Student Loses Lawsuit Against Rice
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.«-• i i-V Rice Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 30 SINCE 1916 Friday, May 25, 2001 1 Student loses lawsuit against Rice by Leslie Liu spectives on genetics taught last fall. She appealed the decision to THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF The paper in question was copied President Malcolm Gillis and the from a Web site. She was suspended interim assistant dean for student A student found guilty of plagia- for two semesters and failed the judicial programs Ron Sass, chair of rism by the Honor Council did not course after her Honor Council case. the Ecology and Evolutionary Biol- graduate this year despite her law- During the case, Bangale claimed ogy department. Both upheld the suit against Rice trying to force the that the plagiarized paper — which Honor Council's decision, leading institution to grant her a degree. was submitted by e-mail to one of her to file suit against Rice. Baker College senior Anita the professors in the class — was If she had graduated, she would Bangale's lawyer argued in court that not the paper she turned in at all. have attended Baylor College of the evidence gathered by the Honor She said she wrote an entirely differ- Medicine this fall. As it is, she can- Council was not clear and convincing, ent paperand submitted a paper copy not attend classes without a degree. and that the judge should grant a tem- to her anthropology professors.- Now the case will be brought porary injunction allowing her to Neither professor received the back before the court in a hearing in graduate May 12, according to an ar- hard copy of the paper. June, where Bangale and her law- ticle in the Houston Chronicle that day. Bangale said that someone else yers will say whether they want the The judge did not grant *he in- must have stolen the paper she court to set a trial date. junction. turned in and submitted the clearly Bangale declined to be interviewed, Bangale was accused and found plagiarized paper via her e-mail ac- at the advice of her lawyers, but a in violation of plagiarizing a paper for count, which she often left open in close friend, Arnab Ray (Baker '00), Anthropology 314, a class about per- her frequently unlocked room. See PLAGIARIZE, Page 10 1 '***"« ^ -»*wm % CHRISTINE LIANG/THRESHER Junior Eric Arnold will help lead the baseball team into postseason play, which begins today as the top-seeded Owls host a regional at Reckling Park. Rice faces the University of Texas at Arlington at 3 p.m. in today's opener. Owls begin regional play by Jose Luis Cubria the rest of the 64-team NCAA THRESHER STAFF Tournament field. Second-seeded Baylor University will take on Today the journey to Omaha be- third-seeded University of Hous- gins in earnest. And the Rice base- ton at 7 p.m. ball team will start the voyage in its Say what you will about increased own backyard. revenues, comfortable seating, a Top-seeded Rice faces No. 4- luxurious press box, improved re- seeded University of Texas at Ar- cruiting and all the other benefits lington at 3 p.m. today in the opener that come with having one of the of the first NCAA regional ever held best college baseball facilities in the at Reckling Park. country. Two familiar names round out Today is the reason Reckling Park the four-team regional, which was was built. announced Monday along with See BASEBALL Page 27 ROB GADDI/THRESHER Student charged with assault Walking into the real world by Olivia Allison floor balcony of Sid with several other Brown College graduates walk through the Sallyport after Commencement May 12. See photo spread, Page 12. students for "Primal Scream" at IHRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF about midnight the night of May 2. I Sid Richardson College freshman Sid's Primal scream is a tradition in Tom Hicks was rusticated May 3 which Sid students yell off the after he threatened to kill another college's six balconies at midnight Sid freshman. Mathias Ricken. each night during finals. Women's track defends WAC title Hicks was tried at a Student Judi- The night of the alleged assault, trailing the University of Nevada by They had someone in the discus cial Programs hearing May 7 on an Ricken said he heard other students by Chris Larson 14.5 points. and the high jump, but that was assault charge filed by Sid Master yelling from the vicinity of the Hanszen THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF But the Owls weren't worried. about it. In the running events, they Steve Cox. A judicial programs sub- College quadrangle after the scream- There's something about having Head coach Victor Lopez has said all didn't have enough." committee chaired by Political Sci- ing was over. The Sid students yelled won three straight