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Vol. LXXXVIII, Issue No. 24 SINCE 1916 Friday, March 16, 2001 Language proficiency requirement repealed
by Olivia Allison lition of the language requirement. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Zammito, also the History Department Change will apply retroactively to freshmen chair, then presented a motion to "retroac- The faculty voted overwhelmingly to elimi- "I think we've diagnosed the problem wrong," abolishing the requirement is the most efficient tively abolish" the requirement for students nate the foreign language competency require- Driskill said. "We didn't change our ideas about thing to do. who matriculated this year. ment for all students, including this year's fresh- the need for students to speak another lan- "The existing implementation of the language Freshmen will be able to apply foreign men, at Tuesday's general faculty meeting. guage. ... I think we're hindering the students if proficiency requirement is not something we language courses toward their humanities dis- About 10 minutes of discussion preceded we just blow out the requirement because I think can go forward with," he said. "The most sen- tribution requirement even though first-year the vote. English Professor Linda Driskill said [the faculty was! right in the first place, and sible way of dealing with that, to the faculty last language courses were not intended to count that although she thought the requirement what's wrong is the implementation." time, was to abolish the whole program." as humanities distribution, the faculty decided had been implemented poorly, it should not University Standing Committee on Under- Fewer than 10 of the estimated 75 faculty when the language requirement was instituted be abolished so quickly. graduate Curriculum Chair Jack Zammito said members in attendance voted against the abo- See LANGl LAGE, Page 11 Registrar announces preregistration changes
by Olivia Allison courses at any time before or during THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF the first two weeks of the semester, Registrar Jerry Montag said. Students will be able to adjust Also, because the Registrar's Of- their fall schedules beginning im- fice is hoping to introduce online mediately after preregistration this registration beginning this fall, year. Montag said he will not implement a Currently, students cannot add previously discussed system of pref- new classes or drop courses they erential preregistration in the near have preregistered for until the be- future. ginning of the next semester. The new add/drop policy was one Allowing students to add and drop change to preregistration approved courses after they have preregistered by the University Council Monday. April 2-6 will enable them to begin The ot her change is that students making changes to fall semester See REGISTRATION, Page 10
w-i m <4m Ballot to include revised KATIE STREIT/THRESHER SAS strikes back South Asian Society dancers prepare for one of their annual performances, South Asian Night, to be held at EM sports referendum 6:30 tonight. This year's "SAS Wars" begins in Hamman Hall and ends with dinner in the Grand Hall of the Student Center. Tickets, which are $5 for students and $7 for non-students, can be purchased in advance from college representatives. by Meghan Miller tor of Student Activities, said. "We THRESHER STAFF have great refs. They're spread too thin sometimes." A revised version of the recently Hicks added that the increased defeated referendum to increase the fee would make intramural sports intramural sports program fee will safer. Hicks said this is because when Race and the college system discussed appear on the Spring Elections bal- referees are poorly trained or do not lot. show up, the risk of injury increases. by Elizabeth Decker Richardson College senior Sonja Gee Asian upperclassmen. The paper was done for Emerson's Sociology 309, Spring Elections take place Hicks and IM Director Tina THRESHER STAFI and Hanszen College junior Mustafa March 23-28. Villard, who worked on the referen- Dohadwala to address why a dispro- Race and Ethnic Relations. The new version of the referen- dum, said they hope emphasizing Facilitating and promoting trans- portionately high percentage of Baker College junior John Lin, dum, approved Monday night by the that the program budget has not fers between residential colleges to black and Hispanic students choose an Asian panel member, introduced Student Association Senate, focuses increased in eight years will increase allow minority students to live with to live off campus. the idea that the number of minority 011 the need to increase the current support for additional funding. students of their own race was dis- The discussion began in response upperclassmen living on campus $10 per student fee by $5 to compen- "We haven't had a raise in eight cussed at a multicultural panelTues- to a research paper by Hanszen jun- could be increased by encouraging sate for inflation. The referendum years," Villard said. "When you look day. ior and Student Association Presi- students to transfer between col- states that the money will be used to at it, you can't find any budget that About 150 people attended the dis- dent-elect Jamie Lisagorand Hanszen leges to ensure that minority stu- improve training for officials, in- hasn't had a raise in eight years." cussion, moderated by Sociology As- sophomore Carolyn Shulman that dents were surrounded by other stu- crease officials' salaries and upgrade Hicks and Villard are working sociate Professor Michael Emerson. found 75 percent of black and His- dents that they felt comfortable with. equipment. with the sports representatives in The five panelists each came from panic upperclassmen live off campus Lin cited a low concentration of "We need to make an investment the colleges to inform students about different ethnic backgrounds. as compared to 40 percent of white minority students at each of the resi- into officiating," Mona Hicks, direc- See REFERENDUM, Page 8 The panel was organized by Sid upperclassmen and 37 percent of See FLIGHT, Page 9
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Spring Elections OPINION Page 3 petitions due today Respect required for diversity A&E Page 12 The deadline for submitting Lovett produces 'No Exit' petitions for the Spring Elec- tions. which will take place LIFESTYLES Page 17 March 23-28, was extended to Aries provides heavenly food today. The positions available are SPORTS Page 22 Honor Council at-large repre- Losses plague Lady Owls sentatives, Sammy the Owl, University Court senior class Scoreboard representative, University Baseball Council undergraduate repre- Texas 7, Rice 4 sentative and Campanile editor. Hawaii 4. Rice 3 Men's basketball Fresno State 60. Rice 52 Quote of the Week Women's basketball "The move will continue to go Texas Christian 78. Rice 58 forward to get rid of those stanky ELIZABETH JARDINA/ THRESHER Weekend Weather uniforms." Friday — Student Activities Director Still perfect Partly cloudy, 46-63 degrees Mona Hicks, in reference to the Freshman Richard Barker, last week s Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week, hits a running forehand Saturday Autry Court uniforms at Monday's in his 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 win over the University of North Carolina's Marcio Patrone at the No. 1 singles spot Monday. Showers, 49-59 degrees Student Association meeting. Three Owls came back to win their singles matches after losing the first set to help the Owls squeeze out a 4-3 Sunday See Story, Page 8 win and preserve Rice's undefeated 12-0 record. See Story, Page 21. Showers, 52-67 degrees - THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY. MARCH 16.2001
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movies to campus :V:;- When Kristian Salinas began as Rice Cinema coordinator last march, he made it his mission to reconnect with Rice Cinema's traditional community audience and to provide more appealing fr fare for students. We can't speak for the non-Rice community, but he's cer- tainly piqued our interest. Earlier this month, Rice Cinema co- hosted the first Houston run of Yi Yi, a film that had already received a great deal of positive buzz. March also marked the beginning of the "Oscar Skips" series, which includes such critically acclaimed but little-nominated indie films as Dancer in the Dark and Requiem for a Dream. Independent cinema is not for everyone, but films like these represent the best the genre has to offer. In fact, sometimes they represent the best the media has to offer as a whole. For the Rice Cinema to bring these films to our doorstep is an accom- plishment, and we'd like to say thanks.
Watching RBT mature 2 g On-campus cable may have a zillion channels, but often it seems like there's nothing on. That's precisely the problem that 0> 9^ the new blanket-tax organization, Rice Broadcast Television, is charged with fixing. As members of a blanket-tax organization that's been around for a while, we at the Thresher want to offer some friendly advice. cr> cu Rice students have come to expect a lot from the previously existing blanket-tax organizations. At a school where dozens of student clubs are formed and dissolved every year, these organizations have stood the test of time and become long- youR own Rice SToDenT standing institutions. Now that RBT has joined the ranks, K students will expect the same. RBT needs to be a dependable presence on campus from LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I year to year. This means it needs to recruit enough people to keep the organization vibrant and growing, as opposed to Language requirement form of coercive learning during his to so many people here is abso- dissolving when current members graduate. The bigger and or her time here. lutely worthless. necessary at Rice Have we gotten all too used to more dedicated the staff is, the greater the options for produc- getting out of distribution require- Matt Williams ing content. To the editor: ments through classes like "Rocks Sid sophomore And right now, content is what RBT needs most. The student I read an article on the language for Jocks," "Stat Too-Easy" and requirement that appeared in the "Clapping for Credit"? I do not doubt body's expectations have increased — an hour of programming Thresher ("Faculty Votes to Abolish the value of a well-rounded educa- here and there doesn't cut it anymore. The Campanile is Language Requirement," March 2) tion, but I think maybe one side of CONTACTING THE expected to come out once a year, the Thresher once a week. and was appalled. that education is getting a little more Now that you have the money to increase your capabilities, it's I feel that the language require- rounded than the other. THRESHER ment has not had a chance to prove 1 do feel like our high schools time for RBT to start coming up with programming on a regular, itself, yet the faculty, after little more have let us down as far as language Letters timely basis. A brand-new installment of "Owl's Eye News" once than one semester, is ready to do instruction goes, or at least mine away with it completely. did. m Letters to the editor., a week is great; it's up to you to produce and advertise it. But that should be sent to the Thresher hour each week isn't enough. I strongly support the language I do not, however, think that that requirement. We can no longer ex- should be any reason for Rice to by mail, fax, e-mail to Once there is increased programming, RBT needs to work pect eveiyone to accommodate our drop its language requirement; if [email protected] or be deliv- on actively informing students about what is being broadcast. needs and learn English. anything, it should be grounds for ered in person. We prefer that letters be submitted on disk The RBT Web page (http://www.rufrice.edu/~rbt) shows prom- To allow students to graduate strengthening it. A "watered-down" without some knowledge of a for- language requirement is unaccept- or by e-mail. Letters must be ise, but it's not updated frequently enough. We can't know to eign language perpetuates the ste- able, but eliminating the require- received by 5 p.m. on the Mon- tune into "Owl's Eye News" on Thursdays if we don't know that reotype of the ignorant, stubborn ment does not solve the problem. If day prior to a Friday publica- it's going to be on. The various other segments and programs American. anything it only exacerbates the tion date. • All letters must be signed RBT runs are often interesting and deserve an audience, but Proficiency in another language existing one. not only implies a sound understand- I have also heard the argument and include a phone number. they get even less publicity than the news show. Students need ing of grammar as well as the ability that the language requirement pulls Rice students and alumni must easy access to a well-publicized schedule; then again, if the to write, speak, read and listen effec- students out of other classes that include their college and year. tively in another language, but it is they would have otherwise taken, We will withhold names upon shows pop up in weekly time slots long enough, hopefully we'll request. know their times by heart. also the first and most necessary and may hinder them in their stud- step to understanding another cul- ies in one of the more demanding • Letters should be no By watching RBT's news broadcasts, we can tell that RBT ture. majors, such as chemical engineer- longer than 250 words in folk enjoy doing what they do, and that's essential to keep it The way in which people com- ing. length.The Thresher reserves the right to edit letters for from becoming a chore. municate is just as telling of their The language requirement perspective of the world as the words both content and length. But perhaps it's time to better separate the news and humor should not, at least in theory, pull that they say. anyone away from any other class at News Tips aspects of "Owl's Eye News." It would add credibility to keep the I am strongly convinced that pro- Rice. news show straightforward and, well, true. There are countless ficiency in a foreign language, in As I understand it, the first year m Tips for possible news sto- ries should be phoned in to other hours in the week for comedy and all sorts of other addition to offering insight into the of language study does not count lives of other people, gives one a toward distribution of any kind, leav- the Thresher at (713) 348-4801. interesting things. competitive advantage in the busi- ing the student with another four Subscribing ness world. In my recent search for Group I classes to take before de- • Annual subscriptions are a summer internship, nearly every gree requirements have been ful- available for $50 domestic and firm listed knowledge of a foreign filled. $105 international via first Erratum language as a plus, if not a neces- It may be a little extra work class mail. The March 2 editorial "Construction's other costs" incor- sity. each semester during the fresh- rectly stated the number of sand volleyball courts remaining on In response to the comments man and sophomore years, but this Advertising made by Associate English Profes- is Rice after all; we should have to campus. There are three such courts, not one. Brown, Sid m We accept both display sor Scott Derrick to the effect that work a little bit harder here, we and classified advertisements. Richardson and Lovett Colleges each have one. coercive learning is ineffective, I should have to do a little bit more. Contact the Thresheriov more would like to point out that every The Thresher regrets the error. Otherwise, that reputation for ex- information. single Rice student endures some cellence that seems so important mm •
THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 Poster girl with no poster Are they laughing with me or at me? Drinking less helps health, memory Americans should shift If yon had told me the voices in my Since that morning last spring, without enduring a construction head had gotten together to form a my drinking habits have undergone zone between my ears. drum circle, I would have believed a dramatic overhaul. I still drink, but We scoff at people who stress you. I've learned more about what mod- moderation. Yet, I wonder how much focus to new president I was curled up on a eration means. What has of our spring breaks many of us sure has been do- nization. If religious organizations beach chair, sitting on the surprised me in the last remember this year. I hope it's more Bill Clinton ing some interesting things the can't go through the trouble of deck of a friend's beach year is what I've noticed than I remember of mine last year. past few weeks. Since inaugura- obtaining 501 (c) (3) status — en- house, bandana tied over about those people who tion day, it seems like the ex- suring that the money they apply my hair and my stuffed drink around me. president's actions for will benefit people bear clutched under one Far fewer of my fellow arm, praying for die world have received non-stop beyond their member- students than I had ex- Educate yourself about ship and that they will to end. It wasn't a bad coverage in the nation's pected drink heavily. In behave like the organi- break-up or a fight with alcohol and its effects newspapers, news fact, there is parity on this broadcasts and talk zations that they are friends. Thanks to an un- campus in terms of stu- shows. From his ques- competing with forfed- fortunate encounter with Lizzie on your body, and dents who choose not to tionable last-minute eral funding — then half a bottle of tequila, it Taishoff drink and those who do. pardons to his poor se- they do not deserve was the worst hangover encourage your friends What scares me, how- lection of office space government money. of my life. ever, are not the people to do the same. to the unavoidable fact I vaguely remember telling my who have two or three drinks in an Plus, there is al- that he has some really Michael ways a chance that any friend to stop moving the deck be- evening, but those who lose count stupid relatives who cause it was making my head hurt. I — every weekend. Often called Nalepa support these organi- like to take bribes, zations receive from don't remember much of the night binge drinking, this pattern is the The week coming up is yet an- the government could before. most dangerous. When I got that other awareness week — Alcohol Clinton has been in the go directly toward funding the This drinking episode sounds like hangover I was binging — drinking Awareness Week. And, as sick as I media spotlight so much that it hardly feels like he's left office. religious organization instead of a story of youthful experimentation as much as I could in a short period am of being aware, I think this one is a program. And this kind of fed- from freshman year. The problem is important to recognize. March 22 is But he has. And it's time for of time to get as drunk as possible. eral support for religion erases that it's not. It happened during In the process I probably killed a National Alcohol Screening Day, the media to quit chasing Bill, and see what George is up to. any remaining separation be- spring break one year ago when I few thousand brain and liver cells. which means there will be places on Our new president, George tween church and state. really should have known better. Drinking in moderation — meaning campus with information about al- W. Bush, is probably pretty happy Since high school, I have been two drinks per hour instead of eight cohol, how it affects you and what Another scary Bush idea is with all of the attention that deluged by information about alco- — does not seem to impact the body moderation is all about. Educate his tax cut, which seems to be Clinton has been getting'. The trickle-down economics with a hol and it's effect on the body. I even negatively. In fact, some studies in- yourself about alcohol and its ef- New York Times recently ran an new name. Senate Minority teach a class on the responsible ser- dicate that people with heart trouble fects on your body, and encourage article that went so far as to credit Leader Tom Daschle (D-South vice of alcohol. How then could I be may benefit from small amounts of your friends to do the same. Clinton's blunders with Bush's Dakota) told CNN that 43 per- so careless when it came to my own red wine. The key is small amounts. College is a time to have fun, apparently successful first weeks cent of the benefits of the tax cuts health and safety? explore new ideas and push our own Excessive consumption of alcohol in office. would go to the wealthiest one We're in college. We're young. boundaries. It's not a time to be kills brain and liver cells and dam- percent of Americans. Solving And we somehow think we're invin- ages your nervous system. stupid and risk the health and safety In the days since Jan. 21, Bush has done several major things economic problems by dumping cible and the rules of the outside It took me three years to learn of ourselves and those around us. that have almost been footnotes tax cuts on the rich didn't work in world can't touch us. I find this way my limits when it came to alcohol. I Remember? in the nightly news and on the the '80s, and it probably isn't go- of thinking disappointing and dan- drink less now, but I find that I enjoy front pages. The first red flag was ing to work now. gerous, and I think we're better than myself much more. The next morn- Lizzie Taishoff is a Mess College the Ashcroft nomination. Now, Why not try something differ- that. ing, I remember how much fun I had senior. Bush is president, and it's his ent? Why not try to stimulate the prerogative to nominate whoever economy by giving incentives to he wants to his cabinet. His nomi- working-class Americans who Guest column nees were overwhelmingly safe comprise the majority of our popu — and smart — bets, and most of lation and are responsible for the them waltzed through confirma- bulk of America's productivity? Diversity at Rice starts with mutual respect tion hearings. Ashcroft was dif- It's a crazy idea, I know, but no ferent. The senate was split al- crazier than the current plan. It is an official policy that the only offer facilitative social activities for also treated with the same disre- most in half, straight down party Maybe a tax cut isn't the way to radio station that can be played in students interested in them. Never- gard. Many have been appalled to lines, over the decision. Every go anyway. Besides, we do still the Autry Court weight room is theless, all students are supposed to find the common bathroom floors Republican and a handful of have the national debt to worry KKRW Classic Rock. Moreover, the participate in the same games and sticky with alcohol, a shower cabin Democrats voted for him, and a about, not to mention social secu- station absolutely cannot social activities as if they soiled with someone's feces, or a group of 42 Democrats voted rity. Bush said that he will tackle be switched to KBXXThe constituted a homog- sink filled with vomit for the entire against him. these problems in addition to giv- Box because of previous enous group. The insensi- weekend. Naturally, the perpetra- This is not exactly a glittering ing us a big tax cut. And he's also complaints. Some people tivity to diversity demon- tors often refuse to cleanse their example of Bush reaching across going to give more money to the objected against playing strated by the organizers own mess during the weekends be- party lines. military. And he's going to chan- hip-hop music in the gym, of orientation week every cause they know that come Monday Bush's next questionable ac- nel more funds into education. and the staff decided that year is lamentable. Little morning the janitors will have to tion was even more severe. He But somehow, this doesn't all only the most mainstream consideration is shown for clean up. Such behavior is often tol- created an office for faith-based quite add up. radio station would be the numerous incoming erated because of racist attitudes organizations, and also said that Maybe I'm being a little hard played. Even though freshmen that do not fit and because of the aforementioned these groups would be allowed on Bush. But we probably won't KKRW is a great station, I Mugambi into the mold of Rice's inconsideration for other people. to compete with other non-profit really know how our new presi- think people should have Jouet- mainstream social life. It is time for change. Time for all groups for federal funds. This dent is performing until our old the right to listen to dif- It is important to real- members of the Rice community to should have set off lots of warn- president is completely off the ferent stations and types Nkinyangi ize that people are differ- be treated with equivalent respect ing bells. stage and Bush is in the media of music, including KBXX. ent, and that we live in a and consideration. This is one of the First off, religious organiza- spotlight all by himself. This anecdote reflects the status diverse society - and I'm not talking keys to diversity. tions can already receive federal of diversity at Rice, where the rule of only about race here. Even though funds. All they have to do is be- Michael Nalepa is opinion editor the majority prevails and is often numerous polls have confirmed that Mugambi Jouet-Nkinyangi is a Will come a 501(c) (3) non-profit orga- and a Lovett College senior. unchallenged. Not all members of orientation week and the residential Rice College junior. the Rice community are treated with college system are of limited appeal to the same respect and consideration. minority students, many white stu- Rice has been known to have a dents are not particularly attached to serious diversity problem but there on-campus social life either. The Rice Thresher, the official student has not been any significant improve- In an effort to increase diversity, a newspaper at Rice University since 1916, is published each Friday during the schoolyear, ment over the last three years. The diversity training session has recently the Rice Thresher except during examination periods and status quo remains. Take it or leave been added to O-Week. While this holidays, by the students of Rice University. it. If you don't like on-campus life was a necessary addition, it can only you might as well move off-campus. have a limited impact in itself. Unfor- Brian Stoler Editorial and business offices are located Well, maybe it is time for adjust- tunately, the attitude at Rice is often to Editor in Chief on the second floor of the Ley Student Center, ments. It is tnie that some people preach diversity instead of applying it. 6100 Main St., MS-524, Houston, TX 77005- are making real efforts to make on- The veritable way to promote diver- Jos6 Luis Cubria, Elizabeth Jardina Ajeet Pai 1892. Phone (713) 348-4801. Fax (713) 348- Mariel Tain Senior Editor Business Manager 5238. E-mail: [email protected]. Web page: campus life more welcoming to all sity at Rice is to actually practice it by Managing Editors http://www.ricethresher.org. students, but they constitute only a changing the organization of orienta- small fraction of students. tion week and the college system. Annual subscription rate: $50 domestic. The truth is that the majority of Unfortunately, the inconsiderate NEWS BACKPAGE $105 international. Nonsubscription rate: first students are satisfied with the attitude for others that has become Olivia Allison, Editor Mark Lewis, Editor copy free, second copy $4 11. Mark Berenson, .4ssf. Editor Sarah Pit re. Editor present situation and remain uncon- part of the residential college atmo- Rachel Rustin, Asst. Editor The Thresher reserves the right to refuse Erin Mann. Page Designer PHOTOGRAPHY cerned with diversity. Rice sphere has taken even graver pro- any advertising for any reason. Additionally, Renata Escovar, Editor University's lack of diversity is best portions. Even though diversity re- the Thresher does not take responsibility for OPINION Katie Streit. Editor represented by the residential col- mains a major issue, the appalling I .aura Wiginton, Editor the factual content of any ad. Printing an lege system, which is clearly not atl itudes of some students seem even Michael Nalepa, Editor advertisement does not constitute an working for everybody. more problematic Indeed, the atro- COPY endorsement by the Thresher. cious lack of respect that Hispanic SPORTS Leslie Liu, Editor Orientation week is a fine illustra- Chris Larson, Editor janitors have to deal with at Rice Sarah Ainsworth, Asst Editor Unsigned editorials represent the majority tion of the residential college spirit. Jason Gershman, Asst. Editor Mary Messick, Asst. Editor University is deplorable. Janitors are opinion of the Thresher editorial staff. All other The greatest error committed by the ARTS S. ENTERTAINMENT opinion pieces represent solely the opinion ol organizers of O-Week every year is in -it her servants nor slaves, and their Robert Reichle, Editor David Chien. Illustrator the author. to assume that all Wee students have purpose in life is certainly not to clean DaJton Tomlin, Asst Editor Lyriiee Tanner. Ads Manager similar interests. Many think that it up the excessive filth left behind by Shannon Scott, Ass/. Business Manager Hie Threshensa member ofthe Associated LIFESTYLES Lindsay Roemmich, Asst Business Manage Collegiate Press and the Society of is commendable to impose the same thoughtless college students. Conn evine. Editor Robert I.ee. Classified Ads Manager rigid program to all incoming stu- Certain individuals think it is ac- Carly Halvorson. Office Manager Professional journalists. The Thresher is an ACP All-American, newspaper Ahh, your dents and expect all of them to appre- ceptable to leave the most unspeak- CALENDAR Sol Villarreal, Distribution Manager Carly Kocurek, Editor Adam Lazowska, Online Editor blanket-tax dollars at work. ciate it. O-Week should be tailored to able filth to be cleaned by the jani- i COPYRIGHT 2001. inform incoming students about Rice tors. Not only are the janitors hardly University s organization, and should respected, but civilized students are f5 •» > - . * h • ' ; " awl • ' S '% mil ' '.*mfl • ; i* " • *»* > ^ >• ^ ^ . ^fSj '* * ~ ^ THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001 - — 2 — ______NEWS IN BRIEF• • ' ' '•
