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WH UIIUMB 9 STILL HATE UZY LABOR DAY OFF SEPTEMBER 5,1SS7 Vonnegut to speak at 1998 commencement^ terhouse Five, a historical novel de- Byron Chen scribing a soldier's experience# in ( >mtnbuh*r World War II. The author lias earned honors including the Guggenh Writer Kurt Vonnegut will de Fellowship in 1907, a National I liver the commencement address at tuteof Arts and Letters grant in 1 next spring's 86th Commencement and the Ljterary Lion Award in 1981 after he accepted President Malcolm "I think it's really cool to have Gillis' invitation in August. someone like Vonnegut speak at Two years ago, Gillis formed a graduation," Beltran said, "He is student selection committe to rec- pretty well-known name.'' ommend speakers for 1998 com- rfe i:. x* mencement, which will be held May 9. i'm pleased as punch,!|

1 The committee distributed sur- iyi veys in the colleges asking the Class and I am looking ~nwi»>>TT of 1998 whom they wanted to deliver forward to hearing his | the commencement address, com- mittee member and Baker College speech. 1 expec t great senior Yolanda Beltran said. Vonnegut was on the short list of things from it.' names they sent to Gillis, who then picked Vonnegut. — SA President Daryl Shorter Coincidentally, Rice selected Arborist Jack Spann talks to an unidentified rtian while arborist Juan Alejandro begins to saw branches away to clear the Vonnegut on the heels of an Internet SA President Daryl Shorter, who' road after a delivery truck collided with a tree on-the Inner Loop in front of Herring Hall at noon on Thursday. hoax that credited him with deliver-. served on the student committee, rng a commencement address to was enthusiastic about Vonnegut's Massachusetts Institute ofTechnol- selection. "I'm pleased as punch, and tree ogy students which began wit h: "la- 1 am looking forward to hearing his dies and gentlemen of the class of speech. I expect great things from '97: Wear sunscreen." it." Driver misjudges clearance; $10,000-15,000 in estimated damage The speech was actually pub- Shorter added that the author f§ and was inside Herring Hall when truck's insurance company, accord- lished June 1 by Chicago Tribune was one of the biggest names to ROM Wilde the accident occurred. His car had ing to Facilities Manager Eusebio columnist Mary Schmich. Thou- speak at Rice's commencement in f Copy EdHiir _ no visible damage. "A couple more Franco. Franco, Groundskeeping sands of online users were fooled by years. While there are plenty of stu- feet and I would have had a nice tree staff and an outside tree consultant the column because its style closely dents who have never read any One of Rice's live oak trees lost a ornament on my hood," Genzer said. will'estimate tffe total bill by Mon- mirrored that of Vonnegut, works by Vonnegut, Shorter said limb Thursday when it was hit by a Genzer left the scene after the day. Considered by many critics to he that students were not disappointed delivery truck .traveling along the road was cleared enough to allow . Franco said that the university among the best of American con- by the selection. Inner Loop. safe passage. His was the only ve- pays special attention to the protec- temporary'writers, Vonnegut prima- Jones College senior Gregg * At 11:45 a.m., an OvernightTrans- hicle allowed to pass through the tion and maintenance of its trees. rily writes science fiction and satire. Miller was equally pleased with portation Company truck tore a large scene of the accident; the Campus "(Rice University] employs two full His books include the highly-praised Vonnegut's selection. He is a "great 11' limb off of an 80-year-old tree which Police detoured traffic approaching time arborists to care for the cam- Cat's Cradle and Breakfast of Cham- author with a quirky style," Miller shades the north side of the Inner the accident onto Alumni Drive. pus' tree population exclusively," pions. He is best known for Slaugh- said. Loop between Herring Hall and The delivery truck driver de- Franco said. "It takes a long time to Wieas College. The driver mis- clined to comment on the accident. grow a tree this size." judged ibm height of the low-hang- Several Facilities and Engineer- "It is a very higb. [university) pri- ing Kmb and of his truck, Campus ing staff members came to the scene ority to keep the old trees healthy Campus Police now able 1 Police Officer Robert Redman said. to estimate the extent of the damage and to plant new ones as well." The truck's upper frame was also and to clear the wreckage of the Grounds Superintendent Ron Smith damaged. limb safely from the road. Alejandro said. to issue Houston tickets Arborist Juan Alejandro wit- and Arborist Jack Spann immedi- Should the damage to the tree nessed the accident from his ately started clearing the tree limb prove fatal, the replacement cost Campus speed limit raised to 20 mph groundskeepiag truck while he was from the road and the delivery truck, could be as high as $10,000 or driving behind the delivery vehicle. using ropes and chain saws. They $15,000, according to Smith. "(The scribed by the Texas Department of Esther Sung could not estimate thg damage on tree| is really irreplaceable because Public Safety." The tickets will fall Alejandro said the truck hit the limb (\»Hlf ihlllift while trying to pass a car blocking the scene but said that the tree con- you can't bring in a tree of that size, under the jurisdiction of the HPD. the Wiess side of the street. sultant would determine the cost by [The tree consultants] have to put a Rice police officers now have ju- The city and county courts will Troy Genzer, Jesse H. Jones the number of damaged linear feet dollar amount on it... and they try to risdiction over people who are not handle the tickets just like any other Ciiraduate School of Business '97, of the tree. "I can tell you (thatJ it's replace it with whatever size of t ree members of the Rice community and ticket issued on regular Houston wail the owner of the black Honda not going to be cheap," Spann said. you can get in there," he said. commit moving violat ions (i.e., drive streets. j > whkJh blocked the right side of the The full cost of the damage, the Rice has approximately 4,000 faster than the speed limit or fail to "Folks come onto campus to cut road. He had temporarily stopped clean-up and tree replacement, if trees on campus, half of which are stop at a stop sign) on the Rice cam- through our property and that his car, leaving,the hazard lights on. needed, will be billed to the delivery live oaks. pus. makes it hard for us to protect our The added police power is communitf." Assistant Police Chief granted by a new law amending the Tom Bickers said. "The [city] legis- Refusal of on-campus housing leads to Transportation Code of the City of lature understands this problem and Houston and Sept. 1 changes to the is giving us help [to keep it under Campus Police traffic policy. control]." / 0-Week shutdown of ethernet services "Rice has always had trouble with The Campus Police emphasize advisors) on-campus housing ulti- Fullmer, who was responsible for people speeding and cutting through that the new policy was instituted Maya Batakrishnan mately made it impossible for the the on-campus housing request for campus from Shepherd Street to only with the best interests of the News Editor necessary computer maintenance to computing associates, told them to University Boulevard to get to the students and employees of Rice in be completed before or during O- appeal to their masters and college Medical Center," Parking Commit- mind. Since revenues collected from Information Technology had no Week. According to Sid Richardson O-Week coordinators for permission tee member and Sid Richardson moving violation fines are paid di- choice but to shut down campus College Master Penny Bennett, a to stay on campus. Brown comput College senior Thomas Hutchinson rectly to the City of Houston, nei- network connections in college subcommittee of the O-Week steer-, ing associate and junior Michael said. In addition to the problems of ther Rice University nor its police rooms during Orientation Week af- ing committee was responsible for Wakin was one of eight computing reckless driving and endangering department stand to benefit finan ter the O-Week Steering Committee all initial decisions regarding on- associates who successfully gained pedestrians, Campus Police have cially from issuing HPD tickets. 111! refused college computing associ- campus housing during O-Week. permission to move oh-campus also had difficulty enforcing tickets According to the Campus Police, ates permission to stay on campus. "They looked at applications based early. they issue to people who are not this law benefits the Rice commu The Thresher reported Jast week on criteria, and the decisioli was Originally, IThad hired students Rice students or employees. Up till, nity. "The point of the new law is not that connections had to be turned made based on [that criteria 1," she as college computing associates to now, they have been handicapped' to raise money, but to change or off so that the dynamic host configu- said. The computing associates did help with networking, and they by a jurisdiction restricted to the modify [potentially dangerous traf- ration protocol could be reset. But not show enough need to stay on planned to house computer associ- Rice campus and the people.associ- fic! behavior so students and fotherj IT did not reset the DHCP until last campus for all of O-Week, she said. ates for two weeks before classes ated with it. people can feel comfortable about Friday, after having shut off ethernet In June; t he Steering Committee began: the first week to learn the Underrhe provisions of thenew waking' afountToncampiis," Biek- connections for thewhole week. informed IT that alt requests had ropes of their job, and the second law, the Cajppus Police now "have ers said. Lastjune'sdecisiontodeny com- been denied. One source said that week, O-Week, to help freshmen the authority to issue and use traffic The law targets only those traffic puting associates (student computer Consulting Specialist Robert SEE COMPUTING PAGE 4 tickets and summons in a form pre- SEE TICKETS PAGE 4 s * I <•'••- ' ' ' ' , - • •

