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Volume 75, Number 26 Rice'VRESHEs family newspaper Friday, ApriRl 15, 198 8 Willy faces Fondren for first time in 58 years by Lisa Gray noticed that the light on the architec- points, a more stable and less risky The campus police have reported ture building was off and that a group method than the one-point hoist used Wiess senior Patrick Dyson to Proc- of about 20 people was gathered by Art Mechanics, Inc. tor E.C. Holt in connection with the around the statue. He pulled over a The structure used to lift the statue T uesday morning rotation of "Willy's pick-up he saw leaving the quad- consisted of three chain hoists at- statue," the 2,000-lb. statue atop the rangle and took the name of its driver, tached to a beam on top of two A- tomb of the university's founder. Patrick Dyson. When the officer re- frame supports. After the statue had Dyson and a group of fellow prank- turned to the quadrangle, the people been lifted off its pedestal, the two sters lifted the bronze statue from its on foot had fled. side hoists were detached so the statue pedestal using a structure they say Proctor Edward Holt summoned could be rotated. (See diagram, page meets uniform building codes, and ro- Dyson to his office and gave Dyson 6.) tated the statue 180°, allowing the the choice between a University Martin de Nicolas says the A- statue to face Fondren Library for the Court trial and a summary decision by frames, which were held by pulleys to first time in its 58-year existence. the proctor. Dyson says the proctor the statue's granite base, were far Dyson and fellow prankster Jorge recommended a summary decision, stronger than needed to lift the statue. Martin de Nicolas, a Rice alumnus, since University Court delays might He, Dyson and others tested the struc- are appealing to the Rice community mean his case would not be judged ture by lifting Martin de Nicolas' car, for donations to help Dyson pay the until after graduation, too late for him a Toyota Corolla, and swinging the related fines. Anyone wishing to help to receive his diploma during the May car slighdy, to simulate rotating the Dyson defray the cost may send dona- 7 commencement ceremony. Dyson statue. tions to Wiess Resident Associate also says the proctor named a prob- Martin de Nicolas says that the John Bennett, at Wiess College. able sentence: disciplinary probation pranksters used eight straps of two- Dyson estimates the university's and a fine to cover the university's inch nylon webbing to lift the statue, costs were over $1000, though as of cost in returning the statue to its origi- each of which had a working strength Wednesday Dyson had not been able nal orientation. of 6000 pounds. The straps, they said, to get a statement of cost from Art Dyson and Martin de Nicolas„say were chosen because they would not Mechanics, Inc., the subcontractor. the statue could not have been harmed abrade the statue. According to Police Chief Mary in the prank. The structure's designer, A Rice spokesman had told the Voswinkel, Officer George Lozano they said, has a Rice master's degree Houston Chronicle that cracks in the investigated the activity in the quad- in civil engineering. The structure wooden A-frames left by the statue 7 rangle Tuesday morning, after he was designed to lift the statue at three see Statue, page 6 Brown, Lovett hold TG today by Megan Dixon Memorial Center. Anumber of events such notables as head football coach Brown College and Lovett College will take place in an effort to raise and athletic director Jerry Bemdt, will co-sponsor an unusual tyjje ofTG money for the Texas Children's Mack of "Gallery Furniture Saves party today from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Hospital's Child Life Fund. You Money" fame, former Sid the field between the Jones Graduate Among the events will be a dunk- Richardson College member Ivan School of Business and the Rice ing booth that will be occupied by Putzke of the Campus Police, Student Workers from Art Mechanics give Willy back his normal view. —L. Cowsar Association President Andy Karsner, and former S A President Kevin Gass. Three attempts at sinking the volun- President supports Rice vs. Texas, 6-4 teers will cost one dollar, with pro- ceeds going directly to the children's hospital which donated the booth. If Jackson suspension the celebrity guests are all able to finish their runs as dunkees, then by Mary Elliott single-engine Cessna plane last Fri- random people from the crowd may President George Rupp denied day. He said, "I did it because I feel be called on to participate. Lovett College sophomore Tom that the administration is being un - Chuck Yates, one of the four social Jackson a repeal of Proctor Edward necessarily harsh with Tom. It's way coordinators at Brown College, also Holt's decision. The proctor sus- out of line with precedent and with asked Houston Mayor Kathy Whit- pended Jackson for the rest of this common sense."c mire and President Rupp to occupy semester and for next semester as of Other students protested the the dunking booth. The mayor's of- last Thursday. proctor's decision on Jackson's be- fice never responded to the request. Jackson, a former Student Associa- half by sending letters to Rupp, ac- Rupp responded negatively when tion senator, had violated his discipli- cording to Jackson. "Apparently they asked if he would allow himself to be nary probation on March 10. He was had a lot of letters in Rupp's office. dunked for a charity organization, arrested for disorderly conduct and Probably about 100 or more. And I commenting that such an event was public intoxication. Proctor Holt took want to thank everyone that helped "childish" and that he hadn't done "independent action" on the case a me," said Jackson. such things since he was six or seven few days later. Rupp believes that the Thresher at the Strawberry Festivals in the East, Rupp denied Jackson's appeal after reporting has been one-sided. "So far according to Yates. At that time Rupp weighty consideration of the matter. the reporting in the Thresher has only was not aware that the charity in- "My decision involved careful con- showed one side of the case," Rupp volved would be the Texas Children' s sideration with all of the people in- said. Hospital. volved in the disciplinary process: the Rupp believes that disciplinary "Rupp called it childish, but we're University Review Board Chairman, cases should be confidential. Because doing it anyway," said Yates, adding, the master (of Lovett) and the proctor. « of this belief, it has been difficult for "I just thought that Rupp [in the dunk- This issue is not one of simply sus- Holt and Rupp to discuss the case and ing booth] would generate a lot of taining the proctor," Rupp said. highlight both sides of the issue. money for the fund." In response to student concerns Other events at the TG include about the possible abuse of independ- Boat Races in which teams of five will ent action, Rupp said, "I also sus- INSIDE: participate in a sequential chugging tained the decision of the University Review Board on the question of Opinion:-*The 10-month-old contest in a single elimination tourna- meat joke is real, p 3. ment until one team is declared the independent action." winner. In order to participate in the Many students believed that the Feature: Page three girl, p. 9. Boat Races, each team must register proctor's use of independent action with Lovett College Social Coordina- was unfair. One of Jackson's friends, Fine Arts: Hamlet says 'Hello' tor Eric Steiner. who wishes to remain unidentified for again, p.10. There will be a five dollar entry fee fear of prosecution, dropped posters that said "Amnesty for Tom Jackson" Sports: Win some, lose sijpne per team with the proceeds again against UT, p. 13. v John Pope (right) revels in the glory of being the winning pitcher against see TG, page & between Baker and Wiess from a number 2—ranked Texas on April 9. (See story, page 13) —L. Cowsar 2 Friday, April 15,1988 THRESHER Opinion Thanks, pranksters, f/7 from Willy and us A small group of students made the whole campus smile Tuesday morning when they rotated Willy's Statue to face Fondren Library. Rumors of unsuccessful plans to rotate the statue have periodically surfaced, so when the real thing actually happened, it was almost unbelievable. Unfortunately, most people missed seeing the infamous results of the early-morning trick; by late morning, the statue had been _ ^ tender as man's love turned back around. The biggest shame is that they didn't leave the statue up long enough might be for a maid, to take pictures of Willy against the backdrop of the Sallyport. A picture like that should grace the admissions brochures Rice sends out. How Or children's love be can there be any really good pictures of the statue with Fondren Library hulking behind it? for their mums, Tuesday's prank is proof of what someone can accomplish with a Rice education; spending only $400, several students did what the There's no tenderer love university had to do with a crane and professionals skilled in moving artwork. Those professionals couldn't even do as good a job as the Than the Residents love students who moved the statue; in putting the statue back, they bent one of the corner pins. For all his unscrupulous chums Even though the crane hired to turn Willy back around cost a small fortune, the prank generated publicity that was worth more than a month of University Relations' payroll. Both The Houston Post and The Houston Chronicle ran stories marveling at the prank; footage of the statue being rotated back ran on local television stations. But some of that publicity reflected Rice's reputation as primarily an engineering school. Physical Plantbusiness managerTom Moffett told The Post that he "didn't think Liberal Arts would've taken it on." Chairman embarrasses pdrty The; person who designed the rotation plans had done advanced engineering studies, and the pranksters claim that the A-frame used to The Harris County Democratic hoist the statue exceeds building standards. The technical achievement party, never known for its organiza- SPANNING THE HEDGES tional smoothness, has now em- by Michael Raphael of moving the statue was impressive, but not surprising, considering broiled itself in such an embarassing Rice;s reputation. situation that it's making headlines support for LaRouche in his voters' chairman. Sort of. But Jones and the But the idea and its execution took a creative effort that is obvious nationwide. guide statement, and since he at- LaRouchites don't have a winning among most Rice students, liberal-arts-oriented "academs" and science The county Democratic committee tracted only about five percent of the case. The Democratic committee can and engineering students alike. The people who moved the statue made is in the unusual position of having to vote when he last ran. delegate powers to whomever it elaborate plans to turn off the lights in the quad, to paint the A-frame put a muzzle and leash on its own They were painfully wrong. The wishes. They could select a donkey to chairman. Claude Jones, elected to carry out the chairman's duties, and it black, to use the well-organized system of walkie-talkies and code embarrassed Democratic leaders now the post March 8 with about 51 per- say that voters went for Jones not still wouldn'tbe illegal. A party chair- words. cent of the vote, is a supporter of because they agree with his views but manship is different than an elected Willy's brief journey shows that creativity need not be limited to extremist Lyndon LaRouche, the because, not knowing anything in office of, say, governor or mayor. The academs. More important, however, it reflects the kind of thinking a perennial Presidential candidate now particular about the candidates, they operational limit on intraparty poli- well-rounded education should provide: the application of imagination on trial for obstructing a federal in- naturally voted by familiarity of the tics is not legal but political: if the to technical concepts. That's where Rice's best publicity will come vestigation of his alleged credit card last name—a litmus test in which Democratic leaders do something fraud. unfair, they stand to upset a lot of from out of the joke. Jones beats Veselka cold. Jones will be sworn in as the party' s The name theory is undoubtably voters, who are liable to switch their Now that Willy has been returned to his original pose, facing committee chairman in two weeks, right. Jones got 54,613 votes for the allegiance to the Republicans. Per- gratefully away from Fondren, it's hard not to feel a little sad. It's not but he '11 assume a position stripped of party chair, while his guru LaRouche haps, Democrats can only hope, likely that someone will come up with an idea that tops a jack like that almost all power, including the ability received only 389 in the Presidential LaRouche and his men will do so. one any time soon (a car assembled in President Rupp's office?). But to write checks, handle funds, and primary here. There's certainly no The irony in this whole thing is that for now, the Thresher, on behalf of everyone who didn't even try to appoint leaders of standing commit- LaRouchian relignment among Democratic voters not only elected a stifle a laugh about the prank, would like to thank those students— tees. Most of what used to be the Houston Democrats. And Jones, who LaRouchite, but, that same day, chairman's authority will belong to spends his time distributing La- demonstrated a reluctance to elimi- academs or SE's—who disoriented the campus for a morning. the committee secretary. Jones won't Rouche material in airports and book- nate the very procedures that led to his even get an office in the Democratic stores, certainly didn't drum up the victory. A startling 86 percent, en- headquarters. support himself. It's all in the name. couraged by a poorly worded ques- Jones defeated incumbent Larry Jones is taking legal action because tion, voted to continue electing Texas Veselka, who, along with other he says the party, with its fleece-the- judges instead of appointing them, Democratic leaders, didn't take Jones extremist politics, is robbing him of like many other states'do. seriously since he clearly expressed his rightfully elected position as see Keep, page 5 Service not all it's cracked up to be To the editor: guidance. Unfortunately, this student The Rice Counseling and Psychiat- probably will be treated by an analyst THRESHING IT OUT ric Service was established to help who, in accordance with Freudian letters to the editor students cope with mental and emo- teachings, will make no effort to af- tional problems. We fe