their way to say nice things about ger Chao said. dent, treasurer and secretary. Staff architect dies him." RPC to hold its first Durbin, a Hanszen College jun- "If you haven't been involved, Facilities and Engineering staff Cortez was well-regarded in the internal elections ior, said electing the RPC presi- you'll still have a chance to run," architect Frank Cortez, a p'roject Facilities and Engineering Depart- dent in the campus-wide election Chao, a Sid Richardson College jun- manager for several campus-related ment, Maintenance Planner and Co- The Rice Program Council will allows all students to vote on how ior, said. construction projects, died March ordinator Hannes Hofer said. elect most of its officers Tuesday. RPC is run. Neither Chao nor Durbin antici- 4 in a motorcycle accident in "He was only here for a year and President-elect Angela Durbin She said the smaller internal elec- pate any problems with the new elec- Pattison. a half," Hofer said. "Nevertheless, was chosen in last month's General tions are beneficial to the other can- tions. He was 55 years old. everyone who got to know him Elections, but RPC will elect other didates because they will be able to "We've put up advertisements Cortez worked on the design for liked him. It was a great loss for all officers during their regular weekly give speeches and answer voters' on campus," Durbin said. "It's still the planned observatory and intra- of us." meeting. questions. campus-wide enough." mural sports pavilion, the Symonds A memorial service for Cortez As of this year, the number of "There is more personal contact," — Rachel Rust in II computer laboratory in Duncan was held in the Rice Chapel Fri- positions voted on in the General Durbin said. "I feel like in the Gen- Hall and the remodeling of the Rice day. Elections was reduced to speed up eral Elections it's just a name on a U-Blue extends building on Greenbriar Drive. "He was a very friendly, very out- the election process and to have the ballot and you don't really know "He was very service-oriented going guy," Posch said. "We were all officers more accurately reflect the them." submissions deadline and really connected well with his really close to him both as a co- preferences of students involved in Although only elected members customers on campus," Architec- worker and also as a friend." RPC. of RPC — officers and college repre- In an effort to get more submis- ture and Engineering Manager Cortez is survived by his wife "The people who vote in the in- sentatives — can vote in the elec- sions from the Rice community, John Posch said. "Frank had a way Sonia, two daughters and a grand- ternal elections are RPC members, tion, all students are eligible to run University Blue, Rice's annual liter- of connecting with people where son. and they know who has worked for for the available positions of internal ary magazine, has extended the they were motivated to go out of — Meredith Jenkins RPC,"outgoing RPC President Gin- vice president, external vice presi- deadline for submissions to Fri- day. Prose, poetry, photograph and other types of visual arts and writing may be submitted. U. Blue Editor Alpna Agrawal said she would like to include types of writing that have not been in- cluded in U. Blue in previous years, such as song lyrics and personal essays, and entries from faculty, staff and alumni. "We're still really in need of people to submit things," Agrawal, a Sid Richardson College junior, said. "We do have a good number of sub- missions, but not as many as we THEENERGY FOR usually do." Agrawal has tried to make sub- mitting to U. Blue easier than in previous years. There are submis- sion folders in each residential col- lege; also, students may send her e- mail at [email protected] to submit art- work or other materials. AN ALL-NIGHT RAVE "We always tiy to push visual art because that's harder to submit," she said. Submissions will be selected by the U. Blue committee and will be finalized by the second week of April. WITHOUT THE "Everyone has to read everything before they come," Agrawal said. 'Then at the meeting, we read them all out loud again." Agrawal encourages students who were unhappy with last year's issue of U. Blue to join this year's committee by contacting her. EMBARRASSING The magazine will come out at the end of the semester. — Rachel Rustin
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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001
to address homophobia
by Aalok Mehta met with faculty members and stu- -
THRESHER STAFF dents to discuss options. "It made sense to do this as part of A presentation and panel discus- our outreach effort, addressing is- sion, organized by the Rice Ally pro- sues like this affecting the campus as gram, will address issues of ho- a whole," Winters said. "Anything mophobia and heterosexism Sun- that addresses oppression is helpful. day in Farnsworth Pavilion in the "There isn't a blatant hostility to Student Center. bisexuals, gays and lesbians on cam- Pride President Uri McMillan, one pus, but there is a silent lack of accep- of the program's organizers, said the tance," he said. "Rice is not as affir- event — one of a series of panel dis- mative a community as it could be." cussions organized by the Ally pro- The name of the program refers gram —aims to open discussion about to people trained to support students sexual orientation issues. The Rice concerned with gay, lesbian and bi- Ally program began when a program sexual issues. Such "ally" training called Safe Zone, organized by Heather will begin at the discussion. Syrett, the Community Involvement Beckwith said he became in- Center director, was incorporated into volved in the Ally program because the Counseling Center. he was part of a similar program at "The main focus is to make Rice the University of Arizona. more aware of issues of sexuality and "I felt the Rice community could
sexual orientation and to make Rice continue to benefit from learning KATIE STREIT/THRESHER more open to these issues," said about these issues," Beckwith, the McMillan, the Student Association Student Center director, said. "This external affairs vice president-elect program is a way of giving people ... and a Brown College sophomore. some skills on how to be supportive The program will begin with a of someone having difficulty with brief presentation on heterosexism their sexual orientation." and homophobia, two problems that Allies receive a rainbow-colored McMillan said can be approached triangle sticker that they can put on by raising awareness on campus. their doors. Students who want to Homophobia is the fear or hatred talk about homosexuality will then of homosexuals, and heterosexism know that these places are "safe" for the belief that homosexuality is in them to talk, said Starkenburg. valid or inferior to heterosexuality, The Sunday session follows other Hanszen College junior Max recent discussions of issues like Starkenburg, another of the sexual harassment on campus. program's organizers, said. Last month, students discussed the "There's a lot of silence about issue of sexually explicit college gay and lesbian issues here [at cheers, both in a Student Association Rice]," Starkenburg said. "I think forum, where Associate General Coun- they're a lot of people who want to sel Carlos Garcia answered questions help, if they knew how." about Rice's sexual harassment policy, The presentation will be followed and independently in the colleges. by an hour-long panel discussion. The Hie issue of sexual harassment panelists will be Mathematics Depart- and college cheers was raised in No- ment faculty member Stanley Chang, vember, when four students filed an 1 lanszen junior Merritt McAllister and official complaint to Vice President Hanszen sophomores Carolyn for Student Affairs ZenaidoCamacho. Shulman and Mustafa Dohadwala. The panel discussion will be the The Rice Ally program grew out first public event that the Rice Ally of several students' concerns that program has put on, but the pro- existing Rice institutions were not gram is now a permanent part of the RENATA ESCOVAR THRESHER adequately addressing issues of Counseling Center and will host ad- sexual orientation. Some members ditional events, Winters said. Heaven and hell of Pride, an organization that pro- These include having additional Good weather graced the Houston area at the beginning of the week, despite threatening early-morning vides support to gay, lesbian, bisexual discussions and training sessions showers Tuesday. Many people basked in the sunny Student Center Ray Courtyard Tuesday as they studied and and transsexual members of the Rice every semester for students, faculty chatted. Wednesday afternoon brought heavy rain, catching a group of prospective students taking a campus community, expressed frustration and staff. The Ally program also plans tour. Rain has been forecasted to begin tomorrow and continue through Monday. with the lack of a stance on same-sex to meet with CAPP members and issues by the College Assistance Peer Orientation Week coordinators to Program. Dr. Michael Winters, a staff help the counselors and advisers adviser to CAPP and a Counseling know how to deal with issues of Center staff psychologist, attended a sexual orientation they might face. Pride meeting and also saw a need Hie next event will be a panel dis- for additional support. cussion and meeting 2-5 p.m. Sunday Winters, Syrett and Student Af- in Farnsworth Pavilion. Registration •l Wf - Cir
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RICE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS PROGRAM (RUSP) (HONS470/471) RUSP is designed for juniors or seniors from any department who are considering graduate school and/or academic careers. Students who are accepted into thf; program undertake independent research projects mentored by a faculty member identified by the student. Research grants in the range $250-$ 1,700 per year are awarded to help pay the costs of RUSP projects. Many students attend a professional conference and present a paper.
During the first semester (3 credits), each student writes a funding proposal, prepares oral and written progress reports and begins work on the research project. Weekly class meetings deal with a variety of topics related to research and scholarship.
In the second semester, (variable credit, usually 3-6 credits), students focus on research/writing and present their results orally and in the form of a scholarly manuscript.
The RUSP faculty coordinators for 2001-2002 are: Don Johnson ECE ([email protected]) x4956 James L. Kinsey Chemistry (jlkinsey @ rice.edu) x4937 James Pomerantz Psychology (poineran @ rice.edu) x3419
For further information, consult the RUSP web page: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~hons470/ (or look up the HONS470 page from the Rice University home page).
LAURA WIGINTON/THRESHER This web site includes information about applying for the 2001- 2002 program. Applications can be filed either electronically (the Fizzwick harmony Thag Shem, a member of the Yale University's a capella group the method suggested) or by hard copy. The web site also contains a Fizzwicks, sings at a concert in the Rice Chapel Tuesday night. The FAQ list and the names and email addresses of current RUSP concert featured Rice's a capelia group the Philharmonics and the students. Please feel free to contact any of the faculty coordinators or Fizzwicks. current students. Application deadline: April 6, 2001. Student 0-Week director plans to increase spirit
by Matt Cuddihy
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New Orientation Week Student Director Shannon Seott is already thinking about August. 5814 Kirby In Rice Village As O-Week student director, Scott, a Hanszen College junior, will be responsible for planning all university-wide O-Week events, Better Ingredients. (713) 432-7272 such as matriculation and the Autry Better Pizza. Court Rally. One of the main re- sponsibilities of the O-Week stu- Tfc • TT • • „ O • 1 dent director, Scott said, is to act as a liaison between the university Rice University Specials and the O-Week coordinators at each college. Scott advised at Hanszen last year ROB GADDI/THRESHFT 1 large, 1 topping pizza, (2) 20 oz. Cokes $8.49 0-Week Student Director Shannon and co-advised at Will Rice College Scott in 1999. 1 X-large, 2 topping pizza, 2 Ltr. Coke $11.99 Scott said she wanted to be stu- school spirit, something she's fa- dent director because of positive ex- miliar with after being Sammy the periences she had during O-Week. Owl this year. "I really love O-Week, and it has "I'd really like to foster Rice spirit, Late Night Special - After 9p.m. been a large part of my Rice experi- she said. "O-Week is one of those ence," Scott said. "I want to make times that everything gets set — 1 large, 1 topping pizza, (2) 20 oz. Cokes $7.99 the best possible transition for fresh- ideas and impressions are cemented men." during O-Week." Scott said this fall's O-Week will To increase university-wide spirit, Now open late Friday & Saturday night until 1:00 a.m. be different because of several Scott said she believes it is essential changes, especially the alteration of that students get to know not only college cheers. people from their college during O- Play "Beat the Clock" Every Monday Night Scott said cheers are a very im- Week, but also those from other portant part of O-Week, and the colleges. new cheers policy is a step in the Scott suggested a "Rice Night Get one large, one topping pizza, for: right direction. In," in which freshmen from differ- "I think cheers are a great part of ent colleges could participate in ac- Order Time Price the college tradition, but O-Week tivities together. should be all good," Scott said. "No Scott will live on campus during 5:00 to 6:00 $5.99 one should feel alienated." the summer to prepare for O-Week, Scott said one of her goals as and her term as student director 6:00 to 7:00 $6.99 student director is to increase lasts until next March. 7:00 to 8:00 $7.49 2001 ORIENTATION WEEK THEMES
Baker: Commando Week Lovett: Famous Duo Week Brown: Wild Wild West Week Sid: Pop-Up Video Week Hanszen: Ferris Bueller's 0-Week Wiess: does not use themes Off Will Rice: Where Did They Go? Jones: Do Not Pass Go Week Week -.v ' * * * 1 - ; '.
THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 STUDENT ASSOCIATION Committee proposes Web site changes The Student Association met Monday. The following were discussed:
• The incoming SA officers, college presidents and senators were by Rachel Shiflrin introduced. THRKSHEK STAFF PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE WEB SITE • Applications for the position of SA director of publications are due After reviewing the Rice Web site March 28. For more information, contact the current director, and comparing it to other schools' The following is a summary of some of the major recommendations from Hanszen College senior Jen Frazer ([email protected]). sites, a committee has proposed 70 the Web Steering Committee: • Outgoing SA President Lindsay Botsford will be giving President improvements for Rice's home on Malcolm Gillis a report on students' comments about the Rice Web the Internet. • Establish a Web site database for owners to register their URLs. • Provide links to relevant news stories, including a summary of the site. The Rice University Web Steer- stories, on the Rice home page. • The senate approved the nominees for the KTRU Friendly Committee ing Committee, composed of faculty student members. The voting members will be Hanszen junior Abigail and staff members, was appointed • Create links on the Rice home page to pages which are designed for Cohen, Wiess freshman Amie Knieper and Brown College freshman last October to recommend changes either a specific audience, such as alumni, or for a specific subject, Matt^Swinehart; the at-large, non-voting members will be Will Rice to the current system. such as athletics. • Improve the search engine so that a search would only look for College sophomore Tommy Belanger, Sid Richardson College junior "We want [Rice] to have one of Aiiio^ "i«s, philosophy graduate student Curtis Haaga, Jones the best Web pages in the world," documents in a certain part of the Web site, as defined by the user. College juniui Viki Keener and Jones freshman Sophia Roosth. President Malcolm Gillis said. • Frequently update the style guide for the Rice Web site. • Outgoing SA Treasurer Ben Home gave an update on the previously One change proposed was to cre- • Ensure that the Web site is designed so it can be quickly accessed presented resolution about including marginalized members of the ate an oversight committee to re- from all types of computers and Internet connections. This includes Rice community. The writers of the resolution met with additional view Rice's URLs. Currently, any- having a text only version and having small graphics for quick students, and they agreed that although the SA needs to reach out one wishing to create a Web page downloads. more to the student body, the idea should be addressed by the can choose their own URL as long as • Improve student recruitment worldwide by making the Web site more incoming senate. it has not been used by another friendly for prospective international students. • Petitions for Spring Elections were due yesterday. Elections will be group. This has caused problems • Create standards for departmental Web sites, including basic infor- held March 23-28. when an organization requests a URL mation that should be on each department page, such as contact • Director of Student Activities Mona Hicks asked for the senate to that would be commonly associated information for the person or group responsible for the site. approve another referendum on an increase in IM fees. The referen- with the organization, but is unable • Establish an award for the best Rice Web site to motivate site dum was approved and will be on the ballot in the Spring Elections to have it because it is being used by developers to comply with the style guide. (See Story, Page 1). another person or organization. As- • Create intellectual property guidelines and ensure that all publishers • Hicks also reported that discussions about eliminating uniforms at signing URLs in a more systematic of content are aware of and adhere to them. Autry Court are still underway. Alternative ways to ensure student manner would also allow students to • Improve and make more consistent Rice's Internet connectivity. safety in the gym will continue to be discussed in hopes of making more easily determine Web site ad- • Establish a common look and feel for the entire Rice Web site to changes over the summer (See Story, Page 8). dresses. appear as one professionally designed Web site. • Outgoing Hanszen President Lindsay Germano reported that the The committee also recom- • Create an interdisciplinary Web consulting to support the Rice Web University Standing Committee on Athletics is working to speed up mended improvements to the Rice site as a manageable resource. the process of admitting athletes. search engine to allow for more spe- • SA Parliamentarian Rudy Fink told the SA that plans for renovating cific searches. The current Google Fondren Library are underway again with a new architect. search offered from the Rice Web Houston community might have a outgoing Student Association Presi- • The committee on campus construction, which will probably become page does not allow searching within specific portal to visit. Other por- dent Lindsay Botsford, but as of press a University Standing Committee in the fall, will meet March 26. a specific area of the Rice Web site. tals would be subject-based, such time, no students had submitted Students with comments or those interested in serving should Also, the search engine does not as a "Rice in the community" por- evaluations. contact outgoing External Affairs Vice President Jen Tang change its results if a Web page has tal. The original deadline for student ([email protected]), who represents the south colleges, or Jones been moved, discontinued or out- A report of the committee's re- input was Feb. 28 and was extended College senior Ryan Dohoney ([email protected]) who represents the dated. search and its recommendations was to yesterday. Botsford, a Wiess Col- north colleges. Another recommended change made available to students and fac- lege junior, wrote a summary of the was to create portals, or pages for ulty before spring break. The com- comments for Gillis. Turnover will be held Monday at 6 p.m. in Willy's Pub; there will be no visitors of the Web site to go to mittee asked for input about which Faculty input was directed to meeting that night. based on their interests. Some por- of the proposed changes students Gillis, who will combine the sugges-, The next meeting will be held March 26 in Farnsworth Pavilion in the tals might be based on the audi- and faculty thought were most use- tions and decide what the most im- Student Center at 10 p.m. ence: prospective students, cur- ful or necessary. portant changes will be, Botsford rent students or members of the Student input was directed to said. GSA Awards Call for Nominations It is time once again to recognize those outstanding graduate students, faculty and staff who do their utmost to enrich the lives of Rice graduate students by nominating them for I the 2001 Graduate Student Association Awards. The GSA annually confers five awards: wmmmm , - * ait tmunctt flavors * FACULTY TEACHING/MENTORING AWARD: Recipients are selected based on • - With Hot Water demonstrated commitment to graduate education on teaching graduate students at Rice. The award consists of $1,500, funded through the Office of the President, and a plaque. atersfer. Up to two awards may be conferred each year.
tntomfc * FACULTY/STAFF SERVICE AWARD: Recipients are selected in recognition of wsafebowi. ormBk. AM up to efforts beyond the call of duty to improve the quality of life for graduate students at minutes, stir, when nsmovi iraal Rice. The award consists of a plaque. Up to two awards may be conferred each year. be hot For Bricks* oatmeal us * ROBERT LOWRY PATTEN AWARD (for graduate students): The award is named s water; ire water. • in honor of the GSA's esteemed faculty advisor and attempts to recognize graduate students who may not otherwise have been honored for their service and achievements et$99 Tht Qtmker Ottt r>a Box P.O. B«w 0*9963, ChiMgo, II on behalf of graduate students. The award consists of $250, funded by the President s • 1 ^ V vr/i JjKfcSv 75-013! Office, and a plaque. Up to four awards may be conferred each year. 'ttrtiiitr. IHIHHIHI/H/fHH/UH/t WHItllfflfll * GSA SERVICE AWARD (for graduate students): Recipients are selected based on contribution of time, effort, and devoted service to the cause of improving graduate student life and education at Rice. 1 he award consists of Si00, funded by the GSA, and a plaque. Up to two awards may be conferred each year.
* FRIEND OF RICE GRADUATE STUDENTS AWARD: Recipients are selected in 1131116 recognition of significantly enhancing the lives of graduate students at Rice University in >'•: ' • • -g;. some way. This award is a token of appreciation to honor people within and beyond the on it. Rice community who may not otherwise be recognized for their service to graduate students. Candidates for the award may or may not be members of the Rice community, but they should not be eligible for the other four awards. The award consists of a plaque. Write, edit or take photos for The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2001. Letters describing why the individual is us, and we will feed it to you. deserving of such recognition should be submitted to the GSA at MS-526 or, preferably, via email, to the GSA Internal VP (Auleen Ghosh at [email protected]). Nominations may be submitted by faculty, staff, graduate students, and graduate student alumni.
For more information consult the GSA webpage at: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/-gsa THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001 •' ..
policy planned for the fall
by Meghan Miller dent Affairs. THRESHER STAFF The main reason for the manda- tory uniform policy is safety, Starting in the fall, a new Autry Beckwith said. Uniforms provide a Court uniform policy will take effect, way to separate people outside the Student and Recreational Centers Rice community who might cause a Director Boyd Beckwith said. security threat from Rice-affiliated Beckwith recently took over the people who are using the facilities. administration of campus recre- The current focus of the group look- I ational facilities, when the reorgani- ing into the policy is to find a differ- zation of the Kinesiology Depart- ent form of identification that is also ment was announced at the begin- cost effective. ning of this semester. The facilities "I don't know that we can go com- include Autry Court and the pool. pletely away from the uniform," Student Activities Director Mona Beckwith said. There is a possibility Hicks said she and Beckwith would that part of the uniform, maybe just work to allow students to wear their the shirt or a wristband, will still be #Ptf —. , . , . own clothing when exercising in required. Autry Court. "We are looking at cost options, "The move will continue to go certainly you cannot reuse wrist- &jr>x?+c-c %* r forward to get rid of those stanky bands. With 6,000 people going uniforms," Hicks said Monday at through the facility a week, we're the Student Association meeting. doing some cost analysis," Beckwith The Kinesiology Department an- said. nounced in November that uniforms Beckwith also said the number of PHMCOURTESY BALAJ I S(THAR*M*N would become optional for people supervisory employees at Autry a mile in these shoes using gym facilities, but the change Court will increase to "make sure was postponed when facility super- that everyone is where they are sup- Dozens of Rice students and others walked five kilometers in Houston, beginning and ending at the Rice vision duties were transferred to Stu- posed to be." Stadium Sunday to raise money for the victims of last month's earthquake in Gujarat, India. Many campus organizations, including South Asian Society and Indian Students at Rice, sponsored the event, organized by 5H, an international organization that focuses on health, homes, hygiene, human values and harmony In diversity, according to the organization's Web site.