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CONTROL Students must act to head off a repeat of last O-Week's fiasco

-eist week's editorial, written by Ihresher editor Steve Jackson in 1972, described the "fundamental purpose of the University" as an individual process of exploration different for every ohe of us. But what kind of administrative control should be placed on it? And how should it be applied? Those are the questions recent events beg us to ask. The situation into which the administration exerted its control during Orientation Week seems almost absurd on the surface. Student () Week coordinators, planned, obtained Office of Student Affairs sup- port for, participated in and even led O Week jacks during the matricu- % lation ceremony. Then, the very next day. they decided to ban them. They also decided not to tell anyone'why, perhaps for fear of appearing loolish. O-Week advisers have told us about rumors that Vice President for Student Affairs Zenaido Camacho's job was at stake and that student coordinators acted to keep him from being fired, but we find them hard to believe. Camacho is a friend of all students and a trusted, visionary 3 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR administrator who does a difficult job well. And it's simply not his job to police the students Another story seems more likely. The information we have suggests Jacks belong in orientation events that the jack ban came at President Malcolm Gillis's request. At this point, it should be said that on matriculation night, Gillis and Cumacho To the editor: themselves. It wasn't until reading that matter, enjoys jacking. How- were right to call out tor students to slop their jacking. A BrownCollege Phis O-Week went much as any the Thresher article that I under- ever, college confronts students with jack that involved several students mock-beating another student into other. However, over it all lies a dark stood the reason for her reticence: many different, new lifestyles and the ground and then slowly 'dropping their pants soured what Should pall that the freshman are likely only She was merely abiding by the col- forces them to challenge their own have been a more auspicious moment for the class of 2001. Students dimly aware of: the cancellation of lective decision to not discuss the beliefs. were no less wise than (iilfisand C'amacho in deciding to call off the rest jacks, issue. However, the article also indi- I'm not going to say that the nu Jacks have historically been one cates that the decision was far from dity was necessary. But, regardless, of their jacks (two more pre-approved jacks were left on the program). of t he finer pleasures of college stu- a unanimous one. Since the coordi- Gillis's anger in this matter and his But there's a huge difference between Gillis' bold leadership on dents everywhere, and this experi- nators had chosen to have jacks, role, whatever it was, in the cancel matriculation night and any involvement he or anyone else in the ence is only heightened by Rice's and they were all approved by lation of jacks is unjustified. His po- administrat ion may have had in coercing O-Week coordinators to make college system. Jacks give students C'amacho-, it does not take much sition should not t$e that of censor, the decision to ban jacks. All the worse that the administration at- an opportunity to express their sense thought to realize that the decision but to foster the free thought and tempted to pass oil its meddling in student affairs as tmelicited student of humor and creatively blow off was coerced by the administration. action that is so vital to a liberal action The president's role should be that of leader and mentor, not • steam while also helping define our And, since the vice president ap- education. dictator. college's unique identity and sense proved the jacks, it is also rather The big losers in all this are the of community. Stating that jacks are Neither should his role be that of high school assistant principal or plain that the force at work here is freshmen. One of the most difficult "too competitive to add to the things is to convince someone that summei camp head counselor. The administration seems bent on the prudery of Gillis himself. new student's experience" is absurd. Gillis justifies his wrath by stat- they should have something they making Rice a kind ol summer camp where nothing can go wrong and It is this very competition that helps ing that people were outraged, felt have never had.This makes ()-Week everyone plays nice. Jacking matriculation has always served to alert instill in the new student his own shame and incredulity and that none an. ideal place to begin to curtail freshman that, at Rice, students aren't beholden to professors, admin- college's character. found it remotely amusing. How- students' freedoms. 1 exhort new istration or parents. It is the most important statement of student power When I heard that jacks had been ever, the photo in the Thresher mocks students to make themselves aware and independence that freshmen receive cancelled, I was astounded. 1 was (iillis's words. It shows a naked male of this slow erosion of their liberty. But by last week. O-Week jacks were already more.carefully-orches- suspicious'that the administration running through the proceedings. Gillis needs to make an effort to trated demonstrations than the unanticipated pranks they once. were. had acted yet again in its high-toned And it shows faculty, who do not differentiate between his sensibili- The issTie of whether officially-sanctioned jacks will continue during manner to further curtail the "woe- have the appearance of unamused, ties and those of the students. But if O Week, when most upperclassmen are away from campus, is still ip ful immoralities" of the student body. outraged individuals. there are no official jacks next year, When I later heard that the college I encourage students to return to question Jacks during the year will continue — Rice did not invent This is not to say that there were O-Week coordinators had made the "not-members of the audience who the true spirit of the jack: unofficial, college pranking, after all.— but playing tricks on each other during the decision, I asked a friend who is found t hemselves offended, The stu- unannounced anil fdr fun. year pales next to interrupting matriculation. coordinating. Her rather un-forth- dents have differing views on moral- The Thresher issues a challenge to President Gillis, Admit that jacks coming answer was that yes, the ity. Baker 13 is not for everyone, Jaey Grannis have been a vital part of O-Week, and even of matriculation*. And then coordinators had made the decision much as not everyone drinks, or, for Baiter '98 leave students to run O-Week for themselves.. Clamping down on student expression is not your job. For the administration to act on the presumption that it always knows better than students only insults us. Rice sUnk-pls know what gi>bd and bad taste are.l'uiversijy Court, the student run judiciary, should investigate and punish acts of vandalism or violence if they occur. damaged rooms and missing furniture Students, it is our right and duty to carry on the tradition of jacking To the editor: 15 things wrong in our room, It's it. The charge was overturned once ()-week. It is something that can and must be done with or without the The new students arrived two almost like an insert in Highlights F&H realized that the complaint had administration's sanction. So long as creativity .and not male nudity, weeks ago and moved in, and the magazine: "Find the fifteen things been logged at the beginning of the distinguish our jacks, and no important laws are broken, we need fear upperclassmen moved in this past wrong with this picture." year, but the fire extinguisher was no reproach. weekend. We've barely been here a I'm glad to be back on campus, still missing when they moved back few weeks, and already the prob- but I wish that Food and Housing into the same room this year. lems with the rooms .have started. - would mak# suT*e rooms are ready to I know that Food and Housing is At Will Rice College alone, I've move into when students return. busy, especially when students are LETTE1 R POLICY heard many complaints about the We get charged for damages at returning at the end of the summer, , rooms not being ready to move into, the end of each year, and yet those but I don't think it's too much for us TO SUBMIT Letters may be sent in by ... i'vejteard complaints ranging from same damages aren't corrected to expect that, after having been e i na i 11Ii resh ertfQrire. rdu extensive water damage on ceilings when school begins. I know of one charged for damages'at the end of campus mail: Letter to the Editor, c/o The Rice Thresher to torn up carpet, missing furniture, particular quad at Will Rice that men- one year, the problems will be fixed I S Mail: Letter to the Editor, The Rite Thresher, and no window blinds over the win- tioned their missing fire extin- by the time we return. 6100 Main St.. MS-524, Houston, '1"X 77005-1892 dows. Some of t he windows that do guisher at the beginning of last year. in person: Thresher Office, Second Floor. Student Center have blinds have broken ones. My When they moved out, it hadn't been Erin Makulski room alone has a gripe list with over replaced, and they g#t charged for Will Rice '91) DEADLINE — Deadline fomll letters is 5 p.m. on Monday. Letters received- after the deadline are generally not considered for publication until the following week. Owl "baseball wins admiration of Aerie fan To the editor: your spirited student body, which a tough regionS tournament and RULES Greetings from Aggie land! has supported your athletic program was one of the Elite Eight in Omaha. 1 AH letters must include your name, college, year of Congratulations on an outstand- through bad times and good • That itself is an honor that I hope graduation and phone number. ing baseball season. I'm saddened Your success on the baseball dia- isn't lost in the final analysis of your 2. Short letters (200-500 words is a good guideline) have a better by your quick exit from the College mond in recent years is a credit to season. chancP*of being published than long ones. World Series, because I don't think your basebaJi program, coaches and I look forward to following the ;i letters received via campus or U.S. mail must be signed. If you those games were indicative of how players. They should all bttcom- Owls, albeit from a distance, to are not submitting via email, we strongly recommend that you good your team really was. mended. Omaha again. As we say here in submit letters on a Macintosh or IBM-formatted disk. 1 am an Aggie by degree and As an Aggie baseball fan, I know Aggieland, there's always next year, 4 We do not accept anonymous letters, hut names may be withr loyalty, and in particular an Aggie the disappointment of going into a held by request in special circumstances. baseball fan, but I've always had a big tournament with high expecta- With highest regards, 5. We reserve the right to edit for length, spelling, grammar soft spot for Rice and its athletic tions and then going two and barbe- and stvle. program, mostly because of your cue, as they say. Jim Hiney high academic achievements and Your team emerged on top from Texas A&M '85 O OPINION THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1997 * * Orientation works as beginning