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Business Manager Carlos E. Soltero Advertising Manager Lee Finch Asst. Business Manger Mike Alexander RICK, AS A TOP AIDE FOR GEORGE I HAVE HERE A LIST OF !Z I CANT LET YOU QUOTE FROM THE *1. NO MORE BUSH, I JUST WANTED TO FILL Ads Production Ray Letulle POSITIONS, ALL OF 1HEM LIST, OF COURSE, BUT WEWANTED SPORTS JACKETS A MAJOR YOU IN ON SOME EXCITING COURAGEOUS DEVIATIONS YOU TO KNOW SOME OF THE Staff Assistant Stuart Morestead THAT LOOK. LIKE BREAK j DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CANDI- FROM THE REAGAN WAYS IN WHICH A BUSH ADMIN- THE CARPETING WITH THE Circulation ...Carlos Soltero, Mike Alexander DATE'S THINKING! \ PHILOSOPHY! N ISTRATION WILL DIFFER FROM MR. AT CAESARS PAST! REAGAN'S! PALACE." The Rice Thresher, the official student newspaper atRice Uni- versity since 1916, is published each Friday during the school yeir, except during examination periods and holidays, by the students of Rice University. Editorial and business offices are located on the second floor of the Ley addition to the Rice Memorial Center, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251. Telephone (713) 527-4801 or 527-4802. Advertising infor- mation available upon request. Mail subscription rate per semester: $15.00 domestic, $30.00 international (via first % class mail). The opinions expressed herein arc not necessarily those of anyone except the writer. Obviously. ©1988, The Rice Thresher. All righLs reserved. All wrongs revenged. 4 Friday, April! 5,1988 THRESHER Opinion Ozone layer needs grass-roots protection at Rice A few weeks ago, the Student Association foam packaging. In addition, fiberglass can be begin using heavy-duty paper products instead Senate endorsed a resolution which calls for an GUEST COLUMN used instead of foam insulation and cotton in- of styrofoam. end to the use of styrofoam products at Rice. Our stead of foam cushion. Finally, a scientific While CFC use at Rice does not alone consti- concern with styrofoam stems from the fact that by Andy Kopplin committee with broad industrial representation tute an overwhelming threat to the ozone layer, the chemicals used in its manufacture—chlo- globally. It is commonly assumed that a mere reported to the U.S. Senate last May that both every CFC counts and we should do our share in roflourocarbons, also known as QFC's—have one percent reduction in the ozone layer is CFC 123—which breaks down in the tropo- protecting the environment. The alternative been proven instrumental in eroding the Earth's enough to allow two percent more ultraviolet sphere—and flourocarbon 134a which does not choice of encouraging dramatic ozone depletion stratospheric ozone layer. rays to reach the Earth's surface and to increase contain chlorine—could be readily used in place would bring us consequences both dire and Our resolution calls for College Food Serv- the incidence of skin cancer by 3-6 percent. of common CFC's in refrigeration devices. unfathomable. We won't die next week, but we ice, Sammy's, Cohen House, Willy's Pub, the Fortunately, alternatives to CFC-based prod- At Rice, the transition from CFC's to no certainly can expect a greater likelihood of skin Athletic Department, and the academic and ucts exist Many fast-food restuarants have CFC's can be made almost painlessly. All we cancer and a significantly altered global envi- administrative departments at Rice to immedi- already begun substituting cardboard for styro- need to do is return to using china flatware or to ronment ately stop using styrofoam containers at the earliest possible date. Consequently, we would appreciate student endorsement and support of Reaqan announces student aid plans our proposed ban of styrofoam on campus. In his federaftxideebudget proposal lofor liscafiscall year years. Recent motivation has come from the Each year, roughly two billion pounds of 1989, President Reagan topped his list of do- BEYOND THE HEDGES serious nature of alcohol abuse problems on CFC' S are produced world-wide. They are used mestic priorities with proposals for big in- by Jill Goodman Gettysburg's campus; the professor declined to in home refrigerators, car air conditioners, creases in student aid and university research. give details, though he said alcohol abuse prob- foams for insulating, packaging, and cushion- Federal support for student aid would in- lems are not unique to Gettysburg. ing, and as cleansers in electronic chip factories. crease by nine percent to $8.8 billion and federal Frats on their way out B J. Davisson, assistant dean of student life, A major use in other countries, though prohib- support for basic research by six percent to told The Pitt News that the general feeling ited in the United States since 1978, is as propel- $10.3 billion dollars, if approved by Congress. Following the lead of faculty members at among Gettysburg faculty members is that lants in aerosol sprays. Once they are produced, This move represents a significant policy Franklin and Marshall College, faculty mem- Greek organizations breed ideals of exclusivity the light-weight CFC molecules are inevitabley shift for the administration; Reagan has consis- bers at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Penn- and sexism. He added that the narrowminded- wafted into the upper atmosphere. Near the tently cut educational spending during his presi- sylvania, are attempting to disassociate the ness, which results from exclusivity, is directly Earth's surface, CFC's are inert and largely dency. school from fraternities and sororities. opposed to the school's stated mission. harmless, but in the upper atmosphere they are Mike Becker, a spokesman for the Depart- At the end of last month. Franklin and President of the college's 71-member Tau destroyed by ultraviolet radiation, a process ment of Education, told The Stanford Daily that Marshall professors voted to eliminate the Kappa Epsilon Bill Kearney said, "The Greek which spawns a chain reaction in which each House committees have already approved Greek system on their Lancaster, Pennsylvania, system is a huge tradition. This place would be highly-reactive chlorine atom released can de- Reagan's proposal, and Senate committees are campus. In addition to Rice, Colby College, lacking without fraternities and sororities. Most stroy tens of thousands of ozone molecules. now in the process of considering the budget. Amherst College and Williams College have all press we get is bad press. You don't see a lot of Although evidence suggesting that CFC's are Becker said he 'has no fear' that Congress banned the organizations from their respective stories about fraternities and sororities and the responsible for global ozone depletion has been will approve the proposal despite budget con- campuses. charity work we do." mounting for some time, it took the discovery of straints. He added that spending for the Depart- The faculty voted to ask Gettysburg's presi- a "hole" in the ozone layer over Antarctica— ments of Defense and Commerce will be cut to dent to present the recommendation to the board where ozone concentrations have dropped 60 make up for the increase. of trustees next month. Writer refutes percent since 1979—to get scientists to do the If approved, the increases allotted for basic The proposal would affect nearly half of the atmospheric studies necessary to prove that research would go to researchers at colleges and 1,900 students who attend Gettysburg. Ap- 'moral' theory CFC's are the indisputable culprits. In the most proximately 1,100 students belong to one of the universities in fiscal year 1989, which begins To the editor: comprenensive study ot the stratosphere yet school's twelve fraternities and seven sororities. October 1, 1988. The proposed financial aid David Schnur's article (Spanning the produced, NASA scientists last week estimated The professor who introduced the motion to increases would affect student aid for the school Hedges, April 8) was full of misconceptions and that CFC-based ozone loss was 2-3 percent year 1989-90. the faculty said the idea has been brewing for half-truths. The whole article deserves refuta- Doonesbury tion, but there is only space to cover a few points. BY GARRY TRUDEAU First of all, Schnur misunderstands how the "religious right" and "nvral people" were "al- ANP HERBS ANOTH- SO L/UHY BECAUSE HE SOUNDS HE WANTS CREDIT FOR BEING lowed" into the political system in order to ER EXCITING PEVI- POZSNT POESNTWAKTLIKE BUSH HIS OWN MAN, BUTHE'S AFRAID WOULD WHY, YOU GOT"writ e the definition of 'morality' in the nation's AVON. HE TOTALLY HE COME I—~ TO APPEAR OF ALIENATING THOSE WHO VOTE YOU UKB ANOTHER BILL IS TRYING political system." As I recall, anybody who is I DISAPPROVED OF OUT ANP W PISLOYALTD TO HAVE FOR HIM PRECISELY BECAUSE TO STEP OF GOODS IN 1 THE SLEAZE OF THE SAY 60? A POPULAR. HE'S REAGAN'S MAN! NO OUTSIPE? YOUR CAR? eligible to vote and who registers to do so can RR BOTH then go to the polls and choose their candidate. " PAST SEVEN YEARS! / 'PRESIDENT, WAYS. WONPER THE \ OF COURSE: WIMP LABEL- If Christians are fed up with the way that the STICKS1. government does things, those Christians will vote in order to see some change. Nobody wants to slight Blacks or Hispanics (especially in an election year), but the large m r/A special interest group identified by Schnur as the "religious right" has been ignored for many decades despite its huge numbers, at least until President Reagan came along. Christians, fed up with being overlooked and ignored despite strongly supporting Carter in the 1976 election, switched to Reagan in 1980 and 1984becausehe AS THE SPIN-CONTROLLERS SPUN... THE CANPIPATE HIMSELF BEGAN HE STARTED TO DO THE SECRET SERVICE, OF believed in and promised to execute many of THEIR GOSSAMER PREAMS... TO BEEF UP HIS SELF-IMAGE. M0RE"6UY STUFF" COURSE, HAD STANDI NO those programs/policies espoused by the Chris- ORDERS TO 1ST HIM WIN. tian right. Though not consistent, Reagan has X ISETATAKT- HONEY?HAVE YOU YOU'RE HI, BOYS! CAN I SIT \ CHARGE BUSH! A SEEN MY P/LOFC WEAR- IN? LOCK WHAT I READ EM HOLY COW! AJRRRfollowe d through with the execution of a conser- ; BUSH ON HORSE- HU, " HELMET?/ vative Christian agenda, all the while making ING IT, BROUGHT! BEER! ANP WEEP, TWO FIVES'. AGA!N\ BACK! GEORGE. BOYS! that agenda that of the Republican party, hence / the introduction of morality into the system. It is unfortunate that Schnur equates "Repub- lican" with "Christian" and "moral" as far as overall national policy is concerned. There are W obviously other forces at work, and these are more influenced by traditional Republicanism than by the new religious political movement. Christians do not hold the keys to all of Repub- lican policy, despite Schnur's implication . As far as the Democratic party is concerned with morality, let me bring to mind a few names: GOOD YES, GEORGE. YOU KNOW, Joe Biden, Gary Hart, and Jesse Jackson. The MORNING, WHAT'S ALLTHIS THEY'RE JUST GEORGE, MY IT WON'T WBLL, YOU first two men were quickly shot down in their SIR. YOU IN THE "POST" TINY PISAGREE- MEMORY OF HAPP5N 90 WHAT quest for the presidential nomination due to ABOUT YOUR PIS - WANTED MENTS, SIR. YOUR ROLE IN AGAIN, SIR. YOU HAVE- sexual indiscretion and fits of prevarication. The AGREEING WITH QUIBBLING, THE IRANAFFAIR TOI GEORGE. TO SPEAK last, Jesse Jackson, has a history of questionable MY POLICIES? REALLY... IS STARTING TO IUITHME* / \ FA X IMPROVE. relatiohships that will probably dog his cam- paign to the end, denying him the support of his own "amoral" party. His candidacy won't be helped by the fact that he has been endorsed for • • • president by the Communist Party USA. It seems that the Democratic party will have to wait at least four more years to gain the "moral high ground." Keith Tipton Brown '90 HI I (33//^C£F, THRESHER Opinion Friday, April 15,1988 Writer praises Student Advising for scholarship help To the editor: gardless of the amount of Rhodes and who would invite you in for an after- Scheid and the advising office do an The article, "Students sought for THRESHING IT OUT Marshall Scholars it produces. noon coffee, and a talk about the excellent job in the application proc- Rice Fellows" (April 8) introduced a The atmosphere at Rice is more Persian Gulf, Aristotle, Ed Meese, or ess. We have had good success with new and useful program here at Rice, letters to the editor relaxed then at other well-known, the future of space exploration. I the Marshall Scholarship in the last and one which may indeed help im- ("stuffy") institutions in the North- think most Rice students would prefer few years, and perhaps we will win a prove