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CO' to age may be subject to restrictions, and may also be An informational sheet about the object to a 10% ado * ona! tax Add t • i)' <«< 4 i s Wm 11 THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 Students discuss ways to resolve 'minority flight' problem FLIGHT, from Page 1 dential colleges as a primary reason minority students choose to live off campus. "I think because the college system re- stricts the people you can live with to the people in your college, and if you're a minority then that pool of possible roommates is se- verely limited," Lin said. "I think your only alternative is to move off." Lin suggested giving minority students more flexibility in choosing their roommates. "I don't know if that would mean freeing up a little more how people can move from col- lege to college —just not making the residen- tial pattern on campus so rigid and structured, giving people a little more option, that if they want to live at another college, it doesn't have to be a huge ordeal," Lin said. Hanszen College junior Isaac Allison, a black panel member, agreed, saying it could take a / long time to find students to identify with. "If I'm standing in a dorm where only two people are in my major, and four people are of the same race, and only two people know my background and where I come from, after I found those three or four people, there's no reason to stay," he said. "So after you find these few select people that have this commonness with you, you might as well live off campus, and have that freedom to just visit them. You know exactly where they are, to enjoy their company." However, Will Rice College freshman Wil- liam Price argued from the audience that one of the college system's major tenants is put- ting people of different races together in the same environment. "Our college system is divided where there is a small percentage of minority students at KATIE STREIT/THRESHER each college, which makes each college pre- About 150 students attended a panel discussion about minorities in the college system mediated by Sociology Associate Professor Michael dominately white, but that also keeps us from Emerson (far left). The panelists, representing a variety of racial backgrounds, were (left to right) Baker College senior John Lin, Hanszen College having minority groups over the years mi- sophomore Jose Ramirez, Hanszen junior Isaac Allison. Hanszen senior Lindsay Germano and Lovett College junior Atul Maheshwari. grate to a specific college," Price said. "Are you eventually going to end up with a college to, I didn't have anyone to relate to, I think had a reached out back to them, but it was very Week Coordinator and the 2000 student direc- that's one race or another?" lot to do with me moving off," Ramirez said. difficult to try to reach out to everyone and get tor of O-Week, said even if minority students Lisagor said this would create a new prob- Allison agreed that it was difficult to stay on rejected." Allison said. didn't enjoy O-Week as freshmen, they can be lem for the college system. campus as a minority because minorities may Germano, who was a varsity swimmer for advisers during future O-Weeks. feel less comfortable than other students. "You her first two years at Rice, agreed that it was "Very few people are stepping up to tha had some statistics about how 40 percent of difficult to find time to bond with other college challenge," Germano said. "IMost are] just Anglo and Asians stay on. I'm guessing it's members because she was busy with sports. taking the easy road out of, 'I feel alienated; 'If the college system is more because they feel more comfortable, I'm guess- "If you want to be a part of the college I'm not going back,' when to improve it you ing the majority of the school is Asian and system, the time that it takes to do that, it have to go back, because you're the person sensitive to people's Anglo, so if, I guess, if they were reversed, and doesn't come out of your studies, cause you who knows what hurt you the most." backgrounds and encourages we were 60 percent African American, I might can't to that, it comes out of your sleep," Maheshwari said there is already a diver- stay on campus," Allison said. Germano said. "That's a really tough decision sity facilitator at each college during O-Week people to meet each other on In the college system, minority groups are to make when you've come to a university and for students to talk to if they are having prob- expected to work harder to become a part of your goal is to perform the best at your sport." lems. While they were not that prominent this their grounds of who they are, the college culture, Lisagor said. Ramirez said minorities' feelings of alien- year, they becoming more and more impor- "Instead of everybody bending, certain ation from the college system often begin tant, Maheshwari said. then people won't need to groifps are being asked to bend more than during Orientation Week. Director of Minority Community Affairs others, or become more a part of something "It all has to start with O-Week," Ramirez David Medina then asked, "Would it help to transfer.' that's alien to them," she said. said. "If they had built up Rice the right way in have more minority masters and more minor- — Sonja Gee Hanszen senior Lindsay Germano, a white the beginning, it probably wouldn't be that ity RAs to help welcome minorities in?" Organizer of minority panel discussion panel member, recognized the difficulty for much of an issue, you might have been able to Jamila Nelson (Sid Richardson '(*)) ques- students to both maintain their own culture and participate, you might have gotten more into it tioned how helpful a minority RA or master become part of the college culture, but said she than you really did just because you knew what could be for all minority students at one college. believes both can happen simultaneously. to expect and knew what was going on, as "It's one thing to just talk about groups and "That basically transfers the problem on "The big thing with a lot of minority groups is opposed to being left alone, and you're having who you feel comfortable with, but it's another campus, as opposed to fixing the problem that they don't want to be assimilated and they issues and there's no one to confide in." thing to talk about, on a base level, what kind of because when you're talking about diversity don't want to lose their culture," Germano, the To hell) athletes become a part of their col- personality do you identify with and the type of and increasing diversity in the true sense of outgoing Hanszen president, said. "But they can lege, Baker College Resident Associate Greg people that you really trust," Nelson said. the word, you're talking about having friends share their culture with me much more easily if Marshall suggested that athletes be given the Allison suggested having an upperclassman over racial lines to the point where it doesn't they're living in an environment with me." week off to fully participate in O-Week activities. minority representative at each college for un- even make a difference," Lisagor said. Germano said that it would be necessary "I wonder if possibly the football program derclassmen to be able to talk to when they are Lovett College junior Atul Maheshwari, a for students to be open to expanding their couldn't look at giving us those freshman having problems with the college system. South Asian panel member, agreed, saying environment and being pushed beyond their athletes, letting us do our very darndest to Overall, organizers and panel members the goal of the college system is diversity. level of comfort. assimilate them better than we have, and let said they were pleased with the forum. "Mv personal feeling is if we do allow that, "I think it is something that's going to have them catch up with the team in their remain- "The big turnout, to me, shows that there then it just allows for more segregation be- to come from both sides, in saying, 'OK, I am ing four years," Marshall said. are a lot are a lot of people that really care tween colleges, and that's exactly what we're going to want to go out there, and maybe I about the subject and that are really passion- trying to strive against," Maheshwari said. won't be in the exact same environment that ate about sharing with others their experi- Gee said the college system should be I'm coming from in high school, maybe I won't ences, or for others, just learning about oth- changed so students won't want to transfer. in the exact same environment that I was in 'Instead of everybody ers' experiences," Gee said. "If the college system is more sensitive to middle school,"' she said. "That is going to be bending, certain groups are Byrd said he was glad students had ad- people's backgrounds and encourages people to a little bit of a different change, and a lot of that dressed the subject. meet each other on tiieir grounds of who they are, is what college is about." being asked to bend more than "I was happy that people were talking." then people won't need to transfer," Gee said. Lisagor said the college system can accom- Byrd said. "I was delighted that there had Currently, students wishing to transfer modate these changes. others, or become more a part been the beginnings of some real research on between colleges must obtain the approval of "We think that the college system as it the question of whether a disproportionate their own college master and the master of the stands is really a great fool, and it just needs to of something that's alien to number of African-American and Hispanic stu- college they wish to transfer to. If these two be used better to integrate more people," she dents move off campus." masters approve the change, then it must be said. "'Hie solution is to create a college cul- them! Gee and Dohadwala are planning a facili- approved by the rest of the college masters. ture that more people want to be a part of." — Jamie lisagor tated discussion in each of the colleges for Fewer than 10 people transfer between Black Student Association President Audrey SA president-elect next week during dinner to involve everyone colleges annually, Student Affairs Divisional Ette, an audience member, agreed that the who is involved in this issue. Administrator Barbara Eudey said. college system needs to balance between mak- "More than anything else, we just want The panel also discussed how the college ing minority students feel comfortable and hav- people to be talking about it," Gee said of the environment contributes to minority students' ing all students be a part of the college culture. Ramirez said having more minority advis- future of the issue. decisions to move off campus. "The big question is, what do we want to ers during O-Week would help. Lisagor and Shulman plan to conduct fol- Hanszen sophomore Jose Ramirez said he trade off to make this work?" Ette, a Baker Ix>vett junior Adam Keith, a 2000 Lovett O- low-up research on this issue next semester. moved off-campus because his Hispanic back- junior, asked. Week Coordinator, said that it was very hard They will work with Director of Multicultural ground differed with other students' back- The panel also discussed specific chal- it is to get minority students to apply to advise, affairs Cathi Clack and Byrd to obtain more grounds. lenges to participation in the college system and that made it more difficult to increase the specific data and to identify possible solutions. "1 wouldn't say it's because I'm Hispanic that faced by minority athletes. number of minority advisers. Byrd is optimistic about the results of fu- I can't get along," he said. "It was just the differ- Allison, a football player, said that it was Baker Resident Associate Alex Byrd, an ture research. ences of lifestyle and the kind of people that 1 was difficult to bond with his college while being assistant history professor, asked why it was "One, I hope that the research is developed used to surrounding myself with and the way we involved as an athlete. so difficult to get minority advisers. further so we can be more certain of what the did things and the way we lived that I was so used "From the very beginning, most of the "Why can't they? Why won't or why aren't student research has found, and two, that in the to all but disappeared when I got to Rice. people that we had close relationships with African Americans and Hispanics signing up process, while that's happening, that we just gen- "It wa,sa hig culture shock, and the fact that are people who are either active in sports or to be mentors?" Byrd said. erate as many ideas as possible in order to ad- I wasn't afforded any kind of help, anyone to talk who reached out to us, and in response, we Germano, who Was a 1999 Hanszen O- dress what looks like it's a problem," Byrd said. ' ' I • * : ' ' ' -' ' ' * •' • •' P.-"'- • ' ' . '••" ' ••••. /» • - ' (A-1 ' ' " ' v .' . . 10 THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001 POLICE BLOTTER Registration may occur The following incidents were reported to the University Police for the be conducted when registration goes the system would be finalized. period Feb. 28- March 13. REGISTRATION, from Page 1 who miss the preregistration period online. Montag said he will not imple- Residential Colleges will be able to preregister with a $35 "We wanted to ensure that it still ment preferential registration be- Hanszen House March 5 Master reported a steam cleaner fee through July 1. In the past, stu- is a major part of registration, cause he does not want to make too missing. dents who did not preregister by the whether it's manual or Web regis- many changes to the preregistra- deadline could not register until the tration," Montag said tion system at one time. Under a Hanszen College March 12 Bicycle stolen. beginning of the following semes- English Professor Dennis preferential registration system, se- ter. Huston, an academic adviser at nior students would register for Academic Buildings Montag said the changes will help Hanszen College who attended the courses first and freshmen would Abercrombie . March 1 Staff member reported petty cash course scheduling be more accu- meeting with Montag, said he is still register last. Engineering Lab missing. rate. If students can change their concerned about what could happen schedules before the beginning of once students are registering online. Alice Pratt Brown Hall March 13 Bicycle stolen. the semester, Montag said, schedul- "I am afraid that it will make it ing rooms and ordering textbooks much easier for students to register The Registrars Office without getting advice," Huston said. Other Buildings can be done accurately. and my office are in Autry Court March 13 Bicycle stolen. "It will help class counts be more "I am afraid that the people who need accurate because we'll have better help and aren't good about getting it complete agreement Parking Lots pre-enrollment figures," Montag will sign up for the wrong thing." East Stadium Lot Feb. 28 Report of Jeep Cherokee with back said. "I think with dropping and add- Huston added that Montag was about the importance of window lying on the ground. ing, if there are that many students very receptive to the problems aca- who will make changes, let's have demic advisers brought up. For ex- advising in the West Stadium Lot March 5 Car burglarized. Stereo equipment them make changes before the first ample, Huston said the advisers were stolen. week of the semester.... I really see told by Montag that students would registration process very positive factors coming out of be able to continue to register on * — John Hutchinson this process." paper. West Stadium Lot March 5 Car burglarized. Stereo equipment Director of Academic Advising stolen. Montag said his main goal is to Huston said this would be benefi- create an online registration system cial because he does most of his Cohen House Lot March 10 Non-Rice affiliated female arrested for next year's spring semester. advising in the Hanszen Commons, for public intoxication and where it would be difficult to do Web 'The overall idea is a good idea, transported to Harris County Jail. registration because of the small but... to make all these changes at 4Because we do most of number of computers that can be once may be hard to digest or com- Other Areas brought into the commons. prehend or to make sure it works as Entrance 12 March 2 Officer made contact with an our advising in the "I presume Web registration is you'd like it to in the first place," he intoxicated male, who was taken to the wave of the future," Huston said. said. "I'd rather do it in stages." the University Police station. commons, I am uneasy "But because we do most of our Montag said he thinks preferen- Released to friend. advising in the commons, I am un- tial registration might be an option about [online] easy about lonline] registration." for the future. Entrance 4 March 5 Contractor reported items missing Director of Academic Advising "Right now, I would still like to from trailer. registration.' John Hutchinson said academic ad- pursue it, but I want to see," Montag — Dennis Huston vising will still be important when said. "I want to have more experi- students are registering on the Web. ence going through the registration Hanszen academ.c adviser, "I think the Registrar's Office and process myself as the registrar and English professor my office are in complete agreement seeing how it really works." about the importance of advising in Montag said by meeting with reg- the registration process," istrars at other universities, he has "The university is working as fast Hutchinson said. "We have a lot of learned that registration systems as it can in trying to bring Web reg- work left to do." should be unique to fit each univer- istration to life," he said. Dean for Enrollment Administra- sity. Montag said he met with divi- tion Barry McFarland, who is devel- "I guess I learned that what's good sional advisers in February to dis- oping the online registration sys- for one university may not be the cuss how academic advising should tem, declined to comment on when best for another university," he said. 2001 Year-End Awards The Office of Student Activities, the Office of Student Affairs, the SA Awards Committee, and the Car insurance from GEICO. Association of Rice Alumni coordinate their respective year-end awards that recognize service by Because it's neuer too early to begin students to the Rice community. Any member of the Rice community may submit a nomination. Qualified candidates may be considered for any of the four awards. If you have any questions please making sound financial decisions. contact the Office of Student Activities (x4097). 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(A faculty letter of recommendation and a resume are required for the Sallyport Award). thresher@rice. edu Please return to the Office of Student Activities, MS-527, by Wednesday, April 4, 2001. RfC MflKnfflfi THE HICK THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH lt>, 2001 11 Faculty debates distribution credit for introductory language courses REQUIREMENT, from Page 1 would make all first-year foreign lan- j in spring 1999. Provost Eugene D vy guage courses fulfill humanities dis- announced in November that current tribution requirements. students can receive di stribution credit Statistics Professor Jim Thomp- for any courses offered for distribu- son said he proposed the amend- tion credit since the 1997-'98 academic ment because he thought engineer- year. This was due to confusion about ing and science students need an which classes were distribution in the incentive to take language courses. General Announcements and printed "Although it's true that science schedules of courses offered last year. and engineering students can take a Only graduating seniors who have language, if they're not allowed to chosen to graduate under the 2000- take that first-year sequence as part '01 General Announcements will be of the distribution requirements, required to fulfill the language re- they simply won't feel that they have quirement according to the motion time to do it." passed at the faculty meeting. However, interim Dean of Humani- "We are legally bound to those ties Gale Stokes said he did not think students who proposed to graduate first-year language courses fit the goal this year under our General An- of the distribution requirement. nouncements 2000-'01 to allowthem "First-year language courses [are] to use the language proficiency re- an introduction to culture," Stokes quirement because many of them said. "It's an introduction to grammar, have ... chosen to use that in place of it's an introduction to the various mo- the restricted distribution in the prior dalities of speaking. But we did not catalogs," Zammito said. feel that it entered deeply enough into Although little discussion took those cultures or into the various as- pects of language that it should qualify as an equivalent of, say, an introduc- tory course in philosophy or history 'We did not feel that it or English literature. "The point of distribution ... is to entered deeply enough have a limited list of courses that will into those cultures or enrich the students in those three BRIAN STOLER/THRESHER spheres that we have undertaken to Jack Zammito, chair of the University Standing Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum, explains a motion to into the various aspects identify as important to their gen- "retroactively abolish" the language requirement for freshmen at Tuesday's general faculty meeting. eral education, and first-year lan- of language that it guage does not, in my view, meet up selects which courses will satisfy amendment was not in order be- Advising Don Ostdiek said sopho- with that requirement." the distribution requirement. Their cause it did not apply specifically to mores and juniors were advised not should qualify as an English Professor Alan Grob decisions are based on the recom- students mentioned in Zammito's to plan their courses based on this equivalent of, say, an agreed. He said abolishing the lan- mendations of a committee com- motion — students who will gradu- year's General Announcements be- guage requirement should force the posed of professors in the school. ate or who matriculated this year. cause only two sets of guidelines are introductory course in faculty to rethink all decisions they Zammito said he thought this proce- Chemistry Professor Jim Kinsey applicable to them: those released have made since establishing the dure worked well in the past. asked that Stokes and the commit- the year they matriculated or those philosophy or history.' requirement. "The deans don't do this unilater- tee that selects humanities distribu- printed the year they will graduate. "I think we really have to rethink ally — they have committees and pro- tion courses reconsider making first- — Gale Stokes "Students are told that they cannot what we're doing fundamentally in cedures. 'Hie procedures have ... not year languages distribution credit. plan on what book will be there when Interim dean of humanities some way that includes foreign lan- worked badly," Zammito said. "What Faculty members also discussed they graduate," Ostdiek said. 'When guages in Group I [distribution] and we're trying to do is give our students whether abolishing the requirement they plan their curriculum, they sho Aid will give students that incentive to some exposure to what the humani- was unfair to sophomore and junior be planning on the book they matricu- place regarding Zammito's motion, take the step to learning a foreign ties have to offer, so 1 strongly support students who had planned their late under, and it's at their own risk a lengthy discussion followed a pro- language." Grob said. 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To learn more about Ernst & Young's Your Master Plan program and our environment that emphasizes teaming, learning and leadership, visit our Web site at ey.com/us/ymp. « •<; V s!l ERNST &YOUNG FROM THOUGHT ro FINISH: 12 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS ft ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 ¥•$$••• WHO s (•< >\ \ I CH) I OK ) THE THRESHER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVENTS AROUND HOUSTON THROUGH Lovett's 'No Exit' well-acted but feels like an eternity MARCH 23, 2001. Elizabeth Jardina THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF After an hour and a half of watching Lovett College's production of No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, a play about people stuck in hell, I started to wonder if perhaps I'd stumbled into hell my- self. picks Then again, that's the point of the play. 'no exit' Lovett College today and Rating: it-kit (out of five) tomorrow Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. In Lyle's, the Lovett College basement. THE $3 students, $5 non-students. MOONLIGHTERS ' You wouldn't be able to tell | The premise is simple: Three recently dead people are sent to hell — which turns out to be a from their nostalgic Hawaiian mid-19th-century drawing room. No windows or sound, but this four-piece mirrors, a locked door, three strangers. They have each lived abominable lives, and discover- includes former members of ing each other's sins takes up much of the first Helmet and the Pain Teens. half of the play. The Moonlighters resurrect Lovett's second production of the semester is 4- acted energetically, but between the disappoint- •> ukulele-drenched '20s and ing staging and the script that stagnates in the '30s songs and pen their own second half, I was ready for the performance to f be over. LIZZIE TAISHOFF/THRESHER homages, resulting in kitschy, Theater in the round is atypical at Rice, but Lovett College is trying it with No Exit, starring Lovett senior Reena Chokshi (left), Baker College senior Dave Urban and Wiess College sophomore Victoria Zyp. swingy fun. They also perform live on KTRU 91.7 FM between Three recently dead it begins to feel like they're also tormenting the sioned. HELL audience. A valet (Lovett sophomore Nath Pizzolatto), 5 and 6 p.m. today. people are sent to The drawing room is set up in the middle of whose stolid acceptance of the very strange situ- $10-$12. 8 and 10:30 p.m. — a mid-19th-century Lyle's, the Lovett basement. The set itself is im- ation makes him seem like an Addams Family pressive, both in the physical details of the well- relative, leads the characters into the drawing Ovations. 