1V; no matter what Sill To DESCRIBE Orientation park was reserved for Rice students. me to clean up the house. Freedom mm say. The high- Ills';: Week in just one word would be an Even though I spent most of the has taken on another dimension, Ike San rises may you, but those impossible task, it was a week of a night taking pictures, I had an excel- and I am only beginning to become with down- are really a ghost of something thousand words. Few times in my lent opportunity to meet people from aware of it. " historical that was, a reflection life have I ever been over- other colleges. In my mind, 1 know that this will more of perceptions whelmed with so many I have heard (and I now be good for me in the long run. I than of reality. They are different activities with so agree) that O- Week is very cannot be dependent on my parents I saw on the drive there because Smith and many different people. For much like a summer camp for the rest of my life. For most from the airport was Louisiana are still pres- me, that was a good thing, 1 v /I' for college students: people going away to college, these strip malls and bill- tigious addresses, butno and it was a good spring- Maybe that is what made years are supposed to serve as a Hljj boards for churches one goes there anymore board off which I dove into it so special. Most of us transition from dependence to inde- and ,those so-called except to work. my college years. probably did not go to sum- pendence, and people tell me that "gentlemen V clu bi Thereal downtown is One of my best memo- mer camp these past few, college is the best time of everyone's Even what they call CHRISTOF 6 miles west, at the cor- ries ever was the matricu- BVRON summers, choosing in- lives, 1 shall find out the truth be- downtown turned ner of 610 and 59. Post lation ceremony. In spite CHEN stead to work, to watch hind that. out to be strangely SPIELER Oak may took at first DESIGN of what happened with the GUEST television, to drive around Right now, however, 1 miss my lifeless, glance, like a suburban CONmtANT jacks (the number of. COLUMNIST or to hangout with friends. home, my family and all of my close Houston, I con- office park, but that's just which offended some at- There was this big group friends. I miss that sense of close- cluded, wasasuburb as deceiving as the down- ten dees), I enjoyed myself im- of us, outside of school time, having ness, and it is not easy to realize that of itself, and Heft it at that. town skyline. This place has all mensely, even more so because 1 fun and enjoying ourselves. Few it will take some time before I make 1 soon found things to like, the functions of a traditional did not expect much. To walk were stressed out of worried about some e\vwe friends here. After all, 1 though: the oak-lined streets of downtown: offices, hotels, retail through the Sallyport into the Aca- anything; most everyone was casual have only been here for a little over the museum district, the old brick and entertainment (like it or demic Quad was an awesome and and carefree. You could call it a a week. Most of all, I would have to buildings on the northern edge not, that's what strip clubs and indescribable feeling. Before, 1 had brand-new start. say that I miss the sense of security of downtown* the mansions of singles bars are). If Houston has not felt like I was a Rice student, but Admittedly, the conclusion of the that hoilne provided for me. Respon- River Oaks and the quirkiness of a center, this is it: More people as 1 ran towards Willy's statue yell- week confused me, and I am certain sibilities then, though growing, were Montrose. But those are the rem- come to the Galleria on a regular ing my college's cheers, I saw my- that it was the same way for many limited, and I could count on my nants of an older city, the Hous- basis than go anywhere down- self as a member of Rice. freshmen. Reality, as opposed to the family. Now, 1 am on my own. ton that existed before air condi- town. Even though matriculation was. fantasy world created by O-Week, So, when I look back on my 0 tioning and freeways. All that's missing is the civic for me, the highlight of the week, has now set in. Ih some ways, this is Week here at Rice, 1 will remember .That, of course, is not what center. That's not surprising; civic that did not diminish the many ac- the "real" beginning of college life. I it with nostalgia and even a little bit Houston is about. The city has and cultural institutions tend to tivities that our coordinators finally have the freedom that I had of sadness. It was perhaps one of the been a commercial center for reflect older values. One day, per- mm planned. My college, Jones, held a sought for so long, but, ironically, 1 best opportunities I have ever had to over a century (cotton drove the haps, city government will build scavenger hunt, which was by far do not know whether 1 really want it meet so many people in such a short economy before the turn of the its own office park and the Alley the craziest I have ever been in- now. This new freedom is scary, period of time. Furthermore, with a century, when oil was discovered Theatre will anchor Galleria 5. volved in. With a Port-a-Potty and a because it confronts me with the schedule jam-packed with activities. in east Texas) but before the At second glance, it's quite University of Texas banner on hunt responsibilities that come with it. 1 could never say that I was bored. 1950s, Houston was still relatively familiar. Post Oak is a traditional list, it was definitely one of the most No longer is my mother then' to And when it was all over, I missed it. small. Ilhe city didn't really boom. downtown stretched out. Every- u n ique scavenger hunts arou nd. -The wake me up in the morning when 1 until the 1970s. thing has gotten bigger. Loop 610 Waterworld trip the following night hit the "sleep" button on my alarm Byron Chen is a Janes College fresh- is the new main street. Instead of was somewhat of a treat, since the clock. Nor is rny father there to tell man. cartings and Corinthian columns, buildings use flashy glass to draw Houston, I attention to themselves. Gilded letters above the doors continue to concluded, was a are replaced by garish three-story suburb of itself. signs. Faux-Victorian street lights have becomegiant silver arches. grow for the appearance-conscious But it's al\ serving the same pur- K R "When it did, virtually no ur- pose. IDLET PILLS sound tempting. As long as the demand for such who have a medical need. People ban planning was involved. That Looking at it that way, I feel The idea is great —you pop in a little inventions and procedures exists, who want to fit into that special outfit i&actaaflyan old tradition. Hous- more at home; I'm still not sure I V{pil l and are not hungry anymore. ,the possibilities will continue to for a big date should either find the ton began as a bit of real estate like it, but at least it's rational. They seem like ultimate diet regula- increase. willpower to exercise more and eat speculation, by two brothers who I'm not altogether sure we're tors, without any bad I would be the last per- less or face the simple fact that some- tried to make a quick pfofit by all comfortable with it, though. consequences. Kspe- son to say that I do not worry times the price of a 23-inch waist is promoting their land (somewhat That might explain this city's dis- cially late at night, sitting about my weight or my ap- just not worth paying. inaccurately) as an excellent port tinct lack of civic pride (where in the Thresher office sur- pearance, I do pay strict at- It is far from the end of the world; on Buffalo Bayou. else would a city erect billboards rounded by pizza and tention to the scale, and it diet pills, on the other hand, could This is the nation's largest city reminding itself to "expect the Taco Caftana food, , the certainly influences'what K be just that for anyone desperate without zoning, and Us people unexpected"). concept has real appeal, eat and what sort of sched; enough to take them. A life in a have voted repeatedly to keep it People like living in Houston, in the "lead me not into ule (exercising, etc.) I keep slightly overweight body is still a that way. but they don't like Houston. We temptation^ category. I have, however, learned a life. It's l»o wonder that I found the have yet to find a new form of Like most ideas that ANNE few things in the past few There is a lot more out there than result disconcerting. What we civic identity to match this new • sound too good tffbe true, KIMBOL years which have helped diet foods and health machines. It is have here is an entirely new kind form of city. this one has continually ADS MANAGER make the reality of the scale time that more of us discovered of city. proved itself an illusion and the mirror a little less those other, places. Tounderstand Houston, we Christof Spieler (Sid '97) is the at best. Some of the pills work basi- fearful. have to abandon our preconcep- Hesigt* consultant and a. first ymr cally like legalized speed and make I try to remember how I view Anne Kimbol is the advertising man- tions of what a city. is. That clus- graduate student in M>il engineer* you so hyperactive you cannot sleep other people. My friends are not my ager, acting opinion editor and a ter of high-rises to the north is ing. or even relax normally. Some have friends because of how tftey look or filler College senior side effefts which include painful what they eat. The people I respect muscle cramps and bladder infec- come in all sizes and shapes. Focus- tions. Others simply do not work ing on these facts makes it easier to the. Ktce thresher, the official student (trust me: I tried one brand five years say that anyone who would disre- SINCE 1916 newspaper at Rice University since 191ti, is ago, and chocolate still looked in- gard me or anyone else based on- published each Friday (hiring the school yeat, credibly good). This summer, a appearance is probably not worth except (luring examination periods and rather popular diet drug called "fen the time and effort of dieting to holidays, by the students of Kice University phen" showed an even more severe please. • M ,, flaw. It can cause heart valve dam- Another .'ktJy to appearance- Editorial and business offices are located age. 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•mi col IfRii geex Frank Dr; . tor till actions made, while ' administrator of •trical and merce charges its account holders a Computer Engineering l)epartrnent, foe for using the ATM in the Student died in a car accident around mid- Center. night on Aug. 22.- That ATM does not charge any DeSmyter worked for Schlum- fee, while the new ATM bills non- berger. a petroleum service com- Texas Commerce customers $1 per pany. before he joined the Rice staff transaction. in 1987, He handled the business "J think an ATM machine in the affairs for the department, including library is a good idea, because it bookkeeping, grants and financial would be useful if you had to make a budgets lot of copies and needed money," Department Chair Bob Jump re- Lovett sophomore Sarah Dale said. membered DeSmyter for his thor- The new machine is located in oughness and dedication to his job. the elevator lobby to the left of the "There are things he got done, and library entrance. I'm just now figuring out that he did them," Jump said. Get the new ID cards in Services were held at the exchange for an old one Callaway-Alle Funeral Home in* Students can exchange old IDs Crockett. Texas last week and keycat'ds for a new Rice ID at the Campus Police station at no Fondren Library now open charge if they return the old ID. Call 24 hours for prlvato use the Campus Police at (713) 527-6000 The library begun a new 24-hour for more information. schedule Sept. 2. Since then, Rice ID card holders and Friends of Air Force game may cause Fondren can enter any time from parking problems Sunday through Thursday. The Rice-Air Force Academy foot- "I think it's a great idea, because ball game begins at 7 p.m. Saturday the students of Rice will benefit tre- and features a number of pre-game mendously from the availability of activities such as tailgate parties and the resources at Fondren Library," other scheduled,events. Lovett sophomore Justin Fubs said. The game is expected to draw Access will be denied to others around 50.000 fans. The Athletic between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Department encourages ticket hold For information about specific ers to park at* the Astrodome and departmental hours, call the lake a bus to the game. Fondren library reference desk at The Athletic Department also 28,rK)119 or go to the following predicts that traffic will be extremely Website: It tip ://ri ccinfo, rice cdu ' heavy starting at 5 p.m. North Park Fo n drvn I nth/fa! 19 7. html. ingl.ot (Lot F) will be closed early in day so that it can be used exclu- Texas Commerce places sively lor event parking. new ATM in Fondren lobby the Campus Police recommend Texas C ommerce Bank recently that, if possible, students make trips installed a IM-hour automatic teller to campus in advance of the game machine in Fondren Library. Stu- and plan to leave before the conges- dents ran make cash withdrawals tion begins. and deposits of $10 minimum at (he Anyone with special needsshould / new ATM machine contact the Campus Police at 527- For people who hold a Texas (5000,