our chances of winning major winners. This is hardly the case. east—especially regarding these to go to a TG. Rhodes Scholarship in the near fu- scholarships. As one who has com- While Rice, unlike some other scholarship competitions. In my There are trade-offs involved in the ture; the Rice Fellows Program may peted for several major scholarships schools, does not "recruit" students Rhodes experience, one student re- way a university prepares its students be just what weneed. But, asl've tried this year, I would like to offer some for these awards, it encourages them, marked that the deans took an active for major scholarships. Rice takes a to show, both the ends and the means additional information which will and offers the necessary counseling. interest in the students preparation. It more relaxed approach, and allows need to be kept in proper perspective. make the picture more complete. Associate Director of Advising Mark was not uncommon to be stopped on the student to help himself. But once Gregg S. Robins First of all, the article correctly Scheid has done a stellar job in pre- campus by Dean (you fill in the name) the student takes this initial step, Dr. Hanszen College '88 noted that Rice has not been winning paring students for these competi- its fair share of major scholarships— tions, along with the members of the BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed and this year was no exception. But Rhodes and Marshall Committees, while none of our students actually and provided us with knowledge, REMEMBER FOUR YEARS AGO WEY SAY HISTORY ALWAYS WHEN we MEAPOW PARTY 6 won any of these scholarships, a few insight, and most importantly, enthu- REPEATS ITSELF. SENT YOU OUT FOR PING PONGS EXACTLY LZ™ AOESJUI BE THE FIRST of us did reasonably well. For the siasm. The entire student advising ANP THEN NAMEP YOU WEIR CAM/PATE FOR VICB- GETTINGWE YOU ROCOMMWMZ Rhodes Scholarship, Rice nominated office was always helpful and cheer- YOU' ful to me. PRESIPENT IN ABSENTIA ? AT? three students: Andy Kopplin, Regina \ Cavanaugh, and me. Andy reached Although I feel that at present the the state finals in Texas, and I did the student advising office does a fine same in New York. Neither of us was job, the Rice Fellows Program sounds lucky enough to advance further. For like a very good idea. By offering the Marshall Scholarship, Rice nomi- freshmen and sophomores the oppor- nated two students: Carl Gooch, and tunity to discuss important global me. Carl received an interview, but issues (and unimportant ones), to read was not awarded a scholarship. outside of their fields, and, of course, to engage in discussion with other The article also suggested that OUR NEW V.P-ELECT HAS Rice's advising office is partly to interested students and faculty, the REMINPEP WE CHAIR SO ONCE AGAIN- WHEW' POES program would be worthwhile—re- THAT A NOMINATION WTE ALL IN FAVOR OF PARTICIPATORY blame for the lack of scholarship is NOT BINPING UNLESS OPUS AS OUR PEMOCRACY THE V.P. NOMINEE FS '#8 V.P. NOMINEE 7 PUT A LUMP IN Food waste reduction IN ACTTENPANCE .. YOUR THROAT, 700 I addressed by system To the editor: ID's from that student's table. In a recent meeting of College When the student waiter goes Food Representatives, Director of through the line to get the dinner tray, Food and Housing Marion Hicks, the headwaiter will give the student a Director of College Food Service card which has the number of students YOU/ YOU YES. WELL, IF SAM Joyce Rubash, and Assistant Food eating at that particular table. At this RFULROAPEP AT THE PONALPSON MB INTO -ME CAT' MOMENT, SHOULP ASK, WHATS THAT' GONNA Service Director Clara Young de- time, the student waiter will also pick BERN NMVNATEP IS H 5 HE'S PLUMBHE'S JUSTIN SPEAKING BE /I signed a new plan to reduce food up the table's ID's. SECONP BANANA NOMPE PASSEP OUTA RELIBKX/0 IN TONGUES r LONG CAMPAIGN. waste and theft during family style When the student waiter enters the 70 FT PLUME. AMtN FERVOR V J dinners. This plan will be imple- kitchen, the staff will look at the card FRUIT' mented on an experimental basis and place that many servings on the beginning Monday, April 18th. The dinner tray. procedure is as follows: This procedure is meant to elimi- met\ To purchase a full dinner, the stu- nate dinner trays with eight servings dent should give the headwaiter his going to tables that have less than m ID and say that he wishes to purchase eight paying students at them. a full dinner. The headwaiter will To purchase only a salad, the stu- charge the student $3.30 and give the dent should give the headwaiter his REPRESENTA vves THE AMERICAN student a regular dinner plate. ID and say that he only wants to pur- FROM we MIGHT THEY ASSOC. OF The student should tell the head- chase a salad. The headwaiter will A.A.P.O.P.T.A.P. HE'S SETTLE WHY SO WHO P.O.V waiter at which table he will be eating charge the student $2.40 and give the ARE HERE TO PA5SEP OUT FOR A LOWLY NOT? PTA MEET WITH IN THE PEN V.P. ? WEY? PARENTS (table numbers will be on the salt and student a special salad plate.. BIU.. \ pepper shakers), and the headwaiter Kim Miller will place the ID in a box with other Food Committee Chairman Keep judges off ballot; reduce ignorant voting continued from page 2 Appointed judgeships would re- What does electing judges have to duce the voting to fewer races—such BY THE WAY. do with Claude Jones? The Veselka- as for president, senators, representa- CONGRATULATIONS TP LIKE YOU TO SAY .. A WHOLE AMERICAN WAY Jones election followed pages and tives, referendums, and party chair- ON YOUR A FEW WORPS ATA SPECIAL OF UFE IS PFSAPPEAR/NG MY GOP- V.P. NOMINATION, FUNP-RAISIN6 CONCERT BECAUSE THE OOVT. PEOPLE ARB pages of judges which voters needed man. The incredible shrinking ballot OPUS... TM ORGANIZING TO BENEFIT WON'T HELP OUT'/ HURTING to choose among. As such, the chair- would focus attention on things so A TROUBLEP INPUSTRY... OUT THERE. *SUPS-RULE manship became just one of a barrage they can be more carefully consid- V A IP " ered; we'd stop electing judges just of names thrown at the unsuspecting CWCH voter. How many voters do you think because they have familiar names and C£MCH are familiar with just one of the defeating those whose weren't born judges on the ballot? What percent- as a Smith or Johnson. Two Texas age of people voting in any given race supreme court justices resigned this have any knowledge of who they're year over this issue, and one has been voting for? campaigning hard for appointed dafflmiu- It's hard to find anyone who judges. spends much time thinking about Claude Jones is already a source of YERTNA STEM HEY,..-me WHY PONCHA CALL UP WHAPPVA which judges to select. Some glance embarrassment to the Democratic ARENT irs JOB OF vice THE MAN WHO FINALLY MEAN at a voter's guide, while some skip the party and will probably cause more YOU? PLAINLY PRESIPENT MAPE WE OFFICE OF NELSON ROCKEFELLER judge races, making other people's problems during his term, however LABELEP 15 CLEARLY V.P MEANINOFUL ANP IS PEAPR UNPERRATEP. ASK HIM FOR APVICB ?... / uninformed votes count even more. powerless the committee makes him. \ Does anyone doubt that many He's so broadly disliked, however, judgeships are determined by factors that he won't have enough influence as arbitrary as the Jones-Veselka to be truly dangerous. Unknowingly, name game? If a LaRouchite victory the Airport Politico might even have isn't proof that Texas voters are done some good, if his victory can bogged down with too many races, wake up both Democrats and Repub- it's hard to come up with something , "titans to the dangers of a much too that could be. weighty ballot.

U 6 Friday,April!5.1988 THRESHER News RSVP participates in Houston hunger clean-up by Doug Dawson Arms. The Rice Student Volunteer Pro- Other students worked at the Mag- gram participated in a nationwide nifica House Soup Kitchen and Shel- Cleanup Campaign Against Hunger ter, cleaning, painting and dispensing on Saturday, April 10. Over 200 stu- soup, and at a local YMCA, painting dents from around the Houston area and doing some light construction. participated in the day-long event. Some students cleaned out a ware- The students, from Rice, the Uni- house to be used for clothes donated versity of Houston, Houston Commu- to the AIDS Foundation. The Red nity College, the High School for the Cross had participants make some Health Professions, and A1 Seikh much needed repairs on a house. High School, worked for three hours RSVP is still seeking corporate either in the morning or in the early and private sponsors to donate money afternoon. Some students worked for other projects. Last year, $54,000 both shifts. They did various types of were earned through such sponsor- work including repairing homes, ship, and $40,000 worth of work was cleaning parks, and light construc- done. Half of the money earned will tion. go to local organizations, the Inter- The exact number of students from faith Hunger Coalition and the Texas Rice was not available at press time. Association of Social Ministry Coali- However, various groups from tions. around campus participated in group One fourth of the money will go to activities. ROTC cadets participated national groups, such as the National by helping to clean out a park. Stu- Research Project, and the remainder dents from the Amigos program will go to international groups such as Students clean and paint a YMCA parking lot. —D. Kelley cleaned an empty lot which had been USA for Africa, World Food Day, donated to Ripley House. A park for and the Amal Institute in Khartoum the neighborhood children will be (the Sudan). built on that site in the near future. Over 100 cities nationwide partici- Statue turns back on Sallyport Students from A1 Seikh High pated in the event, sponsored by the I/^^1 — continued from page 1 School did lawn work, including National Student Campaign Against indicate that the structure might not planting bushes, at the Sheltering Hunger. f have been strong enough to support the statue's weight. Martin deNicolas denies this, explaining that the 24' A- Placement director dies frames cracked when the pranksters intentionally toppled them after the John B. Evans, former director of Alumnr Office and then as a recrui- statue had been turned around. the Career Planning and Placement ter for Deloitte, Haskins, and Sells , "The frames were just like the first Office, was buried last Saturday af- for ten years. stage in a rocket," Martin de Nicolas ter serving almost nine years at Rice. "He was a'loyal Rice fan," said said. "Once used up, it bums off and Before his directorship in the one of his employees. "He knew the falls into the Indian Ocean. The Placement Office, Evans, a Rice history of Rice backwards and for- frames were not designed to take the graduate, worked as director of the wards." impact of falling 24 feet." Martin de Nicolds and Dyson also criticized the subcontractor's work in SUMMER JOBS NOW!!! turning the statue back. They said a Consider applying with us NOW for your summer job. Houston Chronicle photo proves that We have opportunities to work and become involved the subcontractors, not the pranksters, in a variety of rapidly growing Houston companies. Our bent one of the pins which anchors the statue into its base. They added that jobs are within business hours so your evenings and the pranksters engineered the rotation weekends are free. 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HOLCOMBE THE STUDENT TRAVEL NETWORK Air Force recruiter today AT GREENBRIAR Call (214) 360-0097 NEW Rx or COPY 6609 Hillcrest Ave. 713-664-^546 COLLECT Dallas, TX 75205 REPERALS •J(512I) 474-1512 2002 A Guadalupe St. STA TRAVEL Austin. TX 78705 668-2885 THRESHER News Friday, April 15,1988 Support group meets to discuss women's issues by Elbe Perachio generate sufficient interest among but also for graduate students, faculty each meeting will be run by a group organization developed this year to A group of Rice women have current students to sustain the group, and staff. She said that many faculty member selected at the preceding explore the condition of women at formed the Rice Women's Alliance, a they have begun meeting this year. members had already expressed inter- meeting. This person will choose the Rice. It is not tied to any of the vari- new support group to provide inter- The original idea for this group was est in either sponsorship or participa- topic for discussion or schedule the ous, more formal task forces which ested men and women with the op- that of Brown College member Carol tion in the group. speaker and will act as a parliamentar- Rupp has created. This group wishes portunity to discuss women's issues Drummond and Wiess College mem- In addition, men are encouraged to ian to recognize members wishing to to encourage women to vocalize their in an open forum on a weekly basis. ber Julie Lynn. They felt that there attend meetings. Though the group is express an opinion. concerns in order to educate and seek The group has held formative was a sufficient, yet unrealized, need primarily promoting mutual support Also, all voting matters, such as support from others. meetings to create a constitution and for a group which allowed women to among women, they are not a "She- activities planned by the group, or Valerie Rohy, a member of the al- establish the organizational format. express their concerns and to spend woman's men-haters" organization, speakers they wish to bring to cam- liance.pointed out that this is the only The group plans to become a Student time together as women. Drummond according to Drummond. According pus, will be decided by consensus. support organization currently