Rice to play one team and to choose his presence felt as the Owls got off (3-5). The Rice team was told that it Coach Lara Epperson, decided to be more accurate to say that most of the pool in which it would compete. to their best tournament start in re- would enter semifinal play. Mo- remain at A&M and hope for better the Guys challenged Old Man Win- There were some important cent memory. Having ample time to ments later, the hosts changed the driving conditions Sunday morning. ter. Although the club had entered names absent in the Rice lineup. warm up, the team proceeded to tiebreaker, deciding to use instead Better driving conditions, however, smash one of the two teams fielded point differential. Rice's minus 17 were not to appear until Tuesday. by the Aggies. Needing to win two was worse than both A&M's minus The team spent two fun-filled out of three games to take the match, 16 and SMU's minus 15. nights at the ironically named Com- the Guys dispatched the Ags in two SMU was declared second place fort Inn, during the course of which straight. Riding a wave of confi- winner and entered the semifinals. Miller earned the nickname "P-Mas- f dence, the team proceeded to blow The 1-15 shellacking Rice took from ter" and the terms "stir crazy" and out SMU 15-4 in the first game of the SMU turned out to make all the dif- "cabin fever" acquired renewed next match. But after that things ference. Without touching a ball, the meaning. Despite the close quarters changed. Mental errors and over- Owls went from second place to last spent in an extended period of time, confidence took their toll and Rice place. everyone escaped without injury. lost the next game in an ugly fashion, Individual performances again Commented Coach Epperson, "I 1-15. SMU took the third game, and provided highlights. Setter Joe Le- think this experience truly helped us the match. The loss to SMU was Compte had soft hands when setting, grow as a team. We grew better. We most shocking, as it had been agreed and, when given the opportunity, grew emotionally, experiencing the upon by all that the Mustangs were managed to crush a ball or two down elation and letdown of the unusual easily the weakest team in the pool. the line. Phil Miller showed bigness, tie-breaker situation. And we grew The next match pitted the Guys if not hugeness, at the net. bored — with each other, quite rap- against unbeaten North Texas. Tony "Fish" Merritt hit well early idly." Ruggers snow Labradors under W giate sides. around the defense and darting over by Keith "2-fer" Couch St. Thomas lumbered in with for a 4-0 lead and our side never some stout, wide boys in their pack, looked back. Later in the half, the A foul wind blew across the Rice but their backs were a step too slow. Owls stretched their advantage with campus last Saturday, bringing with But the Owls were stronger in the a thrust straight into the heart of the it the unpleasant presence of the breakdowns. The forwards played St Thomas defense. University of St.Thomas rugby team. an excellent game. Teddy "Feelgood" Adams In rebellion against the frigid tem- The backs were Rice's strength, crashed straight up the middle to peratures, the Owl ruggers scorched however, runnning around and within fifteen feet of the try line be- t he icebound Dibradors by a score of through the opposition for a total of fore pitching a perfect pass to Sean 23-0, continuing their unbeaten four tries. "Doo-wop" Park. Park was not to be streak, which stretches all the way Dave Bonner blocks a Baylor spike as Tony Merritt and Joe LeCompte look on.- Steve "Haggies face" Maclennan denied; he hurdled two or three tack- back to last semester, against colle- struck first blood, simply running SEE BLOW-OUT, PAGE 15 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

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FL00R5 TO H GOING FT MAKES SENDE mid STUFF UF Civi Grads def Men Who Rape Quiche NON-SEXIST V-BAI.L TEAM 2 0 IF you ON IN ACOSMIC SORT eve FY WL6K 10-15, 15-13, 15-10 ARCHITYPES 2 1 HURRY., OF MY V/O Archies def Mario's Crew 9-15,15-11,15- AND EVERYTHING 0 2 2 THE UNIVERSE 0 3 7;>?^ Cum'n* Watch def Almost Kosher 15-12, A L 15-8 Wednesday B League W L Licensed To Kill def Bump 'n' Grind, fft HANSZEN HACKS 3 0 Jones Drunks def You Won't Believe 15- JUST HIT THE BALL 2 0 Swim FROM PAGE 13 meet, sustaining his success as an the women in the 1000, winning first Owl breaststroker. Graf nabbed first ANP HERE THIS THERE'LL HPNZ and coming close to the school rec- in the 100-yard breaststroke at MR TRUMP WHY THIS TO BE CHANGES, ARE YOUR I ISN'T Of COURSE ord with a 10:32.49. LeBlanc also 1:01.68. \ QUALITY took first in the 500 free. Wasser- After these performances, Coach FAClUFtes \ AT ALL ' strom was a fighting Owl again, plac- Kris Wingenroth feels that the team ing first in the 200 individual medley is "strong and ready for confer- with 2:12.27. ences." The Southwest conference For the men, senior Roy Johnson Championships for the women will swam a 55.06 in the 100-yard butter- be held the weekend of February 23- fly, placing a solid second. Team cap- 26 at the University of Texas in UrtER tain John Graf swam his last dual Austin. time after some crashing play by the backs that created some room on the Blow-out outside. OKAY. TRUMP Of BOY.. SAY...WANNA\ ILL PAY WANNA BUY A RARE. \ 5EU, THAT J YOU TUESPAY BEL&AN, PRE MOISTENCP \ FROM PAGE 14 YOU'RE PENNILE55.. NO 7 The capper for the Owls came CREP/T.. ANP YOU HAVE TOOT5IE / LOLLIPOP FOR WO BUCKS J lers to get the try. Ali "Dahling" Koc when Ben "Clark Kent" Middleton A CATS BOPY pop-r ji kicked the two-point conversion to ran right through a statue garden of Q MM set the score at 10-0 at halftime. St.Thomas defenders for Rice's THINK After yet another patented Lom- fourth try. The play moved in slow bardi-esque speech from Welsh motion, complete with theme music coach Steve Zeal at halftime, the from Chariots of Fire. Honest. Owls reloaded and had even more Koc added another conversion fun. and a penalty kick to account for the Maclennan struck again, this final tally.