The entrance to Fondren Library looks completely deserted at 5 a.m. on Thursday morning, the second night that of all subjects. f ondren's new hours were in effect. No students could be found roaming the library at that hour, but Circulation Assistant Leslie Holmes and two other Fondren staff were on duty^The new hours came at the request of students, and those hours required the university to hire three more full time staff, run the shuttle bus throughout Cioocl pay and flexible hours! the night, and pay more to keep the library's lights on all night, Holmes said. She expects that students will act to take advantage of the new hours once the semester moves into full swing.

11 H o n s t o n S e h o 1 a s t i c S e r v \ enforced like they've always been. Voswinkel said. Tickets You'll get a Rice ticket," Hutchinson "However, it's moving along, in said. Cars not registered with the little steps coming along to the big FROM PAGE 1 666-9800 Campus Police will be issued HPD picture," Bickers said. violators who do not belong to the tickets if the driver violates Houston "We don't see it affecting the stu- Rice community. traffic laws. dents or members tji^JRice com- "If you have a Rice {parking] "The new law is still in, its in- munity except to increase their sticker, traffic laws are going to be fancy," Campus Police Chief Mary safety." * .

work servers have a limited number upperclassmen always get the same Computing of IP addresses, or "names," to as- IP address." Jones College comput- sign to computers that connect to ing associate Avinash Pinto said. FROM PAGE 1 them. If at any time, two computers Because of the' "infinite lease," with their, computing problems. with the same name connect to the the IP addresses.oftwo years' wart I i Each college has two associates. network, "there'll be an IP conflict," of graduated students were still on Consulting Specialist Rick Russel Robert Fullmer wrote in a letter sent the DHCP tables. Since there is no told the Thresher last week that the to college masters. "When this con- way to clear out only the IPaddresses network was disabled during 0- flict oe'eurs, the DHCP server will of graduated seniors, the whole file Week so that maintenance on the mark their IP addresses in its tables had to be deleted. It is what would connections to rooms could be done. ... as "unusable.' When it does this, happen after clearing the DIRT Russel said that this reconfiguration such machines will no longer be tables that concerned IT and made could not be done until everyone able to use networking." it believe that the computing associ Houston's Original Brew pub. was off of the network, and that O- ates were needed on campus. * Week was the best time to disable it. In 1996, IT realized that when However, the reason for shutting it is possible that we DHCP was initially configured on down the network ports is more com- the servers in 1995, Windows95 had plicated. Resetting the DHCP tables could hayc kept the a bug related to DHCP. was critical to avoid crippling IP ad- networking on if we TThe problem that this situation dress conflicts, but the week-long would cause was that when upper game* shutdown was not necessary. The had had [computing] classmen moved back to Rice and the tables might have been reset at the tried to obtain their IP addresses beginning of 0-Week, except for the support on campus' again, freshmen could have already STOP fact that the computing associates grabbed those IP addresses when were denied housitig. — Consulting Specialist they connected to the network over IT needed its computing associ- Robert Fullmer O-Week; the system would respond ates on campus tof liminate the prob- by blocking out both users. lems that would occur if new stu- "For the past couple of years, The network may not have had to dents' computers claimed IP ad- when you connected your computer" be shut down over O-Week to rec- that returning students1 with your collrgr, you woirtd get tify the pf0blem "lris possible that Call (713) 524-HOPS (4677) computers had claimed and used something called an infinite lease we could have kept the networking 2415 Dunstan in Rice Village • Houston, Texas 77005 before. Simplified, the •problem on your IP address. 'ITiis wasn't the on if we had had (computing] sup- stems from the fact that DHCP net bf-st thing in the world, because port on campus," Fullmer said. tl€