avail- Association sanctioned organization emphasized that this group is meant to Drummond, a few men were pres- Drummond said that this method will able for undergraduate women. at the beginning of next year, but to not only for undergraduate women. ent at the past meetings, but she does prevent any faction from becoming Rohy said that Rice was one of the not expect future meetings to have too powerful. In the event that visitors few major schools in the country high attendance by males, although came to a meeting with the intention which did not already have such a Students organize she thinks that men's contributions of dominating it because they op- group. could be quite helpful. posed the group's activities, they The alliance would seem in line The organization of the group is could be prevented. with Rupp's current movement to- mock United Nations "non-hierarchical," said Drummond. This group is not affiliated with wards increased awareness of She said there will be no officers, and President George Rupp's umbrella women's issues. by Judd A. Volino The secretariat also staged a crisis Students from Rice and other situation in Panama concerning Gen- nearby universities helped to organ- eral Noriega, simulating press re- SA officers attend conference ize and manage the Houston Area leases complete with "limited infor- over the nation. "I laugh at that," Karsner says Rice will no longer Model United Nations (HAMUN) mation" and "sketchy details." The by Jim Low Karsner said. "The prestigious remain a member of AAUS. "This is program held at the University of delegates were forced to assess the Two Student Association officers not the type of conference Rice Uni- Houston April 7-9. The event allowed situation and act accordingly. attended a conference of the Ameri- shcools included the University of can Association of University Stu- Texas at Dallas and the University of versity will be attending again, so local high school students to partici- Peggy Chausse, Gerry Carleton, dents at Brown University in Provi- Alabama at Tuscaloosa. I don't want long as I'm president," Karsner said. pate in a simulation of an actual U.N. and Andea Flynn, who now serves as dence, Rhode Island from April 6-10. Rice's name to be washed out "I objected (to last year's appropria- session. Principal Advisor, began HAMUN in SA President Andy Karsner and SA amongst the 200 other 'prestigious' tion), and we have withdrawn mem- The participants from Rice were 1975. This year marked the comple- Internal Vice President Dennis Ab- schools," he said. bership from this organization." Will Rice College members Bob tion of its thirteenth conference, bott attended the conference and rep- AAUS requires annual membership Greene, Jennifer Greene, and Tariq which has expanded from 90 students The organization is not aimed at resented Rice. dues of $250. Ahmed; Hanszen College member from 18 high schools to over 800 small, private institutions like Rice, "We gained some beneficial Karsner stated his desire to make Robert Moll; and Sid Richardson delegates and 80 schools this year. according to Karsner. "The confer- knowledge and practical insight talk- College member John Adair. All were Model United Nations take place ence benefits large state schools like the Student Association more oT a ing to other student leaders," Karsner delegates to the convention in high in other states as well, usually under U.T. and Pitt. Those schools have service organization as another rea- said. school and volunteered to return and the sponsorship of a specific univer- little in common with us." son for this withdrawal. "My senate is help organize the event as college sity. HAMUN is a joint project of Most of the conference, however, Karsner cited Rice's residential going to deal with the best interest of students. Each was a participant in the several universities, including Rice, did not deal with issues of interest to college system and honor code as the students, not politicized issues "secretariat," which supervised vari- University of Houston, and Univer- Rice, according to Karsner. "Most of areas in which Rice diverges from like Central America. We don't need ous areas of concern to the U.N. sity of St. Thomas. "In some ways it's the workshops were highly political most other member schools. "Rice to be spending money on long-dis- in nature. We (Rice) don't need to needs to compete against itself to get tance phone calls, copier costs, or Countries in the model U.N. are difficult without a home base, but this worry about gay rights and Nicaragua better," Karsner said. AAUS. We need to invest it in the represented by a delegation of five to also allows me to meet other college when we have tuition increases and students," Karsner stated. ten students from a Houston area high students outside Rice," said Jennifer Due to these many differences, Greenfe. CK (Central Kitchen) to deal with," school. Students participate in vari- he said. ous U.N. councils and committees to Greene is a junior who has been Funding for attending this meeting work on problems that the actual involved with HAMUN for five had been an issue in the SA senate bodies deal with. Most delegates pre- years, three in college and two as a NO REFUNDS prior to the recent presidential elec- pare for the program ahead of time by high school student. This year she tion, but the $750 allocation passed attending workshops and researching served as president of the Security SPRAWL 8 narrowly under last year's senate, the topics they will discuss. They Council, and she plans to participate KILLER allowing Karsner and Abbott to at- must also follow correct parliamen- again next year. "Both the new people ( tend. Thursday tary procedure in the meetings. and the veterans get so much out o f the "AASU is a good organization for Ahmed acted as parliamentarian experience and really get exci^d most of its members, " Karsner said, ticket $3 for" the "Economic and Social Council* about the whole thing," she said. "but most of its members have little in This group addressed the topics of "Most of the participants aren't even Minors w/this common with most of the Rice com- preservation of historic artifacts and in areas like political science or inter- munity." AIDS. It submitted resolutions which national relations; they're concerned HEIGHTS 862/580 According to Karsner, the confer- were then debated in the plenary, a * with seeing Houston youth interested ence bills itself as an association "of forum for debate. in international affairs and that's what 200 prestigious schools" from all "The most interesting thing was HAMUN's about." ' seeing the way the students applied logic to situations. Sometimes it was good, but sometimes it could be scary," said Ahmed.

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Any- IN THE COLLEGES Lovett College will show "Planes, "Baby with the Bathwater" is still 6:30 p.m. Afterwards, a toga party thing left will be stored in the game Trains and Automobiles" in Chem running. The play will show Friday will be held either outside or in the room. by Anne Bullen Lec at 7,9, and 11 tonight. There will and Saturday at 8 p.m. for $3. commons depending on weather Ail food and housing furniture night is tonight in the Baker commons be an Edgar Odell Lovett Birthday Jones is giving a rug concert for its conditions. Admission is free for request/damage acceptance forms at 6:15 p.m. Beforehand, at 5:15, Bash in die Lovett quadrangle for members next Tuesday. those sporting togas. must be turned into the college office everyone should congregate in the Lovettites only. The Fun Run hald last Sunday want "Easy Rider" is showing Saturday by Monday, April 18. "pit" behind Sewall hall for an all Brown will host a Dunking Booth well. Jones, Baker and Will Rice in Chem Lec at 7, 9, and 11 p.m. The musical committee meeting college picture. TG to raise money for the Texas participated in the run. Admission is $1. time has changed. The meeting wll be A mock beer-bike race against Children's Hospital's Child Life Wiess college night is on the last 'Take Her, She's Mine," the Sid held Monday, April 18 in the Master- Lovett college is planned for the last Fund today in the Rice Memorial day of classes. Sign-ups will be play, has been held over. The addi- son Room immediately following day of classes, Friday, April 22. Sign- Center quad at 4 p.m. (see story this posted soon. tional show will be on April 16 at 8 dinner. ups are in the commons. page). They will also host a "Count- "Hello, Hamlet" will run tonight p.m., for $3. The S A will be meeting in the Will There will be study breaks Monday down to Summer" party on Saturday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. Admis- Todd Peiffer has been named Chief Rice music room at 10 p.m on April and Tuesday nights at the Baker at 10 p.m. in the commons. sion is $4 for Rice students and $5 for Justice of Sid's college court. 18. house. Inquire at the college office for Brown members will work in the all others. Sixty-five Sid college members are Dr. Robert Krueger, former ambas- going to see the Astros vs. the Reds on sador to Mexico and Texas congress- Sunday in the Astrodome. man, is giving a lecture on the "Elec- Due to fire code violations at tion Year in Politics" on April 25 at 7 TG to raise money for charity Hanszen College, the good side of the p.m. in the PDR. by Megan Dixon the celebrity guests are all able to winner. In order to participate in the attic must be cleared for summer Baker College's spring college Brown College and Lovett College finish their runs as dunkees, then Boat Races, each team must register will co-sponsor an unusual type of TG random people from the crowd may with Lovett College Social Coordina- party today from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in be called on to participate. tor Eric Steiner. the field between the Jones Graduate Chuck Yates, one of the four social There will be a five dollar entry fee PRIVATE School of Business and the Rice coordinators at Brown College, also per team with the proceeds again Memorial Center. A number of events asked Houston Mayor Kathy Whit- going to the Texas Children's Hospi- PARTY LINE will take place in an effort to raise mire and President Rupp to occupy tal. Team members must be twenty- money for the Texas Children's the dunking booth. The mayor's of- one to chug beer, though those under- Hospital's Child Life Fund. fice never responded to the request. age may chug coke or water. There Among the events will be a dunk- Rupp responded negatively when will also be an on-site exotic dancer ing booth that will be occupied by asked if he would allow himself to be named Tammy, provided free of 976-GALS such notables as head football coach dunked for a charity organization, charge by the Caligula 21 Club, and a (4257) and athletic director Jerry Bemdt, commenting that such an event was live band called Freudian Slip made Mack of "Gallery Furniture Saves "childish" and that he hadn't done up of members from the Rice commu- You Money" fame, former Sid such things since he was six or seven nity. According to Yates, he himself Richardson College member Ivan at the Strawberry Festivals in the East, chose the Texas Children's Hospital as the sole beneficary of the proceeds 24 hour Putsky of the Campus Police, Student according to Yates. At that time Rupp Association President Andy Karsner, was not aware that the charity in- after participants in the activities and former SA President Kevin Gass. volved would be the Texas Children's failed to reveal their preference as to which charity should receive the ^hU could k (jOM Three attempts at sinking the volun- Hospital. funds. The Child Life Fund, which teers will cost one dollar, with pro- "Rupp called it childish, but we're $2.00 plus toll, if any provides games, crayons, and candy ceeds going directly to the children's doing it anyway," said Yates, adding, to the children of the hospital, was hospital which donated the booth. If "I just thought that Rupp [in the dunk- ing booth] would generate a lot of chosen by Yates after he visited with money for the fund." the children involved with the pro- gram, handing out lollipops during a Other events at the TG include visit with his father. Boat Races in which teams of five will participate in a sequential chugging When asked about Rupp's com- Attention contest in a single elimination tourna- ment, Yates said, "Of course it's Members of the Graduating ment until one team is declared the childish, we're helping out children." Class of 1989 Financing Your Major A Minor Miracle/ If financing your education has you at its mercy, let MBank help Through our Student Loan Program, we offer the L.G. Balfour Company MBank Guaranteed Student Loan, the Supplemental Loan for Students and MBank PLUS—Parent Loan for Undergraduate Studies It's easy to qualify for an MBank Student Loan. And It's fast. 