2536-B Times Blvd. in DRAWING ROOM. crafted hardwood floor and in the conceptual set- room. He explains to the newcomers that in hell, the Village. For more info, call up — in the drawing room that the characters there is neither fire nor brimstone, but there are (713) 522-9801. Existential philosopher Sartre wrote for "the- cannot escape, ironically, there are no walls at all. also no simple comforts like toothbrushes, sleep ater of situations." Watching the now-classic play, But the practicalities of the space make the or blinking. it seems that he dreamed up a good idea and three three-sided stage a serious flaw. Lyle's has bad Garcin (Baker College senior Dave Urban), a tomorrow multilayered and interesting characters and be- acoustics, and with the actors' tendency to "man of letters" in life, is flustered by this lack of gan imagining what would happen. However, mumble, half the audience is missing the dia- normalcy. Inez (Wiess College sophomore THE HUNGER because the play is so claustrophobically pre- logue at any given time. Victoria Zyp) is sullen and hostile. Inez drives mised, the script doesn't have anywhere to go And in a talky play like this one, the dialogue the group to their ultimate discovery — that Houston's most popular once the sins of the characters are revealed. All is everything. they are to serve as each other's torturers. En- \ the characters can do is torment each other, and The acting in the play is uneven but impas- See EXIT, Page 14 industrial rock band starts touring in support SHAKE. RATTLE AND ROLL of Spaceman's Last Goodbye, its latest album, f $10. 8 p.m. Random noise harmonizes into symphony at Rice Art Gallery Banana Joe's. 803 E. NASA Rd. 1, Maria Stalford THRESHER STAFF Clear Lake. In Untitled (Series #2>, French For more info, call sound artist Celeste Boursier- Mougenot brings into mesmerizing (281) 486-5000. confluence the seemingly divergent * currents of art and science, the vi- Wednesday sual and the aural, the sublime and the everyday. m THE OLD 97'S The Dallas roots-pop band 'untitled celebrates Tuesday's (series #2)' ; release of their fifth album, Through April 12 at the Rice Art Gallery. Satellite Rides, with a record signing at Cactus Evoking summer, light and play, Music & Video at 6 p.m., three inflatable swimming pools rest followed by a show at in a diagonal line, their bright blue Fitzgerald's. The Southern tiered rings rising serenely into the softly lit white gallery space. Each of Backtones open. the pools is partially filled with water Cactus Music & Video. and outfitted with a small noiseless swimming pool pump. Ahost of wine 2930 S. Shepherd Dr. glasses and porcelain bowls floats in (713) 526-9272. each pool, moving with the currents COURTESY RICE AR1 GALLERY $14 for show. Fitzgerald's. of the water created by the pumps. As the objects knock into each other French sound artist Celeste Boursier-Mougenot listens to his creation, a set of swimming pools-turned-wind chimes, at the Rice Art Gallery's current exhibit Untitled (Series #2). 2706 White Oak. For more at varying speeds and from different info, call (713) 862-3838. angles, they emit an array of sounds, objects. Quiet lulls are sometimes hand and has modulated the tem- cidation of physical laws by scien- from barely audible clatter to loud, followed by series of clangs that perature of the water with small heat- tists such as James Clark Maxwell, resonant clangs. sound as full and choreographed as ers because the objects' collisions concluding that "art and science are Boursier-Mougenot means for peals of church bells. Affected by sound louder and more resonant in not so far apart. Celeste Boursier- the set-up to be simply and easily the pumps and the movement of warm water. Mougenot's exhibition illustrates grasped by visitors and he has con- other objects, the path of any given For their "Good Vibrations" and celebrates this." cealed no technical maneuvering — object seems almost impossibly dif- acoustics class, Computational and A sound installation exhibited in what you see is what you ficult to predict. It is easy to become Applied Mathematics Professor a spae'e usually reserved for visual get. For all its simplicity immersed in wholly experiencing Michael Carroll and Musical Com- arts, Untitled (Series #2) extends and spareness, how- the sounds and following the mo- position and Theory Chair Arthur the traditional categories of visual ever, the installation tions just as they unfold. Gottschalk will team-teach a semi- art and music while collapsing the exerts a mysterious and Science types are likely to be as nar in the gallery on the conver- boundaries between the two fields. enchanting pull. equally drawn to the installation as gence of science and art represented Boursier-Mougenot challenges The cacophony of art lovers, as Boursier-Mougenot has in the installation. For a pamphlet the traditional conception of art in noises is unpredictable carefully exploited principles of accompanying the installation, that his installation has nothing to and ever-changing, each acoustics to shape the range of Carroll ruminated on how Boursier- do with discrete, finished, unique cluster of sound seem- sounds produced. He selected the Mougenot's installation evokes for art objects handworked by the art- ingly untraceable to any blue and white Chinese crockery him the Greek idea of the music of ist. Rather, the formula for its pecu- locatable interaction of with a sound frequency analyzer in the spheres and the much later elu- See CLINKING, Page lfi llSMrl THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 20<)1 13 90 \ll\ I II S 01 CRM' Student art explores female identity "Angles and Attitudes: An Exploration of Women" is the '15 Minutes': If only theme of the student art exhibit currently housed in the Farnsworth Pavilion of the Student Center. A jury com- prised of professors and students selected pieces for the exhibit. At a reception last night, the jury announced its picks for the top three pieces. the film were that long Sponsors for this event include the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Rice Women's Resource Center; Kevin Cochrane the truth.This is a movie seen through Arts@Rice; the Rice Media Center and the Coffeehouse. THRESHER STAFF the lens of the media during its insa- The reception last night included the presentation of "America likes to watch." So goes tiable hunt for audience-shocking im- prizes, a fashion show and a poetry slam. the tagline for the new film 15 Min- agery, no matter what the cost. The artwork will be on display through the end of utes. But even now as I write the In 15 Minutes, the cops chase the March. review, I'm still not entirely sure murderers, the media chases the what New Line Cinema is referring cops, and the whole thing fuels the to. It couldn't possibly be trying to killers' (Karel Roden and Ultimate Right: "Self Portrait" by Sid Richardson College freshman use this laconic little slogan as an Fighting Champion OlegTaktaorv) Shayda Naficy presents a realistic and intriguing image of underhanded way to promote its own need for sanctity following their per- woman. The piece was an attempt to "naturalize nudity," film, could it? sonal malfeasance, thus creating a she said. "I relished that my drawing personally usurps the firestorm of emotional fervor. authority of mass media and advertising." Two-time Academy Award win- ner Robert De Niro stars as celeb- Below: Wiess College junior Maria Moffet's "De(ux) Moi," '15 minutes' rity homicide detective Eddie an oil painting on canvas, explores the artist's inner Flemming, a People cover boy who's Rating: 1/2 conflict between the dueling sides of her personality. acquired a certain knack for han- (out of five) PHOTOS BY LAURA WIGINTON/THRESHER In theaters. dling high-profile homicide cases. I YEARN for the If so, I yearn for the days when truth in advertising actually meant days when truth something. I consider myself to be a component of "America." but no in advertising more than 15 minutes into the fea- MEANT ture, I realized that 15 Minutes would actually never approach the quality, scope, something. profundity or pure entertainment value of other recent cops-versus- But now, with a crime that has robbers-versus-media films. ended in a grisly fire, Flemming is Actually, not only does 15 Min- forced to team up with one of his utes pale in comparison to movies rivals: the low-key, media-despising like Natural Born Killers and Bad- arson investigator Jordy Warsaw, lands, but it feels equally unimpor- played by Edward Burns. Together, tant — and just as painful to sit they track down a pair of Eastern through — as the irksome Dabney European killers on a rampage Coleman and Burt Reynolds cop throughout the city, wrangling with films of the '80s. each other over how, or whether, to At the center of 15 Minutes is a use the media. It isn't long, though, New York double murder that needs before Eddie and Jordy are left prac- to be solved. But the gratuitously tically inconsolable; the sociopaths weak story line isn't so much about have learned how to spin their own figuring out the truth of the murder stardom, creating an explosion of as about following those who control See MEDIA, Page 14 5e. »£•*.: *<* \ 3WSBH! 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There's some humor and I appreciated the subtle theme Ipital without hurting your balance sheet you have to call traders around the world to trade global commodities you can't sell unused bandwidth yoj In't buy unused bandwidth your business is dependent on the weather newspapers must pay wildly fluctuating newsprint prices you can't store electrici! tension when every other soldier is See ENEMY. Page 15 iffpl 14 THE RICE THRESHER ARTS A ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001 LANGUAGE Run iklui:a / Make it 30 minutes, and it'd be a sitcom -M. MEDIA, from Page 13 'The Mexican' needs to study media and judicial madness (not to mention pure absurdity). 15 Minutes is nothing more the language of good comedy than a glossed-over, contemptu- ous ruse. It's an artifice that tries Melissa Bailey Jerry gets lost and must enter ques- over and over again to trick the THRESHER STAFF tionable bars and deal with silent audience into believing it's a Hold your breath, everybody — inscrutable Mexicans. Jerry loses thought-provoking film carrying a Julia Roberts is being cute again. In his car, then his passport, and tries powerful message of poignant and fact, she's positively oozing cuteness. to hitchhike with a group of men in profound contemporary social In an early scene in The Mexican, a truck: "I need a lift in your el trucko commentary. she stands on a balcony clad in a to the next towno." This sort of pe- Writer/director John Herzfeld fuzzy pink sweater, curls bouncing, destrian action goes on and on. surely must have employed this lips pouting, flouncing from here to Meanwhile, Sam is busy being chicanery when selling the film to there as she flings her boyfriend's spunky and cute. She is cute when the two leading actors, and appar- (Brad Pitt) belongings down at his frightened, adorable when angiy, ently, with a certain wide-eyed head. He dodges, begs, stands be- lovable when trying to escape. She listlessness, they bought into the mused and befuddled, and holds out makes friends with her kidnapper sham. his hands, palms upward, in a help- (played with occasional insight by In all likelihood, De Niro and less plea. James Gandolfini of "Sopranos" Burns affectionately reminisced fame), who turns out to be misun- about Herzfeld's previous effort, derstood, sensitive and gay. 2 Days in the Valley, and igno- 'the mexican' They discuss relationships over rantly agreed to sign their self- coffee in a diner. They dance around respect away. PHILLIP V. CARUSO/NEW LINE CINEMA Rating: * 1/2 a hotel room and play music, with 15 Minutes features an en- Robert De Niro (right) and Edward Burns play two detectives who can't (out of five) Sam wearing sparkly pants and a semble of small-screen person- decide if they'd rather chase arsonists or do the twist in 15 Minutes. In theaters. feather boa. (God knows where she alities — Kelsey Grammer got them; she didn't pack a suitcase ("Frasier," "Cheers"), Avery stereotypes and tried-and-true Hol- gerly waiting for the day when a before being kidnapped, but she's Brooks ("Spencer for Hire"), lywood prescriptions, a few of brazen young screenwriter bran- Essentially, this scene tells you wearing a different outfit in every Melina Kanakaredes ("Provi- which I feel compelled to point dishes his New York City charac- everything you need to know about scene.) "You got a very special dence"), David Alan Grier("ln Liv- out. ter with something entirely unex- this movie. For the rest of its inter- woman here," the kidnapper ends ing Color") and Darius McCrary Stereotype No. 1: Europeans pected and dangerous ... like minable two hours, Roberts contin- up telling Jerry, with the rough wis- ("Family Matters"). are dumb, especially Eastern Eu- Mike. ues to flounce and pout, Pitt goes on dom typical of such characters in Why inseminate the screen ropeans. Although our Slovakian Every scene pasted to the rudi- acting bemused and befuddled, and movies like this. with countless television celebri- antagonists possess the ability mentary script of this film is either more objects of various kinds fly at Roberts and Pitt had a wonderful ties of both the past and the to converse fluently in Russian, completely contrived (the killer people's heads. time making this movie. They're present? Well, in comparison to Czechoslovakian and English, they and his developing psychosis) or Pitt plays Jerry, a hapless, ordinary enjoying themselves immensely. It's traditional film actors, your ev- seem to have stopped growing painfully ludicrous (Burns, the ar- young man who had the misfortune to not as much fun for the audience. eryday sitcom star is much better both emotionally and intellectu- son expert, unable to tell his apart- become entangled with the mob years The movie has a few real moments, equipped to recite banal phrases ally about the time their Huggies ment has been booby-trapped for ago. Unwittingly responsible for send- thanks to Gandolfini, but they feel and act in farcically commonplace came off. a fire). 15 Minutes desperately ing a mobster to jail, he's been trying oddly placed. There are some deaths situations, which is precisely what Stereotype No. 2: If you're from tries to incorporate a little bit of to work off the debt ever since. Unfor- that sluggishly tug at your emotions, the script for 15 Minutes de- New York, your name must be everything — a sitcom, a deep tunately, he manages to bungle every but they don't really belong in this mands. Eddie. I know it sounds preposter- statement, a buddy pic, and a job they give him. movie. Comedy follows drama so What the filmmakers obviously ous, but the proof is undeniable: looming, boisterous and at times When the movie opens, Jerry has closely that both come across as didn't understand is the extreme The Hustler, A Bronx Tale, City darkly depraved atmosphere — just failed yet again, and his sinister merely farcical and ill-placed. difficulty of delivering the primary Hall, True Believer, V.I. Warshawski, and in doing so, the film runs out boss decides to grant him one last message of the film when it is Cocktail, Gumshoe, Mancuso, FBI of time long before it's actually chance: He must go to Mexico and hidden beneath layers of age-old — and now 15 Minutes. I'm ea- over. retrieve a valuable pistol known as The Mexican' is the Mexican. If he fails, Jerry loses his life. not a COMPLETE Why these supposedly ruthless mobsters have tolerated the incom- disaster — it's petent Jerry this long — and why they would entrust him with such an TRIPE, but apparently important job—remains polished, well- a mystery." Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Jerry's long-suffering girlfriend made tripe. Sam (Roberts) wants stability. When she learns that Jerry's involvement A series of flashbacks scattered Environmentalist and Lawyer with the mob hasn't ended, she throughout the film explain the gun's throws him out and runs off to Las melodramatic history, and while the Vegas to become a waitress. There, story is ridiculous, I found myself she is promptly kidnapped by a mob- watching for the flashbacks eagerly. ster bent on using her as leverage to Comically surreal and sometimes acquire the pistol from Jerry. genuinely humorous, they provide a MARCH 2 1, ZOO 1 From here the movie splits in welcome break. two. We are forced alternately to The Mexican is not a complete "A Contract with Our Future" watch Jerry blunder around Mexico disaster — it's tripe, but polished, "r-*- and Sam flounce around the States well-made tripe. If it were a half hour while the filmmakers try, unsuccess- shorter, it might almost be bearable. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s repu- fully, to make us laugh. The jokes But too much of the movie is mate- tation as a resolute defender are relentlessly unfunny. On Jerry's rial you've been beaten over the head of the environment stems from 2000-01 side, they're mostly of the "dumb with before. From beginning to end a litany of successful legal ac- American in a strange land" variety, it feels contrived and constrained. President's lecture Series always tiresome and sometimes As I came out of the theater I tions that have helped protect downright offensive. Jerry doesn't overheard a girl saying defensively, New York area waters and the Rice Universitv speak Spanish. Jerry drives a junky "I thought it was cute!" environmental rights to the car in order to appear "authentic." Cute. Exactly. traditional homelands of indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada. The New York City watershed agreement, which he negotiated on behalf of envi- RICE MEMORIAL CENTER Lovett's 'No Exit' a peek ronmentalists and New York City watershed consum- SXX3 p.M. ers, is regarded as an international model in stake- GRAND MALL holder consensus negotiations and sustainable devel- into an existentialist hell ADMISSION: NO CHARGE opment. Hudson Riverkeeper John Cronin calls KXIT, from Page 12 forced, but Zyp handles the difficult Kennedy a "pioneer as an attorney in the area of tering with an energetic burst, transition competently. municipal and government responsibility for environ- SUPPORTED BY Estelle (Lovett senior Reena Chokshi's Estelle is flighty, petty mental problems." THE J. NEWTON RAYZDR Chokshi) is a socialite with a secret and often charming. A fine actress, as dark as the others'. she plays her wrenching role with LECTURE FUND Kennedy will discuss the role thai our natural sur- Urban plays Garcin as nervous, admirable naturalness and feeling. roundings play in our work, our health, and our iden- slightly unsure, but with a weighty If she would speak slower so all her lines were intelligible, her perfor- tity as Americans and will explain how good environ- CALL 7 13-34Q-55S5, conscience. He never quite seems to reach the fierceness and cruelty mance would be stunning. Chokshi mental policy is good business policy, good economic CMAH. s(S)Ricr.EDu, his character is capable of, but his is particularly hurt by the staging policy, and good policy for posterity. OR REFER TA unremarkable performance is gen- because her facial expressions are a A licensed master falconer, Kennedy serves as chief erally solid. shame to miss. HTH^://WW W.RICE .EDU/PI..S Zyp has high cheekbones many No Exit is a dialogue-heavy play, prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and women would pay money for and a and by the end, I was tired of the senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense self-possessed, comfortable de- circular conversations. However, if Council. He also is a clinical professor and supervis- meanor. However, her diction and hell were entirely clever and fun, ing attorney at the Environmental Litigation Clinic volume make her difficult to under- that would seem to be missing the stand when she's not facing your point. at Pace University School of Law in New York. section of the audience. Her If you're up for a little existential- character's disagreeability makes ism, hell isn't a bad place to visit, but her attempt to seduce Estelle seem I wouldn't want to live there. THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 15 through the modern rock charts. It falsetto, and the mellow pop sensi- major label trappings and reverted still a black belt in the art of punked- ought to. It's all greasy, roaring gui- bilities of Guided By Voices. to their old-school screaming guitar up indie rock, but Group Sounds tars, simple, repetitive lyrics and The Glands work a lot of variety onslaughts. The end result is a dis- sorely lacks the musicality and Lewis' made-for-rock voice, a rough- into their langorous music, occasion- appointing repetitive racket with only catchiness of their previous releases. hewn wail that doesn't falter. ally dipping into anything from roots a few exceptional moments. But then, the title track shows to new wave. Take, for instance, the — Robert Reichle the Toadies' oft-hidden versatility. lovely "Fortress," which begins with The first half of "Hell Below/Stars bell-like keyboards intermingled Above" is outright punk, as Lewis with scratchy, slow guitars. fredro starr leads a singsongy chorus-in "You're Next is "Work It Out," in which in love, you're in love/Hell below there's an unexpected amount of clas- FIRESTARR me, stars above." The song then sic rock star posturing: "I love your breaks into a slow bridge accented maaaaw/I love your paaaw," vocalist Firestarr, the debut album from by a guitar solo in the background, Ross Shapiro sneers. "I love your sis/ former Onyx rapper Fredro Starr, growing into ... Southern gospel? just like a sister/just a little more." certainly wasn't the most anticipated In fact, the second half of the The lyrics are simple and fitting for of the three 2001 solo albums from album reveals a more sentimental the music. However, the Glands get a the hardcore Oueens trio. But un- hard rock band. The closing track, bit lazy sometimes, throwing in the like Sticky Fingaz's much-hyped "Doll Skin," is basically a straight- occasional cliche, like "It hurts me grout, samcts Black Trash, Fredro's album actu- forward nostalgic love song, albeit when I laugh/all the way to the bank" ally dropped on time, and although the toadies one etched with Lewis and Clark in "When I Laugh," and "That's what I Scream, Dracula, Scream and it takes a different path than Sticky Vogeler's great feedback-y guitars. saw/that the grass is always greener RFTC, the band's two previous al- Fingaz's concept album, it is an ex- But then, terms of endearment like cellent offering in its own right. HELL BELOWI on the other side" in "Ground." bums, took a smooth amalgam of "Hey, skin like a doll" sound a little, Simplicity works for them in one old-time rock and indie rock and Fredro was always the quietest STARS ABOVE well, insincere coming from the of my favorite tracks on the disc, gave it a harsh punky edge. This member of Onyx, which is to say makers of "Possum Kingdom" and though. "Swim," which includes a album completely forgoes the tradi- that his flow is calmer than the There's no better way to avoid other songs about killing women brief instrumental prelude, is a jaunty tional rock influences and replaces rantings of Sticky Fingaz and Son catcalls of "sophomore slump" than and disposing of the bodies. little ditty about the ocean inviting a them with a nonstop wall of noise. See. His flow allows him more cred- by pushing back the release of your At first, "Jigsaw Girl" seems to be guy named Joe to go swimming. The On tracks like "Spitting" and "Carne ibility as a solo artist, whereas Sticky band's follow-up album a couple another sign of the Toadies going lyrics and the music are playful, even Voodoo," this aural assault is too Fingaz will always be associated with years. Then again, this course can soft: It opens with Lewis tenderly bouncy, but not in an annoying way. much to stand, especially when the Onyx because of his trademark loud backfire. The Stone Roses spent five requesting, "Give me your hand/ And to top it off, there's a hint of fiddle same guitar chords are repeated ad and angry style. years making their second album and I will hold it forever." But a that reminds me of Dirty Three. nauseam. On Firestarr, Fredro's flow is bal- and broke up afterwards. Elastica's couple lines later, Lewis sings, "I The repetition found in other anced with more complicated beats sophomore album, which sputtered keep you near/scattered around my lackluster tracks such as "Return of that fit his style better than many of and started for five years, was a criti- apartment." The Toadies haven't lost the Liar" and "Savoir Faire" makes the raw Onyx beats did. Still, much of cal disappointment. How can you their wicked Southern gothic side. I"!' the album feel like a high-octane the production resembles both older make relevant music if you haven't The Toadies play at Numbers metronome — it'll keep you Onyx tracks and the soundtrack from done it for the past half-decade? (300 Westheimer) on Thursday. ii bopping, but you won't walk away Light It Up, which Fredro starred in Now, Fort Worth rock band the • remembering anything about the and contributed to musically. Toadies are releasing Hell Below/ — Mariel Tarn minimalist choruses. There are a Two of the strongest songs on Stars Above, six and a half years after few noteworthy songs, however. the albums are "Thug Warz" and their platinum-selling debut, 1994's "Out of Control" crashes and bangs "Soldierz," both of which feature ftwMerw^.ThisisaToadies rebirth. the glands through a description of vocalist Sticky Fingaz, while the former also Hell Below tears open with roaring Speedo's personal hell while the features 2Pac affiliates the Outlawz. guitars and frontman Todd lewis' THE GLANDS powerful addition of a saxophone The first, albeit poorly promoted, scream, a baptism of fire and speed. and trumpet hammer home the cho- single, "Dat Be Dem" is also a high- The intro, "Plane Crash," rocks It's no surprise that the Glands rus. "Venom Venom," another high- light of the album. "Dyin 4 Rap" and out fast, while Lewis sings about where hail from Athens, Ga., a landmark in light, starts off with a sinuous bass its remix, however, suffer from an the band's been and where it's going the world of indie pop — it's appar- line, adds pounding drums and overly simplistic beat that makes — for instance, the manifesto "We're ent from their self-titled sophomore The Glands show how to borrow chanting vocals, and finally be- the songs monotonous. creeping into your living room/We're album, released last year on Capri- from other bands without wearing comes a sort of powered-up snake Other than those two songs, the crawling into your bed." It even turns corn, that they've studied the greats their influences on their collective charmer anthem. album is marked by the solid produc- melodic in the bridge—a reminder of and distilled their moves into some- sleeve. Check them out at Rudyard's The biggest thing missing from tion of Fredro and in-house producer how the Toadies can interject a melody thing familiar, yet altogether new. (2010Waugh Dr.) tomorrow, where this album is the musicality that DaVinci. Finally, there is the surprise into the harshest tune, sounding like At times I can hear the strident gui- they're playing after a^tint at South made RFTC's previous releases so of the album, the song "Shining a hard-edged Pixies. tars of Built to Spill, the meek, off- by Southwest. enjoyable. These songs have little Through" from the movie Save the I predict that this album will burn beat Modest Mouse/Flaming Lips structural similarity to the catchy Last Dance. Thi s rap remix of the song — Mariel Tam rock songs of earlier albums, and 'True Colors" may be somewhat they're just not memorable. corny, but it features some of Fredro's The in-the-know clerk who sold deepest, most heartfelt lyrics. Sharpshooting action flick rocket from me Group Sounds at my hip alterna- Firestarr will probably be lightly the crypt tive record store claimed that this regarded, especially by those who was the best RFTC album in years cling to the belief that Onyx was a hits the target just off center GROUP SOUNDS and that it would win over lots of new one-hit wonder. But Fredro's album fans. But as far as I can tell, it will is enjoyable and creative enough ENEMY, from Page 13 because Danilov's jealousy affects On Group Sounds, the first new only appeal to hard-rocking speed both lyrically and musically that such that neither country is the good guy the story, but trimming a few scenes album by Rocket from the Crypt addicts, and not to the sort of people criticisms seem misguided. by default. The metaphorical por- would not have hurt much. since they left Interscope Records, who dug Scream, Dracula, Scream trait of the soldiers in trains effec- One thing that never fails to an- the band has noisily thrown off their and RFTC. Rocket from the Crypt is — Todd Makse tively points out the Soviet Union's noy me is the language barrier. The cruelty; after all, Stalin was their film would make next to nothing in leader. Furthermore, there are a few the box office if it were authentic points about the failings of commu- (i.e., spoken in Russian and Ger- nism — how an ideal can be good in man), so it's understandable why Executive Recruitment Intern Position theory but not in reality. English is used. Still, believable ac- And aside from one particularly cents would have gone a long way — deplorable act, Konig, the central the Soviet leads (Law, Fiennes, Recruitment Coordinator (Part-Time) villain, isn't really a bad guy; he's Weisz) are British and don't try to just doing his job. 