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¥• ar*M Faculty aft Pinto State the faculty's retirement fund by at least I percent. The university now J Approximately 380 faculty mem- contributes between 11.5 and 12 bers at Michigan's Ferris State Uni- percent of each faculty member's Congressional leaders have no versity spent the first day of the fall salary. immediate plans to act on the pro- term on strike Monday after reject- This is the union's fourth strike posed tobacco settlement of last ing the latest contract offer from the in the last 30 years. The last two June, a delay which may ruin the Board of Trustees. strikes, in 1978 and 1987, lasted a deal, advocates warned Wednesday. Both sides said they were willing few days, Ryan said. Negotiators of the tobacco ac- to meet, but had not scheduled new Source: The Chronicle of Higher cords testified beforfc a Senate com- negotiations as of Monday. The Education Online, Aug. 26. mittee Wednesday that the deal Ferris Faculty Association has been could fall through if not enacted this v working without a contract since Alcohol kills pledge found year by Congress. 1991 Last year, the board declared in LSU fraternity house Cohgressional leaders deny that an impasse and imposed its own A 20-year-old student who drank the tobacco pact wilf unravel any contract., himself to death was among a dozen time soon. Sunday night, 66 percent of the people foutid passed out Tuesday at However, congressional action union membership rejected the a fraternity house during pledge promises to be slow and will allow board's final offer and voted to strike. week at Louisiana State University. feverish lobbying campaigns to set Wm About 400 of the university's 450 Benjamin Wynne, the deceased, in, which, in turn, will impede any There's nothing w rong with a little margarine. But if you full-time faculty members belong to had a blood-alcohol level of .588, progress toward congressional ac- •the union, which is affiliated with nearly six times the legal limit of. 10, tion. load it on at ••very meal, you're asking for trouble. That's the National Education Association. according to Deputy Coroner Chuck The tobacco accords, initially an- heean.se a diet high iri calories and saturated fat adds to your About 40 percent of Monday's Smith. Three other students at the nounced in June by state legislators, risk for heart disease, 'lo learn more, call us at 1-800- classes were led by their scheduled Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity cigarette companies, and a slew of \ 11 \ I HA I Or visit lit tf. //ww w American Heart. , wtL. instructors, university spokes- house were also hospitalized for al- lawyers, must get congressional and ainhrt org on the World Wide Web. Association# woman Margaret Avritt said. 'Hie cohol poisoning. presidential approval before they can -V other classes were canceled. The fraternity's national office in takf* effect. Classes for the 9,700 students at Evanston, 111., said the LSU chapter Clinton will soon announce sup- fw» md nnwukKl •» • wH' «*«• CoeKrtght Mm. «*•«« H«1 MMCurtwii the university, located 55 miles nort h has been suspended and all pledge port for the pact, but he will most of Grand Rapids, will continue dur- activities halted pending the likely also alter the government's ing the strike, Avritt said. investigation's completion. regulatory powers arid increase the On Monday, striking faculty set The death comes a week after plan's price tag. 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LSU Police Chief Randy Watts said. here with a big proposal and dumped PERSONAL COMPUTERS University officials have offered They had been drinking off cam- it in.our laps, saying, 'Here is what the faculty an eight-year contract, pus, according to Chancellor Will- we want to do, now pass it,"' Sen. with no raise the first year, raises iam Jenkins. Alcohol is illegal on Don Nickles of Okla., the assistant based on enrollment increases in campus, and no alcohol was found majority leader, said. each of the following five years and during a check of fraternity houses The initial deal, reached in June raises of 3 percent in each of the Monday, he said. without congressional involvement, fittal two years. The university also "What is frustrating is that there bills the tobacco companies $15 bil- wants to cut faculty members' pay is no way to manage t students] off lion a year for 25 years to pay law- for summer leaching from 45 per- campus,"Jenkins said. "It is difficult suits of 39 states seeking compensa- cent of their annual salaries to 33 enough managing on campus." Two tion for Medicaid claims. percent. of the hospitalized students were The deal also calls for industry- Tile largest raise the faculty could released Tuesday,.One remained in . funded anti-smoking campaigns and receive under the enrollment plan is the hospital, listed in stable condi- restrictions on advertising and mar- 2 percent a year. On the other hand, tion. Jenkins said that "disciplinary the union wants raises of at least 2.(1 action could be taken against the In exchange, the tobacco compa- Now Available " percent a year. Faculty Association fraternity, but nothing can be done nies would be protected from many President Michael Ryan said. until the investigation is completed. additionartawsuits. The union also wants the univer- Source: Houston Chronicle'In Source: The New York Times at the sity to increase its contribution to teraclive, Aug. 26. 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Cosmonauts blamed for Mir ists have taken up the case and are space docking accident urging Panama to reconsider its The Russian Space Agency offi- manned-space program that reflects decision. cially faulted cosmonauts Vastly this country's general decline." • Goretti *is a Nieman fellow at. Tstbliyev and Alexander Lazutkin Source: Houston Chronicle. Harvard and has held various other lor a June 25 accident on the Mir Sept. 3. fellowships in America. in the Student Center space station, in an announcement Source: New York Times Online, they made Sept. 1. Peruvian government Sept. 4. Mission Control sources believe orders Journalist to leave that while former Mir commander Gustavo Goretti, a journalist for Mexico celebrates Tsibliyev was running through a Panama's leading newspaper, is now democratic beginning LONCH IS SERVED manual dockiftg maneuver, he failed living under the threat of forceful All participants of the Mexican to consider more than a ton of gar expulsion for reporting deemed con- political sphere celebrated as the Lunch all week long bage loaded onto the cargo drone. troversial by public officials. first plural Congress of Mexico Because ofTsibleye,v's miscalcu- The 49-year-old Peruvian, who opened this week. Traditionally, the featuring: lation,.the supply capsule collided has been covering corruption in the Institutional Revolutionary Party had with the hull of the Spektr module Panamanian government, was or- controlled Mexico, and now public Houston Bread Co. Sanclwiche after moving towards the docking dered to leave after his work visa opinion in the country holds that port too quickly. expired in July. democracy has "finally arrived in The incident punctured and de- Various articles including one Mexico." pressurized the Spektr, disabling which linked the Cali Cocaine Car- President Zedillo of the PR1 and almost 50 percent of the space tel to ruling President Ernesto Perez opposition party members praised station's power-generating capacity. Ballardares and his Democratic the political reforms following the It cost the Russian space pro- Revolutionary Party have made pivotal July 6 elections in which op- gram trillions of dollars. Gorreti an unopopular presence to position parties won a majority of

TaeS Russian Space Agency officials the ruIHTg PRD. seats in the lower house. ?0a?abN>gKt imply that the two cosmonauts will "Like all governments with au- Changes have been significant, ^ • jp5aCiy >( be fined. Penalties of this sort have thoritarian pretensions, this one but parties realize that the various precedents in the Russian space pro- confuses its own interest with those parties nWst make efforts to con- gram. of the nation ," Goretti said. tinue the democratic ben! of current i >A H i" Tsibliyt^ and Lazutkin believe Several human-rights groups Mexican politics. thai they are merely being targeted such as Human Rights Watch and Source: Houston Chronicle, as scapegoats "for a deteriorating the Committee to Protect Journal- Sept. 3. ' ' ; • 'V'' ! SEPTEMBER 5 THE RICE THRESHER EMENT :

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"As a Christian, I believe that Susan Egstand the devil is real and that selling Ami Features Editor your soul to the devil is a real thing," • Baker junior jenny Lai said recently, Amongst pitchforks, devilish in response to the conflict that arose 0k- horns and red capes. Baker College in the spring. "I felt that some of the welcomes its freshmen to both Rice students coming in would be both- and to hell. In the Baker tradition of ered by that theme. It is something all things nefarious and evil, this that is offensive and very real, not year's "Hell-O-Week" incorporated just for -Christians, but for many Baker's 10-year-old hellish them.e people." into new Baker students' first ex- Lai, Baker senior Paul Jung, perience of their college. ' sophomore Ekanem libinne and According to an article in the Lovett College junior Eric Wheeler Baker Orientation Week book sent brought their concerns about the out to freshmen, Baker has had the "Sell Your Soul Week" theme to tongue-in-cheek link to hell since the Baker O-Week coordinators in 1987. Despite historical evidence a dinner meeting last spring. Their to the contrary, the legend goes, a biggest concern was that "Sell Your Baker student bought an old, par- Soul Week" was aimed at new stu- iiallv-destroyed car to drive in the dents. "You have no choice to .which Beer-Bike parade of 1987 — the car college you are assigned and what was painted black with red racing your O-Week theme is," Lai said stripes on the side Students from " The hell thing at Baker is not some- lories ( ollege,' Baker's rival, jacked thing that the coordinators came, the car in tile night, throwing or up with — it is tradition — but 1 ange paint on it. To salvage the car, think that 'Sell Your Soul Week' Baker students turned the orange just took it too far," : paint into flames, and thus was The Baker coordinators decided ft AitmkJk Baker advisers sport their pitchforks and show their spirit in the car from hell at matriculation. born the car from hell. The Baker to keep the original theme at the Beer-Bike theme from that year was end of last year because, as coordi- "Hell on Wheels," the first hell- nator and Baker senior Bill Van Week." Baker coordinator and se- Christian and conservative-minded one of the important aspects of 0- related theme linked to Baker. An- Vooren said, they wanted to con- nior Cris Torres said the Baker freshmen. Some parents would defi- Week for Baker freshmen was the other theory claims that Baker's centrate on "continuing the Baker freshmen and their revealing room- nitely [have been] offended, too." » emphasis on their college's tradi- association with hell began when a hell tradition." The coordinators mate fornls impacted significantly Adviser and Baker senior Megan tions and past. student from another college planned to send letters to freshmen upon the change in themes. Many Strait put it plainly, "die freshman "As upperclassmen, the advis- yelled, "you guys are trorn "hell," and their parents during the sum- of the. incoming freshmen -men- class looked pretty conservative on ers have been around the.hell theme "after an impressive Baker jack. mer to explain the history and rea- tioned religion on their applica- paper." at Baker for awhile, and we realize Reflecting their informal asso- son behind the O-Week theme. tions, and the coordinators decided Even with the new theme, the that it is all m good fun," McLaurin ciation with hell, Baker students Baker Master Arthur Few said that it would be in the best interest coordinators retained much of their added- "But I could understand how chant, "We're from hell ... We're that his only concerns about the of the freshmen to tone down the original O-Week plans. The group some freshmen could be offended," from Baker" aiuT invent hell-related theme had involved how the coor- O-Week theme by changing the title name ideas — such as Disco In- he said. themes for college activities, such dinators would deal with questions to something less offensive. ferno, Hell's Angels and Diablos — McLaurin said that the advisers as last year's Beer-Bike theme, from parents, but the masters re- Many of the Baker advisers survived the title change. Flames would have bee.n sensitive to fresh- "Route — Highway to Hell." solved to stand behind the coordi- agreed with the change in theme decorated the Baker Commons, and men concerns over the Baker hell nators' final decision and deal with names. "I was glad that the change the car from hell survived as a Baker tradition, had they arisen, but none any consequences. was made," Baker adviser and sopho- symbol for freshmen to admire. did. The only responses Baker re- In the beginning " * . more Colby McLaurin said. "Seeing The change in theme names ceived were in the form of a couple The recurring hell theme met the freshman class that we had, I pleased Lai. "I was happy with the of letters to the Fews from univer- with some resistance last spring Seeing red thought that {'Sell Your Sou 1 Week' 1 change, although I didn't have a sity staff and one alumnus in re- when some students were offended Before O-Week began, the coor- wasn't a very appropriate theme. sense of 'I won.' However, it was a gards to the original theme. bv the original 1997 Baker O-Week dinators reconsidered and opted From the roommate question- nice surprise," she said. theme. "Sell Your Soul Week." for the less suggestive, "Hell () naires, we saw that we had a lot of Isaid to rest After the storm The majority of Baker freshmen, According to several college despite the controversy, said that members, tradition was the stron- their O-Week experience was fun. gest factor involved in sticking with Many agreed with Lai that "Sell Your a hell-themed O-Week. Baker Resi- Soul Week" would have been inap- presents dent Asspeiate Jngrid Hansz pointed propriate. out that the "Hell-O-Week" theme "'Hell-O-Week' was definitely had been originally used in 1991 better than the originaHheme. 'Sell and said that she understood the Your Soul' could have been taken 100 REASONS theme "to be a tradition that was the wrong way by some people, even not meant to be offensive." though 1 would have been fine £; YOU SHOULD BE "The O-Week itself was not about, with it," Baker freshman Nate 1 hell. It wtis about Baker history," Vandesteeg said. adviser and Baker junior Mike " Freshman WhiHiey Smith said, n LISTENING TO Simon said. "I think that the original tfceme - Strait thought that changing the would have been a little risky. I CLASSICAL MUSIC: theme to a direct reference to hell know a lot of freshmen wouldn't focused it more on Baker tradition be OK with it." than "Sell Your Soul Week" had. "I Even with the change in themes, think that in the past the tradition "Hell-O-Week" still irked some new hasn't been as big a part of O-Week students. "At first, I was a little as it should be," Strait said. offended by our theme," freshman "It's the real Baker'" Few said of Sarah Rodgerson said, "but then I Classical music lasts a lifetime. The legendary recordings in DG's ORIGINALS the O-Week theme. kind of got immersed in the whole v series are the pride of every record shelf. 65 titles now available. Van Vooren said that the coor- hqll culture, and it was fine." dinators did not opt to abandon Rodgerson admits that "it was N the hell motif when the theme name kind of weird teHing my friends at THE °1 REA was changed, because he felt that home that I was going to hell."