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to take orders for class rings A $15.00 deposit is required to order THRESHER Feature Friday, April 15.1988 Going undercover to get on the cover: Playboy and Rice women by Samantha Hendren boy wanted more variety. My inter- he little resem- view would be at four-thirty the next bled the slobber- afternoon. ing sleazeball I Heard around campus March, expected. In- 1988, in response to a Playboy maga- I wondered if I was cut out for this stead, I was con- zine model search for a "Girls of the job. I was developing a picture in my fronted with a Southwest Conference" pictorial: mind of the famous photographer. five-foot tall, en- "Yknow, I would love to go do it, just Gold chains, gold teeth, hairy chest, a tirely harmless- as a joke, of course, just to see what it's fetish for bright colors—something looking Oriental like. . ." akin to"Guido the Killer Pimp"... per- man, seeming far "So go ahead. Do it, why don't you?" haps I should take a knife with me, more suited to "Oh, nooooooo! Me?!? I couldn't!" just in case. Perhaps I was becoming dry-cleaning than This story is for all of you who paranoid. I puzzled over what to to taking pictures wimped out. wear. of nude women. I laughed at my- There I was, a mild-mannered The application was self. freshman newswriter, minding my own business, when the telephone really quite like one He simply took rang. . . for any other job: a look at my pictures and application, problem. I was amazed at how casual then apologized for having to hold the the whole thing was. "Sam?" It was the Thresher news name, address, ma- interview in his bedroom, because editor. "We've got a. . .um. . .'special jor, measurements, they were doing some shooting in the But it wasn't so easy. He then assignment' for you!" other room. He asked if I had any pulled out a small mesh tank top he I began to get worried when she nude, semi-nude, or questions. He said he was concerned happened to have there, so he could started giggling uncontrollably. clothed ... that many people had the wrong idea get another picture. Marvelous. So I about what he was doing. He empha- put it on, reminding myself th at I was Interviews were held at a hotel in sized the fact that they would photo- supposed to actually want to do this. the medical center, in a room on the graph clothed, as well as unclothed, Quite a transparent little thing. Of PLAYBOY sixth floor. I was greeted at the door women, and that all those chosen for course I could put my jacket back on WOMEN OF THE the Southwest Conference issue over it if I wanted to, he said. Well, he SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE by someone who reminded me of a lot of gas station attendants I know: would be paid for their endeavors. took his picture, and I changed back, baseball cap, blue jeans, t-shirt. Very and that was it. professional, I thought. My next Trying not to seem too inquisitive, thought was of leaving. But, alas, my of course, I asked if there had been a So that's what it's all about. As soon conscience reminded me of my duty to good turnout of women from Rice. He as the photographer is finished with investigative reporting. I went in- replied that, yes, they had a very good the rest of the Southwest Conference, side. turnout indeed. I was surprised, to he'll make his choices of models for say the least. I was also surprised to the issue. The actual photography It was. . .a hotel room. In fact, it discover that, for the entire week, will take place in May, and the issue looked quite lived-in, a little messy, they were here to focus only on Rice; should appear this fall. but definitely not as if it were meant he would be returning later to cover to accommodate interviews—just the University of Houston. I got the impression that at least suitcases and clothes and things. someone will be chosen from Rice. I That made me very nervous. I knew I I began to feel a little like I was hope so, as long as it's not me, by some should have left. interviewing with Arthur Andersen, fluke, in which case I would have to "You want me to do what?!?!!" I took a seat on the edge of the bed, as if it were an everyday thing to want explain that my stepfather reads Mike, the managing editor, got on and this person, who turned out to be to pose for nude pictures. Just like their trash, and that I'm not even a the phone, "It's only an interview," he the photographer's assistant, asked anything else, I suppose. Finally, he little bit interested. said, "We want the inside scoop on me to fill out an application. Mean- asked to«take a few polaroids to re- I'm sure we'll all look forward to what happens in there. I certainly member me with my application. No this fall. can't do it. All you have to do is pre- while he took a look at tend you want to pose nude for all of some photos I had the sex-starved men who peruse the brought. The applica- pages of Playboy each month!" tion was really quite Rice Engineering Alumni "Lovely. Why me, Mike?" like one for any other i nv i te s all "Well, we think you have the right job: name, address, engineering students 'moral fiber' for the job." And then he major, measure- to a barbeque along started laughing too. Whatever the ments, "nude, semi- with the Student hell that means. nude, or clothed"... you Awards Program on know, the usual. I Saturday, In Chicago, all the checked semi-nude; it April 16, 1988 girls arrive in black... seemed a compromise. 4:00-6:00 p.m. in Texas, they all "What does semi- Engineering Quadrangle nude mean to you?" (Rain site: show up in white. the assistant asked. "Partially un- Cloisters M.E. Bldg.) Playboy wantea clothed?" more variety. He didn't like my an- swer. But it sounded like an adventure. One never expects an "undercover I noticed that there * assignment" writing for the was some pretty furi- Thresher. What the hell, I thought, ous photography go- it'll be fun.^ ' ing on in the adjacent So I called. A very foreign-sounding room. It quieted voice told me to bring some pictures if within a few minutes, I had any and suggested I wear some- so I assumed Guido Rice thing bright. In Chicago, all the girls would be in soon. And Engineering arrive in black, he explained, and in he was, but his name Alumni Texas they all show up in white. Play- was David Chan, and 10 Friday, April 15.1988 THRESHER Fine Arts Hello, Hamlet! returns to Wiess Tabletop Theatre Hello, Hamlet! tics in the commons are virtually Wiess Tabletop Theatre nonexistent. Thus, the actors are re- Once again, Shakespearean drama quired to project well, and this is dif- is set back to the Middle Ages. Eng- ficult to do while singing. Some of the lish scholars are running amok, lines of songs are lost completely, and Shakespeare himself is rolling in his since the lyrics are what is truly im- grave and the Wiess commons is portant in this show, a missed line is an shaking with laughter. Yes, Hello, annoyance. Hamlet! is playing again. Another problem is that the stage Yes, the riotous comedy written by drops down to nearly the floor level at George Greanias(Wiess.'70, and now one point. Whenever any of the actors Houston City Comptroller) is again sat or lay down there, I could not see being put on by Wiess Tabletop The- what was going on from my seat in the atre. I'll pull no punches here; this middle of the audience. I noticed that one's a laugh riot. other people were also craning their The show is billed as a musical necks to see. tragedy, and while its tragic nature Presumably, both of these prob- may be in question, its musical nature lems could be solved by sitting near is not. Hello, Hamlet! blatantly steals the front, but this was not possible as and liberally changes songs from the commons was packed, and proba- your favorite musicals, such as bly will be again, as many alumni "Climb Every Mountain" from The —D. Kelley return to see their protegees continue Sound of Music, 'Trouble in River gets goofy in a big hurry. Actually, to through the play with a straight face or even on the stairway, something the tradition they began. City" from The Music Man, and, of tell anything more than that would must take a lot of self-control. Joe rarely seen in a college production. Hello, Hamlet! is indeed a great course, the title song, a hilarious rip- give away some of the great "bits" of Spraul plays the lead role of Hamlet Although the play is fantastically show, and even if you aren't cast or off of "Hello, EXslly!" Every time the the play, but I will say that while the very well, and though he strained his funny, and generally well done, no crew you can enjoy yourself. In fact, music cranked up, I knew that some- plot loosely follows that of voice to do it, he managed to hit all the review would be complete without a you will laugh yourself silly. thing funny was coming up. Shakespeare's Hamlet, the scenes broad range of notes he was required few gripes. To begin with, the acous- —Stephen Hanson The plot is easily recognized—if themselves are very different. to hit. He is chased all over the stage you've ever seen Hamlet, you know As for the actors, they do an excel- by the lusty, willing, libidinous Ophe- the plot. But forget everything else lent job. They don't exactly have to lia (played well by Charlotte Robin- Fox stars in you know about Hamlet, because it all keep in character, but just going son.) Also competing for Hamlet's Bright Lights, Big City these days all successful books are attentions is the slightly (okay, fla- Directed by James Bridges turned into films, or even worse, grantly) homosexual Horatio (Brian The success of Jay Mclnerney's mini-series), Hollywood was pre- AIR SALE Sweeney). novel Bright Lights, Big City is inter- sented with two problems: how to The perpetually intoxicated Polo- esting because its apparent pleasure c?~.j over the strength of the 5% Discount on Domestic Flights nius was well played by Brian Casey. came about despite a plot that could narrator' s voice into a visual medium, 20% Discount on some international Flights He did not so much convince me that easily be compared to an episode of a and who to get to play the unnamed he was drunk as he did get all the daily soap opera. The saving grace of "you." In terms of the first problem, Tel Aviv $680 Rome $480 drunken schticks (the hiccups, the the book was the voice of the un- the screen version of Bright Lights, Amsterdam $420 Lagos $1150 weaving and staggering, always hav- named narrator/protagonist; it was Big City fails: the narrator's role is London $420 Acapulco $220 ing a bottle in his hand) down pat. witty, insightful, unyieldingly hon- virtually ignored. Yet that failure Athens $580 Orlando $158 Others who also impressed me were est, and was enhanced by the fact that should not detract from the success of Packages Discounted the Ghost (Jay Williams), the Mes- the story was told in second person the star of the movie. The film lets us RT from Houston senger (George Webb), and the song ("You "are not the kind of guy who watch a remarkable transformation as CWW Travel Restrictions Apply and dance team of Rosencrantz and would be in a place like this at this Michael J. (What A) Fox, teen idol, Tammy 651-0947 2016 Main Guildenstem (David Nathan and time in the morning," is how the novel turns into Mr. Michael Fox, actor. Mike Yanochick). begins). Every time a coming of age The story is a familiar one. Jamie The crew also must be compli- book such as this one is published, the (Fox), a fact-finder for a magazine, mented greatly for their work. The set reviewers praise it as "this year's desperately wants to be a writer. His was not merely flats, but a solid castle Catcher in the Rye." I believe that family life is in shreds. His only friend structure that is walked on, jumped Bright Lights, Big City is one of the is a pleasure-seeker who is com- on, and even used as a pull-up bar. few that actually deserve the praise. pletely amoral. His search for re- Besides looking good, the set allowed Yet when transforming Mc- demption in the Big Apple ends with the characters to work on two levels, lnerney's book into a movie (and the assumption that he must "learn everything all over again." Stanley H. Kaplan Throughout the film, we sense that what is being shown is entirely The SMART MOVE! realistic, and the quickly moving PREPARATION FOR: scenes rarely bore the viewer. The acting is excellent, particularly Jason GMAT* LSAT • GRE Robards as a drunken writer and CALL FOR STARTING DATES! Kiefer Sutherland as Fox's friend, Tad. The sequence in which Fox 4700 dreams about meeting and talking 7011 SW Frwy #100 -H. with the Coma Baby is brilliantly 522 - 5113 conceived and photographed. 5925 Kirby #2I4_ KM •DUCATKMAL Yet the problems that exist in the CDfTSR LTD. see Big City, page 12 egistere^AS^SPONSO^FC^I^SBPI I A A BOOK ABOUT YOU £ $ cMcujz IjOUT SHEEPSKIN EXPERTLY fxamzd ^ RICE UNIVERSITY y ^ A 75TH ANNIVERSARY PORTRAIT By