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Intern Duties: BISHOP Sonics • Research competitive data • Prepare candidate references and candidate synopses Digital Recording Studio • Fax written correspondence to clients and candidates 71 3. 301. 2648 • Update weekly progress reports • Conduct administrative tasks You 'i? £&?• . THE RICE THRESHER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 lpl| life r mi Han Solo, C-3PO and other Rebel scum at the MFAH Dalton Tomlin tic taste much, but despite being a huge model of a Star Destroyer. The THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF fairly knowledgeable fan, I ended up craft's intricate and detailed design You might think it strange that a learning a few things that will for- makes it easy to see how you could world-renowned art museum is host- ever enhance how I view the series. be fooled into believing it's as large ing a bunch of costumes, props and The exhibit begins with a 30- as it looks in the outer space scenes. storyboards from the most popular minute documentary about the mak- This room is also the starting point movie series of all time. But a closer ing of the films, especially Star Wars: of the audio tour narrated by James look reveals how much work and — A New Hope. Creator George Lucas Earl Jones, the ominous voice of dare I say it — artistry went into talks about the extensive creative Darth Vader. Although much of the making the Star Wars films. process that was funded by a mea- audio tour consists of random trivia ger $10 million budget as well as that die-hard fans already know, there some people who influenced his are also informative sound clips from mythology, particularly Japanese the crew every now and then. 'star wars: the director Akira Kurosawa and author magic of myth' Joseph Campbell. A diorama of Through June 24 Lucas also acknowledges the work at the Museum of of artist Ralph McQuarrie, who lis- Cloud City Fine Arts, Houston. tened to Lucas' ideas and put them to Admission $5 for students. paper, laying a groundwork for the contains the cult many characters and worlds of Star Wars. Many of McQuarrie's draw- anti-hero BOBA On a national tour from its home ings and storyboards for the films FETT and a at the Smithsonian National Air and line the walls throughout the exhibit. Space Museum, "Star Wars: The Some of the films' stars also make carbonite-encased Magic of Myth" will reside at the appearances in the documentary. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston until Harrison Ford jokingly recalls some HAN SOLO. June. of the ways the producers kept the Considering how grand and el- original shoot under budget, cutting The subsequent rooms are in egant the nest of MFAH's offerings corners whenever possible, citing chronological order, beginning with are (the Impressionism exhibit, for the levers on the Millennium Falcon A New Hope and ending with The example), going to see a chunk of that fell out when pulled on. Phantom Menace. Along the walls pop culture that I am perhaps too Just around the corner from the are costumes of well-known charac- familiar with felt like a guilty plea- viewing theater is the first room of ters like C-3PO and Obi-Wan Kenobi, sure. I can't say I expanded my artis- the exhibit, and at its center is a as well as those of Stormtroopers and Jawas. Han Solo and Chewbacca are posed before a backdrop of the Falcon, one of several dioramas throughout the exhibit. Then you enter the icy world of Hoth, the setting for the first act in The Empire Strikes Back, complete COURTESY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. HOUSTON with a life-sized probe droid and a C-3P0 fulfilled his language requirement by speaking 6 million forms of large painting of the giant AT-ATs. communication throughout the galaxy. After a model of the Falcon is a diorama of Cloud City — my favorite myself,"Jones remarks. Behind him (all originally CGI, natch). one in the exhibit because it con- is a huge picture of the uncompleted As a fan, I-could have just seen a tains the cult anti-hero Boba Fett Death Star; nearby is Emperor few costume replicas and been and a carbonite-encased Solo. Palpatine and a backdrop of his happy. While I wish, in hindsight, After passing Jabba the Hutt's throne room. that the exhibit had more models palace and the forest moon Endor, The final room houses a few rem- like X-Wings and a Death Star or you're treated to an incredibly brood- nants of The Phantom Menace, the two, I can't say I left unsatisfied. ing room of darkness. In the center, most impressive of which is, of Being there in person, turning each you at last see the great icon of evil, course, the latest incarnation of evil, corner with a new surprise waiting COURTESY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON Darth Vader, "one of the greatest Darth Maul. There's also a large for me, I almost felt like a kid, seeing Some know him as little Anni Skywalker, others call him the Dark Lord of the villains of all time, if I do say so image on the wall from the pod race this universe unfold for the first time. Sith, but he's most widely known and loved as Darth Vader. Art and science converge in sound exhibit CLINKING, from Page 12 20th-century experimental musi- temporary living record of visitors' liar assemblage of everyday articles cians. unique, personal experiences of the could be infinitely repeated by any For Boursier-Mougenot, the con- installation. Similarly, by leaving the person, artist or non-artist alike. cert hall is an inappropriate venue installation untitled, Boursier- While recursiveness is standard both for contemporary music and Mougenot allows visitors to deter- fare in music (musical notation al- for the different sense of temporal- mine their own experience of the An Improvisa+ional Grill® & World Feast lows for compositions to be played ity that engenders it. Indeed, the work and to come to their own inter- again and again, by different musi- appointed time and duration of the pretations of its significance. Indeed, is expanding into the great state of Texas cians), what isrepeatable in Untitled traditional concert can seem quaintly lie has said. "It is the visitors' pres- & opening VERY soon. (Series #2) is not the sequence of formal by comparison with the stop- ence and their own experience of notes itself, but rather the mere con- and-start pervasiveness of music in apprehending my works which gives ditions for their production. This everyday life by way of Walkmans, the works meaning." We are now staffing for ' sound installation diverges further car sound systems and music piped In the broad tradition of Cage, dinner-only" positions: from traditional conceptions of mu- into stores and shopping centers. Marcel Duchamp and their many sic in that it is played neither for nor In this way, Boursier-Mougenot artistic progeny, Boursier-Mougenot by anyone — the sounds are created finds galleries more welcoming en- has relieved everyday objects from • Servers: BIG $$$ autonomously and continuously vironments for his work because their functionality and allowed them • Bartenders: BIG $$$ rather than by the activity of musi- they allow people to come, stay and to sing out their other, more tran- cians in the span of a particular, go as they please. Moreover, while scendent possibilities. This was the • Feast Servers: BIG $$$ determined composition. The cen- visitors are not allowed to touch the message of Cage's infamous "silent" • Grill Cooks: Up to $12/hr. trality of chance occurrences in the pools themselves, the artist encour- compositions — captivating music creation of the sequence of sounds ages them to rearrange the gallery's (and art of all kinds) may be found • Front Desk: Up to $12/hr. and its utter exclusion of narrative many cafe chairs to find the spot that anywhere, if only we can free our- • Bussers, Prep Cooks, A Dishwashers: and literary structures rides on the pleases them most. The placement selves enough from rigid expecta- up to $9/hr. innovations of John Cage and other of chairs then becomes a kind of tions to truly listen for it. *"First-day" insurance available to all who qualify! Are you working on **Complimentary Krispy Kreme donuts and coffee your GPA or your BAC? are available to the first 50 cqndidates each day!! 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She does only a few months; however, this such an impeccable job that you'll lackluster operation did leave some- want to be invited to a party at her thing good behind — the building home to get a bit more of her hospi- that Aries now occupies. And I must tality. I suppose more of a draw than say, the building is the only thing • the hospitality would be the perfectly left over from days of yore. prepared food cooked up by her husband, Scott Tycer. When you're seated, you'll be brought an amuse bouche to whet Aries the palate. For those of you unfamil- 4315 Montrose iar with this term, an amuse bouche is a complimentary appetizer (a very (713) 526-4404 tiny appetizer) served to "amuse the mouth." Chef Tycer picks whatever Hours: is fresh and fun. On one visit I had a Monday-Thursday: tiny potato half topped with beluga 5:30-10 p.m. caviar and creme frappe. It was gone in one bite, but what a bite it was. Friday-Saturday: The menus follow shortly there- 5:30-11 p.m. after. The offerings change on a daily basis (asthey should at good restau- Price guide: rants), so you're sure to run into Salads $5-9 some unexplored territory. My ad- Appetizers $5-20 vice is to give something that sounds Entrees $20-40 interesting a whirl. "Aries is a sign of energy, and we Chef's special $50 want to energize people,"Tycer said. Desserts $5-10 "We don't want people to walk out, get in their car and go home to bed. LAURA WIGINTON/THRESHER Because the menu changes, We want them to be stimulated." 4315 Montrose gets a facelift and a new star sign. Chef Scott Tycer has found a home in his new Aries Restaurant. it's impossible to give exact Chef Tycer has used his experience The food is great, the ambiance is better and his wife is absolutely charming. prices, but this guide should at Benjy's, Tony's and the Ritz- Carlton to create food that is techni- balance the sweetness of the zen. The freshness keeps the sea- I tried the New York steak served help. cally wonderful. Then he incorpo- vinaigrette. Overall, it's an excellent food dishes from having any hint of with bordelaise sauce and goat rates his own imagination to infuse salad. If it's available, I highly rec- "fishy" flavor, and the texture is al- cheese gratin. I usually don't like those dishes with creativity. My din- ommend it. ways flaky, never mealy. Tycer takes steaks that are topped with sauces, When I first walked in to Aries, I ing experiences have always been After appetizers this delicious, these wonderful filets of fish and but the bordelaise adds a dimension was stmck by the beautiful meta- stimulating. you'll impatiently await your second gives them life with complex flavors. that can't be achieved with the simple morphosis the building had under- You'll most certainly want to or- course, and a good meal is in the If fish doesn't turn your crank, pat of butter that usually tops fine gone. The crimson walls keep the der an appetizer. The pan-seared foie stars. The chef does wonderful the steaks are wonderful as well. steaks. The goat cheese adds a kick wood floors from making the space gras is an excellent selection, both things with seafood. I despise most These aren't your typical upscale that a boring steakhouse steak lacks. feel too open or expansive. In every for the timelessness of the dish and seafood, but I couldn't get enough of steakhouse chunks of meat. Chef After my bout with this Aries inven- pail of the restaurant, there's a strong the modern overhaul the chef has Tycer's seared striped bass. He goes Tycer is just as demanding about tion, I'm left reassessing my original feeling of warmth and intimacy. to great lengths to make sure his the quality of his meat as he is with thoughts on steaks. The walls, together with the fish is always fresh and never fro- his fish. See ARIES, Page 20 minimalist table and chair sets and soft lighting, create a romantically 'We don't want people bare ambiance. Rice University Undergraduate Students can earn up to 18 course credits. Unlike many of Houston's upscale to walk out, get in their restaurants, Aries isn't a power- COLUMBIA UNIYMH scene. I don't expect to see people car and go home to doing big business over dinner. In- bed. We want them to stead, it's a setting for couples or a catch-up dinner with a long-lost be stimulated.' friend. You shouldn't feel at all uncom- — Scott Tycer LUNG HABITAT RAINFOREST fortable in a dinner jacket or formal Chef, Aries Restaurant Earth Systems dress here, partly because the lights . FOREST are so low — this place exudes a Science and glow that makes formalwear seem given it. This smooth pate encased Astronomy programs somewhat appropriate. I wouldn't say in a fried "shell" provides ample fla- are offered for Science Aries is a throwback to '!50s boys' vors for the palate to play with. and Non-science clubs where formalwear was ex- The salads are usually excellent majors at pected, but you'll feel much more as well. My mixed greens with rasp- dapper than silly here berry vinaigrette proved to be better Columbia University Parking can be a bit tricky if you than could be expected. Usually, Biosphere 2 campus don't use the free valet, but why mixed greens contain too many bit- near Tucson, Arizona. wouldn't you? It's free. It's easy. Just ter lettuces; however, Chef Tycer use it. Don't complain that valet is a has found a mix just bitter enough to SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR RICE STUDENTS! •i . wv. Finding a corsage or boutonniere for Rondelet can be daunting. You have to pick a color. You have to pick a style. You have to pick the flower. All these options can make the non-horticulturally-inclined- fonnal-goer's stomach turn. I'd employ the classic rule of design — less is more. Don't go for wildly gaudy designs. Classic designs go a Summer programs: long way in both elegance and aesthetic appeal. Semester programs: However, don't let classic designs keep you from giving your date 16 or more credits • Earth Systems Field School II - 4 credits, something original. Pick a unique flower — one of the most beautiful June 2001 corsages I ever gave was made of black orchids. I'm not suggesting September-December 2001 you'll be able to find rare flowers on such short notice, but ask the and January-May 2002 • Summer of Stars - 5 credits, June-July 2001 flower shop for all the options. '<> Earth Systems Field School I - 6 credits, Also, ask what color your date is planning to wear. You can match • Earth Semester July-August 2001 (or at least coordinate) the corsage or boutonniere with his or her outfit. If your date isn't sure, stick with black and white and possibly • Universe Semester • Biodiversity Institute - 5 credits, red. These classic colors work well. You might also talk to your date July-August 2001 about the issue in general. I know a lot of girls who would prefer to receive a bouquet of flowers before the dance than worry about Students may cross-register for select courses in the semester programs crushing their corsage all night. If the thought of choosing all this makes your head hurt, let the flower shop do it for you. Here are a few APPLY NOW! ALL PROGRAMS TAUGHT close florists: BY COLUMBIA FACULTY! The Village Flowery Albert Miller Florist Je Ne Sais Quoi At Rice contact Dr. Walter Isle at (713) 348-4033 or 6103 Kirby Dr. 1965 W. Gray St. 2202 Bissonet St. [email protected] • You may also visit Biosphere 2 at (713) 523-0600 (713) 529-8721 (713) 522-6117 www.bio2.edu/education (800) 992-4603 or [email protected] . -at *•$ THE RICE THRESHER LIFESTYLES FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 o Children's Museum to host Rondelet corey e. devine , Volunteers Needed Change is sometimes good. Last ish fruit display and copious bottles hop," Southard said. This DJ com- year, the Rice Program Council of Snapple at this year's event. pany has made a commitment to June 8th - June 16th, 2001 moved its pi dee de resistance for The entertainment is quite the- playing the music that Rice students spring, Rondelet, to the weekend matic — '80s cover-band the Max want to hear. We like different mu- Tfe* Epilepsy PmwMwW Southeast prior to Beer-Bike, and the change will be pumping out sounds from the sic than other students, and we want Tiwflf it k**iag for eartnf individuals ages met with rousing sucess. Once again, decade of conspicuous consumption to have it played. You can request music that you want to hear at I? to 2$ to be counselors at Camp Spike V Rice students will be dressed in their all night. The band plays a good*mix finest duds for a night out on the of '80s and current music. Rondelet on the AlProductions Web Wave, a week-long residential camp for site at www.aiproductions.net. „CflML • town. Ifyou aren't so big on the '80s and children wkh epilepsy ages 8 to 14, .5WKE sRpaWiKC "We're hoping to do something think, like me, that it's a decade that Tickets to the event go on sale in really different thisyear," Lovett Col- should be forgotten, a DJ will be the residential colleges on Monday. Carap Spike V Wave is held at €«ttp For All in lege sophomore Katie Southard said. providing an alternative — dance They are $20 each and can be bought Burton* Texas mdh* very rewarding for hath "There's been a lot of talk about this beats all night long. from college RPC representatives. the eawtpefs and the couriers. in the past, but this year the location AlProductions will be deejaying Tickets at the door are $25 apiece. and theme should make the event the event. "The biggest complaint For more mtorwtiOR, pfa*e comMt-, something to remember." Southard we heard about the DJ at Esperanza Corey E. Devine is a member of the was that he didn't play enough hip- RPC formals committee. Jonathan Read, Cmtip Director is a member of the RPC formals committee, which plans Rondelet (713) and Esperanza. The event will be held at the Texas jfi»d#dkt.ar$ Children's Museum at 1500 Binz St. in the Museum District. This loca- tion should provide a great venue for the event. It's large enough to hold every- one, and it provides a lot of entertain- ing exhibits outside of the event it- self. "Everyone is so excited by the location," said Brown College junior f£6 Amie Jan, also on the committee. STUDENT TRAVEL "If you're tired of dancing, you can walk around and play with some of the museum's cool exhibits," Jan Right: The Grand Hall of ^ said. Sure, it might seem a little child- the Texas Children's ish at first (come on people, this is Museum where the band the children's museum), but the for Rondelet will be venue should provide an interesting featured. departure from second-rate ball- rooms and glass chandeliers. Below: The exterior of This isn't a signal that future the Texas Children's Rondelets will be any less formal Museum — event m than those in the past, but the plan- planners hope that this ning committee wanted to empha- unique location will draw size fun for this year's event. an unusCially large crowd. Towards that goal, the theme of 3HH8H5KV*.... "Love Shack" has been chosen. It's LAURA WIGINTON/7HRESHER fun. It's crazy. It's so veiy '80s. If you r want to get in on the theme, go to a * JvcZK * < *V 1 resale shop and choose some hid- eous attire. Guys, think Ferris Bueller's Day Off. RPC is encouraging men to wear suits to the event if they don't own or feel like renting a tuxedo. "Rondelet is a formal, but a nice suit can go a A v-'- long way." Jan said. MFff- For girls, formals are important, is Ipr it but you don't have to go out and buy Vf •" something new. Borrow something 2401 Times Bivd SSL* from a friend or use something from a semi-formal event. To make things even better, 4 ' Houston's favorite ready-made gour- 1ttlf MPi met. Eatzi's, will be catering the en- tire event. Because RPC is holding the event somewhere other than a hotel, they had the freedom to choose their own caterer. The food should be a real improvement over A Healthy Way of Living what was served at the Crowne Plaza at this fall's Esperanza. Expect mini- 1 LIKE TO DREAM. 1 do believe that, not one day, but cheesecakes, sinful bt ownies, a lav- everyday, my dreams will come true. After all, most of them already have. God has created a "me" that I would never want to trade. We all have problems, but He and 1 Even Leos love Aries for Rondelet solve all of mine. FOOD, from Page 19 however, they don't let your water glass get empty, { wouldn't say 1 have a perfect life filled with everything I Don't let yourself be limited by the offerings that and they'll pander to your every request. Overall, this want, out since that is not possible, 1 consider it close seem familiar. Try something new — you'll have lots maroon-clad army of waiters does a good job of to choose from. 1 was apprehensive about ordering maki ng you feel like a VIP even if you 're ju st a college enough. By "perfect." I do not mean I can afford whatever Moroccan barbecued pousson (baby chicken) with kid. my eyes widen at or win every competition I enter. God has couscous, but 1 was happy I did so later. A couple of criticisms stick out in my mind: por- given me the attitude to sec only the good parts. When you On top of the wonderful fish and steak offerings, tion size and price. First, you won't leave Aries starv- Aries will please even the vegetarian. I tried the ing. but you won't need to be wheeled out either. know your life is in the hands of the one who gave it to you three-onion bread pudding, which sounds like a des- You'll need to have a salad or appetizer to feel full. to begin with, there's no reason to be pessimistic or sert but is really a wonderful entree. I couldn't help Even after all that, you'll still have room for dessert. depressed. but gobble up the entire contents of the leek-formed You should also make sure you have ample pur- bowl filled with pumpernickel bread held together by chasing power on that Visa Gold. The entrees at Aries But many people say, "Why would 1 want to be a Christian a wonderful onion broth. The flavors were complex range from $20 to $40, and you'll need to factor in an when there's so much hypocrisy? Christians having sex enough that I didn't even miss the meat. appetizer, drinks and dessert. If you're feeling over- before marriage..." (Etc., Etc.) And, as a Christian, 1 say To end your meal perfectly, try dessert. None whelmed by the menu's somewhat foreign dishes, a here are especially stellar; however, they're all pretty good option is the chef s recommendation. You'll get the same thing. But, my relationship with God is for me good. Aries has added a pastry chef to its crew, so I the best three or four courses the kitchen has to offer, and for me to share with others. My life is too good to have high expectations for the future. I^st time I ate and you won't have to pick them yourself. It's the give up God just because of my frustration with Christian here. I tried the raspberry tart with lemon sorbet. I'll dummy-proof way to get a great meal, and for what hypocrisy. agree, you can get good sorbet anywhere. Even you'll be served, the price is usually well below what frozen stuff out of a carton isn't that bad, but mixed ordering all of the entrees separately would cost. It's a really healthy way of living, which leads me to pity with the raspberry tart, this dessert was light and airy In the end, this newcomer has proven itself to me those who are perpetually searching for happiness in all the but still sweet. I loved every bite of it. There's also time and time again. College students only get the word that the new pastry chef has tweaked the choco- chance to splurge on food oncc or twice a year, and wrong places — for I have already found it. late cake recipe to make it a stand-out item on the we're rarely dressed up enough to set foot in a menu. Give it a go. restaurant like Aries. Julie Turn Th e service at Aries is always quite good. I would n't You should take this Rondelet to give Houston's Jones '03 assign it the four-star rating I give to Anthony's, but best new restaurant a try. It's pricey, but you'll get the staff is young and learning. They often explain the your money's worth, and you'll win the adoration of julietam^rice.edn dishes a bit too quickly so that you can't fully under- your date. Aries is truly sent from heaven. The prices stand all the ingredients, or they'll forget to put your might be high, but can you put a price on your own Paid for by Campus C rusade for Christ napkin in your lap when you sit down. /Ml in all, little piece of the stars? /"J A Sports THE RICE THRESHER ? JLb Friday, March 16,2001 25th-ranked swim team heads to NCAA meet by John C. Chao members will be allowed to swim THRESHER STAFF in individual events. Junior Rachel Armstrong will swim in It's been on their minds a long the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle time, and last week it finally hap- events, and junior Katie Hermann pened. The swim team cracked will swim the 50 freestyle. the national rankings for the first "Obviously, we want to do well time in school history March 5, [at NCAAs] so the team will keep grabbing the No. 25 spot in the improving," Mularz said. "In or- College Swim Coaches Associa- der to stay top-25, we're going to tion poll with 14 points. need a Gomplete team effort." "We're all so excited," sopho- The Owls' goal for the relay is more Mandy Mnlarz said. "We to make the finals of the event, didn't expect it because we are which is composed of the top such a small team. But we know eight teams in the country. what we are capable of, and we For Maher, who will anchor • • -$"4 -I went out there and did it." the relay, the competition marks From the beginning of the sea- the final chapter of her swim- son, head coach Doug Boyd ming career at Rice. stressed to his team that it had "I'm excited about it," she said. the talent and the capability to be "This is biggest meet of my ca- a top-25 team. When the Owls reer, and I'm glad I can end on a defeated two top-25 teams in the note like this." fall, the team began to believe Although all of the swimmers him. will be nervous at the NCAA meet, ELIZABETH JARDINA/THRESHER "He's known all along that Maher knows that the pressure Junior Matthias Mathaes approaches the net after a backhand against the University of North Carolina Monday. we're that good," Mularz said. they feel will be a good one. Mathaes came back to win his match after losing the first set to help the Owls preserve their undefeated record. "The poll is more of a confirma- "This is a win-win situation for tion of what he knew. Now, we us," she said. "I feel pressure, but know what we are capable of and nobody ever expected us to be just have to maintain it." here so we're going to enjoy our- Men's tennis remains undefeated "We were so excited to hear selves." about being in the top 25," senior The meet represents a world by Eric Raub in straight sets to leave the Tarheels of sophomore Cody Jackson at the Kim Maher said. "That was of opportunity for the Owls. Four THRESHER STAFF only one point short of the win. No. 5 spot. Jackson fought off a match Doug's goal and he was so ex- swimmers are the most Rice has Junior Fabien Giraud kept hope point in the second set, won the cited because his goal for the ever sent to the NCAA meet. In The last two weeks have shown alive for the Owls by winning 6-2,6-2 at second-set tiebreaker and went on year had been accomplished." 