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. This weekend, Sid Richardson. College will unveil a state-of-the-art movie theater in its. commons, the culmination of two years of planning and several intense weeks of con- FWIDAY struction. The theater will be used to show weekly films, occasional theme-week movie marathons and "DAVHEEO blockbuster TV programming, like the Super Bowl or the World Series.. The waiting is. over. After The project is the brainchild of taking the summer off, David Sid junior Kyle Cranmer, who sug- gested the idea and has overseen Garza and band are back on the theater's construction along with the road and will be at the Sid junior Doug Ramsey. Cranmer's inspiration came from Fabulous Satellite Lounge with .'Hiimilar project that, he ran.at his. Alice's Tin Pony. high school at Arkansas. "Some Doors open at & p.m. Davheed friends and 1 used our own equip- ment to show movies on the week- takes the stage at 10:30. ends." Cranmer said. "However, it Tickets are $10 for 18 and was troublesome to assemble ant disassemble the equipment every up, $ 7 for 21 and up. time. When 1 came to Rice and saw An X-wing flies though a computer generated view of the new movie theater within the Sid commons. The image is part of the money available to each of the an animated inovie created by Kyle Cranmer that will be shown in the theater tonight and on the Rice cable channels. _ This weekend colleges, I thought it would be great to make a really nice theater." free weekend entertainment for weeks, movie sequel marathons and GOES IN A THFATER9 SUPER SPEEDWAY Alter the Sid Executive Council those who don't want to venture Super Bowl and Final Four show- accepted his proposal to build a per- beyond the hedges. ings. Ceiling-mounted Vldlkron manent theater for the college, According to Cranmer, "The The council will also shortly be Speed along with Mario Crystal-3 LCD projector Cranmer begin planning the specifi- staple of the theater will probably be developing a permanent pricing plan. Andretti and son as they cruise cations for the theater, big-sound, big-action, blockbusters Initially, the movies will be free to all His first concern was for quality that need to be presented in a state- Rice students, but at some point the at over 230 miles per hour in projected in letterbox of sound and image. "I've been a of-the-art setting to be completely college might begin charging a nomi- format onto 12x12 screen their Indy speedsters. The new movie buff for a while. For people appreciated." He adc^ed that the the- nal fee to non-SRC residents (prob- IMAX film presents the ins that really enjoy the sound in mov- ater will also show dramas and com ably around 50 cents per person). ies, many movie*theaters are a dis- edies, so that every genre will be Cranmer wasaltjoresponsible for and outs of these speed 6 Kllpsch grace. They charge four to seven adequately represented. the "Dancing Sid" advertisement for KG 5.5 demons via various camera dollars for a movie, and many tithes The Sid Executive Council will last year's Tower Party that mistak- Speakers setups including a camera the theater is either in monotone or be in charge of deciding which mov- enly ran on the Prevue channel. He some fancy sounding version of ste- ies will be shown each weekend. is working on a similar animation for mounted to the top of the car. reo. The Sid theater will be about as the debut (a snapshot of which is Any student may recommend a spe- 480 Watts eff amplification .good as it gets: six channel 'digital shown above), which will run on one Houston Museum of Natural cific movie to be shown, and other Sound coded in Dolby AC 3 iuwyund,*4 he said. of the Rice channels later this week Science. colleges or organizations may re- (Audio .COtiing 3). also known as in two hour looping segments dur- Now thai the construction is al- quest use of the area during Sid's Dolby Digital the next Call for showtimes. ing lunchtjrue and before dinner. most complete, C ranmer and the Tuesday night' council meetings. generation after Dolby Prologic i Tickets are $5.50 for museum Sid Council are sorting' out ques- Already, Cranmer has laid out some Hie theater's debut is scheduled tions of intent and use of the theater. future plans for the theater, includ- for 9 p.m. tonight and will feature a / >500 feet of wire to members and $3.50 for The plan is to have the theater serve ing Marlin Brando, Humphrey special edition of Aliens in Dolby O hook It all up. nonmembers, primarily as a source for cheap or Bogart and Harrison Ford theme digital surround sound. (713) 639-4629 MOVIE THIS WEEKEND MFAH FILMS Sly Stallone gives weighty No use in listening to 'No Lies' Elevate your mind with the Mason's beautiful voM'e is well performance in 'Copland' Eric Munoz Museum of Fine Arts accented well by the electronic- Asst. 4E hiliior obligation to confess what he knows stringed orchestra playing in the upSoming Cinescope films Christine Laskowski and his loyalty to the friends who got background. Sl.i/l Wrili'i <• ' series. Cinescope", a special him (lis job. No Lies, the compilation CD The unusual sounds of the process which allows movies Copland did what the ambitious handed out during the activities Supertones are the first real shift Much of the prerelease hype for Heat failed to do — big name actors fair to freshman by the Campus in style away from the other pop- to be filmed at larger than Copland centered on Sylvester work Together to create a believable Crusade for Christ, serves as a rock sounds on the album...Rela- normal formats, was champ Stallone's girth (the action-movie plot without distracting side stories. representative but slightly bor- tive .newcomers" to the Christian loned during the 1950s and star gained over 40 pounds for the Instead of many flamboyant actors ing introduction to the world of music world, the Tones blend film). While the attention paid to the vyingfor the spotlight, Harvey Keitel, Christian rock. hardcore Christian ethics with '60S. The MFAH showcases actor's weight might seem a bit su- Ray Liotta and the other mob-movie blaring horns and a rocking beat. the more notable of these perficial, it does provide a valuable greats in Copland subtly lead the They prove to be the most "alter * clue about the quality of the movie. audience to the exciting climax native" of the bands on the CD. creations in its Cinescope : If one of Hollywood's most well- The script succeeds because the W9-V:» -' Somehow, though, they sound Sixties series. Showings known muscle men thinks a movie audience, like Heflin, slowly discov- too gimicky, as if playing ska is is worth gaining 40 pounds, don't include La Dolce Vita, The ers more and more information about actually an attention-getting de- you think that movie might be worth the complete picture. Giving the au- vice rather than a conscious Wild Bunch and Andrie seeing? dience a chance to think along with The CD showcases six bands, choice in style. Roublev. the movie heightens the interest each with their own unique style "Cup o'tea" off of the News- Copland' enough to make this an edge-of your- and sound. Still, all fall under the boys' Take Me to Your leader Museum of Fine Arts Brown seat drama. „ heading of Christian rock. album is the uninspired final song RATING: 1/2 Auditorium. Copland does suffer a few minor Smalltown, a straightforward on this mostly mediocre CD. (OUT or Five) script-flaws. For instance, while Intended as an introduction to Every Friday, Saturday and rock outfit, occupies the first two Helfin's desire to be a NYPD cop tracks of the disc. Their contri- Christian rock, the album serves Sunday ~~ show times and Local Theaters instead of a sheriff contributes to the butions are "Everything I Hate" its purpose well. A wide variety of schedule vary. Callfordetaiis. moral dilemma the sheriff faces,'the and "Prophet, Priest and King" artists with different styles of mu- Stallone plays Freddy Heflin, who detail is basically told to the viewers, Through snazzy guitar riffs, rock- sic present their Christian mes- (713) 639-7515 is made the- sheriff of Garrison, NJ who are expected to accept it. out drums vand a plain vanilla sages for your simple edification. as a token job after heroically saving Still, Copland exhibits originality. voice, they show themselves to If the messdge in 4he music is a drowning girl's life. Garrison, a Whereas most movies with a mob be proficient but uninteresting what is ultimately important to sniall town comprised of New York theme give only cursory mention to musicians. you, and you are a Christian, then City policemen look- the bad cops, Copland takes a more Switch foot, the second band this CD may be worth your time. ing for a safe place to interesting and in-depth approach. on the album, falls strictly into The Web site (http:// raise their families, The movie sensitively explores the the vein of modern pop rock. www.tiolies.com), plugged mer- also serves as a safe difficult issue of underpaid police Their t wo contributions are sing- cilessly on the CD jaciket ismostly haven for police offic- officers breaking the law they have along jamborees with fairly smart innocuous and rather empty. (Ttfe ers working with the sworn to uphold. The similarities in fyrics but droning repetitive gui- glaring ^mission is the lack of mob. When the town's outlook and education between the tars that make them snoozers. audio samples. It doq$>, however, leaders come under dirty cops and Stalloneand De Niro's JSarah Mason also holds her havelinks to all of the bands on suspicion by an Inter- characters allow for a richer analy- position on the album with music the Cpjind 'in thai regard is very nal Affairs officer (Rob- 1 sis than the traditional good cop/ representative of -her useful for finding a Christian com- ert DeNiro), Heflin is bad Cop approach. longstanding grassroots style. munity on the web. lorn between a moral J > THE RICE THRESHE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 . m MuSt( Simply Beautiful ,— llflKHi

