Brown College Freshman Killed in Car Accident
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H • t ^ Vol. LXXXIX, Issue No. 29 e KiceSINCE 19161 hresheFridayr, May 24 , 2002 Brown College freshman killed in car accident by Mark Berenson leased from the hospital within a As Peck drove down Greenbriar "The driver's side of the car had THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF week after the accident. and crossed Bissonnet, the driver's taken the full brunt of the collision," As of press time, no charges had side of her Volkswagen was hit by a Lewis said. "I don't believe a single Brown College freshman Erin been filed against the driver. white Chevy Silverado driven by a piece of glass on the Volkswagen Peck was killed in a car accident Mattel College freshman Erin Por- 29-year-old male. was intact." May 10. She was 18. ter, an architecture major, said that on Witnesses told police that the Another witness said the entire The accident occurred at the in- May 10, the 20 or so freshman archi- Silverado was driving westbound on car was mangled. tersection of Greenbriar Street and tecture students, including Peck, who Bissonnet at a high rate of speed — "It was pretty badly damaged," Bissonnet Street at about 11:50 p.m. were still in Houston went to the Hous- some witnesses said at least 60 miles Kenny Yates (Brown '97) said. "You ton home of Peck's parents for dinner. per hour. The Silverad and was pass- could see the outline of the roof and See related story on Brown College After dinner, the group went to Amy's ing cars by weaving in and out of the if you looked carefully, you could freshman Erin Peck, Page 9. Ice Cream, Porter said. oncoming traffic lane, Houston Po- kind of see certain areas." Most of the students returned to lice Department spokesman Martin The impact killed Peck instantly, campus; However Peck, Wiess Col- DeLeon said. and the Harris County Medical Ex- The car Peck was driving was hit by lege freshman Stephanie Hsie, Baker According to David Lewis, who aminer determined the cause of death a truck driven by an admitted drunk College freshman JP Jaworski and witnessed the crash, the impact to be blunt force trauma to the head. driver who ran a red light. Lovett College sophomore Mark pushed Peck's Jetta at least 100 feet Other witnesses told police that The three other passengers in Watabe went to pick up a movie in west on Bissonnet, severely damag- the Silverado did not attempt to the car, all Rice students, were re- Peck's car. ing the car. See ACCIDENT, Page 9 Brown College freshman Erin Peck Cruz's four HRs lead Owls by Jonathan Yardley from playing every day to playing every other THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF day or just against lefties," Cruz said. "Being able to prove to [Coach Graham J and prove to There's nothing like a good road trip to get myself that I can hit off righties again and get back on track. that recognition of curveballs and sliders is a After giving its fans a scare with some very uplifting feeling." come-from-behind wins and even some home Cruz's first homer of the weekend Saturday losses, the baseball team got back to its win- cut the Rice deficit to 4-2 and ignited 15 runs over ning ways with a weekend sweep of Fresno the next three innings, including two doubles and State University last weekend in Fresno, Calif. a home run from Sinisi, who drove in six runs on The Owl offense exploded for an astonish- the night. Sinisi's average stands at .434 heading ing 11 runs in the top of the ninth inning intotonight'sgame.justaheadofLanceBerkman's Saturday and totaled 14 extra-base hits in the Rice single-season record of .431, set in 1997. The series' final two games, more than in Rice's transfer from the University of Texas was hon- previous nine games combined. Leading the ored Wednesday as a semifinalist for the Rotary way was previously struggling sophomore Smith Award for college baseball's top player. shorstop Enrique Cruz, who bashed two home The ()wls breezed 17-9 and carried the offensive runs both Saturday and Sunday. momentum into Sunday's series finale. "It was a big breakout for him," freshman The Owls already had a 3-0 lead in the top of first baseman Vincent Sinisi said. "He needed the first inningwhen Cruzstepped upand ripped CHRISTINE LIANG/THRESHER that and we've been looking for that all year a three-run shot, setting the tone for a 12-1 rout. from him." "It was great to spark up the team because Snack time Cruz leads the team with 15 home runs, our bats were kinda dead the past couple Baker College graduates Neil Little, Sarah Ainsworth and Kevin Askew enjoy some Jello and raised his average from .212 to .234 with a weeks and everybody just blew up Saturday during Commencement Speaker Bill Cosby's address. See Feature, Pages 16-17. 