1995, the Owls sent three swim- that the men's tennis team will find a the No. 6 spot. That meant that all to capture a 4-6. 7-6, 6-3 victory. In order to maintain their hard- mers and finished 31st. Only 21 way to win. The 49th-ranked Owls three Owls left on the court had to win "Yesterday was an amazingcome- earned ranking, the Owls must schools, all of which are ranked, defeated three ranked teams in that their matches to clinch the victory, back," Ladhani said. "Gutsy perfor- turn in a strong performance at are sending more than four swim- span, culminating with a 4-3 come- and all three had lost their first sets. mances from all the singles players the NCAA Championships. This mers. back win over the University of North "The guys were not quite ready that won. Cody and Matthias both is the final meet of the season, The meet is not only important Carolina Monday that pushed Rice's to play the match," assistant coach saved match points and came back including only the elite swimmers for the swimmers, but it also has record to a perfect 12-0. Shaheen Ladhani said. "We had just to win. You have to win some close from around the country, and the implications for the team's future. Monday's match was the most got back from a long spring break matches like that. Not all the wins polls will be taken one more time Because they've worked so hard exciting, hardest-fought and closest trip and were getting ready to leave against good teams are going to be to reflect the performances of the to finally break into the rankings, the Owls have played this season. for another trip. Concentration was easy." swimmers at this event. the Owls want to make sure they The Tarheels spent most of the early hard to maintain with all the things Jackson's victory came at a cost to Mularz qualified individually stay focused so their stay among part of the season ranked 26th, so going on. That is why we lost the the Owls. He was taken to the hospi- in the 50-meter freestyle with the the nation's best is a long one. the Owls knew they were facing a doubles. They dug themselves out tal later in the day and treated for nation's 21st-fastest time, and "National exposure is really big talented opponent. c f a hole halfway through the singles dehydration and heat stroke. Rice's 200-meter freestyle relay, for recruits," Maher said. "Being The Tarheels took the early lead matches." "I had a heat stroke and had to go which ranks 12th nationally, also ranked in the top 25, a lot of re- by winning the No. 2 and 3 doubles Junior Matthias Mathaes and to the hospital," Jackson said. "They received an invitation. Since the cruits see the polls. If we can stay matches to claim the doubles point. freshman Richard Barker both suc- took me in at about 8:30 and I didn't relay was invited, other relay in the top 25, it'll be big for us." Then, freshman William Barker and cessfully came from behind to win, get back until about 1:30 in the morn- junior Alexis Pourchet were beaten leaving the contest on the shoulders See TENNIS, Page 23 Owls host SJSU in weekend series Spartans advanced to College World Series a year ago by Jose Luis Cubria Regionals to make their first-ever trip to Omaha. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF San Jose State (14-6-1, 5-3 WAC) lost a num- ber of key players from that team — including The baseball team has a bone to pick with three of its top four pitchers. But head coach San Jose State University, which visits Reckling Wayne Graham said the Spartans are still a good Park this weekend for a three-game Western team, in large part due to last year's success. Athletic Conference series. "If anything, [last year] truly shows our It has little to do with the head-to-head players that San Jose is a quality team." Gra- rivalry, since the Owls have always dominated ham said. "If we're to win, we have to be on top the Spartans. Rice won five of six meetings of our game. We must be." between the two teams last year and owns an Graham's players agree. 11-2 advantage in the all-time series. "Those guys went to the World Series last No, Rice has another problem with San year, so we know they can win." Baugh said. Jose State: the Spartans made the College "They played us hard all last year and they've World Series last year while the Owls had to got a lot of guys returning, so we can't go out watch it all unfold on TV. there and think we can just walk out and win. "It hurt," senior pitcher Kenny Baugh said. They'll be aiming for us, and it's a conference "We beat them five out of six and felt like we series, so we have to be ready." were a better team. It hurt big-time." But Graham points out that the Spartans Rice and San Jose State shared last year's will also be looking for some payback. WAC championship, but the Owls received the "Even having gone to the College World league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament Series, San Jose lost to us last year so they'll be thanks to their superior record in head-to-head on a high," Graham said. "They're facing, in meetings. The Spartans received an at-large bid. their minds, a must-win series because they've .. .. The Owls fell one game short of the Super lost three conference games." Regionals after losing to the University of Hous- The Spartans, while still very solid on the mound, are more balanced than last year's .. > * : ton in the Regional played at Cougar Field. Meanwhile, the Spartans shocked the college squad, which relied almost exclusively on baseball world by emerging out of their Re- pitching. They return four all-WAC perform- LIZ RICE/THRESHER gional, played at the Baylor Ballpark in Waco. ers from last year, including defending WAC Freshman catcher Matt Cunningham lays down a bunt during practice. The Owls begin a three- But San Jose State's magical run didn't end Player of the Year Junior Ruiz. game series tonight against San Jose State University, which advanced to last year's College there. The Spartans upset heavily-favored UH, Ruiz, a preseason second-team all-Ameri- World Series, at 7 p.m. at Reckling Park. one of the top eight national seeds, in the Super See BASE BAKU Page 25 ... , 4 , , i . .. . • * -T'J... 1/ , . , , .. V < •; ... K&i' .yV V : 20 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 Lady Owls' dilemma: nowhere to turn for points of the WAC tournament, including by Jason Gershman the three-pointer that sent the game THKESHEK EDITORIAL STAFF into overtime. "The Fresno game gave me some Coaches talk all the time about confidence in my shot," Brown said. the intangible keys to winning a bas- "But [my shot] has always been ketball game: hustle, desire, passion there." ... the list goes on and on. Freshman Lindsey Maynard per- The women's basketball team, haps made the greatest strides on however, learned the lesson that, above all, what wins games is putting offense, leading the lady Owls in points on the scoreboard. Several both tournament games despite not times this season, the Lady Owls playing the entire first half against couldn't overcome an inability to Nevada. Maynard went 6-of-8 from score and dropped games they easily three-point range over the tourna- could have won if they had just man- ment, scoring a total of 27 points. aged to find some decent shooting. "I just got my confidence built up this week because I knew we needed to win to make the NCAA tourna- ment," Maynard said. "I just tried to A LOOK BACK: help the team win." WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Maynard and fellow freshman Record: 18 12 Kate Beckler combined for 24 of Rice's 58 points in the l^ady Owls' WAC record: 9-7 (tied for 4th, final game against TCU. Beckler led lost in semifinals of WAC the Lady Owls in scoring this season tournament) with 8.5 points per game. Big wins: 70-58 vs. Memphis "I think they [Beckler and Dec. 2, 57-53 vs. Hawaii Feb. Maynard) have some great poten- 18,60-56 vs. Nevada March 7 tial," McKinney said. "We had some in the first round of the WAC upperclassmen on the perimeter we tournament i thought would get the job done but Damaging losses: Swept by they didn't and these two freshmen Texas Christian (three games, stepped up to get the job done. They including WAC tournament will be really great players at Rice if semifinal) and Southern they continue to work hard, and it's my job to make sure that they do." Methodist (two games), lot>t i'm 67-57 at Tulsa Feb. 23 ' -Aft , a Next season might be the best A one in the paint in the history of the Leading scorer: Freshman lady Owls. Although the team loses guard Kate Beckler, 8.5 ppg Tuttle, junior center Daneesh Mcin- Leading rebounder: Senior tosh and junior forward Aarika % forward Kenya Tuttle, 7.6 rpg JAMIE SCHWABF.ROW/WAC PHOTOS Florus return for their senior sea- Junior guard Jennifer Rigg passes the ball while being guarded by the University of Nevada's Jessica Larsen. The Lady sons. The team will also gain three Owls got by Nevada 60-56 in overtime March 8 but saw their season end with a 76-58 loss to Texas Christian new post players. University last Friday in the semifinals of the Western Athletic Conference tournament. Preseason expectations for the Sophomore transfers Elisa team were high despite the loss of Over the course of the season, no Rice jumped out to an 8-2 start and the Lady Owls were shut out of Inman, from Purdue University, and four key members from last year's I^idy Owl stepped up as Rice's go-to this year, but headed into WAC ac- postseason action. Johnetta Hayes, from the University squad that won the Western Athletic scorer. last year, Maria Brumfield tion stinging from losses to national There's plenty of hope for the of Oklahoma, are 6-2 and 6-4. They Conference tournament and made a and Kirra Jordan consistently pro- superpowersTexasTech University future, though. The Lady Owls will be joined by Michelle Woods, a surprise run to the second round of vided an offensive threat, averaging and the University of Notre Dame. showed some of their best outside 6-1 freshman who wiil be coming to the NCAA tournament. 15.1 and 13.2 points per game and Once WAC play began, the Lady shooting of the season in their last Rice from Katy Taylor High School. But the losses proved to be more scoring in double figures in more Owls struggled and dropped five of three games. Junior guard LaToya "Our offense just never came painful than the team had antici- than two-thirds of the team's games. its first eight games. Near the end of Brown sank four three-pointers in around this year," McKinney said. pated, especially on the offensive This season, however, no player the season. Rice began to null to- scoring a career-high 15 points in "Elisa and Johnetta will help us on end of the court. The Lady Owls, averaged more than 8.5 points per gether, winning four games in a row the regular-season finale against our inside game next year and our who finished the year 18-12, shot game and only Kenya Tuttle scored before falling in the WAC tourna- Fresno State University two weeks two freshmen now have a year of just 36 percent from the floor and in double figures in more than 10 out ment semifinals to Texas Christian ago. She followed that effort with an experience. I was hoping we would offensive droughts plagued them in of the 30 games played this season, University. But it wasn't enough to eight-point outing against the Uni- catch fire down the stretch but we almost everv loss. accomplishing the feat in 12 contests. make up for the midseason slump, versity of Nevada in the first round didn't." Rice defeats Nevada in overtime, can't keep up with TCU by Jason Gershman "In the huddle, coach drew up the play and THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF it was exactly like a high school play I must have run 50 times my senior year," Brown A year ago, the women's basketball team said. "I was excited about the play." WNIT leaves Lady Owls out played the role of Cinderella, riding some late- Freshman Lindsey Maynard scored five of season momentum to a conference title and a her team-leading 11 points in overtime. For the first time in four seasons, the Texas Christian University received an first-round win in the NCAA tournament. "Lindsay's the one who stepped up and women's basketball team will miss postseason automatic bid to the NCAA tournament by This year, the clock struck midnight be- gave us the big shots," head coach Cristy action. Rice was not among the (34 teams virtue of winning the Western Athletic fore the Owls could rediscover their magic McKinney said. "She got everything on her invited to the NCAA tournament Sunday or Conference tournament and the Univer- touch. own, she made a good drive and she's very the 32 teams invited to the Women's National sity of Hawaii was invited to the WN IT, t he Rice's season came to an end in the semifi- good at that." Invitation Tournament Monday. WAC's only other postseason bid. nals of last week's Western Athletic Confer- The Lady Owls ended the season with Rice and Southern Methodist University ence tournament in Tulsa, Okla., when the an 18-12 record and a Ratings Percentage (17-12, 77 RPI), were left on the outside lady Owls lost to eventual tournament cham- l Index ranking of 75 out of 316 NCAA Divi- looking in despite the fact that each team has pion Texas Christian University 76-58. We don't make shots when we sion I colleges and universities. More than had postseason success in the recent past. Holding Rice back was what has been the get them, don't make smart half of the 32 teams in the WNITare ranked Both Rice and SMU pulled off first-round team's greatest foe all season: poor shooting. below Rice in the RPI. upsets in last year's NCAA tournament. In the quarterfinals, defense, intensity, and decisions all the time. It The Lady Owls didn't expect an invita- But the Lady Owls realize the danger of hustle somehow carried the lady Owls to a 60- tion to the Big Dance, but they were disap- leaving their postseason fate in someone 56 overtime win over the University of Nevada caught up with us.' pointed to not make the WNIT. else's hands. "The NIT picked 17 teams with higher "We didn't get the job done on the despite shooting just 26 percent from the field. — Cristy McKinney But Rice couldn't overcome another weak RPIs than ours," head "coach Cristy court," head coach Cristy McKinney said. shooting effort against TCU. A 32 percent Head coach McKinney said. "I don't know what they're "It put us in a position where a committee shooting outing, coupled with the loss of jun- looking at, whether it's wins against-top 50 decides our fate. I hope our players are ior all-WAC defensive team center Daneesh teams or whatever. Some of these teams angered by this and that next season we Mcintosh due to an illness, were too much for In winning the first overtime game in the have records against top teams just as bad will get the job done on the court." the Lady Owls to overcome against the Horned 11-year history of the WAC women's basket- or worse than we do." —Jason Gershman Frogs, who will face Pennsylvania State Uni- ball tournament, the lady Owls broke at least versity tomorrow in the first round of the one tournament record. Their 83 field goal with the Homed Frogs was no different. out, TCU forward Kati Safaritova dominated NCAA tournament. attempts were the most ever taken by a team Rice cut what was once a 15-point TCU lead inside, scoring a game-high 18 points. The March 7 game between the fourth- in one game. The Lady Owls' 26 percent shoot- to just five with 7 minutes, 57 seconds to play "We missed Daneesh Mcintosh today," seeded Lady Owls and the fifth-seeded Ne- ing percentage was their lowest in any victory before the Horned Frogs nailed three straight McKinney said. "Six- tried to play but she was vada Wolfpack was a game between two famil- this season. three-pointers to put the game out of reach. very sick. I'm not saying that we win with her, iar teams — Rice had defeated Nevada 57-55 at "This was an ugly, ugly game," McKinney Mayndard and senior Kenya Tuttle led the but I think it's a different story with her in Autry Court just six days earlier. The Tulsa said after the game. "I'll be the first to admit it. lady Owls with 16 points each in the 76-58 because she means 10 fewer points given up version of the game was much the same: a low- But what I like most about our team is that loss. Tuttle also led the team with 12 rebounds on the defensive end. She just couldn't go." scoring, defensive battle. we're playing hard. in the final game of her Rice career. The Horned Frogs went on to defeat the The lady Owls were 8-of-43 from the floor "I've told our team we couldn't shoot in the "I didn't want it to be my last game," Tuttle UniversityofHawaiiinthechampionshipgame in the first half but entered the locker room 20s and win, but I was wrong. We found a way to said. "I tried helping my team as much as I "The bottom line is that we got beat by a trailing by just two points, 22-20. They contin- do that today. I sure don't want to find a way to do could. We gave them way too many open looks better basketball team," McKinney said. "We ued their strong defense in the second half that again. Nevada played hard and I hope our and we couldn't match them on the other end." continued to struggle on the offensive end and trailed 50-47 with nine seconds remaining defense was part of the reason they struggled." Mcintosh's absence was noticeable. Dur- We don't make shots when we get them, don't in regulation when junior guard LaToya Brown Then came the semifinals. The lady Owls ing the regular season, she ranked ninth in the make smart decisions all the time. It caught up nailed a deep three-point shot to send the had lost both season meetings with TCU by WAC in rebounding with 6.4 rebounds per with us today. I thought our kids played hard * gtfnte ihfo' dvtftfrrtd". more than 15 points, and the third matchup game arid was 14th iri'st£a1s. With'Mcintosh and" we fn&le'd lHih at fh'eht!'* ' ' '1 11 1 I ' •* } ; : ' THE RICE THRESHER SPOUTS FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001 21 Women's track struggles at NCAA REACH FOR THE STARS! Owls suffer one problem after another, finish disappointing 30th Join Talent Tree. We offer the choice of quality... also set a new Canadian indoor record by Chris Larson • Temporary positions • Temporary-to-hire • THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF NCAA RESULTS with the jump. In the 800 preliminaries Saturday, The Owls scored six points at Everything was looking so good Teteris won her heat and posted the Full-time employment last weekend's NCAA Indoor for the women's indoor track and fastest qualifying time in the field, but Track and Field Championships field team. After qualifying athletes Wright struggled to a third-place fin- in four individual events and two to tie for 30th place. Individual ish in her heat and failed to advance. In a variety of fields and locations throughout results: relays, the Owls were poised to make "The first thing I noticed was that their best showing ever at the NCAA Allison Beckford Tanya was running kind of heavy, the Houston area. Plus, benefits that are un- Championships last weekend in 2nd in heat of 400-meter and not as smooth or fluid as usual," equalled in the market today. Fayetteville, Ark. preliminaries in 53.81, failed Lopez said. "If we had to bet anyone But having things set up for a top to advance would have advanced to the finals, it performance doesn't guarantee it's would have been her." Alice Falalye going to happen. Plenty of things Beckford faded in her heat of the Administrative • Clerical • Customer Service can go awry — and this became all 3rd in long jump, 21-4 1/4 400 to finish with the lOth-fastest too real for the Owls last weekend, Aimee Teterls time in the field. The top eight times as unfortunate and unexpected cir- Finished third in 800-meter final, advance to the finals. Beckford's time Contact us today at (713) 621-6868 or visit cumstances hurt Rice in one event but disqualified for impeding of 53.81 was just .12 seconds slower www.talenttree.com. after another. Tanya Wright than the eighth-place mark. "When Allison was cutting in at 3rd in heat of 800 preliminaries • in 2:09.30, failed to advance the breaking line from the first lap A into the second lap she relaxed a The team was ready. Distance medley relay little too much," Lopez said. 