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cause they show true talent. : Ixitus Crown is unlike any other Texas artist Alejandro Oia,: is one of seven Texas artisls exhibiting in the Contemporary Art Museum's Simp ¥ 'Five quartet includes Jimi Shields, Beautiful." Collectively, the works are meant to explore commonly held notions of beauty by using common originally ofRollerskate Skinny, and. band, combining elements of both materials. Diaz's work contrasts the delicacy of several objects by perching delicate martini glasses on dirty three other seasoned musicians who traditional and electronic music to potatoes which in turn sit on a white carpet. The exhibit is held in the CAM'S Perspectives Gallery and will run combine talents to tread through % weave their magical music. Prepare through Sept. 28. More information can be obtained from the CAM'S Web site located at http://www.camti.org. psychotropic wonderlands. to be enchanted. 1

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RATING: • CALL 799-9937 Local Theaters cryo [email protected] Ozzie Paxton (Vincent Kar- theser) plays a hacker with all of the arrogance, intelligence and capital- ist spirit typical in movie hackers. His nemesis, Ralph Bently (Patrick The best pizza in town ... Honest! j Stewart), is a mad-lib villain of the kind often found in cartoonish plots. (Insert evil cac.kle here; insert kind moment here;, insert humiliating moment here.) - Ultimately, we were disappointed to see Stewart, an accomplished Shakespearean actor whose most popular role was Jean-Luc Picard on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," meet his end swimming in sewage. Even with the simplest of plots, UNIVERSITY AT GREENBRIAR Masterminds still does not clearly communicate the characters' moti- vations; After 20 minutes, we were 664-5700 Patricrmnvsrkv otenoitewarti sic..=stars. nas, a computer genius who holds a private still confused about how Ozzie, the boarding school's wealthy students for ransom, in Masterminds. - •••? supposedly rebellious teenager, This Week's Rice Special! r could have so quickly developed Then again, Masterminds is a kids' until the end. Kven better, Ozzie's strong sympathy for the school that movie. Perhaps wr should critique it efforts to defend his sister's school I had just expelled him. as one. Explosions destroying school involve ingenious pranks. He sets Large I Stewart's character, on the other properly, tunnels, secret passage- off the school sprinkler system, stops, 1 hand, is too straighforward. Purport- ways, comic bad-guy lackeys (such a pursuer with concentrated nitric I One Toppiiif Pizza . 1• edly an ex-vSAS officer, he has no as David Paul Grove as Ferret and acid and a heated doorknob and spec- I Callum Keith Rennie as Ollie), com- tacularly drains the school swim- more complicated motive behind his I lavishly designed hostage scheme ing-of-age epiphanies and touching ming pool. • . v- Two can drinks ! than simple greed for money. All family moments all combine with The most tragic script omission I told, the actors in this film are short- only slight suspense to create a kid is more face-to-face interaction be- I $7.99 ! changed qj any opportunity to dem- pleasing adventure. tween Ozzie and Bentley. . I onstrate their finer talents. There wasn't a scene we can re- They are the only active, intelli- Take Out / FREE Delivery (Restricte#M^reas) I The'take-over bid subplot is ex- call where Ozzie iooked stupid: He gent characters in the movie but I traneous ami only confuses viewers alfifif tn hpgin with, but he al- oniycomjHi^^ the J TAKE OUT OR FREE DELIVERY ONLY WITH COUPON | ATV chase scene at the very end of — even mature university-level ways looked up or behind him, and I NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER OFFER EXPIRES 9/12/97. | viewers. " ' * he didn't let the bad guys catch him the film. - r )'• '-rfen