6-for-10 weekend. and Sunday," Cruz said. "It was great personally because I've gone See BASEBALL. Page 27 Brown fall contigency plan set INSIDE OPINION Page 3 Completion date for new wing of college unknown, construction tight Remembering New York A&E Page 19 Currently 12 incoming students by Mark Berenson into the new quad wing. 'Sammys' awards theatre quality Director of Project Management are scheduled to live in the quad THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Barbara White said Brown is pro- wing. However, Brown President SPORTS Page 23 Brown College members who are jected to be completed prior to the Stan Chan said that if there was a Controversial swim coach resigns supposed to live in the new wing of fall semester but that the schedule is delay, those incoming students the college will stay at the Warwick extremely tight. would live in the tower for the year Hotel if construction delays make If the delay stretches into classes, instead. Enjoy the summer occupancy during the first weeks of returning students would live at the 'Twelve upperclassmen have vol- This issue of the Thresher classes unfeasible. Warwick Hotel, which is located unteered to move out of their rooms will be mailed to the homes of Housing and Dining Director north of campus on Main Street at in the tower, to use the contingency current and incoming students. Mark Ditman said he sent a letter to the Mecum Fountain. plan, and then move into the quad Our next issue will come out the college shortly after classes Ditman said the Warwick had no wing for the year," Chan, a junior, Aug. 23, the Friday of Orienta- ended outlining the contingency problems housing the students for a said. tion Week. plan. few weeks. Chan said the 12 upperclassmen Check out our Web site, If the delay in occupancy is no 'That time of year is a down-time were chosen from an alternate list STUART SINCLAIR/THRESHER www.ricethresher.org, throughout later than Orientation Week, all stu- for them, and it looked like the first that was made at room draw. Junior Tiane Burker runs in the the summer for continuing cov- WAC Championship 400-meter dents would be housed in the tower couple of weeks would be no prob- Ditman said that if a lengthy de- erage of Rice sports teams and relay. See Story, Page 23. and then quad residents would move lem," Ditman said. See BROWN, Page 8 other important campus events. Nonprofit Org. Jones building to open in July U.S. Postage bricks as the building required. departments which will be housed PAID by Mark Berenson "When architects and contractors in it, including English, Linguistics Houston, TX THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF are working together in a team-ori- and Art and Art History, as well as Permit No. 8300 The new $69 million Jesse H. ented environment, they can come the Center for the Study of Cultures. Jones Graduate School of Manage- up with great ideas that can save White said the renovations would be ment building is on track to be occu- time and help the impact on the carried out over the next year and pied in less than two months, Direc- campus," White said. should be completed during the sum- tor of Project Management Barbara White said the building will be mer of 2003. White said. substantially completed by July 5 Jones School Dean Gilbert White said that despite the unfin- and will host its first executive pro- Whitaker said he and the whole ished masonry work, the building is gram classes — non-degree courses Jones School community were for- dried in and sealed, meaning inte- offered through the Jones School — tunate and pleased to be moving in rior work can progress rapidly. on July 13. White added that addi- on time and were looking forward to White said the design and build- tional repairs and work would con- using the new facility. ing plan always called for continuing tinue through the summer. "We are going to, for the first time, the exterior work during interior When the new building is com- have really adequate classrooms and construction because of the time- plete and Herring Hall is vacated, it student space," Whitaker said. consuming process of laying as many will be renovated for the Humanities See JONES, Page 13 mwm THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2002 Ranonaue... y pavit> CH»en the iiiii Exhibiting excellence Three years of work by Kristian Salinas, film series coor- dinator for the Rice Media Center, have resulted in the type of event that has appeal both for film aficionados and college students looking for entertainment on a budget.