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MA. WGMT, LET'S TO AGNH CHOCOLATES, FLOWERS, AND TAKE IT FWDK "...TUE FRI twe whole NOTES&NOTICES •Late add, P/F deadline. THE OFFICE OF MINORITY AFFAIRS, In co- WORKSHOP ON CAREERS IN JOURNAUSM •Fight Night, Autry Ct., 8 PM. operation with the Joint Campus Ministries with Steve Smith from Channel 11. presents the screening of the critically Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Farnsworth •Film: Big, 7, 9,11, Chem. Lec. acclaimed PBS Video series: "Eyes on the Pavilion. Prize." The screening begins at 7 p.m. In •Media Center Film: Notori- the Kyle Morrow Room ol Fondren Library YOU ARE INVITED TO AN EYE-OPENING ous, 7:30 PM, $3. on Feb. 9. discussion of "Sexist Language: Verbal and Printed" to be held Sunday, Feb. 12, at •Lovett College Play, Blithe YOU ARE NEEDED! Volunteer now at The 7:30 p.m., In the Kyle Morrow Room. Busi- Spirit, 8 PM, $3/$4. Institute of Rehabilitation and Research ness of the Rice Women's Alliance will (TIRR) and help with meals, the grooming follow at 8:30 p.m.. to which you are also •ACTER Play, King Lear, Ham- program, the hospital gift shop, and the invited. man Hall, 8 PM, $5/$8. Call patient snack cart. Give Just 2 hours a X4040. week. For Information call 797-5230. NEXT YEAR MAKE JERUSALEM your cam- pus. Join Ava Herman for a Hebrew Uni- •Johnny Reno and the Sax Ma- COOKOUT SUNDAY, FEB. 12, sponsored by versity of Jerusalem Information meeting niacs, Club Hey Hey, night. New Life. New time: 5:00p.m., Sewall Hall. on Monday, Feb. 13, from 4-5:00 p.m. In All are welcome. This time our picture will the Miner Lounge. realty be taken. LOST: ONE WOMAN'S BLACK CASHMERE- FACULTY-STAFF ACTIVITIES ENTRY DEAD- LINED ISOTONER GLOVE, the Wednesday It LINE: Friday, Feb. 10. Men's and Women's rained so hard. Last seen outside Fondren Badminton and Tennis. Library. Small reward. The glove has great CHICAGO MASSACRE sentimental value. Call Ginger at 796- ESCORT SERVICE operates between 8:00 1126. p.m. and 1:00 a.m., Sunday through Thurs- day at Fondren Library. For a ride, please FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, the Office of Student SAT MISCLASS call X3737. Advising will sponsor Majors Day from 2 - •Gwendolyn Brooks poetry 4:00 p.m. In the Grand Hall, RMC. Repre- CANTERBURY (EPISCOPAL STUDENTS AND sentatives from all Rice majors will be reading, Chem Lec, 1-2 PM. "People would say 'We need a screw people from Brown, and FRIENDS). This Sunday at Autry House available to answer questions students man on the ticket.'" you ignore people from (across Main, opposite Lovett): Eucharist have with respect to declaring a major. •NBA Slam Dunk, Three-Point, — Pat Schroeder, on why George Hanszen. 10 a.m.; Enquirers Class (for those who For more Information, contact Student and Legends, Summit, 1 PM. Bush wouldn't choose a female wish to learn more about the Episcopal Advising at 527-4060. Church or who wish to prepare for baptism •Baseball vs. Northwood (DH), VP "'Sex is natural/Sex is good/Not or confirmation): Evensong, 5 p.m.; Com- ATTENTION STUDY ABROAD APPLICANTS: A 4 PM. everybody does it/But every- munity meal, 5:30 p.m.; program and dis- representative from Butler University's How many Iranians does it take body should, providing they're cussion on "AIDS—Christian Perspectives" Study Abroad Program will be at Rice on •Media Center Films: Nights of at 6:15 p.m. All welcome. to change a lightbulb? emotionally prepared, and Thursday, Feb. 16, from 1-4:00 p.m. In the Cabiria, 7:30 PM; 8-1/2, 9:20 Miner Lounge. Please drop by at any time practice birth control' doesn't PM, both $3. 6,000,001. One to put it in. One THE BLACK STUDENT UNION will show the to find out about their programs. For more million to guard it. And five mil- really flow. It's hard to find a movie Mandela In the Kyle Morrow Room, Information contact Student Advising at •Lovett Play, 8 PM. lion to shout "Death to General rhyme for 'condom'." Feb. 10, at 7:00 p.m. There will be a short X4060. question and answer period after the film. •ACTER Play, King Lear, Ham- Electric I" —George Michael, defending MANY BOOKS ARE MISSING FROM THE man Hall, 8 PM. I Want Your Sex LIBERAL ARTS CAREER FAIR. April 4, Grand CAREER SERVICES LIBRARY. Please be There once was a young man Hail, RMC. considerate of your fellow students and from Hanszen, "Illegal aliens have always been return them so they have the opportunity DODGE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE DRIVING to use them as well. Who acted just like Charles a problem in this country. Ask CHAMPIONSHIPS. Win a free trip to Day- Manson. any Indian." tona Beach, Florida. Event will be held on GALOR, Gays and Lesbians of Rice, will He'd rape, burn and pillage, — Robert Orben Monday Feb. 