'Two 10th in 11:36.92 yralentTree : They had a very, good runners stepped in front of her and 1,600-meter relay took advantage of it, and Allison positive attitude. ...We 11th in 3:38.75 couldn't find her stride again." Wright was still off her best stride just have to regroup for the school record in the 800-meter in the opening leg of the distance The brightest in the business. run with a time of 2 minutes, 6.37 medley relay, and the Owls couldn't outdoor.' seconds and headed into the NCAA recover and move up signficantly in — Victor Lopez meet with the third-best time in the the field, finishing 10th in 11:36.92. nation. A week earlier, the Owls had run Head coach Sophomore Alice Falaiye broke more than 15 seconds faster. the school record with a long jump Despite the struggles, however, of 21-3 1/2, also third-best in the the Owls headed into Sunday with two STUDENT TRAVEL Rice finished in a tie for 30th place country. The Owls' 1,600-meter re- big opportunities to score points: the with six points, far fewer than the lay team posted the fourth-best time 1,600 relay and the final of the 800. total the team had in mind. The Owls in the country in 3:35.43, more than But it apparently wasn't meant to • n- can only imagine what their total two seconds faster than its previous be. Teteris surged through the pack might have been if il hadn't been for season-best. near the end of the 800 to grab third i m disqualifications, collisions with other They wefe joined at nationals by place, but later found out that she runners and mental mistakes. junior AimeeTeteris in the 800-meter was disqualified for impeding a Uni- London...... $310 "If we had just had a normal day, run, sophomore Allison Beckford in versity of Texas runner on the cor- Paris $400 we would have finished in the top the 400-meter dash and the distance ner of the track when she passed her five," head coach Victor hipez said. medley relay team, all of whom ran on the inside. Amsterdam $402 "If we had had a good meet, we could their best marks of the season at the "After about 600 meters I was in have been top three It was a lot of last chance meets and moved high the back and tried to pass everyone Tokyo $855 unexpected situations. The girls were enough on the provisional qualify- on the inside,"Teteris said. "Going to Fares are rourt&tnp Restrictions may oppty Ta< not tndudisd crying. They were very disappointed." ing list to make the cut. the corner the space was really small The team headed into the meet But highlights were few and far and my feet and another girl's clipped coming off several excellent perfor- between last weekend, and disappoint- each other, and their coach protested mances in the previous weekend's ment was rampant The Owls' one to have me disqualified. To my credit, "last chance"meets, where the Owls major highlight was the long jump, technically according to the rule book met the automatic qualifying stan- where Falaiye once again broke the I'm allowed to pass on the inside, and dard in three events, something no school record, jumping 21-4 1/4 to no one fell. Bumping's a part of track, Owl had done all season. finish third and earn Rice's six points. especially indoor track. Sophomore Tanya Wright broke Falaiye, a native of Bran lpton, Ontario, See TRACK, Page 24 Oleksy leads Owls with 4th-place finish by Chris Larson entered the race with the mindset of trying to win. His split was four sec- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF NCAA RESULTS onds faster than it's been all year, The Owls scored seven points Two men's track and field ath- and it got ugly." TRAVEL at last weekend's NCAA Indoor letes went to Fayetteville, Ark. last Still, seventh place at the national rrryry rrmr Track and Fieid Championships weekend for the NCAAIndoor Track meet is quite a feat for a freshman — to tie for 35th place. Individual and Field Championships and came before Davis, Rice had never quali- results: home ail-Americans. fied a freshman for a distance event Sophomore Tommy Oleksy gave Adam Davis to the national meet. And Davis has his best effort of the season in the Finished 7th in finals of 800- three more years to make his mark. long jump, and all four of his jumps meter run in 1:49.51 'To qualify a freshman to the na- that weren't fouls were farther than Tommy Oleksy tional meet, have him make all- his previous season-best. 4th in long jump. 25-10 3/4 American and score points is phe- His jump of 25-10 3/4 put him in nomenal," Warren said. jft^(713) 523-7770; second place for most of the compe- Davis gave the Owls two more tition, but two athletes outjumped him fourth nationally. points to give Rice a total of seven, 5733 Kirby location * Oleksy's mark in the final round, Davis advanced to the finals by which tied them for 35th. A year ago. including U.S. Olympian Walter winning the first of three heats. As Rice was held scoreless at the na- Davis from Louisiana State Univer- has been the case in almost all of tional meet. sity, and Oleksy finished fourth. He Davis' races this season, the pack The Owls hope the momentum had entered the meet ranked 10th in went out slowly so his heat's times continues during the outdoor sea- the nation. were slow compared to the others. son, which begins next Friday, Rice Student Specials * "My big jump has been coming But the top two runners from each when they compete at the Texas all year," Oleksy said. "It was just a heat automatically qualify for the Southern University relays. For the matter of getting in the right meet final, and Davis took off after 400 outdoor season. Rice will be able and doing the right things. It pretty meters and won his heat handily. to run senior sprinter and hurdler Medium Pizza much all came together." "Adam's prelim was very slow," Rashad Stafford, who had used up The Tigers' Davis almost didn't assistant coach Jon Warren said. "With all four years of his indoor eligibil- One Medium One-Topping even make it into the finals. 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'„ I* t »A • " ' (Mj * 1 17, 22 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001 ,— Fresn ousts Owls 60-52 Pivotal injuries lead to 1 J by Ryan Keedy THRESHER STAFF At least they put up a good fight. up-and-down season i.n The men's basketball team's sea- w son ended last week when its come- by Ryan Keedy to find a way to deal with the loss of back effort fell just short in a loss to THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF guard Mike Wilksandforward Erik top-seeded Fresno State University Cooper, who are both seniors. in the quarterfinals of the Western On the one hand, the men's The duo scored 76 of Rice's V||i Athletic Conference tournament. basketball team's 14-16 record is a 112 points during the WAC tour- lot better than last year's 5-22 di- nament and will be sorely missed m saster. next year. ., Mf A LOOK BACK: On the other hand, this season Wilks has been the Owls' un- fell well short of the expectations disputed leader all season. His 20.1 MEN'S BASKETBALL generated by the team's 54) start. points per game was second in the Record: 14 16 Most obviously, two key inju- WAC and he received nearly every I WAC record: 5-11 (8th, lost in ries changed the complexion of postseason honor imaginable. He I quarterfinals of WAC the season and likely cost the Owls was named to the all-WAC first tournament) a winning campaign. Sophomore team and all-WAC defensive team point guard Omar-Seli Mance suf- and was also voted WAC Player of Big wins: SweptTexas Christian, fered stress fractures in both feet the Year by College Insider and beat NCAA tournament-bound two games into the conference "Mr. Clutch" by WAC players. Hawaii 70-64 Jan. 25, beat schedule, and the injuries kept Cooper caught fire as the sea- Tulsa 59-56 Feb. 22. him off the court for most of the son progressed, and his 13.2 Damaging losses: Swept by season. He returned to the lineup points per game and 6.0 rebounds WAC foes San Jose State, late in the year but was never back per game were both second-best University of Texas at El Paso, to full strength and did not start on the team. Southern Methodist and again after his injury. Wilks is slated to play in the Fresno State. Junior center T.J. McKenzie Portsmouth Invitational from Leading scorer: Senior guard was the second Owl starter to go April 4-7. The tournament invites Mike Wilks, 20.1 ppg out of commission, suffering a 64 of the nation's top seniors to knee injury midway through con- compete in front of NBA coaches Leading rebounder: Junior ference play. McKenzie had been and scouts from every team. center T.J. McKenzie, 6.4 rpg playing the best basketball of his "I'm going into this camp with career in the games leading up to a positive attitude and am going his injury, and his loss left the to try to play my best," Wilks After the eighth-seeded Owls Owls with a huge gap inside and said. "My dreams are still alive, defeated ninth-seeded University of only untested freshmen and I've got to go there and play hard." Nevada 60-44 in the first round "play- sophomores available to fill it. Head coach Willis Wilson is in game," Rice hung tough with the After McKenzie's injury, Rice optimistic about Rice's future, 25th-ranked Bulldogs. The Owls nar- JAMIE SCHWABEROW/WAC PHOTOS lost 10 of its last 13 games. especially if that future is injury- Senior guard Mike Wilks drives around Fresno State University's Tito Maddox rowed a 12-point halftime deficit to a Still, the Owls fought back to free. 51-48 Fresno State advantage before March 8 in Rice's 60-52 loss in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic play some of their best' basket- "We'll have a more experi- Bulldog guard Demetrius Porter Conference tournament. Wilks scored 21 points In his final game as an Owl. ball at the end of the season, in- enced team," head coach Willis converted a three-point play to put "Last time we played Nevada, we play great team defense, we're tough cluding a 60-44 rout over the Wilson said. "We'll look very dif- the game out of reach. Fresno State had an 11-point lead at halftime and to beat. I think tough defense has University of Nevada and a close ferent next year. God willing we'll went on to win 60-52. they came out and kicked our butts," been our trademark all year long. 60-52 loss to top seed Fresno State have a healthy team and we'll be The Bulldogs, 25-6 on the season, Cooper said. "So we owed them one." We've held a lot of teams under what University at the Western Ath- able to do some things we received an at-large bid to the NCAA Cooper scored 20 against Fresno they normally do. Offensively, we put letic Conference tournament. couldn't do this year, including tournament after losing to the Univer- Statf to go out with a bang. He had the shots up and hope they go in." "What I'm most impressed pressing and a more up-tempo sity of Hawaii in the WAC semifinals. scored just 10 total points in Rice's Senior guard Mike Wilks scored with about this team is that they style. Senior forward Erik Cooper ex- final two regular season contests. 21-points to complement Cooper's did a great job of adapting," head "I don't think we're going to ploded against Nevada, scoring a 'The last couple of games I have 20 against Fresno State, but the Owls coach Willis Wilson said. replace Mike's scoring 21 points career- and game-high 26 points on struggled," Cooper said. "This is the came up just short. Hopes are high for next sea- per game, but we need someone to 10-of-19 shooting to propel the Owls fun part of the year and I just didn't "It was a difficult, frustrating af- son because McKenzie and build up to that point. And I have to a win. The win avenged Rice's 70- want it to end. Being a senior, it's my ternoon," head coach Willis Wilson Mance will be back at full confidence that we can do that since 57 loss in Reno in its final regular last hurrah, so fortunately I got some- said. "I couldn't be prouder of our strength. 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A MERCK COMMITTED TO BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN MEDICINE www.merck.com v.4l \ THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001 23 Women's tennis stumbles in losses Owls face toughest test by Eric Raub THRESHER STAFF The women's tennis team began yet at weekend tourney the toughest stretch of its season with two 5-2 losses to Marshall University TENNIS, From Page 19 and Western Athletic Conference ri- ing. It was really bad. I was play- val University of Texas at El Paso last ing with stomach cramps and I IN FOCUS: weekend, but the Owls say there's was just glad I was able to play it MEN'S TENNIS still time left to turn the corner. through." # Record: 12-0 The Owls came into the match The win followed a 5-2 win against Marshall off three straight 7- over No. 60 Virginia Polytechnic Last week: The Owls 0 sweeps, but were surprised by the Institute and State University preserved their undefeated unranked Thundering Herd. March 6 and a 4-3 win over the record by following a 5-2 win University of San Diego March 8. over No. 60 Virginia Tech The Owls faced Virginia Tech and a 4-3 win over No. 50 IN FOCUS: without William Barker, who was San Diego with a come-from- WOMEN'S TENNIS held out due to illness. They fell behind win over No. 51 North Carolina in their closest Record: 6-6 behind early after losing the doubles point, but came back to match so far this year. Last week: Lost 5-2 to win five of the six singles matches. What made the difference: Marshall and No. 74 UTEP. In Rice's win over No. 50 San Junior Matthias Mathaes, What made the difference: The Diego, the Owls won just 4-3, but sophomore Cody Jackson Owls lost the doubles point as they had already jumped out to a and freshman Richard 4-1 lead and clinched the match P well as the matches at the top Barker all fought back to three singles spots in both before dropping two singles win their singles matches matches. matches that didn't affect the ul- against North Carolina after timate result. losing the first set. Up next: The Owls host North This weekend, the Owls' un- Texas Sunday at Jake Hess beaten record meets its toughest Up next: The Owls are Tennis Stadium at 10 a.m. competing against a top- 111111 challenge yet. The Owls began play yesterday in the Blue-Grey notch field at this weekend's Blue-Grey Championship in Championship in Montgomery, "Marshall was quite a bit stron- Montgomery, Ala. Wr<, Ala. ger than I thought," head coach Paul mwmmm Depending on how they per- Blankenship said. "Programs like form in the earlier matches or four matches in four days, but I that can load up from year to year against teams like No. 58 Boise think we have a chance." and, boom, they're as good as any ELIZABETH JARDINA/THRESHER State University, the Owls could Undefeated and healthy for the top 75 teams. I'd be awful surprised Senior Erin Waters returns a volley Saturday against Marshall University. The end up playing any number of most part, the Owls point out that if they don't finish ranked." Owls, who had not played a match in almost a month, were rusty in a 5-2 loss. highly ranked opponents, includ- they have nothing to lose in the The Owls' match against get discouraged, but instead keep Championships. ing No. 20 University of Miami, tournament against high-caliber Marshall was their first in nearly a working and wait for the payoff. After facing the U niversity of North No. 26 University of Notre Dame teams. Up to this point, the Owls month, and their three previous "On both days the team fought Texas Sunday at Jake Hess Tennis and Western Athletic Conference have found a way to pull out every matches were against subpar com- really hard," Wallis said. "It's frus- Stadium, the Owls have the opportu- foes No. 9 Southern Methodist win, and they think they might be petition. The team says it took some trating because we don't want to nity to break through with a big win University and No. 23 Fresno able to do the same against some time to regain its focus — time that lose after all this hard work. We over No. 47 Tulane University next State University. of the best teams in the country. gave Marshall the edge needed to think our hard work will only lead to Saturday in another home match. "I'm pretty sure we will do well," "I think we have a chance to take home the upset win. good things in the future." "We've got some outcome goals Mathaes said. "Maybe we'll come do well," Jackson said. "We reai.y "I don't think we all got out there A constant concern for the Owls and we're in a hole," Blankenship back with four wins — that would have nothing to lose so we're just as sharp as we could have been," is getting and keeping all of their said. "But that doesn't mean we can't be the best. We have to play three going to go after it." junior Natalie Briaud said. "Once we players healthy. They have had both reach them. We just have to take got into it we all fought hard, but good and bad news in the injury advantage of our opportunities." initially we started out a little slow." arena. ?{>! /«' bis The problems only continued "We had to default [senior] Erin '»r>i tiiUi i against No. 74 UTEP. Rain, which Waters in her match against UTEP." caused the cancellation of the Owls' Blankenship said. "She had a liga- match Feb. 28 against Stephen F. Aus- ment problem in her knee. A girl tin State University, was a factor again. had something like it last year and The match was moved indoors was out for five weeks so we thought after doubles play. UTEP had won it best to take her out after doubles. all three doubles matches and the [Freshman] Annie Goodrich is back Owls were already down a point. and able to play, and [sophomore] UTEP went on to claim the top four Jeri Gonzales seems to be back and singles matches and the 5-2 victory. doing pretty good." "UTEP was a big disappointment," Even though the Owls now find junior Kylie Wallis said. "We've been themselves 6-6 and facing a drop in looking forward to playing them all the rankings, they believe they can year. They're kind of our rival since still position themselves for an invi- they're in our conference and always tation to the NCAA tournament if ranked about where we are." they can take advantage of opportu- The Owls believe the key to get- nities coming their way in the next ting where they want to be is to not eight matches before the WAC COLLEGE STUDENTS CANNOT LIVE ON Water polo takes home title ALONE. team the women faced in the tourna- RAMEN NOODLES by Wei-Han Tan FOR THE THRESHER ment. Within the first few minutes of the match, Rice got a surge of confi- There's a new kid on the block in dence after jumping out to a quick 2- women's club water polo. 0 lead. The Owls outlasted the Aggies In the first Collegiate Water Polo and captured a 9-8 victory. Association tournament in Rice his- "Everyone played well individu- tory last weekend, the Owls went ally, but if we hadn't played as a undefeated and took home the title. team, we could not have won," sopho- They came away with close wins more Jeannie Malanowski said. "In- over powers University of Texas and dividually A&M was better — they Texas A&M University, scored a win have really big girls — but we played over Trinity University and regis- together as a team better than they tered a forfeit win over Baylor Uni- did." versity. The UT game was Rice's last of Following the weekend's perfor- the weekend, and the match went mance, the Owls are now ranked into overtime. first in the all-Texas division. With nine seconds left, freshman To prepare for the tournament, Kelly Benedict scored the game-win- the team focused on its offensive ning goal to give the Owls a 5-4 win. sets and execution. Senior captain "[Freshman] MillieMarmergave Molly Heinz said their dedication me a great pass and I shot the ball," paid off. Prior to this tournament, Benedict said. "It felt great." Ckipotle UT and A&M had consistently de- The team's next tournament, held feated the Owls. at Baylor, will decide the seeds for "We have been practicing espe- the all-Texas division championship cially hard in preparation for this tournament. Both UTand A&M will tournament," Heinz said. "On top of be there, seeking to reestablish the hours in the water, all of the girls themselves as the top schools in the voluntarily weight-trained prior to division. FULL flELLY FOR UNOER FIVE BUCKS. practice and also put in exfra time "We need to remember that we swimming on their own." only beat them by one point," KIRBY & NOTTINGHAM A&M was the first highly ranked Benedict said. "It's time to step it up." :?V. /. V \* •' 1 I ' V } % . !'}t, ...... ,„A... 24 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001 !i 1 Disappointment makes Owls hit a pair of bumps in road 111 I ing a No. 1 ranking. When the Owls by Jose Luis Cubria received the No. 1 ranking for the first THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF IN FOCUS: BASEBALL time this season in mid-February, they II ' Record: 18-5 Are you sitting down? struggled but eventually edged the I Owls eager for outdoor If not, you may want to grab a seat, WAC record: 8-1 (1st) University of Houston before losing to TRACK, From Page 21 weekend, when the Owls compete because what you're about to read will unranked Purdue University. Since last time: The Owls won "It was extremely disappoint- at the Texas Southern University likely come as quite a shock. Ready? But Rice doesn't believe there's a I five in a row against Hawaii- ing. I had never made the finals relays. More than ever, the Owls For the first time all season, the correlation between being ranked Hilo and Hawaii before dropping before, let alone come in third. believe they can compete at the baseball team is on a losing streak. No. 1 and not playing well. their final game to Hawaii and And I didn't find out until half an highest level nationally, and they And the horror doesn't end there. "Any time you're ranked so high, ISs losing 7-4 at UT Tuesday. hour later — I had already called desperately want to make up for Not only have the top-ranked Owls guys will be gunning for you," Baugh my parents to tell them I came in last weekend's disappointment lost two games in a row—Saturday's What made the difference: said. "It seems like every time we've third. It was a learning experi- with a standout performance at the 4-3 nail-biter at the University of Ha- UT's pitching staff held the been ranked No. 1, we fall during the ence, though. I know I need to be outdoor NCAA meet. waii and Tuesday's 7-4 setback at the Owls to a season-low four hits. week. We've got a lot of stuff to work a little more careful next time." "It fueled a fire within me," on, but there's something to be said University of Texas — but they man- Up next: The Owls host San To top it all off, a collision at Teteris said. "It'll be the same about the fact that we are ranked No. aged just seven runs and 10 hits while Jose State in a three-game the handoff spot between the first people at the outdoor nationals, committing four errors and walking 1 and we're not at the top of our game. and second runners in the 1,600 and now I know I can compete series beginning tonight at 7 10 batters in the two defeats. p.m. at Reckling Park. "We're really not playing defense relay took the Owls out of the with those people. It's the same And to top it all . off, the Long- as well as we're capable of. We've race. When senior Kelechi Ander- with the [1,600] relay. We got horns handed senior Kenny Baugh shown that we can hit, but it hasn't son handed the baton to senior robbed a little bit, and now we his first loss in 12 decisions. ponent, which has always been one been consistent. And we really have want to get back for outdoor sea- LaKeisha Robertson, the Owls Sounds like it's time to hit the of Rice's biggest rivals, and the fact to fine-tune our pitching." were in great shape, sitting in son, show what we can do and go panic button, doesn't it? that it was Rice's first game since Defense is likely Rice's biggest PS fourth place in the fastest heat of to nationals and make the finals." Not really. Granted, the Owls (18- reclaiming the top spot in the na- concern. The Owls are averaging the meet. But Robertson turned The Owls won last year's WAC 5,8-1 Western Athletic Conference) tional rankings. nearly two errors per game, and their around and ran right into a run- outdoor title and appear ready to are disappointed by the two losses, The opponent was a big deal be- team fielding percentage of .957 — ner from the University of South repeat. but they're far from panicking. cause the Longhorns, while unranked worst in the Western Athletic Con- Carolina, and the Owls finished "We have the same chance to "It's certainly disappointing, but and hovering just over .500, have tra- ference — is far below expectations. 11th with a time of 3:38.75. win the conference meet out- there's no team on our schedule that's ditionally been the model college "Defense is No. 1," junior third "The team was ready," Lopez doors and qualify a lot of people an easy win," Baugh said. "I think we baseball program in the state. baseman Hunter Brown said. "On said. "They hada very good, posi- [for nationals]," Lopez said. probably have one of the toughest Rice had beaten UT earlier this days when we don't hit the ball, de- "Everybody's eager to get going. tive attitude but weird things kept schedules in the country. We know season in a close 4-3 game at the fense and pitching are obviously key. happening. There's nothing Although the indoor season fin- that with this schedule you're going Astros College Classic Feb. 2. The And we're getting the pitching day wrong with the team. We just ished on a sour note, it was one of to drop a few here and there." two teams meet again April 24 at in and day out, but we're not playing have to regroup for outdoor." our best seasons ever. I'm very Added emphasis was placed on Reckling Park, a game which the the defense." proud of the girls." The outdoor season begins next Tuesday's loss — if only by media Owls are already looking forward to. Rice hasn't quite gotten the pitch- and fans — for two reasons: the op- "We don't like losing to them, but ing every day. Tuesday, the Owls we don't like losing to anyone," head gave up 15 hits, their second high- coach Wayne Graham said. "And it est total of the year. does set up a very nice rubber game." The unfortunate victim was Then there are the polls. Thanks Baugh, who surrendered just one run to an impressive 5-1 trip to the Hawai- and three hits in a short three-inning ian islands over Spring Break, the start. But that one run was enough to Owls moved to No. 1 in both the tag him with a loss, his first defeat "We do research Collegiate Baseball and Baseball since March 31 of last year. WW&/y/ESPN coaches polls, while "It was disappointing, but you Baseball America ranked them No. 2. can't really worry about stuff like The loss continued a somewhat that," Baugh said. "I went out there disturbing trend that has seen Rice and I thought I pitched well, so that's that will struggle immediately after receiv- all I can do." i discover the Free throws lift Fresno St. & to win over Owls in Tulsa treatments of BASKETBALL, From I'agc 22 our guys about over the last four or guys. I really felt like for 40 minutes five outings is that we need to be we did everything that we needed to four or five possessions better. That do to win. We dictated the tempo of was one when you look at it in those the future." the game. Our defense was really, terms that is incredibly costly. really strong, but there were oppor- "[But] we have to give Fresno hk'lkufK'ismith. Ml) tunities that we just couldn't take credit. They made free throws down advantage of." the stretch and made a couple of bas- Dean. /< was lech School of Met Heine Fresno State, on the other hand, kets that really made the difference." took advantage of 41 free throw at- Fresno State made nine more free tempts, compared to Rice's 18. throws (27) than Rice even at- Wilson was charged with a techni- tempted. cal foul with 1.3 seconds remaining in "Night in and night out, we get the first half after a field goal by Wilks tough calls and night in and night was erased when he was called for a out we have to work to get some charge. After a made Bulldog free respect," Wilks said. "We try to come throw, the Owls went to the locker out and play above that and not make room down by 12 instead of eight. excuses. m "It was huge," Wilson said of the "But sometimes it gets hard. It's 3 four-point swing. 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Mcintosh 4-10 0- 3 8, Lawson 0-3 0 0 0, Sam 4-13 2 2 10.'Beckler 1 the team in nearly every important have a good team, arguably good or RICE 58 TEXAS CHRISTIAN 76 50 0 3, Maynard4-7 1-2 11. Brown 2-6 2-2 8. Liggett offensive category, including bat- better than they had last year. 2-9 0 0 4. Bracken 0-0 0-0 0. Florus 1-4 0-0 2 ting average (a WAC-leading .43(5), 'They know they can play, and Totals: 22 83 1120 60 Rice 31 27 58 home runs (4) and RBIs (23). they have expectations of being in a TCU 39 37 76 Nevada (16-13) First baseman John Fagan, regional and perhaps going to Golomb 5-12 6 6 16. Smith 212 6-8 10. Heer 4 10 5- catcher Adam Shorsher and (hnaha again. They're a good team." 5 14, Bastian 04 2-2 2, Larsen 4-12 1-2 9, McGlaston Rice (18-1.2) 1-2 0-0 2. Williams 0 4 1-2 1. Estrada 1-1 0-0 2 pitcher Tim Adinolfi — all second- Rice (18-5, 8-1) may have some Rigg 2 9 0-0 5, Tuttle 617 4 5 16, Mcintosh 0-0 0- Totals: 17-57 21-25 56 team all-WAC players a year ago — questions of its own. The biggest 0 0. Lawson 1-6 0 1 2, Sam 2-6 0 0 5, Beckler 3 10 one is senior pitcher Jon Skaggs. 