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Fine A rt Prints (ji/h Photo Frame,s & S) 6> 2427 RICE BLVD. 524-7402 RICE UNIVERSITY PRESS IN THE VILLAGE IHRESHER Fine Arts Friday, April 15, 1988 11 Sid's Take Her; She's Mine worthwhile and funny Take Her, She's Mine view of college life, and the chance to The play, overall, went well. The her. I couldn't tell if these guys were nerd of the show. He brings just the Sid Richardson College compare this life to the "Rice experi- set was very elaborate—they even acting disinterested on purpose, or if right perspective to Mollie's trysts Sid Richardson's play, Take Her, ence." I saw, once again, many of my went so far as to have a picture of a they just couldn't relate their feelings and ideas. Mollie gets a little idealis- She's Mine, by Phoebe and Henry, (and my parents') ideas about college couple at a senior prom on the mantle. to the audience. Either way, I felt that tic every once in a while, but Isaacson Ephron, is, surprisingly enough, life shattered during Mollie's fresh- However, this elaborateness caused Mollie was being either laughed at or always brings her back down to earth. quite good. Directed by Patrick man year and reformed during her some long scene changes. The set was used. In fact, he does such a good job of Spikes, the show is being held over sophomore year. divided into two sides, Mollie's home In a lot of ways, I felt involved bringing her down that I became a for this Saturday only at 8 p.m. in the This is not to say that the show was and her dorm room, and several times enough in the show to care because of little cynical about Mollie and her Sid basement. Tickets are only $3 for without problems. Many of the char- throughout the play, crew members Burson and Mayne. They directly views of the world. However, the Rice students. acters seemed to serve no purpose would enter the darkened side and involved the audience in the show. cynicism that I felt was lifted by the Mollie Michaelson (Patricia Bur- other than filling the stage. Mollie's change the set, which consequently Mayne has several scenes in which he end of the show (which, of course, has son) is a young girl who is about to go sister, Elizabeth (Ceal J. Klingler), became very distracting. speaks directly to the audience and he a happy ending). I have never seen to college. The play plots her college existed only so that Mollie could have Throughout the play, Mollie faces pulls it off quite well. Sometimes, Isaacson on the Rice stage, but he will career, all two years of it. Although a sister. Mollie's father Frank (Martin some pretty bizarre incidents, mainly when an actor speaks to the audience, (and should) definitely be seen more the plot is very, very predictable and Mayne) focuses his attentions on involving men, at her all-girl college it comes off as trite and rehearsed; in the future. sometimes loses its focus, the play is Mollie, even though her sister seems surrounded by Ivy League schools. Mayne makes the audience seem at If the cast had taken this play seri- real. It was incredibly easy to under- like a more tolerable kind of person. She goes out with some really weird home. ously, it would have flopped. How- stand Mollie's hopes and fears and to Liz is the forgotten child, even guys, and a large percentage of these However, there is always a shining ever, they didn't, and I didn't, so the identify with her problems. The Owls though Mollie is the more obnoxious men do not convince the audience that star, and Jay Isaacson is this play's show was definitely worth it. in the audience were given a realistic of the two sisters. they actually might be interested in star. Isaacson plays Alex L-oomis, the —Mary Elliott Brown College succeeds with Durang's original play Baby with the Bathwater care and so she knows exactly what mutant Mary Poppins who breezes in thought he was a she. In the middle scenes, the play slows Brown College Theater the experts say you shouldn't do to a and takes over raising the baby. She Over the next ten years, Daisy goes down and starts to become boring. Helen (Lisa Hollibaugh) and John baby, which she automatically thinks screams at the baby, throws it around to college and visits the psychiatrist The psychiatrist scenes would be (Michael Sinkew) Dingleberry are an is exactly what John is doing. and scares it into submission. regularly. He improves, changes his much funnier if they just went faster. incredibly insane and incompetent John has watched a lot of TV shows Nanny proceeds to turn the house- name many times, and stops wearing A Moonlighting pace would do won- couple who do the stupidest, most and movies and knows all of the hold upside down. She convinces dresses. Finally, he faces up to the ders for this play. irresponsible thing a couple in their cutesy phrases to call babies. Helen Helen that she should become a writer resentment he has towards his parents The night that I went to the play w as position could possibly do: they have throws the first of her many fits and and convinces John that they should and overcomes his problems. an off night, according to members of a baby. This is the premise for Brown tells him that the baby will have an have a "quick one" in the kitchen Baby with the Bathwater is a very the cast. They know that their delivery College's Baby with the Bathwater by identity crisis when he gets older. while Helen is shopping. Atnight, she funny play, in the same way that was a little slow, and they plan to pick Christopher Durang. The screaming domestic disunity is sleeps between them. Moonlighting is funny. There is a lot up the pace in the remaining shows. If Helen has read a lot books on child disrupted by Nanny (Jess Robson), a And just when you think things of insane dialogue that keeps recy- that's the case, I recommend Baby couldn't get any crazier, Cynthia cling jokes. It is very difficult to per- with the Bathwater. (Samantha Hendren), an unusual form and the cast does an average job. —Paul D. Angles Andre Watts performs vagrant with a German Shepherd, comes in and kidnaps the baby. in packed Jones Hall Understandably, young "Daisy" Andre Watts Watts concluded with two cute en- begins having mental problems and Jones Hall, April JO cores, the Carousel by Liszt, and starts seeing a psychiatrist (Bill Andre Watts is probably one of the Andre's Gigue of Peter Schickele Koehn). Daisy (Frisk Dahlberg) is not most well-known American pianists, (aka P.D.Q. Bach), which ended an a girl. His parents, not wishing to and one would have hoped that he otherwise unsatisfying evening on a invade his privacy by checking his /Imfca would offer a performance a bit out of whimsical note. genitals, guessed his gender and the ordinary. He probably wouldn't —Karen Nickel guessed incorrectly. Until age 15, he CA.NT1NA draw the same sell-out audience that attended his recital if he played exclu- PATIO CAFE sively twentieth-century pieces, but GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY he could have slipped in a few modern works to introduce audiences to the WANTS YOU! glorious sounds of our own century. Such a change might have breathed If you're reliable, well-groomed and life into both the tired repertoire and a rather tired performance that didn't enthusiastic about a career in the wake up until after intermission. restaurant business. Watts began the evening with two well-worn pieces, Haydn's Sonata in • All positions available, full C Major (Hob. XVI:48) and the So- and part-time. nata in F Major, K.«332 of Mozart. • Opening soon. His interpretation of the trilling melo- dies moved from restrained to bela- • Apply in person at I I 00 Westeimer bored. Initially he seemed to be well Mon-fri I 2pm~2pm in control of the arpeggios, but by the or call 524-4800. end, he seemed tired of them so that N_ even the finales emerged with a yawn. The performance became more lively with*"Schubert's Wanderer Fanlasie. Watts began a bit tenta- tively, but by the close had built to an SUMMER SESSIONS 1988 expansiveness that he had lacked in the earlier pieces. As he grew more Programs at Georgetown Programs abroad • Over 200 graduate and undergraduate • Antwerp, Belgium —Int'l Trade RESUMES dramatic, the elegance of his style courses • China — Chinese Language and Culture emerged and slowly transformed the • Approaches to Teaching Writing • Tours. Franee — Language and ("ulture concert into something more exciting • Public Affairs Internships • Fiesole. Italy —Italian For a resume that can do the job. than a mere piano exercise. • High School Programs • Florence. Italy —Renaissance Culture • Intercultural Training • Greece — Humanities depend on Kinko's. With the Klavierstiicke, Op. 119 of • Interpretation and Transition Institute • Leningrad. t' S.S.R — Russian Brahms, the change in mood became • Language Courses • Oxford, Fngland — Comparative • Theology Conference Business (undergraduate) more evident. Watts' playing was • Literary Criticism ( inference • Oxford. F>igland —International Management (graduate) persuasive and strong, and it was in- • Parish Workshop • Quito, hxuador —Spanish teresting to watch him become more • Institute for H.S Teachers • Sacred Scripture Institute • Trier. West Germany — German introspective, closer with the piano as • Dublin. Ireland —Irish Literature • Alumni College kinko's he kneaded a more intense sound out • English as a Foreign Language Garftfm University is on equal opportunity/ of the ivory keys. affirmative action institution in employment and • Copies Office Supplies His closing piece, Brahms' Hun- Sessions admissions. 1 garian Dances, remained close to that Pre—May 23-June 17 First—June 6-July 8 Call (202) 687-6224 or mail to: Binding Convenient Hours level of intensity, but slipped slowly 8-Week Cross Session—June 6-July 29 SSCK—Georgetown University as he came to its end. I have nothing 6-Week Cross Session—June 20-July 29 306 Intercultural Center ' Floppy Disks Resume Papers against well-known pieces like this, Second—July 11-August 12 Washington, D.C. 20057 but if they are to be played again and SenJ more information: 2368 Rice Blvd. Open 24 Hours again, then they should at least be Name— —- In The Village performed with a slightly new inter- Address _—— 521-9465 pretation. Watts merely gave us the Zip. same old song. 12 Friday, April 15,1988 THRESHER Fine Arts CAM opens a way cool Nelson Saturday FRIDAY •The Alley Theatre runs its pro- •Several Dancers Core again MONDAY duction of A Class "C" Trial in presents The Seventh Plane tonight •Nothing ever happens on Mon- Yokohama through May 8. A Shayna and tomorrow at the Houston Com- day. Maidel also runs through May 8. Call munity College Fine Arts Center 228-8421 for more information. (3517 Austin). I think The Chronicle TUESDAY •Main Street Theater runs How ran a picture of these guys dancing in •The Houston Grand Opera to Say Goodbye Thursdays through a downtown fountain. opens Massenet's Manon tonight in Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 •The Shepherd School presents the Wortham Theater. Call 546-0246 p.m. through April 17. Nora plays a concert conducted by Uri Mayer for more information. Sundays at 7 p.m. through April 17 tonight in Hamman Hall at 8 p.m. •Catch Top Jimmy & The also. Call 524-6707 for more infor- •Brown College continues its Rhythm Pigs (this week's winner for mation. production of Christopher Durang's Band With the Stupidest Name) at •Radio Music Theatre (2623 Baby with the Bathwater tonight and Rockefeller's. Colquitt) is playing I Love You But tomorrow in the Brown Commons at You' re Sitting OnMy Cat each Friday 8 p.m. Call 630-8148. WEDNESDAY and Saturday night at 8:30 pjn., with •Wiess Tabletop Theatre pres- •Welcome to the Moon will again an additional performance at 10:50 ents its every-four-years farce, Hello, be shown tonight through Saturday at p.m. on Saturday. Hotter than Hous- Hamlet!, tonight and tomorrow in the The Celtic Folk perform tomorrow night in Hamman Hall. 8 p.m. in The University of St. Tho- ton! continues to play Thursday Wiess Commons. mas theater (3812 Montrose). nights at 8:30 p.m. COMING UP •Stages Repertory Theatre runs SATURDAY THURSDAY Little Lulu in a Tight Orange Dress •Joan Nelson: Paintings opens By John Montag •The Charlie Daniels Band, who, through May 7 in their Repertory today at The Contemporary Arts tonight at Rockefeller's (3620 Wash- for students. Call 780-7557 for more for the past few years hasn't done an Theatre. Call 52-STAGE for more Museum (5216 Montrose). She will ington). Call 861-9365 for more in- information. awful lot—probably not a bad deal— information. be conducting a lecture at 3 p.m. in the formation. •The French Department and plays Rockefeller's tonight. •The Contemporary Arts gallery. The show runs through June •The Shepherd School presents Le Club des Hiboux present Mar- Museum runs their exhibit fit'// Viola: 5. The Celtic Folk tonight at 8 p.m. in guerite Yourcenar's La Petite Sirene ONGOING Survey of a Decade through April 17. •The Outlaws play southern rock Hamman Hall. Admission is $8, $5 tonight at 8 p.m. in Lyle's (the base- ment of Lovett College). Admission is free and Jen's friends are in it, so Big City unsuccessful THERE'S A JOB FOR YOU IN A SUMMER CAMP don't miss it. continued from page 10 crafting a character of depth. He was The American Camping Association (NY) will make •Take Her, She's Mine returns film prevent it from being a veritable so successful that by the end of the your application avail, to over 300 camps in the tonight for one final performance in success. Swoosie Kurtz does her best movie I found myself almost caring for Jamie. Northeast. Exciting opportunities for college students the Sid Richardson basement. in the crucial role of Fox's friend from the magazine, but her part is so poorly At the end of the novel, the narra- and professionals. Positions avail: all land and water SUNDAY written that the audience can't tell if tor decides that he'll have to start sports, arts & crafts, drama, music, dance, tripping, •Albert Collins, "a guitar de- she's attracted to him, or vice-versa. over. Apparently, Fox has decided to nature, R.N.'s, M.D.'s, Aides, kitchen, maintenance. mon," plays Rockefeller's this eve- Fox nearly saves the movie. In the blow off all the Teen magazine stories COLLEGE CREDIT AVAILABLE. CALL OR ning. Remember, the most difficult opening half hour, he forced me to about him and start over as a real WRITE FOR APPLICATION. AMERICAN time in anyone's life is when you have give up my unavoidable impressions actor. Following Fox's new career to murder a loved one because they of him as Alex P. 