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In the meet Sunday, Feb. 12,4 p.m. We will show Stadium Parking lot. FREE with valid driver's a video tape of Oprah Winfrey's episode All through the Village, license. Call Lisa for more Info: 527-4808. from National Coming Out Day. Discus- And then he'd go out a' dancin'. "There are three secrets that my sion will follow. For more Info, call Don or SUN mother told me: Be a maid in the JEWISH STUDENTS - Summer employment Jeff at 630-0247. opportunities at Union of the American • Baseball vs. Schreiner (DH), 1 Another tragic consequence of living room, a cook in the kitchen, and a whore in the Hebrew Congregations' Green Family DON'T WAIT ANOTHER SECOND!!! Today Is PM. studying too much biochemis- Camp in Brucevllle, Texas. For more infor- the last day to submit literature and art for try: bedroom. And I figure, so long as mation, please contact Becky Garfeln at the University Blue's spring issue. Drop off •NBA All-Star Game, Dome. I got a maid and a cook, I'll do 665-4618. your entries in the U.Blue box In the English • Lovett Play, 3 PM. Hello (hello. . .) the rest by myself. You can only Department office at Rayzor Hall. Please Is antibody out there? do so much in one day." VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO SERVE AS use a pseudonym, and also enclose your •Media Center Films: Ethnic COUNSELORS for a week of summer camp real name and address in an envelope. Just NAD if you can hear me. —Jerry Hall for persons with multiple sclerosis. Even Notions, 7:30 PM, $3. Is there antibody, heme? though these areadulls, primarily In wheel BACCHUS (Boost Alcohol Consciousness •Vienna Choir Boys, Jones "Smoking kills. If you're killed, chairs, a week of summer camp Is the Concerning the Health of University Stu- highlight of their year, for these campers dents) Is holding a regional conference on Hall, 8 PM. Quinone down, you've lost a very important part are generally home-bound and their only Feb. 24-25. If you are interested, call or I hear you're feeling down of your life." entertainment is television. If interested In come by the Office of Student Activities, I can phorese your pain —Brooke Shields becoming a volunteer for the week of May x4097. The deadline for registration is Feb. Get you on your phos-feet 14 through May 20, call the MS office In 12. Houston, 526-8967 or 1-800-323-4873. again. WINNER: Why would Temple U. RICE U. MATH TOURNAMENT needs your want to hire Jerry Berndt? SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE (S.O.S.), spon- help on Saturday, Feb. 11. We need Vmax (Vmax...) 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SLAM DUNK CONTEST FINALS will be heid at me. •Men's Tennis vs. Sam Hous- again halftlme of Men's Varsity Basketball game ton State, 3 PM. vs. SMU on Saturday, Feb. 18, 7:35 p.m. —The paranoid WRC babe You would not Henderson— Physics is flux-strating. Come root for your favorites! •Baseball Vs. Dallas Baptist, 4 Hasselbach how I am EXOTIC—There's nothing I enjoy PM. more than being with you. •Men's Basketball vs. TCU, I have becoffie cAMPfortably SEND YOUR LOVER FLOWERS Please be mine. Love, Wanda 7:35 PM. numb. FROM TWO JONES ROOMMATES: •Rice Players, The Balcony, What's the most painful part of a Here's to our steady Baker dates. Hamman Hall, 8 PM, $6. sex change operation? CLASSIFIED ADS Happy Valentine's Day. —C & L When they stick a tube in your Thursday 16— ear and suck half your brains out. FOR RENT 984-2907. TO MDL— Have I ever mentioned •Women's Tennis vs. Sam that I love you and your city? Houston State, 2 PM. 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