0-0 8, Maynard 6 9 0-0 16, Brown 0-4 0-2 0, Liggett Three point goals — Rice: 5 18 (Rigg 0-2, Lawson 0 also return, but San Jose State's BASEBALL 0-1 0-0 0, James 0-1 0-0 0, Florus 1-2 4-5 6 1, Sam 0-2. Beckler 1-2. Maynard 2-2. Brown 2-5, talent doesn't end there. Skaggs (5-0, 1.84 earned run aver- Totals: 21 65 8 13 58 Liggett 0 4); Nevada 1-10 (Heer 1-6, Bastian 0-2, The Spartans return two pitch- age) strained an abdominal muscle RICE 4TEXAS 7 Larsen 0-2) TCU (23-7) Rebounds—Rice' 53 (Tuttle 13); Nevada: 55 (Smith 13) ers—Jeremy Rogelstad and Andy in his last start, a 13-2 win at the Score by Innings R H E Safaritova 8-11 2 4 18, Payne 16 2-2 5. Thomas 2 Assists — Rice: 12 (Brown 7); Nevada: 7 (Bastian 3) Cook—who were expected to play University of Hawaii last week, and Rice (18-5) 000 000 400 — 4 4 1 6 0-0 4. Porter 5-8 2-2 15, Sutton 5-11, 0-1 14, Nix big roles on last year's staff but 1 lis status for this weekend is still u p Texas (14 -11) 010 005 01X — 7 15 3 1-3 3 4 5, Spencer 0-0 0-0 0, Evans 1-5 2 2 4. Shaw FRESNO STATE 54 RICE 65 Rice: Kenny Baugh, Jeff Nichois(4), Steven Herce(6), 4-5 0-0 9, Clayton 1-1 0-0 2 missed the entire season with inju- in the air. Philip Barzilla(6), Nick Martin(8), Billy Jacobson(8), Totals: 28-56 11-15 76 Fresno St (10-18) 25 29 — 54 ries. Throw in junior college trans- With or without Skaggs, the Owls and Philip Ghutzman; Te\as:Tim McGough, Derick fer Gabe Lopez (.344/3/16), and know how significant this weekend Grigsby(4), Brantley Jordan!7), arid Sam Anderson. Three-point goals — Rice: 8-19 (Rigg 1-2, Lawson 0 Rice (17-11) 35 30 — 65 Win — Girgsby (1-0); Loss — Baugh (4-1); Save — 1. Sam 1-2, Beckler 2 5, Maynard 4 6, Brown 0-2, it's not hard to see why the Spar- will be. lordan(l). 2B — Rice: Arnold 2(9); Texas: Liggett 0-1); TCU: 9-20 (Safaritova 0-1, Payne 15, NEVADA 55 RICE 57 tans aren't just one-hit wonders. "It's tremendously important," Napoleantl).Quintanilla(lO). HR—Texas:Hubele(2). Porter 3 4, Sutton 4-8. Shaw 1-2) Rebounds — Rice: 41 (Tuttle 12); TCU: 39 (Thomas 9) "ITiey've got a lot of players back, Graham said. "We don't need any Nevada (15-12) 26 29 55 RICE 3 HAWAII 4 Assists — Rice: 12 (Tuttle 4); TCU: 18 (Payne 4, and they've brought in a couple of disasters, that's for sure." Porter 4) Rice (16-11) 29 28 57 Score by innings H H E Rice (18-4, 8-1) 000 100 110 — 3 6 3 Hawaii (8-13,3-9) 200 001 001 — 4 8 1 Rice: Jonathan Gonzalez, Philip Tribe(6), and Jeff Blackinton; UH: Jeff Coleman, Wakon Childers(8), Bryan Lee(9), and Jacob Flick. Win — Lee (2-1); Loss — Tribe (1-1); Save — None. am the next 2B — Rice: Arnold(7), Brown(ll), Porfirio(4); 3B — UH: Wilson(l): HR — UH: Omori(3). step RICE 13 HAWAII 2 forward Score by innings R H E Rice (18-3, 8-0) 300 050 311 — 13 11 3 t i o r Hawaii (7-13.2-9) Oil 000 000 — 2 6 3 Rice: Jon Skaggs. Billy Jacobson(8), and Philip tomorrow. Ghutzman, Jeff Blackinton; UH:Sean Vamashita, Chad Giannetti(5), William Quaglieri(7), and Brian Bock, Jacob Flick. Win — Skaggs (5-0); Loss — Yamashita (0-3); Save — None. 2B — Rice: Cruz 2(7), Davis (5), Porfirio (3), Lorsbach(4). Blackinton(l); UH: Bock(4);HR — Rice: Brown(3). RICE 10 HAWAII 4 Score by innings " R H E Rice (17 3, 7-0) 230 220 010 — 10 10 1 Hawaii (7-12,2-8) 001 100 101 - 4 7 2 mm 6 VOICE R.CE 9 HAWAII-HILO 7 Score by innings R H E that's heard clear Rice (16-3. 6 0) 000 002 320 2 — 9 15 1 UHH (3 17,2-10) 003 010 030 0 — 7 13 2 limit rjwsiiriii RICE 11 HAWAII-HILO 2 lijIDlffiSHi USHliMi mvmm Score by innings R H E Rice (15-3. 5-0) 020 110 115 — 11 12 1 UHH (3-16,2-9) 002 001 000 -- 3 9 0 vision seen by millions, RICE 9 HAWAII-HILO 0 Score by innings R H E Rice (14-3, 4-0) 001 024 200 — 9 12 1 Sip a sound, a sounc UHH (3-15,2-8) 000 000 000 — 0 4 2 i with with MEN'S BASKETBALL RICE 52 FRESNO STATE 60 n i t c Rice 23 29 — 52 possibilities. possibilities Fresno State 35 25 — 60 Rice (14-16) Evans 01 0-0 0, Cooper 7-15 2-2 20. Morgan 0-3 3 r graduation, 4 3, Tyndell 0-6 0-0 0, Wilks 6-11, 8 9 21, Mance 0- 1 0-0 0, Walton 0-2 0-0 0, Kollik 0 0 0-0 0. Smith 1- 3 1-2 3, Diene 2-3 1-1 5 Totals: 16-45 15-18 52 AM Fresno State (25-5) Jefferies 1-8 5-8 8, Swillis 3 5 1-3 7, Ely 1-3 4 6 6, Maddox 2-7 9 12 14, Porter 6 9 6-10 21, Jackson 0- 10-0 0, Felix 1-10-0 2, DemanbyO-lO 0 0, Al sayyad 0 0 2 2 2 Totals; 14 35 27-41 60 Three point goals — Rice; 5-18 (Cooper 4 8, Tyrtdell 0-4, Wilks 1-2, Mance 0-1. Walton 0-2, Smith 0-1); Fresno State: 5-15 (Jefferies 1-6, Maddox 1-2. Porter 3-5, Jackson 0-1, Demanby 0-1) Rebounds — Rice: 32 (Morgan 9); Fresno State: 24 (Ely 6) Assists — Rice 8 (Morgan 2, Tyndell 2, Wilks 2); Fresno State: 10 (Maddox 4) NEVADA 44 RICE 60 Nevada 18 26 — 44 V Rice 31 29 — 60 v Nevada (10-18) Hill-Thomas 6-13 3 5 15. Stirgus 3-4 3 4 9. Paul 15 1-3 3. Hazel 1 6 0-0 2. Green 0 2 00 0. Bayless 0 3 00 0, McCullough 3-7 0-0 7, Brown 0-0 12 1, hardware Santos 1-6 0-0 3. Gueririoni 1-3 0-1 2. Jackson 1-5 0 0 2, Ochs 0-0 0-0 0 Totals: 17 54 8-15 44 software Rice (14-15) Evans 3 8 3 4 9. Cooper 10 19 3 6 26, Morgan 0-2 open thinking 4 6 4, lyndoll 1-6 2 2 5, Wilks 3-10, 3-6 9, Hudson 00 0 2 0. Walton 0-2 3-4 3. Smith 1-2 2 2 4. Civiig 01 0-0 0,Diene 010 0 0 www.ti.com/dsp Totals: 18 51 20-32 60 Thioe-point goals — Nevada: 2 10 (Hazel 0 3 McCullough 13, Santos 1-2. Guerinoni 0 2): Rice: 4 13 (Cooper 3 5. Tyndell 1-4. Wilks 0 4) Rebounds — Nevada 42 (Stirfius 12); Rice: 40 (Evans 11) Assists — Nevada 7 (Hill Thomas 2. Green 2): Rice " (Smith 2) THE WORLD LEADER IN DSP AND AH ^ TEXAS RICE 57 NEVADA 70 INSTRUMENTS Rice (13-15) 30 27 — 57 Nevada (10-17) 19 51 — 70 • 'V?®' "• •i v?N'V"v;"IV '• '.V.V.-' ' ' 'W->V ', ' '•• ' / ' i'-'% ' •''' .if, ' •' ••'V - ...... , : .v., t £ vcv/® : '• -W • «'i, • i; <.<.'J"7.. 'i' ' * M a ":'' 26 THE RICE THRESHER ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001 Tfiefotfowtng is ay aid advertisement from tfte undersigned •=.»• .. To the Administration, Faculty, Students, and Alumni of Rice University: I Almost four years ago I walked onto campus for the first time as a student. I remember the pride I felt after being awarded the opportunity to attend Rice. It takes much more than a high GPA and standardized test scores to receive admittance to this institution. An applicant must exhibit exceptional character, show a desire to achieve great things in his or her life, and offer something unique to life on campus. I held pride in the fact that I was a student and an athlete at the finest school in the southern United States. However, there was another side to my life that was in direct violation of everything Rice stands for. A side that overshadows all other things I worked so hard to achieve and which I will be sorry for forever. It • -; I cannot remember the first time I stole from Rice University. My horrible deeds continued to escalate from semester to semester. I was taking things just to gx ft see if I could get away with it. Unfortunately, I never considered the harm I was causing my fellow students and members of the Rice community. My life will never be the same because of the decisions I made. I realize how much I took for granted and am extremely thankful for what I still do have. I have been given an opportunity to correct and re-establish my life. I intend to use it. Rice is an easy target for crime due to its openness and confidence in the student body. But these are also the things that make it great and unique. I decided to directly violate Rice and our state's laws so I fully accept the repercussions of those horrible decisions. I deserve the amount of punishment I am receiving and perhaps I deserve more. I've been given countless opportunities in my life and instead of cashing in on my blessings I decided to try to cheat and steal. By committing these crimes I should have realized that people were negatively af- fected. I beg for your forgiveness and hope you accept my remorse as genuine. These are not the actions I wish to remembered for and I intend to spend the rest of my life looking for ways to pursue redemption and forgiveness from the university I violated. r1 Sincerely, Scott Byer To the Rice Community: I have been blessed with many opportunities in my lifetime. I have a supportive family, I have good trustworthy friends, and was given the opportunity to attend Rice University. Rice University offered me the opportunity to grow academically, athletically, and spiritually. Its professors, coaches, and students have been nothing but supportive and stimulating, an environment that throughout my years at Rice I took for granted. Unattentive to all these principles I acted foolishly trespassing all the ethical and moral principals which have been embedded in me throughout my life. I unethically took from an institution that gave me so much. For this I am immensely embarrassed and repentant. Rice University is a community who trusts its students so much that the faculty and students live by the honor code. The honor code provides a stage for students and faculty to act in a professional and trusting manner. The honor code does not just apply to schoolwork, it applies to all aspects in a student s life. The code touches every individual aiming to create a community that has integrity and most of all to give a feeling of safety and trust. I took advantage of this trust and committed pitiful acts. The sad part of this is that it was not committed by an outsider, but by one of its trusted students. This makes the act more shameful and degrading. I have everything and probably more than what I need. I am truly sorry and encourage all Rice students to take a moment to reflect, and realize what a great place they belong to and to make sure that they will never act as stupidly as I have. Through my introduction to the criminal justice system I have experienced a different perspective in all facets of my life. I will endlessly endeavor to make up for my mistakes. My deepest apologies, Francisco Padua • I I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to the Rice community, its staff, and students for my actions on the night of September 22, 2000, where I was involved in attempting to take computer equipment from Rice University. As a Rice graduate I am held to higher standards than others are. My judgement was a direct violation of the law and personal beliefs. Not only did I disgrace Rice, but I disgraced myself. Opportunities, like the ones to go to Rice, are slim. Take advantage of the opportunities that you have, not the system or honor code itself. Since the establishment of Rice, there has been an honor code. Obviously, there is a trust and relationship that is established and intertwined between students, faculty, and administration. Respect of one's property should not only be in the code, but should be part of our morals. Respect is something that is not given, but earned. I f»r I am encouraging the entire community, which includes staff, faculty, administration, and students to take some time today to reflect on the opportunities that you I have. These aren't everyone's choices. You have made choices in your life to get here. Do you want to graduate, end up with a satisfying career and family life? iV I hope so. I do. 1 he only way to do that is to continue to make the correct choices in life. Learn from the past, but don't dwell on it. The past cannor be something m >- to cry over or change. I have changed drastically from this incident. I regret my decisions bur have used this to be proactive — not reactive. I want to apologize and be forgiven. I plan to make this up to Rice. As an athletic booster, I will follow the NCAA rules and encourage others to do the same. I want to show people that one can win in life without cheating, lying, or stealing. Please take some rime to just t hank someone, not for what they gave you, but what they helped you accomplish. Sorry, Christian Martinez • jPi$ THE RICE THRESHER CALENDAR FRIDAY, MARCH 16,2001 friday Cholesterol was tearing apart their love — MAR 16 for butter. The Will Rice College musical, Time to start thinking about the future and BUTTER BATTLE opens setting goals, or something like that. tonight at 8 p.m. in the Will Rice SOPHOMORES MUST Commons. The show also runs tomorrow, DECLARE MAIORS ^ today. Sunday and Thursday at the same time and March 23 at 10 p.m. Tickets are $4 FRIDAY, MARCH 16 THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 23 Today's the DEADLINE to apply to for students and faculty and $6 for others. the Student Activities Fund. For details For reservations, call (713) 348-PLAV or and the online application, go to http:// Wear green, practice your Irish accent, get send an e-mail to Jonathan Ichikawa at Wednesday MAR 21 www. ruf. rice. edu/~stact/StuActFund.html. [email protected]. lucky. It's St. Patrick's Day. Hanszen College celebrates with a PARTY Students of the Shepherd School The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Emergency exits? Fire extinguishers? from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Hanszen Percussion Studio present a Management and Rice Graduate Women in Right, as if this place cares about the fire quad. MARIMBA concert featuring Business will present a conference, titled code. Jean Paul Sartre's NO EXIT works by Bach and contemporary "Grace UNDERPRESSURE composers. The concert begins at 8 p.m. runs tonight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Sunday MAR 1ft Perspectives on Women in Leadership," in Lyle's in the Lovett College basement. in Duncan Recital Hall in Alice Pratt Brown from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Herring Hall, Tickets are $3 for Rice students, faculty At 1 p.m. the BASEBALL team Hall. Room 124. Seating is limited, so and staff and $5 for others. For more squares off against the San Jose State interested participants must register to University Spartans one more time at information or for reservations, call (713) thursday MAR 22 attend. For details, contact Tricia Kim at 348-PLAY or send e-mail to Hari Patel at Reckling Park. [email protected] or Jennifer Fangue at [email protected]. FREE WILL AND [email protected]. monday MAR 19 WANTON LUST hits«the stage in the Hanszen College Commons Inform yourself and take action against Saturday MAR 17 If you've ever had a desire to listen to the tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. Tickets author of The Physics of Star Trek, today is HATE CRIMES a« «he WOMEN'S TENNIS are $3 with a Rice ID and $4 without. For ADVANCE open house meeting in the your chance. Lawrence M. Krauss team has a match against the University reservations, contact Fred Kontur at Grand Hall of the Student Center from presents "Science, Non-Science and of North Texas in Jake Hess Tennis [email protected] or call (713) 348-PLAY. noon to 1 p.m. Free lunch is provided. For Nonsense: FROM ALIENS details, contact Marisa Bono at Stadium at 10 a.m. TO CREATIONISM at4 Ron Kapche, founder of Tuscany Advisors, [email protected]. The BASEBALL team battles p.m. in the Physics Amphitheater in talks about ways to finance a San Jose State University again at Herzstein Hall. The lecture is this year's idea from 7:30 to The team takes the BUSINESS BASEBALL Reckling Park at 2 p.m. Harold E. Rorschach Memorial Lecture, 8:30 p.m. in the 2nd floor conference field against San Jose State University at sponsored by the Physics and Astronomy room in the Rice Memorial Center. Ideas 7 p.m. at Reckling Park. This is not a healthy relationship. Check Department. to Action sponsors the event. For more CRIMINAL LOVERS details, contact June Ferrill at The South Asian Society sponsors in the Rice Media Center. The movie runs tuesday MAR 20 [email protected]. SOUTH ASIA NIGHT a. tonight at 7 and 9 p.m. and tomorrow at 7 7 p.m. in hamman Hall. Tickets are $5 for and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $4 with a Rice Were you really happy or do you just students and faculty. $7 for others, and ID. $5 without. No admission for anyone remember it that way? At 8 p.m., Scientia include a catered dinner afterwards in the presents the Bochner Lecture, part of the ^ i A under age 17. submit items: Grand Hall in the Student Center. Tickets President's LectureSeries, "Experience Calendar are available from college SAS Don't just dance the night away, dance and Memory: The Cognitive representatives. For details, contact Joyee around the world. The Digital PSYCHOLOGY OF • by CAMPUS MAIL to Calendar Goswami at [email protected]. Editor, Rice Thresher, MS-524. Undergrounds, Rice Social Dance Society HAPPINESS Daniel t0 • by FAX Calendar Editor, (713) 348- Kahneman. Kahneman is a professor of and the College Assistance Peer Program 5238. Director Leos Carax returns from an eight psychology and professor of public affairs b t0 present SALSA NIGHT- • y E-MAIL [email protected]. year hiatus with POLAX an at Princeton University. The lecture is free are Willy's Pub in the basement of the Student Calendar submission FORMS adaptation of Herman Melville's Pierre, or and open to the public and takes place in Center. Dance instruction is at 9 p.m., and available at the Student Activities Office or the Ambiguities. The movie shows tonight McMurtry Auditorium in Duncan Hall. on the -Thresher office door. salsa music plays from 10 p.m. to in the Rice Media Center at 7 and 9 p.m. midnight, followed by international dance The DEADLINE for all items is 5 p.m. The movie also shows Wednesday at 7 the Monday prior to publication. music until 2 a.m. The event is free for The BASEBALL team competes and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $4 with a Rice against Baylor University at 7 p.m. at Rice students and faculty, and $2 for Submissions are printed on a space- ID and $5 without. Reckling Park. available basis. others. leadership Rice sion Envision cmm • leadership • Grant Program •g Envision funds student projects that are creative, show innovation, involve service, and exhibit leadership. Both Undergraduate and Graduate students invited to Deadline March 27th apply. Proposal requires a narrative, budget, timeline and two letters of recommendation. EEHO Individual or group applications accepted. LEADERSHIP www.rice.edu/[email protected] K*«J < V V5' 28 THE RICE THRESHER BACKPAGE FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 Rice University, circa 2011: A glimpse into our future Fjo you ever wonder, while sitting 5. Baker College shepherd wilton , hazard kent ashby JLJ in a heap of your own dirty clothes Baker gives in to Seventeen's sug- inset boulevard and empty beer cans, what the Rice gestion and formally adopts an '80s campus will be like ten years from theme. John "Hizutch" Hutchinson now? moves in as RA, raising the number of colleges at which he holds the Neither do we. But this is what hap- position to five and his total phone pens when you lock two Backpage number count to 13. editors in a room with a campus map, 84 cans of Barq's root beer, and a 6. Wiess College working copy of Adobe PageMaker. Moving into the new, posher sur- roundings drastically changes The year: 2011. The place: Rice Uni- Wiess College's personality. Wiess versity, but not the happy, perfect little accidentally throws Night of Praise • university campus thai you currently know it to in 2003, chooses an O-Week theme boulevard be. We hope you enjoy our little jaunt in 2004 ("Where Did Our College into the future. Spirit Go-Week"), and replaces the Acatramp with a sauna and mas- 'K sage hut in 2005. 1. Sid Richardson College l«l>«Mf (jolt During O-Week 2004, a Lovett '•dttv/Stail hufcof SMMI PwkMg College jack officially changes Sid's 7. Martel College Und«i (anitiwiK* (ormnluq MMbm name to Sid W. Hard On College. Martel explodes onto the resi- furtoi Mug Later that year, during Beer-Bike, dential college scene like the Co- 13 fcrnutlt rnUj Sid bikers inadvertently complete lumbus Bluejackets into the NHL. the men's race without being dis- They waste no time in merging with qualified. An existential crisis en- Brown and Jones Colleges to form sues. the Brontel Servery Conglomerate. Counter-cheers become more com- 2. Lovett College plicated with the addition of a third Lovett proudly takes over the college into the formula: "Brown is structed in 2005 after Dubya is 11. House of Pies 14. Rice Stadium position of least attractive college Jones, Martel is Brown, Jones is ... spanked out of office by Michael Central Kitchen is replaced by A third deck is added, doubling after new Wiess is built. No longer um ... shit." Dukakis, the 10th college continues the 3112 Kirby Drive eatery follow- the stadium's capacity to 146,000. able to swear like misogynistic sail- the tradition of ever-increasing ing a successful student campaign Undergraduate enrollment remains ors in their college cheers, Lovett 8. Jones College luxury, as students are each assigned to have cottage fries served in the stable near 3,700. instead takes to swearing like cul- President Gillis, angered by the their own baby grand piano and dine colleges. Miss Rose's chicken fried tured, Renaissance sailors. Food and impudence of the Jones Construc- on gold-plated flatware in the James steak is now served 24 hours a day. 15. East Stadium Lot Housing gives one ambitious stu- tion Compensation Committee, A. Baker III Commons. The SA holds The stadium lot and all college dent seven cases of Schlitz malt li- pays schizophrenic musician another forum on sex in cheers. 12. Anderson Hall lots are converted to permanent visi- quor and a sledgehammer to de- Wesley Willis to hold a contirfuous The architecture building col- tor parking to allow for more out- stroy the brick grating, and peti- concert in the remains of Jones lapses following a particularly heavy landish weddings at Cohen House. tions to transfer to Lovett triple. Commons for eight years. Willis is rain shower in 2007. Archi students Students may now legally park in also instructed to pee on the are relocated to the old Wiess Col- Galveston. 3. Hanszen College college's bushes. lege, and campus irony reaches an It's the year 2011, and Hanszen all-time high. still sucks. 9. Brown College Whatever. 13. Enron Tostitos Gallery- 4. Will Rice College furniture.com Jones Graduate In what is dubbed "The Great 10. Bush College School of Management Bust of 2002," the entirety of Will (see photo at right) Can you blame them? Naming Rice is expelled for drug use and for He's rich, and he has ties to Rice. rights are just so damn profitable harboring Dan Street. You know it's going to happen. Con- George H. W. F. Bush College. these days. The 'Speakin' good English fine is good 'nuff' classifieds FLESH ANIMATION CONTRACT FRATERNITIES. SORORITIES, eyed; A. B or AB blood; and min 1100 at http:.//www. ruf. rice.edu/-leading/ HOUSING work. Local software startup is look- CLUBS, student groups — Earn from SAT or 25 ACT. Call (214) 503-6553, or envision.htm. ONE LOVELY BEDROOM apartment, ing for talented graphic designer with $1000 to $2000 this semester with the send e-mail to [email protected] — easy approval, call for student special, Macromedia Flash experience to pro- easy Campusfundraiser.com three- refer to "special donor search." THE JANUS AWARI > gives one deeply refurnished, everything new, central duce one or two important Flash ani- hour fundraising event. 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WANT A GREAT SUMMER JOB? De- BACKPAGE editors are seeking We are currently seeking non-degree, manding. highly rewarding summer ENVISION GRANTS allow under- addtional classified ads to fill space. SEMI FURNISHED BEDROOM for full and/or part time sales associates. camp jobs available at oldest camp in graduate and graduate students to se- Please, by all means, purchase classi- rent, 2 miles from Rice. At the Spire We offer a fun, fast paced environ- Southwest. Come teach sports and out- cure start-up funding for projects that fied space. Condominium. Have access to tennis, ment and great pay. A positive atti- door activities while helping kids to embrace leadership, creativity and racquetball courts, health club and tude, friendly personality, and good grow. Top pay. Work on beautiful, cool service. The final funding deadline is EITHER THAT, or send money di- swimming pool. Private bathroom, customer service skills are necessary, Guadalupe River near Kerrville. Down- quickly approaching. Visit our website rectly to Alex Fay at lovett College. clean, quiet place with superb view of (weekend availability is required) For load an application at http:// Houston, rent $400 includes utilities, more information please contact www.vistacamps.com or give us a call at house keeper and covered parking. Cindy or Julie at (713) 599-0099. (800) 545-3233. Graduate students preferred. Email [email protected]. SEEKING SAVVY, organized and re- NEEDED: After school babysitter for 2 sponsible individual to handle the box children ages 6 & 8, own transportation ARE YOU TIRED of the noisy dorms? office register for Rice film Series. necessary. West University Place Mon- Do you need a quiet place to study? Must commit to working summer. $6 day — Friday, 3:00 —6:00. Summer Archstone Brompton Court has large per hour. Free movies! Work-study care also. Catherine (713) 745-0266 1-ls and 2-2s ready for move-in, or you preferred. Contact: Rachel (713) 348- day, (713) 218-9840 evening. can get on our priority waiting list for 4882, [email protected]. next semester. Gated community, on- MISCELLANEOUS site convenience store, covered park- LIKE TO TEACH?? Dynamic, ener- ing, shuttle bus to campus. Co-signers getic students needed to teach math "TRAVEL EUROPE. Save $$$! Fly, welcome, prices start at $605. Call (713) and verbal classes to high school stu- drive, ride the Rail, http:// 666-4138. dents. Flexible hours, relaxed and www.Eurorail.com for Europe any way! fun atmosphere, and get paid up to $25/hour. Email resume to SPECIFIC EGG DONOR NOW$3000+. [email protected]. Must be 19-29; blonde; blue- or green- HELP WANTED FOR MOVIE BUFFS: job opportunity. Perhaps one of the liveliest jobs on campus! Would you like to be a projec- CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING tionist for the Rice Cinema? We are Rates for classifed advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. seeking someone who is responsible, are as follows: prior to Friday publication. organized and mechanically inclined. If you are: contact Rachel at 1-35 words: $15 The Rice Thresher MS-524 [email protected] 36-70 words: $30 Attn: Classifieds 71-105 words: $45 P.O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251 $10/HR GUARANTEED. Work on Payment, by cash, check or campus F/T or P/T for as little as 5-10 credit card, must accompany Phone: (713) 348-3974 hrs/wk or as many as 40 hrs/wk. Be your ad. Fax: (713) 348-5238 your own boss. Create your own sched- The Thresher reserves the right to refuse any advertising for any reason WILLY'S PUB. ule. Limited positions. Call (800) 808- and does not take responsibility for the factual content of any ad. 7442 x80.