£LXJ H P WRESHER Volume 75, Number 21 Rice's lame-duck newspaper Friday, February 26,1988 SA Presidential election ties; runoff to be held by Samantha Hendren the original date of March 14 until be the University Council student With a one-vote margin and two- after the presidency is decided. representatives. vote discrepancy, this year's race for All of Tuesday's other elections The Honor Council referendum, Student Association president be- were decided as usual. Hanszen Col- which modified the Honor Council came the most closely contested elec- lege junior Alex Flenner won the Rice Constitution to exclude an unneces- tion in Rice history. Despite an elec- Program Council presidency with sary part of the appeals process, tion system specifically designed to 709 votes, compared to 522 votes for passed with an 88 percent approval by avoid the agonizing process of runoff Wiess sophomore Steamer LeCar- students. elections, the university's highest pentier. Lovett College senior Jamie The Student Association internal student office must remain vacant Daruwala won RPC internal vice- vice-president will be Baker sopho- until a runoff election Tuesday, president after a run-off with Will more Dennis Abbott, who ran March 15, between Will Rice College Rice junior Beth O'Donnell. The unopposed. The race for SA external junior Andy Karsner and Baker Col- RPC external vice-president will be vice-president was won by Hanszen lege junior Chip Lutton. Sid Richardson College sophomore sophomore Adam Carr with 788 The tallying of first-place votes Katherine Tasheff, who ran votes to 326 for Lloyd Bellah, also a yielded 623 for Karsner, 612 for Lut- unopposed. sophomore from Hanszen. Because ton, and 141 for the third candidate, Hanszenjuniors PatMcGarrity and Carr, as SA Secretary, was this year's Wiess College junior Saurabh Shah. Joel Sendek won the Thresher editor overall elections chairman, the tabu- When the second choices of Shah's election after a runoff with Will Rice lation for this particular race was supporters were redistributed, the sophomores Mary Elliott and Jen overseen by alternate members of the final results were 679 votes for Lutton Cooper. The first-place votes ended elections committee. and 678 for Karsner. with 465 for McGarrity and Sendek Hanszen sophomore Jenni Rausch Because there were two discrepan- and 479 for Elliott and Cooper. Add- won the race for S A treasurer, follow- cies, either candidate needed a margin ing in the second-place votes for ing a runoff with Baker junior James Baker Brown Hanszen Jones Lovett SRC Wiess WRC of three votes for the election to be Hanszen juniors Keith Couch and Dean. Wiess sophomore Lisa Th- A graphical distribution of the votes in Tuesday's Presidential election. Votes valid. Because the election will be re- Michael Lamont resulted in a total of ompson won SA secretary by a mar- for Andy Karsner are represented by the shaded area and votes for Chip run on March 15, the initiation of new 698 for McGarrity and Sendek and gin of 88 votes o ver B aker sophomore Lutton are represented by the lined area. SA officers must be postponed from 588 for Elliott and Cooper. Rose Unite. Running unopposed, Jones Col- RPC Treasurer was the only race in lege junior William Barrett will be which two runoffs had to be held to Fight Night raises $2300 for SHAPE University Court Chairman. Will get a candidate with a majority. It by Keith Couch fees, boxer entry fees and student Spagnola, Rice Weight and Strength Rice junior Michele Wucker and Will finally resulted in a win for Jones Approximately 600 spectators pledging of fighters. The SHAPE Coach Jeff Madden, and Houston Rice sophomore Mike Raphael will see SA elections, page 6 watched someof Rice's toughestmen Center, located in the Third Ward, Oilers comerback Richard Johnson ilght at Hanszen College's Fight provides educational help, drug abuse judged the event. Night Friday at Autry Court. Twelve clinics, tutoring, legal counseling and Ring girls were Marisa Salinas, Rupp announces plan boxing matches featured fighters employment programs for youth and Tricia McCutcheon, and Nancy iron- all eight colleges and weight adults. Jones. classes. The proceeds from the event McGaughey said, "We think that The evening opened with the clash to increase tuition wont to the Self Help for African everyone involved came away feeling of flyweights Lucky "Dragonfly" by Anu Bajaj hind us now," Rupp said. Peoples through Education (SHAPE) good about the event, and we hope it Sahualla of Hanszen College and At Monday's Student Association Private gifts have also been under Community Center. becomes an annual affair." Brian "FTD" Tagtmeier of Wiess meeting, President George Rupp tremendous pressure due to the slug- Fight Night organizers Bob McGaughey and Madden expressed