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BESIDES, WHO WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY MORNINGS, ANYWAY? THRESHER Sports Friday. April 15,1988 13 Feisty Owls shock Longhorns with 6-4 victory by Scooter Yee apparently inviting him to discuss to score five runs in their half of the Aggieland, with the usual series p.m. and a doubleheader starting at 2 The baseball team quenched a four- their differences over dinner. Soon second, three of them on errors. Rice opener scheduled for Friday night at 7 pjn. on Saturday. year drought last weekend as it gained thereafter, the Rice bench emptied fought back for three runs in each of its first victory over the Texas Long- and the Longhorn bench'cleared half the next two innings. In the bottom of horns since 1984. The 6-4 win came way. No punches were thrown, the second, Mathews connected for in the opener of last Saturday's dou- though, and order was soon restored his firsthomerunof the year, bringing bleheader against the then Number 2 to the friendly confines of Cameron. home three runs. Rice scored its three ranked Longhorns at Cameron Field. The tension and competitiveness, runs in the next inning by taking Rice lost the second half of the however, had not dissipated. advantage of the five walks issued by twinbill 11-9. n Texas opened its final at bat with a Texas pitchers during that inning, The doubleheader split followed play that was ruled as a hit-by-pitch. giving Rice its only lead of the game. Texas' 15-2 drubbing of the Owls in But John Pope and a few hundred of Texas countered in the fourth with the series opener Friday night Earlier the fans watching felt that the batter three more runs, all off a towering in the week, on Wednesday, the Owls had leaned into the ball. One strong- homer to right by, sadly, a Texas lost 15-4 to UNLV. lunged observer shared his opinion on player who began his college career at Obviously, the 15-2 massacre in the play with the rest of the crowd by Rice, Mike Patrick. Rice proceeded to Friday's game did not bode well for bellowing that Texas players had as tie the game in the fifth with a single the Owls'chances in the rest of the much integrity as Jimmy Swaggart. run, and tallied another single run in series. Said Saturday's winning Anyhow, the game continued, with the ninth off a solo homer by the fiery pitcher John Pope, "We just had to Pope giving up another single before Weese, but this was not enough, as regroup after Friday's game. Every- striking out the next two batters and Texas scored three runs in the late body gets beat by Texas. Youhaveto getting the final out on a grounder to innings to scrape outanll-9win.Rob be able to bounce back." The Owls second. Howard was the loser in this one as ten 0 had quite a bit to bounce back from as All six of Rice's runs came in the of the runs were charged to him in six- UT hammered out 18 hits to the Owls' fifth inning. Catcher Chris Robertson plus innings of work. Howard's rec- 3. Concerned with having an started things off with a bloop single ord goes to 5-3,1-1 in conference. adequately rested pitching staff for to right field Designated hitter Greg The series with Texas brought the the remainder of the series, Coach Campbell then followed with a bunt Owls season record 29-16, 5-7 in David Hall had no choice but to leave attempt, but the throw to first pulled conference play. As of press time, this starter John Polasek in the game even the Texas infielder covering off the put the Owls in a tie for fifth-place in though he gave up seven runs in the bag, and both runners were safe. The the SWC. Winning at least one of the Longhorns' third inning and another next play was as rare as any you will games against UT was of the utmost three runs in the fourth. Polasek fin- ever see, only because of the inept- importance for Rice's postseason ished with ten earned runs charged to ness with which UT handled it. Char- hopes. The fact that the win came his seven innings of work. The of- lie Weese laid a bunt down off a pitch against the #2 team in the nation and fense, having its usual difficulty in that was pretty dam close to his head. that it handed the Longhorns their getting going, did not tally anything The bunt was laid down fair, but first conference loss gave the Owls a until the eighth and ninth innings, Weese was sprawled on the ground in big psycological lift. "That victory scoring single runs in each. trying to avoid contact of the ball-to- gives us a little more momentum," But what a difference a day makes. head variety. The Texas catcher said Coach Hall. "We feel we could The Owls were nothing but smiles fielded the bunt and threw to third, go to College Station next weekend and backslaps on the field after their attempting to nail pinch runner Mer- and win a few," he continued. hard fought win over Texas Saturday ritt Robinson coming from second. Rice has a tough, but not impossible afternoon. John Pope had his first The throw was ruled late, and while road ahead. Only the top four teams good luck outing of the conference the Texas third baseman argued the get to play in the postseason and Rice season as he beguiled the Longhorns play, apparently forgetting that a has to win against some very good game was still on, Weese got up and with a well-mixed repertoire of teams to gain ground, namely, A&M, Chuck Weese turned a sweet double play against UT -L. Cowsar pitches. Pope, now 4-4, won for the scampered over to first, producing a Arkansas, and Houston. Having lost first time in four conference starts bases-loaded, no-out situation. Sec- some early conference games against even though he had given up a total of ond baseman Hugh Woolever then some of the weaker SWC schools, the only tour earned runs in his three walked bringing home the first run, men in blue have their job cut out for previous starts. The left-hander had and centerfielder Ben Mathews fol- them. "We lost some games against DISCOUNT eight strikeouts in his complete game lowed with a sacrifice fly to left-cen- teams we shouldn't have earlier this effort, and currently leads all Rice ter to bring home the second tally year," Pope remarked. "Now, we starters with a 2.73 conference ERA. (which went down officially as the have to come back against the good TRAVEL#^ The win did not come without some game-winner). Rightfielder Tim clubs like Texas. That's tough. It tense moments, however, as Pope had Vannaman then singled home another won't be easy, but we have a chance." run, bringing up the Owls' version of to work his way out of a couple of late- The Owls have a chance to host the Lowest prices on any inning jams. In the top of the sixth, The Big Bopper, Jay Knoblauh. Knoblauh jacked his eleventh fence- tournament this year at Cameron. Not Texas trimmed Rice' s seemingly safe getting in the top four this season ticket, anywhere, to five-run lead to just a two-run differ- clearer of the season, bringing home three runs. would mean no more chances to host ence on a three-run home run. Hall the tourney for another four or five anyone at anytime then came onto the field to calm Pope The second game did not provide as years, since host sites are rotated down, and apparently succeeded as happy an ending though, as Rice fell among the five SWC fields with You make the reservation the curveballer was able to get out of short by two runs. After scoring a run lights. Rice's next task on the road to the inning without further damage. in the first inning, Rice allowed Texas the Final Four is this weekend in You save the money. Though no more runs were scored the rest of the game, emotions were obvi- A 5% rebate on any ously running high on both sides. London School of Economics reservation you give us! Shortstop Charlie Weese grounded and Political Science out to first for what was to be the last And—the whole thing out of the game for the Owls. How- A chance to study and live in London ever, Weese apparently felt that the may be done on the phone! tag applied by the Texas pitcher was a Junior-year programs, Postgraduate Diplomas, One- little too rough ("duh...sorry, I Year Master's Degrees and Research Opportunities in Last year, TRAVELTRENDS, paid the Social Sciences. thought it was still football season"), Rice, U.T., and Baylor people over showing his umbrage by calmly tear- The wide range of subjects includes:- ing off his helmet and beckoning Accounting and Finance • Actuarial Science • Busi- $25,000 in rebates! politely to the Texas player (while ness Studies • Economics • Econometrics • being restrained by his teammates), Economic History • European Studies • Geography • Government • Health Planning • Housing • Industrial THE RULE: You must give us complete Relations • International History • International Rela- airline reservation data and tell them University of Houston College tions • Law • Management Science • Operational of Optometry seeks biostatisti- Research • Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method • TRAVELTRENDS will ticket (Southwest cian to assist faculty in design, Population Studies • Politics • Regional and Urban Airlines is excluded) management and analysis of Planning • Sea-Use Policy • Social Administration • clinical and basic research proj- Social Anthropology • Social Planning in Developing We supply boarding passes, hotel, car, ects. Minimum requirement is Countries • Social Work • Sociology • Social Psychol- ogy • Statistical and Mathematical Sciences • passport information, etc. M.S. in biometry or related area Systems Analysis • with doctoral work and/or statis- tical consulting experience pre- Application forms from: ferred. Salary up to $16,000 for Admissions Registrar, Room 10, L.S.E., 50% time. Send resume or CV to Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, England, IRAVELI RENDS Harold Bedell, College of Op- stating whether undergraduate or postgraduate. tometry, University of Houston, 529-2505 1740 SUNSET BLVD. 4901 Calhoun, Houston, Texas (NEAR RICE UNIVERSITY) 77QQ4, 14 Friday, April 15.1988 THRESHER Sports Lady Netters screaming for vengeance at UH by Wade Chow pared to do battle. Hostilities were played with Andrea Miller against her desire and skill that she is able to chance for another revenge. Revenge, it tastes so sweet. Espe- exchanged; blood was spilt. In the Shigekawa and Cadigan. They fought hold her own against the top players at Stina Almgren of Houston, probably cially when it's served cold. In finish- privacy of their rooms, the Irvinians hard, but couldn't prevail over Irvine. other schools. Sulzberger, nearly a bully when she was little, beat Emily ing third in this weekend's University probably pumped themselves full of UC-Irvine won 7-5, 6-0. crippled by a muscle pull in her leg, Cates 6-4, 6-1. Alice Vodicka sup- of Houston Invitational, the Rice steroids, shaved off their beards, and As Irvine went on to win the tourna- still managed to win all of her pressed Candy Diepraam's come- women's tennis team exacted their reported back to the KGB. But of ment, this particular match was more matches, doubles as well as singles, in back hopes 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Liz long-awaited vengeance on the Uni- course that is idle conjecture. like a finals or semifinals, and the the UH Invitational. "Many other Sulzberger chewed up Laura Hudson versity of Houston and the University At any rate, the UC-Irvine woman- Owls acquitted themselves nobly. players would have folded their tents 6-4,6-1 while Lori Cronk dismanded of New Mexico. Unfortunately, Rice sters overwhelmed the Owls, taking "We played Irvine closer than any- up and quit," said Blankenship. "I am Jenny Mainz 6-1,6-2. Allison Culver played in a very tough bracket, losing the day 5-4. Emily Cates again put in one," said Blankenship. "Given our indebted to them for taking the chal- made a tremendous rally but eventu- to the eventual champs, national a gritty fight, again took the first set, injury situation, we've done ex- lenge of playing hurt." ally lost to Brigette St. Hilaire 6-1,4- powerhouse UC-Irvine. but again victory lay beyond her tremely well. Four of our top six play- Though the Owls would have liked 6,7-6. Megan Tanner destroyed Beth The Owls humbled the infidels from reach. She lost to Courtney Weichsel ers are on a day-to-day basis." He to have won the Invitational, they Disel 6-0, 6-1. New Mexico who had beaten the 6-7, 6-3, 6-2. Alice Vodicka suffered chose Emily Cates and Liz "Gimpy" derived some satisfaction from meet- In doubles, Vodicka and Cronk team previously in Las Vegas. Away defeat at the unclean hands of Kathy Sulzberger for special praise. Both ing the University of Houston in the struggled, losing 6-4,6-0 to Almgren from the modem day Gomorrah, the Rose, 6-4, 6-4. Liz Sulzberger have serious injuries. Cates suffers consolation match. Though the match and Mainz. Sulzberger and Cates University of New Mexico could not showed the faithful that sometimes from a bad wrist which definitely did not count toward tournament continued their winning ways, beat- call upon the powers of darkness and Good does triumph over Evil. Over- hampers her play, and it is a tribute to play, the Owls were happy to have a see Lady, page 15 fell to the righteous Owls 5-4. In first coming adversity and probably devil singles play, Emily Cates fought val- worship, Sulzberger came back in the iantly against both a nagging wrist best Stallone tradition to mangle Rice distance medley team injury and Chris Hoffee, taking her Kelly Goldsborough 3-6, 7-6, 6-3. opponent to three sets. She lost4-6,6- Lori Cronk gave Rice further hope by 4, 6-3. Rice dominated the rest of the withstanding the rabid play of Karin joins elite at Texas Relays day, however, sweeping the rest of Bering in the first two sets, beating her the singles matches. Alice Vodicka 6-7, 7-6, 6-2. Allison Culver also by Anthony Wills (relay) put forth a phenomenal effort. The mile relay made up of Darrell overcame a bad start and survived survived a first set scare to dispose of The Texas Relays held in Austin, Danny ran a great lead off (800 me- Buckley, Patrick Gordon, Robbie JenniferToomy 4-6, 6-2, 7-6. Fight- Stacey Cadigan 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. Megan Texas, April 8-9, was not a meet for ters- 1:51.4 split). Robbie ran the hell Timmons, and Courtney Brown ing through near