Western Athletic season that his women know they're Rice won just two events on the ence Professor Richard Stoll con- anti-Hanszen cheers in response. Conference titles that gives a team a winners. On May 19, they ran like it, day. as sophomore standout .Allison ducted the hearing. Stoll declined to Ricken said the people in the certain amount of confidence. using a complete team effort to domi- Beckford went unchallenged in the comment on the hearing. quadrangle continued to yell as they The women's outdoor track and nate the final day of competition and 400-meter dash and the 400-meter Interim Dean for Student Judi- approached. When the three stu- field team was gunning for its fourth finish with 142.5 points, giving them hurdles. But the Owls had a pres- cial Programs Ron Sass said he dents arrived at the bottom of Sid. straight WAC track title May 16-19 a comfortable 31.5-point margin over ence in nearly every event and still mailed Hicks the verdict from the one of them shouted, "You'd better in Fresno, Calif., having won the last runner-up Nevada. consistently racked up points. hearing, but the decision was not stop yelling shit or I'll come up to the two indoor titles and last year's out- "We had a great Friday and quali- Junior Keitha Moseley and fresh- public at press time. Sass, the chair balcony and throw you off!" door meet. fied everybody we needed to man Keia Watkins were second and of the Ecology and Evolutionary Bi- However, Ricken said he and the Things looked tough for the Owls qualify," Lopez said. "We knew the ology department, refused to com- Sid students on the balcony contin- fourth, respectively, in the high jump. heading into the final day of compe- amount of points Nevada would get ment on the verdict. ued to yell cheers because they did Junior Aimee Teteris and senior Erin tition, when thev found themselves in the other events on Saturday. See WAC, Page 26 Ricken said he was on the fifth See ASSAULT. Page 9 INSIDE Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage FEATURE Page 14 Welcome home PAID Growing up inside the hedges This issue of the Thresher Houston, TX will be mailed to the homes of Permit No. 8300 A&E Page 16 current and incoming students. Sammys theater awards Another issue of the newspaper PHOTO SPREAD Page 12 will be mailed in July. Have a Graduation finally comes good summer! SPORTS Page 25 More than caffeine Track coach resigns The coffeehouse has begun Quote of the Week serving Island Oasis Smoothees, "I'm playing a lesbian! That's what compliments of Willy's Pub. I'm doing." The coffeehouse will be open UURA WIGINTON /THRFSHER — Janeane Garofato, triumphantly 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Visitors view the student art describing her role in an upcoming Friday, during the summer. exhibit. See A&E, Page 18. movie. , > TT* >; V ' / / • ' • ' • 1V> , , t t / , , > / ^ > / / > ,/!/>,. I - : I • • > - J . , i - - , > i . ) I I i ( r > I » > * * f ' - f ) I I I I < I < . < I • i THE RICETHftE&lER FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2001 ! — /ouKnov- ya\ U—1L T=f suRe <Tojn<T to rTTT V ' I * Leslie Liu, Robert Reichle Mss vaKino- up Editors in Chief TO HanK's burr crsck m Playing commercials on My viriDov.. noncommercial radio Many incoming freshmen might not realize it, but the recent dialogue between KTRU and the Athletics Department displays an atmosphere totally different from that of six months ago. When KTRU was taken off the air in December, it was the result of a conflict between the Athletics Department, which wanted more airtime for games, and the station. Administrators went over students' heads, protests were held and negotiations carried on "and on until the station was back on the air. For the most part it was a happy ending, but the process leading up to it showed a disturbing lack of respect for the students on the administration's part. Rice conSTRucTion noSTaueia The tone of the negotiations held earlier this month was infinitely more friendly. The two sides sat down to discuss the dilemma of how to recognize corporate donors on the air, and Sober since the age of one they reached an agreement without having to resort to a committee vote. The growth and maturity on both sides of KTRU-athletics relations is impressive. A fond farewell to the departing Hutchinsons However, we are troubled by the Athletics Department's Over the last three years, stu- every now and then things here get It is easy to forget that what intentions. Their original plan to broadcast company taglines dents at one residential college after downright ugly, and the Hutchinsons makes the college masters such and jingles flagrantly flew in the face of KTRU's independent another have had to say some very have had to take quite a bit of flak good role models is also what spirit.