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Tulse, Okla. Tulanfc University and a four-year these factors. J Sf*i'Kt\ Efitiifi ,.K . Ji.? • member of the Rice staff, will re- "We're trying to build strength dot 11 Arttfhnw,8"™m VnnntfTQung llnivarsltvnivwsuyv place Wally Ake. on our offensive team," Hatfield ex- wv" tinlURntitiHiivuioivvy rifUl NoNSWw MpyirIVIOAlvUn Alburquerque, N.M, As the 1997 season opens against On the field, the Owls are headed plained. Oct. 18 Air Force Academy, many Rice stu- by senior quarterback Chad Nelson. Players agreed. "We look strong Southern Methodist University dents and Owl fans may miss the He was recognized with an honor- so far," Wood said. "We didn't lose Nov. 1 M fhiltrtii llnlinntlu bigger picture behind this year's able mention for the AU-WAC team anyone on offense." Nov.**** . y«"f»W"Univ« i*y football squad. What is if about this last season and heads an offense Defensively, Rice allowed an av- , ;,.L MSgpsffe. •• University of Utah year's team that makes this season that averaged 352.3 yards per game erage of 390.5 yards per game last v. a one lit the most exciting ones in last season. season. This year, the Owls lost de- 1 £ t, J ' hr- *»?•? . ( decades for Rice football? Nelson's 801 rushing yards last The average Rice student prob- 5EE PREVIEW. PAGE 14 ^ititifrnhen's D*y season were the most ever for an . ' l' '' ' " " ' • ably doesn't know too much about Owl quarterback, yet Rice averaged the broken wishbone formation that only 46.9 passing yards per game, the offense ^predominantly runs. last season. Sophomore Jeremy In a nutshell, the following is a Bates is Nelson's backup, and the ium tiears capaci preview of this season's team aimed season's strategy includes playing info to turn a sports-indifferent per- time for both Nelson and Bates. The oped Operation Sellout last winter by mail for a discounted price of $7 son into a Rice football dilettante. competency and experience of the Rose Wilde in an effort to capture the interest of each. pair will be relied upon to help carry Copy Editor football and sports fans in Houston. Rice's competitor for the sellout, The buck stops with the man the team. "Selling out this game makes the the Cougars, will play California in calling the shots. The Owls enter "We have two young quarter- The Owls may play for the larg- most sense. With the Oilers gone, the 62,000-seat Astrodome. As of their fourth season with Head Coach backs," Hatfield said. "They are both est Rice-f/iendly crowd in history we wanted to promote a game early Monday, 55,000 of those seats had Ken Hatfield at the helm. Hatfield, experienced and play well. If they this Saturday if Operation Sellout in the season to show Houston that been sold, but UH, has "at this point, who coincidentally also spent five do, it opens up other positions." meets its goal. The six-month effort Rice offers viable entertainment and technically sold out the game," ac- seasons as head coach at Air Force, For the rest of the offense, the launched by the Athletic Department sporting events. Die whole point is cording to UH Ticket Manager Stan is the only man who won Western Owls hold an advantage this season will culminate tomorrow night at 7 to get [fans! to come back [for the Williamson. Athletic Conference Coach of (he in that Rice is one of only three WAC p.m. when the football team faces remaining home football gamesl," IJH ticket sellers will oversell the Year honors at two different schools. teams whose roster includes a re- Air Force Academy. Pede said. game in anticipation of no-shows and Aii Force and Rice. turning starting quarterback. The "Hie University of Houston also Buying the most tickets so far "will probably continue selling All of Hatfield's assistant coach- Owls' offense averaged 305.4 rush- hopes to sell out its Saturday game, are Enron Corp., Oceaneering and through game time," according to ing positions are filled with person- ing yards and 26.9 points per game which is against the University of Cardwell Travel Services of Illinois. Williamson. nel returning from last year, with last season. A key component of the California at Berkeley 2:30 p.m. To Ronald Sterlekar of Direct Mar "Having the same type of event the exception of the defensive coor- ."•shing game is junior running back counter the competition ofHouston's keting Network, the marketing firm on the same day [as RiceJ has been dinator. Hardee McCrary, who was M icha* 1 'Wry, who is 62 yards away sellout effort, Rice will flank its foot- assisting with the sellout, predicts difficult. But, there are some corpo- ball game with tailgate parties, con- that, out of the 53,000-54,000 tickets rations who have bought [tickets] tests, airplane flyovers, a parachut- sold, a minimum of 45,000 people from both schools to show their sup- ist and fireworks. will attend, which would be more port of both. On the whole, the com- "We are approaching 53,000 to than double the typical Rice Sta petition has probably harmed both 54,000 tickets sold, and that number dium crowd of 20,000, schools [only) slightly," he said. includes every Rice student. We "I am hoping for 55,000 (people tJH's sellout strategy employed need the Rice student atmosphere to attend). That would be just awe 25 business, leaders who committed at the game to be successful," Rice some," Sterlekar said, to selling 2,000 tickets apiece, in W Marketing Director Mike Pede said Rice's promotional strategy had blocks of 100 or more. "Most part iei- K Tuesday. 15 different target audiences, includ- pants have met that goal," Rice Stadium usually seats ing members of the Air Force, Rice Williamson said. 70,000, but only 62,000 tickets will alumni working in corporations, "We are going to have better be available Saturday, since extra former athletes, Rice vendors and attendance than IJH because they t space must be reserved for fireworks Rice parents, accordingtoSterlekar. soW theirticketsin monster clumps equipment. Tickets were offered in blocks of 25 The Athletic Department devel- or more through direct marketing SEE SELLOUT. PAGE 14 ' "V' ff Y, SEPTEMBER 5. 1997 13 j i 1. iiWiWIl i n! Mill) ii' 111 ffinni : V ' -r • :-A •1 : . V . ' :

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We ties Sarah Nelson Crawford's call brought the Owls three straight won't let it happen againhe said. reporting that Stewart had been se- tosses at the Temple tournament The team will face in-state foes lected as an Ail-American collegiate in Philadelphia. Steven F. Austin University and women's rugby player. .Up agajnst VUlanova Univer- North Texas University, as well "1 thought you had to play in the sity, Temple University and as Central Florida University and nationals or at least the regional George Mason University, ateam Pacific Athletic Conference competitions to be an All-American." which finished the 1996 season power Arizona State University she said. ranked in the national top-25. the on Saturday. Regardless of tradition, Stewart, Owls suffered from a lack of serv- {• -"It's not going to be easier a Sid Richardson 97 alumna, was ing, Head Coach Julio Morales than last weekendMorales pre- chosen as an All-American by the said. dicted. "Steven F. Austin will All-American program's founder and "Our serve was non-existent. probably be better than North selector for the Western Territory, Our blocking was good. Without Texas. [North Texas! will prob- Alan Osur. a serve that was good, simple ably be the same as us. Any PAC- "Heather is an aggressive player things gave us problems," Mo- 10 team will be good." with a lot of skill, but she's also cool rales said. "Everyone could have Beyond this weekend, the and clever in games," Osur said. played better." Owls will open their home sched- The All-American program, For the day, the Owls had a ule Sept. 16 versus University of founded by Osur three years ago. b total of 34 service errors com- Texas at San Antonio. The Owls consists of approximately 45 play- . pared to only seven service aces. then travel to Columbus, Ohio, ers selected from the 220 women's One bright side for the team was for a tournament at Ohio State collegiate teams across the country the play of sophomore setter University, where they will com- Typically. All-Americans are se- Soteil Thon. "If there is one per- pete against OSU, Akron Univer- lected at the Collegiate National son who did her job well, it was sity and Seton Hall University . Championships in May and at the IThonl," Morales said. WAC play opens for the Owls Collegiate Territorial Champion Thon, who performed consis- on Sept. 26 against Southern | | ships t hroughout the year. This year, tently throughout the day, fin- Methodist University in Dallas. however, Osur decided to pick only ished with 12 digs. Sophomore The"Owls, playing in the Pacific- two players from the Western Terri- outside hitter Kelley Smith had Division this year, will face their f torial Championships, leaving tlx 28 kills on the day and was the toughest competition from the third slot open for Stewart. only Owl to record a positive at- University of Hawaii (2-<)), which "1 think lie was trying to get tack percentage in all three is ranked No. 11 in the nation. people recognized from other parts of the country, not just from the teajiis that always win their region." Stewart said. Rice Women's Rugby Coach wonts a our noons Bridget Tannian said the All-Ameri- I ARN I X I RA MONI V can selectors noticed Stewart's ex- ceptional level of play and also took WORKING PART-TIMh into account that Rice had "qualified \< U>IM\ IMS I ttllM'TION ( INTKK IS I OK PART-IIMK I'OSI IK >NS: for the Western Championships but didn't actually go." Rice alumna Michelle Stewart was named to the national under 23 rugby team Osur first met Stewart in June of GENERAL YV A REHOUSE and received All-American honors in her sport. 1996 after getting good reports on PAR 1 1 1MLi 4 I'M 10 P.M., OR 5PM 10 P.M. M-TH Stewart's performance from a local team. women's rugby team. rugby official. The reports were al- Although the U.S. team lost the "Without Rice rugby, 1 would NEW SHin STARTING OCT 3, 7 A M 6 P.M.. SAT. & SUN. ways positive, according to Osur, so match against Canada, Stewart said have never played," she said. he had her in mind for his All-Ameri- it was a great opportunity for growth. She has also played for the Hous- APPLICATIONS ARK ACCEPTED SAM. S PM . M - I. . can*program; in spite of the fact that "Just meeting all of those people ton Herricanes, a local adult women's ACADEMY IS A SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENT Rice's team could not afford to par- who love to play rugby was amaz- club, and the New Orleans Half ticipate in the Western Territorial ing," Stewart said. Moons. In May of 1996, Stewart NO PRUNE CALLS PLEASE Championship' "Heather has talent and poten- joined New Orleans to play in the After honoring Stewart with All- tial. I used her as an example in club nationals in Chicago. ACADEMY, 1800 N. MASON ROAD, KATY TX 7744M. American status, Osur nominated practice to show techniques, be ' Currently, Stewart plays for the her to mgticipqte in the United States cause she has been exposed to bet- Houston Herricanes and works in Women* under-23Team selections ter coaching than most of the other Houston camp. players," Tannian said. "1 hope that Stewart has higher ambitions At this camp, which took place in playing for a select team will hone than just the under-23 team. "It's a Buffalo, NY, Stewart won a position Heather's skills and help her rclv on good jumping-off point to get on the on the national under-23 team. That her teammates." Kagles ithe national team which rep- 523-7770 team played first in July, against the Stewart began playing rugby four resents the U.S. in international com- C anadian National Women's B-side years ago, when she joined Rice's petitions!," she said.

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