crippling pain, Liz Tanner came out strong against the faint of heart It was time to 'get out of the first 200 meters (split 20.9) teamed up to place 5th with a time of 'Gimpy' Sulzberger butchered Inger Haruko Shigekawa, but ran out of your shit together' as the relays and managed to put us up in the pack. 3:08.72. Straub indicated that the wet Sanderud 6-4, 6-3. At fourth singles, steam, losing 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. boasted some of the best talent across Alfredo probaly ran one of the best conditions of the track on Saturday Lori Cronk disposed of Rachel So the stage was set for the deciding the country and the world. The dis- times we'll see in the world at that had something to do with the relay's Wilson 7-6,6-3; at fifth, Allison Cul- doubles play. Rice suffered a setback tance medley relay led the men's track distance (2:53 split). Jon ran a 4.00 relatively slow time. The 400 meter ver beat up on Rachel Hostutler 7-6, when the team of Vodicka and Cronk team at the Texas Relays with an out- and made several moves to keep us in relay ran a 40.46 and barely missed 6-4; and at sixth Megan Tanner ham- failed in their comeback efforts standing performance. The relay is it. He put us in a position to win." qualifying for the finals. Straub was mered Suzy Weiser 6-3, 6-2. against Rose and Weichsel, losing 6- made up of four individuals who run For two of the four laps Warren led content with the 4xl00's effort, since Feeling confident, the Owls pre- 1,7-5. Sulzberger and Cates kept Rice 800 meters, 400 meters, 1200 meters, the pack but in the last 120 meters was it was the first time they had run it this pared ,to meet the seemingly invin- alive by beating Goldsborough and and 1600 meters, respectively. The outkicked by studs Mike Stahr and year. cible but almost certainly mindless Bering nearly senseless, 6^4, 6-2. At relay consisting of Danny Morales, Joe Falcon (from Georgetown and In the individual events, Darrell tennis automatons from California. third doubles, Coach Paul Blanken- Robbie Timmons, Alfredo Gomez Arkansas, respectively) who run 3:56 Buckley placed 4th in the 400 inter- Finding the company of the Califor- ship had to make a substitution be- and Jon Warren shattered the old or better in the open mile and are, mediate hurdles with a time of 51.33. nia girls unpleasant (they were cause of a chronic injury that has school record by 9 seconds, finishing probably the premier midClle distance Straub said, "Buckley put forth a bitches, said one source who wished plagued Allison Culver. Megan Tan- 4th in 9:32.7. Head Coach Steve runners in the country. Straub added, superb effort. He absolutely shattered to remain anonymous), the Owls pre- ner, normally teamed with Culver, Straub said, "The distance medley "the race did a lot for Warren and the first two hurdles but recovered Gomez. It showed them that they can and ran the last 200 meters of the race run with that level of competition." extremely well." To put the quality of the competition John Brattlof set a personal best and in perspective when the new rankings placed 4th in the pole vault with a RICE come out, the relay's time will most 16'3". Straub added, "Brattlof com- likely be the fourth fastest in the world peted very well and should continue INSTITUTE FOR POLICY ANALYSIS this year. to do well." The distance (6000 m) relay consist- The Owls held their own and came ing of Rich Dissly, Bill Barrett, Al- through with some great times against fredo Gomez, and Jon Warren also top-notch competition. The Owl's finished fourth with a time of next major competition will be next INVITES 15:30.30. Straub said, "The 4thplace week against Arizona, Nebraska and STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, finish does not indicate how well they L.S.U. Straub said, "This should be AND FRIENDS ran. 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I THRESHER Sports Friday, April 15, 1988 15 Owl netters climaxing season with best play by David Cumberland a highly ranked team (2nd in the driguez 6-3, 6-2, while Pearl stam- capable of." into the Texas match. They will face The Rice Owls men's tennis team conference, 16th in the nation) is peded over Eno Polo 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. Rice was certainly capable of whip- Texas Tech at Jake Hess at 3pm today lived up to its considerable potential indicative of their level of play. Joachim Hallstrom disposed of Chris ping lowly Pan American on Sunday, in the final dual matches of the year. It last week with wins in three dual The team started rolling last Wed- Greer 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 in coming back taking eight of the nine matches. looks good for the team, because as matches, including a big victory over nesday at home against Southwest from an injury. Bratka took the last The team now has a 9-8 dual match Turville says, "We're playing our 18th ranked Trinity. On Wednesday, Texas. The two squads split the six singles match when his opponent, record after four straight wins going best tennis right now." however, they fell to the highly singles matches. Freeman scorched Greg Tournant, foolishly drew a ranked Texas team by the slimmest of Mike Whittington 6-4, 6-4, while game penalty after several warnings. margins. Thome proved stronger than Brad The penalty came in the third set According to coach Larry Turville, Hamburg 6-7, 7-5, 6-2. Tim Schier tiebreaker, so the timing couldn't the squad "Came as close as you can took the other singles win. have been better for Rice, as Bratka without winning." Indeed, Rice had Rice needed two wins in the three won 6-1, 6-7,7-6. fate in their own hands as they had two doubles matches to take the dual The team still needed a doubles win • match points in the final and decisive match, and that's exactly what they to take the dual match, and Thome match. got as Taylor - Burton and Thome - and Wade provided that win. They The Owls looked strong in singles Wade teamed for wins. Those wins outlasted Polo and Chad Marsh 6-4, play, garnering wins from Don Free- gave the Owls the 5-4 decision, and 3-6, 6-4, and victory was Rice's man, Ken Thome, and Larry Pearl. bigger things were yet to come. again. Rod Burton, Chuck Bratka, and Saturday found the Owls back at Trinity is playing sore loser and has Joachim Hallstrom took losses. In Jake Hess, ready to upset the nation- filed aprotestonthe grounds that Rice doubles play, Burton and Andy Tay- ally ranked team fromTrinity Univer- used 9 different players in the match. lor lost, but Thome and Sean Wade sity. While Freeman and Burton fell at As coach Larry Turville says, "It's a kept Rice alive with a win. The team the top two spots, the depth of the sign of our depth that we can use nine of bratka and Pearl had victory within squad came through as the other four players against a nationally ranked their grasp, but it slipped away. singles players took their matches. team." Commenting on the win, Tur- That Rice played so close with such Thome embarrassed Manuel Ro- ville said, "We showed what we're Owls muscle up kicking game by Wes Gere drive the team to two touchdowns, angels dedicated to the anti-Christ has Rice football is getting ready for yet including a 65-yard bomb to redshirt to bode well for the team. another uphill struggle to get the big freshman Eric Henley on the first The first-half touchdown came right Winning Season next year, and the snap of the second half. Hollas was after a 29-yard pass to agile senior team wound up the '88 spring drills the SWC newcomer of the year last fullback Lorenzo Cyphers that put the last Saturday with the annual Blue- season for his performance at safety ball on the one-yard line. Gray game, where the Owls try to see as well as kickoff return man and The other score came in the form of how hard they can pound each other quarterback. Blue totaled 176 yards in a 35-yard field goal by sophomore before testing out the new machine on the air. Sammy Hartman, the kicker that's the rest of the NCAA. The perform- Henley rushed for 53 yards during also a defensive back and squats 450 ance highlighted new team leaders. the game. He's from Damien High lbs., so if Rice fans get really desper- The Blue team skunked the Gray this School in Los Angeles, so if you saw ate in a game, as we're known to do, time 17-0, with sophomore QB The Omen, you have to notice that a we can fall back on "Our kicker can Larry Pearl toasted his Burnt Orange foe in three sets —L. Cowsar Donald Hollas passing 10 of 17 to player from a school in the city of beat up your kicker, ha!"

Lady Netters rock EXCITING FAMILY-STYLE ENTERTAINMENT IS COMING TO: continued from page 14 "We fought hard overall," he said. ing Diepraam and St. Hilaire 7-5,6-1. "It was a disappointing loss. But Houston Tanner and Culver, reunited, again, with our resources, we're extinguished Hudson and Disel 6-2, doing very well." \ strodome 6-2.The 6-3 demolition of Houston ought to "put the fear of God into them," said the same anonymous source. Tuesday, the Owls entered the in- hospitable wasteland of Lubbock, Texas, to cleanse the ugly red stain from the courts of Texas T ech. Unfor- tunately, the Owls got off to a slow start and wound up losing 6-3. Mus- ing on the mysteries of the Lady Red Raiders (an oxymoron of the best sort), Coach Blankenship said: Tech is a funny team, with regard to their effectiveness athome and on the road. Away, they are terrible. But they play tough at home." Proof of Blankenship's statement showed in Annemarie Wilson's 6-2, 6-4 victory over Emily Cates. In the toughest match of the day, Alice Vodicka lost a tiebreaker-heart- breaker to Jaymie McCaffery 6-1,6- 7 (8-6), 7-6 (8-6). Liz Sulzberger again gave Rice a much needed win, pounding her opponent 6-4, 6-3. Cathy Carlson beat LoriCronk6-l, 6- ALL THE TOP OFF-ROAD TEAMS & DRIVERS WILL BE THERE! 1. Paula Brigance withstood a tre- Grand National Sport Trucks, UltraStocks", Super 1600s, ATVs, Super Lites and UltraCross mendous performance by Megan TOYOTA • MAZDA • NISSAN • FORD • CHEVROLET • VOLKSWAGEN • JEEP • PONTIAC Tanner, winning 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2. Allison Culver overcame a poor start, beating Tanya Hamilton 2-6,6-3,6-3. In doubles play, Watson-Brigance of Tech beat Vodicka-Cronk 6-1,6-4. Sulzberger and Cates chalked up TEAM TOYOTA'S STEVE MILLEN and IVAN "the Iron Man" STEWART • DANNY THOMPSON TELETHON* HOUSTON another victory, squashing the come- ROGER MEARS • GLENN "Fireball" HARRIS TOMMY CROFT • JIMMY WHITE • ROBBY GORDON I K.M. 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Send resume Bike Shop needs cashier, sales per- •Have you noticed how generic Weiss College is looking these days? Someone and photo to Saroc, Inc., Five Post sons, and mechanics. Full time pre- 4-bedroom furnished house for stole the letters from the front of their commons and submitted a picture as Oak Park, Suite 1820, Houston, ferred, or part-time 3-7 Tuesday, 3-6 rent. For the summer and/or 88-89 misclass. Weiss wanted to sue the backpage until they got their letters back. Texas 77027. Wednesday-Friday., 8:30-4 Sat. school year. 4034 Underwood/West Does this make sense? Apply in person at 5318 Crawford. U area. $650/mo., May 15-Aug 15. For tracing and drafting assistance, $800/mo., Aug 15-May 15. Has all call Christine (955-2232). Reason- Housesitting. Rice student seeks job the extras and more. Call 537-6384 to Saturday 16 able rates. for summer months. Plant and pet •College Track & Field Meet, 1:30. care included. Available from mid- •The Houston Festival is on today. 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The MSA-RU is open •Mexican Nite at the Pub—rally with cheap Corona, but Dos Equis is better. meets Saturday, April 16, at 1 pm in veloped town this summer. June 22- to all Rice students, faculty and staff. •At the River Oaks: Au Revoir Les Enfanls, a truly great movie. Go see it. the Kyle Morrow Room in Fondren July 18. Cost: $500. Call RSVP or For more information, call: Tariq Library. Featuring the start of the Lisa at 524-9782 for details. Ahmed (630-8952), MahmoudM. El- Saint Seiya series and the film Dan- Alem (x3824 or 660-8347), or Omar Wednesday 20 gaio. National Recreational Sports Week: Monk (x3829). •Another great movie at River Oaks: The ManchurianCandidate. Your parents Entry deadline for Intramural Charac- loved it, you will too. Found: 1 cat. Female, two-tone. 528- ter Drawing Contest is today at 4 prh, Rice Hillel. Friday, April 15 - Hillel •A bad movie at Bel Air, Dirty Dancing, but it does have Patrick Swayze. 5523. Gym office 203. 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If you want to be a Q: Where do fags go to relieve their lege women interested in giving of well as to hold elections for next hero, call Dorothy at 792-2626. Yet another Montrose Voice ad: sexual yearnings? Attractive TV (transvestite) desires A: Weiss—it's full of assholes. Frogremarks from Hell or close enough i correspondence with TVs, TSs, or fe- Due to popular demand, we here at Our roving reporter" (who does not marathon where people from each males who enjoy the TV lifestyle. I'd like a caffeine-free Jolt, please. the backpage have begun running a exist, but what the hell) went to ask state pass a single piece of Phlegmus TS must refer to time-shifting, guest column by the Incognito Frog CK just how they got their fajitas to Droopus (the kind of mold on last which is industry jargon for recording I have a nomination for Sammy the CreaturefromLovett. It willremai,n a look AND taste like landfill, but un- week's fajita meat) from one side of TV shows and watching them later. 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