College. Hanszen and Wiess had announced plans for a probable tui- gish Houston economy. There have McGaughey and Mike Madden were thanks to Houston Boxing Associa- taunted each other all week over this tion increase for next year. Although not been enough private gifts to cover able to give SHAPE approximately tion owner Josephine Abercrombie fight, and their fans brought the crowd Rupp said that the amount would not expenses. $2,500, raised through admissions and HBA manager Bob Spagnola. see Students, page 6 exceed last year's increase of $500, an Rice will also have to bear a greater exact amount has not been set. portion of the financial aid burden. "In December, we were five mil- Texas Tuition Equalization grants lion dollars short on the revenue side. used to provide approximately $2-2.5 Tuition will be voted on in the March million in aid and were the biggest Board of Governor's meeting. We are source of aid for Rice students. These working very hard. .we want very grants are being cut and will no w only much to avoid a tuition increase," said provide roughly half as much aid. Rupp. "In general, over the last four to Though the tuition increase would five years, the percentage Rice gets account for only a small percentage of from state and federal aid has dropped the $5.23 million shortfall, Rupp be- from ^-5 percent to 30 percent," said lieves that the students should carry Rupp. their share of the burden. The Financial Aid Officc still plans "I guarantee that any tuition in- to fulfill all need. However, because crease" will generate only a small frac- of the decline in federal and state tion of the $5.23 million gap. It seems grants, more of the money will have to only reasonable that tuition.. .carries come from Rice's own resources. its fair share of the load," said Rupp. The Student Association does not Currently, Rice subsidizes 80 per- plan to fight the tuition increase. The cent of a student's education at Rice S A could only express an opinion and for students paying full tuition and would have no say in the matter. more for those on financial aid. Rupp According to SA President Kevin said he hopes to maintain this ratio. Gass, "That's [voicing an opinion] "We want to try to keep the tuition basically the only thing we have read- level at approximately 20 percent of ily at our disposal. The options in- the educational cost," he said. see Tuition, page 4 A number of factors have contrib- uted to this loss in revenue. These INSIDE: factors include revenue problems from investments, decreasing reve- Opinion: Allen Parkway Village nue from Institute on Computer Serv- housing project, p.2. ices and Applications (ICSA) and News: New building to go up decreasing federal and state financial (what tuition increase?), p. 7. aid grants. "We have had revenue problems Feature: Presidential candi- £TRU fan Scott Davidson requests autographs from cisk jcckeys Jonathon Sadow, Alex Malinin 2nd B-id Thomas. from oil, gas, and real estate invest- dates plugged, p. 7. Malinin and Thomas brodcast Rice's Women's Basketball SWC home games. Sadow is their color man. Fans should ments. These investments have not bring their Walkmans to the last game on March 5 at 5 p.m. against the University of Houston. KTRU disk jockeys will Sports: Beloved ruggers be playing Rice women basketball alumni during halftime of the men's game that evening. The tipoff for the men's game been increasing lately. Hopefully, trounce UH team, p. 14. ls 7:30 p.m. —L. Cowsar these problems are pretty much be- 2 Friday, February 26,1988 THRESHER Opinion Saving housing project worthy The City of Houston is noted for its lack of commitment to planning and SPANNING THE HEDGES to its lack of commitment to social by David Schnur T0S/AN6EUST services. It is not surprising, then, that the Houston Housing Authority is The HHA advances several more The architect is accurate, but one PSTCHI/W trying as hard as it can to tear down arguments for tearing down Allen could also call The Woodlands a * Allen Parkway Village and sell the Parkway Village. The authority rea- prime example of 1980's upper- land to developers. sons that smaller projects should be middle class suburban housing de- „ But the HHA's plans were set back built, dispersing the poor across the sign. This does not automatically last week when the 44-year-old pub- city rather than concentrating them in make it historically significant. lic housing project was placed on the a few ghettoes. While this is a valid Significant or not, Allen Parkway National Register of Historic Places. point, the factremains that the city has Village must be saved not only be- Allen Parkway Village perhaps is not many homeless residents and very cause it can provide shelter for 1,000 truly historically significant, but if the few units of low-income housing.